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Omurqi

about me

What to write in a bio... I've never been able to do this properly.

I'm a psychology student from the Netherlands, who spends too much of his free time watching anime, browsing A-P and playing instruments. I'm a bum by nature, although I've been trying to become a bit more active lately (or rather, I have to if I want to reach my goals :P)

A little bit about myself. I love lots of things: Music, playing guitar / bassguitar / piano (/singinglulz) on my amateur level, sports, the human mind, philosophy, art, literature, movies, series, anime, manga, basically every medium to tell stories, sweet things, salt things, bitter things (especially in the form of cholocate), kiwi's, mangos, curry (the last two being an exceptional combination), sushi, pancakes, pizza and the zillion other things I could mention here.

Music is my biggest obsession though. I listen to almost every genre, from Metal to Indie / Altrock to Classical, there's a genre for every mood, DeathCore & friends being the exception, in which case I don't even hate the music itself, but the grunting T_T

My favorite and hated genres

The reason I haven't filled out my Fav / Least fav genres, is because I don't really have an "all-time favorite" genre, and there are always exceptions to Least Favorite Genres.

If I had to say, my favorite "genre" would probably be mindf*ck series, but that's not recognized as a genre here. I'll just list my general favorites / least favorites here, but by no means do I limit myself into watching these genres.

Favorites: Mindf*ck, Psychological, Comedy, Random, Drama, Romance

Least Favorite: Harem, although there's a fine line here. I really can't go listing harem as Least Favorite Genre, with Clannad so high in my top list, and while usually liking Kanon2006, Air and alike. The sort of harem I dislike are the Love Hina / Rosario to Vampire Capu2 sort of harems. The ones where the male lead and one of the girls have a crush on each other and thus go superakward / hostile against each other (...), not to mention ZERO plot progression, or such a boring plot you forget about it halfway in.

How I use my ratings

  • 5 stars - Masterpieces. Series that are just-that-good and have a special place in my heart. They've all, without fail, affected me in one way or another while watching them.
  • 4.5 stars - Pretty damn close to 5 stars, brilliant anime, but didn't affect me as much as the 5 stars have. These also all hold a special place in my heart.
  • 4 stars - Something I greatly enjoyed while watching. At the very least, this anime has one side it excels in and gave me exactly what I wanted from the series, or pleasantly surprised me.
  • 3.5 stars - The good-but-not-great grade. These series probably gave me what I was looking for, and I really did enjoy watching them, but didn't present me with much out of the ordinary.
  • 3 stars - The borderline of things I honostly enjoyed. These anime had their enjoyable moments, but also things that ticked me off.
  • 2.5 stars - Probably had more things I disliked than things I liked. It's not unwatchable, and will probably pass as slightly above average on some people's watches, but not on mine.
  • 2 stars - Barely watchable, and definitely not good, or even average.
  • 0.5 - 1.5 stars - Stay away, as far as possible. Only buy these shows for ritual burning. Either that, or something that's just so far away from my preferences I had to hold back from scratching my eyes out while watching this.

Latest anime I'd recommend

  • Spice and Wolf (+S2) - My personal fanboyism-show, I just can't get enough of it. It's one of those conversation-heavy, character driven shows and is for most parts slow-paced. Yet, even though those tags usually make a series almost impossible to rewatch, this one has a huge rewatch value (atleast for me). The anime has trading and gaining profit as main theme, and it works really well with Lawrence's way of talking and Horo's charisma and teasing. I'm sure most people will enjoy this, I'd recommend it to almost anyone, but don't be expecting "Grave of the Fireflies"-emotional punches or "Kino's Journey"-symbolism, as I said, it's fanboyism, I can't explain why I'm giving both seasons 5 stars.
  • Kino's Journey - One of the very few anime to actually leave me speechless at the end, not because of a strong emotional punch I took, but at the sheer brilliance of the series. Usually, anime with very little action and character-development going on will have a couple of dull moments, no matter how good it might be as a whole. This was not the case with Kino's Journey. It was a thought-provoking (yet far from confusing, what most other thought-provoking anime tend to be) journey trough both the ugly and beautiful sides of the human race. The main character, Kino, was the perfect lead for this role. She had the perfect personality to travel following her believes, holds strong to them, and was about as far from hypocrite as one can be.
  • Grave of the Fireflies - Anyone who isn't crying in disgust over the Drama / War genre (civilians PoV, not the militaries') should have seen this movie. I'm not even going to explain what it's about, just watch it. This one instantly gone to spot 6 in my top 25 and has the first 5star rating I've given out in a long time.

my life spent on anime

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12 NOV

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3 NOV

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Location:

Netherlands

Member Since:

February 6, 2009

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User Stats:

19 / Male

205 recommendations

Anime Ratings

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total anime ratings: 244

Manga Ratings

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total manga ratings: 16

comments

Sunagan avatar Sunagan

Konnichiwa!

Nov 21, 2009

Hahaha yes i did recently edit my profile ;). I guess i've become an otaku of the worst kind, as all i do is watching anime T_T'... isn't more than 13 episodes a day a bit... But well as long as I'm happy with it, LOL xD...

Well i do occasionaly engage in other activities, yesterday as by some kind of exception, i went to some student party with my active, sporty and non-otaku friends (T_T) and i got so drunk there i somehow managed to fall asleep a few hours later with my arms and head on the ground and the rest of my body in a bed (... don't ask... xD) Guess i can add another great life experience on my list *sigh* (as I'm generally the person who hears this kind of weird stories from friends and isn't an active participater :p...)

As for my want to watch, I've been looking at your top anime list, the synopses and the ratings on the site and i decided that i wanted to see them, as a lot of them do really seem to be interesting! But it's difficult to decide which ones to pick first, as i have around 30 wtw now... Well I will see, time will tell. There's a pretty good chance I'll eventually watch most of the things you recommend me, as long as you give me time ;)! I just want to say, I'll keep your recs in mind!

I'd better go to bed now, as i have to get up at 7 in the morning tomorrow as compared to 3 in the afternoon today. Getting up early is one of the things that make my life suck some days xD. Ciao ;)

surLoop avatar surLoop

Konnichiwa!

Nov 21, 2009

Much appreciated although its rather straghtforward. I do however need help remembering the anime ive watched... lol

This is really quite the resource, wish i had found it sooner.

Thanks

chii avatar chii

Konnichiwa!

Nov 20, 2009

luxury maybe but it's the only demand i made for when we bought our house. i really can't do dishes anyway because me hands get all peely and nasty. (even wearing gloves) :|

half the basement is done though and i think only 3 more loads of laundry XD

chii avatar chii

Konnichiwa!

Nov 20, 2009

too bad i don't do dishes ;) that's what the dishwasher is for.

ssoele avatar ssoele

Konnichiwa!

Nov 20, 2009

Thanks of the tip.

And I'm not so bad, life is going good and I still hate school :p

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