The Quiet Man
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I'd forgotten how fucking great this was. Too bad it was so short.
I'd forgotten how fucking great this was. Too bad it was so short.
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Shouta
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The Naruto's (the manga) biggest problem and the point that it really went off the rails was when they started using Chakra as the equivalent of power levels and started treating it like DBZ does. It was about techniques and their applications in battle with a little bit of power-mongering but it basically was what you would want from Ninjas fighting each other.
It's funny actually, Part 1 Naruto is akin to the first half of Dragon Ball up until Piccolo Jr whereas Part 2 Naruto is basically DBZ. Part 2 Naruto is full of goddamn Super Saiyans.
It's funny actually, Part 1 Naruto is akin to the first half of Dragon Ball up until Piccolo Jr whereas Part 2 Naruto is basically DBZ. Part 2 Naruto is full of goddamn Super Saiyans.
SouthernDragon
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Kishimoto came up with amazing characters and a really cool world. He just needed a goddamn writer to keep him in check. It feels like both Tite and Kishimoto are like Lucas; great ideas that are refined into amazing ideas if they have someone to keep them in check, but if left alone quickly devolve into a convoluted mess.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Of all the 'twists' in Naruto the one that confounded me the most is Itachi. If he's a good guy then I just couldn't bring myself to understand how he could possibly think messing up with Sasuke's life/psyche so badly will bring about good results.
Sasuke ended the way he is right now is his fault, full stop.
Sasuke ended the way he is right now is his fault, full stop.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Timbuktu said:
Some, if not all, people will find this opinion of mine as a sacrilege but in terms of overall enjoyment I prefer Naruto over Dragonball.
Infinite Justice
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Naruto
I think it was an unfortunate side effect that came with the role Itachi eventually ended up in when he decided to spare The Sauce's life that night.
Plus whatever remnants that could have been salvaged after Itachi's death was ruined by Tobi telling the real story.
Laughing Banana said:
I think it was an unfortunate side effect that came with the role Itachi eventually ended up in when he decided to spare The Sauce's life that night.
Plus whatever remnants that could have been salvaged after Itachi's death was ruined by Tobi telling the real story.
Phoenician_Viking
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Naruto
Oops. Sorry.Infinite Justice said:Uh I think you quoted the wrong reply for your response here since this was talking what fight i thought caused him to develop somewhat. *shrug*
Plus i kinda said that naruto's growth was one of the reasons The Sauce decided to go
TacticalFox88
Banned
I can still enjoy DBZ as at least at the very core it's still entertaining.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
Sauce is under cover to determine Madara's true plan. He's really not evil at all.Laughing Banana said:
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
DB had good pacing and interesting characters. "Hur hur DBZ is the acme of shit" stuff needs to die in a clown fire.Stat Flow said:
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Freshmaker said:
Bulma suddenly had a son with Vegeta is the most random thing ever in the whole universe.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Bleach
Sasuke and Naruto vs. Madara. It will happen.Freshmaker said:
And now, from the meaningless internet polls department:
(Crunchyroll news article)
Emphasis added to head off anyone complaining about lack of Naruto, One Piece, HxH, etc.
(Crunchyroll news article)
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Articalys said:
Wait on what year Naruto debuted...?
...before 2000?
...Really...?
My God I suddenly feel really old for some reason.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
Goku (the man who couldn't discern between genders) having a kid made sense then?Laughing Banana said:
Crunchyroll edit:
Deathnote? DEATHNOTE?!?
That was idiotic trash. What's wrong with people?
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Freshmaker said:
Made sense if you consider how aggressive his wife was
And I agree with you, Death Note shouldn't be there. Not at number 1, at least.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
I can't imagine that night of conception.Laughing Banana said:Made sense if you consider how aggressive his wife was
At least Vegeta thought Bulma was disgusting. Obvious Tsundere.
Crash Station
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JJBA part 6 vol 12
Haha, really Araki? You're gonna bring beloved Disney characters to life and make them psychotic killers? You crazy motherfucker!
Love the mention of copyright because I'm just thinking "no way will this ever come to the US". Even if likeness wasn't a big issue, don't think Disney wants their premiere park turning into some demented horror show.
Haha, really Araki? You're gonna bring beloved Disney characters to life and make them psychotic killers? You crazy motherfucker!
Love the mention of copyright because I'm just thinking "no way will this ever come to the US". Even if likeness wasn't a big issue, don't think Disney wants their premiere park turning into some demented horror show.
Urban Scholar
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cosmicblizzard said:
Oh I like how that arc ended, muhahaha.
TacticalFox88
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None of the romances were done that well, you just "accepted" them.Laughing Banana said:
But fuck if Piccolo wasn't one of the best characters in that show. Pissed me off he became nothing more than a cheerleader by the end of the series.
Kimi ni Todoke 61:
Another solid chapter. With the focus on Ayane and Chizuru it just seems like the relationship development goes somewhere at realistic rate instead of the constant void that Kazehaya and Sawako are going through.
Cage of Eden 98:
The base just never catches a break without Sengoku around. Good stuff overall though.
Another solid chapter. With the focus on Ayane and Chizuru it just seems like the relationship development goes somewhere at realistic rate instead of the constant void that Kazehaya and Sawako are going through.
Cage of Eden 98:
The base just never catches a break without Sengoku around. Good stuff overall though.
FlutterPuffs
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TacticalFox88 said:
I agree. The romances in DBZ are forgettable, and it's ok. It's a pure battle manga, and it does that genre REALLY well.
I mean, it's like complaining about Jason Statham's romance arc in The Expendables.
Neoriceisgood
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Tobi is that guy who got Naruto to steal the scrolls in the first chapters.
Urban Scholar
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Articalys said:Oh hey, Naruto 561 is out.
I've skipped most of the discussion due to the delay so anything I'd say is probably old news to you all, but this panel still made me crack up:
Something about his expression, I guess.
When we get into discussions about part 2 dropping the ball I think I'll use this picture.
Neoriceisgood said:
He's been long dead though(in the anime). I chuckled at how the kyuubi juiced up Naruto because he didn't want to be Madara's slave again. Where's OG Naruto by the way? A you guys amused like me that we've been getting Naurto shenanigans from one of his shenanigans? It's like meta man
TacticalFox88
Banned
Naruto
Okay, at this point who ISN'T related to the First Hokage and/or have his cells/powers inside him? This is beyond ridiculous.
Okay, at this point who ISN'T related to the First Hokage and/or have his cells/powers inside him? This is beyond ridiculous.
Dedication Through Light
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Articalys said:
Wow the huge drop between Bleach and Toriko. At least Amano got some love, Reborn does have its highlight a good decent tier series with good characters like no good tuna.
Naruto 561
Excellent chapter that was packed to the brim with despair and action. Three chapters in a row Kishimoto has supplied those bombs and Ive been continually shocked by each. The main powerful characters are all exhausted which will lead to nice methods of seeing them take out opponents. Apart from seeing my favorite attack, the multitude of Shadow Clone Rasengans, nine tailed fox and Madara trying to summon it(?) was great.
AlphaDragoon
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Naruto 561:
Jesus Christ on a pogo stick. Madara is literally godlike. Dude tosses meteors, tries to summon the most powerful tailed beast around today, and sends a whole forest worth of trees at his enemies like he's a kid playing with Legos.
THIS is what the Rinnegan was capable of all along.
Jesus Christ on a pogo stick. Madara is literally godlike. Dude tosses meteors, tries to summon the most powerful tailed beast around today, and sends a whole forest worth of trees at his enemies like he's a kid playing with Legos.
THIS is what the Rinnegan was capable of all along.
Dedication Through Light
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End of Eternity: The Secret Hours 4
Vashyron was hilarious this chapter, his side comments are always funny. Anyway I love that they actually had one of my favorite angles from the game in her for LeAnne. Each chapter makes me want to recover Resonance of Fate and replay it just for battles and in game comments alone.
Vashyron was hilarious this chapter, his side comments are always funny. Anyway I love that they actually had one of my favorite angles from the game in her for LeAnne. Each chapter makes me want to recover Resonance of Fate and replay it just for battles and in game comments alone.
I don't see how it's weird that a clone of the main character is more useful than most of the other people on the battlefield. Being a clone doesn't really diminish his powers right? He's basically a kage level ninja. Gaara and that old guy have had their moments as well.Wiseblade said:
gundamkyoukai
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Wiseblade said:
Naruto has to be broken if wants to fight with Sasuke in the future .
Plus Naruto was already super strong when he beat Pain , he beat some one who beat the whole village and leaf is suppose to be strongest one .
That was without the 9 tails helping him and he having control of it .
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Naruto
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HSD
Good chapter now the save Miu arc can official start .
Urban Scholar
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Again I repeat: a clone of naruto not og is pulling his save the day shenanigans.
Urban Scholar
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Nocebo said:
I'm not saying it shouldn't be possible because obviously it should. What am I'm saying is that it's amusing that the clone is the MVP. It was even funnier when he mentioned he could go poof at any second.
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Naruto
Now I'm hoping he goes into 9 tail fox form
Now I'm hoping he goes into 9 tail fox form
Urban Scholar
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DonMigs85 said:
Best guess: Kyuubi is like cable, when Naruto splits each clone has the same channel. Thus they can tune into it.
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