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夏色の砂時計 (Hourglass of Summer Colors) Game Sound Collection
This is the soundtrack to the game, PS2 in my case. I spent the past few days playing the game so I could finally finish it. Now that I have, I can finally go through the CDs and stuff. I'll do a review of the game later after I listen to the bonus drama CD that comes with the first edition of the game. The soundtrack has the same problem with Kiminozo where the sound doesn't loop too well in the game. Maybe it's a problem with all romantic adventure games? Dunno. Anyhow, the tunes for this game are pretty well done. All the theme melodies for the different characters stand out. My particular favorites are the theme melodies for Ai and Kaho, both the original and the music box versions...especially Ai's. I could listen to it all day. Only the ending song is provided in this CD. The intro song is provided on the bonus CD with the game. I'm not all that fond of the intro/ending songs though. The packaging is pretty bare too with interviews with the staff as the only feature. |
Title: 夏色の砂時計 サウンドコレクション (Hourglass of Summer Colors, Sound Collection) |
妹 (Akane) Vol. 10
I love reading this book because it goes by so fast. Little bite-sized chapters that are quick to finish. However, the story seems to be stuck at this point where Akane and Shinpei can't progress in their relationship. The next big event that going to happen is with Mio's pregnancy and eventually Akane's return to her biological mom. But as it is now, nothing much is happening except for some funny episodes. The color page in front has Akane in a cheerleading outfit. 100. あの人ほ姿を。。。 (That Person's Figure): There are little lizards running around the house. Meanwhile, Shinpei has received an invitation to Nanako's concert (remember her?) that she's performing back in Japan. As Akane tries to dress, the lizards crawl into the underwear she's wearing. They manage to attend the concert though. 101. 菜々子のキモチ (Nanako's Feelings): After the concert, Nanako talks to them and explains that she's on a world tour. After they go home, Akane teases Shinpei about still having feelings for Nanako. 102. A Mother's Day: In Italy, Akane's biological mother is spending mother's day thinking of the day she'll be reunited with Akane. At home, Rei plays around with Akane and makes her dress in an apron...only. Afterwards, Shinpei and Akane go get flowers to put at their mom's grave. Akane says that the only mother she has is buried there. 103. エステでスリム！ (Slim at the Beauty Salon): A little disturbed that Shinpei doesn't take notice of her, Akane asks Rei for some help and so Rei hires two Chinese masseuse to come and give Akane a full body job. Those two girls however, get too carried away with Akane's nice body. 104. 追憶の雨の中 (In the Reminiscent Rain): Shinpei, Akane, and the gang from work are out camping. Akane and Shinpei see that a little girl has dropped her hat into the river, so they go after it. They finally catch it, but then it starts raining so they find some shelter. Akane then remembers that they had this type of situation before and even though she was afraid of thunder at the time, she felt safe with him. 105. ヤキモチの贈り物 (Gift of Jealousy): Shinpei suddenly has colon problems and is hospitalized. At the hospital, he can't seem to take his eyes off the nurse and gets markedly excited when he sees the nurses underwear. Akane sees this and dresses like like a nurse. When she's caught causing too much of a ruckus, she takes her underwear off and gives it to Shinpei. 106. チュー 夏ぱ〜てぃ！ (Kiss, Summer Party!): Rei takes Akane to find some new bathing suits and brings Shinpei along. Later, Shinpei has a talk with Mio and asks that she allow Akane to witness the childbirth so that she'll understand how a mother feels when giving birth and the love she gives to the baby. 107. Baby A (Baby Akane): Being a little envious of Mio, Akane says she wants a baby. She tries to get Shinpei to help her have a baby, but of course she gets denied so she has Shinpei dress as a baby. Things fall apart when she wants to experience breast feeding. 108. Loving 夏祭 (Loving Summer Festival): They all go to the summer festival. Akane and Shinpei play with some firecrackers in their back yard where she gives him a kiss. 109. Heart Beat: Shinpei gets himself a little hurt outside the school while fixing a car, so Akane secretly brings him into the nurses room at the all-girls school for some bandages. There, she has Shinpei use the stethoscope on her. |
Title: 妹 (Akane) Vol. 10 "Loving 夏祭 (Summer Festival)" |
A.I.が止まらない (Love Won't Stop) Vol. 5
I would have really hated to read this in weekly magazine form. It looks like they jumped to different publications for these few chapters from the weekly to the monthly version. It was because of this that I stopped reading School Rumble. This volume was entertaining. No plot advances, but some cute situations with Hitoshi and the gang. There's a special chapter in here that I accidentally wrote up (I usually only do numbered chapters). There's also a bunch of commentary by Ken Akamatsu along with a new sketch of the librarian, Yuko. Special Program: 憧れのハワイ航路 (The Cherished Path to Hawaii): Hitoshi and his programs go to the beach. He finds out about a competition where the winner will get something that has the word "Hawaii" in it. He assumes that it's a trip to the island, so he participates with Thirty. Twenty also has her own ambitions and joins the competition with the male version of Forty. The two couples become finalists and Twenty/Forty get disqualified after Forty transforms into a girl. Hitoshi wins some Hawaiian chocolates. 32. 失恋に乾杯？ (Cheers to Unrequited Love?): Twenty hasn't been having the best of luck with guys lately and has come home drunk in despair. To lift her spirits, Hitoshi dresses Thirty to look like a guy and have her date Twenty to raise her confidence. Everything seems to go well until Twenty gets Thirty drunk and she reveals all. 33. 小さな胸を痛めて (My Small Chest Pains): The school's student librarian, 渡辺裕子 (Yuko Watanabe) asks Hitoshi to help her fix a little data mishap. Hitoshi sends Thirty inside the computer network while testing his new VR glasses and glove. The next day though, a virus has taken over the school's computer system. The culprit is the librarian who injected the virus so that it would inflate her body stats in the school records (i.e. making her bust a bigger). 34. 愛していると言ってくれ！？ (Tell Me That You Love Me!?): Thirty and Twenty aren't around so Hitoshi convinces Forty (male) to participate in the dating sim that he's currently playing. Things start acting strange as weird things happen just as Forty is having encounters with the various CG girls. Finally, Thirty appears in the game and the two guys are caught red-handed. 35. ただ今 修行中 (In the Midst of Training): Because of Hitoshi's perverted attitude, Twenty attaches this belt that automatically detects his sexual thoughts and gives him a whacking right between the legs. He's allotted 30 thoughts/whackings before the thing just explodes. He doesn't even go through the whole day before he's at 29. He begs Twenty to remove it because he doesn't want to be blown up, so Twenty tells him that the key to the belt is somewhere on Thirty's body and that he has to feel around blindfolded to get it. There's an explosion and Hitoshi ends up in the hospital bed. 36. ひさしぶりの I miss you (Long Awaited I miss you): It's Christmas Eve and Hitoshi doesn't get presents as none of the girls requested it. However, he gets a dating sim for himself along with other computer parts from Akihabara. He excuses himself early from the dinner table to go to his room and Thirty concludes that he's there to play his perverted games rather than given presents and spending time with him. She kicks him out of the house on Christmas Eve. Come midnight, Twenty finds Hitoshi outside and gives him a laptop which he uses to communicate with Thirty. He's forgiven and he gives Thirty some jewelry upgrades, which was what he was working on, not playing his game (the game was never opened, they later found). 37. 許されざる者達 (Unforgiven People): Thirty and Hitoshi go to their relatives Shrine. Forty and Twenty say they're at home, but actually sneak to the Shrine to help Thirty and Hitoshi gets some love love action. Their original plan was to film them, but eventually get the trick played on them as the population at the Shrine decide to play a prank and scare them with the legend of the black cat. |
Title: A.I.が止まらない (Love Won't Stop) Vol. 5 |
少年マガ (Shonen Magazine), '04 Vol 28 & ヤングマガ (Young Magazine), '04 Vol. 28
No Tsubasa in this week's issue, but they promise a full color page next week. No women in this week's issue either. Negima: ５６時間目 ネギとまき絵と弟子入りテスト (Negi, Makie, and Apprenticeship test): Makie daydreams about winning the national championships. However, she motivation is crushed when she overhears Sizuna and another teacher, 二ノ宮 (Ninomiya) talk about how she dances like a child on the mat. The next morning as she does her jog, she spots Negi practicing Kung Fu. Eva and her robotic partner appear and she issues a test in order for Negi to be her apprentice. He has to lay a punch of her partner, Chachamaru. Negi loses the first time and he's given a second chance on Sunday and midnight. Hearing this, Makie tries to help him. She first brings him lunch, but Negi get's too fat for his own good. Thinking that she's not good at anything, she explains to them about her child-like appearance. Asuna and friends asks to see the routine, and are thoroughly impressed. With renewed confidence, both Makie and Negi look forward to their challenges. Suzuka: ＃１６距離 (Distance): Yamato is at the track practice. He meets a fellow teammate, 羽柴美紀 (Miki Hashiba) who explains how she's heard a lot about him through Suzuka. While he starts really strong, the first day of practice wears him out to where he has to be carried off by Yasunobu and Honoka. Meanwhile, Suzuka acts as if she expected him not to be able to handle it. Changing Now: ＃７恐怖 悪魔の棲む家 (Fear, The Place Where the Devil Lives): Takeko has managed to invite over the boy she likes to watch a movie at her place. She comes home early to clean up, only to find that her dad, Dog Fighter has invited the English-Speaking baddie. During the boy's stay, the two scare the heck out of him. Hamanaka Ai: ０３８ ８年くらい前の告白 (Confession From About 8 Years Ago): Misaki and Ayana get their results, and they have a tie. Nakamura suggests that for a tie breaker, they reveal who their first loves were. Masahiko tells them that Misaki's first love was her father.
3 of the series that I follow didn't show up this week, so there's only one summary here. Fortunately, there are a few 4 panel comics and my other un-written series that I follow so this magazine isn't that much of a waste. This issue finishes the Morning Musume card set and provides a little fold-up box to store them in. Feature girl is 柴田あゆみ (Ayumi Shibata) along with a healthy serving of 岩佐真悠子 (Mayuko Iwasa). Redlight: 10: Chiko comes by in a rented truck and takes Satoshi on a mini-trip to the oceanside to the sunrise. Satoshi tells her that he's been here during one of his school trips in the past. Chiko tells him that she never went on the trip because she got in a fight with another kid the day before. They watch the sun rise hand-in-hand and kiss each other. |
Title: 少年マガジン (Shonen Magazine) Vol. 28
Title: ヤングマガジン (Young Magazine) Vol. 28
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