Minekura Kazuya - Wild Adapter, vol. 03 (Eng. trans.)
Thu, Oct. 4th, 2007 10:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterYay! New Minekura that I haven't read before! Well, I've flipped through the Japanese version, but I have a hard time with Minekura's Japanese.
This is also the volume that had me and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rachelmanija very confused over the seemingly random sexy ear-biting that happened in the middle of a gun fight.
Tokitoh and Kubota continue to haphazardly look for clues about the drug Wild Adapter and hints of Tokitoh's past, and they end up attempting to infiltrate a religious cult. They don't infiltrate very successfully; they're both too cynical and sarcastic for that. Plot happens.
It feels rather useless describing the plot -- I'm sure it's fine plot, but what I'm really interested in is how Minekura uses MotW plots to reveal bits and pieces about her protagonists, as she does so well in Saiyuki. The real story isn't the chase for WA (and I can't really see Tokitoh and Kubota ever resolving it), but rather, how this rather uncivilized man Kubota found on a street seems to be slowly making Kubota more human. I love how this volume ends and begins: Tokitoh and Kubota lazing around on the sofa, talking.
I also love the little short at the end.
No real spoilers under the cut, but I figured I'd just cut in case people wanted to be surprised by some bits.
I loved Kubota and Tokitoh sitting there on the sofa, pretending to have sex for the bug while looking completely bored.
But my absolute favorite part (aside from the ending) is Tokitoh insisting that they need a cover story to infiltrate the cult. Kubota says, "We're seeking spiritual guidance because we're a gay, sex-addicted couple... who are half-brothers, disowned by our family after the consummation of our forbidden love."
Tell me you wouldn't read that!
It's been so long since I've read new Minekura that I'd forgotten how much I love her snark and her subtext, how the most important things happen in the smallest of moments.
This is also the volume that had me and
rachelmanija very confused over the seemingly random sexy ear-biting that happened in the middle of a gun fight.Tokitoh and Kubota continue to haphazardly look for clues about the drug Wild Adapter and hints of Tokitoh's past, and they end up attempting to infiltrate a religious cult. They don't infiltrate very successfully; they're both too cynical and sarcastic for that. Plot happens.
It feels rather useless describing the plot -- I'm sure it's fine plot, but what I'm really interested in is how Minekura uses MotW plots to reveal bits and pieces about her protagonists, as she does so well in Saiyuki. The real story isn't the chase for WA (and I can't really see Tokitoh and Kubota ever resolving it), but rather, how this rather uncivilized man Kubota found on a street seems to be slowly making Kubota more human. I love how this volume ends and begins: Tokitoh and Kubota lazing around on the sofa, talking.
I also love the little short at the end.
No real spoilers under the cut, but I figured I'd just cut in case people wanted to be surprised by some bits.
I loved Kubota and Tokitoh sitting there on the sofa, pretending to have sex for the bug while looking completely bored.
But my absolute favorite part (aside from the ending) is Tokitoh insisting that they need a cover story to infiltrate the cult. Kubota says, "We're seeking spiritual guidance because we're a gay, sex-addicted couple... who are half-brothers, disowned by our family after the consummation of our forbidden love."
Tell me you wouldn't read that!
It's been so long since I've read new Minekura that I'd forgotten how much I love her snark and her subtext, how the most important things happen in the smallest of moments.
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Fri, Oct. 5th, 2007 06:13 am (UTC)(no subject)
Mon, Oct. 8th, 2007 09:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Fri, Oct. 5th, 2007 12:27 pm (UTC)So why did the ear-biting happen then?
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Fri, Oct. 5th, 2007 05:51 pm (UTC)So Minekura could draw a sexy ear-nibbling panel..Tokito is having a flashback and freaking out, and Kubota's arms are tied, so he bites his ear in lieu of slapping his face.
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Fri, Oct. 5th, 2007 09:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Fri, Oct. 5th, 2007 02:24 pm (UTC)I thought of you when I read that. XD
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Fri, Oct. 5th, 2007 03:18 pm (UTC)"we're a gay, sex-addicted couple... who are half-brothers, disowned by our family after the consummation of our forbidden love."
It's like... they know they're living in a manga!
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Mon, Oct. 8th, 2007 09:18 pm (UTC)It's like... they know they're living in a manga!
I know! Well, that plus the two of them pretending to have sex for the bug. "Oh, yeah, do it harder." "So good!" "I'm going to..." "Ahhh..." all said with the two of them sitting on the sofa looking bored out of their minds.