Baka & Test: Striving for worth

EDIT: adjusted the article to make a clearer picture. Also added more pictures.

Ever since I first heard of it on Animax, it became part of my to-watch list… No, seriously!

The main protagonists, plus some of the Class A students

Baka & Test: Summon the Beasts (known in Japan as Baka To Test to Shoukanjuu), is about Fumizuki Gakuen, a college preparatory high school with classes categorized according to rank, based on the result scores of the placement exam taken during the first day of semester. Class A is known to be the “Cream of the Crop” class, with its facilities designed to cater to prodigious students, those who passed the placement exam with flying colors. The reverse is Class F, with its classroom reminiscent of a poor man’s residence, filled with students who failed who make the grade during the placement exam.

Class F is where the main protagonists reside, and in order to get the hell out of that dilapidated classroom, they must make the cut. Using their shoukanjuu, aka, the avatars, they must fight their way to the top through the Summoning Wars. First, the battle between two classes must be approved before it can start. With a teacher as the witness, the avatars must defeat their opponents if they want to promote. As for the defeated opponents, those who were KIA’ed during the battle, they had to attend remedial classes.

The Beasts at their most bad-ass

If a student continues to excel, his or her chances to promote will increase, including the option to switch facilities with the opposing class. Those who wish to replenish their avatars’ attack strength must take supplementary exams. There’s no limit on how many questions one can answer during the test time limit, as long as he or she knows them enough to get back in the game.

But I have to warn you, though; it’s not the usual slice-of-life kind of anime. There may be scenes that will definitely arouse fantasies to all yaoi/yuri/hentai/ecchi fans out there. So, if these scenes are not your thing, better avert your eyes away.

With all the wacky, crazy, school life going on in the series, as well as a unique way of testing the smarts of students, it became one of the funniest anime shows to enjoy. Try it, and you may get hooked. ^^

The boys are back... in black!

Till my next entry! Ciao! ^^

Finally free from the torment...

I just got the result of my recent stool test after having treatement for my diarrhea for a week. Some time after my class got dismissed, I waited at the Alfonso Clinic for the result. It really took me about two hours before I finally got the result, and it was good news: the amoeba was no longer existent.

Also, I had another check-up with the doctor, and because I was finally recovered from my illness, I'm allowed to eat everything I want again. Wohoo! But still, I have to be moderate from eating too much fatty foods & even instant noodles... ><

Because of that experience, I'm no longer complaining about what I'm supposed to eat, since I almost lost my appetite because of the menu limit. I'll finally live as my normal self again.

Cherrios! ^^

A desperate struggle

I won't be able to attend classes starting today because of my illness. I have fever as well as diarrhea. This morning, my aunt sent me to the emergency room of the Medical City to check on my current condition. There, one of the doctors took a blood sample from me, and believe me, the prick of the syringe needle really hurts. The mark is still seen on the elbow up to now.

Then, I have to go to the CR to prepare my stool sample to see if there's infection in my stomach. But unfortunately, my aunt wasn't able to get it right, so I had to eat crackers to resume the excretion. By the time I checked the result of my CBC test, I found out that I had a slight excess in white blood cells. I knew that if it's too much, I would suffer from leukemia.

My aunt was able to get my stool sample by the time we reached home, and she went to Alfonso Clinic to have it tested. I ate rice porridge & bannana for lunch. I also had to take Biogesic every 4 hours for my fever as well as antibiotics for my LBM and Hydrite (capsule dissolved in water) to null dehydration. We went to Alfonso again this afternoon, and I was shocked by the result of the stool test: it contains amoeba & blood.

But thankfully, I was given another set of treatements. I had to take medicine designed to kill amoeba, and I still need to continue to drink Biogesic to lower my temperature. Believe me, I had to get lots of rest and eat just enough to recover my strength.

I'm so disconsolate about my condition right now, and I hope that someday, I would recover from this desperate struggle, so that I'll go back to school on Monday.