Weeee its been a long time since I last updated. Well, what I did to the previous post was just to modify several stuffs in it LOL.

Anyway, this time I'm presenting to you--Mossore! Its really good even though I've only read the first chapter. This manga is translated by [biblo-eros], and I'm still waiting very patiently for the next release.  

By the mangaka Banana Nangoku (I wonder what's with the pen name?), it has nice art and of course, beautiful boys. Plus, the good humour is definitely an attraction to the already-interesting plot.












































Mossore is about 3 high school students who are best friends and always together. Chitose, Yakushima and Haneda are very different in personalities but despite that, they have been together everyday. Chitose is very cheerful, cute and pretty much jumpy. Yakushima on the other hand is an introvert. He's kind and gentle, and seems to have affection for Chitose. Haneda is a direct and righteous person. He doesn't hold back when it comes to Chitose.



















The trigger seems to be Chitose's bad memory. Every time Haneda or Yakushima said something to him, he'd forgotten about it the next second. And he kept buying the wrong item as they requested, and it drove Haneda to the point of strangling Chitose when the latter recorded the wrong video program for him. Chitose's carelessness caused Yakushima to suffer from burns in the home economics room when Chitose accidentally knocked on the wok. Since then they were forbidden to use the Home Econs room for cooking and this angered Haneda to the point worse than wanting to strangle Chitose.

Haneda then pointed out the fact that Chitose's problem is too serious to ignore and that he'd need some sort of training. Chitose was forced to put on a headphone with loud music blaring in his ear so that he can't hear what Haneda's saying. And then he's supposed to interpret what Haneda said by his actions (as below). Even so, Chitose's interpretation was simply too hilarious!

 






















































When Chitose found out that he couldn't understand what Haneda's doing, he got flustered. Yakushima suggested that he should try reading Haneda's lips but Chitose interpreted it wrongly and ran off saying, "Yes! Mind reading! I'm off for special training!" Since then Chitose had been absent for a whole week. As Yakushima was saying to Haneda that he's worried, Chitose appeared and exclaimed that he had mastered the mind-reading ability.

When both his friend's expression gave them away, Chitose said he'll prove it to them. He asked Yakushima to step forward and then lean his own forehead gently against Yakushima's. Chitose started to read Yakushima's thoughts outloud: "Chitose's lips are so close... maybe I should kiss him... but ah, Haneda's here. He's in the way..." 

Yakushima had a horrid realization that his thoughts were being voiced outloud. He shoved Chitose away who were actually rejoicing the fact that he can read minds now. When Haneda tried to ask Chitose whether he felt anything towards Yakushima (in the sense that Yakushima had somehow just confessed...?), to which Chitose replied with a puzzled "Huh?". Yakushima panicked and asked Haneda not to say it. Well as a matter of fact, birdbrain Chitose hasn't realized anything!!!

Wasn't that interesting? I'm really looking forward to the next chapter!!! Wonder what will happen to the introvert Yakushima :D ... and when did he get his bangs cut? In this first chapter he's got long bangs that actually covers his face. He looked better later on I believe :)

K, till next time, to which I'll bring up another interesting manga, JA!


yuii at 10/09/07 9:34 AM | 0 comments

Death Note

Music: Basket Case by Greenday
Mood: not-in-the-mood...

Dats Raito and L... well among both characters i prefer... L. But you know, it's pretty hard to imagine L as uke. Its also hard to imagine him as the seme! i don't know =___= ... but yes, i like this pairing~~~!

Somehow managed to finish Death Note (the manga) and I skipped here and there. Can't help it, certain part's pretty boring and my eyes got dizzy juz staring at the huge amount of Chinese words for me to read and interpret.

The ending's not THAT bad, pretty much expected. Well bad guys always ended up screwed... oops, harsh word used, eh? excuse me then!

























































I believe you're tired of hearing me preach on NOT to MISUSE these fanarts taken from other sources... so please DON'T!

Now then, there isn't much I wanna talk about here :( so I'll leave it as it is... Till then, ja!

 

yuii at 16/05/07 3:01 PM | 0 comments

xxx Holic

Music: Gather by Aozu, Puru Tabu to Can and Cap to Bin
Mood: Numb

Right, this time the theme is xxxHolic with Watanuki and Doumeki as the center of attention!!! Well there are lots of fans out there (apart from me) that simply love this pairing unconditionally ^_____^ ... The soft, caring and easy-going Watanuki with the quiet, calm and cool Doumeki! With the opposite characteristic that both have, it's one of the most interesting pairing. Doumeki is very receptive--whether it's towards Watanuki's words or feelings. He knew that Watanuki can see spirits without Watanuki telling him because Doumeki often observes Watanuki's reaction and expression. It's exciting to have Doumeki acting protective towards Watanuki and how he have the 6th sense...

Not many understand the title "xxx Holic" ... well me too. But i remember reading somewhere that the "Holic" is an attachment to something to strong, it became more like an addiction. The "xxx" in front represents anything that a person is extremely attached to. Therefore it can be "alcoholic", "phone-holic", "TV-holic, shoe-holic" etc. Although byright such words do not really exist (except for alcoholic), I think the concept is really cool. 

Below are some images from doujin/ fanart. They are not mine so please do not abuse them.





















I personally think it's cute >_< How the cool Doumeki imagining such "weird" stuffs in his mind hahahahahaha! and then the one where they nearly kiss each other... yummy! Then there are also others--do not abuse them (again), the two featured below:

































So it's like this, ne? Watanuki + Doumeki... a couple that gives others a sweet and cute feeling. I often think that even in the manga there's some very very slight hint (or maybe i think too much @@) of the two. And then I'll ponder =__= what if... i mean IF someday Watanuki asked Doumeki to be with him (in BL r/ship i mean), what will be Doumeki's response? So far as we see in both manga and anime, he doesn't have a girlfriend and seems like he's far more interested in Watanuki than any girls available ^______________^ yadda ne, gave me more hopes! But it feels like both Watanuki and Doumeki had gone through a lot together and had nearly died for each other. They even share the same right eye (sight).

I always like to see the surprised look on Doumeki. It's always as if he discovered a good side of Watanuki everytime he does that. Like the time when Watanuki was about to die when he always went off to the garden to meet with a woman. Even when he knew that he'll lost his life, he continued to see the woman whom he felt was really lonely, like him. When Doumeki found out, he chose to save Watanuki. Although Doumeki knew that by saving him, that'll mean breaking Watanuki's heart, he'd still do it. So after Doumeki killed the woman (whom is not human), the sick and weak Watanuki stumbled and screamed at Doumeki as so why he'd do that. Then he fainted. Yuuko then told Watanuki that that was merely Doumeki's choice. Doumeki chose to save him by demolishing the woman and now it's Watanuki's choice whether to forgive Doumeki or not. The next scene brings us to Watanuki bringing Bento to Doumeki. Though he was embarrassed by it, he hid it by saying "Be thankful to ore-sama who make you this bento." The surprised look on Doumeki was really really PRICELESS! He didn't expect Watanuki to forgive him, which is why he walked past Watanuki without speaking to him. Aaaaaah how nice ... seishun ne~ So then, now I'm waiting for the next volume of the manga and 2nd season of the anime! Till then, ja!

yuii at 01/02/07 4:52 PM | 0 comments

Komatta Toki Niwa Hoshi ni Kike!

Music: Snow Kiss by NIRGILIS
Mood: So-So

If Junjyou Romantica is one of the best yaoi manga around, then Komatta Toki Niwa Hoshi ni Kike by Abe Miyuki is regarded highly as a superb shounen-ai manga (at least that would be how i rate it hahahaha). Even when the books are 26 volumes long, I can assure you that that's so-very-NOT-ENOUGH! The story focus on our protagonist, Fujishima Takara and his best friend @ roommate @ classmate Hosaka Kiyomine. It all took place in Souryou Private High School and its student dorm--Kaze no Mon. The first scene of the book revolves on how Takara and Kiyomine first met. It was at the opening ceremony of the school and both of them happen to sit next to each other... and then they fought over some matters.

Then one week later, Takara shift to the dorm when his grandmother passed away (his mother passed away when he was young; his dad is a photographer who travels around the world). Unfortunately he was put in the same room as Kiyomine. Later we are introduced to other important characters such as Kashiwagi Reiichi--the dorm president @ Kiyomine's cousin, Okuno Yoshiya--Reiichi's roommate and also the school's vice president (student council), Aritomo Suzuki and sakura-chan (a snow leopard, Aritomo's pet), Kuzumi Wataru and Natsuki Asou, both being first years with Aritomo, Takara and Kiyomine and also the unlucky ones who had their rooms beside T&K.


















Throughout the book, there were many interesting events that happened. Among others that happened is the return of Takara's father--Fujishima Kou who discovered the out-of-boundary relationship between his son and Kiyomine. Kou often regard Kiyomine as a 'wolf' that someday might 'eat' his son *lol*. Things got interesting Kiyomine's brother came into the picture. He's a high ranking officer in the police department but have a rather twisted personality... I really like him coz he's so super funny when it comes to Takara and Kiyomine.

One more thing... Kou and Ayako (Kiyomine's elder sister) together~~~*rabu rabu*... they met by chance in Shibuya when Kou got attacked by a group of youngsters and Ayako (also a police) is patroling that area. They started off as friends -> close friends -> lovers Kiyomine was totally against their closer-than-friends relationship and had been the cause of his argument with Takara. There was once when Ayako and Kou got into a car accident because Ayako wanted to send Kou to airport... When Kiyomine received the news, he was so angered by it that he pushed Takara against the wall and said, "If anything happens to Ayako, I am not going to forgive your dad." and he sends off a hostile aura around him. When they reached the hospital, it seems like Ayako was only hurt in the wrist but Kou's hand suffered a crack. On the other hand, Takara understood that Ayako is the most important person in Kiyomine's life and that there's no person in the world could replace her. He was depressed and embarrassed that his father brought such problem to them... Takara then apologized to Reiichi and Kiyomine and this time Kiyomine felt as though Takara's attitude and words meant to keep a distance from him. Even so, the idiotic him could not understand why (and his anxiety died down when he found out that Ayako is fine). Reiichi then said, "Did you think about his feelings just now? Kou-san is Takara's most important person in life too and is his only family member." Realizing this point, Kiyomine felt guilt towards his own rashness...


















Did I mention Touya? No? ^^ well Touya is Reiichi's friend (in Reiichi's 1st year in Souryou I think) and Reiichi got hurt (a slash on his shoulder) due to protecting Touya. Since then Touya dropped off from school and the person who hurt Reiichi was sent to the juvenile centre. However, that guy after released from juvenile, caught Takara and lure Touya to his house to which he beat Touya and tie Takara up. Without hesitation, he left them there (in his house) and set fire. Thanks to Kiyomine, they were saved. Touya recuperated and after several volumes (haha) he appeared again, rejoining Souryou and became Takara's classmate (he is repeating 1st year). It was really fun *weeeee* he became a Takara fan and is a quiet follower ^____^. There's just too many to tell... there's also Masami and Nanase, Takara's childhood friends who took great care of him, Kouno--Takara's friend back in middle high, the twins in the student counsil (the elder brother is student council president and younger sister is secretary), Reiichi's younger brother--Koji's appearance and others. 

Above is a banner of the Y'S.Y poster! Yesh, that is not a girl, it's TAKARA! Both he and Kiyomine used to work part-time model for Reiko-san, Kiyomine's ex-girlfriend. Well it was a request that they couldn't turn down ^^; and thus caused much ruckus at Shibuya when it was released. The whole place were full of posters, banners of them and the magazines featured several pages of their ad *scream in delight* I want it toooooooo! Anyhow, i think that really suits Takara!

Another main event was that Reiichi plots to make Takara the president of kaze no mon (the dorm). Takara refuses but lost in the end (when every member of the dorm voted for him lol... and yes, its evil Reiichi's plot and bad enough, Okuno also have a part in this ;___;). He finally took up the responsibility and move to a bigger room (much bigger) and Reiichi gave them a King Size bed, much to Kiyomine's satisfaction and Takara's horrid realization *laughs* Upon elected as the dorm president, Takara got busy with handling the new 1st years who moved into the dorm. There's Shigeharu Takano, Futaba Kanou (the monkey who kept following Kiyomine) and Kazunari Kirihara. Oh, also Kirihara's room mate (no idea what's his Japanese name). Therefore you can get some idea of the (hem) pairing in this manga... Takara x Kiyomine, Kuzumi x Asou, Reiichi x Okuno, Futaba x Kirihara hehehehe *evil laugh*

You want to know the ending? Hm... =___= well... spoiler to many... so okay, read below only if you don't mind spoilers!

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SPOILER!!!

In the end, Takara followed his dad to Africa (together with Ayako) to travel. He was there for about half a year and upon his return, Kiyomine went to fetch him from the airport. So while waiting, Takara saw a magazine featuring Kiyomine in its cover. Seems like that cool guy went into T University and is currently studying Law Faculty. Takara was so surprised and was having trouble on what to say to him when they meet later. His worries were ceased when Kiyomine hugged him after the long anticipated meeting. They then moved out from Takara's house and rent an apartment near the university, so in the end, they will be going to the same university (i doubt the same faculty hahaha) and staying together ^____^ ... it was the same case for Reiichi and Okuno!

Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaa i really wished there were some sequel to this ;___; for example their life in university and how they cope with living together and all *sigh* Miyuki-sensei, please make my dream come true!!!

 

yuii at 21/12/06 9:13 AM | 0 comments

Junjyou Romantica

Music: Hakou by Suga Shikao
Mood: Happy~

This yaoi manga by Nakamura Shungiku entitled Junjyou Romantica is one of the best BxB stuffs you can get ^___^ The main character being Mizuki, is Kyoushirou's younger brother and Usami Akihiko is a yaoi-novelist who spend most of his time either writing or lazing around. Usami fell for Kyoushiro way back in their university days and had kept it a secret till Mizuki found out. With the intention of guarding his elder brother's "safety", Mizuki moved into Usami's apartment (well also because Kyoushiro will be away for a while and in hope that Usami can tutor Mizuki + take care of him). During the time Mizuki spend in Usami's apartment, he got closer to the novelist and started to fall for him, not realizing it himself. Not long after that, Kyoushiro returned and he brought with him his bride-to-be. Seeing that, Mizuki cried--for he felt sad for Usami...

So the story took a nice twist with Usami falling in love with Mizuki and gave up on Kyoushiro. Mizuki continued to stay in Usami's apartment as he does not want to disturb his brother and sister-in-law's new marriage/ honeymoon days. Mizuki finally entered college and after not long, Usami confessed his feelings to Mizuki (thanx to Mizuki's senpai who drive Usami mad with jealousy), and well lol, did H things *weeeeee*

  












Ah to be more precise, Junjyou Romantica is the story of 4 men (2 pairs of lovers). In later part of the story, Kamijyou and Nowaki appears. Kamijyou is Usami's friend and both of them together with Kyoushiro were always together in the university. Kamijyou knew that Usami is secretly in love with Kyoushiro and he, on the other hand holds an unrequited love towards Usami. In a desperate attempt to be with Usami, Kamijyou once asked Usami to make love to him and that he is willing to be Kyoushiro's replacement. Usami was shocked but accepted his request and blindfolded himself in bed.

Not long after that, Kamijyou realized his foolishness. While he was taking a walk in the garden, he stumbled upon a man, Nowaki, who was chatting with a group of old men. Nowaki saw Kamijyou's tears and tried to cheer him up, which he successfully did. He then followed Kamijyou home (even though Kamijyou tried to chase him out ^^;)...  and he just kept going to Kamijyou's house to clean and cook for him (and also begged Kamijyou to tutor him). Kamijyou who first resisted his sudden appearance in his house had started to get used to having Nowaki around. Their relationship blossomed not long after that ... but one day Nowaki disappeared all of a sudden. He flew over to America to continue his studies. Although he'd want to tell Kamijyou for a long time, there wasn't a suitable time (because Kamijyou started working in the university and is the professor's assistant) since Kamijyou had been extremely busy, even on their dates. So in the end Nowaki went away without telling Kamijyou.

Few years later--back to the present time. Nowaki returned from overseas and met up with Kamijyou. But Kamijyou avoided him because he was so mad that Nowaki left without telling him... however, they reconcile after a huge argument and it seems like Nowaki had a huge pride... he couldn't bear that Kamijyou is ahead of him (in terms of qualification) and that he's being left behind (oh, did i mention that Kamijyou is elder than Nowaki for a few years?). After knowing that during the time of his abscense Kamijyou had been promoted to Professor, Nowaki was distressed. But after voicing his feelings to Kamijyou, both of them understood each other better and the gap between them grew smaller...

One more thing ^_____^ Kamijyou is actually teaching in the University that Mizuki is studying and he also happens to be Mizuki's lecturer! However they are not aware of how they are related (Kamijyou knew that Usami had a lover, but have never met him before, and Usami did not mention about Kamijyou to Mizuki)... It would be interesting if they found out because Kamijyou had a nickname in the university... Kamijyou the Devil!!!

If you really want to read this series... go IRC. It's been licensed but in IRC there are still people who are hosting the files. Mochi-mochi used to be its translator but they gave it to beautiful-soup... and not long after beautiful-soup took over, it was licensed... >_< so sad... the group did not finish translating. You will be able to find the english translated version till vol 3. well then, there's no choice but to get the originals!

yuii at 20/12/06 10:06 AM | 0 comments

D.Gray-Man!

Music: Kiseki by Suga Shikao
Mood: so-so

Weeeeee Allen and Yuu together! Allen x Rabi is also good *drool* Aaaah the manga is so slow =___= now only it's in vol 7 and im all ready for the best parts in vol 8 *scream in delight* Allen and Yuu's appearance in Japan where Rabi and Linali are fighting fiercely with the akuma, Rodo family and Millenium Earl. Oh yeah Miranda and the dracula (forgot his name haha) is there as well... even so, they are no match for the bad guys and they were all physically exhausted due to previous attacks. Oh yeah, there are other pictures of d.gray-man that i got from other sites such as kain-works, which produces many great artwork... so they are just for your enjoyment, do not abuse them!













I actually missed out several episodes of d.gray-man, coz my internet connection is real slow when it comes to downloading stuffs (behind a router) so i usually get them from a friend. Though so some of the episodes are draggy since i read them repeatedly in the manga--which makes me kinda lazy to follow hahaha since the storyline is the same for both ^^ ... k, in later posts i will be putting some BxB pictures!!!

yuii at 20/12/06 7:25 AM | 0 comments

Holidaaaaaay~

Music: Shouchinosuke by Suitei Shoujo
Mood: Bored

Weird... the weather these days keep changing. It was raining cats and dogs daily last month =__= and then for the past few days it became sunny and now, its back to the dark clouds (but it doesn't rain everyday... at least not now).

I am still waiting for my offer letter to relocate to Perth for my last semester of studies... its been two weeks and i got a bit anxious waiting now >_<. I had decided once and for all that this time regardless of what happens, im going there! Previously the plan was called off because there were some misunderstandings and i thought that by taking 2 subjects next semester, i am not eligible to relocate (not earning enough points to get my visa approved) but then it was cleared that if it's my last semester, there isn't any problem. 

Nyum, last week I finally finished watching the "Seven Sisters" by Charmaine Sheh, Gallen Lo, Anne Heung and Kwong Wah. It's a fabulous series and one of HK TVB's best works!!! I mean, they had all the best elements in a story that one could ever want. There were funny moments, sad + happy moments and many other emotional turmoil. The ending was truly sad and yeah, i cried! Emotional person as i am ^^; if i don't cry then its surprising...! Another reason for liking this series, is that Charmaine and Gallen are my fav TVB actress/ actor. At first i can't imagine Charmaine and Gallen together because... well... I feel that Charmaine and ChiLam goes very well together. But hey, while watching the drama I developed a deep liking for this pair as well. Charmaine and Gallen in this series = Match Made in Heaven. I love Gallen's characteric of able to tolerate Charmaine in every/ any of her unreasonable requests hehe if only such guys really exist *drool*

Oh before i forget, the header--Orpherus and Camus from Meine Liebe Wieder! I recently finished watching this series and was totall into it! Unfortunately Wieder is the sequel to Meine Liebe and no matter how i search for the Meine Liebe, there isn't any around KL >_< well the only alternative left is to DOWNLOAD. I tried AnimeTech and even they don't have it *sigh* ... my favourite character is by no doubt, Camus, and yaoi pairing: Orpherus x Camus!!! I wouldn't mind if it's Ludwig x Camus or even Eduard x Camus lol. So after being so madly in love with this anime, i search for the manga to download and viola i found it. BUT it was totally, and i mean TOTALLY different from the anime. The manga was SO shoujo that i couldn't stand reading it @@ and it all circles around this girl with all 5 (?) guys liking her *puke*... I seriously prefer the anime where there's more action and a concrete story! I can't imagine Naoji fighting with Orpherus for the same girl... the Naoji that is in the anime is someone who lacks confidence, unlike the full-of-confidence-and-all-mighty him in the manga... I wonder why both the version is so different ^^;

yuii at 19/12/06 1:58 PM | 0 comments