makeste | KHR 270! Let us discuss it.

Admittedly this wasn't my favorite chapter ever, but it still had its awesome points. Which were quite a bit more violent than usual, I might add. WHAT'S UP WITH THAT.

1. Okay, Kikyo is fucking hot on that cover page. It so figures he of all people would get the sexy box transformation (without the raptors, at least). Bitch.

2. Lol, even when Hibari's surprised, he somehow still looks Hibarish and unflappable. I'm sure his eyes must have widened by some imperceptible degree, because A DINOSAUR JUST POPPED UP OUT OF THE GROUND AND ATE HIS ARM. But damned if you could tell that just happened by looking at his face. THIS GUY.

3. "You can't fight them with one arm!" Oh, whoops, I thought Basil had actually met Hibari at some point prior to this. My bad.

--except for the part where he was absolutely right. D: Damn it, Hibari, you made both Basil and Ryohei make the most traumatized faces ever, and even set off Tsuna's (and Uni's) hyper-intuition like half a mile away. YOU THOUGHTLESS CAD.

And hell, the only reason I'm not traumafacing myself is because I was spoiled for this chapter. XD

4. Hmm hmm, Varia is happening. I don't generally fangirl over the Varia as much as a lot of fandom does, but I am greatly enjoying that bottom right panel where Levi and Bel are arguing over WHO GETS TO NAME THEIR STUPID DIVE. And Levi's >:[O expression (I don't know if that emoticon is clear; it's supposed to represent his shouting angrily while possessing a funny mustache) only increases the hilarity.

By the way, great job on diving right into a giant ball of tranquilizing rain flames, guys. I'm sure this won't possibly come back to bite you in the ass later.

5. As a general note, is it just me, or was this fight a little harder to follow than Amano's fight scenes usually are? I had to reread a couple pages, including this one. Part of it is IEM's cleaning job being a bit messier than usual this week, but it also didn't help that this fight has so far mainly involved a lot of blurry speedlines and closeups of different characters' faces, which isn't very helpful insofar as showing what's actually going on.

6. SIGH. Well, it's not like they could have seen that coming. OH, WAIT.

Although it is interesting that the rain flames apparently disintegrated them. THEY REALLY ARE GODMODE FLAMES, AREN'T THEY?

7. ...This is just not a good day for attractive men with anger issues. XD On the plus side, his tombstone can legitimately say "EATEN BY A T-REX", which you have to admit is off-the-freaking-wall awesome.

And for some reason the t-rex doesn't terrify me at all. It's just the raptors. I must have issues.

8. When did Kikyo rejoin Zakuro and Bluebell? DAMN THIS HARD-TO-FOLLOW CHAPTER.

9. Oh my God. Not two days out of prison and already causing nightmares lkjasdkfl. I WOULDN'T HAVE EXPECTED ANYTHING LESS FROM YOU, PINEAPPLE BASTARD. V-velociraptor-snakes with soulless Vongola heads omfg whyyyy

10. Minor political differences with his choice of mindfucking illusions aside, I have to admit, it is damn good to see him again. THE REAL HIM, I MEAN. And bantering with Fran, and can I just say how much I loved that particular back-and-forth? "You always want to stand in the middle." "What are you saying, little one? It's because your head is in the way." CONFIRMED: Being Mukuro's protege does indeed make Fran that much cooler. It actually makes Mukuro that much cooler as well.

And now I have to wonder which illusion details each of them was responsible for. DID FRAN DO ALL OF THAT VARIA BANTER, because that was a really nice touch. And I bet Mukuro was the one who had everyone eaten by dinosaurs, just because he probably thought it was funny. (IT WAS.)

And again, I'm just a little confused as to when exactly the two fight locations merged. But whatever; Mukuro's being cool and the next chapter looks promising, so it's all good.

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On the plus side, his tombstone can legitimately say "EATEN BY A T-REX", which you have to admit is off-the-freaking-wall awesome.

AGASHDFGVDSKJVGFIUVJBSDNIOBGIUVDSVBD FUCK MY LIFE I LOOOOOOL'D.

DUDE. HIS FACE THERE, THOUGH.

WHAT IS THAT ESTROGEN-LACED EXPRESSION?

~~It's that face when a guy first takes it in the butt, you know?~~

HE'LL GO DOWN IN HISTORY ALONGSIDE THAT LAWYER FROM JURASSIC PARK.

And I LOLed at his face too. It was just like all of his recent girliness was leading up to that one ultimate shojou moment. OH, XANXUS.

THANK YOU FOR USING SHOUJO CAUSE NOW I CAN USE IT, TOO. OH HOD. (<--DIDN'T HAVE THE HEART TO FIX THAT TYPO. GUY CRIES.)

I'll.. be back later. With it.

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okay bye

LOL. It's not quite Yama/Wall (despite a blasphemy I saw in that thread), but it's up there. <3

I could not stop Lawling at the Fran/Mukuro banter. Although my favorite part was where the Varia were yelling at Fran about going over his illusion by thirty whole seconds. Oh lord XD~

I can't get over Levi's porn stache. It stands out so much. ~~That's not how you win Xanxus' love, Levi.~~

They have such an awesome relationship. I didn't realize there was a void in my life caused by the lack of Mukuro having a really good banter partner, until Fran came along and filled it. And yeah, the other Varia bitching at him in the background cracked me up too.

THAT STACHE IS FREAKING MAGNIFICENT. It makes every panel it's in like ten times better.

See, I'm pretty sure that what set Tsuna's hyper intuition off was his Mukuro!!1! senses tingling. :p

Aw, I doubt that Rain Flames can disintegrate people (that's Storm's job, haha) but what does happen if molecules stop moving? :|

Annnd I agree, the fight this chapter was a bit unclear and weird. It seems like the Funeral Wreaths set up a trap in this one location where Kikyo has raptors buried in the ground, so Zakuro herded Xanxus there. Probably Kikyo's propagation is so high that he can sprout raptors from far away.

<3 Nappo.

Oh yeah, I don't doubt that. But I tried to read the chapter the way Amano had probably intended it to be read on the first go-through (despite knowing the entire time that Mukuro and Fran were just having lulz XD).

Did they just... freeze, then shatter...??

What really got me was that as far in as page 6, Tsuna and co were still looking back and forth between the two fights, implying that they were still in two separate locations. And then suddenly Kikyou's hovering next to Bluebell like he was there all along. WHAT--?!

Hopefully in the next chapter we'll get to see Mukuro fight IN THE FLESH as a good guy for the first time ever. :D

Being Mukuro's protege makes not only Fran and Mukuro that much cooler, it really drastically improves the coolness factor of the entire manga.

Even though it was an illusion, really, I think that should be the mandated death for all Varia members now. EATEN BY A T-REX.

O-Oh god Mukuro. I REMEMBER WHY I LOVE TO HATE TO LOVE YOU SOULLESS VONGOLA HYDRA SNAKE THINGS WHYY.

Agreed. I love little twists like that. And it somehow makes the KHR universe feel more fleshed out, because first we were introduced to this new character, and then later on we were told that Mukuro had a new student, and finally we discover that they're one and the same. It was very nicely done and I like the way it all ties in together. If that makes any sense.

LOL, I support this.

Those things killed a tiny part of my soul. :(

Everything you have said, everything all the people above me have said. ^^v

_{I thought Xanxus got eaten by a giant snake. |:

//slinks away}

LOL - this entire chapter actually made no sense at all to me - it was just Amano felling awesome characters one after the other and I got so excited because I knew somebody had to come save the day and I was wishing with all my heart that it might be Squalo and Yamamoto ~~sobbbbb~~ - but I suppose Mukuro can save the day just this once.

Haha, yeah, you're right, it was the same kind of velociraptor hydra things that were attacking Hibari and Ryohei. Just goes to show how out of it I was when I wrote this post (that and the fifty million typos I made). XD IN MY DEFENSE, the aforementioned hard-to-follow-ness of the chapter combined with the fact that Xanxus had been fighting Bluebell and Zakuro, really didn't help!

But LOL, major attention-to-details fail on my part.

Yeah, it was all FIGHT! SPEED! EXPLOSIONS! BLOOD! FLYING BOX ANIMALS! and CLOSEUPS OF CHARACTERS SHOUTING! Not the most coherent of chapters. But I am looking forward to seeing the real Mukuro get to fight for the first time EVER since way back in the Kokuyou Arc (when he was, you know, evil). So I'm willing to wait another chapter or two for Yama and Squalo to show. Particularly if Amano gives them the awesome entrance that they deserve (and I fully expect she will).

I just realized that I never commented on your post about last weeks chapter. I MEAN WAT?

I just... really don't have much to say about this chapter. XD I thought it was pretty blah and boring (but Xanxus' shoujo face as he was being eaten was pretty hilarious.)

Oh, Mukuro. Always with the illusions, always making me sigh ans shake my head at you, always making Makeste wish she doesn't need to seep, Y/Y? :P

LOL, no worries, it's not like it's mandated or anything. XD

Yeah, it wasn't as fun as some of the other recent chapters (not to mention it really was poorly drawn for an action chapter), but it did have its charms. DEATH BY DINOSAURS.

Yeah, why you always gotta be that way, Mukuro? XD Though the undead character heads were still less traumatic than the raptor heads.

Of course not, but I still find it weird. XD

Indeed (which is odd, usually you can count on Amano to, if nothing else, at least draw well). DBD IS AWESOME! :D

I suppose it's just the way he is. XP Where is psycho!rapist!Byakuran on this list of trauma? xD

JUST A BREAK WITH TRADITION, IS ALL.

Yeah, it is weird; I'm not used to having to struggle to read Amano's chapters, even the more boring ones. And DBD should be a video game or something. I'D PLAY THAT.

Once a dick, always a dick. Not as high on the list ever since he became sexy!psycho!rapist!Byakuran. XD

I SUPPOSE THAT'S RIGHT.

They're usually so easy to read, with only the occasional chaotic panel.

True, very true. :P I'm sure he's just about cursing me for that one. XD

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