Asagiri's Database Consumption Diary

The material from my panel is now available as an article in Comic Frontier's zine . If you can read Indonesian, you may check it out there. And now, for the stuff I watched and read in the last month of the year. Watched Finished rewatching Myriad Colors Phantom World . Ishidate always directed my favorite episodes in this show. But it's also funny that series director Ishihara did the storyboard for the most meta episode. Watched Kimipre episodes 42-45. The Kaito and Kazuma plot actually gets resolved earlier than I expected it would. Watched Princess-Session Orchestra episodes 32-35. The Alicepians being energy beings with physiccal forms that have a different conception of life and death is a somewhat unexpected detail. Watched Genmu Senki Leda . It's a fine stand alone feature that makes as good use of bishoujo, mecha, and love story elements together. Also, Inomata Mutsumi's bishoujo design is truly sophisticated, it feels timeless. Started watchi...

This month was a busy one with the panel and stuff, but that didn't mean I couldn't continue to read and watch things. Watched Finished Miracle Girls . Miracle Girls doesn't really have that many multi-parters, but the finale being a four-parter is pretty standard for a series of this length. The Diamas royal family plot that has been set up a couple of times since the first episode is brought to conclusion. I wonder how much of it has been determined from the start when it's still handled by the first director. Considering one story arc had a guy who wants to lead espers to take over the world, the scope of the finale appear more reserved in comparison. Even if they got caught up in a monarchy's politics, the core drama is ultimately about mending a broken family relationship. Watched Kimipre episodes 39-41. Since this season has an idol theme, I can't help but to think about Nana's dilemma between the invitation to study piano with her mother in Pari...