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Shelf Life - Demon Days

Why is there so much fanservice and nudity? Why is there a magical show on TV where the heroine just gets sexually dominated by villains every episode?

Because this show is basically Dr. Phil, if he had porn stars sitting in his lap during the show.

I'm looking forward to watching Kaze no Stigma dubbed. I watched a majority of the show fansubbed so I can't wait to see what an english va does with Kazuma.

Now I know I'll definitely be saving my money on 'Claymore' even when they come out with the thinpak.

I'll be at Otakon next weekend, so there won't be a Shelf Life next week

There really aren't enough fantasy shows about boys being whisked away to a new world. That's why Kyo kara Maoh! is so fun. It's cute and sassy, and it's utterly slashable, for all those fangirls (and boys?) who are into such things. Filled with bishonen, it takes the old formula of regular high school girls who are mysteriously transported to an alternate world/dimension and hailed as saviors and princesses—and replaces it with a snarky boy, who not only ends up ruling over a demon kingdom, but ends up betrothed to a dude, too.

This week's featured streaming anime is Charger Girl Ju-den Chan, a show that left me absolutely bewildered. It's sort of a cute show about helping people solve their personal problems—but it's also filled with boobs and bodily fluids and moaning. And camel toes. I was so torn about what I was supposed to get out of the show. How can I focus on the feel-good message of the series when all the girls are feeling good in other ways?

Charger Girl Ju-den Chan has caught my interest so now I have to see it, when I get time.

This isn't criticism, as people like what they like, but isn't one show being praised (in a way) as being worth-while because it hits all the usual 'gal fan-service' notes of vaguely homosexual pretty-boys gallantly doing their thing, and the other being knocked because it features.....the usual 'guy fan-service' notes of unexplained T&A?

Claymore's ending certainly does end on a rather awkward "is that it?" note, but it's certainly not worse than other animes based on ongoing mangas (Berserk comes to mind as being one of the worst offenders). The rather lackluster ending feels like they're hedging their bets that they can still continue where they left off in the near future, but in case they don't they still have ended it somewhat, even if it's an unsatisfying result.

Then again, the manga does feel like it's meandering somewhat directionless right now as well, much like this post. If I had to make a prediction I'd say that there's at least a year left to go before there's enough material for a full second season, and at the rate it's going it will probably need at least a third before things are brought to a close. So what are the odds this will happen? I'm betting that the odds are pretty bad. Quite unfortunate.

This isn't criticism, as people like what they like, but isn't one show being praised (in a way) as being worth-while because it hits all the usual 'gal fan-service' notes of vaguely homosexual pretty-boys gallantly doing their thing, and the other being knocked because it features...the usual 'guy fan-service' notes of unexplained T&A?