1. Bleach: Looking forward to more fuckery from Kubo. Not. (This particular baddie was ridiculous beyond belief -- I mean, even compared to typical Kubologic there was just something seriously SPECIAL about this fight -- and actually, I haven't given a crap about any of the baddies in this entire arc at all, they are even WORSE than the Fullbringer ( Read more... )

I think what really bothers me about Naruto (aside from the obvious) is that it could have been a really genuinely cool/modernized SFF take on Japanese and Buddhist mythology*. And this is a really strange thing to be contemplating after all these years of rolling my eyes (sometimes fondly) at the series and not really giving a crap about the ( Read more... )

I think this week's installments are pretty interesting from a writing POV. 2/3 are heavy on the flashbacks -- and demonstrate pretty effectively how to use one and how not to. And then Bleach... not quite sure what happened there but wouldn't be surprised if editor/reader feedback had some repercussions ( Read more... )

1. Naruto: actually.... whatever

2. Bleach: the thing about Bleach is that the rare weeks Kubo actually delivers a good chapter (like this week), you are automatically guaranteed a shitty chapter the following week. Note that the reverse is not true.

3. One Piece: Oh. My. God. This is one of the cleverest gems of a single chapter I have read in a ( Read more... )

So my ongoing bad mood was NOT helped by this week's Bleach/Naruto. (lack of One Piece chapter this week makes it worse ( Read more... )

(as usual ( Read more... )

Wow I'm on a posting roll this month.

BUT THIS WEEK'S ONE PIECE. <333333 ( Read more... )

1. One Piece band AU = best band AU (SPOILERS for Luffy's childhood)

picsd'awwwwwww ( Read more... )

Arguably, it takes MORE skill to write good villains than it does to write good heroes ( Read more... )

Korra episode #what is it on now? ("The Sting ( Read more... )