i was hoping i could post fic, but it's been hard to sit down and finish anything lately >< so just dumping the squee and moving on.
several things made me glee this weekend:
1. the latest reborn chapter (199). won't be spoilery as usual, will just privately fangirl over yama and his warranted squalo-adoration. and say for the record that squalo hasn't changed much in 10 years. neither has lussuria. then again, who would want lussuria to change XD XD
VARIA I'VE MISSED YOU SO MUCH~ where are you hiding xanxus? drag scarface out here, i miss him too!!
2. this chapter got me wanting to listen to haneuma to same, the drama about dino and squalo's past. i've had this file for a while but last night was pretty much the first time i listened to it. i'd really really like to come across a translation of this? just so i can check if i understood it right ^^
romaji transcript because i'm lazy and this is not a japanese keyboard.
dino: ore wa!
squalo: ah?
dino: ore wa... mafia ni wa naranai!
squalo: ha? nani itten da? omae ni sonna sentakushi wo erabu jiyuu nanka aru no ka yo.
dino: atte mo natte mo, ore wa naranai! mafia wa kirai da!
squalo: oi...
dino: oyaji wa sonkei shiteru shi, family mo minna mo suki da. taisetsu na kazoku datte omotteru. dakedo... ore wa bouryoku wa kirai da shi, chi datte dekireba mitakunai shi. itai no mo iya da shi. futsuu no... shizuka de heibou na seikatsu ga shitain da!
squalo: VOOOOOII! nani yo amai koto itteyagaru!
dino: !!
squalo: "heibou na seikatsu" da! sonna yume mitee na koto ga hontou ni kanou da to omotten no ka?
dino: y-yume?
squalo: ningen tte no wa na. umareta shunkan kara shukumei wo seottara. omae wa mafia no atotori ni umareta, sore wa mou kesenee jijitsu nanda yo. sono omoi genjitsu kara nigetai dake darou ga.
dino: ch-chigau! ore wa - !
squalo: amattaru no obocchan no kangaesou na koto da. negumareta tachibana yatsu ni wa, kono mieteagiri you na katsubou wakaranee darou yo.
dino: squalo - omae -
squalo: ore wa jibun no shukumei wa jibun de kirihyaku - kono ken de naa! (he drives the point of his sword into the ground) mitero. ima ni ore wa dare yori mo tsuyoku natteyaru. soshite - subete wo ore no mae ni hirefusasete yaru ze!
dino: squalo... chikara ni chikara de taikou shitatte, itsuka yori tsuyou chikara ni taosareru. sonna yari kata ja, omae ga shinu koto ni naru ka mo shirenai ja nai ka.
squalo: ore ga makeru?? arienee naa.
dino: squalo!!
squalo: urusee!
(he swipes at dino.)
dino: !!
squalo: anmari gudaguda itteru to, imasugu kirikizamu zo.
dino: !
squalo: omae nanka ni kamatteru himawaneen da yo. (sheathes his sword) doke.
(he leaves)
[quick summary: dino is saying he loves his family but he hates conflict and blood and pain and everything that has to do with the mafia. so he ain't doing that shit. squalo proceeds to verbally bitchslap him and says WAKE UP KID. THIS IS THE REAL WORLD. DON'T THINK YOU HAVE A CHOICE. WELL IMMA BE THE MOST BADASS MOTHAFUCKA EVAH. IMMA GRAB LIFE BY THE NECK AND RAEP IT WITH THIS SWORD.
then dino says something like "Someday, someone's gonna be stronger than you. When that happens, you might die." Squalo goes "Me? Be defeated? Bitch, please. You bore me." puts away his katana and leaves.
i love how squalo calls him "softhearted señorito" (amai na obocchan) and yet dino doesn't get offended. dino, you hippie ♥♥ WHEN ARE YOU COMING BACK INTO THE STORYLINE PLZ.]
there's also a part there where young!dino and romario are talking about the vongola and the cavallone. i'd love this translated, too, because i'm too scattered to try and pick apart romario ^^
3. gokudera's mom in the anime, omg.
this bit? was not in the manga and it BREAKS MY HEART. i am getting this raw as soon as it comes out~
4.
kurot posted some new
official pics. i am fangirling over
hibari's threads (and hibird's matching outfit), this is new. and those POSTERS. i think i want the
ryohei one the most... although the
yama one looks good too. lovely contrast between tortured accomplished hitman and sunshiny teenager.
gokudera...
how do you get your legs to go like that.
5. quote of the week:
OMG, shark running gag would be the best thing ever. Forget just this fight, NOW I WANT ALL HIS FIGHTS TO END WITH A SHARK.
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makeste eta: after happily plurking for the first time, caught snippets of the live coverage of the pacquiao match. he's definitely winning. smiling people with badass game faces always do.
all the blood kinda depresses me, though. still, have to get back to work.