Noblesse, Working, Kuroshitsuji

[lucathia]

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!

Comments

[chiharu.livejournal.com]

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.

[lucathia]

Do you follow the manga or the anime? XD; Season 2 of the anime does not make sense with what happened at the end of Season 1. I'm still waiting for an explanation for that.

The preview of episode 3 of season 2 completely brings the erotic up a notch.

[chiharu.livejournal.com]

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.

[lucathia]

It was mostly just Sebastian's "OHHH". It seems so out of the blue. XD;

The anime was interesting until around that episode, haha. Afterwards, the demon dog part bored me, and then I just listened to the rest of the series without watching it very carefully.

Huh, it does seem kind of like a dream so far, but dreams are no fun. =/

[xianaasuka.livejournal.com]

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

[lucathia]

I have never gotten in touch with the Kuroshitsuji fandom other than seeing comments of people who watch the episodes. But...haha, what in the world is going on anyway? It seems like a reset but not. There are people alive again who should be dead, but then some things have happened. Perhaps Ciel just lost his memory, but that doesn't explain why some people are alive.

Comments from the first episode were pretty funny though...everyone was talking about what a waste the opening was, and when that other butler set the table so outrageously, there were a lot of !!! comments going on. XDD The comments made me laugh when some of the scenes were quite morbid.

[xianaasuka.livejournal.com]

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.

[lucathia]

I downloaded the first musical, but I haven't watched it. XD The musical doesn't follow the manga either, does it? I tried playing the musical in the background while I did other stuff, but that didn't work. XDD Hm, since the atmosphere in episode 2 felt kind of lighthearted, it could be a dream. 0___0;;

It's the comments that are fun. XD; It's too bad I'm not interested in the other anime channels on Nicodouga. I tried watching a bit of High School of the Dead. I only watched 2 minutes of it before I stopped. It's not a very good watch while eating dinner. XDD

[xianaasuka.livejournal.com]

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

[lucathia]

Three different mediums. Three different stories? XD; Does Kuroshitsuji have video games based off of it? I bet the story there (if video games exist) is completely different too.

Musicals should be full of singing!! Otherwise it's more of a play than a musical.

High School of the Dead wasn't good to watch while eating. There was a lot of gore and blood splattering and all that. ^^;; I'm still following spring series that continued into summer, but the new summer series don't interest me. I'm looking forward to the fall series though! :3

[xianaasuka.livejournal.com]

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~

[lucathia]

Now I'm curious. XD; If Kuroshitsuji has a DS game, I'll check it out...

I downloaded the songs to listen to. I don't remember any of them. XDD

Uh yeah, definitely! I think watching something like High School of the Dead is better left for daytime. XD; I'm watching Giant Killing. Haven't watched the latest episode yet. Hehe, but I was very amused that Okiayu Ryoutarou voices Mr. ETU. Heard him speak only a little before going yup, that's Okiayu right there. I'm looking forward to Bakuman, but I don't know if that's fall or later. I hope it's fall. XD;

[xianaasuka.livejournal.com]

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

[lucathia]

Hm, the summary says that Ciel and Sebastian get sent off on a mission for the Queen. And dishwashing is involved as a minigame. |D Sounds like a generic situation for Ciel to get into that probably doesn't have much to do with the manga. But hehe, dishwashing.

*listens to it* Sebastian's voice is pretty high! :O

I hope his character gets a larger part just so I can hear him talk more. |D I'm excited for Bakuman! I hope there won't be an anime original ending since the manga is still ongoing...unless the manga's ending soon. I'm surprised Bakuman isn't licensed yet. :O It's such a educative manga about how manga works. XD; And it's by such famous mangaka! Did you hear that there'll be a spin off of Otters next week? I wonder how that'll be like. :O I wanted one of Trap or Money and Intelligence. |D But Otters...maybe it'll be a Death Note parody.

[xianaasuka.livejournal.com]

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

[lucathia]

I bet he would be introduced again. |D Maybe we play as Sebastian instead of Ciel? I can't imagine Ciel doing dishes either.

I didn't know! The ending sounds pretty. I like it.

Bakuman doesn't feel like it has distinct divisions...are there even arcs? Oh whoa, so Bakuman is licensed? Coolness. :3 PCP sounds very cool. And textless Crow must be so pretty!

[vriska.livejournal.com]

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;).

[lucathia]

You renamed! :3 Saw this comment before I saw your entry. XDD

She would do that. XD; This is...a continuation of not canon stuff. I've never actually read the manga, but the way this anime is presented isn't very consistent, and it doesn't seem like it'll be very possible to bring in manga material again with the anime original antagonists around and the end of the first season to take into account.

Alois is a bit creepy and crazy. He scares me! :'(

[vriska.livejournal.com]

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.

[lucathia]

I'll miss your previous username. ): How does renaming work? Do you have to own the other journal with the username?

I'm hoping that they do something with these anime original characters. Preferably something that makes sense!

[jen-kat.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, yes! Working!! =DDD They soooo need to make an anime for Otomen. Not satisfied with the J-drama. =(

[lucathia]

From the first episode, I completely thought Poplar would be the main female protagonist, but the focus was rarely on her! Hehe, she sure has a lot of hair. Made me remember your extension. XD

Otomen needs an anime. I haven't watched the drama, but I heard that things were shifted around a lot and the pacing wasn't all that great?

[darkicedragon]

: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.

[lucathia]

XD;

They are pretty long! It's actually supposed to be one long page, but it looks like they spliced them up here for mangafox. I keep forgetting to scroll to the very bottom and usually miss the last panel. ^^;;

[darkicedragon]

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;;

[anneko-mc.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, you're not the only one not understanding WTH is going on on Kuroshitsuji. ♥

[lucathia]

Hahaha. XDD

[anneko-mc.livejournal.com]

Seriously, I had an intense debate about it on Monday with byakosharingan and boytoy42. We still haven't figured it out. xD

[raizen-hyung.livejournal.com]

I guess you can count me in too... I have trouble figuring out what has happened it is so confusing.

[anneko-mc.livejournal.com]

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.

[raizen-hyung.livejournal.com]

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

[lucathia]

I love Rai's fail moments. He's really one of a kind. Is your journal named after him?

M-21 has been pretty cool recently. How much he cares is so touching!

[raizen-hyung.livejournal.com]

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 =)