I've fully discovered the joy that is Get Backers and Peace Maker. I can't decide if I'm extremely grateful or extremely worried about the timing. I suspect a bit of both.

Obsessions provide me with tunnel vision and a one track mind that can shut out practically all things, so, it's a good thing. It help me relax and just squeal in the delight of discovering something wonderful. However, having a report and a presentation due in the first half of next week that have a combined score of 80% for the whole unit is doing wonders for my stress and anxiety levels.

But yes, my new obsessions; Peace Maker is a story of a boy wanting to join the Shinsengumi in order to achieve vengeance against his parents' murderer. It might sound over done, but it isn't, it's amazing! The art is gorgeous, the characters are wonderful and the plot is -intense-. It's sooooo good, fight scenes are short, fast and often you see the aftermath rather than the actual fight, which can be fairly brutal. But, ohhhh, the character develeopment, hell the characters themselves, they come across as real and -not- insane, which can't be said for a lots of the characters that kill for a living in anime/manga. I LOVE, I LOVE, I LOVE. I must get more.

I also *HEARTS* Get Backers, I can see why people would consider it yaoi-potential fodder. But, damn it, I want authors to concentrate on the sibling/family vibes I keep on getting from Ban and Ginji. Ban is curious, his past is just one big mystery and I WANT to know more about the mystery. And Ginji is just, well, cute puppy dog with a big bite ^^;;; but I do wish that he'd have more 'Amano Ginji; Thunder Emperor' moments, the title just sound cool, and you've got to wonder how the hell he beceme who he was, and I'm so want to see the FIGHT between Ban and Ginji the anime teased the audience with. And, and, and, I want to know just why the two are so close? How long have they being together? And much, much more. And the supporting cast doesn't irritate me, hell, I LOVE them too (Jackal, Kadsuki, Himiko, Sid, Heven, LOVE them) and this include the female cast members, although certain features on Heven's body is just a bit too much.

Sixteen episodes in one night, not bad. Must get MORE. MUST.