Ghibli -Kiki's Delivery Service-

Kiki’s Delivery Service was showed 1989. The movie’s box-office revenue is 2,150 million yen.

The movie’s heroin named Kiki is 13 years old. She is descended from witch. Kiki’s pet named Jiji and she leaves her house with the institution of witch. Kiki arrives in a big city named Colico which is over the sea, but peoples in the town are distant. After, she meets the woman named Osono who carries on the bakery. Osono likes Kiki and gives her a room. Kiki decides to help to work instead of Osono which becomes pregnant. She starts Kiki's Delivery Service using her ability to fly. She meets a boy named Copoli at the time. He is called Tombo and aiming to make the human powered airplane. At first, Kiki thought of him unpleasantly, but she is coming to be opening up gradually. But she loses her ability of the magic suddenly. She is shocked and at a loss, but she takes back vigorousness thanks to a regular customer visitor. At such time, she watches the form that Tombo is nearly inferior from an airship on television and hurries to the site. Kiki borrows a deck brush from the cleaning husband who was in the neighborhood, and she tries to use her ability of magic desperately. She raised her ability, and she could fly in the air again. She helps Tombo. She resumed work, was being on good terms with people in the town and was having time.

My favorite character is Ulsura. She is 19 years old and a friend of Kiki. She is the person who picked the baggage Kiki has dropped during home delivery up. She lives in the forest. She is a painter and she is immersed to draw a picture. She takes good care. She is comforting Kiki which often falls.

A theme song of this movie is song by Yumi Matsutouya. The songs are Message of Rouge and If it wrapped in kindness. If it wrapped in kindness is Yuming’s the 3rd single. The CD was released 1974. The tone of the acoustic guitar of entering of a song is characteristic for this song. Massage of Rouge is Yuming's the 5th single. The CD was released 1975. The tone of the piano is light and this song is pleasant. I like these songs. I like Yuming! I like Ghibli!

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Ghibli -The Cat Returns-

The Cat Returns was showed 2002. I went to the preview of this movie with my family.

This movie’s box-office revenue is 6,460 million yen.

One day, this movie’s heroin named Haru helps the cat which seemed overridden by a truck. Surprisingly, the cat is a prince of the kingdom of cats. She gets a catalog from a party of the cat king as a token of thanks at night. As thanks, the secretary of the cat king named Natoru gives her gifts and she is offered the cat prince’s wife. She is perplexed and follows the mysterious voice heard. Then she met a white fat cat named Muta. Haru comes to a cat’s office by a guide of Muta and meets the office’s chief named Balon and his friends, Toto. Balon is a cat and Toto is a crow. They are Muta’s friends too. Then a group of cats appears to receive her, and Haru and Muta will bring to the cat kingdom for them. After, it is decided that Haru gets married to prince named Lune by the cat king. But Baron which appeared at held congratulatory party rescues her. Haru, Baron and Muta try to capture a labyrinth and a tower and return to the human’s world. While they go up a tower, they are nearly caught by the cat king again, but Lune and a white cat helps them. The white cat’s name is Yuki. Yuki says that I have helped by Haru before, and that she got cookies of fish mold. That voice which led Haru to the cat’s office was also her. Lune was in love with Yuki. Lune handed the cookie for which he has searched the human’s world to Yuki and proposed to her. Of course, she accepted it. Finally, Haru, Baron and Muta return to the human world and confess Haru to Baron then. He tells her "When the event which would be a problem again has happened, a gate in the cat’s office is opened." and leaves with Toto and Muta.

My favorite character is Baron. He is still and gentleman-like. When he helps Haru, he acts a young nobleman of a mask. It is very cool. The scene for which he holds Haru in the side holding and runs, and the scene for which he competes with the cat king to sword work are also cool.

This movie is spin-off of Whisper of the Hearts. Whisper of the Heart was showed 1995. This movie’s heroin named Shizuku is a 3rd grader of junior high school. She likes reading books and often borrows it by the library where her father works. One day, Shizuku sees a book card, and notices that there is a man who borrows and reads the book she reads ahead of everything. The man’s name is Seiji Amasawa. Seiji is a classmate at the same school as Shizuku. Baron and Muta appear in this movie. The Cat Returns is setting as the work Shizuku wrote.

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Ghibli -Princess Mononoke-

I like Ghibli. My favorite Ghibli’s movies are Princess Mononoke, The Cat Returns and Kiki's Delivery Service.

Princess Mononoke was showed 1997. This movie’s box-office revenue recorded 19,300 million yen. The form that mononoke argue with humans about nature is drawn by this movie. This story’s hero is Ashitaka. He is a 17 years old. He will be a leader of his village. One day, Ashitaka shoots an arrow in god of curse who marauded on a village and receives a curse in his right arm. That was the curse with which his life is shaved instead of giving the power. The curse god was the big wild boar which received pellets of iron for his body. He had been the curse god by dislike to humans. Ashitaka drives the village by receiving a curse, and starts a trip to west as well as an antelope named Yakkuru by a partner to pursue the truth. So he finds the village which produces iron. The woman named Eboshi was ruling the village. She also gave work to women as well as men and social foreign elements, and was yearned for by villagers. She was making villager make the guns called Ishibiya. It was also Eboshi that pellets of iron was driven into the wild boar. He said to her "Don't spread dislike.", but Eboshi did not hear. And Ashitaka meets another woman that time. She is trained as the canine god named Moro and called Princess of Mononoke by the villagers. She hated Eboshi which wastes nature, and she aimed at the life of Eboshi many times. But she is forced into a corner and helped by Ashitaka. At first, she tries to kill him because she hates humans but she nurses him with will of the shish god. She called herself San. San was opening its heart in Ashitaka gradually. Finally, they can cooperate and rule the misfortune Mononokes created with humans. After, San accepted a proposal of Ashitaka.

My favorite character is Ashitaka. He is very polite and honest. He shot an arrow in the cruse god to rescue a villager though he understood that he would receive a curse. Such his expectation would also lead to San.

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My hobby 2

My hobby is painting my nails recently. My sister likes it too. She is good at painting. She has many nail polishes. We also like to paint artificial nails. We often buy nail polishes at 100-yen shop. My favorite nail color is pastel color. Especially, I like blue and purple.

First, a basecoat is applied nails. When it is done this way, a pigment of nail polish becomes difficult to stick to nails. Next, a nail polish is painted nails. Last, a topcoat is applied nails. I am not good at it.

Now my nail is painted orange. I want to apply my nail blackly next.

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Our itinerary

I love Disney. My family loves it too. I had been to Tokyo Disney Resort many times.

My friends named Haruka and Satoko and I were talking and eating lunch a few days ago. We are the group named Natural Party. Natural Party’s member is 7. Haruka, Satoko, Kazuyo, Misaki, Karin, Sakiko and I belong it. Haruka and Satoko wants to go to trip with members of Natural Party. They want to tour the Tokyo Disney Resort with my guide. So if we will go there, I think where I showed.

It is 4 to want to guide me at Tokyo Disneyland. First, I will guide them to STAR TOURS. It is the attraction of STAR WARS. The passengers can experience a space trip. Second, we will go to Alice’s Tea Party. This attraction is coffee cup. It is very fast! I like it. Third, I would collect them here on closed eve. It is the attraction named Pooh’s Honey Hunt. Passengers can get on a big honey pot and explore 100 acres forest. Electrical parade dream rights of Disneyland specialty will be judged from everyone at night.

It is 5 to want to guide me at Tokyo Disney Sea. First, I will guide them to Storm Rider. This is the attraction which boards a developed airplane to put out a storm as Storm Rider. Second, we will talk with Clash. The attraction’s name is Turtle Talk. This is the attraction about which you can talk with a turtle named Clash using a special microphone. Clash is cool! Third, I will want to eat Gyozaman. Gyozaman is very famous and popular. A lot of people are waiting in line all the time. Fourth, I would want everyone to see my favorite show. The show’s name is A Table is Waiting. This show is the content by which the party with which dishes of the world was surrounded is held. The characters appear by the costume which was modeled on the dishes introduced respectively. My favorite costume is Goofy’s. He puts on the costume modeled on a lunch with rice and side dishes and appears with a bamboo hat of shiitake mushroom. I bought a key chain of the Goofy by which this costume was put on before. It is nice and cute. Last, I will guide them to Toy Story MANIA! This attraction is shooting game. Passengers can feel like seeming to have been a toy at all because something in the distance to the start spot is big. The point that the ride start from the bottom of Andy's bed is also very fascinating.

I want to go to TDR with my friend too.

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My favorite artists 2

Do you know L’Arc～en～Ciel? L’Arc～en～Ciel is a rock band. They make a band with 4 members. They are 46 years old. They compose all of songs and lyrics respectively.

Vocal is hyde. He has a distinctive voice. I like his voice. His most famous songs are HONEY, HEVEN’S DRIVE and Hurry Xmas.

Guitar is ken. He is famous as a heavy smoker. He takes charge of chorus too. His famous songs are Kasou, Jojoushi and NEO UNIVERSE.

Bass is tetsuya. He is a leader and a founder of this band. Ken and tetsuya are childhood friends. His famous songs are Driver’s High, READY STEADY GO and DIVE TO BLUE.

Drum is yukihiro. He is quiet, but his play style is showy and aggressive. His famous songs are New World, DRINK IT DOWN and trick.

My sister likes them. So I came to undergo influence of her and like them. My favorite songs are Driver’s High, Jojoushi and HONEY. They have a wide circle of bands. My favorite band named SID is too. Hyde is on good terms with SID’s bass named Aki and ken is on good terms with SID’s guitar named shinji.

My sister and I like VAMPS. VAMPS is a rock band too. They make a band with 2 members. The leader and founder is hyde. Guitar is K.A.Z. So, three men help them. Bass is Ju-ken. Drum is Arimatsu. He is called Arly. Keyboard and Manipulator is JIN. My favorite their songs are LOVE ADDICT, ANGEL TRIP and VAMPIRE’S LOVE.

VAMPS is famous of the live concert every year. The concert live named HALLOWEEN PARTY presided at them. I want to go it.

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BR 1-15 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Huckleberry is a long name. Everybody called the boy'Huck'. (p.18)

Do you know this book? This book was written by Mark Twain.

This story’s hero is Tom Sawyer. He is 10 years old, but he is smart and plays many tricks with his friends. One day, Tom and his best friend named Huck witnesses murder scene at the midnight graveyard. They drive into a corner, but they are aimed by the criminal named Joe. They disclose the truth finally, and it is a happy ending with the large sum of money in the hand.

The reason that I decide to read this book is because I had read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The story’s hero is Huck! Both books are interesting!

Cornish, F.H. Twain, Mark. (2002). The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Oxford:Macmillan Guided Readers.

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BR 1-14 Robinson Crusoe

I was alive! I could not believe that I was safe, and I thanked God for saving me. (p.18)

Do you know Robinson Crusoe? This book was written by Daniel Defoe. It is famous. This story is about Robinson Crusoe’s adventure.

Robinson Crusoe was born into a merchant family in 1632. He is a third son. He has a habit of wandering. He ignores the opposite of his parents and goes out to travel. He would be a sailor, but his ship is shipwrecked by a big hurricane. He drifts to a desert island and survives when he was 27 years old in 1659.

I was surprised that it is Robinson's vital energy. He did hunt and brought up cereal. He often read the Holy Bible and also talked with God. He adapted himself to a desert island and lived. He returns to a homeland and gets married, but he begins to live on wife's after death at an island again. He comes to like nature.

Gavol, Salma. Defoe, Daniel. (2009). Robinson Crusoe. Oxford:Macmillan Readers.

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BR 1-13 Selected Short Stories by D.H. Lawrence

The voice did not sound human.(p.41)

This book has many short stories. So I read the story named THE LOVELY LADY.

Pauline Attenborough is 72 years old, but she looked much younger. When a soft light shone on her, she could look as young as 30. She had a lovely figure and face. She had left husband named Ronald many years ago. They had had two sons. The Eldest son named Henry had died. The second son named Robert is 32 years old. When Henry was died, Robert was only 10. Robert lives with his mother and works as a lawyer in London. A big young woman lives with them. Her name is Ciss. She is a niece of Pauline. Her father is Ronald Attenborough’s younger brother. He had died five years ago. So she depended on her aunt Pauline. She was in love with Robert, but she had never told him. Ciss is very shy and Robert also too. One day Ciss heard the voice when she was basking in the sun shine. It is her dead cousin, Henry’s voice!

It is the mystery story. What is the reason that she is youthful? What happens to Ciss's love with Robert? Is the voice Henry's? I read it with a pounding heart.

D.H., Lawrence. Donnelly, Karen. Collins, Anne. (2007). Selected Short Stories by D.H. Lawrence. Oxford:Macmillan Readers.

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Essay 1-06 Review of the first episode of a American or British TV drama

I had watched a TV drama series. The name is Full House. Do you know this drama? Full House was broadcast in USA from 1987. It is very famous and popular in Japan too.

Full House is a comedy drama. This story's hero is Daniel Earnest Tanner. He is 29 years old. He is a newscaster. He lived in San Francisco with his wife named Pamela and three children, but Pamela died in a traffic accident. This drama is the story in which Daniel raises his three children. Two men help him. One person is Joseph. He is 29 years old. He is a comedian and a best friend of Daniel. Another person is Jesse who is Pamela's younger brother. He is 24 years old. He is a musician. Joseph and Jesse lives with the Tanner's family.

My favorite characters are Daniel's three daughters. The eldest daughter is Donna Joe. She is called D.J. She is smart and takes good care of her younger sisters. The second daughter is Stephanie. Her nickname is Steph. She is cheerful and talkative. The third daughter is Michelle. She is wild and a little selfish. She is doted on by Jesse. They are naughty and play many tricks. They are very cute. They are on very good terms.

I like this drama's voice actors for Japanese dubbing. Especially, my favorite voice actor is Houchuu Ootsuka. He is very famous, because he appears in various movies by dubbing. His voice is low and cool.

I remember many wise saying in this drama, because the characters have a favorite phrase respectively. There are also many impressive wise sayings as well as that. I think that those words put modulation on the atmosphere which is comedy. The drama's audiences can knows how long they are loving the three daughters. I think that it is one of this drama's charm too.

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BR 1-12 The Lost World

These animals were very large and unusual. Nobody had ever seen them before. (p.9)

This story’s hero is a man. His name is Edward Malone. In 1912, he is 23 years old. He is a reporter for a newspaper named Daily Gazette. His job is to find out about things that had happened and write about them.

One day, Edward says to Mr McArdle that I want to ask you something. Mr McArdle is a boss at the Daily Gazette. He wants to go an adventure and write that things. Mr McArdle is allowed to go. So he says, “Have you heard Professor Challenger?” Edward does not know much about him. Professor Challenger is a zoologist. Two years ago, he went to South America and found some wonderful animals. But many people do not believe it. Mr McArdle orders Edward to interview him.

This story is about adventure of Edward and Professor Challenger. Is it true that Professor Challenger was talking about? This story is very interesting!

Collins, Anne. Doyle, Arthur Conan. Stephen, Kathy. (1995). The Lost World. Oxford:Macmillan Guided Readers.

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BR 1-11 L.A. Winners

The Chief isn't my husband. The Chief is a horse! (p.7) 

The book is a next product of L.A. detective. It is about Lenny Samuel. Lenny Samuel is a Los Angeles detective. The woman wearing green dress visits Len. Her name is Sandy Bonner. Sandy asks Len to find her horse. He is surprised. But he needs money. He wants to go Hawaii. I like Lenny because he is very cool. Len is a detective in Los Angeles, but I think that he is a hero of justice.

Prowse, Philp. Richardson, John. (2005). L.A. Winners. Oxford:Macmillan Readers.

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BR 1-10 The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn

You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, but that ain't no matter.(p.5)

This book is spin-off of The Adventure of Tom Sawyer. Huckleberry Finn is called Huck. He is a best friend of Tom. Huck and Tom had much money in The Adventure of Tom Sawyer. The start scene of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is that Huck’s father appeared him. His father was after Huck’s money. Huck is nearly killed by his father, but he caught off guard and run away. After, he met a black man named Jim. Jim is a slave. He runs away too. He wants to go somewhere far away and liberated from slave. Huck decides to go an adventure into an unknown world by cooperating with Jim.

I take a class named The history of American literature. We read and solve many famous books in the class every week. When I read it the first time, I surprised that Huck is very cunning. He does not hesitate to tell lies and steal. He rescues Jim who is a black slave. Hack acts the behavior which is not considered at that time. Huck and Jim tied by a strong friendship beyond the each race. This book is very nice. I was moved.

Twain,Mark. (1885). The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn. Project Gutenberg.

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Music

Do you know Yumi Matsutouya? She is a singer. She is called Yuming by her fans. I often had heard her songs when I was an elementary school students. Because my father likes her songs. When I went out with my father, he often let her CD run in car. I like Yuming’s songs for now, too.

Yuming is called “the founder of love”. Her songs are almost love songs. Especially, my favorite song is DOWNTOWN BOY, Pearl Pierced earring and Message of Rouge. Message of Rouge is famous because it a term song of the movie. The movie’s name is The witch’s Express. The lyric of her songs is written by herself. Her lyrics is nice.

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BR 1-09 The Black Cat

He was found dead in his room this morning. Mr Pearson was murdered.(p.11)

This is a mystery novel. A hero named Salahadin is 28 years old. He is an inspector. His work is protecting all the antiquities of Egypt. He waits for an archeology named Mr Pearson. Mr Pearson had been working in Egypt and looking for antiquities. Every archeologist had to see Salahadin before they left Egypt, but Mr Pearson had not come his office yet. Salahadin was worried. He picked up the telephone and rang the number of Pearson’s hotel. But Mr Pearson was died.

I thank that this novel is nice when I finished a book. Especially, Salahadin’s setting is interesting. He is a police inspector, but his work is protecting antiquities. His work is not investigating the case. But he tried to inquire into the truth of the case. He is a sincere person.

Milne,John. Edwards,Peter. (2002).The Black Cat. Macmillan Guided Readers.

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BR 1-08 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand it, it is love.(p.321)

This story is about the wizard named Harry Potter. I love the series. My family loves it too.

Especially, I like the third volume named Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Harry Potter is a third year student of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The beginning of the story, Harry knows that he is aimed at Sirius Black who escaped from Azkaban. Sirius is a subordinate of Lode Voldemort. Harry’s parents died, because he leaked information of them to Voldemort.

My favorite scene is climax of the story. It is the scene of Harry and his friend named Hermione Granger goes back in time. They know that Sirius is Harry’s godfather and he did not commit a crime. They decide to help caught him. They use a magic tool named time tuner. Hermione received it from teacher named Minerva McGonagall, because she wants to take all of subjects. They go back and help Sirius.

I like Sirius. Sirius is a best friend of Harry’s father, James. He escaped from Azkaban, because he thought that he must protect Harry. He is very kind.

I had been The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Universal Studio Japan twice. The castle of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is in this area. There are also shops appeared in the story. The wand’s shop named Ollivanders, the sweet shop named Honeydukes, the magic tool’s shop named Wiseacre’s Wizarding Equipment and others are in this area. It is possible to buy the wand characters uses in Ollivanders. It is possible to buy sweets appeared in the story in Honeydukes. Especially, Chocolate Flogs and Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans is very famous. It is possible to buy time turner in Wiseacre’s Wizardry Equipment. I want to buy it, but it is very expensive.

J.K.Rowling. (1997). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Bloomsbury Publishing.

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Essay 1-05 Best days in my life

The best days in my life were in March this year. I went to Osaka with the friends of my part-time job. When I lived in the east ward, I worked a part-time job at McDonald near my house. There were a lot of older people there. But they are kind and friendly.

Our travel’s member is 5. Takaaki is two years older than me. He is the perso whoproposed this travel. He and I had belonged to the same club in KGU. Yuka is two years older than me and she was a student of KGU too. She made arrangements for the tickets of this travel. Shigeru is three years older than me. He was a student of the Prefectural University of Kumamoto. He is a mood maker and cheerful. Erika is two years younger than me, but she does not go to university. Though only she is younger, everyone is on good terms with her because she works a part-time job longer than me at McDonald.

We stayed in Osaka for 3 days. The first day, we gathered in Kumamoto station at 6 o’ clock. We went to Osaka by Shinkansen. We played cards in Shinkansen. After we arrived in Osaka, we went to the aquarium named Kaiyuukan after the baggage was put at the hotel in Umeda. Kaiyuukan is famous because there is a whale shark. The whale shark which swims in a big water tank gracefully is very beautiful. We went to eat deep-fried kabobs in the evening. When we stopped at Umeda station on the way to hotel, Takaaki bought cream buns for us. Do you know a cream bun made by Hattendou? Hattendou’s cream bun is famous and delicious!

The second day, we went to Universal Studio Japan. They were eager to go to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter from before. I had been there once, but I wanted go there again. We went to there and lined up an attraction named Harry Potter and The Forbidden Journey. This is an attraction which can give the experience as if you were flying in the airl using 3-D picture. It is very exciting! After, we bought souvenirs and ate lunch in this area. I ate fish and chips. It was delicious. We went out the area in the afternoon. We went to the area named Cool Japan. Cool Japan is a project open for a limited time. There are also attractions to which 4 famous works made in Japan were introduced worldwide. It is Monster Hunter, Attack on Titan, Neon Genesis EVANGELION and BIOHAZARD. We wanted to go to Cool Japan’s area too. We lined up and rode EVA’s attraction. Next, we went to Space Fantasy the Ride. This is the attraction that Takaaki recommended. After, we went out of USJ. We stopped at an udon restaurant and ate dinner on the way to hotel.

The last day, we went to USJ again. First, we went to the Back ｔo the Future the Ride. I rode it the first time. I took a photo of the De Lorean. Next, we went to Spider Ｍan's attraction. Erika and I liked it. We were frolicking. In the afternoon, Takaaki, Yuka and Shigeru went to BIOHAZARD's attraction. So Erika and I went to the Terminator's attraction. After, we went to ride De Lorean again. We joined them in the evening. We bought many souvenirs and went out USJ. We rode the Shinkansen. I talked about rakugo with Shigeru. We arrived at Kumamoto Station and broke up immediately because we were very tired.

This travel is my best memory.

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