Manga Review: Iris Zero (Chapters 01 - 27)

Finding a good manga that you enjoy reading can be a very difficult task some times, but there are times when you come across one that is a simple joy to read, and Iris Zero is a good manga that gives you a story that is simple and enjoyable, but makes you curious as to what will happen next.

Starting with the premise of Iris Zero, 27 years before the main plot, children around the world were being born with an enhance vision called "Iris", which range from unique powers such as; to see if someone is lying or being able to see incoming danger. Before long, a whole generation of children are born with an Iris, to the point it is normal for every child to have one (99% of Children as said in the manga), but there are a few who are born without an Iris and are labeled as an "Iris Zero" by their peers and are not looked on too kindly for being different.

The main story starts with the main character named Toru Mizushima, while riding a train to school he explains a little bit about his "Low Exposure" policy that is explained in more detail later, that he lives a life to not stand out or draw attention to himself as a Iris Zero; as it causes him a lot of trouble in his life. One day in class, his life becomes very complicated when the school idol, Koyuki Sasamori asks Toru to "Please go out with me" in front of his whole class, breaking his "Low Exposure" life. After a few amusing moments, it turns out that Koyuki needs help in finding the next student council president; as her Iris power allows her to see "who are the most qualified" for the task which displays over the heads of people with "O"s for qualify and “X"s for those who are not, but she cannot find the next president so she uses her Iris to find the one who can help her, and thus why it lead her to Toru. Hesitant at first to help someone so popular and endanger his privacy, Toru helps by pointing out that maybe the reason she could not find the right person for school council president, is because she cannot see above her own head, which it turns out that the circle "O" she was looking for to find the qualified person was really her. As the student body gushes about Koyuki being student council president, Toru walks away back to his unseen life, until he finds Koyuki waiting for him outside the school gates to greet him.

TSF Podcast: Flare 5 The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Commentary

Thank you

I knew this day would come, I just didn't think it would come so soon, this was hard to do as my laptop had blown out on me and so Solar Radio Wave The Second Flare has to be canceled at this point sadly. I tried my best to reach that ten ep goal but its not to be. I did this because I love this movie, and its also has many themes that I want to send everyone out on to think about, this was something I wanted to do for a long time. I don't want to type many things here, I will say, thank you for listening and take care, and I will let the podcast and movie speak my feelings.

Description: Commentary of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Movie, dollowrlance.blogspot.com, Recorded on Sat July 7, 2012

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TSF: Dawn 1 The Hunter Picks

Well here is the one I say I would do for Hunter. This one is a new one on all fronts, it is the second part to Flare 2, but at the same time its not. This is where Hunter, the guy who could not join us for EP2, gets to put out his RPG picks, this was a simple ep to do as it was all about Hunter. The only different thing about this podcast, is that it's not a "Flare" ep, in other words, a numbered episode, I didn't want to number it "Flare 5" as that would have cut into my episode limit, so I wanted a special ep for things not part of my Flare numbers. So went with Dawn as it relates to the sun, solar theme, we have with this podcast.

Description: Getting his own moment, Hunterslasher13 from GU gets to tell the world his RPG picks. Recorded on Fri. May 25, 2012 dollowrlance.blogspot.com


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TSF: Flare 3 Anime Shuffle

Here is episode 3 of Solar Radio Wave The Second Flare

This took longer as when I first started to edit it, I got a weird sound in the first edit that I can only call some Type of "Ringing". I edited the whole podcast, and it was finished, but I wanted to hear the raw, and when I did, the "ringing" was not there. So I started all over again and I got rid of the "ringing" sound and this came out well. Talking about the anime Shuffle was nice as that was some leftovers from the old Solar Radio Wave podcast, and me and Sam do like it, glad that we were able to finally do it.

Description: Anime Review of the TV show Shuffle, Recorded Thursday, May 17, 2012. dollowrlance.blogspot.com


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Solar Radio Wave The Second Flare, EP 1 The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

The First episode of the new Solar Radio Wave The Second Flare

EP 1 The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

This is where Me and Sam talk about the movie of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya as we are big fans of the Haruhi series, we look into the  movie's plot and compare to the book. Its something I can say that was fun, but hard to do as making the video was pain, I can never do anything simple.

Spoilers: if you have not seen the movie, listen at your own risk.


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Me and my co-host/friend Sam, take a look into the Haruhi movie, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, and talk about the movie's plot and compare it to the book in which it was based on.

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Solar Radio Wave The Second Flare Podcast

After almost two years, I am going to do podcasting again, by bring back Solar Radio Wave for a second season, with my friend Sam again co-hosting . The first two episodes were pretty good, the only problem is finding a site put the MP3 files, as Mevio doesn't host podcast feeds anymore, and Megaupload now gone with other Cloud base host sites in the air. The best answer I have is to host the podcast eps on my YouTube channel, but I still need to find a cloud site for the MP3 files. I guess that will come later, at this point I need to do more eps. The season will only be a ten episode show, I am not going to do more than that.

First ep was about the Haruhi Movie and the second was with my friends on gamingunion.net on our top 5 RPGs, and some stuff came out of that. I don't know if I will upload the older Solar Radio Wave, but when I find a cloud site I might.

I hope to just get the next one done soon, the making YouTube Videos for the sound sends the time to make a podcast way up, got to find a better way.

Either way I am back as a podcaster.

Manga Review: Yu-Gi-Oh GX Vol. 1 Ch. 1 “A New Hero”

Reviewer: Dollow Rlance

Duel Academy

In the Southern Sea is an island where the school known as Duel Academy resides, a place where the next generation of Duelist; study to be the best in the game of Duel Monsters. The students are divided into three different ranks, Obelisk Blue for the elites, Ra Yellow for the students with potential, and at the bottom are the Silfer Reds; who are less likely to succeed and more likely to be expelled.

Jaden attacks with Bubbleman

Jaden Yuki is attacking a Ra Yellow student with Bubbleman for a win; as Syrus Truesdale cheers for him. Jaden is laying down on his back in the school courtyard, until Alexis Rhodes comes to say hello to him and he looks up at her and greets her, she says he is normally not alone and asks where Syrus is and Jaden tells her he is dueling a new trainee teacher. Alexis remembers that the trainee teacher is named Mr. Ryuga and mentions she heard a bad rumor about him, with Jaden’s attention she tells him that Mr. Ryuga is trying to finish the final test to become a full time teacher of the academy; by winning against 50 different students, Jaden asks was Syrus pick as one of the students, and Alexis says that Mr. Ryuga is on a 45-game winning streak, Jaden wonders what is wrong as he sounds like a good duelist, and she tells him that she has heard; that Ryuga takes cards from the decks of the duelists who lose to him afterward. Jaden is then shocked, and remembers hearing something about a student who had to skip class; because he did not have his cards, Jaden then dismisses; it saying that it’s only a rumor. Syrus is being attacked by Ryuga’s Cyber Dinosaur during the duel for Ryuga’s teacher entry, and Syrus wonders why his duel disk is not activating his spell cards; while it still responds to his monster and traps cards. Later Syrus is walking down a hallway when Jaden finds him slaps his back and asks how the duel went; and he gets worry when Syrus falls down and does not respond, Syrus looks up at Jaden crying and says that Ryuga stole his cards. 

Jaden's POV of Alexis

Mr. Ryuga is having a meeting with Doctor Vellian Crowler, who says he is impressed by Ryuga 49 winning streak, Ryuga asks he that only needs another to become a teacher for next year, Dr. Crowler confirms and responds; that academy teachers should not have trouble completing the entry test.  Ryuga smiles and thinks to himself, that once he becomes a Duel Academy teacher; Dr. Crowler will be history and he will rise in the academy ranks, where his voice will be taken seriously finally, and his students who studied under him will spread across the world and he will control the dueling world, so he will do anything to make that happen, even if he has to take orders for a while.

Jaden questioning Mr. Ryuga

Realizing the rumor about Ryuga stealing cards is true, Jaden furiously marches towards Dr. Crowler’s office aimed on getting back all the cards that Ryuga has stolen, while not listening to Syrus; who is trying to convince him not to confront Ryuga, but Jaden just says he did not care and Ryuga doesn't deserve to be a duelist. Finding Ryuga just coming out of Crowler’s office, Jaden moves right in front of him and demands that Syrus’ cards be return to his friend, Ryuga wonders who Jaden is before Jaden introduces himself. Ryuga is intrigue that this was the famous Silfer Red, as Jaden continues to angrily question Ryuga what gives him the right to steal cards from students at the school, Ryuga just says that he a is a card collector and Syrus had cards he wanted and claims that Syrus gave them to him, and then asks Jaden if he has any cards to give to him. Jaden tells him that the cards of a duelist are their soul, and asks Ryuga that does he honestly believe he is just going to hand over his deck for which he says is his soul. Ryuga tells them they are going to want to stay on his good side, and by handing over their cards, their grades are guaranteed once he becomes a teacher next year, and that the cards would be happier with him rather than with a bunch of Silfers. Jaden coldly tells Ryuga he refuses to see him as a duelist and that he is a disgrace, annoyed, Ryuga stares down at Jaden and says once he becomes a teacher Jaden is going right to the top of his expulsion list, but Jaden retorts back that Ryuga is not a teacher yet, Ryuga counters saying he may as well be one for he needs only one more win.