Current status: Enjoying life. I've had my reasons to be happy these days. I'll get to that too.Currently listening to: Black Diamond, the second ending theme to the anime serie called Brave Express Might Gaine. It is distinct from other endings from the Brave Fighter series. Those are normally calm or dynamic in a more child-oriented way. However this one is pure genius, being sung by a rocker from the series, who turns out to be the enemy's main henchman. The lyrics are pretty damn expressive:Let's paint it black,Let's paint the moon and the sunThose who stand in the way will be dynamite(d).Quote of the day: "Yuuta's kindness has given me new strength. I do not need an AI anymore" - J-Decker in the before last episode of Brave Police J-Decker.Howdy there, I'm back at this blog after months of spouting nonsense about love and the like. I can't even give the links to classmates of mine without risking them finding these overly private thoughts. Ah, who cares. Their risk. *ER-HEM!*Today's theme is an anime. I haven't done something similar in ages, it seems. This speciffic one is Brave Police J-Decker. 
What are Brave Fighter series?Most of the readers have at least heard one of the Americanized hit called Transformers. Well, in Japan, these Brave Fighter series were born from the desire of selling toys and more toys. Sounds commercial already, huh? Well, they had a few interesting common points.1. Kid heroes in most series, always male (Excepting Might Gaine and Dagwon)2. Humanoid robots (with AI or with a soul) - Dagwon is a slight exception, considering the characters themselves became robots, but there are 2 AI robots (I can't really say AI, considering they weren't made by humans)3. Combinations - These robots could combine into stronger forms, which of course led to more toys being released.4. Alien enemies, in most cases.5. The friendship between the boy and these robots. (Dagwon is an exception once more)6. Catchy plot, which spans over one year of airing the serie. There are 8 Brave Fighter series to date:1990 - Brave Exkaiser (Yūsha Exkaiser)1991 - The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird (Taiyou no Yūsha Fighbird)1992 - The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn (Densetsu no Yūsha Da-Garn)1993 - The Brave Express Might Gaine (Yūsha Toukyū Might Gaine)1994 - Brave Police J-Decker (Yūsha Keisatsu J-Decker)1995 - The Brave of Gold Goldran (Ougon Yūsha Goldran)1996 - Brave Command Dagwon (Yūsha Shirei Dagwon)1997 - The King of Braves GaoGaiGar (Yūsha-Oh GaoGaiGar)After this introduction, let us advance to the point of this post.Brave Poice J-DeckerAlready, in Might Gaine, the robots possessed AI, and were not vehicles possessed by justice-wanting spirits (In Exkaiser and Fighbird, they came from space, in Da-Garn, they were spirits who protected our blue planet). The approach was definitely more serious, if not dark, considering all the robots get destroyed in the last battle, except for Gaine, the main one. (Of course they are shown being repaired at the end). This time, the enemy was no alien. The foes were 4 villains from our world, one lone wolf-type rival and one evil entity, called suggestively Black Noir (noir is French for black)Brave Police J-Decker explores a new theme. In the 21st century, due to recent crimes involving robots or biomachines, a new law enforcement method is required. It's name is the Brave Police!
They possess Super A.I.s which make them far more effective than manned machines. However, something unexpected happens very early on... A 10-year old, called Tomonaga Yuuta, stumbles upon such a robot, and accidentally activates it. The robot starts talking very machine-like, like we'd all expect, really, and tells the child that his name is Deckerd. Yuuta teaches Deckerd his name, and here starts a beautiful friendship. Yuuta starts visiting him constantly, and their relationship quickly develops. Among other nice scenes, Yuuta teaches him to walk properly, even to hold his badge and gun properly, while saying his (Deckerd's) future catchphrase: "Hold up! This is Brave Police's Deckerd!". However, one day, the normal police is finally surpassed by the enemy. It is time to awaken Deckerd, decides the Police Chief, Saejima. Deckerd senses that they are coming, and tells Yuuta to hide. He returns to his apparently frozen stance when they come. They were supposed to erase all his memories, in order to activate the AI (they didn't have the slightest idea that Deckerd was awakened and well). This meant that all his memories with Yuuta were going to be lost... Even though Yuuta knew that it was necessary, he jumps out of his hiding place and begs them to stop. Deckerd calls him by his name, causing the mechanics and Saejima to be dumbfounded by the fact that he had talked. He bids Yuuta farewell, as his eyes lose their glow...Well, Deckerd is send in a transport truck to fight the enemy, but the truck is being attacked before Deckerd could make any move. Yuuta comes out of street, from where he was watching, and stands in front of the truck, as if wanting to stand in the enemy's way, demanding him to stop hurting Deckerd, who is important to him. Of course, the police officials are completely surprised by Yuuta's sudden display of courage and will to protect the now memoryless and robotic Deckerd. Just as the enemy is about to kill Yuuta as well, the latter asks Deckerd to open his eyes and fight. Unexpectedly, it happens just like that! Deckerd calls Yuuta's name, and gets out of the truck, standing tall and saying "Hold up! This is Brave Police's Deckerd!" according to the very way that Yuuta taught him. The main mechanic says that this sudden regain of memories is a miracle, but Saejima thinks that, in fact, Deckerd had just gained a soul. Deckerd performs very well when with Yuuta, which leads to Saejima naming Yuuta as the "Boss" of the Brave Police. From here starts a 48-episoded serie about friendship, love and courage (sounds cheesy, but that's it)I'll say more next time, but for now, I am signing off with this picture of Deckerd and Yuuta:
Current status: Yawning... It's been a long day's night... Sheesh... School is nasty...Currently listening to: Hammerfall - Hearts on fire. Repetitive as hell... Lyrics so-and-so... But damn, it's so hot-blooded~!Quote of the day: "If I'm gonna die, I'm gonna be glad I met you" - Why would you wanna know where it's from? :P
Well, today I'm way too tired to write the review to the next GaoGaiGar Final episode... I'll just add this entry for the hell of it. NOT!
Today, I had to go to a Latin contest, THEN have a Biology test. A deadly combo that goes well only with a hidden bottle of vodka, to keep you awake... At any rate, the Latin contest itself was simple as hell. I can't complain, I finished it in half the time, and I'm pretty much confident I qualified for the next phase. I wanna get a national prize this year... Or at least reach national phase. I love these little field trips. FREE FOOD.
Biology was hell on Earth. That stupid test ought've ruined my morale for good, and it did, despite the fact that I copied from my deskmate. I know this won't end well... Oh, the heck, I'll pass anyway, considering I already have a 9/10.
The big thing is that I'm finally glad to have gone over a very damn period of my life. Last year, I was completely ruined by my grandma's illness and by my first love and first failure. I was damn stupid back then, and came up with the corniest way to confess to a girl that I liked her... It's true that she liked the other boy in the class already, and I knew it... I believed in the power of miracle and hoped that that was all a method to make me try harder. Tough luck, she was more simple-minded than I had thought... Poet(esse)s are too straightforward for my taste...
Last week precisely, I tried to tell a girl I like her the second time... NO, it's not the same girl... Jeez, I'm not completely stupid, y'know... At any rate, as usual, I planned it, replies included. The result was obvious: nothing worked out as expected. I wasn't able to do more than a mumble meaning the first letter of "I like you" in Romanian. In short, she might have caught on, but I tried after classes, and bloody hell, as I expected, this time, I was able to do it spontaneously, no planning included. The reply was of course negative... The reason different. While the other girl said the humongous load of bull that she had hoped I wasn't actually in love with her (and people call me feelingless?), this one had another reason, which I accepted quicklier: she said I didn't know her enough, and that she didn't want me to be hurt or something, and she obviously was concerned I'd give her a cold look and stay away from her for the rest of my days (which I would've done if she'd done the same crap the other did), and actually told me not to get angry, to which I plainly answered that I'm not angry, and that I'm perfectly fine. Later on, I realized at last that the failed love I had beared for the first girl, even though now dead (the love, not her, unfortunately :P), I had for a long time the obsession to get a better girlfriend than her. It seems that what the second girl told me (that thing that was the previous quote of the day) showed me that friendship matters more. A kiss or a caress won't help you. If your lover is all "yes, honey", you've got nothing. One needs the iron hand of a friend who tells you: you numbskull, you did it wrong!, not some faint-hearted poet who compares your eyebrows to endless waves of lovable love of lovely love, or who starts counting seconds until she sees you...
Today (actually, that'd be yesterday), a third girl (who was, say, my second option in case my most recent declaration failed. Of course, if she reads this, I'm screwed... >_<), who most obviously has a boyfriend, told me something, perhaps under the influence of illness, which is written at the Quote of the Day section. That thing was extremely interesting to hear. It seems that sounded more natural than a "I like you" or a "You're cute/funny". This is something of greater deepness. One can love someone, but feel regrets if we failed. However, to say something like this means that I've become a nice guy. Some idiot told me that the way to a girl's heart is badassness and not helping them. Frankly, if Casanova succeeded, why couldn't I? I don't think my grandpa told my grandma to scram when they were young. Really... Being nice is the best thing to do. The least you'll get is some nice info on someone else or on that speciffic person.
Ok, I think I've said a lot of crap today. Dunno what happened to me... I'll go draw a moustache on that guy's picture? Nah, perhaps that first girl's reading this. I think she forgot I even had a blog. I'll draw that moustache, for the hell of it. :D
Signing off for today, the Lion of Genesis~!
Current status: swearing. I was dumb enough to select THE WHOLE TEXT and then have the wits to type C instead of CTRL+C. All my previous post is gone. I hate IE. Right now, I'll just have to settle with one review, because I don't have the guts to rewrite everything again.
Currently listening to: Nope, not anime. This time, it's Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven. Nice song.
What I ate: Nothing notable.
Quote of the day: "I care too much about our friendship to risk it for another kind of relationship. Really, I don't want to hurt your feelings." - it's a secret where it's from.
Well, I had written reviews for all the remaining GGGF episodes. Today, let's see episode 6:
Episode 6: The battle between the mind-controlled Gai and J rages on. The J Quoth is destroyed, and, by the looks of things, Renais, Mikoto and Mamoru are going to turn into light very soon. However, the clone AI Robots get in the Goldion Hammer's path, saying they haven't forgotten their purpose and memories and that they're heroes. Of course, they get disintegrated, and even Goldymarg self-destructs. Gai is purified and encouraged to go on by Mamoru and Mikoto. The Pia Decem (the battleship) attacks the J-Ark, stabs J-der, and destroys the clone GFG. Mamoru and Mikoto go to look for the G Crystal, where the true Galeon, Genesic Galeon, is hidden. Conveniently, GaoGaiGar was originally designed to beat the Sol Masters. Anyway, they attack, and Gai fuses into Genesic GaiGar, who, unlike his predecessors, kicks major ass and Gai even yells out the attack name (Genesic Claw). Gai is out for Palparepa's neck, but it seems they'd need the Genesic Gao Machines. Mikoto performs Genesic Drive, and we see the 5 (!) Gao Machines. Straight and Spiral Gao (who are the basis for Drill Gao; these are the legs) are based on moles, Broken and Protect Gao (who are the basis for Liner Gao; the shoulders) are based on a shark and a dolphin respectively, while Gadget Gao (the basis for Stealth Gao; also the wings and forearms) looks like a bird and the tail contains the Gadget Tools, required for some attacks. Genesic GaoGaiGar is formed, and uses it's signature attack, the Broken Magnum (the rocket punch), as well as the barrier (Protect Shade). Abel swears to destroy Genesic, no matter what. 4 out of 5. Not long left till the end. I think the next battles are going to be memorable. Gai shows he means business, and I doubt his reborn courage will die too soon. I gave it less than perfect for the useless destruction of the clone GFG... It was kinda pointless... Unless you consider seeing it blown to bits two episodes in a row interesting... But it excludes a Genesic vs GFG... Sad
Also, I'd like to add that I'm not going to rant about not having a girlfriend anymore. I told her I like her, and she rejected me. What's good in this? We're still just as good friends as before. That's better. Also, today I helped some girls at Latin. Guess it's useful. FREE FOOD!
