Obsessions of the Week(s): 12/15/08 - 01/24/09

Katekyo Hitman Reborn!



Ah, Gokudera Hayato.



It just so happens that he has white hair. Really. I love my Hurricane Bomb. He's smart and has an insane obsession with the 10th. It's actually kind of disturbing but funny.

Sawada Tsunayoshi



No Good Tsuna. The 10th. Hitman Reborn took some time to grow on me but I love it now - it's funny and I'm waiting for it to get all hardcore but in the meanwhile, I can say for the 2nd time this year, I love the lead character. He's not my favourite but he's a sweetie and I love his voice. It cracks me up. And that whole "Reborn" mode he goes in to somehow manages to make me laugh everytime. It's good to see he changes his underwear but yeesh, how many pairs of undies does he have?

Darker Than Black



I've been meaning to watch this since IDK, early this year or late last and finally got to it - Superficially, this anime reminds me 'Cowboy Bebop'. Maybe it's the Yoko Kanno composed ost? Maybe it's the Gate? Maybe it's the Storyboard Artist? Or all this talk of "The Syndicate"? Or those two idiots from the Detective Agency that I love?

Li Shengshun



I love him. He's the 'bumbling idiot' on the outside - calm, slightly stupid and anything but a threat to anyone (and he's got Dr. Tenma's voice!)

Hei



But ultimately, you just can't trust a Contractor. Hei's as bad-assed as they come. I'm almost finished with the series and I'd hate to see him with that blonde biatch! Don't do it Hei! Just destroy her!

November 11



He's cool, got nice shades, nice hair, nice eyes, nice white suits, is deadly...



...and really, this isn't as dirty as it looks or reads.



He's also kind of ded ::tears::, and his cool (literally, ice) powers, and cool Kakashi voiced voice actor with him which brings me to the next obsession...

Kakashi Hatake



What will I do if my favourite Ninja dies?! I can't watch the show just for Shikamaru and it's brilliant story content! Hotness will immediately leave that anime if they take the only silver haired, copy ninja out of the mix!!! Oh, Kakashi...please be okay... =,(

Justin Law's Headphones



Thanks to Gen Frien' for making me a pair. Goodness knows I'm obsessed with Soul Eater these days and there's nothing cooler than J.Law's headphones and his blasting jrap/jrock. Now, I can do what I usually do...in style! And be berated by H1...

Currently listening to: "Ulysses" by Franz Ferdinand. Still trying to make it through this album but I did discover a song to love in "Dream On". That's a sekshi song. No, H1, I'm not a lover of all things sekshi.

Oh, Lork.

I've decided to attempt to cut back on the cursing and the calling of God's name in vain.

Now on to the story...

A few weeks ago, I ordered a couple of fuku-bukuro from JList.

As their description goes, for New Year's there are 'lucky bags' that are of high value that are sold at a discounted price and customers line up to buy them. The catch is that, you don't know what you're going to get in your lucky bag/fuku-bukuro.

If anyone knows me, they know I'm a fool for capsule machines because I love the thrill of getting something potentially cool but unknown.

But, if anyone knows my luck with these things, I always end up getting something stupid that I don't really care for.

The other factor in this story that is needs to be understood is the nature of JList.

JList is a Japanese based company run by this American guy living in Japan. The company sells all sorts of cool, and strange Japanese related items.

However, there are two parts to the site - there's JList and JBox.

The JList section allows one to browse their 18+ items, while the JBox keeps everything PG.

This story will get worse, is probably what you're thinking and you'd be right.

So, when I went to order my lucky bag of anime toys, the description read: get a large sexy ('sekshi' or 'se-shi' as the Japanese pronounce it) figure, plus 6 smaller figures, and Japanese snacks to brighten your New Year.

Being that I require no 'sekshi' up in my room and on my shelves, I ordered the 2nd Lucky Bag option, the description of which read: get a large cute figure, plus 6 smaller figures, and Japanese snacks to brighten your New Year.

The box came today and I was super excited.

Underneath the lucky bag, I discovered the first cool thing - some kind of weird tempura Japanese chip thing which also tastes of wasabi, so I'm not loving:



Notice it's R for Restricted. Eh?:



Followed by a Star Trek figure and I was actually fortunate to get the TNG Enterprise E, even though I secretly hoped for a Klingon Bird-of-Prey.




Then, I pulled out a 20th Anniversary Metal Gear Solid Kubrick figure. Umm, I'm not caring much about MGS, but whatever - it's Kubrick, so that's kind of cool. Of course, it turns out I got none pictured but rather, the secret figure which is a clear variant of Solid Snake, which is SUPER HELLA LAME to me.

Then out came 4 little boxes of girlie figures from an anime I had no clue about. It turns out they're from Lucky Star, which just seems too cutesy for me to watch but is really damned popular, so I'll give it a whirl sometime.

The large figure was really frickin' hilarious and it's a series that was quite the in thing when Beetchie and I went to Japan. It's another one I'd like to watch but not sure I'd enjoy but I'll take my chance (again, because I tried before) on Fate/Stay Night.



I don't know why but this cracks me up terribly:



The last four items in my box were not copious amounts of snacks I was looking for.

No.

For some reason, those crazies at JList decided to 'sekshi' up my space, regardless of what I ordered.






Needless to say, I'm mortified.

I'm trying to palm off the green undies clad Hip Parade legs (I refuse to take a picture of them) with see-through Bust Emperor on Beetchie.

Something tells me, MC would like the off-shoulder Kimono one with black leather thong set.

Did I mention in my very innocent Bento Fuku-Bukuro set, I got all sorts of wonderful bento accessories and stationery...

...plus a pair of boobs?

Thank the Lork, Boohead didn't open this box with me like I intended. He's fascinated enough by boobs.

Currently listening to: "Apocalypse Please" by MUSE.