An entry that is not brought to you by the letters S and J

[fishpatrol]

I had the Prince of Tennis yakiniku episode on my computer for a while and I finally watched it today while eating dinner. That was a rather bad idea since I almost choked on my food several times (and almost lost my appetite several other times XD;). Anything the manga does, the anime does better (e.g. the volleyball episode, the billiards episode, the chibi episodes... well, the American arc not so much, but I like to pretend that arc never existed anyway). This episode shows what PoT!crack is all about. You get to see things like Oishi going batshit insane and developing devil-horn!bangs, Fuji waxing poetic over spicy sauce, Inui trying to kiss Atobe (the reason? He wanted to collect "data". DATA MY ASS), and speaking of asses, you also get to see a clear shot of Inui's bare, shiny, behind due to Tezuka's grabbie hands (someone has been taking lessons from Kangin...!). Oh, PoT♥. Can't get better quality crack anywhere else. I watched the Chinese sub, but the first part of the English sub can be found here. It's worth a watch, even if you haven't been keeping up with the OVAs (like me X3;). CRACK IS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE, OK. LIKE MUSIC. AND ART. :D...!

The previews made me feel a little nostalgic, even though I'd only skimmed the Nationals arc in the manga. The grand rescue of Ryoma via Atobe's helicopter (there was so an Atobe/Momo moment there; there was, there was!) was very LOL, but what was more LOL was Atobe's wig fluttering down from the helicopter. I'm curious about the scene with Ryoma in the rain and an anonymous Hyotei member! Was it Atobe who flicked Ryoma's cap? :O It looked like a flashback... Maybe I should watch the rest of the OVAs.

Other than this random episode of PoT and the recent subs of Junjou Romantica, I haven't been watching any anime at all (which contributes to my lack of excitement over the upcoming anime convention). :\ The Oofuri anime has long ended, but I've yet to finish watching. To be honest, I can't even remember which episode I left off on. D:

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To switch to another topic completely... I've been listening to Cpop more frequently as of late. I've noticed that 90% of the Cpop songs (at least among the ~2GB of Cpop that I have) involve romantic love or something related. There seems to be a rather limited repertoire of song topics, which is a bit annoying (but only when I'm paying attention to the lyrics, which is actually quite rarely XD). The same could probably be said of Jpop and Kpop, but given that I can't understand Japanese or Korean (though I do notice all the "sarang"s, or however it's conjugated), I'm more willing to listen to these two genres. Isn't there anything else to sing about? :\ Or does the genre of pop necessarily mean "must include romantic-love content"?

Here's a song that falls under the Cpop category and does not involve the usual romantic-love drivel: S.H.E. (Ella) - Qiang Qiang. It made me cry, not the first time I heard it, but the first time I actually paid attention to the lyrics. Lyrics + translations can be found here.

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eta: I did a teeny trim of the flist and I accidentally removed a good friend because I'm not wearing my glasses and everything's a blurry blur, but I immediately corrected my error, so all ought to be well.

Comments

[-pseudonym.livejournal.com]

J-Pop. *shudders* It's so sugary. Listen for the phrase... 'soba ni iru yo/ne/kara' or 'soba ni itai' (I'm close to/beside you // I want to be close to/beside you'. It comes up a zillion times.

Perhaps it's like movies. There are very few movies that don't have some lovey-dovey moment to them. I was watching Iron Man and it was so good until the one scene. Thankfully nothing happened, but I was really annoyed. It was good, good, good, bad scene, and then good again. Bleh. Now I sound like some love-hating shrew, eh??

I shall take your Qiang Qiang recommendation. Thanks! ^_^

[postingwhore.livejournal.com]

I find that the actual melody in Cpop is much more "sugary" than that in Jpop. I usually can't tell lyrics anyway, so that doesn't matter. :P

[fishpatrol]

I find Cpop less varied, in terms of lyric content and melody; actually, come to think of it, I find that Jpop melodies are more varied than both Kpop and Cpop. Though, granted, this statement could simply be based on memory biases. XD;

[fishpatrol]

Okay, I will keep an ear out for the phrase! ;)

There are very few movies that don't have some lovey-dovey moment to them.

Ugh, I know what you mean! A movie isn't complete without some form of romance snuck in, regardless of the genre of the movie. I guess the bottom line is, love sells? :\ I've been hearing about this 'Iron Man' movie everywhere on my flist! Perhaps I should check it out.

[trixie-chick.livejournal.com]

i think most of all music is about love in some form or another. but romantic drivel is something else again. =p bleah. i prefer bitter, bloodstained love songs. ^_~

hee, was that me? ^_^ i got both notifications at once, so besides a quick bwah-huh, didn't give it a thought. ♥

[fishpatrol]

i prefer bitter, bloodstained love songs

LOL! Hmm, I seem to prefer songs...where I can't understand the lyrics. XD; Go figure?

Originally I didn't intend to say anything, but then I was like, oh noes, what if Trixie thinks I did it on purpose and hates me now?? I misclicked the ticky box. D: *gives extra hugs to make up for it*

[disutansu.livejournal.com]

I BE WANTING TO SEE INUKAI DOUBLES MAAAAAATCH! T-T

*cough*

Junjou Romantica~ *loves the Hiro-san/Nowaki pairing* So so cute. ;-;

And of course everything revolves around love. XD *likes... the heartbreaking'ish longing'ness of it*

[fishpatrol]

Is that the one where Inui ends up being wrapped up in bandages like a mummy? :O

Hiro-san/Nowaki is cute! I like Usami/Misaki a bit better though. ;) But they both tie in terms of dysfunctional relationships, LOL.

[disutansu.livejournal.com]

Yes! AHHHHHAHAH IF THEY ACTUALLY DID THAT ONSTAGE IN TENIMYU BECAUSE INUI KEPT THOSE BANDAGES ON FOR A LONG TIME. XDDD [/tangent] *gets ready to explode with teh InuKai love*

Dysfunctional is definitely the word to describe it. XD