“You are already dead!”

Fist of the North Star reference…I laughed, I cried, I drank copious amounts of tea.

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What’s funny is that I do this all the time. If you wait until the mosquito is almost done, and then flex really suddenly, the mosquito can’t control the flow and the sudden increase in pressure makes them explode spectacularly.

If you’ve never tried it before I highly recommend giving it a shot. It’s more than worth the minor itching. Read the rest of this entry »

Otaku invade Washinomiya-jinja, home of the Hiiragi Twins

This is kind of old news, but it seems like a number of people haven’t seen this yet, so I thought I’d mention it here.

As you may know, the setting for Lucky Star is in Japan’s Saitama prefecture. What you may not realize is just how closely the show matches reality. In fact, the locations that appear in the show for the most part actually exist, and are strikingly similar to their real life counterparts.

Lucky Star is set in the real life town of Washimiya in southern Saitama, and many of the town’s locations are featured in the show, most notably the venerable Washinomiya-jinja, which appears in the opening credits.

Hakase’s site Small Love has a nice set of comparison shots between various scenes in the show and photographs of the real town. Read the rest of this entry »

Lucky Star comes through again with its barrage of cringing, awkward, ZOMG hilarity.

This episode did a great job of showcasing this kind of humor that’s unique to those awkward social moments we all experience. It’s also good to see the various side characters getting some genuine airtime (sorry Akira-chan, maybe next time). What I enjoy about LS so much is that, despite largely being moe caricatures, the characters still have very real and very everyday conversations. That’s what endears me to the cast. Read the rest of this entry »