Rurouni Kenshin spoilers for volume 24...As well as details of today

Dear Nobuhiro Watsuki, creator of Rurouni Kenshin,

I dislike you so much for making me cry after 9:00 PM last night.

Having Kaoru-san "die" all of a sudden was very shocking, and I really couldn't believe that it really happened for a good few minutes. I would keep looking back at the two panels of the Kenshin-like cut made on her cheek and then the full body panel, showing a katana inserted right into where her heart would be. "Killing off" a character who's been there since volume 1 is very upseting.

...Now I thank you for having one of the best plots I have ever seen in your series, I didn't perdict it at all. Probably because I was "grieving" too much like Yahiko, Megumi, and, ultimately, Kenshin. Having her "corpose" turn out to be a "doll," like Iwanbô, was extremely relieving.

Aoshi's obvious change in character was pleasant, too. I appreciate that you decided not to actually kill off Kaoru. Now, I will go back into my cubby of nerdiness.

((And I'm upset with myself that I didn't read the Bible last night as I had planned. Note to self: NEVER put reading a manga in front of reading the Bible. It's a bad thing.))

Today:

I'm going to be acting in a play at the Waukesha Civic Theatre. Even though there are only three performances, I'm really happy. My character's name is Louisa and she will die of mountain fever. Yay! ...Whoops, I spoiled it. :P

Also tonight, Pastor Brian gave me Tim's Final Fantasy X guide that Tim wanted. I think Tim'll be happy, so thanks, P.B.! Don't die of mountain fever. ;)

And, one final thing, when I review the anime, I'm going to be doing it disc by disc...and, for different animes, the way they put the number of episodes varies. Like so:

Kaleido Star: 5, 5, 5, 5, 6
Azumanga Daioh: 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 3
Angelic Layer: 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3 (? Not too sure about this one...)
Etc. (I really only have one other anime, but I can't remember for the life of me what the pattern of the episodes were...I only remember because of patterns. No other reason)

I'm think I'm either going to review Kaleido Star or Princess Nine first. Probably Kaleido Star, because it'll be a little less complicated with me not saying, "Ahem, I watch subs with this anime...so, if you watch the dub, it'll be different." I personally prefer watching the dub for Kaleido Star, because most of the voices are very well picked, and it, well, just makes plain sense for characters to be speaking English in an anime that takes place in America.

...I've rambled way too much tonight. So, off to bed...

-Acey M.

P.S. I have practice for the play again tomorrow! Yays!