*laments*

[siollan]

Craigslist is failing to provide me with the perfect apartment of my dreams, internet. Why is this. I thought the crappy economy would result in high vacancy rates and good deals, but so far this has not proven to be the case. I keep seeing the same crappy apartments over and over again, and I've been scouring the listings since February. Maybe everybody's staying put due to the crap economy. Maybe I should stay put too since my job is not exactly totally secure. But I really don't know if I can deal with my downstairs neighbor for another year. Every time I tell myself I should chill out and not let him bother me I hear his voice it's ARGH INSTANT RAGE.

I'm mouldering away with boredom at work as well. Everyone is off at graduation, so it's very quiet and I have already cleared my to-do list. I wish I could just leave.

I need to write a drabble this weekend, maybe take a look at some of the prompts for the Minekura fic meme since I have all this time now. Hmm, and type up my thoughts re: the latest WA chapter. I feel kind of bad for wishing this arc would just end already, but I kind of hope it would just end already. I want to get back to what's happening in the present day.

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[red_squared]

Er... If it makes you feel better, I kinda wish it would end, too. And by "it" I mean these vague random chapters that... DAMN IT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THEY JUMPED INTO THE HARBOUR.

And I while I love, love, LOVE wee!Minoru and w00bie!Makoto I just find these bits and pieces frustrating given where she left us at the end of V6 :(

About the only thing I can see is that Kasai's reflections have to do with his conversation with Kubota earlier about how Kubota is sort of Tokito's parent/guardian and it bothers Kubota that Tokito gets up to stuff that he doesn't know about.

Even so.

I want to know what happens next :(

[siollan]

I'm glad it's not just me! *shifty eyes*

I guess my main complaint is that this arc has been so rambling. I'm psyched that we found out more about Tokito's background, but the whole subplot with Sekiya/Yoshi seems to be going nowhere. And as much as I enjoyed the look into Kubota's background, I'm not sure what it really had to do with the rest of the arc.

I hate to complain because I know she's been busy with Saiyuki and Gaiden as well as dealing with illness this past year, but I love WA so much that I always want it to be top notch. And the storytelling has been so tight up until now that I hate to see it become unfocused. Well, with the possible exception of the 3rd volume, which I continue to have issues with.

I too am on edge waiting to find out what happens post vol. 6. She's hinted that things might change dramatically, so having to wade through these slow chapters is really a killer.

[red_squared]

And as much as I enjoyed the look into Kubota's background, I'm not sure what it really had to do with the rest of the arc.

The only thing I can think of is that it sheds some (more) light onto Kubota's family issues, and his inability to give Tokito the reassurance that he needs.

But that's me reading between the lines much more than I usually do with WA!

Well, with the possible exception of the 3rd volume, which I continue to have issues with.

Oh? In what way?

[siollan]

Oh, Vol. 3. I didn't dislike it per se, but in my head I refer to it as the Hardy Boys volume; plucky boy detectives investigate mystery! I think I felt a little bit cheated at the end because I felt like it didn't move the plot forward or reveal much about the characters. The whole Fortune's Fang thing seemed like a cheat; when all was said and done they actually had nothing to do with WA, so there was really no forward plot movement. And I feel like all we learned about the characters was that Kubota felt like he had become a little bit more human in the past year. Which is great, but I wanted more.

I did love the omake she included at the end of the volume, though. I don't know, as I said I definitely didn't dislike it, but I don't think it resonated with me quite as strongly as the 4th or 5th volumes, which are my all time favorites.