More Kisses

KISS×KISS collections Vol.19-21!!!!!!

Many thanks to Oppareul who notified me about this on my previous KISS×KISS collections post or else I'd have been tragically uninformed.

So, what kind of kisses do we have this time?

Vol.19 「おにいちゃんキス」 石川雄紀 （CV:平川大輔）
Vol.19 "Oniichan Kiss" Ishikawa Yuuki (CV: Hirakawa Daisuke)

Hirakawaaa!!! Oniichan!!! :DDD Enough said.

Vol.20 「エンドレスキス」 原 儀人 （CV:藤原啓治）
Vol.20 "Endless Kiss" Hara Yoshito (CV: Fujiwara Keiji)

Never heard of this seiyuu...is what I thought. Until I checked Wiki and realised he voiced Vol.1 "Otona no Kiss". Hah. Nande darou. Why re-use a seiyuu? Anyways, this character kind of reminds me of Kamio Reiji from Gin no Kanmuri Ao no Namida. The laid-back I-work-whenever-I-feel-like-it carefree kind of guy. Not exactly my cup of tea but I'm still gonna listen to this.

Vol.21 「ハットトリックキス」 小宮 亮 （CV:細谷佳正）
Vol.21 "Hat Trick Kiss" Komiya Ryou (CV: Hosoya Yoshimasa)

Never heard of this seiyuu so no comments on him. The character design, on the other hand, seems quite promising so am pretty looking forward to this volume.

Up till now, my favourite KISS×KISS collections volumes are still Flying Kiss and Innocence Kiss. No other volumes are able to hit all the right spots like these two. (I still enjoy them but not to the extent of re-listening to them like I do with Flying Kiss and Innocence Kiss.) I'm hoping that I'll be able to get another hit out of these three new volumes. On top of that, I'm also hoping that AIR LABEL will get Tachibana Shinnosuke, Katou Masayuki and Kondou Takashi to do a volume some day.

I Won't Let You Sleep Tonight (fufu)

Only just realised that Shukan Soine vol.7 (and 8) has just been released. /fail

Am in the process of, uh, getting it (shhh) now, and I'm already grinning like an idiot.

Shukan Soine Vol7-12

Not one, two, or three but SIX new volumes!



YUSS. ﾜｰｨ♪♪ヽ（∇⌒ヽ）（ノ⌒∇）ノ♪ﾜｰｨ♪

Release Information

週刊添い寝CD vol.7 誠（2011年11月18日発売予定）
誠（黒田崇矢）

週刊添い寝CD vol.8 涼（2011年11月25日発売予定）
涼（岡本信彦）

週刊添い寝CD vol.9 隆弘（2011年12月2日発売予定）
隆弘（森田成一）

週刊添い寝CD vol.10 悠生（2011年12月9日発売予定）
悠生（井上和彦）

週刊添い寝CD vol.11 透真（2011年12月16日発売予定）
透真（福山潤）

週刊添い寝CD vol.12 聡（2011年12月22日発売予定）
聡（緑川光）

Source: Official Website, Official Blog

OMG FUKUYAMA JUN AND MIDORIKAWA HIKARU!!!

Gimme a Sugita Tomokazu and Ishida Akira and Suzumura Kenichi and Nakai Kazuya and Hino Satoshi (oi) one and my life would be complete.

Oresama Banzai!

「貴様のものは我のもの。我のものは我のもの。それがこの世の摂理だ」

俺様万歳！

ヾ(￣∇￣=ﾉ ﾊﾞﾝｻﾞｰｲ♪ヾ(_ _)ﾉ ﾓﾋﾄﾂヾ=￣∇￣)ﾉ ﾊﾞﾝｻﾞｰｲ♪

Cinderella no Oujisama

Conversation between Prince Charming (from Cinderella) and his younger brother:

"Come brother, have another glass."
"Nah I'm on diet."
"EH YOU'RE ON A DIET?!?!?!"
"If I get fat, I'd be made light of by my enemies when I go to war. Haven't been exercising lately. Need to eat and drink less or else."
"THEN GO EXERCISE DAMN IT."

LOLWTF. SO LISTENING TO THIS IN BED LATER.

Amen

「素直じゃねえな、土方さんも。恥ずかしがらずに死んでくさせェ。」

( ﾟ∀ﾟ)ｱﾊﾊ八八ﾉヽﾉヽﾉヽﾉ ＼ / ＼/ ＼

Oh Sougo, never change. ♥

P.S. Ilu Hijikata but Gintama will not be the same if Sougo stops trying to kill you. XD

"KISS×KISS collections" Continues

Happened to visit KISS×KISS collections website today and saw their new release announcement! \:D/

Three new volumes will be released on 26/08:

Vol.16 「パーソナリティキス」 川原 アキト （CV:森久保祥太郎）
「ばーか、拗ねんなよ。お前、キスしたくてたまんねーって顔してるぜ？」

Haven't heard of this seiyuu but according to Wiki, he voiced Okita Souji from Hakuouki??? Anyway, this volume features an ex-guitarist of a popular band who is now a radio personality (i.e. radio deejay?). A "mai peesu" person who also has a "sabishigariya" side. ギャップ萌え！！！

Vol.17 「わかぞーキス」 草野 守 （CV:岡本信彦）
「先輩、じゃあ…ご褒美にキスして？」

Also haven't heard of this seiyuu but the character he's voicing is a toshi-shita which is like yums. 8D Vol.12 also featured a toshi-shita character which I enjoyed A LOT (Suzumura Kenichi sounded so cute kyaa) so will definitely be making comparisons. When I first saw the profile, I'm concerned that there'll be an overlap but now I'm starting to see some differences. The character for Vol.12 was an "amaenbo" kind of toshi-shita while the one for this seems to be more on the "koakuma" side? Yeah.

Vol.18 「たまゆらキス」 和歌ノ原 幸輝 （CV:鳥海浩輔）
「さあ教えて？誰と、どんなキスをしたい…？」

ToriKou!!! ♥♥♥ But eh, the character he's voicing doesn't really appeal to me. Not at first impression at least. I'm not really into the lazy type of character unless he comes with a large dose of sexiness aka Mizuhito from Chou no Doku Hana no Kusari. But oh well, it's ToriKou! My favourite seiyuu! And looking at the tagline, there is some hope that this character will come with the dose of sexiness I require. I hope he uses the Kanade voice for this one too (he DID use the Kanade voice for Shukan Soine hurray).

Just for record, my favourite KISS×KISS collections volumes so far (in order of preference) are:

1. KISS x KISS collection Vol.11 Flying Kiss
2. KISS x KISS collection Vol.12 Innocence Kiss
3. KISS x KISS collection Vol.14 Focus Kiss

Vol.11 is voiced by Sugita Tomokazu and well the whole volume was an absolute lol. XD I listen to it quite regularly to amuse myself. Vol.12 was SO CUTE I thought I'd die from moe or something. For Vol.14, I didn't enjoy the ENTIRE thing like I did for Vol.11 and Vol.12 but some of the tracks make me laugh my head off. Oh, and Hino Satoshi's kiss noises are just haa-haa. XD

What is/are your favourite volume/s?

Shukan Soine Love!!!

Omg I looove the Shukan Soine series. ♥ ♥ ♥

Out of the six CDs released, four of them are by my favourite seiyuus i.e. Toriumi Kousuke (gonna listen to it later), Tachibana Shinnosuke (sexy voice!!!), Terashima Takuma (so cute!!!) and Hirakawa Daisuke (haa haa lol) (in order of preference). Oh man, BlackButterfly, ilu. XD

I hope Toriumi uses his Kanade (Sumire no Tsubomi) voice in the CD. I prefer his Kanade voice over his Yukio (Kuro to Kin no Akanai Kagi) voice. Tachibana sounded exactly like Yanagi (Sumire no Tsubomi) in his (I can almost pretend it IS Yanagi because even the personality was similar oh man almost fainted in my bed ahaha ahem) and my life would be complete (for the week) if Toriumi uses his Kanade voice here as well. :D

Anyway, I really hope they continue with this series! There're tons of seiyuus whom I hope can participate in this series. Like Katou Masayuki (Shiba-san!!!), Kondou Takashi (Majimaaa!!!), Sugita Tomokazu (Gintoki!!!...plus really loved listening to him in KISS x KISS collection Vol.11 Flying Kiss), Nakai Kazuya (Hijikata-san!!!), Ishida Akira (loved listening to him in Tsun na Petto-kun (Mousou Kareshi series) and Kareshi Igai ~Douryou to no Ayamachi~), Kamiya Hiroshi (Miyajiii!!!), Ono Daisuke (Suzuya!!!) etc. (Fans of Shukan Soine! Any more suggestions?)

Oh by the way, I noticed that BlackButterfly is under the same parent company as honeybee. Just saying. (Also, can I work there please?)

And speaking of honeybee, I hope my Starry Sky ~in Spring~ and Starry Sky ~in Summer~ portables (hurray!) arrive soon. I ordered them two weeks ago. Unfortunately Play-Asia had some problem getting the Summer one (wth) so they decided to ship Spring first last week while Summer was shipped this week. Ugh. Can't wait!!! I've been reading some Starry Sky fanfiction lately and I'm kind of getting into this series again hurhur. (I also hope they will port the After games to PSP. Please do!!! *waves her debit card at honeybee*)

(Apologise for the excessive abuse of brackets. XD)

Kannou Mukashibanashi Portable Updates

The website for Kannou Mukashibashi Portable is updated!

Here're the stories they'll be covering in the game:

• Hosokawa Tadaoki (CV: Hirakawa Daisuke)
• Leda and the Swan (CV: Kondou Takashi)
• Hansel & Gretel (CV: Toriumi Kousuke)
• Issun Boushi (CV: Suzuki Tatsuhisa)
• The Little Mermaid (CV: Sakurai Takahiro)
• Banchou Sarayashiki (CV: Shimono Hiro)

THEY INCLUDED TWO OF MY FAVOURITEST STORIES (in bold) ZOMG YAYS. \:D/

Actually I've listened to all of the stories except for Issun Boushi and Banchou Sarayashiki. Quite excited to see how they'll game-ify it! I assume they're gonna lengthen the story from the mere 15-20 minutes they had on the drama CD. (What am I saying they obviously have to wtf.)

Personally, I'm hoping they'd retain the implied "haa-haa" scene in Hosokawa Tadaoki's story lol. That was just...haa haa. XD Hirakawa is not my favouritest seiyuu but lately his voice is starting to grow on me. His haa haa voice is just...haa haa lol. ←　わけ分からん。

Okay, seriously I'm really concerned that they may "tame" the stories since it's being ported to PSP. Because I read that Sony has some sort of rules about no pr0n in games for their consoles or something? Not sure about how they set the definitions though...but this one should be okay...right? I mean it's just implied haa-haa. :P

Ugh can't wait for the game to be released! XP

Kannou Mukashibanashi Portable

I don't know if there're any drama CD addicts out there reading this blog but anyway I just found out today that Otomate is going to be releasing a PSP game for the Kannou Mukashibanashi series omggg!!!

For those who don't know, Kannou Mukashibanashi is a drama CD series produced by 5pb.Inc.. It's basically a story-telling kind of drama CD, where the seiyuus narrate out well-known tales from the past (including acting out the dialogues). And as the title implies, these stories are all given a slightly(?) sensual twist hurhurhur. /sukebe

Also, one of the main features of this drama CD series is the use of dummy head mic for recording. Meaning that the seiyuu will talk to different parts of the "head" during recording, resulting in a more realistic sound effects. So if the character is suppose to whisper into your left ear, you will feel exactly as if someone is whispering into your left ear! The first time I experienced it, I seriously just went "!!!" and squirmed while covering my ear haha.

A total of 7 CDs have been released so far, and each features a unique theme. For example, the 2nd CD features Andersen fairy tales such as The Little Mermaid and the 4th CD (for Starry Sky fans, you might be interested to know that Kazuaki did the cover art for this CD) features Grimm fairy tales such as Hansel & Gretel (how would you like to hear Hansel going 「僕の可愛いグレーテル。」 haha incest zomg).

Anyway, back to the original focus of the post, OMG CAN'T WAIT FOR OCTOBER TO COME!!! :D I seriously have no idea how the game is going to be like since the drama CDs is basically just normal storytelling. How the heck are they going to game-ify it??? Will they be using new stories or those that have been released on the CDs? If it's the latter, I assume they will use the same seiyuu cast??? Really looking forward to more details from Otomate! Currently, the website is still blank. (Also, lol at the genre they set for the game i.e. 朗読型AVG wut.)

Oh, and something I'm really really curious about: are they going to use dummy head mics for the game??? OH PLEASE DO. In fact, I wish they can use such mics for otome games. Imagine what will happen during the rabu scenes lol death from excessive nosebleed wtf.

Add: Okay, according to Kannou Mukashibanahi's production blog, it seems like one of the challenges of the game is to make the correct decisions to "unlock" the dummy head mic (OMG THEY ARE GOING TO USE IT YAY) recorded scenes. Wow. I hope this game inspires other game makers to use dummy head mics for otome games!

Updates: New Layout, Moar Drama CDs, Otome Games

Self-centered rambles ahead hahaha.

New Layout

Welcome to version 2 of Love Sweet Parfait! Featuring the Spring guys from the Starry Sky series~~~ ♥ Initially I wanted to use another Sumire no Tsubomi CG (Kanade!) for the header but uh, I found this cute picture of the Spring guys in one of my folders and decided it's too cute to NOT use it.

By the way, not that anyone would care, but the background on the left side of the banner is pattern-ed from the right side (which is part of the original picture) as I had to accommodate the dimensions required. So if you're thinking that they look inconsistent, you're right haha. I apologise for my bad Photoshop skills. :P

Drama CDs

Due to an unexpected addiction to drama CDs, I haven't been playing otome games for a while now. Every night I'd happily jump into my bed and listen to the drama CDs under the covers. BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD I TELL YOU. To just lie still and do nothing but let the beautiful voices attack your senses. Even better than otome games since you don't even have to move your fingers to click on the screen to progress and make decisions. Also, on weekends, I'd laze in my bed after waking up and continue listening from where I left off the previous night before getting out of the bed hurhurhur. Man this is awesome bad. XD

I think I'll probably do a review on the drama CDs as well...after I figure out which to review first. :P I just listened to an awesome title called Yandere Heaven two days ago and OMG SO HARD-CORE LOLOL. Reminds me of why I don't like yanderes (unless it's Starry Sky hahaha).

Otome Games

I'll be starting on a new game review soon. Look out for my first impression post. Like tomorrow. Maybe. :D

Also, remember I ordered Hiiro no Kakera on Play Asia? Well, apparently there's a DELAY in getting the stock from the supplier wtf. And they can't confirm when it'll be available. Siiigh. I understand that it was released in 2008 and thus quite an "old" game so maybe they need to dig into their warehouse to search for it. But if this is the case, I find it kind of deceiving for them to put "usually ships within 1 week" on the website. =/ Or maybe it's because of all the backlogged orders due to Chinese New Year weekend??? Will wait for one more week and decide what to do. Maybe I'll cancel my order and get it from HMV instead. But even HMV says they can't confirm if the stock will be available bah. WTF CAN'T AN OTAKU GET HER GAMES IN PEACE. ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ

Update: It's IN STOCK at HMV!!! Hmmm. Guess I'll cancel my order at Play Asia and order from HMV if they still doesn't ship by next week.

Update 22/02: It shipped!!! That's TWO weeks after I placed the order wtf. Now hoping that it will arrive to me safely. I predict it'd take another one to two weeks. That's what you get for being cheapo and taking free shipping.

Updates: Next Game Review, Drama CDs, New Layout?

Some updates on my otaku life. (Actually, "otome" would be a more accurate description I think.)

Next Game Review

Now that I've finally finished reviewing Crazy Rabbits, time to decide which game to review next. Initially I planned to review Starry Sky ~in Spring~ since that was the game I played (or rather, continued playing) after that. But I'm having second thoughts now because I'm planning to get a PSP (those delicious Otomate games are killing me) sometime within the next two months. Which means...STARRY SKY PORTABLE F**K YEAH. :Dv

So considering that the PC version has been reviewed to death by so many people, I thought it'd be better to hold on till I get my hands on the PSP version and review that instead. The only issue I have with this arrangement is that I've already started drafting the review (before I decided to buy the PSP obviously so don't ask why I bothered doing so) and it doesn't sit well with me to have to put it aside now. It's like asking me to hold my pee in after I walked miles to get to the toilet.

But well, I guess I'm still gonna put it aside. Which means I'll most likely be reviewing Ijiwaru My Master instead since that's the next game I moved on to after completing Starry Sky ~in Spring~. (Chinami ni, I've already started drafting the review for IMM. Heh.)

Drama CDs

I don't know why I didn't discover this earlier but drama CDs are possibly the next best thing after otome games. And manga. And anime. Yeah. I was intrigued after reading a review on a Under the Moon drama CD (written by my favourite Japanese otome game blogger) and decided to try it out...except that I couldn't get my hands on it anywhere fml (actually I have it now). Instead I found Ijiwaru My Master ones and OMG SO CUTE!!!!!!

Once I was able to grasp the beauty of the whole drama CD thing, I decided to try out the famous Starry Sky Seiza Kareshi drama CDs and well, I'm NOT looking back now. XD I haven't listen to all of them yet but I highly recommend the Pisces i.e. Kanata's one! The Seiza Danna series are pretty cute too. In fact, I like them more than the Kareshi ones but that's probably because I got to know the series via the games and the Danna series are an extension of the games while the Kareshi ones are kind of a standalone thing.

What I like most though, are the "Roman Tan" series. It's sort of a game extra. I've listened to the Spring and Summer ones, and both are so cute!!! I especially love the Spring one because it was so funny and had a lot of moe stuff going on. Listening to it made me love the Spring guys a lot more. ^^v The Summer one was funny too though not as moe as the Spring one in my opinion.

Oh yeah, I'm also listening to the Danna Catalogue series (also by Honey Bee) as well. :P This is why I won't be able to get a husband. Hmmm. Maybe I should start reviewing drama CDs too. :D

New Layout

Been thinking of making a new layout recently. I'm quite glad that this blog is surviving nicely, considering how my personal journal is dying and that I've tried to set up a blog for my J-pop fandom twice and failed both times haha.

Anyway, yeah, new layout. I'm quite eager to make one except that I love Yanagi-kun *points to header* too much and can't bear to take him down heh. Ya I know I can always use him again for the new layout but this is his best CG in my opinion.

Still, I guess he can't be up there forever. I think I'll just go through my games sometime this weekend and see if I can find a nice CG to use for a header.