#258 And then Ten-Tails said, “This isn’t even my final form!”

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Naruto chapter 630 : What We Bury [read here]

Aww man. That Juubi. Nasty. It never ceases to surprise me. It’s just keeps getting all sorts of nasty.

Just look at this from the recent chapter. Please insert do not want image where see fit.

Dafuq is happening?

Is that a flower?

Are you serious?! How could there be a final form?!?

And yet, it gets weirder and weirder. Let us take a walk down the past of what it used to look like.

Stage 1:Stage 2:

Now that I’ve stared at it for so long, I now thoroughly convinced that Juubi is a Bulbasaur. Can’t you see it?

Next evolution, Venustoise!

Sprite by ArmoteTheHedgehog

And while I’m still in the picture editing mood, here’s one for teh memes.

Final form probably looks something along the lines of this, shown in Obito’s backstory of the 10-tails…. Which really doesn’t help. It kinda looks the same as it does now. It just has a bigger eye. (No screenshot this time. I already uploaded 8 images to this post)

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Okay, okay, serious talk now.

If memory serves, Obito is fused with that tree which makes him have regeneration powers. Wouldn’t that make him invincible? I mean, he’s currently walking around with a hole through his chest and he is fine. If that doesn’t scream invincible, then I don’t know what does.

Kakashi has reached his conclusion! He has finally concluded that it is right to fight the present Obito since only past Obito was his friend and the one in front of him is a big douche. Back to the Road to Ninja movie’s theme, a ninja is someone who endures. Obito does not endure, but intends to create an illusion where he does not have to endure any longer and live with ideal standards, therefore, Obito is not a true ninja. He also went back on his word which is another thing that makes him not a true ninja according to Naruto himself. Ha!

 

Back on the battlefield, Sakura gives a pep-talk? Well there’s a first for everything.  And FWOOM! Fourth Hokage is here. Everybody can relax now. He’s got it covered B]

That’s it for today! Thanks for reading my crazy Juubi  picture-loaded rant!

One more thing. I’ve been playing with the idea of starting a YouTube channel where I just rant in front of my webcam or with just audio. It would be a dream if I could do so while showing parts of the chapter, clips of the anime, and references of many other things all at the same time! I could also  include all the things I don’t talk about while ranting here. I actually outline the things to blog about and organize them into semi-organized paragraphs while taking out things so it doesn’t look to wordy since I already post pictures in the post.

The only problem is that it will take a lot of time that I don’t have. This post alone has already taken me about 3 hours to edit, write, and adding pictures. Actually, most of the time I spend is finding, cropping, labeling, organizing, and uploading the manga clips. But wouldn’t it be so much fun?

#257 Prinz Von Licht

Bleach before Naruto? This is odd. I haven’t talked about Bleach since 4 chapters ago! Don’t worry, Naruto special post of its own this week.

Bleach chapter 537 : Everything But The Rain OP. 1o – Prinz Von Licht [read here]

For all to know, “Prinz Von Licht” means “Prince of Light” in German according to Google Translator.

Prince of Light is referred to Uryuu Ishida joining the Vandenreich at the end of the chapter because the name is placed on the very last page of this chapter. Interesting style choice for the author to introduce this.

It is also a contrast to Ichigo when Isshin says “My son… born in the darkness…”
So… light vs darkness battle, GO!

So there are a lot of shock factor facts in this chapter: how Masaki was supposed to survive, Ryuken marrying the maid, Juhabach being the original bloodline of Quincy, Ishida joining the bad guys, Ichigo having full acceptance over everything, but one thing shocked me more than anything.

Ishida’s mom dying 9 years ago. It’s crazy that we know nothing about this. I understand that Ishida meets his father a lot and his mother is never mentioned and anything fact could have been acceptable, but there is one thing that bothers me. She was shown in flashbacks in Ishida’s childhood. It’s mind-blowing that she died around that time too and we never knew about it. We saw her when she was alive but she’s been dead all this time! I can’t get over it.

I know that the biggest shocker is supposed to be Ishida joining the Vandenreich since it’s on a 2-pager at the end of the chapter. But you know, I’m not that shocked. I was at first, but then I remember him refusing to help his friends in this battle. He probably knew all this.

Image from Bleach chapter 486

But you know, maybe he’s avenging his mother or something. I mean, according to these facts, he’s not a pureblood Quincy either. There must be a catch. There’s always a catch.

Now let’s end this post with that snazzy picture of Ishida, since I don’t know what else to say about this chapter. Hopefully these series of information heavy chapters end will lead up to some nice actiony chapters. Maybe they’ll be awesome enough for the anime to pick back up from where it ended.

I do like a man in uniform.

#256 What kind of Inception is this?

Naruto chapter 629 : Windhole [read here]

So Obito thinks he’s Mal from Inception that the real world is fake and he has to go to the other “real world”?! WHAT? I don’t even.
I don’t know how to take this.

So the rest of the chapter:

This is a very odd place in the story where Kakashi believes more in Naruto than himself, basing everything off of Naruto, his student, when he should back up his own experiences in there too. It’s good for the story to keep talking about Naruto, but I know Kakashi is free to talk about his past experiences and especially his take on Rin’s death.

So Rin was forced being Jinchuuriki. Kinda makes sense why it was rampant while Deidara and “Tobi” went after it. Doesn’t make so much sense that it remained rampant for the last 5 – 10 years, though.

And Naruto’s bleeding from his temple. I wonder how. He looks kinda different this chapter. His face is usually drawn more round and his eyes farther apart.

And what in the hell is this thing?

I think it’s supposed to be a giant cloud with lightning but it looks way more like a giant mushroom with spore stringies hanging out of it.

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Ps. Check out this t-shirt design I made for a Naruto Shippuden contest. Rate 5 for me?

#255 Naruto Shipp Movie 6 Japanese HD Eng Sub Yes Yes Yes!

Even though we thoroughly enjoyed the Korean dub of this movie, it is necessary to watch the movie in its intended quality and language. :)

Here are many links! Enjoy!

http://www.watchcartoononline.com/naruto-shippuden-movie-6-road-to-ninja-english-subbed

http://www.anime44.com/naruto-shippuden-movie-6-road-to-ninja-2012

http://www.animecrazy.net/naruto-shippuuden-movie-6-road-to-ninja-watch/

(links are rated from best quality to lowest quality. Hopefully the first link doesn’t break.)

Here is my review and rant blog post on the movie (even if it was only 3 blogs ago): Blog #252.

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While we’re still on the topic of Naruto Shippuden, I entered a T-shirt competition on welovefine and I really hope I win. I would link you, but I can’t find my submission!

Here’s what it looks like.

This is the competition website. Rating starts May 8th. Help me find it and rate?

EDIT: Here’s the direct link to my submission. Now GO and make me proud.

#254 Dragon Slayers Actually Slaying Dragons

Fairy Tail chapter 329: Seven Dragons [read here]

Natsu is OP. He is the one to boost everyone’s moral to defeat the dragons!
Just to say, “I told you so”. Let’s make more FT predictions!

But seriously, Natsu is OP. But you know, it’s normal for the main character to get up from almost dying and beat the final boss.

Lucy on the other hand, I think she is the actual main character. The story does start out with her. We know absolutely everything about her life and history and not so much on Natsu. Maybe Natsu is just the male protagonist and Lucy’s character point of view is what moves this story along.

So we finally know how Sting and Rogue killed their parental dragons. The dragons told them to kill them so their sons would be stronger. So if that happened, why are Natsu and Gajeel still waay stronger than both of them? Is it that whole “nakama” business all over again? Also, Natsu and Gajeel seemed to take the more strategic view while Sting and Rogue powered housed through it.

Oh man, I’m not talking about the chapter at all!

I love how the light dragon looks. That beard so cool… I wanna stroke it. So what’s the Light Dragon’s name? Shadow dragon is Skiadrum. I didn’t expect a shadow dragon would have a name like that. Wait wait wait, the light dragon’s name is Weisslogia? Sounds like Acknologia. I wonder what these names mean. And in what language?

Okay, so everybody‘s goal is to kill Acknologia. Future alger-ego Rogue, Fairy Tail, the princess…. Grand Magic Council is more geared towards Zeref.

So future alter-ego Rogue is surprised that a dragon-slayer can kill a dragon he’s riding on?

So apparently “fake” dragon-slayers count as dragon-slayers. They even released the poison dragon-slayer from back in the 3rd arc from prison. I thought he was out of prison because of the recent filler arc, but according to internet sources, end of the arc says Oracion Seis ended up back… in… prison… A bit counter productive. I should really watch that arc. I keep saying so, but never get around to it.

I always wonder why Natsu’s tongue turns like that from time to time. I thought it was comical.
Now it looks like a medical condition?

So new prediction: Natsu beats that dragon future Rogue is riding on and eventually defeats future Rogue. Well, not before present Rogue gets to meet future Rogue and sh!t gets real.

#253 Exorcist Love Triangle

I’ve been in some major depression lately so I’ll make this review quick.

Ao no Exorcist/
Blue Exorcist chapter 46 : Try and Error [read here]

Ever since this series started, there’s been a love triangle buzzing in the background with Rin, Yukio, and Sheimi. It did its duty being the main character’s unreachable love interest throughout the story, but it never really advanced. Rin continued to be extremely nice to Sheimi, Sheimi continued talking about Yukio, and Yukio never returned any feelings towards Sheimi. Very generic, probably cliché. Things are starting change now.

School festival is coming, the boys are scampering to find dates to go with to the dance. Well in the story’s point of view, it’s just Rin and Shima. This has been going on for the past 2-3 chapters and it is an odd path for this once high-action story.

Rin is completely confident that Sheimi would say yes, most likely based on his romantic fantasy. The reader knows that Sheimi will go ask Yukio instead. The funny thing is that Rin told her to let him talk first and she goes right ahead and says she was going to ask Yukio. She continues to remain oblivious to Rin’s feelings.

Interesting that the focus veers off a couple panels with both of them worried about Yukio’s stress.

Mind blowing that Yukio actually expected Rin to succeed at asking Sheimi out. At the same time, maybe Yukio does acknowledge that Sheimi likes him. Like with Gray and Juvia of Fairy Tail? But Gray doesn’t like to call attention to it. Yukio just ignores it and gives her one of those dishonest smiles he has all the time.

He definitely acknowledges Rin’s crush on Sheimi. I believe he teased Rin 2 chapters back about it?

All this love drama… Hmm… It’s kinda weird isn’t it? Twins and a girl… like a certain Korean drama I know. I also found out that the mangaka is female as well. I bet she wanted the drama in the story eventually.

Now that I think about it, it’s not a triangle at all. It’s a straight line. Rin likes Sheimi, Sheimi likes Yukio, Yukio …? Well Yukio doesn’t look like he even likes his brother. He’s in love with his work or something. That guy has issues.

Next month’s chapter is going to be all up in this drama. Plus Illuminati stuff. I’m really worried what is going to happen to Rin especially when he said, “In the end she likes Yukio, I guess…” and makes a face like he’s trying not to cry. Did he really admit defeat?
We also have to look forward to Rin’s miso soup booth at the festival. Even though he isn’t going to the couple’s party, he is still participating in the festival.

I like how the story just rolled into this love arc without breaking the story itself. It does feel out of place, but the author is keeping some level of respectable seriousness. Most shounen I have read never has taken a break from all the slaughtering to develop a serious love story. It’s usually set in the beginning and then struggled after for the rest of the series (KHR) or stuck into retarded places for plot convenience (Naruto). Other than that, it’s kind of a joke.

I can’t wait ’till this next chapter to see how Rin deals with everything.

I can’t wait until Naruto’s next chapter to finally see how the former Hokages will affect the battlefield. Also, has anybody seen the current 5 kages? They disappeared around late last year.

I can’t wait until Bleach’s story to finally pick itself  up. This flashback is dragging on small details for far too long.

I can’t wait for Fairy Tail to get off its break so I can see if Rogue faces his alter-ego self from the future.

I can’t wait until Soul Eater’s next chapter to see if Kid actually resolves his confusion with his line between order and madness. Also, I want to know how Shinigami dies.

I can’t wait until Kuroshitsuji’s next chapter to see if Ciel ever meets the headmaster or if the headmaster will constantly run away.

I can’t wait until Hetalia’s next season. I feel so empty without it.

I can’t wait until Legend of Korra Book 2 comes out to see Korra abuse the Avatar state! Also to see how long teen love really lasts!

I can’t wait until AKB0048′s next season because it’s the only anime I actually enjoy watching and to see if they’ll actually show Acchan the 14′s whole succession ceremony!!

Wow. 9 different series spoiled. That’s a record. Sorry for all this.
I’m all pent up on emotions that I’ve been trying to keep in. Releasing my thoughts in anime/manga reviews has been an outlet for me these past couple years since I am unable to express them publicly. I’m even scared to express on anonymous forums. Here, they can be completely stated without interruption.
It no longer concerns me how many people view my blog. All I care about is that this haven exists where I can write all my opinions about the things I love and I can read all the comments from you wonderful people. I got received first negative comment recently and I was really happy. I am not sure why, but I was overjoyed that a hater exists on my blog. Thank you sir, for your honest opinion.

In my quest for mental stability, I want to know what others think. Let me know that you exist and not just a computer that spams ad links to generate fake page views.

#252 Menma Shippuden?

Naruto Shippuden movie 6 : Road to Ninja [watch here on YouTube]

So this is the Korean dub of this movie. Quite honestly, it’s not bad. Of course Naruto’s voice is annoying as hell (as it is in every language).
I apologize for the little Korean info bar floating in the video. Trust me, it bothers me as much as it bothers you, but there’s nothing I can do about it.

Too lazy to summarize, let’s get to the points I like!
Note: I write this while I’m watching it so I apologize if it gets confusing when I am foreshadowing.

Best. Freaking. Opening. Ever. Remake of Kyuubi battle from Yondaime’s perspective? Omygod. I can die happy now.

And of course, there’s the comical battle! I’ll talk about this later. I made my list of Naruto movie requirements 2 movies ago. Read that post here!

The scene after that is really bitter. Horribly bitter. There going through that whole “Naruto doesn’t have parents so let’s walk over the same parts of town” sequence. I’ve honestly seen this too many times in flashbacks, now Naruto in present time is walking through the same places his normal flashbacks usually take place, all ending at the park. Well, he goes to the park, then Sakura’s house, then back to the park. Oh, the park. Those two also blew up the park. Best. Date. Evah.

So “Madara” met the two and… Oh, screw it. I’m calling him Tobi.

Tobi put Sakura and Naruto in his genjutsu alternate world. Manga prologue said it would cater to Naruto’s wishes but it just looks like an f-ed up reality. I mean like, who the hell wanted Kiba to be a cat shaman?

Okay, I take it back. That is pretty darn cute.

And Naruto’s name is now Menma. This kinda flips my shit because there was another character (filler of course) called that and in that episode, Naruto actually went on a trip to get menma for the ramen man. (ps. the ramen man doesn’t have a name). I’m going to be super pissed if our protagonist is going to be called this the remainder of the movie.

I love this scene right here:
Notice how Sasuke almost shows interest.

Almost.

Aaaaaaand it’s gone. Good ol’ Sasuke.

What twisted… teenager logic… Sakura’s parents are dead and the first thing she thinks of is freedom. Never saw Sakura as the rebellious type…

Naruto on the other hand, all the feelz go to him! This is a really sad movie for him! It actually makes sense that Naruto is really rejecting of all the feelz. He’s been a lone wolf his whole life he doesn’t know how to react to the familial bonds. He also is aware the world is fake and is set to make things the way they are. This theme is also carried out during the war. Naruto is our protagonist and it is his job to set things straight whether he likes it or not!

Sakura on the other hand is insensitive in every possible way. Usually the guy is in certain animes, but Sakura sure plays the part. A bit too well if you ask me.

And the safe?

Again, they have this technology yet they can’t invent telephones?

Next scene!

Everybody loves the badboy. Even the badboy himself! Who knew?

Back to the feelz.

The whole flashback of the day Naruto was born? Horribly placed. Who is having the flashback? It definitely isn’t Naruto! Pretty sure he was told the story, he did not witness any of this.

Oh, and there’s this.

Totally didn’t copy that image from the manga.

Pretty pretty feelz. :3

So the ‘Naruto’ aka Menma of this world is all evil and stuff, wouldn’t Kushina and Minato know anything about this…? Maybe it’s like when Lisanna went to Edolas and the Elfman and MiraJane of that world pretended she was their sister…? What?

The whole Naruto riding on top of Kyuubi? Horrible. Same way Naruto gets a cool outfit when he went Sage Mode in Blood Prison. Absolutely horrible. Extremely flashy and convenient, but totally fake and made up.
What could have happened was that since Menma has the ability to split up the tails and use them as monsters, he could have the ability to summon the Kyuubi outside of his body. Naruto on the other hand would have to transform completely with the Kyuubi taking over his body. This information has already been established. You can’t change it! The newly introduced character could have all the snazzy new techniques because he is new. But noooo. They had to have plot convenience so the two can have a punch fight.

From a former animation student’s point of view, the Kyuubi’s run cycle is beautiful.

And then,

What? How do those things even relate to each other? Well kinda but… what? He’ll still be able to move. Not in the right direction, but he’ll be able to move.

So Menma was possessed by an evil spirit? Did he die in the last scene? Why didn’t his parents notice he was gone nor recognize his techniques? Why did Tobi pull out chains to fight when he lost the physical body to fight? Where is the other world’s Sakura? So many plot holes!

And the man Menma kills in the beginning? Do you think he killed Tobi in that world?? That man was wearing all the Akatsuki rings. That’s probably why Tobi didn’t go to himself like we all expected.

Judging time!

It made me cry. Heck, it made Naruto cry too. First Naruto movie to make me really appreciate my life.

I heard that Kishimoto Misashi designed the characters and wrote parts of this movie so I guess I couldn’t expect any less, well except the Kyuubi part. That hopefully wasn’t him. There’s also a downside to the author’s hand in the movie. You can see it especially in the recent manga. He knows his story is coming to an end and he is cramming things in there that don’t really belong. What I’m saying is it looks like Kishimoto was never able to put parts in the story that he wanted to include so now he’s shoving them in as odd flashbacks and new information. I mean like, why would Sasuke and Itachi go on a hunting trip? Just saying it makes a lot more holes in the story. He wants to add more abstract detail, but there isn’t enough time to go full circle to let the view understand. For example in this movie, Menma was possessed in this movie that made his hair black. We don’t know why or when or how or even if it was necessary to show it dissipating away. Also the training ground that Jiraiya and Minato used.

On a more positive note, adding Sakura in was a genius move. There was somebody for Naruto to endure this challenge with rather than alone, even though he was alone in some parts. Sakura provided an extremely strong contrast as well when they switched lifestyles. Plus Sakura is rigidly selfish while Naruto is a tad bit more aware of other people’s emotions.

Naruto Shippuden Movie 6: Road to Ninja gets a whopping 5/5 for da feelz. Can’t go against da feelz.

All da feelz and more

It’s that time again! Time to find the things that make a Naruto movie a Naruto movie!

1. Humorous intro battle
   

   Might or might not be highly suggestive

2. A damsel in distress
   

   Well, this is a first.

3. A strange mysterious power
   

   It’s like a little planet in your hand.
   He’s glowing purple!!!
   It’s evil! Run! Run!!
   

4. Naruto goes Kyuubi
   
5. Special Rasengan ending
   

   It’s not that special. It was a reference to how Minato defeated Tobi, though.

6. Strange technology
   This one I added today. Every movie seems to have enemies with the craziest technology. I believe there were flying ninjas. You heard me, flying ninjas in Shippuden movie 2.

   Am I still in the same movie…?

7. Evil henchmen
   Another I added, but this goes for any action movie in existence. All bad guys have henchmen to carry out their dirty work or they wouldn’t be the bad guy!

   Is that a… seahorse?

That concludes my review of this movie. Kind of went screenshot crazy because I love making screenshots! Look! A baby fox!

Sort of resembles what Naruto used to look like in the pilot chapter.

Well resembles is a stretch, but it did remind me of it because they’re both so small and cute!