More seiyuu stuff and Fafner

[insaneneko]

I haven't had the resolve to dive into that mess that is Okiayu madness over at seiyuu yet, but a post that had nothing to do with him caught my eye. The seiyuu list was impressive, so I downloaded the first zip and was really happy to find that the song is good and disgustingly catchy. I mean, the song is sung by some of my favorite female seiyuu--Paku Romi (Ed from FMA, Heimdall from Loki), Minagawa Junko (Ryoma from PoT), Kobayashi Sanae (Touya Akira from Hikago) and Saiga Mitsuki (only recognize Maria Ross from FMA and Wolfram from KKM of her credits, but I can't remember her voice...in any case, she can sing!)--and they kick ass! I love that there's one version with everyone singing, then individual versions so that you can really appreciate their voices. :D

I can't believe I'm fangirling over female seiyuu...finally...been too focused on the guys lately.

On a side note, I burned Unmei no kodou on a CD with a bunch of songs I kept meaning to play in my car (Must Be Dreaming, Eternally, etc.) and am playing it on the mini-stereo...and damn, it sounds so good out loud and not on headphones...*shiawase*....

There are many more productive things I could be doing, but instead I sit here wasting time...I should do something semi-useful like watch PoT, especially since people are claiming the anime is winding down. I'm curious about the MomoRyo episode that people mention, even though MomoRyo isn't my thing. But I'm far, far behind...*sigh*...

Oh yes, anyone who has seen the end of Sokyuu no Fafner...objectively, is it a good show? I've heard that it picks up mid-series, but I'm not sure if that's in terms of the show actually being good or just some kind of fangirl reaction (I try not to read things that might spoil me...I'm not partial to spoilers unless I know I won't watch something). I need to burn off anime files from my hard drive (too full!) and I have the first six...I'm wondering if I should just grab them all and burn them on a DVD or not bother...

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[mitethe.livejournal.com]

The Second Coming of Jesus Tezuka: Seigaku Will Never Recover (nor will the audience). *snerk*

If you can manage to look beneath the cocky exterior, Ryouma is a very decent boy who stands up for those who can't stand up for themselves (probably because he's suffered much the same growing up). And he does it even when they were the ones who dug their own graves. If I had the legions of stalkers after me that he does I'd be far less charitable and even more anti-social.

[insaneneko.livejournal.com]

Ryoma's too normal to ever end up like Tezuka...no matter what his upbringing. :P

He's way to nice to Sakuno. He could be so mean but he just kind of shrugs her off...

[mitethe.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha, that's quite true. After seeing what Tezuka's family is like in 10.5 I felt terribly sorry for his father. XD

Boy, Sakuno...He really is very nice to her in his Ryouma-esque way. One of the most irritating things about AniPuri is the constant presence of those two girls and the damn reporters. >_

[insaneneko.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I want Ryoma to just poke at Tezuka to see if he's real...

*poke*
"Echizen, what are you doing?"
*poke*
"Just seeing if you're real. You seem too perfect sometimes, like a doll or something."
*sweatdrop*
*poke*
"Will you stop it? I'm obviously 'real'."
*poke*
"It's kind of fun poking you...the wrinkles on your forehead increase each time I do..."
*silence*
*poke*
"10 LAPS!!"

....

Okay, I don't know where that came from...^_^;

What is currently annoying me about Sakuno is that she hasn't learned a thing! She can't just keep starting a sentence and trailing off, because that will get her nowhere with Ryoma! (Not that I want her to get anywhere with Ryoma, but as a fellow female I want to smack her lack of any kind of ability to learn and grow) As for the other females, they are more or less totally silly characters to me, so I just sigh and bear it.

[mitethe.livejournal.com]

ROFL! That's so cute and I can totally see Ryouma doing that.

Ryouma: Buchou, I think you need a sense of humour.
Tezuka: 20 laps!
Ryouma: Geh! (see?)

It's like the TezuRyo fanfics I love that are just about the two of them interacting normally and the hilarity that can ensue. ^_^

I don't mind Sakuno et al at all in the manga simply because they're barely present (they've as good as vanished by this point). But I wish the anime producers would either cut them out or give them actual lives of their own because girls are so obviously shafted in TeniPuri. Given a choice between non-existence and existence that just highlights how low the status of women is in the series I'd rather go with the former. >_

[insaneneko.livejournal.com]

I love that playfulness that comes from the fact that Tezuka has an underdeveloped sense of humor. :D

Sakuno in the manga is very much tolerable. It's the anime version I have a violent reaction to...especially with that voice...*shudder*...

I don't know why they bother with the female characters at all...unless they are there to show how much better off the boys are with each other.

[mitethe.livejournal.com]

I swear, if Tezuka didn't give off such a frightening aura everyone would tease him mercilessly. His type are practically begging for it. Hmm...maybe that's why he cultivated that unapproachable demeanor. XD

The girls in the manga aren't present enough to make any kind of impact at all, really. Sakuno's voice doesn't annoy me as much as her friend's - there are times when I feel like getting earplugs in self-defense against that screech. >_<
Oh, I do like manga!An a lot though and I wish we'd see more of her.

Usually girls in WJ manga are just there to be the protagonist's love interest and provide fanservice but that's not the case in TeniPuri so they're just...useless extras (even poor An).

[insaneneko.livejournal.com]

But Tezuka does get teased in some fanfics even with that stern demeanor. And he furrows his brows and bears with it in his stoic way...

Her friend's is very annoying, but Sakuno annoys me because they attempt to shove her at Ryoma and I feel she is unworthy to be even considered for him (at least the way she is now). An has a great personality, but she's just not around enough. It's amazing how irrelevant the females are in the series.

[mitethe.livejournal.com]

True, but not so much in the series. Only his year mates and Ryouma are unintimidated enough to even consider teasing Teh Buchou. Which makes it that much more tempting to do it in fanfic and fanart, of course. XD

I can't take Sakuno and her role seriously enough to even consider her and Ryouma actually hooking up in anyway. I still find her inability to stand on her own two feet very annoying but she mostly falls into the "too pathetic to hate" category for me.
I do love manga!An (the anime version not so much) and at least she played a role by being the catalyst for Momo's revelation, etc. so it's sad we hardly see much of her. I also think she's cute.

But overall, female characters have so little relevance to this series I'm not surprised Konomi pretty much did away with them after the first few volumes. The anime does them even more disservice by forcing them onto the audience.