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Ladies and Gentlemen.

I present to you the best quote to have ever been said in an anime.

Episode 23:

Episode 24:

See, didn’t I tell you that the afro revolution has begun? With a series based on ridiculous comedy, Yakitate can find ways of making the most stupidest little things funny. Hearing Tsukino say “A-afro Brothers!” in English is definitely the moment I loved the most in this double episode.

It’s a good thing that they had both episodes in one this time, because I don’t think I would have been able to handle waiting any longer to see the end of this tournament. If there’s something I gotta give this series credit for, it’s that they don’t drag the story on and on like most other “competition anime” will tend to do. If you look back that the 24 episodes we’ve seen so far, they did manage to squeeze in quite a lot of storyline into it.

The first episode was yet another setup for the final. It ends with the arrival of Kawachi sporting the ‘fro. They really don’t explain how he got it, but I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough. The 2nd episode delivers with the start of the match, the judging, and the happy results. I guess you can consider that a spoiler, but like you couldn’t tell that Azama was going to completely kick some ass?

What amazes me is how this simple show is able to keep all their jokes and gags so very fresh each time (pun intended). I mean, the reaction to Japan #44 was so funny that it leaves me to wonder just how they could top something like that? In fact, that’s even a joke in this episode as a crowd gathers at the tournament to ask the very same question. The answer came in the form of a cute peacock, which is so random and out of nowhere that you can’t help but to laugh your ass off.

So I’m very satisfied with a happy ending to the longest saga so for this series. I’m still very worried that they’ve reached such a high point in the comedy that they will never be able to reach it again. But I have a feeling that this show will have plenty of surprises left to completely blow us away.

Though actually it’s more like Tuesday morning now, but whatever.

First of all, I’ve come across another very awesome and unique blog out there. Bluemist doesn’t do your typical “fansub recap” like everyone else (myself included) does. Instead, he takes the time to notice little interesting things about all the fansubs out there. Some observations he’s had have been the very long pauses in Tsubasa, the roller coaster animation quality of Negima, and a very interesting Tsubasa / Chobits connection. This guy finds some pretty cool stuff, so you all should check him out.

Now, before I started this blog, I ran my own personal live journal for about a year and a half. But then I made the decision to do more with my blog and make it all about anime. I soon discovered that livejounral would not be able to do this for me. That’s why I moved over to Wordpress. My friends wanted my to stay on LJ, and I promised them that I would still update there. But in the last month, I’ve been pretty much focusing all my attention on this blog and not the other. So I think I might have only updated once or twice since then. Oops…

Well I found a solution to that. A person with a paid account was kind enough to start syndication of my site on LJ. I really wish I had gotten her name, but the post was deleted before I could. What this means is that anyone on LJ can see my posts on their friends page. Pretty cool, huh? So if you have a livejournal account click here to syndicate me!!!

Anyway, essay writing has made me a little crazy and incoherent, so I’m off to bed now. Expect to see a cool Yakitate post tomorrow.