#15 The One I Love Is . . .
Everyone is back from summer break. The bond between Tomari and Hazumu has gotten stronger since that night at the training camp.
Hazumu meets Tomari at her house to walk to school. Outside Tomari’s home they plan to go to the aquarium amusement park after school. They both start to reach for each others hand but are interrupted by the others (Asuta, Ayuki, and Yasuna) arrival. They look totally embarrassed and everyone knows something is going on between the two of them (but they are not sure what). NOTE: It should be noted that Yasuna is feeling sick but refuses to go one day without seeing Hazumu.
They all arrive at school. Asuta reminds Hazumu about staying after school to take temperature readings for science class. Hazumu freaks out. She totally forgot about it. During class Hazumu is obviously feeling bummed out about staying after school. Yasuna comes up to Hazumu asking if she had other plans after school and Hazumu reveals to her the plan for the aquarium. Hazumu was totally out of it when she was talking that she hadn’t realized that she was revealing this information to Yasuna. When she finally notices that she had been talking to Yasuna she freaks out again. But Yasuna tells Hazumu to go ahead and go to the aquarium. She will handle her after school duties. Besides, it’s only fair that Tomari gets to spend a day with her alone (she got to after all). Hazumu accepts Yasuna’s offer. (more…)
Chapter 3 Fleeting Dark Abba is a memory sequence chapter: It begins with a young boy telling his feelings about darkness to a nun. He explains how he has never been afraid of the dark because explosions and bloody people can not see “you” in the dark. So, when he meets this strange man, he isn’t afraid of him because this man is obviously a person of darkness (the man looks like Johnny Rayflo).
He continues by telling the nun how nice this gentleman was to him but in actuality the first words that came out of this stranger’s mouth were “Get Lost” The man goes on to describe how the abandoned church is his feeding ground and if the little boy doesn’t get lost he’s going to eat him up. Unfortunately for the man, the little boy’s stomach starts to growl (it apparently liked the way the man was describing how he was going to “eat” him up). So, the man gives the little boy a piece of old bread to eat and their relationship begins.
Rayflo (that’s what I’ll call him because his true name is never revealed in this chapter) tries several times to get the boy to leave but the boy won’t leave his side. So, they stay together and Rayflo does his best to provide him with “human” food but there’s a war going on so there isn’t much food or people around. (more…)
#8 Bride and Groom
After Tomari walks in on the kiss between Hazumu and Yasuna she tries her best to avoid them. She remembers a promised that Hazumu made to her as a child about being her groom but now with the kiss and Hazumu obviously not remembering she’s trying her best not to interfere.
During Hazumu’s bath time she tries to figure out what’s going on with Tomari. Why is Tomari avoiding her and not talking to her like she use to. And then an ideal occurs to Hazumu. She immediately jumps out of the tub and heads over to Tomari. Once there Hazumu explains that she now understands why Tomari has been behaving so strangely towards her. Hazumu tries to tell Tomari that she really likes her but Tomari instantaneously smacks Hazumu across the face. Tomari doesn’t want to hear such things, after all isn’t Hazumu in love with Yasuna?
Hazumu isn’t able to say she loves Yasuna because at this point she likes both girls equally. And with that information, Tomari tells Hazumu that if that is true then she’ll have to do the same thing to both of them. Hazumu starts to panic thinking she’ll have to kiss Tomari (more…)
OMG! Have you read Loveless Volume 8, yet? Well, you better. My manga arrived Tuesday, September 16. I was really busy with work and other errands all day so by 3:00 am I was completely exhausted. But there, sitting on my bookshelf was volume 8. I couldn’t let it just sit there while I slept (it’s unthinkable!) I was only going to read a few chapters but of course it was too good to put down. I mean how could I. I was finally getting answers (I thought) but by the end of the manga I had more questions then answers.
I also had a huge dislike for Seimei. I mean the guy is so MEAN! How can he hurt Ritsuka and Soubi like that or anyone for that matter? What’s he really up to anyway? Questions like that and more kept playing over and over in my head as I turned one page after the next. It was sad, yet funny, yet great! I can’t say anything bad about it because I love the characters so much. Ritsuka has matured, I feel, in this volume. He’s starting to see things about Seimei and Soubi (whether he really understands it all remains to be seen but my love for him continues to grow). I honestly don’t understand it yet. So, I guess when he understands I’ll understand it.
In this volume we learn about Soubi and how he became a fighter unit, in particularly how he became Seimei’s fighter unit. Agh! That Seimei, he has some serious issues. Things are revealed and there are things that we only get a glimpse at and have to wait to see how it all develops but overall it’s another volume I just love!
I’ll have my “summary” of this volume 8 as soon as I can.
I recently completed volume 6 but I couldn’t stop to write a review. I had to move on to volume 7 because it is so FREAKIN good! No, not good, great, outstanding! The more volumes I read the better the story gets. I just want to read more and more. But for now, Loveless volume 6 is finished and you can check out the summary on the left side. And Volume 7 of Loveless will also be up and available for reading later this week (that’s the goal anyway).
It was really difficult to find a nice place to stop so that I can get some sleep (I tend to read really late at night. No, it’s more like early morning). I don’t like things that are difficult or making decision “sleep vs staying up” so I had no choice but to read the manga all the way through. It was totally worth the lack of sleep the next day. Volume 6 is so captivating. There is no way you can take a break. It’s just not possible. It’s that good!
Oh, but then there is volume 7. The heat is very high in this volume. All these pieces are starting to fall into place but there’s still many more new pieces being discovered but not yet revealed. Ah, it’s the best kind of story. You just crave more and more until you burst with excitement!
Check out the two remaining volume summaries. You’ll love it just as much as I do.
Sorry, I haven’t been writing as much as I originally had hoped. My job has kept me very busy and exhausted, unfortunately. I have a stack of manga I had purchase earlier this month that I have not had a chance to read. I am very upset but I can’t quit my job. If I did quit, I won’t have any money at all for my books. Seems like I am stuck between a rock and a hard place.
I was told that things would slow do, a bit. We’ll just have to wait and see. I’m ready to start reading again. The latest manga that I just received is Loveless Volume 1. A friend of mine recommended it to me so, I bought it. I’m curious to see what it’s about.
Until then,
P.S. I’ll try to get over here to post more. I’ll find a rhythm to balancing work and reading my fav manga. (to bad I can’t read while at work but I can’t. Trust me, I tried and was severely warned. What meanies!)
