KHR 326
1. YAMAMOTO YOUR COAT WAS GREEN??? Man, this new generation of shounen heroes doesn't know how to color code for diddly squat.
Not much else to say about the cover page, aside from the fact that I really think Amano's gotten out of practice drawing Yamamoto; his eyes look too Gokuderaish. (I know, you're all like, "too Gokuderaish? MAKESTE IS THERE EVEN SUCH A THING", but you know what I mean, don't you? Compare the art in this chapter to previous Yamamoto-centric chapters and I'm telling you, there is a difference. Not sure yet whether it's a bad thing, but it struck me regardless, SO YOU'RE ALL JUST GOING TO HAVE TO PUT UP WITH MY RANT ABOUT IT, I'm sorry.
Spade's scythe, which had previously failed to make much of an impression on me, is also looking mighty badass in this shot, I must say.
2. Man, Kaoru! Just look at this guy sob away! But, since Yamamoto forgave you, I can now do so too! BE GRATEFUL YOU HAVE SUCH A MAGNANIMOUS FRIEND IN HIGH PLACES.
And damn you, Reborn's hat, stop hiding Gokudera's face! I actually spoiled myself with the Chinese scan of this chapter earlier just so I could see if there were any good Gokudera reaction faces. AND I WAS DISAPPOINTED. AMANO WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME ANYMORE.
Lol though at Yama totally sidestepping that question that is obviously on everyone's mind: "HOW THE FUCK DID YOU...?!" He's all, "LOOK WHO'S TALKING", which is a fair point, but dammit, we want answers!
3. I mostly stayed out of this debate last week (in large part because I was totally absent last week, haha sob fail XD), but I gotta say, the fact that Byakuran was the one who saved Yama for whatever reason actually doesn't bother me much. I know, obviously he is a former Big Bad and they're not the type to go around saving fallen Rain Guardians with no ulterior motives, but hear me out!
- Former villains returning in the next arc to help our intrepid heroes for some glossed-over reason is a time-honored shounen tradition, and if Xanxus and Mukuro don't need any logical reason to switch sides, I don't see why Byakuran would.
- Still, here's my best attempt: Byakuran was never really hardcore evil so much as he was completely looney tunes. In it for the lulz, until Tsuna finally stopped him. So him helping the good guys out, while decidedly odd, isn't necessarily "OH MY GOD THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN, SOMETHING HAS TO BE AFOOT" odd. There could be any number of reasons: the Vongola could have made a deal with him (the Primos did seem to know something about what was happening at the hospital); he could have had a complete and total change of heart (this is an alternate TYE!version of him, so it's possible, though unlikely); or hell, he could still just be doing it for the lulz, only this time he found it more entertaining to help the Vongola out because the whole Vongola/Simon conflict is amusing. Or maybe he just got pissed that Spade was trying to out-dick him.
- Yamamoto does not seem to be acting even remotely suspicious to me. Even his unwillingness to reveal the source of his miracle cure isn't necessarily out of character; we know the guy can keep a secret when pressed. (Bastard still hasn't told us what's up with the Arcobaleno. One day, Yama. ONE DAY.)
Anyway, Spade rapidly appears to be losing his fragile grip on sanity, so maybe these are questions meant to be pondered later on.
4. Right now, we should all be focused on more important things, like how incredibly fucking hot Yamamoto looks with his shiny new Vongola gear, and oh my God. OH MY GOD.
QUICK THINGS ABOUT THIS PAGE (I swear this review is going to have like a million bullet lists. I'M SORRY, I'LL TRY TO KEEP THEM TO A MINIMUM, BUT):
- "IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE GOTTEN THIS EXCITED OVER A FIGHT!" ME TOO, BUDDY. ME TOO.
- I LIKE THAT GOKUDERA PAYS ATTENTION. Or maybe he was just as curious as I was to know what Yamamoto's VG was going to be. (So I guess Talbot must've paid him a visit too, then. Talbot, Byakuran, and Yamamoto... I would have paid so much money to have seen that.)
- HIBIRD IS STILL ROCKING THE LIL POMP. I LOVE LIFE.
- THEY DON'T EVEN TRY TO MAN UP THE NAME AND CALL IT A "PENDANT" OR ANYTHING. THEY KNOW THEY AIN'T FOOLING NOBODY.
- IT'S A LITTLE SWORD!! Socute. *_* I WANT IIIIIT
- And maybe she hasn't forgotten how to draw him after all. Holy shit.
5. RAIN POWER, MAAAAAAAKE UUUUUUUUP
SAMURAIMOTO LOOKS LIKE A BLEACH CHARACTER WHO STOLE THE HAIR FROM A DBZ CHARACTER. TEEHEE.
That said, it's pretty badass! Except that "two sword style" means that unless I miss my mark, like Gokudera's VG transformation before it, it is actually a downgrade. AMANO, WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING AT, FOR SERIOUS. Come on now.
6. Oh, Spade, you keep tossing those cliches at him, bro. "Playing with the big boys", lolwut. Though it might interest you to know that he's actually one of the few characters who's messed around with misty-mist types and come out the victor. You know that Genkishi guy? You and him should talk sometime.
Kaoru, what? It seems like the only two things you are good for are stabbing people and amassing vast quantities of damage! Sit down and chill out for goodness's sake; if you die apparently Yamamoto will be sad because he is the WORLD'S NICEST PERSON. And, you know, we don't want that.
7. "What are you doing, Vindice?!" A QUESTION FOR THE AGES, ADELHEID. First of all, by now it's pretty clear that the Vongola and Simon families aren't even each other's enemies, and probably never were, so this whole pride duel thing was pointless to begin with. And second, they are totally just making up the rules at they go at this point.
That said, I won't deny that they're capable of some shockingly devastating one-liners. Am I the only one who read that line about Kaoru and went, "oh, buuuuuurn"? Probably. XD
8. Anyway, I still think they're full of shit and just wanted to get the fifth flashback over and done with already. Well, Vindice, that's one thing you and I can agree on, at least! Hell, even Reborn's just about ready to break out the popcorn. They're all loving this.
Two side notes: 1) On a scale of one to ten, one being evilly calm and collected and ten being totally batfuck insane, Spade went from zero to twenty in a remarkably short span of time. And 2), damn but it hurts to see Ryohei take Yamamoto's place being the one in-a-comaed. PAGE THIRTEEN, WHY MUST YOU MAKE ME SO SAD. T_T
9. Spade, you make me wish epaulets would come back in style. You and your army of Zelda clones from Twilight Princess certainly appear to be up to no good! WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?
Damn, son, at least try not to look gleeful when informing Giotto that his boyfriend is no more. Giotto, are you seriously buying all this?? Hyper intuwhat now?
...wait wait, what? He knew? Oh snap, he recognized the letter was a fake because Giotto never refers to himself as "Primo" when he's around him? IF ONLY SPADE HAD BEEN MORE AWARE OF THE SECRET PET NAMES GIOTTO AND COZART USE FOR EACH OTHER. "TO: MY SWEET SIMON COCONUT. FROM: YOUR G-SWEETIE. X'S AND O'S!!! ♥" Not only would his plan have been more successful, but he probably would have tried to kill them both a lot sooner.
10. Guys, I would have a more coherent response to this awesome and TOTALLY FUCKING UNEXPECTED turn of events, but honestly? I am too busy drooling. *________*
AS ALWAYS WITH A PRIMO TWO-PAGE SPREAD, BULLET POINTS ARE REQUIRED.
- Alaude, my friend, you sure do make me laugh with those handcuffs. WHAT ARE YOU EVEN GOING TO DO WITH THOSE. Or were the originals magically transforming handcuffs too? Because otherwise, loling forever at the mental picture of him going up to all his enemies and being like, BAM, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST. AND YOU TOO. ALSO YOU!
- HOT AS ALWAYS, G, HOT AS ALWAYS. God bless you and your anachronistic fashion sense! You must have been quite the spectacle, walking down the street with good old Ugetsu back in the day.
- Lampo actually showed up to the battle? Kid's got more balls than people give him credit for.
- Da~mn, Ugetsu! Why is it that the guy in the dress looks manlier than all the rest of them?
- Knuckle, we all remember that you're a priest! There's no need to bring a fucking Bible into the middle of a fucking battlefield, goddamn.
- I love how they all turned around and struck poses the instant they flung off their cloaks.
- Defend it "to the very last"? I'm sorry, guys, I didn't realize the imminent demise of the Simon family was actually a forgone conclusion. Or at least that's what you make it sound like. Could have chosen a better way to word that, but whatever. IT'S STILL BADASS.
So, Giotto, it appears I owe you an apology! Hyper intuition was fully functional after all! Though this whole turn of events sure does raise a lot of questions about how things managed to end so badly from here. If holographic time-traveling Cozart appears from Enma's ring all of a sudden and is like, "SORRY 'BOUT THAT LITTLE BUDDY, I GUESS IT WAS ALL A MISUNDERSTANDING, I'M ACTUALLY FINE," I am going to punch him right in his face, I don't care how handsome beyond all reckoning it is.
On the other hand, it would almost be worth it, just to see Spade's reaction. XD
All I can say is, Daemon had better hope to hell Enma doesn't find out he was lying (??) about Iemitsu too, or else this arc is going to be so unbelievably anticlimactic it's almost--almost--not even funny.
Lastly, Happy Birthday to

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^^^ALL MY THOUGHTS REGARDING THIS LAST PAGE
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Also, lol at the Knuckle commentary. She always forgets it. XD
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I said this chapter is just a collection of Spade's rapefaces. I have the intent of cropping all of them and making a gif out of it. Just to make sure people don't sleep at night.
About the flashback, I'm kind of wondering what shit went down in that battle to make everything so messed up in the present. I don't think it ended happily though, and we still have the "sin" and "penalty" to explain, and blood can never really mean good things :(
Although this flashback did give me a good chunk of Cozart/Giotto to fangirl over (and let's not forget the other sexy primos), so I'm happy, for now, at least.
Is it next week yet :(
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I would like to see that GIF. Spades's raepfaces don't freak me out quite as much as Byakuran's used to, so it's all good.
I really do want to know what the hell is going on here. So did the guardians all die defending Cozart, or did they all survive? And if that's the case, what the fuck did happen to the Simon family? AND WHY ARE THEY PASSING DOWN VIALS OF BLOOD AND MEMORY-IMPRINTED ARTIFACTS TO THEIR DESCENDANTS. So confuuuuuused.
Giotto/Cozart is one of the few pairings Amano doesn't even try to pretend is not canon, I swear to god. And it delights me so much.
WAKE ME UP WHEN IT IS~ I'm just about ready to fly to Japan and start staking out the Shounen Jump offices with binoculars and a sleeping bag.
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I have like a bajillion theories on what really went down but I believe 85% that Cozart died, somehow. And Giotto was so depressed he left Vongola soon after that.
No I swear I'm not wearing my pink shipper goggles on too tightly what are you talking aboutCozart/Giotto is canon bromance, but that often spells doom in shounen manga though. *coughAceLuffyCOUGHitachiSasukeCOUGH*
I swear I have never been so stoked following a shonen manga before hnnng I'm happy I got into Reborn.
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I LIKE THAT GOKUDERA PAYS ATTENTION. Or maybe he was just as curious as I was to know what Yamamoto's VG was going to be. (So I guess Talbot must've paid him a visit too, then. Talbot, Byakuran, and Yamamoto... I would have paid so much money to have seen that.)
Talbot and Byakuran would totally have been besties.
I kind of like how Yamamoto referred to Byakuran as an "acquaintance" in this chapter, too. The old part sort of threw me off, but it gives so much more insight into his head- like, you're not an enemy unless you're actually currently a threat; you don't get a lot of distinction between enemy / someone you just don't like in these series, really.
5. RAIN POWER, MAAAAAAAKE UUUUUUUUP
I need to draw them doing magical girl transformations now. Thank you. ;w;
And second, they are totally just making up the rules at they go at this point.
They totally are. This is a blatant misinterpretation of the rules. I want the Cervello back, damnit >:
IF ONLY SPADE HAD BEEN MORE AWARE OF THE SECRET PET NAMES GIOTTO AND COZART USE FOR EACH OTHER. "TO: MY SWEET SIMON COCONUT. FROM: YOUR G-SWEETIE. X'S AND O'S!!! ♥" Not only would his plan have been more successful, but he probably would have tried to kill them both a lot sooner.
This comment is basically nothing but quoting you, but this segment made me laugh out loud. Full blown giggling. Just saying.
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Talbot and Byakuran would totally have been besties.
I bet they totally went out to grab a coffee or something after Byakuran teleported Yamamoto to Simon Island. Hopefully Byakuran can give Talbot some fashion protips.
And yeah, Yamamoto seriously forgives everyone. EVERYONE. Even the guy who killed his alternate universe dad, apparently! HOLY CRAP, sometimes I can't even fathom this kid.
I need to draw them doing magical girl transformations now. Thank you. ;w;
I REGRET NOTHING XD
Seriously, if having no pride automatically makes you the loser of a battle before it's even started, Lambo should have been dragged off to prison the instant he set foot on the island. (WITH ALL DUE LOVE AND RESPECT FOR LAMBO. ♥ But yeah.) Maybe they just had a bone to pick with Kaoru because Yamamoto is their favorite too.
Heh, Cozart and Giotto's extreme bro-ness never ceases to delight me. The other reason Cozart knew it wasn't really from Primo is because he didn't seal the letter with a kiss. :(
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They totally did. And argued about who would pay for it and everything :|b Talbot probably cockblocks Byakuran on the fashion tips though. HE SAW WHAT YOU DID TO THAT KID BYAKURAN. THAT JACKET WASN'T LABELED RIGHT.
Fffff. But he didn't really forgive him, did he? Byakuran's not a threat so there's no reason for a smackdown, bam, but he's not a friend either, so Yamamoto uses "acquaintance" to describe him, while Kaoru gets "friend" even after almost taking away his dreams of playing baseball / his ability to protect his friends.
OKAY THEN. IF I EVER GET IT DONE IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT.
Ffff. He should have. I mean, sure, the values of a five year old are a weeeeeee bit different, but. . . . Ffff. Maybe, yeah. They were totally looking forward to seeing Yamamoto at the inheritance ceremony, then he went and ruined it. That needs to be remedied, yo.
Fffff. And cause he didn't refer to the rest of the family as the kids, and say how much they miss their mommy. :C
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Anyway...
This is all turning out to be a bit Death Notish what with Giotto knowing about Spade and Spade planning all the clusterf*** up til now. I'm betting Spade knew about the guardians arriving and is probably going to have them all killed....ACK, that would really shed a bad light on why Giotto had to flee to Japan. But, it could not be the case since they were all chummy in the Primo arc right?
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No offense Gokudera but you remind me more of my Mom.
Sob, it's true, he's too pretty to ever really possess that manly aura Yama flashes around so effortlessly.
This is all turning out to be a bit Death Notish
Now that you've said that, I can't stop thinking it. :o You're right! The plot is getting way too convoluted, with multiple characters plotting multiple betrayals, oh my gosh what is this. Amano went and got all ambitious on us.
And I really hope these flashbacks don't end with the murder of the guardians, but at this point it's not looking that good. "TO THE LAST", THEY SAID. So if Cozart was killed then surely something must have happened to them as well? Or it will turn out that Cozart survived, and this whole Simon/Vongola war is even more for nothing than we previously thought, in which case that would suck so much for Enma and co. that I'm almost not sure Cozart's survival is the preferable option. XD
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I don't want to be too optimistic. Not when you know Daemon had a hand in the death of Enma's parents and his BABY SISTER. *sob* I don't even want to be in Enma's shoes right now.
I also have this theory that Tsuna might really be a reincarnation of Primo. Why? Tsuna was such a big loser that you have to wonder if half of the stuff he gets into was on purpose. And he absolutely loathes the mafia doesn't he? So what if he really is a reincarnation of Primo and all his bad luck was him punishing himself for that one event generations ago? Anyway, its just a theory I thought up after reading xxxHOLiC. God that didn't end well.
BTW I have noticed you are not friended. I must rectify this.
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f. Their ship from hell.
As mentioned, Yamamoto loves just about everyone, so this is hard. Probably him and Byakuran would be the worst. Because Byakuran hasn't been Jesused yet, and he kind of killed his future dad and attempted to kill his future Tsuna and indirectly maimed his future Squalo and all. THAT DICK.
I have no words.
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My theory: since he gave up boxing, his new weapon is the Bible. Either he's going to whack people upside the head with it, or he'll quote scripture to guilt his enemies into tearful confession. Or something. XD
Sadly, that's my only real coherent thought regarding this chapter. And the past couple. Oh, so much epicness the past couple of weeks. *_*
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HAHA XDDDD Agreed. Poor Enma... x°°°°D And the pet name part made me laugh a lot. XD I fangirled over this chapter more than you can imagine. XDDD
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But yeah, there was some serious fangirling going on all around, I think. Primos and Yama powerups all in chapter? SIGN ME UP.
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Hey, I'm still surprised that Adelheid is still there. I felt kinda bad for Kaoru when he talked about his pride and stuff. The guilt over what he did to Yamamoto was obviously eating at him. And when Yamamoto just forgave him, his pride in being a Shimon was like "Yeah, I'm DONE."
Maybe if we get him into some anger management classes once Tsuna and them break him out?
Yeah, the Vindice are totally making this up as they go along. Maybe they're making up for a lack of mafia breaking mafia laws?
Hey, I'm just glad Amano's remembered Ryohei for the past couple flashbacks.
I was like "Ohhhh, so Giotto IS more competent than we thought!"
Maybe the Bible is Knuckle's true weapon? Maybe he's going to beat his enemies... WITH JESUS!
I do love how surprised Cozart looks. I guess even he misunderstood how smart his sweetheart was.
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And there was no fight this chapter! WHERE WAS MY FIGHT SCENE?
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At this point I'm going to assume that their weapons have received a downgrade now so they can upgrade OVER 9000 TO THE EXTREME!!!!1! later. Or something.
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That is a good point about Daemon. He has been rather calm and collected for this past while and suddenly it's CRAZY!Spade. Perhaps all those years of jumping from host to host have finally caught up with him or something? That one panel though when Giotto had turned his back on him made me so freaked out! For some reason it reminded me of this:
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But you're right. Soon we're going to find out what the whole "Iemitsu had Enma's family killed" was all about, and we'll find out that "Oh, lol, that was just Daemon Spade posing as Iemitsu, because that's how he rolls."
IDEK.
I am also very disappointed in both Gokudera and Yamamoto's "upgrades". They really seem like downgrades because the Sistema C.A.I. and the three short swords with one long sword thing were so much cooler.
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And yeah, man, I miss the Sistema CAI.
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For some reason, I can't stop loling at this. XD Your theory is WIN.
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Epic two-liner
Was LOLing like crazy when I read this. Shonen manga LOVES to state the damn obvious. As if we haven't got brains
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*still can't believe it*Well, it looks like Daemon's managed to out-crazy all of KHR's past villains, even Birds.
Oooo, shiny necklace AND Samurai!Yama? Fuck yeah, Amano's starting to make up for him being away for so long. (She better do the same for Ryohei. T_T)
As always, we got MUTHAFUCKIN' PRIMOS. Knuckle, hun, you need to learn that if you're a badass priest, you don't NEED to carry a Bible. Just ask NICHOLAS D WOLFWOOD.
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Something none of us thought possible.
It may not be necessary, but Knuckle's hardcore like that.
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But is he hardcore enough to carry a heavy cross weapon full of mercy? ;)
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SHIT IS SO GETTING REAL, MAN. SHIT HAS NEVER BEEN MORE REAL THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW.