My predictability, I show it to you!

calixa   and I as she begins a rewatch of one of our mutual favorite jdramas, Trick:

calixa : yessssssss 
meganbmoore  : ?
calixa : its the part where Ueda kicks ass for the first time 
meganbmoore  : lol 
meganbmoore  : yes
calixa : *excited*
calixa : oh god 
calixa : I just remembered the ep where his shirt rips off and he shouts DO YOUR BESTTTTT
calixa : *dies*
meganbmoore - : lol
meganbmoore : yes   [look, we've discussed Trick so often that there's nothing new either of us can add to the other's comments anymore] 
calixa : he has got to be my most favourite drama character ever 
meganbmoore  : yes 
meganbmoore  : well
meganbmoore : my second 
meganbmoore  : Chae-Ohk in Damo is my favorite
calixa : yeah
calixa : I knew you were going to say that
meganbmoore - : stoic swordswoman!
calixa : yep

Now we are trying to think of our respective top 5 drama characters.

Antique Gift Shop Vol 3-5

This continues to be very enjoyable, with lots of references to Korean mythology and folklore, though I have mixed feelings on the stories themselves. The story with the mob enforcer and mob boss’s daughter who were in love was a bit odd. I liked the why of their not being able to be together being that she was cursed to be a widow, and the tradition of killing the husbands of women with that curse, but the relationship between the two was just odd. And probably not that healthy. The story of the assassin who ends up in the house with the creepy family was…creepy. I wasn’t really sure about it at first, but ended up really liking it. Though, is the boy there the same boy who attacked Bun-Nyuh at the beginning of Vol 3? It makes sense fairly well and they look somewhat alike, but a lot of the manhwaga’s characters look similar and seem to be cursed to be evil.

My main interest, not surprisingly, is the look into Bun-Nyuh’s past, and why she has to sell everything.

( spoilers )

Also, is there some sort of superstition in Korea about shamanic power skipping a generation, or driving alternating generations mad? I’m starting to notice a trend of grandparent/grandchild shamans (shamen?) with the parent of that bloodline in between being insane.

Togari Vol 7-8

Well, not the ending I was hoping for, but it’ll do. Knowing that the series was ending at Vol 8, it made me twitch when new plot elements were being introduced, but I suppose they can also be looked at as clarifying things, and I doubt the mangaka knew he only had a few chapters left when doing so. Though I wish some of the time spent on fights had been spent developing some of the new plot bits.

( When did I delete my Togari icon? )

IMPORTANT QUESTION!

Am I the only one who does NOT see SDK!Akira in this icon, but...uhm...some anime character or other?

This, incidentally, is SDK!Akira.

Fairy Tail Vol 4

(Why yes, I am trying to clear out as much of the manga backlog as possible before the last books from rightstuf’s Viz and Tokyopop sales trickle in. Why do you ask?)

Did I read that right that Gray’s badass master who he wants to live up to is a female? Things like that are allowed to happen in shounen outside of Fullmetal Alchemist?

( spoilers )

ATTENTION KYO KARA MAOH FANS!

For nefarious purposes, I need to do some rewatching of season one.  (All that I have or have seen so far.)  Can anyone tell me what eps have Annissina?  Specifically with Gwendal, or showing off her inventions?  (Well, those pretty much go together, but...)

I'm sorry, Gwendal!