Deep In Earth

Do you know what 'ai no kusabi' means? It means 'the space between'. It means the bond between two people. I have finally finished all 8 volumes of Ai no Kusabi the novel. The anime is famous to all anime lovers, especially to shounen-ai enthusiasts, but a lot of people know about the anime. And it brings quite an emotion in them as well. Before I proceed, this will be my view of the anime and novel and there may be spoilers in this entry, so please deal with caution. Watching the anime wasn't enough for me. I wanted to know more, because it seemed that there was more than what it shows on the surface in the anime. Yes, the anime did a wonderful job a telling the story, and it displayed the contents of the novel marvellously. I guess that's one of the reason why I wanted to read the novel myself. Let me tell you, Yoshihara Reiko did a brilliant job on the novel. There are some parts confusing, some parts clear, and some parts would leave you speechless. I tr...

I enjoy reading. But one thing I like more than reading is listening to music. But just listening to music is something that I do once in a while, so to balance things out, I play computer games while the music is playing. I do this ALL the time, so most of the books that I read ends up unfinished before I go to the next book. But rest assured, I do my best to finish them. Of course, book that interests me deeply and impacted me greatly will be read enthusiastically to the end. Nowadays, I tend to listen to music before I go to sleep as I lay on my comfortable bed. And I tend to fall asleep while the music is still playing.. all the way until I wake up in the morning (more like afternoon... :P)... I sense that this terrible habit is effecting my ears, since I listen to Diru nowadays. Haha. Now I will tell something completely different. You know I love to read mangas online. If only they were sold freely here in the place where I live, I would buy all the mangas in the world. But a...

You can never know how much I adore you and your work, Minekura Kazuya sensei. I can never express it enough. You are absolutely amazing. I adore you so much, you have such incredible talent. Keep going, sensei! And we all love you very much. :)

Mangakas are always associated with illnesses. Somehow, they get sick easily and it's not amusing when it comes to life-threatening situations. I am rejoiced to know that Kazuya Minekura-sensei is recovering from her surgery at the moment. Everything that was held on hiatus will continue anytime soon. This means more Saiyuki and more Wild Adapter and more and more and more!! I might sound pretty calm here, but I'm at the top of the world already. Right now, a river of pure joy is coming out from my sockets. Please imagine me running into the sunset with tears in my eyes. Finally..... hehehe everything will be back.... But really, sensei should rest for as long as she wants. Her health is the most important thing. Her life and well-being triumph above all else. I really hope she gets better soon and quickly, I do not like how amazing mangakas get sick. It makes me sad and anxious. Geniuses like them should be given the best the world can offer. Sensei, you have our s...

I love it. This is one of my favourite anime of all time. In fact, it could be my most favourite one. I believe it is a masterpiece with a matchless originality. First time I watched it, I was deeply intrigued by the stories and the concept. It gave this such perfectly subtle atmosphere. There are tenderness, gentleness, and cruelty in the stories. There is nothing boring about this anime, and if there are, I must have overlooked it, for everything in this anime is beautifully forgiving. Perhaps it is the charm of it. Then again, I might be one of the forgiving audience out there. The setting is very ideal and suitable, back to the time when life was simple and almost no social ills. It is perfect for the anime. Personally, this kind of setting is something that I long for. The stories are full of nostalgia, a sense of longing, serenity, goodness, beauty, pureness, innocence, despair, love, sadness, and sometimes regret. The characters are well-done, though not all of them pose such ...

How nice. I'm really jealous of Akito-san and Kaya-chan. I always imagined that I would be like this with my future husband. If I can't be like this around him than I doubt I shall be happy for long. Ughh, jealous! I'm so jealous! And I'm sooo happy for Saiko and Miho. I literally cried for them. ;_;

Yes, I do!! I've been reading so much manga these days, no wonder I'm having that creative streak kind of feeling... but the studying mojo is definitely gone. My bad. Reading all these manga made me realize once more that mangakas truly are geniuses. Real geniuses. The way they can bring out emotions from us with simple characters and the stories themselves......... Writing novels or stories is one thing, but to draw them out and make them interesting? That had to take a lot of effort and hard work. Well, try to find a good manga and see. How you'd laugh at their comedic expressions, how you'd feel anxious to know the outcome, how you'd feel mellow with the romance, how you'd feel terrified by the horror. Mangakas are amazing. Happy belated birthday, Souichi. Haha.

Kimi ni Todoke. Ahhh really, what a cute love story. Kuronuma Sawako is so naive. I like stories like this, very innocent, pure love. Wouldn't it be nice to have Kazehaya-kun? Such a cute couple. ^__^

Wonderful movie. Brought me to tears. I bet the manga and anime are way better than the movie, but I am pretty impressed with it. Love all the characters. I love Nakama Yukie and Odagiri Joe. Now, I want to read the manga. I need to read the manga. This story is just too great to be ignored.

I'm sure I am not the only one feeling things like this. I think I need to write all of this down. *Spoiler alert* How can someone be so engrossed into something that one is not even related to, not even connected, not even experiencing, and it seems one does, and it becomes so important, more important than anything else? It defines you, and you rely on it, you depend on it, and it gives you everything, it makes you feel everything, it frees you, it captivates you, it's your mind, it's your heart, your life. I don't really know how to express this properly into words. I think no word can describe this thing exactly how I meant it but I'm going to try. I love to watch movies. I love movies. I can reliably say that I am passionate about movies. And I love all those talented actors and actresses. Sometimes I get too attached to the characters in a movie or a book that their feelings simply affect me so deeply. It helps if the words are beautifully written in ...