I never thought I'd go back here.

Why hello there, blogspot, I haven't written in you for so long. XD

Just some quick updates, I guess, before I get to the main topic of this post.

Nora Manga collection: Finished! Yay~! I've finally finished collecting all nine volumes. Wow. Now, if only I would ever get around to unbinding them and scanning them, that would be even better. But seeing as I'm such a lazy person, and that I've got zero (try negative) motivation to continue the Nora scanlation project, then I guess this venture is a bust. It's not that I've lost love for the series. It's just that I've lost reason to continue with scanlating Nora, since there's already another group doing it. :3 Head on over to MangaFox to see that.

Vassalord collection: I'm stuck at volume three, haha. But there seems to be news about volume four coming late this year... anyway, I'll still be collecting the Vassalord manga. Don't know about scanlating, though... I'd probably do it, since there's no one else doing it. : |

Switch collection: Haha, I've gotten into the Switch fandom after rewatching the two OVAs. I have volumes 1-11, still looking for 12. I've seen 13 in Comic Odyssey, but I haven't bought it yet, since I didn't want to spoil myself. Volume 14's coming out this year too, I heard.  Haha, and MiranoSand is an awesome band. :3 

Now the meat of the discussion: On banning of scanlations, scanlators and manga hosts.

MangaHelpers is dead. The US-Japan Manga distributors alliance made it commit suicide. They're thinking of putting up OpenManga as a replacement, but it's still in its infancy. You can read more about it here and here. 

And OneManga's following suit. It's already said its goodbyes to the manga community, and it's really annoying to see it go. Not because there would no longer be any more scanlated manga, but because it just made it a little bit harder for fans to get the scanlations. It's not like the disappearance of a few manga readers and hosts will spell apocalypse for scanlations. Really. Scanlations existed even before these manga readers, and they will continue to exist without them. Fans will just have to be diligent again. Oh, and polite towards scanlators, of course. Read more here, if you want.

God, I hope people, specially the ones from manga-distributing/publishing companies, realize how the banning of scanlations will not solve its proliferation in the internet. This is not the way to get rid of them, corporate! Banning them does not solve the core issues, does not address the real reasons why they exist in the first place. And I think that in banning scanlations, in going about this like you have, you are alienating and discriminating against your target audience... and I don't think you can afford to do that. There are other ways to solve this crisis. 

That said, I wish fans would take this opportunity to finally let corporate know what we feel about their actions. We shouldn't just sit still and wait for them to decide for us. We are the consumers, and we should have a say on how things are done, since we are ultimately the ones who are affected. Fans, let's go online, find other fans and talk about these issues. This is the only way we can let corporate know that we are being affected, and not in a good way. If we continue making a fuss about it, sooner or later, they will be forced to listen to us.

I know a lot of people are worried about scanlations being banned, but not a lot talk. The thing is, we should talk. Talking about it is the only thing we can do, and it's the thing that will get us heard by corporate. And they will have to listen, they will be forced to listen, if all we do is talk about this. We are the consumers. We are as important to their business as the source of the manga they sell. It sounds strange, but it's true. It's not all about the corporate, guys. Rather, it's all about us, and how they should consider what we have to say.

We start off with the updates! 

Bleach 262 - Howling Wolves

Starrk finally shows us his second level self! Will Kyoraku be able to defeat this man? Is there going to be another Twin Swords showdown? XD 

But before we go to that...

ftw, is everyone here crazy, or is the cowboy look the "it" thing nowadays..? ;A;

Sasuke started this in the Shippuden Movie 2: Kizuna with his cowboys music. And now, even Bleach's Stark is doing it! ;A; Really, ftw people. He even has guns. ;;;

Ironically, it's the cute little girl Espada who turns into Stark's weapons. Erm. Yes. The girl turns into two guns. I'm not an expert or anything (actually I don't know a thing), but aren't those magnums...? Or whatever they're called, those guns with the big ass barrels... the ones they used to use in the wild west. Or so I've read. 

Anyway, Stark is about the least cool cowboy person ever. XD  I mean, just look at him argue with a gun. If I were his opponent, I would have landed a killing hit already before he even got to the part where he was trying to tell which end of the gun was his subordinate's head.

But of course, Kyoraku does just that. They fight, and just as we all have already predicted, the fight will continue up to the next chapter. I wonder though, what happened to Soi Fon and her opponent..?

Although one great point about this is the endless innuendo. :D 

Kyoraku: ... it can shoot something else, right?

Stark: .. there's no use hiding it.. 

XD Who said Bleach was straight?

Come on, Stark says something like "pain in the ass release".. -snigger- you've got to be super naive not to laugh at that one. And Kyoraku complaining because he's only getting itty bitty ceros.. HAH! Take that, perverted old man, you deserve that kick ass big release. >D

XDDDD nice ending, though. I was expecting that somewhat. >D

Naruto - Closing in on Danzo

Last chapter we found out that Danzo has been chosen as Tsunade's replacement by the council of idiots. Er, elders. So he's now that Rokudaime, instead of Kakashi (who has nominated first and almost became the Hokage if not for Danzo's self nomination). Problem is, he's stated that Sasuke be killed as punishment for being a missing nin.

Of course Naruto's not going to approve that... hm, conflict, conflict. It doesn't help that Killer Bee's subordinates have reached Konoha - of course they want to take revenge for their boss. Meaning, they're willing to punish the one who took KB away - Sasuke. AND IT DOESN'T HELP either that idiot snake boi is finally coming back to Konoha...

Ah, but more than the plot are the silly dialogues! So much fan service. Let's read between the lines, shall we?

Naruto [to Kakashi]: I won't let him lay a finger on Sasuke! [possessive uke much?]

Kakashi [to Naruto]: That's why Danzo wants to keep you [in the village]. You'll be playing right into his hands. [Ahaha, I knew it! He's also a perverted old man! No hokage has ever been not perverted! XD]

Danzo: .. Keep an eye on Naruto.

Sai: What do you plan to do to Naruto..?

Danzo:  .   .   .

[demmit Naruto, Sasuke better hurry cause the semes are all flocking to you.. >D]

Naruto: SAI! I was looking for you! [Oh noez, Sasuke, the uke has begun to look for other semes! RUN LIKE THE WIND BACK TO KONOHA BETCH.]

Sai: Because of this... -shows THE WHOLE of his tongue-  [o....o whoo. tongue. I've never seen that much tongue before. O.O  Sai really surprises me. First the belly, then the penis, now the tongue... wonder what's next XD]

Naruto [in reaction to Sai's tongue]: What.. is.. that..? -insert weirded out but amazed face-  [Naruto, Naruto... that's what you call "pleasure" >D]

Random Killer Bee subordinate number one: Tell me everything you know about Sasuke! [HE'S A FUCKING FRUITY COWBOY.]

Okay, stop fanservice, hello battle! XD  Naruto gets into a fight with the KB Squad! On par? Heck yeah! Na-chan's probably tired, but he's still got the moves! And of course, they show off their teamwork - Sai, Naruto and Sakura (who is, surprisingly this time, rendered useless).

Anyway, when they finally recover their brain cells and remember how to talk like semi-civilized humans (cue: by shouting at each other like monkeys on different treetops), the two reveal that Sasuke has indeed joined Akatsuki and has been doing Akatsuki's dirty work, aka trying (and failing quite miserably) to capture Killer Bee. 

So, chapter ends with more confusion on Naruto's part. Poor abandoned uke. -pats imaginary Naruto's back- Don't worry, you'll see your evil seme soon enough. Although I wouldn't know if that's a bad or a good thing... 

Poor Naruto... What are you going to do if Sasuke comes and destroys the Konoha that you love? Not that he'd have a lot left to destroy, but you know what I mean. How are you going to keep your promise? (And what of that weird thing Itachi gave you through the bird feeding?)

Katekyo Hitman Reborn 246 - Yamamoto's Vongola Box

Yama kicks ass for real GYAH.

Jirou and Kojirou. ;;;; why didn't I guess those, orz. Although I've heard a dog being named Jirou, I have yet to hear a sparrow being called Kojirou... Anyway, I do have one big question for both Squalo and Yamamoto... JUST WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU GUYS DO IN THAT "TRAINING"!?  Yamamoto was cool already, but now he's deadly awesome. If I wasn't convinced that Yama hasn't changed because of the animal naming (and the super Yamayama animal loveage), I would have said that Squalo did something VERY drastic to our resident Vongola Rain Guardian... >D

Ah, but with that said, chapter analysis! Yama faces off with Genkishi for the second time around, but this time, Yama seems to have the upper hand! I'm not really clear if Tsuna was able to destroy Genkishi's Hell Ring, but if he was, then Yama should have no problem defeating slug boy. However, if the ring hasn't been destroyed, things just might get messy. Although I have no doubt that Yama will win. I mean, he already lost once, right? He wouldn't lose again, specially not against the same opponent.

Although it gets me a little confused just how he manages to handle, much more use, effectively three swords with one hand... and another bigger, longer one in another hand. I believe he uses his left hand for the smaller ones? I didn't know Yama was somehow ambidextrous.. Haha, I mean, sure you can use your left hand to catch things, or to throw the Dera-version bombs even (not making fun of Dera or belittling him, of course), but sword handling requires a lot of wrist work. Not to mention that Yama mainly uses his fingers to flip the swords around.. he has to have a great amount of control over his left hand.

Squalo wasn't too impressed with Yama's dog XD. Or the sparrow XD. Obviously it was because Yama couldn't help but be in a minna-suki-daze mode when he was talking about their names... in the middle of a battle, no less! -laughs-  Sometimes I pity Squalo. Specially when he's dealing with the idiot boss or the idiot successor.. XD

I can't wait for Yama to finish this battle! And not only because I want to see how Dera's doing, but because I really want to see what he meant by "still having lots more to show" Genkishi. XD  Oh Squalo, what the F have you done...? XDDD

Speaking of Dera... I'm a little curious as to Uri's state. When they were showing the contents of the Vongola Boxes, it was Uri (with something, flames maybe, on the top of her head) they were showing as Dera's box. And of course, we have the dog for Yama (Jirou). But then, in this last chapters, it was discovered that the Vongola Box animals can take the shape of a thing, in Tsuna's case, Vongola Primo's cape. For Yama though, it wasn't Jirou that transformed into a thing of the 1st generation Rain Guardian - it was Kojirou, the sparrow, which combined with the bokuto and turned into this kick-ass shining shining rain sword whoot. ;;;  So I'm just a bit confused. 

And what about Deraaaa? Of course I have to ask about Dera, he's my favorite character! And how will Lambo fight at all!? ;A;  This is just too sad, Lambo would be crushed! Well.. then again, he has that cow thing.. XD Or should I call it a Thunder Bull? Wonder what happened with Dera's training with Ryohei and Lambo...

And just to be clear... I thought Dera had five attributes? Storm, Rain, Cloud, Thunder and Sun. I'm pretty sure Bianchi mentioned this (even Gamma..?) to Dera when he was still trying to decipher just how Systema CAI worked. So then why doesn't he have a Rain ring..? I'm pretty sure he doesn't.. Ugh, where have I seen that before.. he was flashing his hands, both of them, and there were only four rings, Vongola Storm ring already included. I was pretty sure it was the rain ring that was missing... ;A;  But he uses them in his shield, right? Aaaargh, confusing!

Just a random thought though: Byakuran could give Gin-chan a run for his money with this sweets addiction thing.. XD And the hair. Sorry, Gin-chan, but Byakuran's hair is way cooler than yours. Although you have a more manly voice, in my opinion. :D

And Squalo.. likes Tuna. <3

And Yama's kick-ass sword... strangely reminds me of shoujo kira kira things. ;A;

This is an S59 conversation in my head concerning their respective bosses:

59: You're here again, shark-freak?

 S: Tche. Shut up, damn brat. I'm here to deliver some important messages to that Sawada.

59: Tenth's not available right now, so you'd have to be content with me. -raises eyebrow-  What the fuck is that smell?! 

 S: Oh, that must be the.. HERE. Gift of tidings from the Varia. >D

59: o.o ...

 S: Well? TAKE IT!

59: Is that.. a tuna?! A whole fucking tuna?! -eyetwitch-

 S: YEAH? SO? I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GO TO THE MARKET! I JUST TOOK WHATEVER MY SHARK KILLED IN THE WATER!

59: -slaps forehead- YOU IDIOT! DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO STOP COMING BY SEA AND JUST FLY TO JAPAN!? THAT'S WHY WE HAVE PRIVATE JETS, DIMWIT!

 S: VOOOOOOOOOIIII! DON'T CALL ME A DIMWIT, FUCKING BRATTY TRASH! I HAPPEN TO BE COMFORTABLE TRAVELING BY SEA!

59: You mean by shark, don't you? Don't tell me you harassed some random fishing vessel again!

 S: HEY! SHARKS NEED THEIR REST TOO!

59: IT'S A FUCKING BOX ANIMAL, IT DOESN'T NEED REST!

 S: WHAT, AND YOUR FUCKING CAT IS A SPECIAL CASE!?

59: YOU.. ARGH.. FUCK! SHUT UP!

 S: -smug glare-

59: . . . God, I hate talking to you. Just give me the stupid message and leave already! And here -grabs tuna- let me take that... you probably won't leave if I don't accept it. ;;;

 S: Message? Ah, the fucking worthless boss just wants to invite that brat Sawada over for Christmas (so he can fight him over the rings again, I think... or probably so that Lussuria can mind rape him).

59: . . . that's it?

 S: Yeah. Pretty much.

59: THAT'S IT?!

 S: -shrugs-

59: -trying to control anger- Tell. Your. Fucking. Retarded. Boss. To. Just. Send. A. Fucking. E-mail. Next. Fucking. TIME!!!! 

 S: TELL HIM YOUR FUCKING SELF!!!! -stomps out and throws the door open with a bang-

59: GRAARGRGRRHHRHRGGGHHH!!! FUCKING VARIA!

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I wanted to post more, but I feel really tired somehow. There are two new chapters for the New Prince of Tennis. Eiji beats Oishi in a singles match, and Inui is abandoned by his cute ukes (wait, does Renji count as an uke?). Kaidoh has switched from Inui uke to Tezuka uke... urk. The Fuji brothers are going to battle it out sometime in the near future, but the real highlight is the Yukimura-Sanada match up coming in the next chapter. O.O  I wonder how that'd play out.

Nora: The Last Chronicle of Devildom Volumes three and four, yatta! I have them, I have them, I'm so happy! The next volume is coming out in July I think... or was it June..? Anyway it doesn't matter. It's still not available here locally, so I'd have to wait for it. It's the same for Vassalord, since the next volume (three) is still not available here. I've already place my order for volume two.. waiting waiting... it's not much fun. ;A;

I plan on looking for the Bloody Monday manga, since there are already 11 volumes of it out. I wonder if that's only the Japanese version, or if it goes for the translated version as well... Who's translating them, anyway? Viz Media..? -sigh-   It's really hard to have manga in volumes in this country. Specially the internationally-not-so-popular ones. 

I had technical writing class today. I was a bit nervous, since I've always done really bad in TW. And I thought I was going to fail again today because my paper was the one on top of the pile --- meaning, the professor had been looking at that paper last. My face was O...O the whole time she had that stack in her hand... good thing I didn't get any remarks. Not that she would have mentioned the names, but I would have recognized the phrases anyway.

Still trying to catch up with the Bloody Monday series. The new-series syndrome hasn't worn off yet. I hope it lasts. I wouldn't want to get tired of this series mid-way. Too much effort wasted. The same goes for 07_Ghost, although I doubt I'd ever get tired of it. I mean, it has yaoi written all over it! But then again, I did get tired of Junjou Romantica at one point...

Speaking of JR, I just finished watching season two! Late, yes I know, but I couldn't do more than sneak it in my busy schedule while I'm traveling from home to uni and back. My favorite is still Egoist, Nowaki and Hiroki. Which is quite funny, since Hiroki is Renji Abarai's seiyuu, and Nowaki is Nnoitora's (Bleach). T____T  So I keep imagining the two like that, and voila! Fascination galore while trying to keep my face from smirking in that odd yaoi fangirl way while trying to breath inside a heavily-congested jeepney.

I heard that the remake of Ai no Kusabi is really going to be released this 2009! Not sure who has been casted as Blondie, since the original one died (god bless his yaoi-tainted soul),  but I wish they'd cast Seki Toshihiko again as Riki. :D  He's my first favorite seiyuu after all.

I've also been scouring for Takanaga Hinako, Kazuhiko Mishima and Ougi (Gah, I forgot her whole name) mangas. For those unfamiliar, they are the creators of Bukiyo na Silent, Love Neco and The Tyrant Who Fell in Love (Japanese name, I forgot you..) respectively.  Of course, I spent more time looking for the Mishima ones, since I love her plot lines the best. Simple, but out of the ordinary. More often than not they're about teacher-student boi raburabu, and it's just so fun to watch the older men squirm and succumb to their younger semes.

Ougi, though, has more intricate plot lines, and this is what I like about her. Although comparing her style with Tyrant and ones which came earlier, I'd say there was minimal improvement. Not that the style needs improvement; I mean, there was little change in her art. I guess the characters just became sharper somewhat.. and less "Fushigi Yuugi", for lack of better term. XD

Hinako has me because of the cuteness. Utter cuteness. XD 

XD After this, I'd probably go back to stalking Bohra (did I even get that right? forgot the first name again... ;A;) and some random artist. And maybe Nalis for their 8059 doujinshi. Aah, 8059. Super ultimate pairing MAX.

Speaking of Reborn, Reborn Carnival (ReboCon) 2009 is out on nicodouga. XD  Unintentional 8059 fanservice in the first five minutes, I tell you! And 33 kept on touching 69 during their duet, it was so weird yet so fitting! I never realized just how tall Iida was before he was paired up with Kiuchi-san. I mean, Kiuchi is a very very very very very large man, by Asian standards. I guess I just didn't notice that Iida was almost as tall as he was because Iida's very thin... and well, Kiuchi san has a "real" man's body. ;;;

Ah, more about the rebocon when I finish watching it. :D

I want a new bag. XD

I'm ALIIIIIIIVE!!!!

XD

Yes, so after more than two months of inactivity, I'm back! Actually, I got busy and then got sick and then got busy again in the whole span of that two months of inactivity, so I wasn't even able to update once a week. So sorry.. ;;;

But I haven't been slacking off fandom-wise, of course! In the span of my absence, I've already watched the latest Naruto Movie, Kizuna. And ftw, there is cowboy Sasuke there, people. COWBOY. O.O

Aside from cowboy Sasuke, Naruto gains another fangirl. XD  Good for Naruto, right? Since things aren't looking too good for him in the manga... 

And from Bleach! Well, I haven't seen the latest movie yet (is it out already?), but I'll be posting something about that when I do.

Eyeshield 21 has ended! The last chapter was 333, a good number to stop. It was.. well, unlike most shounen types, it doesn't make you cry in that I'm-inspired-and-I'm-manly-but-this-youthful-ending-just-makes-me-cry way... I actually found the ending very funny, as I did with the entire series. Good work, ES21! We'll really miss you! If it weren't for this manga, I would have never ventured into the Reborn fandom or Gintama.

Speaking of Reborn, there has been a lot of developments! Crazy developments, whoa. Tsuna's and Yamamoto's box animals have been revealed, and they're already fighting with the REAL Six Wreaths of the Millefiore. Anime-wise, starting later today, they will be featuring the Arcobaleno arc, so be sure to read and watch. Amano-sensei said that the anime version of the Arcobaleno arc will be CANON. I wonder how they're going to pull it off...

Gintama has reached 160+ episodes! WHOOO! They're already into their fourth year, so lets support Gintama and buy those pretty merchandise! We wouldn't want them to be pulled off the air mid-year, would we? Manga-wise, there has been new development regarding Yoshiwara. There's going to be another Yoshiwara-related arc, focusing on Tsukuyo this time. Of course Gin saves the day... but there will be great surprises concerning his sensei... XD

Regarding that... I think Gin is an orphan. Perhaps he never met his parents, and he has lived all his childhood like a scavenger. It would only make sense... what with that image from that chapter... >D  If you want to know what I'm talking about, head over the mangahelpers and look up the latest translations of Gintama.

FMA Brotherhood is here! Although I haven't actually seen more than just the trailers. Is it good? Can anyone tell me? But of course, I'd still probably watch it. After all, it is FMA. (And I really can't get enough of Ed XD)

I've recently bought an Elizabeth pillow! It's very comfy! I'll post pics later. :D

I'm already in third year this year. Gah. I'm a little scared of growing up.. it all seems too fast. But then, I also want to get a job already, because I want to be able to afford the things I want. Selfish reason, yes, but I want to feel a little bit more independent. If I have to crawl through shit to get to that, I would. Hardships just make the end result feel even better.

I've also recently purchased an mp5 player. What's an mp5? Well, it's the same as an mp4 player, only there's an added file type that it can play. It can play .rm and .rmvb files, so it's really great, since I almost get all of my video downloads from RealityLapse. Also, Real Media files take smaller space, so I can store more.

My phone (which turned three years old this May) gave me a big surprise just the other day. According to its manual, the maximum capacity of flash storage (memory card) it can support is only up to 2GB. But then, crazy me tried to play songs with it stored in an 8GB mem card. I think the card was 80-90% full (about 6-7GB), so it was waaaay over the cited maximum memory. I thought the phone was going to crash, but... it actually worked! It played the files without crashing - although it did take a few seconds more than usual to load the first file.

So the phone is an LG KU250. It's an old-ish model, and 8GB mem cards for phones weren't that popular when the phone first came out. It was actually already top of the line back then when it came out with 2GB mem capacity. So it was a big surprise for me when I found out that it can hold up to 8GB. I wanted to try out 16GB, but I think that would be a bit too much.

Anyway, about the mp5. Internal capacity is 4GB, but is expandable up to something.. I'm not sure. The manual said it could only be expandable up to 2GB, but I'm actually using another 8GB mem card with it. And it plays. Without crashing. Again, I want to test a 16GB, and I do think it can support a mem card with that big capacity, but I have no mroe money to buy a 16GB mem card. It costs a lot. ;A;

On to other news, D. Gray Man is on hiatus again! Last time it was because of Hoshino-sensei's health... this time around, s/he (is Hoshino-sensei a guy? Sorry;;;) is being sued for copying some other sensei's work! The other party involved is none other than Death Note's Obata. (Or Ohba. I'm not sure if it's the artist or the writer... sorry..) So DGM fans, we're going to have to wait again to find out what happens to Allen and his inner Noah... ;;; 

I really hope it doesn't get discontinued.

Anyway, moving on! I've picked up to relatively new series! First one is 07_ghost; both anime and manga versions are available online. Onemanga and RealityLapse, please. Dattebayo Subs is doing the anime, kudos!

It's somewhat complicated, and I'm afraid I won't do it justice if I tried to explain the plot. But it's about this kid, Teito Klein, a boy who has no memories of his past and is a member of the Army. But after a certain incident, he recovers some of his memories - realizing that one of the army bosses killed someone important to him when he was still a child. He leaves the army and ends up hiding in the church, still trying to rediscover all of his past. While there, he stumbles upon a great secret concerning a thousand year old legend of evil death gods and fallen angels... and further on, he finds out that he was involved in a war of empires in the past, and that his existence could very well incite another war that would threaten to destroy the entire world.

Well.. it's not exactly that. I left a lot of details out because I didn't want to spoil anything. Anime version has already more than 10 episodes out. Manga version has up to chapter 38. Try it out, it's quite fun. Although the art is shoujo, the plot somewhat shoujo, the seiyuu are very kyaaah-worthy. We have Suwabe-san voicing one of the major characters here... and I think the one voicing Teito is Wolfram's seiyuu?

Second series is Bloody Monday, which I just picked up exactly 12 hours ago. :D  It's about Fujimura Takagi, a middle schooler (but then it says in another site that he's in high school, I don't know which is official) who is the son of a secret agent. He seems like a normal kid, but what everyone doesn't know is that he's a super genius when it comes to computers - he's actually a famous hacker called "Falcon" who exposes the crimes of illusive criminals by hacking into their computers and plundering their secrets. >D

What happens is that he and his father encounter an organized crime organization bigger than what they can handle... and they don't even know that two years prior, they were already being incorporated as major players in a cleverly planned mass massacre.

I forgot how I ended up with this one... I think I was browsing something.. looking for something Gintama related when I stumbled upon this.. AH! Right, I remember now! There was an update regarding the latest best selling manga poll. Of course the BIG3 are on top (Naruto, One Piece and Bleach), followed by a manga I couldn't be bothered to read up on, then I think it was Reborn already..? Or was it Gintama, I'm not sure, but I specifically remember Bloody Monday being listed in the top ten. It got me curious, as there were only three titles in the top ten that I wasn't familiar with. So I checked them all out, one was as I've already mentioned before, not worth mentioning (SHOUJO). Two was.. well, it wasn't enticing enough for me. But the third got me hooked even just with the summary. 

So I looked it up and found that there was a manga version up in Onemanga. I've been reading it since last night, and WHOA. XDDDD GREAT!

I find it interesting that although the protagonist is a genius, he's also naive. Or stupid. Too trusting! -shakes head-  It's probably one of the characteristics I like most about him. He's got the brains, yes, but he acts like a real kid. XD

Of course, there are slashy characters. There's his guy best friend, the only person other than his dad to know that he's the famous hacker. But then, there's also a tsundere-like girl character who likes him and is also his childhood friend. And of course, he has a sister who has a crush on his best friend (and vice versa, I think), so my yaoi dreams have already been crushed to death even before they had a chance to start. Anyway, I don't think there'd be time for any lovey-dovey coupley stuff with this one, since the pace is fast. That, and you'd really get distracted by the boobs. ;;;

Man-target manga? Definitely. For girls? Only those who like things like I do. The suspense-action-scifi-thriller-bloody-gore parts make up for the lack of yaoi. >D  It may sound surprising, but I do like a lot of things outside yaoi. I just prefer it over everything else. >D

Other other other news: I met up with a new friend over the summer. It was one of those rare days that I didn't have much to do, and I wasn't sick. We met up in Greenbelt and had lunch somewhere near SM. She's also a KHR fan, and a yaoi one at that. She was the one who introduced 07_ghost to me, and I'd really want to thank her. XD  Also, I pair her with Dino from Reborn, just because I like teasing her. Chumee! -waves- HEEEEEY! XD  Not that you're going to read this, but... :D

Also, a friend of mine has shifted from OrCom to Community Nutrition in UP Diliman. I was sad for a while because she was a dear friend, and I would have wanted her to stay. But she wants to fulfill her dreams, and shifting is the way to go. I hope she's doing well there. Friend, good luck and good bye. We'll see each other again, for sure. 

Classes! I have a weird schedule, but I brought it upon myself. I have classes on Saturdays! Gah. I hope this doesn't mean I'd be slacking off with the updates again. I'll try to be more diligent with this. YOSH.

Since it's already time for me to go (I have classes to get to, and I still haven't prepared for class), I'll end it here for now. I'll be doing another post later tonight when Naruto and Bleach (and hopefully Reborn) comes out. I'll also post updates about Nora: The Last Chronicle of Devildom and Vassalord. And if I can, something about FMA Brotherhood as well. 

Ah, and of course, The New Prince of Tennis!

Till later tonight, ciaossu!

Weekly updates! YAY!

I've been so busy with stuff. Stuff? Lots of stuff. But what stuff...? Aaah, uni related stuff, stuff that would probably bore you guys out of your minds. Anyway, I received the Gintama stuff I ordered from Animaxis. Mmhmm... or should I say I picked them up [finally!] from the post office today. Nyaaa, so many cool stuff! I took a lot of pictures, but I'm not going to post them here. :D Go visit my LJ to see them, mmkay? :D

So last week I forgot to come back and update the Eyeshield21 post. I think I labeled it incorrectly, too. It's supposed to be 308th DOWN already, but I think I wrote 307th. Galeaya is such a loser with a short attention span... -wink-


UPDATES:

Bleach: Chapter 337

SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT

Shuuhei is so fucking broken dead. FUCK.

Aaaargh, BLEACH?! What the hell is with the short and useless chapters!? It's been going on for a long while now, these short and useless chapters. Come on! This is so unfair, the fans want more substantial releases! I mean, sure, Yama-jii finally gets off his pretty wrinkled ass and fights, but can we really call that an improvement in itself? That's just.. just.. AAAARRRGH.

This would totally only take about 5 minutes in the manga. Seriously. -sigh- I want more Bleach!


This week we find out that Kira used to be in the 4th Division. Which is nothing surprising, really. It seemed like something natural to me, actually. And Shuuhei! Such an idiot! Did you really think that you could win by yourself?! Fuck. Ugh. You're so dead, boy. I just know it. So broken and dead. What would Kinsei say when he sees you?!

And where the hell are the Vaizards?! I thought the were going to help in the fight? D< href="http://www.narutocentral.com/?p=media/manga_chapters">@ NarutoCentral | @ NarutoChuushin

Last [last] week I was left thinking about how Naruto could do the sage thing perfectly. I was stumped, of course, but after rewatching some old[er] Naruto Shippuden episodes, I was left with a weird thought. What if he used Kage Bunshin? I wasn't sure how that would help, but he only needed to have someone else be the lookout, right? Since the sage thing demands a lot of his concentration, he'd have to merge with the frog [with the frog becoming his "senses"]. With the Kage Bunshin I wasn't sure how it'll work, but I thought Naruto would definitely work something out...

This week.. Well. :D


Aaaah, shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. SHIT. It seems like Tsunade's going to joining you not too long from now, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Kakashi. Fuck.

Team Gai, hurry home! Konoha NEEDS HELP.


Naruto Shippuden: Episode 85

Still the Hidan-Kakuzu battle. :D


Katekyo Hitman Reborn: Target 221

Not here yet. :D


Eyeshield21: 308th DOWN!

Not here yet either.


Gintama: Episodes 88-90 by Rumbel-Subs

OMG, YAY. THREE RELEASES. :D


Vassalord: @ Anime-Eden: 1A-1B-2A-2b | @ Mangafox: 1-10

I'm not really into the Vampire-Gothic-Church thing, but I just couldn't stay away from this series. Hanami [scanlator] was right in saying that it's almost yaoi. Almost. But, fuck, it's as good as. Really. XD

The series is about a priest who is a vampire hunter, all the while being a vampire himself. He calls the person who turned him Master, and he.. feeds on Master's blood in order not to further commit sin against God. Basically, one of the "antagonists" is some sort of Incubus with an unhealthy obssession with Master. And of course, some secret organization with all its mysteries and the conspiracies with the police, etc. You have this sort of mysterious and exciting aura going on, with all the right amountss of humor and [boy] smex. What more could you ask for?

This is not really a good summary, but it's a start. The fandom is fairly small, I think. Want to become a fan? Go ahead and click on the links. You'd probably like this if you liked Trinity Blood [a lot of key similarities, I tell you... like how the protagonist kind of reminds people of Tres.. :D], Blood+ and Full Metal Alchemist [to some extent.. :D]

I can't really say if the plot will be good, seeing as there's only been 9 chapters scanlated as of 12-2008. However, with the few chapters available, I can already say that this series CAN be a big hit, provided some big shot magazine decides to produce it weekly or monthly. [Currently, it's production is very irregular because of the minimal audience response/demand.]

Let's support the fandom, guyz! Try it out and see if you like it! :D