Holy hell it's been ages

Attention! To the two people who might actually still care, I, Snark, have returned from the vast sea of obscurity!

And so, let this land be awash with cheering and dancing!

...yeah.

Anyway, so I'm back, it's been months since I've last posted, and for once, I've got a decent reason for that; it looks like I've entered the fabled burn out phase that every anime fan inevitably faces at some point in their life, where they simply don't have the same passion for stupid, big-eyed Japanese cartoons that they once had.

Over the past few months, I have essentially watched close to no anime whatsoever. For a while, I tried to complete Eureka Seven, but then gave up when I realized that I hated Renton, even after character development, and wanted nothing more then to see Eureka get run over by a truck.

But never fear dear readers! That isn't to say I've given up entirely on anime! For you see, rather then watching crap, lately I've been wasting my money on anime related crap of a different variety; childrens' card games.

Over the holidays I had been introduced by a friend to a Japanese TCG (trading card game) known as Weiss Schwarz. To the uninitiated, Weiss Schwarz is a shitty card game where two players command their legions of moe blob characters from shitty moe shows to do moe battle with one another.

Naturally, I was first repulsed by the idea of playing such a moe-fied card game with people who I could only assume were pedophiles. But then, I had an epiphany; this was probably the only avenue where I could beat moefans and not get arrested for it!

And so began my wretched journey into Japanese card games.

In order to make sure I wouldn't be ensnared by the dread tendrils of moe, I made a promise to myself to only play the Manliest cards I had. And so, I present to you, my deck of moe destruction; the Mighty Junpei Deck!

It is with this indomitably masculine deck that I lay waste to all other, lesser, school-girl infested, unmanly decks.

But yeah, aside from Weiss Schwarz, I haven't really been doing anything anime related to be honest.

Luckily, the manga side of things are looking a bit brighter as I've been closely following Legend of Koizumi and Hayate X Blades; both awesome manga that I'll hopefully be reviewing soon.

Overall though, I've been going very light on anime and manga in the past few months. Coincidentally enough however, my interest in pro wrestling has been enjoying a bit of a renaissance, with me watching a lot more of the WWE as well as independent promotions such as Ring of Honor and Shimmer.

So if anyone is curious about what I've really been spending my time on lately, I've been hunting down videos of the now sadly retired Rebbecca Knox.

In closing, I figured I might as well address something; some of y'all may be wondering how the hell I transitioned from anime to something so disparate as wrestling. Well...LuFisto here may help answer that;

Happy birthday, me!

So it was my birthday yesterday, and it was awesome. To be honest, I've never really been all that big on birthdays, but its a great excuse to ask people for free shit.

Anyway, I figured I'd show y'all a comic of the first present I got for the day;

So yeah. On my 21st birthday, my parents decided to buy me a toy. Admittedly, it was an awesome toy though, cause it was this guy;

I actually have no idea who the hell he is, but we're both named Sebastian, and he looks badass.

And then some of my friends gave me presents too, but their presents sucked, cause they were dirty communists.

Oh, and while we're at it, Taikutsu Remedy has also turned one year old recently! It was on the 12th of October last year where I made my first ever shitty post.

So yeah, I'd like to thank all my readers for pretending to care about the stuff I wrote about for an entire year. Anyways, I'd like to write more, but I'm suffering massive writers block right now, so I'll just leave it at that. Thanks y'all.

A Real Life Moe-Blob

Regular readers of my blog will be familiar with my well documented hatred of moe. In fact, I rant about the evils of moe so regularly, I would presume some of you are getting a little bored reading about my crusade.

So I figured it's time to spice things up a little and throw a little twist into the story; I actually know a real life moe blob.

Obviously, I won't be sharing her real name, but for convenience, let's call her, "Rei", in honour of that Grand Mommy of Moeblobs, Rei Ayanami.

Anyway, despite being flesh and blood, Rei checks out most of the typical moe characteristics; she's clumsy, shy, a little airheaded at times, naive and about as innocent as a 20 year old could realistically be. Seriously, about the only thing missing is that she's not a tsundere.

And as I have mentioned in many, many posts about moe, I find none of her moe traits to be appealing in the least. Admittedly, I don't hate her the way I hate anime moeblobs, in fact, I consider her to be a very good friend.

But that might have something to do with the fact that she has a sweet rack.

So who is this asshole behind Taikutsu Remedy?

So I was reading Phossil's recent autobiographical post about himself, and I figured I'd follow suit and write up a post about me. I do this for two reasons. Firstly, the profile feature on blogspot sucks. And more importantly, I get off over talking incessantly about myself.

So here we go!

A Short History of Me
My name is Seb, and I live in Sydney. I've been into anime for an assload of time, though on a rather on/off basis. My first anime was UFO Robo Grendizer, which I suspect, gives me mad old school brownie points.

Brownie points.

Sadly however, Grendizer would not be followed by any other titles for quite a few years. It was only during my primary school years, during the height of the Pokemon craze, that I would watch anime again.

And somewhat unsurprisingly, it would be some time more before I saw any other titles. Nonetheless, with the advent of cable TV which came about during my early high school days, I was introduced to shows such as Sakura Taisen, You're Under Arrest, and a show whose name I've forgotten, about a school that transformed into a giant robot. This was the period in which my anime fandom would begin in earnest.

Over the years, a considerable number of titles such as Ghost in the Shell, .Hack//Sign, Excel Saga, Noir and others. However, anime hit another lull in my life as I spent my later high school years in a traditional boarding school, where internet access was severely limited, and where no dvd stores were in any reasonable distance. It was during this time that my interest in anime essentially dwindled to nonexistence.

My favourite .Hack//Sign character, Silver Knight. Mainly because he was a douchebag.

Fast forward to last September 2008, where my friends Seth, Gabby, Bridget and James invited me to attend the 2008 Sydney Animania with them. Now despite having zero interest in anime by this point, I decided that I may as well go along with the ride.

Me at Sydney Animania 08. Earning my title of World's Most Dedicated Cosplayer. (Note the sexy Kamina in the background)

Long story short; Animania was fucking awesome and reignited all the love of anime that I probably had bottled up inside me over the years.

Since then, I've watched a metric assload of anime both old and new, with standouts including Gurren Lagann, Ouran High School Host Club, Re: Cutey Honey, Dancouga Nova, Martian Succersor Nadesico, Bamboo Blade and many, many more.

Dancouga Nova featured a giant robot piloted by a crazy hotblooded chick, what more could I ask for?

And that brings us to this blog. It was after Animania that I started viewing anime blogs round the blogosphere. During this time, I came to a certain realization; that the blogs out there were missing a certain...something. And that something, was sarcasm, hatred, and self loathing. Which is what Taikutsu Remedy aims to offer it's readers.

So What am I Like?

Two words best describe me; arrogant, and asshole. Also, people who know me in real life will attest to the fact that I take great pleasure in reminding people of my genius level IQ of 180.

If I was an anime character, I'd be this guy. Except with a better haircut. And a better obsession then card games. Possibly bukkake porn.

My natural state is anger, and I do not exaggerate when I say I am driven by hate. Almost everything I do is motivated by hatred of something. For instance, as a university student, I push myself to study hard not because I want to do as well as I can do, but because I hate the thought of people dumber then me getting better marks then me.

Also, I swear a lot. Moreso in real life then in my blog. Generally, if I swear at you, it means I like you. Or at least don't hate you. As a general rule, I call all my female friends 'bitch', and all my male friends, 'slut'.

Aside from that, I am also a strong supporter of equal gender rights. I describe myself as both a feminist, and one who supports men's rights as well (apparently the term is Masculinist, but I refuse to call myself that until the term is rebranded with a cooler name. Might I suggest, 'Asskicker').

I also tend to support other socially liberal causes, ranging from more conventional ones such as gay marriage, to the more controversial such as the legalization of incestuous marriage and sexual intercourse between consenting adults.

And this seems to come as a surprise to most people, but I am a practising Catholic (most people assume that I'm an Atheist or Agnostic, which to be fair, I was for some time). My personal philosophy is that if God is the omnipotent, omniscient creator of everything, s/he/it probably has better things to do then stress about what kind of holes I put my dick into.

Should I ever lose my belief in God, I would be quite happy to believe in this MAN. It would, after all, be reciprocal.

Anime That Gets Me Hard

In no particular order, here are my five favourite animes:

• Gurren Lagann
• Dancouga Nova
• Excel Saga
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
• GaoGaiGar

There is a slight pattern that binds my favourites together. But it's a rather subtle connection, and I suspect that only the most observant of you would notice it. (Hint: it involves giant fucking robots. You could say, SUPER robots)

A hotblooded giant robot of a MAN.

Manga That Gets Me Hard

Again in no particular order:

• Suikoden III
• Sgt. Frog
• Immortal Rain
• Genshiken
• Yozakura Quartet
• Yotsubato!

Anime Related Likes and Dislikes

I am an ardent lover of three things; porn, super robots and english dubs.

I adamantly defend the English dubbing industry and greatly respect the oftentimes excellent work that they do.

Similarly, I greatly admire the porn industry, and the excellent work that they do. However, I realize the ethically questionable nature of pornography and do keep that in mind. Generally however, I have no problem as long as all involved are doing it of their own free will, and are not being taken advantage of.

As for super robots, c'mon! They're giant fucking robots with crazy ass powers! What's not to like!?

Now as for things I dislike; certain subsets of the sub favouring fan community, moe and those stupid shy girls who keep popping up in anime.

One of the easiest ways to piss me off and earn my ire is to suggest that true anime fans only watch subs, whereas it's only anime newbs who prefer dubs. Seriously, aside from being a fucking retarded opinion with about as much merit as a steaming pile of horseshit, it also makes you look like an elitist dickweed; another subset of people who need to be kicked in the face.

The guy on the receiving end of this tried to claim that English dubbing was inherently inferior.

And yes, I am an ardent hater of moe. Honestly, I don't understand as to how that shit appeals to people. I find it at best, stupid and cheesy, and at worst, just fucking sexist.

A specific subset of moe that I hate are what's known as Yamato Nadeshiko; the ideal Japanese woman. Apparently in Japan, the ideal woman is a fucking footstool with all the drive and ambition of a worker ant whose sole duty in life is to look pretty and cook good tasting shit for her husband. I'm sorry, cultural sensitivity can go fuck itself at this point; this is nothing but fucking chauvinism.

So let's get this straight; Shizuka is like fucking five times smarter then Nobita. So after they get married...she becomes a housewife, and Nobita the sole breadwinner. What the fuck? What the bleeding, mind bending fuck?

My Ideal Anime Woman

Now I've always been a fan of action girls, and anime is chuckfull with kickass warrior women such as Elle Ragu, Subaru Nakajima and Matoko Kusanagi.

But if I ever had to pick one lady of anime to declare my undying love to, it would be Katina Tarask of Super Robot Wars. For one thing, she and I share very similar personalities; we only have two moods, angry, and very angry.

Also, she's everything I would want in a woman; hot blooded and piloting a giant robot.

What more could I possibly want?

So yeah, this is me in a nutshell. If anyone would ever want to meet me in real life (I can't imagine why), chances are good that you'll see me round whatever anime conventions are happening round Sydney.

As an aside, if I ever were to have a theme song to my life, it would be this:

Super Politically Correct Rant About Homosexuality and Religion Special!!!

We interrupt your regularly scheduled blog post for a special rant:

A few days ago, I was looking round Youtube for videos of the pc game Mass Effect. Having become rather bored with the game itself, I decided to just watch a couple of the major story cutscenes to get an idea of what happens in the end.

It was during this when I happened across a video of the infamous trans-species lesbian sex scene. Now being a romantic, I celebrate love in all it's forms; particularly when it's between two incredibly hot women.

Sadly however, my approval was not universally shared, as a few disgruntled individuals were vehemently posting comments about the, "immorality", "depravity" and "unnaturality" of lesbian sex.

And whilst I do not mean to stereotype, essentially all of these posters cited their disapproval based on religious grounds.

Whilst I obviously can't agree with their position, I won't begrudge them for obsessively obeying the laws of whatever fictional sky god they spend their time talking to. As a practicing Catholic, I am all too familiar with following silly, archaic rules and constantly apologizing for being human.

That said however, let's face facts; if you're male, and you disapprove of hot lesbian sex, you're not religious, you're just gay.



Image taken from Gelbooru

Sydney Animania, Ho!

So Sydney Animania 09 is on this weekend. And as expected, I shall grace it with my divine presence!

I'll be wearing my trusty Gurren Lagann shirt, so if any of you guys turn up this weekend, and you spot someone with a Gurren Shirt, radiating an aura of intense sexyness, do come over and say hi!

Oh, and just in case you guys were foolish enough to forget what my Gurren Lagann shirt looks like, here it is:

Sex.

Also, just for a little bit of fun, here's a picture of me from last year's Animania:

Also sex.

Congratulations, Seth and Gabby!

I am not a fan of mushy crap. However, sometimes life throws you moments which are so disgustingly heartwarming, that you have no choice but to hug it and say, "Awwww," regardless of how much it's annoyingly adorable cuddliness might spur you to acts of hatred and violence.

This is one such moment.

One of my closest friends, who I have known since high school, Seth Stallknect, has recently gotten engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Gabriel Luck; who coincidentally I also knew through DeviantArt.

Seth and Gaby, I know you're reading this. I know this because I am going to call you after I finish typing this, and tell you to read it. And now that I have your attention, I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to you two, and best wishes for your life together.

And for those of you who are not Seth and Gaby, who are wondering what the shit this all has to do with an anime blog; they are the one's who are responsible for getting me back into anime.

It was on their suggestion that I accompanied Seth, Gaby and two other friends to the Sydney 2008 Animania, which revived my interest in anime. Therefore, you can thank those two for the very existence of this blog.

So yeah, once again I would like to offer my best wishes to the two of you. Seth, I have known you for seven long years. And your love fills me with joyfulness of a giddy little girl. A little girl who will break your fucking kneecaps if she isn't made Best Man *hint hint*.

So to celebrate this moment, I will like to share with you some of my favourite anime couples. And I hope your love will be just as great as theirs;

Tsukasa and Subaru; everyones' favourite videogaming lesbians.


Haruhi and Tamaki; a love so deep he thinks he's her father.


Shinji and Rei, who is a clone of Shinki's dead mother. Thus being anime's first necro-incesteus couple.

And finally...the most romantic couple in all of anime...


Simon and his drill.

Seth and Gaby, may your love too pierce the heavens, do the impossible and throw reason to the curb.

Japan Rundown #1

Wow, it's been a while since I've posted.

Anyways, the photos from Japan still aren't ready yet. Long story short, I forgot to bring my camera but had asked my friends who went with me to send me their photos. As they are lazy bastards, they have yet to send the photos to me yet.

So for the meantime, I figured I'd show you all some of the awesome shit I bought.

Yuki Nagato Nendoroid

L, angry at Yuki for her blatant chair theft.

I fucking love my Yuki nendoroid. She's been pretty much impossible to find anywhere online, so I was really happy to get her. Anyways, she's now sitting in my room, still on L's chair, not giving a shit.

Fort Bragg Busou Shinki

Fort Bragg searching for her sister, Guantanamo.

In an attempt to humanise my figure collection, I'vee been getting a couple of Busou Shinki figures. I just had to get Fort Bragg cause of her name. Also because she's essentially carrying a fucking tank as a backpack.

Hayate Yagami Figma

Hayate, preparing for her dual against Moses.

I must admit that whilst I haven't seen the Nanaho series, Hayate's design was so ace that I had to get her. Also, I bought her the first day she was released in Akiba, so booyah all you preordering bitches.

Mini Katana

I also got this cool katana thing. Not much to say about it though except for the fact it's cool. Also, the blades made of metal, which is pretty awesome.

Other Stuff

I've also got two more Busou Shinkies; Arnval (left) and Harmony Grace (right), and some cool pvc figure (middle) that was going for 50% off! I haven't opened them yet though, so no cool pictures for now.

And finally...

GURREN FUCKING LAGANN SHIRT

My drill has never felt harder, longer or more heaven piercing then when I wore this shirt.

Never in the history of mankind has there been a shirt as mind bangingly awesome as this one. Admit it, you want to sex me now don't you?


So yeah, that's all the anime related shit I bought. Pretty awesome huh? Oh, and here's a few pics I took of my Yuki figma. I didn't buy her in Japan, but I liked the shots and decided to share anyway. Aren't I nice?

Yuki Nagato. The only Haruhi character I do not want to bludgeon to death with a rusty spatula.

Yo, I'm back

I'm back. Japan was fucking awesome.

Anyways, it's almost 1 am here, and I've been flying for 9+ hours, so I'm too tired to be fucked about telling/bragging about my Japan trip right now, so I'll give y'all a full run down in a day or two.

Till then, stay sexy readers.

I know you're all jealous

So I'm flying off to Tokyo, Japan tomorrow. And I shall be there till the 22nd.

Obviously this blog won't be updated during that period.

But when I get back, you can expect me to brag about my many exploits in that magical place that some anime fans believe to be Mecca itself.

Until then, you can spend the time picturing me doing a pelvic thrust towards various Japanese people/places, because that's what I'll most likely be doing.

Loot!

So I've been in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the holidays, and managed to go to a anime convention called Comic Fiesta which was held on the 20th and 21st.

Sadly, I forgot to bring my camera on both days, and will thus have to deprive you of the plethora of masturbation inducing photos I surely would have taken.

Instead, let me present you with pictures of the cool shit I bought.

In terms of figures, these two now adorn my room;

L Nendoroid. I'm not a fan of Deathnote, but that nendoroid L was too fucking awesome to not buy.


Yuki Nagato (wizard ver.) Figma. That guiter sold it, seriously.

I also managed to snag a couple of posters. Haven't hung them anywhere yet, but I will...eventually.

Ryu and Sakura poster to the left, and an awesome guitar swinging FLCL poster to the right.

Being a bit of a bookworm (of the sexy variety), I did not pass up on the oppertunity to get a few more bookmarks. Sadly, I may have gone slightly overboard.

These poor orphaned bookmarks need a new book to call home. Can you help them?

This Fuuka Yamagishi bookmark is the only one in use at the moment. And for those interested, that book she's in is fairly typical of the shit I read.

Holy shit it's been a while

To like the two people who might care; don't worry, I'm not dead. It's just that I've finally got off my ass and started to watch the West Wing after years of promising myself I'd watch it eventually.

I am fucking addicted to it.

Seriously.

I watched seven fucking episodes yesterday.

And five the day before.

Now if only West Wing was an anime; I'd be updating this blog several times a day.

Anyways, hopefully I'll get back to regular updating soon. Till then, take comfort in the knowledge that I masturbate to this: