Thank you for releasing your version of KHR 312 before Saturday so that I could get this post done before heading off to the Rally to Restore Sanity (FUCK YEAH 8D) tomorrow. You guys are all right!

And also, thanks so much to everyone who passed along birthday wishes yesterday! ♥ It was a good day--among other things, I got to visit baby sis's preschool to watch her Halloween parade, which was adorable and awesome. And my other sis gave me a card that played the theme from Rocky when I opened it, which cracked me up because for some reason (possibly having something to do with the fact that I am a giant nerd), all I could think of was Ryohei. XD

Anyway, let me get started with this now.

( KHR 312, a.k.a. 'So THAT'S why he's our Thunder Guardian!' )

EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT IT, LET ME GET IN ON THIS.

( CUT FOR SPOILERS AND GIANT WALLS OF SLOBBERING CAPSLOCK TEXT. )

Say what you will about Binktopia, but they are fast. (And what with OP going on break for a month, next week they'll probably be even faster. I could get used to this...)

( Anyway, time to get our shounen on. )

By now everyone's probably heard about OneManga shutting down. I'M NOT REALLY WORRIED, since scanlators have been doing their thing since way before OM and its ilk became popular (even in the worst case scenario, they could just go back to distributing new chapters over IRC like in the olden days), buuuut I am kind of ORZ WHYYYY about it because I'm going to have to edit out all the links in my old chapter write-ups. And then the odds are good that whatever links I edit in will eventually go down as well. SO IT BEGINS... THE GREAT BATTLE OF OUR TIME.

Really, I'm just waiting for the manga industry to finally catch on to the fact that online scans are THE WAY OF THE FUTURE!, and set up a subscription or ad-supported site (or maybe like an iTunes sort of thing) where fans could read new chapters legally without having to wait months for them to be released in their own countries (if the series are even licensed where they live in the first place). Until then, whatever.

ANYWAY, I SHOULD SHUT UP AND START BABBLING ABOUT KHR 299 NOW. Ignore the contradiction there.

( Just one more week until the big three-double-oh. )

I kind of wonder what Amano is going to do when number 300 rolls around in just a few more weeks, because frankly the last few chapters have set the bar awfully high.

( This is the kind of epic that's really hard to top. )

Unfortunately, this chapter was not as epic as Google's version of the spoilers made it out to be, but that's to be expected when the spoilers in question are that amazing.

( I'm just sad I didn't get to see the laugh whistle blowing guardian. )

THE WINNING COMBO YOU NEVER KNEW EXISTED!

( This chapter was pretty much just amazing in dozens of ways. )

HERE WE GO AGAIN.

1. THE RP USERNAME MeME

2. From makemegray:

If you've been tagged, you must write your answers in your own LJ and replace any question that you dislike with a new question.
Tag eight people. Don't refuse to do that. Don't tag who tagged you. While there is a risk that disobeying this part of the meme will result in CRIPPLING GUILT, it's a chance I'm willing to take.

( I HEREBY TAG ANYONE WHO FEELS LIKE GETTIN' TAGGED. )

3. And because daigranon posted a character meme (MY WEAKNESS!1)...

Pick from any of my fandoms and ask me to answer the following:

Favorite character:
Least Favorite Character:
Character with the best hair:
Character with the best eyes:
Character I'd most want to kiss:
Character I'd most likely screw:
Character I'd make lunch:
Character I'd go singing in the rain with:
Character I'd go shopping with:
Character I'd go dancing with:
Character I'd take over the world with:
Character I'd most want to cosplay as:
Favorite Pairing:
Favorite Yaoi pairing:
Favorite Yuri pairing:

Guys this meme is my destiny. 8(

It was only a matter of time, I suppose.

( Weekly KHR antics below! )

That's like a record for IEM. They must have been tripping over themselves in the rush to scanlate this. XD

( Guess I'm not the only one excited, then, eh? )