Butterfly Dreams

One of the three returning shows I was looking forward to this season: Vampire Knight Guilty (the other two were Gundam 00 and Junjou Romantica, if you were wondering). The episode starts off one week after the end of the first season, which kind of threw me off because 1) I was expecting a same day (or rather night) continuation and 2) the time jump appeared to be longer than a mere week. In any case, the episode just solidified my distaste of Kaname and Yuuki and grew my love for Zero.

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Did they not make enough money with the first NARUTO Shippuuden movie, which surprisingly had no Sasuke flashbacks or parallels? Nothing really sells unless Sasuke is around, ka? Really have to push the NaruSasu in order to shy away from the Uchihacest after Itachi suddenly became a saint in the manga? With the second Shippuuden movie set to release in August, I wonder how far the series will reach by then, especially with all the breaks they’re having, this past week included. To have the two of them meet all of a sudden will require a decent basis, and going by the brief plotline on the website, it’s rather conflicting.

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Holy f*ck. That’s all I can say without my mind imploding on me. That’s one of the best endings I’ve seen in Gundam history. Gundam 00 is truly stepping up to be one of the best Gundam series ever made. Things I knew would happen happened (Livonze is a total traitor!!!), and the four year time skip just destroyed me– in a good way. I think. The battle between Alejandro and Sestuna was superb, and for a second I thought this was truly the end of the series, but my knowledge of me knowing a Gundam series go 52 episodes, and the final message of “Mission Incomplete” was a indicator that this thing is far from over. I don’t know where to begin without missing anything, so I’ll try and start my thoughts from the beginning of this epic episode.

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