[KHR] Doujin stuff and conventions and long Enma rant
Doujin
So I'm nearly finished with my Enma/Tsuna and Cozart/Giotto doujin! It's my first time drawing an entire thing by myself as well. MY DOUJIN VIRGINITY IS GIVEN TO EARTH/SKY SOB. The convention will be on April 24th at Kowloon Bay Expo Centre (?). I hope to see you if you're going gauchecaesium!
KHR Chapters
I've ranted enough about them on tumblr already but the general consensus in fandom is that Tsuna is now gay for his BFF Enma, that or they are just very close friends but only friends as some people would like to put it while they somehow ship tsuna with other people idekanymore. Anyhow, I am extremely pleased about Enma and Tsuna and how content they seem to be with each other (except now the impending doom that Enma has to face later--or not if Tsuna decides he'll do something about it). Cozart and Giotto continue to be married in everything except the literal sense I don't even know how to poke fun at them anymore.
Long Enma Rant That I Posted On Tumblr
I don’t think there is another character in KHR that is more deserving of happiness than Enma (of course Mukuro too but I fear I’d be woobie-fying him, but that’s another topic for another day). When Enma first appeared, he just seemed like a quiet kid who just doesn’t give a fuck about anything, even when he’s pelted with fists and kicks. He doesn’t smile, doesn’t show any kind of expression other than comical surprise. That may probably just seem bland to some people, but after Tsuna takes him home and the two somehow connected, he finally showed readers that he too, could muster a true laugh from his heart. And then you wonder why he doesn’t do it more often.
Enma isn’t a character that plays off the stoicism for the cool factor (but he is technically a “kuu-dere”), it’s because he’s completely desensitized to practically everything. He doesn’t fight back against those that bully him, yet he doesn’t seek assistance either. He does cry, but it’s only because of the pain. He doesn’t cry because he’s hurt on the inside. Nothing could hurt him on the inside-until Tsuna came along.
And somehow that means Tsuna has affected him so much. Tsuna broke through Enma’s emotionless shell, but it wasn’t easy because Enma resisted it. Enma knew all along that Tsuna was the enemy he had to defeat. He tried dropping hints, no we can’t be friends, no you should leave me alone, no I don’t want to like you and then have to deal with the mental baggage of betraying your friendship later. And when it was all too clear that this resistance won’t hold up, Enma gave Tsuna a chance. I can’t say it was a good idea to write a letter, but maybe Amano thought it was romantic, or tragic, whichever. But the point is Enma was desperate for certainty, for one undeniable reason to trust Tsuna completely. He had wanted to.
And then it got blown into the trash.
I’d just like to say I admire Enma a lot as a shotaboss. For all that he is, a small 15 year old bullybait, he could shoulder responsibility better than Tsuna. He wanted to run away from being a mafia boss, and I wouldn’t blame him, he’s had it much harder than Tsuna. But he stayed for the future of his family, and that Enma cares about on the same level as Tsuna does about his friends. It was Mizuno who stabbed Yamamoto (and it wasn’t part of the plan anyways), yet Enma took the whole responsibility as his own during the ceremony. Not once did he act like it wasn’t suppose to happen the way it had. He was the boss of the Simon family, and all animosity can and will be directed at him despite what a single member of his family did. He accepted it without a flinch. I admired him for that.
Throughout the first few Simon vs Vongola fights (before the big reveal about Spade), Amano drew Enma in a more mature way that before. Perhaps to emphasize the burden that kept growing heavier on his shoulders. It was natural that you’d think Enma can’t stand to lose his family members. But there is an even deeper reason for why it pains him so much to lose family members to the Vongola. And that was the reason for his outburst at Tsuna. He is just infuriated that Vongola had (presumably) taken away what was most important to Simon in the past (the first boss), then the Vongola took away Simon family’s dignity, then Vongola took away his own comrades. And finally, to learn that the Vongola took away his most precious person in the world- his sister-as well. I could imagine how Enma’s rage just can’t be contained. Perhaps he was also furious at himself and how he could have considered Tsuna a “friend”. Daemon Spade really pulled on every string he could find in the boy to get him to snap like that.
And even so, Tsuna was so important to Enma. Adelheid said it, right until the ceremony Tsuna was the only person outside of Simon that Enma trusted. Tsuna was the only friend he made, and Tsuna is the only person whose voice can reach Enma now. I think it’s safe to say that the more Enma liked Tsuna, the more enraged he was at Tsuna/Vongola’s “betrayal”. Why become so upset if you never cared about something in the first place?
Sure enough, both Enma and Tsuna proved that they held each other very dearly in their heart (in chapters 330-332). Enma had fallen into despair because he thought he had lost everything, his sister, his comrades, his family legacy-and perhaps, Tsuna’s friendship too. But Tsuna was there for him. That was what pulled Enma back; the fact that not everything important to him had been lost. He didn’t lose Tsuna. I got completely bowled over at this, because Enma and Tsuna mutually needing one another is goddamn sweet.
Enma’s character development had been some of the best for a non-protagonist character imo. Although it might not always be to the reader’s liking, but I feel like I understand what this character is going through. He was at first an emotionless pushover, then a jaded but determined little mafia boss. Then he went psycho and that’s always interesting for a normally stoic character. Then he fell into despair and Amano did all kinds of mean things to him, but it shows that she’s not afraid to use this character to visually indicate how hard he had fallen. Then he got salvation, and became slightly more expressive as the large of his emotional burden was now gone. Enma is also slowly picking up on the hardcore badassery of his ancestor and I can’t complain because it’s awfully endearing and, frankly, excites me about how he will begin to develop from now on.
TL;DR I LOVE ENMA LIKE WHOA and people that hate him don’t have a heart. No arguments. Just admit it and move on.
Yep this is somehow an LJ update.
So I'm nearly finished with my Enma/Tsuna and Cozart/Giotto doujin! It's my first time drawing an entire thing by myself as well. MY DOUJIN VIRGINITY IS GIVEN TO EARTH/SKY SOB. The convention will be on April 24th at Kowloon Bay Expo Centre (?). I hope to see you if you're going gauchecaesium!
KHR Chapters
I've ranted enough about them on tumblr already but the general consensus in fandom is that Tsuna is now gay for his BFF Enma, that or they are just very close friends but only friends as some people would like to put it while they somehow ship tsuna with other people idekanymore. Anyhow, I am extremely pleased about Enma and Tsuna and how content they seem to be with each other (except now the impending doom that Enma has to face later--or not if Tsuna decides he'll do something about it). Cozart and Giotto continue to be married in everything except the literal sense I don't even know how to poke fun at them anymore.
Long Enma Rant That I Posted On Tumblr
I don’t think there is another character in KHR that is more deserving of happiness than Enma (of course Mukuro too but I fear I’d be woobie-fying him, but that’s another topic for another day). When Enma first appeared, he just seemed like a quiet kid who just doesn’t give a fuck about anything, even when he’s pelted with fists and kicks. He doesn’t smile, doesn’t show any kind of expression other than comical surprise. That may probably just seem bland to some people, but after Tsuna takes him home and the two somehow connected, he finally showed readers that he too, could muster a true laugh from his heart. And then you wonder why he doesn’t do it more often.
Enma isn’t a character that plays off the stoicism for the cool factor (but he is technically a “kuu-dere”), it’s because he’s completely desensitized to practically everything. He doesn’t fight back against those that bully him, yet he doesn’t seek assistance either. He does cry, but it’s only because of the pain. He doesn’t cry because he’s hurt on the inside. Nothing could hurt him on the inside-until Tsuna came along.
And somehow that means Tsuna has affected him so much. Tsuna broke through Enma’s emotionless shell, but it wasn’t easy because Enma resisted it. Enma knew all along that Tsuna was the enemy he had to defeat. He tried dropping hints, no we can’t be friends, no you should leave me alone, no I don’t want to like you and then have to deal with the mental baggage of betraying your friendship later. And when it was all too clear that this resistance won’t hold up, Enma gave Tsuna a chance. I can’t say it was a good idea to write a letter, but maybe Amano thought it was romantic, or tragic, whichever. But the point is Enma was desperate for certainty, for one undeniable reason to trust Tsuna completely. He had wanted to.
And then it got blown into the trash.
I’d just like to say I admire Enma a lot as a shotaboss. For all that he is, a small 15 year old bullybait, he could shoulder responsibility better than Tsuna. He wanted to run away from being a mafia boss, and I wouldn’t blame him, he’s had it much harder than Tsuna. But he stayed for the future of his family, and that Enma cares about on the same level as Tsuna does about his friends. It was Mizuno who stabbed Yamamoto (and it wasn’t part of the plan anyways), yet Enma took the whole responsibility as his own during the ceremony. Not once did he act like it wasn’t suppose to happen the way it had. He was the boss of the Simon family, and all animosity can and will be directed at him despite what a single member of his family did. He accepted it without a flinch. I admired him for that.
Throughout the first few Simon vs Vongola fights (before the big reveal about Spade), Amano drew Enma in a more mature way that before. Perhaps to emphasize the burden that kept growing heavier on his shoulders. It was natural that you’d think Enma can’t stand to lose his family members. But there is an even deeper reason for why it pains him so much to lose family members to the Vongola. And that was the reason for his outburst at Tsuna. He is just infuriated that Vongola had (presumably) taken away what was most important to Simon in the past (the first boss), then the Vongola took away Simon family’s dignity, then Vongola took away his own comrades. And finally, to learn that the Vongola took away his most precious person in the world- his sister-as well. I could imagine how Enma’s rage just can’t be contained. Perhaps he was also furious at himself and how he could have considered Tsuna a “friend”. Daemon Spade really pulled on every string he could find in the boy to get him to snap like that.
And even so, Tsuna was so important to Enma. Adelheid said it, right until the ceremony Tsuna was the only person outside of Simon that Enma trusted. Tsuna was the only friend he made, and Tsuna is the only person whose voice can reach Enma now. I think it’s safe to say that the more Enma liked Tsuna, the more enraged he was at Tsuna/Vongola’s “betrayal”. Why become so upset if you never cared about something in the first place?
Sure enough, both Enma and Tsuna proved that they held each other very dearly in their heart (in chapters 330-332). Enma had fallen into despair because he thought he had lost everything, his sister, his comrades, his family legacy-and perhaps, Tsuna’s friendship too. But Tsuna was there for him. That was what pulled Enma back; the fact that not everything important to him had been lost. He didn’t lose Tsuna. I got completely bowled over at this, because Enma and Tsuna mutually needing one another is goddamn sweet.
Enma’s character development had been some of the best for a non-protagonist character imo. Although it might not always be to the reader’s liking, but I feel like I understand what this character is going through. He was at first an emotionless pushover, then a jaded but determined little mafia boss. Then he went psycho and that’s always interesting for a normally stoic character. Then he fell into despair and Amano did all kinds of mean things to him, but it shows that she’s not afraid to use this character to visually indicate how hard he had fallen. Then he got salvation, and became slightly more expressive as the large of his emotional burden was now gone. Enma is also slowly picking up on the hardcore badassery of his ancestor and I can’t complain because it’s awfully endearing and, frankly, excites me about how he will begin to develop from now on.
TL;DR I LOVE ENMA LIKE WHOA and people that hate him don’t have a heart. No arguments. Just admit it and move on.
Yep this is somehow an LJ update.