ITP: FLASHBACK.

[makeste]

First of all, welcome starlinglove, mibelle26, juniormint, amcw177, saying_sooth, snapdraw_gone, and makemegray! It's a pleasure to meet you all, and I look forward to much capslocking, fangirling, and general getting-to-know-you-ness in the future. ♥

Second, a belated Happy Birthday to erisabesu and doomcake! YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME, I hope you know, and I hope good times were had.

And third, I was looking back at some of the early KHR chapters the other day (because the new arc was filling me with nostalgia), and it occurred to me that by getting in on the reviewing game late, I hadn't really given these chapters their due. So I've decided that before I get to any more of the new chapters, I'm going to go back and review all of the old ones first. IT WILL BE FUN, WE CAN REVISIT THE DAILY LIFE ARC AND MAKE FUN OF AMANO'S WACKY OLD DRAWING STYLE AND STUFF.


1. Okay, this first chapter has like fifty pages so I don't even know how I'm going to cover it all in ten points, but I guess I'll just try to stick with the essentials. Having said that, our very first glimpse of Reborn has to be worth a mention. It's too bad the color version of this page isn't actually posted up anywhere (I think...?), because THIS IS HISTORY IN THE MAKING. And also one of the only scenes of Italy we ever get in like the entire manga. Unless you count the CEDEF raid in the Varia arc, and the Varia battle in the Future arc. Which I suppose we should. So never mind. XD

I can't help but notice that aside from Tsuna's generation and some dashing exceptions like Shamal, everyone else in the mafia appears to be butt-ugly.


2. Haha, and here's our first introduction to Tsuna. SOMEHOW IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE. Come on, Tsuna, my sister could have caught that. Blindfolded.

And within just a few pages, we already know everything there is to know about him--namely, that he's a Failure with a capital F. COULD IT BE THAT HE IS DESTINED FOR GREATNESS?

P.S. lol Kyoko looks really weird in the old drawing style. AND IS THAT SERIOUSLY HANA'S FACE omg brb dying of lulz. She looks like a Pokemon.


3. Ah, here we go. This is the stuff of legends. A meeting of two great men. And it begins with Reborn kicking Tsuna in the face. So nothing has changed since then, really.

I'm going to start a Tsuna abuse count here, if no one minds. So let's see, there was the basketball, and then the face-kicking, and then this armbar and tie-strangling here, so I think the count's up to four now? Again, it appears that nothing has changed.


4. "I was assigned to train you to become a mafia boss. They didn't specifically say how, so idk, should I just shoot you or something?" Tsuna's pants must surely be soiled by now. Or else he just thinks he's tripping. THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME. Little does he know that in a year or so, all this will seem completely normal to him. Maybe even a bit mundane.

Abuse count's up to five, btw.


5. And thus we were introduced to the dying will bullet for the first time. Does this also count as abuse? I'm going to say yes, because he got shot in the face, so really. Come on, now.

I really love how his biggest regret is not talking to the girl he kinda likes, incidentally. It's such a dorky, teenagery regret to have. Suits him perfectly. XD

Aaaand, ladies and gentlemen, OUR MAIN CHARACTER. Totally the best main character ever. So dignified. |D


6. I just had to post this page because it made me crack up. XDDDD I almost wish that guy had become a recurring character like the melon guy in Avatar. ALAS.

Anyway, so Tsuna eventually found Kyoko and creeped her the fuck out like the secret pervert he is. Not quite as planned. But at least it came from the heart. ;_; I wonder what will happen next!


6.5. The count is now six.


7. Man, terrible things happened to all of the Ninth's sons. XD Though Enrico kinda had it coming, though. Guy was a dick. WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF HE'D SURVIVED. >_>


8. And the plot(?) continues to move forward, with Tsuna abruptly being challenged to a duel by Mochida-sempai, the world's most forgotten character even more than Longchamp! MAIN CHARACTER VERSUS MISOGYNISTIC JACKASS; I wonder who will win! The suspense is killing me! D:

P.S. wow this guy was the original dick, wasn't he? BEFORE MUKURO, BEFORE XANXUS, BEFORE BYAKURAN, THERE WAS... MOCHIDA.


8.5. Seven!


9. And eight.

And ain't no vengeance like a mafia boss vengeance. Eeep. Makes me think Squalo had better watch himself, because if he ever crosses Tsuna, I'm not sure he'd be able to live with the consequences.


10. Anyway, so somehow by mounting a guy in his boxer shorts and ripping his hair out, Tsuna managed to win the respect and admiration of his peers, as well as that of the girl of his dreams. IT'S A HAPPY ENDING FOR EVERYONE.

Or... is it? D: D: D: Nine.


So that was the illustrious first chapter of Reborn that started it all. I HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THIS EPISODE OF RETROSPECTIVE KHR THEATRE. See you all next week! 8D