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Spoiler-free for the second week in a row!

For KHR 308, that is. Despite the fact that EVERYONE ON MY FLIST seemed to be posting about this chapter, which made me hella curious (I was waiting for IEM's release). IT WAS PRETTY TORTUROUS. But hopefully worth it!

1. This page seems kind of familiar. Where have I seen hilariously intense close-ups of people with feathered hair making "GRAGH" faces before?

...oh yes.

Teehee. Oh, Amano.

2. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Hmm. That didn't seem all that more impressive than the 60 percent, actually. :/ Oh well.

Surely Aoba must be dead this time, right? HE MUST. And poor Lambo, I think he just went blind.

3. Okay, yeah, half the forest just blew up, so I'm pretty sure...

...

...I give up. XD

4. asdlkfj dskfjasdlk sdlfkajsdlf GOD DAMN IT.

THIS IS OFFICIALLY THE STUPIDEST FIGHT I HAVE EVER SEEN. "Their level of pride is something we can hardly imagine." NO, REBORN, WHAT YOU MEANT TO SAY IS, "THEIR LEVEL OF PRIDE IS COMPLETELY RETARDED."

Oh lord are they gonna do the double knock-out.

...Yes. Yes, they are.

WELL, I HOPE YOU TWO ARE FUCKING HAPPY. :|

5. --OH MY GOD

OH MY GOD

BAD ALERT. BAD ALERT.

THE DEMENTORS ARE BACK SHIT SHIT. D:

6. FUCK.

Oh my God I just. Is this seriously happening?! RYOHEI NOOOOO. NOT OUR RYOHEI. WHO WILL GIVE LAMBO PIGGYBACKS NOW, GOKUDERA'S SURE AS HELL NOT GOING TO DO IT. WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE LAMBOS?!!

First Yamamoto, then Chrome and now Ryohei. ;_; Jesus this is the worst week ever. Why do I suddenly have the horrible, horrible fear that by the time these pride battles are over, Tsuna will be left all alone? ...And is it bad that he is my prime concern right now? Not Ryohei, who's being dragged to the Vindice's mafia bondage dungeon covered in critical wounds, but Tsuna, who at least is still healthy and accompanied by his pet cow and loyal right hand man?

But I mean, it's Tsuna. To watch his friends be taken away from him one by one--it's like slow torture and it's just really fucking hard to sit here and watch this kid go through that, okay? :(

7. ...hello, what's this? Even though our party member was technically defeated, we still acquired a new reward item?

PFFFT WAIT, WHAT THE HELL. Okay... not sure if I was supposed to laugh or not, but that's what happened. XD Lambo, Julie, and Shitt P are in a three-way tie for most hilarious facial expression ever. Though to be honest, I'm pretty sure Lambo is victorious this day.

Of course, the humor was partially canceled out by the extremely dismaying news that Yamamoto is still as in-a-coma as ever. Amano could have at least omitted his panel and let us cling to false hope. :/

8. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT SEEMS THAT THE NEW ITEM CONTAINED A SERIES OF FLASHBACK PAGES!

AND NOT JUST ANY FLASHBACK PAGES.

THE GAYEST FLASHBACK PAGES EVER. |D

I don't even know where to begin with these, so I'm just going to give you a transcript of how I actually read these panels in my mind.

GIOTTO'S TWIN BROTHER WHO ALMOST HAD ME FOOLED BUT WE ALL KNOW THE REAL GIOTTO NEVER WALKS AROUND WITHOUT FIRST LIGHTING HIS FOREHEAD LIKE A HUMAN CANDLE: Hey, you dropped your wallet.

GUY WHO I ASSUME IS SHIMON COZART, AND WHO MAKES ME HOPE WE'LL SOMEDAY GET A CHANCE TO SEE TYL!ENMA: Gee, thanks, I dropped it on purpose, dickwad. In case you haven't noticed, Paolo's family is starving and I figured I'd help them out. Since we all love Paolo. Good old Paolo.

NOT!GIOTTO: Oh, well, that's cool, we gave him some food so it's all good. And when I say "we", I mean me and my boyfriend here.

G: Yo.

NOT!GIOTTO: Hey, I just noticed I'm wearing suspenders! Bitchin'.

COZART: How about that? It appears we are both decent, charitable human beings! That's hilarious.

NOT!GIOTTO: It is hilarious!

COZART: My name is actually Cozato apparently.

NOT!GIOTTO: Cool, I'm Giotto*. And this is my "companion", G.

COZATO I GUESS: I see those quotation marks.

NOT!GIOTTO: I put them there on purpose.

*HANDSHAKE*

*No you're not, you lying liar.

9. Whoa, and we're back in the present. Well, that just made my whole damn week.

But wait, this chapter's not done yet! Young Chrome has awakened! I guess that sparkly flashback!wallet magic was powerful enough to rouse her from her roofie-induced slumber. What shenanigans will she get herself into now?

10. No, Chrome, that is not Mukuro. That is a bad, bad man. RUN AWAY FAST.

Man, next week, I really hope we get to see Chrome kick Julie in the nuts. XD

And Happy Birthday to

neon_pocky,

reflectives,

rikasaurus,

migi_47, and

abyssed! SO MANY BIRTHDAYS THAT I HAVE MISSED. Many happy returns to all of you guys, and AARIKA SOB THIS MEANS I AM OFFICIALLY A YEAR LATE ON THAT RYOHEI DRABBLE (do you even remember that lol). SOB THIS IS WHY I NEVER DO GIFTFIC. It's basically like saying, "Happy Birthday! Here, HAVE A GIANT BOX OF DISAPPOINTMENT." XD

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I somehow get the feeling that Julie isn't as bad as he seems... I don't know why.

But yes, it was amusing to watch everyone on my flist flip over the flashback and Giotto's smex.

SORRY we couldn't hold in our excitement D8

1- Oh gosh, wow, I didn't even notice that.

4- I'm not even surprised they had a draw dsfjhjkssd after a freaking MONTH of watching this fight. FFFFF.

6- Butbutbut at least we can still hope for prison-break arc? D8> (but yeah, poor Tsuna =c)

8- *DIES*
It was weird seeing flame-less Giotto, yeah. Especially because he was supposed to be a pile of DERP. D8<
I think the whole Cozato/Cozart thing is another Amano Name Pun. Kozato = 古里 = コザと = Cozart. Or something like that.
LOL YES SUSPENDERS<3

9- YAY CHROME. She's alive and all her clothes are on! 8'D

10- YAYSPADEYAYSPADEYAYSPADEYAYSPADEYAYSPADEYAYSPADEYAYSPADEYAYSPADE

If sitting through a month long pointless fight gives us more Primo action, it miiiiight just be worth it *shot*

The best part was that Binktopia's translation during the flashback was:

Giotto: This is my beloved G.

It's the only part I agree with in that translation. I think I laughed for ten minutes after I read that. I just kind of stared at my screen like 'Uhhhh....did I really just read that?' *checks* 'Yes. Yes I did. I KNEW IT, YOU TWO.'

1. I figure it's all part of the Shounen Package^TM.

5. They are definitely something like dementors, I agree. They also remind me of the Heartless from Kingdom Hearts.

6. I know, I was wibbling, too. And it would just be awful if all of them got taken away one by one ;_;

8. When I thought of the word "companion", one of my other thoughts was "Does that mean Primo's a Time Lord? ~~oh wait, he already is one XD~~" That was after the "Primo is still the hottest thing ever, even when he's not on fire" and "Wow, that sounds kind of gay :')" thoughts, of course.

10. I think everyone wants to see Chrome kick Julie in the nuts. Or Spade. Either one; I'm not feeling particularly picky at this point.

Edited 2010-10-02 22:16 (UTC)

I laughed so hard when the other translation had "companion" as "beloved". I don't know what the original said but beloved seems a bit too strong while companion seems really informal to someone who's as close to him as G.

Welcome! Hope you had a good day. ♥

I am secretly hoping that he's really a giant woobie on the inside and that my characterization of him in my "Chrome dumps him" drabble was actually not wildly far from the truth. IT'S A SLIM HOPE, but still a hope.

I was like, "Damn it, there's either something really good in this chapter or something really bad," and as it turns out, it was both. XD Heh.

I hope so. We don't need another Glo Xinia, since that would be quite boring.

NO IT'S COOL, it just made me more excited as well. |D

1. The Byakuran panel left a permanent scar on my mind, so I assume that's why my mind immediately made the jump. Idk what it is about panels like that, but they weird me out. XD

4. Sadly, this turned out to be one of the few fights that I might in the future tell people who are catching up to skip. All they need to know is "AOBA PUNCHES/RYOHEI PUNCHES/THEY BOTH FALL DOWN AT THE SAME TIME." Sigh.

6. I am even now in my head running through dozens of different possible prison break scenarios, so yes, that's the one big silver lining. Still, in the meantime, it's really painful to have to watch them all go through this. :(

8. Flameless!Giotto was definitely a wonder. The thing that stood out to me the most was that without his flame, he looks like such a frail, girly little man. I COULD PICK YOU UP WITH ONE ARM, DUDE.

And "Cozato" is actually the third romanization of his name I've heard now, and thus far, the one that sounds the least like an actual Italian name. I want the translators to just pick one and stick with it already. XD

SUSPENDERS. SO AWESOME.

9. l-lol I had the "THANK GOD SHE IS STILL FULLY DRESSED" thought almost immediately after clicking on that page, but I didn't want to post it because that whole situation is already creepy enough without me highlighting it... but I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought it. XD

10. I wouldn't go so far as "yay", but it sure does make things interesting, having him around. Can't wait for next week. :D

I'm going to say the same thing I said to Jote.

When they took Ryohei I started to want everyone to be taken by ~~THE DEMENTORS~~ Vindice and then it would be time to Tsuna and Enma go together trying to release their friends, and it would be so ~~romantic~~ epic!!!

Ah... I hope something like this happens...

LOL, seriously? No wonder the fandom exploded, then. XDD

Yes. It was amazing. Pfffffffffft. 'Companion' my ass. If I didn't already ship them before, I MOST DEFINITELY would now.

1. I suppose. XD

6. I can't stand it when people get all noble and self-sacrificing and "GO ON WITHOUT MEEEE" and the like. XD And the more I try to visualize where this arc is headed, the more likely it seems to me that they will all get taken away one by one until only Tsuna is left to face Enma in the epic showdown. Man, we're going to be swimming in angst if that happens.

8. I actually thought of Firefly. "LOL SO G'S A HOOKER, EH?"

10. Julie is the more immediate threat, but Spade could use a nice, good kick too. XD

omg you should have read the other version. The translation was absolutely hilarious XD Instead of 'companion', G is Giotto's 'beloved'

ALSO, OH MY GOD THEY TOOK RYOHEI. THEY REALLY TOOK HIM. BRB BEING SAD FOREVER AND EVER /hopes there's a prison break arc or some nonsense like that. Also, waiting for ~~SHITDERA ACTION SO THE SHIPPER IN ME IS PLEASED~~ Shitt P. vs Gokudera since this fight is over.

And t seconding Chrome kicking him in the nuts. That would be awesome.

AND LMAO THANK YOU! I actually do still remember hahahaha. It's okay ♥♥♥

Heh, to me "companion" actually read as "blatant euphemism for lover." XD It is kind of an odd word to use to refer to your best friend, though. I wonder what the original Japanese was.

Yeah, I'm really torn now, because on the one hand I don't want Tsuna to be all alone, but on the other I don't want Ryohei to be all alone in MAFIA JAIL either (well, at least he'll have his idiot rival there with him, I guess).

then it would be time to Tsuna and Enma go together trying to release their friends

...that would indeed be epic. AND ROMANTIC. Romepic. *_*

Ahh, good 8D!

1- Pfffft it certainly stood out, that's for sure XD

4- Same 8c Not much would be missed, besides the talk of the Shimon's secret informant and the fact that Aoba has magic eyes.

6- Yeah =( Poor kids Dx

8- *SNORT* I think it's the lack of flame and giant mantel that makes him look so small actually.

Lol, yeah, at least if it's incorrect it can be consistent?

GLAD I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE LOVING THE SUSPENDERS, MAN *high five*

9- XDD I'm sure we were all thinking it. I'm just glad Amano didn't let it get that far.

10- Interesting indeed. I'm mostly happy that he's there because it means the plot's getting good now 8D Can't wait either!

Beloved.

In the one I read he says beloved.

I mean, really, WTF?!

I am gonna refer to G as Giotto's beloved forever now. Or maybe his bro. Broloved. That's less gay right?

AND YEAH. SRSLY? DEAR VINDICE! THEY MIGHT HAVE BOTH LOST BUT THAT MEANS THEY BOTH WON, right?

...so, I see two ways this could end. a) every fight ends in a tie (boring) and everyone is taken away but the fight between the two 10ths resolves something and the Vindice are all YO WE WERE KIDDING DUDES HERE'S YOUR BUDDIES BACK or b) prison break arc.

Also, Julie creeps me out.

I AM DEFINITELY GOING TO READ IT AFTER HEARING EVERYONE'S RAVE REVIEWS. It sounds epic. XD

BRB BEING SAD FOREVER AND EVER

*IS SAD WITH* ;_;

/hopes there's a prison break arc or some nonsense like that

Right now I am formulating an elaborate plot in my head in which Gokudera wins his fight, but then ends up taking Lambo's place when Lambo loses to Large (BECAUSE WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU BASTARDS, TRYING TO TAKE A FIVE YEAR OLD TO YOUR MAFIA TERROR DUNGEON), so then he ends up in the Vindice prison with Ryohei, Aoba, and Shitt P, and they hatch a scheme to bust out. And the core of said scheme rests on busting Mukuro out first, because a) he's an illusionist and they really need one badly, and b) he's done it already, so, you know. Experience counts for a lot. XD

...IT COULD HAPPEN.

S-sob. *goes to sit in the fail corner* XDD

Someone at Binktopia has the best sense of humor ever.

THEY MIGHT HAVE BOTH LOST BUT THAT MEANS THEY BOTH WON, right?

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THIS. Vindice are just sore losers. "Fuck it, if it's all or nothing we are taking them both, goddammit." Jerks.

Dear God please don't have all the fights end in a tie. XDD I have to agree about those two options, though. Here's hoping for the prison break. >_>

And yeah. I remember the good old days when Julie's stalker ways were relatively harmless and grudgingly adorable. NOW, NOT SO MUCH.

RYOHEI T_T

Of course, the humor was partially canceled out by the extremely dismaying news that Yamamoto is still as in-a-coma as ever. Amano could have at least omitted his panel and let us cling to false hope. :/

INORITE. But, like I said in

hitman_reborn, I'm hoping that, because they didn't show the memory ending for Yamamoto like they did with everyone else, Yamamoto, off-screen, is waking up and going like, "LOL WTF JUST HAPPENED" and we get our awesome happy guy back.

... right?

RIGHT?

... OKAY FINE, I miss Yama. ;_;

(And no more squeeing over Giotto and G on my end over here. I don't ship them together but I lol'ed at the first scanlations that came out before IEM, but my squee was more that my Primo fic didn't get Jossed like I worried it would. There's still the potential, but I get to go another whole week of being canonically correct. XD But, lol, oh, I wouldn't blame the fandom if there's an explosion of Giotto/G fanart from that little fiasco. XD)

Edited 2010-10-02 23:41 (UTC)

Leaving food for Chrome, that's good stalking! ...hiding in the shadows and smirking at her because she's in your bed? That's bad stalking...

Why do I suddenly have the horrible, horrible fear that by the time these pride battles are over, Tsuna will be left all alone? ...And is it bad that he is my prime concern right now? Not Ryohei, who's being dragged to the Vindice's mafia bondage dungeon covered in critical wounds, but Tsuna, who at least is still healthy and accompanied by his pet cow and loyal right hand man?

But I mean, it's Tsuna. To watch his friends be taken away from him one by one--it's like slow torture and it just really fucking hard to sit here and watch this kid go through that, okay? :(

I suspected this since many chapters ago to be honest... and I agree, it's CRUEL to Tsuna. I guess his emotional breakdown will be taken care of by Amano in the Boss Battle-in every sense of the word, lol

GIOTTO'S TWIN BROTHER WHO ALMOST HAD ME FOOLED BUT WE ALL KNOW THE REAL GIOTTO NEVER WALKS AROUND WITHOUT FIRST LIGHTING HIS FOREHEAD LIKE A HUMAN CANDLE

X°°°D he's still young and sexy <3 he needs no fire.

i don't think you understand just how strange that flashback played out in my mind from reading your recap of it XD it was so awesome i had to actually stop reading your recap and just jump to the actual chapter.

zomg giotto when you're not a human candle YOU'RE FRIGGIN' ADORABLE. i mean before he was just hot but now he's like....hot AND adorable... (i suck at explaining myself)

fucking vendice...wait there's KEYS?! (did i miss that part in their previous shit explanation?!) that makes it sound like the primo's knew this day would happen or something o_O

aaaah ryohei...*hugs* and tsuna.....*double hugs*

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