Still into Samurai Deeper Kyo...
OK, volume 5 of Samurai Deeper Kyo is where I went from ‘I like, should read more’ to ‘obsessed. MUST HAVE MORE NOW.’ The plot has finally kicked into super gear, with Kyo off to find the body inside this scary psycho forest, and the revelations of various clans (he was the head of one and then left) and his former best friend Akira who was in the clan who now switched sides because he is bitter Kyo left, and joined the group that now hunts Kyo, and that fact that Benitora is Iyeyasu’s son (whaaaa? AWESOME) and just everything. And Yuya is a little like Sakuya, a woman who we don’t know much about yet, but she’s disappeared and she is important to Kyo.
And Kyoshiro is the one who killed Yuya’s brother? He is the one she’s been hunting? Why? What? I am in love.
I’ve also decided to ship Kyo/Yuya in this volume. I mean, she is all jealous when he goes off with that assassin/messenger/weird troublemaker girl, and she is all freaked when she thinks he’ll die. And he comes to the forest to rescue her. Yeah, total ship potential.
Kyo seems very straightforward, interestingly enough. And rather with some simple wants (his body back, good fight, busty girls etc). And it’s true, I never noticed that before Yuya did, but he never lies, and he does have a code of his own.
YES.
LOVE.
ETA: And now I am through volume 7 and this is so complicated and convoluted and awesome. Also? Yeah, definitely Kyo/Yuya ftw. She goes all psycho when she thinks he is killed, and it’s the imminent threat to her life that brings out the berserker in Kyo (which is a feat considering he is berserk enough already). And then two of the 12 take Yuya because they know that she is important to Kyo and he won’t follow them if they have her, even if his own body is at stake.
YES.
Also, Yukimura is so my manga boyfriend. His deceptive laidbackness combined with total focus and protective streak is…GUUUUH. It’s like combining Kenshin and Aoshi into one.
ETA2: And there is Kyo/Yuya staring in vol 10. YES. You know, I really do like Kyo. He is very loyal to his friends.
And Kyoshiro is the one who killed Yuya’s brother? He is the one she’s been hunting? Why? What? I am in love.
I’ve also decided to ship Kyo/Yuya in this volume. I mean, she is all jealous when he goes off with that assassin/messenger/weird troublemaker girl, and she is all freaked when she thinks he’ll die. And he comes to the forest to rescue her. Yeah, total ship potential.
Kyo seems very straightforward, interestingly enough. And rather with some simple wants (his body back, good fight, busty girls etc). And it’s true, I never noticed that before Yuya did, but he never lies, and he does have a code of his own.
YES.
LOVE.
ETA: And now I am through volume 7 and this is so complicated and convoluted and awesome. Also? Yeah, definitely Kyo/Yuya ftw. She goes all psycho when she thinks he is killed, and it’s the imminent threat to her life that brings out the berserker in Kyo (which is a feat considering he is berserk enough already). And then two of the 12 take Yuya because they know that she is important to Kyo and he won’t follow them if they have her, even if his own body is at stake.
YES.
Also, Yukimura is so my manga boyfriend. His deceptive laidbackness combined with total focus and protective streak is…GUUUUH. It’s like combining Kenshin and Aoshi into one.
ETA2: And there is Kyo/Yuya staring in vol 10. YES. You know, I really do like Kyo. He is very loyal to his friends.