Why am I not an anime. Why was my high school not like Japanese high schools are portrayed in the anime? AHHHHHHH!!!

I've been watching Aishiteruze Baby all day long. And it's a Sunday. I'm historically not good with Sundays. But that's for another place. Here we talk about anime.

The links will have to wait since I'm on the mac and it doesn't make it very easy for me to put them in. And so, we shall persevere.

Anime review: Aishiteruze Baby

Story: Katakura Kippei is a high schooler (I'm pretty unclear what year he's supposed to be...at first I thought first year, now I'm thinking third. Maybe it's second and I'm totally wrong). Anyway, he's pretty much a man whore. And a deliciously hot one at that....reference my first post on November 1. Heck, I'd let him man whore me. I wish he would. Anyway...so, in the first episode he finds out that his 5 year old cousin Yuzuyu is staying with his family while her mom sorts her shit out more or less. And so, after a family meeting with his very quiet and oblivious grandparents, his rather passive mother and father, his overly mature little brother, and his scary scary older sister, it's decided that Kippei will take care of Yuzu because he needs to learn responsibility. And he learns it. Very well. Now Kippei is even hotter cause he's acting like a responsible parent AND cool older brother. I mean, sure, he screws some stuff up, but that's to be expected. And he gets more responsible with girls too since he realizes that he can't just screw around all the time and he actually has to be there to pick Yuzu up from school on time and since she's pretty much completely dependent on him always being around. Which sucks for him....cause he's in high school AND he finally has a chance at a serious relationship with a girl that he really likes and he can't grab it because Yuzu gets jealous when he isn't spending all his time with her. Sucks for Kippei, but the girl understands. She's a cool girl. I really like her. As with many anime girls.....I want to be her. I relate to her in a few ways. Now, I know I always say this.....but that's because it's always true. I think it either means that I have extremely complex feelings and emotions (check) or that all anime characters really are given stock personalities (hmmmmmm...maybe. I don't like to believe those haters). Regardless.....thanks to Kokoro (and the hotness of Kippei AND the surprisingly deep story line despite the fact that it's a high schooler and a five year old), this pretty much owns my soul right now. It owns my soul like Gravitation owned my soul. Like how I STILL haven't watched the last episode or read the last manga because I don't want to know how it ends. The last ep of this didn't fit on the DVD......so I won't be watching that today either (I just had the scary scary thought that I accidentally deleted it too....I bet I did. That's no good....I hope I can acquire just the last one somehow. SoulSeek here I come.....Hagen, all else fails I know you've got it). Anyway......this show is REALLY good. Well, really good if you like shoujo....which I do. It's got some serious and deep life issues in it too. And relationship stuff....which always hits me hard now that I'm actually a girl. And so....I want to talk about Kokoro now.

Kokoro is Kippei's classmate. One of the only girls that doesn't hang all over him actually. She's really pretty cold and distant, but as time goes on you can tell more and more that she's that way because she honestly likes him. She's also the first one to find out about Yuzuyu too. Kokoro is the perfect disaffected character. But she isn't really disaffected, she just tries to convince herself and everyone around her that she's fine by herself and that she can take care of things. She's also very supportive of Kippei putting the needs of Yuzu before her. There are reasons for this that you will find out by watching the series. Anyway.....I really really feel this girl. In many ways I was like her in high school. Inside I was really really sad and I didn't want to do everything on my own, but outside I just pushed it off and made everyone believe that it was ok except for the rare moments that I just didn't have the capacity to hold it in anymore ("I'm going to overflow") and it just all came out. Difference is that she has Kippei there when this happens.....I didn't. But, fortunately when I still do this now I do have a Bri-kun. He's pretty good.....though not as pretty as Kippei. But I have my Kippei in the back of my mind. I'll never tell who it is, though some of you may know. And as for why I think of our relationship as the same.....well, I don't think I know how to explain it. Anyway....suffice to say...I feel you Kokoro-chan. Though I think that in the end things will work out better for you than for me.

Ok...that's my thoughts. This show is REALLY GOOD. Read the THEM review on it too. They ACTUALLY review anime...this is just my thoughts written out with the hope of amusing.

Ja-ne,
Yukino

posted by Yukino @3:53 PM 11.06.05 1 comments