You may be aware that the second annual Greatest Circlejerk in the History of the World is starting. If you’re not, please ignore this post and move on, it’s already embarrassing enough for me to acknowledge my own participation. But if you are here because of the Tourney, I thought I’d give you a little taste of nice things. You could actually just go to some of my recent Spring 2012 stuff and get a decent grasp of what SOS is about, but here are some of my most-liked and/or most popular posts:
- Talking about letting go [Honey & Clover]
- A meditation on how a cartoon can put you in the mindset of your first love [Kare Kano]
- And examination of Detroit Metal City’s accuracy and awesomeness [DMC]
- A manifesto on fanboyism, a bit out of date but still popular [Gainax]
- My thoughts on happy endings (teehee) [Madoka]
- My gimmicky narrative style [NEEDLESS]
- A question about whether the old “darker, grittier version” is really more “real” [Madoka]
- A quick picture that can spawn emotional reactions [Eureka 7]
- More ridiculous gimmickry [Macross Frontier]
- Something resembling a review (for the Reverse Thieves Secret Santa) [Dennou Coil]
- A hot steaming listicle [Utena]
- A more measured opinion than my reputation might lead you to believe [Jun Maeda/Key]
As an aside, you may notice two other writers in the sidebar, they’re pretty occasional contributors at best (do consider a vote for them when their individual blogs come up).
And finally, if you’re wondering why I didn’t participate last tourney, it’s because I retired.
Anyway, thanks for stopping by. If the Tourney is really all about discovering new blogs and not about who wins or loses, I hope that you’ve discovered mine. And if you’re already a reader, just remember all those handjobs I promised for your votes.
yeah fuck you o-new is going to win so badly that we’re going to lose
(we’re still up for that bet that o-new’s going to lose at least 40-60, right? or was it 30-70)
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You embarrassed, shy shameful otaku, you~ Good luck!
I can almost taste that handjob.
whoa there, it’s gonna cost two votes for freaky shit ok?
I think you mean “feel”
you never know with these “anime” types.
I wrote what I meant, and I meant what I wrote!
I think you mean bi-annual Greatest Circlejerk. Gotta have a year to recover. As for tourney solicitations, I always think that pointing out your best posts is a good strategy for getting curious visitors to stick around, especially in the early stages when people are less set in their ways.
I think you mean biennial Greatest Circlejerk.
is this your sworn duty, to correct bi-annual to biennial?
Pssh, you totally copied me.
Circlejerk’s are mankind’s greatest invention. Do not mock the circlejerk.
actually I copied ghostlighting
Why aren’t you linking your Clannad post?
You know what, you’re right, I’ve remedied this.
whoa!!!you’re leading as of the moment…you think you can get it to the finish line?
don’t worry dude, i voted for you 
Thanks! I very much doubt I’ll make it too far. The list of people yet to face who are far more deserving is pretty daunting. By the way, your site gives me a malware warning in Chrome, something about content from protaku.com
i’ll check it out…maybe it’s because of protaku’s link on my blogroll
thanks for that info 
I can’t believe you left out your greatest work. The one that tops the Google charts whenever you type [REDACTED] Sucks
Random person popping around. Saw the E7 post and it brought back memories… totally forgot about those two ToT