Hayate no Gotoku! 22 - Maria == HOT

Proof that even fishing can be sexy with the right presentation

I love this show. I love Maria. I love the parodies. I love Maria. Almost halfway there, but still no plot development, but I don't really care, because every time I watch this show, it just makes me happy.
This time around, Nagi drags Hayate to go fishing with her after reading some Sanpei, after which some more hilarious misunderstandings occur.

One weird thing is how much Nagi reminds me of myself, it freaks me out. I mean, when I was a kid I used to read all sorts of manga and get obsessed with whatever I had read about an hour ago. I seriously think my childhood aspirations were directly related to which manga I was reading that week... oh, wait... I still do that.
Anyway, it turns out Maria pwns at fishing, too (surprise!), which is actually strangely attractive... the thing I still don't understand, though, is if Maria is so freaking smart and good at EVERYTHING, why is she a MAID? Of all the things she could possibly do? Especially for Nagi. I'm guessing there's some back-story to how this came to be, but if there isn't, I wouldn't be too shocked considering this is an anime about a combat butler.

Omega-Kawaii~

I always love trying to see how many references I can point out. Usually I miss only a couple (yes, yes, even I cannot catch every parody...), but this episode was particularly easy. BTW, I could totally see Maria cosplaying Mikuru during her free time, and I'd have to say Nagi = Danchou, Isumi = Yuki, Hayate = Kyon (kinda forced), Tama = Itsuki (LOL), and Sakuya = Tsuruya. Oh! and Hinagiku as Asakura ftw.

I love you Shin... I mean, Hayate

You gotta love Tama as Kaworu, though Klaus would've been an equally hilarious alternative. Hayate as Shinji doesn't really cut it, however. Hayate is definitely missing the whole "I'm-so-emo-I-could-turn-into-LCL" attitude. In fact, Hayate is probably the antithesis of Shinji, but no matter, it was funny nonetheless.

I'm glad to see the Hayate-Maria relationship developing a little more, because it fools me into thinking that there will be a hint of a serious plot arc coming our way. I guess adding actual romance into Hayate would be kinda weird though.

Saitoouuu!!!!!!!! K-k-kono B-bb-baka Inuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nagi's reactions to anything Hayate does is awesome. Especially when she thinks he's "cheating" on her. Snap, Naruto's Kyubi-form has nothing against Super Nagi-jin 5. And did anyone else detect a little Louise in Nagi's reaction to Hayate and Maria's "awkward moment"? Sometimes I think Kugimiya Rie has a universal voice that she uses for every tsundere character she plays, which is like 90% of all the roles she plays. Not that I'm against it, Kugimiya-san is seriously one of my favorite seiyuu's. Plus with her coming back with her best role ever this season, I guess Hayate and Zero no Tsukaima will have to hold me off until Shakugan no Shana II airs.

The Birth of a Legend

So, most people who are reading this will probably get a good laugh at the idea of me having a blog. Especially since I was vehemently opposed to any form of online communication for the last couple years for various reasons...

Then, why, did I finally break down and decide to start this nonsense?
It all started when a few friends of mine and I were having a heated conversation about Evangelion and the real meaning behind the ending, how many endings there were, what the crap are Evas in the first place, why is Shinji such a nublet, so on...
During all this, one of my friends suggested that I should start a blog and start ranting about anime there because when I get worked up about anime (at least most of them...), I can go on forever, but at least with a blog, people won't have to deal with how loud I can get.

That's the gist of it. But I'm not planning on making this into another anime blog; there are already enough of those to start evolving into a living entity on its own. Of course I'll be talking about anime most of the time, since it is what makes up at least 50% of my life--most people would say pathetic, but I say revolutionary, puahhaha--however, I want to post about other stuff I like, which will likely turn out to be somehow anime-related.

Hope some of you will keep reading, and we can have insightful debates about Kaworu's sexual preference into the deep of the night. Thanks.