Ooh, even higher. So it was a gem I picked out after all.

:P Actually, I meant to say that I had finished reading Kare Kano; did the whole 21 volumes in some 4-5 days, actually. I probably had just a bit too much free time around then.

Anyway, on the characters. Yukino is indeed excellent, so I regret that she was moved from the focus in the later volumes. I'll say that I actually found Souichiro's unease with Yukino's expanding world sympathetic, however: his 'emoness' didn't really bother me until he went and stabbed his hand. Despite Souichiro's somewhat exaggerated heritage, though, it was actually the ending which bothered me most; both his and her profession seemed to come completely out of left field, and the development of Asaba towards their daughter was plain unconvincing.

My favourite couple actually, was probably Maho and Takeshi. Although their development was comparatively short, it was compelling; Although Maho's initial viciousness was a little off-putting, her sustained preference for solitude served as an interesting counterpoint to Yukino. Takeshi's initial identification of himself as an 'incomplete' person was also refreshingly honest, so his later familiarity with Maho belied growth in that regard. :P It was a shame, then, to see that Maho's principle function in the later volumes was to be a Yin & Yang fangirl; and as for Takeshi, he wasn't even get mentioned in the epilogue.

Anyway, as for what you mentioned in your private message:

On Chibi Vampire, your description was fairly compelling. It sounds like a fun ride, so I'll look it up when I have time. As for Nana and Confidential Confessions (:P you gotta admit that's a pretty awkward name, though), I saw their names around the time I found Kare Kano. Nana's reputation I'm aware of, so I might pick it up on that basis alone. The complete shadowing of one character by another, however, seems like it might be turn off. I'm a bit of a jaded person, in that I don't believe sympathy is worth anything to the recipient; no matter how sincere Nana might be, their friendship already sounds to me questionable. This view of sympathy applies to how I conduct myself as well, however: bad luck and unfortunate circumstances alone (however terrible) don't really generate any feelings within me. Given that Confidential Confessions in particular seems entirely focused on those kind of stories, it seems like I probably wouldn't get much out of it. On the other hand, you have also emphasized that the stories are exceptionally well put-together; given the concern I outlined, would you still recommend it?

I had seen the name once or twice in passing, but that was the extent of my familiarity with Kashimashi. I'm not much a fan of the romance genre either, but having been given such a strong recommendation, I'll make sure to check it out.

On the topic of romance. Not too long ago I picked up Kare Kano, to get a taste of the shoujo genre. It was actually the lack of harem/love triangle elements which compelled me to start browsing. Upon recieving this message, I thought to recommend it to you; turns out that you've read it already. :P Number 8, huh? That's not too bad.

You've spoken on your favourite anime list to an extent; however, it seems like you've sampled quite a few manga as well. I notice the top two are also shoujo titles. Any thoughts?

Warm clothes aren't so bad. ^^

I didn't say they were bad XD

But yeah, I know what you mean. I always like summer the most so the return of spring over here has been most welcome for me. We don't get the magical version of autumn that Europe does. I always wonder what it would be like to see that mix of red, yellow and orange. But our native plants and the tree ones we line streets with either stay green or go brown.

Search on the web, I guess you can find some photos ^^

It snows a bit in some sections of the eastern states, where there's mountains. But in South Australia, it doesn't snow at all. So our Christmas is right in the peak of summer. Paris in snow - intriguing. South Australia is about two types of landscape, really - beaches and the hills. We've got a lot of wine country and German-like towns once you're half an hour out of Adelaide (the state captial).

Thanks for the infos about australia . Well, Paris in snow was not what I meant. In december paris is beautiful because of the Christmas Decorations/Ornaments. The Tour Eiffel and the Champs Elysées in december are beautiful for instance. I love to do shopping with my sisters, parents or friends in december. That's a really special moment.

Yeah, Sunrise really made it hard for Tanaguchi, didn't they? They made the guy rewrite R2 just before it was supposed to air, he was beginning to fall behind and was coming close to calling it quits. Still, the fact he managed to pull this off is impressive. From what I gather, I don't think there was an R2 originally planned.

We should know the truth soon. Some interviews will show up, + the infos from the dvds releases.

Having everything resolved is more of a Western thing, I guess. The Japanese don't seem to mind open-endedness as much. I thought there was a fair bit of resolution, myself. But yes, the speculation on Lelouch and C.C. will be endless. I agree that some of the secondary characters may have been underused, but in the end, this is a series with Lelouch, Suzaku and C.C. as the main characters. Plus I like to think that if a series makes one feel so much along the way and still thinking about it as much as we do after it's done, then it was worth watching and one for the ages.

Guess it's true, but CG still feel unfinished to me.

I feel fairly certain you won't regret trying it. This is one of very few series I've found people with a variety of tastes to have all liked. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Thanks for the infos about Mushi-shi, I will give a try someday ^^

Hope the weather isn't as harsh for you today. ^^

No the weather is not ok at all XD. But don't worry about that XD

its ok
your on my friend list from what i see
and its nice to have you as a friend
BUT NOW... I MUST GO (to sleep,got work tomorrow)
good night

Dandylion just got banned
looks like someone was paying attention

The weather is not good XD. Time to wear some warm clothes XD. I always saw autumn as a kinda sad period. It's like the end of something, when the leaves start to become yellow etc. XD. Paris will become beautiful in late november and in december though, as always. (because of christmas and such)

The main problem i see in code geass R2 is that they had to deal with too much things in only 25 episodes. So it feels rushed. Some questions were unanswered. And some characters were wasted (We didn't even see Nonette in action <_<

But even so, it's my favorite anime ever (as a whole R1 + R2)

PS. If you need a series to help move on from Code Geass, I highly recommend Mushi-shi. Watched all 26 episodes of it last night. Such a beautiful, brilliant series. I put it at #5 on my all time series list.

I don't know this series ?_? I will look at it on wikipedia

I had a feeling you were. ^^ *slap* Those fingernails just looked for too refined to be male. And that curly writing was also kind of suggestive.

Why did you not read my profile............. It's on it, I am a girl XD. Talking about my fingernails, they are longer now, I should change my profile pic

Well m'lady, I can only say what is true. When you have replied to things in the past, regardless of whether you agreed with it or not, you did it with manners and tolerance. Which has certainly been even more lacking around here since the last episode of CG R2 aired.

Sometimes I am biased too, you know. But I'm trying to be honest about what I think and see. I always say that I expose an opinion, while some others think that their opinions are facts. It's not possible to have a discussion with that kind of persons. Me I admit that I could be wrong about many things, about lelouch's survival for instance, but I think that no one can prove as fact, that he is indeed dead for sure.

I was very shocked at first. But since monday, I enjoy this last episode.

I'm a woman

Thank you for the compliment

Hello. I've seen you around the forums. I'm kinda new around here haha. Anyways I love your comments and explanations about CC X Lelouch relationship. You said out a lot of things that I could not express. Thumbs up to you! Due to my limitations of using the english language I have a hard time expressing my words sometimes. XD

May I add you as friend?

Thanks for the friend request!