...Aaaaand
as usual once again, I have not posted updates on the continuing series I've been reading for a good few months, so
as usual once again, massive post on those incoming...
Akagami no Shirayuki-hime chapters 80-81:
I laughed so hard at the
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: "fly into your arms" bit from both Zen and Kiki, ROTFL!!!
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And Obi being BA, as usual~
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...Oh man, though,
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: Zen totally knows they're still lying... and the twins' older brother (who is apparently the mastermind behind all this) is quite a nasty piece of work indeed. ![Pikka Chew? :pikka:](./images/smilies/pikka.png)
...And ohhh crap, that twist just turned everything on its ear!
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: I had a bad feeling at the end of the former of these two chapters that the twins were going to go ahead and do whatever awful thing their (downright evil) brother had ordered even though they obviously didn't want to; however, in reality they're actually trying to break free from him, and now think they have to kill him to stop him.
So now I have a bad feeling about this in another way (gah I don't want either of them to die in the attempt!)...
Amatsuki chapter 105:
OH. MY. GOSH.
![Suprise :wow!:](./images/smilies/suprise.gif)
This chapter was downright chilling (in a good way!). *shiver*
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: Between the literally crazy doctor dude and the reveal of the *real* experiments... Can't wait for more!
Are You Alice? volumes 8-12 (end):
(
My review of the first 7 volumes~) Ohhh man... the true, full, intertwining backstory(/ies) of Lewis Carroll, the Liddells, and Dinah the cat in the real world...
![Cry :sniffle:](./images/smilies/cry.gif)
</3 And the backstory for
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: the White Rabbit is just as heartbreaking, despite him supposedly being an entirely fictional being (not originally human, like everyone else {and even that little revelation is also tremendously sad in and of itself, given that all those said humans have basically been confirmed to have attempted suicide...!
})... </3 Also: Holy crap,
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: the March Hare actually survived!!!
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Another interesting twist with these last few volumes is the constant back-and-forth question of whether the world of the story is actually 'real' or not, as pretty much every single one of the MC's in the real world (aside from Dinah, a.k.a. the Cheshire Cat)
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: went completely and utterly insane (along with all the killings/suicides) ![Pikka Chew? :pikka:](./images/smilies/pikka.png)
, so you're never really sure until
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: the whole attempted-suicide reveal + the reveal that all the people came from different, scattered time periods that it indeed *was* real. As for the ending: It was actually both sadder and happier than I expected (for instance, I never expected to be sad over
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: the death of Jack The Ripper, of all people! ![Pikka Chew? :pikka:](./images/smilies/pikka.png)
-- that was brilliantly done!), but let's just say that the people who *did* survive were pleasant surprises
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, and it was definitely worth the read in the end.
Baccano! novels 8-22 (so far):
Yes, these have now been licensed by my #1 favorite publisher Yen Press <3
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, and yes, I am buying each volume from them just as quickly as they're released
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; however, I'd already read the first 7 volumes, and now that the 8th/9th books were *finally* fan-translated, I couldn't let all the rest of the already-translated volumes just sit there...
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And ohhh my goodness-- the way Narita-sensei somehow interweaves things together in an ever-expanding way while also tightening the threads (something he does in all of his works) is just genius.
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For example: A seemingly small scene from the
very first book propels an entire group of characters together in the
10th (!); and stuff from the 1700's has extremely high repercussions in the 2000's.
![Suprise :wow!:](./images/smilies/suprise.gif)
(*
VERY SPOILERY* detail on some of that:
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: It's actually pretty subtle {for him, that is, LOL
}, but if you pay close enough attention, you'll figure out that not only did that really disgustingly sick cult nearly kill Elmer {obviously-- though that also chillingly explains why Elmer is 'empty' + doesn't care about harm to himself at all + views others' happiness [whether good or evil] as his own...!
} and that they were the ones who *did* kill Huey's mother {not quite so obvious, except in hindsight}-- you'll also quite chillingly realize that it was *Fermet* {!!!!!} who started it all by stealing the drug formula from Begg and distributing it + his own beyond-horrific acts upon poor Czes being suspiciously reminiscent of that disgusting cult's + it turning out that he actually purposefully *founded* said cult + murdering poor Monica {thereby setting off Huey, and all the *insanely* high number of repercussions from *that*} O_____O ... and, thus, essentially being the main bad guy (or at least the main cause of the majority of the evil) of the entire series-- for over 300 in-universe years-- *despite being dead for most of it*!!! O__________________O {......Until we find out that he actually wasn't, precisely, thanks to homunculus/clone bodies...
}) Also: Not sure if that hint about Fermet using the same phrase the 'demon' always does was just a red herring or actually significant... after all, it was revealed that there *are* multiple other 'demons' (and they can even talk across time!
). Speaking of which: OH. MY. GOSH, we *finally* got a little insight into both Ronnie's past and his thought process, and it's *awesome!*
Oh, and it has only been just barely hinted (indeed, it takes some real dot-connecting on the reader's part to figure it out), but I am literally willing to bet real money that Huey's *ultimate* goal with his experiments is to unlock the secret of time-travel!
(We'll see how right I am within the next few 2000's-era volumes~
) Finally, on an unrelated note: HOLY HECK, CLAIRE JUST SAID THAT FIRO COULD BEAT HIM?????!!!!!!!!!
Now *that's* a mindblowing twist/reveal... ![Pikka Chew? :pikka:](./images/smilies/pikka.png)
At this point (volume 22) the story is very near the end of the 1930's arc (leaving just the seemingly-final 2000's-era for Narita-sensei to write after the 1930's are done), and literally every character and every plot point is coming to a massive head (in *both* of those last two eras-- as the most recent 2000's book, which was written just before the 1934 books, ended on quite the cliffhanger of that sort as well
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). So, yeah, it's all connected, and it's awesome.
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Narita-sensei is just too good. <3
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Arc chapters 6-7:
Hmm... obviously the new
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: transfer student is suspicious, but I can't tell whether they're actually going to go down that route or just leave it as a red herring. Also, I'm starting to get really concerned about whatever it is that
Syaoran Xiaolang and Eriol can't tell Sakura yet, since they both seem quite concerned themselves...
The Case Study Of Vanitas chapters 10-13:
Ch. 10: ...Okay, so if I'm reading this correctly, it seems that Charlatan
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: isn't three different forms, it's three different personas... interesting. And gah, I knew this would have to happen at some point
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: (that is, Vanitas ending someone's life instead of restoring them), but I do feel bad for Noé.
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Ch. 11: That "like he'd given up on something"-look line, though-- that was precisely it; Vanitas had that exact look when he said that he
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: killed the girl (even though he didn't really murder her, precisely; he just put her out of her misery by her own wishes...) The end of this chapter was sweet, though.
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(...But oh dear, that promise + that sorrowful narration-from-hindsight on top...
![Pikka Chew? :pikka:](./images/smilies/pikka.png)
) Ch. 12: LOL, Vanitas being his hilariously trollish self once again.
![Grin :grin:](./images/smilies/grin.gif)
(And bwahaha, poor Luca...
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) I also LOL'd at Noé's discussion with Domi about
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: Vanitas' blood.
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Wow, though, Vanitas' line about
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: having no interest in the sort of person who'd fall for him... ![Sad :(](./images/smilies/sad.gif)
And ch. 13: Ohhh snap, these reveals...
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: Yikes-- I knew there was something fishy going on, but I honestly didn't expect that... ![Pikka Chew? :pikka:](./images/smilies/pikka.png)
And while I'm not necessarily sure how I feel about the introduction of a
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: 'church' anti-vampire unit ![Shady :shady:](./images/smilies/shady.gif)
(though I do sort-of understand why it was included), this mangaka hasn't let me down yet
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, so for now I'll just trust that it'll be written well.
Cheese In The Trap chapters 203-234:
Aw, In-Ho was kinda adorable at that point in his life, haha. <3
![Grin :grin:](./images/smilies/grin.gif)
I literally LOL'd at him trying to figure out Jung's machinations and then when realizing that Jung hadn't actually said that he'd go, thought "LOL I like it" with a slightly-evil grin, bwahaha~
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The ending to their fight in the present was kinda heartbreaking, though (with the
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: 'first and last time' bit about the dinner...) I was very pleased that Sul gently but firmly asked Jung to explain the reason he hates In-Ho, and Jung actually did, indeed opening up to the point of actually finally revealing his fear of his own 'weirdness' (as it's put-- sociopathy is what it really is; but it was quite an interesting new little wrinkle in his character that even *he* is a little afraid of his own particular affliction...
![Pikka Chew? :pikka:](./images/smilies/pikka.png)
) Aw man, though, that flashback to Sul's childhood (and the reason for her fear of hospitals, among other things)...
![Cry :sniffle:](./images/smilies/cry.gif)
As for Jung's father: Ohohoho man, Jung's finally calling him out on the
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: 'surveillance...'
![Pikka Chew? :pikka:](./images/smilies/pikka.png)
And yeah, all that combined with the flashbacks + his treatment of In-Ho when the latter finally swallowed his pride and came to see him... dude is messed up (though with the way Jung turned out, I'm not at all surprised about his father being messed up, too...).
![Shady :shady:](./images/smilies/shady.gif)
And wow, that flashback (where Jung and Sul were thinking/feeling exactly the same things, realizing they were more similar than different, etc.) was so interesting...! (And that's the end of S3; starting S4:) Wow, Sul is handling this situation with jerk-dude nearly as masterfully as Jung
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-- and it seems that he finally is beginning to get his well-earned payback (just like stalker-boy did).
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I am slightly annoyed at Bora (though it's her own fault, since if she *already knew* that Eun-Taek liked her, she should have just accepted him back then in the first place...!
![Shady :shady:](./images/smilies/shady.gif)
But I get that she had issues before, and was only finally ready now. And, actually, this stuff is usually handled quite well and interestingly in this series, so I'm fully expecting it to be resolved soon {and I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm going to like the result, as well!
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}
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).
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun chapters 81-83:
Bwahaha, Waka's otome game knowledge...
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And I think 82 was just the volume extras? But sooo worth it nonetheless.
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And as for 83: BWAHAHA, the drama club's improv was priceless!!
Haikyuu!! chapters 223-234:
Haha, that was actually perfect. <3 (Loved how Nishinoya
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: actually got it right away once Kageyama said what the problem was more directly, and was instantly no longer offended. <3
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) ...Of course, Kageyama then ended up *truly* offending most everyone else, LOL...
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...But throughout both of the next two chapters, that got quite well sorted out, and now it looks like they all finally achieved a good balance in that regard. <3
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Also: Ohohoho, the strategy was quite good...
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And Sulking Nishinoya is priceless~
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...And now we're finally to the nationals themselves!
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(LOL at poor Tsukki having to 'babysit' Kageyama and Hinata's run {and him being so scary that they actually obeyed, ROTFL}!
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) Seeing a small bit of development for the 3rd-year manager was quite nice, too.
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And as for the first opponent: While
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: Karasuno was off to a poor start, that was expected... and the next chapter was both really amusing and pretty epic (both Yamaguchi getting to shine once again <3 , and Kageyama's
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: "Recalibration: Complete!" moment).
Joou no Hana chapter 14A:
Oh my gosh, Izumi-sensei, stop playing with my heart!
![Help! :?:](./images/smilies/smiley-help-green.gif)
(...Actually, don't, since the emotional stuff is really good, too {along with all the good plot}. I'm just kidding because my feelings have been twisted all over the place these last few chapters {not that I'm complaining. ...Much~}.
![Tongue :P](./images/smilies/tongue.gif)
) Seriously, though...
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: I couldn't believe it when the beginning of this chapter showed that Seitetsu was actually still alive (again!), since I was *sure* that he was going to be definitively dead at the end of the previous chapter. I've already genuinely teared up twice thanks to this guy's seeming deaths (and Aki's love for him, and his utter loyalty-- indeed, itself love-- to her, etc. etc. etc.), don't you dare make me tear up a third time!
(I want a happy ending, darn it! ...Even though that wouldn't be a happy ending for Hakusei, but it's not like that's likely, either, so...) *shakes fist* ![Tongue :P](./images/smilies/tongue.gif)
I need more~~~
Kimi ni Todoke: From Me To You vol. 24:
This was a nice, (mostly) laid-back volume, with lots of cute stuff about Shouta and Sawako's 1-year-of-dating anniversary, a few more apparent hints of possible Ayane x Pin at some point in the future, and some really sweet stuff with Chizu and Ryu. <3 <3
![Glomp! :hug:](./images/smilies/glomp.gif)
The end was a bit melancholy though
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: (so it looks like they really are going to go the long-distance-relationship route, then?)... Koudai-ke no Hitobito chapters 32-41:
ROTFL at the MC
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: imagining that her fiancée is going to confess that he's a cyborg!
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Seriously, though, him explaining about
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: his telepathy and her acceptance/delayed reaction(s)/etc. were golden.
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(And oh my gosh the wedding...
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) Also, it was nice to see the progress with Shigeko and Kouhei, and while
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: her trying to explain about her telepathy didn't go well
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, I'm quite hopeful it'll work out in the end.
Liselotte & Witch's Forest vol.'s 1-2:
The fan translation (such as it was, LOL...
![Tongue :P](./images/smilies/tongue.gif)
) for this had stopped long ago, but good old Yen Press picked it up
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, and I just picked up the first two volumes. Not only does the translation actually make sense now, LOL
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, I'm also now even more invested. (Wow, though, it sure got dark in a hurry {not that that's a bad thing}.
![Pikka Chew? :pikka:](./images/smilies/pikka.png)
I mean, I already knew that
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: Enrich/Engetsu wasn't quite human anymore, but yikes...
![Pikka Chew? :pikka:](./images/smilies/pikka.png)
)
March Comes In Like A Lion, a.k.a.
3-gatsu no Lion, special + chapters 115-126:
Oh man, just go ahead and squeeze my heart again, would you?
![Tongue :P](./images/smilies/tongue.gif)
Anyway: LOLOL, still with the 'prospects...'
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And OH MY GOSH the chapter with the dog(s) was *extremely* adorable~!!! <3 <3
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Oh, and I was almost crying I was laughing so hard at Raidou + the others' reactions to Akari and Rei x Hina...
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And this new 9-dan was fun, too, since he tries to make things as interesting and long as possible, for 'research purposes...'
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Although, when it comes to trying to making things as interesting and long as possible, nothing beats the 'grim reaper,' who does it simply out of sheer respect and fun (for him, LOL!
![Eyewink ;)](./images/smilies/wink.gif)
).
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Speaking of which: Rei's match with the 'grim reaper' (including the interaction with Smith's match next to them + even the camerapeople!) was creepy, cute, and downright hysterical all at the same time!! <3
![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/lol.gif)
And I'm not gonna lie, I'm *totally* shipping Shimada with Akari now <3 (poor guy deserves some happiness, and hey, that bit with his stomach finally feeling good for the first time in ages after eating her cooking is probs foreshadowing, right? RIGHT??
![Happy :)](./images/smilies/smile.gif)
). Ahhh, this series is amazing~
Mikado no Shihou chapter 4:
I laughed so hard at the
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: "Huh? It's ME?!?!?!" response by the supposed fortune-teller...
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I also loved the fact that the MC was berating herself for thinking about whether or not she liked the emperor while they're in a life-or-death situation, LOL.
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Just more cute fluff~
Natsume's Book Of Friends vol. 19:
LOL, they're both scrawny.
![Grin :grin:](./images/smilies/grin.gif)
And I laughed so hard when they all started getting scared after Natsume mentioned what he had seen...
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Also: The one with the 'rock-washer' was so beautiful~ <3 <3 And the one after that gave another little glimpse of Reiko, too. <3 Gahhh this series is so good~
Noragami vol.'s 16-17:
Ohhh man... this arc is really not good for my heart......
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: Between Kazuma finally stinging Veena for the first time as he goes completely off the deep end (resolved to do quite literally *anything* to save her
) </3
, all the death flags for both of them </3
, and Takemikazuchi's surprisingly heart-twisting backstory, this really got me. ![Cry :sniffle:](./images/smilies/cry.gif)
...Also, on a sidenote, I just ran across the big fan theory about
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: Yato possibly being Tsukuyomi, and holy crap, it makes so much sense it's amazing
![Suprise :wow!:](./images/smilies/suprise.gif)
(especially when
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: Tsukuyomi's supposed backstory and powers were explained). I always figured there would be some other twist to
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: Yato's character-- there certainly seemed to be hints to that effect-- so that combined with the evidence presented lead me to believe that that theory is indeed actually on the right track. (Guess we'll find out soon enough~!
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)
Oresama Teacher vol.'s 19-20:
Ohhh man, that reveal about Hayasaka's family situation...
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Amnesia subplots can be pretty cliché if they're not handled carefully, but of course there's no need to worry about that with this mangaka-- indeed, this actually turned out to be one of the best uses of it I've seen in any medium
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, and its cause even explains his unusually-high level of denseness at times (quite cleverly, too, I might add)!
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Also: Yay, we finally get to know Hayasaka's first name!!
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And there was some super sweet stuff after the heaviness, too~ <3 <3 Oh, and the twist with the long-obscured photo in his wallet was downright *fantastic*-- it took me *completely* by surprise (I was
sooo sure that it was going to turn out to be
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: Mafuyu, but the reveal that it's actually
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: *him* was even better!
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) And oh wow, I love how the perspective of the whole thing with Miyabi's motives and all that was twisted again~
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(Ah, and so it was
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: Runa who was the 'witch' in that little fairy tale...) And oh my gosh, the whole thing with the pigeon... ROTFL!!!
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Finally: AHHHHHHHHH OKUBO AND MINATO CONFESSED TO EACH OTHER (in a sequence that was both really hilarious and also extremely sweet all at the same time!
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<3 <3 ) AND ARE ACTUALLY A COUPLE NOW (FINALLY!!), OH MY GOODNESS THIS MANGAKA *CAN* CANONIZE COUPLES-- YEEESSSSS!!!!!!!!!
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...Speaking of which: I'd kinda doubted that there would ever be an official pairing for Mafuyu, but I'd always really hoped that if there was, it would be with Hayasaka rather than Mr. Jerk, LOL
![Sweat :sweat:](./images/smilies/sweat.gif)
; yet I hadn't dared to actively wish for it to really occur. However, after these volumes, I now just can't help but actively ship Mafuyu and Hayasaka...!
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(I mean, seriously: There was that hug; and then OMGOSH, she actually said in her 'penpal' letter that
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: Hayasaka could be called her boyfriend (!!!)
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; and then her using his first name and telling him how pretty his hair is <3 <3 ; and then to top it all off, ohhhhh man, that moment when Hayasaka *finally*
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: allowed himself to realize both that Mafuyu is 'Super Bun' *AND* that she actually *DID* come when he called...!! ![Suprise :wow!:](./images/smilies/suprise.gif)
<3 <3 <3 Is this real? Can I really ship this with a hope of resolution?? Halp!
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) ...So, yeah, this was pretty awesome, LOL. Can't wait for more~!
Pandora Hearts: ~Caucus Race~ novel #2:
Gahhh, I'm so conflicted about this...
![Help! :?:](./images/smilies/smiley-help-green.gif)
See, the first of these novels (which-- minus a several-page mini-chapter of manga in each volume-- were written by a completely different author than the original mangaka of the original, awesome P.H. manga series) was essentially just bad fanfiction, unfortunately
![Sweat :sweat:](./images/smilies/sweat.gif)
, and the latter half of this second volume is the same... *HOWEVER,* the *FIRST* half of this volume was actually downright
fantastic-- since not only is that section actually decently written, it's all about Elliot and Leo! <3 <3 And while it is absolutely wonderful (and really just downright sweet
![Glomp! :hug:](./images/smilies/glomp.gif)
) to see more
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: of them just being them before everything that goes down later, yet of course it also just twists the knife yet again, LOL.
It's a good hurt, though. ![Happy :)](./images/smilies/smile.gif)
Also: In the mini-manga (which happens to be an extra scene from that story), Leo's one genuine, stunningly sunny smile, so rarely seen, just about slayed me.
![Glomp! :hug:](./images/smilies/glomp.gif)
So, yeah, it was *absolutely* worth it for the whole Elliot and Leo story + etc. alone... but *only* for that.
Skip-Beat! vol. 37:
Ohhhhh man, this volume...
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The whole thing with
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: Kyouko's mother was just brutal... ![Suprise :wow!:](./images/smilies/suprise.gif)
And then that entire sequence with Ren at the end--
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: that was so sweet <3 ; plus, I *think* that Kyouko might just *finally* have figured out that he's the 'fairy,' LOL (at least, I hope that's what that meant)!
Takane to Hana chapter 23:
Oh my gosh this was so amusing.
![Grin :grin:](./images/smilies/grin.gif)
And Takane's little cousin is just too priceless...
Until Death Do Us Part omnibus vol. 13 (Japanese volumes 25-26) (end):
It was quite (evilly) clever how the baddie interacted with (read: manipulated) his women into doing his bidding by taking some of their wishes into account. Other than that, well, this was the finale, so there was plenty of action to spare, LOL.
![Tongue :P](./images/smilies/tongue.gif)
In all seriousness, though, yes
SPOILER: Highlight text to read: that kiss and the wedding were nice and all, but the last chapter seemed really rushed-- it just felt like a quick wrap-up after a low-key cancel or something...
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Oh well...
And
Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii chapters 12.5 + 13:
Gah... my heart~ <3 And ohohoho, so they're finally going on a 'real' date? Wonder how *that's* going to go...
![Grin :grin:](./images/smilies/grin.gif)