CLAMP - xxxHolic, vol. 09-11 + ch. 133-134

This has gone from being something I read largely for the art to something I was getting interested in to something that's really quite good right now.

( Spoilers )

Really looking forward to the next chapters.

Yuki Kaori - The Cain Saga, vol. 04 (Eng. trans.)

Why I Love Yuki Kaori #34598:

....

I just spent about half an hour flipping through the volume again to try to pick out my very favoritest moment, except I really can't. There is too much!

Thankfully, coffeeandink has already quoted my favorite part from Yuki's asides.

So -- Why I Love Yuki Kaori #34598-34601:

As Yuki wanted to name Riff after Riff Raff from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Riff's full name is "Riffael Raffit." She also hurriedly assures the readers in an aside that no, no, Cain and Riff aren't embracing! Cain's just smelling Riff's shirt! And the priceless Disraeli-talking-to-organs aside linked to above.

And I have only just gotten to the asides!

Then there is Viz's absolute horrible translation combined with Jizabel Disraeli's insanity, which results in:

When a silver knife slits [Cain's] pale, slim limbs... it will be like bright red pomegranates cut wide open! His blood vessels will be like the branches of a tree, still warm and pulsing. His organs and membrances shining and gasping like a gold fish out of water.

To be honest, despite Yuki Kaori's protests, I think Disraeli really does name his organs -- the organs that he collects in jars, not his own personal organs. Though maybe he names those too.

( Minor spoilers )

* I still cannot believe that this is a plot point in not just one, but two manga series. At least, that I know of...