.:Monday Madness:.
Hello everyone! I hope you've all had a great week and all kinds of fun! I'm doing pretty good, it was a rough week but I had a pretty relaxing weekend! I kind of decided to submerge myself into some anime and manga goodies over the weekend to forget my troubles. It worked out pretty well actually! LoL
Thank you everyone for the kind words and cards about my leg problem, I really do appreciate all the thoughts and well wishes! You guys are just the best and you definitely helped keep myself positive this week. Over the last five days I've been to see three different specialist and they're all pretty much saying the same thing. Unfortunately that thing is total knee replacement...*shudder* Not exactly what a girl wants to hear when looking for good happy news. However I've got another specialist to see on Monday and he's talking more along my line of things with specialized rehab. Honestly I'd prefer a long rehab over a quick fix surgery. I absolutely hate surgeries!!
Sounds like fun doesn't it? LoL Anyway a couple of new creations for those of you interested. A bunch of new e-cards. And I made 4 new wallpaper. Two for +Anima and two for Vampire Knights. Both are great manga series I've had the pleasure to read this weekend. So check those out if you're interested! I'm making a few more as well since my fave stress reliever is staring at images of pretty boys! hehehe
For those of you who asked I'm also going to talk about Samurai Deeper Kyo this post! Now the manga Kyo is what I used for my background this time around but the images on this post are of course from the anime. Now if you've never read the manga I can recommend watching the anime. And if you've see the anime I can recommend reading the manga. However I don't recommend reading the manga and then reading the anime. It's just setting yourself up to be annoyed. LoL The two stories aren't completely different but they are different enough to make manga fans go a bit crazy trying to watch the anime. Both the manga and the anime combine action with the supernatural, taking liberties with historical personages to create an alternate history of Tokugawa Japan. Although they differ widely in many crucial aspects of plot and characterization, both the anime and the manga follow the story of Demon Eyes Kyo (Onime no Kyō) as he seeks to regain his body after his soul was sealed inside the body of his rival, Mibu Kyoshiro (or "Kyoshiro Mibu" when written in western order). Kyo is joined in his search by, among others, the bounty-hunter Shiina Yuya, Tokugawa Hidetada, heir to the shogunate, and Sanada Yukimura, a famous rival of the Tokugawa.
The manga is currently 38 volumes, only 21 are currently available in the US. But I hoping the rest will be out quickly since the series is complete now in Japan. The anime series is only 26 episodes long, which honestly makes it pretty impossible to tell the complete story from the manga.
Might have a few spoilers in this section so don't be mad at me! ^^ Plot differences between the manga and the anime!! A major difference between the anime and manga is that Kyo in anime is an artificial construct, born of Kyoshiro's attempt to purge violence and cruelty from himself. While Kyo is sealed inside Kyoshiro after losing a swordfight to him, as in the manga, the settings and motivations differ; Kyoshiro confronts Kyo at the Battle of Sekigahara in order to stop his bloody rampage, rather than to protect Sakuya. Apart from these and flashbacks to his time with Muramasa, Akira and Hotaru, the anime provides fewer details of Kyo's past than the manga. The manga also reveals much more about Kyo's relationship with Akira and his 'band', the Four Emperors, as well as glimpses of his former life when he was friends with Kyoshiro. Yuya, who is often relegated to the background in the anime, plays a much more prominent role in the manga. The manga is more graphic than the anime, containing far more blood and nudity than its television counterpart; kenyou play a smaller role in it, and it introduces characters such as Date Masamune, and the five stars of the Mibu Clan. Nevertheless, the manga and anime share themes of friendship, but the anime develops the idea that some warriors will actually fight to prevent peace.
And yeah I admit I didn't write most of that up. LoL Thank god for Wikipedia saying all that stuff. I'm not nearly articulate enough to write that much without taking a lot more time. Honestly though I love Samurai Deeper Kyo, especially the manga. I really can't wait to get the rest of the series! I'm afraid I'm only up to Volume 14 in my collections! I need more! Hehehe
Well I'm off to get some work done! I hope everyone had a great weekend and a great upcoming week as well! Take care!
Innocent ramblings...
