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Prince of Tennis: The National Tournament Semifinals

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After beating Higa and Hyotei, Seishun Gakuen proceed to the semifinals to face Shitenhouji. This 6-episode OVA shows the struggle of the Seigaku regulars to find their true potential and overcome their weaknesses. The players they will encounter are stronger and have deadly techniques that they need to overcome. Warning: Spoilers! The following are the highlights in each episode: Episode 1: Shitenhouji defeat Fudomine. Episode also showed a match between Tachibana and Chitose. Episode 2: First match between Seigaku and Shitenhouji. Fuji is defeated by Shiraishi despite using his Final Counter. Episode 3: New opening and ending songs. Momo and Kaidoh versus Koharu and Hitojiri. Match tested Momo and Kaidoh's patience and how well they knew each other's moves. Episode 4: Taka-san's dream of becoming the number one power player comes true when he survived Ishida Jin's multiple styles of Hadoukyuu. Episode 5: A doubles match becomes a singles m...

Angry Iskaral with Mogora

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Iskaral Pust and wife Mogora. This drawing can also be viewed through my deviantArt:  http://fav.me/d4crvzn

The Paran Siblings

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Tavore, Ganoes and Felisin from the Malazan series. This drawing can also be viewed through my deviantArt:  http://fav.me/d4crviu

Prince of Tennis: The National Tournament

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Seigaku's journey to the Nationals continue in three short OAVs. The final episode from the main series showed Ryoma leaving Japan for a tournament in the U.S. In the first episode of Prince of Tennis: The National Tournament , Ryoma went to visit his seniors to cheer them on, but because Oishi's injury got worse, the vice-captain decided to let Ryoma play in his stead. This OVA consists of 13 episodes and shows Seigaku's matches against Higa and then Hyoutei. Warning: Spoilers! These are some of the highlights of each episode:  Episode 1: Seigaku cheered for Rokkaku but the team could not beat Higa's players. Oji was attacked by one of the players too.  Episode 2: Seigaku's first match with Higa. Ryoma plays against Tanishi. Although Ryoma appeared like he was losing, he was actually doing it on purpose. Episode 3: Fuji (teamed up with Taka-san for the doubles) revealed his Fourth Counter - Kagerou Zutsumi. Episode 4: Eiji was still upset by Oishi'...

Onos T'oolan

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Tool from the Malazan series. Here's the link to my deviantArt:  http://fav.me/d4boipc

Night of Knives by Ian C. Esslemont

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This is the first book that is supplementary to the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. Readers who are already familiar with the mentioned series should by now be aware that the Malazan world was not created by Steven Erikson alone. The introduction in the book will explain that. The book focused on two characters who are caught in the events that transpired on the Night of Shadows - or Shadow Moon. Temper, a Malazan soldier, has been trying to live an uneventful life. The seemingly quiet and bored veteran however has a past that keeps haunting him. Meanwhile, somewhere in Malaz Island, his complete opposite Kiska stumbles upon an exciting discovery that will open up an opportunity for her to live the kind of life she wants. Most readers who have read Erikson's books will be familiar with most of the gods and Ascendants mentioned here, as well as the Shadow Realm. One of the highlights of this book is Edgewalker's participation in the events. Part of his nature is rev...

Ouran High School Host Club

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This 26-episode series follows the life of Haruhi Fujioka with the Host Club and its six members. Most of Ouran Academy's students come from wealthy families but Haruhi managed to get in the school as a scholar. She accidentally stumbled upon the Host Club in the first episode and broke a vase. The Host then asked her to pay for the broken item but since she could not afford it, she had to take on the job as a host.  Because of Haruhi's appearance, the members thought that she was a guy. Eventually, they found out that she is a girl through subtle clues when they interacted with her. The last one to notice this was Tamaki Suou, the leader of the Host Club. They all agreed to keep it a secret to maintain her image but there are noticeable differences in the way they are treating her since then.  The rest of the Host Club members are as follows: 1. Suou Tamaki - referred to as the "King" of the Host Club. He is cheerful, a bit narcissistic and sometimes ...