Gavin

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Ahahahahahaha. Vindication! Cheat your way into the World Cup and crash out in the first round, well deserved France, well deserved. I shall be very interested to see what occurs with England later today.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Kubo what the **** have you done to Zangetsu?!!! [img]http://i49.tinypic.com/2zyfubl.jpg[/img] Might as well start calling him Zanbyakuya or Ulqgetsu Oh and Isshin's sword is apparently called ç??æ??/Engetsu (looks like Moon Flame/Moon Blaze or something like that). Mayhaps that combined with his knowledge of Ichigo's sword means that Engetsu is Zangetsu's father ?[/size][/font]

[center][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-T4g86KkNg[/media][/center] [center][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crz4_UofhS0[/media][/center] [font="Tahoma"][size="2"]I dare anyone to find something manlier.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]I really don't know about Grimmjow, I mean Ichigo carved him up pretty badly in their fight so unless he gets/has got medical attention (despite the fact the fight was three years ago) I don't see him surviving given his role in the arc has been fulfilled. Of course given I was never that much of a Grimmjow fan, it doesn't really make a difference to me either way. Kinda belongs in the same category as Stark or Halibel living, given we haven't seen their deaths on panel yet and Aizen has a lousy kill to wound ratio. [/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]I have to admit, if someone told me the Dutch would only barely overcome the Japanese yesterday I wouldn't have believed them. I'm also deeply disappointed with the way this World Cup is shaping up in terms of the performances put forth by so-called world class teams.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]When I said "he could be killed" I was referring to Kanonji rather than Ichigo. Despite his trickster nature I don't see Urahara as being someone who would genuinely put a bystander in a situation where they could be injured or killed because it would prove good training for his student. As for why Urahara never let anything on to Ichigo, simple, Ichigo would've asked why and Urahara would've had to tell him all about the Vizards, Soul Society and everything else. Given Ichigo's power comes from his heart, giving him the task of just rescuing Rukia without all that back knowledge was probably the most assured way to increase his power. [/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Suppose it could also be Kagetora, after all if he's survived up to this point in the future he may have become frighteningly powerful seeing as there's nobody hiding the truth about Psyren and PSI from him any more. It would also be terribly ironic that he ended up serving Junas. On second thought that pose and his attitude are about as deeply un-Kagetora as humanly possible...It does still make me want to see what happened to him and Matsuri though.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]This thread attracted me with false hope which was then cruelly shattered...[/size][/font]

[quote name='Magus' date='19 June 2010 - 12:28 AM' timestamp='1276903695' post='695568'] NOOOOO!!! If that happens, I quit. Dangit Gavin. Thanks for reminding me that I'm going to be putting up with him all over again during my reread session. [/quote] [font="Tahoma"][size="2"]HERESY!!! Kanonji will undergo a personality shift with the revelation of his true identity as Ichigo's second stealth-mentor. Even now he's training Karin to understand and control her reiatsu before she becomes a Shinigami like her brother and when Aizen attempts to strike her down we're going to see a zanpakuto hidden inside that pimp-cane and the force of a Squad Zero member unleashed again. I mean seriously, don't you think it's a little strange Urahara left Kanonji up there with Ichigo, a novice Shinigami when there's the distinct possibility he could be killed ? A slip in Urahara's otherwise perfect plotting or did Geta-Boshi know Kanonji was in no danger and would be there to save Ichigo when the need arose hmm ?[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Another disappointed result from England earlier today, one wonders whether they'll actually progress to the next stage if Slovenia play well and the Americans beat the Algerians.[/size][/font]

[quote name='Magus' date='18 June 2010 - 11:06 PM' timestamp='1276898796' post='695562']The way I see it is Ryuken was calling Isshin every single derogatory name but never calling him by his official name, but that's just me there.[/quote] [font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Maybe, I think though the way both of them reacted it's a different dynamic to that of their sons. I'm still praying for my Don Kanonji as a former Squad Zero Shinigami theory to prove true though.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Likely Kurosaki isn't Isshin's real last name, or heck Isshin mightn't even be his own first name either. Remember when Ryuken called him "Kurosaki" at the hospital, Isshin's response was "That's the first time you've called me that." which would seem to indicate he's been calling him something else or maybe just Isshin all along before that. I still maintain he's a Shiba and the one responsible for the clan's fall from nobility, explains why Ichigo and Kaien look alike, why Isshin and Ganju look somewhat alike and why Kukaku looks like an older version of Karen.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]I'm somewhat curious about Odo myself and based on "his" mannerisms and speech, I have to admit does remind me quite a bit of Oboro. [/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]I'd take the manga centred around Jiraiya far, far sooner than around Kushina but that's just me. 'Sides it's very easy to introduce a character who's essentially the main character-plus because you don't have to go through all that troublesome development you did with the main character.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]I think the thing about Isshin choosing not to tell Ichigo he was a Shinigami until he effectively had to is some sort of warped paternal instinct on Isshin's behalf. Before I'd have said that Isshin was just too hurt over losing Masaki to even consider teaching Ichigo himself, but having beat Grand Fisher that really shouldn't have been the case. I mean really, Isshin knows how much Ichigo blames himself for his mother's death and then to beat Grand Fisher and not bother to tell his son is pretty cold, I mean hell he could've got Urahara to pass it on as a message without mentioning it was Isshin which would've been a huge pick-me-up for Ichigo. Finally the fact that Isshin apparently could teach Ichigo more about his own sword, which Isshin knows more about than anyone else should've put a major requirement on him to teach his son much sooner. So yeah, I think Isshin either has really, really good reasons for not getting involved earlier, especially given how crazy powerful he is or he's just a jackass, and I'm hoping the latter isn't the case.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]I have to admit, I'm rather blown away by the idea Isshin can pour out three months worth of reiatsu to help Ichigo train and talk about it as if it's no big deal. Dude is a monster. Again sadly no explanation of exactly why Isshin is able to use Getsuga, maybe we'll hear a little more about that next week. [/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Hmm, Naruto's little Rikudo look has me rather curious now. I've suspected rather heavily for a while that Naruto has some Senju blood flowing through him and that would seem to be the case. I'm also hoping now that the Kyuubi's chakra has been separated from its "mind" we're going to see the Kyuubi act similar to the Hachibi, as I said before I'm sure Kyuubi can himself lend considerable light on a considerable number of subjects for Naruto. [/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Recently started watching [b]Shigurui[/b] and [b]D.Gray Man[/b], though I'm having trouble staying watching episodes. [/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]I get they have to show some of Ichigo's training to access this new Getsuga though as usual Kubo's pacing sucks and drags the whole manga out again for another couple of weeks. In reality if we go back to when Ichigo was subduing his inner-Hollow for Vizard training he was unequivocally told that his Getsuga was a piss-poor interpretation of his Hollow's so I get the feeling we're going to see him back as well. [/size][/font]

[quote name='Cat' date='16 June 2010 - 07:23 AM' timestamp='1276669398' post='695378'] They have been number since I was born. Its called Aging. Tell the truth I thought I was going to be on Gavin hit not Raiha's. What I comeback I have made on OB. [/quote] [font="Tahoma"][size="2"] You severely underestimate my laziness. Plus I thought it worked well as a pun.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]http://www.legofussball.eu/ Best. Website. Ever.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Big spoiler of this week: [spoiler]Kushina was the former host of the Kyuubi[/spoiler].[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"][b]Should subforums continue to be anime-only, leaving the related manga thread(s) in Manga Alley?[/b] I'm a bit split on this one. While obviously if we include the discussion of manga we're both taking away from Manga Alley and providing the potential of spoilers for those who just want anime, I can't help but feel that discussion should embrace the entire series in all its mediums. Maybe we could move the associated manga threads from Manga Alley for the duration of the new subforum and then move them back if/when we change the designated subforum's content ? [b]Should each anime subforum cover a single anime or groups of anime?[/b] As I said before, I think given how the FMA forum died rather soon after its opening, it might be best to dedicate the next one to WSJ's adaptations.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="2"][center][img]http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/2678/isshinfalconpunch.gif[/img][/center] Needs the music.[/size][/font]