Yakitate Japan! Haha, don't mind me. I'm just bored, and my net won't permit me to do much, well so I decided to blog. Haha, anyways, Yakitate Japan directly translates to Freshly Baked Japanese Bread, and its an anime show, also a manga. I started watching/reading this like, last year? Or somewhere around that time.
Well, anyways, you might be wondering, where does the word Japanese Bread come in from that translation? Lol, what most of us don't know is, the Japanese are very good in word play, its quite unexpected. Even with words from foreign languages, they can play around and form something quite unusual, and sometimes, funny. So here, Pan means bread, at least in Japanese. Furaans Pan would mean France Bread, Inguurisu Pan would be English Bread, and Ja-Pan, would mean Japanese Bread, a pun. Haha.
The story is about a very dense but energetic young man, who hates bread a lot, and only likes rice, the staple food of Japan. But one day, that all changed, after meeting a nice baker who taught him a few things about bread, he started to love bread, also he realized that he has Solar Hands, hands which are warmer than normal human temperature, which allow in better fermentation of bread. Lol, funny, but true. He vowed to create Japanese bread for Japanese people, and by the Japanese people. Which in turn led to very interesting turn of events.
The story itself revolves around bread, and a lot of general knowledge about food. It may seem impossible, stupid, and ridiculous, but all the bread that are baked in the show/book are real, and its possible to bake them that way. The manga-ka (manga artist) got a baker to assist him in the making of the story, and the explanation of the bread world. (All the bread in the show are actually this baker's creation) Of course, not only the bread makes this show interesting, but the character development is rather good, you see them change their personality, the way they see things, the way they do things, and also....their hairstyle. Lol. The anime show itself has good Opening and Ending songs which anyone could enjoy. The anime/manga adapted a lot of ideas from other Animes, making them seem funny in the bread world. Some animes that were 'made fun of' include Gundam, Detective Conan, Dragon Ball, even Naruto! The latest episodes made fun of Lord of the Rings, well not really, but maybe if you watched it for yourself, it'll be funnier.
Well, characters include Azuma Kazuma, the protagonist of the story, the man who posseses the Solar Hands, Kawachi, someone who was ahead of Azuma in the beginning of the story, but becomes the comic relief near the end, also changes his hairstyle 4 times throughout the whole plot, Suwabara Kai, a samurai who gave up his 'way of the dead' to take up the 'way of the bread/life' and so many other more characters you'd love to see develop!
That is why, to all anime lovers out there, I suggest you try to grab hold of the Manga, or download the anime using torrent or something (Last episode aired just recently, episode 69, but I'm sure theres going to be life after Ja-Pan) otherwise you'd be missing out in a lot of fun and facts! (Yeah, despite the way I described it, they provide a lot of interesting facts >_> )
And thats all, lol, I was just bored, look forward to my next Anime Review! XD
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Exams nearing an end..or is it?
Haha. 7.20PM, 6th of June, 2006. Thats 666 for you. Satan's number? Nah, its just a number, lol. I'd start going on and on about Satan and the Lord, but I know certain people who'll be reading this blog won't like it, I guess? I've found out that there are some outsiders viewing my blog, but I'm not quite sure who they are...Well, as long as they don't stir up trouble, its alright.
Today, we had our Combined Science. As usual, Paper I is very good, and Paper II is not so good. Everytime I see questions with lots of words and numbers, my head goes, Woah, and almost everything I know dissipates. That sucks. Yesterday, we had maths. Paper I was good, I think. Paper II, well, lets see, 11 questions. Questions 1 to 6 I did, although there were some I didn't know, but I attempted. I saw a lot of people closing their papers already then. And then, Section B, choose 4 questions from 7 to 11. I didn't finish all the questions here, I think I missed out a lot in this section, I just hope I can scrape through. I'd like to apologize to Burt for messing up in my paper, lol. Anyways, we have Art tomorrow, and Econs on the last day. I'm okay with Art, and okay with Econs, I haven't failed a single topical test yet. Well, the recent ones at least.
Well, enough about school. This afternoon, I wanted to take a nap. Okay, before that I was doing some painting in Photoshop. My dad came over and asked me to make him a business card. Goji. If you want to know, go to http://www.alvintan.freelife.com Okay, so I agreed, took me two hours, from 2 to 4. Like how I should act, I did all that my client wanted, and designed him a 9cmX5.5cm business card. In the end, I got no thanks at all. So I just went to bed. Hmm...that sucks, I guess. If he were to ask someone to do this outside, its going to cost him a lot. I couldn't even get a thanks out of him. Seems that he skipped work yesterday to go Karaoke-ing at Muara with his friends. Somehow I know he's loaded right now, but he won't share much with the family, gambling and buying Goji and whatnot. Might as well get my mom a new car, or get me a new laptop, lol. Sigh, so things don't always go the way you want hm?
Anyways, I have to be careful of what I say, and choose the right words for the right moment sometimes. Forgive me for being harsh and cold, but this is still me right now. So until my problems are resolved (not just the ones I listed above) , and things get better around me, I might not be back to my old self. Its pressure I tell you, its pressure. If only I could find a room where I could scream to my heart's content and break as many things as I want, but thats not possible, lol. But I suppose if it is, it won't help much, would it? Haha, anyways here's a quote from someone great in GameFAQs, but I forgot the name of the person.
"L'opinion est comme l'âne, chacun a un, mais le nobodu admettrait que leur pue."
Figure that out yourself. Lol. I'm off then, everyone take care, and God Bless, thanks for visiting my blog.