For the Horde...?

[rekall]

A ten day demo version of WoW is currently being downloaded. If the brother and I like, he's buying it. Could this be the beginning of a new addiction?

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Speaking of new addictions I've been watching GetBackers lately.

I first heard of it awhile ago but figured all the yaoi squealing was just exaggeration by the fans. Then a few weeks ago on khfanficrants while talking with someone about a anti-yaoi fanbrat who liked things like TRC, DN Angel and other animes with canon gay couples and/or strong subtext, GetBackers was jokingly brought up by the other person, wondering why that wasn't listed as well.

That started my GetBackers quest that ended rather quickly since I couldn't download it from the site I found and ended up watching D.Gray-man instead (and then reading that manga).

Eventually though I found it on mIRC and am now up to ep 20 and fans definitely weren't exaggerating on the subtext. The two main characters, Ban and Ginji, are so much in love. They're freaking adorable; they spent most of this current arc apart and Ginji spent half the time crying for "Ban-chan". There was a lot of glomping involved when they were briefly reunited.

Then there's the other gay couple Kazuki/Juubei (the manga-ka even said himself that he considers them canon). They showed a flashback of when they met as children and Juubei got that embarrassed "I like you" look on his face (you know the one I'm talking about) since he thought Kazuki was a girl; and I'm really glad even the characters thought he was a girl at first since I've never had a problem of telling guys from girls apart before (some people seem to have so much trouble; like I've heard that people have mistaken Kanda from D.Gray-man as a girl before which boggles my mind) until Kazuki who I thought was a girl until I heard him speak.

Shounen series with gay involvement is always made of win.

Comments

[capella-aurigae.livejournal.com]

Why does my f-list keep mentioning all these intriguing series that I then want to read? I'm still trying to find Air Gear downloads, damn it.

...I mistook Kanda for a girl. It was because of the bandage-things wrapped around his chest - for some reason they made me think he had bound breasts. That impression didn't last for long, though.

[rekallthegreat.livejournal.com]

If you want the Air Gear manga I can upload it.

[capella-aurigae.livejournal.com]

If it's not too much trouble, I would really appreciate that.

[rekallthegreat.livejournal.com]

I found the links I used to download it. They all still work but if you have any trouble I can upload them else where. I figured passing on these links would be quicker since it would probably take me until Monday to get them all up.

Volume 1 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/pwhdcp)
Volume 2 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/x1zhik)
Volume 3 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/lbt37b)
Volume 4 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/zinm49)
Volume 5 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/ynwcr7)
Volume 6 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/3vryjm)
Volume 7 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/ne19d2)
Volume 8 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/2jpgns)
Volume 9 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/ovpjhi)
Volume 10 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/ftn9l4)
Volume 11 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/a6ysmw)
Volume 12 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/qnychp)
Volume 13 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/upcltm)
Volume 14 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/w96ag9)

[capella-aurigae.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, those don't work for me because .rar files don't work on my computer. If you could somehow get it in .zip format, that would be better. Thank you either way.

[rekallthegreat.livejournal.com]

No problem!

Here are the first six volumes and I'll get the rest up on Monday.

Volume 1 - http://www.sendspace.com/file/xe2hkk (http://www.sendspace.com/file/xe2hkk)
Volume 2 - http://www.sendspace.com/file/3xk9bf (http://www.sendspace.com/file/3xk9bf)
Volume 3 - http://www.sendspace.com/file/py8zwc (http://www.sendspace.com/file/py8zwc)
Volume 4 - http://www.sendspace.com/file/9cjvpp (http://www.sendspace.com/file/9cjvpp)
Volume 5 - http://www.sendspace.com/file/yux6uu (http://www.sendspace.com/file/yux6uu)
Volume 6 - http://www.sendspace.com/file/d0ybnw (http://www.sendspace.com/file/d0ybnw)

[capella-aurigae.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[rekallthegreat.livejournal.com]

The next four volumes:

Volume 7 - http://www.sendspace.com/file/2alo4j (http://www.sendspace.com/file/2alo4j)
Volume 8 - http://www.sendspace.com/file/lcgvl6 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/lcgvl6)
Volume 9 - http://www.sendspace.com/file/g7lb5j (http://www.sendspace.com/file/g7lb5j)
Volume 10 - http://www.sendspace.com/file/i8t00d (http://www.sendspace.com/file/i8t00d)

[bnomiko.livejournal.com]

: o If you get a WoW account, see if you can put a character on the same server as me so you can talk to me~eeeeeeee...

Server: Lightbringer - worst server on the planet, but that's my home.

Actually, it might tell you the server is full... hard for me to tell since that's where the bulk of my account is so I don't have that restriction.

[rekallthegreat.livejournal.com]

Lightbringer, got it.

I'll see what I can do. If I end up liking WoW I'm blaming it solely on you. :P

[su-chan.livejournal.com]

GetBackers is AAAAALLLL subtext, just look at Akabane x Ginji's conversations... XDDDD And some chapters are hilarious to make you cry, just keep watching, it gets BETTER! even with love triangles!

[rekallthegreat.livejournal.com]

I crack up so much while watching it. Like even during the Limitless Fortress arc, which is suppose to be more serious, I'd end up laughing anytime they showed Akabane and Ginji since those two were hilarious.

[pretereo.livejournal.com]

GetBackers is ranked first on my list of animanga I will watch/read after I'm done scanlating Count Cain! I've watched several disjointed episodes already, mostly the one I've heard are particularly slashy and naturally they left me craving for more. ♥

There is no way Kazuki and Juubei's relationship can be interpreted as anything but romantic. While I can see how some people (re: fanboys) can look at Ban and Ginji's relationship merely as a strong platonic bond, I just can't see how anyone can look at the interaction between Kazuki and Juubei and claim they aren't in love with each other. They are as canon as it gets, srsly, and seemingly the majority fandom agrees, fortunately; I did see some rather stupid comments over at youtube (surprise, surprise!), though, some really close-minded twits suggesting they should've made Kazuki a girl (because that way their relationship would be more natural) and how uncomfortable the (platonic!!!1) closeness between Kazuki/Juubei made them feel.

[rekallthegreat.livejournal.com]

You definitely need to watch/read it. It's so slashy and hilarious.

*rollseyes at the fanbrats* They need to get over it. If they're that uncomfortable they should stop reading shounen mangas that have gay characters/couples in them. Granted that will make a lot of series unavailable to them but they're the one with the problem.