Poetry October is done! I've selected my favorite poems, formatted it into a folded beak zine, printed it, and packed
it for comifuro trades! Yipee! I actually have a lot to talk about so I might as well start now.
Since I am done with con prep, I spend a majority of my time refreshing the search page for cf21.
I like to look at other people's catalogues and see what's "in" at the moment. And dear reader,
I could not believe my eyes when i saw Noblesse fan merchandise in the year of our lord 2025. I hand
such a major flashback I binge watched the anime and the animated prequel and now I Have Thoughts.
1. Should you read the 400+ episode webtoon/manwha, Noblesse?
NO. NO! NO! DO NOT USE YOUR TIME LIKE THAT. YOU DESERVE BETTER. I DON'T EVEN LIKE THE PLOT.
LISTEN. LISTEN. LISTEN TO ME. NOBLESSE IS POWERSCALING, THE WEBTOON. IT'S ALL FIGHTS ALL THE TIME,
THEY DROP THE SCHOOL PLOT, THERE'S NO SLICE OF LIFE, IT'S ALL JUST FIGHTING WITH MAGIC AURA SHIT.
Listen. I love noblesse but it's not a great piece of fiction. It's really nothing to brag about.
You get some eye candy in the form of the main characters, you get a master/servant dynamic in the
form of Rai and Frankie. There's angst. But mostly it's just worryng whether or not your blorbo will survive.
And sufficed to say, yes Rai lives on. Mysteriously. After nuclear levels of mass destruction. To even Frankie's bewilderment.
Long story. Not exactly 400+ chapters. I think you could sum up the entire webtoon in 3, maybe 4 seasons of anime.
Anyways, where were we. Ah yes I dropped that numbered list. Uh. It's time to talk about my second revelation.
Which is that frankenrai reminds me A LOT of nagisa and ibara from ensemble stars.
Now how do I say this. I HATE ibara. I wish he would DIE. If he was killed off by happyele I WILL buy
official merch of Nagisa and ONLY NAGISA. I wish he would be GUILLOTINED. SHOT. COMICALLY THROWN OFF A CLIFF.
I HATE IBARA. HATE HATE HATE THAT SNAKE. Hm. Now what does this have to do with noblesse.
Well 1. both ibara and frankenstein are in a servant position, although Ibara is more conniving.
2. both rai and nagisa are their superiors. they're both somewhat silent, soft spoken, a lady-killer,
and have powers/skills beyond regular humans. they're basically untouchable nobles, yes. bonus points for both having red eyes.
The thing is, Frankenstein is just a maniac murderer trying to stick it up to the nobles,
wheread Ibara is a *gulp* capitalist. And I hate him for that.
I could dissect all four of these characters and show you how ibara and frankie differ, but I'd rather
focus on frankenrai yaoi, to be honest. Speaking of which, I hopped back onto deviantart because
one of my favorite noblesse fanartist, sawitry, resides there. Check them out.
Anyways. That concludes my weekly check-in and yapfest about an IP that has lost most of its relevancy.
I will buy noblesse fanmerch God willing and have fun at the con. Speaking of which there's only
eleven days left until comifuro!!! AAAAAAAAAA