Archive for November, 2010

RE: RE: もう一年間だった…

November 26th, 2010

I can’t read Andy’s post, and I’m too lazy to try and plug it into Babelfish and decipher the butchered translation, so I’ll just reply to your replies, and the basic ideas of Andy’s post, lol.


Because you CAN!

Idk what Andy was saying, but that answer works for almost everything, so I agree.


If you compare yourself to a child of a similar age in a less well-developed country, such as Africa or rural China, you really are extremely privileged and comfortable, and you really should be considering yourself happy.

I realize I probably use this argument a lot, but it still remains striking, at least to me.

You should consider yourself happy? I don’t think that makes sense. I guess you can consider yourself more fortunate, but how can you consider yourself more happy? If I’m not happy, I’m not happy. it has nothing to do with your surroundings. I can be less happy than a kid in Africa, even if I’m a lot more comfortable and fortunate than them.  Maybe they’re just capable of enjoying themselves in spite of all their suffering. Maybe it makes you a bad person to hate everything even though you have a lot more than others, but it’s very possible to be less happy.  People in the US and many people in Japan commit suicide due to depression, even though onthe surface, it appears they should be happier, as they live in civilized, first world countries. They’re just not happy, for whatever reason.


Stop making unsubstantiated claims about my future happiness >_<;

I don’t know what he said, but lol.


Think of it this way; as a kind of Thanksgiving thing. Count the things you’re grateful for, rather than brood over the hateful things in your life.

It doesn’t solve any problems at all, but happy AHS students are efficient AHS students.

Yes, we should do that, but it’s difficult at times. And I disagree with the second part. The AHS students that are most happy are those who have a life and enjoy themselves, which, in most cases means they aren’t doing as well academically. I guess it would help those very stressed academically to be more efficeint by being more happy, but I don’t know very many like that, so we might never know.



RE: もう一年間だった…

November 19th, 2010

This is a reply to this.

おかしいと思う。(そう、おれ初めてのポストは日本語で書く。)どしておれ今ポストしてるの分からない。どしておれ寝るの代わりにポストを書くのも分からない。

Because you CAN!

(1)「自分が幸せだと思うのなら、本当に幸せになる」って言う人は自分に嘘をつける人なんです。

If you compare yourself to a child of a similar age in a less well-developed country, such as Africa or rural China, you really are extremely privileged and comfortable, and you really should be considering yourself happy.

I realize I probably use this argument a lot, but it still remains striking, at least to me.

My below-par Japanese prose-reading (e.g. non-manga) skills failed to decipher the rest of that item within the bounds of my patience. I found it odd that you used “ore” as your personal pronoun (no offense or anything, haha; it’s totally cool).

Oh, and I can’t quite remember what post you’re quoting that inspired this post, haha.

(2)でもさあ、幸せをなるのが出来ると思う、あんたは。「絶対無理」って言うのがけっして本当にならね。お前絶対幸せになる。

Stop making unsubstantiated claims about my future happiness >_<;

明日じゃねかも。来年じゃねかも。でも絶対に何時か幸せを見つける。自分に「おれはその言う気がするのが絶対出来ない」って言い続けて、「自分が幸せだと思うのなら、本当に幸せになる」って言う人が同じじゃないの?

Think of it this way; as a kind of Thanksgiving thing. Count the things you’re grateful for, rather than brood over the hateful things in your life.

It doesn’t solve any problems at all, but happy AHS students are efficient AHS students.

おれそう思うんけど…今自分が世界に幸せを見つけられないんから、自分を作らなきゃいけないと思う

“Making your own happiness”, is it? That’s some pretty slick wording, but doesn’t it basically still entail convincing yourself that you are in fact very happy?

でもいつもいつも大変だ。けど、おれは、幸せになるために絶対に「けっしてならない」って言うのはいけないと思う。

幸せになるために、よく頑張るぞ!絶対ならなきゃいけないだぜ。

That’s the spirit!

日本語を読める人へ:日本語を下手に使ったのが申し訳ないんだ。

You’re lightyears beyond me.

ベンさんのポストは日本語で書いたんだから、おれが日本語で答えるの方がいいと思った。

I really should’ve replied in Japanese… sorry ;_;

… 実は、もう一回自分のポストを読んだ。意味あんまりね。

That happens 100% of the time when I try to post in Japanese. Or maybe we’re just too tired to understand what we just wrote.

もう一年間だった…

November 18th, 2010

おかしいと思う。(そう、おれ初めてのポストは日本語で書く。)どしておれ今ポストしてるの分からない。どしておれ寝るの代わりにポストを書くのも分からない。

でも、もう一年間だった。最後のポストから。このブログを読むのが少しある。前に今日しか読めない。ベンさんのポストに読んだ後でよく考え始めた。
(1)「自分が幸せだと思うのなら、本当に幸せになる」って言う人は自分に嘘をつける人なんです。いつもいつも「おれが幸せ!」って思い続けるが、けっして幸せにならない。本当のは、自分だけに嘘ついてる。あんたにじゃねから聞かないで。
(2)でもさあ、幸せをなるのが出来ると思う、あんたは。「絶対無理」って言うのがけっして本当にならね。お前絶対幸せになる。明日じゃねかも。来年じゃねかも。でも絶対に何時か幸せを見つける。自分に「おれはその言う気がするのが絶対出来ない」って言い続けて、「自分が幸せだと思うのなら、本当に幸せになる」って言う人が同じじゃないの?
おれそう思うんけど…今自分が世界に幸せを見つけられないんから、自分を作らなきゃいけないと思う。でもいつもいつも大変だ。けど、おれは、幸せになるために絶対に「けっしてならない」って言うのはいけないと思う。
他に何を言えばいいが分からないんだ。日本語が下手なんだ、自分の気持ちあんまり言い表せない。英語で気持ちがポストするが大丈夫かな…

多分明日このブログをまった読み始める。
幸せになるために、よく頑張るぞ!絶対ならなきゃいけないだぜ。

日本語を読めない人へ:分かれなかったのが申し訳ないんだ。
日本語を読める人へ:日本語を下手に使ったのが申し訳ないんだ。
ベンさんのポストは日本語で書いたんだから、おれが日本語で答えるの方がいいと思った。
後で別な人のポストに答えたいが、今日もう疲れた。

… 実は、もう一回自分のポストを読んだ。意味あんまりね。

13 hours well spent

November 17th, 2010

This anime was the best comedy I’ve seen in quite a long while. If it weren’t for the so-so ending and the so-so intro and outro songs, Kyouran Kazoku Nikki may even have attained the unattainable SSS ranking of 11/10. However, I can only leave it with the coveted ranking of SS+ [10.5/10] because of these easily-overlookable flaws.

Everything was just so sweet, hilarious, deep, touching, and generally wonderful about this anime. While telling a sweet tale of family love juxtaposed onto a gut-busting comedic masterwork, this 26-episode story makes the audience contemplate the meaning of family and love. The sometimes heart-throbbing backstories of the characters is masterfully executed, and each story arc is tidily wrapped up in its own individual package. You heard that right — plot in a comedy anime that makes sense and makes you look forward to the next episode. Also, because of the serious undertones of Kyouran Kazoku Nikki at times, it’s potentially better than some of my old-time favorites such as Hayate no Gotoku.

I am also extremely impressed by the AWESOME complete lack of ecchiness, harem, naked women running around, et cetera. It is impossible to find a good comedy anime (or even a good plot-driven anime) that does not contain any of these offensive situations.

Perhaps what I like most about this anime, and what the main driving force behind its appeal is: the characters. For the most part, each character is deeply developed, yet not too much time is spent on character development. Each character has catchphrases or memorable characteristics that somehow make me laugh every time.

Instead of being “AHAHAHA that’s funny ok next” like other recent animes in the same genre (Sora no Otoshimono comes to mind), combines the best parts of everything (except music-wise).

The art, especially the extra linework on the noses (which usually isn’t seen because modern anime artwork often encourages very abstract noses), took an episode or two to get used to, but after that, it was absolutely brilliant. In fact, I actually love the art and animation in the opening and endings; I just dislike the songs.

I’ve watched two other very good animes recently, Elemental Gelade and Macademi Wasshoi (from the lightnovels titled Magician’s Academy). Macademi has a very interesting backstory and setting. The “balance between shinma” and the whole sci-fi thing really attracted me, along with the HUGE cast of characters. It’s also of a similar genre to Kyouran Kazoku Nikki — slice-of-life random humor magic supernatural wtf just happened omg that was awesome — but the contents are too harem-typical and non-nudity-barring. Another similarity is that the OP/ED music in both sucks. However, at least Kyouran Kazoku Nikki‘s OP has good animation. I think Macademi Wasshoi is an example of sometimes going too far overboard with randomness and “wtf” situations. However, I did enjoy it (or rather, it gave me an irresistable urge to check out the lightnovels with less nudity and awkwardness, and more action and detail and generally more of all the good parts of this anime and less of the bad parts).

Oh, I must take this opportunity to add that I still am not capable of getting past one page of a lightnovel successfully yet. I can however read mangas now. From being exposed to so much Japanese dialogue, I have no problem with vernacular, colloquial Japanese (like the text in talk bubbles in manga), but my ability level with Japanese prose approaches zero.

Elemental Gelade was also extremely enjoyable. I might even have given it an SSS if it weren’t for the dissatisfactory ending. (I guess I’m really picky about endings. In fact, I can’t think of a single anime with an ending I liked! Wow.) It takes me back to nostalgic memories of fantasy, with music by Yuki Kajiura, very reminiscent of the soundtrack from Tsubasa (also composed by her). The background music was absolutely brilliant, and the intro and outro songs were fantastic. The entire theme, pacing (which I kind of ruined watching at 4x), and tone of the anime attracts me to an unbelievable extend. I admit, the plot is rather standard-shounen, and the characters are also rather stock. However, I just inexplicably love this anime.

By the way, why can’t scriptwriters ever end animes right? Agh.