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.