Tender scenes

Seeing Seki-san and Hayami-san joking around in the S.S.D.S. event really prompted me to watch episode 13 of the anime again.Distortions of the characters aside, I do love the last scene by the dock. And I realize that this must the last tender moment between the two before the emotional cold war after the end of Book 9 until Book 11 where Naoe gets...

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Skimming through Book 12

I was browsing the 12th volume mostly to read about Kagetora's and the rest of the Yasha-shu's reaction to Naoe's death. Suffice to say, Kagetora's anguish as he held Naoe's body in the first few pages of book 12 was heart-breaking. A sadness so deep that he used his soul's energy to cry out to Naoe, begging him to answer.Something that just frustrates me is how Chiaki didn't get to see Kagetora's...

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Cobalt-ヨリドラ 2005 Track 2 - part 2

From Chinese translations by Eleven. Book 26.Draft: Version 1 - finalNotes: 连神佛 (?)PS: do not distribute this without my permissionNaoe: The day when your soul meets its end is drawing closer everyday. Your existence will be completely erased from this world. There is only one way to avoid this, and that is to abandon your duty. Leave this line of work immediately, rely on what's left of your powers...

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この夜に、翼を track 08 永诀

From Chinese translations by aquarius封真. End of Book 11.Draft: Version 1 - finalNotes: 恙 (Tsutsuga), 吉川元春 (Kikkawa Motoharu), 毛利辉元 (Mouri Terumoto), 德川 (Tokugawa), 上杉 (Uesugi)PS: do not distribute this without my permissionNaoe: Did you come to save me? Or... are you here to kill me?Takaya: I... came here to confirm the truth. Is it true that you want to leave my side? You want to leave me even though...

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Wadatsumi audio

This is what happens when you don't actually listen to all the tracks of your drama CD. I had no clue that track 8 of この夜に、翼を was actually a snippet of the ending of the Wadatsumi arc (Book 11). I guess I was way too transfixed on Track 6...But my god. I never thought that I would hear an audio representation of that fateful scene. And the voice-acting in this track is just brilliant - but then again,...

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Episode 7 vs Book 5.5

Now that I've finished reading Chapter 6 of Book 5.5, I can ponder over the differences between anime and novel with regards to Naoe's attempt to kiss Takaya.I think I prefer the build-up in the anime. Not sure if Naoe's lines were pulled from different chapters or other books but the scene preceding the attempted kiss had a more dramatic punch in...

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Book 5.5 Chapter 6 最愛のあなたへ

From chinese translations done by 幽灵.Draft: Version 3 - finalNotes: 佐々成政 (Sasa Narimasa), 早百合 (Sayuri), 朴树 (Celtis sinensis var. japnonica), 矶部 (Isobe), 松元 (Matsumoto)PS: do not distribute this without my permissionSo the Narimasa and Sayuri case was concluded. In short, Takaya returned to the hotel and the minor dealings were left for Naoe to handle. The police were notified of the location of the...

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Kagetora or Takaya?

I often read comments that seem to suggest that Takaya is 'better' than Kagetora, which doesn't make much sense to me considering the context of things. Takaya is Kagetora.I don't deny that their personalities are different but that is solely based on the memories that each personality has. A person without any memories of the past would of course be different from someone whose had to endure four...

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The anime

Having been lurking around journals containing translations of the novels, I've gathered that the anime gave a somewhat biased treatment against the character of Takaya. That is, they softened the character of Naoe to the extent that he became the more sympathetic of the two.While I'm inclined to agree on this, my opinion of both of them was not actually swayed in favour of Naoe. In fact, I was a...

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Obsessed with Mirage

My obsession with Mirage of Blaze has really sky-rocketed after reading summaries of the novels and further fueled by all the drama CDs I have so far.Takaya and Naoe. I realized that this is the exact sort of 'romance' story that appeals to me. I'm not referring to the male x male pairing by that, I'm talking about the whole twisted relationship that they have, amplified into a mind-fuck after four...

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