Er, not dead

[petronia]

I've just been... writing. ^^; It's turned into one of those periods. At the moment I'm not particularly good company either online or off, though I've been leaving comments; mostly I'm heavily engaged in talking to myself. XD There are also RL issues pulling at my attention

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[petronia]

Ahahaha. XD;; Okay um, so Ban, Ginji, Makubex and Kazuki have gotten into the Beltline and are preparing to battle Der Kaiser and the whole Miroku clan, right? There is some discussion as to whether Ban should/is prepared to do this, whereupon Ban states he doesn't intend to fight his father so much as confront him with the negative consequences of his actions, as the only reason his father could be doing what he's doing is if his mother (or as Ban charmingly puts it, "the woman who gave birth to me") is up in Babylon City.**

Ginji: !?
Ginji: *remembers Teshimine telling him his mother is in Babylon City*
Ginji: *blinkety blink*
Ginji: Ban-chan, your mom is in Babylon City too...?
(there is a pause. Ban pointedly does not look his way)
Ban: Ginji... you know...
(Hevn falls on Ban from above, effectively derailing the conversation)

** thus demonstrating that Ban has a keen sense of what kind of manga he inhabits.

...So, um, you see. XD;;

[petronia]

I'm sure the readership gets a waiver if they pull "o the main characters are actually related" in volume 30-something of a manga for pete's sake though! That's just evil. XD (The last time I can remember it conceivably happening was in Gundam Seed but I didn't ship that pairing, so. XD)

Ban's mother: from what I can make out, didn't happen in the same order as what we all thought... apparently Ban was shipped off to Germany right after he was born and only met his mother later (post-Eris)? Will report back, it'll be explained in this volume, I'm pretty sure.

[canis_m]

Dousaibou Seibutsu <3333333 Yumeka Sumomo <3333333 IIRC she's illustrated a "How To Draw BL" instructional manual. ^^; Reminds me of those "How To Draw Horses" books aimed at the female elementary student set.

I just put in an amazon order, literally, like 10 minutes ago--had no choice as Ze 3 is out. Came close to getting Koi Suru Boukun but put it off again for reasons now unclear (when I know & trust Takanaga Hinako, and it gets five-star ratings across the board? maa, next time).

[petronia]

Oh, thanks for reminding me! XD;; (Thanks... I see more cash expenditure on the horizon...)

Koi susu boukun seems quite cute and funny but I haven't read enough into it.

[naanima]

Yumeka Sumomo goes for the throat.

In a very understated way of course. [I say this because of her other works where after reading I felt like listening to some ENYA and crying my poor heart out.]

She owns my soul and possibly several of my future babies.

Furthermore, Ban and his name made me inhale water the wrong way. I am in pain but terribly amused.

[corneredangel]

There's not much overlap between the fans-of-Yukikaze-anime and readers-of-military-SF flist contigents, I think.

You *have* a readers-of-military-SF contingent on the flist?

In my prior experience, 99-point-like-5 percent of English-language mlitary SF deteriorates into self-parody three pages in; the .5 percent that doesn't...cheerfully embraces self-parody from the get-go.

...and then there's Joe Haldeman, but he's in a class of his own. What with the 'having actually been shot at', and all...

[petronia]

Well, you're the only one I know who reads military SF and has seen Yukikaze anime, at any rate. XD

I dunno, I just treat it like Tom Clancy (whom I used to read a lot of) - as long as there's a lot of real-life-granular technical detail flying past in the prose I'm happy, regardless of the topic. It's not like I know any different. XD

[ayabai]

i am still so behind on GB. lol. the last volume i bought was 31. if i've been incest!shipping all along, er... =___=

oh, i adore yumeka sumomo! she also did a book called chou ni naru.... romantic and soft.

[petronia]

Ha, yeah, I actually hope it won't be but there's so much revelations being piled on revelation now... XD

(I still have to answer your email about the universities! Um, I do intend to answer, I'm sorry... ;;;;)

[ayabai]

i think i'm gonna wait for the next volume to come out before buying 32-35 at mandarake or something and just sitting down with the tanks and some chu-hai for a quality evening at home: A&A sensei and light booze, what more do i need?

ah, and don't worry, just whenever you have free time! i'm not even going to be back in north america for awhile anyway, and i've been getting into arguments with my mother about it- uh... i don't think she thinks canada/quebec is a real country.

[insaneneko]

Erg, you've reminded me that I need to go find volume 1. Volume 2 is sitting there, waiting for me to find and attempt to read volume 1 first... *sighs*