7:07 PM on a Saturday night
I'm listening to my "Sesshoumaru and Rin" playlist of songs, which has a grand total of...4 tracks, only 2 of which have anything to do with Sesshoumaru and Rin specifically. (Those would be the "Sesshoumaru & Rin" BGM and "Kiss from a Rose" AMV dedicated to them.) The other two are "Itazura na KISS," the god-knows-what-number ending of IY and "One Day One Dream," the...5th? OP. INK is only on the list because when I first heard it, the bouncy happiness of it reminded me of Rin, even though the words don't freakin' fit at all. "I give a mischievous kiss while looking innocent. Am I like a child, being so ill-natured?"
Rin-chan, you ARE a child. And you're not ill-natured.
So yeah, there goes any chances of mental music videos of her with that song. And "One Day One Dream" just rocks for some reason. I really like the melody and music (and the words, from what I've seen so far), which marks a first for IY openings. Usually they're just blah. And I noticed that Sesshoumaru uses Tenseiga instead of Tokijin in the OP credits now, which makes me want to smirk (everyone puts down that poor Tokijin. Sheesh, just cuz it's an evil sword...). His face looks sorta quirky in the closeup though, which kinda irritates me.
And the day's funny thing: I just watched the IY special, which was SUCH a load of pandering- to-Sesshoumaru-fangirls-gratuitous-piece-of-filler that I couldn't even muster up any malice after it was over. I just sat there and laughed. First of all, the title should tip you off immediately that something's wrong: "The Woman who Loved Sesshoumaru." I avoided d/ling this like the plague because the title was blaring warnings at me, but I finally DID d/l it because a review made it sound better than it actually was.
...ok, so it wasn't totally and completely dumb (the Sesshoumaru-gumi parts were so freakin' hilarious. Even if they lasted, oh, THREE minutes each! And there were only TWO of them!). But it was pretty darned close. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that there were those two funny scenes in there (especially the one at the end), I would've deleted this like it carried a virus. Sesshoumaru just radiated...wrong-ness...(yes, I know, not a word) throughout the entire episode. It was difficult to pin down exactly HOW, but he was OOC. Really really OOC. And I loved how the loss of one arm made only a bloodstain the size of a ping-pong ball on his haori.
But whatever. I gotta tell everyone about the funny scene at the end! (Man, kinda sad. I'm always living for these tiny tiny snippets when I obsess over something.@_@) Ok, so it's like:
Rin is lying on top of Aun (...is he called that in the manga? I have no idea...) and humming that little song she made up quite a few episodes back, about when Sesshoumaru-sama's gonna come back. Meanwhile, Jaken's scuttling a circle in the ground and fretting, "Where is Sesshoumaru-sama? Where has he gone? Where is he?" etc.. Then Sesshoumaru comes back from being OOC to his little girl Rin and his litle toad Jaken.
Rin notices him first: Ah, Sesshoumaru-sama!
Jaken runs up to him: Sesshoumaru-sama, where have you been? (His tone of voice sounds like he's trying to imitate Rin, which is really disturbing since he's, like, green and wrinkly.)
Sesshoumaru-I-am-Mr.-Stoic: Nowhere.
Jaken then proceeds to do the thing that is keeping me from deleting this episode: He butchers Sesshoumaru's name. Guess the anime people have also picked up on how long the dog-youkai's name is, especially with the -sama honorific added. Instead of saying "Sonna, Sesshoumaru-sama," ("Sonna" is hard to translate. It kinda means "How can that be?" and is an expression of dismay, conveying sort of the connotation that "Aw, man" would. Except Jaken saying "Aw man" is scarier than Jaken singing. Or maybe not.) Jaken stutters, "Sonna Sesshou na maru-sama..." and pauses.
Sesshoumaru-we-never-see-his-face-in-these-moments: Let's go.
Rin: Ok! (Aun moves to follow with Rin on its back)
Jaken-feeling-the-need-to-salvage-the-situation: I'm very sorry, Sesshoumaru-sama!
Then he proceeds to do the other thing that is keeping me from deleting this episode: He starts to sing.
Not only does he start to sing, but he starts to sing that cute little song Rin was humming earlier, the one that starts with "Sesshoumaru-sama, doko ni iru?" (Where are you?). He got to "Where" before Sesshoumaru bashed his head in. The evil camera moved away so we don't actually see Sesshoumaru doing this but the sound was eloquent enough. I sat there and laughed and laughed.
Anime-Jaken, you're trying WAY too hard...*snicker*
But yeah, that's my bit of hilarity for the day. :D
And as to all your comments, my comments in return: If Fluffy of Hagrid ever met Flu--I mean, Sesshoumaru (Majo, this is your evil ploy to get me to call Sesshoumaru "Fluffy," isn't it?? HaHA, I will not fall for your schemes!), Fluffy had better run or just NOT attack, cuz he'll die. And then Hagrid will be sad.^^;
Random insight of the day: They need to STOP translating Sesshoumaru as "Killing Life Circle." Maru is just a guy-name-suffix, dammit! It doesn't get translated!!!
Ok, the end.
posted by Yayoi @ 3/27/2004 07:40:00 PM
