ZeroAquaduct's Comments (58)

2D for me. All of the things I love are related to 2D (and 3D), whether it's bishojo figures, anime with predominately female leads (e.g., Clannad, Ikki Tousen, Da Capo, To Love-Ru, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, etc.), Hello! Project idols, etc. And no, I don't need a girlfriend... unless I meet a cute cosplayer, that is. haha :P ( View formatted comment » )

Yeah, it's a bit overkill, although I don't mind having one in my room. But not Saber, however. She's carrying a freaking large sword, so it seems like someone is trying to kill me. Imagine standing in your room and you see a shadow of someone with a large sword like that standing behind you. ( View formatted comment » )

Nah, we don't have any of those heavy-duty otaku shops around here. However, we do have smaller ones that sell anime, manga, and figures. Luckily, because of the huge Asian population and the large amount of Japanese students studying English here, we also have Iwase and Bookoff for Japanese-language manga. Rest are usually English-language manga. ( View formatted comment » )

I haven't checked, but Xmas decorations are probably going up all over the city now since it's after Halloween. It'll probably pick up even more after Remembrance Day, but Remembrance Day and Xmas decorations kind of get combined here. ( View formatted comment » )

Sounds cool to try, but I probably won't buy it long-term, unless I don't have access to a microwave or something. There are microwaves at work, at home, and even at the campus cafeteria, so it's more of a "want" than a "need." ( View formatted comment » )

I can just cook regular stuff, like making breakfast or something real quick. That probably doesn't really count as cooking, however. :P ( View formatted comment » )

Besides online, if you go to anime conventions, they have a good selection at the merchant's room. The last one I went to was Anime Expo 2007 and it was like a dream. There were new figures as well as old ones (2007 releases) that were selling at a discount. Just make sure you check the box to make sure it's legit because I've heard stories of fake figures. The best thing about these conventions is you actually get to hold the box in your hand when deciding whether to buy it or not, whereas online, you just get the picture. ( View formatted comment » )

BTW, check out this vid for those of you who haven't seen it before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6rmqMK5yo4 Hebe (a member of the girl group called "S.H.E" in Taiwan) slips during a live interview in Taiwan. That's pretty embarassing although Hebe actually looks really cute by falling. ( View formatted comment » )

I walked into a post before back in junior high school. It was a waist-high post (to prevent cars from entering the school grounds). Some guys were yelling somewhere, so I looked over my shoulder while I was walking and didn't see the post. My sister was laughing. One or two people might've saw, but I just quickly pretended nothing happened. :P ( View formatted comment » )

Oh, damn it. I was thinking about visiting Japan for the first time and going to Wonfes. I guess I'll have to delay it. But this is weird -- it's a faulty escalator and craps happens. All you need is to have staff funneling people through the escalator next time so the weight isn't too heavy. Sorta like what stores do during Boxing Day to prevent too many people being in the store at the same time. ( View formatted comment » )

My vote goes to traditional. If you break down your target audience, I would think it ranks like this (in terms of popularity): Taiwan, Hong Kong, and then China. Both Taiwan and Hong Kong uses traditional, so you'll satisfy most of your target audience. I would argue that most overseas Chinese (i.e., those born in Canada or the USA, like me) who learned Chinese would've learned the traditional system as well. Of course, we would prefer the English site, so we wouldn't be your target audience anyways. ( View formatted comment » )

This happened to me A LOT back in junior high school. Punks would purposely put their shoulder into you to show that they're tough. Nothing really comes out of it (i.e., no fights happen), but everyone starts bracing themselves whenever they walk because they know some punk would try to knock you back. ( View formatted comment » )

Definately Nagisa! "Dango dango dango dango dango daikazoku... dango dango dango dango dango daikazoku..." ( View formatted comment » )

I don't think it's just Thai singers... I think ALL Asian countries do that. :P There are lots of quality singers in HK, TW, etc., but they're independent artists, not mainstream. Unfortunately, good looks + bad singing = sales, but bad looks + good singing = no sales. ( View formatted comment » )

I never watched nor listened to Thai music before, but this one is pretty good! My impression of it is it's like a cross between K-pop and Cantopop. MV style is almost identical to most HK MVs. ( View formatted comment » )

Actually, I always go to McD. I like McD's fries the most, even compared to high-quality gourmet fries. ( View formatted comment » )

Yeah, I know what that's like. Even though I was eventually bigger than any kid in school, I had a reputation of being quiet. So smaller kids still wanted to bully me, until I finally dropped the gloves and rock n' rolled with one of the bullies. That sent a message and the bullying stopped. ( View formatted comment » )

Oh yeah, that brings back some memories. Some guy did a similar thing. But he wasn't targeting me specifically -- that punk was throwing cinnamon hearts candy at people during lunch. I chased him down because one of the candy landed in my lunch and got me pissed off, but he got away. I wouldn't consider it bullying... it was more like a little weasel using "hit & run" tactics to annoy people. haha ( View formatted comment » )

Yeah, I've been bullied when I was in elementary starting from grade 1. But the funny thing is I began to grow bigger and ended up being the biggest kid in elementary. I always ignored all verbal abuses, but one time in grade 7, some idiot bully decided to mess with me again and I finally snapped. It was a major one-sided fight because I was bigger. Some of my classmates had to hold me back to stop the fight. Luckily, I didn't get in trouble at all because I was a good student throughout, while the "bully" had a bad track re... ( View formatted comment » )

Boo... the bodysuits are in the way. My vote goes to the girls pictured elsewhere on the site. ( View formatted comment » )

Yeah, I saw this one before. Absolutely awesome. It seems like all Kanu Unchou figures look really nice (and more expensive too). I'd say she has one of the best hair of all figures. Griffon has a Kanu Unchou figure as well that I really like -- that one has her half-kneeling, posing as if she just finished an attack. I would say that one is on par with this one in terms of coolness. ( View formatted comment » )

I think most here forgot that downloading music, videos, games, applications, etc. are considered to be stealing if it's not from a legit source. This includes anime fan subs or gravure videos. ( View formatted comment » )

Of all the weird news that I like to read, this one has got to be one of the best! hahahaha ( View formatted comment » )

Yeah, it's a crazy reason, but unfortunately, that's what it's like for Hello! Project groups. Miki Fujimoto was kicked out of Morning Musume because she was caught with a boyfriend. She basically went from top dog to "no name" overnight. BTW, that picture is really old. :P ( View formatted comment » )