Talking about Idol Group...

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Hello, Guys!!!

Great! We got next post published!
So, what did you do this past days?  What a week for me, with searching Aeri everywhere. At least I found her in one of her hiding places. Doing what? I honestly didn't want to know... I told her to "appear" in this post, but where the hell is she now? (Here! Here! I'm here!) Yeah, yeah! Stop bouncing! Where were you? I think you owe everyone your whereabouts for the last post! (Oh, yes! I'm so sorry, guys. I have some "event" I need to attend. And it's real good event. I will post about them as the repay for my absent. That's if Crysta here allow me to. I know she has real bad mood swings so I will go as she say. So, what do you think Crysta?) Che! Just do whatever you want. This blog made by two of us, so you have your own share to post. I do want to know what did you do anyway. And for your information, I don't have any mood swings. (Yeeyyy! Good, then! I will post it as the next! Thanks, Crysta. And yeah, you actually have those mood swings. The proof is you awfully kind today. What's bring it? I can't even see your scowl. Hehe...) I don't know if you want to be whacked in your head or what, but don't you think it's nice if I'm in a good mood for once in a while? Urgh... You are so... so... annoying! Why do I befriend you again? (Because you can't resist me? Hehe... Ok, ok... Don't be mad. Just go back to your expressionless facade. At least you are not fuming. [facepalmed])

Alright, forget about her. Now, on to the topic. About Idol Group.
Most of you maybe already heard about them. They are most specialized in Japan. I don't know what you are thinking when you hear about them. But for me, the image that appeared in my head is GIRLS... A LOT of them. What they do in those image? Singing, dancing, talking, or heck, having some bizarre stunts! And they are in such an order that could amazed you. Oh, and God forbid, a Really REAL SHORT SKIRTS... (Are you having some problems with a short skirt?! It's not that bad. It's CUTE! What's with you and skirt in general?) Me? I don't have problems with them. You saw me wear it on some occasions, right? It's just... I don't know, really. When you see a... What's the term? "MOE"... Yeah, that's... When you see a girl with a really girly posture wearing them plus the frilly things, I felt an overwhelming Pheromones circling around. And sometimes it makes me shudder without any reason. And you could sense the growing mad and pains coming from a miles away. Guess from where? A bunch of guys! They could practically stomped on you! (You know, It's normal. That's the purpose of the Idol Group existence. To entertain. Why the heck you are shuddering? You are really weird.) So, are you fine with them stomping and screaming on you? (No! It's not like that, you frizzy head! It's normal because they are a bunch of fans. It's just like some group of fangirl whose fangirling over their male idols. This case is like the opposite. With male fans going over head with their female idols. And actually I'm one of the fans, too... I like some of the Idol Groups... Are you not?) Ck! At least, I'm not obsessed with them like you.

So, how do we know about this culture anyway? I know about them from magazine mostly, when I was still in high school. Some of my friends went around talking about some K-Pop (Korean-Pop) that was just booming while I stayed in my cave site at that time. Instead of going with the trend, I keep my head in anime alike and some Japanase rock band. One day, I found some cool magazine and they were worked through a cool systems of entertainment, namely Idol Groups. They were talking about MORNING MUSUME...



They were quite well-known at that time. Aeri even have this really big poster of them in her room. Well, before the renovation though. (Oh, don't remind me about that. It's just so... regrettable. I really excited that I could got those posters and eventually forgot about the yearly renovation of my house. It's bring back bad memories.) You should have been paying attention to what customs your family doing every year. I don't know what's wrong with your head sometimes. Oh, well, just go back to the story. I don't really know about them. Just heard some of the songs and that's it. Never think about them much.

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The first time I thought more about the Idol Group was when Aeri like shouting in my ears about some cool audition for a "girl-singer" who could dance and have a "good body proportion". When I asked if she want to participate, she answered no, so I automatically shut her up. But, she was just goin' on and on about them that it was stuck in my head somehow. (Hey! It's really cool, you know. They made a "branch" in our country. It was so new that made me so excited. I never want to join up, ok? But, what's wrong with some excitement? And I thought maybe our little cousin want to sign up instead. She has a really good voice and very pretty from head to toe.) Is that mean that you are bragging over the others? (Umm... Well, yeah... I don't know. The Japanese one is so cool, so maybe their branch here wouldn't be so bad...)
Anyway, what we're talking about is JKT48 audition in capital city. Actually, I ignored them most of the time. But, I started stop ignoring them when Aeri literally dragged me to her event in like more than two years ago. We saw a stand or booth that "talked" about them, the AKB48 and their "sisters". It was turned out that they are the fans of them. They kindly explain to me what they are, the term of Idol Group, what they do, and so on. So, here we are, talking about them while Aeri "lusting" over them... (Hey!!! I'm NOT lusting over them! I'm a GIRL!!!) Whatever you say...


I bet you ever heard about them, right? If not, oh, well, I don't know where were you in this world since they are like... so famous... at least among the boys in my place.
So, what we know about them? So much, actually. But, just one word, they are Enormous, with total more than a hundred members. They are one of the Idol Group out there. They have their own entertainment-like-foundation. They have their own song and dance. They have their own Theater to perform, wearing some costumes. What I mean is a really girly costumes. Sometimes, a really provocative one. The other times, a really bizarre one. The theater even has a routine schedule. The spectator mostly consist of boys with a handful of girls. They finance themselves with such an entertaining way, too. Well, beside the obvious. Like selling photo's of the member, some merchandises, or another goodies. But, the best-seller one beside the photos maybe this glowing stick, they called them "LIGHT-STICK or LS". And here I remember a really snarky comment of Tony Stark from Avenger movie about "the glow-stick of destiny". That was the thing that always used by their own fans. Yeah, they have their own fans, called WOTA. The fans even made some chant to prove their support and to give some cheering gestures to their idols. What they do with those sticks? Well, some of them will do this dancing, called "WOTAGEI".

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Oh, they are great, ok? They have their own big show. They even have those "ELECTION" to choose who is the best among the members. This is where the fans mostly involved. They bought their "things" and have those tickets to vote. And they also have a hand-shake event gradually in time. I admit, they did a good job to get "a little closer" to the fans. It's attract people.
Not just that, they have their own TV Shows. You know what the TV Shows do, right? Dramas, games, a lot of laughs and cries. Well, like that. The point is to entertain you... Heck... They even have their member's Graduation in a spectacular way. If you consider the tears of fans in the size of the river and letters or presents to the said members in the size of a mountain, sorry for the exaggeration, well, you will thought about it as too much. That's for me... (I don't think it's too much, though. It was the way of the fans to show their idols that they will support them whatever path they take. Their graduation won't mean a thing as the fans won't go down on them. Apparently, my ex-Oshi have the best graduation party ever!) Oh, yeah! I remember now about her, ATSUKO MAEDA or ACCHAN. Quite EXTRAVAGANT, but alright.


There are so much about them that I can't remember all of it. So, if you know, just comment to let the others know. Or message me so I can update this post sometime.
I will talk more in the other post about them. I hope that I could get to real details. I like AKB48 and their sisters. They made some good changes about entertainment in my country. And I mean it, a lot.

Alright, next post will be about Aeri's activity during her disappearance. Stay tune, guys. We never post about event before. So, it will be the first time for us. And Aeri had some interview with some "cosplayer" who cosplaying our most favorite Role-Playing Game, too. And beware, so much photos. My eyes kinda hurt because of the glitters.

Well, then. I think Aeri had checked out first. How rude of her. I apologize in her behalf. I bet she's already going over her script for the next post.
So, see you then. Crysta's sign out... for now...

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Talking about Anime Marathon...

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Hy, Everyone! Sorry for the wait!

As you already hinted from the title, we will talking about some of my past posts. Since I was passive for most of the last year, there's not so much things to talk about. So this kind of posts might be short. By the way, I can't find Aeri anywhere. And yeah, I already looked under the bed and the sink. But, nope. I can't find her. So, I will taking over this post until she come back for whatever it is she's doing...

My activity in 2012 until half of 2013 mostly consist of typical boring day. Those years were my 'turning back point'. I did a lot of experimentation years back and it left me nearly broke because of some stupid things that I couldn't help did. I tried to do too much things in the same time.

Then, do you know what happened to me? I GOT BORED! And it's a real bad one. What exactly I did to get those kind of boredom of doom? I watched Anime in a Marathon way! Maybe most of you think this is just a trivial thing. Everyone like Marathon way. I don't know about the running thing, though. But, hey! It's a real fun when you did it! Time won't ruled you. Because you were too immersed with what you're doing. I just overdone it, a lot. I really need something to release myself. All the things bad happened those years, started from bad decisions and kinda lost a lot of things that worth my life. Well, like that...

But, why Anime? Honestly, it's really hard for me to find a good anime to watch. I AM so PICKY about things. Especially about things that I often do to spend my time. If it's not come to my standard... Oh, hell... You'll get me throwing flame everywhere. But, it's alright. There's always Aeri who always ready to extinguish the fire with her cool nature. So, no one need to get hurt...
In other words, I watched anything worth watching...

So, anyway. Let's see what anime that made me hanged overtime. You can say that these particular anime is one of my latest favorites. I couldn't find much anime in the next season after those. The horrible one was I couldn't even finished to watch them and left it like that, without a care. But, I'll tell you later about that.

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This is the list of my favorite anime starting from at least Spring 2012...
- Kuroko no Basuke
- Hyouka
- AKB0048
- Dog Days
- Sword Art Online
- La Storia della Arcana Famiglia
- K
- From The New World
- Zetsuen no Tempest
- Psycho-Pass
- Amnesia
- Hakkenden: Touhou Hakken Ibun
- Zettai Karen Children: The Unlimited - Hyoubu Kyousuke
- Tamako Market

Well, maybe those were the anime that I could watch until the end of the season, except for KuroBasu since it's a 'season on-going' anime. I don't know about SAO, though. The producing studio announced that there will be a 'second season'. For you the Light Novel reader who already read some of the earlier volumes, I thought it will be going around the GGO (Gun Gale Online) arc. Beware spoiler for you who never read the novels.

Alright, then... I can't make a really long post right now. So, I will just tell my opinion about those anime. If you want to get some full reviews, you can request. Just comment below that you want to know the whole things about those particular anime, a straight through opinion from us. Just mind that it will be really different from your opinions. So, don't throw a flame directly to the base. Aeri won't like it. She hate cleaning job. If you know what I mean.

So, the most amazing anime among those list is FROM THE NEW WORLD (SHINSEKAI YORI)! Yeah!!!


Really! This is one of the most brain-sucking anime that I ever watched. I will put it just after the Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Memories/Melodies/Two. It's not just dramatic, but psychological, too. I like those kind of genre. That would make you go crazy to find out what the hell is the purpose of this story. It's always make you wanna asked why these and why those. Like I said, brain-sucking...

This anime revolved in Saki as the main characters and her friends. Started from she was still a child, going to school and graduated, then finally got a job and married at the end. It's talking about life, romance, forbidden mostly, people with telekinesis, high-core mysteries, and many more psycho thingy that could make your brain go fuzzy. It's also full of strong language and influencing scenes. It's just awesome!!!
This is why I love this anime. What I need from them is an unpredictable story, a brilliant served above the plates of imagination and seasoned by a most intriguing way of how the mind and brain works, a beautiful creativity...
Well, you should try to watch it. Do not get frustrated when you don't understand this anime the first time you set your eyes on them. It needs time. I even need to repeat watching them two to three times not just because of it's awesomeness, but to immerse into the life of the story, too. That's me! I appreciate a fine piece of art!

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Now, how about my least favorite? Among the list? Hmm... Maybe Tamako Market. Well, don't get me wrong. It's not that I don't like it, just I will put it past behind the others.



What I like from this anime is the originality. This anime showed you about some average way of living. No exaggerating. Alright, maybe a little, about the bird who could talk and some bizarre people. But, it's really described how boring life could be without having some impossible things going around. I swear if I were Tamako and I didn't meet with that insufferable bird, maybe I'll going crazy and trashed my father's mochi store myself. It was actually some kinda defense to put up with the boring-ness of everyday life. Just imagine if you need to repeat your activity every day again and again and again without some improvisation along the way. The spectator of your life will get died because of boredom. Hell, maybe even your creator will tossed you around and screamed at you to DO SOMETHING! Yeah, like that...

I do really want to write more. But, it seems that I just get stuck. So, if I have much more time and inspiration, I will write more, or update this post. I don't know... And, you can still request for a review about those anime. A real review, started from the story, plot, characters, events, and many more.
When Aeri's back, I will post the list of all my favorites, or those one I wouldn't mind reviewed. There's not too much of them, just a handful.

NEXT!!!

I intend to write about an Idol Group in next session. I hope Aeri got back already. It's her forte. She practically dragged me 'across the universe' just to got a new atmosphere. Don't ask me what it means. She's the crazy one... And for what? I honestly can't understand. But, it doesn't mean that I don't enjoyed it. Oh, I really does enjoy it, you know. You know a creative and good art when you face one.

Alright, folks. Till next posts...

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Finally! New Blog!!!

Well, it's crazy! Surprised! We get it done...

Uh-yeah!!! Happy new blog(?)!! Don't know if it's a proper greeting or not...
It's me, Crysta... (And Aeri in the background...) Yeah! We back! 

Why new blog? You see, we've been in a really long hibernation, almost a whole year. 3 weeks ago I found out that our former blog had been eradicated. Urgh, tragedy! I couldn't open any of our previous account, even in Live Journal & MySpace. Oh, well... That's Aeri's fault!!! (Hey! Why ME?!!) Oh, it's your fault alright. You never check upon it even once. Heck, you don't even try to protect it and lay the password everywhere. (No, it's not me, you big git! I'm actually the sane one. And I'm the one who suggest you to keep in tab. But noooo, big ego is always win! >:< ) Oh, shut it! It's our fault, then. We lost track of... whatever it is... It's not really our nature to keep things in place, anyway. That's something we need to change later.

So, yeah. We make a new account. And I don't wanna going through the customization again. At least, not for now. We've been struck by the mighty boredom of life. So, we'll just make the page as simple as we could. Then, rewrite some of our latest post from the last blog. Because, we're just getting a new re-start after the most 'turning upside-down' moment of our life last year. We actually need a remembrance...

We know that it'll be total failure if we just put our back-up former post as the opening post in this blog. So, we'll put some theme... We found some cool things not long ago. Alright, it's actually Aeri who found it. She's "The Contributor", that's her job! It's in the IT thingy blogs about some entrepreneur. They always make a specific opening that actually didn't have anything related with the post at some rate. But, eventually the connection will come and it's the most bizarre and too trivial to be the heads. And we found it cool!

So, instead of follow their way, we will just make some mark in our Title that indicated that this particular post had been published before. We won't "copy-paste" it, we'll just make another review about those particular post, maybe some addition here and there. But, hey, we're somehow a wayward blogger. Don't know if we'll end up breaking this rule... (Uh-uh, you're right. YOU are the wayward one. I always "trying" to get your stupid brain on the line!) Umm, yeah. I actually like to breaking rules, but I'm not wayward! It's just for a little fun!

Uh, anyway... Here's the clue of our title-post:
"Talking about ... ..." will indicated that this one filled the end of my last blog.
And "Speaking of ... ..." will indicated that this one is the newly newer post of this blog.

Alright! For everyone who knows our last blog, and familiar with the style of our post. Just enjoy!
And for you, the first-timer, let we show you some shines...

This blog made by us, Aeri and Crysta... Aeri work on field and also as the contributor while me, Crysta, the one who put the theatrical overly-dramatic script-into-blog. We usually post at least once a week, if there's nothing going in our way. You know, like you need to live in some cave site or in sky-high mountain for awhile where you couldn't get access to any possible networking devices. And most of our posts are about Pop Culture that we like or just some news circling around the world. We always post some Bridge, too. Usually after 4 or 5 posts. What we mean by "Bridge" is something like our personal entry, like this post. Most of the Bridge consist of a short notice or a small announcement. Sometimes, if we in need of some ramblings, maybe we will share something private about our lives. But, you are free to ignore it. Just mind if the Bridge is some sort of important notification.

Please Mind some of Our (YOURS!) language that cannot be help. And also Please Mind our opinions and comments about some things that maybe different from your perceptive and not into your liking. Try to give it some consideration. If you can't, try to ignore it. You can always give us some motivating-critiques, you know. That's the purposes of this tiring introduction.

Well, that's all we can say for the Bridge... Wait for our "Firstly" post... Thank you!!!