One Piece 708, after a bit of a break last week, was lots of fun – half the chapter about Luffy causing problems and being totally unable to tell a convincing lie, and half about the strange bunch of contenders in the ring – and as expected from Oda, those misfits, who seemed so peripheral and inconsequential a few chapters ago, are abruptly becoming very compelling to watch – I’m looking forward not only to seeing how Luffy will fare, but to seeing how the current clashes will conclude.

Naruto 629 was another dumb chapter – Naruto still protects everyone while they tell him how wonderful he is, and Kakashi attempts the usual Naruto staple of talking some sense into a bad guy and making them totally change their ways. Luckily this time it was Kakashi who had a flashback – thankfully a miniature one – and it didn’t work. And that was it.