Furuba vol. 12, again

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I'm rereading volume 12 of Fruits Basket, and volume 13 is waiting. It's so much better in the official translation! The dialogue...makes sense! The conversations follow a logical line of discussion and I can comprehend what the fucking point is!

It's so much nicer. I missed a lot of stuff back when I was reading scanlations. Like the whole Kagura & Kyo conversation thing-- my impression of that conversation was muddled and confused, but reading this time it was very clear and actually very moving. I also missed out on the crucial point of Kagura's confession the first time; I actually get it now. And Kyo! I love Kyo so much.

Shigure and the teacher's conversation was even funnier now that their sentences made sense. I'm so glad I swore off the scanlations for Furuba. I can wait. I can be patient and buy the official TokyoPop manga volumes. If ever there was a series I'd gladly spend money on for manga, it's Furuba. I just...gah. This is my favorite manga, no question. I enjoy Naruto but Naruto ain't got nothin' on the operatic-scale tragedy of Tohru Honda and the Sohma family. The level of character development and foreshadowing and detailed continuity just makes me swoon. (And there's the fact that I'm in fangirl love with half the Sohma boys--specifically Kyo, Shigure, and Haru.)

BTW, I'm still, in my heart, kind of a Kagura/Yuki shipper. I'd love to see them together in a few years, as comfortable adults. This is because I watched the anime first, I think.

EDIT - If anyone reading this mentions anything about FB to me beyond chapter 108, you will become as a pancake: flat and mushy and bleeding syrup, an abused piece of pan-fried pastry that no one wants to touch because you've been beaten to a whitish pulp and left wasted on the kitchen floor for three days.

I mean, seriously folks. There's few things that I love like I love the FB manga. You can spoil me for Battlestar Galactica and I'll whine a bit and feel some irritation, but that's it. You spoil me for Fruits Basket and YOU HURT MY SOUL. MY SOUL. I will gladly taken the label of paranoid and over-reacting and bitchy if it means people won't spoil me.

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[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

EDIT - If anyone reading this mentions anything about FB to me beyond chapter 108, you will become as a pancake: flat and mushy and bleeding syrup, an abused piece of pan-fried pastry that no one wants to touch because you've been beaten to a whitish pulp and left wasted on the kitchen floor for three days.

I'd totally make up some outlandish story just to be a snot ... but since my knowledge is limited to the fifteen episodes of the anime I saw, I couldn't lie convincingly. :(

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

You probably couldn't. But I appreciate the sentiment!

Guess what I'm watching right now. (and pheer my shippy tendencies that compells me to rewatch shippy scenes of my favorite shows)

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

Guess what I'm watching right now.

Series 1 of DW?

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

::admires your icon:: (Nine wants to hold my hand! Yes! I'll go!)

Close! I was watching the Rose/Doctor conversation outside the diner in episode 2x03. But now I think I'll go watch the end of 1x12 and bits of 1x13 just to get more of my Rose/Doctor groove on. Can't help but ship that which I ship! And sometimes can't help but wish that this season's doctor were more consistant.0

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

I wish Series Two on the whole were more consistent. Honestly, I hate to be so negative all the time about something which is supposed to be entertainment, but Series 1 set the bar high. Set my expectations high. It just hasn't measured up. Maybe next series will be different.