Two.

[wednesday_10_00]

Two posts in 2015 (before this one). Two. Sheesh. Maybe I can improve on that in the next couple of weeks. Before I get into reviews, some housekeeping:

1. I know I owe gnine some fanfic recs; should I post them here? (This is like that "anyone who's not here, raise your hand" joke...) If there's somewhere else that you would see it sooner (email or

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[mangaroo]

90% Haikyuu and cats

If I'm ever asked to describe you... (Haven't read under the cut yet. Back later!)

Edit: true story - I skipped from "heh" to the first "sweh" review, so I almost missed this:

Daiki is a stand-in for Iwaizumi or Kasamatsu, yes/no?

Maybe? On visuals alone, he's missing the dark hair which is so critical to their stalwart manliness. But of course, what makes Iwa-chan and Kasamatsu so awesome is that they are sports samurai. Even though they don't natter on about it, they live their sport, are committed to their sport, and are honorable in their sport. Also, natural leaders of men. Is Daiki a sports samurai?

Also, I am too old to be crushed on 2-dimensional high school boys, so it's a good thing this comment is written in invisible pixels.

[wednesday_10_00]

he's missing the dark hair which is so critical to their stalwart manliness

Ah, see, I didn't realize the dark hair was so important. As for your question, I'm going to tentatively say yes, although it's a little hard to tell because, you know, this is a BL manga, not a BL sportsball manga.

[mangaroo]

it's a little hard to tell because, you know, this is a BL manga, not a BL sportsball manga.

It sounds like there might not be enough sportsball in that BL manga. (WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME?)

The dark hair is less important than the samurai character, but...its simplicity and plainness is kind of part of the package? Like Akashi would be waaaaaaaaaaaaay too flashy to be one of the triplets. (Naming Akashi because isolation, calligraphy, violin. So dignified.)

[wednesday_10_00]

Well, now the problem is that you'll have to read this to tell me if he fits the model or not. For science!

Naming Akashi because isolation, calligraphy, violin. So dignified.

Well, also, to me anyway, calligraphy and (especially) violin say "rich boy," which doesn't seem to fit into the samurai character.

[sara_tanaquil]

Thank you for the reviews! Lots of those sound tempting

[mangaroo]

GAH! I feel like I need the two of you to set me up on ebiJapan in August.

[wednesday_10_00]

I feel like you wanted me to show it to you on the last trip, but then you decided you weren't going to buy any e-manga and didn't care after all. But I'm happy to show you (again) on this trip.

[mangaroo]

On this trip, we will have me actually buy a manga and "read" it. Maybe Okottenai nara Kotchi Muite.

[spacealien_vamp]

Ohayou to Oyasumi to Sono Ato ni

This is one that I had just added to my shopping list due to Amazon recs, so it's good to hear your opinion.

I stopped reading flat because I couldn't stand Heisuke anymore

Same here; it ended up in my culled list while still mostly unread. That makes me kind of sad, but I just have so many things in my backlog that I can't spend time on volumes that don't excite me.

[wednesday_10_00]

Yeah, I had the same "kind of sad" feeling about flat (because it started out so adorable, and then Heisuke just became unbearable for me), but Hiso Hiso fills the void it left in my heart, so yay.

[gnine]

Yes, here is good! I actually read LJ every day (even if I'm HORRIBLE about posting myself...err...oops?)

But Haikyuu recs for the win!! Actually, if you have Kuroko no Basuke recs as well I'm all for those (...I may have been pushing Kuroko on spacealien_vamp while I was there...I felt it was only fair after she got me watching Haikyuu ^__-)

OH SPORTS ANIME, how has this HAPPENED?! *headdesk* And how is it all SO SLASHY?!

Oooh, and look at other manga recs I'll need to go check out...^^

[wednesday_10_00]

SPORTSBALL! It's a curse. A horrible addition. Also, really awesome and fun.

I was going to ask you for KuroBasu recs! (LOL) I honestly haven't found any good ones yet. But I haven't had a lot of time to look, either, because I've been spending all my free time lately going through the Comiket catalog. I'm into so many pairings! This is going to be my most intense Comiket ever.

Are caught up with the manga for Haikyuu, or just seen the anime? (I can't rec BokuAka if you haven't met them, haha.) Anyway, here are a few to start:

For your "sex competition" request:
i can do better (buu)

Also, by the same author, not a competition, but still kind of a similar story from Kageyama's POV:
am i gay? please help (This one isn't finished--and may never be, given the author's battles with depression--but I think it leaves off in an okay place)

also KageHina:

The Absence of Words (artenon)

Really short, but really sweet. Based on the poem The Quiet World, by Jeffrey McDaniel.

some DaiSuga:

You'd fit my lonely arms so perfectly (

[mangaroo]

Oooh! Ooh! So what are your KuroBasu pairings?