Well, this time I have three short series that have nothing to do with each other. They're quite different in tone, but that just goes to montrer toi how varied my tastes in animé are!

rendez-vous amoureux, date A Live—I watched this series twice before adding it to “My animé Series”, because the ending promised plus episodes to come, so the first time around I thought, “I’d better wait to see the coming episodes—after all, I want to see the whole montrer before claiming it as one of ‘my animé series.’” Time went on, and other shows, like Valvrave the Liberator and Magi got plus episodes, but there was no news on plus rendez-vous amoureux, date A Live. I wondered if it had been cancelled. Finally, I decided to add the show, but first I needed a refresher course, so I started watching it again. What do toi know, half way through the show, news finally came that there would indeed be plus episodes, and they would make the original twelve seem like just a “prologue”. par this time I had had enough, and didn’t know how long the wait would be, so I decided to stick with my plan of adding rendez-vous amoureux, date A Live to “My animé Series” after watching just the first twelve shows.
    Strange quakes are rocking Japan, started par female beings dubbed “spirits”. One group, the AST, is trying to kill them, but another group decides to take the l’amour and peace way. Teenage commander Kotori Itsuka recruits her older brother, Shido, to take on the spirits one-on-one. The odd plan is first he must get each one to go on a rendez-vous amoureux, date with him, fall for him, and then he must Kiss them to joint, joint d’étanchéité their powers. Thus Shido, not a player and actually a rather innocent young man, is put into a bunch of compromising situations.
    Sure, the montrer has fan service and a kinky sounding premise, but it’s really not so bad. It helps that Shido is virginal instead of a pervert, and he truly does not want to hurt, either physically ou emotionally, any of these mysterious girls. Don’t be afraid to watch it.

Karneval—Nui and Gareki are two waifs taken in par the crime fighting organization known as Karneval. Gareki is a rue punk with a good cœur, coeur and an attitude problem. Nui, well, Nui turns out (don’t worry about spoilers—the revelation happens early on) to be a bunny rabbit-like creature who for some reason is in human form. He is searching for a man named Karoku. But what is Karoku to him? Friend, lover, pet owner?
    Karneval is a strange organization. After killing monsters in a community, they put on a circus parade as a way to cheer up the people they frightened. Yogi is one of the agents/performers. He wears a female cat mascot costume during parades, and is about the warmest, friendliest person toi could hope to meet. He befriends Nui, and, well, at least tries to befriend the moody Gareki.
    I had some problems figuring out what was going on in one episode. It was dark—I don’t mean in mood, I mean in lighting. At one point, it was pitch black, and the characters were talking, and I don’t know who was saying what. It was early on in the series and I didn’t know the characters’ voices well enough. I admit, too, that I have a hard time distinguishing Japanese voices.
    The ending was happy enough, but left a lot unanswered. There’s still the question of what is Karoku to Nui. Will Nui remain human? Will Gareki rejoindre Circus as an agent? These questions lead me to believe there’s a Karneval 2 in the works. I look vers l'avant, vers l’avant to it.

Amnesia—This is a psychedelic journey not only through amnesia, but through parallel worlds. It’s like Groundhog Day, a Hitchcock thriller, and a reverse harem tale all in one.
    The “Heroine” (she’s not donné a name) starts the story with her memories gone. The rendez-vous amoureux, date is August 1st. She works at a maid café. Then there’s this guy, Shin, who claims to be her boyfriend. On another day, running away from him, she falls over a cliff, waking up to find it’s August 1st again. This time, it’s Ikki claiming to be her boyfriend.
    There are five such boyfriends. Shin, the “heart”, has a bit of an attitude problem. Ikki, the spade, has magic eyes that cause girls to fall for him. Kento, the club, researches romance and proceeds “logically”. This is what Spock must have been like when he first started dating Uhura. Toma, the diamond, is so protective of the Heroine that he locks her in a cage. Then there’s Ukyo, who is saving the Heroine’s life one instant, and trying to kill her the next. All these boys are bishonen, but a little ou a lot flaky. I’m not sure dating any of them is a good idea.
    The Heroine’s life is constantly in danger, too. If all of this sounds confusing, it is. Most of it is explained in the end, but still boggles the mind. This is one of those animé in which I say just go along for the ride.
    And as you’re riding along, take time to look at the scenery. I wish I had watched a dubbed version instead of a subbed version so I could gaze into those dreamy, multi-colored eyes the bishonen have.