One Piece 651 moved as expected into a war with Big Mama, one of the Yonkai. Likely to be a silly arc, it also should have some awesome fights and it will be good to see a conflict with very powerful foes after the timeskip power-up. There can’t be that much further One Piece can go after a Yonkai is taken down…but I guess Oda can spin it out however long he wants by having diversions into other islands, each of which can be a full arc.

HunterXHunter 330 continued to be interesting with Illumi and Hisoka back in the spotlight, looking extremely creepy. I liked the little stinger of Alluka’s powers used for healing, and of course Leorio’s predicament. Looking forward to more!

Naruto 568 tried to bring depth to the Tailed Beasts, but really ended up simplifying Kyuubi – or should I say Kurama? – rather than giving him depth. Son Goku was an interesting Tailed Beast, though, if obviously tied up with established lore.

Rock Lee’s Springtime of Youth 6&7 continue to show that the SD spinoff is more entertaining than the main title just now. A cute TenTen story and one featuring adorable CG Gaara, I think that instead of bad filler, if the anime needs to let the anime get ahead a bit again, they ought to animate these – or just animate one Naruto chapter and fill the rest of the episode with some Springtime of Youth!