2008-08-05 15:09:34

Wow after ep 92 and 93. Honestly, this is easily one of the greatest animes I've ever seen.

Totally incredible the way they are handling the series so far. All the waiting we went through for Marshall Cross totally paid off. What a total badass.

The anime is just totally packed full of wtf moments. The pacing is incredible and when shit hits the fan, it REALLY hits the fan lol.

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October 20th 2007 (A good day)

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic gay-ming monthly! amirite

2008-08-05 16:04:36

Nope still going :)

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2008-08-05 17:04:41

The arc we just encountered could've been the finale for any other anime in my honest opinion. That was just all sorts of epic.

How badass does Allen Walker look when he activates the Crown Clown or when he puts on the friggin mask? Def one of the more impressive looking anime transformations out there imo.

It doesn't get more badass than some dude pulling off his left arm to use it as a sword :o

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Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

October 20th 2007 (A good day)

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic gay-ming monthly! amirite

2008-08-06 12:37:20

Wow Jolli do you pay attention to the manga for D. Gray Man at all?

Let's just say things are going to become pretty insane pretty fast!

Some of things coming up will flat out amaze you. I still can't fully get over how awesome all of it truly is!

This is, without a doubt, like my favorite anime series now and quite possibly even my favorite series ever.

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Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

October 20th 2007 (A good day)

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic gay-ming monthly! amirite

2008-08-06 18:36:16

No I don't read manga if i can help it, mainly because Animation tells a story so much better.

Epsiode 94 is out though ;)

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2008-08-06 18:45:09

Yea I watched it the day before yesterday.


You are going to be sooooooooo happy with what transpires in the upcoming episodes. Some totally unexpected things take place and there are some pretty epic moments in regards to fighting and some very nice developments in the story.

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Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

October 20th 2007 (A good day)

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic gay-ming monthly! amirite

2008-08-06 20:04:50

Meh I had already seen it :(

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2008-08-06 20:05:59 In reply to Jollipop (2008-08-06 20:04:50)

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Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

October 20th 2007 (A good day)

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic gay-ming monthly! amirite

2008-08-06 20:27:33

412 Spoilers. Sasuke really got owned! hahah :o











http://www.narutomania.com/forums/naruto-manga/nar...

Trans of the released pages so far here.

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October 20th 2007 (A good day)

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic gay-ming monthly! amirite

2008-08-08 23:43:18

Well Ep 70 of the anime was total shit, wtf is with the 2 kyubis ?

It was looking pretty good as far as fillers go until the double kyubis :S

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2008-08-09 00:32:03

Yea absolutely terrible. They went way too far with that crap.

Turn into the real Kyuubi? Really? When the REAL Kyuubi is inside Naruto? If it was that easy to take the leaked chakra of a bijuu to create the real thing how many would've tried the same thing?

Totally retarded. It's bad enough the made the arc an attack Konoha arc which could cause serious problems for what happens in the future seeing as how what's going on in the manga. It really makes no sense.

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Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

October 20th 2007 (A good day)

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic gay-ming monthly! amirite

2008-08-16 16:15:27

I was pleased with how ep 71 ended though :D

Looks like the fillers are over.

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2008-08-16 16:58:41 In reply to Jollipop (2008-08-16 16:15:27)

2008-08-17 01:13:05

I hope the fillers were an attempt to prolong things in order to make sure the real stuff with hidan and kakuzu are as badass as humanely possible.

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Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic g

2008-08-17 03:04:56 In reply to Jollipop (2008-08-16 16:15:27)

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2008-08-22 01:20:44

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Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic g

2008-08-22 01:39:51

Booo I just came in here and read that.. Tries to unsee it ... ><

Does sound interesting but I must resist, I hope the fillers in the anime are over or otherwise I am guna be forced to start reading the manga again :(

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2008-08-22 03:12:13

The way they've been handling the anime, they're lucky people still take it seriously sometimes :P

Things are getting pretty exciting in the manga though. I like how the 8 tails is immune to Sasuke's genjutsu by using the bijuu as his partner to dispel it.

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Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic g

2008-08-22 11:13:47

I hope 8 tails will stay for a little while, he's just too badass to die in this fight.

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2008-08-22 14:37:31

Huh how can you kill the 8 tails ?

Damn it, I guess I'm guna have to go read the manga.. :(

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2008-08-22 22:28:46

Sasuke's entire chest and part of his neck got blown clean off. Sasuke was put on the brink of the death 2 times in this fight and each time it was practically effortless for the 8 tail to do.

I think the fact that he mentions nobody being able to deflect or avoid the 8th tail since his brother might mean that his brother is going to be introduced and his brother might even be better than he is.

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Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic g

2008-08-26 05:09:10

I'm so tired of Sasuke and his team of 2nd rate ninjas. What a truly pathetic team compared to the Leaf ninjas. Naruto, Shikamaru, Neji & Sakura would completly destroy Sasuke and his "Hawk" team.

Sasuke hasn't had a real fight since...end of part 1 against Naruto. Naruto was an extremely unskilled and fought almost entirely on instinct at that point.

His strongest opponents since part 1 have been Deidara, Big O & Itachi. Sasuke was a PERFECT match against Deidara. Deidara used earth based chakra attacks that relied on deception of where the true attack was coming from. Sasuke just used his sharingan to keep track of where all the bombs were and lightning chakra to basically slap down Deidara and almost every attack Deidara could muster.

Orochimaru was literally knocking on death's door when he made his move against Sasuke. Sasuke didn't even defeat him. Orochimaru was hampered by the fact that he didn't really want to kill Sasuke but subtly overpower Sasuke to take his body. Sasuke just sealed him, poorly too, inside himself. He was able to do just at the very end with much effort too IMO.

Itachi....he was another near dead opponent that also wasn't really fighting to kill Sasuke. If Itachi had been at full strength with a killing intent, Sasuke would have died in the first 10 pages. 20 if Itachi had to do a "villain's monologue".

Honestly, Naruto is a better fighter now then Sasuke by a sizable gap now. I'd take Shikamaru over Sasuke in a fight at this point. Naruto was able to take down Hidan with pretty much 1 attack that is still the strongest jutsu in the narutoverse. Sasuke's lightning attack is great and all but still defendable if not dogeable. Sasuke needs to be brought to the edge of death to realize that he is still really weak and he needs to get stronger if he intends to sit at the big boys table.

Naruto is already at a jonin in terms of ability. With nature chakra and a dash of strategic thinking, he would be one of the strongest ninjas in all of the Narutoverse. On par with the likes of the great Kage's and Marada and other legendary ninjas. Possibly immune to genjutsu, extreme regenerative abilities, able to form an army of jonin level ninjas with little effort, the single most powerful justu of all time, has an unbeatable spirit, and can call upon his tailed beast to increase his power to DBZ crazy levels. All at what...~15 years old. How can Sasuke answer that? We all know that there will eventually be a showdown between Sasuke and Naruto again and if it happens relatively soon then Sasuke has no chance. Naruto's lack of strategy and relatively poor chakra control (i believe to be at least partially solved when the "scroll toad" is explained) are all Sasuke has going for him.

In short, I'm so tired of Sasuke. Beat him to the brink of death to come back latter on, scatter Hawk to the wind and move on to more interesting characters and story lines.

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2008-08-26 09:36:53

Naruto isn't the one that took down Hidan, it was Shikimaru. Naruto took down Kakuzu, but that's a simple mistake that anyone could make. I'm in agreement with the general message you're trying to get across. Deidara was suppose to be one of the worst in the Akatsuki and Sasuke was brought to his limit. It was then that I knew there is just no way this fool can be on the same level as Itachi and that was proven. Everything single bit of offense Sasuke got on Itachi, he got it because Itachi allowed it. Itachi probably even allowed Sasuke to break the Tsukyomi.

Sasuke may be the more strategic thinker on the jump, but Naruto when really pushed always rises to the occasion and even with all that Sasuke believes he has going for him, Naruto would've easily been able to fight on his level if pushed just like was the case at the valley of the end.

Sasuke really is showcasing how his cockiness is getting the best of him and the times he has been saved in this fight are a testament that he still isn't as good as he thinks he is and this guy believe he has what it takes to take out the heads of Konoha? That would automatically include Tsunade. For Sasuke to be brought back from the brink of death the way he has twice so far in this fight is nothing short of embarrassing for someone as cocky as he is. Madara knew exactly what was going to happen. When all is said and done, I predict Sasuke will go crawling back for Itachi's eyes because he needs them and that's when I believe Madara will make his move and take the Eternal Mangekyou from Sasuke. I believe that, for whatever reason, Madara must not have his Eternal Mangekyou anymore which would explain why when he first revealed himself he said that he would regain Uchiha Madara's true power.

Naruto is going to become pretty amazing. He'll officially be a Sage Jinchuuruki when his training is done and should he fully master the 9 tails the way the 8 tails has then things will become even crazier. The whole purpose of this fight with the 8 tails is to showcase what Naruto as the last remaining Jinchuuruki has the potential to become.

I don't know if it's the most powerful jutsu in the entire narutoverse, but it's no doubt one of the most powerful and is likely in the top 3 and it still isn't a perfected technique. There very well may not be a technique out there that matches it for pure destructive power.

Naruto in ability is Jounin level, but he really needs to get a control of his emotions and think more clearly in a fight. He shouldn't have to be embarrassed or take punishment until he wakes up and rises to his true potential. There is also whatever the heck the 4th intended Naruto to master using the full power of the 9 tails chakra and we still don't know what it is that Itachi gave to Naruto.

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Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic g

2008-08-26 18:10:28

I doubt that Naruto will ever be able to "master" the 9 tails. The 9 tails is supposed to be un-masterable power that can directed and focused. Never tamed. Every time that we've seen the 9 tails "help" Naruto it was always to save his, can a chakra beast even have gender, own ***. Only recently have I detected a hint of secondary reasons along the lines of "that guy ticks me off too so I'll help".

As for a Naruto v Sasuke, Sasuke would still win because Naruto doesn't have the heart to actually beat down Sasuke. It would be another half-hearted opponent that Sasuke would eventually beat. It would end up with some event like Naruto standing over Sasuke, about to deliver the finishing blow but stops because he still thinks Sasuke is his friend. Sasuke takes the chance and delivers his own killer blow and wins again when he shouldn't.

Unless Sasuke is truely destroying the Leaf village, which his is FAR from being able to do, Naruto will never truelly "fight" Sasuke. I would like to see the team I suggested go up against Hawk. Just so that I can laugh as Hawk is beat like the losers they are. You can even switch those guys and gal out for just about any of the.....(I know there was a special name for the cunin class Naruto was in) and still mop the floor with Hawk. You could even to go the Sand village and get Garraa and his fam. to beat Hawk.

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2008-08-29 16:06:09

Just when I was starting to like respect the Hawk group, it gets dragged out for another chapter.

Let’s recap the beat down that Sasuke and crew have received:
1) Killerbee takes down Jugo and Suigetsu in pretty 1 hit counter attacks. In the process makes Suigetsu's sword skills look pathetic.
2) Skewers Sasuke like a stuck pig which Karin heals him from.
3) Sasuke tries again, he just doesn't know when to cut his losses does he, and gets his chest blown apart.
4) Suigetsu uses the ENTIRE WATER FALL, and water ninjas become much more powerful the more water is around them therefore this is the strongest Suigetsu will ever be, to try and hold off, not even fight just survive, Killerbee for Hawk to escape and is taken down with ease.

All of Hawk is done. Karin is losing her **** with how powerful this guy is, Suigetsu was hit so hard he can't even reform, Jugo is transforming into a child and Sasuke has been brought back to life TWICE! Now we are to believe that Killerbee will be taken down by amatersu in 1 fell swoop. WHAT?! If Killerbee is taken down by amatersu, I will call BS and award amatersu the "super saiyan deus ex machina" award. It should be made loss for Hawk that Sasuke has to go sit in the corner for awhile, write some dark poetry, whine about it, and then come back.

I want Killerbee to become the next Sifu for Naruto. It fits with Naruto's bat **** crazy teachers that just happen to be crazy powerful. Have Killerbee teach Naruto how to channel effectively the 9 tails. With the sage training, Naruto could stay sane with more than the....4 or 5 tails he could before. Being in control during a beast transformation could also solve the problem of the "Wind Shuriken" in that it wouldn't damage his chakra network since it would be completely covered in beast chakra.


On a side note, this weeks Bleach was the best in a LONG time. I like how they finally explained the hook sword. I hope they bring in the Visoreds and we get to see some crazy sword transformations. I wonder if they have 2 different sets of transformations. 1 shinshagami (I know I killed that spelling) and 1 hollow.

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