I'm ALIIIIIIIVE!!!!

XD

Yes, so after more than two months of inactivity, I'm back! Actually, I got busy and then got sick and then got busy again in the whole span of that two months of inactivity, so I wasn't even able to update once a week. So sorry.. ;;;

But I haven't been slacking off fandom-wise, of course! In the span of my absence, I've already watched the latest Naruto Movie, Kizuna. And ftw, there is cowboy Sasuke there, people. COWBOY. O.O

Aside from cowboy Sasuke, Naruto gains another fangirl. XD  Good for Naruto, right? Since things aren't looking too good for him in the manga... 

And from Bleach! Well, I haven't seen the latest movie yet (is it out already?), but I'll be posting something about that when I do.

Eyeshield 21 has ended! The last chapter was 333, a good number to stop. It was.. well, unlike most shounen types, it doesn't make you cry in that I'm-inspired-and-I'm-manly-but-this-youthful-ending-just-makes-me-cry way... I actually found the ending very funny, as I did with the entire series. Good work, ES21! We'll really miss you! If it weren't for this manga, I would have never ventured into the Reborn fandom or Gintama.

Speaking of Reborn, there has been a lot of developments! Crazy developments, whoa. Tsuna's and Yamamoto's box animals have been revealed, and they're already fighting with the REAL Six Wreaths of the Millefiore. Anime-wise, starting later today, they will be featuring the Arcobaleno arc, so be sure to read and watch. Amano-sensei said that the anime version of the Arcobaleno arc will be CANON. I wonder how they're going to pull it off...

Gintama has reached 160+ episodes! WHOOO! They're already into their fourth year, so lets support Gintama and buy those pretty merchandise! We wouldn't want them to be pulled off the air mid-year, would we? Manga-wise, there has been new development regarding Yoshiwara. There's going to be another Yoshiwara-related arc, focusing on Tsukuyo this time. Of course Gin saves the day... but there will be great surprises concerning his sensei... XD

Regarding that... I think Gin is an orphan. Perhaps he never met his parents, and he has lived all his childhood like a scavenger. It would only make sense... what with that image from that chapter... >D  If you want to know what I'm talking about, head over the mangahelpers and look up the latest translations of Gintama.

FMA Brotherhood is here! Although I haven't actually seen more than just the trailers. Is it good? Can anyone tell me? But of course, I'd still probably watch it. After all, it is FMA. (And I really can't get enough of Ed XD)

I've recently bought an Elizabeth pillow! It's very comfy! I'll post pics later. :D

I'm already in third year this year. Gah. I'm a little scared of growing up.. it all seems too fast. But then, I also want to get a job already, because I want to be able to afford the things I want. Selfish reason, yes, but I want to feel a little bit more independent. If I have to crawl through shit to get to that, I would. Hardships just make the end result feel even better.

I've also recently purchased an mp5 player. What's an mp5? Well, it's the same as an mp4 player, only there's an added file type that it can play. It can play .rm and .rmvb files, so it's really great, since I almost get all of my video downloads from RealityLapse. Also, Real Media files take smaller space, so I can store more.

My phone (which turned three years old this May) gave me a big surprise just the other day. According to its manual, the maximum capacity of flash storage (memory card) it can support is only up to 2GB. But then, crazy me tried to play songs with it stored in an 8GB mem card. I think the card was 80-90% full (about 6-7GB), so it was waaaay over the cited maximum memory. I thought the phone was going to crash, but... it actually worked! It played the files without crashing - although it did take a few seconds more than usual to load the first file.

So the phone is an LG KU250. It's an old-ish model, and 8GB mem cards for phones weren't that popular when the phone first came out. It was actually already top of the line back then when it came out with 2GB mem capacity. So it was a big surprise for me when I found out that it can hold up to 8GB. I wanted to try out 16GB, but I think that would be a bit too much.

Anyway, about the mp5. Internal capacity is 4GB, but is expandable up to something.. I'm not sure. The manual said it could only be expandable up to 2GB, but I'm actually using another 8GB mem card with it. And it plays. Without crashing. Again, I want to test a 16GB, and I do think it can support a mem card with that big capacity, but I have no mroe money to buy a 16GB mem card. It costs a lot. ;A;

On to other news, D. Gray Man is on hiatus again! Last time it was because of Hoshino-sensei's health... this time around, s/he (is Hoshino-sensei a guy? Sorry;;;) is being sued for copying some other sensei's work! The other party involved is none other than Death Note's Obata. (Or Ohba. I'm not sure if it's the artist or the writer... sorry..) So DGM fans, we're going to have to wait again to find out what happens to Allen and his inner Noah... ;;; 

I really hope it doesn't get discontinued.

Anyway, moving on! I've picked up to relatively new series! First one is 07_ghost; both anime and manga versions are available online. Onemanga and RealityLapse, please. Dattebayo Subs is doing the anime, kudos!

It's somewhat complicated, and I'm afraid I won't do it justice if I tried to explain the plot. But it's about this kid, Teito Klein, a boy who has no memories of his past and is a member of the Army. But after a certain incident, he recovers some of his memories - realizing that one of the army bosses killed someone important to him when he was still a child. He leaves the army and ends up hiding in the church, still trying to rediscover all of his past. While there, he stumbles upon a great secret concerning a thousand year old legend of evil death gods and fallen angels... and further on, he finds out that he was involved in a war of empires in the past, and that his existence could very well incite another war that would threaten to destroy the entire world.

Well.. it's not exactly that. I left a lot of details out because I didn't want to spoil anything. Anime version has already more than 10 episodes out. Manga version has up to chapter 38. Try it out, it's quite fun. Although the art is shoujo, the plot somewhat shoujo, the seiyuu are very kyaaah-worthy. We have Suwabe-san voicing one of the major characters here... and I think the one voicing Teito is Wolfram's seiyuu?

Second series is Bloody Monday, which I just picked up exactly 12 hours ago. :D  It's about Fujimura Takagi, a middle schooler (but then it says in another site that he's in high school, I don't know which is official) who is the son of a secret agent. He seems like a normal kid, but what everyone doesn't know is that he's a super genius when it comes to computers - he's actually a famous hacker called "Falcon" who exposes the crimes of illusive criminals by hacking into their computers and plundering their secrets. >D

What happens is that he and his father encounter an organized crime organization bigger than what they can handle... and they don't even know that two years prior, they were already being incorporated as major players in a cleverly planned mass massacre.

I forgot how I ended up with this one... I think I was browsing something.. looking for something Gintama related when I stumbled upon this.. AH! Right, I remember now! There was an update regarding the latest best selling manga poll. Of course the BIG3 are on top (Naruto, One Piece and Bleach), followed by a manga I couldn't be bothered to read up on, then I think it was Reborn already..? Or was it Gintama, I'm not sure, but I specifically remember Bloody Monday being listed in the top ten. It got me curious, as there were only three titles in the top ten that I wasn't familiar with. So I checked them all out, one was as I've already mentioned before, not worth mentioning (SHOUJO). Two was.. well, it wasn't enticing enough for me. But the third got me hooked even just with the summary. 

So I looked it up and found that there was a manga version up in Onemanga. I've been reading it since last night, and WHOA. XDDDD GREAT!

I find it interesting that although the protagonist is a genius, he's also naive. Or stupid. Too trusting! -shakes head-  It's probably one of the characteristics I like most about him. He's got the brains, yes, but he acts like a real kid. XD

Of course, there are slashy characters. There's his guy best friend, the only person other than his dad to know that he's the famous hacker. But then, there's also a tsundere-like girl character who likes him and is also his childhood friend. And of course, he has a sister who has a crush on his best friend (and vice versa, I think), so my yaoi dreams have already been crushed to death even before they had a chance to start. Anyway, I don't think there'd be time for any lovey-dovey coupley stuff with this one, since the pace is fast. That, and you'd really get distracted by the boobs. ;;;

Man-target manga? Definitely. For girls? Only those who like things like I do. The suspense-action-scifi-thriller-bloody-gore parts make up for the lack of yaoi. >D  It may sound surprising, but I do like a lot of things outside yaoi. I just prefer it over everything else. >D

Other other other news: I met up with a new friend over the summer. It was one of those rare days that I didn't have much to do, and I wasn't sick. We met up in Greenbelt and had lunch somewhere near SM. She's also a KHR fan, and a yaoi one at that. She was the one who introduced 07_ghost to me, and I'd really want to thank her. XD  Also, I pair her with Dino from Reborn, just because I like teasing her. Chumee! -waves- HEEEEEY! XD  Not that you're going to read this, but... :D

Also, a friend of mine has shifted from OrCom to Community Nutrition in UP Diliman. I was sad for a while because she was a dear friend, and I would have wanted her to stay. But she wants to fulfill her dreams, and shifting is the way to go. I hope she's doing well there. Friend, good luck and good bye. We'll see each other again, for sure. 

Classes! I have a weird schedule, but I brought it upon myself. I have classes on Saturdays! Gah. I hope this doesn't mean I'd be slacking off with the updates again. I'll try to be more diligent with this. YOSH.

Since it's already time for me to go (I have classes to get to, and I still haven't prepared for class), I'll end it here for now. I'll be doing another post later tonight when Naruto and Bleach (and hopefully Reborn) comes out. I'll also post updates about Nora: The Last Chronicle of Devildom and Vassalord. And if I can, something about FMA Brotherhood as well. 

Ah, and of course, The New Prince of Tennis!

Till later tonight, ciaossu!

Wow. I'm still alive. I thought by now I'd have already killed myself. Having a long vacation seriously isn't good for me. I get all broody. All these suicidal thoughts pop into my head... it's a real wonder why I'm still not dead.

Anyway, it's a good thing there are some updates for this week, huh? Rather, they came out a week ago, but I was too busy hiding the knives and other pointy things from myself. I wouldn't put it past me to use a needle to attempt suicide, especially when I'm in one of those moods. Angry. Full of angst. Suicidal. Like the one I'm in now.

I don't really know why I get this way. There's no logical source for all the negative feelings. I remember the first time I've ever felt something like this... it was when I was listening to this really preppy-happy crack-ish song. In the middle of it I suddenly felt the urge to kill myself. Weird. I decided then to keep still and not reach for the scissors just a foot away from me.

ANYWAY, before I decide to kill myself with electrical wires, I'll get over the updates...


Bleach: Chapter 340

Focus now goes back to Ichigo's side in Hueco Mundo. We see Renji, Chad and Rukia trying to beat the crap out of some mean hollow-arancar things. Ichigo is, of course, battling with the ever poker-faced Ulquiorra. They some really stupid shit that doesn't even amount to a paragraph. Yay for plot movement. NOT.

So the series disappoints me again, for the nth time around. I don't even know why I keep hoping that some weird miracle happens, and we'll be treated to some super-special-golden-edition-secret-chapter-which-reveals-at-least-enough-plot-to-keep-the-fans-interested. Of course, I should already learn. Really. It's not going to happen.



Naruto: Chapter 430 (Too lazy to link the ddl, so let's just go to the online reading shit. :D)

Sage!Naruto is so cool. As for Konoha, well... the village is really gone. And Naruto's really mad. And he's really cool. In the manga. Because the manga is black-and-white. And the sage markings are colored. So they look like shades of black. In the manga. Which makes the markings in his eyes look like eyeliner. Yay for jrocker!Naruto. XDDDD


Aaah, but Naruto's really powerful now. I wonder what SasUKE will when he sees the new [hotter] Naruto. [Maybe he'd drool?] Aaaah, you go Naruto. Beat the crap out of Pain! Show him who's [dom] boss! Beat that arrogant ass [with your kinky whip]!


[But then again, Pain's the one who looks all punk-ish. Does that mean he's seme? XD]



Katekyo Hitman Reborn: Target 223'

More of Xanxus and his kickass-ness. XD


Somehow, the suspicious deaths of Fran and Bel have been confirmed. They're alive. ... .... ..... ........ Wait, that makes the deaths not confirmed, doesn't it? But how should I put that.. It's been confirmed that their deaths aren't confirmed.. huh, what? Wait, that's completely wrong...

It's been confirmed that they faked their deaths... I guess that sums it up. Fran did the whole faking thing, of course. [Damn, and I really wanted to see the squirt fight.]

But it's still good, since his highness Lord Xanxus was forced to fight. If you can call what he did "fighting" anyway... Jeez. He was just sitting there, the lame ass. Still, he managed to kill[?] Jill/Riesel. And that freaky elephant-weilding sidekick butler of his, what was his name? Ogna-something, I don't remember. Neither do I care, really. All I know is they're dead [somewhat], and Xanxus is seriously going to be pissed if that pansy long-haired shark-of-a-commander of his doesn't get back soon with his [man]meat.


Some other stuff I've gotten my grubby little paws on:

Reborn anime:

I'm aware that the anime has reached up to 100+. Yay for them. Whatever. So I stopped watching at episode 95 --- around the training time for the Millefiore attack, just after Tsuna undergoes the hedgehog training. To keep myself from using the butterknife to carve out my intestines, I tried watching it again... and got immediately reminded why it was that I stopped watching it in the first place. Anyway, I've stopped again at episode 104. Wonder if I'll ever continues watching the other ones... :-|


Toradora!:

Fun little shoujo anime I just surprisingly stumbled upon. Yes dear reader, you read that correctly. galeaya is following a shoujo series. Kill the bastard traitor, yarrr!


Anyway, about the series. Main character is this scary-looking kid named Takasu Ryuuji. Kid's not really mean, it's just his face. He's the not-so-typical high school kid, can do all the chores perfectly and is a big of a neat freak. He gets satisfaction from getting rid of molds, for crap's sake. :-|

Anyway, he's the main character #1. #2 is this cute but brutal little girl names Aisaka Taiga, and by brutal, I mean really brutal. She's the exact opposite of Ryuuji, all cute and small and really harmless-looking, but when she starts to speak and kick, she everything but.

Plot: Taiga's best friend is Ryuuji's crush. Ryuuji's best friend is Taiga's crush. The two get together in order to set themselves up with each other's best friends. It seems a little one-sided match-making at first, since Taiga's just practically bullying Ryuuji into it... but further along, they develop this weird but comfortable friendship. Which is misunderstood by everyone as a serious relationship. Which they deny. But which they develop. Or something cheesy like that. <3

Not the usual series I'd go for, surely. But what attracted me to it was one simple thing. No, it wasn't the strong-type girl main character, nor was it the coming-together plot. It wasn't Ryuuji's personality, nor was it the way he treats Taiga. It wasn't because of some non-main character, either. Nor was it because of the light-hearted comedy. What attracted me the most... was Ryuuji's short pink boxershorts.

: D

Yay for the new manly boxershorts. -sigh- Ryuuji's ass doesn't look all that round, but the damn boxer shorts make up for it. Seriously. It's worth watching the whole series just to get a glimpse of the pink shorts in every opening sequence. Bonus if they're featured within the show. XD And of course, I watch it too for Ryuuji's obsession with mold. I like obsessive guys. Specially the stupid ones, yeah.

Anyway, enough about the mold and the pink shorts. The series is nice, and it's one of those unusual ones you'd see in my to-watch-list. Very very very light-hearted, but it has its serious moments, too. And of course, watch out for Ryuuji's mom's boobs. XD

[Sometimes I doubt my sexuality... but then I realize, it's not really that important.]


Gintama:

Finally the crunchyroll shit is working for my country. DAMN.

But then again, they've reset their episodes to the first.. wth. Anyway, to this time only four episodes are available. By four, I meant the 1-hr first episode + 3 other episodes. Good grief, how the hell is it ever going to catch up to the latest episode at this rate? D:


I started looking for Nora: The Last Chronicle of Devildom. I read about it some months ago, I think I even made a post about it. Found some manga merchandise, and I think I'd be able to handle buying it. What irks me is the shipping fee, which is more that the actual fee I'd have to pay for the goods. Which is idiotic. D:

SO I'm planning to buy it with another series, in order to avail of the free shipping. The other one I'm trying to get is a series called Switch. No idea if it's related to the Nagayama Takashi-affiliated Switch stage play, and I don't really particularly care. At any rate, Switch has about 8-9 volumes, same as Nora. All of the Switch manga are already available in English [non and preorder], but Nora so far only has four. Wonder if it would be better to just get them when the Nora series is complete...

Anyway, I'm determined to have the manga. If I ever do succeed, I promise to scan and post. Though I would be breaking the law technically.. -sweatdrop- When I do get it, I'll just say so in a post, and interested people can just PM me or something. So I know who I'll send the files to. : D


I ordered some stuff from the net again. -sweatdrop- I'm supposed to receive one silver ring, one set of silver earings, one Vongola Storm Guardian ring, one Oretachi no Joy album and one Oretachi no Yakusoku album. The silver ring and earings I got as gifts from two friends, and they're supposed to be delivered to our house. They were ordered on the 20th of December, and it takes about 2-3 weeks to make them. So that means it can arrive next week.

The Vongola Storm Guardian ring I got from someone over at LJ. She's shipping from Singapore through registered airmail, so from experience I think it's going to arrive in 2-3 weeks time as well. So it might come next week or the week after next.

The albums.. well, those are the old and new character albums, the new featuring a solo from Tsuna and both the old and new duets from my OTP. The actual release for the new one is on the 21st of January, so I might not be able to get them before the last week of January, maybe not even until the first two weeks of February.

I'm kind of excited and happy about my purchases. I like collecting things. Maybe they're the only ones keeping me sane. -deep sigh-



[Which reminds me! I promised pictures of my Gintama stuff, but I forgot. I'll post them soon.]

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-

Weekly updates! YAY!

I've been so busy with stuff. Stuff? Lots of stuff. But what stuff...? Aaah, uni related stuff, stuff that would probably bore you guys out of your minds. Anyway, I received the Gintama stuff I ordered from Animaxis. Mmhmm... or should I say I picked them up [finally!] from the post office today. Nyaaa, so many cool stuff! I took a lot of pictures, but I'm not going to post them here. :D Go visit my LJ to see them, mmkay? :D

So last week I forgot to come back and update the Eyeshield21 post. I think I labeled it incorrectly, too. It's supposed to be 308th DOWN already, but I think I wrote 307th. Galeaya is such a loser with a short attention span... -wink-


UPDATES:

Bleach: Chapter 337

SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT

Shuuhei is so fucking broken dead. FUCK.

Aaaargh, BLEACH?! What the hell is with the short and useless chapters!? It's been going on for a long while now, these short and useless chapters. Come on! This is so unfair, the fans want more substantial releases! I mean, sure, Yama-jii finally gets off his pretty wrinkled ass and fights, but can we really call that an improvement in itself? That's just.. just.. AAAARRRGH.

This would totally only take about 5 minutes in the manga. Seriously. -sigh- I want more Bleach!


This week we find out that Kira used to be in the 4th Division. Which is nothing surprising, really. It seemed like something natural to me, actually. And Shuuhei! Such an idiot! Did you really think that you could win by yourself?! Fuck. Ugh. You're so dead, boy. I just know it. So broken and dead. What would Kinsei say when he sees you?!

And where the hell are the Vaizards?! I thought the were going to help in the fight? D< href="http://www.narutocentral.com/?p=media/manga_chapters">@ NarutoCentral | @ NarutoChuushin

Last [last] week I was left thinking about how Naruto could do the sage thing perfectly. I was stumped, of course, but after rewatching some old[er] Naruto Shippuden episodes, I was left with a weird thought. What if he used Kage Bunshin? I wasn't sure how that would help, but he only needed to have someone else be the lookout, right? Since the sage thing demands a lot of his concentration, he'd have to merge with the frog [with the frog becoming his "senses"]. With the Kage Bunshin I wasn't sure how it'll work, but I thought Naruto would definitely work something out...

This week.. Well. :D


Aaaah, shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. SHIT. It seems like Tsunade's going to joining you not too long from now, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Kakashi. Fuck.

Team Gai, hurry home! Konoha NEEDS HELP.


Naruto Shippuden: Episode 85

Still the Hidan-Kakuzu battle. :D


Katekyo Hitman Reborn: Target 221

Not here yet. :D


Eyeshield21: 308th DOWN!

Not here yet either.


Gintama: Episodes 88-90 by Rumbel-Subs

OMG, YAY. THREE RELEASES. :D


Vassalord: @ Anime-Eden: 1A-1B-2A-2b | @ Mangafox: 1-10

I'm not really into the Vampire-Gothic-Church thing, but I just couldn't stay away from this series. Hanami [scanlator] was right in saying that it's almost yaoi. Almost. But, fuck, it's as good as. Really. XD

The series is about a priest who is a vampire hunter, all the while being a vampire himself. He calls the person who turned him Master, and he.. feeds on Master's blood in order not to further commit sin against God. Basically, one of the "antagonists" is some sort of Incubus with an unhealthy obssession with Master. And of course, some secret organization with all its mysteries and the conspiracies with the police, etc. You have this sort of mysterious and exciting aura going on, with all the right amountss of humor and [boy] smex. What more could you ask for?

This is not really a good summary, but it's a start. The fandom is fairly small, I think. Want to become a fan? Go ahead and click on the links. You'd probably like this if you liked Trinity Blood [a lot of key similarities, I tell you... like how the protagonist kind of reminds people of Tres.. :D], Blood+ and Full Metal Alchemist [to some extent.. :D]

I can't really say if the plot will be good, seeing as there's only been 9 chapters scanlated as of 12-2008. However, with the few chapters available, I can already say that this series CAN be a big hit, provided some big shot magazine decides to produce it weekly or monthly. [Currently, it's production is very irregular because of the minimal audience response/demand.]

Let's support the fandom, guyz! Try it out and see if you like it! :D

Updates:

Kuroshitsuji: Episode 8 - His Butler, Training Animals @BleachExile

Did I get the title right? Oh, I hope I did. I have a very short attention span, see...

Anyway, I've been meaning to post something about this for weeks. I just couldn't get around to doing so... but here it is! I've been following this even before the anime release. Translated, Kuroshitsuji means The Black Butler, and it's about this one demon of a butler serving Her Majesty The Queen of England's cute Guard Dog. :D

Anyway, it's a fairly young series. The translated manga had only reached up to the 18th chapter, I think. And the latest subbed episode is the one posted above. Shinsen-Subs is doing it, which is good. They're fast and reliable. BleachExile is hosting direct downloads, but to get to them you'd have to be a member. It's for free, so no worries.

I didn't download, though. I watch it through Crunchyroll [or Veoh, whichever I find first].


Naruto: Chapter 426 @ NarutoChuushin

Naruto, don't give up!

It seems like I was wrong with my predictions! XD Filler-ish chapter this week, but we do see some progress [really?]... Ebisu is facing Pain to protect Konohamaru, but what does Konohamaru do? Oh dear, oh dear.. Naruto, the village really needs you back..

Main focus of this chapter, I think, was to illustrate how the adult ninjas have started to think of Naruto more as a ninja and less as the jinchuuriki. It warms me to see that, really, but I wasn't quite expecting it yet. I was thinking it would go nice in the latter chapters when we finally see the ending or something...

Anyway, what I was really looking forward to was Kakashi's "bonding time" with White Fang. :D Ah, well.. I guess we'll all just have to wait for it. Hopefully it comes soon. [Assuming that the Ino segment doesn't go right after the Ebisu one.. Oh wait, I'm forgetting about Ibiki! Damn.]


Bleach: Chapter 336 @ Bleach7

This week's chapter is entitled El Verdugo... [Spanish, meaning The Tyrant or The Executioner.. something like that, yeah.. :D]

I'M SO FRIGGIN HAPPY FOR NO REASON.


XDDDDDDDDDDD


Actually, I should be mad or annoyed. This week's chapter has some anti-feminist themes to it, pertaining to how Matsumoto and Hinamori are portrayed as just too weak to fight the super powerful Arancar. But then again, Hinamori's really weak, and Matsumoto's boobs got in the way, I think..

XDDDDD

Seriously though, it kind of seems like there's this notion that since they are both women, they should be beatne up like hell and be thrown to sidelines while letting the male characters do their parts [still, Kira and Shuuhei are back, so I'm not really all that upset]... But then, come to think of it, the opponents are women --- girl power after all? Ahahahahah, I'm not sure. I just hope that the Shinigami-tachi do win.



Lost and Found: LOST ISHIDA. PLEASE RETURN HIM TO GALEAYA WHEN FOUND. THANKS.


Eyeshield21: 307th DOWN!



Katekyou Hitman Reborn: Target 220 by INPMangaz

More Squalo! XDDDDDD


Actually, I had already written something about this - and in fact, I've already posted it. Or so I thought. I came back a few hours later just to find out that my damn draft wasn't posted successfully! Argh.. And it was a pretty lengthy post, too..

Anyway, a recap for this week's release: Focus shifts from Tsuna-Irie to the Varia ---- and OMG, it has been confirmed that XANXUS IS FIGHTING ALONG WITH HIS SUBORDINATES FUCKFUCKFUCK

AHEM.


KYYYYAAAAAAAAHHH!!! I can't wait to see Xanxus in action! But of course, we'd have to first witness Squalo beat the hell out of his opponents~ :D Aaaaaahhhnnn, Squalo~ We just got more proof of your sharky-ness~ Squalo has the same ring type as Yamamoto, right? Somehow the rain attribute doesn't seem to fit him, though... I keep thinking of Squalo as a storm type. :D

Why oh why couldn't Yamamoto get a cool box animal as Squalo..? Why? XD




I just wanted to repeat that D.Gray-Man is in hiatus. The mangaka has fallen sick, so he/she [I DON'T KNOW THE MANGAKA, FUCK.] will be taking a break from making manga. No one's sure when the series will be continued, if ever.

Some Gintama related stuff: I found some raws for Episode 134... Of course, it's Gintama, that's why I'm posting about it. But there's something really special about this episode... What's so special about it? >D We hear Gin-chan singing. YES, you heard [read?] it right, GIN-CHAN SINGING. :D

Omg, the end has come.



Again, I want to repeat that I've already written something, but somehow it didn't get posted. Damn. Annoying. Piece. Of. Fecal. Matter. Gr.

Anyway, what I typed before was basically about Dattebayo dropping Naruto and Rumbel-Subs dropping Soul Eater, Katekyoushi Hitman Reborn and D.Gray-Man. First, let's talk about DB.

So Viz Media, TV Tokyo and Crunchyroll have decided to gang up on us and release their brand of English-subbed online streams of some anime [which includes Naruto and Gintama. :D]. The deal is, you have to pay a subscription fee to get the streams asap, else you'll have to wait a week after the first release to see the free streams.

While this is cretainly great [I mean, not only will it be free, it will certainly be legal in all aspects], a lot of fans have become very wary of the quality of the releases. From what I've heard [which is totally unreliable and has not been counterchecked at all], they're planning on having the paid releases up only a day after the actual release in Japan --- which is extremely fast, considering that releasing subs is a very tasking job to do. [The free releases will be available a week or so after the paid releases, but at least they're free. :D] One just has to wonder what kind of releases this fast production will give us, and one just can't shake off the fear that the releases would be crappy as hell.

But then again, if they are just planning to release soft subs, I guessa a day would suffice [especially since these are BIG companies and not unpaid, small subbing groups]. No worries, too, for people not living in the US since it's supposed to be a worldwide thing. :D

Dattebayo, subber of Naruto [and other anime which are not really of our concern right now], has decided to drop Naruto from their active projects because of the deal I described above. A lot of fans are reacting [try outraged], but I don't really see the point. Personally, I'd prefer the LEGAL subs since it's all LEGAL, and the group has certainly made its decision. Yes, there have been [a lot of times] before when DB announced that they would be dropping Naruto [aaah, the fun times.. DB screwing with our heads.. :D], but it's serious this time, I think [unless they're planning on making an underground channel of some sort]. Fans should just shut up and deal, really. We wouldn't be able to do anything about it, anyway, seeing as the group has already set their minds to it. We can't force them not to. End of story.

And besides, there would still be free subs. Just a little late, but still there. Although I'd prefer the DB releases because of the quality, but then again, we haven't really seen the quality of the crunchyroll releases, so we can't really give judgements right away.


On the other hand, Rumbel-Subs has received three Cease and Desist letters from FUNimation for the subbed releases of the following anime: Soul Eater, Katekyoushi Hitman Reborn and D.Gray-Man. Of the three, D.Gray-Man seems to be least of the fans' concerns, seeing as the series had stopped airing a while back [I posted something about it before, go check it out through the right side bar]. While I personally don't really care about Soul Eater [I don't watch it, sue me], I find it a little funny and annoying that a lot of people are saying that dropping these three projects was for the best --- because there'd be more time to work on the Gintama releases. Funny because I agree. Annoying because it kind of ruins the image of Gintama fans - it makes us seem too uncaring for the fans of other series.

While it's true that I couldn't care less about SE and KHR [the anime version, anyway], I don't think people should rejoice because they got dropped. Not only is it mean and inconsiderate, it's downright scary. Ever heard of [bad] KARMA, people? Gintama just might get dropped because of this. Divine Retribution doesn't spare anyone.

Which brings me to this: If Rumbel-Subs didn't think twice before dropping their projects because of the legalities [FIGURATIVELY. I'm not saying they didn't try to find a way around it], then isn't it logical that they'd also drop Gintama if and when Viz Media asks them to? Remember that Gintama's included in the list of anime in the Crunchyroll ordeal [Or it's supposed to. I remember reading it somewhere, but I've forgotten exactly where]. Does that mean that Rumbel would drop EVEN Gintama? D:

It's possible. Or not. I don't really know. I wish they wouldn't. I don't think any other subber could make such fitting subs as they could, considering that Gintama is full of cultural jargons. Naruto's actually easier to sub, I think, since it's an AU world where the references are mostly made up just for that universe. Gintama's set in an AU world, too, but the references have to be researched and explained in order for foreign fans to understand them. I hope the new subbers would realize that and use that knowledge to their advantage. Gintama just CAN'T be funny if the audience doesn't understand the "inside" jokes.

Updates:

Sorry! I just got home [it's 1:29 AM here].. really bad traffic. Came from this really popular annual anime convention, but I didn't really have that much fun. It felt like the previous con was waaaaay better than this one. But I guess I was still happy, nevertheless - all thanks to the people I was with. :D Thanks, guys.. :D

Naruto: Chapter 425

Kishimoto just keeps getting better and better [and better and better and better.. XD]

So now we've got three tentative paths to the story: one, Kakashi + White Fang's discussion [ahemFATHER-SONBONDINGSESSIONINTHEAFTERLIFEahem], Konoha's destruction [aka Ibiki finally showing us his legendary ninja skills lulz] and Naruto's training [more froggy-vs-kyuubi, anyone?]..


While it's good that Kishimoto-sensei's starting to tie up the loose ends, like in Kakashi's case, it's getting really confusing now that everything's just so muddled up. On one chapter the focus is on Kakashi, but then the next chapter would be focusing on a totally different matter - and while it's good that everyone's getting screen time and a lot of plot has been covered, it's really frustrating for things to get cut up to pieces and have fans wait for the next installment only to receive said installment after a looooooooong period of waiting.

And let's not forget that Sasuke, Killer Bee and the remaining Akatsuki [Tobi + Kisame + Conan + plant guy whose name always escapes me. damnit.] ARE STILL ALIVE.

But then again, maybe Kishimoto-sensei has a plan? I sure do hope so, since this chop-chop thing is turning out like the bleach dillemna I've been complaining for weeks now.


Naruto Shippuden: Episode 85

No episode next week, guys. Thanksgiving in their country. XD

Next next week will give us a double episode, though, so watch out for it. :D


I just realized that I haven't watched episodes 83 and 84. I'm pretty sure they cover the whole of the Hidan-Kakuzu battel with Shika + co [not the Asuma-gets-killed battle, this is the 2nd confrontation where Konoha actually wins. :D].. This week's release is still included in that, I think.

I think the link is an LQ release/reupload, but right now, I'm too lazy to bother looking up some other mirror. Maybe if anyone asks, I'll try to find better releases.. :D


Bleach: Chapter 334

I'm not going to harp on Bleach this week since we [yaoi] fangirls get to see some fanservice. :D

Seriously though, can anyone get any more cannon in the Bleach fandom than Kyoraku and Ukitake? I mean, come on. Seriously. XDDDD

Some more Matsumoto-Hinamori crap fest. Ahaha. Ahahahaha. Ahahahahahaha.

Going back to Kyoraku though... he's really scary. I've only seen some instances of his "scary" face before, but so far, the one in this chapter is the scariest yet [page 6]. He was scary when he and Ukitake were fighting Yamamoto-taichou, he was scary when he was fighting in Diamond Dust Rebellion [with Hakkai-Zura. Did anyone else notice that they all share the same seiyuu? XD], he was scary just this chapter, in page 6 [repeat repeat repeat]. I wonder what's in store for Kyoraku.. XD

And Ukitake-taichou.. has a loli-fetish? [Oh noes!]


Katekyo Hitman Reborn: Target 219 | Here too

I looooove the expression in Gokudera's and Chrome's faces on page 2. XDDDD


And the small Spanner pane in page 9!!!! GUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! Spanner, so unloved in this chapter!

AND THE TWO-PAGE SPREAD. 16-17. SQUA-SQUA-SQUA-SQUA-SQUA-

SQUALOOOOOOOOOO!!!! KYAAAAAAAH!!! [VOOOOOOOOOOOOOOIII!!!!]


So Irie kind of explains all the things in this chapter. But one thing just struck me as very odd... why didn't Gokudera, the RIGHT HAND MAN, know of the plan? Tsuna didn't trust him to keep it secret? I doubt that, but maybe he thought Gokudera wouldn't allow such dangerous actions... but then again, just a word from Tsuna will have Gokudera bowing at his feet and doing all that he wishes...

And what about TYL!Ryohei? He seemed like he knew what was going on, too.. Did he really know? D:

I really want to believe Irie. I've always wanted him to be on Tsuna's side [and Spanner too, but that's an entirely different manner], and it helps that TYL!Hibari knows he's not an enemy. That's got to count for something, right?

I wonder what the hell they were thinking when they devised such a risky plan...

[And will Dino be fighting in the Italy main force thing as well? I WANT TO SEE HIS HAIR!]

AND XANXUS! XANXUS IS THERE, ISN'T HE?! MY SCAR-FACED XANXAN. GARGH.



Eyeshield21: 307th DOWN!

Gaou looks absolutely cool and human in page 11. 8D

And I'd like to say Hiruma borrowed Kaiba's jet [page 13]. XDDDD


I have a question... is Kid already ok? I mean, if he's going to be in the team, he has to have already healed. Has he? I'm not entirely sure, but I think he hasn't [referring to the victory picture of Deimon where Kid can be seen standing in the background with a sling] completely recovered from Gaou's attack.

So Sena and Monta go around asking players from other teams to join in. Agon's bit in the first pages had me giggling a little - wth, AgonGaou moments? EWWW.

And Hiruma has a secret doll fetish. I just know it. [That, or he has some weird voodoo thing going on. Damn.]


EDIT: OMG, PANTHER IS SO FRIGGIN HOT. HOT. HOT. HOT. [And it doesn't help that Kujirai's his seiyuu. Damn it, ES21 should continue the anime! I want to see more PANTHER. XD]


On a lighter note, NarutoChuushin has changed its layout! Yay! :D

Aaah, sorry. Just so tired from the stupid con. Damn, I wasted money going there. Not worth my time, really. Probably the only thing worth seeing there was the Gintama plush doll [and even then, it sucked. Big time.] on sale. Ahaha, but it didn't even look like Gintoki. So never mind. (-_____-)

Some UPDATES:

Gintama Chapters 50-67 has been translated + scanlated! OMG.

Get them at Maximum7 while they're still hot! There was a comm in livejournal that was going to do it too, but they've only done up to the 51st, I think... Anyway, I can personally vouch for Maximum7's scanlations. They're the sister group [are they even really sister groups? Aren't they just the same people?] of Bleach7, the ones I get updates from every weekend. : D


On to other news: D.Gray-Man Manga has been put on hiatus.

Sad news. But true. The mangaka has been suffering from a sickness [I'm not sure what it is, really], so the manga will be put on hold for a while. I'm willing to bet that it'll be a looooooong while, too. Damn, and the manga was just getting to the good parts. D:


Anyone here familiar with the series Twilight? Aaaah, Twilight. Another example of mainstreaming. What a joke.

I don't usually do mainstream --- as is obvioulsy exemplified by my anime/manga preference. Not obvious enough for you? Let me spell it out then: I, more often than not, do not follow mainstream anime. Examples of anime which [I think] belong to the mainstream category: Gundam Seed [+Destiny], Vampire Knight, Naruto, Bleach, Yugioh, Beyblade, Prince of Tennis among others...

Anyway, as I was saying, I usually don't do mainstream. If I ever do mainstream, it can only mean two things: ONE, I've been following the series even before it became the "IT" thing, and TWO, the series is really just that good.

So going back to the series I'm currently following, I think I just need to explain myself somehow. Of course, Gintama and Eyeshield21 are obviously not mainstream anime. Gintama for obvious reasons, Eyeshield21 because of the not-so-bishounen types of characters.

Naruto and Bleach - well, I've been with the Bleach fandom even before its [international] "boom"... which was what? Two, three.. four years ago? Naruto falls under the it's-really-just-that-good category.

D.Gray-Man... I'm not sure. Is it mainstream? Either way, I think it best fits the it's-really-just-that-good category, too. Prince of Tennis.. ahahah. Prince of Tennis is like something you don't really want to spend your time on but end up doing so anyway. It's just that hypnotic, I think. [Plus, we're talking about playing with balls here. Heheh.]

Wait, I haven't been able to define what mainstream is, have I? Mainstreaming.. it means that people only follow a series because it's the popular, "IT-IN" thing...

So Seed, VK, those other IT-IN animes/mangas.. they're all mainstream. And I really don't get why people need to watch the in thing, have the in thing, be the in thing in order for them to be cool. I watch Gintama, and I think it's cool. I read P2 - Let's Play Ping Pong manga, and even though it's really dorky and quirky, I still think it's cool enough. I don't think people have to always be "IN" in order for them to be cool. I think cool people are the ones who are different, actually. Crowding is such an uncool, cowardly thing to do.

[I just remembered that I forgot to mention Katekyo Hitman Reborn. :D Again, I've been with the fandom even before the so-called international "boom" of it.]

So going back to the Twilight series... what's so great about it? Ahahah, I bet my smelly, moldy, hole-y old socks that more than 50% of all the fans of that series are only there because Twilight is the "IN" thing nowadays. Bigger than Harry Potter, even.

I don't want to argue about the content of Twilight, or if it really deserves the fame it's been getting. I haven't read the whole series, just some exerpts - and nope, sorry, I'm not idiotic enough to wage war on the rabid twilight eddiekins fangirls over some few passages of the shit that I have indeed read. [And let me tell you, those few passages could make even Shakespeare cry and tear his eyeballs out. Seriously.]

What I'm trying to say here is that mainstreaming is a really annoying phenomenon. Not only is it so annoyingly mindless, it's also very pathetic. People should just find fandoms they really do like and stick with those - and stop fandom hopping just because some friend told them that this certain fandom is better because everyone else thinks it's better. People should learn to think for themselves, choose for themselves. People should stop from letting the masses dictate them on everything - on the clothes they wear, the food they eat, the books they read, the shows they watch, the music they listen to.

I'm not really making much sense, as usual. I'm just rambling a lot, I guess. But I really feel strongly disappointed when I see people I consider friends just bowing to the mainstream gods and goddesses. Why let the wave take you when you can fight back and create a wave of your own? Celebrate your individuality! This mainstreaming... it's ruining our sense of uniqueness! I'm not saying that we shouldn't follow the maintream variety - there really are some very good maintream things - but that we should NOT follow a fandom because of it's popularity. There are other things out there which aren't really popular, but we may find them more to our liking than the "POPULAR" telenobela [soap opera], or the "IN" fashion, or the "HOT" music.


I want to rant some more, but I have to go wash some 100-year-old dishes first... (-______-)


Aaaah, my ranting was cut short. D:

updates later. I'm too pissed off to do anything. grabe, ang galing. nakakainis talaga. grabe. haaaaay. leche. parang wala lang talaga. ewan. bahala na nga. naiinis ako. wala na lang kayang updates ngaung linggo?

waaaaah, nakakainis. hahah.

nakakainis silang lahat.


1-night-late UPDATES:

Bleach: Chapter 332 @Bleach7

"I've always wanted a cool, handsome nose like this..."


----> total silence inside my brain. I don't even know how to react to this new level of [low, untimely] humor.


KUBO-SENSEI! DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE PLEASE! AND BY SOMETHING, I MEAN A PRODUCTIVE CHAPTER, PLEASE!

So we wee Soi Fon get beat around a lot by Miss-Arancar-whose-name-escapes-me. Big deal. We already got to see a lot of character bashings [not that kind, dearies, I'm talking about Ulquiorra killing Ichigo, Ichigo fighting Grimmjow, Nnoitora bashing Ichigo's head, Nel interferring, Nnoitora bashing Nel, Kenpachi stealing the spotlight, Ishida going MIA... sigh...] already in the past chapters. Can we please see some plot development here?

I really like Bleach. I thought it had a good premise when it first started, but the fight scenes started to drag. Not unlike Yu Yu Hakusho, but that's another matter. Well, maybe it's not such a different matter...

But going back to Bleach. Soi Fon reveals her "plan" at the end of the chapter. (-______-) But we'll have to wait another week to actually know what the heck it is. (-__________-)



Naruto: Chapter 423 @NarutoCentral | @NarutoChuushin

NARUTO LECHE WAG KANG HUMILATA DIAN

(Naruto, fuck, don't just sit there!)

Oh dear, is this true!? Has [one of] my worst dreams finally come true?! Is he dead?! Is Kakashi dead?! IS HE?!

---> spazz

OH COME ON! HE CAN'T DIE! HE CAN'T! If he dies, then the show would be in serious lack of silver-haired bishounen [and Ginchan just might have to come over and kick PAIN/PEIN's ASS!!!11oneoneo1!1 XD]

sidenote: is it Pain or is it Pein? O.o


Anyway, this week we witness more of the Pain-Konoha battle-war-thing. Well, it's not really so much of a war or a battle, it's more of a massacre. Poor Konoha... Wonder what the old granny's going to do? Bash Pain's head in with her ginormous boobies, I guess.. :D [btw, that was a Jiraiya comment right there]

NEXT CHAPTER will clear up all the speculations about Kakashi "death". Don't take the use of quotation marks as a clue or something. I don't know myself whether Kakashi will live or die. Or maybe Iruka would suddenly appear out of nowhere and go Super Saiyan on Pain. Heh. That would be a blast.


----> doesn't realize that she's actually confirming Iruka's monkey-ness



Naruto Shippuden: Episode 82 @RealityLapse



Eyeshield21: 304th DOWN! @ryColaa

SHIIIIIIIIIIIT, MUSASHI!!!! (@O@)


I... I'm...



Hahah, I'm a bit speechless. I knew it was coming, I guess, but seeing it actually happen... I mean, wow. Just WOW. The ending to this was far better than the end of Prince of Tennis, all the emotions running high and stuff like that. I actually think that Eyeshield21 is a more entertaining anime than Prince of Tennis - PoT just beats ES because of the bishie count [I mean, come on! More than half the entire population of the PoT fangirls watch the show to oogle some pretty boy character and go "kyaaaaah!" at him]. The ES boys aren't really all that bishie material [and it's just a bit later in the show that the main character actually becomes more aesthetically pleasing :D] - GREATEST EXAMPLE = GAOU XD

My point is that Eyeshield21 is really a great series [I wanted to say manga, but the anime has it's points], and it shouldn't be shunned or avoided just because of the lack of bishounen-like characters [and hey, the guys here actually crossdress. XD]. Fans should give it a chance - those fans who were put off by the anime, try reading the manga. There's a lot of difference, I think, between reading the series and watching it.

Page 15 really broke my heart. D: Sena, come on... Don't cry... there's still next year, dearie.. D:

The last page had me laughing a lot, though... Was Hiruma... really thrown... into the air..? O.O I find it hard to believe. O.O


Next chapter marks the end, I think... Will we see the face of Hiruma's dad in the next chapter? Awww, I really really really wanted to see his face!


----> can't wait for the next chapter



Katekyo Hitman Reborn: Target 215

D. Gray-Man: Chapter 177 @ DGrayManAnime

Why is everyone dieing? D:


[did I spell that right?]



Why?

Why?

Why?



He wasn't supposed to die! Not yet! Goddamnit, I haven't even seen him in a more yaoi-compromising position with Allen! DAMNIT!


OMG is he really dead? D:



Gintama: Episodes 84-87 @Rumbel-Subs | @RealityLapse

I've been slacking. Again. This time regarding the Gintama manga. I haven't been following it lately... what a sad sad sad sad sad sad fan I am...

Anyway, this week we have newly-[Rumbel]subbed Gintama episodes! I was kind of wondering what happened to Rumbel.. their last Gintama release was more than three weeks ago... But then they came back with FOUR episodes, 84-87 --- covering the "Hard-Boiled" semi-arc and the Mitsuba arc. :D

HAAAAPPPPPPYYY~~~~~~

I was really in a bad mood just a while ago, because of some stupid thing I wasn't expecting to happen. Oh well, goes to show you how well you can depend on your friends sometimes. Not to say that all my friends are stupid and unreliable... it's just that sometimes, they tend to forget some [important] details... But as I said earlier, oh well, too bad for me that my friends kind of forgot. :D

ANYWAY, enough of that. Gintama has already erased that painful memory, so let's all just leave it at that. This week's release gives us more Sougo action! YAY! And more Ginchan [duh]... and what's this? FIREFOX AND CAT'S EYE? XDDDD




Hey, I kind of liked the hard-boiled theme... XD

I've been slacking again. Sorry for that.

Well, actually, I've been busy this past few days. Had to attend a seminar/symposium last Saturday, got home very late. Then I overslept and ended waking up at 4PM the next day - which left me no time to update this blog since I had to get to the debut party by 4PM to have the rehearsal for the hosts.

If you noticed, I didn't make the practice. I arrived there at 6:30PM, and half of the guests had already arrived. No time for a practice or even a run down of the flow of the show. Had to wing it - everything - all on the spot.

I did good enough, if I do say so myself. XD

Anyway, I don't have pics. Some of my friends have [some pictures of me], but don't expect to ever see them. They will be hidden, I assure you. No need to put the world in a state of shock [and horror] by seeing my face with make up.

And so, after that lengthy rant, let's proceed to the updates:


Naruto: Chapter 420


I chose to get the release from another site [other than Naruto Central]. Not that I have a problem with NC or anything.. I just wanted to provide some other host for the release so people who can't download from Naruto Central can go there instead.

So anyway, this release is brought to us by SleepyFans, hosted by NarutoChuushin. Actually, the first Naruto site I've ever really followed closely was Chuushin. But for some time they disappeared [and I actually stopped following the manga because of that]. Fortunately, I discovered that the scanlating groups [at that time] had their own websites.

Eventually, I was able to find a way to download things from Naruto Central without the download getting corrupted. But now, I think I might go back to following Chuushin. -heart-



Naruto Shippuden: Episode 78-79


Double release again this week!


Manga readers, we already know what's going to happen. Anime followers, please be prepared. It's not pretty.


Manga readers, keep it in. Keep it in until episode 80. We won't get to witness it yet.



Bleach: Chapter 329


Thanks to the always reliable Bleach7 team. Very consistent.

-applause-



Eyeshield 21: 300st DOWN!


Rycolaa named their post 301st DOWN. Please don't be confused. It's 300th DOWN.


Deimon.. Deimon.. Will they lose?

It seems inevitable that they would. I wonder Hiruma's thinking when he said that. He knows already that they can't win at all. He knows it, and yet.. yet..

Why did he say those words? Was he merely bluffing? Or does he really have something up his sleeve -


Well, I doubt it. I think he's just bluffing. For the sake of the team not losing their morale. Hiruma's really changed. D:

I want to cry. I knew from the start that Deimon would lose. I knew it. But then.. Then..

I though they could win - with their unending determination, Sena's new run, Hiruma's new-found trust...

I thought they could really win..


Deimon...

It's a been a blast being an Eyeshield21 fan. Thank you, Eyeshield21. I would have never thought of venturing into more crack-ish anime if it weren't for you influence [by crack-ish I meant Gintama. Not that Gintama is crackish. It's just plain BS. XD]



Katekyo Hitman Reborn: Chapter 213



D. Gray-Man: Chapter 175


Since the anime has ended [OMG, WHUT?! Please see the next section for the anime], I'm going to be following the manga.

Anime followers who are planning to do the same but are too lazy to start from chapter 1, you can proceed to chapter 156. That's where the anime stops.

I got so annoyed with it, really. They vut it in a very convenient place, sure, but the suspense just killed me. Oh, and the shock. I wasn't really expecting them to cut it like that. It was too abrupt, I think.

Anyway, of course this is old news. The anime ended in September.. but since I only became a fan recently, I can be excused [I think].

So someone dies in the previous chapter. Who is it, I'm not going to spoil. But it's someone very important - someone you wouldn't be expecting to die. And did he even really die in the first place? Gah, that man really irks me.. Oh, but I love him too, if not only for his hair. XD



D. Gray Man: Episode 103


Wait, WHUT? IT'S THE LAST EPISODE?! :O

I don't believe it!


The manga isn't even finished yet! What's going on?!

Ok, I asked around a bit, and I've gathered a few very different views on it. Some say that the anime really is going to end there, some say there's going to be a continuation [like a season 2.. FMA cousin? XD], some say the final production will be a movie covering the last parts of the manga [so what, we''ll be waiting for it to end first before we get to see an animated version. Well, fuck. D:]..

Argh. This is so annoying.

I hate it when they do stuff like this. Why put the "FIN" at the end if you intend to make a season 2 anyway? Why not just say, "Till the next season, everyone." Or something shitty like that. Argh. I hate being in the dark about things, I hate it especially if we're left hanging like this.

I wish they would continue the anime. It was very cool, not to mention that the series just works better with both anime and manga versions available [not unlike Gintama, but that's another story].



Gintama: Episode 82 | Episode 83

Double releases from Rumbel. I don't want to spoil anything, so just got ahead and download. But remember, this is Gintama. Beware. XD

Sorry... I'm not in a talkative mood today.. I've been feeling really sick these past few days, and when I woke up today, I couldn't even get up properly... D:


BTW, links can now be found at the right side of the page, 3rd box from the top. ^^


So for the UPDATES:



Naruto: Chapter 419

Pain has breached Konoha's defenses! What's going to happen if he finds out that Naruto isn't in the village..? Oh dear, oh dear... Konoha's in trouble.. I sense that someone's about to die. Again. Oh dear dear dear... D:


And they haven't even found the answer to Jiraiya's code!


On the other side though, Killerbee has done something incredible! Wonder what he did? XD Find out in the chapter!

I wonder if Naruto would be able to do that, too... Maybe he would be.. And I'm talking about what Killerbee did to stay alive, not what he's doing with his "demon"... Though it, too, makes me wonder... what if Naruto could do what Killerbee does with the 8-tails..? That would be both freaky and awesome.. -heart-




Bleach: Chapter 328

Komamura-taichou has indeed defeated that large Arancar thing. Great.

The real battle starts now? Oooo-kay... What the hell does that mean, for Rangiku to fight among the captains..? XD Aah, I'm rambling...

Ikkaku's alive [and Yumichika won't have to find a new husband, lulz]. The most-awaited battle between the Espada and the [remaining] Captains [plus one vice captain] has finally began! Did anyone else notice that Soi Fon's enemy kind of looks like her? Not to mention that they're of the same height as well... XD


Anyway, Ikkaku gets some bashing from Komamura's fukutaichou... whose name I've already forgotten. XD He's telling Ikkaku to not hide his power, yadda yadda yadda.. whatever, glasses-san (megane-san?). .


Oooh, again, still no word from the Hueco Mundo team... And what about the Vaizards? Still remember them? They were the ones we first saw right after the negative chapters [flashback chapters]... Will they be joining in the fight as well? Will Shuuhei see Kensei? Will Kyouraku see his former fukutaichou-whose-name-escapes-me-at-the-moment? Oh dear dear dear.. I wonder how that'd go.. XD



Katekyou Hitman Reborn: Target 212

Tsuna shows up his mad skills! And what this? Spanner has really completely gone over to the Vongola sode! YAY! He's even scheduled an inventors match against Gianini, ftw. XD aaah, don't worry, Spanner! You've got him beat name-wise, face-wise and physique-wise~ Brain-wise, I'm not so sure... You're both too retarted. XD

----> get shot by Spanner fans

Anyway, Tsuna faces someone of incredible power. I wonder if he's going to win.. Oh Tsu-kun, please be careful...

And where the hell did the guardians end up? And Hibapyon was doing so well, too...



Eyeshield21: 300th DOWN!

I wonder why rycolaa's late..



Gintama: OP 6 and ED 11

Hurray for the new OP and ED! The links provided will take you to some site's forum.. anyway, they're the TV versions, so I'll just post links to the complete versions once I find them, mmkay?

UPDATES:

Naruto: Chapter 418 @ NarutoCentral


"I'm getting stronger one step at a time. You think the perverted hermit's watching too?"

----> OMG, baby, yes! XD He must be very happy that you're getting stronger. He must be so proud. -tears-


And this week we see Naruto's utter lack for his health. He's malnourished!

----> not really the point of the chapter, but I'm just saying!


Ok, this week he finally completes the second-to-the-last part of training! Eyeliner!Naru Froggy!Naru Sage!Naru will now attempt to create a justu that matches his sage powers! Kyaaah, he looks so eager and cute... That's Naruto for you, huh? XD


But, oh dear.. Pain is already here.. Oh dear, oh dear.. Naaaaaa-chan.. Hurry.. D:


Music in play: Kimeru's You Got Game


Bleach: Chapter 327 @ Bleach7


MONSTRO! :O

Komamura-taichou is scary-awesome! :O

What a bankai! But have we seen it before? I think.. wait, I'm not so sure... Did he use it when he fought with Tousen? I've completely forgotten, graaagh..

The images of this week's release make you want to think about Kubo-sama's state of mind... I mean, what an imgination, ne? XD Still, I'm very thankful that he has that exact kind of brain because he was able to create Bleach [and of course, I'm one of those idiotic/mindless zombies who follow his every Bleach-y word. :D]


Ooooh, my player put on Odori Masenka! XD I can hear Inui.. -sigh- Tsuda-san! [Or Tsuda-senpai, as Ichinose would call him.. :D]



Eyeshield21: 299th DOWN! @ ryColaa


FINALLY! YOU DAMN FAGGOTS! KEKEKEKEKE!

Hiruma's extremely awesome, isn't he? -sigh- His and Yukimitsu's minds really do connect, don't they..?

I wonder if Deimon can win this game.. And what about Sena's 4th Dimension Run? Will it be forever sealed? How will Sena surpass Yamato? Oh dear, oh dear.. D:

I can't wait for the next chapter! Although it's nearing the end, the anime is really still going strong! I wish the anime were coninued up to this point.. D: It was a real waste cutting it right after the match with Oujou... We weren't able to see Hiruma and his prowess in the match after that [where Gaou broke his arm. D:], and of course we aren't able to see the Alexanders match.. D: Missed a lot, huh?


Well, at least there was an anime adaptation.. -sigh-

Do your best, Sena, minna!


Current track: 03-17-08 #27 Reboraji Bucchake Ring Soudatsusen Kaimaku Ichinose Birthday Special -heart-



Katekyo Hitman Reborn: Target 211


I completely forgot to update this one, orz.


I fail at being a Reborn fan. D:


Fail

Fail

Fail

Fail

Fail


...

Ok, enough for the fail part. XD


Anyway, I only remembered that I haven't updated the Reborn post yet when I saw in my Rainlendar that I haven't crossed it out yet. Silly me, getting too excited over Gintama that I've completely ignored the Reborn fandom. Gokudera-kun, please forgive me! I promise never to disregard the Reborn fandom again! I won't forget Tsuna's awesomenesseses forever, so for the love of all things Vongola and Jyuudaime, don't bomb me!

---> hides away


So about the chapter... We get to see more of Tsuna's awesomeness! And Kite!Spanner is just too cute to pass up! XD


Ooooh, and there were two distinct 1859 moments, too~ -sigh- My week is so complete.. 1859 just rocks!

Not to say that I'm leaving the 8059 fandom or anything, it's just that 1859 would be the next best thing after 8059, so yeah... and we really can't have any 8059 interaction [coughfanservicecough] for the time being since [yama spent too much energy making love to the stupid wall-mistress of his] because they're both out cold...

So we turn to 1859 [cause it would definitely work since it's Hibapon who says it personally that he still owes Gokkyun for saving his life XD]... Gah, san anyone say OTP? XD


I wonder if the next chapter would give us more 1859? Or maybe Ryohei would finally appear in the TYL world? I really hope he would... I miss Ryoppu.. D:

And it would be really awesome for Kusakabe [did I get that right?] to have one less unconscious body to carry... XD I mean, he was carrying Ryohei + Gokudera + Yamamoto + Lal + Chrome, right? So if Hibapon carries [his waifu] Gokkyun, and if TYL!Ryoppu would switch with his younger self [and maybe carry Yamamoto? Or one of the girls.. or maybe both the girls, since that would be the EXTREME thing to do.. :D] and carry someone, Kusakabe would just be carrying two people, right? Right.

---> nods along to herself


-----------> doesn't know why she's even bothering to wonder about those things.. -sweatdrop-



Please be advised that the format RealityLapse uses is .rmvb. In order to play these files, one would need a Real Media Player or the Real Alternative Player + corresponding codecs.



Gintama: Episode 81 @ RealityLapse



Naruto Shippuden: Episodes 76-77 @ RealityLapse



D. Gray-Man: Episode 102 @ RealityLapse


NOTE: I wasn't able to contain myself. I went ahead and watched the subbed episodes of Gintama in crunchyroll... But I swear I would still download the Gintama episodes released by Rumbel. Quality still takes top priority afterall.. :D

---> fails at washing her hands off the deed...OTL

UPDATES:

Naruto: Chapter 417

XD Naruto's almost done with his training! I wonder how he'd finish it up... but he has to hurry because he's the only jinchuuriki left...

And Pain's the one who's going to go after him!


---> frets like the good little Naru!fangirl that she is


Anyway, Sasuke's finally feeling the side effects of his power. I wonder what's going to happen [if and when] he faces Naruto [or any of the original Team7, for that matter]. -sigh- Sasuke, you big jerkwad. You should've just left that Karin bitch to die. Look at what you've done! The bitch is still alive, well and kicking even! YOU-SHOULD-HAVE-LISTENED-TO-JUUGO-AND-LEFT-HER-TO-BURN-DAMNIT-GAH-

---> seriously pissed at Sasuke


Anyway, yeah. So we just have to wait another chapter to see what the five kages are going to do about Akatsuki...


----> sudden random thought: Are we going to see more new characters? -sweatdrop- Give it a rest, Kishi-san! We're already drowing with the number of characters, aren't we? Why introduce these people now that the series is [seemingly] about to end? D:

--------> seriously too random. Seriously.

-----> I should stop using the word serioulsy. Serioulsy.


Oh, I forgot to KYAAAAH at Naruto's chubby!frog appearance.. XD



Bleach: Chapter 326

And to think I was complaining about Kishi-san's characters!


XD Kubo-san takes the cake. He really does, yeah? Can't help but be amazed at his imagination, though. And the languages.. XD

BTW, I think the scanaltors forgot to mention that Calderon means something like a large kettle or cauldron.. But I'm not sure if that's the intended meaning, so.. XD


Ikkaku.. D: He almost died! It's a good thing that fox thing saved his ass. XD Aside from Shunsui, that fox captain is one of those whose names I can never remember.

... which is really kind of annoying, 'cause I keep on guessing and making up names for them. XD


Speaking of Ikkaku, though... What is up with Yumichika's reaction, anyway? Wasn't he too, I don't know, too emotional? If I didn't know any better, I'd say Yumichika and Ikkaku were having a secret affair..

OF COURSE THEY ARE, STUPID GIRL


AHEM! SO! This week we still don't see the Hueco Mundo gang. No word from Aizen either. Only from the ones protecting the towers. Oh, and some itsy bitsy part from the captains protecting "Karakura Town" ..


Oh and apparently fox captain's name is Komamura. XD



Eyeshield21: 298th DOWN!

SUCKS! XD

Hiruma-sama! Kyaaaaah! Please don'g get too careless! And Sena! Sena! Oh, Sena, goodluck! Don't let Yamato stand in your way!!


---> crossing fingers


XD I really really really regret coming to this fandom late. I should have joined a bit earlier on. Now I regret it. D:

But then, I guess I still have time to celebrate this fandom... Though I now that it is ending, until that final chapter does come, let's all cheer the Devil Bats on and hope that they pull through all the odds stacked against them. IKE DEIMON! OK DEIMON! YEAH!

---> goes off to buy Kariya Cream Puffs for the only heroine she ever liked (MANGA-BASED, FUCKERS!)



Katekyou Htiman Reborn: Target 210

This week's update gives us a glimpse of how scary Hibapon can really be, ESPECIALLY with the right kind of weapons.

---> shivers

Oh, and Hibapon says here that he is angered at the thought of being saved twice: once when Gokudera saved him with Sistema CAI, twice when Chrome yelled at him to look out for an attack from behind...

So, Hibapon's channeling his anger through his ring (FTW, IT'S LIKE A CLOUD RING FOUNTAIN OR SOMETHING). XD Some slight mention of D18 here, though..


Oooh, and Chrome calls Hibapon something funny and cute.. :D

Which is kind of scary, come to think of it, because Hibapon doesn't do funny and cute.

He eats funny and cute. -shudder-


Oooh, and the ending scene made me grin like a crazy fangirl. Nothing says Reborn more than Shouta. XD

---

Anyway, I'm thinking of picking up DOGS by Miwa Shirow...


-----> drowns in the many fandoms she already has


Gintama: Episodes 77-80 For the links, please look to te side panel, right below the first box.

The Gintama episodes here are still on crack like there's no tomorrow (it wouldn't be Gintama otherwise), but there's some serious undertone to it, I guess. We're presented the Kyuubei arc, where in Otae-chan is whisked off by some strange pirate-samurai (not Zura. Err... Katsura. I mean, CAPTAIN KATSURA, FINE DAMNIT, STOP POKING ME ELIZABETH) to married into their clan and whatnot. I'm not going to say more - mainly because this post has gone on too long... That, and I really can't tell anyone anything without giving away the "plot", if you can call it that... XD

Now, please be advised that aside from the ever-reliable Rumbel-Subs, another subbing groups has picked up Gintama. Well, to be more accurate, two subbing groups are combing effort to give us faster Gintama releases: Shinsen-Subs and Yuurisan-subs. Now, being the loyal Rumbel fan that I am, I have been patiently waiting for their release of ep81, regardless of how much I was completely "nabitin". There isn't really an accurate enough English word to describe what that word means. The closest I can come up with is that it's the feeling you get after being left hanging by a very very very annoying cliffhanger.

So anyway, patient person that I am, I waited... for about 20 minutes. XD I decided to download the release by Shinsen-Yuurisan just so I can see the episode [without having to guess what the F the characters were saying]. I still would be downloading the Rumbel ones later, anyway, being the super loyal Rumbel-ian that I am. XD

---> gets socked by Gin-san's flying shoe

Anyway, there weren't really any noticeable differences. But then again, I only watched one episode by YS, so I can't really vouch for the quality just yet. There were notes about the jokes, but they weren't as extensive as Rumbel would have made them, I think. But then again, YS beats Rumbel by the speed, so I guess YS will still have people following their Gintama releases.

But then Rumbel's only behind by one episode anyway. Not a big deal yet, right? And I think Rumbel would be catching up soon, so everyone, please watch out for their releases, ok?

I'll try to get ahold of both YS and Rumbel's for a few more episodes (maybe 5 more?) just so I can provide accurate comparisons. ^^,

Ciaossu~

GINTAMA BEATS CODE GEASS. YEEEEEEEESSSSSSHHH!!!


UPDATES

Bleach: Chapter 324

SHUUHEI! KYAAAAH! XD

Shuu-chan's weapon is so smexy. XD Mmm... very very very Shuuhei, in fact, considering what he's been doing up till now..

XD

But why does it seem like he's having a hard time fighting that Espada..? -pout- Shuuhei's not really going to lose, is he? I hope not. -worries-

Anyway, Arancar-san's zanpakuto has a weird name. It's not Spanish, I'm sure of that. So in what language is it? And what does it mean? There were no notes about it in the release, but then again, it is only a speed scan.. So maybe I'll take a look at the HQ scans of bleach7 a little later when they release it.. I'm really curious what it means, so I'll make an effort to know (somehow)..


Naruto: Chapter 415

OMG, Naruto's finally going to find out why his name's Naruto! KYAAAAH!

The Story of the Gutsy Ninja, huh? XD Now I know why Jiraiya became a porn writer. XDXDXD

Anyway, this week we see more of Froggy!MachoEyeliner!Naru (who, in my opinion, still needs to eat. A lot. He's skinny! Really really skinny.. XD).. And what's this? Has my wish been finally fulfilled? HAS KARIN DIED?! OMG, KARIN'S DEAD!!! XD

----> celebrates the death of the most unnecessary and useless character Kishi ever made

Oh, wait, she's not dead. Damn you, SasuFART.


Eyeshield21 (Manga): 296th DOWN!

Wth, are we talking physics or something? XD

But then again, Sena's head shot in page 5 looks awesome! XD

----> reads further


KYIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH! HIRUSEN MOMENT!!!! KYIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH!!!!!!

----> laughs at herself for going "KYIH".. XD

I spot Marco in page 17, I'd say! XD

MY GOD! Sena can even run in different dimensions now! WAHAHAHAH! Hiruma-shi, you rock! HiruSen forever! XD


-----> please excuse the mindless ramblings of this fangirl...



Eyeshield21 (Anime): 145th DOWN! ---> Last episode?!

It seems that the anime ended last March. Honestly, I don't know how to react to that.. The series got cut just after the Deimon Devil Bats vs. Oujou White Knights game (the quaterfinals); the Dinosaurs game and Alexanders game were left out. The last episode, 145th DOWN! featured in the last moments Sena playing for an American Team (and Hiruma-shi was playing for the opposite...? What?! I don't understand! I'm confused! @...@)...

WTF. WTF. W-T-F. WHAT THE FUCK. ANO BA?! ANG GULO NIYO!!!!!

AHEM. I don't understand this! Why did they cut the anime into just that? That's like saying you would cut the Prince of Tennis Nationals just after the Seigaku-Hyotei quaterfinals match! THERE WAS STILL A GOOD F'K GAME WAITING, GODDAMNIT! It was supposed to be the Dinosaurs game next! It was Hiruma-shi's time to shine! DUDES! THAT WAS SO UN-FUCKING-FAIR.

Not to mention that the next episode (following the manga-verse) would have featured the Seibu-Dinosaurs game - this is the one where Gaou breaks Kid's upper arm, the one where we actually see Marco play (and his moments with Maria.. -rolls eyes-).. I can't believe they're cuttin out the good parts. THE GOOD PARTS! DAMN, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO SEE HIRUMA BREAK HIS FRIGGIN ARM IN TWO PLACES AND IT WAS FRIGGIN CUT OUT FTWFTWFTW.

-sniff-

Aaaah, I really just want to cry. I can't believe this! Why is this happening? Rather, why has this happened? The series could have gone on and finished; it only had a few more episodes anyway. There were only two matches left anyway, so why didn't they finish? Didn't they want to see Daddy!Hiruma's face? D:

And come on! Monta actually SHINES in the last bit.. Sena too, but of course he does.. And Hiruma's mushy-mushy parts were in the last match, too (or as was said by his father).. Why didn't they just finish it all up? And what the hell was with the last bit? Some Hiruma vs. Sena shit?! MOU!!!

---> frustrated MAX

-sigh- I really really really really really really really really really hate the anime adaptations so much sometimes. REALLY. REALLY REALLY. They just disappoint me sometimes. There's only a handful of anime adaptations that has really impressed me (one of which was Deathnote. XD), and I really thought that ES21 would be one. Well, it did impress me at first, but now..

Now, I'm just depressed about it. -sigh-


Katekyou Hitman Reborn: Target 208

KYAAAAAAAH! So COOOOOL!


I can't believe this! Tsuna's X Burner! T^T

Spanner, you did a very very very good job, kero!


Finally, Tsuna's problem on balancing the powers of his right and left hands has been solved! All thanks to Spanner's lenses, Tsuna now doesn't have to worry about adjusting his power. He now has a guide to tell him which needs adjusting and how much power needs to be added or subtracted from it. Spanner's invention even speaks! XD He really outdid himself with this one!

And Tsuna! Tsuna was awesome, wasn't he? With those X Burner gloves and that serious face.. -sigh- I wonder what will happen afterward, though... Will Spanner still side with the Millefiore? Or is he going to change sides and be a part of Vongola..? What about Tsuna? I wonder if there will be any side effects to using the X Burner gloves like that.. Will he still be able to fight without tiring? And what about the others? What's going to happen to Chrome? To Hibapon? To Gokudera? And will TYL!Ryohei be transported to the past, too? Like Hibapon? Will that be good for the battle?

And what about the TYL!Guardiands already in the past? What are they doing? Is TYL!Gokudera looking for Irie? How did TYL!Hibapon know that his younger self will be coming? Did all the other guradians know?

Well, of course, we can already assume that TYL!Hibari knew. Mukuro, too... because he said he's been waiting for Chrome (that was when Chrome first arrived)... But then again, Mukuro is spying in the Millefiore base, so maybe he really ought to know?

But then, TYL!Gokudera obviously didn't know! Going back to the time when Tsuna first saw TYL!Gokudera (Chapter 137), it can be seen directly that TYL!Gokudera wasn't expecting Tsuna to stay for more than 5 minutes. He even looked surprised to see Tsuna in the future in the first place. So he didn't know anything about switching places with their counterparts..

Yamamoto, too.. I didn't think he was expecting to be sent to the past. The only people I'm sure that were expecting it are Hibari and Mukuro.

So maybe the information about this switching thing came after Gokudera and Yamamoto were sent to the past? Maybe it came when Hibari did? Maybe Hibari was the first one to know? GAAAH, I don't know anymore!

But wait! Lal KNEW! (see Chapter 137 page 13) The last panel there has Lal saying, "As I expected." Or something to that effect depending on the scanlators. But doesn't that mean she knew about the switching thing? I mean, she even tested Tsuna's abilities.. so that means she knew? But then, why didn't Gokduera know? Or Yamamoto?

Maybe the two didn't know? And I can hardly believe that Gokudera would've let Tsuna die, really... He would've died instead.. So maybe Gokudera wasn't there when Tsuna died? Maybe he was somewhere else, like the other guardians... And maybe he was just coming back to the base because of the letter... The letter telling the guardians to gather. But then again, it was written in G-Script.. It was written by his TYL!self.. so he knew that the younger Gokudera was coming? But.. but..

Ok... maybe they (everyone) were expecting the switch, but maybe it came a little earlier? The letter was obviously meant for the younger Gokudera because it mentions of the rings, and it was written in G-script..

But if they did come earlier, how the F did Lal know? Aaaack, this is confusing me.. There isn't a logical conclusion I can draw...

-sigh- Maybe we'll just have to wait for the real explanation of things..


Gintama (Anime): Episode 72-75, @ Rumbel-Subs / RealityLapse

NEW ARC! XD A new and, take note, serious arc is about to begin!

I wonder what's going to happen to Gin-chan?


D. Gray-Man (Anime): Episodes 1-97 @ RealityLapse

This anime has me hooked! Of course, my favorite character is Lavi. I was kind of into Kanda for a bit (because he reminds me of a lot of other someone elses) and somewhat into Allen, but when Lavi first showed his face, I knew it right away. And it helps that he has the same seiyuu as one of the Hitachiin twins. Go look it up. I'm too lazy to do it myself.

Lavi, Lavi.. He actually has a big role in the latter parts of the series... Lavi and his wonderful memory. Lavi and his other 48 aliases / personalities. Lavi and, well, Lavi and Bookman. Lavi.

My OTP for DGM? LaviKanda of course. Or KandaAllen. Or LaviAllen. Or a threesome. XD

Waaah, I'm still such a noob for this fandom. I haven't started reading the manga. I only have 6 doujinshi. But then again, I still love Lavi. And I sort of hate Linalee (Rinali, Linali, Rinalee, whichever) because she does almost nothing helpful - I have this impression of her being the screaming-helpless-but-stil-the-center-of-attention type. Ah, whatever. Allen's cool. And I like the cute chibi!omakes at the end. They make me squirm.

Oh yeah.. speaking of the omakes... there was this one omake where Kanda is taking a bath at an onsen, I think. Then Allen comes into the picture, so Kanda demands why Allen is there (ruining his peace). Allen says that it's "fanservice". Kanda demands why Allen calls it "fanservice". Allen shrugs. Lavi suddenly pops out of the water and tells them that fanservice should look like something else. On cue, a thought bubble appears from Lavi's and Allen's heads, containing Linalee and Miranda taking a bath.

I loved the AllenKanda parts. And when Lavi popped out, I was kind of thinking he would mean a threesome. But trust Lavi to ruin my fangirl thoughts. That perv. XD


Anyway, THERE! Long update post for this week. I'll be updating next week again, so.. ^^,

Waaah, have to go study for an exam tomorrow.. ;_____;