Oh, Rurouni Kenshin.

*cries* I'd forgotten how difficult it had been to read the manga series, have it end where it ended, and then to watch the Reflections OAV right after.

This was and still is one of my favorite series of all time. It was such a huge part for me when I was a teen and it's been so long since I've reread it and, and, and, and!

Oh, dammit. I'm just a pile of sobbing crap right now.

KENSHIN, KAORU, I LOVE YOU.

(I remember tearing up whenever I saw cherry blossoms for several years after. HOW PATHETIC IS THAT?)

And Kenji, Kenji.

... I'm thinking this is going to happen periodically for the rest of my life. Hoo boy.

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In sending my ballot last week, I feel like today is just going to be one long day of waiting. And waiting. And waiting some more.

And I've also realized that I've never, ever voted in a physical place. It's always been via absentee. Granted, I was out of the country for the last three years, but I voted absentee in all the elections post-turning-18 and pre-Japan.

You know, this could be the basis of a manga series; popular, young upstart coming out of nowhere to upset the Old Guard. Every other chapter is a triumph over tradition and stodginess, the states are poised on the brink of massive change, something amazing would happen in TV, the whole audience would just happen to be watching, people would get all fired up and righteous, maybe a few personal stories would play out in the background, all threading back to this one day where, naturally, after a long and arduous journey filled with self-revelation and hardship endured, the vote comes in! He wins!

SERIOUSLY. CAN ANYONE ELSE SEE THIS?

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LOVEEEEEEEEEEEE!