The HaruToki manga

I just finished reading the 5th volume of the "HaruToki" manga by Tohko Mizuno. The Germans are much further in this series than the Americans and I also very much prefer the title they gave it - "In a Distant Time". The English title - "Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time" - is kinda, well, ridiculous, really. They obviously wanted to keep at least a part of the Japanese title to let people know that it's a manga to the famous anime Harukanaru Toki no Naka de... but the end result? Ugh.

But! Why am I talking about it. You know, when I was watching the anime, my favorite character was Takamichi - I mean, a cute guy with glasses? *swoons* But in the manga, I would have to go with General Tomomasa as my favorite character. He's the only one who isn't head over heals for Akane, who sees every man fall for her and who knows that it's ridiculous. Sure, even he considers Akane cute but she being half his age, he just amuses himself with watching the others fall pathetically for her. And in vol. 5, we finally get a more Tomomasa centric story that ends with a cliffhanger too!

And the chibi kindergarten story where Akane is the teacher of a kindergarten class with the Hachiyou as cute, pudgy children XD That was so funny!

TV

Numb3rs:
4x17, Pay to Play:I finally watched the ep. Hm, all I get to say is: Agent Ellison from T:SCC! Other than that, meh. Left me cold. Rappers gunning for each other is so cliche.

Scarecrow and Mrs. King:
1x07, Service Above and Beyond: So, so good. When they poisoned Amanda and Lee took her in his arms and carried her down the stairs and to the music room to get the guy to tell him what they had given her... Aww, my heart melted!

1x08, Saved by the Bells: Hilarious! Amanda mistaken for the Scarecrow because she was feeding Lee's fish! XP Lee cares so much for her...

Riptide's Baxter and Boz

You know, there were some cute scenes in Riptide's 2x13 episode Baxter and Boz but two really stuck in my mind:

--> The very first scene where Murray helped Baxter even though Bax looked like a crazy homeless man. Boz has such a good heart.
--> The first scene with the Screaming Mimi where Cody and Nick were doing repairs and Murray was just sitting there, in the Mimi, dangling his legs and telling them about his encounter with Baxter. It felt so... homey, I guess :)

I would like to write a short ficlet, a sort of coda to this episode, where Baxter would offer them a job: Murray should work in the development branch, Cody take care of the company's security and Nick should be the test pilot. The whole ficlet would basically be about Nick and Cody talking and Cody having misgivings about Nick being a test pilot. Hm, maybe I should really write it...