it's a good thing I have the DVD set, though I'm afraid I can't upload it on this weak laptop.

That's why I like the idea of doing one or two episodes a week. As long as we have a deadline, we don't have to all figure out how to watch it at the same time. And instead of doing an IM, we could just put up a thread for it. Of course, it could be risky considering the fact that people might forget, but it would be the easiest way to do things.

Oh my goodness! Congratulations on becoming engaged! ♥

Woahoh! That's certainly big news! 

Congratulations! That must of felt good. I hope it keeps going well for you. ^_^

I had some nice Dim Sum for dinner today. ♥

If you go on to my deviantart account, you'll find one piece o' fanart for MKR ;P Look at my other stuff too though! D: Well, actually look at the first three pieces, the rest is crappy and so old they're fossils.

http://itena.deviantart.com/

well, zazu's sixteen if you wanna know. I don't really like that pairing either.

Ahahah, that's hilarious! *goes into a spasm of laughter* More, more!

I thought that Zazu was older than Hikaru...?

Heya! I'm also fairly new here, and for me, I got into MKR only a few months ago, and it caught me like a raging storm. You won't find me more fanatic in a series than this one. And the screencaps are awesome, thanks for that!

I like discussion.?

I love Nova too! She's one of the funnest evil characters ever! There's just something about her that gets me energized, or makes me start laughing maniacly. Like Hikaru, Nova's contagious. lol. I just get a big grin on my face whenever I see her.

As for what you said about the Hikaru/Lantis pairing, this is what I think of it. Those two are actually similar, I believe. Rather than being the "brooding bishounen", I think that Lantis is actually a really kind person, though it's hard to see at first thanks to his seemingly cold exterior and deep voice. I think Hikaru was able to see this kind soul from the beginning. And Lantis, to me at least, seems to be the type who can read people fairly well; with hardly much of a meeting he was able to acknowledge her extremely strong heart and spirit. I don't know, but I think Lantis became attracted to her because of this strong heart and spirit; it's like his "type" or something(Eagle anyone?). And so, thanks to both of those elements, their hearts became connected.

The future for the two? Well, in the end, if they were to get married and start a life together, I imagine the two to have a kind of calm, serene environment in their home; I can see the two hardly having any arguments because of the fact that they understand each other very well. There wouldn't be a lot of talking between the two, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will be a cold relationship; more like the frequent exchanges of smiles and hugs would be enough for them.(I could elaborate some more on what their future life would be, but that would mean I'd have to write it in story format, hmm...maybe I should do that...) Now, that may seem rather unrealistic, but considering their personalities, it seems very possible to me. Hikaru's hardly the type to have fights anyhow. The bottom line is that I approve of this pairing. ♥ ...I want to draw some fanart for the two's future now, I totally got the image in my head. ♥

...Eheh, I know this is a meme thread, but I just had to write all that down, hope no one minds. ^_^;

Omigosh XD That was so hilarious, and yet so wrong... Poor Miyuki-chan, she's gonna be doing that for all of eternity.

I was able to have a nice lunch and movie with a few friends of mine today; it was nice and sweet. We ended up renting August Rush... It was such a sweet movie! The soundtrack was beautiful, the scenes were perfect, the actors amazing, and the message was really brought down hard!

This was a question on my mind for a while, until I finished reading the manga.

I have to say that the manga would be my favourite; the beautiful, stunning, awe-rendering, detailed, classic, epic, masterpiece-like art(I am an artist, and I plan to be a manga-artist, so I pay a lot of attention to the art) was one reason. The second reason would be because the plot was awesome in my opinion(there's only one thing I don't like about it, the first part took place all in one day! It just went by way too fast! How did they accomplish all that in one day?!! That's one looong day if you ask me).

Characters that I didn't like before(*cough*Fuu*cough*) suddenly were awesome! Heck, even Alcyone was awesome(for the little time she was there). And the characters really showed their true colours in the manga. I also agree that the ending was much better than the anime's; I never truly liked Debonair that much(though she has the best evil maniac laugh ever in all of anime history)...

In the end, you have to credit the original story. (CLAMP FTW!)

I'm not gonna just completely side step the anime or the OAV though. I'm just gonna start ranting about how I love them both now... be afraid!

The anime is what I watched first, it's the one that created this absolute love for the series. Now, some parts are cheesy, and the art styles by some of the animators makes me want to laugh in hysterics; but the anime has much more pros than cons. Like the fact that they fixed that speed problem with the manga, and elongated it to make it a few weeks while keeping it interesting and relatively in-character(thank god for that, or it'd turn into another Naruto Shippuuden). It's a high quality series.

The anime has such wonderful, wonderful music, the OST is something to behold(I have discovered my favourite singer through it, Tamura Naomi ♥). And with the second season, not only does the animation and art improve, but they used the soundtrack at the perfect moments, giving it an almost feature-length movie feel to it (that's an opinion that me and a friend of mine have, it was my friend who noticed that first). In conclusion, the anime is one of those series that grows on you. ♥


And now for the OAV.

I loved the OAV. The art and animation was the quality in which I would of expected the anime to be if I had read the manga first. Well, no duh the animation would be better, that's why it's an OAV. To tell the truth, When I was into the first few minutes, I was thinking,"Oh please let them remember Cephiro, Oh please please please!" and other variations of that same sentence. Mokona pops up, Hikaru is bewildered, and my hopes are shattered. It's the same thing with Tsubasa Chronicles, when I saw Syaoran take up Rayearth, I suddenly got extremely angry saying, "That's Hikaru's Mashin, not yours!" But of course this is just a personal issue I have with the characters I love, which is why I hate AUs. Maybe that's a reason why I didn't choose the OAV as my favourite. 

Anyways, I absolutely loved the Magic Knights' friendship in here, even if it wasn't as emphasized on as in the anime and manga. It's just that they had a better base for their friendship, and their love for each other had been able to grow over time. It was more "realistic", the OAV. Including the fighting scenes, which is another reason why I adore the OAV. The battles were much more...gory, and that's how I like it. Not enough to keep out the Magic of MKR(irony...), but enough to make my inner fangirl rage in a burning fire of love and excitement. Uh, I'm a bit weird, I know...

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The ending was absolutely stunning. I loved it to death. Usually, in that kind of a situation, the battle scars and destroyed buildings would automatically regenerate themselves, and the whole city wouldn't of even known that something extremely extraordinary had happened. But the OAV didn't do that; the whole area was in rubble even after Cephiro had returned to it's own dimension. I remember someone saying that was to give a sense of permanence, showing that the whole experience would never be forgotten; most likely changing the way they'll live from then on.

(I was actually crying when I saw the city in ruins, it really hit me for some reason; that just shows how much the OAV pulled me in :'))
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Wow, I had a lot to say right there. ^^;;; I guess I've never been really able to rant enough about why I love MKR so much before.