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I went to the manga shop to pick up the latest volumes of Naruto. As I grabbed the latest one, one of the two ten or eleven-year-old boys standing there examining them said, "Oh, that's the one where [GINORMOUS AND TOTALLY UNEXPECTED SPOILER HAPPENS ( Read more... )

Would anyone like a brand-new copy of this volume? I bought it twice by accident. I'll mail it anywhere in the USA for $5, fic, or baked goods. Best offer gets it.

In honor of Viz flinging new volumes of Naruto into the market - up to 41 in English now and I'm not yet caught up so please don't spoil me - octopedingenue has launched reread-no-jutsu, a group reread community for Naruto, the shounen ninja manga that charmed me with its portrayal of a young ninja losing his mind during the ninja written exams and then broke and healed my ( Read more... )

I have posted a Naruto story focusing on Tsunade. It's rated PG, and isn't spoilery if you know who she is.

Five Things Tsunade Didn't Save (And One She Did.)

Order the series from Amazon: Naruto, Volume 1
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I am having a hard tine getting net access, so I am way behind in recording what has been going on. Expect some out of order reports as I catch up ( Read more... )

1. I've been given a membership to Comic Con, and will be there probably Friday and Saturday. Who wants to meet up ( Read more... )

I present to you songs from my four favorite Suzanne Vega albums. I'm not so crazy about Days of Open Hand, and Songs in Red and Gray, the breakup album, works well as a whole but doesn't have any really stand-out tracks, in my opinion.

From Nine Objects of Desire, a very warm and sexy album, one of the warmest and sexiest songs on it, Caramel. ( Read more... )

octopedingenue kindly posted a list of recommended Naruto fanfiction, doujinshi downloads, and a gorgeous song by Aimee Mann.Some of these are massively spoilery, so proceed with caution. If you're not that far into the series, I would not read anything that doesn't have the phrase "no spoilers" or an exact note of when it's set in the subject heading or author ( Read more... )

Last night I dreamed...
( sort-of spoilers for events occurring after Naruto's chuunin exams arc )