Vermillion

Incidentally, I don't really know how to feel about Yanagi's behavior (towards Kirihara) in the most recent chapters. Kirihara will probably accept it and move on, and I still like Yanagi a lot, but I'm afraid I won't be able to ship them anymore. It just doesn't feel right to me. Nah. Atobe is a better sempai for Hiyoshi. Or maybe I'm just too sensitive.

...Konomi's special beach chapter is, uh. Quite an interesting piece of manga art. It's nice to know that Atobe is not above silly pranks (and he pulls one on Yukimura, of all people).

1. About New Prince of Tennis #10-11, once again: I'm too tired and I guess I won't analyze it thoroughly after all, but... it's awesome, really, and I'm so in love with Atobe and Hiyoshi. I'm glad that they're actually fond of each other and it's so obvious.

2. Katekyo Hitman Reborn! #253: okay, Amano, do you want your fans to write university!fics about Byakuran and Shouichi? Trust me, they will write them, now that it's canon and all (and seriously, Shouichi actually describes that time as the happiest period of his life). Haha, and who was Shouichi's secret first crush, I wonder? Also, I have nothing against Byakuran, but I want Yuni to kick his ass, at least metaphorically.

3. And now I'll go and watch Pan's Labyrinth for the second time. ♥

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?!

1. I'm still very much in love with Death Note - which is a sign of stability, I suppose. Well, I have a RL friend who loves it even more, in fact (thanks to me and my wise influence!), and I find it great because I get to chat about Mikami's divine awesomeness with her. He is not really the world's most popular character, so every fan is precious ♥ or something like that, haha. Our shipping preferences are a bit different, but that's hardly a problem since we aren't militant about this kind of stuff. I don't know about the fandom's latest trends though - I... don't interact with it, mostly due to my lack of interest in Raito x L and Mello x Matt slash.

2. I like Bakuman, Ohba & Obata's newest creation, very much.

3. I have this intense love-hate relationship with Code Geass, as a series and as a fandom. I'll probably never leave it for good, although there are so many things that... bug me about it, and the fact that I'm kinda similar to Lelouch in certain subtle ways bothers me sometimes, but it's so... fascinating, like a shipwreck, especially the 2nd season. ( Spoilers! ) And I sort of ship Lelouch with Suzaku (when I'm not busy fangirling Suzaku's painfully short-lived romance with Euphemia) - normally I don't like to pair up enemies, but this ship just... works for me, unlike most of Lelouch's relationships with girls. I don't think that he knows what to do with girls, to be honest. He can be fantastically clueless, that guy.

4. I'm planning to catch up with Katekyo Hitman Reborn! sometime soon. So far, I like Gokudera and Chrome a lot. There's something... utterly adorable about their devotion to Tsuna and Mukuro respectively. Plus, Gokudera has white hair. I find that quite hot.

5. New Prince of Tennis deserves its own post.