Naruto 536, Bleach 445, One Piece 622

Oh my, time does fly doesn't it? In a week and a month's time, I would be finished with the first semester of my first year in degree. That's fast. It's like a blink of an eye. And these 5 weeks will be pretty jammed with study sessions and most importantly, it will be filled up with assignments. So don't worry if I miss a week or two's post, no I'm not dead, I'm just not free. Teehee.

Naruto 536

Oh my holy whatever, Madara has entered the fray. MA-DA-RA has entered the fray. Let me repeat. MA-DA-RA has entered the fray. Oh, did I mentioned that Madara entered the fray? On the other side, Naruto and Bee are also on their way to join in the fray. So much for the self-regenerating barrier. And that commander. He's lame, what can I say? But it was quite appropriate, considering the tense situation in previous chapters. Mizukage and her team are trying to protect the feudal lords, though Madara no longer needs them, however, he still attacks the area in order to separate the forces. Divide and conquer. And would you believe it? Zetsu actually called Madara Tobi...again. I was half expecting Madara to say something along the lines of "Don't ever say that name again". Anyway, Madara said something about a substitution. I take this to mean a substitute for his body, but it could mean anything. Either way, he enters the fray just as the Shinobis take down the Zetsus and the Zombies. He summons the King of Hell statue, in full body form. And battle is about to begin. Woohoo! Can't wait for the next chapter...

Why is it not here yet!

Bleach 445

Oh man, Ichigo acting all cool one moment and getting his ass handed to him the next must be the most enjoyable experience since the start of Bleach's decline. Everyone is a dumbass in this chapter. From that Jackie all beaten up on the floor, to Riruka shouting about some gas explosion, to Sado talking in front of Ichigo about a secret he wants to be kept from Ichigo, and well, the main event himself - Ichigo. This chapters only saving grace is perhaps the prelude to a fight between Ginjo and Tsukishima. It would be a downer if the fight doesn't happen, with Tsukishima giving some lame excuse, and save his sword for another day. I can totally see that happening and sincerely hope it will not be so. 

If I learned anything about this chapter, is that Fullbring is a total fraud. At least for Ichigo it is. It is a masked put over his usual abilities. In other words, he has the same abilities, just different names. Hack, even Sado notices it. Fullbring on air = Shunpo? Shrouded in Fullbring = Bankai? I won't be surprise if a shock wave attack comes next. Anyway, isn't Fullbring suppose to be usable only with the objects on holds dearest? So how is air dear to Ichigo? Sure, we breath it everyday and all, but serious? Don't tell me it's the boots either. Because that would be even weirder. 

One Piece 622

Sitting down here and thinking of what to write about this chapter, I have come to realize there is not much going on. Otohime goes on with her pursue for signature while the Sunny Pirates continue to roam the seas. A young Hodi Jones is also shown, together with several other young Fishmen. The Sunny Pirates fight some marines, however, Fisher Tiger reprimands Arlong and Jimbei, telling them not to kill, least they become like humans. Fisher Tiger intends to uphold this vow of not taking a life. He wants Otohime's ideal, but the demons in his heart prevents him to do so. (I don't know how to put that into words, so it might come off as odd..) As the chapter ends, Fisher Tiger is assigned to a human kid back to his home. He teaches the kid to drop off his slave habits and the kid ends up crying for the first time in many years. I have to say, this flashback really interests me, although I still can't see what it has to do with the present, yet.

Bleach 444, One Piece 621, Naruto 535

Hey guys. Had a great time last week going for a retreat. It opened my eyes to a lot of things. One direct thing was probably this - even if the environment around the camp is tip-top quality tranquil, lots of trees, peaceful, serene, fresh-airy, whatever, but with if the service of the staff there is down the drain, it can ruin everything. Instead, try to enjoy what you can, and ignore the bad things around you. I wonder how the tourist feel about the bad food served for breakfast. Bad as in it tastes bad, not it being spoiled and what not.

Seems like for the time that I haven't been around, my chatbox has exploded with what I perceive as spam. Senseless messages + weird URLs are really tingling my suspicion that this blog has come under the attention of spammers. Oh no! But if you aren't a spammer and has been commenting on the chatbox, well, sorry! But those sincere messages must have been hidden somewhere along the lines of spam. Anyways, on to mangas, mangas and mangas!

Bleach 444

Naruto 533, One Piece 619, Bleach 442

Argh, just passed one assignment up yesterday, and two tests coming up the week after next. Sometimes University life can be full of fun and carefree-ness. Others, its jam pack with deadlines. Assignments, test and what not. I guess the best thing about uni studies is this - you send everything you learn this semester into the recycle bin. No use really, unless it has a continuing subject, part 2 or something. And when that happens, just restore it from the recycle bin. Where as secondary school life, remember, remember, remember, pour out at the public exams. Then hit permanent erase. Anyways, on to mangas this week....

Naruto 533

One Piece 618, Bleach 441, Naruto 532

I was kinda worried that we wouldn't be getting any mangas this week, with all that's happened in Japan. Let us observe moment of silence. 

Truth be told, the first time I heard about the earthquake and tsunami, I was thinking, I hope Nobuo Uematsu did not die in that disaster. Next thing I thought of was whether Final Fantasy Type-0 and Final Fantasy Versus XIII was gonna get postponed. And finally, my thought reach whether the mangakas were hurt in the disaster. Thinking like this made me feel kinda sad. Why? Because my thoughts would probably the same thoughts for a lot of people around the World, especially those without any acquaintances there. It goes to show that Japan, a great economical power, a respectable nation that advance so quickly is so short a time was thought only as a producer of great video games and manga/anime. Kinda sad fact though. Enough about those gloomy stuff, like us go on to One Piece...woohoo...

P.S: I wonder how many others actually worried about the safety of AV Idols...>_> (One of my friends did...)

One Piece 618

Naruto 531, One Piece 617, Bleach 440

  I've been thinking lately of how to improve my blog. How I can actually have more visitors that actually come to read something instead of just dropping by to check things out. Blog traffic has been on the increase the few months, which I think is rightly accredited to the Countdown to Duodecim series, which has quite sadly, ended. Now that it has ended, I am back to my usual routine, which MIGHT, and I stress MIGHT, mean lower blog traffic. Hmm...I wonder what I should do...teehee... Anyways, back to business.

Naruto 531

Naruto 529, Bleach 438, One Piece 616

Ahh...the first week of semester has ended. The tormenting second week is about to begin. The week where assignments are released and lectures starts fully. I should really shift up a gear in expectations of next week, but somehow can't find the motivation to do so. Enough about my probably crappy next week, lets start off with the mangas.

Naruto 529

One Piece 615, Bleach 437, Naruto 528

Hey, everyone, wish me luck for my finals tomorrow! I'm having trouble memorizing all those different dates, policy and features related to politics. Not my cup of tea if you asked me. History is suppose to be a study of interesting events, like World Wars, and read about people like Genghis Khan, Julius Ceasar or Alexander the Great. But, oh well, I'm stuck studying about Constitutions, Citizenship and Separation of Power...

One Piece 615

Okay, how is the Mato-mato a curse? I thought it was a devil fruit ability? Maybe it's because it cause Vander Decken to be unable to swim even though he is a Fishman. That and the appearance of Jimbei talking to an unknown person he calls Otohime is pretty much the only things that caught my interest in this chapter. Hodi Jones and Vander Decken bullying Hatchan and Hatchan arguing with them are really, really not my cup of tea. Something along the line of the old Fishman Pirates or Arlongs crew or something like that. Whatever. Glad to see Chopper still has that part of him, you'll know what I mean. And Robin and Franky, where are you?

War is coming, war is coming. I hope it will be something interesting. Hodi Jones + Vander Decken is assaulting Fishman Island, aiming to claim Ryuguu Palace. On the other hand, this Otohime, apparently the wife of Neptune and the mother of the Princes and Shirahoshi is at the Sea Forest, a place known as a grave. I wonder if Shirahoshi is heading there to meet her...but I guess she's dead. She caused some uproar 10 years ago with her ideals. Hmmm... interesting

Bleach 437

Hmm...Swastika Break...hang out, where the hell is the Swastika? All I see is a Manji, a reverse Swastika, other wise known as Sauwastika. Hmm...anyway, Ichigo has unleash his Fullbring power. He has turned his Shinigami Badge into a Big Manji symbol. Just what I thought Ichigo had discovered the Bleach equivalent of Rasenshuriken, he threw it, only to have it disappear. Hmm...failed Rasenshuriken? Guess not. Apparently, he has to touch the badge in order for his new found skill to work. He proceeds to make short work of the Mr Piggy.

Meanwhile, Inoue visits Sado's house and is attacked by someone. Guess the plot line is starting to thicken. I wonder who they are. I can't help but think that the Fullbringers are actually villain. Somehow. I mean look at Ginjou, he looks like a stinking replica of Aizen. Well, similar. Somehow, I doubt they are really "good" people. Somehow. 

Naruto 528

Oh well, my guess was wrong. Apparently being silent for too long is also a way to get sealed into the gourd. Darui realizes it and starts talking some nonsense. Arguing, if you well, with the Brothers about being the Right Arm of the Raikage. Bam, he gets sucked into the gourd. Guess what? Along the way of talking, he said something like "dull". It wasn't that clear in the english version, however, it should be a play of words. For example, he said something like "xxxd uller". Well, you get my drift. However, on the way into the gourd, he starts spouting some sorries. Sorry to Samui and Atsui. Saying sorry to the Raikage and a bunch of other sorries, leading to sorry becoming his most used word. The curse stops, and he fights one of the brothers, taking away his weapons and using them to seal him. The other brother gets angry, turning to a seemingly six-tailed form of the Kyuubi. He runs amok. Kakuzu states that it has been a long time since he has see that brother turning mad ad reckons that someone has defeated Ginkaku.

Quite the epic battle, but I'm still more hopeful of looking at other battles, but knowing Kishimoto, he'll probably end one fight before starting another. I wonder how Darui knew that Kinkaku looked just like the Kyuubi? I mean, did he ever see it? Regardless, he was only half right, since the real Kyuubi was nothing like that, rather the Six Tailed form of Naruto.

Naruto 527, Bleach 436, One Piece 614

Mangas this week. I've realized that after I got into reading these mangas, I seldom watch the anime anymore. Some people might find that mangas are hard to read, due to the lack of animation and color, personally, i feel mangas are more interesting, mostly because they are free of stupid fillers. Each to his own, I guess.

Naruto 527

One Piece 613, Naruto 526, Bleach 435

It's been a pretty uneventful Chinese New Year. The usual visits coupled with the usual handshakes, conversation and so on. I actually spend the first day playing games and the second day watching anime. Not a good thing to do, but it was better than laying around waiting for someone whom you would probably only see once a year.

So anyway, mangas... they, I'm afraid, is also pretty much uneventful...with the exception of One Piece I guess...

One Piece 613

Naruto 525, Bleach 434, One Piece 612

Man, this was one hell of a week. Can you imagine? I wasn't at home for the entirety of yesterday, and had an exam stuck right at the end of the day. Not to mention that terribly mild headache that although not an actual nuisance, can be quite a distraction when studying for my exam, today. Oh gosh, I'm kinda worried about my results here, damn, should have studied earlier. So anyways, the Mangas of this week. 

Naruto 525

Naruto 524, One Piece 611

No Bleach this week. I think. At least is wasn't on the two sites I checked.

Naruto 524

One Piece 610, Naruto 523, Bleach 433

Hey all, I was actually thinking about reviewing a manga a week for Fridays, but then it hit me that I would not have the time to read mangas to do reviews, besides, I like the way it was, so back to it it will be. Though I might add some more weekly mangas to the list, at least once I read them up to date, candidates may include D.Gray-Man, Fairy Tail and Claymore, haven't really decided yet. It could be that it will never happen. Who knows?

One Piece 610

Naruto 521, Bleach 431, One Piece 608

Hey guys, finally back to my usual schedule in blogging, been pretend busy lately, exams just finished and all... Looks like in the time I've been out of blogging, a few big news are around which I might post up in a couple of days, anyway, here is this week's manga....

Naruto 521

Naruto 518, Bleach 428, One Piece 605

Quite a big load of mangas this week, including One Piece Green Databook and Bleach Hell's Arc Special. 

Naruto 518

One Piece 604, Naruto 516, Bleach 426

One Piece 604

Naruto 515, Bleach 425, One Piece 603

Finally, we get to see all three this week. Hooray!!! I'll be trying to keep this post short as I have a test tomorrow, so don't be disappointed.

Naruto 515

Bleach 424, One Piece 602

Naruto on hiatus, why is it that whenever one manga resumes, the other guys on hiatus? Not too long ago, it was Naruto/Bleach, then Naruto/One Piece, now its Bleach/One Piece.

Bleach 424

One Piece 601, Naruto 514

Bleach on hiatus for 2 weeks, this is the second week....

Naruto 514

One Piece 600, Naruto 513

Bleach is on hiatus this week, so no Bleach here...

One Piece 600

One Piece 598: Two Years Later

One Piece 598: 2 Years Later

Seems like all the Straw Hats have gathered at Sabaody, though they haven't exactly reunited. We have yet to see Zoro and Franky. Just a brief run-through, Luffy leaves for Sabaody, bidding farewell to Hancock. Seems like he ended up finishing his training, which would include Haki, half a year earlier. He also made some friends with his food supply. Everyone else seems also to have grown up in one way or another. I'll do a comparison of appearance towards the end of the post, so stay tuned.