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~NEW ARC~
TIME FOR A CELEBRATION. OH, WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND LOOKING FOR SOME CHEERING UP~1. Well, after weeks and months of speculation, it all comes down to this. Brace yourselves, everyone, and drum roll, please, because we are about to officially begin...
lol.
SEVEN+ DIFFERENT GUESSES AND I STILL WASN'T EVEN CLOSE. For that matter, I don't think anyone managed to predict this right. Oh well, we gave it our best shot. XD I think we all knew this was coming eventually, though; it's just that no one expected it quite so soon.
But I'm excited. |D That color spread is six kinds of epic, I like the designs for the new characters, and most of all, I'm excited for the fact that if this really is an inheritance arc, there's like a 90% chance at least part of it will take place in Italy. FINALLY AN ARC WITH REAL MAFIA STUFF. I don't know that any of us could have hoped for more than that.
Anyway, let's get on with this thing.
2. OWL MAIL! I see the Vongola are big Harry Potter fans, as well as big fans of any and all things pink. Pink stationery is the most official kind there is. Loving your taste there, Ninth.
And aww, I really missed scenes like this. "DAMMIT I'M LATE FOR SCHOOL MOOOOOOOM WHY DIDN'T YOU WAKE ME UP??" Makes me wonder how the hell he ever managed to wake up on time back in the future. LOOK INTO AN ALARM CLOCK, WHY DON'T YOU, TSUNA.
AND APPARENTLY THERE IS A GROUP OF DELICIOUS TRANSFER STUDENTS COMING TO HIS SCHOOL TODAY. No doubt this is completely coincidental and has absolutely nothing to do with the upcoming plot. I wonder if middle school classrooms in Japan ever get normal transfer students thare are in no way plot-related.
3. HOLY MOTHER OF GOD. I'm sorry, I just have to take a second here to admire... everything. XD So this is Adelheid, officially the hottest of the new characters, and I pronounce her thus because she is apparently capable of instantly transforming me into a hormonal teenage male. SERIOUSLY. HOT. Shimon Middle School, whoever your uniform designer is, I'm going to marry them.
Incidentally, they caused an earthquake when they returned from the future? Geez. And how much time ended up passing in the present while they were gone, anyway? Are they really just going back to their day-to-day lives and no one is the slightest bit curious as to where they were (and why they just happened to pop up again at the same time that a massive earthquake struck)? Namimori is the most oblivious town in the world.
4. And the plot begins! Reborn, having recommenced his stalking of Tsuna (all is again right in the world), presents the Ninth's pink letter of officialness to Tsuna, whose response proves beyond all doubt that he's Namimori born-and-bred. "INHERITANCE OF WHAT?" JESUS, TSUNA, WHAT DO YOU THINK? Or maybe he's just really in denial.
If he is, Reborn certainly shows him no mercy. HA. Although I have to admit, I do kinda echo Tsuna's surprise that this is happening so soon. I suppose that whole saving the world thing convinced the Ninth that Tsuna's had all the training he's going to need. Except that there's more to running the most important family in the mafia than blowing things up. I ASSUME. But I could be wrong! I mean, just look at the extremely dignified "BLAH BLAH I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!" tantrum Tsuna's throwing at this news. Clearly he's matured by leaps and bounds.
5. Seriously, so far this chapter is doing a tremendous job of reminding us that Tsuna is still every inch the fourteen-year-old he's always been (well, he wasn't always 14, but YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN). I love that he stuffed his Vongola ring in a box under his bed, and made the twin assumptions that a) THIS WAS SOMEHOW A GOOD IDEA, and b) REBORN WOULD NOT FIND IT. And this is the kid who's supposedly all set to officially become the tenth boss of the Vongola. There seems to be a serious gap between how ready Reborn and Timoteo presume Tsuna is, and how ready he actually is. This is going to be interesting.
Also of interest: the extremely weird bird... thing...? that appeared seemingly out of nowhere and went kersplat on the ground as Tsuna and Reborn went off on their merry way. What the hell was that?
6. Ah, I was wondering when we'd get to see my two favorite guardians again. |DDD It's been a long time since Gokudera's had a good opportunity to switch into thug mode. ALL SET TO KICK THE NEW KIDS' ASSES. And meanwhile, Yamamoto's all ready to welcome them into the baseball club. I missed this so much. All of it. It's been so long since they've been allowed to relax and just be kids again, and so far this chapter has given me so many Daily Life flashbacks it's not even funny.
Hell, we've even got Kyoko crushin' and the long overdue reapparance of Hana! Good to see you again, Hana.
Woooooow their teacher is amazingly boring. I almost can't blame Tsuna for his meager grades, because I'd be asleep in minutes just looking at this guy. XD I imagine he sounds a lot like Ben Stein. Even when he's announcing something interesting, I'm just zzzzzzzzz...
7. I WON'T TELL YOU THAT I LOVE YOU, KISS OR HUG YOU, CUZ I'M BLUFFIN' WITH MAH MUFFIN, I'M NOT LYIN' I'M JUST STUNNIN'
Perhaps sensing that the manga was lacking in fabulousness since the untimely demise of Byakuran, Amano makes the decision to introduce Lady Gaga as a new character! Thanks to the spoiler discussion over at the comm, I will never be able to unassociate the two of them now. XD
AND YEAH. YOU READ THAT NAME RIGHT. SHITT P.
I think the reaction shots say it all.
8. Oh my God. It's the return of Nerdy!ConspiracyTheorist!Gokudera! WEEK IS MADE. Man, this page is enough to make a fangirl weep with joy--we've got the glasses, the occult/science-fiction obsession, and MOTHERFUCKING G-SCRIPT, all within three panels! STUDY HER WELL, DERA. STUDY HER WELL. Is it wrong of me to hope this becomes a running gag throughout this whole arc? "HECK NO, WE'LL GET SICK OF IT" you say, but I have to disagree; I think it would actually get funnier every time it happened. ...No? WELL, WHATEVER, I FIND IT AMUSING.
Anyway, next on the new character list is Enma, who appears to be a breeding experiment in which Shouichi and Tsuna's DNA were combined along with that of a zombie with dead, dead eyes. He's a little creepy. Maybe a lot creepy. I haven't decided yet.
Meanwhile, highly entertaining plot developments are in the works over in the disciplinary committee room. 8D A RIVAL APPEARS! Liquidation Committee (???) VS Disciplinary Committee! IT'S THE THROWDOWN OF THE CENTURY. Am I the only one who has the strange impression that Adelheid might actually be able to kick Hibari's ass? Or maybe I'm just hoping she can because she's my favorite.
9. Ffffff omg he's got a bullhorn and everything. XDDDDD There's something about seeing Reborn LOUDLY ANNOUNCE that Tsuna won't forgive anyone who preys on the weak that is just hilarious to me, in spite of the fact that we've seen this kind of gleeful sadism from him countless times in the past. You know, the color page may say Inheritance Arc, but I think it's safe to say we ended up with at least one chapter of Daily Life regardless. And it's been awesome.
Also, these guys recognize Tsuna on sight? WHAT. Because seriously, if these guys are middle schoolers, then I'm a... well, actually, I'd better not finish that analogy, because one of the new characters already shares the same name as me, so for all I know it might come true. XD
10. Sawada Tsunayoshi, you've just murdered the most powerful dictator in history with fire that you blasted from your own shounen hands! WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO NEXT? "I'm going back to the past to get my ass kicked by a couple of small town thugs!" XD Reborn's observation is right on the nose; when it comes to himself, Tsuna just has no spine at all.
So what's going on here, anyway? Seems like Enma's got himself a pair of rings (WHY IS IT ALWAYS RINGS) and they're really conspicuous somehow. Guess we'll find out more soon enough.
So there we have it, the start of a brand new arc. So far, I'm enjoying it, although to be fair, there hasn't really been much to like or dislike one way or the other yet. This was a fairly slow-paced chapter, which is fine by me--something of a relief, actually. We got a couple of new characters (which, by the way, I'm not sure if I buy into the speculation that they might be the 9th generation guardians, because there are one too many and they seem way too young), along with a pink letter from the Ninth boss that will move the plot along quickly enough, I'm sure. But for now, it's really nice to enjoy some DL nostalgia. Anyhow, LONG POST IS LONG so I'll shut up now.
Also, Happy Birthday to
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I know, right? That's exactly what I was thinking. He's like, iunno, some kind of lovechild between the mysterious Kawahira and Verde. Maybe he's the great great great nephew of Verde or something xD And Kawahira's his brother from another mother? Stranger things have happened, haha.... Whoops, incoherent babbling, sorry. But aha, I'm not the only one getting the creeps from Enma then? He's like that adorable bunny you want to take home and then, when you least expect it, you find out it's a vampire bunny and it's there to suck your blood. Or Enma's case. Destroy everybody and leave no questions asked. (Oooh, and I really hope Kouyou is some sort of mad scientist in trainingwith Verde, whose secretly plotting the demise of the woooorld (and why am I have Pinky and the Brain flashbacks all of sudden?)or at least a something related to the science or engineering field. We need more geek moments now that Spanner's not around to provide them.)I like the way you think, by the way. I hope Amano provides with that soon, the Ryohei + Hana interaction. It would be great to see something light-hearted worked into the mix of all the impending drama.
True, true. Definitely can't pretend like I didn't see that now. xD As long as Lady Gaga doesn't suddenly develop a, uh, 'french' accent. I don't think I could keep a straight face if that happened. (... But. Random. How do you think about a cat fight between Shitt P and Lussuria would go down? All the sparkly pages that would ensue from that ... haha, the never-ending madness would be epic, if only in its hilarity.)
I'm with you whole-heartedly on that. Dino was a great 'teacher', but it's about time we saw another predator added in the mix that could draw out Hibari's full potential. Nothing better than fighting with yourself and when that doesn't work, go for the next best thing, someone with the same priorities. In this case, to be number one. I can only hope Amano let's us see a glimpse of that fight next chapter.
... Sheesh, there I go spamming your inbox again ;; /hangs head. Sorry 'bout that.
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I hope he is related to one of them somehow, because that would be a really cool connection. Particularly if he turns out to be related to Verde, because the more Arcobaleno connections we have, the better. It might actually lead to some answers about them down the road (though that might just be me getting my hopes up because part of me is still disappointed that Yamamoto never shared whatever it was that Reborn told him XD).AND HAHA, YES. ENMA IS BUNNICULA. IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW. And yeah, there ought to be at least one crazy scientist/nerd type in this new batch of characters. Someone's got to fill the void that Spanner left.And so far the only canon romance we've had in the series has revolved around Tsuna and Kyoko (well, Lal and Colonnello too, but we sort of got cheated when it came to them, and they eventually fell out of the storyline), so it would be great to see Amano play around with another pairing, especially one with the potential for lulz that Ryohei and Hana have.
...Shitt P. vs Lussuria oh my god. My money's on Shitt P. at the moment just because Lussuria's box weapon is a peacock, idk. He's never struck me as all that threatening. XD But that would be a fight worth seeing.
Yeah, and Dino was more of a mentor than a rival. I want to see someone who can really get under Hibari's skin and annoy him as well as challenge him. I've been dying for him to get some sort of plotline that might actually give him a bit of character development, and this could be it. Guess we'll see.
And no worries; it's been fun. |D
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That would! Let's ... cross our fingers and hope Amano is planning to reveal some information on the Arcobaleno in the near future. (I was disappointed Yamamoto 'forgot' to tell them too. But. That's typical Yama, I guess. xD Maybe a few days later he'll be like, "Hahaha, you guys, I forgot to tell you! Little guy, why didn't you remind me? So, listen, there's really cool thing with the Arco ... wait, how did it go again?")YES, THEY EVEN HAVE CREEPY MATCHING EYE COLOR! ... And I will lol if Enma's box weapon turns to be Bunnicula or even a bunny. GO ON, AMANO, THE FANS APPROVE! GIVE HIM A BUNNY! I think I might be studying that opening color spread too much, though. Julie with that mysterious 'K' there makes me think "oh hell, what if that's Kawahira under that hat?" Stupid blond hair getting my hopes up like that. We need villain Kawahira already.(We did get cheated when it came to the Lal and Colonnello moments. /sighs. Maybe Amano has something in the works for them in the current time-line, though? ... Yeah, that's me getting my hopes as well that we're finally going to get some Arcobaleno breakthrough moments and find out what the hell the 'curse' is.) I'm all for lulzy Ryohei and Hana moments. The girl's too serious for her own good, but I bet Ryohei could make her loosen up and have some fun. While Hana would do Ryohei some good in settling him down ... no, wait. I don't think Ryohei could ever get out of his extreme tendencies, haha. But she was probably the one who told him to start writing things down before he
extremelyforgot all about them.lol. I'm curious what Shitt P.'s box weapon would be now.
Maybe another U.M.A~!Exactly. Hibari character development would make me one happy fangirl. I like him, but I'd like him more if he got taken down a few pegs. And back-story on him. Do want. Wonder where his parents are, maybe they're fighting obsessed too? ... unless they annoyed the crap out of him and he ran away from home or something.
♥ Fangirl'ing. Is fun.
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If Yama actually does that... sob I don't even know. Hopefully Gokudera will smack him for me or something. XDAnd someone's got to have a box weapon bunny, am I right? SO WHY NOT ENMA. I wholeheartedly approve of this. And yes, we need villain Kawahira like yesterday. ANY KAWAHIRA WILL DO, EVEN.(I like to hope so. And in the current timeline at least they're both Arco-sized, so it won't be quite as weird. XD) And I agree that not even Hana could knock all of the EXTREME out of Ryohei, but I bet she'd at least keep him in line. Heh, I really want to see them interact already.
All I know is, Shitt P.'s weapon is going to be terrifying.
Amen to all of that. Although part of me secretly hopes that Hibari's parents turn out to be utterly normal and blissfully unaware of their son's extracurricular activities and homicidal tendencies. Because it would be glorious crack.
By far my favorite pastime. ♥
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Gokudera definitely will if that happens xD And probably throw in a comment or two about "just how many baseballs have hit you in the head for your brain to be that fucked up?"Yes to any Kawahira appearance! I will take any Kawahira that Amano is willing to throw our way.(... Good point. It would be kind of creep imagining Adult Lal doing anything with a baby Colonnello.) /sighs. No Ryohei/Hana interaction in the latest chapter, but ... at least there was Kouyou! I wonder if Aoba will be a rival in love? Maybe that's how Ryohei will notice Hana xD IDK ANY MORE.
Because her name's not terrifying enough. /nods. Her box weapon has got to be the most horrific thing imaginable.
Haha, THAT! Yes, let's hope that's exactly what Hibari's home life is like. "Kyoya honey, how was school?" "The usual." "Mm, good, good. Been doing well in school? That's good. Help your father take out the trash now. and don't forget to let that bird of yours out! You know your father's allergies have been going crazy lately because of it." "... Did you say something, mother? /too busy planning out tomorrow's disciplining." Crack potential. Do want. And jsdlfjl. Sorry, that was rather ramble-y.
♥ And what a great way to meet new people too.