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Bleach: SpoilerMeh. Captains gonna beat all the bad guys now that they're hollowfied, then we'll have the 20-chapter long fight between Ichigo and Ishida/Zangetsu, until Ishida "betrays" the Quincy, surprising no one except Ichigo. Then Zangetsu will reveal his true plan, Ishida and Ichigo will team up to defeat him, and then they will be beaten to within an inch of their lives until Kenpachi comes, reveals his bankai, and kills everyone, including Ichigo and Ishida.

SpoilerI may have made that last bit up.

Naruto has to be ending soon.

SpoilerEvery other time there has been a big fight against a major villain, there was still someone else that needed resolving after the current guy was dealt with. With Orochimaru, there was still Itachi and hinting at what was to come with Akatsuki. With Pain, there was still "Madara" and what was left of Akatsuki. With Obito, there's still Madara, but after that that's pretty much it. There's nobody left, and if there was we probably would have seen hints about them at this point.

Orochimaru doesn't count as a major threat much anymore, since pretty much all of the main characters have reached a point where they can probably take him fairly easily.

Just about the only person left after Madara who could really be considered villain material is Sasuke. I used to think that the series would build up to a final Naruto/Sasuke fight, but I'm not so sure now, especially with him pulling his usual side-switching sh*t and joining team Good again.

And even there's other evidence pointing to the fact that the series is ending too - all the heroes from the past have been explored, plot threads tied up, and closure had. There's really just nowhere else to go.

Edited, Oct 17th 2013 3:50pm by IDrownFish

I really wish that idea wasn't as terrible as it is possible.

Bleach: SpoilerStandard one-upping. Ichigo finally ready to reveal his final form and beat all the bad guys?

Still nothing to say about Bleach. Yawn.

One Piece: SpoilerOnce again it's confirmed that Doflamingo is a Douche.
Bleach: SpoilerA very good reveal on Konamura's history and the true form of his Bankai. I wonder if the transformation boosts its movement speed.
Naruto: SpoilerNaruto gains the Associative Identity Disorder jutsu.

One Piece: SpoilerRobin's face at the end of the chapter is priceless.
Bleach: Spoiler
Naruto: SpoilerPretty good chapter overall. Noticing that the author keeps shoehorning the Naruto/Sasuke/Sakura personalities into every 2 men/1 woman group.

That's been going on a while now. If you'll look back, literally every group that was at one time heroic involved the two guys/one girl + a mentor pattern.

One thing I enjoy about Naruto is that while it's still shonen, the author still does include some deeper elements to his writing. The themes of the younger generation making up for the older's mistakes, war as an unnecessary evil, and the inability to understand one another, etc. To be honest, you could probably write a half decent literary paper on Naruto.

I mean, I'm not saying some things aren't overused and the writing is flawless, but it at least shows more thought and overarching structure than, say, Bleach. I read Bleach for the lols at this point.

and holy hell does it deliver

I meant the personalities, every one of those groups had people with the exact same personalities as Squad 7. I mean look at the other rookie squads, 2 men/1 woman with a mentor but their personalities are most likely completely different from their mentor's group.



You posting from your phone? Can you see images in general?

Sorry, meant on the phone. And why do you have Bijou's computer?

Edited, Nov 13th 2013 1:00pm by Shaowstrike

Looking at pictures on my phone in the middle of nowhere is like watching **** on 56k.

Should be December. Jump's new year isn't the same as the calendar new year.