Saturday, August 12, 2006

Don't worry, I'm better than I was in the last post. Mostly, anyway. Work is still a headache and a half. *shrugs* Still ten times better than it was (for now, anyway).

In other news, I'm changing my site around, as you've probably noticed. I'm still working on it- the pic quality and stuff is kinda screwy. Or I think it is; it's tough to tell on this laptop, since the screen is a weird size and it stretches things out of proportion. Anyway, it's not done yet.

The new theme is an anime I've been watching on youtube. It's called Kyou Kara Maou (or any of several nicknames and spelling variations). For those of you who haven't seen it or read it...

Anime Review! Skip to the end if you don't want to bother ^_~

Kyou Kara Maou is a seventy-eight episode anime and a twelve volume novel series (that I wish I could get my hands on).
The basic story is this: Fifteen year old Yuuri is a fairly average kid who plays baseball. One day, he sees a group of bullies terrorizing one of his former classmates. After a slight hesitation, he helps the kid out... and gets flushed down a toilet for his trouble.
Yes, our hero gets flushed down a toilet into a different world (sort of like Kagome through the well- except not). Here he finds out that he's supposed to be the new "Maou", the new Demon King.

The cast of characters is as quirky as you can imagine. There's Yuuri, the demon king; Conrad, Yuuri's bodyguard and father figure (also one of the sanest characters); Gwendal, the earth magic (and sewing) master; Gunter, the teacher with questionable intentions (he tries to be a good guy ^_~); Wolfram, Yuuri's possessive fiancee (through a misunderstanding of local customs); and many others.

The plot line is absolutely ridiculous- there's everything from pirates in Sailor Moon type outfits, a sword that bites it's weilder, a mom who's after her own son's fiancee, and there's plenty more I'm forgetting- and that's all in the first eight episodes!

Oddly, though, the plot is easy to get into- you can forget how weird things are if you aren't careful. I was so wrapped up in it, I didn't even notice those pirates were wearing skirts until sometime toward the end of the episode!

In any case, this is one you should definitely try if you want a laugh. ^_^

End Anime Review

Now that I've ranted, I'll go work on my site a bit more. Take care, guys!
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