One Piece 692 was fun – nice to see Usopp in charge, and I’m glad Frankie’s going to get some action, even if the new fruit users look very silly indeed. I wonder if this time, Luffy’s irresponsibility will have more severe consequences.

Naruto 613 slapped the previous chapter in the face by just saying all that concrete rubbish was useless anyway and hadn’t done what it was meant to – but at least backed that up with a better chapter. Some real consequences to this war, at least seemingly, and that sad moment of resignation and dignity accepting inevitable death. But the big stompy monster remains stupid – Kishimoto made designs that worked for his first huge monsters, so why are his more recent ones so crappy?

My Little Pony – Friendship is Magic chapter 2 continued the very different mood of the comics, and did very well for it. The background humour remains much geekier and presented in a very different way – prominent yet as a background detail. For example, we got further Bowie references to complement the Diamond Dogs, and some meta humour with the ponies treated as dolls by a troll who acted like a very stupid collector of 80s toys, and also had Optimus Prime, a Slinky and a Rubik’s Cube. There were also big spiders who came with Toy Story references and mostly served to get some butt-whuppin’ in and a great final part where changelings imitated each of the ponies to turn them against each other, which was done much better than similar scenarios in the series and involved some of the best reactions we’ve yet seen.