User blog:Real Godisme/The Ultimate Review - Week 2

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Fairy Tail
Ok, this chapter was kind of a mess. So Erza vs Kyouka and Kyouka is clearly stonger at this point. It started well enough with Kyouka showing how powerful she has become. I like the idea of that reinforcement curse, becoming stronger as time passes. I just wanted a good no bullshit battle between the two but unfortunately we didn't get it. Kyouka turning up everyone's sensitivity was ok and now we know why Sayla likes hopping in bed with her so much now {e|perv}}. But as soon as Kyouka stole Erza's five senses, I knew what we were in for. Erza gets up and puts on that stupid bandage armor. Just once, I would like to see Erza fight an actual fight where she doesn't get her ass handed to her to start and where she doesn't then put on that bandage armor and then win. Mashima has gotten too much into this crutch that in order to make opponents seem strong against Erza, who is one of the strongest in the guild, he has to make Erza seem weak and rely on this stupid armor she has. I'd like to see her win once by proper strategy and requipping to the right armor to deal with the situation. If Mashima can just give me that once, I will be happy. Until then, this chapter disappoints me.

Chapter 95
This chapter was pretty short. The first 10 or so pages were meant to show one thing and one thing only, how powerful Hendricksen has become and goddamn is he strong. Nothing can touch him, not even Ban. After he clears the area, we find only Meliodas can stand up to him, taking the brunt of an attack that would have hit Elizabeth. So if Meliodas is really from the demon clan, we see he can at least weather Hendricksen's attacks thanks to that. So now Hendricksen throws a new super attack and Hawk steps in and I can only think of one thing, please please please please please don't turn out to be the sin of pride. I've heard that dumb theory so many times and I don't want it.

Chapter 96
So Hawk takes the attack and his earring falls off and I'm thinking “oh god, here it comes, he is going to transform into the sin of pride” but luckily we are saved from that. Hawk really does seem to be dead, which prompts a nice reaction out of everyone. I liked how this was handled. Ban, Elizabeth and Meliodas were believably upset and it was done nicely. But let's talk about the main thing here. Elizabeth is a druid, or at least has druid blood in her. She has been hinted forever to have some kind of power and we finally see what it is. I'm guessing she has some kind of insane healing power, possibly enough to undo everything Hendricksen has done. I doubt she would have many if any offensive capabilities based on her personality, but only time will tell. I can see why these two chapters were released together. Its too much content for one chapter but too little for each to appear separately. Overall I was pleased and I can't wait for the next chapter.

Bleach
Oh Bleach, how far you have fallen. It seems like every new character introduced just dies in a chapter or two. Thats why I dont particularly care for this chapter. These new personal guards of Ywhach seem ok but let's face it. We know they will die in a few chapters. Its been going on for nearly 100 chapters now. Senjumara seems to be dead but considering we didnt actually see her die and just saw a wound appear on her head, she could be alive, but honestly, I just don't care at this point. There wasn't anything particularly good about this chapter or particularly bad. Its forgettable just like every other chapter of Bleach lately.

Naruto
I'm just throwing this out there but does Sasuke's idea of a hokage sound like a communist dictator to anyone else? He doesn't care if everyone hates him and just wants to unite everything by his force. Yeah, he has really lost it. I think Kishi went a little too far with Sasuke's ideas. I get that he is supposed to be controversial but making the main antagonist a totalitarian when he is only like 16 is kind of... much. Sasuke could have been a good character but Kishi went overboard on the dark and brooding thing and there is no semblance of a good character left in him. I feel at this point that Naruto has to kill Sasuke to set him free otherwise he will just keep brooding and being pissy. I would have liked to see Sasuke reform for real but that is just not going to happen at this point. He is too far gone. But now Kishi needs to get this show on the road. It feels like these two have been talking about how they are going to fight for ages now and they have yet to lay a hand on each other. I haven't liked the direction Naruto was headed for years and now that it is ending, I have what I wanted, it just doesn't feel right. This battle feels anti-climactic and I just want to see it over with. Oh well.

One Piece
Back story within back story. Interesting. I probably would have liked this a lot more if it wasn't so cliché. A tale of the government knowing something is harmful but ignoring it for profit. Wow, so original. I do like the idea that Oda used here of the amber lead becoming progressively worse through the generations, causing shorter and shorter lifespans as the generations go by. I've always figured Law had some kind of a tragic past. He never seemed to be self motivated and his actions always seemed to be for something that happened in the past and we finally know why now. I'm interested to see here what made Law go from hating Corazon with an undying passion to wanting to kill Hungry I mean Doflamingo with for Corazon's death. I really don't have much else to say for this chapter as it was just to drive home this point of Law's tragic past.

Toriko
For how amazing this series has been lately, the action kind of fell off swiftly here. This chapter wasn't bad at all, but it was such a quick transition from the high intensity action of the past few months of chapters that it was a little startling. So their new mode of transport is a....land shark train. Ok. I'm liking this monkey king already. He seems like he is going to be interesting. I just hope his name is not Sun Wukong/ Son Goku. I'm tired of every monkey being named after a Journey to the West. But really, the problem child of the eight kings. I'm pumped. It was also very interesting to see that Heracles helped the team out, clearing the path. To earn the respect of one of the eight kings has to be an incredible feat. Whatever comes next, I'm pumped. It disappoints me to see Toriko is still not one of the top mangas on Mangapanda. This is a super epic series and I have no idea why its not popular in the U.S. Oh well.

Magi
This chapter felt a bit scattered. It kind of went all over the place. To start though, I really liked Alibaba's resolve here. In order to protect his country, he has to be the subordinate of Kouen. He doesn't want to but out of a sense of duty to his people, he feels he has to. This was a good decision for the series as we now have friends of Aladdin’s on every side in this war. For Sindira we have Morginana, in Reim is Titus, Alibaba with the Kou Empire and Hakuryuu with Al Thamen. This complicates the situation as no matter who turns out to be the enemies in the end, Aladdin will have to fight a friend. We also have confirmation that the Fanalis were the red wolves in Alma Torran and that the other side of the rift is most likely Alma Torran itself. The rift is a connection between the two worlds, hence why the Fanalis turn back to wolves there. After over a year of a flashback that never seemed to end, things are finally back on track and I'm enjoying things again.

Thats all for this week folks. As always, comments are very welcome, so comment away.