Darlings, you're all forgetting about this part:
Made even BETTER in the anime!
Not to mention THIS lovely little gem!
My friends and I still say "AAAAHH!!! .... kabane-san" to each other on an irregular basis
though not nearly as often as we say "Ginji-kun, aaah~".
Oh, adorkable little Ginji-kun, may you never lay off with your priceless chibi goodness~
I also love the part in the first episode oft he anime, when he is laying on the counter at Honkey Tonk, all chibi and tare, and when he sits up, you can see how he "de-shrinks" and turns bishie again, right before your eyes! Talk about surrealism! I still remember how it totally caught me off-guard first time I saw it; it was just so absurd and cute at the same time!
(To the staff; if the pictures are bigger than what is allowed, please tell me and I can shrink them or rewrite the post)