Welcome back Baa, and you're eightteen now? :D Congrats!
Guess what... I read volume 29 today~! I'm a very happy girl :3 It was totally awesome. Zomg. Where to start.
... I don't have to put this in spoilers, right? Since apparently I'm the only one who hadn't read the Emerald-arc yet ^^;
So.
Gold-awesomeness. Seriously. He has grown... a lot on me. He was so funny and cool and all, ahhh <3 (I loved the way he was introduced, heh XD)
Emerald's story :O It was really touching. I felt so sad for him... and for making fun of him all the time :'( And yes, Frontiershipping is definitely going canon on one side! Wow, he's pretty much a Crystal-stalker, isn't he?!
All Pokedex holders together~! Oh, what priceless scenes. I'm so glad they got their lives back, I was 'fraid that I had to wait another volume. I almost had to get used to their normal forms, so used I was to their stone versions XD (I'm a bit disappointed we didn't get a blushing Yellow from the way she lay in shirtless-Red's arms, hohoho). I'm really curious for the tournament, I wish we could have seen the battles... and I'm surprised Emerald could have won from Ruby/Green/Red/Blue/someone cause they are all so strong. But well. It was to be expected for the storyline. The photo in the end was great :3
Archie killed Maxie? :O God, I hate Archie. Maxie was way better. << And what the heck was Sird doing there? (I hate her too, really O_o). How could she get there, I ask?! And how could she escape, seeing as there was only one helmet-thing. Well, maybe she had kept one for herself.
(Very small) Sabrina reference. XD I loved that battle, so I 'Yah!'ed when I saw Crystal doing something similar with Mr.Mime.
Preciousmetal~! I was all smiles when Gold called Silver his buddy. And even more when he later realised that Silver had heard him XD
Scott is annoying. And selfish. Period.
Loved the trainer information on Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, Silver and Crystal. So Ruby's born in Goldenrod! And his dad is normal, lol. (Spelling error XD) And Gold's food: hamburger done Cinnabar style, what the heck? XD
I wish Wally would come too...
And last but not least of my Volume 29 rant:
Noisy woman~!
(I just had to add that).