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lucathia ([personal profile] lucathia) wrote2010-07-22 07:39 pm

Noblesse, Working, Kuroshitsuji

Noblesse
I'm really liking this web manhwa. I usually don't like vampire stories, but the humor in this charmed me. I keep expecting Rai to be super good at everything, but he fumbles a lot with modern things like here with ramen. The mix of action and humor is great. The mahwa is originally published here every week. (M-21 is growing on me!)

Working!!
On a whim, I watched Working!! this week. I found it cute. :3 I quite liked Takanashi Souta because he's fairly responsible, and I think he'd totally get along with Asuka from Otomen with their love of cute things.

Kuroshitsuji II
Didn't think I'd be watching this, but Nico Nico Douga has an official channel for it, which makes things interesting. I watched the first episode with everyone's comments running across the episode. In episode 2, when one of the characters (I won't say who for those who plan to watch S2) broke down the dam, everyone went, "SHIZUO"! A bunch of comments like that flew across the top. Shizuo is sure famous for his violence. As for the anime itself...I have no idea what's going on. =/ Need explanation please.

Fic writing, CMX manga
I've been poking at my fic, Memories of the Future for days, yet I've only got around 900 words for the next chapter. I even bought volumes 7-9 of the manga in English (I already had Land of the Blindfolded in Chinese) as reference. I then found out that CMX has closed??? I guess this means I need to hurry up and try to find volumes 1-6 somewhere. =/ This really sucks because CMX actually publishes a lot of shoujo series that I like, such as Tsukuba Sakura's works!

[identity profile] chiharu.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
kuroshitsuji is a series that's supposed to be about the soul bound contract between Ciel Phantom (who's trying to avenge the death of his parents, the destruction of his household, and his own kidnapping and abuse) and the demon Sebastian, who later become his butler... hence the name black butler. It's supposed to have PLOT and take place in Victorian England with lots of cameos (Queen Victoria, Jack the ripper, Arthur Connan Doyle, etc) but thb it's just a hilarious homo erotic series about the forbidden love between a little boy and his sexy butler.

[identity profile] chiharu.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
orly?? I have to watch the preview again then lol

I follow both the anime and manga. The manga makes a lot more sense, esp since season 1 of the anime branched off at... oh I'd say ep 5. But yeah, manga = total win. anime = really just for the lolz.

Mmm most people in fandom thinks that ciel is still in a dream in season 2... or maybe he's just woken up from his slumber and is still having a hard time piecing things from season 1 back together.

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[identity profile] xianaasuka.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
I've been following the Kuroshitsuji fandom a little more closely recently, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that none of them know exactly what's going on either |: There are some theories going around, but no one is really sure why Ciel and co... yeah. Ah well, I'm sure we'll get explanations eventually |D

I like reading all the comments floating across the best :D better than the actual show sometimes |D
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[identity profile] xianaasuka.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
I joined the comm a while back, to download the musical haha, so I usually read the posts when they pop up~ There's a whole lot of discussion recently, it's kinda fun~ I really don't know! There are some theories that it's a dream, but I don't know why~

Yeah, I like the scenes that ended up with just a huge flurry of wwwwwwwwwww and ええええええええええええええええ. I've been watching both raws and subs so far, but I always have to watch the raw version with comments! I wish they'd translate the comments too, hahaha.
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[identity profile] xianaasuka.livejournal.com 2010-07-25 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
Haha, it really doesn't! It follows the manga even less than the anime does! What's up with this series |DDDD Actually, I couldn't follow the plot of that musical at all, even when I only focused on it! Besides a few scenes, like when they fight demons! Because, uhh, then it's kinda obvious :| I even read some synopses back when it was first running and I still couldn't figure it out |DDDD It was like, Ruito is coming to visit? But things are attacking! Now Grell showed up! Whaaaaat!? Now more things are attacking and people are dying except maybe not and huhhhhh?! It's... really not that great |D I'm buying the second one when it comes out, but only because it has my cute kiddo in it and I love him to itty bits and pieces ☆ I hope this one at least has more singing in it, the last one hardly felt like a musical!

XDD That doesn't sound like a good show to watch while eating at all! I dunno, recently I haven't been interested in any of the new anime, besides Durarara last season :/ Maybe we're going through a slump |D
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[identity profile] xianaasuka.livejournal.com 2010-07-26 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
Pretty much! I don't remember that happening with anything else, usually SOMETHING will be the same XD There is a video game! I haven't heard anything about it yet, though, haha.

I agree! Then the singing just feels out of place. I didn't think the songs for it were that great, anyway, besides Shougo+Ruito's! The Sebastian and Grell song was pretty great, but Matsushita Yuuya's voice is a little too high for Sebastian, I think |D;;

Yikes, definitely a midday kind of show, I guess XD Oh, I started Giant Killing, which I guess sorta started at the end of spring~ I think it's the only soccer I like at all |DDD Hmm, what's in the fall, I wonder~
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[identity profile] xianaasuka.livejournal.com 2010-07-26 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it looks like it's for DS. Kuroshitsuji: Phantom & Ghost, says Wikipedia!

The only one I remember is the SebGrell one, because I watched it a couple times? And it's really annoying and all about red vs. black and they're like "Aka ka?" "Kuro ka?" or something the whole time :(

Yes! I think he needs to talk more because Okiayu Ryoutarou ♥ I am really really far behind on it. OH BAKUMAN!!! I forgot about that!! Yessss looking forward to that SO MUCH T____T I hope it's fall too! I saw Bakuman in (American) Shonen Jump the other day, I hope it gets licensed properly and they start releasing the manga here ;____; and legal anime would be great too, of course |D
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[identity profile] xianaasuka.livejournal.com 2010-07-26 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess so! As long as Grell isn't introduced yet again |DDD Dishwashing minigame!? What a concept |D I can't imagine Ciel doing dishes, though .____.;;

Right!? o_____O He's perfectly capable of singing low notes too, though! (He's the one that does the ending for KuroII, did you know?)

Yeah |D Character songs would be great too |DDD Hmmm, I wonder :( Maybe they'll split it up the way they did with Death Note. But then, so far there isn't distinctly a first half and a second half... I wonder how it's going to end o____O It seems like they've done so much, but they could still do more... Ooh, it looks like the first volume of the manga will be released here August 3rd, according to Amazon! YAAAAAAY~ Oh, yeah! I really wonder o____O Haha, a Death Note parody! That would be hilarious. I loved the very beginning when they referenced it all the time... I want to read PCP! They made it sound so cool... Oh, and the textless Crow as well *_____* Maybe if this one works well, we'll end up seeing some of the other ones too XD

[identity profile] vriska.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
I keep thinking of Karisawa from Durarara!! flipping a table every time she hears about Kuroshitsuji II. XD "THIS IS NOT CANON AUGHHHHH."

... I have no idea what's going on in it either, though! I wish they would have ended the anime differently, so that the second season could continue on with the manga's plot. I think that would have been a bit better (besides, Alois is cute, but he freaks me out a little bit o_o;).

[identity profile] vriska.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
XD Yes! I think I'm probably going around confusing people XD

That's my biggest problem with the anime- it's so inconsistent with plot that it seems like they don't really even know what direction they're going. :\ It seems really randomly thrown together.

It's really a shame, too, because I really like some of the manga-only characters. I would have really liked to see who they chose for their voice actors.

I do like Claude, though, he's pretty good-looking! I'd like to know where he came from, at least.

[identity profile] jen-kat.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
Hahaha, yes! Working!! =DDD They soooo need to make an anime for Otomen. Not satisfied with the J-drama. =(
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[personal profile] darkicedragon 2010-07-23 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
:3 Started reading Noblesse because, well, look at what happened the last time I started reading something you recommended. XD;;

Haven't got very far in it yet, but... the pages are very long. O___o;; I keep having to go back when I realise that I've missed a panel.
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[personal profile] darkicedragon 2010-07-24 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad that they did split it up a bit because it'd be like scrolling down forever if they hadn't. o____o;;

[identity profile] anneko-mc.livejournal.com 2010-07-23 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't worry, you're not the only one not understanding WTH is going on on Kuroshitsuji. ♥

[identity profile] anneko-mc.livejournal.com 2010-07-24 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
Seriously, I had an intense debate about it on Monday with [livejournal.com profile] byakosharingan and [livejournal.com profile] boytoy42. We still haven't figured it out. xD

[identity profile] raizen-hyung.livejournal.com 2010-07-27 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess you can count me in too... I have trouble figuring out what has happened it is so confusing.

[identity profile] anneko-mc.livejournal.com 2010-07-27 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
My money's on Ciel losing his memories for some reason. My biggest dillema was why Aberlein was back from the dead, but ep 4 cleared that up, so... I don't know, I think I got it. XD I might not have, though.

[identity profile] raizen-hyung.livejournal.com 2010-07-27 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you very much for the link... i've been addicted recently with noblesse.. Rai is really funny... and M-21 is so cool... you are really the best you make my day

[identity profile] raizen-hyung.livejournal.com 2010-07-29 10:21 am (UTC)(link)
yes... because I am addicted so I decided to create a journal...Hope to see more ... I've been waiting for 145... even though it is not translated in English I found myself like crazy laughing alone all the time =)