Western Kirby is angry

[taotrooper]

SO YOU KEEP ON TROLLING, CLAMP. Let's talk a bit about Gate 7 and pretend I'm still in this fandom. Dibs on the "megane guy is a Clow descendant" theo-- oh wait, he totally is, this is not 2004 anymore. Nevermind then |D Of course, by the looks of it, there's no way in hell this could ever be a one-shot like they originally said. They either planned to serialize it from the beginning, or they changed their minds and redid it from scratch. I lean to the latter: by that time XXXHOLiC or Kobato might be ending, so they need a new cash cow to milk. So when I heard this thing was going to continue, I just grinned, shook my head, and thought "oh you!" And of course the characters look really cute so far, but the X vibes of whatever the premise is don't bode well for them. My favorite character design is the light-haired Kurogane lookalike but I love megane boy's ;o; faces. But yeah, I don't want to get attached because it is CLAMP and I have moved on and I know better. Or so I hope.

INCIDENTALLY, MORE OKAMIDEN BULLSHIT. I don't know, guys. I'm both fascinated and terrified by this stupid game. I even check the Pixiv tag. Either way, the second weirdest WTF ever in an interview is that in here, Eshiro said that the plot is sort of inspired by the film Stand By Me. Yeah... I don't even. Ah, another thing is that the American cover is out, and probably the Konohana cherry tree in the background of the Japanese cover isn't badass and manly enough to make it.



I think, though, it could be a lot worse and it sort of looks like Okami's Western cover for the PS2 anyway. (For the record, I also think the Western cover is an improvement from the Japanese which is not a common occurrence in video games.) Oh well... Stand By Me, really? Yeah, so compatible with the "ancient faux!Japan with magical godmode wolves" setting.

But let's talk about shinier things that perhaps don't kick me in the ovaries! My current anime/manga obsession is Kuragehime. I don't even like josei! But I really like everyone a lot and I can't wait until more of gets released. I'll probably do a lengthier post when the next episode is out all my impressions until now.

Comments

[jlarinda.livejournal.com]

/already ships them so much

[la-vie-noire.livejournal.com]

pfft, lol, they do scream CLAMP pairing wherever you see them. I predict lots of angst and sacrifice. And a deep dark secret about Hana.

[jlarinda.livejournal.com]

Definitely. And I kinda love that while they seem your typical "smiley guy/grumpy guy" pair, they also... seem functional? They apparently get along, can have a pacific breakfast together, don't seem to hate each other or want to maim each other, etc. It's a nice change.

Sorry Kiri for the spam

[la-vie-noire.livejournal.com]

Well, what I did notice was that light-haired guy was the cooker/home-caring or something. I like that.

I like how Hana saved her love interest-to be also.

What she said

[jlarinda.livejournal.com]

Me too 8D He seems like such a cool guy, ahhh. Silly hair and all.

Yessss. Hana's amazing. I love the mix of her being super badass and cool and then being all adorable. And that she tops the flaily guy so hard. ... God, I need names for the charas. /WAITS FOR JAPANESE SCANS

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

I LOVED the silly hair. It makes him look different to the others and any similar character in other series.

Hana was very atypical for a CLAMP girl (or... girly being, who knows), so I hope she's still this weirdo self in the long series.

[jlarinda.livejournal.com]

Same here :D It's silly, but it stands out and it makes him unique~*~ looking.

God, yeah. We had Kobato and Sakura last - and HOLiC has Hima and Kohane, who're both on the "sparkly/nice" kind of girl. So having a girl like this is really refreshing.