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Well, I just watched the third episode, and its a lot slower than the other two but it does a good job of introducing some new characters and building the atmosphere. It gives the main character a bit of depth too. A solid episode, I look forward to this show every week.
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I'm liking this a lot, story flows really nicely and I can actually imagine it in my head. Looking forward to more, curious about their backstories
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Alarm goes off at 7am, I ignore it and role out of bed half an hour later. Bathroom, wash my face. brush my teeth etc. Back in my room, I check my phone/Twitter, change into uniform. Now, I should go straight down for breakfast, but I usually jump back into bed for literally 5 minutes, hence why I'm always late. Anyway, its like 7:45am by the time I go downstairs, have a few sips of tea, and leave the house. Then I walk for about 3 minutes to my bus stop, usually have to sprint after the bus too
. Then I have to get off in the city center and catch ANOTHER bus to school. I'm always late!Oh and I also randomly get a runny nose! Always put a few tissues in my pocket before I leave home haha
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I like the whole mood and the feel of it Wake. The girl seems like an interesting character. Never read a story about the main character losing their memory, looking forward to more!
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haha I wanna get down to the match too, gonna be fun to write! And yeah trying to give all the characters a bit of screen time to build them up. Personally, its been so long since I've wrote I actually think my writings been a bit weak. Hopefully im improving bit by bit. id be interested to know what some of you guys who've read my old stuff think about it.
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just seen the second episode and it definitely continues the greatness from the first. right now I'm so excited for this, could be show of the year! i see what you mean with the Btooom comparison but i actually think the main characters more like Lelouch from Code Geass. i know I complained about him before but he was really good in this episode. EXCITED!!!
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interesting you'd compare it to Btooom. I'm watching that too but struggling to get into it really
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Sorry for the delay, just returned to college this week. Anyway, this is more a set up chapter for the big match tomorrow.
Chapter 4: Preparations
Coach Martinez was pleased as he sat at the head of the table. taking in the eager faces of the members of his club. They were all obviously excited to be a part of the team, and he too was delighted at the fact that Axel was willing to play.
'Well, it's a pleasant surprise to see you willing to play for us Axel. Thank you very much,' he smiled at the second year. Chris snorted.
'No offence buddy, but who in the hell are you? And what makes you so special that you can just walk into the first team without a trial?' he asked, annoyance clear in his voice.
'Chris!' protested Coach Martinez.
'No Coach, he has a fair point.' said Axel, calmly. 'My name is Axel and I was formerly the captain of Kametsu Middle School, the best team in the district. I also made the national under 15 team, before I stopped playing. You guys inspired me to take part again. I hope you don't disappoint me Chris.' he explained, smiling broadly.
Chris snorted again. But before he could say anything, Danny interjected.
'It's nice to meet you Axel, I look forward to playing with you. Just hope you don't disappoint us,' he smiled.
'Okay, that's enough of that for now. Let's get down to the main order of business. We have a friendly match against Balamb High on Friday, two days from now,' said Javier.
'Balamb High? Any good? asked Apollo.
'Yep, we played them in my freshman year.' answered Breathless before the coach could speak. 'We won 3-2, but they were a pretty decent team. Quite a handful.'
'Do you remember their midfielder Breathless?' inquired Javier.
Breathless laughed.
'Of course I do. I'm not likely to forget him. He's massive. Well over 6 foot, stocky. But he was really skillful too. He ripped our team apart time after time before he got tired. We were lucky not to concede more in the first half. He scored both their goals.'
'Lucky? Don't be so modest! You made some amazing saves!' laughed Javier. 'It's one of your best performances to this day,'
'Well, yeah, I was pretty happy with my performance,' he grinned.
'Anyway, his name is Adam Rivers. He's now in his third year and is their captain. The rest of the team is pretty average, but Adam's a national level player. Already been scouted by a few top English teams. It's a friendly, and I just wanna see how we'll do up against a player of his class.' explained the Coach.
He was happy to see that most of his team seemed reasonably confident, although a couple of the first years were nervous.
'Me and Apollo have had a chat earlier today and we've mostly picked the starting 11. We'll line up in a 4-4-1-1 formation. Breathless in goal, Shane and Jay centre backs, Chris left back, Lynn right midfield, Axel left, Apollo and Jeff in the middle with Danny behind George who's the striker. You'll notice I've left the right back position free but that's only because I want to have another look at you guys in training . For now, that's it and I expect you to see you all tomorrow. I've picked you guys, but I have no idea how you'll play in a real game so training is crucial. Enjoy the rest of your day and stay ready for tomorrow.'
'Yes Coach!' answered the players in unison.
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The training session had been intense and Apollo was satisfied. The freshmen had looked very good, Danny and Chris in particular. He and the coach were both worried about the right back position though. If worse came to the worse, then Lynn would have to play there and IP would start on the right side. However, given IP's lack of experience, Apollo didn't think that would be such a good idea. No, what they needed was another player. Someone experienced and talented enough to play right back. He sighed. The rest of the team looked so good, it was a huge shame that they were missing that one piece of the jigsaw.
'Apollo!' called a voice from behind.
Apollo turned to see Lynn rushing towards him.
'Hey Lynn, what's up?' he asked, surprised by her urgency.
'I think I can solve our right back problem,' answered Lynn, although she didn't seemed too convinced by her words.
'Oh really? How?!' demanded Apollo.
Lynn took a deep breath.
'There's this girl in the first year. We played together in middle school, she was pretty good. Made it into one of the the Kametsu Youth teams and everything.' she said.
Apollo gasped.
'Then what's the problem?' he asked.
'Well. She's dangerous. She's very aggressive and she injured a lot of the other girls. Maybe playing with boys she'll be fine but last I heard she'd given up soccer. Apparently she sees it as a soft sport.' explained Lynn.
'Well our soft reputation isn't gonna help with that,' he sighed. 'Do you think you could persuade her?'
'To be honest, I doubt it. We never really got on in the past. Maybe I could eventually, but definitely not for tomorrow.'
'Hmm, what's her name?'
'Kinara,' replied Lynn.
Apollo thought for a minute.
'Okay, well take Chris with you tomorrow, see if he can help,'
'Why Chris?' asked Lynn.
'He's seems a confrontational guy, maybe he'll be able to persuade her of our toughness,' laughed Apollo, with no humor in his voice. The things they did for soccer.
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since ive had such good support from you guys, i'll do the next chapter now!
Okay, it's mostly complete. Will be posting in the next 24 hours. SIGN UPS STILL OPEN!
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that's awesome, accepted!
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hmm interesting first chapter. I'm curious, wondering why Jay feels the way he does. Keep it coming Wake, I'm a sucker for drama and romance. And don't worry about the writer's block, happens to us all, good luck.
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it's not silly at all Wake! Go ahead and post and I'll definitely give it a read and do my best to help!
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NOTE: if anyone is a bit confused by the soccer terms, ask and i'll explain!
Chapter 3: School Problems
The bell tolled, signalling the start of the new school day. And what a glorious day it was. Dazzling sunshine, clear blue skies and a lovely light breeze, reflected why so many tourists flocked to Kametsu. Danny smiled as he entered through the main gate. He had enjoyed the soccer club yesterday and was looking forward to the next session. He was engrossed in his thoughts and accidentally bumped into someone.
'Watch it.' muttered Dark. The boy narrowed his eyes at Danny, sizing him up.
'Sorry mate, my mistake' replied Danny brightly, clearly oblivious to the tension. All of a sudden, three more boys appeared, flanking Dark and surrounding Danny.
'Ah.' mumbled Danny, realising what was happening. Dark held up a hand to stop his cronies.
'I've never seen you around before. Transfer student?' he enquired, his tone still fairly innocuous.
'No, I'm a freshman, just moved into town.' Danny replied casually. Although both tone's were light, it was clear that the two were sizing each other up.
'Problem here?' boomed Mr Hawke, leaning out of his first floor classroom's window. Dark snorted.
'No sir, just getting acquainted with a fellow freshman' he shouted in reply.
Danny raised his eyebrows at the boy's words. He hadn't expected him to be a freshman. The boy nodded at him, ending the brief standoff as he turned and sauntered into the building, his friends following him. After a moment's thought, Danny too followed them in.
Hawke sighed, everyone in Kametsu knew Dark and his family. He would have to keep an eye on him.
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Apollo was in a great mood. Yesterday had been a great session, he'd been delighted by how good some of the freshmen were. But now, he was even more excited about the upcoming soccer season.
'Seriously Axel? You'll play?' he asked, disbelief and elation mixed in his voice. Axel smiled softly in response.
'Yes Pollo, I'll play in your team,' he replied, secretly pleased by his friend's attitude.
'What persuaded you?' pressed Apollo, prompting a laugh from Axel.
'I was in the crowd yesterday, those freshmen are good. I wanna play against them,' he said, still smiling. Apollo grinned broadly.
'They're good aren't they? I'll go and tell Coach right now!'
'No you won't!' called Hawke, overhearing the conversation. 'You can go after registration,'
'Yes sir!' replied Apollo.
'Why are you excited?' asked Lynn, entering the room.
'Axel's gonna play,' replied Apollo.
'Oh really? Told the Coach?'
'I will after registration. Think we have a good chance of making the nationals this year' said Apollo, confidently. Axel looked thoughtful.
'If i played, how would the team line up?' he asked.
'Well, we play a 4-4-1-1 formation with Breathless in goal. Ideally, we'd have Kurt right back, Chris left back with Jay and Shane at center back' explained Apollo. He gestured at Lynn to finish the explanation.
'I'd play on the right, you on the left and Apollo and Jeff in center midfield. Danny will play as the attacking midfielder behind George the striker.' finished off Lynn.
'So we have freshmen in the forward positions? That smart? George is-'
'Enough with the soccer chat I'm afraid' interrupted Hawke again, he realised he’d been doing that a lot today.
‘Anyway. Couple announcements for you. Firstly, please make sure you’re all registered to a school club by the end of the day. We had problems last year with some of the lazier people in the class. Also, there will be a University information evening held in the hall next week. All 2nd and 3rd years are expected to attend. Oh, one more thing. The Headmaster wants you guys to mentor some of the freshmen. It’s a new scheme but hopefully it’ll bring you guys together,’ he said.
‘Do we all have to mentor someone?’ asked a voice from the back.
‘No,’ replied Hawke. ‘Only three per class have to mentor. Any volunteers?’
‘I’ll do it,’ said Lynn. Apollo raised an inquisitive eyebrow. ‘Apollo and Axel volunteer too,’ she continued, smiling.
‘What?!’ yelled Axel in reply.
‘Well, I guess you three will be fine. I’ll submit your names. Actually, I think you’ll be assigned to Coach Martinez’s class’ said Hawke.
The bell rang, signalling the start of the first lesson of the new term. As Lynn and Axel left the class, still bickering over the mentoring issue, they were obstructed by a large group of girls that had gathered near the room. They called out to Lynn, but she ignored them, firmly pushing through the throng. Apollo followed her lead, flashing patient smiles to his fans.
Hawke chuckled to himself. Being in the soccer team at Kametsu High made you an instant celebrity. The school was absolutely mad for the sport. With the horde of adoring fans, Hawke certainly didn’t envy Apollo.
‘Let him through girls! He has an education to earn!’ he barked. There were a few shrieks and the girls started to disperse. Apollo sighed before giving his teacher an appreciative smile and exiting the room.
Hawke chuckled again.
‘Kids these days,’ he laughed.
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It’d been a tough morning for Danny. It had started off well, he’d discovered him an IP were in the same class but after that, it had rapidly gone downhill. He’d looked an idiot in English class, answering all the teacher’s questions incorrectly, but the biggest issue had proved to be a boy called Pav. He was tall, with long hair, good looking and extremely loud and arrogant. He’d laughed louder than anyone else, whilst sneering at Danny for the majority of the lesson. Danny had been confused as to why, but it had been made clear at the beginning of lunch when Pav had strode over to Dark and embraced him like a brother. They exchanged words and both glanced towards Danny.
‘Looks like you’ve made a couple of friends,’ laughed a voice from behind him. Danny turned to see Chris smiling at him.
‘Hey Chris! I don’t know what their problem is. All that happened was I bumped into him’ explained Danny.
Chris laughed again.
‘Don’t worry, they’re just sizing you up. More importantly, have you forgotten about our meeting with the coach? It’s now,’ he said.
‘Damn! I actually did, let me get a sandwich first.’
As Danny went up to the sandwich counter, Pav moved towards him. Noticing the movement, Chris followed and intercepted the tall boy.
‘Problem Pav?’ he asked, brightly. Pav’s eyes narrowed.
‘Chris,’ he hissed.
‘Yep, that’s me. Interested in Dan?’ Chris replied, keeping his tone light.
‘No, not at all. Just after a sandwich dude’ replied Pav, maintaining the false civility between them.
‘Good. He’s with me. Dark doesn’t go near him.’ said Chris, a note of threat entering his voice.
Pav let out a laugh.
‘We’ll see Chris.’ he said, turning back to Dark.
Danny tapped Chris on the shoulder.
‘Everything okay?’ he asked.
‘Yeah.’ answered Chris. ‘Lets get going man’.
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i've just seen the first episode and it was pretty stunning. Very impressed so far. Bit worried about the main character though. He seemed kinda whiny
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Alternative Titles
English: Attack on TitanSynonyms: Shingeki no KyoujinJapanese: 進撃の巨人Information
Type: TVEpisodes: 25Status: Currently AiringAired: Apr 7, 2013 to ?Producers: Production IG,Mainichi Broadcasting, Pony Canyon, Kodansha, Wit Studio, Shingeki no Kyojin TeamGenres: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Super PowerDuration: 24 min. per episodeRating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)Synopsis
Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by giants. Giants are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest of giants.
Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a giant in over 100 years. Teenage boy Eren and his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a super giant that appears out of thin air. As the smaller giants flood the city, the two kids watch in horror as their mother is eaten alive. Eren vows that he will murder every single giant and take revenge for all of mankind.RAZORDAN'S NUMBER 1 SPRING SEASON PICK
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posted a news update here for the new Origin series
http://forums.kametsu.com/index.php?/topic/35742-mobile-suit-gundam-the-origin-to-be-aired-in-2014/
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Title's pretty self explanatory, The Origin is a manga adaptation of the orginal anime and was hugely popular in Japan. I'm guessing it'll be like a DBZ Kai type thing? if anyone has more info, feel free to post.
Source: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=552007
The scan from Gundam Ace magazine---

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no please sign up! You're a loyal reader Kin, love how you put up with my lazy updates haha. I'll do my best! And post some of your stuff! Sure it'll be great!
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Thanks for the feedback guys, gonna introduce more of the highschool element in the next chapter so stay tuned!
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I think if there was a fluffy category then there'd only be one winner! We should have a food related category. I like food.
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Chapter 2: Selection
Axel sighed as he watched the soccer club line up. His teacher, Mr Hawke, had urged him to pay the trials a visit, Apollo too, had spent the majority of the summer trying to persuade him to play. However, he just wasn’t convinced the club was worth it. In Kametsu, 32 teams contested the Regional Tournament, with the final 2 moving onto the National Tournament, alongside 14 teams from the 7 other regions of Atlantia. Never in the history of Kametsu High Soccer Club had the team progressed past the last 16 in their region, that all changed 2 years ago however, when Coach Javier Martinez took over and completely revamped and revitalized the team. In his first year, they made the top 8, before making the final 4 last year. They also played the most attractive and technical brand of soccer the city had ever seen. Despite all this however, Axel wasn’t sure about joining the club. He’d been a leading national player in middle school, but had become dismayed with the poor quality of players around him and so abandoned soccer. Hawke had urged him to give the club a try but Axel had serious doubts. The core of team had been the seniors, and they had all graduated. Axel was better than the other regulars, he knew that. If the freshmen were good, then he’d join. If they weren’t, then he simply would join another club.
‘Just gotta wait and see’ he said to himself.
On the pitch. the first match had just started. Jay passed the ball to Danny, the freshman controlling it easily. He spotted Chris to his right and casually kicked the ball in his direction. Out of nowhere, Apollo appeared and intercepted the ball.
‘Damn!’ cursed Danny. Without hesitation, Apollo easily went past the freshman and ran towards the goal. George tried to stop him, but was brushed aside by the determined captain. Just when it looked like Apollo would have a clear shot, Jay lunged in with a very strong, but fair, tackle. The loose ball trickled towards Chris but this time IP caught the other team cold. He put on astonishing burst of pace that saw him motor past the stunned defence. Danny and Jay tried to catch up, but they were nowhere near fast enough. As they strained to catch him, he moved further and further away. Luckily for them however, IP demonstrated his lack of football experience and his shot was weak and straight at Reid, the goalkeeper gratefully scooping it up.
‘Come on freshmen! Concentrate!’ yelled Jay. Apollo smiled at his friend.
‘It’s okay for you Polo, my guys are useless!’ muttered Jay, quietly.
‘Give them a chance, maybe they’re just nervous’ responded Apollo, distractedly. He was very interested in the pace that IP had just showed. A really fast player was undoubtedly an asset to any team, and with proper training, IP could be a big weapon. Apollo wasn’t the only person to take note, Axel raised his eyebrow on the sidelines, whilst Coach Martinez smiled in the centre of the pitch. Glancing towards Apollo, he nodded. IP had made the cut.
Danny and Chris were standing together, and they both noticed the little interaction.
‘Looks like we’re being shown up’ said Danny. Chris snorted.
‘Maybe you’ve decided you won’t make it, but I’m way better than the people here. Just give me the ball and see’ he replied arrogantly, storming off. Danny smiled. He’d only recently moved to the area, and lived in a flat by himself. Receiving the ball from Reid, he stopped and looked up. Maybe Kametsu High would be fun after all.
‘Pass it!’ yelled Jay. Danny ignored the shout and instead accelerated forward. Apollo carefully retreated back towards his goal, signalling his team to follow. Suddenly, Danny laid the ball off to Jay.
‘Return it,’ he ordered. Complying, Jay flicked the ball back into the freshman’s path. The one two had caught IP out and he charged towards Danny. Apollo cursed as he realised what was happening.
‘Get back!’ he yelled at IP. The freshman froze, clearly confused. Unfortunately, he was too late. His inexperienced rush had left a huge gap behind him, which Chris ran into. Jeff and Kurt both ran to plug the gap and Danny smiled. Two mistakes.
‘Pass to me!’ yelled Chris. Instead, Danny launched the ball in the other direction.
‘There’s no one there idiot!’ roared Chris, furious. Apollo sighed in relief.
‘Go!’ yelled Jay. Apollo gasped. Suddenly, George had appeared out of nowhere, the small boy collected Danny’s pass and ran towards the goal before showing great composure and coolly slotting it past the goalkeeper.
As the Coach blew his whistle, a stunned silence spread throughout the pitch. In the crowd, Axel smiled, almost out of relief. Excitement pounded through his veins. He knew he’d just seen a great example of talent.
The rest of the session passed without major incident, barring Chris finally backing up his boast with a beautiful long range free kick that left Breathless standing helpless. As the players stood around the coach waiting for a decision, Javier smiled. It had been a surprisingly good session and some of the freshmen looked like really good players.
‘Right. We had a very good session today. I was impressed by quite a few of you. We have a practice match next week, with a training session the day after tomorrow. Unfortunately, not everyone can make the first team squad, but I encourage those who didn’t make it to attend training and fight for a place. The first team squad is as follows. Apollo, Lynn, Breathless, Jay, IP, Danny, Chris, George, Shane, Jeff, Reid and Kurt.’ he announced. There were the predictable mixture of delight and disappointment, but Javier was satisfied with his selections. They were a player or two short, especially in defence, but he was confident of a successful season.
‘Okay you lot! Meeting of the first team tomorrow lunch time. Everyone else, training in two days! Get home safe!’ he yelled as they began to disperse.
Axel was also very satisfied with what he had seen. Some of those freshmen had serious talent. He turned away from the pitch, smiling.
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second chapter up, sign ups still open
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I personally loved Skip Beat, it was surprisingly awesome. Definitely wanna see more. but doubt we will
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Shingeki looks epic, as do MJP and Kakumeiki Valvrave. Looking forward to them 3 a lot. Actually done an article on the season, next issue of the Informer


Kametsu and Social Media. Enhancing the Community
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We've been discussing a lot of things recently, how to make Kametsu more of a community has been a central issue. Well, I have a couple of ideas/questions I'd like you guys to consider.
Youtube. I've been thinking about this for a while actually, and I reckon this is the perfect time to introduce it. I was thinking of posting youtube videos about the forum/anime/games/books/tvshows/etc. If I posted these, you guys could check them out, give me suggestions etc. I was thinking specifically of a Q and A type video where the forum members will send me questions (through kametsu or youtube) and I'd answer them in the actual video. The questions can be literally about anything, which members I'm closest to, which forum stories I like, my favourite anime, my favourite food, which movies I'd recommend, what music I listen to, anything! Hopefully we can all have a bit of fun with it and it can become a staple of the forum.
Twitter. I use twitter a whole lot, and I know just how useful it can be when it comes to friendships and interacting with people. I'd happily run a kametsu account where I'd tweet about Kametsu related issue, be it the Informer, new threads/RPs/stories, seasonal anime, member of the day, birthday shoutouts etc. I honestly think Twitter could be hugely useful in adding to the community atmosphere of Kametsu.
Mini Khronicle This is the idea I'm least confident with but I was thinking of a very small, shortened article type piece that's devoted to the forum. I'd fill it with the latest Kametsu news and events. It'll also be hopefully pretty light hearted and comic.
Well, I just want you guys to feedback to me. Would you be interested in any of the above things? Do you have any of your own suggestions you wanna share? Do you use Twitter? Get posting!
NOTE: I'll personally be monitoring and maintaining this thread. Play nice.