Nodame Cantabile Cafe!!!!

This Nodame Cantabile Cafe is inspired by the anime/drama/manga and is opened to public!!!!!!! How neat! I want to go there! I wonder what sort of background music they will use? Probably those that are used in the anime and drama hehe

I am not the best person to translate Japanese since it is quite poor but from what I can make out with the little skills I have ~~ see below XP

Interesting features are:
Puri Gorota's large lounge area
Interesting menu items
(can be hired for parties)

Menu Items such as:
Nodame's Cream Stew 1000 Yen
Meringue a la panna con i broccoli 1300 Yen
Mushroom and Cheese Risotto 1200 Yen

~with drink or mini salad during lunch

Drinks 330 Yen:
Hot Coffee, Iced Coffee, Iced Tea, Cola, Ginger Ale

Desserts:
Nodame's Styled Cake 800 Yen
Nodame's Cream & Sorbet 550 Yen

CUTE!!! I wonder what the menu tastes like!! Hopefully the cream stew is not black like this:

Credits to the original website and the images:
http://www.nodame-anime.com/cafe/cafe.html

Mode is here!

I am expressing my gladness for I bought Ugly betty season 1 at a bargain!!! Oh I am stoked! I will watch it when I have nothing else better to do! haha...that is like....never or (ever if you know how lazy I get). This is one of my most favourite television series. The quirks, the snotty brats, the schemes, the silly spasms and lovely camera footage + cinematography is invigorating haha. America Ferrera (Betty Surez) has always been playing those stereotype strong-willed and good-hearted women roles that always perseveres no matter what. She's making a statement! She's a fighter and a champion! You do what you do best~


MODE at my front screen and just a click of the button away. Technology and fashion cannot get any more advanced than that~

Differences in Vampire Knight anime + manga

This review is based on the 'title'. These are my thoughts and opinions. This post is Highly DANGEROUS and infectious! Its updated with the latest gossip~ It took a lot of effort to write this, I appreciate your comments when you have had a look at it :)

The voice actors/actress of Vampire Knight really suit the style of characters that the author is trying to convey in the manga. The person who does Zero is really versatile too...especially when much is demanded of Zero's character.

With the anime in actual fact, it is enhanced with the mystery of music whereas manga uses definitive shading and angles to convey the storyline and to depict the characters' moods effectively. There are pros and cons to using colour or just black and white.


Colours are more visible and it is easier for us to distinguish objects clearly since we can see colour. However, with the manga using black/white/grey shades, the use of angles to enhance the setting is needed to create a more dramatic atmosphere and sometimes, it can confuse the brain. That was how I felt....which was why I decided to watch the anime because I sometimes cannot tell the difference between Hanabusa Aidou and Akatsuki Cain (plus they use different names at times and its not clear to who is speaking to whom..so that confuses me even more).

MAJOR major Spoilers!!!! Do not reveal if you haven't seen the full anime series or that you have not read up to Chapter 51 of VK manga, you are warned~ As far as I am concerned, I am pretty sure that Chap 45 of VK manga is released before the last episode of Vampire Knight Guilty is made. However, the last 2 episodes of Guilty is actually made up by the producers/directors. Things that I will share are the final battle, love relationships, Kaien Cross, Bloody rose etc.

仙剑奇侠传(三) Chinese paladin 3

After I had a look at my previous review for Chinese Paladin, yeesh! I needed to touch it up...spelling errors, uncomplete sentences and unwanted titles...haha.


Anyway! I am here to introduce Chinese Paladin 3!! Broadcasting in China would have been over by now. I wish to get my hands on the drama!!! The directors decided that Chinese Paladin 3 had a more appealing story plot therefore, they skipped 2 (which is the sequel to the first drama) and based the drama on the 3rd game - the prequel which occurs 50 years before the first Chinese Paladin drama.

HOWEVER! I have yet to find out how much both series are interrelated or not. Although according to the game, it has minor relations to the original. The only connection made that I know of are the symbolic jaded halves where if in the correct possession of a man and woman, the jaded-halves confirms it by combining into one; thus it cannot be separated. Regardless of what happens, nothing can separate the man and woman who are fated to be together.

The jaded-halves as one.

Continue on...

Castlevania - Harmony of Dissonance

I am back from my semi-hiatus!! Just finished my exam today~ oh boy am I happy. Here is a game review for Castlevania only from my viewpoint. Reveal under the cut to check it out~ Appreciate any comments or feedback about this game.

Godhand Teru drama

Finished the whole series of Godhand Teru!! Hmm...after the first episode, I was thinking that this has got to be adapted from the manga.

Synopsis:
The story revolves around a young man named Mahigashi Teru. When he was young, his father, a brilliant surgeon, died in an accident, but not before saving Teru's life. As a result, Teru also aims to become a great surgeon like his father, devoted to never letting a patient die. As a clumsy newcomer at his hospital, he seems to be an unlikely savior. But whenever a patient's life is in danger, his true powers emerge in the form of his "god hands," allowing him to successfully perform even the most difficult operations.

The imprint of CPR left by his father on Teru's chest

Clumsy Teru

Cast
Hiraoka Yuta as Mahigashi Teru
Mizukawa Asami as Shinomiya Kozue
Kobayashi Takashi as Kataoka Mitsugu
Bessho Tetsuya as Kitami Shuichi
Watabe Atsuro as Yasuda Junji
Murakawa Eri as Sakura Ayano
Araki Hirofumi as Nishimura Manabu
Nakabayashi Taiki as Hayashi Naoyuki
Hasegawa Tomoharu as Iwanaga Osamu

Source - http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Godhand_Teru

It was absolutely delightful! I have grown accustomed to the characters as well haha I think that the combination of cast members was brilliant and not just the usual famous actors/actresses reprising in similar roles. Seeing as I don't know most of the cast members in this drama, it was also a good change.

In the drama, most of the operations performed uses medical jargon but there are also a few diagrams to explain it. Though I am pretty sure that you will need to look up some of these terms if you are not a medical student.


The only downside to it is that there is not enough historic explanation of the development of the characters covered in the 6 episodes. But because this is a tremendous effort requiring a lot of money and time, they decided to focus on the fact that it is a medical/surgical drama.

Reveal under the cut only if you have watched the complete series. Appreciate your comments :D

5 flavour wild-party hot pot!!!

**Sizzle sizzle**~ HOT POT!! Yum yum really craving for it now because it is winter at the moment! So cold~ NABE!!!

Introduction first.

Arashi no Shukudai-kun (translation: Arashi's Homework) is just the best show that Arashi members are hosting! They always have guest stars appearing in their shows and the best part about it, is that the guest gets to request the audience to help them in their homework. This time, the homework for the audience was to report on their best household's "hot pot dishes" (every episode with different guests has different homework involving food).

A viewer turned in this recipe that just amazes me so much I just have to post it up! Its called the 5 flavour wild party hot pot!

1st - normal consomme-based soup with chicken, carrots, broccoli, celery, onions and pot-au-feu style. Its delicious if you eat it with mayonnaise.

2nd - Add in fresh cream and it becomes...

...Cream Stew! Add in a bit of salt to heighten the flavour.

3rd - Add in Tomato puree and ketchup + cheese slices and it becomes...

....Italian-style hot pot! Figured it out? You must be good haha

4th - Add in curry roux and stir it to become....

...Curry hot pot! This one is a little easy to figure out hehe.

Lastly, add in rice gruel and voila! The best household hot pot that anyone has ever come up with!

Even Ogura-san, Jun and Aiba are so delighted!

If you have the time and the pot to do this, its definitely worthwhile!!!! You have to keep it cooking on the stove though...so this means that the ingredients will get overcooked. So pay attention to those that cooks very quickly! Particularly chicken!

Footnotes:
Pot-au-feu: is french meaning "pot on the fire" - French beef stew.
Consonmme: flavourful clear soup such as vegetable/chicken/beef stock