Do you feel lucky, punk?
I DO, AS A MATTER OF FACT. |D I had a job interview today which went really well, much to my relief (particularly since I spent the entire week being stomachachingly, panic-attackingly nervous over it), and when I finally got home from that there was a nice new KHR chapter waiting for me. With more color pages. And various assorted epicness.
1. I'm not going to lie; it took me about three minutes to finally click past this page. Do you know why it took me three minutes? If you answered "GOKUDERA'S TUMMY" then you are correct! ABS!!!!! *_* I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS WITH HIM STRIPPING AND/OR DOING RIDICULOUS POSES COLOR PAGE AFTER COLOR PAGE, BUT NEVER CHANGE, GOKUDERA. NEVER CHANGE.
But yeah, this page is basically just all of the hottest characters in KHR standing around being hot. I can just picture Amano hard at work: "They want fanservice? I'LL GIVE THEM FANSERVICE."
The only notable character missing is, of course, Yamamoto, but sadly it was a necessary sacrifice. For as we all know, his being ranked in the top five WHERE HE SHOULD BE might have tragically resulted in Daniela not making it into the top ten, and we can't very well have that! That makes sense, right? Oh no, wait, it's like the opposite of making sense. THANK YOU, JAPANESE FANDOM. XD
Aaaaaand I'm gonna stop ranting about the color page now.
2. As if to even further highlight the ridiculousness of Yamamoto coming in #9 on that poll, the following page features a hilarious harem panel basically confirming the fact that Yamamoto really is everyone's favorite. JUST LOOK AT THAT HAREM. Giannini is just standing there basking in Yama's lulzy presence, looking like he's never felt so alive. (And Fuuta frankly looks jealous. CRY MOAR, FUUTA.)
Also, I got a little ;_; at Yama's relentless loyalty to his crazy sharkmentor. I just hope he doesn't find a corpse for his trouble. SQUALO PLEASE BE OKAYYYYY.
3. In addition to keeping up his streak of showing off unnecessary flesh, Gokudera is also continuing his streak of making hilarious faces! I LOLed. I think he just doesn't trust Bianchi with Yamamoto. XD And I also cracked up at how HAPPY Bianchi looks when he asks her. "OMG HAYATO WERE YOU WORRIED? 8D" Haha, I don't know if I could possibly adore their relationship any more than I do right now.
4. I would just like to say that in light of the revelation a few pages later in this chapter, Tsuna, Chrome, and Uni all really dropped the ball here. Both Tsuna and Uni have hyper-intuition, and Chrome can freaking see through illusions, and yet Torikabuto just prances right on past them. WHY IS GOKUDERA THE ONLY ONE PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO SECURITY? That's right, abuse him, Dera. Abuse him good.
Also, when Yamamoto says over the comm, "I can't believe Giannini built an entrance to the base in a place like THIS!" my mind immediately jumps to all sorts of horrible places. I like to think it was something really insane, like they had to go to one of the stalls in a public restroom and then stand in the toilet and then get flushed down into the base. XD
5. This is random, but I love the way Reborn is just standing there in the lower right panel here. No matter how long I've been desensitized to the idea of "angry baby with a gun", it still cracks me up sometimes.
And IT TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH, CHROME. Geez.
6. AHHHHHHHHHHH
AND TORIKABUTO MAKES HIS ENTRANCE, JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN. I cannot be the only one who found that panel unbelievably terrifying, can I? Even Lambo's hilarious "I'VE BEEN KIDNAPPED 8X" face doesn't fully balance it out.
7. Because I feel the need to point it out in all caps whenever it actually happens, I would just like to say that GOKUDERA ONCE AGAIN DID SOMETHING USEFUL. /o/
SORRY BLUEBELL, YOU'VE BEEN SISTEMA C.A.DENIED. The I stands for "It's about time."
8. AFLKJALKJFL!!!1ONE
GAMMAAAAAAAAA
God damn it, that does it. From this point on I am never going to complain about the lack of any given character in the manga ever again. I just have to take it on good faith that Amano is simply waiting for the most epic possible moment to reintroduce them. LONGCHAMP, I WILL BE WAITING PATIENTLY FOR YOU.
GAMMMMMAAAAA~
9. Hahaha, much as I appreciate their showing up to help rescue Uni, the idea of Nosaru and Tazaru seriously attempting to take on one of the real FWs, considering that THEY LOST TO TSUNA AND GOKUDERA BACK BEFORE THEY EVEN KNEW HOW TO USE THE RINGS, just tickles me silly. YOU IDIOTS. XD
10. And yay, Tsuna remembered he's the fucking main character. |D I'M HAPPY HE GETS TO BE BADASS THE WEEK OF HIS BIRTHDAY. Besides, he owed Torikabuto a rematch anyway.
...Has Gamma ever seen Tsuna in action before? Come to think, I don't think he has, which explains the look of utter shock, lol.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THE DAY IS SAVED, THANKS TO... THE POWERPUFF GIRLS. *cue theme music*