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Sunday, 11 December 2011

Manga - anime - live action - musicals
- red highlight = masterpiece!
- blue highlight = Excellent, don't miss it!
* Italicized mangaka's name = good artwork
* FFF = Fujiko F. Fujio (mangaka)
Manga & anime series:
- 21 Emon (FFF)
- Anatolia Story / Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori (Chie Shinohara)
- Cardcaptor Sakura (CLAMP)
- Chibi Maruko-chan (Momoko Sakura)
- Chimpui / Chinba Mouse (FFF)
- Clover (CLAMP)
- Detective Conan (Gosho Aoyama) ............................................................ ONGOING
- Detective Kindaichi / Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo (Yozaburo Kanari & Fumiya Sato)
- Death Note (Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata)
  Death Note anime (artist: Masaru Kitao)
- DORAEMON (Fujiko F. Fujio) SUPER!
- Esper Mami (FFF)
- Faraway Planets (FFF)
- Fruits Basket (Natsuki Takaya)
- Glass Mask / Garasu no Kamen (Suzue Miuchi) ............................................................ ONGOING
- Hikaru no Go (Yumi Hotta & Takeshi Obata)
- Hime-chan no Ribbon / Nơ bướm thần kỳ
- Inuyasha (Rumiko Takahashi)
- Kaze Hikaru (Taeko Watanabe)
- Magic Kaito (Gosho Aoyama) ............................................................................ ONGOING
  Magic Kaito anime
- Maison Ikkoku (Rumiko)
- Mermaid Saga (Rumiko)
- Meru Puri (Matsuri Hino)
- Moja-ko / Những Hành Tinh Lạ (FFF)
- Mononoke Hime (anime)
- Musashi no Ken (Motoka Murakami)
- Ninja Hattori (FFF)
- Ninja Quytaro / Obake no Q-taro (FFF)
- One Pound Gospel (Rumiko)
- Otomen (Aya Kanno)
- Perman / Paa-man (FFF)
- Papillon - Hana to Chou (Miwa Ueda)
- Peach Girl (Miwa Ueda)
- Ranma 1/2 (Rumiko Takahashi)
- Revolutionary Girl Utena / Shoujo Kakumei Utena (Chiho Saito)
- Royal Crest / Ouke no Monshou (Fumin & Chieko Hosokawa)
- Rurouni Kenshin (Nobuhiro Watsuki)
- Sailor Moon (Naoko Takeuchi)
  Sailor Moon anime (1992-97 Asahi TV & Toei Animation)
- Saint Alice Teikoku / Kaitou Zero Sanjou (Suzue Miuchi)
- Time Patrol Bon / Phi Thuyền Thời Gian (FFF)
- Urusei Yatsura (Rumiko)
- Vampire Knight (Matsuri Hino)
  Vampire Knight anime
- Yaiba (Gosho Aoyama)
- Yugi-Oh
Live Action Movies / Musicals:
One-shots:
- Death Note extra chapter 109
- Death Note prequel: Another Note
- Diet Goddess (Rumic Theater)
- Dynamite Milk Pie (Suzue Miuchi)
- Excuse me for being a Dog (Rumic Theater)
- Fire Tripper (Rumic Trilogy)
- Hidden in the Pottery (Rumic Theater)
- Kaerazaru Hyoga / The Glacier of No Return (Suzue Miuchi)
- Laughing Target (Rumic Trilogy)
- Merchant of Romance (Rumic Theater)
- Niji no Ikusa / Battle of the Rainbow (Suzue Miuchi)
- One Hundred Years of Love (Rumic Theater)
- Pollyanna's Knight (Suzue Miuchi)
- Princess Alexandra (Suzue Miuchi)
- Shiroi Kageboshi (Suzue Miuchi)
- Tell Me A Lie (Gosho Aoyama)
- Tragedy with "P" (Rumic Theater)
Such a long list for 23 years of age, neh? More to come...

Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Calling - B'z (Glass Mask live action song)

Listen to the song:

Kono koe ga kikoeru kai? | Do you hear this calling?

Imanara kikoeru kai | Can you hear it now?

Douka kurushimanaide | Somehow, please...

Atto iuma jikan wa tsumori | Each moment’s drifting by

| Từng khoảnh khắc thời gian dần trôi

Nanimo mienaku nari sou | It looks like I can’t see anything

| dường như tôi chẳng thể nhìn thấy gì nữa

Machi no iro kawari tsuzukeru naka de | In the changing colors of the streets

| trong sắc màu của những con phố đang dần đổi thay

Nandaka ima mo isshoni iru | somehow, we’re still together

| bằng cách nào đó, đôi ta vẫn ở bên nhau.

Nanika ga kokoro o tsunaide iru | What has connected our hearts

| Điều gì đã gắn kết trái tim ta

Itsudemo ki ni shiteiru | so we’re always thinking of each other?

| để ta quan tâm đến nhau mọi lúc?

Tsuyoi jishaku ni hippararete iru you ni | Like a powerful magnet that pulls us together

| tựa như có một sức hấp dẫn mãnh liệt đua ta lại gần nhau

Kiga tsukeba mujaki ni warai au | and everytime we realize that, we smile unconsciously

| và mỗi khi nhận ra điều đó, ta lại mỉm cười vô thức

Hitotsu hitotsu to | Each little light | Từng tia sáng nhỏ nhoi

mado ni akari tomoru | is shining through the window | chiếu qua khe cửa

Kimi ga iru nara modotte koyou | If you’re still here, please return to me!

| Nếu em đang ở đây, xin hãy trở lại bên tôi,

Itsudemo kono basho ni | I’m always in this place | Tôi vẫn luôn ở nơi này.

(Yes, I’m still looking for you) | (Phải, tôi vẫn đang tìm kiếm em)

Kegare naki omoi ga bokura o yonderu | A pure love is calling us

| Một tình yêu trong sang đang cất tiếng gọi ta

I can hear the calling | Tôi có thể nghe tiếng gọi ấy.

Dore dake hanare kao ga mienakute mo | Although we’re separated and cannot see each other

| Dù có phải chia lìa và chẳng thể thấy mặt nhau

Tagai ni wasurenai no wa | we still can’t forget each other

| ta vẫn không quên hình bóng của nhau

Hitsuyou toshi hitsuyou to sarete iru koto | Loved and to be loved

| Yêu và cảm thấy được yêu,

Sore ga subete | that is everything | đó chính là tất cả

Hokani wa nani mo nai | and that simple | và chỉ đơn giản vậy mà thôi.

Kimi to iru toki boku wa boku ni nareru | Only when I’m with you, I can be myself

| Chỉ khi ở bên em, tôi mới có thể là chính mình

Souyuu ki ga suru | That’s how I feel.

Kotoba yori hayaku wakariaeru | We understand each other faster than any words

| Chưa cần đến lời nói, ta đã có thể hiểu nhau

Kagayaku shunkan azayaka ni | like a lightning bolt moment

| tựa như tia chớp lóe sáng trong khoảnh khắc

Imamade mo kore kara mo | until now and forever after

| cho đến nay và mãi mãi về sau

Yakusoku nado suru koto wa nai darou | perhaps we don’t (need to) make any promise

| có lẽ ta sẽ không hứa với nhau một điều gì.

Dare ni mo mane dekinai onaji yume wo miyou | Let’s dream a dream that no one can imitate | Hãy cùng mơ một giấc mơ không giống với bất kỳ ai.

Can you hear the calling? | Liệu em có thể nghe thấy tiếng gọi đó không?

Tuesday, 30 November 2010

An Atheist Professor of Philosophy on the problem Science has with god

I guess many of us have read this conversation: http://ehkasi.tumblr.com/post/710759041/an-atheist-professor-of-philosophy-was-speaking-to-his

Heh! -- Counter-attack :

An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his class on the problem Science has with god. He asked one of his new Christian students to stand.

Professor : You are Christian, aren't you, son?

Student : Yes, sir.

Professor : So, you Believe in god?

Student : Absolutely, sir.

Professor : Is god good?

Student : Sure.

Professor : Is god all powerful?

Student : Yes.

Professor : My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to god to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But god didn't. How is this god good then?

(Student was silent )

Professor : You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is god good?

Student : Yes.

Professor : Is Satan good?

Student : No.

Professor : Where does Satan come from?

Student : From . . . god . . .

Professor : That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

Student : Yes.

Professor : Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And god did make everything. Correct?

Student : Yes.

Professor : So who created evil?

(Student did not answer)

Professor : Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?

Student : Yes, sir.

Professor : So, who created them?

(Student had no answer)

Professor : Science says you have 5 senses to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son . . . Have you ever seen god?

Student : No, sir.

Professor : Tell us if you have ever heard your god?

Student : No , sir.

Professor : Have you ever felt your god, tasted your god, or smelt your god? Have you ever had any sensory perception of god for that matter?

Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.

Professor : Yet you still believe in him?

Student : Yes.

Professor : According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, Science says your god doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student : They're wrong. I have the bible and my faith.

Professor : Yes, faith. Science does not need faith. We rely on evidence. This is the problem Science has with god.

Student : Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?

Professor : Yes.

Student : And is there such a thing as Cold?

Professor : Only in that it is the absence of heat.

Student : Exactly, Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.

Professor : And your point is? Science already knows that.

Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?

Professor : Yes, in that darkness is our term for the absence of light.

Student : Exactly, sir. Darkness is the absence of light. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light . . .

Professor : Is this going somewhere?

Student : But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it is, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?

Professor : What is the point you are making, young man?

Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Professor : Flawed? How so?

Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good god and a bad god. You are viewing the concept of god as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can't even explain a thought.

Professor : Actually, a thought is a electro-chemical reaction in the brain. We have various machines that study thoughts and can influence them quite easily.

Student : It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.

Professor : It has seen electricity and has seen and felt the effects of magnetism. Both are understood quite well, also.

Student: To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it.

Professor : I don't believe I ever made the argument that death was ever an opposite of life. The only time I even mentioned death was in passing as an added attribute and result. I and every scientist knows that death is the absence of life.

Student : Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?

Professor : If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, then yes, of course, I do.

Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

Professor : Actually, I have. As a high school student, I was most fortunate enough to take a field trip to a Science lab. I watched as they analyzed their data, compared earlier observations, and they then showed me their latest lab test, and I got to see evolution in progress, as microbes separated and changed before my eyes and those of my classmates. Every new microbe was different, and only the ones with advantages survived and carried their advances onto the next generation. Using the same data and tests, the scientists also observed speciation and showed us the results.

Student : But are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?

(The class was starting to laugh quietly at the student)

Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?

(The class broke into laughter)

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it?

(The laughter continued)

Professor : Class, let him finish!

Student : No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room was silent. The professor stared at the student, a grin ever present)

Professor : Because we have cut open humans and other animals. We have seen their brains. We have tested their brains. We know exactly what functions of the body are controlled by the brain. Scientists began their tests and learned all about the brain, proving the point. Now we can visit an MRI machine and see the brain without cutting into anyone. In fact, I have had an MRI before, and have papers at home with the images of my brain. So we have seen it.

(The student did not speak)

Professor : It's okay, son. We are all still students, myself included. It's okay to be wrong as long as you learn from your mistakes and continue to gain knowledge. All of the arguments you have presented have been refuted by myself and many other Atheists and Scientists for a long time. It is only through mental blocking and lies that they have continued to be used for this long. You'd do well to put down your bible for a moment and pick up a Science book. You can keep your faith and cherish it, but nothing can stand in the way of truth and Science.

(The class then continued as normally planned)

Monday, 15 November 2010

Death Note: MU - Nothingness

The implications of "Mu" ("Nothingness") are lost on quite a number of Death Note fans the first 30 times you tell them about it.

When Ryuk told Light, "Don't think that the person who uses the DN can go to heaven or hell," his intention was to scare Light because he assumed that all humans believed in heaven and hell. To his surprise, Light did not.

The subtle point to be understood is, a Death Note user is no different from other humans in terms of death. After death, we simply become Mu (nothingness), which is NOT the shinigami realm or hell. It's a way of saying, "Dust returns to dust."

Tsugumi Ohba made it clear in an interview (vol 13) that: "One thing that I didn't allow to be changed was the notion that 'when you die, you become nothingness.' Luckily, I was able to keep this part..."

"You can't go to heaven or hell" is Ohba's way of saying 'heaven and hell don't exist'.

Death is equal for everyone. After death, there is NOTHING, no possible reincarnation, afterlife or anything of the sort. It doesn't matter if you use the Death Note or not, the end is the same for EVERYONE: We'll cease to exist, in any form, in any place.

"Once dead, people can't return to life."

Some people are frightened of death and ceasing to exist, so they have come up with all kinds of things (reincarnation, heaven and hell) to make it seem like "the end" isn't going to happen to them. I find it funny that there isn't a religion that says "when you die, you just die," the end.

However, this is NOT a question of religion or what your parents/school/church taught you while you were growing up. It is simple LOGIC: What we do know for certain about death is that after someone has died, his heart stops pumping blood to the rest of his body. Without blood, the brain can no longer function. It has also been proven that our physical body (including our brain) will eventually be completely deteriorated, meaning that our memories, our feelings, our consciousness also disappear. You can believe whatever you like. You can choose to accept whatever doctrine. But thinking logically, there is nothing after death. And by definition, 'Mu' is Nothing.

Death is the End.