I'm hyped up on coffee and 17 hours of sleep, and the period pains is only adding to the fuel. Go me.

So yeah, downloading PoT manga scanlations. Re-reading through PoT manga scanlations, and getting depressed at the fact that the Rikkai matches in the manga will never get to be animated. Because dammit, the power-ups of Ryouma, Sanada and Kirihara, or the blind ZenMaster Fuji will never get their coloured screen time. I want the power-ups; I want to be able to see Fuji does his impression of a Wuxia dude as he does the graceful flying thing against Kirihara. And okay, I admit it I also want to be able to hear Sanada say 'Fuu Rin Ka Zan' in a serious voice, 'cos god knows everytime I attempt to say it I end up giggling on the floor. Ohhh, and I want to hear Ryouma speak in English 'cos I suspect the snark meter is gonna go up a few levels. Damn you animators.

There's always the movie. Yes, the movie in 2005! Maybe then I'll be able to see the SuperSaiyin thing ^__^ I can always hope.

On a serious note, I love the fact that Ryouma is so kick arse in the manga, and that Fuji has reached a state of enlightenment, and that Tezuka is probably going to return more powerful than ever, but I'm also slightly, hmmm, concerned. The discrepancies between the power levels get to me in my moments of clarity. The ease at which Ryouma and Kirihara take and melds their opponent's move annoys to me a tad (only sometime). 'Cos you know their opponents work their arse off to attain those moves, and the prats only needs one match to copy them, and in Ryouma's case use a mixture of moves from two opponents (Kamio and Shinji's). Grrr. It just rubs me the wrong way on a fundamental level. But it's alright, I can deal, 'cos as I keep on reminding myself, this series, when it comes down to it, is about evolution of people and their tennis skills, more so Ryouma's evolution than anyone else. Beside, the other players will get stronger too; it's just that they'll never be as strong as Ryouma. Oh well, pass the crack.

And now I shall go and download more images of anime/manga series, 'cos I wanna make wallpaper and icons ^__^V