Chobits: The Facts!

Persocom: Personal Computer

Why not Robots? In the final chapter of the manga, Chitose Hibiya explains that humanoid computers are not named “robots” because Ichiro Mihara did not include the Three Laws of Robotics in them.

I Hate Recap episodes.

Episodes 9, 18, and an extra 27th OVA episode are used as “recap” episodes, looking back on the events that happened previously.

Plum is not the only adorable “laptop” persocom

There is a 6-minute special episode: “Sumomo and Kotoko on a Quest”, or “Chibits”, concerning Sumomo and Kotoko.

Chobits is one of Clamp’s first attempts at the seinen (Older Male) genre.

It seems more like adolescents with a heart, but whatever you wanna call it.

This show had some crazy undertones.

The series deals with issues and ideals of virginity, and sexual intercourse in that Chi is effectively incapable of sexual intercourse (in the manga) and must therefore only entrust her body to someone who cares for her well-being. The series also hints that Chi’s particular placement of her “on switch” is added after Freya’s death, since her father gave her “special abilities”. Along with his goal to ensure all persocoms found happiness, the placement of Chi’s on switch ensures that her personality will thrive only in a relationship in which she is loved without the pressure of sex. Persocoms, like women before the women’s liberation, are viewed as objects that meet needs rather than to be loved. This is shown in the series, particularly when several males attempt to “interfere” with Chi. The idea of “love”, as a concept is addressed for the denominator of the series, in several installments of “A City with No People”; this deals with issues particularly relating to searching, and subsequently waiting for someone who is what would be referred to as a “soul mate”. This is in parallel to the story of Freya, who fell in love with her father and creator, and ultimately wished death due to heartache, and is used as a means of “aiding” Chi in her quest for “A Person Just For Me”, or “My One and Only”. Both Chi and her sister, Freya; Atashi being linked to Chi, and the companion, linked to Freya.

I want a robot.

Travian is Fun Stuff for Passing Time

Okay, so I found a game, and it’s not the best game ever, but it’s pretty good for a browser game. It’s one of those simple ones, but with room to grow.

Kind of like the early Civilization and Civilization 2 games.

It’s called Travian.

http://www.travian.com/

I wish I had an open source model of something similar to build off of, I do love things like this.

Only thing that really grinds my gears is that they offered paid bonus features…but I guess it’s a price to pay if you don’t have ads to support yourself.

Anyhow, any of you want to visit me I’m on:

Server 1

and my Capital city is called:

Kotoku

(User name is more of the same)

Rants Are Here

Okay guys, the greatness of Internet Rants has finally arrived, so if you go under the RANTS section they’ll be lots of complain’ and moaning from different people I’ve run into on the ‘net.

Internet Party

It’s an internet Party, and all your favorite websites are invited.

When the house owners are away, all the sites will play!

Tsubasa Chronicles OVA

Hmm..Makes you wonder if the mangas will lead into more Seasons or not.

It is the groups longest running manga series, but it’s OVA’s seem more like stop-gaps as they try and decide what to do. I know their first production studio didn’t work out as well as they had hoped, but I’m sure another season would sell well.

Here’s what the story is about for anyone who doesn’t know a bit about it:

Sakura is the princess of Clow kingdom, which is ruled by her older brother, King Tōya. Her childhood friend Syaoran is a young archaeologist. Sakura is revealed to have strange powers when she has a vision of a mysterious symbol and places she has never seen. Meanwhile, Syaoran discovers the same symbol at the ruins he is excavating. He sees Sakura standing on the symbol on the ground. Ghostly wings appear on her back and a mysterious force begins to pull her into the walls of the ruins. Syaoran rescues her in time, but her wings are scattered across dimensions. The High Priest of Clow Kingdom, Yukito, immediately realizes that Sakura’s “wings” were the manifestation of her soul and memories; without them, she will die. In order to save Sakura, Syaoran must journey to retrieve her wing’s feathers, the fragments of her memories.

Yukito sends Syaoran and the unconscious Sakura to the Dimensional Witch, Yūko, who is one of the main characters in xxxHolic. There he meets Kurogane, a rough-mannered ninja banished from his world by Princess Tomoyo, and Fai D. Flourite, a magician who fled his world to avoid King Ashura. Each of them must pay with what he values most in order to gain the power to cross dimensions. For Kurogane, it is his sword Ginryū, and for Fay, it is the tattoo on his back which regulates his control of his magic. Syaoran, on the other hand, must pay with his relationship with Sakura: even if he is able to retrieve all of her memories, she will never remember anything about him or their relationship. (This sacrifice also pays Sakura’s “toll” to Yūko, because what Sakura values most are her memories of and with Syaoran.) Only when the three agree to her terms does Yūko present them with the power to cross dimensions; a white creature named Mokona Modoki.

While traversing through worlds to find Sakura’s feathers, the four travellers and Mokona are forced to overcome many dangers and opponents, some of whom are figures from Syaoran’s past who wish to collect Sakura’s feathers for their own reasons as they are seen to be objects that hold great power.

The manga adopts darker and more complex tones in the latter half of the story.

Because of the crossover characters with xxxHolic, the two manga occasionally intertwine with each other.

Anyhow, I’m a CLAMP fan, I like their style (Magic Knight RayEarth, CCS) and just haven’t seen as much of this, it’s one of those series that you don’t even realize how much is out there, then you check it out and see…wow…it’s a pretty well developed universe.

Anyhow, expect more. =D

Similar? I think so.

Now, which one gets my buster rifle?

Snow Fairy Sugar

Ah, life is so busy sometimes, hard to even find time to watch my shows!

I’ve really only just started this series but I am enjoying it, I have episodes 1-24 and the special DVD (which came with…erm..shampoo bottles? Must be big…elsewhere, but my shampoo already comes in bottles.)

Anyhow, the show for those of you who love descriptions is summed up as such:

Season Fairies create and control the weather using special musical instruments. They make the wind blow, the snow fall, the sun shine; if it’s something weather related, they are the ones who make it happen. Sugar, an apprentice Snow Fairy, and her friends Salt and Pepper, all want to become full-fledged Season Fairies, and the only way to achieve this is to search for and find the “Twinkles” that will make their magical flowers bloom. The only problem is that none of them have any idea what a Twinkle is. They enlist the somewhat unwilling help of Saga, a human girl who can see Season Fairies. Much to her annoyance, Saga’s perfectly planned and ordered life has just become a little too lively for her taste. Together, they search for the mysterious Twinkles while trying to perfect their magic.

For the rest of you: It’s about Crazy little fairies who love WAFFLES. Now if this isn’t just begging for a promotion deal from Waffle House…c’mon.

Anyhow, it’s the equivalent of going to watch a Disney movie like ratatouille. Sure, it’s made for a younger crowd but has charm. Complimenting that charm is a cast of run, lovable characters you can’t help but keep watching, and hoping for.

The Journal

…..And the journal is filled with all the things I’d say to her if I were nice like you.  I burn it when it’s full.

Barkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden

Wow, okay this is just an incredible concept for a free game. It’s a bit incredible that someone made it but, you be the judge.

If this isn’t Charles Barkley I don’t know what is: (Click to Enlarge)

Here’s the Premise:

The Great B-Ball Purge of 2041, a day so painful to some that it is referred to only as the “B-Ballnacht”. Thousands upon thousands of the world’s greatest ballers were massacred in a swath of violence and sports bigotry as the game was outlawed worldwide. The reason: the Chaos Dunk, a jam so powerful its mere existence threatens the balance of chaos and order. Among the few ballers and fans that survived the basketball genocide was Charles Barkley, the man capable of performing the “Verboten Jam”…

Flash forward 12 years to the post-cyberpocalyptic ruins of Neo New York, 2053. A Chaos Dunk rocks the island of Manhattan, killing 15 million. When the finger is put on the aging Charles Barkley, he must evade the capture of the B-Ball Removal Department, led by former friend and baller Michael Jordan, and disappear into the dangerous underground of the post-cyberpocalypse to clear his name and find out the mysterious truth behind the Chaos Dunk. Joined by allies along the way, including his son Hoopz, Barkley must face the dangers of a life he thought he gave up a long time ago and discover the secrets behind the terrorist organization B.L.O.O.D.M.O.S.E.S.

Sound good? Or Sound crazy enough you just have to try it? Five good links to download it are right below.

• Download Link 1
• Download Link 2
• Download Link 3
• Download Link 4
• Download Link 5

Credits:

1. Tales of Games Studio for Creating the game.
2. Gaming World for Mirror Links