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The internet is green and amazing, and I surf it by the nickname elwe. Born on March 13th, twenty-one years old, currently living in Italy and studying Japanese at university.
I guess I'm your average anime and manga lover, who likes to read books and surf the net while not playing with her dog(s) or trying to make her cacti survive the season. I started studying html and css (and later, php too) on my own years ago and it's still a work in progress, as you can see :D

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♬ MANGA: d.gray-man, nana, tsubasa reservoir chronicle, X/1999, letter bee, death note, vampire knight, crimson hero, DOGS, cat street, host club, naruto, amatsuki, gokinjo monogatari, etc
♫ ANIME: bakemonogatari, hakushaku to yousei, tora dora!, fullmetal alchemist, full metal panic, etc

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♬ samoshii; my blog, in italian.
♫ otiose_patina @ LJ; my account on LJ, not really used >_>;
♪ nightbox @ DA; my account on DA, again, not really used >_>;;

chapter VI; but did you know? they say buried underneath every cherry tree is a corpse. yes.

Well, Seishirou, Seishirou and... Seishirou. That could probably sum it all :D
If you aren't familiar with the character of Seishirou Sakurazuka from Tokyo Babylon and X — but does really exist such a person? ò_ò — you could be pretty bewildered about this layout and, especially, the quotations used. They're all quotes taken from the two manga series mentioned before; the layout focus on two things: cherry blossoms legends, and the aforementioned Seishiro; in my head these two things are strictly connected (reading CLAMP for years does really change your way of thinking! *laughs*).
As Seichiro explains in Tokyo Babylon,

Underneath the cherry tree is buried a corpse. Why do you think cherry blossoms bloom so beautifully each year? It's because of the corpse. You see, the flowers on cherry trees used to be white. Pure white... like snow. So... why do you think cherry blossoms turned that pale crimson shade? It's because they drink the blood from the corpse underneath the tree.

Isn't it romantic? Don't take me wrong, I think it really is, but in a more literary way, not the kind of 'romantic' you use often nowadays. A Japanese legend actually says that an emperor wanted to bury corpses of dead (suicidal) warriors under cherry trees (another one actually tells their soul would reincarnate into beautiful fireflies).
Come on, it is romantic! >_<
Subaru is a last-minute addiction. The first version of this layout was slightly different (and terribly pinkish ò_ò). Then, just before finishing the code, I thought I should change something here... add something there... and Subaru made his appearance. I'm quite satisfied, since it seems he is kind of buried under petals, which fits the whole idea of this graphic so well.

Credit when credit is due:
✗ sanami, masterjiin, feel; textures.
✗ Aethereality Gallery; pictures.
✗ ewanism; brushes.
✗ The Maple Origins; font.
✗ Criminal Grace; oh-so-complete fansite about our sakurazukamori, where I was able to find (tons of!) Seichirou's quotes in English.

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