Like The Tomato
Nothing here but my musings about daily life, books, anime, and food.
I woke at 8 AM today. I opened my eyes and thought, “Damn, I need to go to the mall today”. I dragged my ass out of bed, fed the dogs, and slowly got ready to go to the mall. I was never a fan of the mall, to begin with. I did not understand it. Even before when I was younger, my classmates were so excited for the weekend so that they can go and walk around the mall. I remember doing this one time with my high school friends and all I could think of was WHY?
Anyway, I digress. I needed to buy something at the mall and I hated the fact that the stores open so late. Why 11 AM?? I am one of those people who like to do errands early in the morning so that I’ll be home by 9 AM, latest 10 AM. Anyway, I went to the mall and got there at 10:30 AM. I planned to find some coffee first. But thank goodness, JCPenney opens a bit earlier. And I was glad that I found all I need in that store. I was out of the mall in less than 30 min.
For lunch, I decided to try this Filipino restaurant called Fil Cuisine. And the food I ordered was good. Chicken adobo fried rice, laing, sizzling sisig, and crispy pork kare kare. I did not eat the kare kare because of allergies but the other dishes were really good. I could not stop eating. And the food coma was real and hit me a bit harder than ever.
My love and I were able to hang out today. We watched some anime. No surprise there.
Bubble. This is a little mermaid retelling in anime form. It was good, enjoyable for sure. My hun thinks that this would have been better as a series instead of a movie. I agree. I feel like the conflict resolution was a bit rushed. Aside from Hibiki, the other characters were not fleshed out enough. I mean I understand this anime was about Hibiki, but if this was a serialized anime, I think they could’ve explored the other characters as well. Or actually explored the situation. Or fleshed out the plot more. Other than that, I enjoyed it. My hun gave it a 6/10, I gave it a 7/10. I can see myself rewatching the movie down the line.
Tomo-Chan is a Girl. Do not watch this in dub. I have no idea why they thought faking the low voice was a tomboy thing. Watch the sub. The voice actress for Tomo was more natural. Anyway, we only watched two episodes but so far, we laughed and enjoyed them. I think having a non-conventional female anime character in a romance anime is refreshing. So far, I like where the anime is going. She’s not trying to change herself for her best friend to notice her. And I like the fact that no one around her is trying to change her either. I guess you can say Misuzu tries to a little bit, but it’s no a blatant, do not do this and change this and do that instead. We shall see though. It’s too early to tell.
Inuyasha. I cannot stand Kagome. What the heck is wrong with this girl? I do not understand why she cannot keep those jewel fragments in her person. They were always in that damn backpack. I cannot. Or you know, just give it to Inuyasha. Anime over. Other than that, I am enjoying the demons and Inuyasha’s journey. I just cannot stand Kagome, which is unfortunate because she is in every episode.
Anyway, no major plans tomorrow. Just chill.
- Anime Title: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- Episodes: 64
- Where to watch: Crunchyroll
- Publisher: Aniplex of America
This anime is overhyped and overrated. Yes, I know this is an unpopular opinion. From my previous posts, I think you can deduce that for the most part, I think this anime is okay. It’s not the greatest thing I watched. And I had to stop watching it because it became a chore. Basically, it came to the point that I was watching it just to watch it because it was part of the anime list that we wanted to finish.
I do however understand why a lot of people chose this as their greatest anime of all time. I understand its popularity. I mean, this is one of the first anime that became mainstream for a lot of people. It became available to a wider set of audience. But I think that ultimately became its downfall for me. Since this anime is so popular and loved by many, I expected more. And I should not have.
What did I like? The subject matter. The premise was really good and interesting. Brothers involved in alchemy trying to retrieve their bodies back. The bodies that they lost because they tried to resurrect their dead mother through alchemy. There were definitely some political struggles going on. And the episodes can go dark so quickly. These were all positives in my book.
What else? Characters are likable. Aside from the homunculi, I think the MCs and the supporting characters were great. I personally like Roy Mustang and Captain Armstrong. The way Mustang killed that one thing lives rent-free in my head. It was visceral. And that puts Mustang as one of the darker characters in the anime regardless of how noble his fight was. My favorite character, despite his short-lived screen time, was Maes Hughes. Such a lovable character and I mourned with Mustang when that happened to Hughes.
What fell short for me? I think the plot was barely moving. Episode 35 and we were still talking about that one incident. Seriously? All I could think of was can we move on to the next topic? 35 episodes in, the plot barely revealed the whole larger concept, but still talking of that ONE INCIDENT. I know, they were connected, but that was also just one incident out of what? Five? I mean come on.
I am not new to watching slow plots – I’ve seen Naruto and Bleach where a conflict can drag on. But those anime had something going on per episode, even the filler episodes had something going on in them. To say that I was getting sleepy watching an episode of FMA was a huge understatement.
I know I should not be even talking about this anime since I did not finish it. But I think 35 episodes is enough for me to form opinions about it. This will not be the anime that I will recommend for a new anime watcher. I would definitely lean toward an anime that’s a bit more fast-paced and cover the plot in 12 episodes.
Will I ever give this one a chance and continue on? No idea yet. I am leaning a bit toward not continuing on. I would lie if I say I would not want to see Mustang kill another thing in the most visceral and satisfying manner (which he will because I saw a clip). My boyfriend said that he might continue watching at a later time. I told him to just let me know if he reaches that specific Mustang episode. I just really want to see that one.