Been wanting to review this for the longest time but I kept pushing it back. Typical me. =p Anyway, Casshern Sins is an interesting piece of work that deserves much love. Pretty underrated since not many of the anime blogs writes about it. =/


Casshern Sins - where angst is staple food

A Madhouse production of 24 episodes, Casshern Sins is actually a remake of classic anime series Neo-Human Casshern, which explains the retro character designs. Another anime series remake that follows a similar style is Terra e... (another review that is also backlogged...>__<) but Casshern's designs are much prettier to look at. I was gawking at how beautiful Casshern, Dio and Leda were...even the characters in the show were also spellbound by Casshern's beauty. Lol? =p

The uniqueness of Casshern lies in its story about mortality. Not many anime series dwell on this subject so yes, this show can be sombre at times. Each episodes revolves around death therefore it can get really depressing if you're watching it feeling down. (>__<) Furthermore, the pacing of the story is slow so unless you are interested in it, you'll find yourself dozing off in no time. Moreover the story can be repetitive - you are bound to stumble upon robots who are yelling "Kill Casshern!" then followed by Casshern effortlessly kicking their asses and mulling over his existence in the rotten world. (=__=) Putting that aside, the story is engaging though some loose ends were not tied up and some character pasts were not brought to light. Therefore not everything is served on a silver platter, you have to do some thinking and assumptions of your own to fully apprehend the story.

Animation-wise, since the story is set in a post-apocalyptic era mostly everything is barren and dull. The sparse background doesn't hinder the fluid animation especially the action scenes. One episode had an experimental style whereby some live-action scenes were incorporated in a dream sequence. The seiyuu were great - Furuya Tohru can do angst big time. XD Morikawa Toshiyuki is seriously the "cool" character type - he always voices the charming ones (Dio, Tykki, Sephiroth..and the list goes on. =p)

The soundtrack was composed by Wada Kaoru, who also did the soundtrack for Inuyasha, which was nothing exceptional since it constantly reminded me of Inuyasha. =p The theme songs were not catchy but they are quite good with the jazzy OP theme "Aoi Hana" by color bottle and your typical ED themes ballads. Though I was expecting a fast-paced rock song for the OP which would be better suited for the show but it grew on me after a few listens to.

Casshern is not made for everyone - it strolls down a road of melancholy and ends up with little enlightenment. It's like watching a flower bloom - slowly but surely. So if you're looking to detach yourself from the never-ending mindless harem titles out there, give Casshern Sins a try and maybe you'll find a diamond in the rough.

A joint effort between Microsoft and Burger King to promote Windows 7, we are presented with a Windows 7 Whooper. (o__O) The burger stacks 113 grams worth of seven patties in a normal Whopper and measures 13cm tall with an appropriate price of 777 yen.

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A burger like no other...
Source: Electronista
How can an average people put a bite on it? (>__<) If you're eating the patties separately, it's no longer a burger. (>__>) If I ever get a chance to grab a bite of it (which is never...), I think I would choke on it. Lol? (x__x) From the amount of meat you're getting, I guess you can go without eating for a day or two but dang those calories would be tough to burn.

Anyway, nice marketing gimmick though frankly I'm annoyed by the fact that they rolled out a new OS just a few years after they put out Vista. I'm currently running on Vista so a Windows 7 would only come when I get a new laptop...which I don't think would be so near in the future. (=__=) Microsoft really likes to milk off their customers heh? =/

What were meant to be individual posts now ends up being complied together. =p Wasn't motivated to write since the weekdays are kinda busy. So these are shorts from last week since it was pretty packed.

Monday
Went to Juru's Sushi King for the RM2 Sushi Bonanza with a bunch of friends and we occupied four tables. The ones who went earlier had to queue for an hour before getting us seats so thanks. My car was the last to arrive but we saved on the waiting time. Hehe. Luckily we had lots of RM6 plates to choose from with tons of unagi and sake. I did myself proud(?) by swallowing down 13 plates of sushi. Wanted to beat Kel by one plate but I ended up wanting to puke the last few plates. Thank god I didn't or that would be sooooo embarrassing. (>__<) He won me by one plate being the one who ate the most - 14 plates. (=__=). I came in 2nd with another guy but yeah, I triumphed over the other girls. Lol.


The bespectacled boy in the corner is the one who turned the tables on me. =p Later one, we went over to Ice Ice Baby, a cafe to celebrate Alex's birthday. Was too stuff to order dessert but there is always space for coffee especially Starbucks. =p


Bought myself Dark Mocha Frappucino with an extra shot. Reached SP around 12am stuffed and tired. Had to stay awake till 2am to allow the food to digest. Hehe. XD

Tuesday
Started Simulation for Endodontics in the posterior teeth. Wasn't used to the "downgrade" at first but I suddenly missed the easy-going and fun sessions we had in the past when we were still noobish. Lol. Had aerobics in the evening and I join a Salsa class organised by a lecturer out of a whim. Surprisingly I managed to catch up and Salsa is actually enjoyable to dance to. I'm determined to continue on despite the class being very big. (^__^) Shake those hips girl! XD

Wednesday
Had my first partial denture patient who comes all the way from Butterworth and we did some history taking and scaling. The man was fun to talk to and we had a few laughs that ended me being "reprimanded" by my group teacher for being too loud. I like the way how Dr. George phrases it, "I understand that you are having fun but laughing too loud will only distract others in the clinic who are doing their boring work into wanting to know what interesting things are going on in your bay.." something in that vein. Lol. I didn't realise I was that loud till he said that. must learn to control the volume of my voice. Hehe. =p


Dunno when I got those bruises on my knees but it seems to be occurring very frequently - me getting bruises from God knows when and how. I wonder if the capillaries in my knee region are fragile since I bruise so easily. (>__<)

Thursday
Back to Ipoh since AIM$T took two extra days off. Yeah, the extra holidays dropped like a bomb and classes in the afternoon were canceled. Like damn I could have gone home earlier! (x__x) They even took Monday off but I had already bought a ticket back on Sunday. (>__<) Looks like early planning has its disadvantages too. Isk. So I back another ticket back for Monday since there was an announcement that there was going to be a power outage from 10am to 10pm on Sunday. No way was I going to suffer through that! (>__>)

Friday
Got my hair rebonded. Yup, goodbye my troublesome virgin hair! Lol. XD Waited 3 hours in the hair salon and the treatment cost RM250. Expensive I know but since they're using Redken products it can't be helped? Anyway, I had been cutting my hair there for the longest time and Michelle's skills are quite good. First time I never have to worry about the messy curls on the back of my head. I even got compliments from my friends so the money was worth it? Hmm. =p Currently it isn't as straight anymore, having bits of curls at the ends but it wasn't as bad as what it previously was. As my friends commented, it looks more natural with some curls. Hopefully my hair would stay rebonded for at least a year~ *crosses fingers* o(>o<)o

Today there was dance practice and aerobics class. Woah, my classmates are active! Lol. XD We were dancing to Jai Ho, the theme to Slumdog Millionaire which is currently going to be our performance for Dental Dinner night. Man I love dancing...jiving to the music and losing calories at the same time! Hehe. =p Many thanks to our dance instructor Dhanya! She's a dancing machine. =) The dance steps are easy to remember since the dance choreography in the film wasn't too difficult either. We still got a month's time ahead of us but we managed to clear half of the dance in 2 days. (o__O) So it's either it's simple or we're pretty amazing. Lol. (^o^) We're dancing to the original song though I find the Pussycat Dolls version more lively and catchy.