Andi's Fave Five: Anime Ships

So this week as a part of a new series I'm trying out, I'm gonna list my current fave five ships for y'all. These may or may not be cannon, but regardless, I love them, also, these are in no particular order. No regrets. Enjoy.

Kitamura x Minori from Toradora

Usagi x Mamoru from Sailor Moon

Natsu x Lucy from Fairy Tail

Haru x Elie from Rave Master

Katara x Zuko from Avatar

Andi Watches: The Legend Of Korra Season 2

Now because I'm super amazing at this whole memory thing I thought that it would be time for me to review The Legend of Korra Book 2! Once again, there will be spoilers... I repeat, there will be spoilers, so read at your own risk.

Book 2: Spirits

We start out this season with the horrible fact that Korra and Mako are dating. Sorry, I hate Mako, and I don't think that Korra should be in a relationship, luckily this season we get to see Korra face the issue that she has to accept herself as just Korra as well as being the avatar, but that's not until the end, so she has a lot of mental hurdles that she needs to over come before she can even think of dating anyone, but that's a totally different story.

Korra has been reunited with her family and the rest of her water tribe because of the spirit festival that takes place every year, and we get to meet her uncle Unalaq, a real beaut... just kidding, but no he pretty much hates his brother, aka Korra's father, since he opened the spirit gate in the Northern water tribe and got kicked the f out of there. Claiming that the Southern water tribe was not as in tune with the spirits as they should be he makes it his goal to show Korra how to be the bridge between human and spirits so that they can once again live in harmony.

Eventually, when Korra does her thing where she thinks she's been sheltered and needs someone else to teach her how to be a better avatar, she sides with Unalaq who then takes her to the spirit gates and has her open them, spoiler alert: that's a horrible idea! Throws the whole world out of wack, but I mean what's done is done and all that is left to do is save the world.

I was also really vibin on the whole Tenzin and Jinora conflict since she is more connected to the spirit world than her father and therefore the only one that is able to successfully guide Korra through the spirit world, BOOM, Jinora swag! I seriously loved the story of the first avatar Juan, and his own personal battle with keeping the spirits in harmony with the rest of the world, only for Korra to later find out that she thinks he made a mistake in closing the gates.

However, I would have to say that the most shocking moment in the entire season is when Korra loses her connection to all the past avatars and resets the cycle! LIKE WOW!! I did not see that coming and I loved every minute of it, because that is the one thing that I really love about Korra, that she is so powerful and not afraid to cause change, don't get me wrong I loved Aang, but he was a little too passive for me, I really like a character that is not afraid to make sh*t happen even if the process is scary, but the outcome will be amazing!

Also, the battle between Raava and Vaatu was super epic, just when we thought Korra was done for, BAM Jinora out of left field to give her Raava's spirit, so clutch. And of course Korra was victorious. Not to mention she made the decision to leave the gates open so that spirits could roam freely in the human world and vice versa. Also, a whole new generation of air benders was born and I could not have been more excited for Bumi! Finally he has his own bender powers. But is the city ready for all the change that is about to come about from Korra's epic decision?? Probs not, but that's a different story, actually it's a whole new season, so I'll be talking about it next week.

In conclusion: highlights- Korra's new self awareness that she herself is still an amazing person, the fact that Korra and Mako break up, and Bumi's new bending power. Disappointing parts: Unalaq turns evil, the spirits make a mess of the city, and Jinora almost dies which makes Tenzin super depressed which I did not care for.

But seriously you guys need to watch this show, I cannot say that enough. Stay tuned till next week when I talk about book three: change.

September Shipping: Tumblr Challenge, Question 4, "Who's your NOTP?"

NOTP Mako x Korra

NOTP Mako x Asami

Mako

I don't trust anyone with bad eyebrows. Mostly Mako. I mainly don't trust Mako.

 I still think Korra hasn't finished going through her own personal transformation, figuring out who she is, independent of her identity as the Avatar. She'll need to come to terms with who she is before she even thinks about pursuing her romantic endgame (not that she even needs one).

The first two seasons definitely didn't do it for me in terms of romantic pairings. Nothing seemed to fit right and honestly their relationship(s) seemed forced. Plus, Asami kinda got dragged through the mud a lot in their wrongity-wrong, so wrong love triangle, and I believe she deserves way better. 

I don't know if you can tell, but I'm just not down with pointless love triangles and relationship drama. But actually. We ain't got time for this! There's too much at stake and the world needs the Avatar! 

Andi Watches: The Legend of Korra Book One

This week's anime of choice is.... (drum roll please) The Legend of Korra! So as usual we marathoned the sh*t out of that show and were not disappointed. Ps... If you haven't seen it yet, you should, BUT I just wanted to say that there will probably be spoilers, so proceed with caution.

The Legend of Korra follows the new avatar Korra as she struggles to find the perfect balance between being herself and the avatar. Though she starts off as a very capable fighter who has already mastered fire, water, and earth, Korra has thus far been unable to connect to her spiritual side or air bending. Enter Tenzin, Aangs son and Korra's overbearing air master who is not the biggest fan of having fun...

Book One: Air

Not unlike Aang, Korra also has a spirit animal, Naga, a polar bear dog with a keen sense of smell and the ability to whip out a fierce demeanor at a moments notice. And together Korra and Naga journey to Republic City, against Tenzin's wishes (BUT they did manage to get Katara's blessing so that trumps Tenzin), so that Korra may begin her air training. Along the way they manage to meet our first gang of mini villains The Triple Triads, and Korra manages to destroy an entire street to take these guys down, but I mean if she didn't do that then we never would've gotten the distinct pleasure of meeting Lin Beifong who seems less than thrilled to meet Korra, but alas Tenzin saves the day and we are able to feel the sexual tension, well maybe not...

As for the exciting world of Pro Bending! Naturally, Korra is super excited to learn more about it but Tenzin is having none of that and steals the radio from the guards so that she can't even hear what's happening, talk about douche move. Fortunately it is clearly not in Korra's character to follow the rules so she hatches a plan to sneak out and watch. Here she meets the Fire Ferrets, made up of brothers Maco and Bolin and a third rando player who is not having fun because Maco is kind of a huge jerk, until he learns that Korra is the Avatar, then he downgrades to surly and she joins their team.

Following the way a lot of shows seem to go when there is a girl and two guys, obviously both of them will fall in love with the girl, luckily after a harsh rejection Bolin is able to move on from Korra and Maco dates Asame, for now, but I thought that was good because clearly Korra has some identity issues that she needs to take care of before she can even think of dating anyone. Although I also don't think that Maco is good boyfriend material, between the way he treats Asame and the fact that he actually said "wait, I thought you just wanted me to be supportive, now I have to give you my opinion?" like seriously, what even is that? So needless to say, this is probably the one show where I am a fan of the main character ending up alone, but that's probably just me.

Along the way we meet our first antagonist, Amon, a guy who seems to really hate all benders and wants to make sure that no one is able to bend ever again, spoiler alert he uses bending to get rid of bending, weird I know. Any way, since he's evil and all and wants to get rid of benders he's obviously enemy number one for Korra, but so is Tarrlock, an undercover evil guy who wants to use his blood bending powers to get Korra to do whatever he wants pretty much, all so that he can be the most powerful man in the world. Which would've worked if it weren't for those meddlin' kids! Little did we know but Amon and Tarrlock actually happen to be brothers, a fact that Tarrlock is able to figure out when Amon, or should I say Noatak, took his bending powers from him.

After a lot of battles, Maco struggling to find who he wants to date, Bolin basically being shat on, and a lot of people losing their bending ability (including Lin Beifong!!?!??) the season finally comes to a close. The biggest shock would have to be Korra getting her bending taken away too though! Like seriously, I screamed when it happened, granted I'm known to get over emotional, but still it scared the crap out of me. Luckily for all of us Korra fans since she wasn't able to air bend before Amon was not able to block that channel of her bending! (INSERT EXCITED DANCE HERE) So BOOM homes pulls out the air bending to save her man love! Eventually after a very emotional scene where Korra realizes she is not the avatar any more she is able to connect with Aang who not only restores her bending but gives her the power to give all the victims of Amon's handy work their bending abilites back!! And that's how that went!

Have you guys watched Legend of Korra? Did you love it?? Stay tuned next week when I discuss season two, Korra is about to get her spirit fighting on!! Seriously it's super awesome!

Bros Before.... Ladies

This weeks BROTP goes out to Aang and Zuko! Hey, they may have started out as mortal enemies but don't the best friendships always start with, "Hey remember that time I tried to kill you?? Well let's be bros now!", no? That's just me? Well whatever I still love their friendship.  Not to mention we're definitely fans of a good bro love over here.