If you’ve been watching the trends in aniblogging recently, the “what I was forced to watch” category of post recently shot up in popularity (sorted by author) by a whopping 100%, going from just one author (JP) in this genre, to two authors (JP and Hinano), overnight (last night, to be exact).

This is obviously a sign that these types of posts, reviewing old anime no one else would normally touch, are the next big thing, a new recession-proof bubble for the otakusphere to post in (helpful for when old, wizened blogs are collapsing left and right)

As such I am promptly pulling all of my money out of the Bank of Editorial and Analytical Writing and investing it all in old sucky anime which I can sarcastically review to great success and profit.

First up was Lamune, one of a great pile of many visual-novel slash eroge conversions, chosen for being the first anime on the Great List of Anime People Have Mentioned Once In Their Life I could find download links for. I promptly grabbed the whole series, stuffed it onto my portable media player of choice, and bought a ticket for the closest 6-hour train ride I could find.

After attempting to execute my brilliant plan, however, I found that Lamune presented me with a bunch of problems.

First off, I still like to watch new anime (mostly to suck and/or lick the genitalia of popular animation studios), and I still like to write long eloquent fanboy-rave-filled editorials.
Secondly, my train ride was only 3 hours long, so I had to split it into 2 halves – one for the trip down to my weekend getaway spot, and one half for the way back.
Thirdly, I never really have time to marathon shows, so I can’t make this into a feature.

And fourthly, Lamune didn’t suck.
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