Man, so much happened in this chapter that I couldn't get it down to ten points.

[makeste]

I FEEL SO OCD GOD AGGGHHHHH.


1. LKJSDKFJLSDKJLFK OH GOD, HYPERVENTILATING. !!!!11!!!1!fffffffff

THIS PAGE. This page is... it's... *_* Whatever else one might say about her, you can't deny Amano can fucking draw.

And between the metal gauntlet, Sistema C.A.I.-esque arm orbit, and inability to keep from revealing his INCREDIBLY HOT TORSO, I'm convinced that Enma has been taking Gokudera lessons.


2. You would not believe how long it took me to finally click away from that cover, but okay. So Enma is still occupied with residual speech-making from the previous chapter, just in case any really slow people hadn't put it together yet that THE SHIMON FAMILY IS PISSED. Thankfully, Tsuna shuts him up with some shounen speech-making of his own. "HURTING PEOPLE WON'T HELP YOU REGAIN YOUR PRIDE." I think it's really sad that he actually had to explain this to them. This seems like the kind of thing they ought to teach you in kindergarten.

Enma's all "I'LL DEAL WITH THIS ALONE," and we are treated to more of Gokudera's awesome teamwork ethic on the following page before it all starts to go to hell. I'm so conflicted over this page. On the one hand, NOT GOOD, but on the other, I really, really liked seeing the Vongola rally together behind Tsuna like that. Especially right after Enma ordered his own guardians to stand down. Really great contrast there.

I also loled at the fact that Hibari got taken out first. Because I'm a terrible person.


3. So once again, people are getting defeated by walls.

Oh well, at least it's not a repeat for Yamamoto given that he's not actually there. I like how Adelheid gets all smug once he starts to freaking melt. "HAHA IT'S JUST AN ILLUSION, WE KNEW IT ALL ALONG!" Yeah, guys, really great job figuring out that it was a fake, given that you were the ones who put him in the fucking hospital. THAT WAS A REAL IMPRESSIVE DEDUCTION ON YOUR PART THERE.


4. THIS IS A TERRIBLE PAGE. Let's just skip past it very quickly.

--right to the next page. Which is also terrible.

8(

Hey, Tsuna, not to judge or anything, but you know what you could try doing besides standing there and shouting "STOP"? Literally anything else.


5. Not that I can blame Tsuna, given the astoundingly pathetic example the Nonos are setting for him. :| FFFFFF THIS IS GETTING KINDA FRUSTRATING.

Enma's doing a good job of demonstrating why I was so badly craving a vengeful bad guy, though. This is a classic move he's pulling. Someone paid attention in villain school.


6. Anyway, so then along comes another conflicting page. XDDDDD "WE'RE NOT THROUGH YET--*SQUISH*" TO LOL OR NOT TO LOL, THAT IS THE QUESTION.

So that's a gravity flame, then, Enma? It seems like a pretty safe bet at this point. Or something similar, anyway.


7. And here come the spoilers, at last. Hoooooo boy.

This calls for bullet points.

• "OH NO, THE RINGS!" Ignoring the increasingly pancake-like children who are wearing them. Nice to see where your priorities lie, Coyote.
  
• Well, those lasted for all of a week.
  
• Suddenly Amano's decision to upgrade the box weapons into rings at the end of the last arc makes sense. If I understand this right, they no longer need the flames from the Vongola rings to be activated; the kids can just light them up on their own and they're good to go. So it may be that the situation isn't quite as desperate as it looks.
  
• Especially since I only count four out of six guardian rings actually being smashed there. Lambo has disappeared to God-knows-where, apparently, and Yamamoto's ring is presumably still safe on his person, which in an ironic twist suddenly makes him the only guardian whose fighting ability isn't potentially crippled. DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE COMING.

8. Oh, good, Tsuna finally remembered to move.

AND WE GET A SUDDEN REPEAT OF THE SAME DOKIDOKI EFFECT THAT OCCURRED WHEN TSUNA AND ENMA FIRST MET. Only more explosiony this time. Aww, they grow up so fast.


9. ...sob, this is all stuff we already knew, but it's somehow really heartbreaking to hear it all in Enma's own words, even though he's simultaneously beating the crap out of Tsuna (who, it needs to be pointed out, just saved the world from the strongest guy in existence last week but SOMEHOW CAN'T DO ANYTHING HERE. Everyone's thinking it so I might as well say it XD).

Hey, Reborn, why don't you do something? Is idly standing by just too thoroughly ingrained by this point, or is the Nonos' collective uselessness just that fucking contagious?


10. And now there's yet another time limit being imposed. I SMELL A NEW TRAINING ARC COMING ON. Possibly with some of those gravity training chambers from DBZ.

Enma's eyes... they just out-creepied themselves, and that's something I would have sworn was not possible. D:


11. OH MAN, THOSE THINGS CAME WAY TOO CLOSE TO DAMAGING DINO'S PRETTINESS. Let's all wipe our foreheads and breathe sighs of relief.

So Adelheid was the one with the now-definitely-looks-to-be-ice powers, huh? Nice.

More importantly, Enma is taking his classical villain training one step too far. I guess he skipped the reading the week they covered the Evil Overlord List. The professor told you it would come back to bite you in the ass, Enma. (AND IT WILL, JUST YOU WAIT.)


12. OH LOOK, IT'S YET ANOTHER PAGE WITH TERRIBLE THINGS. And yet, once again perhaps not as terrible as they first seem. For one thing, in a fit of stupidity, Nametwin chose to kidnap the one guardian who is capable of communicating info to the other guardians via illusions and trippy magic dreams. And for another, she's also the one guardian for whom they actually have a replacement kept in cold storage. MUKURO, COULD IT BE YOUR TIME AT LAST...?

Yeah, but in the meantime, I suppose they are in rather a pickle.


Well, then, I'm just going to go outside with an umbrella, and maybe if I walk around in circles saying, "TUT, TUT, IT LOOKS LIKE RAIN," a la Christopher Robin, Yamamoto will appear next week and save us all.

ETA: lol the thread at hitman_reborn already has 100+ comments, what. XD

Comments

[jesheslove.livejournal.com]

and maybe if I walk around in circles saying, "TUT, TUT, IT LOOKS LIKE RAIN," a la Christopher Robin, Yamamoto will appear next week and save us all.

Please, PLEASE DO. I feel like I got trolled in this chapter.

[makeste.livejournal.com]

TUT, TUT, IT LOOKS LIKE RAIN

TUT, TUT, IT LOOKS LIKE RAIN

...sob, to be honest though, I kind of liked the twist with the rings getting broken. XD Everyone spent 150+ chapters fighting with and obsessing over rings and boxes, so I'm all for something new. That and part of me is dying to know what kind of insane crack power-up Amano will grant them all next.

[tsunayoshi.livejournal.com]

IT'S OKAY GUYS, CRIPPLEMOTO'S GOT THIS: RAIN FLAME DUCT TAPE GO. The rings will be just as new in no time!

[makeste.livejournal.com]

THAT'S RIGHT, NOTHING A LITTLE DUCT TAPE CAN'T FIX.

They're only a little smashed to pieces.

[vazavati.livejournal.com]

I always look forward to your KHR posts--they're the first thing I go read after a new chapter--and you made me crack up laughing in an empty house multiple times this week. Thanks much! I, uh, needed a laugh, too. Whaaaaaaaaat. Everything is indeed terrible, but I rely on the series' shonen buoyancy to kick everyone back into shape soon enough.

The terrifying thing about KHR, though, is that once in a while, comfortably assuming that everything'll end up hunky-dory, you remember that Amano's pulled a major genre-shift before. 8D;

Tsuna's failtastic first round against Enma seems to logically imply that Enma is more threatening than Byakuran, which is...kind of awesome, and also kind of hard to swallow. I still want to take him home and give him hot chocolate with marshmallows, and maybe some behavior counseling, but.

your burning questions are apt. Why are the Nonos so useless? Why are most messages delivered by shonen heroes best suited to a kindergarten teacher? "Hurting people doesn't solve anything!" What's next, "Sharing your bottle of creepy magic blood is caring"? "Don't bite (Hibari, that means you)"?

[makeste.livejournal.com]

Heh, thanks. ♥ Glad I could provide a laugh or two.

The terrifying thing about KHR, though, is that once in a while, comfortably assuming that everything'll end up hunky-dory, you remember that Amano's pulled a major genre-shift before. 8D;

D:

Damn, that's a chilling thought. SHE REALLY COULD DO IT. We'll just have to hope that anyone whose imagination could spawn a character like Longchamp doesn't have it in them to suddenly turn KHR into a Clamp manga.

I suppose that the fact that Tsuna's clearly not as willing to just lose his shit and burn Enma to a crisp is also a factor. With Byakuran, he had nothing holding him back in the end. But Enma is a former friend, so he probably wasn't giving it his all. Combined with the fact that Enma can smash things by staring at them, and it was a tough situation. XD I agree with you about Enma, too, but the behavior counseling is definitely a must.

And LOL. I can't quite decide if the characters in this manga didn't get enough hugs as children, or enough spankings. XD

[alessandriana.livejournal.com]

TO LOL OR NOT TO LOL, THAT IS THE QUESTION.

I TOTALLY LOL'D. and then felt kind of bad about it. except not really.

But wow, they really did run headfirst into the Worf Effect this week, didn't they? I have to believe that Tsuna's just reluctant to fight his failure buddy and that's why he hasn't done anything yet, because otherwise... :\


also, hi! i'm new here. :)

[makeste.livejournal.com]

Haha, yeah, me too. IT WAS PRETTY DAMN FUNNY, OKAY.

Yeah, it was kind of overkill. Especially given that Enma is supposedly only at 14% power. So in a week when they inevitably defeat him (or maybe I shouldn't say "inevitably", since Amano might have YET ANOTHER TWIST up her sleeve somewhere), it's going to make this beatdown all the more ridiculous-looking. Maybe he should have only kicked their asses a little bit. XD

And hi! Pleasure to meet and fangirl with you.

[reana-camellia.livejournal.com]

Possibly with some of those gravity training chambers from DBZ.

Fight gravity with gravity! why, that makes sense 8D

[reana-camellia.livejournal.com]

btw, the decimo just got pawned in front of all of their allies in the most humiliating manner possible. Way to make a first impression, Tsuna. his PR team will have a hard time doing damage control xD

[way2dawn]

I TOTALLY DIDN'T MAKE THE WALL CONNECTION UNTIL YOU MENTIONED IT LOL.

Really, the Nonos have done absolutely nothing useful :|

BAWWW THE RINGS DDD:

I have no idea how they're going to pull off a power-up that extreme in 7 days. Maybe the others will get to go Dying Will too? pretty please?

Squalo's expression when those icicle-things almost kill everyone is priceless.

I really hope Mukuro takes over exactly when Julie tries to get Gloish, and I hope it's the best trap ever because his face will be priceless.

[makeste.livejournal.com]

The wall thing delights me so. Somewhere, Genkishi is smiling in approval. Now all this arc needs is a shark.

Yeah, I'm sitting here and trying to think of one good thing they've done since Ganauche blocked the first batch of ice spears, and am coming up with absolutely nothing. SO MUCH FAIL I DON'T EVEN.

R.I.P., RINGS.

If the others acquired HDW modes of their own I might die of sheer bliss. Of course, then Tsuna would need an even better power-up to remain unique and special. Man, any way you look at it, this really opens up a ton of possibilities.

LOL, yeah, I can't recall ever seeing such an "URK--!" expression on his face before. Although Levi cracks me up even more because his face literally does not change at all. NOT EVEN A SWEATDROP, MAN THAT GUY HAS BALLS OF STEEL.

And I'm anticipating approximately two dozen doujins/kinkmeme fics with that exact plot coming out in the very near future, and if this does not happen, I will go into a rage and smash things.

[smilypie.livejournal.com]

2- Was that Hibari being taken out? It looks more like he disappeared and we finally found where his legs went from 286's splash page.

4- 8CCC

6- LOL when I got that page I was all, "Yeahh that's what I'm talking about guys!" and then I scroll all, "...Oh. ._."
And gravity for the earth flame makes sense since the sky's all about flying and such.

7- Yeah, let's forget about the kids dying and focus on the damned objects =|. Well, if that's what got their first reaction, I guess we couldn't expect them to give a shit before either.
I didn't think about the box weapons, good point. Future technology should hopefully beat the SuemonShimon Family's power.

9- I think either Amano or Reborn himself is too used to him not being able to interfere. He probably can't do much besides shoot either, and while a well aimed one in the heart/head would be good, there's probably a, "But they're supposed to be allies we can't kill them," thing going on. Or something.

10- Is it bad that I kinda want a training arc? I never disliked them, predictable as they are.
And Enma's eye's are reminding me of the D. Spade lens thing, which makes me wonder about [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]'s theory of Spade's involvement which...makes my head hurt with possibilities.

11- I think that was my favorite panel in the chapter, because it was hilarious. Squalo's all, "Woah," and Bel's all, "Tiara off. Not amused." And it's one of the two panels in the chapter where I can tell that Dino is Dino.

12- I hope some illusion shit is going on. Most preferably, "It's alright Bossu, I'm still here! c|>"
And if Mukuro were be a replacement, now would be the best time. And I mean NOW, while Chrome's still in Julie's arms. "Kufufufu~, hello sir. Now what exactly were you planning to do with my cute little Chrome~?" Ahh if only, if only.

I feel like Amano's been writing chapters that are really annoying until we look back on it all OH SHIT. Ah well.

[makeste.livejournal.com]

2. sdlfj oh my God, you're right, his legs are still there. Just. What. XDDDD

6. HAHA, I DID THE SAME THING. They were being so epic and brave and shounenish and then Enma's just like, "NO, YOU LIE DOWN AGAIN." POOR DECIMOS, I SUPPOSE THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR NOT SITTING BACK AND WATCHING WITH A VAGUE, DETACHED SORT OF CONCERN LIKE THE NONOS.

7. JEWELRY > PEOPLE, CLEARLY.

And yeah, I could be wrong about the new box-rings, I suppose (and I'd actually be glad if I was, since that means we're defininitely getting new power-ups), but I'm pretty sure Tsuna didn't need his Vongola ring to activate Nuts back in chapter 287. Then again, Nuts just kinda appeared, so it's hard to say. The Sistema C.A.I. scene in the last chapter wasn't that clear, either.

9. I dunno, based on that one episode in the Arcobaleno Arc when he just sort of effortlessly demolished Tsuna and the others, he's pretty damn strong when he wants to be. I'm kinda leaning more toward Amano being the one to forget, like you said. XD

10. YOU'RE NOT ALONE, I WANT ONE TOO. It's been a good while, after all.

11. It's not often we get to see the Varia caught off guard, so yeah, I got some slightly guilty entertainment from it. Also,

it's one of the two panels in the chapter where I can tell that Dino is Dino.

^ that made me laugh SO HARD, I'm not even kidding. XD IT'S TRUE, HE'S JUST A GENERIC MOP OF HAIR THE REST OF THE TIME.

12. I would love it if Chrome used this as an opportunity to do some undercover spy work on the Shimon family, much like Mukuro did with the Millefiore in the last arc. If she's going to keep getting kidnapped, she might as well put it to good use.

And lol, that pretty much sums up the last few chapters, definitely.

[kat8cha.livejournal.com]

1) That color pic was MMMMMMMMMMMPH.

3) Shhh. They're smart people. :| Smart.

Also, not walls... gravity. Graaaaaaaaaavity. And the floor.

I. Did not realize. That Lambo had disappeared. O_O Wow. He did didn't he! HE'S GONNA SPY ON THE BRATS! Except he's not that smart.

I actually thought they were like... stalagmites. But, uh, ice makes sense.

If Mukuro does not pin Julie's balls to the floor with his trident I might be dissapointed.

(...btw, ILU 10000000x more for that Pooh reference)

[makeste.livejournal.com]

1. Ohhhhh yes.

3. GRAVITY AND WALLS. And the floor doesn't count, he's always been Wall's accomplise anyway.

GO LAMBO. Lambo saving the whole fucking day has always been one of the few crack plot options that I will be willing to accept wholeheartedly and without question. ONE DAY. ONE DAY.

Well, they're see-through, so I figure ice is pretty much the only remaining option now. Though I suppose they could be crystal or something...

Julie is in for a world of pain and he doesn't even know it. BOY'S GONNA GET TROLLED LIKE HE'S NEVER BEEN TROLLED BEFORE.

♥ POOH IS MY HOMEBOY.

[charpieinuse.livejournal.com]

I totally LOL'd at Hibari getting beatin up, especially because when he puts himself back together again, a major can of whoopass will be opened and poured for everyone.

I'm also a little worried for Chrome but I'm sure Mukuro will come and save her (I kinda wish she could save herself T_T).

BTW....why didn't Reborn do anything. Doesn't he usually get mad when someone assaults Vongola? I'm kinda thinking the Arcobaleno need to get involved in this ASAP...

[ojuzu.livejournal.com]

I thought she was just going with them to spy. She can just illusion them and walk away whenever she needs to, after all. (Although I don't know if she could do something like that for more than one person at a time. Hmmm. . . .)

[amberrei.livejournal.com]

THIS PAGE. This page is... it's... *_* Whatever else one might say about her, you can't deny Amano can fucking draw.

I would have soaked it if it was paper. And Juudaime needed to show moar UpU

I really, really liked seeing the Vongola rally together behind Tsuna like that. Especially right after Enma ordered his own guardians to stand down. Really great contrast there.

Good point.

I also loled at the fact that Hibari got taken out first. Because I'm a terrible person.

I AM TOO, THEN. *_

So once again, people are getting defeated by walls.

Well, at least they're thrown towards them, not running into walls themselves. XD

GIOTTO TROLLED US. As I said in an italian forum, he'll come out of the broken sky ring saying "sorry, I forgot to say those rings are as powerful as they are fragile, but I didn't care about telling you because I want Vongola to be destroyed anyway and I only cared about getting that mare boy's ass whooped by my adorable grand grand grandson Tsunayoshi >.<*kiss*"

[makeste.livejournal.com]

Best page everrrr. *_* Lol, yes.

Well, at least they're thrown towards them, not running into walls themselves. XD

TRUE, THIS IS A MILD IMPROVEMENT.

sorry, I forgot to say those rings are as powerful as they are fragile

I LOLed. XD Yeah, Giotto kinda has a lot of explaining to do. About the rings, and the Shimon family in general (because something went down all those years ago, even if he couldn't be bothered to write it down because for some reason he thought it was a better idea to give his successor a bottle of a dead guy's blood instead).

[nonoji.livejournal.com]

What I want to know is from where the Cervello are going to (because they will, they definitely will) come out and be like "JUST AS PLANNED. WE SET ANOTHER VILLAIN TO TROLL THE VONGOLA. LOLOLOLOL!" I wouldn't be surprised if they were actually outside the window blowing that fateful note into the bin a few chapters ago.

Chrome'll be okay. At the moment Julie says "I have you now my pretty~" he'll take Chrome's place and out-creep the shimon creep.

Enma and Tsuna really do love repeating the obvious don't they?

And where was Mammon? Maybe not everything about this chapter was the truth.

I love how Dino's like 'I'd help man, but that girl might poke my pretty face with SPIKY ICE!!!'

[makeste.livejournal.com]

Yeah, given that they always seem to be involved when something happens concerning the rings, they're due for an appearance. AND WE ARE STILL OWED AN EXPLANATION REGARDING THEIR EXISTENCE.

Everyone seems to concur that Mukuro trading places with Chrome's body at a key moment and freaking the hell out of Julie is not only inevitable, but inevitably awesome. AND I CONCUR WITH THEM.

Heh, I guess that's why they're the bosses.

Mammon was kind of hovering around in a few panels toward the end there, but it is kind of suspicious that (s)he(?) didn't seem to be doing anything. Of course, there seemed to be an epidemic of people not doing anything in this chapter, so it could be he was just following the crowd.

Haha, yeah. That sweatdrop says it all.

[amcw177.livejournal.com]

I guess the future generations of the Vongola family will reside in tepees. Fewer walls that other people can ram your face into. Safety first.

I can't help but imagine Julie taking Chrome to their super-sekrit hideout and starting to molest her and then ending up molesting Mukuro instead because he's got a habit of coming out at (in)convenient times. The only thing I'm not sure about is if that would actually stop him. Molesting people seems to be Julie's form of stress relief.

Other than that I am trying not to die of hyperventilation right now. I'm excited and hurt and thrilled and ecstatic and full of sorrow and and and... I think I need to go molest someone. Stress relief, you know.

[makeste.livejournal.com]

I guess the future generations of the Vongola family will reside in tepees. Fewer walls that other people can ram your face into. Safety first.

I am being quite serious when I say the following: This is one of the most hilarious things I've ever read. XDDDDD I AGREE, I THINK THIS IS NECESSARY.

Mukuro/Julie porn seems to be the inevitable result of this chapter, and I say the sooner, the better.

Yeah, I'm still coming down from the high of this chapter right now, but I have a feeling that before long, the anticipation for the next one is going to start driving me crazy. This series is gonna kill me. XD

[makemegray.livejournal.com]

You know what....usually I read your recaps and really, really enjoy them.

But I'm too depressed by this chapter to finish it all....L-lol.....ORZ.

[makeste.livejournal.com]

IT'S OKAY, THEY'LL GET BETTER. Though it admittedly is a pretty spectacular defeat to have to recover from. XD

I AM HYPERVENTILATING TOO!

[phppsmss.livejournal.com]

when i saw your post title at work, I WILLED MYSELF not to freakin read the latest chapter. I'll probably start gaping like mad, grin like an idiot and expand my long list of mistakes at work.

came home. first thing i did was to on the com, sped to one.manga and-

OMG!!!!!!!!!

speechless

in awe

then i started cackling so gleefully that my parents would have shipped me off to some mental institution if they were at home (they weren't fyi. went off to admire flowers at 8pm)

through this chappie, i am fully convinced that amano is finally committed to an angst arc! evil arc! betrayal arc! wadeva. i noe i haf been saying this for past chappies but this really nailed it man!

excuse me while i go laugh a lil more
...

...

done. right time to rant

Vongola, vongola. Your patheticism (is there even such a word?) knows no bounds. Tsuna and co were practicallyh flattened like pancakes! And their NEWLY MINTED NEVER TESTED VONGOLA RINGS WERE DESTROYED!

fantastic. way to go ppl. Though i've never adored the new look of the vongola rings (tsuna's ring is an exception), destroying them is definately pushing it.

(the vongola rings for e guardians - looks like the seal has broken off instead of being destroyed. Is Amano trying to HINT STH?)

As for Enma... this entire thing started becus he didn't put a paper weight on his love letter. how... how.... trivial, insignificant. (my sis blamed ipin for it, but hey she is a kid, and you can't blame kids) Probably 50 chapters later, Enma would stumble upon his unopened love letter and go O_O then X_X

YEAH AT THIS RATE I'M GONNA PASS OUT BEFORE TOO LONG.

[makeste.livejournal.com]

I ADMIRE YOUR STRENGTH OF WILL. I stayed up later than I should have last night to read the chapter and write this post, and I kind of regret it now but I know if it happens next week I'll do the same damn thing. I'm a Reborn junkie. XD

through this chappie, i am fully convinced that amano is finally committed to an angst arc!

I HAVE TO AGREE. "What we need to show them is a living hell." Yeeeeeeah, pretty sure we're in for a dark bunch of chapters.

patheticism (is there even such a word?)

There ought to be. I can't think of any other term to properly describe the Nonos. And yep, so much for the new, upgraded rings. We barely knew ye.

Haha, maybe Amano wasn't happy with the ring design either, though (and for my part, I agree that they weren't nearly as appealing as the old designs). Maybe this is all just an excuse for her to change their look yet again. XD

Now that you mention it, it does look like Tsuna's ring was the only one that was outright shattered. The stones on the other ones look intact. Huh.

Lol. But unfortunately, I'm starting to think that if Enma found out Tsuna hadn't even read his letter, he'd be even more pissed off. Somehow or other it would still be Tsuna's fault. At the moment he seems to be past the point of reason, so Tsuna will probably have to talk to him WITH HIS FISTS to finally get him to listen. XD

[ojuzu.livejournal.com]

5. Not that I can blame Tsuna, given the astoundingly pathetic example the Nonos are setting for him. :| FFFFFF THIS IS GETTING KINDA FRUSTRATING.

NICE GOING EVERYONE, WITH ALL THE NOT DOING ANYTHING. I'm getting the feeling the only actually competent people in the Vongola are the Varia, and I am only able to maintain this illusion by the fact that they didn't show up until the end of the chapter when it was too late to actually do anything.

Someone paid attention in villain school.

I know, right? :D

Especially since I only count four out of six guardian rings actually being smashed there. Lambo has disappeared to God-knows-where, apparently, and Yamamoto's ring is presumably still safe on his person, which in an ironic twist suddenly makes him the only guardian whose fighting ability isn't potentially crippled.

Yeah, that's going to be interesting. Hope Lambo's hiding somewhere with I-Pin and the non-guardian Vongola, so at least someone will still have superpowers next chapter.

. . . I'm kinda glad the rings are gone, though. We spent the entire future arc messing around with rings and boxes -- now, with any luck, we get to go back to good old-fashioned fire.

(who, it needs to be pointed out, just saved the world from the strongest guy in existence last week but SOMEHOW CAN'T DO ANYTHING HERE. Everyone's thinking it so I might as well say it XD)

Hey, Reborn, why don't you do something? Is idly standing by just too thoroughly ingrained by this point, or is the Nonos' collective uselessness just that fucking contagious?

This needs to be pointed out as often as possible. You Dying Will Punched Byakuran (who, let's not forget, knows EVERYTHING in EVERY ALTERNATE UNIVERSE EVER) to death last arc, Tsuna, and now you are just letting all your guardians get smashed to bits by these teenagers. NICE GOING, VONGOLA DECIMO. AND NICE GOING, 'GREATEST ASSASSIN OF THE VONGOLA'. I guess Tsuna was right to be skeptical of him in the Daily Life arc.

For one thing, in a fit of stupidity, Nametwin chose to kidnap the one guardian who is capable of communicating info to the other guardians via illusions and trippy magic dreams. And for another, she's also the one guardian for whom they actually have a replacement kept in cold storage. MUKURO, COULD IT BE YOUR TIME AT LAST...?

Yeah, I'm pretty much entirely un-worried about Chrome. Unlike all the other guardians, she has actual magic powers, as well as built-in backup. The only problem would be if the Shimon have amazing superpowers that can see through Mist illusions and I'm pretty sure we're not going to see that until next arc.

Lovely write-up, as always. ♥

[makeste.livejournal.com]

And even the Varia managed to be conveniently NOT THERE when shit started going down. PROTECTING THE GUESTS, YEAH RIGHT. XD

I know it will never actually happen, but that doesn't stop me from fantasizing about Lambo somehow singlehandedly saving the day and everyone regarding him with awe afterward. Maybe his rival Mr. Bourne will come along and give him a good blow to head so that his badass memories come back.

And I concur that the rings getting destroyed is overall a good thing. The fights in this series were starting to become a bit one-note; hopefully this means Amano is planning to mix things up a little.

Reborn especially just has no excuse at all. "I'm sorry I couldn't do anything to help you, Tsuna, I was too busy just STANDING HERE AND WATCHING." How is this the same guy who brought everyone to their knees in the Arcobaleno Arc? One of the Shimon's powers has got to be the ability to project some sort of field that makes their enemies forget how to be useful.

Pretty much the only thing that could possibly endanger Chrome at this point is Amano. If she decides to expand the Uselessness Field to include Chrome as well, it won't be good. But yeah, otherwise, she should more than be able to handle herself.

And thanks! ♥

[flyby.livejournal.com]

Thankfully, Tsuna shuts him up with some shounen speech-making of his own. "HURTING PEOPLE WON'T HELP YOU REGAIN YOUR PRIDE." I think it's really sad that he actually had to explain this to them. This seems like the kind of thing they ought to teach you in kindergarten.

That's our failboss. ♥ And clearly the Shimon went to Revenge Kindergarten instead, where they fingerpainted touching scenes of destroying their enemies and wrote adorable little essays about how they were going to crush the Vongola when they grew up.

fjdaslfkhdsj for as much as the Rules of Shounen pretty much guaranteed there was going to be a beatdown, this was more hardcore than I anticipated. I do however have to lol at Reborn sweatdropping, because obviously the previous panel of the ring freaking shattering JUST WASN'T ENOUGH. Now we know it's for srs.

Well, then, I'm just going to go outside with an umbrella, and maybe if I walk around in circles saying, "TUT, TUT, IT LOOKS LIKE RAIN," a la Christopher Robin, Yamamoto will appear next week and save us all.

H-here's hoping...

[makeste.livejournal.com]

I. I suddenly wish I could go to Revenge Kindergarten. :( XD

LOL, that sweatdropping panel. I actually didn't pay attention to that before. He's like a spectator at an increasingly wince-inducing sporting event. Now we know it's for srs--HAHA, YES.

HERE'S HOPING, INDEED.

[celestes55.livejournal.com]

You know, as much as I despise Enma right now ...he looks super hot on the cover page. (The first thing I noticed was the sliver of belly showing, asdfj. And is it just me or does Enma look like Tsuna's hot twin brother here??)

I am terrible at interpreting action-y panels, so I'm still confused as to how Enma made everyone fly into walls. I kinda figured his power is gravity based, but was he just, like, using mind control or something?

THE RINGS! Well, I think it's a good thing...maybe the power-ups can be a little less Pokemon-ish now. (Hey Gokudera, remember back when you used to use dynamite???) And since Yamamoto's ring is still presumably still intact, I am holding out hope that he will in fact be fully healed and play a major role in this arc somehow, dammit.

We are so immune to Adelheid's overflowing assets by now that the fact that she is TOTALLY SPILLING OUT OF HER TOP has gone completely unnoticed.

[makeste.livejournal.com]

They do look related when they're in HDW mode. AND ENMA IS INDEED SUPER HOT. They don't come much hotter.

Ordinarily I would have definitely said it was mind control, but since mind control has nothing to do with "Earth", I think gravity's the more likely bet here.

Alas, with the events of the newest chapter, it seems that the hope of less Pokemonish battles is slim now, but maybe we can still have one or two old-school fights while the rings are being jazzed up? *HOPES* And yeah, there's nothing I'd like more than for Yamamoto to save the day in this arc AGAINST ALL ODDS. It would be so amazing.

l-lol. It's true. XD It's just like, "Yes, boobs, we've seen them, carry on."

[teruame.livejournal.com]

I feel so disappointed with the Ninth and his Guardians so far. :( Damn it...and isn't Tsuna's team supposed to be strong enough to put up a fight to even a small extent? =.=

Oh, well...at least we got to know a bit more about Shimon's history.

[makeste.livejournal.com]

The Ninth just keeps getting lamer and lamer. It's gotten to the point where I'm almost smacking my forehead whenever they show up, JUST AS A REFLEX.

But yeah, at least we got some Shimon exposition. I'd been wondering about them since this arc started, so that was nice.

[nilly-chan.livejournal.com]

This is... I don't even know what this is. I mean... WAT?

The fact that the Vongola rings broke is making me wonder what the fuck is going on. One third of the things that CREATED THE ENTIRE FRIKKIN' WORLD just got smashed into bits. I mean... how is that even POSSIBLE?

Tsuna standing around doing nothing is kind of vexing, DO SOMETHING! And here I thought he'd grown up a bit. Sigh.

[makeste.livejournal.com]

IT IS INDEED "WAT."

Well, TYL!Tsuna did apparently have the rings destroyed in the future timeline, so there's precedent. But it's still pretty ridiculous to have the upgraded versions smashed to bits, LITERALLY ONE FRIGGIN' CANON WEEK AFTER THEY MADE THEM BIG AND SHINY.

At least Tsuna has reason to be standing around in stunned horror, though. One of his good friends just turned out to be a psychopath. I'd be a little freaked too. NONO, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAS BEEN MORE OR LESS A WASTE OF AIR THIS ENTIRE ARC. XD

[felinaofl2.livejournal.com]

I still have no idea how to truly react to this chapter besides RAGE! and OMFG NO!...

Enma, I don't take kindly to you PANCAKING my Guardians into WALLS. All your cuteness has been drained and replaced with bitchyness. Also, the Rings breaking made me go WTF a lot. (Imagine if Byakuran saw that- he'd flip shit.)

11) Now that I re-read the page, Squalo and Dino have the most amusing reactions. Squalo's rather "Wait, when did THESE appear?" and Dino's just "Whew, they didn't touch my face."

12) I RAGEDlike mad when Julie McStalker took Chrome. SHE IS MUKURO'S. DO NOT TOUCH. I hope Ken gets to chew on him now for taking Mukuro's favorite member of the Kokuyo Posse. And now we have a reason to have Mukuro receive another "Get Out of Jail Vendicare Free" card.

Since another training time is upon us, I wanna see Squalo go visit Yama at the hospital. (He should totally bring another huge animal he killed as a present for Yama!) I still want Xanxus to show up.

P.S- My friend and I have now concluded after much research fangirling that the scar on TYL!Yama's chin isn't from a sword, but from getting hit with a BASEBALL.

[makeste.livejournal.com]

Those seem like appropriate reactions, actually. XD

I have to confess, though, I like bitchy!Enma just as much as I liked shota!Enma. He does it well. It's a good look for him.

LOL, Squalo's reaction cracks me up now; I'd been more focused on Dino's face before, so I missed out. XD

I KINDA LOLED BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A JULIE THING TO DO, but it also sort of crossed the line between amusing!stalker and HOLYSHITCREEPY!stalker. And you know he's going to regret it. Sooner than later, if Mukuro has his say.

If Squalo doesn't pay Yamamoto a visit and MOTIVATE THE SHIT OUT OF HIM, I will be so disappointed.

Haha, it wouldn't surprise me. |D

[windgoddess688.livejournal.com]

yay! awesome lolzy review made my day!

hahaha, my friend was next to me when I read this chapter and I literally grabbed the ball of yarn she was knitting with and shook it because of this chapter's wtfness. (I chose the ball of yarn cuz i'm pretty sure punching her laptop was a bad idea >.>)

Damn...hope Nono got some insurance on that castle cuz the walls and ceiling got jacked up. And damn you Julie! you can't have Chrome! If you try and touch her she'll turn into a guy!! (wait he might like that too....nvm)

Adel: seven daaaaaysssss

oh snaps vongola! you got cursed!!

[makeste.livejournal.com]

I AM GLAD. <3

Man, I wish I had a ball of yarn to grab and shake. It sounds therapeutic. XD

And yeah, the Nonos are pretty much screwed; I hope their pockets are deep enough to pay for repairs to thousand-year-old European-style castles that should theoretically not exist in Japan to begin with but lol it's Reborn. AND I HALF EXPECT JULIE TO JUST KEEP ON CREEPIN' IF MUKURO DOES POP UP. It just... wouldn't surprise me at all, for some reason.

...now I want an omake of Shitt P crawling out of the TV in seven days and killing them all. XD

[kuliise.livejournal.com]

Maybe the Nonos are too old to do anything idk. I mean, the Ninth got kidnapped by Xanxus before and all.

MAYBE REBORN WILL DO SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE CHAPTERS

Why does Chrome always get kidnapped? But I am looking forward to Mukuro. 8DD

[makeste.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but that only annoys me further. I'd so wanted the awesome old guys to actually be awesome and not useless. :( But yeah, they do have a history of dropping the ball when bad things happen, don't they? XD

MAYBE! IT'S NOT OUTSIDE THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY! 8O XD

I think she just gets kidnapped because it's the only way Amano can think of to bring Mukuro into the mix again and again. Alas.