In our last How to H we laid out three steps to better H’ing. To review: admit, study, and light-touch, which we choose to wrap in the acronym ASLT. An easy way to remember the ASLT is to remember the phrase, “and stuff like that.”

Stalking:

You need to work on your stalking skills. Don’t get me wrong. Stalking isn’t necessarily an H activity. Although, it is recommended that it be in one’s H skillset. Basically, expand your horizons and acquire/improve your abilities. This all falls under the “study” part of our three steps to better H’ing.

Some of you may be asking, “but isn’t stalking illegal?” Well, it depends, really. But, nobody ever got anywhere by following all the rules. Rules are meant to be broken.

Some of you may be asking, “but isn’t that just rationalizing the illegal activity?” Well, yes…moving on.

There is one major issue with stalking. It’s very hard to do without being noticed. That is unless you are a ninja. (as a quick observation, there are three ninja in the above image) As it is that you are not a ninja, there are some simple rules you can follow for better stalking.

You can’t stalk using the entryway to a room. This leaves your rear unguarded. That’s 180 degrees where you may be noticed. walls and corners are your friend. Additionally, you may find yourself noticed because people pay attention to the entry to any room, expecting others will enter through that point. At a basic instinctual level, people will keep track of their environment because they are wary of predators. Knowing this, you should pick a place that isn’t usually trafficked: ceilings, trashcans, bushes (a bit overused, if you ask me),

When “tailing” your target, the idea is to blend in. I cannot stress this enough. Don’t, absolutely don’t, do that tippy-toe sneaking around thing. It’s a dead giveaway. A lot of amateurs do this, and it is entirely irritating to watch. Yes, we can see you. It’s obvious what you are doing.
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That’s it for today. We’ll have more How to H next week, baring any unforeseen events.

One of the rules of the BSE (until I change my mind) award is that it must be chosen early in the airing of a show. I decided to make this rule, just now, because it seems to fit with what I had done for previous award winners.

B Gata H Kei was in the running against Angel Beats!, but pressure was being put upon the committee to make a decision, because of the rule mentioned earlier.

It may be a little too early to make a clear decision between the two shows. The committee had strong opinions about Angel Beats!. They felt that it had a very good chance of developing a seriously engaging story. Especially, after the excellent showing in episode three. On the other hand, BH has better comedy in all respects, and it has the inept horny female lead angle going for it.

Plus, there is a little god of nookie that is cheering for Yamada all the time. We just loved that.

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Think of the BSE as the Nobel Peace Prize of anime awards. It’s not necessarily given on merit but in the hopes that it will be earned in the future.

Step 1: Admit you have a problem, an awesome problem…

The first step in H’ing is admitting you’re H. While technically it is possible to H without knowing it, successfully achieving quality H is only really possible if you accept your H-ness.

Step 2: Study

Thomas Edison once said, “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” Basically, no great person ever endeavored to fail or try. Proper H’ing takes practice. It takes a level of inspiration, but more than anything it is a lot of hard work.

Step 3: H’ing with a light touch

Your first H may be a little underwhelming. Maybe it isn’t H enough. More likely, it was overly H. The problem with beginning H’ers is that they are too eager to prove their H-ness. This isn’t necessary. Properly controlled, a person’s H-ness doesn’t need to be forced.  It becomes a part of their natural aura, permeating everything about them.

One of the most misunderstood aspects of H’ing is that the act of H’ing is something that has to be noticed by others. This isn’t true. There are many happy and productive H’ers out there with friends and family that are totally unaware of their dominate H qualities.

Just remember, H isn’t what you portray to others. H is a personal quality, the choice of letting others in on your H is up to you.

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That’s it for today. Hopefully, we’ll have more How to H next week.

I’ve been out of the blogging game for a few months, now. It isn’t that I haven’t wanted to blog. Time is simply not on my side. That beast eats so much of my life, ya’ know.

At any rate, to the point of this post. I’ve still been watching the anime. There were some good shows last season: Ladies x Butlers, The Book of Bantorra, Omamori Himari, Chu-bra (kinda). Of course, the last Best Show Ever winner, A Certain Scientific Railgun. BTW, Uiharu won the Best Hair Accessory That May Not Be a Hair Accessory award.

First Up: Angel Beats!

Okay, so this guy apparently dies and awakes in a strange world with a cute girl named Haruhi who is god. Umm…that’s not right. Her name is Yuri, she isn’t god, and she’s dead too. The basic story, follows the SOS brigade group of main characters in the “Afterlife Battlefront” while they try to destroy a mysterious organization, Angel, that may or may not be a single girl who happens to be the student council president.

Oh yeah, that guy I mentioned earlier, he lost his memory so he doesn’t know anything about anything at all. Also, he dies a few more times after waking up (Beat to Death Angel Dokuro-chan style).

Second: B Gata H Kei

Okay, so there is this really cute girl who every boy in school wants to go out with. The only problem is that she is a neurotic mess fixated on losing her virginity. She hides it well. Only her closest friends and family know about her secret obsession with sex. Despite her willingness, she has unfounded body image issues centered around her, for lack of better words, happy place. So, she decides to target a plain looking guy who couldn’t possibly see her in any other light than perfection, because he’s a virgin like her.

Normally, the ecchi factor of this show would make it a hard sell to the Best Show Ever committee. However, the first episode was more funny than ecchi, and it looks to be pushing a romantic aspect of the storyline, which garnered it points.

We will see.

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Edit:  Holy crap, I just found out Angel Beats! has an exclamation point in the name! You know how I feel about shows with exclamation points! They’re totally awesome and not overused at all!

Also, corrected the name…

Did you really believe that? No, no, no…It’s totally all about panties.

I wanted to wait until the second episode before I made a comment about this, because it looks like it’s going to be a straight panties all the time. Plots are going to revolve around panties. Whole story arcs will swing on the color of the naughty red lace. Bras are going to fly. There is going to be a deluge of underwear knowledge…an f’ing deluge son…

You’re going to learn more about panties than any fapping anime fan would ever want to know. You will be ashamed, so very much ashamed.

Honestly, it’s like they aren’t even trying anymore. In the past, the creators would have had the decency to say that the main character was eighteen (and just looked twelve). Let’s face it, apparent age of the characters isn’t exactly new ground in anime.

That actually brings up a point that I’m sure others have already made. If the creators of this particular anime didn’t change anything else about the story, but the age of the characters, would it seem any more or less offensive to some. Of course, that one aspect makes all the difference.  Because, it isn’t about a high school girl starting a panties club. It’s about a middle school girl starting a panties club.

However, what is the difference between a show about a fictitious middle school girl starting a underwear club versus a fictitious high school girl  starting an equivalent club? There is no difference. The only issue here is in the mind. The difference is you. It’s the difference between fiction and reality. It’s the difference between though and crime. It’s the nature of the act and the resulting consequences.

Finally, I’m left wondering what this show has to offer other than spurious underwear shots and lesbian jokes. If anything, that’s the real question we should be asking ourselves.