Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai

This show was introduced by a friend of mine. I watched it since it wasnt a long series, and well it wasnt that much of ecchi-ness compare to other harems. It is still a good harem, no doubt. Story isnt really important in the show, more on hanging out and enjoying with friends which is cool. If girls are what you are concern about, this show might just be for you! The rest of it remains just right, no big surprises nor disappointments throughout. Released in october 2011, 13 episodes in total.

Rating: 7.8/10
Kodaka Hasegawa, was a new student in St. Chronica's Academy. Due to his natural blond hair and dull expression, he was often regard as a delinquent wherever he goes. It was very difficult for him to approach others, not to say even make friends. One day he came across Yozora Mikazuki, someone very similar to him since she herself does not have any friends either. It was only when Yozora decided to create a club, specially for making firends only. Their lifes take a turn for the better, same for the others who join as well.
Show is pretty good. Probably the only anime with the concept of making friends, while still keeping it a harem. Story isnt really significant in this one, you will probably find this show pretty similar to K-on. Just hanging out, lazing around, doing group activities together. Girls are awesome as usual, this show is no exception. Every single one of them have their own 'unique' personality, which makes the show so much more entertaining to watch!

This show has lesser ecchi scenes than i expected it to be, perhaps the manga have more. After the appearance of all the characters, the show felt plain for a while. Since there were no big events or whatsoever, everyday felt the same. This wasnt really a problem, since the anime ends short.

Opening is hoshi futatsu han. Addicting to the ear after a couple of times, pretty damn suited for a anime like this! Looking for a anime to chill during your tired weekend? This may be for you!

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Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable

Probably one of the best role-playing games that i have played so far. Persona 3 Portable is the enhanced remake of the original version, with the addition of a brand new female protagonist. I played the male protagonist since its my first time at the game. The 2 genders does make obvious differences in gameplay interfaces, however the story more or less still remains the same. Released on the psp, november 2009.

My rating: 8.7/10
Gamespot rating: 8.5/10
Estimated playtime: 60 hours +

Goods: In-depth storyline, easy-to-adept gameplay, implemented 'freedom', large variety of personas,  grinding arent a difficult task, flexible options

Bads: Small variety of enemies, limited choice to keep/discard skills
-The 'good' parts. Interesting and in-depth storyline that constanly draws you in throughout the game. You starts off as a transfer student arriving at Iwatodai during midnight. You felt something was strange, the air was stale, coffins were spotted on the streets right under the full moon. You headed to your dorm instead since its late. Couple of days later, your dorm was attacked and that awakens your 'persona', the other self within you.

-Easy-to-adept gameplay. Basically all the action is held in a extremenly tall tower, Tartarus which is also your so-called dungeon. In Tartarus, you encounters 'shadows' roaming each floor. You enter a battle screen once you come into contact with the shadows. Battles are turn-based, which makes everything so much neater and simple to adept. There are various commands like attack/skills/items/persona/tactics/defend etc. which fills the game with so much strategy making it enjoyable to play!!
-Implemented 'freedom'. The best part of the game, at least to me. Since battles are only held when the tower is present, which is only during midnight. The rest of the day is entirely your free time!! Everyday after school, you can go anywhere you want. You can attend your school club activities, like kendo/swimming/track and field etc. You can go roam around the city, like enjoying a bowl of ramen or visiting the arcade. You can even hang out with your classmate or with your club member, bonding and strengthening the social links within. There are still night activities if you did bother. This game is just pure awesome when it comes to freedom, time is more than enough to do anything and everything!!

-There is one thing i would like to bring up, the social attributes! There are 3 social attributes, academic/charm/courage. These attributes can be raised just by doing your usual stuff. For example if you listen in class and study at night, your academics will improve. Same goes to if you watch a horror movie or enters a karaoke alone, your courage will improve. If you manage to max any of these attributes, you can even date girls!!!! or date guys if you are using the female protagonist that is.
-Large variety of personas. There are 13 types of arcana. Under each arcana lies numerous personas, every single one of them have their own strengths and weaknesses. Personas can be obtain by card shuffling after every battle. Fusion of personas are also enabled. The world of personas is infinite, too big too great!

-Grinding is possible in the game. Yes, you can grind like theres no tomorrow. I did it and bosses are hardly my match except the final boss. This comes hand in hand with persona hunting, farming and completing missions etc. Its almost impossible to be underleveled if you are doing things right.

-Flexible options. There is just one thing i did like to address, controlling the AIs. You guys should know how dumb and slow AIs are in rpgs. They heal when you want them to attack, they attack when you want them to heal. I was only relieved from this torment after choosing the 'direct command' option, where i can controlled the AIs myself. GOD BLESSED!!
-The 'bad' parts. Small variety of shadows, which could only be realised in the later part of the game. It almost felt like they were clones of one another, perhaps just a different color. Even mini bosses look so dam familiar despite their strength differences.

-Limited choice to keep and discard skills. I know this might sound abit false, as they do indeed give choices to choose what skills we want to keep. What i really mean is they dont let us keep skills of the same effect. For example, i cant keep media and mediaran together. There are times when you want to heal up a little, you would rather use the lesser mana cost heal than the one that heal up 400 hp when u only want 100 hp healed. There are also times when you are lack of mana, the lesser mana cost heal could save lives!!!
This is indeed a RPG that anyone should not miss. Great in-game features with such a deep solid plot, so whats keeping you from playing it! Anyway, i am looking forward to play P4G which is only when i get a vita. Thats about it~

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Seikon no Qwaser 2 (SPOILER ALERT)

End of season 1 gave us a obvious hint that there will be a continuation, so here it is! Season 2 will feature fights against the remaining adepts obviously, which is well not as entertaining to watch compare to season 1. There are few episodes that are just for pure entertaining and fanservice, some of which are lame and can be annoying to watch. 12 episodes for the 2nd season, released in april 2011.

Rating: 7.5/10
I will continue where season 1 left off. Sasha and Hana were send on a mission to retrieve the next relic, Magdalena of Thunder being one of the essential elements of the High Ancient Circuit. Its location believed to be in a girls-only academy, leaving no choice but for sasha to dress up as a girl in order to carry out the mission. Things got complicated as soon as the adepts were brought into the scene. Will Sasha identity be leaked? Where are Mafuyu and the rest? Watch to find out~
There are lesser action since there are only 12 episodes. Action related to chemistry can barely be seen here. Probably just the common fights, nothing impressive really. Girls and boobies still makes it stand in season 2, just make sure you watch the uncensored version. However, sasha turning into a girl can be annoying to watch for guys. Season 2 wasnt really a plot continuation for me, more of like a clearing-up-doubts and preparation for SEASON 3!! There will be a season 3, since season 2 ending was a damn cliffhanger. This series has been fine so far, hope the next season will be a blast!

Opening song is Rasen, Arui Wa Seinaru Yokubou by faylan. Faylan songs are as great as always, this song is no exception!

Rasen, Arui Wa Seinaru Yokubou opening-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuy1sLT3_HY

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Seikon no Qwaser

Sup guys, i will be doing an anime review today. Seikon no qwaser is a interesting anime, yet at the same time an absurd one. A concept related to sucking women tits, what the fuck!?!?!? Fighting scenes are freaking legit, even to the extend of involving chemistry! Confusing terms like 'Athos', 'Qwaser' can be hard to grasp at the beginning. Certain fights are also halfed-ass. A total of 26 episodes, released in january 2010.

Rating: 8/10
The story starts with 2 lead characters, Oribe Mafuyu and Yamanobe Tomo leading their normal academy school life after the disappearance of Tomo's father. It was until they came across a mysterious sliver-haired boy that changes their lifes afterwards. The boy is a qwaser, one who is able to control a certain element at free will but only by drawing the power from soma (breast milk). Why is the boy appearing in the academy? Why did Tomo's father disappear? Most importantly, breastfeeding??? Watch to find out~
*Please watch the uncensored version, it helps alot in understanding
Fighting is creative and nice, maybe just that they end a little too fast. Infusing fights with chemistry, there will be users with the power of sodium, diamond etc. Just thinking of the many possible elements is already mindblowing enough, not to say when you even watch it with your own eyes!! Girls and tits are great, this show will provide you with lots of it! (make sure your parents arent around when you watch this xD) Simply, fanservice overload!!!
Introduction can get abit difficult to understand at first with the number of confusing terms like 'Athos', 'Soma' and 'Adepts' etc. It does help along the way once you understand these terms. Certain fights also halfed-ass. I would mean they are unsatisfying, they just end in a manner so lame that it pisses the shit outta you. Plot also drifts from time to time.

1st opening is Errand, by Faylan. 2nd Opening is Baptize, by Yousei Teikoku. Both songs are awesome, definitely worth to download. I personally prefer the 1st opening more. If you dont mind the ridiculous concept of breastfeeding, this show is indeed a worth to watch!


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Lord of Arcana

I think i will do a game review today, the clone of monster hunter!! Lord of Arcana, i did hold high hopes for the game since it was published by Square Enix and screenshots of it does looks pretty cool. The truth after you play the game, it does not looks as great as it should have been. I will say it here, i did not complete the game given the ridiculous difficulty spike but i will still review it (played most of the game probably left the last chapter). Released on the psp, january 2011.

My rating: 6.8/10
Gamespot rating: 4.5/10
Estimated playtime: 10+ hours

Goods: Decent gameplay, no limit to crafting, satisfying boss fights, equipments does looks cooler as your level roses, after-game features

Bads: Poor storytelling, limited choices of weapons, small variety of monsters, uneven difficulty throughout, grinding is almost impossible
-Starting with the good parts as usual. Decent gameplay, its actually kind of fun once you grasp the idea of how this game works. Similar to monster hunter, you need to adapt to monsters attack patterns. Using that to your advantage, you can then do a quick counter attack like right after a roll or backstep. Gameplay's actually require skill and strategy unlike some games that you can just keep attacking them and they will always get knock back for good.

-No limit to crafting. There are millions of crafting ingredients, that is if you even bother to find them all. You can craft potions and many other stuff, which kind of made money felt useless in the game. Weapon craft, armor craft, orb craft etc. You can even craft cards, which can be real useful during tough battles.

-Satisfying boss fights. Boss fights arent easy shit, every single one of them put up a challenge. Either they have tanking ass hp or moves that are hard to block and still do serious damage. Worst case, BOTH!! Good luck on that~
-Equipment that looks cool shit. There is indeed cool shit equipment, only if you are above level 35 or so. Thats probably how action games works, unlike some that still gives you shit when your level 70!!!(If you know what i mean, white knight chronicles origin). Armor and weapons gets progressively nicer as you level faster, that of course requires the necessary ingredients as well.

-After game features. I did not not complete the game but i knew about it. Its nothing extraordinary, you get to fight more OP bosses thats all. Bosses that are even more OP than the story bosses, you may even take up to 2 hours just trying to take 1 of them down.
*Theres co-op multiplayer as well if you didnt know.
-The bad parts of the game. Poor storytelling, no cutscenes or whatever in between. Probably just the starting when they told you were once the strongest with all the arcanas powers. You lose your powers for some reason and in order to regain them, you have to destroy the 7 arcanas. Something related to world salvation, as you destroy the arcanas somehow your rescuing the world from monsters as well.

-Limited choices of weapons. There are only 5 weapon classes for you to choose, 4 of which are all melee and common. I am sure the developers could think of more than that, probably they are just being lazy. I will just list a few of what i wish to see, dual katanas/gauntlets/scythe etc. I spend less than a minute thinking of these weapon types, what are your excuses developers~

-Small variety of monsters. There are barely any changes in monsters despite the change in stages. Its only when i pass a few stages, then appears 1 new type of monster. 1 more type of monster, u know how stingy can this game get with monsters!!
-Uneven difficulty throughout. Probably the sole reason why i even quit the game. Game starts off okay, then comes the 3rd boss, bahamut to ruin the fun for you as he is fucking tough. Okay so i thought the following bosses would be harder, and it turns out to be easier maybe even too easy. Okay so i am near to end of the story, havent even fight the boss and i am already being pawned by cheap ass monsters on the way. 4-5 of them spitting fireballs at your face continuously when you are one end away from them. You even recieved chip damage while blocking, and to make things worse they even have tanking hp!!!

-Grinding is almost impossible. Normal mobs exp are pathetic and will probably just help you level once. Boss exp is just okay but a load of time is needed to kill it, sometimes its just not worth the time at all.
I am sure there are better similar types of games than this. Perhaps just the outlook design that looks really outstanding over the rest. There is a sequel to this game, 'Lord of Apocalypse' only in japanese for now. I will wait for the english version, hope it dont disappoints me!

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Oreimo

Hmmm incest anime??? THAT was what i first thought of before watching the show, sadly it isnt. Others may call this a harem, but i would say its more of a realistic one. It may happen in real life and not all the girls in the show fancies the male lead, at most just good buddies. In my opinion, this show is pretty good in its sense. 12 episodes for the true ending, additional 3 more episodes for the alternate ending. Released in october 2010.

Rating: 7.5/10
The story revolves around Kyosuke Kosaka and his younger sister, Kirino. Despite the years of siblings, their relationship has been cold throughout. Kirino's snobby character, regards kyosuke to more of a hindrance rather than a older brother with respect. One day, kyosuke came across a eroge and eventually learns that it belongs to his younger sister. A snob person playing a perverted game like this..........WHAT!!!! What will kyosuke do? Will his parents learn about it? Is his sister really that perverted? Watch the show~
Story's pretty good, sister-brother relationship and also on friendship if your interested. Definitely not one where all the girls pounces on the male lead when he is not even half cool! There are those annoying characters that makes you so damn frustrated at times, but there are also likeable characters as well!! Those with younger sisters would find this refreshing to watch, others can just watch this for chill. Just to address those ecchi lovers out there, this show doesnt even have the slightest amount of ecchi. Disappointed bros??

Opening is Irony by Claris. This song is catchy to the ear, which even interests me to watch this anime. Searching for a different path other than regular harems, this may be for you. If your looking for something like Kiss x Sis, this anime will disappoint you badly.
Irony mp3 download-http://www.4shared.com/mp3/MaZhrtqR/file.html

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Mayo Chiki

Enough of fighting animes for now, time for some harem! Mayo chiki is your fanservice-type of anime, where girls are extremely cute, sexy and of course big boobs!! Smooth and easy story, there isnt really any hard to understand which is good. Plot is minor, you will mostly be obsessed with the girls rather than anything else. 13 episodes in short, released in july 2011.

Rating: 7.8/10
Main character, Kinjirou Sakamachi has a tendency to nosebleed whenever he contact with girls. Subaru Konoe, a popular butler of Kinjirou's classmate. One day, kinjirou discovers upon accident that subaru is actually a girl. In order to protect this secret so that subaru can continue being a butler, he have to work with subaru and her mistress with the condition that she can cure Kinjirou of his nosebleeding.Will the secret ever be leaked?? Watch the show~
Story's one of a kind. Girl being a butler, you can already sense something is wrong as butlers are always suppose to be guys only. Still, its simple to understand unlike some animes that requires hard thinking. Plot isnt really a important part of the show, most of it lies on pure fanservice!! Anime girls are great, what am i talking about since they are always that great! There are all kinds of awesome girls in this show, big boobs/slender/loli/cute/average and even dark-skinned!! Any fetish for any kind of girls? Here you go.

Opening song is Be Starters!, by Eri Kitamura. Cute song kind of gets me, so i think it sounds pretty fine. This show arent bad at all for a harem, give it a try!!

Be Starters! opening-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xCLFRW0bLs&feature=related
Be Starters! mp3 download-http://www.4shared.com/mp3/u3MsrhFK/Eri_Kitamura_-_Be_Starters.html

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