There are 3 stories contained in this doujinshi: "Blind," "Hiei Attack," and "Graffiti." The first story, "Blind," is a serious story about Kurama getting poisoned while saving a girl. It"s an intriguing story that"s angsty, but had enough funny tidbits to keep me from getting depressed. I noticed a few spelling and grammar mistakes, but nothing too major. In the author notes after the story, it"s mentioned that the story was adapted from a fanfic, and might be a bit choppy; I think that"s reasonable to say. The end seemed a little unclear to me, perhaps because of the ambiguity of internal dialog. The author notes also mention the possibility of a sequel, which I would very much like to see. It was a moving story, and I"m very curious to know what happened to Kurama and Hiei.

After the first story, there is a little one page strip called "Hiei Attack" which changes the mood for the bizarre. Yusuke shoots his Rei Gun into the sky and hits a spaceship shaped like Hiei"s head. The spaceship crash-lands on Earth and Hiei springs out to attack. This strip had me laughing out loud for its weirdness and cute drawings.

The third story, "Graffiti," is a cute 3 page parody based on volume 17 of the manga, when Yomi and Mukuro contact Kurama and Hiei for the Makai tournament. While Yomi"s image appears on the wall to deliver his message, Kurama takes a marker and scribbles ridiculous makeup and clothes on him, much in the tradition of Pokemon"s infamous Jigglypuff. Hiei decides to try his hand at it too, but he doesn"t quite know how to hold a marker. Once he gets his bearings, he and Kurama discover that there"s no room to scribble, since Mukuro"s image is covered with wards. I really enjoy parodies, and I liked all the little jokes I found in this one.

The artwork of the "Blind" doujinshi is beautiful. The chibis are well-drawn, as well as the normal-size characters. I found the lines in the first story to be more sketchy than the rest of the book, but the use of photographs and other CG effects to make the backgrounds more lush and dynamic is really a plus. The page layouts are well-planned and are interesting to look at.

The two subsequent stories are less sophisticated in both artwork and page layout, but they work for me. They have a clean, high-contrast drawing style in them. In particular, the "Hiei Attack" short reminds me of Nankin Gureko"s grumpy, bug-like Hieis.

Overall, I liked this doujinshi very much. I"d recommend it to those who don"t mind a lot of silliness, because this book is full of it, even in the more serious section. I would definitely like to see more, especially a sequel to the "Blind" story.

--reviewed by Figbash