On the other hand, since I like Ikuto too and I’m a male heading to college next year, I don’t know what that says about me. XD

Personally I think Utau’s tilting towards the annoying side so far, but I like her singing and I imagine she’ll do something to grab our hearts, but really, I’d rather Ikuto be happy with Amu, or whatever.

I can’t decide for either the Kouichi- or Kazuki-centric triangles still, but that’s a good thing because then I’ll be happy with any ending. :D As long as the loser in love doesn’t end off too bad, I suppose.

Personally, though, I will fight for Yuumi to fall behind in these mid-stages and fight back to the top near the end, with Mao realizing after fighting for Kouichi, that Kai has always been there for her, or something.

IKnight: From what it sounds like, those of us at Ikimashou have been domain-squatted, so we might end up transferring domains again. Keep your blogrolls at the ready. >_>

Incidentally, how mahjong-noob-unfriendly is Akagi? That’s the main thing keeping me away from it at the moment.

Usagijen: I’ve heard that Ikuto in the manga is a lot more interesting (i.e. less depressive) than in the anime, and considering that I’m pretty happy with his character as is, I will definitely have to dig up a copy of the manga someday. I know I’ve seen 2 volumes in Barnes & Noble before.

For some reason I saw you writing “Asuka x Eriko” and I was like :O, and then I realized I’m going blind. I think Asuka does have the bigger ‘right’ to Kazuki, but I’m captivated by Eriko’s cool demeanor, so, logic for me is hopeless. XD

ahh KimiKiss, the vanilla show of the season which managed to stand out with its simplicity and pure unpredictability. I’ve found all the characters of KimiKiss endearing, despite hating Mao before. Although I can be happy with whoever gets to end with who by the end of the series, I’m still hoping we’ll see Mao x Kouichi, and Asuka x Kazuki :3

The idea that some seasons have a ’standout’ show, which impresses everybody – well, let’s say a reasonable majority, since opinions always differ – is an interesting one. Logically, there’s no necessity for this to happen, but it does seem to occur from time to time.

It was blog hype which made me look twice at Kaiji too, and I’m very glad I did. I’ve been watching Akagi alongside it, which has been fascinating.

And I continue to defiantly refuse to turn up to Clannad’s services, slightly modulating my stance by extracting material for a blog entry out of it.

Poor Utau. At least she’d get plenty of underdog love from us. :)

As for Kimikiss, I love your description of it being “unpredictably predictable”. It’s so familiar yet refreshing in the way it deals with the love-triangles. I enjoy the Mao-Koichi-Yumi entanglement most because I’m torn between rooting for either of them. All of them are great characters, wonderful for each other. If bigamy was allowed, I’d say the ideal conclusion would be a Mao X Koichi X Yumi ending.

But alas, the world is not as enlightened as Shuffle’s god realm. XD A Mao X Koichii end would be very interesting to watch but also most challenging since Koichii X Yumi is so far ahead it seems impossible for Mao to mount a credible assault. Of course she has her arsenal of childhood relations/memories to boost her chances and I can’t wait for her to use them :)