hi guys. i'm back. after some computer trouble, i'm back to review the latest and greatest in manga today. but enough of my problems. time for the manga, starting with fairy tail.
PREVIOUS CHAPTER
the secret of happy and charlie's mission has been revealed and they set off to rescue the others.
FAIRY TAIL CHAPTER 178: BECAUSE I'LL BE BY YOUR SIDE!
we open with the knight's of edoras meeting and discussing the capture of natsu,wendy, and lucy. they suggest that since lucy can produce magic from her body, they can drain her magic indefinately. the emperor speaks, saying that the queen of the exeed has order her execution. the others protest but her word is law. the emperor goes on to say that the dragon slayers can be used as a semi-permanent magic souce, if their experiments turn out ok. the knights cheer and talk about what they will do with their magic while tigerlily looks on dis-approvingly. he attempts to speak to the emperor about it but changes his mind and leaves.
meanwhile, lucy thinks about what she heard about charlie, happy, their mission, their race and their queen. she yells how stupid it is when E-erza appears in front of her cell, commending her understanding of their world. lucy greets her happily as she enters but soon goes back, since she naturally loosened up around erza. she begins to tell her about her world's erza, about how she's part of fairy tail, kind, strong and cool. E-erza ignores her as she drags her out of the cell by her hair, telling her that she isnt that person. she continues, saying that she doesnt seem like the type of person to laugh at others suffering and that she only wanted to save her friends. she tells lucy to be quiet as she lifts up on her spear and holds her over the balcony, telling her that she will die here. lucy still says that her erza wouldnt do this. E-erza calls lucy lucky since she herself loves to watch people suffer and has personally killed many members of fairy tail before letting her fall.
just then, happy and charlie swoop in and save her, surprising both lucy and her would be executioner. she questions why the exeed would save her when their queen gave the order to kill her. charlie says the order is receded. E-erza doesnt believe her and order lucy returned to her. charlie then says that she is the daughter of the empress, which causes the knight to immediately fall to her knees, begging forgiveness. as lucy and happy look on in shock, charlie asks where natsu and wendy are, which E-erza says they are in the basement. she orders their release but the knight says it not in her power. charlie forces her authority on her when pantherlily arrives, yelling that they are "fallen" exeed and fugitives. the trio fly off, as charlie reveals that it was a bluff about her being royality. E-erza is obvious angry at being tricked.
as the guards assemble, charlie asks lucy if she is mad about their mission. she just says that since they came to rescue her, its good. charlie asks why happy is smiling. he answers that since she isnt a princess, he doesnt feel so far from her. lucy notes how close the two have become. their happiness is short lived as a army of flying exeed bear down on them. they prepare to go down to the ground when they see the amassed army of edoras waiting for them.
THOUGHTS
I DONT CARE IF YOU ARE A KILL CRAZY BITCH! I STILL LOVE YOU, ERZA!!!!
ahem. sorry about that. well, this was a good chapter. we see more of how jerky the knights and emperor are but it seems to me that there more to tigerlily than we thought. he seems more honorable than his fellow knights. happy and charlie's relationship has evolved a lot over the last few issues and lucy has pointed this out. but we shall see what's gonna have in the chapter.
lets leave the kitties for now. gimme my ninja action with naruto.
PREVIOUS CHAPTER
the ninja world preps for war.
NARUTO CHAPTER 489: ON THE BRINK OF WORLD WAR!
we open on mount myoboku as gamatora explains to the old sage toad of jiraiya's last wises for naruto. pa toad agrees that naruto should at least be allowed to have the seal. the sage toad asks for naruto to be brought before so he can tell him his future.
meanwhile back at konoha, karin is telling her new captors that she was forced to work from both orochimaru and sasuke and how sorry she is. ibiki says that while she has endured much, he didnt ask for her life story and scolds on of his men for crying at her sob story. karin straightens up and says she will talk but only if she has some food. else where, tsunade, having woken from her coma, is eating a massive amount of food to get her strength back so she can keep her young appearance. when shizune says there is no more food, she eyes ton ton. shizune is horrified at this but the hokage wasnt looking at the pig as kakashi enters. he says he was a second away from being the sixth hokage when she woke up but he's relieved that she is back since he felt he wasnt right for the position at the time. tsunade is still surprised by the ninja aliiance and the fact that the tsuchikage and raikage agreed to it. she asks if madara is really alive, which he confirms by how big the plan is. worried at how the dark fate of uchiha torments everyone, she orders a emergency war meeting after she's done eating.
at ichiraku, sakura informs naruto of tsunade's recovery, which makes him happy. old man ichiraku is so happy, that everyone will eat on the house, with further makes him happy. he offers a meal to sakura but she runs off to tell everyone else the news as naruto prepares to feast. at the war planning meeting, the female elder calls for rations and the names of all able ninja in the village. shikamaru comments that war is really happening while his father is a bit stunned that he was called to the meeting. he tells him to memorize everything that is said in the meeting. just as naruto is able to eat, he is transported to toad mountain where he starts to eat ma toad's cooking. he then gags at the worm soup.
he is taken before the elder toad who forgets his name. naruto reminds him of who he is as he begins to tell naruto his future. he says that he will meet a octopus and that he will fight someone with power in his eyes. naruto says he already knows who that is and that he's prepared to face him when the time comes. he order gamatora to give naruto the key to the fourth's seal. after naruto asks what it is, gamatora informs him that the key will allow him to open and close the seal on the fox, even allowing him to full release the demon if he wanted to. he also says that he could even master "that" jutsu.
as naruto thinks on this, anko and other jounin find victims of kabuto who, according to anko, is becoming more and more like orochimaru. she then wonders if he will go after the leaf or akatsuki first. else where, kabuto appears in madara's hide out, saying that he felt he needed to greet him first. madara says he never thought he would find him, to which he comments that he was a spy for many nations and thus knows a great deal. calling him a traitor to the akatsuki, he jumps at him, as he preforms a jutsu. 5 coffins rise out of the ground. to the shock of madara, they contain the bodies of deidara, nagato, orochimaru, sasori, and itachi. kabuto says that he now knows the edo tensei, surpassing his master's level and the second hokage's. he says that this is merely a display of power to earn his trust, saying that he wants to join madara.
THOUGHTS
well, i'm happy with this chapter. it was a nice build up to the war, seeing everyone take sides. nice to see shikamaru being including on the planning. he could be big in the war. we finally get a better understanding of what the key could do for naruto. also, we still get hinted on what "that" jutsu is. i have a feeling that its his dad's teleporting jutsu but that's just me. nice to see kabutomaru doing something and what a way to make a impression. so now the ninja world is choosing sides.
time to see what that wacky aizen is up to in bleach.
PREVIOUS CHAPTER
aizen sets the record for most bullshit in a single chapter and isshin steps in.
BLEACH CHAPTER 398: BACK FROM BLIND
we open with ichigo seeing his father, in soul reaper mode, standing in front of him and aizen. before he can say anything, isshin head butts him off the roof the building. as he hangs on, isshin comes over and kicks him in the stomach before they flashstep away. aizen comments that it was a wise tactic to gets some distance from him.
elsewhere, isshin holds down ichigo, saying he knows what he wants to say but his son kicks him in the face. he screams that he wasnt asking him questions but that he couldnt breathe. as they both calm down, isshin tells ichigo that he isnt mistaking him for someone else and he agrees with him. isshin tells him that they will talk later since he has a lot of questions for him. ichigo tells him that he understands that if he had a reason for not telling telling, he will tell him when the time is right, mirroring the conversation he had with rukia a while back. he thanks isshin for punching him since it seems to have brought him back. isshin corrects him, saying he headbutted him. he yells that he ruined the somber mood.
aizen says that isshin put up a powerful barrier since he cant sense either of them when gin arrives. he says that he took a long time sightseeing, to which he replies that he didn see a opening or a necessity to jump in. before he can talk more, ichigo attacks gin from behind but he block it with his sword, the shockwave of the attack slicing the building they were on. isshin goes in to attack aizen himself. they clash swords, isshin blows him back but flicking his finger, sending him flying into a few buildings. gin tells ichigo that its been a while since they fought and he wont be holding back, before saying "bankai".
THOUGHTS
well, this chapter almost makes up for the bullshit the week before
almost.
its short but its good. not much to say about it. next week see what gin's bankai is.
hey? you are a pirate. time for one piece.
PREVIOUS CHAPTER
kolby stands up and shanks is on the scene.
ONE PIECE CHAPTER 580: END OF THE WAR
the marines and pirates, including garp, are surprised to see shanks, one of the four emperors, at marine ford and saying he will end the war. he then tosses his strawhat to a still flying buggy, telling him to give it to luffy. he tells him that he has a treasure map just for him in return, which delights buggy. lucky roux then asks if its ok that he doesnt want to see luffy, since its been ten years since he has. as buggy throws the hat to law, shanks says he'd love to see him but right now, it would break the promise they made to each other. akainu tells ao kiji to get luffy as he freezes the ocean but the sub dives out of reach of his ice. kizaru, still under ben beckman's watch, launches a light attack on the sub that misses. he says that if he missed, they should call them lucky and let them go for now. boa hancock, feeling that they are alive, orders the ship she's one to give chase. she then tells them to report to the marines that they, the seven warlords, will pursue luffy.
buggy then yells at shanks for lying about having a treasure map. shanks said it was just a spur of the moment thing and that it was a long time since they seen each other. as they argue, buggy's followers continue to worship him, not knowing the nature of their relationship. buggy then thinks that if he sticks with shanks and his crew, he could get off the island safely. marco approaches him and red hair tells him not to encourage any more fighting and withdraw peacefully. mihawk then starts to leave, saying that his agreement was to fight whitebeard and his allies and that if they fight red hair, the damage will be much higher. shanks adds to this by saying that if anyone else wants to fight, that he and his crew will be more than happy to throw down with them. he locks eyes with blackbeard and sees if he wants to fight. the pirate says he wont, since he got what he wanted, as he and his new crew withdraw.
with that, both sides, pirate and marine alike quietly and calmly, retreat to their respective sides. shanks then says that the world has seen both whitebeard and ace die so he will be taking their bodies for mourning. some of the marines protest this but fleet admiral sengoku agrees to this, ordering for the wounded to be tended. thus the whitebeard comes to a quiet end.
THOUGHTS
wow. just wow.
this was a great ending to a wonderful arc. it had everything: action, drama, suspense, twists, turns, everything. seeing shanks just end the war just being saying "knock it off you guys" shows just how much stroke he has in the world. seeing everyone's faces as they retreat from the battlefield shows the toll it took on everyone. the backlash of this war will be felt for a long time and how luffy will recover from this will be worth reading. too bad we gotta wait two weeks before we find out what happens. damn you oda. you crack dealer, you.
well that's it for this week in manga. turn in next week for more manga goodness. until then...............stay otaku my friends.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
THIS WEEK IN MANGA
hello and welcome to THIS WEEK IN MANGA! sorry i didnt post last week but there was family issues but i'm back and ready for some more manga reviews. so lets kick things off with fairy tail.
PREIVOUS CHAPTER
natsu and the gang are saved by E-natsu and his car.
FAIRY TAIL CHAPTER 174: REVELATION
as we last left off, E-natsu rescues the earthland fairy tail members from the royal army. he commits on how much lucy looks like E-lucy and how pathetic his counterpart is, seeing him nearly passed out in the back. wendy explains that their natsu isn't good with moving vehicles. he reveals that he is the magic transportation expert of fairy tail, hence his name "fireball". he also says that since no one can create magic energy from themselves, the cars run on pure magic but since its so hard to find, its hard to run them, just as he stops his car. he tells them that this is as far as he can go and still have enough to make it back to his guild and tells them to get off, which natsu is happy to do. he states that he doesn't want him or his guild involved with their mission and that saving them was only because E-lucy asked him. natsu then drags him out of the car and asks him why he's so good with cars. E-natsu says he doesnt know as he begins to cry.
it turns out that when he isn't driving, E-natsu is a total wimp, surprising the group. wendy tells him not to push himself too hard, causing him to notice how small she is compared to E-wendy. when lucy asks him something, he hides behind a rock in fear. he also informs them that he took them all the way to the capital since that was what E-lucy asked of him. as they make their way down the hill, E-natsu asks them if they really will fight the empire. natsu replies that they only want to save their friends but if have to, they will. E-natus says that they cant win but natsu only smiles in response.
the group arrives in the castle city of the capital which is full of people and bustling with activity, which was worlds apart from the cities they had been to. charlie explains that all the magic they have taken is focus and used on the capital itself. the group sees a crowd of people and wonders what they are looking at. they finally see the massive lachryma that was created from their guild and the town. charlie further says that the lachryma has been cut so that isnt the whole thing.
the crowd cheers as the emperor begins to make a speech about how, using the anima, they have enough magic for ten years. he tells them to party in celebration as they plan to gather even more magic as the crowd cheers. natsu, enraged, prepares to attack him but lucy holds him back. she tells him that she and the others feel the same but for now, they have to wait and bear with it.
THOUGHTS
great chapter. hiro was very creative in making E-natsu different of natsu. being comfortable in vehicals and a total wimp without them was the perfect way to separate him from regular natsu. seeing a crystal that size makes me wonder if they will to go elsewhere to get the rest of it and if they can turn their friends back to normal. and the emperor is a total dick. i really hope that natsu gets to lay one into him.
up next, more wacky ninja action with naruto.
PREVIOUS CHAPTER
team 7 is reunited but all isn't happy.
NARUTO CHAPTER 485: SO CLOSE AND YET SO FAR
we open with naruto arriving to save sakura while kakashi lands a hit on sasuke, sending him flying into a bridge. he tells naruto that his timing is even better than his and that even though he didnt think naruto would come, he's glad he did. as sakura thanks him, naruto tells sasuke that she is a part of team 7, just like him. sasuke counters that he is a former member of team 7. kakashi states that his actions should be proof enough that he's not the same as he once was. naruto tells sasuke that he was told about the truth behind the uchiha massacre and about his brother and that he understands why he's done what he did so far, even if he didnt believe he was being truthful. sasuke then reminds him about how he cant understand since he never had a real family and that a "outsider" should shut up. sakura roars back that naruto still has faith in him and that despite the world labeling him as villain, he did and still does consider him a friend.
sasuke goes on to say how he killed one of those who betrayed his brother, danzo, which surprises sakura and kakashi. he goes on a tirade about how good it felt to kill him and that only by destroying konoha will the name of the uchiha be clear and purified. kakashi sees that a history of hate has turned sasuke into the person he is now and that naruto and sakura don't understand it yet but they will. naruto creates a clone but his former teacher tells him to get sakura out of there since he didnt see what he was gonna do. he tells sakura that the poison kunai she got from tsunade would be useless since orochimaru probably made him immune to her drugs. he adds that he sees that she cant handle the burden. as sasuke preps a chidori, karin thinks about how sasuke has changed and that she is done with him.
naruto then asks if kakashi plans to kill sasuke. he only tells him to leave, as sasuke dashes at him. naruto jumps ahead with a rasengan and charges to meet him. as the two attacks collide, naruto thinks about how they could've easily be in each other shoes. naruto then tells sasuke how he knows what hate can do and how he could have easy want to kill them all but his bonds with his friends saved him from that fate. sasuke says that nothing he says will change his mind. he restates that he plans on killing naruto and everyone in the leaf. he offers naruto a choice: either kill him and live a hero or die and be one more of his victims.
naruto chooses neither.
THOUGHTS
once again, sasuke continues to spiral down into insanity and darkness. i know i've said this before but i dont see how he can be redeemed at all. he's tried to kill a team mate and has said that he will kill everyone in konoha. i'm getting a little annoyed with naruto. i mean, how can you save a person who wants to kill you and every innocent person in your home? and that bonds speech? didnt care for it. i hope naruto has something in mind.
how do you get stains out cloths? use bleach.
PREVIOUS CHAPTER
yamamoto's plan to kill aizen is foiled by wonderweiss.
BLEACH CHAPTER 394: THE BURNOUT INFERNO 2
we open with aizen gloating that wonderweiss's power is to negate yamamoto's zanpakuto, ryujin jakka. he says that he gave up almost everything for this one power. he says his farewells to him as wonderweiss prepares to take him but yama counter by punching him clear across the town. he asks aizen if sealing his zanpakuto would make him a push over. he goes on saying that there is a reason why he's been the captain-commander for over 1,000 years: no soul reaper was no where near as strong as him. he goes in to level aizen when the arrancar returns and blasts him back.
yama rises to his feet, commenting on his strength before removing his shihaksho and asking if going all out was ok with him. wonderweiss just makes noises as he had given up his power of speech. he attacks but the old captain dodges, asking if he knows how to adapt. the arrancar fires a tentacle at him, but he just rips it off. wonderweiss fires more of them and is finally able to grab hold of yama before unleashing a mass of tentacles.
after the attack hits, yama asks if that was all he had after ripping off two more them. he then says that he is grateful that he isn't in his child form and that he will blast him to death.
the chapter ends with yama using a attack called soukotsu.
THOUGHTS
finally! yama does something. we haven't seen him do something since he fought that fused hollow. i wonder what the hell he was doing while the captains were getting cut down? someone like old yama would be just sitting around, washing his gums. he had to be doing something. wonderweiss is pretty uber since he was able to fight yama like that but kudos to the old guy for showing that he doesn't need his zanpakuto to kick lots of ass.
and now, a very special one piece.
PREVIOUS CHAPTER
blackbeard makes his appearance, with a few new members to his crew.
ONE PIECE CHAPTER 576: THE GREAT PIRATE, WHITEBEARD
we open with the marines giving us a formal introduction of blackbeard's new crew mates, all of whom were level 6 death row inmates: "colossal battleship" san juan wolf, "corrupt king" abalo pizzaro, "the great drunk" busco shot, "crescent moon hunter" catalina devon, and the former warden of impel down, shiryuu of the rain. sengoku demands to know how he got them out and if magellen is ok. shiryuu answers that he should go look for himself. one of the marines informs him that the gates of justice were opened and let a single ship enter the area. lafitte tells him that he hypnotized the marine in the control room to let any ship pass through. blackbeard gloats that wanted pirates could never get through the gates and break into impel down but a warlord could. thus explaining the reason he wanted the title of warlord but now has no need for it any more, since breaking those inmates was his plan all along.
whitebeard attacks teach, saying that he could never consider teach a son and told his crew to stay back since he will kill him for his crime. teach then says that he couldn't save ace, even though he delivered him to them alive as he attack with his DF powers. he laughs, explaining that his powers negate other DF powers and says that WB cant make earthquakes any more. he answers with a slash from his battle spear and says that teach overestimated himself and that his weakness is his poor defense. he grabs his head, as teach asks if he will really kill his son, before he's pounded into the ground. newgate tells him to accept his death but it never comes as blackbeard orders his crew to open fire. his crew unleash a torrent of attacks on him, as he begins a flash back.
he and roger are having lunch together as he tells whitebeard that he is dying. roger is not worried since he felt he had a good run and offers to tell him the location of raftel. he answers that he isn't interested in it. roger goes on to say that the government has started to call him gold roger instead of gol d. roger. whitebeard asks what the D means and he begins to tell him.
as the flash back ends, the blackbeard pirates had used all their ammo on him and he's still standing. WB says that teach isn't one of the men roger told him about and that luffy is one of the few who carries that flame of roger. he then tells sengoku that a grand battle is coming and that the world will be engulfed in it. and he proclaims to the world watching that one piece does exist and that the day when someone finds it will be a great day indeed. he apologizes to for dying by teach's hand before having one last flash back. he is with his old crew in his younger days. one of them asks if he's not interested in treasure then what does he want. he answers "family".
and with that, edward newgate, whitebeard, dies stand up. his body a testament to his strength: slashed/stabbed 267 times, hit with 562 bullets and 46 cannon ball hits. and as a testament of his unwillingness to retreat, the tattoo on his back is unmarked.
THOUGHT
what a way to go out. whitebeard truly deserved the title of world's strongest man after having all that done to him in one battle. I'll give kudos to blackbeard after finding out his plan. very smart on his part. and newgate was right about him not being a true D like luffy since he was scared when WB was about to kill him. also, it seems there is more to the will of D than we originally thought. should be interested to see where it goes from here.
well, that it for this week. turn in next week for more THIS WEEK IN MANGA!!
RIP whitebeard.
PREIVOUS CHAPTER
natsu and the gang are saved by E-natsu and his car.
FAIRY TAIL CHAPTER 174: REVELATION
as we last left off, E-natsu rescues the earthland fairy tail members from the royal army. he commits on how much lucy looks like E-lucy and how pathetic his counterpart is, seeing him nearly passed out in the back. wendy explains that their natsu isn't good with moving vehicles. he reveals that he is the magic transportation expert of fairy tail, hence his name "fireball". he also says that since no one can create magic energy from themselves, the cars run on pure magic but since its so hard to find, its hard to run them, just as he stops his car. he tells them that this is as far as he can go and still have enough to make it back to his guild and tells them to get off, which natsu is happy to do. he states that he doesn't want him or his guild involved with their mission and that saving them was only because E-lucy asked him. natsu then drags him out of the car and asks him why he's so good with cars. E-natsu says he doesnt know as he begins to cry.
it turns out that when he isn't driving, E-natsu is a total wimp, surprising the group. wendy tells him not to push himself too hard, causing him to notice how small she is compared to E-wendy. when lucy asks him something, he hides behind a rock in fear. he also informs them that he took them all the way to the capital since that was what E-lucy asked of him. as they make their way down the hill, E-natsu asks them if they really will fight the empire. natsu replies that they only want to save their friends but if have to, they will. E-natus says that they cant win but natsu only smiles in response.
the group arrives in the castle city of the capital which is full of people and bustling with activity, which was worlds apart from the cities they had been to. charlie explains that all the magic they have taken is focus and used on the capital itself. the group sees a crowd of people and wonders what they are looking at. they finally see the massive lachryma that was created from their guild and the town. charlie further says that the lachryma has been cut so that isnt the whole thing.
the crowd cheers as the emperor begins to make a speech about how, using the anima, they have enough magic for ten years. he tells them to party in celebration as they plan to gather even more magic as the crowd cheers. natsu, enraged, prepares to attack him but lucy holds him back. she tells him that she and the others feel the same but for now, they have to wait and bear with it.
THOUGHTS
great chapter. hiro was very creative in making E-natsu different of natsu. being comfortable in vehicals and a total wimp without them was the perfect way to separate him from regular natsu. seeing a crystal that size makes me wonder if they will to go elsewhere to get the rest of it and if they can turn their friends back to normal. and the emperor is a total dick. i really hope that natsu gets to lay one into him.
up next, more wacky ninja action with naruto.
PREVIOUS CHAPTER
team 7 is reunited but all isn't happy.
NARUTO CHAPTER 485: SO CLOSE AND YET SO FAR
we open with naruto arriving to save sakura while kakashi lands a hit on sasuke, sending him flying into a bridge. he tells naruto that his timing is even better than his and that even though he didnt think naruto would come, he's glad he did. as sakura thanks him, naruto tells sasuke that she is a part of team 7, just like him. sasuke counters that he is a former member of team 7. kakashi states that his actions should be proof enough that he's not the same as he once was. naruto tells sasuke that he was told about the truth behind the uchiha massacre and about his brother and that he understands why he's done what he did so far, even if he didnt believe he was being truthful. sasuke then reminds him about how he cant understand since he never had a real family and that a "outsider" should shut up. sakura roars back that naruto still has faith in him and that despite the world labeling him as villain, he did and still does consider him a friend.
sasuke goes on to say how he killed one of those who betrayed his brother, danzo, which surprises sakura and kakashi. he goes on a tirade about how good it felt to kill him and that only by destroying konoha will the name of the uchiha be clear and purified. kakashi sees that a history of hate has turned sasuke into the person he is now and that naruto and sakura don't understand it yet but they will. naruto creates a clone but his former teacher tells him to get sakura out of there since he didnt see what he was gonna do. he tells sakura that the poison kunai she got from tsunade would be useless since orochimaru probably made him immune to her drugs. he adds that he sees that she cant handle the burden. as sasuke preps a chidori, karin thinks about how sasuke has changed and that she is done with him.
naruto then asks if kakashi plans to kill sasuke. he only tells him to leave, as sasuke dashes at him. naruto jumps ahead with a rasengan and charges to meet him. as the two attacks collide, naruto thinks about how they could've easily be in each other shoes. naruto then tells sasuke how he knows what hate can do and how he could have easy want to kill them all but his bonds with his friends saved him from that fate. sasuke says that nothing he says will change his mind. he restates that he plans on killing naruto and everyone in the leaf. he offers naruto a choice: either kill him and live a hero or die and be one more of his victims.
naruto chooses neither.
THOUGHTS
once again, sasuke continues to spiral down into insanity and darkness. i know i've said this before but i dont see how he can be redeemed at all. he's tried to kill a team mate and has said that he will kill everyone in konoha. i'm getting a little annoyed with naruto. i mean, how can you save a person who wants to kill you and every innocent person in your home? and that bonds speech? didnt care for it. i hope naruto has something in mind.
how do you get stains out cloths? use bleach.
PREVIOUS CHAPTER
yamamoto's plan to kill aizen is foiled by wonderweiss.
BLEACH CHAPTER 394: THE BURNOUT INFERNO 2
we open with aizen gloating that wonderweiss's power is to negate yamamoto's zanpakuto, ryujin jakka. he says that he gave up almost everything for this one power. he says his farewells to him as wonderweiss prepares to take him but yama counter by punching him clear across the town. he asks aizen if sealing his zanpakuto would make him a push over. he goes on saying that there is a reason why he's been the captain-commander for over 1,000 years: no soul reaper was no where near as strong as him. he goes in to level aizen when the arrancar returns and blasts him back.
yama rises to his feet, commenting on his strength before removing his shihaksho and asking if going all out was ok with him. wonderweiss just makes noises as he had given up his power of speech. he attacks but the old captain dodges, asking if he knows how to adapt. the arrancar fires a tentacle at him, but he just rips it off. wonderweiss fires more of them and is finally able to grab hold of yama before unleashing a mass of tentacles.
after the attack hits, yama asks if that was all he had after ripping off two more them. he then says that he is grateful that he isn't in his child form and that he will blast him to death.
the chapter ends with yama using a attack called soukotsu.
THOUGHTS
finally! yama does something. we haven't seen him do something since he fought that fused hollow. i wonder what the hell he was doing while the captains were getting cut down? someone like old yama would be just sitting around, washing his gums. he had to be doing something. wonderweiss is pretty uber since he was able to fight yama like that but kudos to the old guy for showing that he doesn't need his zanpakuto to kick lots of ass.
and now, a very special one piece.
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blackbeard makes his appearance, with a few new members to his crew.
ONE PIECE CHAPTER 576: THE GREAT PIRATE, WHITEBEARD
we open with the marines giving us a formal introduction of blackbeard's new crew mates, all of whom were level 6 death row inmates: "colossal battleship" san juan wolf, "corrupt king" abalo pizzaro, "the great drunk" busco shot, "crescent moon hunter" catalina devon, and the former warden of impel down, shiryuu of the rain. sengoku demands to know how he got them out and if magellen is ok. shiryuu answers that he should go look for himself. one of the marines informs him that the gates of justice were opened and let a single ship enter the area. lafitte tells him that he hypnotized the marine in the control room to let any ship pass through. blackbeard gloats that wanted pirates could never get through the gates and break into impel down but a warlord could. thus explaining the reason he wanted the title of warlord but now has no need for it any more, since breaking those inmates was his plan all along.
whitebeard attacks teach, saying that he could never consider teach a son and told his crew to stay back since he will kill him for his crime. teach then says that he couldn't save ace, even though he delivered him to them alive as he attack with his DF powers. he laughs, explaining that his powers negate other DF powers and says that WB cant make earthquakes any more. he answers with a slash from his battle spear and says that teach overestimated himself and that his weakness is his poor defense. he grabs his head, as teach asks if he will really kill his son, before he's pounded into the ground. newgate tells him to accept his death but it never comes as blackbeard orders his crew to open fire. his crew unleash a torrent of attacks on him, as he begins a flash back.
he and roger are having lunch together as he tells whitebeard that he is dying. roger is not worried since he felt he had a good run and offers to tell him the location of raftel. he answers that he isn't interested in it. roger goes on to say that the government has started to call him gold roger instead of gol d. roger. whitebeard asks what the D means and he begins to tell him.
as the flash back ends, the blackbeard pirates had used all their ammo on him and he's still standing. WB says that teach isn't one of the men roger told him about and that luffy is one of the few who carries that flame of roger. he then tells sengoku that a grand battle is coming and that the world will be engulfed in it. and he proclaims to the world watching that one piece does exist and that the day when someone finds it will be a great day indeed. he apologizes to for dying by teach's hand before having one last flash back. he is with his old crew in his younger days. one of them asks if he's not interested in treasure then what does he want. he answers "family".
and with that, edward newgate, whitebeard, dies stand up. his body a testament to his strength: slashed/stabbed 267 times, hit with 562 bullets and 46 cannon ball hits. and as a testament of his unwillingness to retreat, the tattoo on his back is unmarked.
THOUGHT
what a way to go out. whitebeard truly deserved the title of world's strongest man after having all that done to him in one battle. I'll give kudos to blackbeard after finding out his plan. very smart on his part. and newgate was right about him not being a true D like luffy since he was scared when WB was about to kill him. also, it seems there is more to the will of D than we originally thought. should be interested to see where it goes from here.
well, that it for this week. turn in next week for more THIS WEEK IN MANGA!!
RIP whitebeard.
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