WE LOVE UTA

The UTA is quite famous among the mexican misfits that wander in the underground looking for alternative places in Mexico City. The UTA used to be a venue downtown on Donceles St. pretty close to the Zocalo. This place occupied the second and third floor of a colonial house, above a big storage. You would enter through a small staircase, that would probably was like a Mezanine but amazinlgy redecorated with Siouxie and The Addicts memorabilia. Painted totally in black, it housed a medium stage and a dance floor, two or three extra rooms with coffee tables, a shop, services and God knows what more.

This UTA inspired me to write Dagger's Blood Red Kisses. The lyrics say:

He looks fine just like a lady
He is fun he is going crazy
He's got fine attitude
He's waiting for me
Dressed in black wearing white makeup
Flashy eyes and satin wardrobe
Dancing all the way down
He's calling me

You will be able to listen to this song next year, can't wait for this!


Sometime between 2005 and early 2006 the UTA closed and divided into two cafés. The one I will be talking about is UTA Re-Evolution, located in San Jeronimo St. also in downtown.

Dagger has played three times here, and played once in the original UTA. For me, the ghetto that the UTA houses was entirely new for me. Coming from a small city in the countryside, I could never imagined that there was nothing more other than a Metal and Punk scene as countercultures in Mexico City.

I remember well the first time I entered UTA. I was kind of scared actually, seeing all this people, living it up, wearing vintage dresses, tiny skirts, heavy make up, heavy hair do's, jumbo mohawks... But sometimes you trust the wrong people, the ones that work in regular offices and live a "normal" life, sometimes those are the psychos you know? And most of the time, the people that you think are the craziest ones, they're the sweetest.


And that's the most shocking thing. UTA audience has always been nice to us. And generally to all the bands that have played there. The audience is a respectful one. They listen, they wait, they slam, they even dance if the feel to. UTA is a venue where a new group of artists, musicians, and performers gather in this place to express their non-conforming lifestyle.

So we knew what to expect for last saturday 23, and we could never thought of any other place than the UTA to celebrate everything Dagger has achieved this year. We were prepared to have fun. And we did.

Our set list included two new songs we wanted to play there: Dagger Fuck You All, a punk song mostly composed by Pablo and You Break my Heart in Two, a very catchy song with a Joy-Division-meets-80s-cheesy-ballads influence, that I hope can record live one day.
These are some pics of the soundcheck. Fortunately, the sound engineer was there to help, and to do a good job. We constantly face the problem of guitar amps. Now we're not playing with bass, so the guitars must sound very clean but at the same time heavy. We are currently working more in Dagger's sound. Some people has told us that we sound great without a bass. I bet it's true.































Finally, you have here some pics of Dagger already onstage.
As you have probably noticed by now, my hair is pink now, and I´m definetely loving this. Oh well, that was quite a non-rocker statement. I don´t care. Hehe.
















































The set list also included Misfits' Last Caress. So Lord Murphy, who currently Djs at UTA every weekend, stood on stage and rocked with us. Murphy is one of the best Djs and I'm pretty serious! We will miss him at UTA.















The other band that played that night was punk rockers and Misfits lovers The Degenerates.

Here, a pic with Lord Murphy, who has worked very very hard to bring some of the best underground shows in Mexico City. He is one of the very few promoters that we entirely trust, and treats bands with full respect. We will miss you at UTA dearest Murphy.

Finally some pics after the show, we had a blow!

Mireya, as always, in fraganti baby!

MERRY XMAS ALL

So I finally got rid of that evil flu, and Dagger played UTA yesterday.

I will post a detailed review and pics, but you can keep this one hehe!

I'm already late to cook my special Pasta with Poblano Sauce for tonight!

Have all a very special Xmas with your family and friends!

Need Pain Killers

I've been ill for about four days now. I got this terrible flu out of nowhere, as I had no contact with any other ill person, but maybe that sick air that twirls Mexico City is the cause. If you get out to the street, you see all these people coughing. Here's a pic of all the medicine and pain killers I've got. Today I was so stoned by these, including a Tylenol Sinus pill I decided to take just to get out of the bed and finally do some Xmas shopping.
Hopefully tomorrow I'll get rid of these damn viruses as Dagger will be playing at UTA.

PARTY ANIMALS

I celebrated my birthday last saturday.

We partied all night long, and finished at 6 a.m. Today, we received complaints of our neighbours because of that. Hell, I guess you can't party at least once in a year? ONCE?

Anyway we had a blast!

And we are ready to still party next saturday night at UTA Re-Evolution downtown Mexico City. I will be posting a review for sure.

This is my cake, my brother cooked specially for me. It was made with a lot of Gansitos - which is kind of a chocolate twinky wonder, except it's tastier - and it was covered with whipped cream. I don't know what happened to his cake later in the night.

DAGGER VIDEO @ MANIFEST 2006

AND NOW MY FELLOW READERS, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO FROM DAGGER @ MANIFEST 2006.
THIS WAS A HUGE FESTIVAL WERE SEVERAL BANDS PERFORMED IN MEXICO CITY, SUCH AS MORNING RUNNER AND THE DELAYS.

DAGGER PLAYED ON THE MAIN STAGE AND WE WERE THRILLED. THIS TOOK PLACE IN A HUGE VENUE, EL TOREO.

YOU'LL FIND ON THIS VIDEO AN INTERVIEW FIRST -BE PATIENT- AND THEN WE PERFORM "MEAN MACHINE".

IF YOU CAN'T WAIT GO TO MINUTE 2:20 AND "POTENTIAL DESTRUCTION" BEGINS IN THE BACK.

I PARTICULARLY LOOOOOVE MEAN MACHINE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

DAGGER FIRST VIDEO 2005

SO HERE IS OUR VERY FIRST LIVE VIDEO.

THIS ONE IS FROM ONE YEAR AGO, AT RUIDO VAGINAL EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE IN COLONIA GUERRERO - IF YOU EVER COME TO MEXICO CITY AND GO TO LAGUNILLA MARKET, YOU ARE PRETTY CLOSE - JUST DON'T WANDER AROUND THAT NEIGHBOURHOOD LATE PLEASE!.

RUIDO VAGINAL IS A COLLECTIVE IN MEXICO THAT IS FORMED BY GIRLS THAT SHARE THEIR WORK, SUCH AS PHOTOGRAPY, MUSIC, PAINTING, LITERATURE, PERFORMANCE AND DRAWING.

FOR ME, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT GROUP BECAUSE THEY EXPRESS SOME KIND OF RIOT GRRLS MOVEMENT IN MEXICO, WHERE IT STILL PREVAILS A VERY POOR CONCEPT ABOUT WOMEN.

LET ME TELL YOU A BIT ABOUT THIS VIDEO.

DAGGER PERFORMS HERE "BEANER" AND "CROWD BEYOND ME".
TRY TO LISTEN TO THE LYRICS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE REAL MEANING IS [HAHA].

THERE WAS NO STAGE AT ALL, BUT A FABRIC DECORATION BEHIND MIREYA [DRUMS] AND SOME PANTIES HANGING WHICH WAS AN INSTALLATION. THESE PANTIES, FROM SMALL TO X-LARGE, SHOWED WITH PRINT LETTERS SOME IDEAS THAT ARE COMMONLY GIVEN TO WOMEN.

I DON'T REMEMBER ALL OF THEM, BUT THEY LOOK FUNNY IN THE VIDEO. IT IS LIKE WE'RE PLAYING IN SOME HOUSE ROOF OR SOMETHING HEHE.

ANYWAY, WE LOVE THIS VIDEO, WE ALSO LOVE THE SOUND, PABLO'S SOLOS AS WELL. IT BRINGS A LOT OF MEMORIES!

ENJOY!



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DAGGER IN TV

So we went last tuesday to "Adiccion Visual" show, in TV Mexiquense, a government television broadcast near the city of Toluca, in order to promote our next show.

This tv show is one of the most important for independent and undergound bands in Mexico. They don't have any restriction to have bands play live. Dagger played there almost two years ago, and we totally sucked of course as we were very very naive and lame (hahaha). Ex-Daggers can't blame me on this! You know it's true. I still can't play that video a friend recorded for me, I will post it someday, but until that moment comes, you can now enjoy some pics Diego, our roadie, took that day.















Although our tv appereance was brief, we tried to send our best kisses to the camera (haha just kidding). In fact we did!






























Anyway, we catch some pics with Los Pardos, a great Rockabilly band in Mexico City and friends of ours. Go and check this great band here.

HOT ROD HOT CHICKS STONER BBQ

Last weekend, I was jamming with Jenny Bombo and my little brother José (we are currently forming a rock band, but will tell you later) and Jenny gave me this dvd, "Hot Chick Hot Rod Stoner BBQ" to check out. She hangs out with Lori S., from Acid King, so I had the idea that this was going to be like a stoner rock documentary.

Hell I was wrong, or wasn't I?

I've seen it twice already! I was amazed to find really cool BBQ recipes I am definetely trying home -will cook that potpopcorn for sure!-, but the shocking thing was to find, or find myself in that video.

I mean, girls like me, actually cooking, having a good time, craving for what actually enthus them in life, in this case, rides, but hell! Not anything meant to be a girly, stupid, rock pose or Paris Hilton or sexy diva or whatsoever like thousands of girls I see in Mexico.

The thing is, in my country, you have lots and lots of ride addicts, but they actually listen to reggaeton and stuff like that. They run to see the last Fast And The Furious Movie! The only place I know where you take your car for tunning up is for the solely change of woofers and cheap chinese dash stereos!. It's amazing how, there are thousands of car addicts, and still, they can't get a clearer idea of what a real tune up is. And of course, what your ride deserves to listen to.

But still, the shocking moment is that I've never imagined, hell no, and of course I'm living in a third world country, yes, my Mexican readers, we are, to see these girls already mastering oil change, advanced mechanics and talking about cars like no man I know in Mexico.

I guess, you're not surprised. Macho land, you're thinking! You're right.

Then, the heavy metal videos, man, was I suddenly in my world! Those are what I call real rock bands, not the extreme metal current idea like we're used in Mexico, The metal heads here still think that virtuoso guitar solos and mastering grind vocals are the real shit! Ever heard of Fu Manchu for instance, High Tower, Alabama Thunder Pussy? Hell no, they have no idea!

I mean, I feel misunderstood I guess. But glad to find that I should had borned closer to California!

Anyway, I reccommend this DVD, give it to your little nephew on Xmas, and contribute to save Rock n Roll!

Dagger's unique experience with El Haragán

Some months ago, Dagger was invited to share stage with El Haragán & Cia, a band from Mexico City. We didn´t think it twice and we accepted the invitation. This one's going to be Dagger's very first concert in a "Urbano" show.

The "Urbano" genre, (Urban by translation) is a unique musical genre in Mexico. It embraces several music such as Rock, Blues & Metal. Although the Urbano in Mexico is not quite a major and televised, commonly accepted genre by the mainstream media, it has thousands and thousands of followers.

Urbano is actually one of the most original rock massive concerts in Mexico -despite a lot of people don´t like to think that way- and it's also one of the thoughest scenarios to play in Mexico. The audience is one, if not the most of daring audiences to play for. Mostly the worker class that enjoy few places to gather and therefore demand for high-quality and exciting shows.

The show took place in a "Ballroom", a place that is frequelty used for Quinceaños (XV birthdays), Weddings, and some other entertainment dancing shows in the city of Puebla.
We arrived on time, after had been lost for a while.
It was about 4 p.m. and the show started around 5.30. We saw several fans already gathered around the venue. Yes, that early and in a Sunday afternoon.

After we contacted the promoter and confirmed our schedule, we sat to see El Haragan's sound check. It was memorable. In the most bluesy sound and great guitar riffs, this band sure rocks your heart. We were listening to a band that has more than fifteen year-experience, rocked through out Mexico, Chicago, San Francisco, New York and Spain. We were there, thinking about all the autograph requests from some friends and family to ask for this band. We also thought of some people that totally hate this band, and all the people who loves them.

El Haragan soundcheck by Dagger

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After their sound check, we finally reached the band's leader, Luis Alvarez and talked for a while. We asked for some autographs and pics. He is the coolest guy!
The band went for lunch and we had to stay and wait for our time show. We sat in this dirty pink sofa we saw and wait. We started to get in our nerves, the audience was already getting hot and desperate for the show to begin. People started to shout to every guy on the stage, sound engineers, roadies, managers.

Mireya then espontainously wondered what how would it be if Dagger could open the concert that afternoon... Ironically, some minutes later, the promoter told us that the first band in the line-up didn't reach the city, and Dagger would be the opening band.

Fucking shit!!!! No way!

Anyhow, we flee to the car and grabbed our instruments. Back in the ballroom, people was already desperate and shouting. I grabbed a Jumbo beer and asked for two more for the other Daggers. The sound engineer did nothing but point to the amps and drum set we were about to use. He wished us good luck. We plugged in the fastest way we could, but people was already yelling at us. They didn't had any idea who Dagger was. Just a couple of chicks and this tall "guero" guy (actually Pablo is black haired, but as being white, they called him "guero").

The audience just sat there during the first song. Our set list is predominantly in English, and we have two songs in Spanish. Of course, the audience was pointless, although they banged their heads, after each song they kept yelling at us! We took that in good way, we had fun and share the laughs. We played hard and focused. We really had BIG TIME in our first Urbano concert.

A punk rocker in the second floor gave us the Metal sign, some few others gave us that too. They were enjoying our songs as we did.

We finished the set, and left the stage. I felt that we accomplished some big stuff, I turned into a more spiritual person, I did indeed! I left with a big smile, and while I was walking out, the sound engineer and her girly friends, told us that he dig it.

One guy from the audience, dressed in white clothes and sombrero, who let's say, was the public´s yelling guide and was the most intimidating one, stopped us and said "That was great, man", and he gave us the peace sign with a smile.

At the main entrance, some bouncers told us that they liked our show, that we should come again. We went outside and left our stuff in the car. Back in the ballroom we met "El Sopas" the sax member of El Haragan. He told us that he left their lunch to see us, although he arrived quite late. He was quite on a stoned and funny mood, and suddenly he gazed Pablo and asked him if he was the "Pussy Keeper". We laughed and automatically told him that I was married to him. He said, "I don't give a damn". We laughed hard, took some pics and asked for more autographs.

We had to leave early, as we had to take the one hour high way back to Mexico City. We headed to the promoter and thanked him. He asked how we felt, we said it was one of the coolest shows we have ever experienced. We were glad to play and leave without pissing in our pants, as some other bands would actually do. We have this huge poster show that will always remind us that we played in one of the most important shows in our life.

Dagger is deeply thanked for this opportunity and ready to rock big time.



Dagger with Luis Alvarez, lead singer, El Haragan y Cia.



Dagger with El Sopas, killer Sax, El Haragany Cia.

BROADZILLA!

I just fell in love with this band!!!!

Ecstacy

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PEPEROCK ENTREVISTA A DAGGER

Estamos muy contentos de que al fin, Peperock, uno de los críticos más ácidos del Rock Mexicano haya publicado la entrevista que realizó a Dagger ya hace algunos meses.

No olviden leer todos los números anteriores y leer o firmar el guestbook que es uno de los guestbooks más polémicos de la web.


Por fin, Dagger revela sus secretos en esta entrevista:

PEPEROCK ENTREVISTA A DAGGER!

METALOCALYPSE

A ver a que hora llega a "Latin" Adult Swim!
Metalocalypse Promo 1

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Nuevas canciones de Occulta / New songs

My side band, Occulta, a stoner rock band based in Mexico City is back again and we have posted two new songs from our upcoming CD.
You can check these two songs, "Alta Velocidad" (High Speed) & "Bestia Mortal" (Mortal Beast) in our Myspace.
Add your favorite to your profile!

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Mi otro banda, Occulta ha regresado y hemos subido dos rolas en nuestro Myspace: "Alta Velocidad" y "Bestia Mortal". Agrégalas a tu profile que están re-buenas!

www.myspace.com/occultarock

DAGGER FLICKR - TONS OF SETS

We have reinvented our Flickr account and went Pro. So you can check now all our pics in different sets.
Visit the Dagger Flickr, and add your favorites pics!
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Hemos reinventado nuestro sitio en Flickr, por lo que ahora podrán encontrar diversos sets de fotografías.
Hagan click, visiten y agreguen sus favoritos!

Enjoy!

Metalheads : lost somewhere between Tlaxcala and veracruz / Metaleros en algun lugar perdido entre Tlaxcala y Veracruz

Metaleros en algun lugar perdido entre Tlaxcala y Veracruz, originally uploaded by Daggermx.

Dagger en camino a Veracruz: en la foto, Dracko, Huizar (Luzbel), Mitika y Dagger //

Dagger on the road to Veracruz: band members from Dracko, Luzbel, Mitika and Dagger. February, 2006, somewhere in Mexico.

So this is a pic from early 2006. The event: Dagger was invited along with Mitika and legendary Mexican Metal Band Luzbel to play in Veracruz, Mexico. This image shows a fast break on the road, so we took some time to get a souvenir. You can click on the image and check the notes I posted on it in my flickr.

INFRAGANTI

DAGGER @ La Antorcha Negra

El sábado pasado fuimos por segunda vez a Toluca. La primera vez, hace más o menos un mes, cayó una redada en el lugar y no pudimos tocar. Aún así la diversión no faltó, y Cráneo, de Cadáveres Escarlata nos invitó nuevamente a ir a Toluca, esta vez a la Antorcha Negra. Se trata de un lugar bastante interesante con un ambiente como bien under y cero fashion. El lugar huele a construcción y obra negra. De ahí que en las fotos verán que en el escenario estamos literalmente subidos sobre unas bocinas enormes. Esa noche estrenamos un nuevo cover, Cat Scratch Fever.

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Dagger no puede subir con el estómago vacío al escenario (quien puede???) así que después de resignarnos a no poder volver al centro de Toluca, donde esa noche, olía a churros con cajeta y hot cakes de la calle, encontramos un OXXO a la vuelta de la Antorcha Negra. Aquí, Pedro, a la izquierda, quien se estrenó como roadie de Dagger esa noche,con Mireya. El menú como pueden ver es de campeones.



















Aquí Pablo y yo, el nuestro fue menú burritos con coca y más coca.




















Finalmente, horas después, Dagger en escena.
















Quiero agradecer a Cadáveres y especialmente al Cráneo por el apoyo y la promoción. Hemos posteado todas las fotos de la noche en la pagina de Dagger. Ya volveremos a Toluca para cerrar el 2006 en próximo 9 de Diciembre en el 7 Drinks.

RAAAWK CON DAGGER @ MONSTER BAR

So here's some crazy pics my brother took last saturday night @ Monster bar where we had this amazing gig with Dagger and Yokozuna. Sorry for the ones that missed that night, we totally rock!!!!

In this slide you can find some really Rock n Roll Celebrities such as Jenny Bombo (Las Ultrasonicas), Manguera (Axpi), Fernando Valdés (The 10 Cake),Alejandro Voorduin, an amazing guitarist, photographer and gifted artist, Alejandra Espino a.k.a Comandante A, publisher of INVASION! Fanzine, among some others and fans.

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I was a teen too!

So gathering among my old class albums, photos, diaries, and checking out the hot-boy-from-the-class pics I took in secret, I found this mag.
Hey! I was once a teen too, and I used to think "The Party" was the coolest band in the world and I was totally in love with Joey from NKOTHB.
Check this out! So sweet!

I'M IN A DONNAS VIDEO!

Ok este video es de The Donnas como tributo a sus fans que les mandan fotos, hey! yo mandé la mía, y sí, chequen a Daggerlady justo antes de entrar al coro! wow!

Watch Daggerlady out before the chorus and shocking guitar fill starts!


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DAGGERLADY JAMMIN WITH NEW BASS

A ver a ver, aqui les dejo unos videos de como me aprendi estas dos rolas hoy con el bajo que adquirí en el sindi hace una semana.
Este primero es de mi tío Ted Nugent, Cat Scratch Fever.
Tal vez les demos la sopresa el sabado en el Monster así que no se lo pueden perder!

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Este otro es Black Night de Deep Purple

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DAGGER + HARAGAN + LEPROSY

Para la banda de Puebla, les dejo este flyer.
Dagger va a estar presentándose con el Haragán y Leprosy el próximo 15 de Octubre, tarde rocaknrolera dominguera que no se pueden perder.
Nos vemos por allá.
Vamos preparándonos mañana para Toluca, y el 14 de Octubre en el Monster Bar con Yokozuna.
AJUUA!

Alguien recuerda estas caricaturas?

Hey!! Desgraciadamente soy victima de la noche y no me puedo dormir, si no recuerdo una caricatura que pasaba en Canal 5, en los ochentas (gulp) de un chavito y una ballena voladora. Habré alucinado de chiquita? -esos gansitos ochenteros sabian bienn!- Si alguien se acuerda del nombre de esta caricatura agradeceré que me lo envien.

Bueno, y buscando en la red, encontré estas caricaturas que ya no me acordaba que existían y eran mis favoritas! Alguien las recuerda tambien?
Ohh que bellos tiempos! Todo mundo como que recuerda a Don Gato, Remmi y se crea bien cool por decirlo no?? ya basta!! (haha)

EL PEQUEÑO CID
Recuerdo que en un episodio Ruy iba al cementerio y se le aparecía un fantasma, escalofriante, creo que de los episodios que me dieron más miedo haha!








SANDY BELL
Al principio la adoraba, pero al final me di cuenta que era una vil copia de Candy Candy








LOS SNORKELS
Tenía el album de colorear.








SHE-RA
Ohhh Madame! La novia de He Man!








VOLTRON
Weeeeee!! esta sí era mi caricatura favorita, tenía la lonchera que guardaba celosamente en el recreo! Me acuerdo que me encantaba Jeff y yo y mi hermana teníamos largas discusiones sobre por quién tenía que decidir, si por Ginger o por Lisa. (hahaha) kids..









THUNDARR EL BARBARO

Se acuerdan que esta caricatura decía que el mundo se terminaba en 1994? o 92?








BELLE Y SEBASTIAN
No había un perrito extra que se llamaba Poochie?








GIGI
Todos recordamos cuando Gigi crecía y se le veía la nalguita o no?? (haha)








LOS DINOPLATIVOLOS
Yeaa esta me encantaba!!! Aunque duró poco, grabé todos los capitulos en mi VHS. Además, los "malos" como el Tiranosaurio tenían una voz guarrona bien chida.








LOS DEFENSORES DE LA TIERRA
Wow!! esta la pasaban a la hora de la cena, antes de "Rosa Salvaje" (haha)








CALABOZOS Y DRAGONES
Oooooh seeee! recuerdo que a estos chavitos se perdieron en un mundo mágico en un parque de diversiones.








JEM
Claaaro! Esta fue mi primera inspiración para ser rockstar (haha)Además el grupo pesado se llamaba The Misfits!








ERASE UNA VEZ
Oh que buena caricatura, educativa, no necesitabas ir a la escuela con ésta. Recuerdo bien que los escritores no tenían peros en dar muerte a algun personaje.








EL VUELO DE LOS DRAGONES
Esta no la pasaban como serie, si no era una pelicula no es así?
Buena música hard rockera en esta movie.








LA ISLA DEL TESORO
De ésta tengo vagos recuerdos, pero me acuerdo muy muy bien de este Don!







Y FINALMENTE ENCONTRÉ LA CARICATURA, SIMPLEMENTE SE ME VINO A LA MENTE.. hace dos segundos
LA BALLENA JOSEFINA, ASI ES!
La historia se trataba de un niño, un poco geek por cierto, que tenía por amiga a una ballena que guardaba en un vaso de agua (!) alucinante!
Buscando en la red encontré que no soy la única que se malviajó tratando de recordar esta caricatura, y encontré que para aquellos que la vieron fue toda una experiencia, analizando los capítulos, parecía que el autor de este anime se metió algo más que Resistol!












Aaaaaah! Soy feliz, buenas noches!