Archive for August 1st, 2008

Katekyo Hitman Reborn

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Ciaossu minasan :D

I think it’s about time I brought you up to speed on a new manga, it has been ages since the last time right?!
This time I decided to do something a bit more Shonen (boys manga) and a little less Seinen (adult manga…not porn)…because let’s face it the Seinen stuff is pretty damn hardcore.
Let me introduce you to a pretty recent (2006 - ongoing) new manga called Katekyō Hitman Reborn.

Katekyo Hitman Reborn basically translates as Home Tutor Hitman Reborn.
The plot is about a young Japanese boy called Tsunayoshi Sawada, but everybody calls him Tsuna…”Useless Tsuna” to be more accurate.
Why does everybody call him useless? Well Tsuna is your stereotypical hapless Japanese school boy.
He sucks at academics and sucks even more at sports, he’s zero popular and has no friends…what’s even worse is that the girl he loves doesn’t even know he exists….it can’t get much worse for poor Tsunaunfortunately, as with most manga…they do.

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DArKo - Rocketurtle (July Winner)

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Congratulations Darko.

Hip hip and hooray to our winner of the July Springleap Competition, you must be super stoked.
Your design is without doubt one of the coolest I have ever seen on Springleap…or anywhere else for that matter.

The July Competition was fiercely contested and it was neck and neck until the bitter end…we love close races…although I’m sure the entire Springleap crew is going to need heart pills much earlier in life to handle the palpitations LOL.
I think that it’s only fitting that the Tshirt of the Day should be from our new winner.
So without further delay, here is Darko’s rocket fuel injected design Rocketurtle.

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