Reading Clamp's X/1999

It's very difficult for a manga to keep your interest when you don't like the main character. I mean, I understand where Kamui's hatred is coming from, don't get me wrong, but it's hard for me to identify with him when I don't agree with most things he does. If he just curbed his reactions and thought things through first, so many tragedies that happened and will happen could have been avoided. Three books in and I like Sorata and Fuma much better than Kamui.

Also, it's unfortunate that in this manga, the form takes precedence over content. The art is beautiful, that's true, but the manga's mostly all dramatic poses and dramatic visions and the story suffers for that. The plot moves along very slowly, nothing really happens - oh, don't get me wrong, there heaps and heaps of dead bodies already, that's true, but it's all about the impact, not about the plot. Three books in and all we know is that the end of the world is near and there are two groups of people that will/should fight against each other. And that's it. I'm not sure it's enough...

Castle 408

I have nothing much to say about this episode. I even found it kinda... boring *gasps*

( Spoilers! )

No new ep next week, then one new ep and another hiatus the week after that. Hm...