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[COLOR="Navy"][font=comic sans ms][i]Reading[/i] I think I might kick Bleach and Naruto to the side for a while since I'm not getting much out of them lately. (Perhaps it's time for me to give them a break anyway.) I just read chapter 1.. excuse me, chapter 000 of [b]Black Lagoon[/b]. I don't know much about it, but it was very entertaining. I've been needing something entertaining, funny, and action packed lately, and this (judging by the 1st chapter) definately made me satisfied. [spoiler]Anytime the 1st page starts off with a fist to someones face, you know it's gonna be good.[/spoiler]XD Isn't the anime suppose to be on Starz Edge, or did I miss it already? Because right now Desert Punk comes on that channel.[/font][/COLOR]
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[COLOR="Navy"][font=comic sans ms]Currently watching [b]Fullmetal Alchemist.[/b] (for the 2nd or 3rd time.. I think) I don't hate it, but it's not a favorite, if you know what I mean. Still a good anime though. Explaining what the series is about is a complete waste of time since everyone has scene it (ok, almost everyone) and besides, I suck at synopsis's lol. The more I watch this, the more I [strike]hate[/strike] dislike Ed and Al. If Ed can't get what he wants, he's gonna become all bratty until he has whatever... I hate that. I'd rather see someone just throw a shovel at his dome and call it a day. Al just whines alot, and well, that's something that'll never grow onto me. (Kids, teens, yeah, I get all that, but "shrugs") I do skip episodes here and there to avoid anger issues lol. (Which I'd rather not get into right now :)) For comic relief, my favorite episode is the one where [spoiler]there was suppose to be a haunted (I think) warehouse.[/spoiler] I just crack up at Mustang in that episode for some reason. Action perspective... Hard to say, probably the episode when [spoiler]Scar blew off Ed's arm[/spoiler]. If you couldn't tell, Mustang is my favorite character in this anime btw :) I've also been getting into [b]Death Note[/b]. For what it's worth, I like the english voices so far. Granted that I've never seen the subs. Nothing seems dull or boring. Everything just sounds real good. I missed a few episodes. Hopefully nothing major. Although, I am wondering where did Ryuk's [spoiler]obsession of apples come from[/spoiler]? Madhouse is my favorite animation studio lol. (Guess I don't need to say anything about the animation/artwork now :)) I just wish they would do a samurai anime. The best thing so far, for me, is Light and L trying to out smart each other, and sadly, that's where it ends. It's kind of hard to imagine this series going on the way it is because at this very moment, it just seems like something that'll get repetitive really quick. [spoiler]Light kills random person without being spotted , L catches on, Light and L go on a battle of wits... repeat[/spoiler].{spoilers just to be safe} ( pure speculation lol, and no doubt that I'm wrong.) Yeah, that just seems like it'll grow old real fast. Especially without this having any action in it whatsoever. I'll stick with it though, that is if the series isn't that long. (?) Another thing I find interesting is that L is the one that "supposedly" dresses wacky/crazy, while Light dresses in a professional manner, but yet, Light is the one who seems [spoiler]to have snapped[/spoiler]. Atleast in this past episode, that is. [strike]Oh yeah, I'm also watching [b]House of Mouse[/strike][/b] :D. [quote name='Dagger']Kikuchiyo is the best character by far in the live-action film. It's not like his personality is that different... the actor in Seven Samurai is really expressive & funny, though (he appears in practically every Kurosawa movie, in a wide range of roles). It might be partly because they made him a big hulking cyborg, but I agree that Kikuchiyo is just plain abrasive in the anime.[/quote] Ah, perhaps I should check out that movie one of these days. If I can ever get into the black & white films... Or is it in color? My real dispute with Kikuchyio is that he's too [strike]idiotic[/strike] abrasive like you said. To be more precise, he's a mechanical version of Kuwabara (sp?) in Yu Yu Hakusho. Both knows something about honor, but are really stupid. Once I see the last episode, I'll give my full opinion about the series as a whole.[/COLOR][/font]
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[COLOR="Navy"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]I'm currently watching [b]Samurai 7[/b], or rather, what's left of it on IFC. I'm gonna have to put my tape on because I kind of forgot what happened, and how the gang got up to the point to where [spoiler]Katsu is fight bravely[/spoiler] for once. My favorite character out of the bunch is Kyuzo. The silent killing types are always a favorite for me. While I can't stand Kikuchiyo. He's not as annoying as other characters in other animes, (Shinji, Shippo, Naruto) but he's annoying enough to piss me off. I really don't know what Kambei saw in him. (Gotta watch it again, so don't tell me yet lol.) The action and animation (at times the animation can be inconsistent, but it shouldn't be too big a problem since the action in this still made it look good lol... To me anyway.) is what really stands out for me because it's all at a fast pace. I love my fast paced action lol. If only Bleach's action was as good as this, I'd like it a little more. (At the very least Bleach's fighting could've been as good as Naruto's fighting.) But that's another story. Just read chapter 382 of [b]Naruto[/b]. Stalling too much.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR="navy"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Bah, they're killing me with these flashbacks and stalling. I can't get the Sasuke and Itachi fight. (I know. Too soon. Wishful thinking lol.) Can't get the Kisame and Suigestu fight. (maybe next... who knows) Now I can't get the identity of Pain. >_> One of those things gotta happen (be revealed) now. /rant lol. Uhh... I don't really have anything to say about this chapter. I expected Naruto's mother to look a little mean/fiestier (Tenmari-ish) for some reason. (Don't ask lol) Don't like Jiraya, but I guess you can't help but to respect the guy.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[quote name='Lunox'][font="trebuchet ms"]I've been here for 4 or 5 years, I think, and I just always come around to OB whenever I'm on the internet. I haven't really made friends on OB, and I don't really participate as heavily as I did, but OB is a pretty quality forum compared to everything else out there. :p Which I guess means OB is addictive. [/font][/QUOTE] [COLOR="Navy"]Same, just lesser years lol. I also come here because of Arcade, to see everybodies take on games and whatnot. (Though, I really don't care about many opinions lol.) I haven't made many friends here even though, I haven't made an effort to seek friendship so... "shrugs". I don't really participate in much because my brain goes dead before I can ever come up with something to say. I also tend to stay away from all the debates since I'm no good in debates, and I have better things to do than argue over something that don't mean much to me anyway :). I mainly come here to just chill out, and it's better than all the forums that I used to go to.[/COLOR]
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[quote name='Blitz_Kid'][b]So why get the Nintendo DS version when you can get the 360 version?[/b][/QUOTE] [COLOR="Navy"]Because they're 2 different games lol. The game you're talking about for the 360 is Rise of the Ninja. An action/adventure game that is also a fighting game.. (I think) While Path of the Ninja is a RPG game. (As the topic creator have stated.) All of these Naruto games follow the same story, it's just some goes further than the others.... Or so it's said... "shrugs" I don't own either one though. (nor a 360 or DS)[/COLOR]
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[COLOR="Navy"]I normally just read reviews since I don't have much of a knack for giving any reviews outside of saying something is good or bad lol, but I'll try it for once. [i][u]Final Fantasy VIII[/i][/u] [b]Graphics/Animation[/b] - The CG animations in this game is amazing. It even beats out some games that're on the ps2 and GameCube. Even though it's a game that was made back in the PSX and N64 days, I still wish the in-game graphics were as good as the CG cutscenes, but still I don't really have anything bad to say about the graphics. [b]Sound/Music[/b] - Truthfully, I don't have much to say about the music. 3-4 songs stands out, but the rest of it isn't me. I'm not saying they're bad, it's just that I can live without the lol. As far as the sound effects goes... Err... They're good I guess. A bunch of monsters making noises... "shrugs" It's not really anything I pay attention to unless somebody (like my siblings) points it out to me. [b]Gameplay[/b] - The good ol ATB battle system. I use to hate this style of gameplay because I only liked hacking and slashing up my enemies. (Still do till this very day) But I've gotten a bit more used to this style till it just stuck with me. I kind of prefer this method for my RPG's, and seeing how I haven't really played (given a fair chance) many of the other RPG's out there, I've only adapted to this one. However, I still do kind of hate the ATB because it can become a little boring/repetitive just waiting for the gauge to fill up and keep using the Attack/Draw/GF/Magic/Item commands over and over. [b]Story[/b] - Tch... Who am I kidding? I don't know what the story is about. I have a short attention span, and I tend to just fly through the words across the screen lol. One thing I do hate about it, though, is the forced romance, especially when I've been choosing options that results in Squall talking negatively towards Rinoa. (Forgot what that word is called, but you get what I'm saying) Overall it's a good game though, and a good way to kill a bunch of time. 8/10 (I really prefer using the scale of 5 but hey... :) ) I really suck at this lol.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR="Navy"]I haven't read any theories outside of the Tobi = Obito theory. I try to stay away from those theories, and just hope that it's false lol. The title to ch 381 is misleading lol. "His Identity"... Foolishly thinking that they were about to reveal Tobi's identity, and we go back to the Jiraya fight >_> Some people really don't know when it's in their best interest to retreat. 6 on 1. I don't have an arm. Pfft, yeah, I'm out. I'm a little slow. Pein/Pain is who/what now? Everyone in Jiraya's past? [/COLOR]
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[COLOR="Navy"]Indeed the strength is really confusing. (My main reason for picking on Toshiro lol) I'm not even certain if I get it yet, but the way I see it so far. From the [spoiler]Ichigo and Byakuya fight back in Soul Society, if I recall, Byakuya said something about Ichigo's Ban Kai only increases his speed, and then another confirmation from Grimmjow and Ichigo's first encounter.[/spoiler] So I'd probably say that Kenpachi and Ichigo [spoiler](w/o the mask)[/spoiler] are still probably equals, and Toshiro just overrated the Arrancars... (That's what I want to say because [spoiler]Byakuya killed Zomari entirely too easy[/spoiler] Even with all that being said, it still don't say much lol. Outside of [spoiler]Ichigo already being injured after the final showdown with Grimmjow[/spoiler].[/COLOR]
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[quote name='aoi_hikari']Well, he's a kid after all. But still... T_T *punches* When [spoiler] Byakuya showed up[/spoiler], I spontaneously said [spoiler] YAY! Byakuya~ ^^; It's good to see Hanataro as well. But why Mayuri?! O_o[/spoiler][/QUOTE] [COLOR="Navy"][spoiler]Mad scientist vs mad scientist (voodoo person if you ask me.)[/spoiler] Good match up if you ask me, but I can live without that fight. I'm wondering what's the point of [spoiler]Hanataro showing up?[/spoiler] I know, he's there for Rukia, but "shrugs"[/COLOR] Edit: [COLOR="Navy"]I really liked this fight between [spoiler]Zomari and Byakuya[/spoiler] mainly because I'm a Byakuya fan lol. Although, I do think [spoiler]Zomari and the pumpkin look[/spoiler] was really stupid. Oh yeah, this fight makes me further know (more speculation really) that Toshiro is the weakest captain, or perhaps Byakuya was just lucky enough to get matched up with someone who he can clearly dominate. Okay no more picking on the boy :D Bah, now I gotta put up with the more uninteresting characters before the [spoiler]Kenpachi an Nnoitra[/spoiler] fight. All this procrastinating I tell ya, lol.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR="Navy"]It's good to see Kisame again. The more I see him the more interesting he becomes. It's sad though, because Kisame nor Zetsu hasn't really been in the spotlight as much as the other members in that group that I can't remember how to spell lol. I'm not certain which fight I want to see more. Itachi and Sasuke or Kisame and Suigetsu (sp?) So Yahiko is also Pain/Pein... weird, but not really interesting either. I wonder if what's her name is still hanging in that same spot where Jiraya left her?[/COLOR]
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[quote name='Tombstone']I'll come straight out with it. I am not a FF fan (I'm not fond of RPG's in general) but I have given it a chance. I do have respect for the RPG's but I don't think I'll ever like them. (Maybe cuz I don't like turn based games ^_^)[/QUOTE] [COLOR="Navy"]*Life* My opinion have certainly changed alot since that post lol. Still, you won't ever hear me going bonkers over these games, but I do enjoy them now. Kind of sad that I don't buy rpgs for the story lol. I now buy them to see if there's some cool limit break attacks. (Considering dishing out $35 for a copy of Xenogears) Anyways... [b]FFVII[/b] - I have it here. Sitting on my tv collecting dust wondering when I'm gonna play it again. I only beat it once, and haven't returned to it. That's gonna change, but probably no time soon. I think the last time I played it, my party was Cloud, Yuffie, and Cid. [b]FFVIII[/b] - My favorite of the series so far. Squall's cold attitude is funny to me. I just beat the game for a 2nd time recently. Odin seriously sucks when going for a no level up game. My party is/was Squall, Zell and Irvine. I beat Omega Weapon, and I'm a little confused about that card game. [b]FFX[/b] - I hate it lol. Honestly, I have to play it again because I only played up to the point to where I was meeting up with Auron, (After that beast guy got into it with his own folks) and called it quits. I couldn't bare Tidus wimpy voice. Love the graphics though. [b]FFXII[/b] - Played the demo. Didn't care for it. (gameplay wise) Apparently I don't know my style of gameplay, and I've been calling it an MMO lol. (I know MMO's have that same particular style of playing... so sue me :)) A friend of mine have told me that the actual game is different from the demo itself. So perhaps I may check it out again one day. FF Chronicles and FF Anthology just arrived in the mail yesterday and day before. I put my love for graphics on hold for a bit to see what I was missing. (And to see what was so special about these games) I haven't started playin any of them yet. Besides different consoles/platforms and whatnot, what are the differences between these and their GBA/DS counterparts? I'm thinking about getting Tactics, but I hate that style of gameplay too. Strategy is not my thing. And I've been debating on getting FFIX as well. "shrugs" I'm more interested in FFXIII Versus than FFXIII. Probably because I don't care for that style of gameplay in FFXII. I guess that's it for now.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR="Navy"]I just beat [b]Final Fantasy VIII[/b] for the 2nd time last night. The next time I play the game, I'm going to try to get Squall's Lion Heart before disc 1 is over with. I also beat Omega Weapon :). It wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be, but it was still long. I did miss a couple of magazines for Zell's limit breaks, but whatever. I'm now staring at the book to [b]Final Fantasy Chronicles[/b]. Trying to see what I'm getting myself into. I probably won't start playing this until I wake up. (Very sleepy.) Don't know which game I'll start off with first. I also have [b]Final Fantasy Anthology[/b] on the way. So many people kept recommeding these games, and I thought I'd check them out, with them being cheap and all. Tips/advice on these 4 games? lol[/COLOR]
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[quote name='Andy'][FONT="Book Antiqua"][SIZE="2"] I mean, let's face it, he's just about reached his limit; which mean's Naruto's probably gonna be jumping into the fight any chapter now. Lol, I guess we'll finally get to see the true result's of Naruto's training with Jiraiya for 2 and half year's.[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE] [COLOR="Navy"]Last I recall, Naruto is tailing Sasuke. So Jiraya's gonna be in his grave soon. :) A complete turn around. I do not really care for this fight, but this is the best chapter in this fight so far. Seeing 5 um.. human summons kind of tossed my little assumptions out the window lol. One absorbs Ninjutsu, the other see's through Genjutsu, etc etc.. >_> If Jiraya really wanted to win this fight he could've snatched out one of those face rings. :)[/COLOR]
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[COLOR="Navy"]^ Agreed, but then again I like all the themes where Super Sa.. (bah, forgot how to spell that word) transformations are taking place.[/COLOR]
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[quote name='Gavin'][SIZE="1"]Bah, I meant to write theme music there, as Brian Faulconer created some truly kick *** stuff for the show.[/SIZE][/QUOTE] [COLOR="Navy"]By some I'm assuming Vegeta's theme only :) j/k. Bleach. I only like the 1st two opening themes so far. Though, I've only seen the first three openings lol. The third one was alright until all that screaming.... My ears can't take all that (I'm getting old too fast lol.) All the endings especially "Happy People" just isn't good to have as an ending. I mean you have all this action and tention building up, and to have it go off with that theme.... No.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR="Navy"][b]Currently watching[/b] [i]Blood+[/i] - Err... I've been having alot of ups and downs (more downs) with this series because I can't stand Saya, Riku or Kai. And there voices don't make it any better especially when yelling/crying. And then everything is relatively slow, and I get real sleepy while watching it. Some of the fights can be nice, but "shrugs". I won't say much about the story since I've been skipping alot of episodes. (Skip a week and come back the next lol) [i]Trinity Blood[/i] - Probably a crime here, but I like this alot more than Blood+. I know the ending was bogus (confusing in my book), but the episodes before that are pretty good, to me atleast. Although, 2 characters really need to go. Esther and Ion. The girl is dumb, and the little vampire is annoying. And his VA does no justice when it comes to screaming. (murder on the ears) Animation is prettiful. I wish they did some samurai type animes. I'd love to see some of the action scenes they can pull off in a samurai anime. [b]Currently reading[/b]: Nothing... Waiting for the next chapter of Bleach.[/COLOR]
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[quote name='The Boss'][color=darkred][size=1] Wow... The Pats really, REALLY embarrassed the Bills last night... 56-10.... WHAT!? They're on a roll, I'm telling you.[/color][/size][/QUOTE] [COLOR="Navy"]Tell me about it. And there 10-0. Can't help but wonder if there are any teams out there that can stop them. I think the only team that hasn't been beating by a blowout is the Colts (and I want to say Dallas, but I can't remember that game.), and I haven't been keeping up with them so "shrugs". There are some other teams that've caught my eye. The Cowboys and the Packers to be more specific. Both being 9-1 and all. Those the only teams I've been following lately, and an off and on thing with the Lions (checking records and whatnot) seeing that they are my home team... Booo!!!![/COLOR]
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[COLOR="Navy"]Honestly, I'm not much of a fan of the Soul Calibur series. (Hell, I'm no fan of this nor the Tekken series) Out of the 1st two games (didn't play the 3rd game) I like the 1st one alot more. Don't know why, but I couldn't get into Soul Calibur 2 at all. I like playing with weapons and all, but it just felt like something was missing. Outside of a 2nd player/controller (LOL) Now when I was spending hours playing the 1st Soul Calibur with my brother, I would normally just choose Kilik and my brother would choose Maxi. And our matches would take too long to finish.. (The beauty of takng off timers) But really, I'm just getting back into my fighting games, but it's mainly 2D fighters at the moment.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR="Navy"]Junior high eh, or as we call it around here, middle school. As far as I can remember there was only one specific group, and that was your so-called jocks "coughs" thugs/bangers. I don't care who you are, you can't pretend to be "thugged out" and you're in dress code. That's just not gangsta. Everytime I think about the "thugs" back in middle school I can't help but laugh at them. But of course I went to elementary with majority of those folk, and I was cool with them, although, I normally kept to myself. In high school, I don't think I ran into any goths or emo's. My sister said there was an emo person there but "shrugs". Again I basically kept to myself, but most of those jocks knew me and well I was cool with them. (I was cool with everyone... Went to school with them, and some of those folks lived on my street so.. go figure) I was basically your average laid-back guy that kept to myself. Semi-Loner? "shrugs"[/COLOR]
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[font=comic sans ms]^ Agreed. I kept getting stuck with a lot of my weaker cards because I didn't have enough cards in the 1st place to refine them. (That's really a downer too.) I had to reset my system about 4-5 times going against that one guy who had the Alexander card. (Trade rule was also set to Diff... >_
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[COLOR="Navy"]Now this is a chapter a like. Seeing [spoiler]Unohana in Hueco Mundo[/spoiler] wasn't expected at the very least. Although, I would've expected to see her a little later on. I don't know if I want to see a fight between the [spoiler]2 mad scientists.[/spoiler] It'll probably be an interesting fight, but as sadistic and twisted the two are... "shrugs" [spoiler]Mayuri looks funny[/spoiler] I don't have anything to say about [spoiler]Byakuya and the 7th espada.[/spoiler] I don't know which fight I want to see the most, [spoiler]Kenpachi vs Nnoitra or Byakuya vs ....7th Espada[/spoiler] lol. I'm still stuck on this Hitsugaya thing too. [spoiler]If these captains dominate these arrancar real easily[/spoiler], then I'm sticking with the judgment that Hitusgaya is weak and shouldn't be a captain. XD [/COLOR]
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[COLOR="Navy"]I haven't been watching anything new as of late. I did manage to catch [b]Death Note[/b] on Saturday. Although, I didn't pay much attention to the episode itself, the little conversation between Light and L was really interesting. Kind of hooked me there for a moment. Depending on if I feel like looking at it this Saturday, I may check it out. I'm still watching [b]Naruto[/b] on CN. It's really overhyped, but it's still decent at the same time. The voices are really boring, and sometimes annoying, but I don't really have much of a problem with that anymore. IMO, the dialogue is what kills it for me because most of words coming out of these characters mouth ranges from stupid to not making any sense at all. And then there's the animation. Perhaps my biggest gripe with this entire series. I'm still waiting on this high quality animation I've heard so much about. In any case, in one episode the animation can be pretty good, and then in another episode, the animation just looks down right hideous. I won't even begin speaking about the characters... XD. But I'm done picking on Naruto. The only manga I've been reading is [b]Bleach[/b]. As I mentioned in the Bleach manga thread, I've been having some captain issues, but other than that, I'm just hoping they hurrying up with this arc. It's been an up and down arc for me. And I just want to see some of the other characters ([spoiler]Urahara and Isshin[/spoiler]) [/COLOR]
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[COLOR="Navy"]Got this small looking PSX hooked up... I really didn't expect that thing to be so small. A DS is about the size of this thing.... I think. (Never seen a DS up close) In any case, I've been playing [b]Final Fantasy 8[/b] yet again. It is my favorite of the series... Atleast of what I've played so far. (fF7 as well as FF10) I'm following the no level up walkthrough again, so, more card playing torture lol. I'm still on disc 1. Just getting out of the Tomb of the Unknown King. Taking frequent breaks hear and there so I won't get so tired of rpg's. I'm tempted to buy Final Fantasy Chronciles next. That or Anthology... Not exactly sure which one I want more. I want to try out Chrono Trigger as well as Final Fantasy 6.... "shrugs" We'll see.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR="Navy"][spoiler]Reinforcements[/spoiler] finally!!. That's the last time I'd actually get something right lol, and that was the only exciting thing for me in this chapter. Uhh... So I started reading this from the Ichigo vs Byakuya fight, and now I'm wondering what everyone see's in Hitsugaya. I mean I have nothing against him whatsoever, but this guy hasn't proved he's worthy enough to be a captain. Perhaps those are not the right words I'm looking for, but hopefully, you see what I'm saying. (I'll stop picking with Hitsugaya now :)) Speaking of captains, did they ever mention how the ranks are determined? Whose the strongest of the captains? Or does the numbers not matter?[/COLOR]