lol who even knows WHAT'S up with this chapter.
THE KHR 209 SPOILERS ARE OUT, AND THEY ARE INSANE. INSANE, I TELL YOU.
1. First of all, it is nice to know that Amano does occasionally read her fangirls' minds and oblige. :P
- Hibari is in trouble. Something intercepts the attack, saving Hibari. It appears to be Gokudera (plus rest of gang). He says they're even now.
This makes me so stupidly happy. Not only is he alive (though in bad shape), but Gokudera is INTERCEPTING ATTACKS (I love it when he does something to protect one of the other guardians; it's so right-hand-man-ly) and SMUGLY PROCLAIMING THAT HIS DEBTS ARE REPAID. Haha, just awesome. <3 Even if he DOES collapse afterwards; I am EASILY PLACATED.
2. Now on to the wtf-ery.
- Irie is shocked by Tsuna's words about 2 things. One, the Vongola are coming for the round machine in his lab. Two, the Vongola is accusing HIM of the time travel (i.e., Irie is not the one responsible for sending them to the future).
What. WHAAAAAAAAT.
Assuming that's not a mistranslation... WHAAAAT. Irie isn't responsible for the time-travel? Despite CLEARLY knowing about it before he should have? God, I'm so confused right now. If he's not the cause, then who is? There's no way Byakuran did it on his own (because... just because). The Cervello, maybe...? At any rate, there goes my whole grand theory down the drain. D:
ARE YOU REALLY SURE IT WASN'T YOU, SHOU? MAYBE YOU HIT YOUR HEAD AND FORGOT OR SOMETHING?
3. Wtf-ery, part 2!
- Kusakabe thinks, "Prancing horse? Does he mean Dino from the past?"
- Hibari continues, "He was going on and on about how the rings flames would become really important in the battles to come."
...so now Dino's involved in this mess too, huh? XD
I guess this doesn't necessarily implicate him in the whole time-travel plot (though it is a little suspicious, especially coming right on the heels of "SHOU DIDN'T DO IT?!1"), though. Much ado has been made about the Vongola rings for a long time now; while it is a surprise that Dino knew that they could channel flames, maybe he... uh... well...?
Okay, scratch that. Something is definitely fishy there, and damn it I want to know what. (No wonder we haven't seen his future self yet, then. DINO WHY ARE YOU SUDDENLY INVOLVED IN STRANGE PLOT THINGS.)
4. Anyway, wtf-ery aside, Hibari is freaking adorable in this chapter.
- Genkishi asks Hibari is he knows about the fighting methods of this era. Hibari looks confused. Genkishi asks if Hibari has seen a Box before (shows him). Hibari thinks it's a music box.
lol.
- Hibari also notices Kusakabe. He says, "Have I ever told you it's OK to gather a crowd? You're fired from the discipline committee."
LOL. XD
Honestly, it's taken me forever to really warm up to Hibari as a character (not that I ever hated him or anything; he just wasn't as interesting as some of the others), but I'm really starting to love him now. There's just something about that combination of AWESOMUUU POWAAAAH plus HILARIOUS CLUELESSNESS that's just total win.
5. - Hibari lights up his vongola ring. He tells the rest, "I'd have been fine even if you people didn't come along."
Pfft, whatever. :P At any rate, GENKISHI, IT WAS GOOD TIMES WHILE IT LASTED. Actually, though, I hope he gets a little Gamma-esque flashback of his own when he's defeated, because I still do want to know what really happened with Uni and the Giglionero, and whether or not he really did betray them.
...you guys I can't wait a week for the next chapter now. *_*