WTF ARE FANGIRLS STUPID??

This has got to be the biggest Draco in Leather Pants I've come across in a while. THESE FUCKING FUWA SHOU FANGIRLS ARE PISSING ME OFF! I mean, I could understand if you're the type who just likes asshole-y characters, since I can be like that too, but a lot of these girls don't even seem to realize that he's a BLATANTLY HUGE ASSHOLE. Who the fuck cares if he does ostensibly romantic things if he has ASSHOLE-ISH INTENTIONS BEHIND EVERYTHING HE DOES??? FFFFFFFFFFFFF

I mean, yeah, I can understand his charms: he's amusing, he's hot, blah blah blah. Even I was really interested in him when watching the Skip Beat! anime, but that's largely because he's entertaining to watch and everyone kept saying he "gets better" later in the manga. BUT THE BITCHES LIED. He hasn't matured AT ALL. Not a single ounce of maturity gained!! He's more self-aware, sure, but that doesn't mean he isn't still a selfish little bitch. I was skeptical throughout the Vie Ghoul arc, but the recent Valentine's arc confirmed it for me: even the manga-ka herself has made it VERY VERY clear that Sho is still an immature, selfish brat who does NOT deserve to be in a relationship with Kyoko.

How can anyone argue that the way he treats Kyoko is in any way romantic? Sure, during the Vie Ghoul arc, he spouted some good shit about wanting to protect Kyoko, etc. etc. But in the end, it's ALWAYS about him. Even if he leaves Kyoko in emotional shambles, that's a-okay for Sho as long as Kyoko is still "obsessed" with him and she "plays into his hands." HOW CAN ANYONE CALL THAT LOVE? That's SELFISHNESS, period. Love means actually caring about the feelings and well-being of the other person. If Sho REALLY cared, he would back the fuck off and mature a little before even attempting to screw with Kyoko's emotions. But he doesn't because he's A SELFISH LITTLE BITCH.

GOD, THIS PAIRING IS EVEN MORE UN-ROMANTIC THAN SHINRA/CELTY. Which I'm fine with because the manga-ka is CLEARLY ROOTING FOR KYOKO/REN. But all these fangirls keep screaming, "Fuwa Sho is getting more and more likable!" WHEN HE ISN'T AT ALL.

And the most AMAZING thing I've seen is the argument that Sho "does more to attract Kyoko's attention than Ren does." Umm yeah, that's because Sho is COMPLETELY INCONSIDERATE OF HER FEELINGS. So he feels perfectly fine just foisting shit on her, including actions that could be considered sexual assault, when she just wants him to go the hell away. Being a forceful, inconsiderate bastard =/= passionate lover. FUCK. And Ren constantly holds himself back precisely because he's overly-considerate of Kyoko's feelings. Because he actually gives two shits about her and isn't completely egotistical. That some people think Sho "deserves" her more is just astonishing. What the fuck on a stick.

And I would actually respond to these people's message board posts, except I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE REGISTERING, DAMN IT. So I've opted to release all my anti-Sho rage here, in hopes that it will SPREAD throughout the Internet like a DISEASE. A disease for which the only cure is the official canonization of the Kyoko/Ren pairing! O HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO [/3AM rant]

To end this on a good note, here's Ren looking fabulous:

MAH

I love this person who sounds like Hiroshi Kamiya and uses his Izaya voice to sing silly hatesongs to Shizuo. I looove how he sounds at the intro of this song, too, when he's doing his HITO RAABU speech. He just sounds so... Izaya. *o*~

And here's him as Itoshiki Nozomu. Now, if only he'd do Natsume. :3

And WHERE ARE THE MIYANO MAMORU IMPERSONATORSSSS. I'd be all over that shit. *o*~

EDIT: OMG. The second Izaya song is about TEEN PREGNANCY LOLOLOLOLOL.

EDIT 2: Another Izaya song sung by a different guy. The impersonation isn't quite as accurate, but he still sounds pretty Izaya-esque. <33

What.

Last night, I read a bunch of comments from people who watched the raw of Durarara!! 13, and most of them mentioned that Izaya speaks Russian at some point. While walking to breakfast a little while ago, I realized I had a dream in which Izaya was ordering sushi via his cellphone. IN RUSSIAN.

IZAYA EVEN TROLLS MY DREAMS.

New OP~!

And in glorious HD quality. (Though it'll probably get taken down in no time.) IIRC, this aired in Japan just earlier today... The Internet is scary fast. :3

EDIT: On a related note, fanworks of Izaya and Shizuo have been gracing the front page pretty often as of late. This pleases me. :3

EDIT 2: I just noticed this in the OP. I guess Celty is the 'official' romanization of her name, then?

EDIT 3L: I've watched this at least ten times now. I WISH I COULD QUIT YOU, DURARARA!! Another thing I just noticed: Dotachin without his hat! And I was so preoccupied with the new OP that I nearly forgot to check out the new ED. :3

Square's writing staff makes me :(

Before I get to anything else, the sub of the first episode of Oofuri S2 is finally up. I know it's a one-hour special, but I was starting to think that I'd see the next ep of Durarara!! before this would be released. x__x;

ANYWAY. I started playing FFXIII, and so far I think it's... okay. It's not terrible or anything, and I've heard that it gets better once you're further along. But the fact that I'm over five hours into the game and I STILL haven't escaped the tutorials is kind of lame. Also, the fact that I've literally done nothing other than watch cutscenes, run around, read tutorials, and fight things. Not even a single fleeting side game! And platforming & free-roaming are non-existent. :/

And seriously, Square. You used to know how to pace your games. What happened? FFX was the last FF game that had a story I gave a damn about or even fully comprehended. What the hell even happened in FFXII? Because thinking back to it now, I don't remember a thing.

Bah. I think the biggest issue is that the recent FF games have tried to cram in as much world-building as possible within the first few hours, but it just ends up being overwhelming. And the characters suffer from it too. More than any other FF, the characters in FFXIII feel like new incarnations of the same tired molds we've seen before. Snow and the black guy (forgot his name, lol) aren't quite so easy to label, but the others... Annoyingly bouncy girl, whiny blond emo boy with a parent complex... It wouldn't be so bad if they only let us care about them more instead of just having them run from one plot point to the next. Square even explicitly stated that Lightning is meant to be a female Cloud. (Except softer b/c she's a woman. Oh, Japan.) If you're going to imitate aspects of FFVII, why not copy something of actual consequence? Like the PACING of the story. And besides, what is the point of copying Cloud's NEGATIVE personality traits? Bitchy ex-soldier =/= popular character if that's all there is to them. =_=;;

But on a more positive note! I think this is a large part of the reason why I'm so very excited for KH: Birth By Sleep, because from what I've heard, that game is actually really well-paced. A FIRST FOR THE KH SERIES. =____=

So yes. Everyone buy Birth By Sleep when it comes out! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D