I should have posted something about Otakon a few days ago but… meh

So yeah 8D This is my first convention as well as my first time cosplaying *other than wearing that hand me down school uniform*. I only went with my sister and she was death the kid. We met up with some friends, lost them in the art alley/dealers room and just went … "meh". We watched 5 centimeters per second, the NANA movie and re watched Haruhi to kill time.

I was also being extremely cheap and didn’t feel like spending too much money… so I bought an Ink-chan figure for like 7 bucks…a Tenma figure for 3$… an orenji keychain for 5$….  a haruhi, mukoro, and hibari keychain all for 5$, a simon bookmark for $1, a Maka commission for 5$, and a soul eater stand up figure for $10. So I didn’t exactly buy anything that was over 10$, besides chipotle and starbucks. Man, I’m cheap.

Here’s some of the crap i bought xD

  
 

Yay for pictures :3

soul eater gathering~

 


 
   

 
Apollo Justice and Phoenix Wright :3

Awesome Code Geass cosplayers :3

 

Laura Bailey :3

Yukari from Paradise kiss

LONG CAT~

 
One Piece :3 number 5 and miss valentine~

Pedo Bear.


GURREN LAGANN COSPLAYERS~
 

Lawl, pac man

Mountain Dew~

More Soul Eater Cosplay~

Suiseiseki~

 
Lawl, Naruto

Shugo Chara~

Lawl… weird combo

Death Note Cosplayers~

 
ELMO~

 
Gundam~

Akira kogami~ 

Okazaki and Fuko~

Reborn Cosplayers~

 

Yeah, I think i accidentally deleted a few pictures while making this post so if I forgot any pictures, I’ll edit this post 8D So there you have it xD

Wow, I was so freakin behind on this series. 3 episodes behind? I suck.

The good part is, we got to marathon a bunch of Soul Eater episodes without having to wait every week for an episode. So yay!

Was it worth it? No not really >_>; These Soul Eater episodes were just…ok…

Soul Eater is really letting me down, action wise. See… with this anime… it’s extremely strong with humor, however, when it comes to the fighting scenes, they’re KICK ASS at first but can’t keep it up for more than 5 minutes.

Episode 15 was really funny, however, i feel like they’re kind of re-using jokes. Kid’s same old symmetrical phobia, and Liz’s phobia of like…everything. When I saw Chrona appear and Kidd getting ready for action, I was all FUCK YEAH. THIS IS WHAT I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!

… but apparently, there was little action in this episode and dragged on to the next episode >_>; 

So DTK and Chrona start off with this KICK ASS fight that only lasted like… not even 5 minutes q_q… i mean, i was just craving for more but nothing really blew me away.

In the end, Kidd ran off into the marvelous symmetrical sun set. I think the past two episodes were cool for giving a glance at how Kidd, Liz and Patty teamed up but I wish it was more of a deep episode than just a glance. The rest of this episode was pretty lame, imo.

And just when I thought Soul Eater couldn’t get any lamer…it gets extremely lame at episode 17.

I can’t believe I made myself sit through this episode. I wanted to kill myself the whole time through. The only reason I watched this episode was cuz my little brother thought excalibur looked cool. Then he sat on my lap, and we ended up watching the episode. My little brother was laughing, i just wanted to throw my computer out the window. 

So after watching Soul Eater, expecting BADASS’D action, it left me in a sour mood by the end of episode 17. *cries*

Overall Episodes Score: 7.8/10
so not worth marathoning… however, the humor in episode 15 & 16 were pretty good.

Lawl. At first I thought this episode would end up sucking, but the whole personality twist with Jun was totally un predictable and utterly priceless. I found myself cracking up xD I fell for him the moment his voice changed, it was such a deep and sexy voice lol xD

Overall, this episode was alright. There were times when Megumi and Ryuu’s actions to protect Jun were over exadurated, but then again, is there ANYTHING in this anime that ISN’T over exadurated? 

I don’t have much else to say about this episode, but I felt like making a blog post about Special A… so here I am xD

Overall Episode Score: 8/10

I’ll be blunt. First season of Black Lagoon blew me away, second season let me down q_q…

So I’ll review the first and second season separately instead of one whole series. Plus, the third season is coming out, and I’m just praying that it lives up to the first season. But I’ll defiantly be blogging the third season of Black Lagoon once it comes out.

Black Lagoon - First Season

At first, I didn’t think I’d like this anime. After all, I was never drawn by gun fights, criminals, crazy gangs, etc… but Black Lagoon went FAR beyond my expectations. Holy fucking crap. I haven’t felt such strong suspense and scream "HOLY SHIT" at my computer since Rurouni Kenshin. This anime was SO freakin hardcore <333 

There are so many things I loved about the first season, and the very first thing that sold me to this series is Revy. She’s like… freakin bad ass’d. I love her attitude and spunk, and there are some times when Revy can be just plain kawaii (appearance wise) Revy defiantly goes down as my favorite characters for her uniqueness.

I also love Rock. It was so easy for me to see through his mind and his sense of justice. The characters in Black Lagoon are extremely diverse, comparing it to something like… To Heart 2 where the characters just looked the same to me >_>;; It’s interesting to see how over time, Revy grows some sort of attachment towards Rock. At first, if Rock got kidnapped, she would have just left him to die but now if Rock got kidnapped, she’d be chasin after him.

Now… the mission that really blew me away was the whole mess with Garcia Lovelace. Oh my fuckin gawd. Roberta is so kick ass. I was already addicted to this anime, and this mission made my mind explode. There were so many times when I found my self screaming "SHIT SHIT SHIT" at my computer, it was SO freakin suspenseful and hardcore. Not to mention the car chase really blew me away.

Even though the end to the first season sucked, I still love Black Lagoon. Because the begining of the first season was so freakin amazing, it makes up for all the crappy missions in the second season. I highly recommend this to anyone who loves badass’d girls and crazy gun fights. But only for the first season, not the second season…

Story: B+
Production: B+
Characters: A-
Enjoyment: A
Overall Score: 96/100

Black Lagoon - The Second Barrage

 

I found myself bored and unimpressed many times during the second season. The reason: All the missions sucked. There are little to no times where I was blown away like I was in the first season, but none the less, I’m still loyal to this anime :P

I’ll break down this review by all the missions they did, and I’ll be brief.

• The killer loli’s: It was…alright. Hansel and Gretel remind me of those two twins from Shakugan no Shana, and because of that, I saw no originality. Man, Shakugan no Shana and BL Second Barrage aired at the same time o_O So if I were watching these two series at the same time, I would think that SnS was some rip off of Black Lagoon >_>;  Black Lagoon still totally pwns Shakugan no Shana. Those two killer loli twins were like really hardcore, but the end didn’t really safisfy me… I mean… they just…died >_>;; Very few suspenseful moments on my end, but those killer loli’s are REALLY hardcore x_x!!
• Jane: This mission sucked in general. I mean, sure it was funny at some points and the fights were hardcore, suspenseful, not to mention really cool characters such as Sawyer the Cleaner was introduced… but in the end… it didn’t beat the suspense I had when Lagoon Company was being chased by Roberta…and Jane was really annoying…
• Yukino: Oh god. This one just sucked in general. Yuniko really annoyed me… but my appreciation for Rock went up. There were a lot of deep moments, lots of deep conversations, but none of them really had an impact on me (although it slightly influences my thoughts on the criminal world). Ginji was really hardcore, but sadly, it just wasn’t enough to amaze me…i was still entertained nonetheless. Revy speaking engrish is priceless… and I liked how Revy and Rock’s relationship slightly grew, even though I would have preferred more. In the end, I wish that Black Lagoon started off with the Yukino case and ended with the killer loli case. That way, the ending would be more satisfying for me :P But ah well… there’s a third season comin up anyways xD

At first I thought that Black Lagoon would get better after the killer loli’s but it was just a big let down q_q I still love Revy, and I’m still blown away by the first season so this anime is still within my top 15 favorite anime. However, if the third season sucks more than the second season my rank for this anime will drop dramatically q_q I’m having high hopes for the third season…

Story: C+
Production: B+
Characters: B
Enjoyment: C+
Overall Score: 84/100