Togari Vol 2
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meganbmooreI have decided that yes, I most definately love this manga. I wish the action scenes weren't so reliant on speed lines, but that's ok. Where else can I get conversations like this:
Hero: My head feels like it's gonna split open.
Sidekick: Most heads do split open after being struck with rocks.
Hero: Yeah, but it hurt more when you really did split my head open in hell, you bastard.
Sidekick: And why was that? Because you tried to escape.
*giant rock in question finally breaks in half from the head smashing earlier*
The "person from the past being overwhelmed by modern conveniences" thing is pretty common, but it doesn't feel very well-trod here, maybe because Tobei didn't really function in the society of his own time, either. He's very strongly associated with being a stray, feral animal, with itsuki being the nice girl who fed and petted it and took it home. And just to make sure we get the point, Itsuki remembers a feral kitten she found once but was told to leave alone, and we immediately cut to Ose being confronted outside the house with a larger, older version of the cat. Apparently, taking in strays is her thing. The fact that this stray is completely owned by her by her ability to master a tie and his conviction that she has the ability to trap samurai in the TV(something both she and her grandfather have great fun with.)
I wish I could feel suspense over the nd of Vol 2, but I fear I've been reading Samurai Deeper Kyo and Saiyuki too long to think an excuse to save won't be found.
Hmmm...I have found it to DL and am now tempted to post scans...
Hero: My head feels like it's gonna split open.
Sidekick: Most heads do split open after being struck with rocks.
Hero: Yeah, but it hurt more when you really did split my head open in hell, you bastard.
Sidekick: And why was that? Because you tried to escape.
*giant rock in question finally breaks in half from the head smashing earlier*
The "person from the past being overwhelmed by modern conveniences" thing is pretty common, but it doesn't feel very well-trod here, maybe because Tobei didn't really function in the society of his own time, either. He's very strongly associated with being a stray, feral animal, with itsuki being the nice girl who fed and petted it and took it home. And just to make sure we get the point, Itsuki remembers a feral kitten she found once but was told to leave alone, and we immediately cut to Ose being confronted outside the house with a larger, older version of the cat. Apparently, taking in strays is her thing. The fact that this stray is completely owned by her by her ability to master a tie and his conviction that she has the ability to trap samurai in the TV(something both she and her grandfather have great fun with.)
I wish I could feel suspense over the nd of Vol 2, but I fear I've been reading Samurai Deeper Kyo and Saiyuki too long to think an excuse to save won't be found.
Hmmm...I have found it to DL and am now tempted to post scans...
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