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The publisher VIZ Media announces a release date for the fifty-ninth volume of the NARUTO series and their cover image.
This volume covers the ever ongoing Shinobi World War Arc of Masashi Kishimoto's NARUTO. Questions to the identity of Madara Uchiha are raised as the Naruto faces the Akatsuki leader, and the five Kages combine their efforts against one terrible foe from the past. The release date is set for November 6, 2012, and is currently available on Amazon.com for preorder.
-Kristoffer Remmell ( FoxxFireArt) is a freelance graphic artist, writer, and over all mystery geek.- Follow for news updates: @ AnimeVicers/ @ FoxxFireArt
The Straw Hats finally break into the New World, and Naruto makes nine powerful friends in this month's releases.
Today is the Japanese release date for two of the big Shonen Three volumes from Shueisha. Though, by this time it was yesterday for them. Ah, the thirteen hour time difference.
Included in the release is ONE PIECE Vol. 66, which contains Chapter 647-656. This concludes the Fish-Man Island Arc, the first arc of the post-time skip era; and begins the latest Punk Hazard Island Arc. It's been great having Smoker and Tashigi back in the story. NARUTO Vol. 60 was also released, which contains Chapter 566-575. This continues to Shinobi World Arc arc, but Naruto has made a groundbreaking change in his relationship with the Nine-Tailed Fox and learns his true name. BLEACH Vol. 55 won't be released in Japan until June 4, 2012.
With VIZ Media's initiative of increasing the publication of these two series, buying these translated in the U.S. shouldn't be that far off. With all the issues I have with some of their publishing and editting practices, I have to applaud them for this.
-Kristoffer Remmell ( FoxxFireArt) is a freelance graphic artist, writer, and over all mystery geek.- Follow for news updates: @ AnimeVicers/ @ FoxxFireArt
The publisher VIZ Media announces a release date for the fifty-eighth volume of the NARUTO series and their cover image.
This volume covers the ever ongoing Shinobi World War Arc of Masashi Kishimoto's NARUTO. Itachi Uchiha returns to the world of the living and Naruto has to stop both him and Nagato together, The release date is set for September 4, 2012, and is currently available on Amazon.com for preorder.
-Kristoffer Remmell ( FoxxFireArt) is a freelance graphic artist, writer, and over all mystery geek.- Follow for news updates: @ AnimeVicers/ @ FoxxFireArt
Overview
Welcome to the 1st weekly review of Rock Lee & Ninja Pals! I'm doing this because this episode is pretty good unlike the first episode.
Plot
When Rock Lee fails to get Sakura to like him, he asks Neji and Tenten for love advice. Using Tenten's advice, he plans to make a good impression and woo her. In the second story, Rock Lee sneaks a love letter into Sakura's handbag, and when Rock Lee and Naruto find out that Sakura has someone else's letter, they go out to destroy it.
Can Rock Lee and Naruto do it?
Highlights
Beware of spoilers!
Good
- Rock Lee's attempts to get Sakura's love ended hilariously. I love how Rock Lee mistakenly bitch slap Sakura when he got his hands stung.
- Rock Lee and Naruto's attempts to get the letter are great. I liked the Kill Bill inspection scene, and how they mistakenly think Sakura's panties was actually a stomach wrap.
- The Korean fan girls scene is pretty adorable, and I couldn't stop laughing how Neji and Rock Lee talked about their favorite Korean drama stars.
Bad
- There's not much bad stuff to report in this episode. There are no overused gags in this one unlike the first episode's "poopy" scene or fan disservice.
Bizarre
- Neji keeps wearing girl costumes, and every time I see him, he looks like a real girl! I felt bad for him, but it is so god damn amusing.
- A lot of Naruto and Rock Lee's plans are pretty strange especially when Naruto wears a sun costume and tries to make Sakura sweat. I wonder why Sakura didn't notice him.
Thank you guys for reading this strange weekly report. I had no idea that I was going to do a report on this series, but I watched the episode with my little brother as I worked on Fairy Tail Ep. 126's report. I got hooked on the 2nd episode. Overall, this episode is great because of Rock Lee and Naruto's attempts to win Sakura's love.
This Week's Reports
- Fairy Tail Ep. 126 by Taka
- Sket Dance Ep. 53 by Taka
- Guilty Crown Ep. 19 by Taka
Last Week's Reports
Gallery
Note: I'm not sure if I would continue since I have two weekly reports: Sket Dance and Fairy Tail with school on top of it.
I have been thinking about Naruto and how much I hate it and then I realized why I
hate it's because the two main characters (Naruto and Sasuke) are Gary Stu's. I
mean the manga should be about Rock Lee he
is a true underdog a ninja cursed with no ninjutsu having to fight demons and
people with Bullshit Eyes that can make ramen, copy moves, make fire, summon a
samurai, slow down time, teleport, see through things, evolve, drive cars,
control space and time, play basketball, and mind control people.
Lee has learned how to open the first five of eight chakra gates , a feat that is difficult for even the most talented ninja. Lee is only allowed to use them in life or death situations or when protecting someone he loves unlike Naruto’s clones and Sasuke eyes. The gates are basically natural steroids it’s kind of like Goku’s kaio ken all it does is boost his natural skills. Lee also has the ability to use Drunken Fist which is him using another fighting style to whoop ass.
People often say Sasuke has it easy because he was born an Uchiha, a clan that is famous because of the sharingan; but the same people say this forget that Naruto also has a powerfull lineage, that grants him powerfull skills. Naruto doesn't have a sharingan, but the reason he have such an enormous amount of chakra is because he is a Uzumaki. But then again Sasuke did have a family for awhile so I'm guessing the only reason he is a so called genius is because he had help from his family. No wait they died right so he was all alone to but it was clearly shown that the only reason he was so good before his eyes showed up was because of how hard he was training to kill his brother. I wonder how bad ass Rock Lee would have been at 12 if he was training to kill his brother and was treated with respect by everyone just because of his last name."Lots of chakra! Big deal!". It is a big deal. Every tecnique Naruto have is based on this ridiculous amount of Uzumaki chakra he has. Shadow clones? Only possible because of big amount of chakra. Rasengan? If you remember correctly, Naruto is not as skilled with a rasengan as Jiraya and Minato were; he can't use it alone, he needs a clone. Do you think that he could spare a shadow clone at each rasengan he makes if he hadn't such an amount of Uzumaki chakra? But wait doesn't Sasuke have a move that is just as powerful as his Shadow Clones that only he can do yes he does and its called the ass pull black fire that burns every thing and makes me cry blood.
People that say Sasuke gained a MS also forget that Naruto gained FRS. He trained for what, a couple of days? Why? Because he could make a crazy amount of shadow clones and speed his training; but why? Because he have Uzumaki chakra. Maybe not as graphic as a sharingan, but just as useful. But how did Sasuke get MS by killing a dying man yup that's real bad ass.
Rock Lee has the Reverse Lotus which he learned this move by training his ass of and its just him beating his opponent down then using his arm band to pull them back into the air for the killing blow ala spiderman or scorpion. BADASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Take out Sasuke's EMS, sharingan and Cursed Mark and he still can be a great ninja; jounin level, easily. But with his Eyes he is boring and broken.Take out Naruto's Kyuubi and Uzumaki chakra and he would also be a great ninja; joun level, easily. But with his demon and royal family he is INVICIBLE at least until he loses because he pusses out at the last minute.
Take out Rock Lee’s weights Alcohol and nunchaku and you have a man who works hard to prove himself to a society who looks down on him because he isn’t magic.
Get the picture? They are boring as hell they
are both confused little boys that are to powerful and that makes them boring.
You can hate all you want but just remember its just
my opinion.
Naruto Uzumaki, the central character in Masashi Kishimoto's series, is a combination of the typical shonen hero that has become synonymous with the typical Jump mold. He is young, brash and noble with a troubled past, and yet he finds a way to save the day and conquer all evil out there. Although like other leading men in his genre, he has flaws and some traits that leave fans in bewilderment. Now I can only tell from the anime, because I do not read the manga, but what I have learned from watching Naruto since the first anime series is that there is a limit to how much I can stand to watch such a predictable guy like Naruto go through in just a few short years.
First, Naruto has an unrelenting willingness to go through anything in order to save his “friend” Sasuke. Sometimes when I watch one of his speeches about how he has to save him from hell for the sake of Team Seven, Sakura or himself it gives me a chuckle because after a while it kind of gets redundant on his reasons, which perplex me, and for the reason that it sounds like he has a weird man-crush for him. Why else would he put up with the fact that he would be willing to stick by a man who has caused destruction and chaos among those whom he cares for with no intent to give anyone mercy. It's like sticking by the side of a serial killer who has admitted guilt and even gave the cops all the evidence of his wrongdoings with pleasure.
Second, is his excessive use of the only nin-jutsu that he knows how to use. Perhaps this is a trope of long running shonen anime; however, one would think that he would have a larger plethora of moves in all of his training. Granted he has learned some moves on the way, but they usually involve special circumstances and do not necessarily apply to a regular battle like his rasengan and shadow-clones. Of course these two are constantly abused and what irritated me recently was that in the last episode of Naruto Shippuden, a filler episode, involved him using the rasengan shuriken that was said that if he used it again would cause the loss of his ability to use chakra, yet he just used it like nothing (maybe there is some arbitrary reason that this did not happen). At least when Goku fought the battle dragged on a bit before he used the kamehameha or the spirit bomb that everyone knew he was going to use.
Finally, there has always been an air of stupidity that Naruto has carried with him that cannot match those that have carried the shonen torch before him. I am not saying that those before him were all idiots, but most have had a child-like innocence to them that eventually goes away with a serious situation, in this case the death of Jiraiya, that opens this up and introduces him to the reality of the situation he is faced with. Lately he has taken a more serious take on his situation with Sasuke telling him that they will probably both die in a battle between them ( yes the manga is a ways ahead of the anime but I gave a warning). Filler episodes tend to bring out the worst in Naruto in this matter and creates a contrast between the man I thought he was becoming and reminds me of the child that he used to be with an always positive outlook on life.
To call Naruto Uzumaki a complex character is surely an understatement and would be best reserved for characters that do not cater to the shonen demographic, but to call him simple is not deserved either. I do not always enjoy watching his exploits into bring peace to the world in his own way. Though he has enough good qualities that make the series enjoyable and entertaining to witness how his story will end. Even with all of the negativity in this post, he deserves all the popularity that he has garnered throughout the years and will continue to do so until he becomes Hokage (maybe).
Past
All three ninja grew up in Konoha, and were all apart of the same team when they were Genin. The team's leader was Hiruzen Sarutobi. Hiruzen was the Hokage when the series was introduced, and was a major supporter of Naruto and his dreams of becoming Hokage. So all three of the students weren't called the Sannin at the time, that would come later in there lives. However, all three showed impressive skills and talent of the ninja arts that no doubt gave Hiruzen a foreshadow of the power they would have one day.
Later in their lives, they would fight in the Second Shinobi World War, where they faught Hanzo. Becuase he was so powerful at the time, it was difficult for any one person or army to stop him, and just three ninja's were able to challenge his power. Becuase of this, he called them Konoha's Sannin, though they are just known as the Sannin for short. That is when Jiraiya met Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko. The Sannin had mixed opinions about what to do with the children, but Jiraiya eventually came to stay with them and train them, not knowing of the destruction they would cause one day.
Done
All three used their respected summons, Orochimaru with Manda, Jiraiya with Gamabunta, and Tsunade with Katsuyu. Showing all their affinities with their respected animal, also tying into the old Chinese folklore of the Slug fearing the Toad, the Toad fearing the Snake, and the Snake fearing the Slug. This is most often presumed to show that they are more or less equal in power, but in different areas may excel than each other. Its also interesting to note that each of Team 7 have trained with one of the Sannin. Naruto trained with Jiraiya, Sakura trained with Tsunade, and Sasuke trained with Orochimaru at some point. Each bringing back abilities and traits that model their respective mentors.
So that is my basic run-up of the Sannin, their isn't a whole lot of time spent on them, but I covered the major appearences of them. Note that I didn't use this blog to specify each member, but the activity when all three were together.
Hope you enjoyed !
Fire Star
This was the arc where we first met the new Team 7 member Sai and Sasuke's real post-time skip appearance was made. Though, lets all be honest. We all love this one because it's the one where Naruto first went into the 4 Tails for of the Nine-Tailed Fox and absolutely handed Orochimaru his ass. Only sad part is that it only deepens Naruto's obsession with Sasuke.
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Blood Prison Formatted
I'm wondering after doing all this formatting if I should take a break and write more reviews. I haven't done that in a while. Just whatever I can do to help increase traffic. I just feel that the site deserves so much more attention. You can do so much more stuff on here than on any of those fan-made wiki. Their search engines are far from helpful, finding pictures can be next to impossible. and this site allows fan art to be posted right on the character's page.
-Kristoffer Remmell ( FoxxFireArt) is a freelance graphic artist, writer, and over all mystery geek.- Follow for news updates: @ animevice / @ FoxxFireArt
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