Bakuman Chapter 20: The Future and the Stairway
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
Miyoshi is growing on me. I hope this is a good sign.

Miyoshi is growing on me. I hope this is a good sign.

Sledding is fun! And so are the Number Two picks!
New Year’s Eve is finally here! For a certain member of our group, his New Year has already come. For the rest of us, we are still waiting for the countdown, the celebration, the kisses, and the alcohol! Joking. Instead of drinking alcohol since I believe most if not all of us are underaged, we will be playing video games and more importantly, listening to our favorite songs! What are our favorites for Number Two? Click to find out.

The finale wastes no time showing us what Zero has become...
Katt: It took a couple of days of waiting, a search around the ‘net, and my computer crashing in the midst of watching the episode for me to finally witness the ending of Vampire Knight Guity. I’ll save my final opinion for later and start thing off where the last episode left off: what the hell is up with Zero? The episode wastes no time in showing us Zero’s transformed state, which pretty much consists of plain ol’ Zero with vines consuming his arm/the Bloody Rose. This state makes him more powerful than before–as is shown by how easily he destroys the level Es and wounds Rido–and also less in control, it seems, by the fact that the night class students have to dodge to avoid being injured themselves. But wait… wounds Rido? Is the final battle over already…?

What is this? Number Three? Shouldn't this pic be for Number Six?
Has anyone started the countdown for New Years yet? We haven’t but we have for the best OPs and EDs of all time ready for you all! New Years is a great day. The countdown. The celebration. The New Years resolution. There is something special about being here with your family and friends for the New Year. We hope your viewers enjoy our latest Number Three! Curious? Click now!

Minnie: Bokura ga Ita is one of the most addicting manga in existence. I don’t even know why the people working on this manga takes so long. Maybe they are buying their time because the mangaka is on hiatus? Anyways, Chapter 46 is out and without reading it, I know it will be one emotional chapter. Please do not click if you are not up to date on the latest English translated chapter. Thank you.

Number Four is here and it is super lucky! Believe it!
Number Four is here already? If you guys haven’t noticed, we are now updating the countdown once a day instead of twice a day. We want to make it last until the New Years. Isn’t that great? On New Years, you get to know our picks for Number One! Since Number One is not here yet, let’s settle for the amazing Number Four. We hope everyone is enjoying their break because we sure are. It’s time to click again!

Look at his face. He is a Renaissance Man in the making. I called it.
Steve: I’ll be frank: I have no idea what is up with Minnie and Angel but I’ll be your ToA blogger for this week. This week, we will be inspecting Guy Cecil. Guy Cecil is what I call a Renaissance Man. For you kiddies who have no idea what a Renaissance Man is, I will give you a definition thanks to Wikipedia. According to the awesome website, a Renaissance Man is a person who excels in a wide variety of subjects of fields. In other words, Guy is a “a man who do all things if he will”. Quite an accomplishment for an anime character right? I will prove why in this review of Episode 14.

Three minutes in and I already like this guy.
Minnie: Good Morning/Afternoon/Night everybody! My, my, what do we have here? A Skip Beat episode. Today, I was sleepy and lazy so I was half-asleep for two hours. Then, I remember today is Monday and I watch Skip Beat and blog it on Monday. I jumped out of my bed and made pizza. Now, I am watching Skip Beat with most of the pizza gone. This proves how much I love this anime and I am willing to blog it the minute it comes out. Too bad next week I will either pay to watch it earlier or wait and watch it later for free. Such a hard decision. Anyways, Kyoko and Moko team up this week! You can’t miss this!
Angel: Yeah, what an inexcusable absence. Exams and such. Then Christmas. Then my glasses broke. Let’s get on to the juicy stuff as I’m not in all that good of a mood. ^_^;
Angel: The art club is discussing the “love triangle” between Jin, Daitetsu, and Nagi. It flashes to the latter two’s quarrel, with Daitetsu refusing to hand over Jin and Nagi declaring that not even a god approves of Daitetsu. Akiba and Takako fabricate some yaoi fantasies, and Tsugumi is flustered since she doesn’t understand what they’re talking about. Takako doesn’t believe that Akiba is so innocent, so she dives for his manga collection. He begs that he only uses these comics for reference, and Tsugumi is embarrassed when flipping through them. Haha, I wonder what she saw.. (more…)

Minato... I lost all my respect for you... T_T
Minnie: I swore I would never review this anime again but since it’s the last episode, I should at least write a really short summary and quick thoughts on this anime overall. Let me just warn everyone ahead of time. This won’t be a pretty or really objective review. My bias might be in the way but I think it’s well-deserved. This anime is very disappointing… Onwards!