Reborn 309!
Now with +5 badtouch and +10 wtf stats! I'm not sure what to make of this!
1. Amano! What is this! Another 'holy shit wow' color page from you? Another one?? Don't you realize you cannot possibly keep this up forever? That surely one day the strain of constantly outdoing yourself with every new color page will cause you to explode or something? And if not you, your fans! Who are ONLY HUMAN, Amano, and can take only so much shiny perfection on a single page before we, too, succumb to... whatever it is happens when you're exposed to an overdose of shounen prettiness. Fainting, or possibly seizures, perhaps.
THIS PAGE IS DAMN ATTRACTIVE. IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY HERE.
Someone should tell Giotto to cut back on the amount of chlorine in his mafia hot tub, though! Hair's starting to look a bit greenish there. Look what happened to Aoba, Giotto; you don't want to meet the same fate, do you?
2. Oh lord, please tell me this isn't just going to be an entire chapter of Do Not Want. I don't know if I can take that. I'm not sure what makes me more uncomfortable, the preview text cheerfully speculating about Nametwin's "true intentions", or Chrome's CONSTANT PERMA-BLUSH that is just so, so awkward in this situation. :| ...
--oh thank God, he turned into a fanboying idiot as soon as she remembered his name. "YOU REMEMBERED MY NAME?!! TRULY IT MUST BE LOVE!" It keeps going back and forth between "okay, it almost seems safe, maybe I can come out and laugh at the absurdity of it all, just a bit...?" and "...NOPE, NEVER MIND", though. Chrome dazedly asking where she is: Not funny. Julie candidly explaining that he kidnapped her ♪: Funny (NO I GET THAT IT'S HORRIBLE, REALLY, IT'S JUST THE FACT THAT HE'S SO PROUD). Chrome's GIANT ELLIPSES: ...okay, both funny and not funny at the same time. XD
3. THIS FACE: ALSO FUNNY AND CREEPY ALL AT ONCE.
Offering to help her change: Not! At all! GET THE FUCK OUT OF HER BUBBLE RIGHT NOW, JULIE. DON'T MAKE ME COME OVER THERE. AMANO THERE ARE LITTLE KIDS READING THIS SHIT FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU. 8|
YES! ADELHEID! GO YELL AT HIM! You can use an even bigger font and more exclamation points than that, if you want! The sky's the limit!
4. Oh hell yes.
Okay, this turned out so much better than the spoilers made it sound, thank goodness. For starters, opening the page with a gorgeous panel of Adelheid's legs: YES. YES. FINALLY SOMETHING OTHER THAN BOOBS.
And then Adelheid BITCHSLAPPING NAMETWIN'S PERVY HAND AWAY, o-omg. SHE'S BLUSHING, BUT IT'S NOT A "KYAAAA DOKIDOKI" BLUSH, IT IS A SUPREMELY TOPPY AND TSUNDERE BLUSH. SHE GAVE HIM AN ANGRY EXPOSITIONY LECTURE, and I'm just falling in love all over again, here.
5. Man, news travels fast on Shimon Island. You know, I have to admit that Julie's total indifference to the flashback lends a bit of credence to the theory that he's really Spade in disguise. He really doesn't give a fuck; if anything, he seems annoyed by it. Hmm.
--HEY. NO.
GODDAMN IT. Now this, on the other hand, is exactly the sort of Julie/Adelheid that I do not want. :/ GD JULIE, SHE TOPS YOU, DO YOU UNDERSTAND? Now go away and let me resume hoping that someone will kick you in the nuts presently.
6. MEANWHILE BACK IN THE FOREST OF THORNS AND FLASHBACKS, Tsuna is all, "AHHH! I SAW THINGS! THINGS IN MY HEAD, MAN! THE COLORSSSSS DUDE WTF." The Vindice explain that the coin pouch was the first of the "seven keys", and then Gokudera and co. waste a page figuring out what their entire readership immediately deduced last week.
Then the Vindice disappear again and Lambo starts to cry because he's only a little kid for fuck's sake, and Gokudera has absolutely no sympathy, because he never does when he's too busy freaking out himself. So basically they're all one big bundle of shaken nerves, down to only the panickiest, jumpiest trio from their original seven, and THINGS ARE NOT LOOKING GOOD.
7. But wait, what's this? Six different types of grape candy? Gokudera, you classy motherfucker, you rallied after all! Is this the best right hand man ever, or is this the best right hand man ever? Hell yeah. BABYSIT AS IF YOU WERE TO DIE~
--oh my God he actually did the piggybacks he actually did the piggybacks OH MY GOD. This entire page is just one giant DELICIOUS helping of my favoritest platonic OTP ever, you guys. I AM IN HEAVEN. IT'S LIKE READING A GUILTY PLEASURE FLUFF!FIC. ONE THAT IS CANON. BEST DAY EVER, I'm so fucking happy you don't even know, LA LA LA LA LA. 8D
8. "HEY TSUNA, STOP THINKING ABOUT RYOHEI ALREADY." "QUIT WHINING, TSUNA." "THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GOOD-FOR-NOTHING TSUNA." Still the king of pep talks, Reborn. Still the king.
Aw, dammit, but then he had to go and make sense, too. Curse you, Reborn!
Aww, I think Gokudera ships them.
9. BUNNY~!
AFTER IT, LAMBO! THE PLOT OF ALICE AND WONDERLAND ISN'T GOING TO SPOOF ITSELF!!
10. WOW.
UM.
WHAT?
...Well, this next battle is sure going to be interesting. You can't say it won't be. I'M ROOTING FOR YOU, LAMBO, GO GET HIM, KID.
And welcome to mychemical_lust and demoerin from the friend meme! I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES TOGETHER. ♥ BUT NOT IN THE CREEPY JULIE WAY, LET'S JUST BE CLEAR.