Sookie Stackhouse #4: Dead to the World (2004)

Dead to the World was the fourth novel of the Southern Vampire series. Sookie Stackhouse, after broken up with the vampire Bill, hope to have her peaceful life back, n not get beaten up again by some supernatural creature. Bill then went out of town, to Peru for research. driving home from work one night, Sookie saw the vampire sheriff, Eric wandered out on the dark street, undressed n lacking any memory of who he was. soon she found out that his memories were destroyed by a coven of powerful witches, who just arrived in their small town. a bounty was placed on Eric, with a huge reward. Sookie treid to hide Eric, but Sookie's brother, Jason saw him, n disappeared after that. she was again, dangerously caught between a war among vampires, witches, n werewolves.

again, Charlain Harris managed to make this book a huge success! Sookie, as always, was a lot tougher than she seemed. she may be emotional, attracted to the weirdest kinda men, but she was good n learning fast to pick herself up n moving forward. she was, compare to Faythe in the Werecats series, easy to love n side with. her relationship however, was still a huge mess. she haven't gotten over vampire Bill, but she was attracted to vampire Eric, n also the connection between her n werewolf Alcide n shape-shifter Sam. at this point of the stories, one would missed out a lot if haven't catchup with its previous books.

Sucker Punch (2011)

right after her mother's death, Babydoll was put into a mental asylum by her abusive stepfather. she will undergo a procedure in 5 days time, to permanently remove her memories. for survival, she n the rest of the female inmates were forced to dance to entertain the highroller, which could be any rich people or even the mayor. unlike the rest of the inmates, she was able to perform a dance so hypnotizing that she could held everyone's full attention, unaware of the happenings around them. when she danced, she was sucked into a fantasy world her imagination brought her. she then received a list of items to collect, to help her escape the mental facility. together with 4 other inmates, they went around plotting, collecting the items before she ran out of time.

like many others, i find it difficult to enjoy the movie. the plot was simple, just gather the items n escape. the fantasy world, which was the main attraction of this film, although beautiful but was completely unnecessary. most of the scenes worth mentioning, was all talking n explanations, the rest were just special effects n fancy visuals. unfortunately it didn't get any better from there, for each cast was only given 1 expression. so they can either be tough, sad, rebellious, timid, or flirty. nothing more. i'm not sure if the film was even suitable for children, with its godly characters, beautiful girls with thick makeup n low-cut tops. it had me felt awfully disappointed n cheated, paying to see this film.

Delectation.

waking up in the middle of the night, straining to see in the dark, it soothed her to be occasionally embraced against that warm body. waking up at dawn, it overwhelmed her for them to simply exchange a plain old hug. every single embrace felt like it was with Him, if not generously gifted by Him. these were the simple pleasures that always got her through the day, no matter how long or short that day would turned out to be, or how colorful or common that day shall be painted. for a long time, she couldn't imagine going through a day otherwise.

単純な幸せ。

Break Blade 1 - The Time of Awakening (2010) ブレイク ブレイド - 覚醒ノ刻

in Cruzon, the people were born with a gift, the ability to freely control the crystals for any purpose. mobile suits called Golem were built based on this technology, allowing them to perform powerful tasks. Rygart however, was an un-sorcerer (person who was born without the ability). one day, he received a letter from an old friend, King Hodr. Hodr summoned Rygart for an ancient Golem was discovered in the mining shaft. a key researcher, Queen Sigyn suspected that maybe an un-sorcerer might be able to activate it. with this Golem, they will be able to put up a fight against the invading army of Athens. while figuring out how to control the ancient Golem, Rygart discovered that Zess, also a best friend of theirs, was leading the enemy's troop. Rygart was pushed into the war without preparation of its consequences n where it will lead their friendship.

for Break Blade's first out of 6 movie, it was mostly introduction of the war between kingdoms, n the relationship between the 4 friends. although Rygart has so much doubts throughout the anime one would be greatly annoyed by his cowardice, at some point these thoughts were so much less restricted compared to the soldiers, n it became an interesting point to look out for. Rygart was very much put to the test, facing the merciless war while struggling to protect their friendship. the cruelty of such fate pulling 4 friends together, making this a surprising awesome war tale!