Watched Bamboo Blade (Complete Anime Series)

My girlfriend and I saw this at the library. The whole series is only like 26 episodes so it's not super long like many other anime shows. The show is about a high school kendo (think fencing but Japanese style) team and their adventures. 

The main character is Toraji Ishida who is a worthless kendo coach who often begs for food and scared to face life's obstacles. He is more commonly referred to as Kojiro

Then there is Tamaki Kawazoe who Kojiro finds out of the blue after seeing her use her amazing ability at swordsmanship. She also likes anime and manga very much. She joins the team only to serve as an "anime-like protector" after seeing a former member assaulting freshmen. 

Then there is Kirino Chiba who is the team captain despite being a rather wishy-washy fighter depending on her mood. She does have a good heart, and has a lot of comedic appeal. 

Then there is Sayako Kuwahara, more commonly known as "Saya." She quit and rejoined the team due to her personality of being a rather depressive person. One of those starving artist type of people. 

Then there is a Satori Azuma, a young girl who can't pass a test, wears fake glasses, but has very good skills at kendo. 

One of the most notable characters is Danjuro Eiga. A little ugly guy who at first seems weak and frail, but then gets a lot of wisdom and learns a lot of kendo. 

Could you believe this girl right here is Danjuro's girlfriend? Neither can most of the cast. Miyako Miyazaki (often called "Miya Miya") is on the surface a very sweet girl who loves her man. However deep down she has a dark and twisted personality to people who are unkind to her. 

Lastly there is Yuji Nakata who is just one of the boys in the kendo club. He has a lot of experience, but serves mostly as the voice of reason. Often mocking Kojiro for doing dumb things, or having different motives for winning matches. 

Overall it's a decent and memorable anime. It starts out really funny and creative, however there is a plot point that drags it down to a rather depressing mood. I kinda wished the whole series didn't turn all melancholic all of a sudden, but it has a decent ending. 

Watched Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

I've been waiting awhile to watch this movie. I heard good things about it. 

I actually read the first comic book since my library had it, though for some reason they don't have any of the other volumes so I didn't get a chance to read the rest of them. 

The film is about Scott Pilgrim a loser who is attracted to a weird girl. 

Even though he already has a fake-high school girlfriend. 

Who then turns pretty crazy in revenge. 

Well anyway his new girlfriend has seven awful exes who challenge Scott to battle. 

The battles can range to pretty cool, to a little boring. 

The movie does feel a bit rushed, and I'm sure they had to change and cut a lot of content from the comic book series to fit in a normal sized movie. It's a decent film, though I recommend the comic if you had to choose one version. 

My Day Yesterday

Woke up really late again, on my day off. Sigh... another day wasted. 

I changed my contacts today. Feel asleep with my old pair on, and when I woke up in the middle of the night I took them off (it was past due time to change them) and just tossed them on my table. By the time I got up in the late morning I felt them hard as a rock. 

I did have enough time to watch Scott Pilgrim vs the World. Pretty decent movie. 

Picked up my girlfriend and we went to the library. 

Checked out the Iron Man movie. Haven't seen it before. 

We went to Wendy's for lunch. She prefers McDonald's but I hate that place. 

I couldn't avoid taking her to Wal-mart which I also loathe. Though we did go to other places like Bi-Lo and the Dollar Tree. 

Bought some new razors at Bi-Lo today. They had a big pack of old spice razors on closeout. I have an electric razor but it sometimes never gets close enough. 

Before the night was over we finished the whole series of Bamboo Blade. Pretty good anime, though very short. 

Japanese Words For the Day: School Time!

Teacher is Kyoushi, but when you address them it's Sensei. 

Student is Gakusei

School is Gakkou

Janitor is Youmuin 

Things I Like: Married With Children

Such a great TV series, probably the first great show to come out of Fox. 

Al Bundy was so awesome. He wasn't a TV dad, he was a real dad. Loser shoe salesman with a grumpy attitude and a love for women he can't touch. 

I really liked his No Ma'am group. 

Peggy was kinda disgusting at first. 

But she was kinda hot. 

Not that Al cared. 

Marcy was annoying but contrasted pretty good in clashes with Al. 

Steve Rhodes was okay, as he kinda served as the voice of reason. 

I did enjoy the more comical Jefferson though. 

Kelly was a good character known only for her looks, and her lack of brains. 

Then we have Bud..so sad. 

My favorite episode is when Santa falls on the Bundy's roof, and I believe he dies. 

Things I Hate: The Penguins of Madagascar

This show is really unfunny, I didn't even like the movies let alone this garbage. 

Fact of the Day: First Native American Vice President

Charles Curtis was the first person in the role to have any significant amount of non-European ancestry.