Of Swords and Parasols

There's actually a Basara manga scans slideshow MV (though it does also have anime pics.) I figured my chances of finding such a thing were about 1 in 500000.



I shall now ponder whether or not a person in need of cheering up would be wise to even think about watching a 9 minute MV for Hyakurin of Blade of the Immortal(because as much as part of me is going "OMG! A HYAKURIN ONE!" the other half is pointing out that that's some amazingly depressing and angsty material they have to work with...)

Yes, I fear I shall impose my therapy on you all day, but I shall remember that we were given LJ cuts for a reason in future posts.

...that a certain trend among first meetings seems to influence my shipping tendencies.

  
I'm sure there are many more that aren't immediately coming to mind.

 In my last xXxHoLic(someone will have to explain that title to me one day...) post, I meantioned liking the art a lot, so I bring examples.  These pics are almost completely random, as opposed to scenes, like I usually post.

Hayate the Combat Butler is another manga I should do a proper pimp post of, but am to lazy to do so. Instead I bring you an average day in the life of a Combat Butler (mostly from vol 4, w/ 2 pages of vol 3 as the scene starts there)

( A true Combat Butler always remembers to bring along the heavy weaponry )

I need to do a proper Rose Hip Zero pimp post.  However, that requires going through 3 volumes and finding scans.  I am too lazy for that now.  Instead, I just bring scans from Vol 3 of Zero, who is clearly a fan of Vicious from Cowboy Bebop.

(random pages of people talking instead of a guy cool enough to bring a sword to a gunfight removed)

This is spoilery as it's about a character who appears around ch 243-250, for those who don't read ahead.

I think it did.  I DO NOT READ BLEACH FOR WIBBLING!!!!  But I did anyway.

And I don't even ship them(or anything in Bleach, for that matter...)

I have reached the much hyped but not yet read(by me) Arm Scene in chapter 231 in Bleach.  It is, indeed, the ultimate shonen moment.  If there is something that tops it, I demand to be told what it is.  Is there anything ahead of me in Bleach scanslations to anticipate as much as this?

I bring 3 pages of the scene in question.

Ok, seriously, what's with all this overwhelming love for Mei-chan?  I mean, I don't dislike her(even though she usually annoys the heck out of me) and at least she's useful, but I just don't get why I seem to be tripping over fandom love for the character every time I look at FMA stuff.

Also, what's with all the Al/Mei shippers?  I mean, yeah, she's said she's small for her age and it makes her look younger, but as she looks about six, that probably makes her...what? Eight or nine?  Maybe ten?  Granted, Al is only fourteen or fifteen himself(I forget which) but still...

(I do, though, like her scenes with Scar, especially when she had him out helping her look for her pet...because, seriously?  Scar helping a little girl look for her pet? Awesome.)