Club Anime Tg-Mures: Meeting nr.71 -Review

It's been a while, kiddies...

I believed this realm no longer necessitated my presence, but since my help was solicited, I return once more to serve, for I am...

Wait... Something's definitely wrong...

... ?! Could it be... ?

You!

Yo.

Wha- ... what are YOU doing here?!

Oh my! You HAVE been gone for quite a while, haven't you? I guess it's only fair that I fill you in on what's been happening in your absence, considering everything.

"Y'see, while you were roaming about everywhere, having the time of your life by doing all of the things you always wanted to do, everyone else was growing more and more unsure as to whether you would ever return. Some people have even theorized that you fell victim to human vices and that all of the splurging and self-indulgence had you completely abandoning your calling in favor of a simpler life. They said that you have fallen from grace, succumbing to temptations that should be beneath an entity such as yourself."

Truly embarassing, don't you think?

"Then, from out of nowhere, rumors started swirling about your supposed humiliating defeat and subsequent death at the hands of your worst enemies. Remember having to cut your time short at Disneyland because of that untimely interruption that was the battle at the Ancient's Pyramid? I wonder who could have orchestrated that... ? Huh. And you were enjoying that corndog so much, too, yet you just had to take off and leave in a hurry. That battle also irreversibly damaged your reputation, did it not? Lots of casualties indeed. How could you let those poor mortals perish like that? Didn't you take a liking to them while on shore leave? What's more, the word is that, after having lost to your opponents, you blamed the humans for your failure, and were allowed to end their lives in a fit of rage as a way to cope with your shameful defeat, before being blown to smithereens yourself."

That's quite a story! For all of those reasons and more, I for one would be too ashamed to show my mug around here.

...

It is a known fact, however, that such rumors neither facilitate nor circulate on their own. Someone must have went trough immense trouble to make sure you are not welcome here anymore. Whoever they are, I applaud and salute their meticulous planning out of every small detail. So, with that being said, Xellos-san...

Do you think you still have a place here?

...

So I see. I am, admittedly, in a conundrum.

It's okay Xellos-san, you can leave and save yourself the trouble, I'll take it from here.

Hey, you and I go way back. How about let me host one more show, for old time's sake, eh?

A chance to scrape back whatever little's left of your former glory? I don't see why not. You think you can rise to the occasion, Xellos Metallium?

One last show. Go!

Meeting #71 Review!

Being the first meeting of the year, this was a chance to readjust to the general flow of things and look forward to new horizons. One thing that I, personally, was stunned by was the sheer size of the classroom we got - effin' huge it was. We saw some faces that we haven't seen for a while, which is always good. We had, from what I can remember, about 14 attendees, though some regulars could not make it for reasons that required of them to be elsewhere. Anywho, it was an opportunity to start fresh again and we were going to take it!

For an energizing activity, we... uhh... threw around an Angry Bird plushie and made weird sounds whenever the plushie ended up in our hands. So, that's fun, 'specially if you need to relieve some stress. Or maybe you just always wanted to make weird sounds in public and had the opportunity to do so under the pretext of playing a game. I know MY inner-ape surfaced, for one.

The next thing we did was create a big-ass tree using colored paper, scissors and writing instruments. Klári drew the silhouette of the tree herself, while everyone else was given a colored paper of their choice and the task of cutting out flower-shaped forms (with 4 petals at a bare minimum). After they were done with that, they needed to write on them either something that they themselves loved, or something that reminded them of the club. To my knowledge, no limitations were placed on the number of words that could be used. Suffice to say that by the time we were done, the tree had been decorated with things both endearing and lulz-worthy, with occasional WTF's as well.

Lemme' just pull it up...

BAM!

Let's see. what do we have here... ?

- "Friday" makes someone happy. I sure as hell hope you mean the actual day of the week, else I might have to pay a visit to your house and raze it to the ground.
- There's someone who derives happiness out of the notion of "evil", somehow. "Being evil" I could understand, but "evil"? Whaccha' yappin' 'bout? Or maybe when you think of the club you're reminded of "evil"?
- I actually misread "winning" for "whining" at first. Although one COULD say that, if one likes winning, he/she hates to lose, and if they're a sore loser they might also enjoy whining about their failures.
- WHO DARED PUT SUCH A SMALL FLOWER THINGY FOR "STAR WARS"?! FACE ME, COWARD!
- Is it just me, or did someone really try to change "Club people" into "Club poople"?
- Daaaaw, someone put "Friends" on there. I want to grab your cheeks and twirl them.
- Who doesn't like "Hardcore sex", really (raunchy, were we?)? Even the Amish probably practice fuck-your-brains-out intercourse.
- Someone likes "Unicorns". Y'see, I know I may LOOK like a human, but appearances can be deceiving.
- Someone is happier 'cause of "the people". I envy their faith in this country's populace. Or maybe he/she is reminded "of the people" from the club when he/she thinks of the club. Latter makes more sense.
- Many people like Anime and/or Manga and/or Comics. That is why we're here, folks. That. Is. Why. We're. Here. :)
"Lakat" makes someone happy. I hope you make "Lakat" happy as well.
- WHAT'D YOU DO TO "PLANK"? YOU GAVE HIM LIMBS AND WROTE "GAMES" ON HIS CHEST!
- Is that "cake" or "coke"? While we're at it, how many lines are we gonna' snort this Saturday?
- We have two book lovers in our midst. You two should get together and swap books. Or stories. Or stories of books. Or phone numbers. Or whatever it is you'd like to swap.
- "Jelly, Jelly, In your belly"? Hah, I wish!
- Whoever wrote "Burgers" is an honest-to-god man/girl. I salute thou.
- You see the one that has "Offensive jokes that..." written on it? That's just Tibi tryin' to burn the tree down.
- "Nice Peeps". One life, one love, bruh. Word.

Well that was fun! Sure is a colorful tree. Could've used more green, tho. What do you guys have against green?

The next game we played was a quiz that relied on two things: People's knowledge of anime title fonts and their ability to guess a character's identity by only looking at their eyes. The title fonts were all from intros and were presented in their original, Japanese formats. 'T was actually a lot harder than one would suppose.

The guessing of the characters from only the eyes proved more difficult than most would've thought. We are baffled as to why. There's no question about it, all anime characters have clearly distinguishable sets of eyes with not even the faintest hint of a similarity between em'. In fact, Anime is a medium that barely ever recycles character design tropes. Yup, yup.

Before we wrapped up the meeting, we watched 2 episodes of "Noragami". Should you want to check it out for yourself, I've provided a link where you can find out more about it's premise, characters, find images of the show etc.

Noragami

Psst. Oi, Xellos-san. I hate to break it to ya, but I think we're out of time.

My bad, I seem to have gotten a bit carried away. Ahahahahahaha!

You've been a fabulous host Xellos-san, but now it's time to bid farewell to your audience. I'm sure they will miss you - for a while, that is. Then they'll come to love me instead and you'll be all but forgotten. Don't worry, we'll hold a monthly honorary remembrance in your name. We might even invite you too!