Time for my weekly post!
Again with the infrequent updating! Anyway, Happy Birthday to cobizah! Sorry I'm late, but I hope you had fun. ♥
I feel like it was someone else's birthday too yesterday. Someone I ought to remember, someone I've posted about in the past some 88 different times. It's on the tip of my tongue... damn it, who could it be?!
1. I don't quite understand what "he will shatter his own pride" means, but whatever works for you, Ryohei!
Okay, so we're back to where we left off last week, with a badly beaten Ryohei making ominous apologies to Aoba. I love that Aoba repeats Ryohei's exact words back to him, presumably in lieu of a "previously on KHR" montage. If I told someone something and their response--literally seconds later--to me was, "If I'm not mistaken, I believe I just heard you say [insert the words I just said here]," I would have to battle the very strong urge to slap them in the face. YES, AOBA, THAT IS WHAT HE SAID.
Anyway, let's see what Ryohei has in store for him.
2. HOT DIGGITY DAMN
You know, I don't normally do bullet point breakdowns just for attacks, but fuck it.
- THESE ARE NOT YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S SUN FLAMES. Holy shit.
- There seems to be some disparity between the level of badass evoked by the name "Sunshine Counter" and the level of badass contained in the actual Sunshine Counter. Which is to say, BEST. ATTACK NAME. EVER.
- And not to nitpick, but why the hell didn't he do that seventeen pages ago?
- Lastly, AOBA HOW ARE YOU EVEN STILL ALIVE
3. NO, SERIOUSLY, how the hell did Aoba survive at point blank range an attack that melted Lambo's face clear off? I ask you, does that make sense? What the hell are his glasses made of, Adamantium??
4. Lol, beruichi, you totally called it. All this time he was patiently charging up for a Limit Break. So sneaky, Ryohei! I'm so picking him the next time I play Super Smash Bros.
Well, no, because that's actually a really stupid power. XD But at least the end result was cool.
5. Sometimes these guys get impressed too easily. "Wow, if thirty percent was enough to not damage Aoba at all, I can only imagine what will happen when the attack is fully charged!"
Not to mention that Aoba also has a damn good point. Is it sad, though, that I can totally understand why this was apparently the power-up most suited to Ryohei's abilities? XD
6. No one is questioning your confidence, Ryohei. Don't you worry about that! It's just your actual skills that are in doubt. So that's all well and good.
7. I wish there was more to comment on/make fun of in all these fighting panels. "Hey, get a load of Tsuna's face! He's all scared-looking and stuff! Teehee!" See, that might have been worth a chuckle or two if I didn't make the exact same joke every time Basil gets a panel, and if Tsuna hadn't also looked twice as hilarious back on page 8 when he was saying "NO!!" Sigh.
8. What's better than one Shirtless Ryohei? FOUR SHIRTLESS RYOHEIS, AH AH AH. Or just one Shirtless Ryohei who's moving really fast. Either one is good.
I'm surprised Gokudera didn't pick up on the obvious reason why Ryohei would let himself get hit just a little bit each time, though. You do remember the explanation we were given a half-dozen pages ago, don't you, Genius Boy? Or did someone hit you on the head too?
There, see? A one-year-old child picked up on that, for crying out loud.
9. SUNSHINE UPPERCUT. TEEHEE. And then we have the fighting panels that make fun of themselves. |D
I note that the glasses are still intact. Christ, I could use a pair like those.
Speaking of Aoba's glasses, are they actually becoming a plot point?!
10. --OH MY GOD THEY ARE. OH MY GOD HE'S FRIGGING CYCLOPS.
AND HE IS HOT
SO HOT
I DON'T EVEN
OH GOD, NEXT WEEK I'M JUST GOING TO SPEND THE ENTIRE TIME DROOLING.