I finally caved in and got an Enma icon.

[makeste]

It was only a matter of time, I suppose.


1. I can't remember the last time Amano has so blatantly shipped a pair of characters like this. Probably not since Squalo first made his feelings for Yamamoto loud and clear.

"Tsuna and Enma are both clumsy... BUT PERHAPS THEY CAN UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER...?" I swear, that line doesn't even need any editing to become the tagline for a doujinshi. You can just leave it as is. And I'd read that doujin. And I'm pretty sure it would be adorable.


2. It's been a while since we had some good old fashioned freaks of nature battling Tsuna. Now that we're about a month into the Inheritance Arc, I do find myself feeling nostalgic for the Future Arc every so often, with its insanity and monster-people and hard to follow action panels and people shouting "GRAAR! AAARGH!"

And then I read this page and this one and that nostalgia faded awfully fast. XD


3. I tell you what, though, Amano sure does love to draw Tsuna bashing people's faces in lately. And she's getting pretty good at it. I mean, it's well executed, you know? Spit flying, eyes popping, and Tsuna looking oh-so-I-just-don't-fucking-care as he pulls it off. For what it is, it does its job well. It holds its own in the world of face-bashing panels, is what I'm trying to say.


4. ...okay, yeah, thank God that's over and done with. XD So, having reminded us all that yes, it is still a shounen manga despite the BL cover, Amano returns to the current plot of "Boy Tsuna, this sure is going to be one crazy week leading up to the inheritance ceremony." Enma applauds Tsuna's kung fu skills, and Tsuna, still a closeted action hero even now, tries to deny it by making up ridiculous stories about I BUMPED INTO THIS TREE AND IT MADE ME DEFY GRAVITY SOMEHOW OKAY.

And meanwhile, Reborn helpfully drops more and more hints for me to use to support my crazy theories. THANK YOU, REBORN. You're a good friend.


5. OH MY GOD, TENTH WAS ATTACKED?!?!?!

As always, Gokudera is hilarious and adorable, but I would like to take a moment to call attention away from his adorable hilarity and towards the cover of the book he is holding, "Secrets of the Underground Creature." That's right, you guys, SOMEONE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT SHITT P. AND GOKUDERA FOUND IT AND PURCHASED IT. Why do both of those facts make me so, so happy? I don't even know.

Anyway, so Gokudera's all "LET'S CALL EVERYBODY IMMEDIATELY!!!!" which also makes me happy because nowadays his crazy overreacting response is to call all the guardians together rather than running off to make things worse save the day himself. And not just the guardians, but the Shimon family too! HE'S SO RIGHT HANDY LATELY, I AM SO PROUD OF HIM. <3 <3 <3 Reborn is too, just look at that smile.

And then he goes and accosts Enma, hahahaha.


6. Meanwhile, Chrome is shopping (buying chocolate, I might add. Isn't that one of Mukuro's favorites? HMM SUSPICIOUS) and for some reason Nametwin is spying on her?? And then Enma calls and he makes this pedotastic face when he answers the phone and then he actually ADMITS TO STALKING CHROME, o-omg. And makes a perverted comment about Adelheid's legs (HER LEGS NOT HER BOOBS, HELL YES HE IS A MAN OF QUALITY TASTE). And responsibly passes up a call to action from his boss.

This feeling I have... IS THIS WHAT THEY CALL LOVE? *_* Julie, please do me a favor and show up in the manga more so I can lol at you.


7. So in the end, they only managed to gather the Vongola Fab Four and the Shimon gang minus Nametwin and Shitt P. Who is busy meditating. Gokudera makes a note of it in his own stalker log.

And now I have to stop and fangirl Gokudera again. I'M SORRY. But holy shit he is taking command of the meeting and assessing the threat and telling everyone that they need to work together to stop it, and he's done the research and has formed a plan of teams based on everyone's expertise, and just. I am so goddamn happy I feel like I could burst, okay. ;_________; MY BABY IS ALL GROWN UP AND DOING HIS JOB RESPONSIBLY AND WELL!!!!111

Hell, if he keeps this up, he might actually become so capable that I can no longer make fun of him. ...D:


8. ...anyway so the teams consist of Kaoru and Yamamoto, Hibari and Adelheid, Aoba and Ryohei, and so on and so on, all of which is just SO SHOCKING that I actually started typing this sentence even before I clicked on this page. What can I say, I'm psychic or something. Anyway, Yamamoto congratulates Dera on having thought this out pretty thoroughly, which just goes to show that either Yamamoto is far less observant than I thought, or more capable of being deviously condescending than I would have ever expected.

Aoba objects because he doesn't like being talked down to, but Adelheid shuts him up, and immediately everyone is all, "OHHHHH SHIT SO SHE'S THE ONE IN CHARGE, EH?" but really, they should have known all along.


9. Julie is one smug, lazy bastard. The more I see of him, the more I adore him. Though if I knew him in real life I would probably want to punch his face in. BUT EVEN SO, HE'S A CUTE LITTLE ASSHOLE.

More importantly, though... what the hell is Shitt P. doing there, exactly? She is just... leaning... but standing absolutely rigid...???


10. "By the way, has everyone been taking good care of 'that'?" Uh oh, I sense a possible theory-buster...

Oh, no, wait, it's just some weird... pendant... thing. That he's inherited as the boss of the Shimon family. And that suddenly makes him have a dying will flame in his eyes or something. I knew there was something about those eyes, dammit.

I do hope Enma doesn't wind up becoming one of the traditional-style Reborn villains, though. Much better if he actually befriends Tsuna and it's actually a surprise when the betrayal happens. YEAH, I SAID "WHEN." DON'T GET ME WRONG, I LIKE THE LITTLE SHOTA, BUT THERE IS NO WAY THIS CAN POSSIBLY END WELL.


Next week is Golden Week, right? So SJ's probably taking a break. Oh well. XD

Comments

[tsunayoshi.livejournal.com]

+1 TO TSUNA/ENMA DOUJIN DEAR LOOOOORRRRRDDDDD YES

+1 to your feelings on Julie. XD

OhchristItotallyforgotaboutgoldenweekFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[makeste.livejournal.com]

THOSE KIDS ARE HELLA ADORABLE

Julie is amazing. I suspect Amano is purposely limiting his screentime so as to keep the manga's awesomeness at survivable levels.

And yeah, it's that time of year again. :'(

[melissa-42.livejournal.com]

Oh boy, I think Julie is definitely going to be my favorite out of the new characters XD If you're gonna creep, creep with pride \o/

I'm so happy Gokudera actually learned something from the future arc!!! And even Reborn was smiling at him!! You know that when Reborn approves, you're doing something right :D


Love the new tags, btw--aoba mcaoba, boobs mcawesome, gaga mcwtf, hipster mcnametwin, shota mccreepyeyes--I didn't notice them until now!

[makeste.livejournal.com]

STALKER PRIDE. AMEN. I love him so much.

I'm still beside myself at Gokudera's recent awesomeness. I can't remember the last time a character actually learned something in this manga AND IT STUCK!! But it seems to be a lasting change and OH MY GOD I AM SO THRILLED. *_* And yeah, when Reborn's pleased you know you must be doing good.

Haha, thanks. Now I just need ones for Kaoru and Large. XD

[ojuzu.livejournal.com]

CLOSETED ACTION HERO. That is a wonderful, wonderful phrase. :D

Ohmygod I think I love Gokudera even more now. ♥ (As a side note, I can't stop staring at the middle panel of his face. Large, full-face shot of Gokudera being determined and competent, mmmmm.)

Yamamoto is far less observant than I previously thought, or more capable of being deviously condescending than I would have ever expected.

I think he's a Carrot Ironfoundersson type -- he is actually both. BTW, thanks for all those Yamamoto fic recs. I'm enjoying them very much! (And while I do not actively ship 8059, I have no qualms about reading all the goodfic I can find about them.)

Much better if he actually befriends Tsuna and it's actually a surprise when the betrayal happens.

Oooh, yes. I can't wait for it, really -- if he reverses the traditional Jesus-ing pattern and instead gets more and more villainous the more time he spends hanging out with Tsuna, I may faint with happiness.

Aw shit, that's right. Forgot Golden Week was next week! D:

[makeste.livejournal.com]

One of these days he'll finally accept who he is and come out. |D

Same here, which is amazing because every week I think, "Okay, this is it, he cannot possibly get any more awesome than he is now" and he just proves me wrong, again and again. (Oh man, neither can I. In addition to being awesome, he is also very, very attractive in this chapter. >_>)

Glad you're liking the recs! ♥

And yeah, if that happens, we just may end up with the whole Aizen/Sasuke villain-with-a-close-personal-connection-to-the-Vongola thing after all, which is *_*

Yep, it's probably gonna be a looong two weeks. D:

[melissa-42.livejournal.com]

Just popping in to squee at the Discworld reference! I've never really thought about it before, but Carrot and Yamamoto are pretty similar.

[daigranon.livejournal.com]

I don't know about Julie... we already have ONE Shamal.

I like that Adelheid is different from Hibari in that she actually participates.

Oh no, no shounen next week??

[makeste.livejournal.com]

But since he hasn't bothered to show his face in God knows how many chapters now (WHY SHAMAL, WHYYY), I am more than happy to accept his would-be-protege for the time being. Although if the two of them ever managed to share panel time, the world might well explode from the win of it.

Yeah, she has no qualms about crowding and the like. She's a pretty good right hand herself, it seems.

And yeah, more than likely. Gonna be a long wait for the next chapter. XD

[escherichiacola.livejournal.com]

If Reborn himself is any indication, Amano ships VongolaxShimon a little too hard.

[makeste.livejournal.com]

Lol, he does get a little too :) every time someone mentions them teaming up, doesn't he? XD

[kat8cha.livejournal.com]

I'm starting to doubt Adelhei'd cloudness. Because, well, she doesn't seem to be all FREE FLOATY.

So maybe, Shitt P is a cloud? Or Julie. OOH. JULIE. SHOULD BE JULIE.

Enma's eyes are actually glass. :| He's a robot.

[makeste.livejournal.com]

If the Shimon all turn out to have different wave energies than their Vongola counterparts I am going to be so confused, man. I've only just learned to keep track of them; if that happens I'll have to start all over. D:

But I do agree that Julie seems to be the cloudiest of them all so far. But then again, maybe Adelheid's willingness to cooperate with the rest of the Shimon shouldn't necessarily be interpreted that way; it could be that she just likes being in charge and getting to boss them all around.

He's a robot.

WHY IS THIS SOMEHOW THE ENMA THEORY THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE SO FAR. XD

[amcw177.livejournal.com]

OMG I fangirled Gokudera SO GODDAMNED HARD in this chapter, like, even more than usual! \o/ He's all AUTHORITY I HAZ IT and people are actually doing what he says and just ♥

what the hell is Shitt P. doing there, exactly?
I KNOW! I KNOW! I am now convinced that Shitt P. is actually a Cylon. And that's her snooze mode. She can also save five different alarm settings, by the way.

And I totally misread 'Vongola Fab Four' as 'Vongola Fantastic Four' which is what I'll be calling them from now on. And Hibari is the Purple Surfer. XD

[makeste.livejournal.com]

OMG I fangirled Gokudera SO GODDAMNED HARD in this chapter, like, even more than usual! \o/ He's all AUTHORITY I HAZ IT and people are actually doing what he says and just ♥

AMEN TO ALL OF THIS. I love him so much that it won't be long at this rate before I'm just reduced to woobly keysmashing at the sight of him asklj.

I DON'T WATCH BSG BUT I JUST WIKIED "CYLON" AND NOW I AM COMPLETELY TERRIFIED. Gokudera needs to uncover the truth before she kills them all. D:

NO, NO, THEY'RE NOT SUPERHEROES, THEY'RE BEATLES. XD l-lol

[irtiolre.livejournal.com]

with its insanity and monster-people and hard to follow action panels and people shouting "GRAAR! AAARGH!"

I had to try very hard not to laugh and disturb my brother's studying pffffff.

And OMG GOKUDERA. OMG. <3<3<3 HE'S CHANGED SO MUCH FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WHOLE THING. ER SERIES. I'm so happy that I have to forcfully and painfully stop myself from fangirling too much to my brother. 8'DDD But I am so glad to see that he's maturing, this almost makes up for Amano not giving us more of TYL!Gokudera.

[makeste.livejournal.com]

Shounen fight noises will never not be hilarious. XD

GOKUDERAAAA |D I'm so glad I have people to fangirl with online or else I might just explode from trying to keep all of my glee contained. HE'S SO AWESOME AND HIS DEVELOPMENT IT IS WONDERFUL AND I AM SO FUCKING HAPPY. <3

[dinadandelion.livejournal.com]

Nametriplet?

Shitt P. is my favorite. I don't even know. Her name cracks me up.

[makeste.livejournal.com]

ANOTHER JULIE? HELLO. |D

Shitt P. is awesome. I love her, and I love Aoba, and Adelheid, and now Julie too... why are they all so cool, dammit. It seems like I have a new favorite every week. XD

[cleartempest.livejournal.com]

GOKUDERA WAS SO COOL IN THIS CHAPTER haha, I totally loled at the book he threw down XDD

he might actually become so capable that I can no longer make fun of him.
I don't think you have to worry about that. In fact, since he's been so cool recently, he's going mess up in the near future.

but really, they should have known all along.
INORITE. I thought they already established this.

Julie is a total sleaze XD I bet he's secretly badass.

Shitt P's rigid leaning made me stare.

XD I thought 'that' would have been a secret this chapter but omg more jewelry? And the dying will flame is upside down???

ohoho, I can totally see it all go your way...

[makeste.livejournal.com]

SO COOL. And I would kill for a copy of that book. XD

...I was going to say "NO DON'T SAY THAT!" b-but you're probably right, actually. Sob. One of these days he will learn to be consistently awesome.

Yeah, I thought it was pretty clear. Maybe they were all too busy STARING AT HER BOOBS to notice that she is the boss of everyone. XD

He does seem like that type. Lazy and perverted and then all of a sudden OMG BADASS. He should be a Naruto character.

It made me want to try leaning on a wall like that just to see if it was even possible. But I'd probably lose my balance and fall and kill myself.

Yeah, that upside-down flame is really fucking weird. WHAT'S UP WITH THAT.

And I hope so. I HOPE SO. I've got my fingers crossed even though it already looks like Amano might be heading in a different direction. XD

[ekmisao.livejournal.com]

Golden Week already? ^^;; This is already by second Golden Week in this fandom. Wow.

And quite frankly I don't know what to feel anymore. It's probably external events playing a part (being an annoyed creative is annoying), but that "Oooooh cool cooool coool!" thing happening to other people is not happening to me. To me it's just "Cool. Interesting." but nothing else. What am I missing that others are getting? I did love Gokudera in this chapter, though.

[makeste.livejournal.com]

Sort of, anyway. It starts a week from now, and then goes from the Monday after that through that Wednesday (May 3-5). But I'm not quite clear on the SJ release schedule; it comes out on Mondays officially in Japan, right? And we get the RAWs on the Thursday/Friday before that, usually. So yeah, I think it's next week that they're off.

But anyhow, I went off on a tangent. Yeah, time sure does fly.

Well, for me anyway, aside from being excited about where this arc might be headed, I'm mostly just loving all of the new characters. Enma and co. have so far been much more interesting and entertaining than the Funeral Wreaths and so on were (even though I was fond of Kikyou). So yeah, it's basically that and Gokudera being all kinds of amazing.

[makeste.livejournal.com]

Everyone seems to be in agreement about Gokudera's recent awesomeness, haha. Good on him. And lol, yeah, Julie had better watch himself or he might just run into Chrome's fruitier half one of these days. (Then again, if Julie is a Mist type himself, that could turn out pretty interesting.) And I agree that it's about time we found out more about the Shimon family's mysterious mysteriousness. But it could be that Amano's holding off on explaining that until later on.

Also..what is..THAT?

I have no idea, but as far as proofs of bosshood go, it sure is ugly. XD

[phppsmss.livejournal.com]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I've been in denial and resisting since the beginning of this arc but looks like this chapter broke my resolve.

I'm starting to favour Enma over Tsuna.SHIT.

The fault is on you Tsuna. If only you don't look soooooooo godamn pathetic in your non hyper dying will mode! Urgh. Enma has this emo-pathetic look which makes him look kewl(and his eyes! OMG). Tsuna, on the other hand, has sported this pathetically retarded look since the start of this series.

Tsuna, its about damn time you start redeeming yourself., preferably by snapping outta your own denial and accept your Vongola birth right! I mean, you have made your frist kill by burning Byakuran to death and looking down right unperturbed/nonchalant about it, and that I think is a perfect quality that a mafia boss possesses.

[makeste.livejournal.com]

THAT'S KHR FOR YOU. JUST WHEN YOU THINK IT'S OUT FOR THE COUNT IT MAKES A COMEBACK. XD

Enma is remarkably appealing; I can say this because in spite of the fact that he still creeps me out with those weeeeeird eyes of his (now made all the weirder by the fact that they are UPSIDE DOWN DYING WILL EYES?!), I am still finding myself growing fonder and fonder of him with every chapter. And finding him adorable somehow in spite of the creepiness. That's impressive.

Tsuna, on the other hand, has sported this pathetically retarded look since the start of this series.

l-lol COULD IT BE WE EACH HAVE OPPOSITE OPINIONS ON TSUNA? Haha, he is pathetic, though, I can't argue that. But I love him for it. His denial can be frustrating at times, but I have to admire how determined he is to not just give in to Reborn and accept his mafia birthright. Even though he's incredibly spineless about most other things, that little bit of stubbornness is proof that he's not always a pushover. Even if the one thing he's most determined about also happens to be the dumbest possible thing. I still admire it, all the same.

Also I find him just as adorable as Enma in his own way, but maybe that's just me. XD

[draconianangel.livejournal.com]

Naw, if next week's Golden Week, then we'll have a chapter next week but won't be having any chapters two weeks after that. Probably. Grr.

what the hell is Shitt P. doing there, exactly? She is just... leaning... but standing absolutely rigid...???

She's doing... Brook's 45 Degrees!!!! LOL.

Yamamoto is far less observant than I previously thought, or more capable of being deviously condescending than I would have ever expected.

Haha, Yamamoto is just A BIT THICK.

Gosh, I can't believe it but Enma has pulled on my mother instincts. I'll be sad if he ends up being evil. :(

[makeste.livejournal.com]

Maybe? XD I confess that the whole Golden Week manga release schedule never fails to confuse me every year, even though you'd think I'd have conned onto it now. So either this week or next week, then. But either way, we've got a cliffhanger coming up. *b-braces*

LOL oh my God that's it exactly. Maybe we were all wrong about her connection to Lady Gaga; it seems like she might ultimtaely have more in common with Michael Jackson. XD

JUST A BIT.

And yeah, I find myself a little overwhelmed by the sudden instinct to give him a hug somehow, in spite of the fact that he still creeps me out. THAT KID IS GOOD, I'll give him that.

[caffeinexsugar.livejournal.com]

I was waiting for your weekly review to simply flail about how Gokudera became awesome again, no, even more awesome than ever, because this arc is re-converting me to this kid's fan and I'm two steps away from getting Gokudera icon purely for this arc.

I loved Gokudera's series of actions more than anything!! It overshadowed Julie's stalking, Shitt P's meditation, Adelheide being Hibari-plus-Gokudera figure, and just everything. Yes, they were fun and adorable and so him but it was more than these. I think this arc is actually showing what kind of role Gokudera will be assuming in the future of Tsuna's family--the true second-in-command who prevents the danger from growing, plans actions to take, and actually organize the family.

Gosh, I have so much things to say about Gokudera in this arc...

[makeste.livejournal.com]

I can't stop fangirling over him in this chapter. I keep clicking back to this page and grinning like an idiot.

I agree that this is a preview of things to come with him. He finally really understands what it means to be a real right hand man, and he's doing his best to start filling that role properly. And he is doing a really good job. I'm actually astonished by how well he's handling it; it's like once he figured out what he needed to do, it all just came naturally. :D ATTABOY.

[smilypie.livejournal.com]

1- Is it bad that I think Enma looks really hot on that page? I'm sure the doujin would be adorable too lol

2+3- It's been a while since I went "HOSHIT!" at this series. Actually, Adelheid and Hibari's fight was pretty exciting too.

5- Part of me is more excited about finding out what Shitt P's true power is more than what the plot is going to lead to. I mean, a published book!? Wow.
I was so proud of him too 8D Most of the time I want to slap Gokudera for getting character development and it seemingly not actually sticking, but he's learned! Yaaay!

6- Baww Chrome and her little matching purse |D<3 3 whole panels this week! And Julie was great lolol. It also scares and intrigues me as to why he would be talking about her thighs of all places, huhuhu. Apparently Shimon is a hella lot straighter than the Vongola, that's for sure.

7- I love that Gokudera is doing his job by doing Tsuna's job when he doesn't want to. 8DDD And I'm sure they'll be something to make fun of him with D8

10- Apparently everyone has a pendent thingy too (or maybe it's just the side of a ring). And why is the flame upside down? o.o I'm so confused lol.

Thanks for that reminder! I would have expected the chapter all week fff

[makeste.livejournal.com]

1. He is far too shota for me to actually find him attractive without it being REALLY CREEPY, but yeah, he is looking good.

5. You know, same here, in a way. She's just so weird. And so far she's had like one real line, so she's basically still a mystery. At this rate, Gokudera's research will end up being the only way we'll ever find out more about her. XD

And yeah, I still can't get over the fact that he LEARNED SOMETHING and IT STUCK! I guess he finally got Jesused one too many times.

6. Yeah, between Aoba and Julie, Shimon almost has enough het to make up for the entire Vongola family. Almost. XD

7. Well, SOMEONE'S got to do it, lol. And I suppose that even if he grows into a competent leader and a competent fighter (we'll see how that one goes XD), I can still always make fun of his nerdiness, so yeah. |D

And apparently we might still get a chapter next week, but then the week after that we'll have the break. I'm still mixed up over the schedule orz.

[reana-camellia.livejournal.com]

1) Well, actually it is the editor who put the tag lines in every chapters, not Amano. So ya, no matter how much we want Amano-sensei being one of us BL fangirls, looks like we have to settle for the editor instead. xDD

maybe KHR editor is secretly BFF with Kishimoto... *cough*SasukexNaruto hints in the manga*cough*


Probably not since Squalo first made his feelings for Yamamoto loud and clear.
^ ooh, I don't remember. When was that? xD


P.S. i admit Julie does pique my interest as well. I agree wholeheartedly with punching people like him in real life though... xD

[makeste.livejournal.com]

Well, either way, the image is still hella gay on its own, text or no text.

Also, lol. XD

Haha, the Squalo bit was just me generalizing. I wasn't thinking of any Squalo/Yamamoto moment in particular, but he's pretty blatant when it comes to his obsession with him, you know? XD (Sending him an entire series of videos JUST TO LURE HIM BACK TO THE WAY OF THE SWORD, and so forth.)

Yeah, some characters are a lot more likable in fiction than they would ever be in reality. It would be a loving punch, though. :P

hola

[doremishine.livejournal.com]

hola tienen un doujinshi enmaxtsuna kyaaaaaaa yo quiero ver eso porfa decime donde bajar el doujin ne

Re: hola

[makeste.livejournal.com]

Hola! No sé de ningún doujin EnmaxTsuna, lo siento, pero tal vez pueda pedir a la gente en tsunaxenma? Puede ser que sepan de algunos. ¡Buena suerte!

También, lo siento si mi español suena raro - estoy usando Google Translate, lol.