No worries, xD we both reply sorda slow on this site since we primarily use it for tracking and scoping out new stuff.xD that first experience sounds pretty cool...I honestly can't remember why I started Vampire Knight exactly...like I know K'dawn was the one who started it...I don't know if we watched like one together and I finished it or she was working on it so I did too to have something to talk about? Or I saw a lot of people liked it, like at school, and she also was watching it so I decided why not.? I think honestly, after reflecting on what I said and you said just now...I think a lot of my feelings have to do with Guilty because a lot of stupid stuff happens in Guilty that will piss you off, I won't spoil any of it but be prepared or fully aware you will probably not be pleased. Not in a "wow this show sucks" way but if you care at all about the story. Although I disliked Vampire Knight, I think it really was good reasons for disliking it. Like usually if I dislike something in anime it's because it's just plain stupid. But Vampire Knight bugged me story wise after investing a little energy in it. Like...to me some of their actions don't make sense. I guess I like the random characters because its like completely seperate from the Kaname/Zero/Yuki problems...I think they show more about them in Guilty? I think? Shiki and his gf are always a mystery for the most part...but I like them because of their parts together xD I just think it's cute. I get what you mean though, but I have a soft spot for non important characters. Like in Adventure Time I love Peppermint Butler *o* and Gunther... I like the mystery? I think I liked Yuki at first, or understood her better? I know I felt bad for her for a time but I think Guilty shattered it. Like "Well bitch you made your bed now lie in it" type of thing. I had the same feelings for Momo and I think that's why I compared them. I think Guilty Yuki does a lot more of the "I cant choose ;o;" thing... =_=; again, I may be mixing up pieces from both and it makes it confusing... but I think I remembered key parts recently so I should be more sound.
I guess yea xD all the boys in Vampire Knight have problems. It's not just Fruits Basket but almost all Reverse Harem-esque titles. Fushigi Yugi for instane...or even romances like Nana where everybody has problems xD. In Vampire Knight though its more like...all the boys have depressing sad stories while the girls are more crazy o_Oi know I didnt necessarily hate but really disliked the girl vampire in love with Kaname who like was his stalker fan girl basically just less annoying sounding than the Day Class bitches... but she was like bipolar it seemed and I always rolled my eyes at her.I think I liked the same one you did o_O but honestly I always got the two blondes confused.
I have the Virus Buster Surge on my watch list from a while ago, when I was obssessed with watching titles that start with different letters and it was a V xD. But I know its always gotten low reviews, sounds pretty dumb, and I was disappointed when my dyslexia made me think it was about butlers....nope just Kuroshitsuji xD I think someone else told me about that with Street Fighter. Wedding Peach was good for me in the beginning, like I recognized it was dumb but it was cute at least but since it's a pretty long series for what it is....it got old really fast...and it stole almost everything from Sailor Moon...if it would have just stole some aspects I would have been ok with it MAYBE...but ugh...D: whattttt I loved Dan-Doh the Super Shot.... ;o; it was adorable and silly...and holds a nostalgic place in my soul... but maybe I'm just too Scottish and it had golf in it xD I think it's better than a lot of other sports animes out there...like Prince of Tennis *gag* but I guess I can see how it's annoying xD it's not like I think it's the best thing ever, I just enjoyed it a lot.
I can't even really explain why I like it o_O I didn't at first but then was suddenly really invested and cared and it was over in such a short period of me watching...and I wanted more! I wish he'd end up with Saeko =3= *mumble grumble* I guess I like zombie apocalypse stuff where they actually have to plan and find food and shelter and figure out ways to maneauver that isnt JUST shooting them... I also like the weird teacher parts and the government involvement...I guess I expected it to be just like a dumb zombie movie where they run around half naked screaming, dying, and having a shoot out fest. But it was more detailed than that and I appreciated it? I also liked how there were different stories going on and they kind of came together at some point. +_+ I hate the pink haired bitch...ugh...one of my least favorite characters in a while. I would watch it as a marathon thing when you're bored sometime. Like over a weekend or something. It's not amazing but different and cool enough to be worth a try. K'dawn likes it too xD even if she watched most of it drunk. UGH It's because it was a nasty stupid poop series D: *dance in the vampire bund* Im glad he hates it like I do... =3= honestly I would have warned him had I thought about people to recommend it to or not to. But I was so unamused by it i just quickly moved onto the next series. Which I think was Highschool of the Dead? Or maybe Rideback...
I love you too! >3< i wanna see Brigadoon after all of your reviews/recs and reading the description afterwards. It looks really good! I've been meaning to watch Outlaw Star since Franklin said it was one of the few series he had seen before meeting me or at least some of. I saw the first episode on Toonami a long time ago =3=; but it was on at an inconvienient time or something so I never got into it. We need to watch so many things D: you're the only one I can watch anything with and not feel awkward having picked something too weird. K'dawn is close but every once in a while I even freak her out or she gets bored xDMmmm... I've organized a way to watch series without pressuring myself too much to HAVE to watch certain things...but I still do o_O...like I decided I need to finish all my current watching stuff before I can see a new series. or add stuff etc. I'm still gutting my way through the last episode of Key the Metal Idol, I kept getting interupted or forgot to finish etc. So I have like...an hour left? It's also annoying because I have to watch it either on a site which can take a while to buffer or Youtube which has it in 10 parts but some of them are taken off because of copyrite...and of course one is english and the other japanese. I'm still reading Dragon Ball Z also keep forgetting...its hard to track where I am because the site I read it from labels them differently than the wiki page...because some places put DB and DBZ into one thing and others seperate them. After KTMI though I'm going to finish Noir I think. I've been watching a few music videos or short pieces here and there but trying to finish series I havent first X_X its hard.
xD!!! I couldn't help myself. I don't necessarily HATE Vampire Knight, it was just one of those series that took me a long time to get through. I agree, there are far worse things out there...I guess my dislike for it was the abundance of friends/girls telling me to watch it and it was amazing and a lot of newbie anime fans were into it and I think it has too many cliches...like sometimes thats ok but with Vampire Knight it was annoying for me...Kaname doesn't bug me as an individual but his whole relationship with Yuki bothers me to no end...based on what you told me, Guilty will be worse for you xD I think it had some funny parts from what I remember and focuses on the head people a lot... >_> i think... unless I'm mixed them up.I felt bad for Zero a lot but remember being like "GAH YOU BIG DUMMY" half the time, and I just don't like Yuki. xD; I think i dislike her the same way I dislike Momo from Peach Girl and a few other female leads...they can't make decisions and when they do it's stupid. And It's the whole "what is so special about her o_O I wouldn't go through this much trouble" I like Zero's relationship with the teacher-man-hunter-dude and I like Shiki...and whatever the girls' name is...they are soooooooooooo adorable, I'm pretty sure they were the main reason I could keep watching without giving up for longer.Just out of curiosity what are some of the worst you've ever seen?I know Wedding Peach is up there...for me anywya...Gakuen Heaven although it had some really funny parts at times, like the openings, It's only 13 episodes and it took me over a year to get through it. Nurse Witch Komugi was painful as well...I know there's more...=3= Please Teacher was a let down...I could probbably go on a while..Biggest irony though; Everyone told me I would hate High School of the Dead; and I fully expected even to the point of bias that I would hate it....and I actually really enjoyed it .3.; like a guilty pleasure...
OHHHHH I know what i didn't like that's more recent: Dance in the Vampire Bund...I'm a lolita myself but there is some borderline pedophillia weirdness in thta show thta I just couldn't look past. It was also annoying because he had "destiny" to be with this one girl but it was obvious he should have been with the other =3= like she was a good girlfriend and they got along just fine...makes me think "damn, destiny isn't always right..."
Vampire Knight Samantha >_> Vampire Knight *shakes head* Warning: the ending of Guilty is really annoying from what I remember, whether you like the series or not. At least it looks like you were on Zero's side xD Poor Bastard
xD it sounds a little bizarre, mixed with tear-jerkiness, and total kawaii...I think I will have to check it out sometime...=3=; I've gotten better about only watching things I really feel like watching...I noticed it just takes me too long when I don't like something a lot to watch...I mean I'll eventually watch them but not trying to rush it like before...Like Noir, I like it, but don't. I remember REALLY liking it when you showed it to me years ago, but I picked it up again recently xD and I can't keep my attention on it long enough for it to make sense so I look up and am like "D: wait ...WHATTT Dx I missed smething again didn't I" definitely don't watch with the baby, it's bad enough when I watch it alone. I think I'm just in a big comedy/shoujo/romance mood [my period started today ahaha] and my usual thriller instincts haven't been on.
;o; OMG I LOVE "Say I Love You" Like...too much...it's short, 13 episodes, but I got so attached to the characters and story...especially Yamato...he's amazing *-* and for once I didn't hate most of the girls, I rather enjoyed them! I mean the main girl, Mei, is Ok. I don't love her or hate her...she irritaes me but I noticed some of the things that irritate me about her, I do xD so maybe she's like me so I want to yell at her. But I loved it because it truly felt like a "REAL" love story...and when Yamato reveals his "secret" from his past, or his demons in his closest type of ordeal, it isn't a giant cliche horror story, it's something realistic. Don't get me wrong, there are a few cliche parts...but for the most part it was real, and cute, and made me cry on more than on occasion...^_^ I think you'll like it so DEFINITELY pick it up if you can...>3< now that I know it is coming out here eventually I know I will!!! It's basically one of my top 3 shoujo now...Sukitte ii nayo, Toradora, and Nana. All of them more closely my idea of romance.
I think Flag sounds cool o_o I don't get why people would think thta style is bad...especially in an anime!! I think that's a super cool concept...And knowing it's from the same person who did Blue Gender, I'm excited to see, I like the concepts in that series a lot too. :3 I look forward to your review good madame!
;o; I loves the Yamcha...even though in GT he looks weird xD then again why am I surprised, he changes so often. I thought Chichi was sorda cute when she was little in DB but =_= still annoying...she just bugs me because if I had a wife that nagged me like that when I rarely see her, well...lets just say maybe thats why Goku is really quick to save the world >o>
Well you has to watch what bfs buy xD its just the way it goes...like I plan on finishing FMA just because Franklina ctually reallylikes it, and even looks stuff up about it to talk about sometimes...which is nice ^_^ I hate Wedding Peach for precisely that reason. What's worse is it is usually a rip off of the smaller episodes of Sailor Moon, except when they talk about who Momo is and all of that which is a disgusting rip off of a cute story Dx but usua;ly its the dumb fights xD; and that gets boring...I mean I read and watched all of it...so...xD I gave it a shot. AWWWW I love Saint Tail!!! I have a VHS of the first few episodes but I never got to finish it, I don't think at the time, since I bought it when I was very young, I knew it was "anime" just some cute cartoon...so I never looked for it again >3
Well I always liked the episodes I saw >3< so I think It's safe to say I will like it...plus I used to play the card game >3
xD well i dont hate or dislike him...ive just met a lot of people who love him or are mustang fangirls...like my friend Autumn even! I can tell ill like him more as time grows but =3= I just cant see me liking him tons...I dunno...xD I guess since everyone i know gushes over him I expected him to be like SUPERAMAZEBALLSAWESOMELICIOUS...and so since in the beginning he's still a buttmunch military man it was disapointing? I guess? xD I dunno...I never know what to expect to feel with that show... everyone told me Shou Tucker is the most evil character and I thought "eh im into creepy sht ill either like him or he wont phase me" and boy was I wrong...Iwas squirming in my seat! And I didn't figure I would like Al...for some reason o_O I guess I remembered the few episodes I watched and he wasn't a prominent part and whne he did talk he was annoying? but having watched it, I've seen his story and his philosophy etc. Like I said, Ed sees the world's justice in Black and White...something is right or it's wrong, and I, like Al, see it as grey...soemtimes bad things kind of have to happen or it may seem bad when it's really ok.
Now I'm watched "The Wallflower" or Yamato somethin something...it's wayyyy funnier than I expected but the art bugs me xD I think it's supposed to...the boys are supposed to be super beautiful...and they look wayyyy too feminine for me...like over dramatic "stunning" eyes and plump lips...long eyelashes etc. But it's really funny...>3 and a little like Ouran actually. I'm also reading a Yaoi >_>;;; because I had read one of it's sequeals a long time ago not realizing it had prequeals so I'm going back and reading themall... it's super dumb, not coherent, and just like real poirn...where the story isn't the important part xD it's not like Graviation and Junjou Romantica where I love the stories and couples...this one is awkward xD and I dont know if its the translation thats bad or its written poorly but...oh boy...haha
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No worries, xD we both reply sorda slow on this site since we primarily use it for tracking and scoping out new stuff.xD that first experience sounds pretty cool...I honestly can't remember why I started Vampire Knight exactly...like I know K'dawn was the one who started it...I don't know if we watched like one together and I finished it or she was working on it so I did too to have something to talk about? Or I saw a lot of people liked it, like at school, and she also was watching it so I decided why not.? I think honestly, after reflecting on what I said and you said just now...I think a lot of my feelings have to do with Guilty because a lot of stupid stuff happens in Guilty that will piss you off, I won't spoil any of it but be prepared or fully aware you will probably not be pleased. Not in a "wow this show sucks" way but if you care at all about the story. Although I disliked Vampire Knight, I think it really was good reasons for disliking it. Like usually if I dislike something in anime it's because it's just plain stupid. But Vampire Knight bugged me story wise after investing a little energy in it. Like...to me some of their actions don't make sense. I guess I like the random characters because its like completely seperate from the Kaname/Zero/Yuki problems...I think they show more about them in Guilty? I think? Shiki and his gf are always a mystery for the most part...but I like them because of their parts together xD I just think it's cute. I get what you mean though, but I have a soft spot for non important characters. Like in Adventure Time I love Peppermint Butler *o* and Gunther... I like the mystery? I think I liked Yuki at first, or understood her better? I know I felt bad for her for a time but I think Guilty shattered it. Like "Well bitch you made your bed now lie in it" type of thing. I had the same feelings for Momo and I think that's why I compared them. I think Guilty Yuki does a lot more of the "I cant choose ;o;" thing... =_=; again, I may be mixing up pieces from both and it makes it confusing... but I think I remembered key parts recently so I should be more sound.
I guess yea xD all the boys in Vampire Knight have problems. It's not just Fruits Basket but almost all Reverse Harem-esque titles. Fushigi Yugi for instane...or even romances like Nana where everybody has problems xD. In Vampire Knight though its more like...all the boys have depressing sad stories while the girls are more crazy o_Oi know I didnt necessarily hate but really disliked the girl vampire in love with Kaname who like was his stalker fan girl basically just less annoying sounding than the Day Class bitches... but she was like bipolar it seemed and I always rolled my eyes at her.I think I liked the same one you did o_O but honestly I always got the two blondes confused.
I have the Virus Buster Surge on my watch list from a while ago, when I was obssessed with watching titles that start with different letters and it was a V xD. But I know its always gotten low reviews, sounds pretty dumb, and I was disappointed when my dyslexia made me think it was about butlers....nope just Kuroshitsuji xD I think someone else told me about that with Street Fighter. Wedding Peach was good for me in the beginning, like I recognized it was dumb but it was cute at least but since it's a pretty long series for what it is....it got old really fast...and it stole almost everything from Sailor Moon...if it would have just stole some aspects I would have been ok with it MAYBE...but ugh...D: whattttt I loved Dan-Doh the Super Shot.... ;o; it was adorable and silly...and holds a nostalgic place in my soul... but maybe I'm just too Scottish and it had golf in it xD I think it's better than a lot of other sports animes out there...like Prince of Tennis *gag* but I guess I can see how it's annoying xD it's not like I think it's the best thing ever, I just enjoyed it a lot.
I can't even really explain why I like it o_O I didn't at first but then was suddenly really invested and cared and it was over in such a short period of me watching...and I wanted more! I wish he'd end up with Saeko =3= *mumble grumble* I guess I like zombie apocalypse stuff where they actually have to plan and find food and shelter and figure out ways to maneauver that isnt JUST shooting them... I also like the weird teacher parts and the government involvement...I guess I expected it to be just like a dumb zombie movie where they run around half naked screaming, dying, and having a shoot out fest. But it was more detailed than that and I appreciated it? I also liked how there were different stories going on and they kind of came together at some point. +_+ I hate the pink haired bitch...ugh...one of my least favorite characters in a while. I would watch it as a marathon thing when you're bored sometime. Like over a weekend or something. It's not amazing but different and cool enough to be worth a try. K'dawn likes it too xD even if she watched most of it drunk. UGH It's because it was a nasty stupid poop series D: *dance in the vampire bund* Im glad he hates it like I do... =3= honestly I would have warned him had I thought about people to recommend it to or not to. But I was so unamused by it i just quickly moved onto the next series. Which I think was Highschool of the Dead? Or maybe Rideback...
I love you too! >3< i wanna see Brigadoon after all of your reviews/recs and reading the description afterwards. It looks really good! I've been meaning to watch Outlaw Star since Franklin said it was one of the few series he had seen before meeting me or at least some of. I saw the first episode on Toonami a long time ago =3=; but it was on at an inconvienient time or something so I never got into it. We need to watch so many things D: you're the only one I can watch anything with and not feel awkward having picked something too weird. K'dawn is close but every once in a while I even freak her out or she gets bored xDMmmm... I've organized a way to watch series without pressuring myself too much to HAVE to watch certain things...but I still do o_O...like I decided I need to finish all my current watching stuff before I can see a new series. or add stuff etc. I'm still gutting my way through the last episode of Key the Metal Idol, I kept getting interupted or forgot to finish etc. So I have like...an hour left? It's also annoying because I have to watch it either on a site which can take a while to buffer or Youtube which has it in 10 parts but some of them are taken off because of copyrite...and of course one is english and the other japanese. I'm still reading Dragon Ball Z also keep forgetting...its hard to track where I am because the site I read it from labels them differently than the wiki page...because some places put DB and DBZ into one thing and others seperate them. After KTMI though I'm going to finish Noir I think. I've been watching a few music videos or short pieces here and there but trying to finish series I havent first X_X its hard.
xD!!! I couldn't help myself. I don't necessarily HATE Vampire Knight, it was just one of those series that took me a long time to get through. I agree, there are far worse things out there...I guess my dislike for it was the abundance of friends/girls telling me to watch it and it was amazing and a lot of newbie anime fans were into it and I think it has too many cliches...like sometimes thats ok but with Vampire Knight it was annoying for me...Kaname doesn't bug me as an individual but his whole relationship with Yuki bothers me to no end...based on what you told me, Guilty will be worse for you xD I think it had some funny parts from what I remember and focuses on the head people a lot... >_> i think... unless I'm mixed them up.I felt bad for Zero a lot but remember being like "GAH YOU BIG DUMMY" half the time, and I just don't like Yuki. xD; I think i dislike her the same way I dislike Momo from Peach Girl and a few other female leads...they can't make decisions and when they do it's stupid. And It's the whole "what is so special about her o_O I wouldn't go through this much trouble" I like Zero's relationship with the teacher-man-hunter-dude and I like Shiki...and whatever the girls' name is...they are soooooooooooo adorable, I'm pretty sure they were the main reason I could keep watching without giving up for longer.Just out of curiosity what are some of the worst you've ever seen?I know Wedding Peach is up there...for me anywya...Gakuen Heaven although it had some really funny parts at times, like the openings, It's only 13 episodes and it took me over a year to get through it. Nurse Witch Komugi was painful as well...I know there's more...=3= Please Teacher was a let down...I could probbably go on a while..Biggest irony though; Everyone told me I would hate High School of the Dead; and I fully expected even to the point of bias that I would hate it....and I actually really enjoyed it .3.; like a guilty pleasure...
OHHHHH I know what i didn't like that's more recent: Dance in the Vampire Bund...I'm a lolita myself but there is some borderline pedophillia weirdness in thta show thta I just couldn't look past. It was also annoying because he had "destiny" to be with this one girl but it was obvious he should have been with the other =3= like she was a good girlfriend and they got along just fine...makes me think "damn, destiny isn't always right..."
Vampire Knight Samantha >_> Vampire Knight *shakes head* Warning: the ending of Guilty is really annoying from what I remember, whether you like the series or not. At least it looks like you were on Zero's side xD Poor Bastard
xD it sounds a little bizarre, mixed with tear-jerkiness, and total kawaii...I think I will have to check it out sometime...=3=; I've gotten better about only watching things I really feel like watching...I noticed it just takes me too long when I don't like something a lot to watch...I mean I'll eventually watch them but not trying to rush it like before...Like Noir, I like it, but don't. I remember REALLY liking it when you showed it to me years ago, but I picked it up again recently xD and I can't keep my attention on it long enough for it to make sense so I look up and am like "D: wait ...WHATTT Dx I missed smething again didn't I" definitely don't watch with the baby, it's bad enough when I watch it alone. I think I'm just in a big comedy/shoujo/romance mood [my period started today ahaha] and my usual thriller instincts haven't been on.
;o; OMG I LOVE "Say I Love You" Like...too much...it's short, 13 episodes, but I got so attached to the characters and story...especially Yamato...he's amazing *-* and for once I didn't hate most of the girls, I rather enjoyed them! I mean the main girl, Mei, is Ok. I don't love her or hate her...she irritaes me but I noticed some of the things that irritate me about her, I do xD so maybe she's like me so I want to yell at her. But I loved it because it truly felt like a "REAL" love story...and when Yamato reveals his "secret" from his past, or his demons in his closest type of ordeal, it isn't a giant cliche horror story, it's something realistic. Don't get me wrong, there are a few cliche parts...but for the most part it was real, and cute, and made me cry on more than on occasion...^_^ I think you'll like it so DEFINITELY pick it up if you can...>3< now that I know it is coming out here eventually I know I will!!! It's basically one of my top 3 shoujo now...Sukitte ii nayo, Toradora, and Nana. All of them more closely my idea of romance.
I think Flag sounds cool o_o I don't get why people would think thta style is bad...especially in an anime!! I think that's a super cool concept...And knowing it's from the same person who did Blue Gender, I'm excited to see, I like the concepts in that series a lot too. :3 I look forward to your review good madame!
;o; I loves the Yamcha...even though in GT he looks weird xD then again why am I surprised, he changes so often. I thought Chichi was sorda cute when she was little in DB but =_= still annoying...she just bugs me because if I had a wife that nagged me like that when I rarely see her, well...lets just say maybe thats why Goku is really quick to save the world >o>
Well you has to watch what bfs buy xD its just the way it goes...like I plan on finishing FMA just because Franklina ctually reallylikes it, and even looks stuff up about it to talk about sometimes...which is nice ^_^ I hate Wedding Peach for precisely that reason. What's worse is it is usually a rip off of the smaller episodes of Sailor Moon, except when they talk about who Momo is and all of that which is a disgusting rip off of a cute story Dx but usua;ly its the dumb fights xD; and that gets boring...I mean I read and watched all of it...so...xD I gave it a shot. AWWWW I love Saint Tail!!! I have a VHS of the first few episodes but I never got to finish it, I don't think at the time, since I bought it when I was very young, I knew it was "anime" just some cute cartoon...so I never looked for it again >3
Well I always liked the episodes I saw >3< so I think It's safe to say I will like it...plus I used to play the card game >3
xD well i dont hate or dislike him...ive just met a lot of people who love him or are mustang fangirls...like my friend Autumn even! I can tell ill like him more as time grows but =3= I just cant see me liking him tons...I dunno...xD I guess since everyone i know gushes over him I expected him to be like SUPERAMAZEBALLSAWESOMELICIOUS...and so since in the beginning he's still a buttmunch military man it was disapointing? I guess? xD I dunno...I never know what to expect to feel with that show... everyone told me Shou Tucker is the most evil character and I thought "eh im into creepy sht ill either like him or he wont phase me" and boy was I wrong...Iwas squirming in my seat! And I didn't figure I would like Al...for some reason o_O I guess I remembered the few episodes I watched and he wasn't a prominent part and whne he did talk he was annoying? but having watched it, I've seen his story and his philosophy etc. Like I said, Ed sees the world's justice in Black and White...something is right or it's wrong, and I, like Al, see it as grey...soemtimes bad things kind of have to happen or it may seem bad when it's really ok.
Now I'm watched "The Wallflower" or Yamato somethin something...it's wayyyy funnier than I expected but the art bugs me xD I think it's supposed to...the boys are supposed to be super beautiful...and they look wayyyy too feminine for me...like over dramatic "stunning" eyes and plump lips...long eyelashes etc. But it's really funny...>3 and a little like Ouran actually. I'm also reading a Yaoi >_>;;; because I had read one of it's sequeals a long time ago not realizing it had prequeals so I'm going back and reading themall... it's super dumb, not coherent, and just like real poirn...where the story isn't the important part xD it's not like Graviation and Junjou Romantica where I love the stories and couples...this one is awkward xD and I dont know if its the translation thats bad or its written poorly but...oh boy...haha
o3o so that show you're watching...with the Penguin...it looks super kawaii and silly...so what's it like >->???