Character Obsession: Satomi from + Tic Nee-San and a little rant

So, you know I'm always on Facebook and pretty much any social networking site because of my lack of being a suitable candiate for employment? And you know when you see a gif and you're like "WHERE IS THIS FROM?!"? That is what I am like 99% of the time. ESPECIALLY when it comes to my Anime.

There's this one gif floating about of a girl slamming her friends head into a classroom/corridor wall which gave me the "oh my gods" as soon as my mind could interpret what was going on. I found out in the comments it was from an Anime called "Plastic Nee-San" (later I found out it is actually called "+ Tic Elder Sister").

Anyway so I'm watching the 27 minute long video of THE WHOLE ANIME, getting on great with it as its funny, violent and random. But then comes episode 3 called "Beauty-Tic" and my eyes are graced with this absolute babe of a character. 

Blonde haired, chubby and obsessed with beauty, is "Beautiful Person" (her anime name apparently). It's a shame in the Anime she only makes two appearances, because you only see this random chubby girl pop up. She absolutely becomes fabulous in the manga. You also find out her name and see that she has a younger sister.

However throughout the two episodes she is featured, the main characters laugh at her when she talks about being beautiful, she just shrugs off WHICH JUST SHOWS HOW FABULOUS SHE IS. Sorry, I just love her character. Anyway It's even worse in the manga.

There are LOADS of instances where she's made fun of:

Okay so above there's a few. They are all about her not being beautiful and this one character (the little shitbag) laughing at her. Even laughing at her real name because she shares the same name as a Japanese actress, Satomi Ishihara. But this isn't the first time I've seen this.

I've watched plenty of anime that shames a bigger character, they aren't even a main character and are mostly ugly looking and put down. It's honestly a shame lots of anime/manga portray larger characters like this, and it's honestly a shame Japan are slightly behind with body positivity.

The only time I've seen an main character that is larger than most is an anime (one of my favourites because of its cuteness) was Ore Monogatari! (My Love Story!) where you see the main character, high school student Takeo fall in love with a normal girl called Yamado. I don't personally think he's fat, just HENCH (Muscles) and HENCH (tall) but others in the anime find his physical appearance beastly and "too ugly to be in a relationship" with Yamado. It doesn't take long for other characters to like Takeo though, he has such a nice personality (just gonna wait here for the next season to come out, if any).

Another instance: Food Wars. There's a secondary character, Isami. He's a large character and no one really takes notice, that is until he looses weight because it's the end of the summer. What a surprise.

There's also been another manga that has a large character, again a male character, that is ridiculed so much and it's sad to read apparently, I've not watched it.

But you can kinda see where I'm coming from. All the fat characters are really negatively seen in Japanese culture. I would like to see this change but it will take years! I know recently there's been a few plus size idol group and even a few plus size brands pop up, but Japan has a long way to go.

But for now I will have to wait and choose my cosplays accordingly. 

BONUS: do you wanna se my favourite manga cap of Satomi?

SATOMI WILL PUNCH A BITCH

Makeup Review: Jeffree Star Cosmetics Liquid Velour Lipstick

I have become a HUGE fan of liquid to matte lipsticks! I've been following lots of different brands, mostly ones from America, that seem to have a lot to choose from (and that I feel like I need in my collection). Recently I was lucky enough to get my hands on one of the limited edition shades from Jeffree Star Cosmetics liquid velour lipstic range. For anyone asking, I managed to get hold of Doll Parts!

I was so excited to get the product and to try this gorgeous baby rose pink colour. The swatch on the website made it look like a very close high end dupe for nyx liquid matte cream in Istanbul, my top favourite colour. But I was mistaken. Apparently the people at Jeffree Star Cosmetics like to overly edit the stock photos, bad move that looks similar to something Lime Crime would do (tut tut).

Upon application it is considerably more liquid than any of my other brands of liquid matte lippies, this makes it very hard to control when guiding it onto your lips, well for me anyway. The lipstick dries quickly which is pretty good and surprising for the consitency of the product. Impressive. 

On the box it says to exfoliate your lips before use, to not eat oily food and to remove with Shea butter (oh and no making out- smudge warning maybe?). I'm guessing this is some instructions on how to get the best results from the product, however I've not had a very good experience.

This lipstick, while being very pretty and have great colour play off, likes to smudge. And if it smudges so easily, it looks like your mouth is stained, with me it looked like that and I didn't even realise it happened until I noticed a woman looking at me weirdly. Also with other, what I would like to point out a lot cheaper, brands I've used it only removes itself from your lips if you eat or drink like you would normally. I used a straw with this product. It still transferred.

Overall I don't feel like this product is worth the money and I feel quite dissapointed. Only upside of this is that it doesn't make your lips feel dry and I love the colour of it.

Cosplay noob: Mcm London experience and hotel review

Just like the header suggests, I'm going to be sharing my experience with you lovely lot, including the experience I had at my hotel. 

I made it. I actually made it this far without quitting on my cosplay, if you can call it that, as I thought I would be feeling stupid for wearing it or even being this sort of character. The days leading up to Saturday, I was feeling both scared and excited. Scared because I was worried about the ammount of people there and excited because I was going to be able to see people dressed up as characters. I love seeing people cosplay!

My own costume was based off a skirt and a White t-shirt with an added bow and collar and I was surprisingly comfortable wearing this the whole day. Go me. Though it's not exactly anime or manga correct, I think I can make it correct over time. 

We decided to book a hotel room for two nights as I didn't want to turn up to the excel centre with bags, and rightly so as I will mention later the experience I saw with the cloakroom.

We stayed at Epsilon Hotel in Stratford. The reviews were good with the exception for a few things, noise and air circulation in the room. When we got there the people managing the check out seemed really disorientated. We mentioned that we requested a early check in and later check out which was confirmed twice over the phone and once via email, but they claimed they didn't know. It was soon sorted out, but still you don't really expect the hassle of this. 

  We got to our room that was on the third floor and to our joy (sarcasm) a front facing room. Where the hotel is situated, it is really a main road and is busy with cars and buses.

  Immediately entering the room you could hear the outside traffic as clear as day, the window was a single pane of glass, and the added bonus of a stuffy small room. There was a fan but it o it really worked if you have it on at all times and it didn't cool the room down much which was a shame. Fuck knows how this is supposed to be an "Executive room".

  Continuing with problems in our room, the drainage from both shower and skink was extremely slow. As in, washing your hands filled up the sink half way and it taking a while for the water to drain out. But hey, we got free breakfast each day so that's a consolation in itself (again sarcasm).

So it was the morning of Saturday, COMIC CON DAY! We had a really shit nights sleep to say the least but I was up at 6am getting ready. The shower drainage, like the sink, was really slow to the point where you really started to worry about causing a flood, also the body/hair wash dispenser gave you this vile smelling liquid which I could only describe as shit smelling. Just what I needed for the day's activities. To smell like literal shit. I managed to cover it up with lots of perfume, body spray and deodorant.

We left the hotel, wingy boyfriend in tow, got to Stratford station and there was so many people in costume! I loved it. I had one lady ask if comic con was on, which I confirmed as it was obvious (haha). I got my first compliment of the day too as the same woman said my wig colour suited me and that I should get it done to my natural hair. I also got a compliment on my eyebrows by "post apocalyptic Alice".

 Shortly after we got to the excel just after opening time for us priority ticket holders. At this point everything seemed like a blur, I'm not going to lie, I was in my element. 

I saw a lot of people but it didn't really seem as crammed as what people were saying on the mcm expo group on Facebook. Maybe this time they sorted out the space, or that's what I heard at least. Anyway, I couldn't believe I survived six hours of walking about and talking to friends. But leading up to the end of my visit, my feet were killing me. Thanks to my shitty primark shoes.

  Only thing I felt sad about was the fact there was supposed to be a small sailor moon meet up but I only managed to see a few characters at the meeting place which I briefly said hi to and decided to go look around more on my own. Surprisingly there was quite a few sailor moon cosplayers. It's sad to see that they didn't want to meet up, but it was thrown together at the last minute so maybe that was the issue. I also didn't like how my feet started to hurt so much, so that made me feel sad too.

I'm going to just jump to the checking out part of the day after mcm. My boyfriend told the lady at the desk what issues we had with our room, but she didn't really seem bothered by it at all, she did try, but I still think it's bad making people pay £99 a night or more, for a shit room. 

I would not recommend it to anyone as I saw the prices jumped up to over £300 for two nights. If you do go there, make sure you get ear plugs and maybe get a portable air conditioning unit.

Mcm however, I would definitely recommend to anyone who is into games, comic books, anime/manga, or dressing up in costume. Wear appropriate footwear though!

Cosplay noob: Sailor Neptune Cosplay Test

I did my first proper cosplay test todayyyyy omg ><,

I think I need to think through what I would actually do makeup wise because I initially wanted natural makeup and then when I put my eyelashes on I needed to add more liquid eyeliner to it -3-

Also where I styled my wig and left it there was an annoying clump of hair that kept going over my face. I keep thinking maybe I need to style it better but then I'm thinking it's fine how it is... I don't know. 

I'm going to try it out again another time before the day of the expo but I'm happy with what I've achieved.

Sailor Moon 30 Day Challenge: Day 30! W/review :3

YAAAAAAAY FINAL DAY!

Day 30

"Favourite Moon Cat"

Luna. She's sassy at times but above all she's Usagi's teacher. Human form Luna is gorgeous and the story they have for her in one of the sailor moon movies is a lovely but sad one.

I don't like Kompettio! 

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Final words of this challenge.

SO FUCKING REPETITIVE. It was fun in the beginning but then it got very boring to the point where I physically couldn't conjure up the strength to re-write what I had said a few days earlier.

Moral of the story: find a better challenge.

If anyone has a good challenge then please point me in the right direction!

Sailor Moon 30 Day Challenge: Day 26, 27, 28, 29

Left it so late. I'm really doubting to actually post this today or just wait till tomorrow as there is only one day... BUT I will post because I might write what I thought of this challenge on the end tomorrow.... Hahahaha

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Day 26

"Least Favourite Villain"

Pretty much most of them really. 

I just don't get the negaverse. 

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Day 27

"Scout You Are Most Like"

Moon, Venus and Neptune. Sometimes Uranus.

I'm cute and funny and serious only when it's needed and even then I'm not sure I'm acting correctly. I also feel like I'm graceful (Neptune comes across as graceful) but well that's just how I feel, that might not be true. Ive been told I'm a huge flirt but honestly I think people just don't understand kindness.

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Day 28

"Scout You Are Least Like"

I have no idea. 

Actually I don't think I'm like Mars, Jupiter, Pluto or Saturn... Or Mercury. I'm not serious, smart or strong physically and that's what I feel these characters are most of the times.

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Day 29

"Senshi or Starlights"

I like the senshi more. I think they kinda make more sense and we get to know them pretty well in the animes, where the Starlights are only around for one season, I didn't feel like I understood why they were here if I'm honest.

Sailor Moon 30 Day Challenge: Day 22, 23, 23 & 25

Yeah.... Whooooooopsie. Sorry but this instalment might contain spoilers :3

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Day 22

"Sailor Moon Moment That Upsets You"

Any of the moments where all the sailor senshi dies. This happens a few times I believe. 

Or when Zoisite dies in Naru's arms.....

Or when Usagi is the only sailor senshi that remembers dying....

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Day 23

"Sailor Moon Moment That Makes You Happy"

WHEN THEY ALL GET THEIR MEMORIES BACK AND USAGI ISN'T UPSET ABOUT BEING THE ONLY PERSON OT REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED.

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Day 24

"Sailor Moon Moment That Makes You Cry"

It's gonna sound sad, but remember what I said above? 

ALL OF THEM.

There's probably a few more but I'm in the process of re-watching them all.

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Day 25

Funnies Sailor Moon Moment.

Okay can you see why I'm getting pissed off with these questions?

I'm being asked YET AGAIN of a funny moment.

Either way I'm gonna say the episode where Mamrou lets the sailor senshi come to a party being held by one of his college tutors. Usagi gets drunk and tries to talk English.

Sailor Moon 30 Day Challenge: Day 19, 20 & 21

Woooow can we tell I hate this challenge or what?! Haha. Okay so I noticed I mixed up the questions last time, it was actually meant to be "manga or anime" so I'm just gonna put that there under day 19 because I can :3

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Day 19 

"Manga or Anime"

I like both actually. You can't make me choose between both, that's just mean. Should I explain what I like about both? Okay I'm going to take that as a yes because I can :P

Manga:

I only read the manga once but I honestly loved it! The art is just gorgeous! And the storyline is obviously amazing. You read so much more about what goes on in each arc, a definite bonus if your like me and didn't read the manga before the anime. 

Anime: SO FUCKING FUNNY. MANY EMOTIONS. God the anime is completely separate from the manga. The art style is one, but also the story is slightly different.

By slightly I mean a lot. Example the beginning of Sailor Moon R; the death tree wasn't in any of the manga, which I discovered after doing a bit of research that it was a filler for Naoko to actually make the second (and future) instalment of the anime. 

The newest anime: well you all know my views on that. It's very rigid. And some of the animation looks horrid.

TL;DR 

I would say definitely watch the original anime. Just for the lols. Watch the newer anime for the animation fails. And read the manga to find out more about the original anime and all the other pieces the anime forgot to mention!

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Day 20

"Worse Dressed Scout"

REI STOP WEARING YOUR SHRINE MAIDEN OUTFIT PLZ

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Day 21

"One thing you wished the show had"

Well I would have said closer storyline to the manga but we have seen the new anime and can all agree it's too rigid.

Can I wish that Toei didn't do the animation for the new anime? Because I would wish that.

Review: Chilli Chapel *Mystery Wig*

So since the closing, re-branding and new management, of Geisha Wigs (now named "Lush Wigs"), I've had to source new and reputable wig stores that isn't from eBay or Amazon. I've had one bad wig and one wearable but low quality wig from both ebay and Amazon, So I've decided to stick with independent online stores! 

And what would you know I had about 4 wig stores follow me on my Instagram account, lucky me right? One of which is "Chilli Chapel Wigs", owned by a very lovely gym bunny and alternative model Chilli Chapel.

After looking though the stores website, I decided to take the plunge and buy a mystery wig. I'm a bit of a sucker for mystery/lucky dip wigs and only was a bit dissapointed with one of two lucky dip wigs from GW, not that the wig was of bad quality- it really isn't- I got a natural wig which I guess was the only one in stock as I ordered pretty late, and the shop was closing.

So taking the plunge I bought a Mystery Wig from Chilli Chapel. I've seen a few I love on there and as soon as I ordered I wanted either a purple or blue wig.

Order placed and I'm now early awaiting for my delivery. And guess what came a day after recieving my confirmation email?

I FUCKING LOVE HELLO KITTY. Seriously, how cute?! I have an unhealthy obsession with hello kitty so this was overly happy when I saw this. And upon opening this outer package I was met with a lovely delicate tissue package containing my wig. 

I was so happy I got a wig in my favourite colour.....

PURPLE!!!

Also I love the card that came with the wig, mystical warrior princess Chilli that makes me think back to my world of Warcraft playing days.

I don't exactly need to say anymore. I recommend this little business :3

Sailor Moon 30 Day Challenge: Day 17 & 18

I have had enough of this challenge. I'm doing this again, posting two days of challenges in one, because I'm getting annoyed with these stupid questions!

Day 17

"Best Villain Attack"

(Example of stupid question)

The fuck? Reeeeally? 

Okay well I actually like the battle sequences between Usagi and any of the big boss baddies. So does that count? Fuck it I'm submitting this anyway. Sailor moon police, arrest me!

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Day 18

"Sailor Moon Episodes: Dubbed or Subbed"

SUBBED

ALWAYS

NO EXCEPTIONS

Okay so in the beginning I watched the dubbed episodes but found it really confusing when finishing the dub for sailor moon super and going onto sailor moon super s subbed. Also with a lot of anime the characters sound more irritating when in dub form.

Sailor Moon 30 Day Challenge: Day 16

"Best Inner Senshi Attack"

Ummmmmmm.....

Jupiters supreme thunder dragon attack, from the early episodes of Sailor Moon S. That actually took care of a monster by the witches 5 in one attack. I was like "good for you girl". 

It might actually be on the same level as Uranus and Neptune's attacks we see in the same series. 

Sailor Moon 30 Day Challenge: Day 14 & 15

Yet again I'm behind on doing these daily challenges so (yet again) here's the last two days worth of challenges ^_^

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Day 14

"Best dressed senshi"

They all dress both badly and great and let's face it, the 90s had some questionable fashion choices. 

But with that being said I really like some of Usagi's wardrobe choices. 

Example the short prom dress she wore to that party where she got drunk. Or the cute pink jumper and black skater skirt combo, my favourite. 

One outfit I absolutely hated was the weird 50s style combined with a denim jacket and stripy socks.

But then again there's others that I liked the looks of so..... There's quite a lot of nice and bad though I think we can all say Mamoru is the worse offender in the original anime!

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Day 15

"Best Outer Senshi Attack"

Well seeing as I'm currently up halfway through season "s", there is really only Chibiusa, Michiru and Hauka that are the outer senshi.

I think the best, in terms of funny cause I love funny, is Chibi Moons pink sugar heart attack. The first time that is used its so funny. She has to be a certain distance for her attacks to work as she's still in training and the attacks are pretty irritating in the receiving end. Is she considered outer senshi? Probably not.

Sailor Moon 30 Day Challenge: Day 12 & 13

So I have been busy this weekend and I have been behind posts so I thought to do a double post xD

Day 12

"Favourite Inner Senshi"

I already mentioned that I was a fan of Minako, so maybe I shall talk about another favourite? I would definitely say that Mokoto is a favourite of mine.

Everyone needs that friend that will fuck people up if they hear someone talking smack about you. You also need a friend that can cook and bake cakes AND fix your home up because you are a pig. She's really strong and I honestly feel like she should be a punk or a heavy rocker because she can use lightning, which I think is edgy, but then again she is edgy. But she's also really sweet and adorable and is a big softie.

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Day 13

"Favourite Secondary Character"

Naru. Why did we stop seeing her in the anime? She was Usagi's best friend before she became a sailor scout and then she just slowly disappeared after the third series....

Maybe she got fed up with being in the firing line of the Dark Kingdom she decided to stay at home with Umino.

Pouch diaries

Since having my internal pouch, I've had mostly good days. However I come across some weird days. 

Today is one of them days.

I stay over my nans every so often and on the times I'm with her my pouch likes to play up. I get horrible trapped wind feelings mostly which obviously I have to either hold in I go to the toilet to relieve myself. Most times I go to the toilet because this sensation is painful and unpleasant.

My diet only changes very slightly, by that I mean bigger portions. My nan is your typical nan, she's a feeder bless her. And I can't leave food because I feel bad.

Sailor Moon 30 Day Challenge: Day 11

"Favourite Outer Senshi"

FUCK YEAH BOI. Sailor Neptune for sure.

She's so graceful and elegant, talented and pretty. Her and Haruka take care of Hotoru and they are all like a big family and that's adorable in its sense.

Not much else to say really xD

Sailor Moon 30 Day Challenge: Day 10

"Character you wish was a Sailor Senshi"

Umm....? What? Does this mean a character that's in the anime or? 

If so...

Tuxedo mask. Her/his ultimate move you ask? Useless catchphrases that make the enemy freeze forever, for their minds are trying to come up with how that was relevant they go into a frozen state for eternity.

OR Neo Queen Serenity. It would basically be the Eternal Sailor Moon outfit though to be fair, which I don't like at all. Wait? Isn't that Sailor Cosmos? That whole end storyline was confusing as fuck so I don't even know anymore!

Sailor Moon 30 Day Challenge: Day 9

"Negaforce, Black Moon Clan, Death Busters, Dead Moon Circus or Shadow Galactica?"

Okay I assume I have to pick my favourite evil organisation? 

***SPOILERS- sorry I wanted to avoid them but I just couldn't ***

Why isn't the death tree/space aliens on that list?!!!! They had such a messed up relationship that was both tragic and hilarious.

But I think I will have to go with the first bad guy organisation. Just so you know I mean the Negaforce. It sounds like a 80s glam rock band which is awesome, anything that sounds like a metal or glam rock band is automatically a favourite, that includes queen Metallia (I used to call her Metallica cause it's similar. And I like to throw people off. The inner troll likes to come out and play sometimes). But actually if you were to be picky, like me, you would obviously know what they are originally called "The Dark Kingdom". Whoever made this challenge was an avid dub viewer clearly ;3

The reason behind this is many. In my case it's this: in the original anime you find out that all of Queen Beryl's "commanders" we're the four knights that served Prince Endymion (Darien for anyone who soley watched the dub) before they all became corrupt. Then in the Manga the inner scouts were paired off with the four princes. THOUGH I don't quite understand how that would have worked out since Zoisite and Kunzite had a bit of a thing in the anime, but I think we can blame Toei Animation for that... And then we can thank DiC/ViS media for changing Zoisite into a woman to make it "child friendly" because God forbid they portray homosexual relationships but it's okay to show kids a transgender lobster (the powderpuff girls).

Anyway aside the sidetracking, there was depth to these characters. They kinda had a great back story. I actually wished there was a side series of the old moon Kingdom and how the sailor scouts learned to become warriors. Yes my cosplay isn't based off that little fantasy at all....

Sailor Moon 30 Day Challenge: Day 8

"Favourite Villain"

Esmeraude

She is one of those typical 90's anime villains, she's so sassy and funny. You know the type of villain! Them ones where they are laughing like "oooooohohohohohohohh"...

I will give you an example: Naname from Revoultionary Girl Utena. You need another example? Well tough I don't have one.

Basically I love her character for that. I'm sure there's other characters like that in the series but for now she is my favourite. I just wished she wasn't bumped off by the dark moon clan! 

Sailor Moon 30 Day Challenge: Day 7

"Most beautiful/handsome character"

I feel like I need to do both. So that's what I'm gonna talk about!

Most beautiful character: Neo Queen Serenity. Even more so in Sailor Moon Crystal but she's still gorgeous in the original anime too. I mean I don't even need to explain why. It must be all the fighting, surely? 

Most handsome character: Nephrite, or Yuichirou. I don't exactly know why really..... I think how they come across in some episodes, especially so in the original sailor moon cause let's face it Nephrite doesn't have the emotionally traumatising death episode and Yuichiro isn't even in the new series.

Sailor Moon 30 Day Challenge: Day 6

"Couple you wished existed"

USAGI AND KOU SEIYA

OMFG

PLEASE

Just watch the stars anime and you will see what I mean! She treats Usagi so much better than Mamoru! But then again we don't know what happens to Manouru, or do we? I don't want to give out a spoiler.

Sailor Moon 30 Day Challenge: Day 5

"Favourite Canon Couple"

Michiru and Haruka

Their relationship is just lovely. Like, they are an item but it's confusing to others but you can tell but they wont divulge into it. Michiru isn't all possessive over Haruka and how they talk to each other is just adorable. Like saying to each other "you're the one" it melts my heart. They just go so well together. I love it.

You can just feel the love. 

#relationshipgoals

Sailor Moon 30 Day Challenge: Day 4

"Best friendship"

Umm.... All of the friendships in the anime are nice? Literally, them girls do not hold grudges even against their enemies. Usagi even goes out her way to cleanse the black moon clans sister villain group thing... And even then that is adorable.

If I really had to pick, even though I don't like her, it would have to be Usagi and Rei. They are the most real type of friendship, like Rei basically hates Usagi and is all Tsundre towards her. She even gives up Mamoru for the sake of MIRACRU ROMANSU. They are both funny together, then again any pairing with Usagi is funny cause they all make fun of her....

Poor Usagi. 

It would be bad if they all didn't love her, let's be fair. 

Sailor Moon 30 Day Challenge: Day 3

"Favourite character recently"

MINAKO 

I watched the episode where everyone gets ill and she's the only one who is well. She looks after all the other girls, she is honestly so funny in that episode. She's very funny and like Usagi, I didn't see it watching the dub which I know is odd, but I only really recently liked her because I'm (mentioning again) watching the whole series again in the original subtitled form. Honestly it's so much better, there's a few characters that I see in a new light. Except from Rei. I still can't stand Rei.

Sailor Moon 30 Day Challenge: Day 2

"Favourite character when you were younger"

SAILOR MOON/USAGI/SERENA

:3

When I got older and fully watched all the episodes, because I only remember bits and bobs from the series as a kid, I understood why. She was a cry baby, clumsy, not academic and loves food. I saw myself in her when I was little I guess, and I still do now.

Oh wait? I think I just answered one of the later challenges! Oops x)

Sailor Moon 30 Day Challenge: Day 1

"When did you first watch sailor moon?"

I started watching Sailor Moon probably around 1999/2000. My dad and his then girlfriend, my half sisters mum, had all the channels on sky and I would watch Fox Kids. 

I was amazed there was this super hero that was a girl and that she stood for love and justice. THE TRANSFORMATION SEQUENCE HAD ME it was so pretty! I don't remember but I think I watched the second season? (The transformation where she puts the brooch on her chest and then the brooch puts ribbon on her torso first with wings etc )

I also loved the music on the transformation, something that has stuck with me while watching the sub. And there was a lot of talking about Serena being the moon princess and that whole story had me too. I automatically knew that Serena was the  moon princess, clever, clever child haha.

Shit I posted years ago

I've seen some people reading my old posts.

Please don't take anything from them, I tried being funny and it just didn't work.

Since then I actually love drag queens and artists and I don't have anything against transgender, I'd say it's more me growing up and understanding the world more. I did write some of that content some four years ago. 

One thing still remains; I completely dislike celebrities being famous over leaking sex tapes and claiming they are a business person after making a career off sex.

Cosplay Noob: Sailor Neptune casual cosplay

Guess what I decided to buy?!

This!!

This is going to be the start of my body/top for my upcoming Sailor Neptune cosplay. Honestly it just came and I was up and trying it on in no time! Though I have doubts about it I'm sure I can work with it. 

Firstly, the fabric is suuuuuper see through. Even wearing beige underwear (and shape wear, for medical reasons) I can see things through it. Secondly I feel it's a little flimsy. Because it's a bodysuit it has poppers on the crotch area and these don't feel very secure and feels cheap. All in all not a good buy but I didn't want to wear just a tshirt and have gathering, being too much of a perfectionist here but I really want to have a proper try at this.

I know, I'm gonna have to fix the skirt too.... Or not... This is supposed to be a casual cosplay after all. I can't help it XD Honestly I'm in two minds, if I can just do the body I would be more than happy but also I would want to make everything go with the original, go full out and do it right instead of a half arsed casual cosplay. 

Only things to get done now are shoes, the "armour", bows and scarf. 

MUCH EXCITE

Memory Lane Monday: Sailor Moon S

Sorry about all the Sailor Moon themed posts but I'm watching it and I'm just dealing with all the feels.

Speaking of dealing with the feels, I have two songs I LOVE from the old anime. The first is an ending song off Sailor Moon S and it's a sad one, well I think it's sad because it sounds like it xD 

Anyway the song is called "Tuxedo Mirage" and it's performed by all the inner senshi/warriors (by that I mean moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus) and their group was called Peach Kiss or something(?) ( I need to research more so I'm sorry if it's wrong).

Don't ask me why it gives me the feels, I just feel like the song has a lot of emotion behind it.

The second song has to be the opening, but my favourite version is the one from Sailor Moon S (again) because there's a better sound quality to it and there's more layers to it. And the singing is improved I feel.

I have a third favourite song and it's from the ending on Sailor Moon R "Otome No Policy", it's not even a favourite I hate the singing but I like the backing music ^.^

And oh my god. I just found out what the initials after each series stand for! Such a rookie fan! I had no idea "R" stood for "Romance/Revenge" and "s" stood for "super"... But if that is the case, the fourth series stands for "super super"? Hmm.

Edit: Sailor Moon Super S stands for super senshi or super stars. I think super senshi suits it more. 

Friday favourites: Waiting a long time for my stuff

I decided to get myself a Mr universe tshirt, the one Stevens dad gives to Rose in that episode, and I've waited around two weeks and it's just been sent off. Which I'm super excited for! I was expecting it to take two weeks and it did which I'm happy with!

The other is a custom necklace from Bete Niore Jewlery. It's just gone over the 14 day mark. I panicked and emailed the company and she was really vague, "we have days off too". "So you don't work Monday to Friday?" I should have asked. And on the website it says to leave a minimum for 14 days before contacting... So what's the maximum waiting time then? I know it's a custom necklace but they don't seem to have any information apart from waiting 14 days to ask or the fact they might not work 5 days a week.

Depending on the quality I don't think I will shop there again unfortunetly.

Cosplay hate

Wow. Over the last few days I've seen a lot of negativity from others when it comes to individuals cosplay. 

People posting stuff like that makes me really nervous about doing a cosplay for the first time (I've decided I'm going casual btw, lol) and how I feel others will perceive my costume. At the start of all this, I was all like "yeah fuck the haters" but now I'm just nervous. Say if someone takes my photo and turns me into some horrible meme? I know it's a risk and I shouldn't be doing a costume if I'm thinking this, but I honestly don't like backing out from ideas that I am/were 100% behind from the start.

But yeah. If I ever see a costume I see as not nice, which is rarely ever, I honestly don't ever go out of my way to critique someone. It's not nice. And even more so over the Internet. 

People. BE NICE AND DONT BE A DICK FOR FUCK SAKE IS ALL IM SAYING.

Makeup review: NYX matte lip cream

Yesterday I had a little delivery from the lovely Amazon man and it had two items from nyx. I've wanted to try nyx since seeing it on RuPauls Drag Race and what with seeing others saying good things about the brand I thought I would try a matte lip cream as I deaperately want to try matte lipstick. 

I didn't want to go with Kat Von D or Anastasia Beverly New York OR Jeffree Star because they are so hard to get and are a on the expensive side. Trust me if I had the money I would gladly get a few shades! They are gorgeous. Also I didn't want to go with Lime Crime. Fuck that. Don't even talk to me about that company, I don't want to have horrible smelly stuff to touch my lips let alone get an allergic reaction of some kind.

I managed to get the shade "Istanbul", I purely got this because I wanted to find a nice pink lipstick that I could also use for my cosplay (sorry I'm planning still and really enjoying the process!). I usually go for a nude colour with a hint of purple as that best suits my skin tone I find. I've also tried "brave" by mac, I usually nick that from my twin because why not?! xD

So, reading reviews. Some people said that it makes your lips feel dry, is difficult to apply and rubs off.

Moisture: I would say this product does make my lips feel dry but it's not a horrible overly chapped dry feeling. I think it might be the nature of matte lipstick, though my lips do tend to go dry when I'm using other lipsticks anyway. 

Application: I didn't have any issues applying the colour to my lips. It was very easy. The only thing I can see being a problem would be putting it on when your in a rush, it might not dry too quickly.

Wearability: This lasted for such a long time. I was so happy to see I still had it on. The only time it came off was when I was drinking, from a bottle in this case. I think that is a natural occurring issue with any lipstick. I haven't tried drinking through a straw yet so that might be an experience that for another day.

Overall, I am overly happy with this product. I love the colour of it. I would recommend this to anyone.

Midweek something? Sailor Moon series 1 vs Sailor Moon Crystal series 1

Honestly I didn't know what to call this post. ButYes here we go, yet another talk about Sailor Moon. But this is only because I've decided to revisit the original anime. I'm going to try and keep the asetetics out of this because let's face it they both had questionable designs, but you expected better from Crystal what with it being new. But whatevs.

Quickly touching on one of the most major differences between the original and the reboot was that the tone was completely different. With the original you had this funny charm to it that, let's be honest, is the best. It's not as serious as its newer counterpart, which is a let down. Personally speaking I missed the fun side to the anime, it's what made it enjoyable from the start. But then again maybe the reboot is being true to what the story is trying to portray? 

You have this 14 year old school girl who is clumsy and lazy who in a matter of a few minutes is thrown into being a super heroine, and she doesn't like it but she's plodding along with it because this cat is telling her to do so. Now, Crystal made me feel really angry at Usagi during most of the season. She needed so much help it seemed and that came across as a serious problem. Also what bugged me was how she handled "problems" when it came to her MIRIACRU ROMANSU Mamoru, she just seemed to sulk and get overly jealous. Even with a child involved. Which lets face it is creepy. At least in the old anime it was just like "Oh you" and it wasn't as much of an issue because it wasn't serious. You wasn't thinking "FUCKING GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER" every episode.

Filler episodes. WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?! I honestly love the filler episodes in the oldie! You actually got to know a wide range of the characters. You had lots of episodes including Harou, Usagi's best friend, who gets dropped after a while. Honestly I would love to see an episode based on how she feels when Usagi gets these four new friends because I'd be honest, I would be pissed! (I think there is an actual episode? I can't remember) There was a lot more random villains in the older one too. Crystal doesn't have the feeling of going at a steady pace. It would have been nice to have some episodes in between meeting each senshi, like in the older series.

Please. The transformation sequences SUK in crystal. NO CGI. That is all.

Lastly music. I have to admit I hate the music in the Japanese version of Sailor Moon and that I love the music in crystal. Take out the American dub music and place it into the original Japanese sub and I would be happy. Only thing I can say is that the English dub for the original series was bad and that NO ONE SHOULD HAVE CHANGED A THING. Also the opening sequence song is vile. I actually hated it as a kid. I love Moon Pride and I'm hoping they make that into an official English version with similar lyrics.

I ONLY JUST REALISED THAT ZOISITE IS A WOMAN IN THE ENGLISH DUB!!!! Yeah no matter what I'm completely against the English dub from changing same sex couples into different sex characters or the infamous cousin incest thing going on between Neptune and Uranus.

Friday faves: English Dub Anime (I know >.< )

Anyone have any Anime that they are happy to watch in Dub form? I first started watching the infamously bad, but one of my guilty pleasures, Sailor Moon English dub as I only thought it was an English cartoon as a kid. Then I joined tumblr and soon found out its Japanese, you would have thought the animation style would have given it away but I hadn't really watched any anime, apart from sailor moon, dragonball z, Chin Chan (OMFG CHIN CHAN) and the odd episodes of Digimon and Pokemon, before my early 20's.

Yes I was in my early 20's BEFORE I started getting into Anime and Manga. Please don't ask why I would just shrug. I guess I never really put much thought into it. I've always loved animation more over any live action show, I literally love Futurama, Simpsons and Family Guy to name a few (Not forgetting Disney and Cartoon Network animation films and their awesome cartoons in the 90's/early 00's), seriously if I went on to tell you how much I prefer animation this would end up being a 5,000 word essay.

Anyway, tumblr re-kindled my admiration for the whole Sailor Moon series. I soon managed to get my hands on the English dub series, only up until Sailor Moon S, anything after that was only in sub form to my dismay. Only recently I've found a whole dub series of Super s! You can imagine the horror I felt knowing I could have watched the dub. But that was a good thing I only just found that now because I wouldn't have been able to watch, maybe, 90% of the anime I watch today.

On my Anime Planet profile I've watched 50(?) different anime titles, most of which are in their original Japanese goodness. Most of the availble dubs I have watched tends to make me want to gouge my ears out because of the over the top kid sounding voice actors, I cant even watch Sailor Moon in the English dub anymore, BUT there are some exceptions for me.

Seto no Hanayome (Or what I know it for "My Bride is a Mermaid")
This was the second dub I actually sat down and watched fully thinking "This isn't so bad, why do people tell you NOT to watch dubs?". The voice acting is great and it doesn't stray away from the storyline at all, still keeping the adult humour too (added bonus).

Black Butler (Kurushitsuji)
THE ENGLISH ACCENTS ARE MY FAVOURITE. I only watched a few episodes before reverting to the sub version, I don't know why I did this! I think it might be because Greill wasn't calling Sebastian "Sebas-Chan". I did watch the specials and ova's in the english dub form and My favourite was the Ciel in Wonderland episodes. I've not giggled so much watching an anime.

Deathnote
I did honestly try watching it in the sub but I just couldn't. Plus at the time I was watching the whole thing with my then boyfriend who was against reading subtitles. Only person I wanted to kill was Misa. Her character is annoying anyway (sorry to her husbandu's).

Kuragehime (Princess Jellyfish)
Again great dub. I loved the characters all being girl outcasts and weird. I secretly wanted Tsukimi and Kuranosuke to be an item.

And Finally: Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!
Cathrine (the blonde German one) was my favourite. Her accent came across better in the dub for sure. I didn't really like the storyline but the comedic value in this was excellent and SUPER ECCHIIIII~ (Probably giving of pervert vibes with all the ecchi I have watched >.< )

If I find more dubs that are worthy of watching I will post about them, but for now I will go back to watching subtitled Japanese gloriousness.