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.

Gaming Sunday: God Eater Burst

Introduction 

Wow! It has been quite a while since I posted a Gaming Sunday section, eh... Been quite busy, having a retreats and some mid term tests. Didn't have much time to enjoy games. On top of that, assignment deadlines are fast approaching. Why does all assignments have deadlines of the second half of the semester? It is killing me. Thank God two of them are group assignments. Phew! 

Anyway, Introduction is supposed to introduce the game. Got carried away there. Introducing God Eater Burst! A sort of upgrade of God Eater, and the only version available in English! Correct me if I am wrong, but the developers had wanted to translate God Eater, but thought they would save cost by only translating God Eater Burst, since both are quite similar. If it was me, I would have translated God Eater anyway, most people would jump at the chance to buy both. If they were interested enough. 

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

Gaming Sunday: Dissidia 012 [duodecim]: Final Fantasy

Introduction

Best Game Ever for the PSP. So far. I don't really know what attracts me so much about Dissidia. Maybe seeing all those cool Final Fantasy Heroes and Villains face off? Or maybe it is the way the game is played, after all the only Final Fantasy game I played prior to the first Dissidia was Crisis Core, so to put it in a way, I was not much "learned of the lore" of Final Fantasy. Hack, I used to think Final Fantasy I-XII were part of a long storyline. Or maybe, it was the "drawn to a world by gods to fight a war" sounding like Warriors Orochi, that I decided to play it. But either way, I wholly enjoyed the first Dissidia, and Duodecim was no different.

Considerations, Dilemmas and What Not

There are a few things I am considering for the moment.  Some are for this blog, others are just for my amusement. The latter involves making some noise with FL Studio, (I said noise but its more towards looping a few notes or something of the like), and messing around with the possibility of making a WarCraft 3 map, which I have been at since forever. I think I have actually improved my FL Studio skill. I think. Then again, maybe not.

Gaming Sunday: SimCity 4

Introduction

This game is dinosaur. Well, in the sense that it is really old. 2003 I think. I actually played this earlier. Two times in fact. Both times I uninstalled the game after failing to balance the city's budget, it was in my honest opinion, really tough do to so. This time around, it was reintroduced to me by my friend with the inclusion of mods. Now, that's what I call good city building sim. Added with famous landmarks and super civil services, SimCity 4 became more manageable, and as a result, quite fun to play.

First off, great apologies for not being able to post up pictures, except the one above. Somehow or rather, my Internet has been quite slow today. The picture up there was uploaded earlier, after which and stop blogging a while to take some pictures of my cities, did some programming exercises, and wah lah, Internet slow.