makeste | ITP: Vegetables and old men.

THE WINNING COMBO YOU NEVER KNEW EXISTED!

1. Yamamoto reminds me uncomfortably of Gin from Bleach on this cover page. To the point where I'm really, really creeped out. To the point where I'm wondering if we shouldn't all be shouting, "RUN, KAORU! RUNNNNN." D:

2. "Yo! You're finally here, Tsuna!" Actually, I was thinking something more along the lines of "Yo, you're finally here, Yamamoto!" It's been a few weeks. I had missed you. :(

Also, you'd think Tsuna would be less discriminating against hooligan-types these days, considering the awesome people in his life like HIS RIGHT HAND MAN and Kusakabe and so forth. Even Dino has a tattoo, Tsuna, and you fucking love Dino.

3. Aha, I see that Gokudera is making his weekly cameo (he hasn't missed a single chapter yet in this arc), so I will make my weekly observations of him.

HE IS WEARING A VEST. IT LOOKS GOOD ON HIM.
There appears to be some antagonism between him and Kaoru, and being the fangirl I am, I choose to willfully ignore the far more likely explanation of "In case you hadn't noticed, there is antagonism between Gokudera and EVERYONE IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE" in favor of my own personal explanation, which is that he's annoyed that Kaoru is monopolizing all of his boyfriend's time.
He said a musical note. You all saw that. It was in his dialogue as clear as day. HE SAID A MUSICAL NOTE LIKE BYAKURAN USED TO DO. It pleases me that part of his legacy lives on still in this way.

4. Reborn finally gave into the urges I know we've all been having and actually kidnapped Enma. Good for him! I'M TOTES JEALOUS.

Also, thank you Enma, for finally giving this manga a damsel in distress who's not actually female! I only wish we had gotten to see Reborn saving him by presumably beating up a dog.

5. I really hope this entire chapter is not dedicated to baseball, or else I confess I am going to get bored pretty quickly. Even in fiction this sport bores me something fierce. XD

AH, HERE WE GO, NOW THAT'S MORE LIKE IT. Nametwin has returned! And he's feeding Chrome (HE MUST HAVE SEEN THE COVER OF VOLUME 29) and patting himself on the back for his own pervy kindheartedness! And he also said a musical note! CHRIST WHAT IS THIS, SOME KIND OF EPIDEMIC?

6. Aww, Kaoru has performance anxiety. LEAVE HIM ALONE, HE DOESN'T WANT TO PITCH IN FRONT OF ALL THESE THREE PEOPLE. His is a sweet and timid soul which must be nurtured out of its fragile shell! I AM LAUGHING SO HARD HERE IN CASE THAT ISN'T COMING ACROSS AT ALL.

Fortunately, Reborn has a solution! It is hands down the single most disgusting solution he has ever come up with. Something about swallowing his hand three times?? Is this really a thing? SURELY IT CANNOT BE A THING. REBORN, YOU SICKEN ME.

As an aside, do you guys remember that OST track Kyoko used to have whenever she randomly showed up in the anime? I'm almost positive that "LET'S OVERCOME OUR FEARS TOGETHER!" Yamamoto is emitting that exact sound.

7. Brb, mentally picturing tiny!Yama playing Little League.

|D

Okay, back to matters at hand. Yamamoto whispers something conspiratorially in Reborn's ear that causes Reborn to start sparkling as well because this is a chapter of musical notes and sparkles okay. Then we get a panel of Hibird for no reason, and then HARU OH MY GOD I'VE MISSED YOU! I swear to God she's gotten cuter somehow. She probably saw Enma there being all failishly adorable and went BITCH, NO, IT'S ON NOW. YOU DON'T JUST GO SOLICITING FOR TSUNA'S AFFECTIONS WITHOUT ASKING FIRST. DON'T YOU KNOW THERE IS A LINE.

8. Sometimes I sure do wish I could have some of whatever it is Amano and her assistants are smoking to come up with plot ideas like "EVERYONE DRESSES UP AS VEGETABLES SO THAT THE SCARY NEW CHARACTER WON'T BE NERVOUS." Do you know, I did not even exaggerate that phrase for comedic purposes at all? That is pretty much exactly what Yamamoto actually said. FOR REAL.

Not only that, but this beautiful display of selfless friendship actually moves Kaoru to tears. You guys, I have to make a confession now. Somehow, I think that this incredibly stupid chapter might just be MY FAVORITE EVER.

Because ladies and gentlemen, today, on this page... magic happened.

*stands in awe*

9. AND THEN KAORU KILLED YAMAMOTO WITH A BASEBALL, FFFFFFFF.

And Adelheid was there again. WATCHING. Because that's what she does.

sadflkjs I can't even breathe oh my god. Oh my God. OH MY GOD.

10. --OH MY GOD.

I THINK IT'S TIME FOR SOME BULLET POINTS, SON.

I SAID THIS ALREADY IN THE COMM BUT GANAUCHE A.K.A. THUNDERY NONO IS POSSIBLY THE SINGLE HOTTEST GUY TO EVER SHOW UP IN THIS MANGA FILLED TO BRIMMING WITH HOT GUYS. AND THAT'S INCLUDING G. THAT'S INCLUDING FUCKING G. !!!!!!!
WILL THERE EVER BE A MIST GUARDIAN WITH NORMAL HAIR?!
SUNNY NONO DOES NOT STRIKE ME AS EXTREME ENOUGH. I WANT HIM TO DO SOMETHING EXTREME.
CLOUDY NONO IS OLD AS FUCK BUT EVEN HE'S STILL SEXY SOMEHOW. HOW DO THESE GUYS DO IT?
RAINY NONO LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY PUT HIM THROUGH A WOODCHIPPER. ALSO HIS NAME IS SCHNITTEN! COULD THERE POSSIBLY BE ANY NAME COOLER THAN THAT IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD?
THE ANSWER IS YES, MOTHERFUCKER, BECAUSE THREE WORDS. COYOTE FUCKING NOUGAT.

Also there was something about an ally family "finding the ones who are scheming to interfere with the inheritance ceremony" so they're going to wipe them out as a favor to the Vongola, blah blah blah. Unfortunately, Ganauche was the one who said those words so like hell if I was actually focusing on what he was saying.

Ahhhh, this chapter. THIS CHAPTER. Heeheehee. This chapter.

ITP: Vegetables and old men.

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