"Are you satisfied now?" "Oh yes!"
AJhjashdjsahjds Honey Colosseum. I finally started the pile I had ben accumulating and that's how, unexpectedly, I was in the world of GakuChota. No, really, I did NOT expect it. But it's so sweet! No, no sex. They ACT like Jr. High students. OK, maybe not, maybe more like 5th Graders. Except when Shishido talks about Atobe's loving.
This story is silly, really about Chotaroh having something in his eye and Gakuto taking care of him like the good senpai he is: he guides him by the hand to the nearest water tap. Everybody is amused by this behaviour, as Gakuto speaks to Ohtori as if he was his personal Kabaji ("Nah, Chotaro?"). Then they come across Atobe, who offers Ohtori some eye drops (this breaks Satoumizu's myth of Atobe's phobia to eye drops - full story here) that Kabaji produces from his bag, but he says that "No, thank you. Mukahi-senpai is taking care of me." And to Gakuto's back he shows Atobe with a wink that his eye is alright now, he just enjoys going along with Gakuto, because it is making his senpai so happy. Atobe reflects, with a laugh: "Now, who's really taking care of who?". Awwww.
It's really funny how I used to root for Seigaku so badly when I first watched the Anime 3 years ago, but after watching the entire series and reading so many doujinshis, my perspective has changed almost 180º. It's not that I don't like Seigaku, no, no, I still love them. But since I know what's going to happen, I can enjoy their rivals much better. And in CANON. Canon crack and Konomi's obscene rear and front views (ass shots, OPEN LEGS, for Athobena's sake, Ryoma looks always ready for action, and in the cover of volume 17, a snowflake marks the G-spot in Fuji. Go check. Although that cover is so awful that I wonder if Konomi really loves or hates his own characters). Without his voice, I like Fuji even less, I've realized. I don't like his "tensai"'s air one bit. Yuuta, on the other hand, confesses to Ryoma that he can only think of his brother after all :D Ryoma tells him "That's fine", as at the moment he is pretty much in awe of Fuji's prowess himself.
It's also funny to read with my own eyes some things I'd vaguely heard about, like the fan questions on Hyoutei: "I cannot sleep at night wondering if what Jiro is wearing are really shorts or his underwear. I wouldn't put it past him, and being him I forgive him, BUT..." According to Jiro's teammates, it is his UNDERWEAR, right? I was shocked too! I mean, I was reading the pages and then I realized his shorts were striped and OMG those are not tennis shorts or sport shorts! That's either his pajamas or his underwear. That game is so cool. Did you see Atobe DROOL? Jiro *is* like Atobe's spoiled kid. I realize more and more everyday how much he does care for his team. It's like Tezuka when Momo played Sengoku, but since Tezuka is mostly expresionless, you don't get to appreciate his emotions as much as you do in Atobe's case. And Atobe shows a lot!! Besides...I cannot read his and Tezuka's lines without cracking up. Too much fandom crack will do this to you. And canon!Atobe is AS MUCH FUN as doujinshi Atobe. Maybe it's that I have read too much Oretama lately and I still think of his inner-kid who can't live without "Kabaji, Kabaji, Oresama's..."
"What is exactly Sakaki for Hyoutei?" "I'm just a music teacher." Everybody in their thoughts: "You liar!"
And the way Atobe pulls Kabaji's hair with passion before his game against Taka-san? O.M.G. O.M.G. (/hopeless KabaAto shipper)
Also, the massive absence of Inoue and Shiba and the Ichinen's stupid comments = BONUS POINTS-SHOWER.
-------------------- This week I have been doing some train travelling, and that's when I usually read the manga. At home I only read doujinshi. Must sort out my pr...reading stuff.