Comments on: Being a Karin Fanboy Is So Very Embarrassing!

By: sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:58:40 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

By: Animanachronism

Animanachronism — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:15:13 +0000

When a story explicitly takes embarrassment as a theme, it’s hard not to respond in kind!

By: KarinUltimateFanboy

KarinUltimateFanboy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:57:30 +0000

i love Karin, the problem is i cant find a place to buy her in plushie form! hehe now that was a little embarrasing ^/////////^

By: The Animanachronism

The Animanachronism — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:32:55 +0000

Hmm. It does get a little angsty towards the end but I don’t recall it affecting my enjoyment. Mind you, I could stomach SEED, so my angst-o-meter may well be broken.

By: ubu roi

ubu roi — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:34:16 +0000

Angstfest from hell, to me. I just couldn’t take it with a couple of episodes left, and bailed.

By: The Animanachronism

The Animanachronism — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:18:32 +0000

I can’t really speak on how well the anime matches up to the manga, beyond the general principle that adaptions have a better-than-average chance of turning out worse than the original material. Maybe I should try the manga – if nothing else, it would provide some legal salve to my conscience after watching the fansubs.

By: Patz

Patz — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:13:28 +0000

I have yet to watch the anime but have been reading the Manga as Tokyopop has been releasing it and it is easily one of my favorite romantic comedy series ever.

By: The Animanachronism

The Animanachronism — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:51:42 +0000

Well, if you want to know where on the ‘ashamed – proud’ spectrum Karin falls for me, I point you to the fact that I published this post in the first place.

(As for taking everything entirely too seriously, it’s an excellent mode of life.)

By: OGT

OGT — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:16:21 +0000

(And, yes, I know I’m taking everything entirely too seriously again. That’s how I roll)

By: OGT

OGT — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:12:02 +0000

This is true. Every human emotion is irrational, from guilt to hatred to loving to shamefulness to [other complicated emotion words]. I lay awake at night sometimes wondering exactly why people I know in reality like me, because I can’t figure out a single damn reason for them to. But that’s the thing–they just do.

And it’s not like I don’t have things that I’d probably call “guilty pleasures,” but I do feel that feeling ashamed about liking something you perceive as “bad” contributes to poor self-image and low self-esteem. But I guess it all depends on if you mean “I have this guilty pleasure and I am ashamed of it” or if you mean “I have this guilty pleasure and I am damn proud of it.”