dangermousie | Saiunkoku Monogatari is a lovely way to spend the evening

EEEEE!

Ryuuki just went super-assassin on the assassins.

OMG.

And wiped them all out without blinking.

And the dying head assassin is all 'you'd make an excellent assassin' and Ryuuki is all 'if I were that kind of person, Shuurei would hate me.'

And then he found Shuurei and cut her ropes/gag off. And OMG, I love Shuurei, because she thanks him and is all 'it's so dark, you must be scared' (he has dark-places phobia) and he just swoops her into this hug and tells her that even if it's dark, as long as he knew she was there, he wasn't. AWWWW. And only then, after being rescued, and also making sure he is OK, does she let go and allow herself to faint.

And then there is various plot stuff and her recovering from the poison and hugging and amusingness and then she announces she is going home because mission accomplished: Ryuuki is all Emperor-like (I love how Seiran tries, very low-key, for her to stay. He is a good older brother). And LOL, everyone has come to say bye to her, and she is worried whether she will get her $$$ and Ryuuki is all 'she married me only for $$$, I feel so used :D' and then is about to offer her more $$$ to stay and his advisors physically cover his mouth before he blunders in. LOL.

And then...

and then...

and then...

he tells her he has something to confess before she leaves. And he leans close and tells her. 'I don't only like men. I like women too.'

AND AND AND AND HE KISSES HER.

In front of everyone. And she is sputtering. LOL. And he is all 'you'll be back.'

OMG.

Heeee.

And all the others are goggling.

How can I not ship them?

Seriously, it's humanly impossible.

ETA: LOL LOL LOL LOL Shuurei, I love you. It's apparently been a month since, and Ryuuki has been sending her love missives by the dozen and she uses the blank sides as paper for her students to practice writing. LOL. And he's apparently been sending over totally ridiculous gifts, like trees and giant blocks of ice (it's really hot). LOL. He is such a Tamaki.

Because chibi!Ryuuki is adorable:

Siblings!

Ryuuki goes all ninja on the assassins:

Based on some pretty assassin-type observations:

Even dying assassin is impressed:

But Ryuuki is less so:

He finds her:

And cuts away her ropes:

That made me go SQUEE:

Heeee. I don't normally slash, but excuse me. How could you not?

Needing antidote for Shuurei:

Prettiness:

And creepiness:

Giganto AWWWW:

Shuurei's Dad the super-assassin and the lady-in-waiting his subordinate assassin. They both just got much more interesting:

Ryuuki in the rain and bonding with Seiran :)

The swarm of bishounen look on in amusement:

Heee. Advisor dude physically shuts Ryuuki up. This is such an Ouran moment:

I think I squeed so loudly I must have woken up the neighbors:

Heh.

Ultimately though, eight eps in, my verdict stands. I enjoy this quite a lot, but even though it's more modern in art design being newer, I prefer Fushigi Yuugi. This doesn't have the tongue-in-cheekness, or the crazy pace, or the dramatics and the star-crossed OTP of FY. FY was, after all, a romance/perilous quest story. SM seems much more a social study/world-building/character interaction piece. There isn't enough angst and adrenaline and crazy strong emotions to make it take over FY's place in my heart. Hmmm, I really should continue with my FY rewatch.