~Nayru's Journal~

: nayru774; January 1st, 2010

Have you heard?

Quote:
"Q: What is a big bang?

A: The first big bang challenge originated in the Harry Potter fandom, in which writers and artists came together to work on quality, novella-length fanfiction and accompanying artwork. The challenge has since then been picked up and honored again throughout numerous other fandoms, adapted as necessary, and it has now reached D.Gray-man!

For this particular challenge, writers will write a twenty thousand (20,000) minimum word fic, which will then be later paired up with an artist to illustrate. This will occur over the span of 7 months, so don't panic about the word count! Rough drafts aren't due until December 1! If you start writing in July, that's only 4,000 words a month! 910 words a week! 130 words a day! :3"

I'm sure as hell taking part. 8D

Tags: big bang, d.gray-man, event

D.Gray-man manga chapter 189 impressions [SPOILERS]

: nayru774; December 3rd, 2:38

~~Yay for Hoshino making Kanda even more ghay than he already is. xD~~

After finishing work on one of my college projects yesterday at 5:30 a.m. (yeah, who needs sleep, anyway?), I recieved an e-mail from

exorcists_order about the appearance of the new chapter. And suddenly, I forgot all about the fact that I was dead-tired. xD

If you want me to be honest, unlike the previous chapter, I simply loved this one to bits.

Having to put up with the japanese version at first (meaning that I understood nothing), I was a tad confused with a few things (like Tyki joining Allen with stomping on the Millenium Earl? xD), but the whole chapter was great eye-candy in itself, making my inner fangirl more than pleased.

Seeing the Fourteenth awakening again was awesomesauce, and we finally know what he's actually up to. Now that I think about it, one could have seen it coming; Hosino gave us signs before. But it was still kind of surprising to hear it from him directly.
"I knew you'd come for me, brother... This time I will kill you. I will kill you and become the Millenium Earl!"
So, the Fourteenth and the Order have theoretically the same goal, only that once that goal is fullfilled, the Fourteenth will automatically become the Order's enemy. Intriguing. I wonder how the relations between those two sides will develop further on.

Kanda going all berserk and attempting to attack the Earl was yummy eye-candy in itself, but the whole 'abducting Road to steal her ribbion in order to tie his hair with it' was ghey as hell. xD I mean, come on? xD Nevertheless, I can't say that Kanda looked bad with his abruptly tied hair, far from it. I never thought he'd look this sexy without his sidelocks, actually. Yay for fanservice! xD

The fact that Allen finally found out something about Kanda made me happy. And the whole interaction between the two was just precious. Kanda loosing his composure and Allen being the one to calm him down, it was kind of unexpected. I'm so proud of our Moyashi.

"Gee, I wonder if this has something to do with 'that person'... The woman who made you kill him?"
Road's words directed at Kanda just betrayed us the clue we wanted to know practically from the start of the manga. Now we finally know.

Also, am I the only person who's noticed that Lavi and Lenalee haven't actually appeared in the manga for ages by now? (Aside from the single panels where they haven't even said a word.) However, the Kanda and Allen interaction in the newest chapter was awesome and it is bound to get better. At least the upcoming turn of events seem promising.

Ah, Yullen. Hoshino, I love you for the Yullen.

Tags: 14th, allen, d.gray-man, dgm manga, kanda, scans

Halloween '09

: nayru774; November 2nd, 0:00

Current Music:: Johnny Hollow - This Hollow World

Like every year, the cemetery was shiny this time as well. And it was cold like hell outside. *shivers* Faust seemed pleased, though.

Happy Halloween, guys. Sorry for the lack of anything creative from my side.

Have a creepy song to cheer you up: [This Hollow World] (sent to me by

hosio). :D

Tags: halloween, johnny hollow

D.Gray-man manga chapter 188 impressions [SPOILERS]

: nayru774; November 1st, 13:24

I swear, D.Gray-man keeps getting weirder and weirder with every chapter. And... I don't know what to think, I guess I'm not particularly fond of the whole continuation. The new plot revelations seem to get me depressed for some reason. :\ While I was curious about Kanda's past ever since I gor into DGM, now that things are finally starting to come to light... I wish they didn't. I mean, I would like to find out more about the dark-haired's past and all, but... Am I the only one who has the feeling something BAD is about to happen in the manga? Yuu-chan included?

What intrigues me the most about the chapter are the words:
"Until Alma stops regenerating, Yuu... will be torn apart, limb by limb."
Okay, so does this mean that Kanda won't die as long as Alma's alive? Does this mean that Kanda can't die until Alma dies first? Does this mean "Alma's death = Kanda's death"? Yeah, and if Hoshino planned any of this the moment she drew Kanda telling that he can't die before he finds 'that person' at the begining of DGM, then... ~~Yeah, right.~~ >.>

As things are, it wouldn't surprise me if it turned out that the lotus hourglass in Kanda's room showed actually Alma's lifespan all the time, not Kanda's. Then again, if Zhu didn't know that Alma was even alive, and he claimed that Kanda wasn't aware of it, either, then... If Alma was the person Yuu's been looking for all the time, what sense would it make if he didn't know that Alma was alive? I can only conclude that Kanda knew it all along, and Zhu wasn't aware that he did. That, or Alma isn't actually the person Kanda's looking for.

All the twisted plot bunnies aside, Hoshino's art style changes from chapter to chapter lately, though I can't argue that it's still good eye-candy. While Allen starts to look somewhat creepy, Kanda's as handsome as ever. ~~And he got more girly again.~~ Rawr.

That said, I'm looking forward to the next chapter, since we have Allen, Kanda ~~some obvious potential Yullen action~~, The Earl, a bunch of Noah, the Order's science department, Zhu and-- Revellier, oh, don't forget Revellier-- and um... Alma... all in one room? :D Massacre galore. ~~I so hope Revellier finally dies...~~

Any thoughs? I'm in a ranting mood, so feel free to poke me.

Tags: d.gray-man, dgm manga, kanda, rant

Fanfiction - D.Gray-man - [Snowy Mountain] Chapter 1/2

: nayru774; October 14th, 11:36

A/N: To all of you who are waiting for an update of 'Gone Forever', I'm sorry for the delay. The holidays were busy for me, and I didn't find the time and will to write. Moreover, a vision for this... well, supposed-to-be-one-shot-but-ending-up-as-a-two-shot popped into my mind, and it just wouldn't let me be up until I finished it. At least the first part of it. So, be it a small distraction from the waiting, or be it something you're also looking forward to, I hope you'll enjoy this short Yullen story as well.

Pairings: Kanda/Allen, mentioned Kanda/??? (you're bound to find out who the other character is in the second chapter; I figured I wouldn't spoil it for you just yet. And don't even ask how it came to that - despite everything, this is still a Yullen story).
Setting: OU; set somewhere around manga chapter 183, after Kanda's and Allen's mission at the orphanage.
Rating: NC-17.
Warnings: Kanda's usual foul language, dark humour, lack of respect for the dead, inappropriate use of chairs, possible OOCness, angst, sexual themes and lemony-lemon stuff. Lots of it. If you find making fun out of corpses offending, I suggest you not read this.

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Tags: fanfiction, snowy mountain, yullen

Fanart - Persona 4 - Naoto

: nayru774; September 4th, 13:32

Holy crap, I drew Naoto and she actually looks like a guy. o.0 *doesn't know if that's a good or a bad thing*

A present for

fariska, because she was dear enough to draw me Naoto in the first place. *hugs*
Thank you so much, Faris-chan! I know this doesn't even compare to the awesomeness of your pic, but I hope you'll like it, nevertheless. ♥

Full view at DA: [♦]

Tags: fanart, naoto, persona 4

Yullen fanart spam #2

: nayru774; September 1st, 13:53

Just because I've had some busy summer holidays, doesn't mean that I returned home empty-handed. >3
Best regards to all of those who stayed up all these sleepless nights at the conventions and kept me company with creating stuff of their own. ♥

Piccies under the cut. Not heavy, but a couple of them. And one or two might not be completely worksafe, so BE WARNED.

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Tags: allen, fanart, kanda, yullen

Holiday Report

: nayru774; August 28th, 18:50

I thought that having summer holidays meant that I was going to have lots of free time for myself. It turned out quite the opposite. With all the conventions, cosplays and constant trips, I was dead for the internet for about two months. Bloody hell... xD

Well, it's not that I regret the fact. I was able to spend a lot of time with Ignis-chan (

ignis_ai), which I'm really happy about. :3 And I didn't spend the whole holidays in front of the PC again, so hooray! xD

Adding everything up, I've been basically to four conventions these holidays, starting with KoneCON2 in Szczecin (Kuroshitsuji cosplay), Balcon in Chorzów (Yullen vampire&fairy cosplay), Animatsuri2 in Warsaw (Gravitation cosplay) and PierniCON5 in Toruń (.hack//G.U. cosplay).

Let's go with Balcon first.