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Yeah..? You got a problem with that, H U H ? ? ?
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+ + October 30th, 2004 (Saturday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Blank--
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Am unoriginal. Yay.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 01:48 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + October 27th, 2004 (Wednesday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Furious--
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Correction. BIG miscalculation.
Especially cold today, or at least the wind was. I could hear at least one person every minute being shocked at me wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt, but I don't understand why schoolgirls can walk around with short-skirts with their legs bare to the cold like my arms, and they don't say a bleed'in thing about it. There's barely any difference.
I detest zoos. No matter what, the animals are still prisoners doomed to be stared at their whole lives without hope of any freedom.
"The worst sin toward our fellow creatures
is not to hate them, but to be indifferent
to them: that's the essence of inhumanity."
- George Bernard Shaw
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 11:21 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + October 26th, 2004 (Tuesday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Thoughtful--
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The past is done, and no matter how much one regrets, nothing will change it. It's said that people remember bad experiences better than the good. My reasoning would be that bad happenings teach lessons more valuable than the simple joy that comes with good things. More often than not, I find myself reflecting on those lessons fondly and laughing at myself. Reflection is good; entertaining yet enlightening.
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."
- Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 10:42 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + October 26th, 2004 (Tuesday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Annoyed at self--
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... Slight miscalculation on my part. Eh. *Works on it*
Woooo earthquakes. More than 400 over that are strong enough to be felt from Saturday. Watched some interview with the evacuated people from earthquake-hit areas of Niigata, Japan. Some woman was complaining they had nothing else to eat aside from bread and riceballs. Stupid people. You should be goddamned glad you've got ANYTHING to eat at all. People never fail to surprise.
.... Eh wanna sleep...
"The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money." - Anon
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 08:42 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + October 24th, 2004 (Sunday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Drowsy--
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OC. My mom loves the series. Haven't watched much of it. General impression would be rich people having fun. Full stop. Not my cup of tea. And it disgusts me even more when my mother goes on about how 'poor' she is while watching the whole thing. Greed. Money. Guh.
Bits of song lyrics I really like:
僕等はいつでも探してる
加速したｽﾋﾟｰﾄﾞは変えられない
強さと覚悟つなぎ止めて
走り続けなければ未来はない
突き進め扉の向こうへ
- 「扉の向こうね」より
果てない夜を数えながら
自分の破片(かけら)探していた
失う程にこの思いが 確かになってく
今なら きっと歩いていける どこまでも
- 「Alone」より
"One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams." - E. V. Lucas
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 08:56 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + October 24th, 2004 (Sunday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Exhuasted--
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Eeks... back from the Tokyo Internation Entertainment Market 2004 (link)...
The trip there was much shorter than expected for going to a place even further than Tokyo Disneyland... Still had a headache through the whole day... Thank goodness there wasn't as much a crowd as the turnout at the Tokyo Game Show~. I head STRAIGHT for the Square Enix, Aniplex and Geneon booths. WOOT got pamphlets. Saw something about a Roy Mustang song file coming out in December. I hope that seiyuu can sing... -_-; Here were plenty of those dispensing machines over at Bandai's side, and I took the liberty of spending... 1200 yen in total over Hagaren stickers~ Chibi characters are cute. There was the Alphonse life-sized model beside the Edward Elric and army uniform attire~ ^_^ I'm glad I brought my camera, but ran outta batteries too soon. All the photographs are up here.
The most interesting part of the day though, was the last stage performance for the day. A seiyuu gathering where normal people (picked from the whole lotta fans) go up and imitate the seiyuus' roles. The seiyuus gathered were Yamaguchi Kappei (Inuyasha, from Inuyasha), Takayama Minami (Edogawa Conan from Detective Conan), and the seiyuus of Doraemon & Gian (from Doraemon), Baikin-man (from Anpan-man). Some other seiyuus dropped in later but didn't really do much (Jin & Megure from Detective Conan being among the few). Yamaguchi Kappei's pretty entertaining for a seiyuu. Even though he wasn't the host of the event, he did crack some cute jokes. ^_^;;; Pretty funny when you're hearing Inuyasha yelling his sword-skill then suddenly turning into some fish name like its being shouted out at a marketplace. I was wondering why they didn't have Yamaguchi Kappei & Takayama Minami introduced as their characters from the Detective Conan series, but then again Inuyasha seems more popular. The people imitating the seiyuus... a few were great, esepcially one who did Sanji (One Piece) along with his Inuyasha lines, and a girl who picked herself up again by doing Naruto after a failed attempt at Conan. The last segment was nice; all the seiyuus, acting as their characters for the day, playing out a scenario together. Since Yamaguchi Kappei's the most popular seiyuu among the bunch (Takayama Minami follows), he let his other characters slip into the play. XD Imagine Inuyasha right about to shout his usual skill, but goes in another character's "USOPP..." mistakingly (Usopp from One Piece is also voiced by Yamaguchi Kappei). ^^; After that while talking to Edogawa Conan he switched to Kaito Kid mode (Yamaguchi Kappei plays him in Detective Conan; Conan's rival)... Mmmmm~ I'm looking forward to the Hagaren event in December even more now.
Head down town for a sushi dinner, during which the whole damn place was shaking while we were halfway through the meal.
Which Fullmetal Alchemist protagonist are you?
Roy isn't torn by angst. He may have been, but he learned to move on and do something about things.
*Hears the earth groan again* What the heck is up with the earthquakes today. Been so many...
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 04:03 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + October 23rd, 2004 (Saturday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Queered--
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Wow O_O I didn't know it was this serious... What a trip~
theOtaku.com: The Anime Friendship Quiz
The Villian
Your Jobs: Even at the workplace, you cant deal with authority. You need a job where you can control outcomes.You would make a good detective, lawyer, dictator, politician, model, or movie director. You need someone you can control, someone who is willing to let you dominate them. You prefer a person who is your opposite, submissive and docile, but still a challenge. You want someone who wont change, even though you will. They will need to cherish you and they will be your number one minion. Your love interest would be the number one importance in your life. You would kill for them... Your dream guy would be Randy from Scream Your dream girl would be Sydney from Scream or Willow from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. You most likely... Are a Scorpio, Sagitarrius, or Ares, Are fascinated by death and/or the occult, Are interested in horror movies, Like the TV shows Survivor and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Have got into more than one physical/verbal fight...and won them all. Best Friends: You would be good friends with other Villians. You would also get along with Rebels and Social Butterflies. Love Interests: You would be happy with a Dreamer, Planner, or Other Half Enemies: Child and Ares
The Super Ultimate Personality Quiz: Who are you?
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O_O This... is... too... accurate...
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 01:25 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + October 22nd, 2004 (Friday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Forgetful--
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Oops. Forgot to add:
Going to this anime/ manga/ game/ film fair with Joyce tomorrow. If I wasn't late yesterday, I would NOT have seen the ad of it on the train (but then again, it was only because a Hagaren picture in it caught my eye).
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 06:11 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + October 22nd, 2004 (Friday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Meh--
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Whoa. Yesterday... What a day... For the first time in my life I was late for class.
I had turned in at 4 something in the morning, and the next thing I know, I woke up, took a look at my cellphone, and saw 9:20am. That's the time class starts, conveniently... I had let out a scream and a cuss, then dashed off to get changed, all the way contemplating if I should even bother going to school since it would take me over an hour to get there, and today's class would end at 12:30pm. What the hell, attendance determines your results, so I rushed out the dorm 3 minutes after jumping outta bed and cycled at breakneck speed to the train station through 14 degrees weather and a drizzle; it normally takes me 15 minutes to get there, but yesterday I made it in 6 with numb fingers and toes. Practically crashlanded into the first train I could make it to, and 30 minutes later, got to the Shinjuku station and ran for the other train. My usual 90 minutes to get to school was somehow reduced to 55... =.= But was still so late for class anyway. Then again the teacher said it's alright to be late once (school's realllly strict about it), and did comment to one of our seniors that I work very hard (???).
Heck. I didn't even have time to put shoes on. Just grabbed muh sandals and off I was.
Thanks to yesterday's mad rush through a cold morning, then running into very warm trains and what not, my nose has begun to run, and head started pounding. Quite fine now though. Sleep cures everything in my case.
I had talked to Mom the other day over the phone. She said she was anticipating me going back to Singapore. To be honest I DREAD going back there. Why? Simply because it just doesn't have anything to offer me. Sure it's safe, and clean and free of typhoons and earthquakes and blah blah. It's a good place for retirement in my opinion. But staying there would only mean I would be adding weights behind me unnecessarily. Yes, my family is there and what not, but I don't feel a need to be there with them all the time. For Christ's sakes it's my life. Not physically being with them doesn't mean I've abandoned them or something. Then again I've never felt any real attachment to the country I was born in. Yes, thank you for providing me stuff while I grew up, but it was never a choice for me. I'd only run back there if I were too much a coward to seek a place out there in the world myself, to a country that already designated a mould for me to grow into and fill up when I came of age. I'm out here to carve my own nook. It might come up to be a small nook, but I can safely say I made it on my own.
*Wonders why she's ranting on the above stuff at all* Not like my usual me. Must've been what D wrote. Then again what he said was on a completely different train of thought.
Lil Sis: Update more~!
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 05:58 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + October 21st, 2004 (Thursday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Wide awake--
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Eh.... I shouldn't take daytime naps anymore.
Snoozed for an hour because I was sleepy, and I knew I would take some time to do some animation homework later on. Finished my homework, and I'm still wide awake at 2:30am... My body's like this. Even a 15 minute nap will re-energize me, so imagine what that 1 hour nap did. >_<; Another sleepless night. *Prepares to go out to the convenience store to get a drink and read anime magazines*
Got something to say about returning to my home country (or rather the thought of it), but that'll have to wait... *skips off to go out*
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 02:39 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Resentful--
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Hmmm... poor Nakasa-san came to school with her bottle of manga ink emptied out in her bag. Then I found out Jhun-san had been dumped. Didn't really know what to say to the latter, but my my... she just looked so down...
Heard this over the radio program (Hagaren Broadcasting). Cute~
Paku Romi = Edward
Kugimiya Rie = Alphonse
Rie: One of our listeners has sent a postcard saying we should remember Edward on the [insert random date I can't remember] by eating snow peas~ (or beans, if you like). We have a pack here in the studio today~
Romi: Wait wait, this makes it sound like we're paying tribute to a dead person...
Rie: *smile in her voice* I don't see anything wrong with that.
Romi: *switches to angry Ed-mode* !@*$ I'M NOT DEAD! DIDN'T YOU PEOPLE WATCH EPISODE 51! I AIN'T DEAD!!!!)(&%(!&*%!
Joyce: >_<
Typhoon fun. Waiting for bus for half an hour, not fun.
We're supposed to be going down to the Ueno Zoo next Wednesday to sketch animals. If Joyce can complain about the living conditions are like for the animals (aka prisoners) there, you can expect lengthy rants when I get back from that wretched place. Of course it's stupid for an animal lover to try avoiding such a place when it's the brutal truth, but who the hell wants to see what they hold dear to them tortured mentally like that.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 07:15 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Go figure--
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でんわばんご う…かえようかなぁ
Episode #35 with the Homoculi gang at the beginning. To those of you who knows what happens in that scene: what Envy does is EXACTLY what I want to do at this point in time.
Hail typhoons. 2 of em even.
I'm glad something good happened today. Otherwise a 3rd typhoon would be well on its way.
^_____^ 行く！行く！ハガレンのイベントに！やったぁ！ I'm going to the event~! Wooooohhhhhoooooo~!
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 11:27 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + October 17th, 2004 (Sunday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Oddly amused--
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。。。んなやろう、おらにメッセー
ジをおくればおくるほど。。。
It is it is the む and is.
I think only one other person in the world knows what that meant. *Rolls over laughing*
あんたのおかげで、おこ ったはずのおらが
笑ったぞ〜 XD まだむかつくんだけど…
That aside, my grandma was trying to call in, but I think I was out preparing dinner at the time, and for some reason I can't get through to her.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 08:40 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + October 17th, 2004 (Sunday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Busy--
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o_O Slept for 14 hours straight.
Been too exhausted this whole week, and the weather's been kind. ^_^ It's cool outside, and whoever wants to get up from a nice warm bed?
*Stares at pile of homework...*
+ Rendering out creatures with manga pens
+ Drawing human poses out x 6
+ Creating human characters (not manga characters, but HUMANs)
+ Animating a 2D cube (paper) roll like a dice 3D... -_-;;;;;
+ Researching on Alaska High Kick stuff in general
+ Making a storyboard of a 5-minute sports programme.
Woohoo. *Jumps to table and begins*
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 11:02 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Sleepy--
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Dargh cycling through cold mornings... *buys plenty of chocolate to keep warm*
Some welcome party going on downstairs. Met Ryan in the canteen when I came back just now and got invited to it (said he was gonna be DJ-ing). I was invited... 3 times by differerent people, but I ain't the partying-sort... crowds and noise... no good. Need sleep.
Well... I couldn't resist buying this month's GanGan comic issue after noticing it comes with a Hagaren drama CD with the anime cast in it. ｦﾗ After listening to the previous drama CD, I thought it'd be a fun buy. Unusually cheap too... 490 yen for such a huge book (about 900 pages worth, and would effectively break someone's nose if thrown at face) and that drama CD. The drama CD this time wasn't as good as the last one though I hope the 2nd part of it coming next month proves more exciting. Joyce, remind me to let you see the '666~Satan' comic. I swear it is Naruto's manga artist doing it under a slightly different name... but why bother with different publishers?
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 02:04 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Drowsy--
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*Laughs off the chair*
Indeed, anger is a source of energy, but this is ridiculous.
Handa-san brought some mini-cakes she baked. Yummaaay. Japanese love to present their stuff nice, veeerrrry nice. Tad too sweet, but oh well *washes it down with water*
This morning was hell. Chilly mornings is something I love, but cycling in it... -_-
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 10:39 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Sleepy--
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*Flops over exhausted*
Illustration class is fun... drawing with manga pens is nice. But doing a picture via dotting... dot by dot... is.. >_____<
Reference photograph from this site. What a beautiful creature... This picture took me ... a whole day and a few nights... Kinda like the way the picture turned out, but it's tedious.
Grah. I can animate (2D, hand-drawn) animals and people, but when it comes to fixed shapes... -_-;;;; There's my weak point for ya.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 03:35 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Blue--
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Eh. Just went through FMA #25 again and felt my heart-strings tugged once more. Only the last part of Hughes standing at the station waving really got to me, but that was enough...
Sis: I found an article with the cast members of Hagaren saying some message after the last recording. ^_^ Here ya go:
Paku Romi (Edward Elric)
"I still feel a little like I haven't gone through the last episode of Hagaren... but this past 1 year has been filled with new experiences, and I learnt a tremendous lot from this project. All the people who got together to make Hagaren have been working so hard, and it's great to know this anime has touched people's hearts. (We) hope to work on the movie with this inspiration, and will strive to make it better! Don't forget to catch us next year!"
Kugimiya Rie (Alphonse Elric)
"I was thinking (sighing) to myself last night, 'Ah... it'll be over tomorrow...' but I was glad that this recording went smoothly. For the past year, things have been hard on the Elric brothers, but they've pulled through, taking it one step at a time. They are sort of role models to how one should live life. For now, the story will be continued in the movie, and still doesn't feel like an 'end', but I'll work just as hard as Aru (on the movie)."
Toyoguchi Megumi (Winry Lockbell)
"Right through to the end, it didn't feel like Winry had changed much; even with Ed gone, Aru turned 10 years old, and everything else happening around... But I was glad she stayed the same; always looking after those 2~ To me, even with Ed not around, the story isn't at its end! There's still the movie, so I'm taking this as a short break."
Ookawa Toru (Roy Mustang)
"A year has passed for this deep production, and I think I've learnt some lessons from it. I'm just so happy to be part of this team, with such wonderful staff and cast members. Hagaren will keep changing as it goes on. I was quite pleased that the final episode was done in SF too. This isn't the end, and I will value the experiences that came with this production."
Neya Michiko (Riza Hawkeye)
"I'm quite thankful for the chance to play such a cool character. I was quite nervous about getting the right feel and emotion for the last part, when Riza went 'Roy', not the usual 'Taisa'. I was wondering what would happen to the 2 of them after getting that part done, but I'm glad to know they're both alive. Truth to tell, I was thinking about what the new characters that came in the last episode would do to the story, but since it ended lightly, I thought it rather good." Sycia's note: What new characters????
Tsuda Shoko (Izumi)
"This character's my baby! To have been able to come here and do this... I'm not even the main star, but I was right about to cry (nervous laugh). Since Izumi's now taken charge of Aru, she'll be training him for the next half a year (for what takes place in the movie). I'll work hard to train, sternly yet gently!" Sycia's note: At this point I'm not sure if she's talking about herself, or her character Izumi.
Ebara Masashi (Hohenheim Elric)
"I was a little worried about this seemingly complicated production, but it seems like I was nervous for nothing. Rather, I was moved... Eh? About Hohenheim? Hmm... he was a difficult character to play... But I did him as a figure who would sacrifice himself for love. If I'm called up to do the movie, I'll to do my homework (research) and do him again."
Sasaki Seiji (Shigu)
"I play the silent husband of a talkative wife. I still think he's a rather nice character, and am quite envious of the trust and relationship between those 2. It would be great if he could keep on watching over her. It means everything to him just to be beside Izumi. Thank you for your support!"
Yamaguchi Mayumi (Envy) <-- ^____^
"Hmmm... I get the feeling I'm hated by the viewers.... *Laughter from the rest of the cast*. But that is proof that I played my part well. I'm not exactly evil at heart, so it was a challenging role. I had to think 'What does it mean to be... bad?' to be able to play Envy. I was sorta hoping the final episode would set everything to a basic... end, but it's to be finished with the movie, as it turned out. Hehe, if Envy changes forms, I wouldn't be playing... *nervous laugh*"
Takato Yasuhiro (Gluttony)
"Thanks for everything for this 1 year!!! Ate right till the end, and everything was delicious! (my) stomach still isn't full just yet, so I'll settle for stuff in the movie! Well... that didn't really sound like Gluttony, but being disgusting, being able to watch other characters (being played) from morning, and being laughed at by everyone... it was so fun! If I get the chance, I'd love to continue playing 'Glut-chan'. Once again, thank you!"
Mizuki Nana (Wrath)
"I had played a different character in the Hagaren game, and it was from then that I fell in love with Hagaren *small laugh*. I wanted to get involved in the anime itself, so was thrilled when I got called up to enter the series halfway through. And since it was my first time playing a boy-character, it was quite a good learning experience. Aru's final narration bit in the last episode left quite an impression on me. It's as if he's saying 'you guys should strive just as hard...' to the viewers."
Wakabayashi Naomi (Sheska)
I'm quite happy Sheska got to appear quite a lot in the anime. She even got that scene of writing a letter in the last episode! Aru's last words in the episode... they were just so nice. Looking to the future, and a big conclusion was reached. Even now, I'm just waiting for everything to be continued in the movie. Everyone, thanks for all the hard work this 1 year!"
Kakazu Yumi (Lyra/ Dante)
Went I first came, I never expected the story to develop to this point. She (Dante) may have had big ambitions, but her body was disintegrating at the very end *laughs*. Of all the characters, it was a little lonely to play Lyra/ Dante because she was denied her. It was difficult to play her to the end *bitter laugh*. She may have been devoured by Gluttony, but if given the chance, I would definitely take part in this project again." Sycia's note: I don't think she knows for sure Dante was eaten by Gluttony or not. The seiyuus themselves don't seem too sure of what the anime ended with either.
Kuwashima Houka (Rose)
"Even though Rose is a minor character, I got called up again *laughs*. Playing her at the end, I was worried about if she was going to die, but since she made it through, I'm relieved. For Rose, there don't seem to be much good memories though... Oh. There's the baby... But at the very end, she was accepted by Winry and the rest like part of the family! That was a pleasant surprise."
Hayami Shou (Archer)
"My nephew is actually a fan of the series. And when he knew I was part of the cast, he was thrilled *laughs*. This anime itself is so touching, and at the end, to be left out of the swirl of emotions, it did feel a little lonely, but wonderful nonetheless. Erm, Archer died today... so I'm not going to be in the movie. This is the end for me *laugh*. But, it was a good end..."
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 08:00 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Absent-minded.--
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*Reads Lil Sis's blog, amused.*
B...but frogs / toads are cute! Can't say the same for squished ones, but I think it's way better than seeing a run over human with bones crushed out and skin flattened with inards splattered and smeered all over in a sickly orange mix.
*Takes a HUGE leap over to where T-Rex is and bear-hugs the lil bugga*
Happy
(Belated)
Birthday!!!!!
Hope everything works out on your side. :)
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 01:42 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Extremely sleepy.--
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Hmmm. Just haven't been in the mood to disclose happenings of daily life of late. Should get back into the habit.
Saw Bleach last week. I thought it would be good, but as a first episode, the anime was a let-down. I did manage to catch the 2nd episode just now, and found the build-up a little better. Maybe I'll watch it on a regular basis from now.
Been having quite a bit of fun with Illustration class of late too. Teacher shows us how to use our mediums, then lets us do whatever we want. We had to use manga pens today, and I chose a picture of a cobra to render (with millions of tiny dots by hand). Though tediously torturous, the results are great (still am only halfway done). That one I'll be sure to scan in.
*Sigh* I need to speak with my course manager...
Met a Korean ex-classmate just a couple of hours ago in the lobby of the dorm. Apparently she just moved in 2 weeks ago. Embarrassing thing is I can't remember her name (this happens all the time argh) even though she bothered to recall mine (but she never knew my disposition). Hell, I only vaguely remember we were in the Japanese Language School together, and that she moved from Joyce's class to mine. Joyce, help me out here lol.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 01:24 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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--Feeling?---|---Queered.--
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Been on some kinda hiatus. Why? I didn't want to give myself a reason to be annoyed.
LOL! That ntruder must have had a weak skull, or that pensioner had big biceps.
And I've been reminded why I don't like phones...
Joyce was over for 3 days (because the recent typhoon left her stranded in my place on Saturday). We were trying to order pizza at about 6:15pm, but the typhoon was right over Tokyo so Pizza Hut had stopped their services for a while (or possibly, until the day after). I wanted to eat badly but going out was insane in the midst of powerful wind and heavy downpour, and was thinking the typhoon a little bit of a bother. If only it would turn away. And 30 minutes later... it was gone. I mean GONE. The heavy rains that was downed on East Japan for the afternoon and early evening was like a lie. I had initially thought to myself that typhoons are unpredictable, hence the sudden weather change that even forecasters didn't expect. We managed to get dinner, but my appetite was... scary... Whatcha think Sis? ^_^ 30 minutes and a severe typhoon clears completely.
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 03:56 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + October 5th, 2004 (Tuesday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---ちょっといらいら--
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サテ。
あいつが私が書いた事を理解したような気がするけど、
あいつは日本語できん。どうやら、ひらがなかカタカナ
に書くしねぇ見てぇんだな。
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 09:08 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + October 4th, 2004 (Monday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---深く考えてる--
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んー これから日本語で書こうかなぁと考えてるんだ。
あいつは読めない、そして何もコメントできないよう
に… （あんな悪口に言われたくはないし、いらいら
させられたくもない）。
己が止まっても、世界が回る。ただあんな穴にいて、
世界が自分なりのペースで動くと望んでも、何も得る
事もない。運命なんてない；進む道が自分で選ぶ。
どうやって進もうとも、自分で決める。
そして自分の力で、踏み出すんだ。
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 12:09 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + October 2nd, 2004 (Saturday) + +
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--Feeling?---|-----
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Just saw a clip with Paku Romi-san acting (not voice-acting but acting) in a little play. She was wearing a kimono and acting all feminine, but when she started yelling.... XD Well, you hear Edward Elric yelling instead.
Hagane no Renkinjutsu-shi #51 (untitled), downloaded. In fact, 3 clips at the moment. But they're not as good a quality I want, so I'm going for more until I get the best.
If anyone wants to see screenshots, go here and scroll down. Browse the forum a little and you'll find more. Needless to say not for those who hate spoilers...
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 09:27 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + October 2nd, 2004 (Saturday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Hmmmmmmmmm--
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Indeed.... Episode #51 of Hagane no Renkinjutsu-shi was surprising. What I predicted as an ending did come true, for Aru's side. But other than that, it was all fine. ^____^ .... Highlight to read summary.
Starting where episode 50 left off, Envy had stabbed Ed in the chest. Aru (Al) freaks out, and Rose breaks out of her trance and starts to run towards Ed, but is held back by Dante.
Aru really begins to lose it, saying that Ed can't be dead. Gluttony, who was eating Aru's metal shell, suddenly stops. Dante realizes something is wrong, and Aru gets up, with the marks all over his body glowing. He used alchemy. Dante frowns, muttering she doesn't know what will happen now. But Aru doesn't care. He says that he should have been dead from the day he and Ed tried to bring their mother back. He shouldn't even be alive. He goes over to Ed's body and feels how warm it is (he has a sense of touch?), saying Ed's not dead yet; his soul is still where the gate is...
Meanwhile, Hawkeye is being driven away from Bradley's mansion with Bradly's wife and son in guard cars. The parade of cars are suddenly stopped by a very injured Archer, who spots Hawkeye and starts firing away. One of his bullets hit her in the shoulder. While no one's looking, Bradley's son slips away, heading back to where his father is.
Roy and Bradley are still at it, but Roy is injured bad and no matter how badly he burns his opponent, Bradley regenerates. Bradley finally corners Roy, and stabs him in the left side of his chest and drags his sword slowly towards Roy's heart. Then suddenly, Bradley's son bursts through the door. Bradly goes towards his son, saying that everything's fine. But upon putting his hands on his son's shoulders, realizes something very very wrong. "What have you done?" He goes, and his son frightfully replies he took his dad's 'treasure' for safekeeping (he takes the white bundle out of his sling bag). Bradley is partially paralyzed, but somehow manages to strangle his son in anger. Roy, meanwhile, manages to get up and get Bradley away from the boy but it is too late; the latter is dead. Roy then picks a skull from the white bundle the boy had (because Bradley's too weakened to do anything else) and uses his own blood to mark out an alchemy symbol on his left hand to being his real attack on Bradley.... I don't think I need to explain who's skull that is.
Ed stands in a 'white-ish' place. A faint image of Aru appears before him for a second before disappearing. Then, Envy appears before the very neutral-looking Edward. Envy demands to know where this is, and Ed replies, "The Gate" in a very monotonous tone. Indeed, before them is the gate. Envy freaks out and forces his way into the Gate upon learning that his 'father' is on the other side, still alive, ignoring Ed's soft warning not to go in. The lil black arms bring Envy in, but he realizes they being to consume his flesh. He is irritated and changes forms, forcing the little black creatures off him, transforming into Edward, then into a large green serpent flying deeper, and deeper in...
Ed still stands outside the now close gate, and tears start to stream down...
Roy comes out of the burning Bradley mansion, holding the dead son. But Archer is there waiting for him. Hawkeye comes running towards the mansion, and upon seeing Archer, begins to shoot. Archer goes down by the time she runs out of bullets, but she goes over to find Roy fallen, in a pool of his own blood. Insert the most dramatic yell Hawkeye ever did in the series here. Just to note, she called him by his full name.
Ed suddenly opens his eyes to see Rose. He's crying, but doesn't know why. Anyway, he gets up and realizes his metal arm is now flesh. Rose tells him that Aru refused to let him die. Then Ed tries to find his little brother, but tin-can is long gone....
Meanwhile, Dante is in that elavator going up to Bradley's office. She's frustrated that the Philosopher's Stone disappeared while her body's in such a bad state. Then Gluttony eats through the floor of the elavator and starts to attack Dante. She prepares to defend herself with alchemy... The elevator reaches Bradley's office, with no one inside...
Ed stands alone in the opera-house, alchmey symbols painted with bloody on his head, chest and arms, and the symbol of Scar's arm on the floor. He had told Rose to leave this place while he 'destroys' it. He begins to use alchemy... saying that there is no equivalent exchange. There is not equivalent exhange for life. Even if he sacrificed his all, he might be able to bring Aru back... but...
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Some time later, we see the army being dispatched (or something, I didn't really understand this part). The people of Isshibaru (Don't know the English spelling, sorry) have been let off, and they are slowly rebuilding their homes. Roy is recovering from his injures in bed, and he's lost his left eye (omg another Bradley). Hawkeye sits beside him in normal clothes, peeling and apple with a knife, lamanting about how their plans were perfect, but she hadn't made it in time to save him from Archer. Roy goes that nothing is perfect.
Aru is.... ALIVE. But apparently he got brought back with the body that was taken from him 4 years ago, and he doesn't remember anything of what happened from the day they tried bringing their mother back to life. Winry watches him playing around happily, Rose is also there with her baby. Izumi, the other 2 men and Grandma come up. We learn that Winry fixed the Auto-mail leg and arm meant for Ed, onto Wrath, who has vanished. We also learn that after the incident of Aru appearing in his human form once more, Ed was nowhere to be found...
Later that evening, when everyone is having dinner, Aru tells Izumi he wants to learn more Alchemy. Izumi relents after he gives her that determined look in his eyes. He wants to learn as much as he can, so that one day, ONE DAY, he'll be able to meet his brother again.
The next day, we see Aru departing on a train with Izumi for his training.
1921 (Myuhen) <--- That's what was written on screen. I don't understand where this place is, but we see images of a war-torn town being put together slowly again.
Hohenheim is with some .... people clad in black, doing 'magic'. He returns home, and what do you know... we see EDWARD there, packing his bag to leave for somewhere. He looks like he's aged a few years (well, kinda like how he looks in the movie poster), and he's still got that metal arm (we don't see the leg, but I'm guessing it's there). He comments on how funny it is that he got his real arm and leg back, only to have them lost again when he tried to bring Aru back, and how strange it is that only those 2 things were taken from him, not his whole being as he intended to give up in the first place. Hohenheim says, perhaps his adventure with Aru that started 4 years ago, the memories of the pain and joy, the lessons learnt, was the exchange to bring Aru back. Ed just smiles. He's leaving to meet someone who's making rockets (I heard rockets, but... huh?) Even though alchemy can't be used in this world (our world), he find a way to meet Aru again someday.
We see Aru and Ed leaving their homes in trains. The latter is looking at a plan of a primitive rocket, then both of them look to the sky, promising each other that they will see each other again, then the last scene is of both of them reach their arms (one metal arm) to the sky...
Oh yes, forgot to mention that we see a picture of Wrath living like a wild dog, going through rubbish for food in the closing.
Thoughts on the final episode... Hmmm... The part on Aru returning to his former body without any memory of the past 4 years, I kinda figured out since his body and part of his memory was still within the gate. The part about the past 4 years' experiences and adventures being the exchange for Aru's life, I also saw beforehand. But I dunno... the ending was nice, but it lacked the amount of impact I hoped for.
Questions:
What in the world happened to Envy in the end?
Ed finally learnt to get along better with his father?!
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I watched episode 51 on TV and I don't have a video recorder, so I'm recalling the stuff that happened on the wing. I may have mixed up the sequence of events a little, but that's roughly it. Trying my best to download it now. I couldn't really do anything the whole day lol. Waiting for 5:30pm to come was torturous. From it, we can see what's going to happen in the movie that's coming out next year. Or I could be selected to go for that upcoming winter Hagaren event and know what's going to happen in the movie beforehand. Either way I'm going to try make it for the roadshow, and watch the movie early. ^_____^ Something to look forward to in summer (aka LIVING Hell in Tokyo).
..... I hear fireworks... They started at 7pm and are beginning to annoy me...
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 07:39 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + October 2nd, 2004 (Saturday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---Excited--
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Call me bored. Or over-excited about the last episode that's airing later today... Gathered all my Hagaren stuff and snapped a couple of pictures. Here ya go:
(1) A free B5-sized file I got from Animage magazine~ Using it at the moment 'cos I don't have any other.
(2) Small sticker collection received with Newtype magazine. Nice pictures.
(3) Latest edition of Animage (October 2004) They did a special review on the whole series and interviewed the story-editor on the upcoming movie.
(4) Fullmetal Alchemist Scenario Book #1 (link). Screenplay of the anime episodes #01 - #12
(5) TV Animation Fullmetal Alchemist Initial Materials (link). Contains character sketches and designs of towns, weapons, etc
(6) CD: Hagaren Housoukyoku Special Radio DJCD (link). Voice actors of Edward, Alphonso, Winry, Roy and Hughes fooling around, lol.
(7) A few chibi models of Havoc, Izumi and Winry. Got these at 100 yen each from those vending machines in Akihabara. Close-up picture here.
キー！！！！行きてぇ！
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 12:16 a.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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+ + October 1st, 2004 (Friday) + +
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--Feeling?---|---In a relatively good mood--
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Thursday's lessons always brighten up the rest of the week for me~
On a side note, Nakasa-chan listened to the latest CD I made (which contains most of the opening and ending songs of Hagaren) and went completely nuts about the CD. Begged me to lend it to her. ^_^ She actually went back home to redraw me a picture of Envy (which is up on muh wall at the moment).
And, got this book just now. oo;;;; One might think I'm really turning hagaren-otaku, but I was more drawn by the fact that it's a book on the screenplay of the series since I take screenplay classes. I'm fine with writing Japanese, but dealing with specialized stuff like screenplay, well... go figure... There's also the fact that I don't know how much into detail I should go into when describing scenes and actions. *Looks at book longingly...*
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~ ~ ~ Sycia soared the skies at 05:52 p.m. (GMT +9) - lj ~ ~ ~
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