I think we're supposed to be struck by the tragedy of Makie's life, it's just hard to care when she's always whining and running.
...especially when pretty much all of them have had tragic lives.
Honestly, I think she's just had it so rough that when there's a guy around, she wants to be taken care of a bit(perfectly natural, really)
She very much deserves it, too. ...I just hope Samura doesn't go nuts and hook her and Manji up.
From his reaction, he though the poison was hogwash...probably thought Manji would show up, kill the others and that would be that, or something along those lines
Seems likely. One of the endearing things about Magatsu is his pragmatic exterior over what is clearly a pretty soft, idealistic heart. Similar to Manji, of course, but still, at the end of Autumn Frost, where Manji hands him money, he seems more willing to open up than Manji is (who seems pretty determined to keep him at a distance). I wonder how young he really is.
From Manji's reaction when he showed up, he clearly doesn't view Magatsu as being remotely a threat to Rin...the almost-PG version of what he was thinking that was "What the hell? YOU have her? Damn, I may have just as well left her with a babysitter! Stupid punk! I got things to do here!"
Hahahaha!
(Incidentally, one of my favorite scenes is when they meet again after vol 2. Best way to tame 2 psycho swordsmen? Be a girl half their size and ask what their doing. Course, it only works if they both have serious sister complexes. Hmm...I should post the scene to scand_daily...)
You definitely should! The BOTI love needs to be spread and that scene in particular: "We're...killing mosquitoes!" "With swords??"
I've wondered a lot about how Magatsu and Anotsu met...they've referred to "all these years" at times, which leaves me with the idea of a young(12~) Magatsu deciding he'd beat up some skinny uppity samurai kid and getting his butt kicked, and keep on trying until they somehow became friends.
It sounds like it could be an awesome story in itself. Skinny little peasant boy with thirst for vengeance meets lonely samurai boy with thirst for vengeance. I would assume everyone else in the Itto-ryu must have been a great deal older than Magatsu when he joined and that he had to go through social hell. God, I want that story to be told.
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Date: 2007-05-02 01:10 pm (UTC)...especially when pretty much all of them have had tragic lives.
Honestly, I think she's just had it so rough that when there's a guy around, she wants to be taken care of a bit(perfectly natural, really)
She very much deserves it, too.
...I just hope Samura doesn't go nuts and hook her and Manji up.
From his reaction, he though the poison was hogwash...probably thought Manji would show up, kill the others and that would be that, or something along those lines
Seems likely. One of the endearing things about Magatsu is his pragmatic exterior over what is clearly a pretty soft, idealistic heart. Similar to Manji, of course, but still, at the end of Autumn Frost, where Manji hands him money, he seems more willing to open up than Manji is (who seems pretty determined to keep him at a distance). I wonder how young he really is.
From Manji's reaction when he showed up, he clearly doesn't view Magatsu as being remotely a threat to Rin...the almost-PG version of what he was thinking that was "What the hell? YOU have her? Damn, I may have just as well left her with a babysitter! Stupid punk! I got things to do here!"
Hahahaha!
(Incidentally, one of my favorite scenes is when they meet again after vol 2. Best way to tame 2 psycho swordsmen? Be a girl half their size and ask what their doing. Course, it only works if they both have serious sister complexes. Hmm...I should post the scene to scand_daily...)
You definitely should! The BOTI love needs to be spread and that scene in particular:
"We're...killing mosquitoes!"
"With swords??"
I've wondered a lot about how Magatsu and Anotsu met...they've referred to "all these years" at times, which leaves me with the idea of a young(12~) Magatsu deciding he'd beat up some skinny uppity samurai kid and getting his butt kicked, and keep on trying until they somehow became friends.
It sounds like it could be an awesome story in itself. Skinny little peasant boy with thirst for vengeance meets lonely samurai boy with thirst for vengeance. I would assume everyone else in the Itto-ryu must have been a great deal older than Magatsu when he joined and that he had to go through social hell. God, I want that story to be told.