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Astro Note Episode 7 Review - A Very Buggy Episode

I’m sad. I was rooting for Aoi but it all crashed down towards the end of the episode. It sucks that she accidentally played matchmaker for Takumi and Mira while having a huge crush on him. It also sucks that Takumi doesn’t remember her. Then again, nobody would remember a brief encounter afterwards and she looks different than she did in the past. I feel like that, despite this being an episode centered around Aoi, she becomes an afterthought in the latter half of the episode in favor of Takumi and Mira having a moment together. It feels unfair to those rooting for Aoi, like me.

Aoi’s past is revealed. She’s an orphan and moved to Tokyo when she was 18. She worked at the hotel Takumi used to work at before it closed for bankruptcy. She couldn’t fit in at her job, but Takumi, who liked the same radio show and gave her snacks, made her work life a bit better. She was able to become a better waitress thanks to him. However, when the hotel became bankrupt, she lived homeless for a while until Tasuke came and helped her. That’s how she stayed in the Astro Lodge until she saw Takumi coming in one day and accidentally made him fall for her. Tough luck, Aoi. I just feel like this entire show just wants to shit on Aoi so bad. Like, I bet the writers are thinking of ways to make her even more miserable.

While Mira and Takumi are confirmed to have mutual feelings for each other, it just sucks that Mira didn’t show off her feelings until this episode. Sure, she was a bit concerned with Takumi holding Aoi’s hand in a previous episode, but hasn’t she considered that maybe hanging out with Shoin is also affecting Takumi? For someone who’s not your fiancé, you sure hang out with him a lot. Shoin seems to have feelings for her too. My only issue is that it’s been seven episodes and only now is when Mira starts growing an interest in Takumi outside of the food he makes. When’s the confession gonna happen? The finale? Why is it so…slow-paced?

The bug festival in itself was a pretty kooky festival at that. As someone who likes eating, eating bugs is a bit too much for me. Chocolate mealworms? No thanks. Cricket curry? Gonna ruin curry for me. I have nothing against those who eat bugs, but it’s just not for me. I heard that pupae is good for you, but eating 101 bowls of them is a bit too much.

The fake out with the key confuses me a bit. I thought Mira and Shoin already knew that wasn’t the real key, yet Mira insisted on participating, only to find out that the key is made of cardboard. Regarding the key, I have this feeling that it might be Aoi’s room key as Tasuke said that he helped her because she reminded him of the woman she loved. That’s gotta to have some leads, right? Also, aren’t their rooms locked when they go out? How is Naosuke able to barge in? I guess Mira being the landlady makes it possible as she has the master key?

With the Hubbies lurking about at the Astro Lodge, next week feels like it’ll be lore behind these aliens? They keep showing up, but we don’t know why. They’re looking for the key too, but why? I just hope that the person behind the squid and the pelican will show up. Maybe it’s someone at the Astro Lodge? What are your thoughts?

#astro note #Takumi miyasaka #mira gotokuji #Shoin ginger #aoi kamimachi #review #anime #anime review #ecargmura #arum journal

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“Astro Note” The First Promo

The Astro Note television anime's official website unveiled the first promotional video, the opening theme. The first showing of the original anime is slated for April 2024.

#astro note #ren wakabayashi #tomihiro wakabayashi #shokichi yamashita #teruko matsubara #aoi uemachi #maosuke #shoin ginger #anime #anime news #Youtube

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A guy with blond hair, a ninja in glasses and Silver hair dude are coming in Feburary + Ikemen Election update!

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BIG NEWS GUYS ! Who are the new comers in Feburary?

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First - there is new MS of a blond guy with angelic smile coming to Ikemen Vampire. He will be in the top 20 on the Ikemen Election (my guess). His name is Vincent Van Gogh. Meet the Vincent

What do you think of him? Doesn’t he remind you of Ieyasu + Mitsunari? He is kind and gentle and he will be popular. Take a look at screenshots of his MS PV!

The PV is out today! Click here to watch :)

And a sneak peak of his still ;)

Ive told you that Ikemen Vampire is for grown ups. As far as I know, he is emotionless since he was a child so you can guess how the story goes..? I like sweet guys. Although Mitsunari MS was so heart warming and I loved it so much, I still love Ieyasu. Will Vincent make me want him? Will he paint Sunflowers for me? I’ll find out soon!

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Second - a guy with silver hair - Shoin Yoshida on DtL / Bakumatsu

Who can you think of a guy with silver hair on Cybird? Kenshin from Sengoku or Ewan from Loves, Lies and Heists? Has Leo from MidCin got silver hair? Maybe Leo is a ginger… We gonna have a new dude on DtL! Here is a screenshot of Shoin still from his BD story. (Yes I bought it for his silver hair and beautiful kimono)

If u play DtL, you will be surprised to find out that I (the MC) will travel back again from the Bakumatsu time to 5 year earlier in order to save this man’s life. He wants to destroy the system and Kyoto. I cant be botherd to explain plots of Doran series atm, so pls find out yourself if you are interested! Doran series consist of 4 parts with 4 new character on each story. There are 3 guys on each story and there are 3 ends (only 8 chapters). i.e. the last part of the Doran series will be Shoin, Takasugi and Kyo.

If you wanna have a look at new guys, click here for a short video

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A guy with glasses - Sasuke is around the corner? Prob after Kenshin BD?

You know a kind of character who pops up after reading MS chaper and says “Oh you don’t have enough story tickets, do you wanna buy some?” Or when there is avatar mission, he tries to make you feel like you are missing out if you choose normal avatars. Sasuke has been one of them. But he is given a bigger role this year rather than hosting events and encouraging us to spend money here and there!

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Febrary event and Ikemen Election 2018 update

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What most important to me is that my favourite character KEI from Sleeping Beauty in the Suite Room is having his BD and we are expecting his BD story event.

Kei is extremely tsudere like Ieyasu. He is too shy to tell me (the MC) that he fancies me and 2/3 of the MS is all about Kei ‘trying’ to ask me out lol.

Kei doesn’t unify Japan but he is a supermodel. His trauma with girls go es back to his childhood when he was bullied by girls for being fat and the girls suddenly fancied him as he got skinnier and taller. He is a kind of a guy who stands by wall and becomes an ornament at parties. His drawing is so bad that no one can understand what he draws. Im sorry Ieyasu, you had your BD month and received a lots of my attention last month. Do you want to see how he looks? Fine!

When he is on tsundere mode “What are you smiling for? I don’t get it”

Of course Im voting for him for the Ikemen Election!

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So when is the Ikemen Election and how does it work?

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The election will be happening between 14th and 28th Feb all across Ikemen series. It’s like collection event happening ALL Ikemen Series. You login, raise your grace by doing lessons and read main stories. You get ballots and vote for your favourite guys! 5 guys from each game were chosen last November by Twitter.

I wrote a messy blog about the Ikemen Election back in December. Have a read!

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Special attires you get by using your ballots across 9 titles

From left - Ikemen Kakumei, Loves, Lies and Heists, 100pri and Ooku

From left - Sleeping Beaity in the Suite Room, Ikemen Vampire, Sengoku, DtL, MidCin

You can vote as many guys as you like but chances of getting rank-in bonus for THE guy you love will get greater if you vote for fewer guys.

I will write about the election more in the coming week!

Have a good weekend my fellow otomes ;)

#ikemen sengoku #ikesen #ikesen sasuke #sarutobi sasuke #Ikemen Vampire #ikevam #vincent van gogh #destined to love #ikemen bakumatsu #shoin #shoin yoshida #kei #sleeping beauty in the suite room #SBitSR #Ikemen election #ikemen election 2018 #MidCin #100pri #Ikemen okyu #ikemen ooku #loves lies and heists #cybird #ikemenelection2018

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Astro Note Episode 3 Review - Alien Shenanigans

What’s with recent media having evil pelicans? First there’s The Boy and The Heron with man-eating pelicans and now Astro Note got itself a robot pelican that can punch people! Yeesh. On top of that, this episode also has more conflict in terms of Shoin being a potential love rival for Takumi and the disappearance of breakfast.

The fiancé part of Mira and Shoin’s relationship is a misunderstanding, but it doesn’t seem to be in Shoin’s part. He hangs out with her a lot and he also was the one to emphasize the childhood marriage promise which Mira didn’t take too seriously. He probably likes her that way, but Mira only sees him as a friend. Shoin also seems open to reveal his identity as an alien, while Mira still wants to keep it a secret as she keeps lying to her tenants like saying Shoin is from the UK and that he runs a natural energy business and what not. While Mira is trying to keep is a secret, the fact that she pulls out a machine gun and Takumi doesn’t question it or the evil robot pelican is rather something… He also doesn’t question why Shoin’s car can fly. Fortunately for Takumi, there could be a chance for him as Mira finds him fun.

There’s a subplot with Ren. First, he seems to know about Naosuke’s secret of not being a dog, but it gets glossed over as the main focus becomes him wanting to bring his own lunch, but since his father is jobless, he cannot. Fortunately, Takumi, being the chef of the lodge, whips up a very nice bento that Ren can enjoy, but the first one disappears! The second one is when the crazy shenanigans happen with the robot pelican and alien stuff as Mira and Takumi try to deliver his lunch to Enoshima, where his class went on a field trip. I think that it’s bittersweet that all Ren wants is to bring a bento for a field trip. It’s something so trivial, yet it can be so meaningful to someone. I wonder if his crush on the cute girl in the dress or his knowledge of Naosuke’s identity will be brought up again.

What I find interesting is that while the people at the lodge are quirky, they’re rather nice. Mr. Wakabayashi ships Takumi and Mira and even tries to get them to have some time together by delivering the lunchbox. They don’t seem too mean over the competition Takumi has regarding Mira. It’s nice to see that.

Naosuke built a security camera so that he can attest his innocence regarding the missing breakfast cases. It seems that there’s a ghost lurking in the lodge. Who could it be? Find out next week! What are your thoughts on this episode?

#astro note #Takumi miyasaka #mira gotokuji #Shoin ginger #naosuke #ren wakabayashi #review #anime #anime review #ecargmura #arum journal

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Astro Note Episode 2 Review - Somewhere In The Astro Lodge

More of Mira’s backstory is revealed. Not only is she from the Planet Wid, but she is also the princess of the planet. The only way to succeed the throne and to become Queen is to find a key that’s been hidden in a faraway planet, which is Earth. Mira hiding her spaceship in a field of Maneki Neko and disguising it as a huge one is actually brilliant in detail. I also love how the Maison Ikkoku similarities are actually mentioned in-story as Mira models her Earth disguise as the main character of the in-universe version “Melon Igyoku”. Naosuke’s disguise is to be an actual dog, but he’s actually a walking, talking alien that just happens to look like a poodle. He even has his own spacesuit!

While Mira’s main goal is to find a key, she seems to enjoy her life on Earth and doesn’t seem too keen on returning and is sending video diaries to her mother just to let her know she’s doing fine. I do feel like coming to Earth to find the key and it happens to be somewhere in Astro Lodge feels a bit too convenient, but hey, the plot has to move somehow. There’s also a possible plot point with the previous proprietor being a Wid, but that’s an assumption for now.

There are enemy aliens targeting Mira and Naosuke called Hubs. They can transform into mechanical objects like roombas and mechanical pelicans. I thought Teruko was scheming something since the roomba bot had pink hair and pigtails, but it doesn’t seem to be the case.

Takumi, on the other hand, feels devastated that Mira could be a widow, but he doesn’t seem to keen on giving up just yet. While he looks for a job, he meets a rather gossipy lady who’s practically the star of the episode. I forgot her name, but she’s voiced by Kujira. She saw Takumi and Mira walking and shopping together before, so she sort of ships them? Takumi’s main goal in this story is to find a job and to be Mira’s boyfriend, so I do wonder how long it’ll take for both to happen. He’s 25 but he sort of behaves a bit immaturely. Despite that, the comedy was pretty hilarious as he has so many vivid expressions.

The scene where they get trapped in the basement with no light was rather abruptly scary, but it was a nice moment for the two. Mira, in a drunken state due to umeshu, tells Takumi she’s been anticipating breakfast ever since he came to the lodge and then she lies on his lap. It’s interesting to see a reverse trope situation as it’s the girl lying on the guy’s lap and not the other way around. It was a nice scene overall.

However, it is only a small step in progression as Takumi’s path to winning Mira’s heart already has a roadblock in the form of Shoin Ginger, Mira’s supposed fiancé. Since Widow means something completely different in Mira’s alien world, I suppose fiancé means something else too. I do wonder if next episode will be the big alien reveal to Takumi or if it’ll keep dragging on. In fact, how long will this take until they start dating? Half-way point? End? Regardless, I do think the ending song sung by Soma Saito and Maaya Uchida is adorable as heck. What are your thoughts on the episode?

#astro note #Takumi miyasaka #mira gotokuji #Shoin ginger #naosuke #review #anime #anime review #ecargmura #arum journal