( Spoilers within. )

I think of my interests are like a pendulum, swinging back and forth from one to the other. For example, as a kid I loved video games more than manga/anime, yet I still had some interest for the latter. In my teens, manga/anime were my main interest. Now I'm back to video games.

This causes some problems for me because most of my close friends ( Read more... )

Okay, I have to admit. The first time I heard of book seven's title, I imagined Ichigo jumping out of the Forbidden Woods swinging his sword around.

Fifteen days away!

I've noticed the first release of the Naruto manga recently isn't in Japanese. It's in Chinese. Not only that, but a cleaned version. While this secretly delights me because it helps me practice my Chinese, it's an interesting thought. Somewhere in China they're getting the Japanese raw and have enough time for it to clean it before the ( Read more... )

Kishimoto tends to show flashbacks of an enemy when his death is eminent. Well, I guess that means goodbye Deidara. It was fun.

A couple of my male friends have complained about Naruto as of late because, quote, "it's gotten pretty gay," probably a nod to the events of ch. 347. My response? Well... it's been "pretty gay" from the start. Remember Zabuza and Haku? I'll never forget that moment when I first saw their death scene. My reaction was along the lines of, "Holy ( Read more... )

I've noticed in hentai, BL, whatever is often the artist would put a line over the tip of the penis (warning: not work safe) as if that tiny piece of a censor bar would make a difference. Does this really hide anything? Who are you kidding? Why even bother? It's a penis. We can all see it. A few millimeters isn't going to make it any less ( Read more... )

Maybe I'll get flamed for this (although I doubt it because no one reads this journal), but I just don't get a Kakashi and Iruka pairing. Well, there's lots of pairings out there that are nonsensical, but I just don't understand the popularity of this one, which I think is second to Naruto and Sasuke. Unlike those two, Kakashi and Iruka really ( Read more... )