感動
I originally intended to make this post in Japanese, but I decided that it was too difficult to express myself well just yet.
Well, developments. Went for two competitions recently - one on Friday and one of Saturday. Needless to say, I’m honestly exhausted, coupled with my decision to finish Kimagure Orange Road last night (which had a profound impact on me), I’m really not in any mood to do work.
Got first individual (albeit in a three-way tie) for the St Margaret’s Humanities Challenge prelims, and won the team finals with a score of 95-69. I was scared to death when SJI was in the lead by 10 points after the buzzer round, but somehow things worked out.
This is testament to the tenacity and intellect of Rafflesians. Or maybe, more specifically, those of our GEPpers.
Got pwnzed at the second comeptition at NUS, 1 NUS (not high) team, 2 RJC teams and 1 VJC teams made it into finals.
It wasn’t a competition just for secondary school kids so i guess getting owned is something to be expected.
Had a great time for the past two days, but they were horrifically exhausting. Still, I forced (not really necessary, but I was pretty tired) myself to watch Kimagure Orange Road.
I’ll try to avoid giving spoilers.
The anime series ending was inconclusive, but the final scene was the best in the entire series. It was something I had waited for the whole of 48 episodes (many unbearable because of Hikaru’s antics and Kyousuke’s idiocies). The plot for the last two episodes was predictable (I saw right through it at the beginning of episdoe 47), but, it doesn’t matter. The point is that it was one of the best endings ever. It sort of rounds up quite well, but inconclusive because Kyousuke hasn’t made his choice yet.
That came in the first movie. I think you’d have to be retarded to think he ends up with Hikaru, so I’ll tell you - he chose Madoka! (though I saw it coming, I couldn’t help but feel very warm and comforted)
The second movie’s the best. The art style may have changed, but Madoka’s character and voice didn’t. That was good enough for me. The plot was sort of lame, but what was great was the side-plots and events…… Well, anyway, I was just so envious of them both.
I got to thinking, perhaps too much, that I couldn’t sleep much last night. Similarly, I couldn’t do much before heading off for Japanese class because my mind was paralysed from thinking constantly about it.
What was the predominant emotion I felt? The title tells it all.
Sometimes, I regret watching anime series (and movies) because once they end, I’ll feel a hollowness that can never be filled.
Kimagure Orange Road certainly qualifies. Like some before it, notably Crest of the Stars (all 3 series + 1 OVA), I sometimes wished I had never watched them.
Some effects? Now I can’t bear to watch Shuffle. Nothing can ever beat Kare Kano and Kimagure in the love genre. Now all those other anime in the genre (unless they are as outstanding or even more so than Kimagure) I’m likely to watch only with one eye open.
Humans are pathetic creatures. Once they taste the best, anything less simply would not suffice. It is the same for me. The better the anime I watch, the fewer I can tolerate.
Well, I don’t know what else to say. Or rather, how to say them.
Doubt people would understand me anyway.
なんとか、淋しい…