I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN, I'LL FOLLOW YOU UNTIL YOU LOVE ME
KHR Target 314: Fight of Fabulousness
I haven't slept properly in three days and I enjoyed this chapter very much! Warning: Immaturity and swearing follow.
It's official! I really do love most of Simon!
Julie: trollolololololol
Most of Simon: Go eat a dick.
Julie: Yo Kaoru! TROLLOLOLOLOLOL
Kaoru: GO EAT A GIANT BAG OF DICKS. Yama-chan, I am sorry! You - to me, you are ... like a beloved G!
Also, their faaaaaces. Especially Adelheid and Enma, they are precious. She's so upset that he's upset! Thank goodness I'm getting real excuses to ship them furiously. It's sort of sad that Aoba didn't unlock this many warm fuzzies in everyone's hearts. Maybe they were too shocked? but hey, everybody loves Large!
What is anyone talking about. That guy, this guy, that thing? It's not even intriguing because it's so confusing. But the mention of Iemitsu is exciting! He (and CEDEF) has actually been doing things?? I like that both Vongola and Simon seem to be making background plans ... maybe. Depending on whatever the hell the Simon crew are talking about.
Enma, you're being so stupid! Don't fall into blackout rage so easily! Then suddenly Julie turns into Goldilocks. "Large is too large and it must be admitted that Chrome's on the small side, but this one is juuuuuuust right!" BE SUSPICIOUS, SIMON. Do they need him to twirl his moustache before they realise he's up to dodgy things? Does he actually have to tie Chrome to railway tracks?
I love that Gokudera is having a tough time believing that Simon and Vongola fought each other. A year or so earlier and he probably would've been yelling that, in spite of the visions, the important thing was to remember that Simon were the enemy and maybe Cozart had it coming anyway. Now he has faith! The ability to reason for a few seconds and think over his conclusions!
WHY DOES EVERYONE HAVE TO PICK ON POOR LAMBO
SERIOUSLY YOU GUYS. Oh, Reborn. Gokudera. ♥♥♥
re:Replica of 19th century Italian town on a desert island in the Pacific Ocean: It becomes increasingly clear that COZART IS OUT OF HIS MIND. Or maybe the remnants of the original Simon mafia family were, I'm not sure, but THIS IS BIZARRE.
I can't believe Gokudera of all people is getting het fanservice! In this manga I would have expected the person who insisted on getting addressed by the "-chan" suffix to be a guy, and that that guy would be Gokudera's opponent. It's nice to have it with a girl. It gives me vague hopes that Amano will get in good Ryohei/Hana vibes when the opportunity is there.
I like her attitude! Large and Kouyou were much more invested in their villain speeches. This is a hilarious contrast.
And then she busts through a roof and poses like a champ. I am going to love this fight. I'm so glad it's here, and PLEASE LET SHITT P WIN AND HAVE GOKUDERA DRAGGED AWAY BY THE VINDICE. IN CHAINS. EVERYONE CRIES. LAMBO CLINGS TO HIS LEGS AT THE LAST MOMENT TO GO WITH HIM. *__________*
This is all inexpressibly charming. Catnip. Catnip. This is why they say the boy is a genius. (HE'S ALSO ADORABLE.) But Uri in the VG outfit is HILARIOUS.
I say this with all the love in the world: This bullshit is amazing. Smirk, magic armoured cigarette, those glasses. Tsuna suddenly going all eloquent "Ooh it's the revival!". He even takes care to say "smokin", without the g. Gokudera looks like the movie Top Gear crossed with Rambo crossed with IT CAN ONLY BE KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN.
Everything is FABULOUS.
That was the joy, now the rage.
I can't decide, I CANNOT COPE WITH DECIDING how girls are being treated in this arc. (But a general note: Die in a fire, Julie.)
Shitt P gets a built-in pantyflash outfit right in time for her fight. Bam, like magic. The outfit does work for her - I'm pretty sure her design is inspired by Lady Gaga, so we're lucky she didn't try and fight dressed as a lobster. Her underwear looks kind of metallic (....which is pretty awesome), and altogether it's weird enough to work as something the character would want to wear - but it happened now so that there's a stack of added ~sexytimes~ to her fight.
I swear there must have been an editorial mandate that KHR needs more fanservice from its female characters. But it's also really weird because the fanservice is backgrounded - no one in the manga NOTICES Adelheid's breasts (Julie dedicated a stray mention to her thigh, which is seriously ignoring the two baby elephants in the room) or comments on the pantyflashes in her fight with Hibari, and even Tsuna isn't even blushing about Shitt P's skirt. It's practically meta fanservice, like Amano's going "HERE. TAKE IT. NOW SHUT UP, THIS IS NOT THE MANGA YOU ARE LOOKING FOR."
I kind of like this approach, kind of hate it? It's good not to have a bunch of "dudes turn into drooling lechers" moments but the fanservice is still RIGHT THERE, terribly egregious. And also terribly drawn, in Adelheid's case. Can't we get Kubo Tite to pop in and drawn her breasts? He's good at 'em. Mostly it rankles because it started largely in this arc, which is in other ways apparently trying real hard to be grossly misogynistic.
Julie is disgusting! What the hell is up with that treatment of Adelheid in the chapter where he sticks his hand in her face and humiliates her? Chrome needs to get out of there. She will escape somehow, of course, but there's every chance this subplot will end up handwaved and excused, then swept under the rug as an incident solely intended as fanservice for the fucked up. Kind of like how Kyoko and Haru tried to get treated like peers during the Millefiore arc, and then had to get naked bath time scenes to be allowed character depth.
I want to believe that there's a point to how the female characters are being treated, but I can't decide if it's a creepy accident in the writing or if it's supposed to be a legitimate plot point. This overhanging grossness is tainting the whole arc. The situation is nauseating and I hate that there's no guarantee it will get better.
But, after all, I do still love the manga. Sometimes it feels like it's at arms' length. I think I'm going to stop reading this fight for a few chapters, though, so I can get a larger dosage of fabulous in my eyeballs at a time.
I haven't slept properly in three days and I enjoyed this chapter very much! Warning: Immaturity and swearing follow.
It's official! I really do love most of Simon!
Julie: trollolololololol
Most of Simon: Go eat a dick.
Julie: Yo Kaoru! TROLLOLOLOLOLOL
Kaoru: GO EAT A GIANT BAG OF DICKS. Yama-chan, I am sorry! You - to me, you are ... like a beloved G!
Also, their faaaaaces. Especially Adelheid and Enma, they are precious. She's so upset that he's upset! Thank goodness I'm getting real excuses to ship them furiously. It's sort of sad that Aoba didn't unlock this many warm fuzzies in everyone's hearts. Maybe they were too shocked? but hey, everybody loves Large!
What is anyone talking about. That guy, this guy, that thing? It's not even intriguing because it's so confusing. But the mention of Iemitsu is exciting! He (and CEDEF) has actually been doing things?? I like that both Vongola and Simon seem to be making background plans ... maybe. Depending on whatever the hell the Simon crew are talking about.
Enma, you're being so stupid! Don't fall into blackout rage so easily! Then suddenly Julie turns into Goldilocks. "Large is too large and it must be admitted that Chrome's on the small side, but this one is juuuuuuust right!" BE SUSPICIOUS, SIMON. Do they need him to twirl his moustache before they realise he's up to dodgy things? Does he actually have to tie Chrome to railway tracks?
I love that Gokudera is having a tough time believing that Simon and Vongola fought each other. A year or so earlier and he probably would've been yelling that, in spite of the visions, the important thing was to remember that Simon were the enemy and maybe Cozart had it coming anyway. Now he has faith! The ability to reason for a few seconds and think over his conclusions!
WHY DOES EVERYONE HAVE TO PICK ON POOR LAMBO
SERIOUSLY YOU GUYS. Oh, Reborn. Gokudera. ♥♥♥
re:Replica of 19th century Italian town on a desert island in the Pacific Ocean: It becomes increasingly clear that COZART IS OUT OF HIS MIND. Or maybe the remnants of the original Simon mafia family were, I'm not sure, but THIS IS BIZARRE.
I can't believe Gokudera of all people is getting het fanservice! In this manga I would have expected the person who insisted on getting addressed by the "-chan" suffix to be a guy, and that that guy would be Gokudera's opponent. It's nice to have it with a girl. It gives me vague hopes that Amano will get in good Ryohei/Hana vibes when the opportunity is there.
I like her attitude! Large and Kouyou were much more invested in their villain speeches. This is a hilarious contrast.
And then she busts through a roof and poses like a champ. I am going to love this fight. I'm so glad it's here, and PLEASE LET SHITT P WIN AND HAVE GOKUDERA DRAGGED AWAY BY THE VINDICE. IN CHAINS. EVERYONE CRIES. LAMBO CLINGS TO HIS LEGS AT THE LAST MOMENT TO GO WITH HIM. *__________*
This is all inexpressibly charming. Catnip. Catnip. This is why they say the boy is a genius. (HE'S ALSO ADORABLE.) But Uri in the VG outfit is HILARIOUS.
I say this with all the love in the world: This bullshit is amazing. Smirk, magic armoured cigarette, those glasses. Tsuna suddenly going all eloquent "Ooh it's the revival!". He even takes care to say "smokin", without the g. Gokudera looks like the movie Top Gear crossed with Rambo crossed with IT CAN ONLY BE KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN.
Everything is FABULOUS.
That was the joy, now the rage.
I can't decide, I CANNOT COPE WITH DECIDING how girls are being treated in this arc. (But a general note: Die in a fire, Julie.)
Shitt P gets a built-in pantyflash outfit right in time for her fight. Bam, like magic. The outfit does work for her - I'm pretty sure her design is inspired by Lady Gaga, so we're lucky she didn't try and fight dressed as a lobster. Her underwear looks kind of metallic (....which is pretty awesome), and altogether it's weird enough to work as something the character would want to wear - but it happened now so that there's a stack of added ~sexytimes~ to her fight.
I swear there must have been an editorial mandate that KHR needs more fanservice from its female characters. But it's also really weird because the fanservice is backgrounded - no one in the manga NOTICES Adelheid's breasts (Julie dedicated a stray mention to her thigh, which is seriously ignoring the two baby elephants in the room) or comments on the pantyflashes in her fight with Hibari, and even Tsuna isn't even blushing about Shitt P's skirt. It's practically meta fanservice, like Amano's going "HERE. TAKE IT. NOW SHUT UP, THIS IS NOT THE MANGA YOU ARE LOOKING FOR."
I kind of like this approach, kind of hate it? It's good not to have a bunch of "dudes turn into drooling lechers" moments but the fanservice is still RIGHT THERE, terribly egregious. And also terribly drawn, in Adelheid's case. Can't we get Kubo Tite to pop in and drawn her breasts? He's good at 'em. Mostly it rankles because it started largely in this arc, which is in other ways apparently trying real hard to be grossly misogynistic.
Julie is disgusting! What the hell is up with that treatment of Adelheid in the chapter where he sticks his hand in her face and humiliates her? Chrome needs to get out of there. She will escape somehow, of course, but there's every chance this subplot will end up handwaved and excused, then swept under the rug as an incident solely intended as fanservice for the fucked up. Kind of like how Kyoko and Haru tried to get treated like peers during the Millefiore arc, and then had to get naked bath time scenes to be allowed character depth.
I want to believe that there's a point to how the female characters are being treated, but I can't decide if it's a creepy accident in the writing or if it's supposed to be a legitimate plot point. This overhanging grossness is tainting the whole arc. The situation is nauseating and I hate that there's no guarantee it will get better.
But, after all, I do still love the manga. Sometimes it feels like it's at arms' length. I think I'm going to stop reading this fight for a few chapters, though, so I can get a larger dosage of fabulous in my eyeballs at a time.