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KHR 292
Unfortunately, this chapter was not as epic as Google's version of the spoilers made it out to be, but that's to be expected when the spoilers in question are that amazing.1. PRIMO COVER PAGE
STOP
HAMMERTIME
- GOD ALAUDE YOU'RE SO FREAKING BORING I'M JUST GOING TO SKIP YOU.
- LAMPO LOOKS KINDA UNCOMFORTABLE. HE'S EYEING KNUCKLE SUSPICIOUSLY FOR SOME REASON. KNUCKLE DID YOU DO SOMETHING BAD. WERE YOU A BAD PRIEST, KNUCKLE??
- OH G, HOT AS ALWAYS. WHY ARE YOU HIDING IN THE BACK. OH YEAH, BECAUSE YOU HAD TO BE AT YOUR BOYFRIEND'S RIGHT HAND SIDE. ROCK ON, G.
- I'M STARTING TO WONDER IF PRIMO WAS EVER NOT IN DYING WILL MODE. DID HE JUST GO AROUND LIKE THAT HIS ENTIRE LIFE? WAS HE BORN LIKE THAT, AND EVERYONE WAS LIKE, "OH FUCK, THIS BABY IS ON FIRE" AND THAT WAS HOW HIS LEGACY BEGAN?
- APPARENTLY UGETSU DECIDED THAT PLAYING HIS FLUTE WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SITTING AROUND WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE THE FAMILY PICTURE. WAY TO NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR BOSS'S PRECIOUS MEMORIES, UGETSU.
- DAMN, KNUCKLE IS HOT. YOU NAUGHTY PRIEST YOU.
- CALL ME WHEN YOU STOP BEING AN ASSHOLE IN THE ANIME, SPADE.
Also, I really like how this cover page could not have had less to do with the actual chapter if it had tried. HAHA WHO CARES, IT'S PRIMOS.
Maaaaan, their shoes are so shiny... okay, moving on now.
2. Heh. I like how Tsuna is all, "I can tell the Ninth honestly wants me to revert the family back to how it was during the days of Primo!" and Enma is like, "...are you sure we're talking about the SAME NINTH, here?" Enma knows what's up, unlike some people. Funny that failboss's hyper intuition seems to be completely off for once; I wonder if the Ninth threw him off track, given that he's got the same blood.
Aww, it's kinda sad to see Tsuna sell himself so short, though. For someone who thinks he sucks at giving orders, he wasn't half-bad during the Future Arc. Come on, Tsuna, we all know it's less about you not being capable and more about you just plain not wanting to.
3. Oh snap, Enma just transformed from SUPER SHOTA into JADED CHARACTER WITH A PAST in like the blink of an eye. "YOU COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND OUR PAIN DON'T PUT ME IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS YOU!!!" Geez, Enma, if I had any remaining doubts that you could AND SHOULD be one hell of an antagonist, they just completely up and vanished. I can't stop staring at that Serious Business Eye in the bottom left corner. *____*
4. Lol, and then he goes right back to shota mode. I'm learning so much about you and your wildly alternating personalities today, Enma.
You know, Tsuna, before this kid came along I honestly had you pegged as mostly straight. XD
5. AWWW IT'S A MONTAGE OF FRIENDSHIP. |D "Everyone's so happy since you guys came along! Large became Lambo's bitch, Ryohei and Aoba have hilarious shounen races with lots of speedlines, Yamamoto plays baseball and has fun every day so ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN THAT REGARD, but Gokudera managed to get along with a girl for more than two minutes so if you want to talk about change, let's start right there!" Chrome and Hibari were not included in this montage, but we all know how much Chrome likes creepy stalker people and Hibari is in dire need of a good ass-kicking, so in general the Shimon presence has been a favorable one all around.
6. This page made me laugh so hard because YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE JESUSBEAMS SHINING FROM TSUNA'S EYES. Poor Enma, not even he can resist that.
7. Or maybe he can, because Tsuna all but gave him an open invitation to join him in the bath, but Enma ignores it to call Adelheid instead, so I guess his willpower was stronger than I thought.
And man, this page is just filled with phone calls and closeups of Adelheid's legs and a little boy writing a fake ransom note to test the purity of his friend's heart... is it just me, or did the genre just shift a little to the shoujo side of things?
...or possibly the BL side of things?? OH MY GOD YOU GUYS YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HARD IT IS TO TAKE THIS PAGE COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTEXT AND MAKE SO MANY TERRIBLE JOKES. Oh my. But I won't.
8. ...XD.
You gotta love how he has the nerve to ask Enma what the hell he's doing. Oh, Gokudera. No matter how many Serious Business Eyes Enma makes, you're still my favorite forever and ever. ALWAYS.
9. Wait, was I-Pin's "what a wonderful morning!" translated from Chinese here, or did they finally give up and match the manga canon to the anime canon? YEAH, I KNOW PLOT IS GOING ON BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS I THINK ABOUT, OKAY.
10. Well, I'd like to say that one day they'll look back on this unfortunate misunderstanding and laugh, but SOMETHING TELLS ME THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE.
Part of me recognizes the fact that Enma sitting there and feeling betrayed and Tsuna being completely oblivious does not really bode well for the future, but another part of me can't help but think that even so, this is all pretty hilarious. XD
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Cue ominous Linkin Park theme. Dududunnnn. LOL
ROFL GOKUDERA LURKS OUTSIDE TSUNA'S HOUSE AT NIGHT. He's such an adorable little creep.
Was I the only one who was LOLing about how Tsuna completely left out Hibari and Chrome when he recounted what wonderful new friends they've all made? :D I think he's scared that Hibari is having teh sex with Adelheid. And I'm not entirely sure Chrome even knows that she has a new, erm... friend
pedo stalkerXDAnyway. The plot. It thickens *insert Jaws theme here* \o/
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THESE WOUNDS THEY WILL NOT HEAL
Haha but I love angsty!Enma (to like, a scary degree). AND I SWEAR TO GOD GOKUDERA DOES NOT SLEEP ANYMORE. SHITT P MUST HAVE TAUGHT HIM SOME CRAZY UMA ZEN TRANCE SHIT WHERE HE CAN JUST MEDITATE FOR A COUPLE SECONDS AND THEN HE'S GOOD TO GO. And I love how he confronted Enma by shining a flashlight on him like some movie theater usher stopping a pair of teenagers from making out. He is the best bodyguard ever.
And no, I LOLed too. THEY DON'T COUNT, I GUESS. I wonder if he even knows Julie exists.
I'm so excited by the way the story is moving forward. ONE MORE DAY TILL THE CEREMONY; I can't wait to see what crazy traumatic things are in store. |D
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Anyway
1. Giotto is looking younger and younger, but I digress. The cover is made of win. LMAO @ GIOTTO BEING BORN ON FIRE, THOUGH. I think this is plausible.
2. Tsuna, quit frontin'. You know you did quite a bit of owning and good planning during the Future arc B| You just don't want to be the boss.
3. Not gonna lie. Enma suddenly being jaded made sounded like a Linkin Park song.
4. Enma/Tsuna is now canon. Sorry Kyoko and Haru.
5. I APPROVED OF THIS PAGE. Though I do want to know what happened with Chrome and Julie. It's pretty clear Hibari doesn't care much for Adelheid, but I would have liked to see them included lol.
7. Clearly, they wanted to bathe together but Enma was too bashful to admit it unlike Tsuna. These two are adorkable.
9. Suddenly: I-pin can speak Japanese. What is this--
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1. I agree, he looks like a gangly teenager on that cover page. They all look really young, actually, but oh well. Still hot, so. AND YOU KNOW HE WAS. IT MUST HAVE BEEN HELL FOR HIS POOR MOTHER.
3. Enma's entire plot arc in this chapter is one giant Linkin Park song. A song about violent pasts and promises being broken and I TRUSTED YOUUUUUU OH MY GOD YOU BASTARD. He is rapidly becoming one of my favorite characters, and also I just can't stop laughing at him. XD
4. IT IS. IT'S OFFICIAL NOW.
5. I can understand Chrome and Nametwin not being included since Tsuna always forgets about Chrome and I'M NOT SURE HE IS AWARE OF JULIE'S EXISTENCE, but Hibari and Adelheid being absent was just like, HEY. Just because they had an epic roof battle doesn't mean they're not getting along in their own special way. <3
7. I think Tsuna offered Enma the bath first in hopes of being able to accidentally walk in on him OOPS. Then he was hoping Enma would do it instead but no such luck. AT LEAST THEY HAD AN ADORABLE SLEEPOVER.
9. SHE REALLY KNEW ALL ALONG, SHE WAS JUST MESSIN'. Or Amano just plain forgot. XD
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He can't be that far back cause I can see Ugetsu's dress--IT'S A DRESS.
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I'm more concerned about the fact that G's foot seems to be deformed somehow. DOES HE ONLY HAVE ONE TOE??
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I think that's the table, so I'm just going to firmly believe he's so short that his fucking legs dangle off the chair.
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Either that or he's a double amputee and we never knew because he walks around with MAFIA ROBOT LEGS or like legs made out of his DYING WILL or peg legs like the motherfuckin' pirate he is.
This picture is raising so many interesting questions. XD
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YES. YES IT WAS.
I love how Tsuna and Enma are so incredibly canon. I'm not someone who generally picks up on subtext while I'm in the middle of something, but there were definitely a few times this chapter where I stopped and said "YES, YOU TWO JUST CONTINUE MAKING BLATANT ROMANTIC OVERTURES AT EACH OTHER."
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE JESUSBEAMS SHINING FROM TSUNA'S EYES.
YOU SO CAN. |D
Tsuna all but gave him an open invitation to join him in the bath
I noticed. ^ ^ And now I need to go ogle Adelheid again.
Oh, Gokudera. ♥ Yes, keep being a
stalkeryexcellent right-hand man. ILU.10. Well, I'd like to say that one day they'll look back on this unfortunate misunderstanding and laugh, but SOMETHING TELLS ME THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE.
Part of me recognizes the fact that Enma sitting there and feeling betrayed and Tsuna being completely oblivious does not really bode well for the future, but another part of me can't help but think that even so, this is all pretty hilarious. XD
Exactly! I was going oh shitshitshit this is not going to turn out well ahahaha LOL.
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"I'VE NEVER MET ANYONE
IN THE MAFIAWHO I CAN RELATE TO AS MUCH AS YOU!" Between that and the bath thing, yeah, it was pretty blatant. XDI love how fandom is always joking about Gokudera stalking Tsuna and sleeping in his bedroom and watching him at night and it's all fun and lulz AND THEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS and you realize that none of it is really an exaggeration. At all.
The worst thing is I keep picturing how it's all going to play out, and in my mind Enma is like, "YOU STOOD ME UP! AND TO THINK I BELIEVED IN YOU" and Tsuna's like, "BUT I SWEAR I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT! I NEVER SAW ANY LETTER!" and Enma bursts into tears and is all "EVEN NOW YOU CAN'T TELL ME THE TRUTH! I CAN'T BELIEVE I EVER THOUGHT WE WERE REALLY FRIENDS. THAT'S IT, IT'S OVER" and he runs off and Tsuna runs after him crying Enma's name in slow motion.
And finally he stops and just stands there watching Enma's figure retreat into the sunset, and an angsty wind blows with maybe a few flower petals and shit and maybe it starts raining too, idk.
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... Okay, better. Somewhat.
1. After countless staring at that page, I'm under the impression that Lampo and Knuckle were probably playing footsie moments before that photo was taken. Enough said.
OH FUCK, THIS BABY IS ON FIRE This phrase just about killed me dead. I mean, I could just picture a midwife holding a flaming baby and Mama Italian Lady being immediately like, "Disowned". BECAUSE NORMAL CHILDREN ARE NOT ON FIRE, WTF IS THIS.
... And I said it before but. Amano is such a tease.
3. Enma's got some serious issues that he needs
Tsuna to help him withto work through there, methinks. Just what exactly caused the Shimon Family to be so under-appreciated? It's ... definitely got something to do with that Vongola sin. Either that or I'm reaching now.4. I think Tsuna's just been around too many guys lately and not enough girls. Either that or when he confessed to Kyoko about the mafia that crush slowly started to die down and he made room for the new love of his life in the form of his exact counterpart. ... yeah, I so did not laugh writing that. Well, okay, I did. But Enma has decided to make Tsuna question his sexuality, nevertheless.
7. Yup, things just went a little to the shoujo side, what with Enma writing letters to his new
one true lovefriend. And haha, there are indeed too many jokes to make concerning that one page. But is it just me or did Amano go out of her way to draw Tsuna like that when Enma places the note on the desk? /facepalms. Too many BL undertones that can most definitely not be ignored.9. ... I was wondering that, too. Maybe I-pin's just some kind of wickedly fast learner or something?
10. And so starts the angst and the drama and the sjdlkfjkls. Next chapter, where are you?! I'm curious, though, what do you think Tsuna's going to choose to do? ... If Enma doesn't go all "I trusted you and you let me down and - *sics violent bunnicula on Tsuna's defenseless neck*" before the ceremony, anyway.
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NORMAL CHILDREN ARE NOT ON FIRE
Something about the way this was phrased just cracked me up. XD
3. We need an Enma flashback, stat. I'm so fucking curious now.
4. It is interesting that we haven't seen as much of the "GAH KYOKO OMG <3" side of him since the Future Arc. Even in that one chapter where she popped up out of the blue, he was mostly focused on Enma instead. Maybe he has started to think of her as more of a friend since getting to know her better in the Future Arc. Either that, or he's just like, "Well, if I'm going to be forced to become a boss I might as well have a harem," and so he's after them BOTH. TSUNA, YOU DOG, YOU.
7. Lol, I didn't even notice that about the last panel. XD Oh, that page. But in hindsight, I'm glad I didn't make any jokes, because the more I look at it, the more it occurs to me that in the third and fourth panels, both of them manage to look like they're about eight years old. UM.
9. I guess she has been in Japan for about a year or so now. And it's not like the phrase "Such a nice morning!" is a particularly difficult one, so I guess her learning it isn't out of the question.
10. I'm kinda torn now, because before I thought that Tsuna was going to decline the position and that's when Enma and co. would swoop in and make their move, but now it's looking more and more like they'll only do that if Tsuna actually accepts. And also the part of me that's always crossing my fingers for the angstiest developments possible is starting to think that Tsuna's accepting the Vongola mantle might actually turn out to be a darker storyline than his refusing it, now that there are BOTTLES OF DELICIOUS SIN to consider. XD So I honestly don't know what to think atm.
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4. Aha! We're on to you, Tsuna, you sly dog. No wonder he was so adamant about "WE'RE FRIENDS ALREADY, ENMA-KUN, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?" He's planning to put the moves on 'em after all that shy little boy acting.
7. ... I went back and looked at the panels you mentioned and just ... yeah. Amano and these boys are creating a shota manga all their own.
9. I keep forgetting how long I-pin really has been in Japan. And kids do pick up on things faster than adults, so you're right. She probably knows a couple phrases, if not more, by now. She's had plenty of time to learn. Though, yeah, not expecting her to be speak fluently just yet.
10. There's definitely something dark surrounding that freaking thing. Now I just want to know what the hell Primo did to start this weird ass tradition of making little boys (and girls, to include the Eighth) drink sins of other PEOPLE no less. I'm kind of hoping Tsuna accepts, though, if only to see how things progress from there. I mean, how would it be possible to reshape a mafia family after inheriting their greatest sin of all apparently? He'd be another Ninth in the making instead of his own person, more or less. ... And yeah, now I'm babbling. But that creepy Sin stuff keeps making me think 'possession'.
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10. Yeah, the whole sin thing is not on. HOW THE HELL DOES A TRADITION LIKE THAT COME ABOUT. Anyway, my current theory is that at the very last minute, Tsuna will change his mind about the ceremony and decline, and a relieved Enma will tell Adelheid and the others to stand down, they don't need to intervene after all, and for just a moment it'll look like everything will actually be okay. AND THEN the Cervello will intervene and the crazy mafia inheritance plan b rules will go into effect and Enma will inherit the Vongola Sky Ring instead and he'll end up drinking the sins and he'll turn into a bad guy, OH NO.
Mukuro probably does know a thing or two about the whole thing; too bad he's currently locked away in fishtank and also just doesn't seem to give a shit. OH, MUKURO.
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10. I hope something like that does happen. Because we have been severely lacking Cervello appearances for this arc. It's only a matter of time before they pop back up like whack-a-moles.
xD True enough. Even if Mukuro knew everything he would most likely be of the opinion "why would I tell you? I'm having a splendid time swimming in my LITTLE FISHTANK. Next time you need my help, look me up in ... oh, say five hundred years."
Completely irrelevant question, but. Would you like a small batch of icons? I dunno. I kind of wanted to make some icons, but I have no ideas for what to icon, so I figured if you'd like some I could get back into the practice of making 'em?
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10. Lol, the hilarious thing about that is that given the Vongola's penchant for time travel and Mukuro's ability to reincarnate himself, THEY COULD ACTUALLY TAKE HIM UP ON THAT OFFER. You should think about that the next time you decide to be sarcastic, Mukuro. XD
And OF COURSE I am always up for new icons and I'm also totes thrilled that you would offer <3, but I'm just a little hesitant because a) I only have a couple of slots open, and I always feel guilty if someone makes them and then I don't use them, and b) I have no idea which panels I'd suggest atm. But I love your icons, so I'll try to come up with some ideas for that second part. |D
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SO A RANDOM AND QUESTIONABLE CATHOLIC DISCUSSION DOESN'T GET STARTED HERE.10. They could, true that. Sorry, Mukuro, maybe you'll be free of 'em when you go to Hell again for a quick rest. xD ... And now you've made me want to read a good time travel fic for this series sjdljf.
Eh, no reason to feel guilty if you don't use any. If you have any suggestions in the future, I'd be more than willing to give them a try. Heck, it can be from another series entirely if you can't think of any for KHR. It'll be interesting to see what other fandoms we have in common. ♥
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WAS HE BORN LIKE THAT, AND EVERYONE WAS LIKE, "OH FUCK, THIS BABY IS ON FIRE" AND THAT WAS HOW HIS LEGACY BEGAN?
THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME CHOKE ON MY BREAKFAST! XDDDD
That whole thing with the letter falling into the trash can is cliché, but oh so "terrifying" somehow. Baaaad, baaaad! Adelheid going "!" when she realizes that Tsuna "doesn't care" about the letter (he never saw it, but she doesn't know that) kinda makes you realize that it really is a bad thing that's happening.
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ANYTIME. I LIVE TO SERVE. XD
I... still can't help laughing when I think about it. XD Sob, the entire Shimon/Vongola relationship has been completely undermined and destroyed, and all I can think is, "YOU KNOW, ENMA, THIS NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU HAD JUST SENT HIM A TEXT MESSAGE."
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That... is so very true. xD Seriously, what kind of kid writes a note these days? A text message would've been a lot better. xD ENMA, GET WITH THE TIMES. XD
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I especially love the irony (and if that's not the proper use of that word, well then shoot me because I DON'T CARE) of him sitting there on the last page and checking the time on his cell phone. WHICH HE APPARENTLY HAD WITH HIM THE WHOLE TIME. But I guess a text just wouldn't have had the same shoujoish flair as a handwritten note.
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I do think the use of irony works in this context, and if it doesn't then screw it. xD HE OBVIOUSLY ISN'T ALL THAT INTELLIGENT. x'D Shoujo in our KHR? WAT. xD
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I think D. Spade's real reason for being pissy at Giotto is because his bossu told him his boots looked girly. THEY'RE NOT GIRLY, THEY'RE FABULOUS--I MEAN MANLY. FABULOUS AND MANLY.
NEVER CHANGE, GOKUDERA. NEVER CHANGE XD
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FABULOUS AND MANLY AND SHINY AS ALL GET OUT. I NEVER SAW SUCH SHINY, SHINY BOOTS IN MY LIFE.
And yeah, Gokudera, just keep doing your thing, you crazy right hand man you. Every time you make a cameo appearance in the middle of the night shining flashlights on people outside Tsuna's house, you make the world a little brighter. <3
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(Anonymous) 2010-06-06 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)Well the scan's not as good, but I'd say that MM's boots here: http://www.onemanga.com/Katekyo_Hitman_Reborn/68/06-07/ are just as shiny. (I know this only because I'm considering coloring the pic to use as an icon.) Then again, she's Kokuyou, so shiny boots might be semi-required.
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i have a feeling it'll be hard for Giotto to do a reconnaissance mission at night because of that-thing-on-his-head.
It's like having a perpetual headlight on. ORZ
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Oh btw this page make me wonder if Aoba, Ryouhei, Gokudera, Shit-P, and the rest sleep in Tsuna's room when it's their turn to guard?
Amano seems to be pushing their friendship all the time.
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And the idea of Giotto trying to sneak around somewhere only to be caught because of his glow-in-the-dark DYING WILL BULLSEYE is amazing. A+, WOULD LOL AGAIN.