Quick Birthday Notes

1. I'm officially 25 now! Well, technically, I was born... around 5 PM, I think, and it's 2 PM here right now, but who cares about that, right? Mom is cooking mushrooms for me! And then we'll have a cake and peaches, oh man, I love food. And my family.

2. I really love these character notes from the new edition of Hikaru no Go. I'm definitely planning to buy a couple of books from this set - I'll never have enough money for all of them, but damn, my Italian volume #9 is just not enough (I mean, it's awesome and it features Hong Suyong whose cuteness rivals Hiyoshi's cuteness, I simply want more)! I don't even know Italian in the first place. I'm especially pleased with the bit about Waya and Hikaru's friendship. Somehow... it doesn't surprise me at all. Oh, Hikaru, you're so oblivious to... just about everything around you. And the part about Ogata is absolutely hilarious. And, hmm, the segment about Isumi implies that he and Sai are polar opposites of some sort, on the symbolic level. This is so interesting.

3. Where are my New Prince of Tennis scans?!

Manga Notes

1. New Prince of Tennis #10-11: fine, so Konomi is not the very best writer in Shounen Jump (no offence, my soul belongs to Ohba and Hotta), but sometimes he makes me stupidly happy with panels like this one. I mean, Atobe is being so... openly playful with Hiyoshi here. Um, don't mind me, I'm a shipper. But really. Atobe is patting Hiyoshi's butt with a racket! Eee! ♥ In the Prince of Tennis universe, this certainly counts as a very erotic gesture. Yes. You know it does, Atobe, you shameless person. Oh, Konomi. All available scans are in Chinese, so I don't understand their lines, unfortunately. Ah well, someone will translate them eventually, and then I'll write a post about the actual plot. Right now, however, my mind is filled with porny Atobe x Hiyoshi thoughts.

2. Hiramaru and Eiji are the funniest guys in Bakuman, I swear.

3. Naruto #459: I don't even follow this series anymore (...mostly due to the whole... THING with Itachi), but woah, what an emotional chapter. And yeah, in case you wonder, I still want Naruto to save Sasuke because that's sort of the whole point of Naruto to me.