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This comic is drawn fucking horribly. I kind of did it in a rush after the Kodomo no Jikan stuff happened. I actually had another comic (about AX) sketched out, but I really had to do something about this. Expect the comic about AX on Saturday. Talking of Kodomo no Jikan, some friends of mine have taken up translating it, and I’m typesetting for them. Expect chapter 6 soon.

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I forgot I had a blog to write this stuff in for a moment. So as not upset my IRC comrades any further I’ll keep all my Gundam 00 bashing to this blog. Anyway, on to why this will be the worst Gundam series ever.

• It’s the newest one, and they’re only getting worse. Well, I suppose nothing can top Wing in terms of pure suckage though.
• Too many pretty boys. Though I heard some kind rumor that this person can do girls, too. But there’s already like 5 billion sexy men in the promo vid, and I’ve become uninterested already.
• The mecha designs look retarded.
• The story is retarded. “An organisation formed to stop war”? Give me a fucking break. Just sounds like retarded Seed contradictions. But it worked in Seed since Kira is a smug piece of shit, and is actually Light Yagami. Also Seed has Andrew Waltfeld, who can save any disaster. Fuck, how do you think I finished Destiny? Why do you think I’m buying it now? For the fucking coffee, that’s why!
• It’s directed by the retard who did that dumb shounen show that’s by Bones.
• Wow I’ve used the word retard and retarded a lot already.

C’mon guys… just for me… get Tomino and Yaz back together… let them make one last UC epic to end them all. That’s all I ask. Just one more thing that’ll take us back to the days when Gundam was for true men and not pansy teenagers. Let’s see a show about hellish war, not fucking j-rock stars in space.

Anyway, time for bed… or time to watch the Layzner op for the 100th time…

Talking of Youtube, Koike68’s account was suspended. This leaves me quite sad as all those great MADs that I had on my favourites are now gone. Burn in hell Youtube!

I could not have said it better myself.

Today is my goddamn birthday. I am 19 years old now. Yay.

All I want is…

• My very own Sakura Kinomoto
• My very own Kaede Fuyou
• My very own Mikuru Asahina
  
• And my very own Misato Katsuragi

I was bored today a took a bunch of pictures of my figures to break in the new camera. It’s all after the jump. All of these pictures are terrible.

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I meant to update yesterday, but was too busy partying and in general, acting like a jackass. Yes, I had something of a birthday celebration yesterday, though my birthday is on the 4th. Here is a picture of the loots from my very kind family.

The super secret scanslation group does it again! Second prototype chapter is available for download.

Type setting was so much easier in Photoshop 7! I guess my CS2 getting mad at me was a good thing.

Be sure to give big thanks to the translator and editor! They did most of the hard work :)

When I heard the name Mobile Suit Gundam 00 I immediately assumed it’d be some awesome, super cool prequel to the original, manly and epic Kidou Senshi Gandamu. Wow, that couldn’t be farther from the truth. I mean, I knew we’d have the Loveless person on character design, so the pretty boys aren’t too much of a surprise. It’s the story summary that really puts me off. It basically sounds like the same kind of crap that’s been plaguing Gundam for the past 10 years. I mean, I like the anti-war message but by Seed they’re shoving down your fucking throat in the most pussy way ever. I may enjoy this on the same level I enjoy Seed, but I doubt it’ll provide the kind of manly epicness that the original shows had. Sigh.

Spoilerific Gurren Lagann art added to the artsite.

Super Secret Scanslation Group has put out the “test run” chapter of Kodomo No Jikan. The second “test run” chapter is on its way, then after that we’ll do the rest of the series. Nothing to fear though, I’m just the typesetter. Someone who actually knows Japanese is doing the translation.

Also, if you missed chapters 1-5, they can be acquired thusly.

From here

Fansubs/Raw
Bokura No: Starting to “show its stuff.” I like it when I see it but it doesn’t really stick with me.
Darker Than Black: Getting better. Liking the two part story format.
Death Note: Hahahaha.
Dennou Coil: Good but not for me?
First Gundam: Sub more Sixtydeuce.
Hayate no Gotoku: Secure 2nd best of the season. Really funny stuff here, and the artwork/production values are lovely.
Hidamari Sketch: …
iDOLM@STER XENOGLOSSIA: Getting better? Or is that my brain melting? Good to fap to.
Lucky Star: Secure 3rd. Not as funny as Hayate but better/more entertaining than the rest of the stuff this season.
Manabi Straight: Need to see the end subbed. An ok show.
Negima!?:
Nodame Cantabile: Yeah…
Romeo x Juliet: Stupid stuff presented well. I’ll watch it until I get sick of it.
Seirei no Moribito: Still has wonderful production, but awfully slow.
Shakugan no Shanna: A decent show. Has some honestly good episodes, but is overall kind of sloppy.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: This show is still fucking awesome. Hands down. Best part of my week.
Uchuu Senkan Yamato: Nostalgia seems to have gotten the best of its fans. I feel like a kid watching Eva and not getting the hype. That said, it’s a fairly good show. Watching it for educational reasons more than anything.

Finished
Jigoku Shoujo Futagomori: Go to hell.

Reading
Genshiken: Maybe I’ll start reading this again. My re-read was interrupted by school in March and I haven’t had time to get back on it.
Kodomo no Jikan: Reading/scanslating it. Quite a wonderful series.

I suppose I’m watching OTOKOJUKU as well.

My friend Shingo has written what is possibly the first Otaku USA review, ever. Read it, dammit!

…though I’m still at a loss as how he got the magazine before I did.

OTAKU USA HITS STORE SHELVES JUNE 5th.