Vampire Knight: End of Season 1

Episode 12: "Junketsu no Chikai" "Vow of the Pureblood"

 Zero finds Shizuka, the pureblood who killed his family and made him a vampire, making a deal with Yuki: if she drinks her blood, she must save Zero in return. Zero then points his gun, Bloody Rose, at Shizuka, injuring her. After hearing the shot,  Ichiru runs in. Here, we learn that Shizuka never turned him into a vampire and that Zero cannot harm him. At the same time, Shizuka arrives at Kaname's room, where he stabs her in the heart with his hand and drinks her blood, vowing to "destroy their mutual enemy." The episode ends with Ichiru holding a dying Shizuka in his arms.

Episode 13: "Shinku no Ringu" "Crimson Chains"

The season finale! Not so fun after reading this part of the manga and knowing what's going to happen -_-

guess that's the price I pay...

Anyway, Ichiru lays crying at Shizuka's side, where she reveals her story: She was once engaged to a pureblood vampire, but fell in love with one of the humans sent to her as "food." After turning him into a vampire the hunter's association ordered Zero's parents to execute him, hence the grudge and motive. 

This also explains the reason why she didn't turn Ichiru into a vampire, and we learn the true emotions and feelings between the two. In a sad goodbye, we watch as Shizuka's body turns to dust. The next day,Yuki asks Kaien about Zero (who collapsed due to bloodlust), and confesses that she's been letting Zero drink her blood. The scene then changes and we see Zero locked in a basment, chained to the wall. Kaname then enters. He admits to killing Shizuka, saying that he left enough blood for Zero to drink. He then forces Zero to drink his blood, claiming that he's keeping him alive for Yuki's sake. 

What a surprising ending!! Not really!!! Anyway, I think I'll be taking a break from this series (don't worry, I'm not giving it up completely!). I am curious to see what happens to Zero, and what Kaname's true self is. Maybe I'll start season 2 after Full Moon wo Sagashite...and finals :/. Anyway, feel free to comment, give recommendations on any new series, etc. :) 

Full Moon wo Sagashite: Depression Point

Until now, the theme of death and lost love was always prominant, but never really recognized. Like a needle in a haystack: just waiting to be found. Well, I've officially found it! I think it was episode 35 that set off this turn for the worse.


Until now, I've never seen what shinigami really do. Having Meroko and Takuto as our only reference I had this image in my mind that shinigami help children, hate their job, and wouldn't kill anyone even if their lives depended on it. That's what I thought before episode 35, but now, with the introduction on Izumi-kun, realize how close death really is. In episode 35 Mitsuki meets an old man who can see shinigami aswell. Long story short we watch Izumi-kun point his arrow and take his soul, vowing that Mitsuki is next on his list. Immediately after this episode, Mitsuki finally realizes that death is near. That she says she's ready, but is actually very afraid.


The manga of this series is 10 times better than the anime, mostly because it deals with more sensitve issues like life and death in a stronger way. I'm actually happy that the anime has become more sad. I feel like it lacked the emotional aspect that the manga brought.

Pokemon Ghost Hack: Warning, May Scar Your Childhood

You know, I've always been pretty naive about Pokemon. It truly defines my childhood, and the thought of Pokemon actually dying in battle never made its way into my brain. For all I cared, the Pokemon world was one of happiness, where people enjoyed friendly competition and loved the Pokemon they had. It was my fatasy away from the harsh realities of the real world. Unfortunately, there's always an asshole who wants to make everyone depressed and scared shitless of a game they once loved.

People call this the "Ghost Hack" or "Pokemon Black." At the beginning of the game you're given a Pokemon with the name "ghost." He only had one move, "curse", which wasn't introduced till the 2nd generation. Whenever ghost was played, any opponent would be too scared to attack. Upon using curse, the screen would "cut to black. The cry of the defending Pokémon would be heard, but it was distorted, played at a much lower pitch than normal. The battle screen would then reappear, and the defending Pokémon would be gone. If used in a battle against a trainer, when the Pokéballs representing their Pokemon would appear in the corner, they would have one fewer Pokéball."
At the end of the game, you would float around the Kanto region making your way back to Pallet Town. Once there, you would see all the Pokemon you had used Curse on. Then, you (an old man now) had to battle ghost. Your only move was Struggle, and each time ghost attacked it would simply go, "..." until your HP was at a critical point. There, he would use Curse and the screen would cut to black.

Haha. Boys, a cute pokemon cartrige asking a girl out is cute
This? A little psychotic...

Pretty creepy right? To read the full article, which I found on/summarized on tinycartrige.com  Click Here

Newest Anime: Full Moon wo Sagashite

From left to right:
Top: Johnathan,  Izumi, Madoka, Eichi,
Wakaouji, Oshige
Main Characters: Meroko, Mitzuki/Full Moon,
Takuto

Hey readers! It's been a while, hasn't it? I blame Thanksgiving break (haven't had internet for an entire week). But anyway, since I finished my last anime (which I believe was Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne) I've decided to take the safe road and stay with a manga artist I was familiar with. Her name? Tanemura Arina, author of the aformentioned anime/manga, and my current series, "Full Moon wo Sagashite" or "Searching for the Full Moon" 
 She has a pureness to her stories, even though they usually deal with subjects less thanhappy or pure. I think her characters are always someone you can relate to, or at least symathize with. What I love about them is their ever trusting nature, their honesty, their strenght even through serious heartbreak. Maron and Mitsuki are perfect examples. Both have lost someone they love yet they keep on pushing through, putting their best face forward. However, they're determination to stay strong happens to be one of their worst traits. I suppose you could call her main characters...masochistic. Putting themself in harms way in order to make someone else happy or proud.
"Full Moon wo Sagashite" is practically based off the concept, "I'll do it for him!" Full Moon is about a 12-year-old girl named Mitsuki, who suffers from throat cancer. Both of her parents died in an accident and she lives with her prude of a grandmother. One day she is visited by two shinigami in blue and bright red costumes, one with cat ears and the other with bunny ears. May I say that they put shame to the ones in Death Note, but I must keep in mind that it is a children's show. Well, long story short, when Mitsuki finds out she won't live more than a year, she sneaks out and tries to go to a singing audition. We then learn that she promised the love of her life, Eichi, that she'll be closer to her dreams the next time they meet. Feeling sorry for her, the male shinigami, Takuto, turns her into a 16-year-old so she can enter the audition. The rest of the anime/manga is about her career, her love, her drive to meet him again and be noticed by him through singing, and the struggles she faces in coping with her emotions.
All in all, this is a heart-touching, heart-warming series. It's almost like Fruits Basket, in the sense that you both experience extreme warmth and compassion mixed with sorrow and tears. I would recommend that you both watch and read this series. The manga provides better story lines, more twists, more heartfelt moments, whereas the anime allows you to hear one of the many beautiful songs the series has to offer.
P.S: the songs will get stuck in your head, and since it's in Japanese it'll sound something like, "doushite, unetaka waka oujiiiii, humenooo..nnnnaaa oh ahh naahh" ;)

Smosh: Pokemon in Real Life- Part 2

Dexter: Manky a...
Smosh guy: wait...don't you mean monkey?