And now I'll do Yamamoto.

[makeste]

But not, you know, literally. IF ONLY.


1. Once upon a time, there was a boy named Sawada Tsunayoshi. Even though he had recently proven himself quite adept at volleyball, kendo, and tearing up half the school, no one in their right mind was going to pick him for baseball because they all have IMPOSSIBLY HIGH STANDARDS, apparently.

ALL OF THEM, THAT IS, EXCEPT... YAMAMOTO! The world's friendliest boy, always sticking up for the little guy. That's Yamamoto for you.

Amano is exceptionally good at introducing a character and telling us all there is to know about him or her in just a few panels. One page in, and we already know that Yamamoto is a) easygoing, b) popular, and c) good at baseball. Awesome, I like this kid already.


2. I would just like to note that Gokudera apparently wasn't the first one to come up with the nickname "Baseball Freak." Damn, Yamamoto, you sure do have a lot of admirers. Even Tsuna seems to have a crush on you. Not that I can blame him. If anything he's got good taste.


3. "His athleticism and popularity are needed in the family." Reborn seems to have a crush on him too. I always knew Yamamoto was his favorite.

Yamamoto, however, has his own sights set on Tsuna. "I've got you checked in my book." COME AGAIN? Hilariously, this remark actually causes Tsuna to blush, which just goes to show that there is an awful lot of homo goin' on in this chapter.


4. So Tsuna and Yamamoto continue their adorable conversation of, "You're the best!" "No, you're the best!" and so on back and forth for a page or two, and then Yamamoto casually drops the news that he's been kind of depressed. YAMAMOTO? DEPRESSED? WHY YES, THIS CAN ACTUALLY HAPPEN. So then he asks Tsuna for advice, and Tsuna is all "WAIT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME?" and I swear to god they should just get married or something. This whole conversation is the most adorable thing to ever happen in the entirety of the series. But anyway, Tsuna gives the incredibly helpful advice of "TRY HARDER MAYBE?!" and Yamamoto is fucking inspired, man. WHY DIDN'T HE THINK OF THAT? And then my icon happens and I am loving this chapter, ladies and gents.


5. Later on, Tsuna is playing video games and congratulating himself on acquiring a new boyfriend who is cute~ and popular~! when Reborn nonchalantly drops in and tells Tsuna they've totally got to bring Yamamoto into the mafia. Tsuna is all "NO HE'S MY FRIEND" so Reborn sets him on fire because that'll teach him and his sassy mouth.


6. The next day, Yamamoto is preparing to jump off the roof of the school building. lol.

Tsuna, the root cause of all this madness, is the only one who doesn't immediately rush to the scene of the crime. In fact, he actually tries to duck away and hide instead. It's interesting to see him acting like this, because while the Tsuna we know today may still be a wimp, he would never stoop so low as to crouch in a corner going "woe is me" when one of his friends is putting himself in mortal danger because of him. For all that Tsuna complains about Reborn and co. trying to turn him into a mafia boss, this just goes to show that all of that actually has made him a better person. The mafia teaches morality. Who knew?


7. And now we come to one of the most serious and yet utterly retarded scenes in KHR to date. The Yamamoto "so I'm just going to kill myself now k?" scene. It is so full of strangely profound character develop-y goodness that is ASTOUNDINGLY OUT OF PLACE in these early chapters of lackadaisical insanity.

It's also interesting to note that this is by far the most character development Yamamoto will get for about a hundred chapters. Amano is so weird about these things. Anyway, so Yamamoto is convinced that his breaking his arm is the end of life as we know it, hence the "utterly retarded" bit that I mentioned. This is Yamamoto Logic, everyone. Like everything else about Yama, it is very special.


8. And here we get Tsuna's very first Jesusing speech. |D He fesses up to Yamamoto that he sorta kinda just BSed his earlier advice because he was trying to be cool. And he's very sorry. :(

...and then he RUNS AWAY. XDDDD

Except not, whoops. Um. Awkward.


9. Thankfully, Reborn has impeccable aim.

This is the first of Tsuna's dying will regrets that I can really get behind. Number one, because he is ACTUALLY DYING, and number two, because he wants to save his friend's life. Congratulations on becoming a little more respectable, Tsuna! Of course, it makes the fact that he is now attempting to accomplish this while screaming and yelling in his boxer shorts all the more ridiculous. XD


10. So in the end, Tsuna saves Yamamoto by growing a spring on his head and bouncing off the ground.

Yamamoto is surprisingly nonplussed by the day's events (MAYBE HE THOUGHT TSUNA'S HAIR WAS SPECIAL EFFECTS??), and apologizes for being dumb. Tsuna is happy because he made a new friend/GAY ADMIRER, and Reborn is happy because Tsuna acquired a new family member. Slash gay admirer.

So it's all good.

And on an unrelated note, Happy Birthday, azartti! I really hope you have a good one; you deserve it, especially given everything that's happened recently. *hugs* And though it's early (over here, anyway), Happy Birthday to chibikaya as well. ♥

Comments

[makeste.livejournal.com]

YES EXACTLY REBORN IS TOTALLY PLAYING FAVORITES WITH HIM. But it's not like you can blame him for liking Yama best.

I actually still half-suspect that Reborn is considering making Yamamoto his heir one day. I mean, if Arcobaleno ever actually retire. XD But either way, he definitely seems to see something of himself in him, I think. He always takes a bit more of a personal interest when he's training him.

He is strangely observant, isn't he? He acts like he has no idea what's really going on (and most of the time I almost think he's being genuine XD), but at the same time, he notices things the others don't. It's such an awesome contrast; that's how he first started to become one of my favorites, when I started to notice that.

The Future Arc was definitely good for him. I only wish it hadn't stopped paying attention to him halfway through, because we got some really awesome development from that first half. Oh well, who knows what the current arc has in store.

I have no idea. XD For me, if you say that Yamamoto's boring, I almost think you must not have been paying him much attention. He is such a great character, and I don't just mean that in the fangirly way that I do when I say that about a lot of the other characters. Yamamoto really is a great character with a lot of depth and an awesome personality. I don't know how anyone could not like him.

Haha, anyway. My long comment was also long, but I agree with you; when it involves Yama, there's no shame in that.