To me, they are the best ninja/shinobi couple ever. Yashamaru is my second favorite of all anime characters and Hotarubi is third. They are both so cool, and has such amazing fighting styles. I mean, a sometimes coldblooded kunoichi who fights with a knife and a lot of butterflies, how cool isn't that?
And I really love Yashamaru's way of fighting too. When I first watched the first episode of Basilisk, and Yashamaru caught Shougen with his attack, I already just though: "All right, hope he kills him!" Too bad he didn't, and I got really pissed when he died. The thing that made me even more angry was that since almost no one from Iga and lots from Kouga had died I wanted some more from Iga to die, to make it more even. But not him. TT_TT
Then, when Hotarubi died also, I almost started to cry. I felt so sorry for her, especially since Saemon had fooled her, pretending to be Yashamaru. I actually liked Saemon, but that really made me want to kick him in the a**. And Hotarubi's death was so emotional too. Yashamaru's death just pissed me off, but Hotarubi's really made me sad. *sob* *sob*
But the best was how they really loved each other, and how Hotarubi stayed loyal to Yashamaru although she knew he was dead and wanted revenge.
By the way, my friend (who's also a true Basilisk-/YashamaruxHotarubi-fan) and I went to our first convention, me as long-haired Yashamaru and she as Hotarubi. Too bad we didn't find anyone else from Basilisk, and only three people recognised us (two of them were Japanese). We did the costumes ourselves (I really SUCK at sewing, so some parts might ended up ... well, not as good as it could have ... >.>), and I actually really looked like Yashamaru, so to next year I'll improve some things on my costume and take part in the cosplay competition. ^^ |