Rae Wilder #1: Glamour / Demon Girl (2010)

Rae lived in a world where humanity was near extinction, thus the town was separated by a wall, where humans lived within town and the supernaturals ruled the jungle. despite the strict rule, Rae often wandered into the jungle for a morning run. one day, she was approached by a fairy, claiming that she too was a fairy like him. while she thought maybe it was a mistake crossing the wall, she met with a vampire on her way back, claiming that he meant her no harm and just needed a talk.

the book started out interesting, following Rae through her life of studying how to kill demons. she was a fast runner, better at everything than everyone, until that very morning that she found out that she was never a human to begin with. she turned out to be some royal descendant of fairies. suddenly the fairy-boys all wanted her to be their mate, even the vampire wanted her. despite the overflowing storyline of having everything happened in one day, the frustrating part turned out to be Rae herself. while she was with Breandan, the fairy-boy, she fell uncontrollably in love with him. when one thought they were meant together, she was making out with Tomas, the vampire-boy. at that point onward, i just wanted the book to be over quick.

America's Next Top Model #11 (2008)

the Cycle 11 of ANTM collected 14 girls to compete for the title. like all previous cycles, they had to get good photographs to get them through each week, just so they don't get eliminated. there were also challenges that added some prizes as well very useful guidelines for the girls.

some girls started out bad but was lucky enough to grow into their characters while being in front of the camera; however some just faltered and was soon eliminated as they crumbled under the pressure. the most interesting thing for this cycle was having Isis, a transgender contestant joining it. she got qualified and was in the final fourteen.

Senran Kagura (2013) 閃乱カグラ

in the old days, ninja were often used for secret missions or assassinations. the story took place in a recent time, where girls were secretly trained to become ninja. on the outside, they were normal high school girls; but they each had a secret technique scroll that they had to protect at all times. at the same time, trained to become a better ninja.

the series contained a large amount of fanservice, with a decent plot to support it. the story followed the lives of these 5 girls training to become a ninja. in the meanwhile, evil ninja came after them, trying to take away the scroll. as the good ninja, the 5 girls had to protect it from them despite being amateurs. the characters each had their own part to play with non outshining each other.

Safe House (2012)

Matt was a CIA agent that was assigned the job of taking care of a safe house in South Africa. for years he spent his time in the safe house, waiting for something to happen. one day, a most wanted agent called Frost was captured and brought to the safe house for interrogation. however, just moments after the interrogation started, gunmen intruded the safe house and killed everyone on sight. Matt had a tough choice to make, whether to escape with Frost or die defending the safe house.

like most conspiracy films like the Bourne trilogy (2002-2012), there were little surprises installed. it was fortunately still fairy entertaining following the twists of events. throughout the film, Frost was described to be such a miraculous man, escaping with such agility every time someone was after him. but when the hour finished, he died as easily as some rookie as well. that part alone was disappointing. Matt who started out to be some rookie, grew to be very likable at the end of the film as he learned being on the field.