Kaiouki (Tale of the Sea King)!!!
I am so sad. Why does no one seem to know about this series? It's really tough to have something you're so excited about but can't talk about it to anybody. Another thing is that the Vietnamese version's volume 25 is only 20 in the Japanese, meaning that their vol. 35 is nowhere near what it should be. Well, at least I'll have the raw volumes to keep me entertained.
It's also unfortunate that the plot is getting more and more intricate with every book. Everybody's trying to outwit everybody else. One wrong step and you can be at a huge disadvantage. It's so tense! Without being able to understand it, I'll go nuts! Every word is laden with meanings and word plays are frequent. I feel like breaking out in sweat just thinking about it. I'm still extremely grateful that I have the Vietnamese version to read, though. I don't understand Japanese, but when I see the writing's symbols being repeated, and in the Viet version, the same words are being repeated in the same place, from that I can tell that the translation seems to be quite accurate. It really relieves me, although the fact that the pages are mirror-imaged is annoying. Sinta's scar is on the wrong side, when people shake hands it's the left hands, etc.
All of the characters are absolutely lovable, except for the bad guys. I'm a normal girl, so if a bad guy's supposed to be bad and hated, that's how I will feel. I won't like them just because they're doing their job by making me hate them. I don't care if that's what you call "good" bad guys. I hate them and that's that.
In any case, because everyone's so great that I'm feeling a bit sad. Fan, being the kind of person he is, seems so far away. I'm gloomy just thinking about the trouble Maia will have to go through for a realistic and in-character romance with him. The thing is that whenever I think far ahead like this, I'm always on the pessimistic side, thinking of the worst things that can happen to keep two people apart, so that's why the romance always seems kind of impossible to me, but once it really plays out, most of the time things go quite well. I'm just feeling the blues, I guess.
Man, I'm too much of a romantic so this series is not the best thing for me. There's just too little romance in it. I can't predict what will happen at all (not that I usually do that anyway, so never mind), and it's making me anxious. Brave it up, me! I'll get through the next volumes! Nothing extremely happy seems to be in sight, though, so I'm dragging me feet. Don't worry, though! My fangirl's love will not let me rest for long before charging on into the story, no matter how sad or badly it's going to turn out. (please don't turn out like that, please don't turn out like that,...)
The humor is scarce, although because of it, it's really funny. It's the deadpan kind that comes out of nowhere so I couldn't help but laugh my butt off. Wow, Sinta got to hold two babes at the same time. It's so cute! And imagine, he used to say that he had no confidence with girls, which is why he resorted to raping. Now, one girl's crying against his chest and the other is the one he nearly did the wrong thing to is clutching at him for support. Who'd have thought? Poor Maia. I hate when the guy lies to the girl, even if it's completely reasonable and for a good cause. Fan didn't lie to her, really, but he withheld information from her. He did it so that she won't have to worry, but it makes me sad. It feels like there's a wall between them when he can't trust her. Nik, his closest aid/right hand man, knows more than she does, or possibly ever will. It doesn't bode well for future reference. Arggh, I just feel too gloomy right now. Hopefully the next few volumes will cheer me up, at least some. On the other hand, my dear friend is arriving later today, so that's excellent news!
I'll probably rant more later. :)