Tuesday 27 December 2011

New news

This blog was written by: chibi-chan

I didn't want to write another blog before Ni-chan or oji did because I was worried it would only be me. However we haven't had the chance to meet up and both aren't very good at this stuff.

So firstly, we're very sorry it's been so long. Thank you to the whole two followers we have! We hope that this will increase next year...

Secondly: Merry Christmas and a happy New Years to everyone!
Did you get all the things you want?

I got the things I wanted - neopiko markers!!!

Some text books and paper and folders and blu-tak.

I'll post some pictures up sometime... >.<

Finally... please watch this space. I promise we shall do something good.

Sunday 27 November 2011

Happy (late) Thanks Giving!

This blog was written by: Chibi-chan


Hey everyone! Thanks giving was yesterday the other day and my other half explained to me what the holiday was all about. Apparently on this day the people of the states give thanks to everything good in their lives? Thankful for a harvest and other things too. There's a canadian thanks giving but i don't have any canadian friends (yet) so.... I think most people in the UK give thanks on Christmas, a sort of "all in one good bundle" of the year. Also apparently it's pretty big, and some people see it as a bigger family thing than Christmas. The thing about Christmas being a thankful time means you want to be with your family because you're thankful for them right? So that moves on and goes with this Thanks Giving thing yeah? I can  understand that.


Well I am thankful for my family, my friends, and most of the people of the world, because without you guys, I would be very lonely and sad! I'm super thankful to all the mangakas, comic artist/authors for writing stuff I can read. I'm thankful for Mills and Boons and charity shops that sell Mills and Boons cheaply for supplying me with trashy romance novels (they're one of my more guilty addictions). I also thank all the animals that have died to feed me meaty goodness. Finally thank you to my boyfriend who doesn't mind the fact I'm against PDA and like to pretend he doesn't exist a lot of the time. Ahaha, don't worry I lie, he's probably made up! (Just ask my friends...) But who needs love when you're an Otaku?! 






No. On a serious note. I'm going to do a review for Kimi wa Pet by Yayoi Ogawa. In english it's called "Tramps like us" and it's been translated into several languages (I know this because I wanted a copy in spanish...>.<)


Ok so the genre is Josei which means for older women, but don't be put off by the word "tramp" and the front covers of any of the volumes like I was when I was younger and more naive of the world. I guess it's probably a good thing I put off reading it for a while...


Sumire Iwaya the main character and our unconventional heroine is a smart and successful career woman who has just broken up with her boyfriend of 5 years because he cheated on her due to feeling inferior. Her co-workers although admire her keep a distance and she has quite a cold reputation. On her way home she stumbles into Takeshi Gouda who is sleeping a cardboard box. Long story short she takes him home, makes him her pet and calls him Momo after her childhood pet dog. So accommodation + food in exchange for unconditional love and loyalty? This doesn't sound like it's gonna work! Well Momo let's her vent out her stress and depression from work by being a pet (there's nothing sexual in their relationship, it's a sweeter story than that)
Well Sumire get's together with her college crush who has the three highs! He's the "perfect" boyfriend..! But she can't seem to send Momo away and the fun ensues as she tries desperately to make sure everything in her life works out...? 


I have laughed, cried and gotten pretty flustered over this manga. It's a rather original story concept, and has a feel-good style mostly. I love the art, and it's one of the biggest "Josei" factor. Sometimes I get bored of the overly screen-tone ways of shoujo, but Yayoi Ogawa's simplistic line suits the speed of the story. 


I would definitely recommend this to anyone who's a little more mature than a 10 year old girl, wants to read a good romance that isn't completely soppy and has a bit of realism (despite the whole human-pet thing) and basically thinks manga is just a bunch of girls with huge eyes. Although the girls do have rather large eyes. It's good...that's all that matters!


Next review will be "My girlfriend is an Otaku!" (I think that's what it's called) because it gives hope to all otakus that there is love out there. 


That or maybe I'll get a cardboard box and hope someone wants a pet in exchange for food? 

Tuesday 22 November 2011

Thought Bubble Part 2 *less cosplayers more stuff*

This blog was written by: Chibi-Chan


Now that I have satisfied you with the cosplay pictures, I can get onto telling you about some of the other amazing stuffs we did.


Here's a quick list of amazing things stuffs we did.


1) Met some big name artists/authors
2) Met some independent artist/authors
3) Got some coolio sketches done from a mix of the both
4) Met some just awesome people....
5)Buy lunch at tesco
6) Buy stuff
7) Watch roller girls
8) Walk around enjoying the awesome
9) Go to after party
10) Dance to the A- team
11) Come back Sunday and repeat mostly up to no.8


But here's a picture of my own personal favourite purchase... a really cute (but called scary) Panda mask made by this cute girl at a cool stall. I wanted her other masks too much didn't have enough money, what with spending it on apparently nothing...? Yeah, I don't know how it happened but all my money flew away and I'm not quite sure where. Next year I am going to have to save up before going...gah! Sensible saving idea?! That'll never stick...



See isn't it cute? So Kawaii? No? Fine. Have more roller girls.


Thought Bubble Part 1 *mostly cosplay pictures*

This blog is written by: Chibi-chan

Ok so even though world domination started on Sunday, non of us have gotten round to posting anything of interest. This is because: 

1) Oji-san is probably still hungover
2) Oni-chan hasn't figured out blogging/logging in to stuff
3) I've been busy with coursework

However I think that all of this is unacceptable, and for all our wonderful followers (if there are any, and if not, for the ones who haven't realised it yet) I am doing it now. The first thing I will do will appease you with a picture of roller girls.


Can't hate us now can you? Look at them, all pretty and sexy and on wheels! Just remember, these girls are part of the roller derby and can probably beat you in a fight... Which I personally think is a major plus... Teehee!

Next I was going to tell you about my day, but I don't want to be boring. Instead here is a picture of me cosplaying Nana Osaki on the Saturday... only one person recognised it though... :(



Now here are some pictures of all the people who did much better cosplays than me....! There are some really amazing people at comic-conventions..!












See that?! You gots the Doctor, Harry Potter, that snake dude from Naruto that isn't Orochimaru, Harley Quinn, Emma Frost and the anti-hero trio. What more do you want?!

What?! You want spider girl? FINE. HAVE SPIDER GIRL.


What? You want Harley Quinn in her Arkham Asylum costume?! 
ALRIGHT THEN. WE WILL GIVE YOU HARLEY QUINN IN HER ARKHAM ASYLUM COSTUME!

Are you happy now? You totally forgot I cosplayed Nana Osaki didn't you? You don't care I wore contacts for a straight 10 hours (risking my own life for YOUR entertainment) because you know why? Because you want Spidergirl and Harley Quinn to get it on....

See? We only have your best interests in mind..!


Sunday 20 November 2011

Happy Birthday KBR 20/11/2011

This blog is written by: Chibi-chan


It's 10am on a Sunday morning, and I, chibi-chan, am the only one awake/not hungover. But this too is good because it means I have the chance to officially set up Team Kyaa~Bakaru's online empire! Yaah! I don't know what makes it "official" other than me saying it is though. Not important. 


Happy Birthday to us!


Now let's introduce the team!


Anthony- Oni-chan - The logical one. He's logical, he did physics and he played around with laser beams. LASER BEAMS!!! He also has a huge collection of anime and a rather good one of manga! A lovely person! He's warm and witty the most likely to say the funniest, cleverest thing in the convesation. Funny, flirty and sometimes quite extravagant. But underneath it all he's observed everything very closely...! Hidden seriousness MOE!! 


Chris - Oji-san - The tsundere uncle! Ahhh! Chris is the "cool" type character I think. Although he's certainly not passive with his opinions..teehee! He's got a large collection of anime as well, and does some pretty funky things with vinyl records..! 9-5 weekday worker, crazy-all-hours weekend party animal. Chris always gets the girl. 


Mary - Chibi-chan - The girl, who's really a lot like a guy. I have a lot of different moods from "Happy enthusiastic bouncy girl" to "angry, grumpy, leave me to my room girl" My anime knowledge is sadly lacking...! However I pride myself on the sheer number of mangas I've read! Most likely I will be reviewing a lot of shoujo/josei based material we do... Ahh! I do a lot of photography and filming...! Oh...and my spelling is terrible... >.<




Today we will be going to the second day of Thought Bubble, and hopefully soon we shall have up the blogs for that! Roller girls and cosplay girls!