Just eat the cake you fool!

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way”

– A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)

To me, I think it describes the 21st century – especially the recent years~

~Orangeline

“I fell in love with the way Fuyumi-sensei depicted the balance in her world and her characters… and the various magnificent fantastic elements that her imagination had spun off the folklores from her native country as well as China. This is my favourite novel of all time. BUT! Fuyumi-sensei did not finish (or she doesn’t seem like she’s intending to) this series. She created this world, very much alive, and real … living on its own but she doesn’t want to share with her fans anymore… CRY!”

this is the very first time I fell in love with a novel, not for the charismatic characters, nor was it for the CUTE Bishounens/shoujos (not that there’s a whole truckload of them in this story; beauty is NOT an issue here) depicted in the anime (that sent me running to Kinokuniya to buy the novel).
The world that Fuyumi-sensei had given life to was very much a reflection of modern society.

Gaijin policy, alienation, isolation, diplomacy (true meaning?), religion or dependency?, faith or a lack of will-power…and lots more.

I remember the han juu (half-beast) Rakushunn told Youko before, Read the rest of this entry »

I just bought book 21 off the shelves of Comics Connection and i LOVE this book …
hehe
this quote kinda sad but it also inspiring.. not that i really like inspiring quotes… but i find it meaningful and well, it actually makes sense unlike other “Inspiring Quote of the day”

Quote#1:

“若能生存在温柔的世界中
那该有多好。
内心也不会有那么多的不安情绪，
也不会有任何恐惧，
更不会伤害到其他人，
自己也不会受到伤害，
只要想着做正确的事，
若能以最短的途径，
抵达自己向往的温柔世界中
那该有多好。” Read the rest of this entry »