THIS WEEK IN MANGA: first post

hello and welcome otaku from all over the world to THIS WEEK IN MANGA! I originally started this on that guy with the glasses where someone suggested i make a blog about it. you may notice some errors here and there but bear with me. so with that, let's begin the first week's blog.



WARNING: this blog contains spoilers. if you are new to these manga and dont want to be spoiled or you are a fan of these manga and dont want to be spoiled, please stop here.



since there isn't a new fairy tail this week, I'll skip it this week and hit straight into naruto.




PREVIOUS CHAPTER

the fight between danzo and sasuke came to an end.



CURRENT CHAPTER

sasuke, using his chidori blade, shanked karin and impaled danzo. madara thinks that he didnt have time to perform a izanagi so he's not making it. karin is shocked that sasuke would kill her so readily. sasuke says to her that when she was captured, she became a "burden". madara proclaims that shisui's eye is his now. danzo then staggers away before going into a flash back of his youth.

he, sarutobi and 4 other ninja, along with the second hokage, are being pursued and surrounded by 20 kumo bounty hunters. even thought they don't know their exact location, the situation is grim. it is suggested by one of them (a uchiha) that one of them be a decoy. knowing that the decoy will likely die, danzo think that he wants to do it so he can die honorably in battle but freezes up before saying anything. sarutobi offers himself as danzo's trembling stops as he chastises himself for being relieved. sarutobi tells him to take care of everyone but danzo shouts that he was going to volunteer. he says that his father and grandfather died in service to konoha and that he should as well. it is then that the 2nd hokage says that he will do it, saying that they are young and need not give up their lives being so young. he tells them that despite their rivalry, they must work together for the good of the whole. as he prepares to leave, he leaves protecting the village to saru and that tomorrow, he will be hokage.

back the present, danzo proclaims that he must take out madara and sasuke for the good of not only his village but for the ninja world. madara tells sasuke to get back as danzo explodes into a inky black mass. he thinks about the 2nd hokage and that he will join him but that he never became hokage. he thinks about how he never could catch up to saru and asks what he thinks of him, remembering a fond scene between himself and his old rival.

elsewhere, sakura's group continues to track sasuke when rock lee asks sakura if she should have told naruto the truth. she says that she couldn't, to which kiba responses that she's underestimated naruto. he then says that he's located sasuke and tobi (madara). sakura orders the group to stop and asks kiba for sasuke's exact location. after getting it, she prepares to throw a sleep bomb but is stopped by sai, who knew she would do that. he explains that sakura plans to kill sasuke herself. he then says that he cant let her or anyone else pass, stating that none of them are a match for sasuke or tobi. sakura then tells sai to get out of her way as she puts on her gloves. the real sai informs kakashi that they need to hurry.

back the battle site, madara says that danzo planned to take them with him with a suicide attack. sasuke then says that konoha is their next stop.


THOUGHTS

despite all that he's done, i cant hate danzo. sure he was a manipulative bastard with questionable morals but he honestly believes he doing what he thinks is best for the village. i think that danzo wanted to be a hokage like the 2nd and saru but never could. this shows he regrets how he came to power since he didnt consider himself hokage.
sasuke once again shows how much of a dick he's become. really, there's no save this guy now.
and karin dies how she lived: being utterly useless.



lets move on to bleach.



PREVIOUS CHAPTER


the remaining captains and vizard began their battle against aizen himself but the rogue captain may be too strong for them.


CURRENT CHAPTER

ichigo watches in helpless horror as aizen easily defeats komamura, love, and rose. lisa attacks, with her mask on, but aizen easily dodges. as he strikes her down, he comments that he views the vizard as "bungled arrancar" and that if he could command the espada, then the wannabes are nothing to him. soi fon then appears before aizen, still missing her arm.

he remarks on the uselessness of sending one of the stealth force to face him in open combat. he says that he was once a teacher in the academy, to which soi fon replies that she could never believe he would be a teacher and that he must have fooled the central 46. aizen fires back that he fooled her as well. she then uses her speed to create clones herself. she charges as he prepares to draw his zanpakuto only to find it and his arm encased in ice. soi fon releases her zanpakuto and prepares to kill him in two hits.

sadly, her attack doesn't connect. he answers her saying that a battle of soul reapers is a battle of reiatsu and his will crush hers and her attacks. midway through his speech, kyoraku slashes him as he appears behind him, stating that his shadow was on the ice, allowing him to land the hit. toushiro, in his bankai, appears and proclaims the battle is over. aizen thinks that he's being rash and that it is foolish to charge him head on when he catches sight of shinji, with his zanpakuto release. it is then he realizes that his directions had been reverse, right as toushiro impales him from behind.



THOUGHTS

i have to say that i'm impressed. the captains actually used some sense of planning in this, instead of just charging at him, one at a time. hell, i have expected aizen to no sell everything cause he's friggin aizen. but lets not get our hopes up. this is aizen we are talking about.



now for the main course of one piece


PREIVOUS CHAPTER

ace is freed and whitebeard makes his last order as captain.


CURRENT CHAPTER

whitebeard roars at his crew to leave as he begins to single-handedly destroy marinford. the marines all attack him but even in his condition, dominates them. the pirates regroup and prepare to escape. sengoku says that ace is no longer important as WB intents to bring down the island at the cost of his own life. he asks if garp is ok. he answers that the era is really coming to a end and that its "good timing".

meanwhile, buggy and his followers get the den-den mushi back up and prepares to broadcast buggy taking down WB. as the pirates race to their ships, the marines attempt stop them but WB strikes them down. commander jose is helped back by his crew mates while iva tells luffy to not mess around. luffy waits for ace, who uses his fire powers to have a small moment with WB. he asks if he was a good father and ace answers "of course". he laughs and tells him to leave. jimbei covers the brother's retreat, saying that WB wants them both to live. hancock prays for luffy to make it to safety.

admiral akainu attacks the fleeing pirate, saying that the whitebeard pirates are nothing but cowards and that their captain is a "failure". this causes ace to stop his tracks and turn to him, telling him that take back what he said.

as the pirates wonder why ace stopped, he screamed that "pops" was insulted. the admiral continues to deride and disrespect WB. in a fit of rage, he attacks but he is burned himself. akainu states that even though they are both logias, his magma powers negate his fire powers. luffy tried to jump in but his body finally gives out on him, causing him to drop ace's vivre card. akainu says that the fact that gold roger's son and dragon's son became brothers is enough reason for him to kill them. he then turns his attention to luffy, who is too weak to fight back.

but before his magma fist can get near him, ace takes the blow, causing it to blow a hole in his gut. the pirates are shocked as ace's card burns down to almost nothing.




THOUGHTS

as usual, one piece stands over all manga. seeing WB go nuts is the perfect way to end his long and great career as the strongest man in the world. buggy being a cheap bastard is to be expected.

and i hope ace doesn't die.


he cant die.






well, that's it for this first installment of THIS WEEK IN MANGA. hope you enjoyed this review and i will see you all next week. until then..................



stay otaku, my friends.