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			<title>Dany fails  :D</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:17:44 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[to put a pic :burn: 
 
 
well i was looking for a bishie style pic for my profile and i found this and lol thought was funny 
 
*>:O lol the pic...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div align="center">to put a pic :burn:<br />
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well i was looking for a bishie style pic for my profile and i found this and lol thought was funny<br />
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<a href="http://www.zerochan.net/499467" target="_blank"><b><font size="7">&gt;:O lol the pic doesn't wan't to be bigger in my blog at all </font></b></a><br />
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			<dc:creator>Dany1908</dc:creator>
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			<title>Is gravity a theory?</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:35:17 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>I probably sound really retarded but...  
I was just reading some random stuff as you do when ur on the internet, and i was reading some random thing...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I probably sound really retarded but... <br />
I was just reading some random stuff as you do when ur on the internet, and i was reading some random thing about gravity and some ppl said that they don't believe in gravity and that it's only a theory...at school and stuff i don't remember anyone ever saying 'the theory of gravitation'<br />
<br />
oh and how does a theory be 'just a theory'? A theory isn't just a random guess some random person had, it's an educated guess :P<br />
I thought that it was like, someone notices something, and they think 'why is that like that?', have an idea of why that is like that and they decide to test it...<br />
and if they had no proof at all they change the hypothesis a bit and keep doing the same thing <br />
and if they have no evidence they probably drop it. <br />
<br />
and I can't remember where i was going with this...and I don't even think what i said made sense so i'm just gonna leave it<br />
<br />
Oh wait...ok then I got thinking what is the difference between a law and a theory...'cause nothing in science is an absolute truth...but then it's all just logic...so why isn't it a truth? <br />
<br />
ok I don't even know what I'm going on about<br />
<br />
can someone tell me what the theory of relativity is? baby words please ^_^</div>

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			<dc:creator>ruhena</dc:creator>
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			<title>greek protests</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:01:08 GMT</pubDate>
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the old man in the photo...</description>
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the old man in the photo getting beaten up by the police is manolis glezos.<br />
during the nazi occupation he climbed the acropolis along with a friend, took down the nazi flag from the top and replaced it with a greek one<br />
just a small representative of how ****ed up things are getting here<br />
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no monkey sex photo today :/</div>

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			<dc:creator>ProDeathblow</dc:creator>
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			<title>Obsession</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:22:10 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[So lately I've been wondering 
What separates love from obsession? 
For me the former is a happy mutual feeling 
While the later is a sad one sided...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><font size="4"><font color="RoyalBlue"><font face="Garamond"><i>So lately I've been wondering<br />
What separates love from obsession?<br />
For me the former is a happy mutual feeling<br />
While the later is a sad one sided love<br />
<br />
Pathetic as it sounds, an obsession is not one<br />
Though it hurts and pains me at times<br />
It gave me strength at my most vulnerable state<br />
I feel more alive by the joy and the hope it brings<br />
<br />
Glimpses of you and the mere mention of your name<br />
Traces of you along our long crossing lane<br />
The fool in me keeps hoping against hope<br />
That these little pleasure of mine would never end<br />
<br />
From me to you my dearest obsession;<br />
<br />
'Though time, space and circumstances separates us<br />
Know that my thoughts are always with you<br />
And though I am fickle and easily bored<br />
My feelings for you are sincere and unwavering'.<br />
<br />
Obsession is a delight for an Emo. (Oh. Hello haters.)<br />
<br />
-The End-<br />
<br />
The Emo Jelly<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[If you can't handle it then..]]></title>
			<link>http://www.animecrazy.net/forums/blogs/_x-nikii/24766-if-you-cant-handle-then.html</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:47:15 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>* don’t commit 
* don’t start 
* don’t pout 
* don’t blame others 
* don’t lie to yourself 
* *don’t waste my time.* 
 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><ul><li>don’t commit</li>
<li>don’t start</li>
<li>don’t pout</li>
<li>don’t blame others</li>
<li>don’t lie to yourself</li>
<li><b>don’t waste my time.</b></li>
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			<title><![CDATA["You must choose between me and your cigar."]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:52:54 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA["You must choose between me and your cigar." 
--BREACH OF PROMISE CASE, CIRCA 1885. 
 
Open the old cigar-box, get me a Cuba stout, 
For things are...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>&quot;You must choose between me and your cigar.&quot;<br />
--BREACH OF PROMISE CASE, CIRCA 1885.<br />
<br />
Open the old cigar-box, get me a Cuba stout,<br />
For things are running crossways, and Maggie and I are out.<br />
<br />
We quarrelled about Havanas--we fought o'er a good cheroot,<br />
And I knew she is exacting, and she says I am a brute.<br />
<br />
Open the old cigar-box--let me consider a space;<br />
In the soft blue veil of the vapour musing on Maggie's face.<br />
<br />
Maggie is pretty to look at--Maggie's a loving lass,<br />
But the prettiest cheeks must wrinkle, the truest of loves must pass.<br />
<br />
There's peace in a Larranaga, there's calm in a Henry Clay;<br />
But the best cigar in an hour is finished and thrown away--<br />
<br />
Thrown away for another as perfect and ripe and brown--<br />
But I could not throw away Maggie for fear o' the talk o' the town!<br />
<br />
Maggie, my wife at fifty--grey and dour and old--<br />
With never another Maggie to purchase for love or gold!<br />
<br />
And the light of Days that have Been the dark of the Days that Are,<br />
And Love's torch stinking and stale, like the butt of a dead cigar--<br />
<br />
The butt of a dead cigar you are bound to keep in your pocket--<br />
With never a new one to light tho' it's charred and black to the socket!<br />
<br />
Open the old cigar-box--let me consider a while.<br />
Here is a mild Manila--there is a wifely smile.<br />
<br />
Which is the better portion--bondage bought with a ring,<br />
Or a harem of dusky beauties, fifty tied in a string?<br />
<br />
Counsellors cunning and silent--comforters true and tried,<br />
And never a one of the fifty to sneer at a rival bride?<br />
<br />
Thought in the early morning, solace in time of woes,<br />
Peace in the hush of the twilight, balm ere my eyelids close,<br />
<br />
This will the fifty give me, asking nought in return,<br />
With only a Suttee's passion--to do their duty and burn.<br />
<br />
This will the fifty give me. When they are spent and dead,<br />
Five times other fifties shall be my servants instead.<br />
<br />
The furrows of far-off Java, the isles of the Spanish Main,<br />
When they hear my harem is empty will send me my brides again.<br />
<br />
I will take no heed to their raiment, nor food for their mouths withal,<br />
So long as the gulls are nesting, so long as the showers fall.<br />
<br />
I will scent 'em with best vanilla, with tea will I temper their hides,<br />
And the Moor and the Mormon shall envy who read of the tale of my brides.<br />
<br />
For Maggie has written a letter to give me my choice between<br />
The wee little whimpering Love and the great god Nick o' Teen.<br />
<br />
And I have been servant of Love for barely a twelvemonth clear,<br />
But I have been Priest of Cabanas a matter of seven year;<br />
<br />
And the gloom of my bachelor days is flecked with the cheery light<br />
Of stumps that I burned to Friendship and Pleasure and Work and Fight.<br />
<br />
And I turn my eyes to the future that Maggie and I must prove,<br />
But the only light on the marshes is the Will-o'-the-Wisp of Love.<br />
<br />
Will it see me safe through my journey or leave me bogged in the mire?<br />
Since a puff of tobacco can cloud it, shall I follow the fitful fire?<br />
<br />
Open the old cigar-box--let me consider anew--<br />
Old friends, and who is Maggie that I should abandon you?<br />
<br />
A million surplus Maggies are willing to bear the yoke;<br />
And a woman is only a woman, but a good Cigar is a Smoke.<br />
<br />
Light me another Cuba--I hold to my first-sworn vows.<br />
If Maggie will have no rival, I'll have no Maggie for Spouse!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
-THE END-<br />
Rudyard Kipling's poem: The Betrothed</div>

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			<title>12 and Counting  O:</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:15:53 GMT</pubDate>
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It says &quot;She didn't have companions<br />
No need for earthly things.<br />
Only wanted freedom,<br />
From what she felt were<br />
Puppet strings.&quot;<br />
<br />
tis a line from a poem names &quot;And she was gone&quot; I plan on getting the rest done on other spots but you can only fit so much on a scroll and the area we were working in. <br />
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This quarter  sleeve is 3 tats from being done:wave:</div>

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			<title>A Nation in Mourning...</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:33:56 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>As most of you know, today is the 10.41666666666666666666666666666666666666666.....th anniversary of 9/11. 
 
I think we should all take a moment to...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>As most of you know, today is the 10.41666666666666666666666666666666666666666.....t  h anniversary of 9/11.<br />
<br />
I think we should all take a moment to think about what that means to each of us individually, as a nation, and as a world, and maybe another moment to remember all the peoplez.<br />
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:wave:</div>

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			<title>*spazzing*</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:23:06 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[OMG i just found Mr Stock on twitter! 
 
it was so easy, it took like 2 second ^_^ 
 
his description thing says 'English teacher at a girl's school....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>OMG i just found Mr Stock on twitter!<br />
<br />
it was so easy, it took like 2 second ^_^<br />
<br />
his description thing says 'English teacher at a girl's school. 'Nuff said.'<br />
OMG he's so cute, I'm adding that to my favourite quotes thing on FB!!<br />
<br />
he's following 19 ppl and one of them is hideo kojima ^_^<br />
<br />
and he's got 8 followers so i think he'd notice if i followed him...<br />
<br />
now me and Alisha are just looking through his 14 tweets :P<br />
<br />
he tweeted about parents evening :P<br />
lol i remember that day XD<br />
<br />
he watches take me out(or just watched it on the 7th January)!! OMG Take me out is my favourite show!!! it's the best thing ever!!! &lt;3 &lt;3 <br />
<br />
I know he swears a lot but i've never actually heard or seen him swear, the only think he's ever said to me was 'it's ok, I'll just get the doorstop'. he also said 'no unfortunately i don't sorry' to a friend but i was there as well.<br />
<br />
he shared this video as well ^_^<br />
<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/gristo/class-dismissed-58t4" target="_blank">http://www.buzzfeed.com/gristo/class-dismissed-58t4</a><br />
<br />
should i follow him? :rolleyes:</div>

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			<title>Random~</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:55:19 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Yay haven't been on here for almost a year xD Hi everyone!!! XD Well umm I don't really have much to say just that I wanted to post a blog lmao....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Yay haven't been on here for almost a year xD Hi everyone!!! XD Well umm I don't really have much to say just that I wanted to post a blog lmao. Valentines  day is coming~ Remember it isn't just about your gf/bfs it is actually also about your friends and family. And you should show them love and care all the time not only on V-day xD :wave: Anyways what do you guys have planned for V-day? I'm gonna go to school and rot there #foreveralone lmao XD hahaha</div>

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			<title>Poem 198</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:33:30 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Inspirational song  
 
Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru - OST      - YouTube 
*_Lifeless Rose 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div align="center">Inspirational song <br />
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			<title>House, M.D. cancelled</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:34:05 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[My life is over. OVER! 
 
The doctor is out: 'House' cancelled after eight seasons...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>My life is over. OVER!<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.canada.com/entertainment/doctor+House+cancelled+after+eight+seasons/6131628/story.html" target="_blank">The doctor is out: 'House' cancelled after eight seasons</a><br />
<br />
Yes, Canada.com.<br />
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			<title>MSG to those who go back to relationships they left.</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:43:45 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>WHY would you want to go back to something you LEFT. 
 
when you think about it, there was something in that relationship that just DID NOT work and...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><i>WHY would you want to go back to something you LEFT.</i><br />
<br />
when you think about it, there was something in that relationship that just DID NOT work and thats why you left. Don't go back to what you left. <br />
<br />
:) I believe in second chances, but just a word of advice: don't think things will change in the relationship just because you left.</div>

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			<title>Relationship GURU</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:04:46 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[there's so much people that are single & they secretly ponder "WHY?"  
 
---lol well this one time i was for sure wondering "WHY." and i asked a...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>there's so much people that are single &amp; they secretly ponder &quot;WHY?&quot; <br />
<br />
<font face="Georgia">---lol well this one time i was for sure wondering &quot;WHY.&quot; and i asked a friend he said &quot;do you feel girlfriend material?&quot; i was like &quot;YES!!!&quot; then he said &quot;then thats all that matters.&quot; &amp; seriously after that i've been doing a lot better at finding RELATIONSHIP type of guys. (;</font><br />
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<b><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="5">SO if you need tips or advice just ask. :)</font></font></b></div>

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			<title><![CDATA[WSJ Rants: OP 655-656, N 572-573, B 480, & HxH 334-335]]></title>
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			<description>I wanted to blog about the *WSJ scanlations* last week (1st week of February), but work constraints held me back. Much to my pleasurable surprise,...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I wanted to blog about the <b>WSJ scanlations</b> last week (1st week of February), but work constraints held me back. Much to my pleasurable surprise, scanlations were early this week, so why not go ahead and rant about the most recent chapters together now?<br />
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<font size="4"><b><font color="Navy"><u>OP 656: “Adventure on the Burning Island”</u></font></b></font><br />
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Chapter 655 and 656 of One Piece come together as the beginning of a new arc, the first one in the second half of the Grand Line, the <b>New World</b>. After quite an entrance (or exit, since they were under the sea), the Thousand Sunny found itself in raging weather, rolling seas, and even an ocean of flames, much to Luffy’s delight. An emergency den-den mushi call (the snail cried… weird) piqued Luffy’s interest in the island nearest their current location, a burning island called <b>Punk Hazard</b>. After drawing lots to see who disembarks along with an excited Luffy and having the ship stand by outside the circle of burning sea that surrounds Punk Hazard, Luffy, Zoro, Robin, and Ussop head towards the infernal island.<br />
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One there, they breach an intimidating wall with the insignia of the marines and the World Government to find what once was a flourishing town or marine base reduced to melting ruin by a constant blaze of fire. Soon enough, they come up against a <b>dragon</b>, which Luffy and Zoro, despite some initial surprise and a short exchange of attacks, manage to kill easily.<br />
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Oda’s imagination takes the wildest turns, and One Piece, his crowning achievement, is a testament to his wild ideas. When the crew was on Fishman Island they met an underling of the <b>Yonkou Big Mom</b> – a character that struck me as one of those weird creatures you can only see on One Piece. He was a lion standing upright, wearing a tux and shades – and he transforms into a turtle. Or, at least, his ability allows him to use a turtle shell for defense. In “Adventure in Burning Island,” Oda runs away with his imagination again when he decided that Luffy’s small party of four should meet with a real, fire-breathing dragon, and that there should be <b>half a man</b> stuck on its head.<br />
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<img src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb440/G_Dino/one-piece-halfman-01.png" border="0" alt="" /><br />
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As if that wasn’t enough, the half-body could speak, had a will of its own, was also as tall as a normal human, and had a grudge against <b>Shichibukai</b>. Meanwhile, the rest of the crew aboard the Sunny-go are put to sleep with sleeping gas by an unknown assailant, and are hauled off to be brought to their attackers’ master.<br />
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<img src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb440/G_Dino/one-piece-enemies-01.png" border="0" alt="" /><br />
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It’s Oda’s world, so pretty much anything can happen from here on out. Though there are some hints of what might be waiting in the future. Mention of the <i>samurai </i>of the <i>Wa No Kuni</i> and the appearance of the dragon had me remembering Zoro’s <i>Shuusui</i>’s original owner, the samurai who defeated a dragon hundreds of years ago. Punk Hazard’s name plus the construction of its surrounding walls had me thinking about the infamous doctor <i>Vegapunk</i>, though I doubt the scientist and the island are connected. The burning island could very well be set ablaze by the dragon Zoro just beheaded, though that is moot. These recent chapters had me thinking about the anime only arc where Luffy helps a little girl’s dragon friend, and another one where their flag had been stolen by a flag collector and his eccentric family.<br />
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<font size="4"><font color="Navy"><b><u>N 573: “The Path Toward Radiance”</u></b></font></font><br />
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Naruto chapters 572 and 573 amounted to Naruto learning the names of the <b>bijuu </b>and their <b>jinchuriki</b>, the bijuu remembering the <b>Sage of the Six Path</b>s and all agreeing that Naruto had been the one the Sage was referring to, Naruto’s against the <b>masked Madara</b> going smoothly and how everyone in the shinobi army rallied behind his efforts, and <b>Sasuke</b>’s entrance into the battlefield.<br />
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<img src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb440/G_Dino/sasuke-01.png" border="0" alt="" /><br />
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Naruto’s chat with the bijuu and jinchuriki was a much wanted comic break in the midst of the fighting. It was neat to see <i>Kurama</i>, the kyubi, crack a joke or two.<br />
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<img src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb440/G_Dino/naruto-tailed-convention-01.png" border="0" alt="" /><br />
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The following chapter which revolved around the Japanese concept of powerful feelings, however, I could do without. It’s a cultural facet that is perhaps inevitable, though I would have appreciated it more if it did not take up a whole chapter. Another aspect of current plot developments I’m not so sure of is Sasuke. Given that Naruto is about to become the Sage of the Six Paths incarnate (minus the Rinnegan), just how powerful could Sasuke’s eternal Mangekyou be to match up against the mythical ten tails and its host? But alas, I jump too far ahead. In the end Naruto might not end up with all the tailed beasts – in fact the probability of that is close to nil seeing how the eight tails is attached to Bee – but he still has the kyubi, sage mode, and sexy no jutsu. Ok, forget the last technique. But still.<br />
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<img src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb440/G_Dino/naruto-kyubi-01.png" border="0" alt="" /><br />
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<font size="4"><font color="Navy"><b><u>B 480: “The Thousand-Year Blood War”</u></b></font></font><br />
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Bleach is back, and the chapter introducing its final arc piqued my interest as well as my concern. In chapter 480, <b>two new shinigami </b>were sent to the hollow infested <b>Karakura town</b> to be the official protectors of the very busy sector. They fall prey immediately to powerful-looking hollows, and were saved by <b>Ichigo</b>, the shinigami representative they heard about.<br />
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<img src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb440/G_Dino/bleach-main-final-01.png" border="0" alt="" /><br />
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The chapter was interesting because of the shift in POV. It took more time than I would have liked to introduce the new characters and their general personalities, but that’s fine.<br />
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<img src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb440/G_Dino/bleach-new-characters-01.png" border="0" alt="" /><br />
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What concerns me now are the current antagonists. Hinted as being able to “<i>erase hollows from existence itself</i>” and probably having had a thousand-year long blood war against shinigami (or perhaps hollow, which makes less sense), they sort of resemble the <b>quincy</b>. Especially after seeing the shadowy figure seemingly summon hollows the way <b>Ishida </b>did way back in the first few chapters (where <i>Menos Grande</i> were still forces to be reckoned with). But I know <b>Kubo </b>could not be as plot-wisely uncouth (pardon me for coining new terms) as bringing the quincy back as the final antagonists…or could he be? There are some promising twists one could add to the quincy-shinigami struggle. But still, I would hate for that to happen.<br />
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<img src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb440/G_Dino/bleach-main-01.png" border="0" alt="" /><br />
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Kubo needs to up the ante again after the <i>Xcution arc</i> that felt like an excuse just to bring back Ichigo’s powers. Ultimately, though, I dislike this way of going about the plot: introducing something else that could prove to be more powerful than previous antagonists, but were yet unknown and de facto uncaring of previous events in the storyline. Then again, I would really appreciate closure on some facets of the manga that are yet unresolved, such as <b>where Kurosaki Isshin fits</b> into the whole shebang, and whether or not the plot goes on to higher planes of existence, namely, the realm of the <b>King of Soul Society</b> Aizen badly wanted to meet (and kill).<br />
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<font size="4"><font color="Navy"><b><u>HxH 335: “Decision”</u></b></font></font><br />
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Hunter X Hunter’s most recent chapter was not as climactic as I imagined, though it was well worth the (years long) wait.<br />
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<img src="http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb440/G_Dino/gon-main-01.png" border="0" alt="" /><br />
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The chapter prior, though, was brilliant. In chapter 335, <b>Gon is back</b> in action, though not aware of how we got back to normal. He <b>finally meets Ging</b>, who he apologizes profusely to regarding the incident with <b>Kaito</b>. After some uncharacteristic fatherly advice, Ging sends Gon off to see Kaito but with a little (okay, a lot of) jostling from the rest of the hunter body, was forced to wait for his son to return so they could talk more.<br />
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<b>Pariston won</b> the elections, supported by Gon who did not pick Leorio because the latter wanted to be a doctor (Leorio himself voted for Pariston). After winning, Pariston assigns <b>Cheadle as vice chairman</b> and steps down from the seat of executive power, effectively enthroning an infuriated Cheadle. In the last page, <b>Illumi </b>arrives in front of the make shift emergency room where Killua awaits him along with a sleeping Alluka.<br />
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Pariston shows a sincere side on the recent chapter when he and Cheadle talk about Netero, which was sort of fun. The exchange between Gon and Ging was alright, though the comic relief brought by the audience was a bit overboard and <i>Beelzebubby</i>. Not that that’s bad.<br />
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There is not much to say about the recent chapters as they are, like the chapters before them, quite magnificent. Mangaka <b>Togashi Yashihiro </b>is making up for his hiatuses, big time. Needless to say, I’ll be waiting for the final confrontation between the <b>Zordyck brothers</b> in a week’s time.<br />
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*Sorry for the long rant. Just felt like saying all of these before I fell asleep.*<br />
<b><i>Purchase the manga volumes as they come out, dammit!</i></b> :burn:</div>

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