I do still LOVE PoT!!!

Ai ai ai ai ai ai!!!

Love love love love!!!

I love PoT!!! Even if the anime has kinda gone to pot (but I still love it so none the less), the manga has yet to fail to deliver!!!

Chapter 242 is teh best!!! I love it so! Anyone who has read it and knows who I love in PoT will not find it strange that I love this chapter so... Hyotei!!! Atobe!!! Kya!!! I'm soo happy to see this!!! *beams*

That being said, here:

http://homepages.nyu.edu/~smc449/Genius_241[FET].zip
http://homepages.nyu.edu/~smc449/Genius_242[FET].zip

Chapter 242 is the one I'm fangirling about right now. Download them now!!! You can ignore 241 -- all it shows is Ryoma's genius anyway and we've seen a lot of that.

But 242 is a definite must for all Atobe fans! He's just too kakkoii!! Sherry loves him the most! Feel free to share with others but these won't be up for very long. No mass forums or communities either please? My account won't be able to take the stress.

edit x1: Re-read it again. So cool! I love Atobe so much. Every time I see him, my admiration and adoration for him just grows and grows...

A little sidenote: I know Hyotei is a geek school but I have a hard time imagining some of the Hyotei team being all that brilliant... Shishido for one. And Gakuto. Hmm... I wonder how they got in?

But still, getting back to Atobe, he is just so magnificent. I love him so much. I wish he existed in real life because he would definitely be my idol. The way he commands people is just so admirable and so very cool. I hope he makes lots of noise during the tournament. Love him sooo much!

edit x2: Changed the links because I decided my school server would work better for this.

edit x3: I pride myself at having a large collection of PoT manga. Finally, tonight, I will have every single FET release ever with the addition of volume 15. *laughs maniacally* I love completing collections even one that is still in progress. I'm finally caught up!

Gods, I love PoT. And I love FET. They are slowly but surely cutting down on the gap in between chapters... It makes me so happy to know I have everything from chapter 158 on and from 1-69. There's still the gaps in between 70-114 and 136-157 but I have faith that they'll get to those eventually. :) But god, I wish they would get to Jiroh and Atobe's matches already! They were my favorite of the Hyotei arc.

edit x4: I love PoT so much. And Ohtori! And Shishido! It's amazing how they grow on you. And Oshitari because he's just cool. Gakuto because he's cute in a snarky way.

o.O I keep hearing "wasabi" repeated in a 5566. It's so weird...

Gah!!!

What the FUCK were A-O thinking when they decided to a fandub?!

Gah, I can't listen to the OP. kotaroh was right about it. It's sooo bad. And it's not bad in a funny way. I was listening to it through my headphones since my roommate is asleep and made me literally sick. My stomach was twisting and tossing just listening to it. I can't stand it. I don't think I can stand it when they sing along to Kimeru... How dare they ruin Kimeru?! Gah...

And what's with the monotone voice they sing with?!

The very first words from Sasabe... Okay. I've heard better dubbing on CN and they suck. That's how bad it was. There was some unnatural pauses too.

Oh! Grunting is good

Uh...They were a bit too close to the mic...

And Sasabe sounds he has a cold.

They fucked up with Ryoma. That's a terrible voice for him!!! He totally doesn't have Ryoma's snarkiness down. Ryoma comes off sounding like geek. Or a closest freak.

Sakuno sounds too old. And stupid. With a lisp.

Ryuzaki's voice changed. She sounded oldish at times and then not.

Okay, best voices so far -- the ones without talking. The grunts, the laughs, the snorts -- the ones that the original seiyuus did and A-O didn't decide to cut out.

Damn, that stuff with the mic is just annoying. You aren't supposed to hear the noise of your breath on the mic!

Okay, they all suck. They lack sincerity and they don't talk very well... God, they just did a laugh. "Hahahaha" => I could have done that. Damn, that was terrible.

I can't watch this. Seriously, I can't. Gah... What the hell were they thinking is what I really want to know because after this first episode, I can't imagine anyone wanting to see a second. I'm sorry I'm so harsh but this was just terrible.

Okay, to recap -- anything that doesn't have talking is good. Music is good. Voice actors involved, bad, very, very bad.

Gah, they ruined Kimeru! They really ruined Kimeru! My Kimeru! KIMERU!!! If Kimeru were dead, he'd be rolling in his grave for what they did to the song that made him famous. At they trying to kill me?! T_T

Okay, deleting this episode. So not worth downloading! *makes a face*

Ah...

Everything is right again after that nasty fandub.

After reading so many PoT chapters, it just makes me want to watch the PoT episodes of the Hyotei arc again. As my favorite arc, I feel like the Hyotei arc was at the height of PoT greatness. None has been that good though Rikkaidai certainly got close (would have been a lot closer if they had decided to follow the manga *grumble grumble*).

Back then, PoT was really good. Really, really, good. Ah, the greatness of PoT overwhelms and is a balm to my senses. I should really be going to sleep though...I've got community service tomorrow.

edit x1: Why have I never seen it before? Ohtori is wearing a cross! I've always thought that they opted to leave that out but even though it's small and you can't get a good look at it, it's definitely there. Nice! I love Ohtori's cross and I love Ohtori wearing the cross! :)

edit x2: I really need Atobe/Tezuka fics. Really, really, really do. This just strengthens my love of the pairing. They're just too good together!

(Although, rewatching episode 56 makes me think of the Sanada/Atobe connect once again -- Sanada looked like Atobe was giving him a headache. I bet if they got together, headaches would be a constant friend to Sanada. *eg* And I really can't help but think Sanada would be annoyed with Atobe for various reasons and having this annoyance tie a story together. Atobe annoying Sanada with his behavior. Atobe annoying Sanada for his obsession with Tezuka. Atobe annoying Sanada because of stupid messy feelings that Sanada can't deal with but is forced to regardless so he blames Atobe. From all of this, I want to see Tezuka and Atobe getting together happily. Because they are meant. It's just that I want Sanada to realize his feelings too... Gah, I've been watching too many shoujo fics with three people and two equally right guys for the main character... I guess that makes Atobe the girl. XD Makes sense to me. But who is best suited? If I explore this in a story, will I figure it out?)

Kimeru...

*sigh of contentment*

I love Pink.

I love Pink a lot.

Pink is just the bestest song ever.

*sigh*

I want Kimeru to sing that song to me. As I listen to it in my headphones and Kimeru is all I can hear and as he surrounds me, I feel almost as though he is singing this song to me. I smile because it just makes me so happy.

I think it's time for another Kimeru fan letter telling him how his songs have impacted me over the last two or so years. I've been up and down and it has always felt like he has been with me.

Pink really is the best song. Read the lyrics if you don't believe me.

http://www.livejournal.com/community/key_of_life/40429.html

They really are fabulous.