O-isashiburi desu

*Includes spoilers. All media credits go to their owners.*

Yo! Long time no see. So much for the summer, huh? Don't know about you guys but I've been crazy busy with my internship and work and just stuff. I won't make any promises, but I'll try to post stuff that I find interesting. Ma... tama-tama ni.

So as a distraction from the considerable amount of shounen genre I've been watching, I checked out a romance anime that my sister suggested me. It's called Kaichou wa Maid-sama or just Maid-sama. You know how every single god damn shoujou anime has kind of the same plot? The female lead is a kind but special wallflower who somehow catches the eye of the most popular guy in school and with some peculiar magic it turns out so that they start dating in the end, right? Well... this anime is no exception. Seriously, the plot is so old, I want to smash a vase into the wall. On top of that *SPOILER*, the male lead is - naturally - the son of a wealthy noble family and bla bla. Seriously, it's not even much of a spoiler when everyone can already guess it. Besides it shows in the ending credits.

Usui and Ayuzawa

Anyway, there is one major difference though, this time. The girl is actually not a random wallflower but the student council president of a formerly boys-only school that was turned co-ed a few years earlier. And she works hard to turn the school into a better environment for the girls. In process, she kicks some rampaging teenager boys ass and oh, also, she works at a maid café. Yup. With the outfit and everything, look.

But actually, even though the plot is nothing special and you can easily guess their actions, the characters are pretty refreshing. The couple is actually suitable for a change. The girl is loud and bossy, but nice. And the guy is obviously hot. And awesome. But for a change they actually seem to be worthy partners that can both speak more than 2 words in a sentence when faced with each other. Sure, the girl is a bit of a tsundere and it takes her ages to admit her feelings, but hey, you can't have everything at once.

Honestly, this genre seriously worries me. I've been a teenage girl and I've surely been infatuated with the most popular guys, but that really does NOT mean that I wouldn't have wanted some other nice and funny guy all for myself. And I really don't think that being the most popular kid in school was written into the qualification. So, do teenage girls really only want that one guy? The guy who in reality is probably an asshole? Yeah sure, Japanese popularity might be a bit different from ours since they seem to worship good grades and good results in sports rather then being just the noisiest handsome guy. I don't think reality is all the lovely - if a teenage boy gets surrounded by a horde of girls who want him, he'll probably make use of that situation. But all the animes seem to support the idea that you HAVE to get that popular guy and he's DEFINITELY a nice guy. I'm telling you girls, you might be in for a horrible surprise.

Just for once, I would like to see a romance/shoujou anime where the girl wants some other, more interesting character. Show me a story like Hinata's, who has wanted the most hated demon-fox-kid since she was a child. Or just the story of two best friends falling in love, slowly, surprisingly. Or even two weirdos finding each other - I mean c'mon - there's got to be lots of people in Japan who'd watch that - it's the official nation of weirdos!

Well. That got a bit heated. Anyway, as if it wasn't enough, I started watching this Victorian age love story that takes place in England and the characters are a maid and the heir of a wealthy noble family... Wait, didn't I just tell that same story?
It's called Emma: A Victorian Romance or Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma. So, yeah. The female lead is called Emma and it's set in Victorian England. Other than that it's pretty much the same as the previous story.

William Jones and Emma

I also started watching an ongoing reverse-harem anime called Brothers Conflict. It's exactly as retarded as it sounds but I've honestly had a couple of amusing hours with it. So basically, a girl named Ema (lol) moves into a huge mansion filled with loads of bishounen since her father remarried. And basically everyone suddenly wants her. So in core, there are like 13 bothers out of whom at least 50% are in love with their new sister, but since they're all hot guys, there are obviously some semi-yaoi moments embedded into the thing. Double the incest - triple the fun! Yeah sure, they're not blood related or anything, but the girl makes a huge deal about becoming a family and everyone smiles and nods and then the next moment - boom! Her brothers are kissing her and throwing her onto the sofas. Good luck girl - a family that plays together stays together. And yet I somehow can't look away. It's retarded to the point where you just keep on watching to see what the hell can come next.

To be honest I'm still watching Naruto mostly - well Shippuden by now. The reason? It's because I've seen most of the series by watching it over my boyfriend's shoulder, but I really wanted to grasp the full thing. But since everyone has already seen the old episodes of Naruto, I'll stick with saying: SHINRA TENSEI! Bitches. Get out now.

P.S. Kakashi returning to life is still the happiest moment in my Naruto-life. Damn that man is incredibly hot.
P.P.S. I cried like a little girl, again, when Hinata jumped out in front of Pain to help Naruto - even though it was like my third-fourth time seeing it. I know normally Hinata barely manages to utter a word in his presence and that's probably a pretty rough setting for getting to like somebody, but... Naruto is a serious asshole if he still picks Sakura over Hinata in the end <.<