Category Archives: Otaku

Spiritual dwellers of Akihabara

Japan: Day Eight – Bandai Museum

Located just outside the east exit of Matsudo Station in Chiba Prefecture on the JR Joban Line is Bandai Museum, a place where all true Gundam fans must go once in their lifetime… and not more than once.

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Japan: Day Seven – Nakano Broadway

The sign “Chuo Line (Limited Express)” points straight. The sign “Chuo Line (Rapid)” points right. Looking around, not a route map to be seen… I am at Shinjuku station, the busiest train station in the world and I am on … Continue reading

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Fate/stay night Episode 23

Well, since I am in Tokyo, it won’t be right for me to miss Fate/stay night, which just finished airing about a minute ago. Anyway, to sum up episode 23… Rin dies.That is all.

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Japan: Day Four – Ikebukuro & Shinjuku

Wandered around East Ikebukuro in the morning and Shinjuku in the afternoon today. Finally got to visit the Kinokuniya main branch. Although our hotel is located in Ikebukuro, it is on the opposite side of the train station from the … Continue reading

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Summer Days Event

My short report on today’s Summer Days event in Akihabara. We arrived at Akihabara Station at about 9.30am. The tickets for the event were given out at 10am, but there was already a queue of around 50 people by the … Continue reading

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Japan: Day One

We just arrived in Tokyo today. The plane ride took 7 hours and the train from Narita to Ikebukuro took over an hour. It was already dinner time by the time we checked into the hotel. Met up with BahamutSphere … Continue reading

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Da Capo II: まぶしくてみえない

I was bored, so I transcribed Nanaka’s D.C. II image song by ear… You can get a low-quality encode here. A few parts were quite iffy, especially “愛すべきと思う時を”.

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Da Capo II: ななかでラヴ~

I finished Nanaka’s path for Da Capo II today. Nanaka forever! Although Nanaka’s power is similar to Kotori’s, her story is somewhat different. In many ways, it can even be said that she is better than Kotori. (forgive me Kotori. … Continue reading

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Today is the Day!

Da Capo II is out! Koko: Today is the D.C. II release date! Anzu: Of course, along with Koko’s scenes. That kind of scenes… ;) Anyway, my Himeya order for the limited edition of D.C. II: 8 hours ago… Your … Continue reading

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One Day of Impatience

Just one more day to D.C. II. Koko: One more day to the release of D.C. II. Koko: Please wait just a little bit longer. ONE more day till Nanaka-moe overdrive. 団長、もう待てないよ!

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Two Days of Longing

Two more days to D.C. II! Otome: Just two more days till D.C. II. *wub* Otome: To prepare yourself for a whole night of gaming (*cough*), please eat lots of nutritious bitter gourds. *wub* Yume: She’s a demon… Wataru (and … Continue reading

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Re: Possible Japanese Censorship Law

I wrote too much while replying to tj han’s comments on my previous post about this issue, so I decided to make another one. Once again, I would like to stress that I am not a lolicon. I am disgusted … Continue reading

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