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Another day, another chapter.

And another day of logging in and seeing this:

I have decided this is what I will be devoting my weekend to. I AM GOING TO DEMOLISH THAT NUMBER PIECE BY PIECE.

But in the meantime...

1. POLL RESULTS! I SAW THIS PAGE AND HAD SO MANY THOUGHTS.

It really annoys me that fandom consistently rates hotness as a more important factor than character development. Tsuna has had amazing character development over the last however-long-it's-been-since-the-previous-character-poll. He lost a girlfriend, killed a man for the first time, got a new boyfriend, faced the Ninth like a fucking man and told him "No thanks", and survived the soul-crushing double blow of having his best friend get horribly injured, and then learning his other best friend was responsible. Hibari, by contrast, had an interrupted rooftop fight with a character more interesting than him, and got a bracelet. (But what a bracelet.)
lol what the flying fuck is Mukuro wearing this time. He's dressed like some kind of cowboy army stripper. The world is always that much more entertaining when you're around, Chuckles. And you at least did get a bit of development at the end of the last arc, so I don't begrudge you your usurping of Gokudera's rightful place at #3. ~~Much.~~
Hey, speaking of Gokudera, looking good! Looking very good. But someone should tell him that past a certain point, a belt ceases to be a useful piece of apparel and actually starts to get in the way of everyday functioning. For example, when it's sliding so low down on your ass that you actually have to hold it up with your free hand because if you don't, it's just going to plunk down onto the floor because you left your waist and hips way back up there and now there's nothing left to stop it.
HOORAY FOR YAMAMOTO. Back in the top five where he should be! And celebrating by propositioning everyone in the vicinity with his eyes (I'm guessing few would refuse). His character design has seemed a bit off to me during his last few appearances, though. But I'm so glad to see him at all that I DON'T CARE.
Squalo, are you also dressed like a cowboy? Did Amano watch a bunch of westerns before drawing this? Or is this some weird new Japanese fashion trend (if any of you have seen One Piece: Strong World, you'll know I am only halfway joking)? At any rate, it's good to see him up there (and I'm pleasantly surprised he actually beat Xanxus), and now Yamamoto can enjoy being sandwiched between his two favorite angry people.
The men of KHR are so pretty and sparkly. I bet if this page had a scent, it would smell like raspberries.
ETA: Before I forget, a few other things that I liked: 1) Daniela being nowhere in sight. 2) Chrome making the top ten! Fuck yeah. 3) The 11th-20th place rankings in general. 4) Fran beating Belphegor. lol.

2. Back to action, as the Power Rangers would say. Aoba is busy being sexy, Ryohei is busy being unsettled, Tsuna and Gokudera are busy ignoring Lambo in favor of being willfully confused, and Lambo is busy being ignored.

Whatever Aoba's power is (personally, I'm guessing it's the ability to hypnotize his opponents into forgetting all about fighting him in favor of daydreaming about what else they'd like to do to him), he's so sure of its ass-kicking abilities that he turns off all his flames. Not to be outmatched in stupidity, Ryohei decides that faced with an eerily confident opponent with a yet-to-be-determined superpower, the best course of action is to charge right in. I could never live the way you do, Ryohei. But I admire you for your ability to do so. I think. XD

3. 'Grazing my attacks, is he?' Lol, Aoba, you belong on a Saturday morning cartoon. ...In fact, you are on a Saturday morning cartoon. So I suppose this isn't really out of place. Keep it up!

He can see! He can see!!

4. It's the Sharingan! It's completely the Sharingan! Kishimoto, break out your lawyers, because there is nothing about this ability that is not one hundred percent Sharingan-derived! It's cool, though, Ryohei, because I've studied this and I know how to handle it. What you need to do is to retreat into a series of mirrors and start shooting needles at him. Trust me, this will work.

5. Actually, maybe it's closer to the Byakugan (I came this close to typing 'Byakuran' out of sheer habit, orz). Go, Aoba! Seal those tenketsu! Hakke Nishou! Yonshou! Sanjuunishou! ROKUJUUYONSHOU!!

"What's going on?" What's going on is that you need to read more Naruto, Gokudera. :|

6. Wow, they really weren't paying any attention to Lambo at all. XD HE CAN HELP YOU OUT SOMETIMES IF YOU JUST LISTEN TO HIM MORE, GUYS, REALLY. They're so lucky Aoba was polite enough to take time out from the beatdown he's inflicting to explain the situation to them. They need all the help they can get. Judging by the way Aoba is saying things like "Now to finish you off!", we're nearing the end of this thing.

7. I have to hand it to Ryohei, he is fast as hell when he wants to be. Unless Aoba's magic eyes enhance his speed as well as his vision, I don't understand how he can keep hitting him given that his flames are powered down and Ryohei's are only getting stronger. Eh.

"What's wrong, Ryohei? Got cold feet?" Are you seriously making fun of him for the one smart thing he's done in this entire battle, Aoba? There is no shame in trying to avoid an attack that can fuck up his whole body with one hit. Don't even try to assert otherwise.

8. Shiiiiiiit that was not a good face. RYOHEI. D:

9. So now Ryohei is on his last legs, but his attack power is getting stronger by the minute. It seems we're building to a climax! Aoba's flames are up and running again (that didn't last long), so it's anybody's game!

Once again, I can't help but think this will all look so much cooler once motion, color, and sound are added to the mix. The anime had better hurry up and announce its relaunch date.

10. What... the...

What... just... happened? ??

Um. Given that Ryohei's sun flames suddenly flickered to 100% power and that was a direct hit, I have no doubt that Aoba is down for the count, but aside from that, what the hell did I just witness? It looked like Aoba started to sprout a dying will flame on his forehead and then freaked the fuck out, and then Ryohei punched him so hard he turned upside down. I can describe what I just saw, but comprehension is far beyond my feeble abilities at the moment.

Looks like all I can do is scratch my head and go, "Yay, I guess?" while I wait for 307.

And happy belated birthday to

achiasa,

masanami, and

draconianangel! MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU. <3

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Haha, I'm skipping the chapter comments (I'm almost there lol, two anime episodes more to go and I'll get to the new manga chapters 8D) but that ranking makes me happy, all my favorite guys are up there. XD And they look hot ~~ohh Squalo~~. But lol, Gokudera's belt.
Isn't Hibari like, always on the 1st place though? 8D But aww, come on. Tsuna doesn't need EVEN MORE spotlight. XD It's my first time seeing a ranking though... so you're saying Xanxus was always above Squalo. Well... I'll keep on kicking Xanxus down. You'll see, next time, he won't be there at all./shot

Home stretch! Awesome, sounds like you'll be all caught up soon. :D

Actually, Tsuna's won the two most recent popularity polls, though Hibari won one before that, and Gokudera even took first place once way back during the Daily Life arc. You can see the results for the first four polls here if you want; the fifth one is here. It's interesting to go back and look at character popularity through the ages. XD

ETA: I wonder if "Gokudere" was a Freudian slip of some kind.

Edited 2010-09-17 14:30 (UTC)

That poll makes me miss Yamamoto. ;_; But, see Amano! You can't just forget about him! BRING HIM BACK SOON PLEASE.

(I also love Giotto and especially G floating around 11-20. <3)

I'm holding off any real comments about this chapter until next week when I see what comes next. Cheesy inspirational speech OR SUPREME PLOT TWIST? Or an extension of the fight (noooo). We'll see!

I don't - I don't even know anymore. That last page was just limbs, limbs everywhere with no consideration for the viewers :'D
But I suppose he got a hit there?

The only thing that worries me is that even if he wins, he's going to be completely owned. Down and out. And they can't exactly carry him along with them, can they? So ... are they gonna, um, leave him behind??? I mean, there isn't anybody else on the island there to take care of him! And Reborn's not gonna stay behind, he'll stick to Tsuna like glue most probably. Perhaps he can heal himself in the nick of time?

Yamamoto being on the cover page made me have a little moment. I MISS HIM SO MUCHHHHH. Even though the cover page means nothing, and he's probably still in the hospital (sob) it was really nice to see him again. Especially with Gokudera.
He can proposition me with his eyes anytime.

just limbs, limbs everywhere with no consideration for the viewers

^ the best summation of shonen ever. Ever. ~~though it'd also apply to bad erotica, amusingly enough.~~

I miss Yamamoto too. :(

Good call XD
I think she honestly just went 'okay arm here, leg here THERE WE GO' and just ignored her editors going 'UM AMANO-SAN - UMMMMM' over her shoulder.

Yeahhhh
:( I hope he comes back sooooon.

1. I was actually kinda disappointed that Tsuna didn't win first place, too... I mean, he had been really awesome during the future arc. Go ~~top~~beat Hibari next time, Tsuna! XD
and yes, i died when i saw Yama and Goku o.o i think Amano already forgot how to draw Yama because she hasn't been doing so for a long time XD not that i'm complaining, though.

5. This beats my Death Note Shinigami Eyes reference by a mile! XDDD hahaha i am having an urge to ~~make~~look for a Naruto-Reborn! cross-over pic right now. (- 3-)~

9. Oooh, i am wanting to see this fight animated to the EXTREME! i'm still kinda worried about Ryohei screaming "SANSHAIIN UPPERCUTTTTT!!" though. O.O ~~please sound cooler in japanese~~ XD

10. Lol, i don't think it was a dying will flame trying to sprout out of his forehead, maybe it's a root? ~~get it? "sprout"=forest flames=root~~ /is shot XDDDD i'm sure whatever it is, it's a sign that Aoba's taking damage himself when he used his eyes like that ~~why the hell would he wear those glasses in the first place, to look smexy?~~

alright, i'll stop being stupid right now. *waits for next chapter* :3

Ahh, thank you ^^;

1 - Actually, has Hibari done anything at all in this arc bar that half-a-fight and turning his rock into the bracelet? And is he even on the island or is he like, flat on his back on the roof of the boat, occasionally yawning into his hand and waiting for someone to do something lacking in discipline?

Mukuro is dressed like Devit from DGM developed a WWII fetish. :| And god only knows what Squalo thinks he's wearing or why he is leering at Gokudera. Who looks like he's either on drugs or has been up all night ~~crying over Yamamoto~~ playing with his new accessory. *cough* I'm more intrigued by the wording on his shirt, though; instantaneous-fire heavy weapon? I wonder if it's actually referring to anything or just there to look pretty.

8 - This whole chapter has been full of not-very-good faces. :/ He actually looks his age there for once; with all the shounen going on you tend to forget they're (supposedly) just kids.

10 - Since we haven't had the physics-defying 'explanation' of Aoba's freaky-eye thing yet, it's hard to make much sense of the whole thing, but there's got to be a reason why he wears polarising glasses or whatever all the time - maybe he hit his limit? Or maybe there was a reason he couldn't use his flames, and starting them up again screwed him over? IDK, I am with Tsuna and Gokudera on this one. "?!" is a very appropriate reaction, lol.

1. Blah, I'm just not a big Hibari fan in general, and I never will be until Amano gives him a Naruto-style flashback that gives me a reason to care about him. I'm a sucker for flashbacks, what can I say.

Okay everybody looks ridiculously hot on this page, but I'm trying to figure out if Squalo is, like, wearing fuzzy earmuffs or something.

Also, I MISS YAMAMOTO *sob*

4. and 5. LOL you're right it is the Byakugan! I don't have any Hyuuga icons so I'll have to settle for my Kakashi one since you mentioned the Sharingan too.

10. I have no idea what the hell happened either, those middle panels kind of make it look like his eyeball software glitched or something lol.

Can I just say I'm so glad Ryohei's getting so much screentime? Even if it is such an over the top stereotypical shonen battle. XD

He lost a girlfriend, killed a man for the first time, got a new boyfriend, faced the Ninth like a fucking man and told him "No thanks", and survived the soul-crushing double blow of having his best friend get horribly injured, and then learning his other best friend was responsible.

AND HIBARI GOT A BRACELET.

THANK YOU for pointing that out. As well as the fashion wtfery. xD

Agreed with everything here. Kouyou is acting strange- he's got the whole insecure bravado thing going on, so there's probably angst going on. And Ryohei, of course has is "dumb but perceptive" thing going on and can probably see what's in front of his own face better than Aoba can.

1a) Seeing Yama in there made me wanna cry, and now I hate the boys even for NOT GOING TO VISIT HIM before running off to do their own version of Lost. It still feels a bit of a dick move that the whole family's not fighting the Shimon.

1b) Dude, the day someone like Longchamp or Bianchi get #1, I will laugh my ass off and pronounce the day awesome.

4) His eyes keep making me think of DG Cells, and I am weirded out by the fact that KHR now has even MORE Gundam in it.

10) I also went WTF?! when Aoba started going psycho, but then Ryohei EXTREMELY punched the FUCK outta Aoba's stomach, and I cheered. I just want to see Ryohei turn Aoba into a bloody pulp.

Ditto. We have to get an update on him sooner or later, right? I mean, even in the best case scenario, Tsuna, Gokudera, Lambo and Ryohei will only be able to take on four out of seven Shimons--they really need the other guardians to step in at some point or they're going to be hopelessly outmatched. Yamamoto has developed a habit of showing up at just the right time to save the day, so I hope he continues that trend.

(Haha, me too. I had my fingers crossed that G would make the top 20--I already figured Primo would--and I was not disappointed. THANK YOU, FANDOM.)

And I think that is probably the wisest course of action. I can't really judge the conclusion of this fight until I am more certain of exactly how it concluded. XD

Lol, I agree with

vazavati--"limbs, limbs everywhere" sums up shounen beautifully. THIS IS WHY I WANT THIS FIGHT TO BE ANIMATED.

And yeah, I was thinking the exact same thing when I saw this page--with the amount of damage he's taken, I really can't see how he's going to be of any further use once this fight ends. Then again, it is shounen, so I suppose a spontaneous recovery isn't completely out of the question. (But this is why you really ought to rethink your choice of attacks, Ryohei. This one has way more disadvantages than it's worth. XD)

And I guess we can always hope a Yamamoto recovery effort is taking place offscreen. Maybe now that Squalo knows something is up, he'll kidnap Lussuria and head down over to the hospital. Or the MIA Coyote Nougat will introduce Yamamoto to the guy who made his robot arm, and later on in this arc Cyborgmoto will make his surprise debut. I hope so, because I miss him a lot too. :(

1. I was very disappointed. I just can't understand what he's done since the last poll (when Tsuna beat him by more than 2000 votes) to justify the sudden comeback. I don't mean to hate on him or anything, it's just, seriously, he has done nothing.

But hey, that's fandom I guess. It happens.

5. Heh, the DN reference didn't even occur to me. Ahh, the magic eyes of shounen. Always entertaining. ~~A Naruto/Reborn crossover would be fun, lol.~~

9. I hope it does sound cooler in Japanese. XD Is it weird that I'm already starting to get used to it, though? I barely noticed it this week. I get desensitized to weirdness in KHR at an alarming speed.

10. Yeah, I don't think it actually is a dying will flame (maybe if he was a thunder type, but it doesn't look anything like his leaf flames). So basically I have no idea what it is. His forehead just sort of exploded.

*waits with!*

You're welcome! I hope you had a good day (congrats on the new laptop!). <3

1. NO, HE HAS NOT. THAT IS LITERALLY ALL THAT HE HAS DONE. Besides getting smashed into walls by Enma like the rest of the guardians. And wearing something other than the Namimori uniform for like, two seconds.

flat on his back on the roof of the boat, occasionally yawning into his hand and waiting for someone to do something lacking in discipline?

I'm pretty sure this is exactly what he's doing, lol.

Mukuro is dressed like Devit from DGM developed a WWII fetish.

LOL oh god, you should just write the descriptions for all my recaps from now on. XDDD That's perfect. And I couldn't make out the writing on Gokudera's shirt (that font is just too difficult for me when it's that small), but that sounds intriguing; maybe it is a hint.

8. Yeah, he does look younger with that deer-in-headlights expression. It made me wince all the more one panel down when he made that GRAAAGH face. XD

10. Judging by the way his vision seemed to blur right before Ryohei got the hit in, eyestrain doesn't sound out of the question. And ?! is definitely the most reasonable reaction to have at the moment. XD

1. I like him, but I don't really take him seriously. XD I agree that some background info is long overdue; until that happens, there's no way for me to really look at him as a three-dimensional character; he's more just that lazy, angry guy who hates crowds and people who look at him the wrong way.

And Squalo is totally wearing earmuffs. I don't even know what he's trying to attempt with that outfit... just stick with the Varia uniform, guy. :P

AS DO WE ALL. :(

I wonder what other bloodline limits the Shimon family have that we don't know about yet. Maybe Adelheid will Tsukuyomi someone all of a sudden.

10.

achiasa made the good point that he probably wears the dark glasses all the time for a reason. It could be that after a certain point, he couldn't take the strain from all that hypervision, and his eyes went on the fritz. It still doesn't explain the head lightning, but whatever. XD

And I agree. Cliche though this fight may be, it's still been pretty epic, and it's awesome to see Ryohei get so much limelight.

JUST DOING MY DUTY. XDD The snide fashion comments are especially therapeutic because secretly I am desperately jealous that every single one of them has more fashion sense then I will ever have. Even their failures are fabulous.

I really can't wait until next week when we'll hopefully get more insight into what the hell just happened there. Ryohei clearly picked up on something we all missed, so you could well be right. And now that Aoba has lost, he's due for some sympathetic backstory, so bring it on.

1) I wonder if they did go to visit but he was still unconscious. Or maybe they got chased off by Tsuyoshi's angry guilt trips (it wouldn't surprised me if he's not exactly thrilled with the Vongola kids at the moment, good intentions be damned). I hope Yamamoto pulls off a surprise entrance in the near future, because you're definitely not alone in missing him.

1b) THAT WILL BE THE BEST DAY. I'll call it Longchamp Day and celebrate it annually forever afterward and give gifts and everything.

4) LOL. Naruto, Death Note, and now Gundam--it seems like Amano is boldly going where every shounen has gone before. XD

10) I have no objections to Aoba getting pummeled a bit. Just so long as Ryohei doesn't damage his face too badly. Because he is pretty. >_>

LOL I wish I could make such comments in the first place, since my fashion would probably have Hibari's Discipline Committee after me...

Failures are fabulous yes. Like Yamamoto with that wall of his.

Yes, typical shonen defeat >> backstory >> sympathy >> more sympathy, defeat and angst >> characters move on to the next thing. -___-

I FEEL THE FORCE, THANK YOU!! :D

You know what, because I've been missing Yamamoto I kinda boycotted KHR for 3 weeks now, BUT OMG HE'S IN THE TOP 5 JUST RIGHT WHERE HE SHOULD BE.

OK, I'm gonna read the past 3 chapters nao. :P

*pfft, i can sense your anti-Hibari bias =p *

The thing is.. that's a favourite character poll. People choose the one they like the most, not the one with the best character development or anything.
For example, Mukuro has very little screen time throughout the entire manga but he always make it to the top 5. But everytime he shows up it is to kick some ass, so yeah can't blame his popularity. ^^;

oh god it's true

>It really annoys me that fandom consistently rates hotness as a more important factor than character development

HSGAJKLDKASLKAFDJKGHKJALDJAGHSAHKAD THIS. =_=

>Tsuna has had amazing character development over the last however-long-it's-been-since-the-previous-character-poll. He lost a girlfriend, killed a man for the first time, got a new boyfriend, faced the Ninth like a fucking man and told him "No thanks", and survived the soul-crushing double blow of having his best friend get horribly injured, and then learning his other best friend was responsible. Hibari, by contrast, had an interrupted rooftop fight with a character more interesting than him, and got a bracelet. (But what a bracelet.)

And fucking THIS. No need to discuss how much I DO agree on this part.

>Hey, speaking of Gokudera, looking good! Looking very good.

To the extreme. <3 Bring him home.

>3) The 11th-20th place rankings in general.

Enma almost beat Giotto. Dunno if I should be happy of Enma's high place or sad for Giotto's kinda low place.

About the chapter, I'm not fond of shonen fights, but this has not been bad at all, and Ryohei is shining-he actually looked pretty GAR when he talked about the 12 rounds. I honestly hope the battle ended. XD

HOORAY. |D

Yes, he is! All is right with the world except not really but this makes things just a little bit better.

Hope you have fun catching up (this fight has pretty much been as shounen as they come, but still very entertaining)!

~~lol, I don't suppose I was very subtle about it XD~~

And yeah, I totally get that. People are entitled to like whichever characters they want to for whatever reasons they want to, and there are plenty of reasons to like Hibari. And if they like him, they're going to vote for him no matter what the circumstances, just like I'd vote for Gokudera even if one day he just up and vanished from the manga for YEARS like some of my other favorite characters have done in the past (I AM LOOKING AT YOU, SASUKE).

But that doesn't mean I can't gripe about the results even so. :P

Heh, yep. I've said pretty much all I can say on the Hibari/Tsuna debate, I think. All I can do now is just go, "OH, FANDOM" and let it be. XD

Well, Enma's had a lot more screentime than Giotto, and on top of that he recently cast all sorts of unsettling shadows all over Giotto's good name by bringing up the Shimon Primo scandal, so Giotto's fighting an uphill battle. At least it was close. (And to be honest, I fall on the side of "happy of Enma's high place", myself, heh.)

And I can't argue with any of that--the fight has been unexpectedly good as far as this kind of shounen battle goes, and I've been enjoying it a lot. But I'm hoping this is the end of it too; there's such a thing as too much. XD

Devit have you and the Hetalia cast been giving Mukuro secret fashion advice offscreen.

5. A Naruto/Reborn crossover would be fun, lol.
hahaha i have something really REALLY crack-ish in mind. XDDD ~~i am so making something if i get the time~~ >:3

9. strangely enough, i am starting to get used to it as well. O.O haha we probably won't be bothered by it anymore next week. goodness. what is KHR doing with our brains. @___@

....the "sunshine" attacks just seem to get stranger and stranger X_X

I'm so busy looking at the poll that the chapter ceases to interest me anymore.

Lol, the poll for the Daily Insanity Arc. Did I or did I not see REBORN being the most popular character, with LEON as the second? Proof that even the JUMP readers were on crack in those glorious days. And everyone was fat with broad foreheads in those days, haha.

Like I keep saying, Yamamoto needs (another) Big Damn Hero moment. He's good at those. Though rereading some of the earlier Shimon chapters, I almost wonder if he and Kaoru would somehow make-up ~~if Gokudera doesn't kill Kaoru first~~ since, I don't know, I almost feel like Kaoru didn't want to attack Yamamoto even though he knew it was inevitable anyway. I still hate him with all my being for doing that to my Yama, but... knowing Yamamoto, I almost expect it to happen. ~~But I want Gokudera to kill Kaoru first.~~

(FANDOM YOU ARE AWESOME WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRIMO. <3 Plus, who can say no to G anyway, right?)

Maybe it's just because the attack itself looked so weird this time around, but I honestly wasn't nearly as distracted by the name as I was last week. DOES THIS MAKE ME A FREAK. I think maybe it does. XD

I did spend a good ten minutes looking at that page alone. It's quite distracting.

Haha, IIRC Gokudera was first in that poll (YOU ROCK, DAILY LIFE-ERA READERS), but oh God, yes, the foreheads. SO HUGE. XD

You can always come join me in the Hypocrite Brigade! "I'm going to mock the hell out of you despite the fact that your clothes could dance circles around mine even on a bad day." 8D

Haha, yes.

There's no avoiding it, though, so I guess the best thing is just to brace ourselves. XD

Ooh, I can't wait, then. :D ~~HOORAY FOR GLORIOUS CRACK.~~

I don't even know, sob. And I can't decide if it's creepy or awesome.

He absolutely would make up with Kaoru if they manage to settle this whole thing with the Shimon family somehow, and I both love and hate that about him. Damn you, Yamamoto, why do you have to buddy-buddy with every single person who tries to kill you? XD

I mean, on the one hand, Kaoru did significantly more damage to him than Squalo or Genkishi ever managed, but on the other hand, he was already friends with Kaoru to begin with, and knowing him, rather than using that as a reason to take it personally, his response would be more along the lines of "It's all right, I understand the situation now, you must have felt like you had no choice, and I shouldn't have dropped my guard in the first place." WHY IS HE SUCH A GOOD PERSON GODDAMMIT.

But I hope he at least gets one token punch in. "Haha, I still owed you that much, though."

(INDEED. And yeah, everyone loves G.)

LOL YES. Actually, Byakuran has offically took over my messages. Such an evil bastard. actually too lazy to sort it out *shot*

OMG THE POLL RESULTS. Wonder why Hibari daminated? Because he bites all the people who doesn't vote for him to death. He likes his cover time. and because i'm a huge fan of him *__________* But yeah, I understand what you mean. But people are going to just judge on looks, because let's face it, fangirls always do that. ~~or fanboys, whatever~~

To be honest, I actually never noticed all the Naruto references, but now you pointed them out, they were as clear as day, haha! ~~dammit i was looking forward to those eye lazers~~

Chrome is in the top ten! \o/ And Squalo is there somehow too, so 's all good. (Also Mukuro's crazy fashion sense has not changed a whit, I see.)

Ahahaha IT IS SO THE SHARINGAN. It's cool, though, Ryohei, because I've studied this and I know how to handle it. What you need to do is to retreat into a series of mirrors and start shooting needles at him. Trust me, this will work. Sounds like a plan. |D

Go, Aoba! Seal those tenketsu! Hakke Nishou! Yonshou! Sanjuunishou! ROKUJUUYONSHOU!!

"What's going on?" What's going on is that you need to read more Naruto, Gokudera. :|

I am laughing and laughing and laughing and it is probably better for your hearing that we're doing this over the internet. :DDDD

Oh, Lambo. You told them about the glasses THREE TIMES and they didn't hear you at all. This does not bode well for future Vongola office politics.

What... the...

What... just... happened? ??

I think Aoba scrunched his eyebrows so hard his eyes shorted out, and then Ryohei punched him really hard. Or something. I guess?

It really annoys me that fandom consistently rates hotness as a more important factor than character development

Also, this. Looks are nice, but CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. IMPORTANT. LEARN YOU SOME, AND PAY ATTENTION WHEN SOMEONE GETS IT. >:|

Those pants, man. ~~Those pants that Mukuro has both his legs in.~~

See I think Hibari is awesome, but he's also very... opaque? So he's difficult to root for. Whereas Tsuna has just grown so much, and struggled to overcome his challenges and really noticeably matured; telling the Ninth no thanks may just have been his best moment ever. I admit I am really hoping for some amazing Yamamoto development once he wakes up (sob); he has a lot to come to terms with and I would love to see someone smack him out of depression the way he knocked sense into Gokudera way back in the future.

'Dera's shirt looks like 'arma pesante de fuoco istantaneo', but I can't tell if there are any other words before that. Definitely interesting, though; I wonder if his fight will be next? I also wonder what the hell they're going to do about Lambo, and who's going to give Kaoru and Julie the beatdowns they deserve, hm. So many questions. XD

Just had a thought: do you know what would be the best thing ever?

Tsuna and his ... well, the Guardians that are actually present - hmph, Hibari - have a good run, but they've been smacked down quite a bit by Shimon (Ryohei being the case in point) and they're kind of on their last legs. And Enma is looming and looking all frightful and "how could you break up with me Tsuna-kun??" and they just don't know what to do. And then somebody comes up behind them -

"I remember this! My younger self - he's in the hospital right now isn't he? Seems like you guys could use a hand, haha!"

- and TEN YEARS LATER YAMAMOTO ARRIVES, one finger in the knot of his tie pulling it a little loose, looking boss in a suit and SWORD AT THE READY.

THAT BYAKURAN! SO DASTARDLY.

It wouldn't surprise me if Hibari's patented Aura of Intimidation was really that powerful. VOTE FOR ME OR DIE. XD But yeah, like you said, that's fandom. I confess that after a week to process the whole thing, I've pretty much forgotten all about it.

Lol, I used to be an epic Narutard before I drifted into the KHR fandom, so I guess some of that residual nerdiness is still hardwired into my brain. I'll never be able to look at a cool eye-related power and not immediately think, "OMG DOUJUTSU." THIS IS MY CURSE.

Yeah, the aforementioned OH, FANDOM-ness aside, I'm actually quite pleased with the results. And I'm just so happy a female character who's actually relevant to the plot made the top ten. XD

NARUTO REFERENCES MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER.

Lol, Lambo. For all we know, TYL!him could have warned the future guardians about the whole Byakuran thing in detail long before the Millefiore ever became a threat, and they probably just laughed him off. "What do you mean, he'll kill us all? Oh, Lambo, you're so crazy."

I think Aoba scrunched his eyebrows so hard his eyes shorted out

WHY IS THIS ACTUALLY HILARIOUSLY CLOSE TO THE TRUTH. XDD

And yeah, come on, fandom, straighten out your priorities already.

OH MY GOD TYL!YAMA SURPRISE ENTRANCE, YES PLEASE. *_*

It could happen, too! Especially with Shouichi and Spanner on the way. Anything's possible with those two and their array of deus-ex-machina gadgets. And it would be so fitting for the TYL guardians to return the favor they owe to their younger selves. AND THE FUTURE GUARDIANS COULD GIVE TYE!YAMAMOTO SOME NEW ROBOT LEGS/A NEW SPINAL CORD WHILE HE'S CHILLING OUT BACK IN THEIR TIMELINE TOO. IT SOLVES SO MANY PROBLEMS.

CAN YOU TELL I REALLY LIKE YOUR IDEA AND WISH TO SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR NEWSLETTER.

I KNOW D| BUT TSUNA KICKED HIS ARSE SO HE'S SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES RIGHT NOW

Well yeah. This fandom has it's extreames. It won't be good for your heart if you didn't expect all the BANGS and TO THE EXTREAMES and... yeah. Oh well, because when you compare it to other things, it doesn't really seem to be too important.

OH WELL YOU SHOULD EMBRACE IT AND USE IT TO YOUR WILL and pwn other people ... What am I saying? I have no idea. Oh well, before this fandom, I've been in all sorts, longest I've stayed with is the Prince of Tennis fandom, but I've more or less almost left it now for KHR. OH LORDY WHAT HAS GOOD LOOKING BOYS DONE TO MY BRAIN

/melts

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