Let music soothe the savage beast...

[dangermousie]

OMG. GetBackers. I love you. I am beginning to wonder about TPTB: they really seem to like the high art. First is was music (classical violins, no less) and now impressionist painting. I do wonder more and more about Ban's background. First we find out he is an excellent violinist and now that he is really knowledgeable about art? Hmmmm. I am also delighted by Himiko being back and amused at her "bring it on, Ban. I am going to enjoy fighting you" attitude, as for her the 'fight' she craves seems to be closer to co-ed naked wrestling. Heh.

Also, it was cool to meet what's his name from Ginji's gang, the one who dresses like a girl and fights with wire. Cool.

But forget all this, because I want to talk about Shido. And Shido/Midoka which are just SO OTP it's crazy. Cause she is tiny and blind and a really good person and yet not Mary Suish at all (when she kicks that huge bad guy in the sensitive place? Heeee). And he is all quiet and solitary and former member of Ginji's now disbanded gang who is now working for the bad guy, but he totally helps her out instead. I love it when she gets into the violin room (she hired Ban and Ginji to recover her Stradivarius and Shido is one of the people working for the guy who stole it) and she is tiny so she can't reach the violin and he reaches for it for her and gives it to her. And asks her to play it. And then later, when he finds out that his employer is actually going to have her bumped off and he rushes out there to save her. And of course, later, during his fight with the evil bad guy, she senses he is in trouble and she starts running to him, even though she can't see the way? OMG. Adorableness. Or that Shido clearly has issues with no one wanting him or caring about whether he lives or dies, but that she arrives at his losing fight and shows she cares and it's just so...squee. Adorableness times 10. And she stops him from killing the bad guy, simply by asking him not to. And he steals her violin and she tells Ban and Ginji it's OK, she doesn't mind. And right before her concert he comes to bring it back and she offers to play for him and his 'friends' (aka animals) and so she and Ban end up playing a duet outside in the alley so the animals can be there too and he is all kinda melty and taken aback about her being so matter of fact about accepting him and his weird quirks. Adorableness times a 100. And then, since he obviously can't go back to his employer, she has him move in with her, and he asks her how long she
she's been blind and she says since birth and music is how she sees things and he asks her to play for him. OK. Forget adorableness. I want to give them carrots and lettuce and a hamster wheel. That's how adorable they are.

There is also some sort of dangerous past he has and his saying he would protect her from it with his life. Yeah. OTP. I just like how completely open and accepting and (probably because she is rather unworldly) straightforward and caring she is. Someone like Shido needs certainty of love. And he's got it. Eeeeeee.

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[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

You always get the impression that Shido was a throw away of some kind. He never goes into his past, but he seems to need someone to care about him so badly. And Madoka does. She tends to plane off a lot of his rougher edges. And Shido is soundly whipped, of course. There's a moment later on when he tells them the trash will be gone already and Ban asks him how he knows that and Shido says it's because he does all the trash to which Ban and Ginji just stare at him for a while. Whipped.

Anyway, I love Ban. I love that he's artistic and extremely gifted at the violin (and Ginji didn't even know it). You never find out why he knows all this stuff, but Ban seems to be a very different person than what he looks like on the surface.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

he seems to need someone to care about him so badly. And Madoka does.

I also love the matter of fact, non pushy way she does it. She is just completely serene and accepting. She doesn't pile him with a load of romantic angst, or pester him to love her or whatever. He can just relax. And he doesn't strike me as someone who relaxes much. In some ways, it's a bit Kenshin/Kaoruish in the way that they both know she likes him and he likes her and are OK with not taking in anywhere else for the time being, but are secure in the knowledge. It's a rather peaceful thing.

And she is very accepting of him. She doesn't think he is odd, or unusual or whatever. It's sort of a zen attitude 'the guy I like has a menagerie and a screwed up past and he talks to his animals' is sort of like 'the guy I like has blue eyes and is tall.' An intrinsic characteristic, but not anything to even pay any special attention to (if I am making any sense).

But then he doesn't seem to treat her any differently because she is blind.

he tells them the trash will be gone already and Ban asks him how he knows that and Shido says it's because he does all the trash to which Ban and Ginji just stare at him for a while

ROFL. Well, he is living in a huge mansion with all his friends, it's good if he does some pay back :P

Btw, is the manga this is based on done yet?

I am also getting very frustrated as I went to see if there is any fun GB fanfic and it's all slash slash slash. I am fine with slash when I see it (Souji/Toshi in PMK, frex) but whyyyyyyyyy here? There isn't even Shido/Madoka fic but there is a heck of a lot of Shido slash. And don't even get me started on Ban/Ginji. *sigh*

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Shido does defend himself that he has to earn his keep somehow (Ban calls him a gigolo, but then Ban and Shido don't like each other all that much).

Shido just needs someone to need him and Madoka does. He's nothing if not loyal. And Madoka does need someone to look out for her. Of course Shido can more than look out for her as he could possibly snap anyone threatening in two.

The slash is just a by product of anime really. It happens every where, though GB has a lot of it, mainly because it DOES have a fairly obvious slash pairing (Kaz/Juubei).

And Himiko is hilariously conflicted when it comes to Ban. "Do I want to kill him or sleep with him?"

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Ban calls him a gigolo, but then Ban and Shido don't like each other all that much

Their interaction is completely hilarious.

Kaz/Juubei

Heee. The first time Kaz opened his mouth, Husband was shocked and told me 'I saw him in the credits and thought he was a girl'

"Do I want to kill him or sleep with him?"

Probably both :P

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Lots of people think Kaz is a girl and aren't even sure after watching the series. The dub even uses a woman as his voice (which makes his gender even more confusing).