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Ayukawa

8 Reviews 2 Editorials 17 Quotes
🇺🇸 Country: United States
💼 Occupation: Professional CSop
🏷️ IRC Handles: Datura, Deviant, Jeff, argv[0]
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Ayukawa was an active staff reviewer for AnimeReviews.org, based in United States. Across 8 archived reviews averaging 70.2%, their highest praise went to works like Serial Experiments Lain (91%) and Kimagure Orange Road (90%), naming Kimagure Orange Road, Bubblegum Crisis, Vampire Princess Miyu, Serial Experiments Lain as a personal benchmark. In addition to review contributions, Ayukawa authored 2 editorial essays and appears in 17 archival channel dialogue logs preserved in the site's history. On IRC, they also chatted under handles like Datura, Deviant, Jeff.
"I am the prince of all CSops once again!"
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🎬 Reviews (8) ✍️ Editorials (2) 💬 Channel Quotes (17)
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Reviews Authored

8 Titles
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Serial Experiments Lain

91%
Vindicated by History ⏳

Once viewed as an enigmatic niche curiosity, modern criticism reveres Lain as an extraordinarily prophetic exploration of the internet age.

Published 2001-06-08
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Kimagure Orange Road

90%
Consensus Aligned ⚖️

Modern retrospectives continue to hold Kimagure Orange Road in high esteem, matching the original 90% score.

Published 2001-02-18
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Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust

81%
Consensus Aligned ⚖️

Modern fandom regards Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust with steady respect, in close harmony with the 2001 verdict.

Published 2002-05-05
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Bubblegum Crash

81%
Consensus Aligned ⚖️

Modern fandom regards Bubblegum Crash with steady respect, in close harmony with the 2001 verdict.

Published 2002-03-23
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Bubblegum Crisis: Megatokyo 2040

80%
Consensus Aligned ⚖️

Modern fandom regards Bubblegum Crisis: Megatokyo 2040 with steady respect, in close harmony with the 2001 verdict.

Published 2001-02-18
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Perfect Blue

66%
Aged Like Wine 🍷

Satoshi Kon's psychological thriller is now recognized worldwide as an unparalleled tour-de-force of editing and psychological dread.

Published 2001-06-08
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Vampire Hunter D

50%
Harsher in Retrospect ❄️

The 2001 critical skepticism remains accurate today, with modern retrospectives noting the same structural limitations.

Published 2001-06-08
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End of Summer

23%
Harsher in Retrospect ❄️

The 2001 critical skepticism remains accurate today, with modern retrospectives noting the same structural limitations.

Published 2001-04-06
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Thought Essays & Editorials

2 Articles
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Essay #25

The Future, Anime Style

How The Matrix, sci-fi anime aesthetics, and cyberpunk philosophies are shaping modern cinema.

Published 2003-05-15
Essay #10

Role-Playing Games

From MajorMUD to tabletop adventures: why immersive RPG lore and player agency captivate anime fans.

Published 2001-12-20
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DALnet #anime Channel Quotes & Dialogue

17 Quotes
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🎭 Quoted in Dialogue
<blight> y'know vanilla ice is still touring?
<kaji> yeah
<kaji> he's like, into hardcore or something now
<Ayukawa> Yeah, Hardcore gay porn.
Archival Dialogue Log • 2007-01-09 #212 In Quotes Archive ↗
💬 Icy-napalm 💬 Ayukawa ★
🎭 Quoted in Dialogue
<Icy-napalm> no im keeping it for myself gara
<Ayukawa> Crap. I read that as
<Icy-napalm> no i'm keeping myself for gara
<Ayukawa> For a moment there, I thought I wasn't alone :(
Archival Dialogue Log • 2007-01-09 #214 In Quotes Archive ↗
<Kantrey> Why do people think I am gay lately
<Ayukawa> because you have sex with me?
<Ayukawa> er.
<Ayukawa> MEN
<Ayukawa> ...
Archival Dialogue Log • 2007-01-09 #216 In Quotes Archive ↗
<Ayukawa> If I had a pair of breasts, I'd never leave my house!
<AvatarEnd> I'd never leave your house either.
<Ayukawa> ...
Archival Dialogue Log • 2007-01-09 #233 In Quotes Archive ↗
💬 Jim007 💬 cezz 💬 Ayukawa ★ 💬 rinoa 💬 AvatarEnd ↗
🎭 Quoted in Dialogue
<Jim007> Jason's a mindless cow
<cezz> M0000000
<Ayukawa> Ever notice.... How no matter where you are, whenever somebody says the word "cow", atleast one other person always goes "MOO"?
<Jim007> Jeff, I will test this theory
<Jim007> *** Now talking in #chatzone
<Jim007> Cow
<rinoa> moo
*** Now talking in #anime
<Ayukawa> Cow.
✦ AvatarEnd kicks Ayukawa in the nuts
<AvatarEnd> moo, bitch
Archival Dialogue Log • 2007-01-09 #238 In Quotes Archive ↗
🎭 Quoted in Dialogue
<Deviant> Gara is now, by the way, the only person I've given my password too that hasn't had my penis in them.
<Gara> ...
<Deviant> take it as a complement
<Deviant> or a solicitation.
<Deviant> your choice.
Archival Dialogue Log • 2007-01-09 #240 In Quotes Archive ↗
💬 Vergessen 💬 Deviant ★
🎭 Quoted in Dialogue
<Vergessen> and I become overlord and rule #anime with an iron fist
<Deviant> You've named your penis #anime?
Archival Dialogue Log • 2007-01-09 #242 In Quotes Archive ↗
💬 Cartographical 💬 Ayukawa ★
🎭 Quoted in Dialogue
<Cartographical> hey...wasnt there a girl that used to run this place...
<Ayukawa> Cartographical: Yeah. But then we all pooled our money together and got Gara the operation
<Cartographical> seriously?
Archival Dialogue Log • 2007-01-09 #246 In Quotes Archive ↗
<Rand> FDSA: You h0!
<M`Hael> I'm not in the mood for games.
<Rand> Yeah.. me either.
<Ayukawa> aw.
✦ Ayukawa puts Monopoly and Connect 4 back in the closet.
Archival Dialogue Log • 2007-01-09 #252 In Quotes Archive ↗
<Ayukawa> tnet.sorrowsoft.com
<Gara> I'm playing with myself.
<Skuld> Playing tnet by yourself?
<Gara> uhm
<Gara> sure, that's what I meant
Archival Dialogue Log • 2007-01-09 #254 In Quotes Archive ↗
💬 Ayukawa ★ 💬 NekoBus
🎭 Quoted in Dialogue
<Ayukawa> I liked games like 4 where you had a set fighter, a set black mage, a set white mage, etc.
<NekoBus> no fighter/mage/prostitutes for you then
Archival Dialogue Log • 2003-06-06 #184 In Quotes Archive ↗
🎭 Quoted in Dialogue
<Ayukawa> But I don't play w/ anybody but Ben.
Archival Dialogue Log • 2003-06-06 #197 In Quotes Archive ↗
💬 Ayukawa ★ 💬 Anshii
🎭 Quoted in Dialogue
<Ayukawa> Hey baby, I'm hung like a geotropic plant
<Anshii> i'm hung like a venus fly trap
<Anshii> wait. that's not good
Archival Dialogue Log • 2003-01-25 #111 In Quotes Archive ↗
<LordMorpheus> But I'm a sucker for lost causes
<Ayukawa> I know.
<Ayukawa> you haven't given up on trying to get laid yet. <LordMorpheus> Cause I can get laid
<LordMorpheus> It just involves finding a woman thats drunk enough
Archival Dialogue Log • 2003-01-25 #138 In Quotes Archive ↗
<Gara-Sama> Boy have I been wrong about what IRC was about.
<Ayukawa> It's all about digitally getting some :)
<Ayukawa> internet relay copulation :)
Archival Dialogue Log • 2003-01-25 #152 In Quotes Archive ↗
💬 Ayukawa ★ 💬 Artena
🎭 Quoted in Dialogue
<Ayukawa> Did they remove the ability to pick up hookers from Vice City?
<Artena> it's really bad when you can't even get any on a video game
Archival Dialogue Log • 2003-01-25 #167 In Quotes Archive ↗
<Gara> Lia I want trivia tonight.
<Gara> In 2 and a half hours.
<Gara> Give it to me, baby.
<Lia> hehe
<Lia> depends on who's here
<Ayukawa> Lia I want sex tonight.
<Ayukawa> For 2 and a half hours.
<Ayukawa> Give THAT to me.
<Ayukawa> ...baby.
<Lia> depends on who's here
Archival Dialogue Log • 2003-01-25 #169 In Quotes Archive ↗
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<blight> y'know vanilla ice is still touring?
<kaji> yeah
<kaji> he's like, into hardcore or something now
<Ayukawa> Yeah, Hardcore gay porn.
Quote #212 (2007-01-09)
<Icy-napalm> no im keeping it for myself gara
<Ayukawa> Crap. I read that as
<Icy-napalm> no i'm keeping myself for gara
<Ayukawa> For a moment there, I thought I wasn't alone :(
Quote #214 (2007-01-09)
<Kantrey> Why do people think I am gay lately
<Ayukawa> because you have sex with me?
<Ayukawa> er.
<Ayukawa> MEN
<Ayukawa> ...
Quote #216 (2007-01-09)
<Ayukawa> If I had a pair of breasts, I'd never leave my house!
<AvatarEnd> I'd never leave your house either.
<Ayukawa> ...
Quote #233 (2007-01-09)
<Jim007> Jason's a mindless cow
<cezz> M0000000
<Ayukawa> Ever notice.... How no matter where you are, whenever somebody says the word "cow", atleast one other person always goes "MOO"?
<Jim007> Jeff, I will test this theory
<Jim007> *** Now talking in #chatzone
<Jim007> Cow
<rinoa> moo
*** Now talking in #anime
<Ayukawa> Cow.
* AvatarEnd kicks Ayukawa in the nuts
<AvatarEnd> moo, bitch
Quote #238 (2007-01-09)
<Deviant> Gara is now, by the way, the only person I've given my password too that hasn't had my penis in them.
<Gara> ...
<Deviant> take it as a complement
<Deviant> or a solicitation.
<Deviant> your choice.
Quote #240 (2007-01-09)
<Vergessen> and I become overlord and rule #anime with an iron fist
<Deviant> You've named your penis #anime?
Quote #242 (2007-01-09)
<Cartographical> hey...wasnt there a girl that used to run this place...
<Ayukawa> Cartographical: Yeah. But then we all pooled our money together and got Gara the operation
<Cartographical> seriously?
Quote #246 (2007-01-09)
<Rand> FDSA: You h0!
<M`Hael> I'm not in the mood for games.
<Rand> Yeah.. me either.
<Ayukawa> aw.
* Ayukawa puts Monopoly and Connect 4 back in the closet.
Quote #252 (2007-01-09)
<Ayukawa> tnet.sorrowsoft.com
<Gara> I'm playing with myself.
<Skuld> Playing tnet by yourself?
<Gara> uhm
<Gara> sure, that's what I meant
Quote #254 (2007-01-09)
<Ayukawa> I liked games like 4 where you had a set fighter, a set black mage, a set white mage, etc.
<NekoBus> no fighter/mage/prostitutes for you then
Quote #184 (2003-06-06)
<Ayukawa> But I don't play w/ anybody but Ben.
Quote #197 (2003-06-06)
<Ayukawa> Hey baby, I'm hung like a geotropic plant
<Anshii> i'm hung like a venus fly trap
<Anshii> wait. that's not good
Quote #111 (2003-01-25)
<LordMorpheus> But I'm a sucker for lost causes
<Ayukawa> I know.
<Ayukawa> you haven't given up on trying to get laid yet. <LordMorpheus> Cause I can get laid
<LordMorpheus> It just involves finding a woman thats drunk enough
Quote #138 (2003-01-25)
<Gara-Sama> Boy have I been wrong about what IRC was about.
<Ayukawa> It's all about digitally getting some :)
<Ayukawa> internet relay copulation :)
Quote #152 (2003-01-25)
<Ayukawa> Did they remove the ability to pick up hookers from Vice City?
<Artena> it's really bad when you can't even get any on a video game
Quote #167 (2003-01-25)
<Gara> Lia I want trivia tonight.
<Gara> In 2 and a half hours.
<Gara> Give it to me, baby.
<Lia> hehe
<Lia> depends on who's here
<Ayukawa> Lia I want sex tonight.
<Ayukawa> For 2 and a half hours.
<Ayukawa> Give THAT to me.
<Ayukawa> ...baby.
<Lia> depends on who's here
Quote #169 (2003-01-25)
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Country: 🇺🇸 United States
Occupation: Professional CSop
Favorite Anime: Kimagure Orange Road, Bubblegum Crisis, Vampire Princess Miyu, Serial Experiments Lain
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