i see you standing there you hands running through your hair;

[rocknload]

I'm getting so wrapped up in my problems that I'm paying less attention to other people, and that makes me feel like a horrible fucking person. Dude, scratch that, it does make me a horrible fucking person. Okay, maybe not that bad, but a self-absorbed whiny brat, anyway.

So, guys, what's up?

Comments

[immelmanturn.livejournal.com]

That's what the Training Montages are for! To bulk up!

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

Do they have buff bodies but pretty boy faces? Also, what is the significance of the title?

[immelmanturn.livejournal.com]

Not really! There's a couple pretty-boy characters, but no more than one per team. And they're not the main characters.

The title is the codename of the main character! It's a title given to the fastest player.

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

Ah, so they're MANLY looking boys.

... Why does he need a codename?

[immelmanturn.livejournal.com]

Well, at first he used it to keep his identity a secret. But now it's kind of an honor.

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

What the hell for? Is he like Racer X?

[immelmanturn.livejournal.com]

His older sister didn't want him to play, and he didn't want to be aggressively recruited by all the other sports clubs on campus once they saw how good he was.

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

Ah, so he's got kind of an ego.

[immelmanturn.livejournal.com]

Not really! He's the unassuming main character type.

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

But he's certain that all these people are going to hunt him down and DEMAND he join their team because he's so awesome?

[immelmanturn.livejournal.com]

This is shonen manga, remember: he's got crazy speed skills. And they do!

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

Where's the manga supposed to take place?

[immelmanturn.livejournal.com]

Um. Japan?

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

They don't all take place in Japan. And since when do they play American football there?

[immelmanturn.livejournal.com]

For the purposes of this manga, they do now. There are American football teams, it's just not insanely popular.

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

Really? Huh! I know they play baseball, which is another mostly only American thing...

[immelmanturn.livejournal.com]

Apparently, they do have football leagues. At least, that's what Wikipedia says.

Anyway, it's manga. You name it, there's a manga about it.

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

Surely, there's a manga that hasn't been thought of, yet.

[immelmanturn.livejournal.com]

I think most of the normal athletic activities have been covered!

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

Maybe. Table tennis?

[immelmanturn.livejournal.com]

I actually didn't even have to look that one up. The Ping-Pong Club.

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

... You might be right.

[scary-pepperpot.livejournal.com]

There's equestrian, ballet, cooking, baking, volleyball, hockey, basketball, golf....

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

So no matter how boring the activity in question is, some manga somewhere has glamorized it?

[immelmanturn.livejournal.com]

I'm willing to bet.