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Target 302!
Just a quick side note before I jump in here--I'm heading up to Lake George tomorrow to go camping for the weekend, so in all likelihood I'll be MIA until Sunday night at the earliest. There is supposedly Wi-Fi access in select parts of the campground I'm staying at, but even if I do manage to get online at some point, I probably won't have much time for LJ antics. So have a good weekend, everyone. ♥--oh, right. The chapter. XD
1. I had several instant reactions to this cover page, each of which was completely different.
- EVERYBODY LOOK AT ME, CUZ I'M SAILING ON A BOAT~
- Wow. Way to not waste any time, Amano. Did they just blink and suddenly they were sailing the high seas, or what?
- Why do they need three boats?? I thought it was just Tsuna and pals going to Shimon Island? Do they have King Kong stored in the hold of one of those things or something?
- TAKE A GOOD HARD LOOK AT THE MOTHERFUCKING BOAT
2. Oh fuck they brought the Nonos. Well, that's it;
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amberrei, you're absolutely right. They are definitely going to lose. And fast. :/Has anyone else noticed how Timoteo, Coyote (RIP...??) and Ganauche are the only Nonos who ever get dialogue? They don't even let the brownie guy talk, geez.
Speaking of Ganauche, I love this guy so much. Just listen to him, rambling on about "money and power", awww. He definitely harkens back to the old school mafia days when those things actually meant something and battles weren't decided by magic rings and tiny, adorable animals.
3. Oh my God. XDDD Seriously, you could just copy-paste this bottom panel into the Lonely Island music video and it would not look remotely out of place. (Gokudera totally bought you that jacket, didn't he, Tsuna? Not that I'm complaining. You should just let him buy all of your clothes from now on.)
If only Yamamoto, Hibari and Chrome were here to complete the assembly of badass. Well, Hibari's probably tailing them on a Sea-Doo or something.
Also blah blah Tsuna fights for his friends blah blah sky that envelops Vongola blah blah stuff we've all understood for at least a hundred and fifty chapters, etc. MOVING ON.
4. So our heroes arrive at the Shimon Triangle only to find... nothing! Just waves and blue skies as far as the eye can see. It's okay, Vongola family, I once got lost on the way home from the DMV. You guys are totally excused. Besides, it was worth it for Ryohei's face when he says they've wasted time. "Man, this is so the opposite of extreme. :|"
Oh no, wait, the island was totally there after all, my bad. An invitation, Tsuna reasons, which makes sense to me. It would hardly be the first time Enma has propositioned Tsuna, and I take this as a positive sign for their relationship. Maybe there's still hope after all!
5. Oh Lambo. That's the spirit. That is exactly the correct response to islands. You should be a captain in One Piece, Lambo!
Oh snap, they almost beached themselves. GOOD JOB, TEAM; you'd have been really screwed then. XD
6. And so the Vongola kids were dumped onto a raft and sent to an island without adult supervision like so many Survivor contestants. DUN DUN DUN.
The Nonos couldn't even be assed to get them like a high tech Super Raft or something. Just your everyday, run-of-the-mill Lambo-powered raft. (Disclaimer: There is a good chance--like somewhere around a 100% chance--that in fact they are actually tugging Lambo behind them. But I like my interpretation better. "KICK, LAMBO, KICK! WE'RE ALMOST THERE!")
7. --HOLY SHIT
GOKUDERA JUST TURNED INTO EDWARD ELRIC!!!
...AND ALSO THERE IS SUDDENLY A SHIMON FAMILY STANDING THERE, HOW ABOUT THAT.
Adelheid's chest is bigger. Again. I swear to God. And is it just me, or did Aoba straighten his hair for the occasion? How fancy of you, Aoba.
8. Why, Reborn, whatever are you talking ab-- lsdkfjladjsflksdjfl jffff g fj
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VINDICE
FFFFFF THEY LOOK JUST THE WAY I REMEMBERED THEM FROM MY NIGHTMARES.
9. Holy shit there's so much happening on this page and I'm running short on time, so, briefly:
- It came as a bit of a shock that Enma and co. actually weren't expecting to see the Vindice there either. You know it's trouble when even the bad guys are thrown for a loop.
- OH ADELHEID, I'VE MISSED YOUR EXPOSITION.
- Christ what do you mean they were human?! SHIT THESE GUYS GET CREEPIER BY THE SECOND.
- THANKS FOR FILLING IN THE ROLE OF "LOL DERP THAT'S AWESOME" THAT YAMAMOTO SO RECENTLY AND PAINFULLY VACATED, JULIE.
- "Have you come to mourn for Vongola who will soon meet their end?" Enma, stop talking like a bad 80s cartoon villain. (Or... don't.)
- VINDICE SERIOUSLY TERRIFY ME TO THE CORE OF MY FUCKING SOUL. SERIOUSLY.
10. Terrifying as they and their black speech bubbles are, however, I at least have to give props to the Vindice for laying out the rules of this fight, which strike me as oddly hilarious. "IF YOU LOSE YOU GO TO JAIL... FOREVER." Small wonder Enma likes these guidelines; after losing so many games of tag in elementary school, they must be comfortingly familiar to him.
Well, like I said before,
amberrei, I've got my fingers crossed that your theory pans out. PRISON BREAK ARC, FUCK YEAH.And since I won't be around tomorrow, as mentioned, Happy Birthday,
mecomptane! PEACE, ALL.
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2a) It's like the Nonos have decided to follows the Decimos around because they have nothing better to do. Also, Ganauche's face must be permanently stuck on "Sexy Smugness", because I think that's the only expression he ever has.
2b) OMG A PANEL OF VONGOLA SECONDO! SQUEE!!!!
3) Tsuna looks very nice in that jacket. But when did they have time to go shopping?
Unless Gokudera's letting his Boss borrow his clothes...4) This is where I first went "WTF?" in this chapter.
7) Then the second time: "Seriously?! They're going in with a 3 person disadvantage?! WTF?!" And Adelheid must be at least 3 bra sizes bigger since we first met her. Mreh, I hate when boobs become bigger than a girl's head in anime. Even Matsumoto's not that big.
8) OH FUCKING AWAEFAEAfegxjfhg WTF WTF WTF WHY ARE VENDICE HERE??
9) Were human?! Fucking A, Vendice must be the Mafia Nazgul!! We've got the Mafia Rings of Power, after all!
10a) Wait... Vongola and Shimon Primo made a
bromancepinky swear to never hurt each other? Then I guess that means Vongola didn't kill Shimon, fuckers.10b) GRAH! What is this FUCKING BULLSHIT?! We're getting another stupid fight this early, and it has even more retarded rules than Choice? WTF WTF WTF GRAWR I HATE THIS! I still think the Shimon are lousy villains, except Kaoru. HE's a goddamn bastard/villain.
....Let's hope this does turn into a Prison Break Arc. It'd be more awesome.
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2. With a face like that, I don't know if it's even possible to work another expression in there, though. I'm sure he's tried at times, but failed.
3. You know that's Gokudera's jacket that he was all too eager to lend the boss in his time of need. For which we all thank him.
7. They must have a hell of a lot of confidence in Gokudera's new belt, that's all I can say.
...though I kinda have to disagree about Matsumoto. Granted it's been a while since I checked, but at the very least it would be a really close call. XD
9. EITHER THAT OR THE MAFIA DEMENTORS. IT HAS BEEN POINTED OUT TO ME THAT THEY ARE GUARDING THE MAFIA AZKABAN, SO.
10. It did annoy me that the Vindice clearly know the whole sad story and are deliberately withholding it from the Vongola and the Shimon families, apparently so that they can acquire some shiny new tenants.
And like I said, if the Vongola win, this entire arc turned out to be the lamest thing that ever lamed. If, however, they lose, HOLY SHIT YES.
Ball's in your court, Amano.