Sunday, January 14, 2001
12:34 a.m.
Now Listening to: Seraphim Call 2nd End Theme

I've been curious about Seraphim Call since I saw a poster of it in a Hong Kong anime magazine, A*Club. I'm a sucker for shoujo art, and I did get a good fill of the anime art right around here. That link is the ONLY English Seraphim Call page I've found on the web so far. Not even Anipike has a web listing for the series. Anyone know what the series is about, by any chance?

Wandering through blogs again, I skidded to a halt at Emiko's blog upon reading the very first sentence of her January 10 entry about Aoshi and Misao of Ruroni Kenshin. I'm a devout A&M fan that could not be argued with, it pains me to see either of the two paired up with anyone else. I cannot picture either of them with anyone else, I cannot picture their affections as anything other than that of romantic. They're just perfect for each other - they reign supreme as my favorite anime couple.

I haven't come across decent fanfiction about them lately. Must go through the aoshi-misao ml archives sometime...

I also have yet to read a good lemon on them. I've come across nicely-written ones, but the situations and characterizations usually left me dissatisfied with the ones I've read so far. Heck, that's the problem with a number of A&M fics I've read. The top boo-boos below:
1) Emotional Transition. Aoshi's cold exterior melts as soon as Misao's in his arms or as soon as he...uhm, makes Misao a real woman (*tries not to laugh*). Suddenly the moody dork of Aoshi from the RK series is this "Oh Misao, what I'd do for you...I love you..." loverboy. Aoshi certainly isn't an easy character to write for, ESPECIALLY in romantic situations - but I do doubt that the walls would just come tumbling down at a given second. Chip the walls, (or have the walls chipped, depending on outlook/storyline/time) reach certain even height, then break. That seems to be more satisfying.
2) Aoshi referring to Misao as childish, or saying so right to her face. I do doubt he'd do this. Thinking of Aoshi as the one who saw Misao grow up, I'd think he'd view Misao as someone who's taking her sweet time growing up rather than remaining childlike. I'd say he develops a wistfulness and attraction for Misao's young and carefree personality (see: anime episode where the Oniwabanshuu girls visit the Kamiya Dojo, a few episodes before Rasui).
Course, this is just me shooting my mouth off - if, in the eyes of another author, Aoshi thinks of Misao as childish...still, he would not say so to her face unless there was a very serious situation he had to deal with (ShiShio, for example, or maybe the dry cleaning bill of his trenchcoat ;)...ahh, the powers of stress. ;)
3) Misao maturing and losing interest in Aoshi. Actually, this would've been a good idea if not for its slight overusage in fanfics. This idea though, depends on presentation and arrangement in the fanfic itself. I think I prefer the idea of Misao being persistent to Aoshi...she's the only one, I think, who would really go out on a limb for him in a matter of life and death.
Course, I do not think Misao is Stalker Fangirl #1 in this round - Misao is persistent, yes, but she's also willing to make sacrifices for Aoshi's happiness. Even if the sacrifice is her love for Aoshi.

Hoboy. I think I foresee major editing, or deletion [out of regret] concerning this entry. Late nights warp my brain, yayyy--*yawns* Warped enough. Sleep beckons.