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Heavy Recon: Aoi Hana – 01, Mazinger Z – 13, Sora no Manimani – 01, and Umi Monogatari – 02

July 12th, 2009

Gorgeous, Delicious, YAKKK DECULCHA!

I guess I can thank Uncle Sam for making all my traveling arrangements for me, though I wish the crabby old man would have given me a better flight than one at 0600 on a Sunday. Ah well as such I have much ground to cover but not a lot of time to do it. Well here goes a quick recon report on Aoi Hana – 01, Mazinger Z – 13, Sora no Manimani – 01, and Umi Monogatari – 02.

Aoi Hana – 01: Kawamori Strikes Back

Beware of sis-cons driving cars…though he might as well get a pedobear suit with accompanying van.

It certainly seems to be much more slice of life than other yuri series I have seen and as such there doesn’t seem to be a tall dark and bishojo to act as the Chikane-class alpha female. Instead in an interesting reversal the super tall Fumi Manjome-san is the cry baby with the washboard. In contrast her designated life partner Akira “Achan” Okudaira seems to be the brave one. Incidentally it seems that Aoi Hana seems to have it in for dudes with sis-con as Shinobu is a butt monkey who likes his imouto a little too much. I suppose that Zyl will have a field day drawing comparisons between Shinobu and Stripey as is the way of Red Zakus. Both may go to different schools but it seems that both go to all girl schools. Achan’s school seems to also have an attached loli-school whose students are simply criminally cute. Even if Fumi is no Katie, she still gets three admirers off the bat who assume that she is Chikane-class and hope to get her into their drama club so they can yuri tea parties. A-chan gets no yuri harem or fan club, but it seems that Kyoko Ikumi has locked S-Foils in attack position and is ready to make a milk run on Achan. I wonder if Kyoko is going to aspire to become Chikane-class because that would be fucking sweet. To be sure there probably were other embarrassing incidents for Fumi, but why they chose her wetting herself is beyond me…In any case Fumi’s cousin and long time yuri pal Chizu gets a pineapple cakey and is sent off to marry some dude. Fumi is understandably distraught that it was time for Chizu to marry and pretend to be heterosexual.

All in all I will watch because it is yuri, and that cakey thing was like a FALCON PUNCH to the gut.

I dawwwed.

Achan would totally hit that…

If only she were Kati II…

Now now Fumi this not time to be picky or monogamous…

That book could be you in few days Achan…

Nice to meet you too…may it be that she is Chikane II?

It is time…

Oh shit it’s a pineapple cake…

Chizu-chan no BAKA!

Mazinger Z – 13: Up Your Arsenal

Woah there what do you mean “IF” Mazinger Z wins…?

I suppose the moral of this story is that the Right to Bear Arms is a fundamental right. Simply put, what kind of self respecting person would pass up an arsenal made by Kabuto? No one, that’s who; well, except for pansy girly men who fear weapons. Ankokuji is still loyal to the memory of his beloved Gamia, and who could blame him as Shiro turns to the loli path and suspects everyone but his mother of being a loli-con. Ankokuji put it best though, no rack = no interest, even if Lorelei is probably mecha too. While Baron Ashura was a huge butt monkey it seems that against Mazinger Z even Count Blocken becomes one too, though at least he did manage to blow up the Jet Scrander. Still Mario N7 was not long for the world as his Marionettes were no match for Ankokuji’s new arsenal. Unlike other mecha series guns are used liberally here as any mecha pilot ought to be able to fight competently outside of the cockpit like the Great Prince Ali. Ah how I miss the old days before this faux righteousness fad of more talking and less shooting took hold. So old man Stronheim seems to have a thing for Tsubasa, who is now revealed to be Kouji and Shiro’s mom, ah well I suppose coming back from the dead is as good a declaration of love as any. Still the poor man waited all his life only to find that his one and only already had two kids…ouch.

Welcome my fellow /k/ommandos.

I think Tesla just jizzed in his grave.

Ronin Warriors…

Now we need a Mazinger Z ODST

It’s part of Juuzo’s back taxes…

Ah the power of love…

And mecha…

I dub thee loli-Gamia.

Yeah I miss her too.

Gamia-hime :3

It’s me, MARIO N7!

This is my rifle, this is my gun…this is for fighting, this if for fun…

Ah the old days when arsenals were okay and there was none of this “pistol only” nonsense.

Fucking BADASS.

The power is in the armor…

Way to go puss cake.

What about dad?

Tsubasa you gots some esplaining to do…

Dude look at that chin…

Wait kids? Two of them…?

Yeah FML indeed…

Sora no Manimani – 01: Astrology in my Astronomy?!

I did not know the Wii could make something like this…

Well not really but while the first ep was well animated, pretty, and filled with bright colors; it seems to be a bit lacking on the comedy side. Moreover I think as time goes one people will find Mii-chan to be irritating, she reminds me of Tenma of School Rumble though it seems there will be little need to reset the relationships given the male to female ratio. It’s pretty clear that Saku-chan is doomed to be the bride of Mii-chan so hopefully this will be more romantic comedy than hateful harem. I hope the comedy picks up because otherwise it will probably get old quick. The episode itself was alright it had its moments though I think Saku-chan should have imagined his nemesis Mii-chan as a fat yaoi fan girl with a paddle, but a missed opportunity I suppose. At the very least it seems to have no panty shots though they probably should go more over the top. Still I suppose as long as the animation is crisp there is still hope for this. The manga is ongoing so there is some people out there who like it. If it’s going to stay more on the romantic side that’s fine though I was hoping that I would have busted a gut laughing.

Still Fumin is superior, that is all.

In Soviet Russia Miyamoto’s Miis makes you!

Quick get your your Sony Home Avatar ready!

It’s kind of great…if you happen to be a loli-con.

Saku-chan getto!

My advice get a cardboard box…and learn CQC.

Sayo-chan is embarrassed for you…

There’s always two sides to a story…

Uhh Mii-chan it was already a uniform…

I like megane-chan more…

:3

GO MEGANE PAIR!

Dood Mii-chan’s dad looks like Saku-chan…

Yuri shot GET!

Umi Monogatari – 02: Kanon’s Ultimate Techinique…

Thank goodness at least Marin is a card carrying lesbain.

For a first mahou shojo battle it wasn’t too bad as there were fewer speed lines than anticipated and the sequence where Marin was dodging and taking pot shots was mildly Macrossian. If only Kanon called her attacks and said attack was SEKIHA TENKYOKEN, ah well I suppose this isn’t slated to be a series where Marin and Kanaon’s blood will be BURNING RED. Not much happened in terms of story but it seems that Kanon is getting some guests to her home next week. I wonder how young Kanon’s mom was if Kanon is not hitting 18 years of age, but is suppose anime being anime that it’s only a minor detail. It’s kind of funny how the turtle was mocking Kanon for not being chaste when it was Marin who actually wore something even skimpier. Still I suppose the highlight for me was predictably when Marin confessed her yuri love for Kanon who should join the yuri side after her dip shit boyfriend reneged on his promise. Not that it was the only yuri moment, it seems that the servants of Sedna take the guise of women and have a penchant for wrapping around Kanon and go all out in trying to take her first kissu. In the end I probably won’t be dropping this until 7 eps later if it starts dragging. Nevertheless I enjoyed this one much more than the first.