We Need To Talk…About Fandoms

Will my aegyo save me from your wrath? 

Oh, fandoms. It is well known in the internet community that the mention of this word can trigger one’s hidden primitive side which, in the worst case, leads to exaggerated and passionate reactions at the thought of their respective fandom, much to the displeasure and embarrassment of others.

A series of events regarding big, actual and various fandoms inspired me to write a little about this and also share with you my thoughts on a few fandoms I have encountered the most these past few days.

-Insert Heart-warming 2nd Anniversary Title-

Two years and twelve days ago, the anime appreciator you came to know today as Naru created on a whim the blog Oromywhat.

Blast From The Past: Sailor Moon (Volumes 1-5)

Reliving your childhood memories can sometimes create a new-found love for the things you loved as a child, or in the worst case, make you question your tastes.

All The Time Review

Me and Yaoi? NEVER I never thought I would say this, but All The Time is one of the rare Yaoi manga that has me nodding in acknowledgement. All The Time focuses on the struggling relationship between the workaholic and stern Sanpei and his much more open and easy-going co-worker, Tani. After confessing their attraction to each other, the two begin an experimental relationship which -for my pleasure- has its little difficulties.

 

My Top 12 Anime Of 2012: Noona Naru Style!

That time of the year has once again appeared in the anibloggosphere, where a good number of writers select their top favorite anime of the year. Initially, I had planned to make a comeback do a big mashup of the most remarkable things that took place this year similar to what I did at the end of last year, however participating in Kidd’s yearly Ani-Blogger’s Choice Awards seemed like a much more tempting thing to try out first. As much as anibloggers write about anime, not every reader knows precisely what anime has captivated us. You might find surprises, or disappointments. You might even be so disappointed in an aniblogger’s taste of anime that you decide overreact and give up on reading their blog!

…Certes, it’s an interesting way of seeing what you have in common with an anibloggers regarding anime.

Tsuritama Review: Fishing Has Never Appealed To Me And Never Will

You know you’re lazy when you re-post reviews…

 

What Is This “Interrogation” You Speak Of?

Naru the Sloth was busy in her little lonely mushroom corner doing whatever ex-fairies do in their free time until she was tagged -against her will- by two fellow anibloggers: Medieval Otaku and Muffin Lord Reiseng.

“Tagggg Naru, you’re it~”

…Long story short, she finds herself participating in this chainmail carnival.

What To Watch For Summer?

Don’t ‘cha feel happy when you see a long-awaited post from yours truly?

And A Happy First Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Whoops! Look at me, not updating my blog on the day of its first birthday. I wanted to get this up on May 1st, however a series of unfortunate and long events prevented me from doing so. Now here I am writing this post in the school library instead of working. Or sleeping.

But wow, already a year? TIME IS SO SHORT. I’m getting older and lazier day by day for my age…

I feel a little tinge whenever I think that my blog has existed for a year. It’s not much, but at least it’s a new accomplishment that I can add to my little life. I seriously didn’t think it would last that long, judging by the site’s name I choose without thinking and the boring posts I have written in the beginning. Thinking back, it was a really good idea to do the 30 Day Anime Challenge since I got to meet a lot of bloggers and improve myself.

I had no idea what else to write in this post, probably because I’m mentally sleeping at the moment, so I decided to make what I do best: Lists. A List on what I learned during my first year, and another one on what marked me let it be anime or what took place in the ani-blogosphere. And why not a list on my favorite posts?

• What Naru learned:

1. You can make friends very easily in the ani-blogosphere
2. It’s best to take your time writing a solid post instead of a short vague one
3. Avoid disappearing for long periods of time
4. Everything can be pink and happy in the ani-blogosphere if you make good friends
5. Team blogs are awesum!

• What scarred Naru for life:

1. How manga is not present in the hearts of many ani-bloggers.
2. Guilty Crown’s story/Realizing what OH MA SHOE meant–Seriously, I have a letter of a difference with Shu’s last name in mine.
3. Twitter can either be the greatest thing ever for bloggers, or the most idiotic thing since Facebook.
4. The ani-blog tourney–Nah actually, I’ll forget it about it. I have a short memory span concerning drama.
5. The amount of anime people have the time to watch. This is probably why I’m more of a manga person than an anime one.

• Naru’s favorite posts:

1. Best Yandere Character from the 30 Day Anime Challenge
2. Why is anime everywhere these days? My first serious post.
3. Phoenix Wright Is Never Wrong! A review post, but my favorite post ever.
4. First My Two Cenz post. I prefer the second one for my Ao no Exorcist paragraph, but whatever :P I’ll have to get back to making My Two Cenz…
5. My first post.

And there you have it people! With now around 20,000 views, 68 posts, and one year of existence, I’m going to do a little jig~

ohmaygawdwhatisthat.gif from Antares-Star-XD

Yet Another Aniblog Tourney Related Post

As the title says, my post is far from being the first one regarding the Aniblog tourney. But as a fellow aniblog-blogger of some kind, I repeatedly kept telling myself that I should release a post about it sooner it later to explain it to those who are a bit unaware of what’s going on in the aniblogosphere (I’ve taken a liking to that word recently).

• What is the Aniblog tourney?

The Aniblog tourney is a tournament held once a year where anime bloggers fight against themselves to the death. The strongest one becomes the Aniblog master and as a reward, takes control of the aniblogs that have lost against the winner. This sad cycle has yet to be stopped, but alas no-one has the courage to stand up against the powerful and cruel judges who were once aniblog masters a long time ago.

I’m too kawaii to die!!

One thing that I would like to add is that only the judges are allowed to decide who competes in the Aniblog tourney. If you are unfortunate as an aniblogger, you will receive a letter that states that you are forced to participate in this brutal game.

• No seriously…What is it about?

But what I said was true, silly! …Okay, so I joked a bit there.

The aniblog tourney is a completion for fun where anibloggers virtually-in-some-way fight against each other to see who’s the most popular and appreciated aniblog of them all. The participants will be judged by the following criteria: The content of the blog, the writer’s style, the layout of the blog, etc. So in an easy way to put it, every two days which is the equivalent of a round, you vote for the blog you appreciate the most. This continues until the 19th of June if I’m correct and the winner…well, gets a lot of exposure and new readers. Easy to understand, huh?

Tourney bracket!

• Why isn’t Naru on here?

Simple to answer: I’m not a regular blog updater. If I had updated more between January and March, I would have possibly been on the list. But it doesn’t bother me at all. Truth is, I’m not a big fan of the aniblog tourney and I cringe whenever I hear the word “competition”.

…

ALRIGHT SO MAYBE AT FIRST I WAS A LITTLE

 

“I’LL KILL YOU! I’LL KILL YOU ALLLL!!!!”

THEN,

“I wasn’t chosen…”

Until finally,

“Eh, I don’t care anymore.”

While more than one reader is speechless at the public and bizarre rage I virtually displayed, I want to say: Honestly, it’s all right take a joke and there’s always next year! I prefer continuing to work on my blog, make a few adjustments and changes over time before showing it off to the world.

Oh, and good news! I’m now an author over at Organisation ASG and will be reviewing some new spring anime in a few weeks, so finally…I’m kinda in the Aniblog tourney…

…Um, wow.