Too Into It >_>

I'm sorry. Really, that's all I've gotta say. Kinda. I mean, this blog's not ALWAYS been all about the anime- actually, it almost never was. Not even the manga. Or the games. Or anything I'd been thinking about making this about! It was more of a journal or some crap of the like for me- really, I got too personally into it. Which is why I'm trying to revert it. I'm probably going to add my own little personal notes into everything, but I'm gonna try and revert this blog into what it was supposed to be- a site for anime fans ^_^ It doesn't mean I'm gonna get all professional and shit. Seriously. I'm going to be exactly the same, but I'm going to talk a little less about school and friends and a little more about the latest series.

Which means- TADAAAAAAAAAAA! I need to get INTO more series :3 YAY! MOTIVATION! I can never get myself to do anything without good reason.

Anyway, let's get started I suppose.

I'm getting REALLY into this not-so-new series called D.Gray-Man, by Katsura Hoshino. As a newbie to anime and manga (about one year a week from now, I believe, I met Andrea- AKA Demyx- who introduced me to the whole thing) I haven't exactly gotten around the bend much. Mostly, it's been what was reccommended to me, what I heard was popular, and what I can find myself, which isn't much considering how inexperienced and incapable I am. I'm pretty proud of myself- this is the only GOOD one I've discovered for myself! XD

D.Gray-Man is, essentially, a religious demon type manga. The main character is an 'exorcist', Allen Walker, who became an exorcist (someone who hunts a specific demon called an 'akuma') after he was cursed by.......... SPOILER :3 Can't tell. BUT. Allen is headed to join the Black Order- an organization dedicate to hunt down Akuma and gather cubes of what is called 'Innocence" to save the world. It gets so complicated- I don't think I can explain it all myself! You'll just have to read it, and trust me when I say this: It's a fantastic manga- while there is TONS AND TONS of action, there's also a huge sidedish of comedy! And the author has hinted to some future romance >_>

I'll admit I'm not that far in- volume 8- but I'm already hooked! Hoshino does a fantastic job with the writing and the art of course, the characters are believable and very likeable, but the storyline is incredible. Demons and such have always fascinated me, and this manga takes that subject to an entirely different universe.

There is only one thing that bothers me about this manga, and that's fight scenes. They're awesome, full of action, really well portrayed and all.... but they're confusing. Hoshina skips around, jumping all over the place with weird flashes of I-don't-know-what and, all too soon, someone's won and you have no idea how or what happened in between. You have to super-examine every single panel for pages and pages of fight scenes to understand what's happening, and I don't suggest skipping over the fights. that's 3/4 of the manga! I mean, it's managable, but I would like it if maybe Hoshino could clean them up a bit and not jump around like he's on hot rocks.

Anyway, I started the dubbed show a few weeks ago (I'm not going for the Japanese one on this >_>") but I've decided to lay off that and stick to the manga until I finish my list- or at least Soul Eater ^^. I'll update on D.Gray-man for a while I supposed- it's a pretty long series! But don't worry, I'm not giving anything away.

Tomorrow I'll most likely post a little something on Soul Eater- also, I'll be posting some new sidebars today with lists of best and worst, and what you can look forward to around the corner! ^_^