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Author: Chris Kincaid

Valentine’s Day in Japan

Posted on February 1, 2011May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

On Valentine’s Day in Japan, girls give chocolate to the boys they like. Girls also buy inexpensive chocolates for their friends (girls and boys).  If they have a crush on a boy they might make their own chocolates and wrap them in pretty paper. Gift giving is important in Japan thats why it is important…

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Chobits

Posted on February 1, 2011May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

Every college student needs a computer who can carry on a conversation. Chobits, created by Clamp, tells the story of Hideki Motosuwa, a student trying to qualify for college. Hideki dreams of a girlfriend and a persocom, an android used as a personal computer. One evening he finds a trashed persocom with long flowing hair….

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Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

Posted on January 31, 2011May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

One thousand years after a war devastated much of the Earth, humanity clings to existence at the fringes of a vast, polluted forest inhabited by monstrous insects. Only Nausicaä, the princess of the tiny realm of the Valley of the Wind, grasps the environmental significance of the forest. She sees beyond petty wars and national…

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Wolf’s Rain

Posted on January 30, 2011May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

The world dies a slow freezing death. Long thought extinct, wolves know of a legend that just might save a few lucky souls. When the Lunar Flower blooms the gate to Paradise shall open. Wolf’s Rain is set in the far future during the next Ice Age. Humanity is secluded to a harsh short life…

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Heiress of the Phantom Thief

Posted on January 30, 2011May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

Chizuko is a young heiress living with her aunt and uncle, who are plotting to inherit her fortune. She is rescued by the mysterious phantom thief, 20 Faces, and becomes part of his family of thieves. Chizuko is an avid mystery book reader; if it wasn’t for the skills she picked up from these books…

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Last Exile

Posted on January 29, 2011May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

A rate of 7 star difficulty can quickly change the life of a sky courier. Last Exile is a steampunk sky-venture that follows Claus Valca and his navigator Lavie Head through a tough courier mission that killed a more experienced pilot and plunges them between 2 warring nations and the Guild, an organization that seemingly…

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