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Experimental Comic Kotone #498 "Laika 63"
(Story Arc: Laika story arc)

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"Laika 63" by Akira (2006-11-13)

Things I worked very hard in today's comic strip (and last strip too):

• Pencil shading. Example: size varying squares for shade gradiation.
• Soft touch/feeling on Laika drawing. I concentrated especially on her eyes and hair.
• At least one panel describing current situation/location/background.

• A lot of panels with close-ups. Overall composition is not very interesting.
• Laika's face keep changing, because I referenced many different manga sources -_-; I'm still studying.
• Very few important information/facts per page. This trend will continue for a while.

Here is a list of anime I watched while I worked on today's (and Friday's) comic strip.

Title	Day	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Black Blood Brothers	Mon	D	C	B-	B	B	B+	B+
Conflict between three forces and additional force "Kowloon Child" is very interesting story-wise.
Giniro no Olynssis	Mon	C	D+	D+	C-	C-
Nothing much going on, but I like the sub-characters better.
Kiniro no Corda	Mon	B-	B-	B	B-	B	B-	B-
Sometimes it's interesting to see what man's action/situation turns girl's moe feelings.
Kekkaishi	Mon	B+	A-	A-	A	A
Again, story is very solid, but somehow voice of Yurina sounded very strange to me...
Tokimeki Memorial Only Love	Tue	C	C	C	C	C	C+	B-
I feel rather sorry for Kasuga-san. Accidental confession is a basic technique in lov-sim games.
Pumpkin Scissors	Tue	A-	A-	A-	A-	A-	A-	B+
It seems like this was one of the filler episodes.
Red Garden	Wed	B-	B	B+	?	B-	?
Missed it -_-;
Ghost Hunt	Wed	A	A	B+	B	A-	B+
So Naru is onmyou-ji?
Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge	Wed	A	B+	B+	B+	B+	B
"Road to Kajio" four times in a row. It was quite cool.
Busou Renkin	Wed	B+	A-	A-	A	A	A
Shishio!? This episode, Papiyon finally transformed and the next episode Captain Bravo comes in. I'm so happy.
Negima!?	Thu	C	B	B-	B-	B-	B-
Having three cards (rare, normal, miss) per character might become interesting, if it's used right. Very strong character might draw miss card and she becomes useless in the battle.
Souten no Ken	Thu	B-	C+	C	B-	C+	C+
They talk a lot before/during a battle. It's like WWF.
Super Robot Taisen OG	Thu	C-	C-	C-	D+	D+	D+
So many robots, so many characters. It's getting difficult to track what's going on.
Asatteno Houkou	Fri	B	B-	A-	A-	A	A
I've granced through manga, but it was different from anime. It seems like anime rearranged story and setting a bit. I missed the second half since time schedule was shifted by 20 minutes.
Sumomomo momomo	Fri	B+	B-	B-	B+	B+	B+
I missed 15 minutes because of AFC Asia Youth Soccer "Japan vs South Korea" pushed the schedule?c
009-1	Fri	B-	B	B+	B+	B+	B+
Each episode is generic/normal, but very well executed.
Hataraki Man	Fri	A	A-	A-	A+	A+
Ouch. Again story hurts/touches, if you've worked at company for years?c The OP music is sung by PUFFY. Both OP and ED musics are stuck in my head. I like this anime.

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