Tegami Bachi
A land where a man-made sun shines only on the capital, and where delivering letters can be a hazardous occupation. A young boy who’s determined to become a great Letter Bee and find his kidnapped mother. A mysterious day that seems to affect those born on it. These are the premises of Asada Hiroyuki’s latest manga, Tegami Bachi/Letter Bee, serialized monthly in Jump Square.
There’s nothing really special with these two episodes. Don’t expect almost OVA-like animation quality like in the first three or four Shippuden episodes, that’s for sure. Studio Pierrot keeps animating everything in slow motion, which makes it look like the characters are moving underwater. What makes the episodes worth seeing is mostly our first look at post-timeskip Team 8, Chouji and Ino, also Yamato and Sai in action and penis jokes.
First of all, I apologize if the above screencap isn’t something you’d like to see on top of an entry. ^^ I haven’t properly capped the episode and that’s all I could come up with for the time being. Spoilers for the episode after you click on the link.
Apology to anyone who is reading this journal regularly (there seems to be one person who does, at least) – at the moment I’m crazily addicted to Death Note (manga, anime, movie), so you’ll see plenty of DN entries here. (Actually, I’m just crazy, period).
I did the fanbook’s “Which Death Note character are you” quiz via the translation in deathgod.org, and I’m not at all surprised that my result is Light. I think it should be too obvious. (Shinsekai no megami to naru!)
You can read the translated quiz here. And tell me what your result is!
Two days ago I borrowed nine Death Note manga volumes from a friend. Re-visiting the earlier volumes is tremendous fun. Yay for the breakneck pace. We wouldn’t have it any other way, would we?
Some fannish thoughts about the series. Silliness and spoilers galore.
…Okay, so I’m not as desperate as that. I finished reading the scanlation lately (read: aeons after everyone else) and would like to exchange thoughts with fellow DN readers. To begin with, a couple of general questions about the series.
This is part of my Effort to Use This Journal For Something.
Darker than Black 1-10
From ANN:
“In Tokyo, an impenetrable field known as “Hell’s Gate” appeared ten years ago. At the same time, psychics who wield paranormal powers at the cost of their conscience also emerged. Hei is one of the most powerful of these psychic agents, and along with his blind associate, Yin, works for one of the many rival agencies vying to unlock the mysteries of Hell’s Gate.”
X-posted from Array of Colors.
While LJ-browsing last year, I happened on an entry where the LJ user (IINM, it was a friend of a friend came up with the idea of a fanfic done in the style of the Choose Your Own Adventure series. The LJ user’s friends voted for the course they’d like the fanfic to take, and the poster would continue the fic according to the option with the most votes. I wonder if anyone else has ever tried that idea – the system would’ve worked well if the fic is posted on a website.
This reminiscence is brought on by seeing several books from the Choose Your Own Adventures series in English. Gramedia published the series in Indonesia up to volume 12 or 13 back in the 1980’s. Plus, there’s my utter inability to resist shiny new things.
