Damn Quick Post

Pernah nggak ngerasa malu, maluuuuu banget sampai-sampai rasanya ingin menghilang saja dari dunia ini? Seakan eksistensi kita di dunia ini adalah hal paling konyol dan memalukan yang pernah ada? Sampai-sampai kita merasa bahwa orang-orang di sekitar kita merasa malu hanya karena mengenal kita? Gue pernah. Lebih dari pernah malah. Sering. It feels like, kenapa, kenapa, kenapa waktu itu aku kayak gituuuuu? *gemes* Malu-maluin banget siiiiiiih. Rasanya malu. Banget. Sampai. Kepingin. Pingsan. Tapi nggak bisa. Hal itu sering terjadi saat gue nginget-nginget masa lalu. Betapa naif dan bodohnya gue, betapa polos dan tak berartinya omongan gue, betapa malu-maluinnya tingkah laku gue. Dasar anak kecil ingusan yang nggak ngerti apa-apa. Tapi ngesoknya minta ampun. Sampai kadang gue nggak pengen lagi ngingetnya, tapi hal itu kebayang-bayang terus. Udah di depan berapa banyak orang gue bertingkah malu-maluin? Kenapa nggak bisa dihapus sih...!!!!! Kenapa memori itu harus ada??? Apa nggak ada fitur di otak kita yang bisa menyortir dan memberi pilihan buat kita untuk memilah antara ingatan yang kita inginkan dan tidak???? Ya sudah, saya menghilang dulu ya. bye... *wuuuushh*

Mishounen Produce

Kosei & Kako

Belakangan ini gua lagi suka manga yang judulnya Mishounen Produce. Kalo di Indonesia sih judulnya "Her Idol Boy". Karena gua gak terlalu suka sama shoujo manga, jadi gua gak terlalu ngikutin update-update dan realease-an shoujo manga yang terbaru. Kebetulan, pas gua lagi keluyuran di gramedia, gua nemu komik ini. Pertama yang bikin gua tertarik sih sampulnya. Cowoknya ganteng, gitu. Gambarnya juga bagus, proporsional lah menurut gue, matanya juga gak lebay (apa maksudnya?) Pokoknya nggak seperti gambar shoujo manga kebanyakan. Gambarnya kaku, terus kalo cowok tuh lehernya panjang, lebar, matanya tajem terus ceweknya matanya gede banget berkilau-kilau.

Nggak tau kenapa yang satu ini beda. Apa mata gua yang aneh, pokoknya gua rada terpesonalah. Gua ambillah satu. Gua liat cerita di cover belakangnya: "Kako & Kosei pergi ke kota untuk melanjutkan sekolah di SMA Seiryo. Tapi ternyata, penampilan mereka mendapat ejekan dan sindiran anak-anak lain. Terutama penampilan Kosei yang super cuek dan asal. Karena kesal, Kako bertekad mengubah Kosei menjadi idola sekolah. Dengan berpegangan pada komik "Lawrence & Mawar" (??), dimulailah usaha Kako membuat debut Kosei sebagai idola SMA...!!"

Wah.. gua pikir. Lumayan menarik juga nih komik. Sayang waktu itu gua lagi bokek bokeknya. Akhirnya gua tinggalkan komik itu dengan pikiran bahwa ya kalau memang rejeki, nanti juga bakal terbeli. Ternyata pikiran gua saat itu benar. Beberapa hari kemudian gua kembali ke gramedia dan membeli komik itu. Gua meninggalkan gramedia dengan hati yang lumayan gembira (apaan tuh). Halaman pertama, yah penglihatan gua emang gak salah melihat Kosei, tokoh utama cowok, sebagai cowok yang sangat ganteng. Gua emang tipe orang yang makin semangat ngebaca komik kalo ngeliat ada cowok gantengnya. Malahan walaupun komiknya garing, asal gambarnya bagus, gua betah bacanya. Lanjut. Ceritanya Kako dan Kosei itu orang dari desa terpencil yang melanjutkan sekolahnya di kota. Karena tingkah Kosei yang kampungan, ia jadi diledek kampungan sama orang-orang kota. Karena Kosei orangnya memang cuek, ya jadi dia gak peduli. Tapi Kako nggak terima. Dia bertekad bikin Kosei jadi idola sekolah yang dipuja semua orang. Niatnya itu berhasil, Kosei sekarang jadi cowok yang super populer, ditambah lagi wajahnya emang udah ganteng dari sononya.

Tapi Kako ngerasa semakin jauh dengan Kosei, dunia mereka terlalu berbeda. Kosei sekarang udah nggak seperti Kosei yang dulu... Terus gitu deh ada acara pemilihan cowok idola sekolah terus di situ Kosei bilang dia nggak mau lagi berpura-pura jadi seseorang yang bukan dirinya banget. Nggak asyik kalo bermain tapi Kako nggak ketawa kan, kata Kosei. Setelah itu Kosei jadi dirinya lagi tapi tetep populer. Di sini sedikit ditunjukkin bahwa Kosei punya perasaan khusus ke Kako, seperti saat ada anak pindahan yang mirip "Tuan Lawrence", tokoh komik idolanya Kako, terus Kako dengan semangat bicara ke Kosei tentang dia, Kosei datengin anak itu dan bilang bahwa Kako itu teman kecilnya, jadi jangan coba-coba deketin dia. Dan saat Kosei jadi model majalah, dia mau pindah sekolah ke sekolah elit tempat para artis, tapi dia bilang dia akan berhenti jadi model kalo Kako nggak rela dia pindah. Semuanya demi Kako. Dia ingin Kako mencegahnya untuk pindah, ketahuan banget kalo dia ingin ngerasa dubutuhin oleh Kako. Yang pas ini so sweet banget :P

Tapi dasar Kako bodoh... dia malah pergi dan marah sama Kosei. Lakukan semaumu, katanya. Dia nggak ngerti maksud di balik ucapan Kosei. Yah, gambaran umumnya sih kayak gitu. Memang masih alur khas shoujo manga sih, tapi ini salah satu shoujo manga yang gua suka lho. Jarang-jarang gua suka shoujo manga kayak gini. Ceritanya lucu, gambarnya bagus, alurnya juga enak ngikutinnya. Banyak ada kejadian-kejadian menarik. Kepribadian tokoh-tokohnya juga kerasa banget. Gak kecewa gua beli komik ini... lumayanlah buat ngabisin waktu liburan.
 

Nurarihyon no Mago

One of the best manga I've ever read and one of my most favorites. The story is about Nura Rikuo, a 3/4 human and 1/4 yokai (demon). He lives in a house full of spirits with his yokai grandfather, Nurarihyon, the current clan head of the Nura Clan. Rikuo is set to be the next clan head, despite the fact he dislikes his demon side. He soon come to terms with his demon blood and decides to take his position as the young master of the Nura house.---that's enough for background.
The first manga that got me impressed was Katekyo Hitman Reborn!. Sure, I read Naruto and Conan and all that in my early years of knowing manga, and I like all of them. I followed the story, I read every updated chapters, but I didn't get this feeling I have for Reborn!. I totally fell in love with this manga. And I still love it until now. The guys are just so cool! (AND hot at the same time) And then there's Ao no Exorcist, it was published some time after Nura Mago, and I love it the same way as Reborn. (But Rin will always have a special place in my heart!! Kyaa! Kyaa!) I like both of them, equally. Well maybe Ao no Exorcist better. But the feeling I got from reading Nura Mago is a bit different, it gives off more spiritual aura compared to Reborn&Ao. I get real excited everytime I read it. Not that I like it better than the two I mentioned earlier. This one's just got a different aura all over it. It's partly because the main protagonist's (aka Rikuo) splendid personality. He is one person at day and another at night (sounds scizophrenic right, but trust me the transition phase is really cool). He can be clumsy, yet he can be so graceful. Not to mention his handsome-ness in his night form...waaa... *nosebleed* *fainted*
To tell you the truth, the first time I read the chapter, I wasn't impressed with it at all. I didn't get the story. "What the heck is this!? You're 1/4 yokai and yet you're wearing glasses?! What's the point of being part demon if you're just end up as a weakling nerd??!", that was some bad impression man, I thought he was some kind like Inuyasha or something. You know, bad boy half-demon overload. But nooooo. I got a nerd with glasses. Idk, Rikuo's first appearence was just totally uncool. I thought he was a loser, like Tsuna's reborn (which, luckily, he wasn't). His face was pretty cute, though. But then I decided to continue reading. I read it with so many questions popped out of my head. How did a story like this become so popular? I really don't get it, I wonder in my thought. But then I found the answer. I got my first kickin' impression when Rikuo transformed into his yokai form. That was so damn cool it left me in awe, ladies and gentlemen. I mean, not only his face changed, his personality also. It's like he's a whole lot different person. I trembled with excitement (I'm sorry if this is a bit dramatic, ok, overly dramatic). So this was the thing that has made this series so popular. No wonder. Then I continued to read. And the story became even more and more cooler...well what do you know... And I actually fell in love with the series without even realizing...
Now, Nura-kun is one of my favorite manga characters. I am greatful for having a chance to know this manga. I am greatful that at that time, I decided to continue to read it... Nurarihyon no Mago has became part of my life~~~ Rikuo-kun, I want you to know that I love you so much!!!! I hope we can meet someday... Though it seems impossible...
I'm currently looking for the spoiler of chapter 171. The raw is usually in Chinese, but I don't care. At least I can see the pictures. Well, that's all for now. I don't know what else to write. bye


Rikuo in his night (yokai) form

Day Rikuo and night Rikuo