Hello Megan; it's been a while (and I'm late in posting yet again, but Basara should always be commented upon). I have to admit to having this tiny moment of hesitation myself before I picked up the last volume. But the side stories are a great way to ease us out of the story (actually, I'm fairly certain that I started re-reading the whole thing from the start after finishing Vol 27, so maybe it just re-kindled the flame of Basara-love?). The Sarasa-Shuri story was a very fine one (not to mention downright sexy in places); this is the story that I've re-read the most. And Tara's story had this great epic feel to it; it almost felt like it could support a whole series itself. Hmm, what else happened? I kind of liked seeing Asagi and Muratake doing the 'odd couple' thing *grin* (and how typical of Shuri that he deliberately tuned out during this part of the letter, heh). Little Nachi and Little Hijiri were so ... Nachi-and-Hijiri-like it; that was a cute story, alright! The pop star showdown was good silly fun. Tatara is obviously perpetually doomed to be the buttmonkey of the story (you know he'd get the 'funny syphillis' if it cropped up). And poor Hagiwara, foiled again - he would have got away with it, too, if it weren't for those damned kids! Ah, Basara. Just thinking about it gives me a happy; I really wish more people would give it a try.
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Date: 2008-10-19 08:18 am (UTC)Ah, Basara. Just thinking about it gives me a happy; I really wish more people would give it a try.