No smart ass comments this week. Just got back from an interview. I wasn't the one who was interviewed, though. I was one of the people conducting the interview... :3

It was fun, I guess. If you can count being stuck in the rain without an umbrella while carrying a 50kg laptop looking like a harassed harlot with sticky messy hair and wet armpits. Yeah. Great image. [Oh, and don't forget the part about trying to eat a slice of pizza and failing miserably by letting the toppings fall off and inside my polo shirt. With the wet armpits. And did I mention that the wet armpits showed very clearly and nicely?]

Thank god that happened when I was already going home. :|

But of course, it doesn't help that one of the guards here is hitting on me. Every single time I pass by the gates. All I did was act nice and friendly, and the next thing I knew, he was already shaking my hand and telling me how beautiful I was and how nice I was and wouldIconsidergoingoutwithhimsometime. Never mind that I probably looked as harassed that day he said that as I did just a few moments ago. Never mind that he's probably 10-15 years older than I am, never mind that I'm still a minor, that he can go to jail for harassment. Never mind that I practically have no idea how to deal with that, coz' seriously, wtfh. I want to say I'm not interested, and I would, really, but he's... just.. so.. fucking... weird. -shudder- I kind of wonder what he'd do if I ever blow him off. Kind of scared, actually. How the hell am I going to avoid him form now on? He's the one always guarding the gates to the village, for fuck's sake.

ANYWAY, enough about that guy. I seriously don't know why I'm even bothering to talk about him right now. So much to say about this week's releases, so little time [since I still have a pounding headache, something that's been going on continuously for a few days now]. So let's get started? :3


Naruto: 434

Holy shit, Naruto's in trouble.


So last week Naruto was able to take down five Pains, leaving only two for this week. However, it seems that the main Pain's powers have returned. Naruto continues to fight, but something terrible has happened. He's been captured! :O And what's this? Is it true that the nine-tailed beast has been captured?! Will Naruto be taken to the Akatsuki hide-out?! What's going to happen next?!


Oh yes, I've been very high because of thie release. What's Naruto supposed to do, damnit! He's blacked out because Pain sucked his Sage chakra... damn bastard. Will we finally see what Sasuke's going to do? [And what the hell, we've forgotten all about Killer Bee... Is Hawk still trying to track him down?]


Bleach: 344


URYUU. -heart-


Last week we finally got to see a glimpse of Ishida. He looked so damn cool. :3

Ichigo should be thankful he showed up. At least it's one more enemy down, right? And Mala Suerte means Bad Luck btw. This is what Ishida says in the chapter cover page [page 4]. :3 Aaah, Ichigo really needs more smart people in his team, ne? He should really be thankful that Quincy-boi is in his side... That, and page 6 and 7 really make me a happy IchiIshi fangirl. :3

[And it really makes me wish that Hime would just disappear. Not die, since everything they've wanted to accomplish would just be in vain. Just simply disappear for a few moments, just enough for my fandom to talk to each other without the conversation being about saving her or protecting her... D:]


More Ichi-Ulqui battle scenes. Though it does comfort me that Ichigo isn't holding back anymore. I'd like to think it's because of Ishida's presence, but of course that would be stupid. Anyway, he's now able to fight on par with Ulqui. But I guess that's not good enough, seeing as he has to be better than Ulqui to actually win. And of course, the next chapter's not going to be exciting if Ulqui didn't have something up his sleeve. :|


[Sidenote: Ishida's clothes are fixed. Wonder if that's the reason why he took so long... hmmm...]




Katekyo Hitman Reborn: Target 227 which I missed last week

LAMBORN. -shudder-


Xanxus defeats the enemy! Hooray for Xanxus, lolz. Luss isn's dead, apparently. So is Levi. Squalo's as fab as always, Bel and Fran are still alive. The Varia are successful in fighting off the Millefiore!

Or so we thought.

Byakuran shows himself! Apparently it's not over yet. Irie's betrayal has been discovered [rather, it's been discovered that Byakuran knew all along], and the real 6 Funeral Wreaths have been introduced! What's going to happen to our guardians now that they've met their real opponents!?

Honestly, the TYL!guardians should just be revived and be given the Vongola rings. I don't think that the non-tyl ones can fight them off, moreover actually win. The older ones have more experience, anywa... Shou-chan should think quick!

Wonder what their names are, really. They seem so cool... :3 Specially the one in the far left, the one with the long hair. Wonder if he's going to be Gokudera's enemy... :3 [But with Gokudera's luck, I bet he gets the one who looks like Shamal... :|]

[sidenote: Did anyone else notice that Ryohei's the only one who hasn't been summoned to the future yet? Oh, and the baseball-idiot-who-loves-hitting-himself-on-walls-literally is finally awake... :3]


Katekyo Hitman Reborn: Target 228

And of course, this week's release. :3

Which reminds me, has anyone seen TYL!Basil? No? Haven't, either... wonder if he's going to show up soon?

So this week: Byakuran explains things. Which is weird, since the longest I've ever seen Byakuran talk was when he was fighting with Mukuro. Which wasn't very long at all, mind you.

Anyway, so Byakuran explains what he did when he chose the "real" mare ring holders. I keep having this sinking feeling in my gut that Byakuran brainwashed these people, like what he did with Uni. Which makes me wonder where Uni is, really. Or if she were ever brainwashed in the first place. Or if I'm even making any sense at all.

But that's not really the point. The point is that this first guy Byakuran talks about is fucking crazy. And he's supposed to be the Storm Guardian, I think? Well, I'm not really sure, but wtfh, he bathes in lava. Which is NOT FUCKING POSSIBLE. :|

So the Vongola have new, tougher enemies. Enemies who have 5000-something subordinates. Which is, again, fucking crazy, since Vongola has about nothing now except for the Varia team and Tsuna's. Which is like having a ratio of 350:1 in favor of Millefiore. Which is, of course, not good. At all. :|

But Byakuran's given them 10 days to get their act together [thank god he's not making them fight asap]... So all's not lost. The Guardians have all been gathered [Yay, Ryohei's finally there], Yamamoto's finally awake from his wall-induced coma [and was that an 8059 moment in page15? XD], the Vongola rings are finally comeplete. Now if they can all just make some strategies on how to win their battles... D>

And of course, Irie reveals "the ultimate weapons". XD



Eyeshield21: 316th DOWN!

Gaou vs. Don! Right on!


Or not. :3


Thanks to a certain someone, the Gaou-Don showdown will have to wait until the official match. And just as the bets were flowing in, I'd say... XD On the other hand, Sena's time on the 40m dash is.. WHAT?! That can't be right! But it is! :O But of course, the spotlight isn't on Sena this week. It's on Agon and Gaou, and there's a big reason why they're the focus. : |

Sometimes I really admire Agon. Sometimes I just want to hit him with a kendo stick. And sometimes.. sometimes..

Sometimes I actually pity the guy. : |

Like in this chapter. Aw, poor kid. He is so fucked up. Gaou is so fucked up. The Japanese team is so fucked up. There's no way they're going to win now. Oh god.

I hope it's not Hiruma who suffers for this. D>


[and here I was thinking I was the only one who noticed Agon's hair, lol. XD]

But what's this? Yamato's retirement from the American league is because of Don? And how's Sena supposed to help him get his revenge?! [And Yamato-kun, if you're going to gamble, bring Hiruma with you, okay? He's the one who never loses at these kind of things... XD]



Nora: Scans update

So a friend of mine [nashi_kanata] has offered to clean the scans for me. Okay, not exactly for me, but for the Nora fandom. So I'm supposed to scan them, and she's supposed to clean them. I think she'll be the one to upload the files? But of course, I'll be providing mirrors. Anyway, we'll be teaming up to provide the scans. I'm really happy she's helping because I know I wouldn't have been able to finish it all on my own. Or I would have, eventually, but only after some 500 million years.

Besides, she's good with photoshop [better than me by a longshot], and I think she's using this to gain experience/practice. -shrugs- I don't mind. I get the work done with only half the effort, so why not?

But since we've been busy with uni and shit, we're still doing it at a snail's pace. Of course, I am determined to finish the series [I've even already planned how many meals I should miss in order to be able to afford the other seven volumes], even if I don't get any help. I'm that stubborn, yes, but so is my not-so-new partner in crime. So I really think that we'll be able to finish this [sometime].

Now, if we can only get more money to buy other manga... and maybe some translators.. I know where I could get some raw manga... and then we could put up our own scanlation team... -snigger- big dreams, oh idiotic one.

SO I'll be updating the Nora post again when we actually have something to show. I promise I won't abandon this fandom project. We'll finish it for sure.