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Okay, okay. I'll stop the silly 'yeah, this is for one day back' excuse thing. This post is for June 11th, so there!

1. Things I liked that I didn't think I would like.

* Danny Phantom: For some reason (probably due to my questionable taste in everything, questionable not necessarily being bad but just odd), I really ended up liking this Nick Toon. The first few episodes, anyway. I miss the days of old-school Nickelodeon, but there have been some good ideas lately that I haven't been able to ignore due to my aforementioned questionable taste.

* Detective Conan: The initial premise interested me, but the interest waned a bit after I saw the first few episodes. And then the interest and love for dorky shrunken detectives SNOWBALLED. The series is hella, hella long, but it's good - and it teaches a lot. Seems to be going into some serious story arcs now, manga-wise.

* Gilmore Girls: Yeah. I used to make fun of people for liking this show. And then I realised I couldn't judge if I hadn't seen it, so I had to take a peek, and I realised... yeah, it was girly, it wasn't that different, but it carried itself pretty well and wasn't a horrible show like so many are. I'm not enamoured with Gilmore Girls, but I do like the series.

2. Things I didn't like that I thought I would like.

* Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion: Okay, to be honest, this series freaked the shit out of me. I also didn't like the CLAMP-designed characters, strangely enough, and it didn't help towards making it appeal to me. The strange violence and odd psychology in this series were, in my opinion, in large part superfluous, and the psychology itself was hardly as sophisticated as in Death Note or something of the sort. I was not impressed.

* Homestyle Pancakes (Aunt Jemima): Okay, seriously, this is SERIOUS BUSINESS. I bought them because I couldn't find the Buttermilk kind and I was like, "Ooh, you know, this'll be good! Variety is good for everyone!" But ALAS, NO. IT WAS AWFUL. They tasted bad and even an (un)healthy dousing of maple syrup couldn't help it. I cried bitter tears about being unable to enjoy my pancake lunner.

* 20th Century Boys: Sometimes a manga that I thought I would like based on the first few chapters just doesn't... go. I don't generally force myself to read or watch things that I don't like, but someone had recommended it to me, so I tried to give it a try. Ultimately, though - gave up.

3. Tomorrow's the last real day of school for me. Eh. Whatever. High school's over, now on to the next chapter. :) I have to pick up my art stuff from various rooms - I wonder if I'll remember?

4. I'm a dork. And I illustrate fanfics that I really, really like, such as this one: Windfall by Ysabet.

5. Holy crap, is this long or what? And I haven't even said anything remotely interesting!

6. Happy Hump Day.

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Detective Conan as a manga is way better than the anime - though I like them both a lot. But sometimes, as budgets are not the same for each episode, there are big changes in the character design that make me shudder. :/

Oh, and I ADORE your icon. :D

Haha, it definitely is! Yeah, I found it... (a lot of it, I was impressed by the size of the series) shortly after I got to liking the anime. It seems the episodes are being made cheaper now - I'm noticing a lot of crappy animation. :(

Thanks! Ahaha, I love where the R/S comic is at right now...

I don't know how many episodes they made so far - not counting the OAVs or the films either. I've heard once that Aoyama Gosho, the original author, is the best-paid mangaka in Japan.

Really? Glad you like it! :D

It's up to a bit over 500. And 11 or 12 movies, plus five or six OAVs... I can imagine all the royalties he gets, lol.

Yep! [super fan encouragements] :D

This is really impressive, indeed.

:D

That was I, obviously. *g*

OMG CONAN! I loved the manga! Hate the anime though, it looks crap. The manga however, is <33333. XD