"Greetings, friends. Vile01 here. I found out something about xm that he was willing to tell the people of Doujinstyle.com, but not us. The information I found is hidden in a journal of sorts. This is that journal now."
September 2nd, 2009.
{xm0123} HOLY SHIT this show called Kurokami is good! I have to blog about it!
September 5th, 2009.
{xm0123} I LOVE KURO-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
But I don't have a crush on her.
I swear! She's like Nausicaa and Rosette Christopher; she's a fascinating character! That's all!
Septmember 10th, 2009.
{xm0123} Ah man! This show really crapped out towards the end! Oh wait, there is a manwha version. Heh heh. I will not be separated from my Kuro-chan.
September 13th, 2009.
{xm0123} Okay, I just started reading the manwha version of Kurokami, and Jesus fucking Christ, is Keita an asshole! He's practically a villain! Oh! Kuro's contractee is actually a Villain Protagonist! That'd make a good plot twist! But I swear to you; NOTHING will come between me and Kuro-chan, not fanboys, not self-aggrandizing Squall ripoffs, not anyone! And is it just me, or does she have really pretty legs in the manwha? KAWAII! ^ _ ^
September 15th, 2009, 11:37 AM.
{xm0123} (originally posted on doujinstyle.com) I am completely incapable of becoming sexually aroused by a fictional character. No matter how "hot" some anime and video game chicks may be, I cannot "fap" to them. I'm all about real life girls, you see.
September 15th, 2009, 5:07 PM.
{Stalker-san} (in response to what I wrote earlier that day in DS.com) Y-you... wait... seriously?
You're such a rare creature on this forum. ō_ō;
September 15th, 2009, 7:56 PM.
{xm0123} (in response to what Stalker-san wrote earlier that day in DS.com.) Yeah. I was planning on telling you all sooner, but it's true.
However, I would be lying (another secret of mine coming up) if I said I never got attached to fictional characters period. I have formed what you might call non-sexual, non-romantic crushes on a few characters. (If you've read my blog, then you already know this.) Sometimes, I see characters that just utterly captivate me, and I get all, "Oh! She's so cute! Hugs and cuddles! Kawaii! ^ _ ^" I usually get over them within a few months, but sometimes, I can't help myself. In fact, I have one such crush right now; Kuro from Kurokami. But I can't help myself if she's adorable beyond words! She's just so cute!
September 18th, 2009.
{xm0123} So I read what volumes of Kurokami are out in America right now. There are some things about it I like more than the anime, but there are some things about it that are worse than the anime, (Keita, slower plot pace, Keita, still a lot of untranslated volumes, did I mention Keita is a completely loathsome asshole in the Manwha?) but it does not matter, for I have Kuro-chan on my bookshelf now.
Wait a second; I just realized something: I absolutely hate one character, yet absolutely love another. And not only that, I loved the earlier episodes of the anime version of Kurokami, but didn't like the later episodes. My gawd . . . I've become tsundere for Kurokami, haven't I? So this is what it's like to be tsundere . . .
(Note to self: don't tell anyone outside of DS.com what you really think about Kuro. It took me months to live down Yukari-chan.)
The present day.
"Oh crap! He's coming to write something again! Gotta jet!"
So I just read vol. 7 of the manwha version of Kurokami, and . . . . .
THIS IS THE BEST VOLUME YET!!!!
Not once does Keita act out of line! In fact, he even has a Crowning Moment of Awesome in this volume! Has he really done it? Has he redeemed himself, a la Luke Fon Fabre from Tales of the Abyss? If so, then consider me sold.
There is so much badassery, so much plot twisting, I can't keep up! And . . . and . . . I learned some stuff about Excel and Steiner that was never elaborated in the anime, and now, I can officially say, the manwha portrayal of both Excel and Steiner is superior to their anime portayal! As they say in Excel's native Germany; Wunderbar! Wunderbar, indeed. (You know, I wish this blog would stop underlining foreign words, even ones I spell correctly.)
Say, speaking of Excel, you wanna know something funny? I couple of nights ago, I had a dream. I was playing a SNES game, you know, for old time's sake, when suddenly, someone says from behind, "Having fun playing such an old game?"
I freak out and turn around, seeing it's Excel! Only thing is, I don't remember what happened after that. She was by herself, and she was speaking in Stephanie Sheh's voice, but . . .
"What the hell!? You dreamed about Excel, but not Kuro!?"
Who said that!? Oh wait; Vile01? What are you doing here?
"I heard you were gonna write about Kurokami again, so I came here. Your articles about Kurokami are very passionate, so I couldn't miss it. But anyways, you dreamed about Excel but not Kuro, what's up with that?"
Yeah, you'd think if I was gonna dream about anyone from Kurokami, it'd be Kuro-chan, but nope! Excel pops into my head, instead! And before you ask, no it was not a wet dream. We had our clothes on the entire time.
"Uh huh. Say, have you ever talked about Kurokami outside of your blog?"
Why you ask?
"Oh, you know, like have you told anyone on DS.com about Kurokami?"
Uh . . .
"Like the things you write in your private journal? In fact, I actually found you mentioning something in response to a-"
-YOU TOLD THEM!?!?!?!?
"What!? You said it was a platonic crush! That's harmless!"
I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!!!!
"WAIT! WAIT! uh, take your frustration out on Keita instead!"
Why would I do that!? He was actually a likable person in the last volume!
"Uh oh. That means you're not tsundere for Kurokami anymore, are you?"
That's right. I'm all deredere now.
"Well then in that case, love conquers all, right? And who's someone you love? Someone who's a tomboy, and a girly girl at the same time? Someone who has more guts than any typical shonen protagonist? And someone who, in the manwha version anyways, has really pretty legs? In fact, it seems your crush started only after you started reading the Kurokami manwha. When you said Kuro was awesome back in early September, you just said that, but now, now it's more than that, right? Tell us, has she melted your heart, as well as won over your heart, as much as an illustrated girl could, anyways?"
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
OH NO! NOT KURO!
I CAN'T GET HER OUT OF MY HEAD NOW! KURO-CHAN IS LOVE!
KURO-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
She'd get me out of this mess.
"Okay, that's all I needed to hear. Later."
Okay, this is officially the weirdest review I've ever written in my life.
Oh, and Stalker-san, if you're reading this, I just wanna say hello!
