Wow… these scans are huge. Thanks to whomever has scanned this for the awesome quality raws!
Recent hiatus due to college and a short vacation – there goes my ambitious plan of systematic posting… however, this one is so long, it should count as a double release. ^-^
This time, it’s another doujinshi featuring Yuyuko and Youmu… as well as a couple other characters. Okay, perhaps not much yuri this time, but it was so cute and epic at the same time, I just couldn’t help it; plus, Yuugi is sooo gay in this story. And if you consider the fact it is mostly about food, you get Loser Winterbraid score +10000. ^-^;
This thing is basically crawling with came-os and references; thanks a lot to Shijima for help on these, but I’m pretty sure there still are tons waiting for discovery – so, please feel free to post in the comments whatever captures your attention! In several cases I have found the source of an easter egg, but still don’t know much about the original series/character; therefore, if you feel like elaborating, please do so as well. ^-^
(But no more than two references per comment, okay? Everyone wants to have fun.) :3
More stuff coming sooner than you probably expect.
In other news:
Where should I start… let me say this: I’m not blind. I do realise Nanoha x Fate is pretty much canon by now, but that doesn’t change the fact I consider it a case of Fanon rather than actual canon – I mean, the original story hasn’t made it clear these two are, in fact, lovers (and that’s not likely to change in the future, in my humble opinion; a proof of the contrary is just as improbable, though, as I don’t think the anime makers are suicidal…) – all that’s been shown is that they hug, live together, sleep together, have a baby and basically never are apart… hold on. o_0
…Anyways… That said, while they may not be my favourite couple, I am – just like at least 100% of the Internet – a huge shipper of these two; and the strength of their fandom never ceases to amaze me. Which gets me to the main topic of my current rant… Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha School Days.
Those of you who have been following NanoFate.net or the creator’s Youtube channel, you should already know that the first episode (8 minutes long, apparently first of three) of this fanmade anime, set somewhere between A’s and Strikers if I’m correct, is out – yay, fandom povar etc. (This rant will be a very long one, so I have put it in spoiler tags; feel free to skip it if you don’t feel like digging through it.) ^-^;
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…I find it hard to speak of fanmade content at times; it may not always make me go, “kyaaa!”, and comparison with commercial works is not fun – but still, by bluntly expressing my opinion, I wouldn’t like to discourage the creator from progressing and (hopefully) making an improvement… thusly, I’ll try to stay as “professional” (whatever that means) as possible. ^-^;
Well, actually I kind of expected this to be much worse! I liked the opening theme – I think it’s good technically, and fits the overall mood pretty well. The new artwork ranged from moderately passable to surprisingly good; animation was decent I guess, though a bit jaggy (abrupt stops are not cool), and, as I think several people have mentioned, quite on the fast side at times – I wouldn’t like to argue whether real-life walking looks like this, but in anime, it just… doesn’t seem right. I’m not sure whether it’s the encode or the recording, but the sound is really bad at times; if it is the latter, I’d recommend investing in some decent microphones. ^-^;
While we’re at it… the voice actors at times sound as if they were half asleep; I know you people aren’t pro, but you can’t just read the text – you need to put energy into it, make it more theatrical, even utterly overdone if need be – it’ll still be better than this! When you’re on the other side of a computer screen – especially in an anime – and 90% of the audience doesn’t understand your language, you need some extra power to make your words sink in; my advice is that you watch a play performed by a decent troupe (a good one, not some contemporary “alternative” crap; traditional Japanese theater should do… if nothing else, “The Kinslayer” by Nightwish; pay attention to the spoken parts) – yes, you have to speak like this too!
…A cup of strong tea or coffee might also help. One way or another, I refuse to believe Thai is a language that consists solely of rhythmic murmuring followed by a scream straight out of a horror movie. ^-^
The English text needs a lot more quality checking; it was decent for about the first half, then it started to go downhill. As for the story… I’d risk a guess it will follow the confession-drama-coming out routine; I kinda liked the change of pace towards the end. Whether it is or isn’t too sweet, or not sweet enough, is in the eye of the beholder I guess.
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To sum it up, I found it quite an enjoyable thing to watch – and it is infinitely better that the *ahem* new wave of Polish amateur-made *cough* “cartoons”; in other words, I’m looking forward to the future episodes (though three sounds like not nearly enough!), with maybe some improvement? So everyone: please stop by on NanoFate.net to get the downloads and perhaps give support. :3
The “School Days” part sets off a pretty big warning alarm for me. Am I correct in fearing that Fate will cut Nanoha’s head off at some point?
@anon: lol,no,someone at nanofate.net had said something like this would be all nanofate :>
but srsly,Hayate scream was a little bit off >_>
uho,new doujin o_o;; Sayakata FTW
@Anonymous:
Hmm… Reminds me of a Konata x Tsukasa fanart I have seen a while ago. But no, apparently the similarity of titles is purely coincidental. ^-^;
@Shizuru:
Hehe, quite a few parts were a bit off; but the overall effect is at least acceptable, in my opinion.
Glad someone has noticed that you’ve got a release to come along with my rant, too – I think this doujinshi is very nice, so I would really like to hear comments on it from you people. ^-^
Thanks for the Touhou doujin.
I do like “Hollow” Youmu at the end.
Hehe, I guess I’m one of the people who never really watched Nanoha.
Another series to put on the backlog I suppose. :p
I’m impressed that someone has made fan-made anime.
There have been some fanmade Touhou anime recently too so maybe this is the next step up from doujinshi?
This is a humuorous story. I do not know the characters from the underground too well. But, I can still follow it. Poor Yuyuko sama! So many people will think she is just a gluttonous ghost..with no other attributes that tug on your heart…especially when she has a quiet moment with Youmu..or even more so..with Yukari..who has known Yuyuko sama over 1000 years..both when she was alive as well as a ghost princess.
As always…thank you, Ren, Winterbraid, Yi, and so many others for sharing all these neautiful stories with us..
oops! Sorry Winterbraid! I thought Shijima san had done this story..! Thanks for all of your kindness..sharing the world of Gensokyo with us.
For some reason I find it hilarious when you talk about rock/metal music in your posts. I guess it’s not something I tend to associate with yuri fans even though I love metal myself.
LOL!!Thx again for the Touhou Release Winterbraid!!XD God,Satori looks so cool and mischievous in this doujin,i really love it!!!too bad there’s no Parsee in this though..
Winterbraid said:
“…Yuugi is sooo gay..”
tell me about it..:D
http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/453003/chart-expressions-hoshiguma_yuugi-mizuhashi_parsee
http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/439033/2girls-animal_ears-barefoot-blonde_hair-blush-cat_
http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/436825/blush-hoshiguma_yuugi-kaenbyou_rin-kaenbyou_rin_-c
@Shijima:
Nanoha was a good anime, though perhaps not something I’d watch over and over… I’m not a big fan of the art. As I have mentioned, its main strength lies in the fandom. ^-^
@Joseph Saunders:
Hehe, I ship Yuyuko x Youmu rather than Yuyuko x Yukari; mostly because “Okuri Haru” was so freaking awesome!
No problem; Shijima has checked the translation – and is the spiritual supervisor of everything, too. ^-^
@Anonymous:
Hmm? But metal is so gay. :3
…Well, “metal” is a broad term; I too cannot really listen to the extreme stuff like Meshuggah or Carcass.
By the way, judging from the “What are you listening to?” threads that pop up on /u/ from time to time, these genres have quite a strong representation among the yuri lovers… Or it could be that metalheads have the strongest sense of identity, so they’re more likely to post in threads like these.
@K-Nashi:
Heh, in this doujin, every panel with her maxed up my gaydar. Yeah, it seems Yuugi x Parsee is the favourite pairing; I wonder if there’s any doujinshi of these two?
parseexyuugi doujinshi? I remembered Aki Eda made some
Some of teh arts in “Extras” ships Orin x Okuu in volumes to tax the port facilities of the Rotterdam harbour complex.
This is highly approved of.
Also, good God is this thing crawling with often damned obscure references or what…? o_O
Wet out of the water Yuyu is pretty awesome. Delicious even if there isn’t much yuri, thanks =D
Parsee fan art is usually really cute, but what’s going on with Yuugi, people are drawing her increasingly manly… Looks fine up to a point, but man jaw, manly sideburns and spartan abs is going too far (yes there are strips where she is drawn with all these)…
Oh yes, and lol border of extacy (sic) vid for those who need more action http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/nm6961031
@Shizuru:
Hmm… Would you have titles/circle name, preferably in Japanese? ^-^
@Watchman:
Yeah, the references are abundant and I don’t even get half of them. But I’m sure there’s several manga series and games, including Dungeons & Dragons…
@Tsurepettan Loev:
Hehe, I’m still not sure whether Youmu & co. standing in awe during that part was at the amount of whales she caught, or at her appearance in swimsuit. :3 Hmm, most of the Yuugi fanart I have seen looked all right to me… that said, I’m known to have high tolerances – I hope nothing in the extras has grossed you out?
Hehe, that video was utterly sick! ^-^; This Nicovideo thing isn’t all that user-friendly though, so I have taken the liberty to rip and upload it here…
http://www.mediafire.com/file/jgj1mwcomlk/extacy.swf
Just load the .swf into browser and it should work.
I wonder… are there Yuyuko x Youmu videos, too? :3
Hehe that vid never fails to put a huge grin on my face, the lyrics kick ass but I was never hooked on it until that flash came out (earlier ones were too tame). Youthful looking yukari is hnnnnnnghhh cute (this is more reflective of how she should be, she is just 17 after all ;P lol), if it didn’t mean death I’d trade places with those guys anytime (oh sweet verbal and physical abuse from a deadly cute girl where have you been in my life, orz).
My nutbladder would have been in a critical state when she did caramelldansen (must take home…) if I hadn’t been amused by Yuyu’s get down.
Looking through the Yuugi stuff I probably overstated it, the few man Yuugi things I saw probably burned themselves a little too hard into my retinas lol. No need to worry about grossing me out. Amusing, beautiful, yuri, or Touhou if it’s any of those bring it =), I guess I should say witty not amusing I can find almost anything amusing so long as it’s clever or at least sensible.
As for Yuyuko pairings there are quite a number of really beautiful and sweet doujins with Yukari and Yuyuko so that’s where my favor lies, but a Myon is fine too =)
It almost sounds like Yuugi is becoming the next MANnosuke in some circles…
circle? Oh it’s Aki Eda/Rocket Fuel 21.
Found this on her site http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~fakefur/offline.html
he heh,I think all of the designs of manly Yuugi on show her as the ultimate seme…XD
but yeah,some of the artists does portray her too manly for her own good..^^;
like this one:
http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/351468/animal-comic-hoshiguma_yuugi-kisaragiya-komeiji_sa
@Winterbraid
yes,Yuugi x Parsee seems to be the one of the new popular Pairing in Touhou, I saw some of this pairing’s doujin sometime ago,but I forgot where..:P
the only doujin I remember is the Aki Eda one,and I dn’t think thats been scanslated yet,
…now that’s just plain SEAKING!! O_o
@Tsurepettan Loev:
Hehe, I think you might have missed out a zero or two when talking about her age. ^-^;
@Shizuru, K-Nashi:
Hmm, a doujinshi featuring Yuugi could indeed be interesting… it seems her type of a character is among my favourites. ^-^;
I’m gonna look into it soon… or perhaps someone has got a scan, or at least name, of that Yuugi doujin by Rocket Fuel 21 – which would save me a lot of trouble? :3
@Watchman:
Heh, I guess walls are nothing in front of a six-feet tall oni. ^-^