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So... NO PRESSURE, AMANO.
1. Who is this woman and what has she done with Hibari? Seriously, if it weren't for the lack of giant breasts, I would almost suspect that Adelheid had secretly done away with him at some point during the battle and is now disguised as him. Oh KHR, your fair and sparkly bishounen are getting fairer and sparklier with each passing day.
He's so gorgeous he's making poor Tsuna have hormones! TSUNA, CALM DOWN, YOU ALREADY HAVE LIKE SIX BOYFRIENDS.
ANYWAY.
2. "VINDICE!" You know, the first panel was vague enough that for a short while I thought Tsuna actually screamed that before they showed up, and I was already speculating about whether his hyper intuition was finally being useful again, or whether the previous battles had conditioned him to freak out and cast about wildly for CREEPY SHADOW PEOPLE every time they finished a fight, or (the most interesting option) whether he was actually calling for them. And I was all set to go, "WHOA, TSUNA, THEY'LL BE HERE SOON ENOUGH TAKE IT EASY THERE!" but I guess it turns out that I'm the one who needs to calm down and actually READ THE CHAPTER before I jump to stupid conclusions!
That said, BONDAGE ADELHEID both makes me sadface and PISSES ME THE HELL OFF. I don't even know why, but I'm way more pissed about her getting hauled off to jail than I was with anyone else, even Shitt P and Ryohei. It's like, who the hell do these guys think they are chaining her up and inhibiting her ability to kick ass, WHAT IS THIS. 8|
3. BUT BEHOLD, THE FOURTH KEEEEEEY
IT'S A FANCY INKWELL, PRESUMABLY CONTAINING FANCY INK INTENDED FOR USE WITH THE OFFICIAL VONGOLA FANCY STATIONERY! INSERT JOKE ABOUT HEY REMEMBER HOW THE OFFICIAL VONGOLA STATIONERY IS PINK HAHA, MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT'S THIS, IS THAT A DISTINCT LACK OF OXYGEN MASK ON THE FACE OF YAMAMOTO "IN A COMA FOR LIKE 10 FUCKING MONTHS NOW" TAKESHI??????? OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, REMEMBER TO TAKE BREATHS, THE FLASHBACK HASN'T EVEN STARTED YET FOR FUCK'S SAKE, oh lord at this rate I am not going to make it through this whole chapter.
4. OKAY! FLASHBACK! HERE WE GO!
The Primos appear to be playing and possibly losing at a gentlemanly game of Risk, when who should come running up but Knuckle! The following conversation ensues:
"TERRIBLE NEWS GIOTTO, YOUR ON-AGAIN-OFF-AGAIN LOVER COZART IS STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF ENEMY TERRITORY!"
"WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING THERE? ACTUALLY, FORGET THAT EXTREMELY PERTINENT QUESTION, LET'S JUST SKIP TO THE PART WHERE I RESCUE HIM."
"NO, GIOTTO, SOMETHING SOMETHING EXCUSE, YOU CAN'T! BUT I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT, DON'T EVEN WORRY ABOUT IT!"
"THANK YOU, DAEMON! SINCE I TRUST YOU IMPLICITLY I'LL JUST LEAVE YOU TO THAT!"
"VERY WELL. ... ... *SMIRK*"
5. I have to say, I was really expecting a more betrayally flashback in a chapter entitled "BETRAYAL." Anyway, the guardians fall to discussing these new and intriguing developments, and I guess Giotto's Good Guy Aura must have been so clear and shiny that for once even they couldn't miss it. Even Adelheid stops arguing, having seen the sense in Reborn's theory. MAYBE WE CAN SORT THIS OUT LIKE REASONABLE HUMAN BEINGS AFTER A--
--*facepalm*
6. Whoa, hold on a sec, though. I actually did not see this one coming! Spade, did you just make a mistake here? It still seems just a bit early in the game to reveal your hand! Then again, I guess that flashback did kind of screw you over a bit. THANK YOU, FLASHBACK.
At least he's prettier this way. Note to self: Do not stare into his eyes for too long. IT CAN AND WILL WEAKEN YOUR RESOLVE TO HATE HIM FOR ALL ETERNITY.
7. Spade is now monologuing but I don't think he took into account the extreme thickness of his audience. You kind of have to beat them over the heads with the information, dude. Otherwise they will just stand there and say the same obvious things over and over. YES, GUYS, HE'S DEAD BUT YET SOMEHOW STILL ALIVE, CAN WE PLEASE GET PAST THAT AND MOVE ON NOW THANKS.
8. Anyway, Spade you suck and your rationale is flawed and your plan is lame. GO BACK TO LOSERTOWN, LOSER.
And how the hell could Cozart ever have been considered a threat?! He was just sitting there twiddling his thumbs on Nowhere Island for 10 years and then when he finally did jump into action he got himself good and dismembered! Really, was that necessary at all?
Speaking of things that weren't necessary, does it strike anyone else as ironic that before Spade intervened and turned Enma and Tsuna against each other, Tsuna was actually going to turn down the title of Vongola X? If Spade has issues with the Giotto-brand happy fluffy bunny path, all he had to do was sit back and watch as Xanxus or whoever the hell took over the family instead and turned it back down the PATH THAT ROCKS.
9. OH MY GOD JULIE FLASHBACK! MINI SIDE RANT AHEAD.
- I SHIP IT!!
- oh my god. "I JUST FELT YOU UP WITH BOTH HANDS, JEEZ! HOW COULD YOU HIT A GUY WITH GLASSES ._."
- I LOVE HIS LAME HATS!
- "I'M OPENING UP TO YOU HERE...!" OH MY GOD OH MY GOD HE REALLY IS A GIANT WOOBIE, THAT ONE FIC WASN'T OOC AFTER ALL! ROMEO AND JULIETTTTT
- FFFF HE HAD TO TURN HER BODY SIDEWAYS JUST SO HE COULD STRETCH PAST HER ENORMOUS RACK TO ACTUALLY KISS HER
- I SHIP IT!!!!!
--OH MY GOD
NAMETWIN YOU WERE ACTUALLY A SEX GOD ALL ALONG! 8O 8O 8O
THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY AND YET SO SAD AT THE SAME TIME OH MY GOD SPADE PLEASE GO DROWN YOURSELF IN A CEMENT MIXER YOU RUINER OF THINGS!!
10. ...OR!
That.
... :o
You know, I thought it was a little odd that everyone had just forgotten Kaoru had ever existed, but WHOA, was not expecting that oh my goodness.
Well... well done, Kaoru. I might have even forgiven you after this good show, had you not chosen to use the exact same method to dispatch Spade that you used on Yamamoto, YOU SICK BASTARD.
God damn it why does the chapter end here! Agh... it's probably just as well, since if I use any more exclamation fees in this post, the Internet is probably going to start charging me overage fees. XD
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omg... dying forever. your logic... it's perfect.
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I drew a total blank at that page. It was just "who the hell is that guy"?
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asdghiufgliuhsdi that flashback was too adorable ;u;
AND OH MAN MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY ON NOT EXPECTING KAORU TO COME IN GUNS A'BLAZIN'. Though now I'm all "askdf;gisdhflasuh DDDD8" 'cause.... isn't that JULIE'S body?
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I'm just being a fangirl here.
>INSERT JOKE ABOUT HEY REMEMBER HOW THE OFFICIAL VONGOLA STATIONERY IS PINK
...TRUDAT *had forgotten the first pages of the arc*
...Cozart got his love letter in the third flashback on pink paper. I'm dying at the mental image of him thinking "LOL Giotto you're so
gaycute.">"TERRIBLE NEWS GIOTTO, YOUR ON-AGAIN-OFF-AGAIN LOVER COZART IS STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF ENEMY TERRITORY!"
"WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING THERE? ACTUALLY, FORGET THAT EXTREMELY PERTINENT QUESTION, LET'S JUST SKIP TO THE PART WHERE I RESCUE HIM."
"NO, GIOTTO, SOMETHING SOMETHING EXCUSE, YOU CAN'T! BUT I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT, DON'T EVEN WORRY ABOUT IT!"
"THANK YOU, DAEMON! SINCE I TRUST YOU IMPLICITLY I'LL JUST LEAVE YOU TO THAT!"
"VERY WELL. ... ... *SMIRK*"
GIOTTO I HATE YOU YOU'RE AN IDIOT ASDASDGHFSKLFDH
also you and him are forever.:'<>Note to self: Do not stare into his eyes for too long. IT CAN AND WILL WEAKEN YOUR RESOLVE TO HATE HIM FOR ALL ETERNITY.
Fuck yes. Too sexy for his jacket.
>And how the hell could Cozart ever have been considered a threat?! He was just sitting there twiddling his thumbs on Nowhere Island for 10 years and then when he finally did jump into action he got himself good and dismembered! Really, was that necessary at all?
X°°°°°°°°°°°°°D BRB LAUGHING FOREVER BECAUSE THIS IS TRUTH THAT CANNOT BE UNSEEN.
>Speaking of things that weren't necessary, does it strike anyone else as ironic that before Spade intervened and turned Enma and Tsuna against each other, Tsuna was actually going to turn down the title of Vongola X? If Spade has issues with the Giotto-brand happy fluffy bunny path, all he had to do was sit back and watch as Xanxus or whoever the hell took over the family instead and turned it back down the PATH THAT ROCKS.
Same as before. X°D
...I want the next chapter and the next flashback, like, now.
*FANGIRLS WITH* \o\ \o/ /o/
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Despite the whole "Daemon is the REAL bad guy!" thing being revealed (although everyone had figured that out ages ago) I still want to see EPIC FIGHT BETWEEN ENMA AND TSUNA. Because Tsuna's been too busy moping about to be useful.
And if anyone's been keeping score, doesn't it mean that the Vongola have pretty much won every single fight so far...except for Ryohei whom I suspect Amano might have kicked out simply because he was a pretty boring character who just goes "EXTREME!" on a regular basis?
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OHGOD I LIKED HIM IN THE BEGINNING AND NOW I CAN'T STOP STARING
And Julie/Adelheid was the most adorable thing ever!! Julie used to annoy me when he was creeping on Chrome but the flashbacks made me like him again...AAAAAAAGH SPADE WTH MAN
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and asdfgak I WORRY FOR JULIE NOW THOUGH. If Daemon's possessing his body, Julie got stabbed through the stomach too.
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I still don't get why Vindice is involved in all of this, why do they have those trinkets in the first place and what kind of shitty rule involves jailing the losers and why is it a pride battle of all things and why don't they just hand over the pretty trinkets so we can get this over with I keep expecting the Cervello to pop up somewhere where the heck are those guys who are usually involved in mindfuck huh?
Kaoru I still hate your guts and just because you stabbed Spade does not mean you did not stab Yamamoto and I think you just like to stab people and you idiot you just stabbed Julie you happy stabbity person I bet you stab random mooks in your free time.
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Channeling Kronk's shoulder demon, eh? XD
Holy cow--I really have no idea HOW IN THE WORLD AMANO KEEPS SURPRISING US LIKE THIS?!?! First of all--Daemon spilling his guts this early? WHY?! And second--usually after his speal the bad guy takes his leave, BUT HE GETS FREAKIN' RUN THROUGH!! THAT'S SO AWESOME!
Though, while it may have redeemed Kaoru a bit, after I got past the fact that he got Daemon and wasn't standing around like an idiot like the others--NOW I SEE WHAT HE DID TO YAMAMOTO AND THE THOUGHT OF OUR BELOVED BASEBALL IDIOT HAVING THAT RUN THROUGH HIM....
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH~! ;A;
And uh...what's that gonna do to our sweet
pervertJulie? I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT I SHIP THEM!! IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL!!So here's my thoughts on what happens in the next chapter--Daemon goes "Damn this body's no good no more" then takes over poor Chrome and runs away, everyone goes to help Daemon-possessing-Julie-turned-Julie, poor Adel is dragged away screaming the name of her beloved, they bring a dying Julie to where Enma is experiencing horrible hot flashes, they try to figure out what to do, Kaoru gets a nice solid punch by Goku, AND THEN BYAKURAN ENTERS THE SCENE WITH ZOMBIE!YAMAMOTO TO HELP THEM ACCORDING TO HIS OWN NEFARIOUS NEEDS WHICH INCLUDES TAKING OVER THE WORLD WITH HIS ARMY OF UNICORNS COVERED IN PRETTY FLOWERS MUNCHING ON MARSHMALLOW FRUITS AND VEGGIES!
So gonna happen. XD
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Also, poor Adelheid and Julie. Yes, I ship it too now. Never saw it coming, but wow.
Only thing that makes me sad about Kaoru doing what he does best (maiming unsuspecting people) is that he just went loco on poor Julie's body.
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This was another one of those chapters that we haven't had in a long time, the ones where the cliff-hanger...is just painful and sort of makes me go short of breath after I gasp for a minute.
I....was desperately hoping that it was gonna be Yamamoto running him through...
And I was totally about to bring the lack of oxygen mask up before I noticed that you had noticed it too, lol. I'm like...at the edge of my seat for the next chapter!
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My thoughts exactly LOL
does it strike anyone else as ironic that before Spade intervened and turned Enma and Tsuna against each other, Tsuna was actually going to turn down the title of Vongola X?
I have the growing suspicion that they just haven't told him yet. They want to see what happens when he realises that all his efforts were basically pointless. Perhaps they expect him to self-destruct. Or maybe inflate? Turn to dust? ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE \o/
Icon appropriate
I SHIP IT TOO. &hearts
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I'm wondering how Kaoru feels now that he's found out that he nearly killed a friend for a now invalid reason. Ah, I hope someone writes fic for that glorious angstfest!
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Speaking of things that weren't necessary, does it strike anyone else as ironic that before Spade intervened and turned Enma and Tsuna against each other, Tsuna was actually going to turn down the title of Vongola X?
Aside from the classic villain monologuing where the villain reveals his evil plans to the protagonist, this is another mistake Spade made: not doing his research. Or maybe he just likes the bloodshed, I don't know. SPADE YOU TROLLY TROLL.
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I have likened the discovery of the extreme use of Julie/Adelheid icons in response to this post. OKAY, MAYBE THERE IS ONLY ONE AND ONE JULIE, BUT THAT IS A LOT.
UNF. I think it's so cute~~
Well... well done, Kaoru. I might have even forgiven you after this good show, had you not chosen to use the exact same method to dispatch Spade that you used on Yamamoto, YOU SICK BASTARD.
AGREED, WHAT THE HELL? And now Julie might be like dead for realz. D: But Amano likes to keep us on the edge of our seats - - especially as of late. This whole arc--!!
And I don't know how I feel about mopey!Tsuna. I know he's all like 'rejuvenated' from watching Hibari, but I've wanted to punch him in the forehead for quite some time. Hopefully he'll be all awesome again soon...
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Dude, for a second when Spade started monologuing about "for the sake of Vongola" i was soooo afraid we were gonna get another Shou-chan theory of "i'm not really a bad guy I just do things that look bad as a means to a quite non-bad end.....LOL!"
aaaand then Spade....in a way....*didn't* do that....um...seriously though...logic! Where are you?! I mean, I would expect better from a being that's been around x amount of years secretly plotting away....seriously! what gives?!
DUDE I TOTALLY SHIP THAT TOO NOW OMG WHY DOES HE HAVE TO LOOK SO INNOCENT WITH THAT SMILE?!
....................WAIT WAIT WAIT....YAMAMOTO HAD NO COMA MASK ON?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW DID I SKIP OVER SEEING THAT?!!! *rushes to click back to that page*
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after all, i just want to know what byakuran was doing. i bet everyone else has forgotten about him anyway
but i do ship Julie/Adelheid though. so cute together ommmmff.
but wow, it sure is easy to get rid of daemon fucking spade if he ends up dying now, which he may not. maybe it would reveal the secrect as to why the fuck is he not six feet under yet
yes, i'm still not sure why
but honestly though, if spade wanted some badass group, he shouldn't go and take control of one and go and make his own, ignoring that fact that it would take a long time etcetc but honestly though, after primo just going 'oh yeah sure, you'll do it for me? thanks dude!' i lost a lot of respect for him, tbh
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SPAAAAADE, your reasoning makes absolutely no sense to me. Or it does, but there's about a million plot holes in it. I think
Zombie!Moto! It's looked like he hasn't had his mask on for the flashback before, this, too (or since Byakuran showed up, whichever), but that could just be wishful thinking. Speaking of wishful thinking. At some point Mukuro has to show up if Spade wants his body, really.
He's so gorgeous he's making poor Tsuna have hormones! TSUNA, CALM DOWN, YOU ALREADY HAVE LIKE SIX BOYFRIENDS.
At this point I'm just grateful he's having any reaction PERIOD.
"TERRIBLE NEWS GIOTTO, YOUR ON-AGAIN-OFF-AGAIN LOVER COZART IS STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF ENEMY TERRITORY!"
"WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING THERE? ACTUALLY, FORGET THAT EXTREMELY PERTINENT QUESTION, LET'S JUST SKIP TO THE PART WHERE I RESCUE HIM."
"NO, GIOTTO, SOMETHING SOMETHING EXCUSE, YOU CAN'T! BUT I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT, DON'T EVEN WORRY ABOUT IT!"
"THANK YOU, DAEMON! SINCE I TRUST YOU IMPLICITLY I'LL JUST LEAVE YOU TO THAT!"
"VERY WELL. ... ... *SMIRK*"
GIOTTO, WTH. It's nice to have blind faith in your friends/Family, but... DID YOU NOT SCREEN THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE JOINING SAID FAMILY?! D:
Fully agreed about how unnecessary, uh, everything about Spade's plan is. If he'd just left well enough alone then everything would have worked out the way he wants it to, SO. Unless he just likes taking the path with the most death. I could see Spade doing that.
...Adel/Julie. I wasn't sure about this when we saw the Julie-Spade/Adel interaction before, but b'aw, non-Spade!Julie is adorable. I'd probably hit him if I knew him personally, but him with Adelheid gets HEARTS. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
I approve of 324! It's always good times when flashbacks are involved! And Spades getting shishkabobed. At least it's some injury, even if it is from Kaoru. (This is how we spell Kaoru, right? It's been so long.)
And ARGH, speaking of that! Also fully agreed with everyone else's "That's how Yamamoto got shanked, AHHHHHH. D:" Tsuna, please don't go back into BSOD mode. PLEASE.
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Kaoru, the fact that you shanked Daemon Spade is awesome, but the fact that you shanked Julie as well is very much NOT awesome.
I think a good part of the holes in Spade's plans comes from mangastream's shitty translation. Were they always like that? Seriously. It was like, he was stringing a lot of words together, but they only made a superficial sort of sense, like a conversation bot.
The rest of it is, I don't think it ever occurred to Spade that ANYONE in the world would ever NOT WANT to be the boss of the Vongola. Kinda like Sauron couldn't conceive of anyone ever WANTING to destroy the One Ring. After all, it does seem like he thinks the Vongola is the best thing ever, in his weird psychopathic way.
I don't blame Giotto for trusting Spade with Cozart's rescue either, not if Spade had been a trustworthy companion so far - and there's no reason to believe he wasn't, in actions if not in thoughts. If his betrayal had been expected or hinted at before then, he wouldn't have been labelled THE Traitor with capital T by people like Reborn.
My guesses for the future chapters: Tsuna promises Adelheid that he'll save Enma and that'll turn out to be his pride. Meanwhile Daemon Spade takes over Chrome to fight and taunt them with, but sometime during his Bad Guy spiel Chrome gets her heart power on and pushes him out, managing to activate her Vongola Gear all the way from Tsuna's backpack at the same time. And it'll be badass.
In the end, though, there'll be no Prison break arc, because when Tsuna jesuses Enma, the fight between Vongola and Shimon will be considered officially over and the rift fixed and everyone involved will receive a Get Out of Jail Free card. Then the Hunt for Spade will be on.
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/forgive the random comment of a random stalker
/lurks again
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It also shows that if Kaoru lashed out on Yama this same way, he and the rest of Simon have really been get wrong information.
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I wonder why I'm defending him... I mean, I really don't care for him all that much. Maybe 3+ years in the Umineko fandom has made me soft?
TSUNA, CALM DOWN, YOU ALREADY HAVE LIKE SIX BOYFRIENDS.
(giggles)
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Goddamn, Spade's EVULness just oozes from him. Originally I found Giotto to be a bit naive/dumb at times, but WOW, does this flashback make him look like a total moron. Where the FUCK is his Hyper Intuition telling him that Spade is a douche who's going to screw over Cozart? Did he not gain H.I. until he wore his Awesome Cape?
.... Wait, no. Now we know why he always had his forehead on fire, 24/7.
Oh, and FUCK YOU, Kaoru. I don't care how much you try to worm you way back into our good graces, you are NEVER going to be "good" again in my book for what you did to our Yama.
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it's not nice to stab people.
also thank you for the birthday mention the other post, haha.