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Honey & Clover is a currently airing drama in Japan, based on Chika Umino’s manga of the same name. It centers around a small circle of friends who all attend an Art university. Things start off pretty simple, but soon complicate themselves because of that age old thing called ‘love’.

Read more!1st impressions: Honey & Clover

1:30 a.m. on a wednesday. . .It’s going to be a hell of a day. . .

Whatever magazine this was a cover for, I bet it it was a best seller and did wonders for this models’ career. I bet every man in Tokyo wished they’d been asked to pose in front of a car in silver platforms, pink bunny ears, a training bra and a thong hiding away within the dark depths of arse crack. That model is very serious and believes in the power of his image. Look at that face. That pose. He’s working it for that camera. Tyra Banks and Kyoko Fukada ain’t got shit on this dude.

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I have a confession to make… I disconnect from online games. I was playing Mario Strikers Charged online the other night and I got pitted against some cheap bastard of a player. He kept doing this shit that I was unable to do anything against and it guaranteed him goals. So I waited until there were only 5 seconds left until the match ended and then I switched off the Wii and disconnected. I know this is wrong to do, but I just have a problem when players online are cheap and exploit flaws in the game constantly. I don’t have a problem losing to somebody who plays fair. But when playing a cheap player, I think to myself - ’If my opponent is going to cheat me out of a fair game, then I should cheat them of a victory’.

Many have voiced their disgust over people like me and have called Nintendo out to come up with with a system which penalizes gamers from disconnecting and I agree they should. You do get gamers who only disconnect simply because they’re losing and this isn’t fair. But I also think it’s unfair that measures aren’t taken to ensure gamers don’t exploit flaws in games. If Nintendo gave the Wii a hard drive they could at least patch the game so certain tactics and special abilities couldn’t be exploited. An option to turn certain features of the game off for ranked matches would also help make things a bit more balanced.

Disconnected is wrong, but so is being a cheap f**ker. If you’re not going to play fair against J online, then expect to have some message about a connection error come up on your screen.

Have any of you ever disconnected from an online game over something similar? Don’t worry. We don’t hate or judge folk here at Dark Diamond. *pulls out the hating hat and judgement spectacles*

I’d love to go to Japan one day. There’s a lot to worry about when going to Japan. The language barrier, customs, travel expenses where to go and what do to once you get there. But what would worry me more than anything would have to be the food. Japan is a country that is big on seafood. Me? I hate the stuff. I’ve disliked seafood for as long as I can remember. I can handle a tin of tuna, but that’s as far as my seafood endeavors are willing to go. That fish in the picture above was served to a couple of guests on SMAP’s cook / chat hybrid show Bistro SMAP. If somebody placed that fish in front of me I don’t know what I do. I know what I wouldn’t do though and that’s eat it. It reminds me of a moment in The Simpsons when Mister Burns was made to eat Blinky, an orange 3 eyed fish. *shudders*

So how about you. What foods do you dislike and avoid like the plague?

Nintendo products have been doing the rounds in a couple of Japanese dramas as of late. With the Wii remote and Mario Kart: Arcade GP making appearances in Proposal Daisakusen: Operation love and the Nintendo DS cropping up in Hanazakari no Kimitachi e. TV execs in Japan are already blaming Nintendo for the decline of viewers checking out television ads. So it’d seem that if you’re not busy playing Nintendo. Then you’re sat watching a drama that has Nintendo in it.

Branding with the Wii and the DS is seriously strong. Stronger than that of any other console Nintendo have put out in the past. It’s probably safe to say that the Wii and the DS are probably 2 of the biggest selling products in Japan right now. What better way for Nintendo to flog more units than to have J-idols brandishing their systems in J-dramas?! Nintendo officially own Japan. And you may not know it yet, but Nintendo own some of you reading this too.

Many have had the dream of becoming an astronaut, a S.W.A.T. policeman, even a Pirate. But only the determined and cool want to become NINJAS! Do you really REALLY have what it takes to become one? No? Maybe this video will help you get your act together choosing the profession of your life:

This is only for the daring! I’m still having some hard time evading snowflakes. . .

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