With exams hanging over my head, I felt like I couldn’t enjoy anything, not even my favorite anime…

But now that they’re done and I’ve proclaimed my joy to the world, let’s get to my long-overdue review of the fifth episode of Kanokon!

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Lelouch… we need to talk. Lately, I’ve been hiding a secret from you.

Yeah. See, things between us haven’t been moving as quickly as they used to… we had a good thing going before this spring, but now I need someone who can really make things happen. There’s no point arguing - in fact, there’s already someone else. Lelouch… I’m leaving you for Suzaku!

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I’m getting around to this episode a little late - in fact, Kanokon’s latest episode has already aired in Japan as I write this - but it took a while for Ayako to release fansubbed torrent links, and then some final exams hit me.

Seriously. I know you think I was being lazy, but college can be pretty harsh sometimes. It was totally out of my control. Besides, ecchi is just as good a few days later as it is fresh from Japan! So let’s cut to the chase.

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As my site has finally reached a point where I’m completely satisfied with its look and feel, I’m posting this maintenance checkpoint in order to keep track of the additions, upgrades, and modifications that have been made so far, as well as to serve as a base point where Honya can post comments about anything he does to the site in the future (he’s the administrator; I just post here).

Promotions right now. Maintenance history after the break, if you care:

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Episode three of Kanokon seemed to take a strange new direction for the series. Where were the panty shots? Where was the comedy? Where were the kiss scenes, even? There were just some uninspired scenarios and some out-of-place attempts at plot and character development, and I was left wondering what had happened to the Kanokon I knew and was beginning to love. And then, suddenly…

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As I mentioned earlier, Kanokon is the second of two anime premiering this season that I intend to keep track of on a week-to-week basis. Kanokon doesn’t have anything close to the deep storyline or explosive popularity of Code Geass… but the ecchi is fantastic. I love ecchi - love love it - and Kanokon promises to be one of the best ecchi series in recent memory.

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