Wait what there's a chapter out on Wednesday.

[makeste]

That's like a record for IEM. They must have been tripping over themselves in the rush to scanlate this. XD


1. Ooh, nice. When Amano skips the standard color page in favor of jumping right in and there are already this many speech bubbles happening, you know it's going to be a talky chapter, which is my favorite kind (not to mention hella refreshing after all of that shounen hoopla toward the end of the Byakuran fight). So here we go--time to see if we can wrap up all of the lingering loose ends in less than seventeen pages.

LOOSE END #1: Why didn't they jump forward the full ten years? Well, friends, it looks like we finally have the answer; the 7^3 was messin' around with space-time. Thanks for that, Verde you smug, smug fellow. Seems like we're off to a good start!


2. LOOSE END #2: FAREWELLS. And the first one doesn't disappoint. Man, it's good to see Yamamoto being Yamamoto again. Really good. Just looking at him standing there infuriating Squalo with his |D face makes me very, very happy. And he sure didn't quit baseball for very long, did he? I suppose it would take an intervention or something for him to actually go cold turkey. XD

P.S. is it just me or is Squalo not wearing a shirt. (ETA: Nope, I'm just blind... or I am only seeing what I want to see.) How not-at-all-homosexual of him. And there he goes, vanishing into thin air. See you, TYL!Squalo. And say goodbye to your flying shark for me also.


3. LOOSE END #3: RYOHEI'S GIRLFRIEND! WAIT SINCE WHEN DID HE HAVE A GIRLFRIEND?? Clearly someone (ME) has not been paying attention...?!! And my God, but his face is entertaining.

And I'm glad they mentioned Hana, even if was just a brief aside. She pretty much saved Kyoko's life way back at the beginning of the arc, so it's good that Kyoko left her a letter presumably thanking her and letting her know everything turned out well. IT'S THE POLITE THING TO DO.


4. LOOSE END #4: RESIDUAL ANIMOSITY BETWEEN M.M. AND CHROME. So is M.M. just lying through her teeth or is she bitter that Chrome is clearly much better bffs with Mukuro than she could ever be, or does this warning actually have any factual basis to sit upon? Because from everything I've seen of TYL!Mukuro, he is a total Good Guy, and no amount of "BUT I'M STILL GOING TO TAKE OVER TSUNA'S BODY, AND TOMORROW, THE WORLD!!!" will ever convince me otherwise. And the little we saw of TYE!Mukuro back during the Varia Arc (DECADES AGO) was much the same.

...Yeah, somehow, I just don't see it. Yes, he's totally just using her. That's why he's radiating about as much affection as I've ever seen on his deadpan little face ever. Sure. :P

Side note: I love that Hibari and Kusakabe's farewell took all of three panels, and Kyoya didn't even bother to say anything. XD HE DOES NOT CARE.

And I see my baby boy is playing hide and seek with his big sis just like the good old days, which brings me to...


5. LOOSE END #5 (THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE): BIANCHI HAS SOMETHING TO TELL YOU, LITTLE BRO.

Oh my Jesus what is happening. GOKUPAPA WASN'T ACTUALLY A TERRIBLE PERSON (well, to be honest the possibility had occurred to me, but I hoped it wouldn't prove the case because I preferred the explanation with maximum angst XD)? AND HIS MOM REFUSED TO MARRY HIM BECAUSE SHE WAS SICK. OH MY GOD. WORLD IS SHATTERING. HIS ENTIRE ANGSTY PAST TORN TO SHREDS IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. That's a hell of a lot to take in.

I'm not sure whether or not to be pleased; on the one hand, there go like a zillion fanfic canons (this is even worse than that time when Shou turned out to not be evil), but on the other hand... well, I can't not be glad for him. AND YET I'm still a little saddened at the same time because in spite of this new revelation, between poison cookies, crappy role models/mentors, and (I'm going to assume) really neglectful caretakers (no matter what he overhears, an eight-year-old boy isn't just going to up and run away one day unless there are a hell of a lot of other issues going on. I can't help but wonder how Bianchi's mother treated him, considering his father's affair...), not to mention GROWING UP ALONE ON THE STREETS (and if his father really gave a shit then why didn't he ever track him down? He can't have been hard to find), he still had a really crappy childhood. The fact that his dad didn't murder his mom after all hardly wraps everything up in a neat little package. And yet, it is a start.

As an aside, I really hope his mom's illness isn't the kind of thing that runs in the family. All the more reason to stop smoking, kiddo. XD


6. Since we're on the subject of death--brb, dying. XDDDD

Okay, between the revelation about his parents and the off-the-charts hilarity of that top right panel, this chapter is easily my favorite for Gokudera since he got all Robin Hood on us back in 266, and maybe even beyond that. Seriously, that is the greatest panel in history. I almost don't even care what's on the rest of this page, or even the rest of this chapter for that matter. THAT IS A LIE, BUT STILL.

Anyway, LOOSE END #6: SPANNER WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU. Now we know. Missing out entirely on the epic battle because he was busy building something useless (though I can't really say that, because it proved all too useful in the end. That panel was seriously a work of genius).


7. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. ;_; LOOSE END #7 MAKES ME TERRIBLY SAD. I wanted them to keep them! Uri! Nuts! Jirou! SISTEMA C.A.I.!!! PLEASE SAY IT AIN'T SO.

I... I... I need a moment. Uri, you'll live on forever in my heart and headcanon.

Oh, and also, LOOSE END #8: KAWAHIRA. "Lol, we never did find out who the heck he was, eh?" Damn it, Basil, don't just say that with such a cheerful face. Please be a villain in the next arc, please be a villain in the next arc... >_>


8. Shouichi. ;_____; I think I'll miss you most of all. Keep on shining, you crazy diamond. I hope you and Byakuran get your Good End in some parallel universe a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.


9. OH WHAT FUCK YEAH. Revised Loose End #7! So they just reinvented the boxes back in the past! SWEET. I am a happy panda. And it's nice that they also went and caught up everyone who didn't get to participate in Future Arc Funtimes. It's also nice that they even addressed that, because I hadn't even thought of it. Good on you, Amano. She's not leaving any plotholes without a fight.

Awww, Tsuna, it's okay to hug your mom, geez. XD Especially when you haven't seen her in... however the hell long it's been. Who even knows. BUT IT IS NO REFLECTION ON YOUR MANHOOD FOR YOU TO CARE ABOUT YOUR MOTHER, LAD.

Good to be back.


10. And last but not least, Loose End #9. The moment we've all been waiting for.

...it is not quite how I pictured it. XD I guess the future guardians got updated too? So much for the tearful reunion I may or may not have been anticipating.

Still, all the same, I really love this last page. Back where it all began. But it's all fixed now. They did it. They won.

Aaaaaand, roll credits. Fare thee well, Future Arc.



Now bring on the next one. And with the door wide open to all kinds of possibilities, I fully expect to see next week's chapter out bright and early too. Because there's no way I can be the only one who's this excited. :D

Comments

[escherichiacola.livejournal.com]

Leaving her family because she didn't want to be a burden. So now we know who he takes after.

[ekmisao.livejournal.com]

The picture frame with Ryohei and Hana comes from when they all went to their houses to see the changes. (I think it was between Melone Base siege and Choice training.) But this is the first time Amano said it directly, previously it was heavily implied but not said.

Let us be grateful that whoever is the current editor, he is as crazy as Amano but a lot more eagle-eyed. Someone had to check on those holes Amano-san had to patch.

[demoneyeskyo87.livejournal.com]

All I can say is this:

The most beautiful ending ever, :)

[creativexwonder.livejournal.com]

|DD I very much so enjoyed happy Yamamoto. Heeee~~

AND I THINK HE'S WEARING A SHIRT? YOU SEE SOMETHING ON HIS NECK THAT LOOKS LIKE...IDEK. A DRESS SHIRT?

and lololol yeah. TYL!Ryohei has a girlfriend (hanaaaa? me thinks?) You see a frame in Hana's room when she saved TYE!Kyoko. And Ryohei totally freaks out when he first gets there and is all "WHAAAAAT?!" or something |DD

[charpieinuse.livejournal.com]

I was upset that Gokupapa turned out to be good....like you said there goes all those years of wallow and anx out the window. I was hoping for something more dramatic because they are in the mafia right? Also, there goes my dreams of Shamal being the one to kill Goku's mom.

I also need more drama with the 10YL crew. Didn't Tsuna lie to all of them except for Hibari? And here comes Yamamo saying casually "Where's Tsuna?". It's just all too easy!

I'm all happy that it's short and sweet, avoiding potential overkill but it all ended way too easy. Can't there be any consequences?

P.S. Kawahira for next awesome bad guy....watch him be the spawn of Verde or something.....

[kat8cha.livejournal.com]

Re: Lose End 9 -

:| I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO HIT SHOUICHI AMANO. WHY. WHY. WHY.

I think Gokudera's dad was SECRETLY providing support for Gokudera, but didn't want to, uh... drag his son back? But srsly.

I still think Mukuro has the possibility to be evil.

I am voting for Kawahira to show up soon. Also, Byakuran. With Teenage Shouichi. And Tsuna going WAIT WAIT WHAT and then having to just put up with it.

-RAGE-

[hasu-messiiah.livejournal.com]

YAMA NEVER TOLD US ABOUT THE ARCO'S. I : AMANO. I AM NOT PLEASED.

[caddles.livejournal.com]

I've missed everything being so happy-go-lucky! Finally they can take a break from being BAMFs and just chill out and be regular teenagers instead! And Yamamoto can start doing baseball again yayyyyyyy!

Gosh, I was so happy for Gokudera. "You were born into this world loved by both of your parents" Uhnnnnn. I nearly cried. The first thing I did think was "wow, that's screwed up canon forever" though, haha...

Plus, I actually thought that something like that might have happened to Yamamoto's Mum. So now that fanon is ruined. Gokudera's Mum stole the 'terminally ill so I left my husband and child' slot. Darn.

AND NOW THEY'RE BACK HOME AND TSUNA CAN HUG HIS MAMMA AGAIN!! So happyyyyy, and he has a tiny little Natsu ring. I hope Yamamoto goes straight back to hug his Dad. <333 And hopefully, Jirou...? I HOPE HE IS STILL THERE.

And now there is a NEW ARC! It's so full of possibility and new villains and tom-foolery and unffff so excited.
(Also, I hope that Gokudera has potential bonding with Yamamoto, cause they both don't have Mum's. Bonding, which should lead to comfort sex.)

[ojuzu.livejournal.com]

Ahaha, I loved Yamamoto's |D face. "I'm going back to baseball!" "NO YOU ARE NOT. WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE I HAD ALREADY ASSASSINATED THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE AND FOUGHT HALF MY SWORD BATTLES. YOU'RE A DISGRACE, PUPIL." And Squalo's little "Bye," and jump off the cliff were for some reason immensely entertaining.

from everything I've seen of TYL!Mukuro, he is a total Good Guy, and no amount of "BUT I'M STILL GOING TO TAKE OVER TSUNA'S BODY, AND TOMORROW, THE WORLD!!!" will ever convince me otherwise.

I guess that 'aura cleansing' Tsuna did on him really worked! Now if only he could do that for Xanxus. . . .

And Hana = ♥ That is all.

...Yeah, somehow, I just don't see it. Yes, he's totally just using her. That's why he's radiating about as much affection as I've ever seen on his deadpan little face ever. Sure.

Aha, before I turned the page I was like "Wait . . . then why did he have that cutecutecute moment with her as she was slipping into unconsciousness?"

#5: Honestly, I think Bianchi might be partially lying to make him feel better. Like you said, there's gotta be something else going on. . . . (Btw, Bianchi? YOU ARE A GOOD SISTER. Even if your brother can't see your face without getting ill.)

SPANNER OMG. You're still the same as ever~ And now everyone has memories of the future! I'm seeing Shouichi and Spanner and Kikyou and everyone just happening to show up at Tsuna's house one day and being like "Hey, Vongola Decimo, you . . . uh . . . need any help?"

They remembered Kawahira! Even if he didn't actually show up, I'm pretty sure we'll see him soon.

I am SADDENED we never saw TYL Tsuna's face. :[ Oh well, he'll probably show up later and we'll have no idea who he is.

CANNOT WAIT FOR NEXT WEEK.

[scholomance]

Oh man the end of the future arc was great. I mean, I've never had as much of a problem with the arc as some of the other fans have, but...that really was a good end. Typical Reborn-esque ending where everyone's happy. It made me wibble. ;-;

Especially the part with Gokudera's mom. And the end with the TYL guardians was really good. And ahhh TSUNA.

It was just a great ending to a pretty great arc. /SOB.

I'm not sure how I feel about it continuing, but I'm just afraid it'll become the next never-ending shounen series, unless she can pull off dragging it on for longer. I mean, as long as Amano wants to keep writing it and isn't doing it for the money, then I'm sure whatever comes next will be AWESOME, and not too far off the already beaten shounen-path. XD In the good way. 'Cause, while I don't want to see it drag on, I don't want to see it end either. So I guess that makes me excited too! I just love this series too much.

It's like the only manga I'm this into. (Or into enough to buy little gay cellphone charms of Yamamoto and Gokudera.)

[cleartempest.livejournal.com]

Mukuro looked saintly in that panel. But it keeps being hinted that Mukuro might betray them, huh?

HIS ENTIRE ANGSTY PAST TORN TO SHREDS IN A MATTER OF SECONDS
OMFGG INORITE poor Gokudera, seriously, YOUR LIFE WAS A LIE BUT YOUR DADDY LOVES YOU NOW SO IT'S OKAY. I wonder if will see his papa now :3

/dying too
Missing out entirely on the epic battle because he was busy building something useless
fffffffff
OMG SPANNERRRRR I MISSED YOU AND YOUR STONER FACE ♥

I WANT KAWAHIRA TO BE ON THEIR SIDE. Which he probably won't be because I remember one of them saying there's something off about him @_@

At least the box weapons shall live on in a ~MORE COMPACT FORM~ XD I loled when Tsuna's mama was like, "are you copying Gokudera-kun?"

...god, this arc really is over, huh? :\ idk, I am also reallyreally excited for the next chapter but at the same time I still feel like it ended to abruptly. What about Byakuran? Okay, you know what would make me an extremely happy fan? If teenaged Byakuran joined forces with them for the next arc. YES.

[rinkhals.livejournal.com]

I bet the whole Mukuro thing is some Xanatos Gambit shit where Mukuro's escape and Chrome's survival like hinges on her not entirely trusting him in the future and so he paid MM to put the idea in her head that he was going to fuck her over. I'M CALLING IT NOW! Oh god I used a TV trope in conversation, I hate myself.

[mecomptane.livejournal.com]

LATE COMMENTS ARE LATE but I just thought of something when re-reading both this chapter and your review/summary:

IF EVERYTHING ENDED UP GETTING RESET IN THE END ANYWAYS, WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THE WHOLE TSUNA-IS-DEAD-BUT-NOT-REALLY THING?! D: WHY DO YOU NEEDLESSLY TAKE AWAY THE ANGST, AMANO, WHYYYYY? (Ditto regarding Gokudera's family/past. Whyyyyy?)