Thursday 21 November 2013

One Piece 729: Boo, another hiatus coming. But an exciting chapter, with the unreliable Straw Hats obviously now choosing to do things more directly, but that likely making all of Law’s efforts and sacrifice for naught. Intriguing.

Wednesday 13 November 2013

Naruto 655: Yup. That really was it. That was all it took to avert the huge disaster building, and while Madara may be doing something impressive of his own, he certainly wasn't there to influence the master plan. So horribly lame. I just want to make it to the end, really. I'm not sad that a hiatus has kicked in until January...except that it only drags out the title's run longer.

One Piece 728: tying up the loose ends of last week's chapter about the history of the country the crew have now found themselves in, the stage is now set. As such, the chapter was a little dull, but there ought to be a lot more action coming now.

Tuesday 12 November 2013

One Piece 727: a bit of backstory slightly awkwardly inserted, this chapter nonetheless had a satisfyingly devious idea behind it, and a series of shadowy figures to make us curious. Not a great chapter, but fairly interesting.

Naruto 654: that really had better not be it. If the way this crisis was averted was for Naruto to have a vague chat with the bad guy, induce a flashback, basically said ‘That little dead girl you used to like would be so disappointed in you’ and then everyone worked together on a big tug of war, it will truly be the low point of Naruto. Madara, you better have something decent to follow this crap up with. 

Tuesday 5 November 2013

Yotsuba 85: a quiet sort of chapter setting up the arrival of a new character next time. Scared Yotsuba was cute, though, and her little riddle was hilarious.