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Speaking of Ubel Blatt.. i started reading it recently...and while the main story is interesting... wtf at the main character, who just look like a 13-14 years old elf, making love to women? Even the adults calls him a kid... I almost feel like im watching some pedo hentai in those scenes... =/ At least those scenes aren't in every chapters. :lol
 
Bisnic said:
Speaking of Ubel Blatt.. i started reading it recently...and while the main story is interesting... wtf at the main character, who just look like a 13-14 years old elf, making love to women? Even the adults calls him a kid... I almost feel like im watching some pedo hentai in those scenes... =/ At least those scenes aren't in every chapters. :lol
Well technically he isn't a kid.
 
Charred Greyface said:
Agreed, and the marines still found her so what was the point. all this ace 'reveations' has been unnecessary imo. Hmm... would Ivankov have come to save Ace if he knew the man was 'just' Roger's son? And can we agree now that Dragon probably isn't coming if Ace isn't his son (obviously he must know that)? The opportunity to create mischief elsewhere is too great to miss...

Yeah I have a feeling that Dragon will not show up, he has to know that Ace isn't his brother.


Knowing Oda this is going to lead up to something big and awesome either way! :D
 
flintstryker said:
Well technically he isn't a kid.

Well i don't care if his old body died 20 years ago and that it's his spirit inside the elf body, he still looks like a kid and the scenes don't look right. :P
 
Ooh, Samurais. Too bad they're likely to just be plot blown away by ninjas.

It would be nice if they had a few decent samurai characters as a show of the strength of the 'neutral' nation.
 
Entropia said:
Yeah I have a feeling that Dragon will not show up, he has to know that Ace isn't his brother.


Knowing Oda this is going to lead up to something big and awesome either way! :D


If it is good for the revolution he will show up... I don't get the impression, for obvious reasons, that Dragon is much of a family man...if he arrives at Marine ford it will be for the good of the revolution...nothing to do with Luffy or Ace
 
nelsonroyale said:
If it is good for the revolution he will show up... I don't get the impression, for obvious reasons, that Dragon is much of a family man...if he arrives at Marine ford it will be for the good of the revolution...nothing to do with Luffy or Ace
Well he did save Luffy that one time.. also the last time i think me saw he he said the time where he and Luffy finally met will be soon.
 
Zaptruder said:
Ooh, Samurais. Too bad they're likely to just be plot blown away by ninjas.

It would be nice if they had a few decent samurai characters as a show of the strength of the 'neutral' nation.
I like their wolf brigade armor.
 
People are going to get tired seeing another "OMG One Piece is epic!" reaction since it's like reactions for every week, but I'll go ahead and say OMG One Piece is epic! Even if someone kills me for that. I have never been so proud by having a "D" as my middle name initial.

The beginning setup with the battleships, Shichibukais and Admirals was awesome. It would be much awesomer if everyone was expecting to see Whitebeard and his fleet, only to see Luffy and his merry prisoner friends. I know Oda wouldn't disappoint, though :D
 
Nocebo said:
At any rate, exciting times ahead! And we're only half way through the story. This is an excelent way to open up the way to the other half of one piece, the new era.

But, but, but, what if Kuma was correct and the Strawhats never will meet up with each other again? What if it ends here? For good? What if the mysteries that we've been waiting for never come?

:P
 
flintstryker said:
Well he did save Luffy that one time.. also the last time i think me saw he he said the time where he and Luffy finally met will be soon.

Yeah, perhaps there is an exception there, but I don't think it is just because luffy is his son...it is also because he sees his potential I suppose, and sees he could be beneficial for the cause
 
nelsonroyale said:
Yeah, perhaps there is an exception there, but I don't think it is just because luffy is his son...it is also because he sees his potential I suppose, and sees he could be beneficial for the cause
Well there's also that fact that Ivanokov says he's always looking in the direction of his homeland when they are sailing.
 
Bakuman was decent this week. I still hate the relationship stuff and just want the manga to focus just on the inner workings of Jump and creating manga.

Bleach was alright, One Piece was great besides the weird 20 week birth stuff.
 
Tucah said:
Bakuman was decent this week. I still hate the relationship stuff and just want the manga to focus just on the inner workings of Jump and creating manga.

Bleach was alright, One Piece was great besides the weird 20 week birth stuff.

You'd think that being pregnant for 20 weeks would garner some attention too but apparently no in OP even when the WG are looking.
 
Not a fan of Bleach this week.

It's just too obvious where the storyline goes from here. The fact is, until Aizen stops smirking like an idiot, it's all just stupid fodder for him to go, "I have like 100 secret moves that make me more powerful than you." In fact, I feel pretty certain Aizen will turn out to be so strong he might as well have done all this shit himself, it's that predictable.
 
Angry Grimace said:
Not a fan of Bleach this week.

It's just too obvious where the storyline goes from here. The fact is, until Aizen stops smirking like an idiot, it's all just stupid fodder for him to go, "I have like 100 secret moves that make me more powerful than you." In fact, I feel pretty certain Aizen will turn out to be so strong he might as well have done all this shit himself, it's that predictable.

It's true that so far... Aizen seems invincible. He has no weakness known yet. If he even have one.
 
Angry Grimace said:
Not a fan of Bleach this week.

It's just too obvious where the storyline goes from here. The fact is, until Aizen stops smirking like an idiot, it's all just stupid fodder for him to go, "I have like 100 secret moves that make me more powerful than you." In fact, I feel pretty certain Aizen will turn out to be so strong he might as well have done all this shit himself, it's that predictable.
There is no point in any of this fighting. It will be Ichigo v Aizen in the end.
 
Angry Grimace said:
Not a fan of Bleach this week.

It's just too obvious where the storyline goes from here. The fact is, until Aizen stops smirking like an idiot, it's all just stupid fodder for him to go, "I have like 100 secret moves that make me more powerful than you." In fact, I feel pretty certain Aizen will turn out to be so strong he might as well have done all this shit himself, it's that predictable.
"Oh? Is that so? Well, never mind. I knew that you'd know that I knew that you knew I knew, so I planned accordingly."

Gin's gonna have to stab Aizen in the back before this'll ever be a fair fight.
 
Freshmaker said:
"Oh? Is that so? Well, never mind. I knew that you'd know that I knew that you knew I knew, so I planned accordingly."

Gin's gonna have to stab Aizen in the back before this'll ever be a fair fight.
I just got a serious case of the rolleyes when I saw that Aizen still is doing that smirk, which obviously means nobody on the battlefield is a threat.
 
Bleach was pretty much what I expected this week. Just Menos canon fodder for the Vizards. I did enjoy Hachi's little display though. Hopefully next weeks something actually significant happens.
 
ILOVEASIANS said:
Bleach was pretty much what I expected this week. Just Menos canon fodder for the Vizards. I did enjoy Hachi's little display though. Hopefully next weeks something actually significant happens.
My problem was just that; we already pretty much know what happens next week. Aizen has massive powers/secret moves/the whole battlefield is under his illusion
 
ILOVEASIANS said:
Bleach was pretty much what I expected this week. Just Menos canon fodder for the Vizards. I did enjoy Hachi's little display though. Hopefully next weeks something actually significant happens.
You mean the bit where Aizen grabs someone's sword in the tips of his fingers and causes maximum damage without any movements whatsoever.
"Is that it? I expected so much more. But then again, you are mere failures! *smirk*
Pfft.
 
rexor0717 said:
For Naruto, I would really love it if the samurai were more powerful than ninjas in general. Just to put them in their place.
The Samurai they've shown so far (Gato's men) were worthless.
 
One Piece

Man, everyone's here! :D

Will wait and see what the significance of this revelation is.

Bleach

Guess it did turn out this way unfortunately...

Shinji's gonna get owned, then Aizen will proceed to own all the rest of the Vizard in a single page. Shinji will manage to make a scratch on Aizen, but then we'll learn that was all an illusion. :lol

I'm still amazed Aizen needs a super army to be able to fight Squad 0 and the King. Still makes me wonder just how far above everyone shown so far they are.

Naruto

WTF is wrong with the Mizukage?

And the Samurai are an interesting group. The country can't be that weak, or else I'd kinda assume some Ninja country would've taken the land by now. Though it could just be safe for political reasons like now.
 
Angry Grimace said:
My problem was just that; we already pretty much know what happens next week. Aizen has massive powers/secret moves/the whole battlefield is under his illusion


Yeah, he probably could have handled all of this by himself. So? Why does the final bad guy have to be already beatable? Because that's the way it normally works? That's boring and predictable, IMO.

The beatable villains are there, but he's not close to being one of them. He's a genius who acts like a genius and I actually like that.
 
Found out about this the other week, seems pretty interesting. It was drawn after a three-year stint in prison for possession of firearms and really gets inside the mundane, routinised way prisoners are dehumanised. I wouldn't mind reading some of his more grotesque, ultra-violent work either.

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Bleach

Bleach was pretty neat this week, and the fight scenes we're cool, and improvement from the ink mess of trying to guess what's going on,that Kubo normally puts.

Naruto

Seems like something big it's building, seems like some great fight will come, I hope this time Naruto kicks Sasuke ass. And for some reason I think Sai, it's dead meat...

One Piece

One Piece was ok, I supose even with the cheesy revelation and the 20 weeks thing, but I hope Whitebeard comes and makes a big entrance it's time already.

To-LOVE

:lol :lol

Damn it's so obvious the sister will enter in the harem gang, when the autors will finally reveal that they aren't real brothers? Or they won't and perform some real incest shit... I can't totally see them doing it... :lol :lol :lol
 
Relaxed Muscle said:
Bleach

Bleach was pretty neat this week, and the fight scenes we're cool, and improvement from the ink mess of trying to guess what's going on,that Kubo normally puts.

Naruto

Seems like something big it's building, seems like some great fight will come, I hope this time Naruto kicks Sasuke ass. And for some reason I think Sai, it's dead meat...

One Piece

One Piece was ok, I supose even with the cheesy revelation and the 20 weeks thing, but I hope Whitebeard comes and makes a big entrance it's time already.

To-LOVE

:lol :lol

Damn it's so obvious the sister will enter in the harem gang, when the autors will finally reveal that they aren't real brothers? Or they won't and perform some real incest shit... I can't totally see them doing it... :lol :lol :lol
At least we didn't have to get page after page of Kubo lovingly drawing EACH Visored attacking fodder-hollows.

As for the chapter, I'm just saying, when was the last time you read a shonen in which a character attacked another character with this expression:

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that didn't end in somethign stupid like catching the blade with fingers or big dust cloud in which character is standing unscathed in the middle or what-not
 
Freshmaker said:
The Samurai they've shown so far (Gato's men) were worthless.
They were just thugs though like everyone else he hired. These guys are a super power. I'd hope that'd had some weight.
Rpgmonkey said:
Naruto

WTF is wrong with the Mizukage?
She's Christmas cake.
 
Rpgmonkey said:
Naruto

WTF is wrong with the Mizukage?

And the Samurai are an interesting group. The country can't be that weak, or else I'd kinda assume some Ninja country would've taken the land by now. Though it could just be safe for political reasons like now.
Comic relief. Pretty much the exact same role as Tsunade. I dunno, I'm getting that Shinbo-Teacher vibe (Chobits) from her and that Swordmans guy though :lol

The thing is, if Naruto is heading to this conference, he's going to be universally beloved by all of the Kages. (After a fashion, of course, in which they hate him for supporting Sasuke, and then now or later come around and admire his love for his friend/gumption/whatnot). Although, I have a feeling that Raikage will want to fight Naruto.
 
Naruto: Samurai? One does not simply add a new class of fighters after 12 years of the same.

Bleach: Nothing continues to happen.

Bakuman: Power of love~

to-LOVE-ru: Now with inc-- oh wait!

Reborn!: I forgot this series existed. I want to see Reborn's adult form!
 
Angry Grimace said:
At least we didn't have to get page after page of Kubo lovingly drawing EACH Visored attacking fodder-hollows.

As for the chapter, I'm just saying, when was the last time you read a shonen in which a character attacked another character with this expression:

2hzr0hk.jpg


that didn't end in somethign stupid like catching the blade with fingers or big dust cloud in which character is standing unscathed in the middle or what-not
I'm still holding to my theory that Aizen is not even in the there but doing something else in secret.
 
IF you already have the hollow mask on you can't perform bankai can you? That may be why Shinji takes it off. It would make sense cause we only see Ichigo put the mask on after he activated his bankai.

And to be fair, both shinji and Aizen are smiling/smirking until Shinji gets serious. Then we don't even get to see Aizen's face. So maybe he won't get pushed around like a piece of paper.
 
Halycon said:
to-LOVE-ru: Now with inc-- oh wait!
I don't want to know, but, I can guess. I dont' regularly look at TLR, but isn't the series supposed to be about an average looking guy who's relatively unpopular with girls? Because it seems like the main character is pretty much the most popular male in the history of the universe :lol
 
Vox-Pop said:
I'm still holding to my theory that Aizen is not even in the there but doing something else in secret.

I'm not sure, that everyone in that place saw the edge of his sword not even once, so his ilussions works, unless he get a new hax to his abilities....

Angry Grimace said:
I don't want to know, but, I can guess. I dont' regularly look at TLR, but isn't the series supposed to be about an average looking guy who's relatively unpopular with girls? Because it seems like the main character is pretty much the most popular male in the history of the universe :lol

Well, that describe pretty well the harem genre....

Halycon said:
Bleach: Nothing continues to happen.

You get like 15 seconds of advancement in the history and you whine?.... :lol

To be fair, the chapter was about showing how powerful vizards are. that's all, future chapters should have more meat....
 
Angry Grimace said:
I don't want to know, but, I can guess. I dont' regularly look at TLR, but isn't the series supposed to be about an average looking guy who's relatively unpopular with girls? Because it seems like the main character is pretty much the most popular male in the history of the universe :lol
No no no, this is harem manga! So it's about an average looking guy who, against all odds, scores with a whole bunch of hot girls but doesn't actually get anywhere with any of them because otherwise there wouldn't be a series!

Also, kissing in harem manga is equivalent to getting married in a television drama.
 
exarkun said:
IF you already have the hollow mask on you can't perform bankai can you? That may be why Shinji takes it off. It would make sense cause we only see Ichigo put the mask on after he activated his bankai.

And to be fair, both shinji and Aizen are smiling/smirking until Shinji gets serious. Then we don't even get to see Aizen's face. So maybe he won't get pushed around like a piece of paper.

that's my guess - Aizen/Shinji's both gonna be toying with each other. Until we see Shinji with a reaction like Urahara's when Wonderweiss was going for his hat, and Urahara barely had any time to react/Wonderweiss dodged his attack easily... it'll be play-fighting, IMO.
 
Naruto the Samurais remind me of the soldiers from Jin-Roh and the Helghast from Killzone.

Bleach Watch Aizen beat the shit out of Shinji next chapter
 
One Piece
Confusing chapter. So a women was pregnant for 20 months... I guess Luffy and Ace have no blood between them, but they look the same. Still don't know why Oda decided to do this, will Ace be a martyr for Luffy's goal of destroying the Marine/World government? The upcoming chapters should be epic to say the least.

Naruto.

Why the Naruto have bandages on?
 
Halycon said:
No no no, this is harem manga! So it's about an average looking guy who, against all odds, scores with a whole bunch of hot girls but doesn't actually get anywhere with any of them because otherwise there wouldn't be a series!

Also, kissing in harem manga is equivalent to getting married in a television drama.
Yeah, but don't other Harem Manga usually have some kind of vague plot?

Harem mangas are generally hilarious. You can usually predict the next girl in the harem because they all fulfill some kind of masturbation fantasy-fetish scenario (which is of course a series of stock manga characters).

Lala = Completely stock magical girlfriend who is naive about her sexuality
Haruna = Shy Girl next door
Hardcore Follow-the-Rules Girl whos name I can't recall (that of course has huge tits)
Underage, oversexualized sister character (for the lolipedo incest lovers)
Not one, but two sets of underage, oversexualized girls, one that is developed, and one that is not (holy fucking shit this shit is scary)

I'm sure there are others, but I can't say I follow it week to week. I think I read one in which Rito was seduced by some classmate that filled the oversexualized horny female archetype too, but I don't remember how that played out.
 
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