With the ridiculous T&A, highly busy art style, and confusing story lines, the Get Backers manga ceased making much sense to me sometime around the insect clans plot. So is that now ended and continuing in Get Backers Infinity Fortress, which so far seems to be going both backwards and forwards in time? Is Infinity Fortress a retcon ( Read more... )

This fanfic recs update brings you GetBackers, Weiß Kreuz, Saiyuki, Kyou Kara Maou, Stargate Atlantis, due South, Hot Fuzz, Fullmetal Alchemist and Torchwood.

I've been browsing Kill Me, Kiss Me by Lee Young Yuu, and it's frustrating me. The art is an obstacle and somewhat confusing to me, but my main problems are that the series keeps toying with interesting plot matters then dropping them and that there seems to be 20 characters, many of whom look similar and have similar character traits. There doesn ( Read more... )

A while back I signed up for Waldenbooks' e-mail discount program, the thing they're replacing the Preferred Reader's card program I've been part of and loved for 16 years with. Today I received a coupon for 30% off one book, good from 4/28 -5/1. (Whereas my card gives me 10% off anything anytime, or at least it will until May is over and ( Read more... )

I browsed Descendants of Darkness vol. 4 today and just can't do it. Can't. I loved the anime. I want to like this series. But everybody's overwrought and it's straining too hard for The Funny and I like my guys to look like men not prissy girls. A full cast of men who look like girls would be bad enough, but they all look like prissy girls. Augh. ( Read more... )

GetBackers: "The Weight"
RATING: NC-17
SUMMARY: Responsibility goes two ways. Or three.

From what I see, being in anime/manga fandoms is often like naturally living with several accepted AUs, especially in ones like Weiß Kreuz. Most times you have manga continuity vs. anime continuity, with the added difference of whether you're using the subtitled or dubbed version. And whether your subtitled version is a direct translation or a ( Read more... )

Weiß Kreuz/GetBackers: "Delicate Sensibilities"
RATING: PG-13.
SUMMARY: Tonight Yoji was in the mood for something different, but not this different.

Once in a while I see a picture or icon where I just want to rescue one of the characters because he's mentally too young for this sex stuff or that outfit. *snerk* When did I become characters' mom? Even when they're official pictures, it doesn't make it right to me, like when I see pictures of Mitsuo in unzippered vinyl and my reaction is still " ( Read more... )

Oh, people are gonna hate me for sharing this....

A lot of times when I watch Ban on GetBackers (anime), I flash to Uncle from Jackie Chan Adventures. Really! I think I can attribute it to the insults, arrogance, hair, and glasses. Thus, I have an idea of what Ban will look and possibly be like decades from now--if he survives his life--and ( Read more... )