The Tayutama Box and K-ON! Drama – You Rage, You Lose!

Author: nova

What would be a post without orz? And nobody does it better than Alicia.

Last week I went through some highlights of the spring season and now I believe it’s about time to explore the RAGE-inducing side of things we’ve seen so far. However in before all the bitching I must say that this season has been a great improvement over its predecessor and there weren’t that many things to actually rant and rave about. That said, it’s not like there ever is a flawless execution and even if there was, the fanbase itself will surely come up with something nerve wrecking enough for a blog post or two.

But before we begin let me announce a little something about things to come. In addition to upgrading my hosting plan to make room for a possible spinoff blog, I am planning on spending a week’s holiday in Singapore, taking the opportunity to meet some international colleagues of mine as well as attend (and blog) the Anime Festival Asia ‘09. But more about this later when the final date of AFA ‘09 is actually confirmed and on with the srs bsns.

Just what the fuck is this? Why is this box so screwed up? Seriously, I don’t get it. Look at it, it’s like right there completely unaffected by the angle of the floor it’s on and the center of gravity of Yuuri’s ass that’s sitting on top of it. It’s like a huge middle finger directed to all laws of the nature that clearly dictate such situation cannot exist, but yet the box is certainly is there doing just that under the sheer power of its own ignorance. It’s like if I started using the vacuum former machines at work to deep-fry Mars bars. Btw Tayutama fucking sucks except for Yumina. It would be pretty decent without Mashiro but it’s not like the main female is going to vanish off the screen because I wish for it.

Paws off Kljigen, this one’s mine.

Oh yeah, and then there’s all the K-ON! drama. It was kinda cute for a while that people wouldn’t shut up about how much K-ON! sucks and how Lucky Star was doin it rite, but seriously that shit is getting old. Okay, you got your point heard at episode 1, but when you keep bitching about how L*S still beats K-ON! at the bloody 6th episode it’s hardly anything but plain retarded. Newsflash morons: K-ON! is not a fucking otaku reference parody show. If it was to be compared to any other series out there I’d pick Azumanga Daioh but definitely not Lucky Star. Because the latter mentioned represents the traditional Azumanga-type anime about as much as a combine harvester represents four-wheeled vehicles. K-ON! is an obvious Azumanga-clone, about as clear example as it gets without being a ripoff, and L*S definitely is nothing of the sort aside from its very, very basic setting. Also the pacing and focus of jokes is entirely different in K-ON! when compared to L*S, something that makes a world of difference to me. You see, aside from Lucky Channel-sessions I didn’t find L*S very funny or entertaining most of the time, while I’ve had no such problems with K-ON! or Azumanga Daioh for that matter. Hell, I thought even Hyakko was more enjoyable than L*S. OHSHI, am I now doing the same thing I was ranting about at the start of this paragraph?

NOT OKAY

I also find comparing the characters in K-ON! and L*S utterly futile. Sure you may say that Tsumugi is exactly like Miyuki but come on, Mio being a Kagami ripoff? Yui being Tsukasa with extra awkwardness? And Ritsu is just like Konata? Whatever you were smoking. I find very little similarities that exist between Mio and Kagami. Sure, Mio is more serious than her friends and sometimes acts as the voice of reason within the group like Kagami does, but this role of hers has carries much less weight. Kagami is a straightforward, self-confident and mature tsukkomi-character, while Mio is awkward, unsure of herself and often indirect about what she really wants. She sometimes cockblocks Ritsu’s retarded ideas but I can’t really put her under the tsukkomi-category at least as far as the anime is concerned. If anything, Mio reminds me of Azumanga’s Yomi. And she doesn’t even have twintails for aura to pull. And Yui being like Tsukasa? You might as well put an equals sign between being shy and being diagnosed with ADHD-I. Now put her next to Osaka and you won’t be able to tell who’s who. Finally, to draw a line between Ritsu and Konata? Just where do you see a connection? The fact that both are lazy as far as school is concerned? Except that Konata still aces her exams while Ritsu needs help from the ace student Mio, just like the relationship between Tomo and Yomi. There is not a fucking thing that makes Ritsu a Konata-clone. A Tomo-clone? Why not. A Torako clone? That works too.

In addition to all this I ran into someone wondering why the K-ON!’s OP and ED songs ended up skyrocketing in popularity like Motteke!! Sailor Fuku back in the day. I mean yeah, they’re not very dancable and all. But the answer is very simple: Whether you like it or not, nowadays KyoAni is the Apple of animu industry. Whatever they push out is the shit, even if it’s the most retarded stuff ever. Hell, KyoAni could do Training With Hinako and that shit would be all over the anime cons worldwide before you knew it.

y not afraid of my neck support suit?

Also, holy shit is Nami a rotten bitch or what? Usually I have at least a little sympathy for bad guys but Nami just don’t cut it. She’s not only a self-centered bitch, but also dumb as a brick. I mean just look at what happened in episode 17, even some insignificant side character can soundly beat her in a verbal conflict making her look like the immature teenage bitch she is. Of course Nami just can’t resist the urge to use brute force to deal with this said character which only makes it crystal clear to even the slowest and most Finnish of us – Nami is a fucking childish teen who never got spanked enough by daddy. This is why we can’t have nice things.

I guess this has cleared my mind of the nasty stuff enough for next week’s mid-season check and second version of the Hatsukoi Limited relationship chart. I sure hope they will explore the Dobashi-Terai-relationship soon. Meanwhile in Finland…