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 - Katekyou Hitman REBORN! - ETTE*CHIMERA [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - I've been through this site a couple of times now and I think it's slipped off my mental surface a few times, mostly just that it never really caught me. Maybe it took me a couple of times to look at it or maybe I'm changing in my preferences in the Reborn! fandom, but I... well. This site isn't going to be for everyone, but what I wound up liking about it is the way Hibari's hair looks, it looks so pretty and dark and soft and yet still intense. E-even when he's in kitty-ears! And I'm lax enough on chibis that I don't care what Hibari's expression looks like, the one where he's hugging Hibird and looking adorable are cute from an artistic angle, shut up! However, the artist does a pretty damn fine Mukuro, with each ensuing illustration, he just got more and more gorgeous. Her Dino is also quite hot and her Dino/Hibari is really pretty and her Mukuro/Hibari is really pretty damn gorgeous, too. It's not going to be for everyone, Hibari is a little less bitey than I'd usually like, but... I'm not complaining he at least looks bored through most of people glomping onto him and the colors and lines are fantastic. ♥ (Mukuro/Hibari, Dino/Hibari, some gen.)
 - Katekyou Hitman REBORN! - cokissca [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - This style isn't going to be for everyone, it's the kind where the artist uses a lot of sketchy lines and elongated bodies and only splashes of color most of the time. But for me it somehow intrigues me, especially as I got into the more recent art, and there's something about it that I really like. As she draws the characters more and more, they start to become an interesting blend between the canon style and the artist's own style and it's not something I'd want to see a lot, but.... Well, I'm weak for Hibari fanart, so a site with Yamamoto/Hibari and Dino/Hibari was going to hit me harder than it might someone else. I feel like I'm softballing this whole rec (and maybe I am), but I really do like some of the images here. Her recent Dino/Hibari is really kind of pretty and I love the way she draws Dino's hair. I honestly enjoyed the site. (Yamamoto/Hibari, Dino/Hibari, some gen.)
 - Katekyou Hitman REBORN!/Gintama - crown [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - This style took a little while for me to get used to, it's the kind of CG art where the artist draws what looks like a million strands of their hair, so my eye is naturally drawn towards it. And it's the kind of style where the artist actually has to be really good at it for me to like it and while the artist may have started out a little shakey, I came to really like her art here. Of course, part of that is that it's Dino/Hibari and friendly towards GinZura, so I was more prone to be weak to it, but I still think it's well done and has a certain intensity to it. Not everything is perfect, but it's worth the time it took to go through for me. (Some Dino/Hibari, some other yaoi, some gen. Some GinZura for Gintama, some other yaoi, some gen.)
 - Katekyou Hitman REBORN! - down [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - So, I'm easy when it comes to certain things, right? And a hot Mukuro is one of those things. A-along with Dino/Hibari fanart, so when I'm going along on a site and there's not a whole ton of art, but the Mukuro (and Mukuro/Tsuna) art is really kinda very pretty and then I stumble over a solid Dino/Hibari illustration, well... I'm going to cave pretty fast. XD The artist does an especially good job with Mukuro and Tsuna, though, she does that sort of almost cel-style coloring several times and it looks really good here. I saved the comics for last (since they're rarely what I judge a site by) and they actually look fantastic. Of course, I might be biased because the first one I clicked on was a Dino/Hibari one, but they both looked pretty damn hot. The others were very well done as well and this was a good, solid KHR site. <3 (Some Mukuro/Tsuna, some Dino/Hibari, some gen.)
 - Katekyou Hitman REBORN!/D.Gray-man - 316 [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - I suspect this site might not be for everyone and I'll admit to skipping over a few of the illustrations myself, but what made this site really fun and interesting for me was the artist's use of those almost glowing CG colors and every so often she'd do something really fantastic with the characters. Her Dino/Hibari was really well done--you can see in the b&w lineart illustrations that she actually does some really solid drawings--and her Mukuro was pretty damn hot. These are all things that I cannot ask for much more than from a site. <3 As for the D.Gray-man fanart, her Ravi is fantastic especially, but her Kanda is pretty damn hot as well. Her b&w lineart is actually my favorites of her work with this section, they're her strongest pieces. The color almost-glowing CG style doesn't seem to work quite as well on DGM characters, but it's still really lovely art. Very worth going through for both series, I think. ♥ (Some Dino/Hibari and some gen for REBORN!. Mostly gen for DGM.)
 - Katekyou Hitman REBORN!/Gintama - cotola [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - I originally came here for the possible Dino/Hibari fanart, but got distracted by some of the cute Haru fanart I managed to click on first. Not much longer I got into the Dino/Hibari stuff, which has some utterly adorable chibis, but I still had the warm and happy feeling that the artist liked the other characters, too, and even some of the girls. Though, the yaoi is totally the point of the site and I really loved the art, the artist uses some very nice yellows and blacks, lighter versions that aren't quite pastel, but fit with the fun side of the couple. Mostly it's chibi-esque art (did I mention that these are adorable?) but occasionally there are some regular sized illustrations, too, and for someone who's gone, like, three whole days without stumbling into a cache of art for these two, this was a delight. ♥ The Gintama art is much the same, it has a lot of lighter, airier colors and is just kinda fun to go through. :D (Dino/Hibari for REBORN! and maybe some Gin/Kagura, Hijikata/Okita, and a lot of gen for Gintama.)
 - Katekyou Hitman REBORN! - last dance be [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - I really wish there had been more than only a dozen or so illustrations on this site because the artist started off a smidge shakey for me, but quickly got really, really pretty. She has softened colors, lots of the common darker yellows and lighter purples for these two that shouldn't work so well together, but they do. There's tons of hair and pretty clothes and long long fingers and the characters are really kinda hot and the one of Dino leaning against Hibari's back as Hibari has a crow settling on his hand is one of my new favorites. ....or, you know, the one where they're practically half out of their shirts and all sun-dappled together. I liked that one, too. ♥ (Dino/Hibari.)
 - Katekyou Hitman REBORN! - Samurai Training [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - Oh, man. It took ONE illustration from this site for me to know I was going to love it. It was this smoking hot one of Dino and Hibari in bed, with Dino lying on top of Hibari, their hands loosely wrapped around each other, and the lines of it and the use of color and Dino's tattoos was so hot. And then there was a lot of Hibari being wrapped up in Dino's whip to be pulled close or Hibari looking amazingly hot in b&w sketches or Dino with Hibird perched on his finger and it's a style of art that reminds me strongly of canon and yet still has something of its own, something a little rougher, the blend just perfect for a pairing like this one. Despite that there's not really a ton of art here, I loved the Dino/Hibari stuff enough to be completely over the moon for it. (Dino/Hibari, some Yamamoto/Gokudera, some gen.)
 - Katekyou Hitman REBORN! - Fanatica [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - Again, there's not a whole lot of art on this site and I'm actually not that enthused by the color art, but this artist's b&w art? Fabulous. It's a very canon-esque style (or at least reminds me strongly of canon) and very solid and professional-looking. I actually really like the sketches a lot, too--but, then, Hibari in Dino's coat being the first one I saw was bound to put me in a positive mood towards the site. It's not a huge site even with the sketches, but there was some very nice art here that made it worth the time it took to visit. Mmm. (Dino/Hibari, one or two NSFW images.)
 - Katekyou Hitman REBORN!/Fullmetal Alchemist - [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - I was all set to dismiss this site, since it didn't have a lot of links in the gallery and a lot of that was oekaki/sketch stuff and that's always enough to win me over to a site. But, I was going through the gallery and I just quietly liked the artist's work. The further I got in, the more her art started to tighten up and get really good, there's a Halloween one on the second log page that I especially really liked. And just about everything on the title page is totally hot, and then finally there's a really well-done comic that I enjoyed a lot. Also it is hilarious. ♥ There's not a lot of art here, but I enjoyed the site a lot, my Dino/Hibari fix has been just about met for the day now. *beams* The FMA art starts out very similarly, it's a little shakey at first, but the further I got into the galleries, the more I could practically see the artist improving image by image until I was enjoying each piece on its own. It helps that the artist draws Roy/Ed, so I'm more inclined to be lenient, but I genuinely got a lot of satisfaction out of this site. (Dino/Hibari, Roy/Ed.)
 - Katekyou Hitman REBORN - CRUSH [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - It took me awhile to really get into this artist's style, something wasn't quite clicking with me, I think maybe her Dino is somewhat hit-or-miss for me, but it was still good enough to keep going through the gallery. Her Hibari is very solid and her Dino has awesome hair and, the more I went through the gallery, the more I began to genuinely like the art a lot. It helps that her Dino and Hibari make out in several illustrations or they're fighting a lot, so there's that intensity between them that I like so much. By the end of the site, I had seen several illustrations that I really liked and would definitely have liked to have seen more. Mmm, I love this pairing. ♥ (Dino/Hibari.)
 - Katekyou Hitman REBORN! - [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - There's not a lot of art here, but there's just enough for me to justify recommending it, especially since I've been pining for some more Dino/Hibari art. (I don't know what I'm going to do when I start running out of REBORN stuff to look at. orz) It's got just enough of a rough quality and just enough details that I really kinda like it. Actually, I think I liked the b&w comics most of all (even though I usually only skim the comics of a site) because you can see the strength of the lines there and... well, it's never not great when Dino reaches over to ruffle Hibari's hair and Hibari looks about two seconds away from trying to kill Dino in the face. O-or when, in the next set of comics, Dino finds kitty!Hibari who does try to kill him in the face. ♥ (Dino/Hibari.)
 - Katekyou Hitman REBORN! - COLORFUL * COLORFUL [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - I came here while looking for more Dino/Hibari art, but I think I wound up liking the stand-alone stuff almost as much as the pairing art here... well, maybe not. The illustration of Dino leaning over the back of the sofa to wrap an arm around Hibari, who's attempting to kill him in the face with a tonfa is pretty damn awesome (and pretty). But, at the same time, the artist draws a damn fine (and hot) Hibari all by himself. Either way, the lines are just slightly rough, more like a manga style than being unskilled (I never quite know how to phrase that), because some of the art is just gorgeous to look at. And while a lot of the art is a bit on the sweeter side for the pairing (lots of Dino kissing him on the forehead or pulling him close, that sort of thing, which is pretty enough and Hibari looks bored enough or pissy enough that I love it), there's also lots of killenating. This site makes me happy. ♥ (Dino/Hibari.)
 - Katekyou Hitman REBORN! - skies drug [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - This site is definitely not going to be for everyone, partly because it's mostly just oekaki art and partly just because of the style itself, but I found that... well, okay, I'm weak to Dino/Hibari art and oekaki doesn't bother me with them because it has that edge of roughness that works for me with these two. But it was more than just that, there was a certain something that the artist had in my eyes--maybe because of the way she drew Hibari or the way Dino's tattoos looked as hot as usual or I really liked their hair, who knows. I wish there had been more or that the artist had done something besides just these scribbly mouse art-style images, but... I found her art suitably hot and that's all I really ask for. XD (Dino/Hibari.)
- Katekyou Hitman REBORN! - untitled by actualize and picnicbird - This is a collection of various short little ficlets for the REBORN! characters (focusing often times on Hibari and Mukuro and Dino and Chrome and Lanchia and Xanxus) and the connections between them, whether they're all in the same timeline/universe or all seperate stories that work together to set an overall mood, I don't think it really matters. There is something about this loose set of characters that inspires a vague sort of writing, something that's heavy in imagery and beautifully written violence and smiles that are difficult to read, a style that wouldn't necessarily work for the other characters in this universe, but those that have such a deep history (or are quickly becoming tangled up in all of the history), it works. It's a very satisfying fic because it covers so many moments between these characters, shares so many tiny little insights, and I could hardly look away once I started reading. (I'd call this mostly gen, but you can find implications of several pairings, most notably Mukuro/Hibari, Dino/Hibari, Mukuro/Chrome, and maybe Xanxus/Mukuro.)  - Katekyou Hitman REBORN! - 180seconds [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - I'm not even sure I could specifically say why I liked this site, other than that maybe the sum of the whole of the site was enough to win me over. Each illustration was well done enough that it kept me going through the site and I wound up saving pretty much everything and even a handful of them were kinda hot--Dino and Hibari leaning back against the sofa (and Dino's tattooooos~~) was especially nice. The sketches were probably my favorites, the slight rough quality of them lent that little extra something to the art to make me genuinely like it. Plus. Well. I'm weak to Dino/Hibari sites, shush. XD (Dino/Hibari, some gen.)
 - Kateyou Hitman REBORN! - [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - If this were just about any other pairing, I'm not sure I would have lasted through the whole gallery, much less have been recommending it. But it's partly that I'm weak to Dino/Hibari and even more that I felt like the style fit well with the characters. One of the first few illustrations I saw on the site was of Dino in a suit with Hibari in his school sweater and Dino had an arm wrapped around him to yank him over and I-- I know I'm kind of a terrible fangirl for this, but I was way too XD XD XD over that not to continue through the rest of the gallery, even if I think it'll only appeal to those who are already fans. But the artist does have a lot of potential and she does some genuinely cool little oekaki illustrations of them--the Halloween one looked really great (Dino with fangs? Yes plz. ♥) and Hibari's got the usual flat/bored look that makes him look so hot. The art isn't perfect, but there's so much improvement as the artist goes along and I'd love to see more from her. ♥ (Dino/Hibari.)
 - Katekyou Hitman REBORN! - Chunyo [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - I was unsure about this site with the first couple of links I clicked onto, it seemed very shakey and like it would take the artist awhile to improve and there weren't that many links in the gallery. But I skipped ahead and was sort of marveling over how much progress the artist made, went back, and went through the galleries properly, which I was so glad to have done. Her CG style gets really kinda good and her Squalo gets really fun to look at. There's a lot of other interesting stuff (including some well-done Dino and girl!Hibari stuff, which I actually liked), but mostly you'll want to go here for the Squalo art, which is pretty solid. (Some yaoi Squalo pairings, but none consistent enough to mention, maybe a smidge of Dino/Hibari. Some gen, too.)
 - Katekyou Hitman REBORN! - [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - I was enjoying this site a lot, especially since there were already, right from the beginning, some smoking hot Dino illustrations and I always approve of that. But then there was wee little kidlet Dino with Enzio perched on his shoulder and biting his finger hard enough to draw blood and it was beautifully done. I was sold from then on. The artist does a lot of group stuff or various characters--there's a real fondness for Squalo, which I seem to have gotten myself into a loop of lately, but it's not overwhelming--and there is Basil/Squalo art (and, yes, in that order <3) and Dino/Xanxus and an illustration or two for Dino/Hibari, but mostly the point of this site is some really kickass gen artwork. The Kokuyou gang stuff is especially fantastic to look at. Ooh, and anything with Lanchia in it, too! (Mostly gen, but with some occasional yaoi. There's a smidge of Dino/Hibari, Dino/Gokudera, and a good chunk of Mukuro/Ken.)
 - Katekyou Hitman REBORN! - con. [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - If you've been following my fanart recs for REBORN! much, you'll know that I have a weakness for Dino/Hibari art, that I'll rec sites for them that I might not look at for very long with other pairings, because I'm much easier to touch with them. And, with this site, if it'd been another pairing, I probably would have liked the art just as much, but because there's not a lot here, I might have decided against it. However, there's Dino/Hibari here and it's really pretty, slick, shiny art with some fantastically adorable chibi stationary doujin art and even a cute Dino/Hibari comic. And, thus, I recommend it. XD (Dino/Hibari, Mukuro/Tsuna. Maybe a little other.)
 - Katekyou Hitman REBORN! - Sirius [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - Okay, the basic lineart of this artist's sites? Kind of really SO HOT, man. Sometimes the coloring really works for me--the way she colors Dino's hair is gorgeous, even if I'm not always fond of the way it makes their faces look (there's something almost 90s-esque about it?)--but it's really the basic lineart that I was totally in love with. There's so much detail and strength of lines and asdflkjasdjffffffff there's this one of just Dino's arm (with all the tattoosssssss) reaching up to touch Hibari's face and it's-- it shouldn't be that hot, but it kind of is. I rarely get to see entirely new Dino/Hibari sites with art this pretty, but sometimes I still stumble over them and they're wonderful. ♥♥♥ Maybe not for everyone, but I was over the moon for it? :D (Dino/Hibari.)
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