Otherwise known as Bodacious Space Pirates, though I can only see two space pirates with any bodacious body parts, though I guess they’re not referring to the Oxford definition in this case.

First off, this anime has the worst opening theme I have heard in anime since 2002. Not only can the girls not sing, but the beat is off and highly grating. Whoever did the mastering on that track needs to be shot. I actually turned off the episode three times on three different attempts due to that opening theme before I finally steeled myself and fast-forwarded through the chapter-less episode. It is really a pity because the anime is actually not that bad. Apparently it was sung by some girl band that sucks at everything from dancing to singing.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUoy582ePlQ[/youtube] Some of the world’s worst music comes from Japan.

Bodacious Space Pirates follows the life of high school girl, Katou Marika, who has inherited a legal pirate ship. As with most anime of this genre, she’s the last to learn of this and subsequently finds out two episodes later after everyone else, including the viewers has figured it out for themselves. As a matter of fact, several episodes later, Marika finds out everyone and their uncle, even the supporting characters who actually contribute nothing to the series, knows about her big secret. Big surprise.

Overall, I like space themed shows, and I like pirates, so this show has at least two things going for it. Once I figure out how madVR works, I might even have pictures.

I hate this girl's voice actress.

Pirate ships recruit out of high school, like the NBA and Boeing.

It seems like I’m forgetting someone… ah well, doesn’t matter.

I seem to be the only one who likes Aki Sora.

I mean, sure the story went from sappy drama about forbidden love to full-blown orgies in the course of six chapters; and trust me, I was angry at how shitty the story became. Then I noticed a bulge in my pants and realized that not all anime and manga need to be good to be enjoyable. Of course, some crappy anime receive more popularity than it deserves, and that really grinds my gears, but that’s my disappointment with anime fans in general and doesn’t lie strictly with the anime.

I seem to have gone off topic. Oh yes, I masturbated to Aki Sora out of pure frustration and came to enjoy the series for its aesthetics, and how it indulges my more primal urges. After all, isn’t incest really just about getting your rocks off in Japan? My only complaint with the Aki Sora anime was that it sucked, and not in the good way. It seemed to focus too much on the boring slice-of-life bits rather than the sticky wet sex that usually accompanies Itosugi Masahiro’s artworks. I remember stroking my member to one particular chapter where Nami rapes Sora (No, I did not mix up the names) and as I climaxed I could actually feel the sorrow and regret emanating from the tears on Nami’s cum-soaked face. The sequence of events leading up to that heart-wrenching scene was a path convoluted with extraneous amounts of sex and semen, but it worked.

The ends justify the means, and since Aki Sora managed to figure out a way to pair-up the two I absolutely needed to join hips, and in a manner that wasn’t completely a waste of time, I have to give Aki Sora props. I don’t give a lot of crappy manga props, but Aki Sora deserves it. At the heart of the matter, Aki Sora is delivering fap material to young teenage boys across the globe with a story that doesn’t involve magical pixie dust that make dicks taste like candy. Very few titles can pull that off in a tasteful manner. So without further ado, I’d like to applaud Itosugi Masahiro on his most excellent Aki Sora.

Wait, what are those flesh-colored things on her chest? o.o

Japanese Lesson of the day: kinshin soukan (????) – incest

If you’re not doing it, then you’re a horrible father.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL-W1M0A05Q[/youtube]

This song which was originally composed with Hatsune Miku, based on a MAD (That’s Japanese for Anime Music Videos), which itself was based off a Shaman King Drama CD back around 2010, got noticed by Shueisha who made the original creator’s dream a reality by uniting his composition with Kyouyama Anna’s voice actress Megumi Hayashibara; and it is indeed very Japanese-ey. On NicoNico Douga, it garnered 1.5 million views. And now you can listen to it on youtube until the Internet gets divided amongst the Axis Powers. more…

Girls the Wild’s is a manhwa about a school in Korea run by a white man.

I’m sure the artist meant “Girls of the Wild” and probably a play-on words with “Girls Gone Wild”. But nevertheless, it’s a decent Korean webcomic with a point-blank generic harem theme. I don’t know whether I like it, but it’s definitely something for me to pass the time with.

The art’s nice, and that’s probably the only thing that matters.

I’m actually a bit disappointed because the beginning chapters seemed to hint at a serious storyline with actual depth. Then all of a sudden, it’s like all those flashbacks were meaningless because the girls turned into formless amoebas that exist only to fill the character molds they were ripped off of.

To make the formula even more formulaic, our protagonist Jae Gu is a pathetic loser who gets bullied. It’s not entirely clear which route he’ll choose: Either learn to fight ala Kenichi, or continue to grovel in submission and act cute so his cute upperclassmen can fight his battles for him. Either way, it’s unrealistic. I don’t know what happened to his balls from early on in the series when he stood up to the most powerful female in Korea.

All I can say is… meh.

I think no matter how this story pans out, I’ll continue to be disappointed with the protagonist…

Today I was confronted with a situation straight out of hentai manga. I was at the laundromat because I’m too cheap to buy a washer and dryer when a slightly older, but attractive in certain lighting, female asked if I had a cigarette to spare. Being the kind Samaritan, I offered her a fag and we had ourselves a long conversation full of the awkward pause and silence that usually accompanies my interaction with women. As it turns out, she was in between jobs; and from the way it looked she was living out of a car. I have no idea why she was at the laundromat, since she didn’t seem to have any articles of clothing other than the five jackets, gloves and jeans she was wearing; and she wasn’t washing any of them.

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Though she never admitted to the bit about living out of a car, what else could I assume since she clearly did not have a place to stay.  It was from that conclusion the idea manifested itself in my thoughts: What if I were to invite her to stay the night at my place? I don’t live in a mansion, but I have enough floor space to house another living being, so why not a human? In my hentai-deluded fantasies this could mean hot and steamy farm sex:

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In reality, it would be more like I’d wake up to find my television, computer, microwave and silverware missing. Then later find out I have AIDS. Still, the possibility that she’d feel obligated to have sex with me was just too much of a tease to back off from. After all, it’s not completely clear that she’s homeless, or in need of shelter and food in any way. She does have a car, so she must have some money to fill it with gas, correct? Once my clothes dried, I did the only safe thing I could and walked away from the situation. Now, two hours later, this sad decision still eats away at me.

I find it strange, now that I’ve situated myself in Virginia with a stationary mobile home, and a kick-ass low-wage job; that I’m being so indecisive about buying a washer and dryer set; when without a second thought I easily fork over 850$USD for manga and a WACOM tablet. A washer and dryer is something I actually am in dire need of and can be used for years down the road; and the other is something I may never touch, much less use.

I guess it has something to do with my huge pay-cut, and the fact that clean clothes never seemed an issue to me in such cold weather. I don’t sweat so why should I care?

Oh yea, something something SOPA… but in more important news, Twinkies may disappear off the face of the earth.

Imagine how beautiful and magical it would be if all across America people took two dollars out of their wallet and marched to hostess HQ to drop it at their doorstep? We’d call it the march of Twinkies and forever immortalize hostess in the pages of history. Then the president can fly down in Air Force One and declare them a national landmark and keep it alive with tax money.

Maybe I should go back to covering real news. About… anime or something?