The majority of this entry is about how retarded Naoe and Takaya are.

[tammaiya]

Things of note:

* I have a credit card! FINALLY. I had to resort to getting my dad to apply for a card with me as an additional cardholder cause they kept knocking me back. D: But now I can finally use amazon.jp and I have exercised this freedom to order me a second hand copy of Mirage of Blaze 8, which is currently out of print.

Why is the postage from Japan so painful? D: Book cost 1￥, postage cost ￥1,200.

* Am considering the possibility of placing an order with Amazon for the Okami guidebook, the KH/KHII ultimanias and a bunch of mirage books. However, aforementioned postage causes me pain in my soul. It's ￥3,000 for the base postage and another 300 for every additional item, so to get an order with the guidebooks and books 10-12 of Mirage would cost almost AU$45 in postage alone. *cringe*

* Mirage is popping up a lot in this entry. On that note, I'm almost finished the Saiai no anata-e (to my dearest beloved) story in book 5.5, OR, that one where it all goes to shit. My opinion is as follows:

- I'm surprised Naoe holds out as long as he does; even though I know it doesn't happen until the last few pages, I keep expecting him to snap at any moment. His POV is just that fucking crazy. Which has been a gradual change, probably as he got over the "omg yay kagetora-sama isn't dead!" where his pov is still totally obsessive but mostly just "ilu kagetora-sama <3333" to self-recrimination over the Minako situation and dredging up some of those more violent crazy, crazy feelings in book 5 to, in book 5.5, being COMPLETELY FUCKING PSYCHO. Not that I don't feel sorry for him, because he is totally struggling with it and Takaya isn't exactly helping by being like "LA LA I UNDRESS IN FRONT OF YOU OBLIVIOUSLY", but.

- So I was feeling sorry for Takaya and sorry for Naoe with a side of UM, NO, WHAT? but then I kind of wanted to smack Naoe for breaking Takaya's heart. Which I'm SURE I'd remember if it had been in the anime. I swear the anime basically cut out Takaya's entire enormous crush on Naoe, which is a pity, because it does add to the bitter irony of the situation and makes me wibble a lot.

This is not the first time Takaya's crush has made itself obvious, but it's pretty goddamn blatant here. Basically Naoe decides to talk to the hotel and get their twin room exchanged for two singles, which is probably smart because he's trying to avoid the catastrophe and madness that this way lies, but Takaya is all, ";___; why?" and Naoe tells him it's much less of a bother if they each have their own room. Takaya asks, heart on his sleeve, is he's a bother to Naoe; Naoe, currently struggling with his own crazy, tells him bluntly that he bothers Naoe more than any other person.

Me: Well, that could've been handled better.

However, it gets WORSE, because not that much later Takaya comes to Naoe's room at like, 5pm to ask if he wants to go get dinner. This is while Naoe is in a pretty bad headspace, in his defence, but, well... Takaya basically stumbles his way through this totally woobie disjointed apology about how he tries to watch his words but if he's said anything to hurt Naoe he's sorry, etc, but Naoe cuts him down and tells him that Takaya isn't him and can't know what is likely to upset him so there's no point in weighing his words like that. (Vaguely relevant side note: earlier Naoe told Takaya he didn't know him at all and Takaya went "he's right! all I get is polite Naoe! WHAT IF HE SECRETLY HATES ME? ;____;" because Takaya is amazingly insecure, esp. with Naoe.)

Takaya totally flips out and goes kind of hysterical and... just... hysterical. He asks Naoe what he's done to make Naoe look at him like that, asks Naoe to tell Takaya what he wants. I don't know what to do, I won't know what to do unless you tell me. Ougi Takaya or Kagetora, I'll be whichever you want, just don't look at me like that.

Then because Naoe's a bastard, he tells Takaya that everything is his fault and to get out.

Me: JESUS CHRIST, NAOE, YOU'RE NOT MAKING THIS ANY BETTER FOR YOURSELF BY MAKING TAKAYA HATE YOU NOW BEFORE HE'S EVEN REMEMBERED.

Takaya breaks down and has an existential crisis, asking Naoe if he wasn't here would Naoe be happy?

Naoe presumably has a pang of conscience then because he hugs Takaya. My heart breaks. OH TAKAYA, BABY, YOU GOT IT REALLY BAD. ;__;

- Of course, then Takaya ruins it by making me want to smack HIM. The last scene seems to be the direct cause of Takaya deciding to act more like Kagetora, which seems to translate to "being a total bitch". Naoe cuts Takaya off in a meeting with some cult crazies (with good reason, mind), and afterwards, Takaya gives him the total "I'm the master, you're the lowly servant, KNOW YOUR PLACE" smackdown, successfully reawakening all Naoe's resentment crazy on top of all the OTHER crazy. WELL DONE, TAKAYA.

Honestly, you people bring this upon yourselves. ><

- Finally... Kousaka. O, Kousaka. I don't get you. But it amuses me how you always manage to stick your nose into things. I begin to suspect that when they are not trying to take over the country, Kanshousha generals have nothing better to do than stand around gossiping by the water cooler, usually about Naoe and Kagetora. I AM FULLY SERIOUS HERE.

* I am 5000 words into part V of Boyband!X, which should hopefully be over halfway! \o/

* Procuring raws for the current season of SaiMono is easier said than done.

* ToD blog is going to end up the same size as KHII blog, I can tell. D'oh.

Now I am going to go read and perhaps finish 最愛のあなたへ, like ripping off a bandaid. Which is not to say it's not well written, because it is. Just that it hurts to know what's coming. OW, MY SOUL.

Comments

[su-chan.livejournal.com]

YUP, the shipping costs from Japan are PAINFUL!!! besides I can't make a huge order or it is stopped at the toll office and then I must pay even more.... I loved when they had the economic international option ;_;

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

It hurts me. I thought it was painful enough when they had economic, but this is AWFUL. ;____;

[sakanagi.livejournal.com]

Ah, Mirage of Blaze. ♥ The series where it's not actually possible to unfairly insult the main characters' intelligence in regard to their relationship.

which is probably smart because he's trying to avoid the catastrophe and madness that this way lies, but Takaya is all, ";___; why?"

Awww. Takaya, stop being so sympathetic. It'd make the angsty segments easier to hear about - oh wait, no it didn't.

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

The characters are such MORONS. *headdesk* But really, I just want to give them both a hug. Even though Naoe is a total pscyho sometimes.

Aaaaaand now I'm going to make yet another post about this damn book, having finished saiai no anata-e. XD *spaaaams*

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Ah, the memories, they come back to me... palms... itching... XD

Seriously, the urge to bitchslap some sense into those two only gets worse. Sometimes when one wouldn't think it was possible for it to get worse.

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

... Oh god, for SERIOUS? WHY, SENSEI, WHY. *tears out hair*

Once upon a time I didn't think it was possible for anyone to be as emotionally retarded as Sakurazuka Seishirou, but CLEARLY I WAS WRONG. D:

(Still, at least I know they get a happy ending. Comparatively if in no other way. ><)

[sabriel75.livejournal.com]

Oh... you're so sweet with this comment! Seishirou and Naoe ... oh the angst, the heartbreak, the fury of why can't they just find one sweet bone in their body and use it to their advantage!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear God, can I crush on them anymore?

[link621.livejournal.com]

I have no idea how you read Mirage of Blaze without setting it on fire. I'm pretty sure that's the only logical reaction to it as it goes on.

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

I wonder that myself, sometimes. Possibly because I know at least this time I get resolution? I DEFINITELY wanted to set the anime on fire at the end.

[link621.livejournal.com]

That's very true - the end of the anime left me with my jaw on the ground, too stunned to even yell at the TV. XD; And I proceeded to go on the internet and look into the novels because I wanted closure.

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

Exaaaactly. And, well, I decided I could TOTALLY hack reading japanese books for closure. Which when I started reading book 1, hah, no I couldn't. XD But persistence paid off, so now I'm fairly literate and can read a book in 4 nights instead of a year, which makes me cry a lot less at the 40 volumes thing.

I WILL GET CLOSURE, DAMMIT.

[tammaiya.livejournal.com]

God, I KNOW. They are like the drama king and queen of asshattery. *facepalm* I felt SO SORRY for Chiaki at the end of book 5, having to share a car with their total retardation. Sucks to be him and Ayako!

I've got one enormous scene and then one minor scene to go, and I'm done with the part! \o/