Updates:

Bleach is early this week, so I'm posting early too. Also, I hope deluded passed his exams. :D Did you make use of farteins, dear? -wink-

Edit two days later: Oh, he's met someone. <3 Maybe it was meant for another time and place, dearie...


Bleach: Chapter 339

FINALLY, A GLIMPSE OF ICHIGO. :3

So a lot of things are cleared in this release. Or I'd like to think that, especially since we finally get a glimpse of Ulquiorra and Ichigo after such a long long long while [months, right?]. Anyway, some more of the missing numbers are revealed: Kyouraku's opponent is apparently Uno [Stark], the old man is Dos [Barragan], Hitsugaya's opponent [the booby woman. :D] is Tres [Halibel]. Ulqui is Cuatro, Nnoitra is Cinco, Grimm Seis. Byakuya's opponent was Siete [Zommari], Syazel [how was his name spelled again? Szayel?] was Ocho. Rukia's opponent was Nueve [Aaroniero Arruruerie]. Yammy, Diez.

I'm aware that this info is already available here, but I just wanted to make a blurb for myself. :D

Of course, the next few chapter will undoubtedly be dedicated to fight scenes again, but at least now we can actually hope that Ichigo will get more screen time. And we'd probably be treated to some plot advancement too, seeing as we're finally getting a glimpse the main character after such a long while. It's bound to be a sign, right? Right?

Or maybe we should wait for Aizen's appearance before we hope for any plot development. After all, with this manga, everything depends on the antagonist. -sigh-


You know, I've kind of forgotten what the point was, really. I mean, it's been such a long time since Aizen's fake death, since the Orihime-kidnapping incident, since the guys left for Hueco Mundo. What was the point to all this again? Ah, right. Here's an oversimplified breakdown:

Orihime was kidnapped
Soul Society decided not to do anything about it
Ichigo + Chad + Ishida decided to go off to Hueco Mundo to save her
Rukia + Renji followed them
they befriended Nel + co.
they ran into some trouble
they decided to split up
ran into some individual troubles
fought with some of the arancar/Espada
lost/tied with the arancar
got injured horribly [or in Ichigo's case, DIED for real]
got saved by the Soul Society people
Soul Society people battled the arancar and won
Aizen escapes to Karakura Town
Aizen reveals his TRUE plans
Soul Society people reveal how they plan to stop Aizen's plan [the four towers]
BATTLE to get the towers to collapse
Soul Society people manage to win round1
Round2 starts...
Soul Society people and Arancar people are heavily injured
Round2 continues
Finally a glimpse of the main character after such a long while

Yep. That's about the gist of it all. So for all those who have forgotten, there's the guide. Damn, but it's long. Has this arc reached a hundred chapters already? I think so. Wow. Talk about long-winded... -sweatdrop-

Though this is making me wonder... Will this be the last arc for Bleach? I mean, Aizen's already the ultimate Boss, right? So does that mean that if this arc gets resolved [if it will ever get resolved, geez], there will be no more bleach afterward? -blinkblink- Hmm.. although there are still a lot of ground to cover...


Which reminds me. I saw Gintama today. Ahahah, I mean I saw it as it aired on Japan. How did I do that? I watched it through this web tv thing... It streams the episodes of a certain TV station as they are aired in Japan. Real time viewing, in other words. So I got really lucky and chanced upon the correct TV station just as Gintama was starting. You could say it really made my day, since just moments before that lucky occurence I was ranting about how Gintama couldn't already be nearing its end... Which it is. Nearing its end, I mean. -frustrated sigh-



EDIT a day later


Gintama: Episodes 91 | 92 | 93

OMG, I LOVE RUMBEL. YOU ARE MY GODS, RUMBEL PEOPLE. GODS, I TELL YOU, GODS.


Now, if I could just finish downloading the torrents. : D


Edit two days later: DDL @ realitylapse up for 91-92. Still waiting for 93.

Gintama rocks ass. Episode 91 was very funny, even with the lack of Ginchan. If you google it, you'll find that the episode is about fat. Simply, literally fat. Whose fat, you say? Kagura's. And Otae's. And Otose's. And Catherine's. And Sa-chan's. And it's about potato chips, too. And laxative. XD Oh, just watch the damn episode. You'll see what I mean.

Episode 92 was a filler episode. Simply, literally a filler episode. And apparently, Ginchan's a good cook. Well, a self-proclaimed good cook, anyway. Not that I don't trust what he says, but well...

Anyway, Episode 93 was the best of the three, I think. Or maybe that's because I'm an Ultraman geek [or was, considering it has been years since I've seen Ultraman]. Yep, Gintama goes Ultraman. I don't know if that sounds like a good thing, but trust me, it was funny. Really funny. XD



Naruto: Chapter 429 Online reading only this week, guyz. Too lazy to download the stuff. : D

Oh man! And I was hoping to witness Ibiki's mad fighting skillz too! (/-- 3 --)/


Fuck. What the hell has Pein [Pain, whatever] done?! Konoha's been annihilated! And seriously, I mean annihilated! Not just deprived of all the living things in it, but purely really truly annihilated! [But hey, on the plus side, the destruction of Konoha does this and that to Pain's this and that. Ahaha, I don't what I'm talking about. Just ask Conan. She'll tell you.]


Naruto finally finds out about Konoha's destruction! What is he going to do about it!? Is he going to come back already?! [Well, Naruto hasn't really heard of what happened to Konoha... he's just finally taken notice of the missing messenger frog. Jeez.]


sidenote: Apparently, Kiba takes after his mom. A lot. :D See page 8, last panel.



Edit two days later: I'm so fucking late with these updates. -rolls eyes-


Eyeshield21: 311th DOWN!

And Japan wins! YAY. That was quick. I was half expecting about at least two to three chapters. But then again, we already knew they would win. Else there wouldn't be a point in the Panther-Sena rivalry. [Wait, I'm just going down for a bit to scold my brother for smoking indoors. Damn brother.]

Anyway, as I was saying, Team Japan won their first match. Rather, proxy!Team Japan is what I should say. We remember from the previous chapter that Agon had this amazingly idiotic plan on making himself out as the best player in the team. Man, did that ever backfire on him! Good job, Ha-Ha Brothers and company! [I can just hear them complaining about being called just the "company" of the Ha-Ha Brothers. Yikes.]

Oh, and Chubou [who from now on will be called Chububu. XD] was awesome! Not even Sena could block Yamato like that... the kid has talent! Hiruma, this kid will be a great asset for the Deimon team once he passes the high school entrance exams~

But of course, trouble is on the horizon. The next team to battle Team Japan will be the Militaria [did I get that right?] Team, and we witnessed in the latter parts of the chapter just how brutal they can get. What are the shrimps going to do? Can they even beat these monsters? And what the hell Gaou, stop picking on the Chububu shrimp. You're not supposed to play with your food.


Katekyo Hitman Reborn: Target 223 Online reading again this week, guyz. Too lazy to look. Or if you're desperate, you can go over to Franky-House and check there. I don't think they have a release for KHR this week, though... They have a new layout, btw. Nice and bright.

Ahaha, Fran is so friggin' cute. Just so adorable. Aaack. Squishy. XD

I wonder how Bel must feel being partnered with such a cute cute cute kid~ Ah, wait. I know how he feels. He feels like a prince. XD As always...

So Jill's box weapon is a bat. Uhm, the flying one, not the Yamamoto one. And his butler's [Ogelt? Ogert? Damn weird name, argh] box weapon is... an elephant. (: - | so what's next? Someone's going to get a giraffe out or something? A flying Sea Cow? Ahahahah...

Amano-san, you sure have weird ideas. But it's not yet enough to rival Kishimoto-san's and Kubo-san's wild imaginations. You'd have to make even weirder things Amano-san, if you want to be included in the I-Have-A-Weird-Imagination-Yes-I-Do Club. Which is headed by the creator of Moyashimon, btw.

Oh, and have I exclaimed just how amazing Jill's bat thing is? No? Well let me exclaim it now... OMG, JILL HAS SUCH AN AMAZING BAT THING FUCK HOW THE HELL IS GOKUDERA BEL GOING TO TOP THAT AMF.

Sorry. The amount of Storm Flames is ruining my cognitive abilities. And the fact that I miss TYL!Gokudera's hot ass is not helping.

Oh dear, Fran and Bel are dead... Or are they really? AND FUCK YES, IT'S HIM. Xanxan. Err, I meant, Xanxus.

Sidenote: Bel and Jill have the same freaky laugh. Shishishi... -sweatdrop-