Fall Anime impressions + big update

To start off, I'd like to apologize for my long absence (I'll explain that at the end of the post). So, now that that's out of the way, I'll talk about the topic of this post. I'm gonna give my final impression on Tokyo ghoul, talk about Himegoto, and give my first impression on the second season of Log Horizon. (NOTE: THERE WILL BE MINOR SPOILERS. I WON'T REVEAL ANY KEY PLOT ELEMENTS OR CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT STAGES, HOWEVER YOU MIGHT STILL CONSIDER WHAT I SAY A SPOILER. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.)

First things first, I'd like to do a bit of advertising(note: I'm not getting paid for this). I watch pretty much all of my anime on kissanime.com. It's my personal favorite anime streaming site because it loads quickly on both computer and mobile platforms. So, along with all of the shows I recommend, I'll now be placing links to where you can watch them. (Most of which will be on kissanime)


So, the first show i'm going to talk about is Tokyo Ghoul. I'll start off by saying that this show is not for the faint of heart. The crazy things in this series include but are not limited to: Stab wounds, excessive gore, creepy eyes, disgustingly disfigured/deformed bodies, and of course, HUMANS BEING EATEN. Yes, lots of humans are eaten during this show.
This show is about a group of people called 'Ghouls' who's only food source is humans. No, they don't choose to eat humans, they either eat humans or die. Their bodies don't process and break down regular food, so the only way that they can get the nutrients they need to survive is to eat humans. The show tells the story of Kaneki Ken, who is your average, naive, main character. Spoiler: He gets the crap beaten out of him a lot. Just kidding. That happens in almost every action anime. I watched this show from the time episode  six released until the season finale and I can say that I really wish I had found it when it had premiered. The art is gritty and the music matches the tone extremely well. So well, in fact, that most of the time, I didn't notice it until it changed. The theme song sounds a bit weird at first, but it grows on you.
After finishing the last episode, the only thing that I could think was: "READ THE MANGA READ THE MANGA READ THE MANGA." So, I read the manga and to be honest, the manga was more detailed, however, they couldn't have done the anime better. They included just the right moments to give the viewers the right impression of all of the characters. My main complaint with the whole series is that they left the show off in a way that could cause a misunderstanding. Spoiler: They completely change the viewer's perception of the main character, when according to the manga, he doesn't actually change. (Not much of a spoiler, but according to one of my friends, it can be considered such, so I took the precaution anyway.) Because of the sour taste I got from the end of episode 13, I have to give this an overall 7/10, which is way low, but only because of the ending. If I were to disregard the ending, I would say 9.5/10. The anime team did a very good job of not selecting the confusing scenes from the manga, so I can't complain. If the anime were a direct adaptation, I can't say that I would have enjoyed it as much.
If you want to watch Tokyo Ghoul, use this link: ↓
http://kissanime.com/G/376969?l=http%3a%2f%2fkissanime.com%2fAnime%2fTokyo-Ghoul
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Whether or not I have mentioned Himegoto before slips my mind, so I'm going to put up a bit of a warning. Himegoto is extremely perverted is intended for mature audiences. There's even a character named 18+. Just imagine. Now that that's out of the way, I can do a mini-review of it. Himegoto is a 13 episode web short. Each episode is roughly 4 minutes and is extremely perverted. The main concept of the show is that a high school guy is being chased by debt collectors because his father left a bunch of debts in his name. For some reason, the guy was forced to dress like a girl for the debt collectors, so that's what's happening when the show starts. He runs away from these debt collectors and onto school property, where the rich student council pays off all of his debts on the spot. In return, the student council, which is comprised of 3 perverted girls, forces the cross-dressing guy, who's name is Hime (If you don't understand the joke, Hime is a girl's name. It means princess.),to join the student council and also to dress up like a girl for the rest of his high school days. This show is full of creepy and perverted antics, but is extremely funny. There are so many scenes of guys hitting on Hime that it became it's own running joke. I left out some of the major stuff because I didn't want to spoil it, so you'll just have to watch it. The total time for the show is barely an hour, so there's no reason to not check out at least the first episode.
If you want to watch Himegoto, use this link: ↓
http://kissanime.com/G/376969?l=http%3a%2f%2fkissanime.com%2fAnime%2fHimegoto
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Lastly, I'd like to talk about the second season of Log horizon. This segment will be short because I don't want to really start assuming things or even really reviewing the  show until I've seen at least 5 episodes. My initial opinion of season two, episode one was that it definitely stood up to the standards left by the finale of season one. It found a fluid way to re-cap the first season, introduce all of the previous characters, and set up for the rest of season two. However, I found one major issue with season two, episode one. They might address this in episode two, but I found it annoying that two or three times during the episode, they show a new character without giving her name, background, or even location. She shows up in the intro song, and again within the first half of the show and it bugs me that they didn't introduce her at all. I have a feeling that they will introduce her in the second or third episode, but it's just strange to me that they would feature what may become another main character without identifying them at all. Nonetheless, they set themselves up for a great season and I can't wait to watch the rest of the episodes.
If you want to watch along with me, use the link I'm leaving you. If you want to watch the first season, use the second link. (I'll label them)

Season 2:
http://kissanime.com/G/376969?l=http%3a%2f%2fkissanime.com%2fAnime%2fLog-Horizon-2nd-Season

Season 1:
http://kissanime.com/G/376969?l=http%3a%2f%2fkissanime.com%2fAnime%2fLog-Horizon

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And now: BIG UPDATE!

So, I'd like to explain why I've been M.I.A for the past 20 days. For the half of that time, I was sick and barely even wanted to play video games. (I did manage to grab some funny shots from DayZ, so I'll put them up sometime within the next 7 days.)  For the other half of that, I was celebrating my 18th birthday, reading lots of manga, playing lots of video games, and watching quite a bit of anime. This was all because I had writer's block so bad that I couldn't come up with a topic for even a top 10. Today was the first day in a while that I felt like I could write anything decent, so I came up with the idea to do this. After all, in the time that I was not posting, Tokyo Ghoul and Himegoto both ended and the new season of Log Horizon premiered, so I felt like I had to get my lazy self out of bed and write this really long post detailing all three. Aside from that, I've been playing a lot of Battlefield 4, DayZ, and Naruto ultimate ninja storm 2 & 3. Sometime in the next few days, I plan to come up with a DayZ tips and tricks post, but until then, I'm going to post a couple gaming things later this week. Since I'm feeling all better, I'm going to try to get back on my posting schedule and also try to find news about more new anime. (Generally, my news comes from Tumblr, but my WiFi sucks so it's hard to use without my phone. I probably post a rant about my phone sometime soon, so stay tuned for that one.) Aside from that, I've been trying to find some good editing software that won't cost my life's savings, but it's proving to be difficult since i'm a broke college student. From the looks of it, I may have to delay my YouTube channel until I can get some more money. I will be able to post a bit more in the future now that I've gotten used to my classes, however, I may not be posting that much because I'm trying to finish both the Tokyo Ghoul manga and Dengeki Daisy. They both have a lot of content that I haven't read yet, so It's going to take a while. There may be some kind of Naruto super-post coming soon (wink, wink), but the date is still hazy. I've been waiting for the manga to finally release the final battle between Sasuke and Naruto so that I can catch up. In addition to that, I've been playing the games quite a bit lately, so I've really wanted to talk about those as well. Also, I'd like to post a few pictures of all of the old Naruto posters that I just put up in my room. I found 5 of them just crammed into my closet, so I took them out and put them all up in my room.(When people come over, i'm usually playing Naruto on my ps3 so, people have begun to think that it's my favorite anime now.)The last thing that I want to announce is that I've got enough content for several weeks worth of videos, so I may be posting randomly over the next 2 to 3 weeks, but I really want to show you all of this stuff. If you made it all the way to the end, thanks for reading and please forgive my random absence. I'll be posting more now(unless I get sick again), so tell some friends about this blog, recommend it to some people, tell everyone you know that likes anime and gaming because this is what I love to talk about and i'll always be willing to talk about new stuff that's happening. Once again, thanks for reading and please keep coming back.
-K.G.