So The Librarian came over this past Thursday night to renew our more-or-less weekly tradition of eating Chinese food (well, Panda Express.  Their orange chicken is one of the Perfect Foods, along with rye bread and Chicago-style deep dish pizza), discussing work, nibbling on Pocky, and watching anime.

As you may remember, last time we finished up Elfen Lied.  Earlier this week, I had sent her a list of shows I had available (around 100, on DVD or fansub).  She reminded me, however, that she had chosen EL, and that it was my turn to pick.

Oh.  Hm.

See, here's the thing.  The Librarian and I have maybe slightly different tastes in anime, so choosing a series is always a little adventuresome.  Fortunately, though, I've known her for nigh on ten years, so in some things I've got a good concept of what she likes (I don't think I'd be able to choose a wallpaper for her, though).

So after browsing the web for a bit, I made a decision.

Thursday night rolled around, and after orange chicken, I provided her with a bottle of strawberry ramune, offered pocky, turned down the lights, and looked out the window as the DVD player spooled up...
It was snowing.  Perfect.



It's been most of a year since I last watched Kanon '06, and nearly seven months since "...Angel." was released.  Despite the fits and starts I've had on the new AMV, I think I've "lost touch" with the series.  Jeff recently rewatched the series, saying that it needs to be watched in the correct season, so it's time.

But how would The Librarian take to sad girls in snow?  After two very fast hours and four episodes, we'd made almost no jokes (there was one "They're cousins!" as a hat-tip to EL, though).  This isn't quite as surprising as you'd might think, however.  I was immediately hooked again by the show, noticing things that I had missed the first time around.  The Librarian sat huddled in her chair, not making a sound except when her ramune was finished ('clink... clunk... clink...').

The result?  She liked it, much to my relief (and, I'll admit, a little bit of surprise).  The real meat of the show does start in the next few episodes, so we'll see what the reaction is then, but indications are good.

And there WAS one joke that I think will end up in the lexicon of Anime Night @ The Pond:




...and the snow continues to fall.  I'll admit it: I'm really looking forward to the rest of this series....

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