Manga and American Football

[redfiona99]

First a question - anyone know a decent shop in the UK for manga? Forbidden Planet keep being ridiculously late and behind, but I'd rather by from a specialist than from Amazon, which is my fallback.

Secondly

They've been writing it for me again.

There's everything I love in one place.

The writing is exceptional. I mean, they've made me love (deep and abiding) Mokona. It's like if they suddenly gave Neelix emotional weight. It's just gah! Basically, you've got Kurogane who has spent the whole thing up to that point in a screaming rage with Mokona trusting it, to the point of exchanging a wish that he didn't know the outcome of or what he was paying because he trusted Mokona (would show scan only my main source of scans translates that scene differently). And then Mokona is talking to Fai, the unwilling recipient of the wish, and it admits that it was an entirely selfish deed but it couldn't stand to see Fai die (http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/126/13/). He also gets a lovely moment when he tries to cheer real Sayoran up ( http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/129/15/ ).

And eeee!

Of course, Fai wants to die for previous and as yet unrevealed sins, so he tries to stop them and Kurogane's comeback is just so awesome. A declaration of love hidden in a death threat (http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/125/22/ , http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/125/23-24/ ).

I know they're messed up but they are my OTP (Big Kitty/Big Puppy FTW). Of course, as the witch predicts, Fai doesn't take too kindly to being kept alive by being turned into a vampire. He viciously calls Kurogane by his full name instead of a nickname (http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/130/06/ and http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/130/07/ ).

The other really cool thing is the transformation of Sakura, who goes from being your traditional passive princess female lead to someone just as stark and determined as the rest of them, because she wants to give cloned Sayoran his soul back. She gives up one of her feathers (the reason they're all on this quest) (http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/127/13/) and goes on a nearly suicidal mission. (Demonstrated by change of clothing between this - http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/128/17/ and this - http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/128/18/ )

This may be because she's in love with cloned Sayoran, who has been replaced with real Sayoran, and she's freaked out by it all. As featured in possibly my favourite page ( http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/131/22/ )

Of course, when Fai finds out he tries to storm off after her and him and Kurogane have a fantastically passive-agreesive argument about how some people need to stop making choices for other people, and about how some things change people entirely, that is theoretically about Sakura and really about them and eeeee!



Basically - eeeee! There shall be thoughts on 18 and 19 at some point in the future.

As to the American football, who should I be trying to convince people to cheer for at our Superbowl party?

Comments

[madlikerya.livejournal.com]

If they like Cinderella stories, they should be cheering for the Cardinals (my choice.) If they like a good powerhouse who is heavily favored, the Steelers.

And Darnell Dockett was the one who gave the great quote about the excessive touchdown celebration he was planning. And he's a Cardinal.

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

Right, that's that sorted, Cards all the way. Dockett power. The one fencer who actually gives a damn about American football has told us he will disown us for the entire night if we cheer for the Steelers.

[fleshuncovered.livejournal.com]

ohh i should defineatly look at that manga. For a second i thought you were going to talk about that manga ABOUT american football but that one seems really awesome

as for the superbowl If you like underdogs then you should go for the cards. But if ou like tradition then the steelers are for you

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

There's an American football manga?! I got introduced to TRC a fair few years ago, and was totally hooked. Beware, it's in crack in manga format.

Re: Superbowl - Both points shall be put forward.

[opera142.livejournal.com]

Moe is from Pittsburgh, so we're Steelers fans. They're a fun team to watch, especially Hines Ward.