: Thoughts on Blue Exorcist Episode 13 :

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

It's slow going watching anime, I certainly can't slam anime anymore, or do long marathons of video game playing for the mere fact that I have very little time that is disposable.  So I've been making my way episode by episode through Blue Exorcist.    However for as slow as I'm working through it, I'm absolutely and utterly glad that I took the time to watch it.

1. Shiemi is my favorite character in the series and so seeing her in a short skirt was really entertaining, and watching the guy's reaction to it; I'm sort of conflicted because I love her with Rin but I also love her with Yukio, so I think that I may just support both pairings equally. (definitely makes for a great deal of drama.)
2. Mepphyland?  Really?  So now Sir Pheles has an amusement park NAMED after him.  Wow, just wow.
3. Awww Rin asked Shiemi out on a date.   The cuteness is in overload.
4. Wow, just wow.   Bobby McBoob entered the series.   It's like Yoko and Nia from Gurren Laggan all over again.. except Shiemi is a bit more endowed then Nia (and by a little bit, I mean a lot.)

And with that, the episode is done.     I would like to say that I will have another episode watched but my friend Shauna is coming over in which case we are going to watch all of Hetalia and make cupcakes.

Comments

[breyzyyin]

I've been curious about Blue Exorcist for awhile now. This entry is making me want to check it out! XD I'm so slow when it comes to anime anymore though, orz. O_O;

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

You and me both. I see anime and go "Do I really have time for this" and then I say "Yes, as a matter of fact I do.. if I take it slow"

[ex_valour601]

I watched... two or three episodes of Blue Exorcist when it first ran, I think. It had a lot of promise and was fun but it wasn't quuuuite different enough from most shounen for me to keep it as a series--it reminded me a lot of Soul Eater--so I dropped it.

...I had also started Utena at the time, so POOR THING DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE, basically. And ah yeah, I double-checked the date and so much good stuff had come out then. I had like three other series on top of Utena. 2011 was a good year for new anime.

A lot of my friends who kept up with it love it, though. By comparison, I just watch a lot of seinen and josei (like an old person, ahem). I tried watching some of the mecha and shounen out this current season, but ended up dropping almost everything except a sci-fi called Gargantia and a series called Red Data Girl because it's written by a novelist that I LOVE. Apparently Gargantia is directed by the guy who handled Madoka, though, so I'm not sure what to expect.

BUT ANYWAY BACK TO THE POINT I WAS GOING TO MAKE. I definitely have to do half-hour chunks now, too, which is why it's actually easier for me to just watch the current 'seasons' of stuff. It's hard to get back-logged and I'm only watching a half-hour to an hour a week, tops. I kind of wish I still had my undergraduate schedule, though--it was the best for anime and games. By the time finals rolled out there was nothing else to do so friends and I would either hang out at their place for hours or I'd be in my room marathoning because I was just waiting to go home. It was awesome.

Have fun eating cupcakes! Oh, and tell me what flavors they were. I haven't had one in a while and was thinking of baking during the summer.

EDIT II: Were you the one who's seen Rose of Versailles? I got an ad for it from Rightstuf and am tempted to pre-order, but haven't seen it yet. I'm going to look for episodes, too, but I kind of wanted to hear from someone who's already watched the whole series.

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

Yeah, the advent of real life certainly at times suck.

Granted I am no longer together with Shu so that frees up time but I have so many other people that want time with me so I end up spreading myself a little thin. Which is why I need a day a week that is just recharge time so that I can recharge.

Blue Exorcist will be finished and then I can figure out what else to watch.

You should watch Puella Magica Madoka. EXCELLENT SERIES and only 13 episodes.

[ex_valour601]

I actually have seen Madoka already ;; I caught up with it when the last couple of episodes had just been put on hiatus because of what happened in Japan and then finished it with everyone else once they simulcasted it. Benefits of the half-hour current season system in action! I'm rarely behind on whatever's recent. I even own the majority of what I watched that year, although it took FOREVER for Funi to release most of it.

Of course, it means that when stuff is delayed I'm stuck waiting... like the Sailor Moon reboot. SAD.

I also don't really have the social problem since I'm in grad school, sigh. We all do try to make time for each other, but most of the time everyone just goes home to do work. Most of my friends are also a lot older than me, so they usually have a husband or kids to watch and such.

So you haven't seen Rose of Versailles? Boo.

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

Rose of Versailles is an AWESOME series and I cannot recommend it strongly enough. It's a very sweet and yet tragic story. when you watch it, be prepared to laugh at the shoujo sparkles however ultimately be prepared to cry, because you will.. profusely.

[ex_valour601]

Hooray! That's what I was hoping to hear c: So it'd definitely be worth preordering the DVD re-release if I liked the first few episodes? Rightstuf's pre-order price is super tempting (only thirty bucks for the first twenty episodes!).

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

I'm a big fan of classic animes though that appreciation didn't come willy-nilly. I remember seeing Rose of Versailles and thinking that it was brilliant. so I think you will enjoy it, Utena possesses many nods to Rose of Versailles so I think that if you enjoyed Utena, you will definitely like RoV