Basara: pic pimp post

[meganbmoore]

So, Basara=Megan's favorite manga ever.  A hero who's cold, shrewd, charismatic, intelligent and arrogant who turns into a would-be playboy around the heroine but inside he's a hopelessly screwed up ball of anger and angst with the heroine as his chief hold on humanity?  A heroine who's strong, intelligent and can take care of herself while still being naive and inside is ALMOST as screwed up as the hero?  And they're mortal enemies but don't realize it for about 15 volumes(after which we spend 3-4 volumes in the deepest darkest pits of angst and self hatred and "I should die because the one I love the most and who is my chief reason for living is the one who's destroyed everything I hold dear" imaginable?  And it's MUTUAL.)?  A love story where the Montagues and Capulets may as well be bosom buddies in comparison?  Evil parents(his father branded him as a slave to insure that no one would ever try to supplant him in favor of Shuri) and rebellion against an evil empire?  And, lest I forget, SWORDS.

There was also a 13 episode anime of the series.  It's quite excellent, but only covers 4 of the 27 volumes, and was never released here.

Anyway, pics, MVs, etc.

Note that as far as I know, this one is NOT part of the story proper:
 














 




 

Romance MV from the anime.  Like I said, the anime only covers the first 4 volumes, so it's early stages.

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Also cool, less centered on the romance and more on the story as a whole:

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The opening credits for the anime:

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This one isn't strictly Basara, but is about several anime pairings, including Shuri and Sarasa(and Toya/Aya from Ceres, Tamahome/Miaka from Fushigi Yugi, Kyo/Tohru in Fruits Basket, Rosette/Chrono from Chrono Crusade, Inu Yasha/Kagome in Inu Yasha, and various others.

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