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Gunners: Oh, then that answer is even simpler: advertisers. Advertisers still care. Even with on-demand content and paid internet viewing, there still is the old-fashioned business side to broadcast television. Even if it has to be Grandpa Joseph? I think Levi more hates that he's missing out on titan killing due to his injury. Also, yes, hooray for Itori and her rack. Yes, it is . As for your other question, I really thought Gunners meant the content stuff. Also, I've been reading the Soul Eater manga, and if you aren't familiar with that story, there's a meister that appears in chapter 91, whose name we don't learn until chapter 92, called Zubaidah who would do things for you, Poke. Jack - Jack sure did have a great beard. It's a shame he lost it later. The thing to remember about Jack's visions of suffering people from his homeland guilting him over not immediately investigating the smoke he saw is that Scaramouche said he destroyed the village days ago when Jack arrived. That means everyone was already dead by the time Jack saw the smoke. So, while his visions at the river and campfire did speak to a hardness of heart born of his weariness with an unending struggle he's fought for decades, the one in the village during the fight was unwarranted, and he knew it. DBS - Goku and Vegeta sparring was fun, and I liked the little flash that surprised both of them when they struck fist-to-fist. Maybe it's a hint of that Super Saiyan god form coming through. Beerus was remarkably cool with Goku and Vegeta training on his planet, even though there were no tasty dishes for him to have, as Whis would've eaten them all. What else would he do? I thought they said earlier in the series that Beerus would sleep for years at a time. It's not like any food from Earth would keep in a refrigerator or freezer for that long without the taste suffering or being overcome with mold. Wow, Bulma sure looked good here. However, I don't remember Jaco from DBZ. Maybe he's from one of the movies. Bulma trying to call Whis with ice cream was fun. King Cold warned Frieza about Majin Buu and Beerus. Interesting. Also, it makes complete sense that the Frieza Force wouldn't have been able to find Future Trunks after he returned to the future. Frieza trained for four months, but we didn't get to see any of it. Now you have me curious as to what he did. The Z Fighters assembling, minus Yamcha and Chaotzu, was good to see. Even out of practice, they should be able to handle most of the henchmen. If Gohan would train as seriously as Vegeta, or even Goku, then Frieza could possibly be defeated by another Saiyan, but alas, Gohan's domestic life leaves no time for such things. DBZK - You're a sly one, 18, and Mr. Satan was practical. Sure, it cost him twice the prize money for her to throw the fight, and it did play on his ego and need for adoration, but think of the endorsements that he gets as champion. Surely those are more valuable than the ten million Zeni it will cost him out of pocket. Dabura v. Gohan has been fun so far, but Vegeta had a point that Gohan slacking in his training probably has left him unprepared for this. AoT: 2nd Course - I'm slightly surprised Ymir survived, but good for her and Krista (I'm going to keep calling her that because I'm accustomed to that name, it's shorter, and it's more common). While the titans roaming inside W. Rose did approach from the south, that doesn't mean that the breach couldn't be elsewhere. It would be a good idea to conduct a complete survey of the Wall from each outcropping district in both ways until the survey group from the next district met them, like Hannes said his group did. I have no idea how Reiner, while in titan!Annie's grasp, could've cut information into her hand back in the first season. As for he and Bertolt being titan-shifters, I already knew from spoilers about Reiner being the Armored Titan, and from that information and his association with Bertolt I suspected that Bertolt was the Colossal Titan as well. What I want to know now is 1. from whence they and Annie hailed, 2. whether Ymir was from the same region, 3. what they know, if anything, about Squatchy, 4. why they wanted to capture Eren, and 5. why they launched the attack on the Walls years ago. Sure, Reiner said something about a mission to destroy humanity, but why would they, humans, agree to do that? If this goes the way I think it'll go based on something from the OP, where we see a glowing light in the outlined charging forms of Squatchy, a whale, a sea turtle, and at least one dinosaur, then I'll be sorely disappointed. I also don't know why Reiner chose to discuss this with Eren while the other Scouts, especially Mikasa, were potentially within earshot. The way he said it while there was another competing conversation with Hange for us to hear meant to me that it was supposed to be something that other people on the Wall could've heard as well. The expression on Mikasa's face while Reiner and Bertolt spoke with Eren indicated to me that she clearly heard what they said, as also evidenced by her attacking the duo with her swords. It'll be interesting to see what Eren's Rogue can do against Reiner's Armored next week (my expectation is "not much." ) TG - The flashback to Amon's first investigation with Mado was okay, and I feel like Mado had a practical reason to ask to see Amon's quinque; if the case is new, then the latch might stick, and that's dangerous in the field, as we saw when Granny ghoul attacked. Thankfully for Amon, Mado had a plan and was able to intervene in time to save his new partner. While a disguise may be a prudent thing for Hinami to use, especially with a good wig like she had, the sunglasses may have been suspicious overkill. If the day outside isn't sunny, then sunglasses are unusual and attract attention. Decorative eyeglasses or low-power pharmacy reading glasses might be a better choice. As for the surgical-style mask, that's not uncommon. My understanding is that people in Japan will wear those either if they have respiratory allergies during certain times of the year or if they must be out when they are or have recently been sick. It's a matter of courtesy to other people by keeping their germs contained. Given all the parts of the disguise, I don't blame Ken for not recognizing her immediately. I'm fearful for Hide's safety. He's too clever for his own good regarding the goings-on of ghouls, and I feel like it'll get him in trouble, especially with him overhearing a likely yakuza like Jason talking about taking the fight to the Inspectors. I'm fine with Ken trying to find out more about Rize from Itori. However, if Ken is accustomed to the relatively peaceful Ward where he lives, then going to another one with a generally more dangerous ghoul population might be a bad idea. Touka having a happy family life which was doubtlessly ruined by Inspectors killing her parents is sad and all, but I don't understand why her brother would opt for the revenge course of action when that was contrary to the way he was raised. I'm not keen about the upcoming tragic confrontation that's being telegraphed. The Inspectors rearranging personnel in preparation for a move against the ghouls in the more dangerous Wards combined with the ghouls organizing to fight the Inspectors sounds like a recipe for carnage. It would have plenty of action, but I don't expect much in the way of plot. HxH - It was strange to see the way the Zoldycks treated competing contracts. Illumi and Kalluto's job was theirs, and Silva and Zeno's job was theirs. That the jobs pitted each pair against the other pair's employer meant nothing. They all knew it was a race to see which side would complete their job first, and then they needed to inform the other side that it was done before that side could finish their job, or none of them would be paid. Koltopi had an interesting conjuring power, making copies of things, and even people so the P.T. could fake their deaths and get Kurapika off their backs. Also, I think I like this enterprising effort on their part. Initially, the P.T. only intended to steal the items and kill whoever was necessary to do so. Then the mafia sent armed goons, nen-user hitmen, and assassins after them, so the P.T. decided the mafia needed to pay more dearly in blood, treasures and now money since they'll likely abscond with the auction proceeds as well. I liked Pakunoda being the auction bunny eyecandy. While the Narrator said at the end that Kurapika was despondent because of losing his purpose in life, avenging his Clan, I would like to think that he was more disturbed by having to bid on and transport what he had every reason to believe were remains of a deceased relative for the Nostrades. MSG: U - The action was good, but Full's add-on armaments were very overpowered. Even if Links and Riddhe can stop whatever Mr. Marcenas and the Vist people intend to launch at Industrial 7, the colony has still sustained heavy damage, including several hull breaches. It would surprise me if there weren't already many dead in the colony, and I have doubts that the colony would still be habitable while undergoing repairs. I respect Bright and Alberto for each protesting Martha and Mr. Marcenas' plan of action. Back to Full v. the Unicorn Gundam and the Banshee, I feel like that circle thing which looked like it microwaved weapons and other portions of the Unicorn Gundam and the Banshee should've also damaged Full's rig, but eh. Regarding the time-traveling mind-link between Full and Links, I'm not sure how psychic powers would let them do that. I disagree with Full's nihilistic viewpoint, though; just because everything will end eventually, whether you believe in a Big Crunch, Freeze or Rip, doesn't mean that what people do in the present has no meaning. All of those outcomes are so far in the future that the idea that they'll happen someday shouldn't discourage the billions of generations that could exist in the intervening years from pursuing fulfilling lives while they have plenty of time to do so. Shippuden - It is strange that the female Pain body could summon the giant beasts in contradiction to what Jiraiya said about each Pain body specializing in one jutsu. Maybe Jiraiya was simply wrong. The Nine-Tails rejecting Fukasaku takes away one easy assist for Naruto. It'll be interesting to see how they work around this. It makes sense that a corpse, like the female Pain body which Inoichi saw in the Rain ninja's memories, would feel no pain. I'm not sure Danzo is being logical here. He wants Tsunade to fail as Hokage so he can take over as Hokage, but he trusts in her to succeed enough that Konoha won't be wiped out. If she prevents the destruction of Konoha, then that means she succeed as Hokage in defeating the enemy attack. If he plans to argue that she failed to prevent the attack, then that's a failure of the intelligence apparatus. Is not Danzo part of that intelligence apparatus? If he is, then he would be arguing that she failed because he failed (or, as seen when he killed the messenger toad, actively sabotaged her efforts), so he should be rewarded for her failure, in which he played a part, with her job. Nope, not logical. GitS - The thing about wine is that it's still technically a perishable commodity. If something fails in the storage process, as seen when some bottles were left out to make room for the people to hide, then that represents a capital loss for investors, though the Major did arrive in time to put the bottles back in storage without damage. Also, it's like any other commodity in that it's only worth what someone will pay for it. As I've never enjoyed the taste of any wine I've had, it would be nearly worthless to me, regardless of vintage. Thus, I wouldn't be willing to pay what any speculator would want for it and would be unlikely to invest in it. If wine is your thing, you're welcome to it. The British sure were lucky Aramaki was there to catch a corrupt official for them.

Soul Eater v. 20 - 22. There was one chick that they might be able to play off being in a Shiro-style (DMW) bodysuit in animation if the rest of the story ever gets an adaptation, but Kid outright said she was naked, and I can believe that was the author's intention. Tsubaki was so thoughtful in her planning ahead. Cartoon-style stars v. blood spatter was a good way to display Stein's tenuous hold on sanity.

There was a drama series on History Channel earlier this year called Six which told a realistic, but not necessarily inspired by true events, story of a SeAL team and their efforts surrounding a kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls, some visiting executives for the oil company which sponsored the school, and a former member of the SeAL team working as a security contractor for the oil company. Several, but not all, episodes were rated MA, presumably because of implied (not shown) and later discussed incidents of rape, the F-bomb being said at least once in multiple episodes and realistic war violence. This show aired in prime time. With that in mind, I can see your point about people being more accepting of formerly taboo content in their programming, but I can also see the value to parents regarding what they allow their children to watch or what they will watch live when their children are still awake. That hasn't ever really applied to anyone who frequented this thread's past incarnations other than Ghost (and maybe Venus, but I'm unsure), but her children were old enough by the time I came around that the ratings didn't really apply.

I would think that persistent pain would cause Kubo to see a doctor before it got to the point of damaged bone and tendons. There is a phrase in Japanese for "ergonomic." It's ningen kōgaku ni motodzuita, according to Google, so it is a consideration in the society. I guess it's his fault for not finding a less physically stressing way to work.

Maybe not cry, but he would protest that you were hardly being ladylike. True, Silva fighting the leader of a gang of thieves and murderers is more impressive than having a chat with his son about what he wanted to do with his life at that point.

I still think Jonathan would be a much nicer guy as a boyfriend, but yes, I'll grant that he'd be much more proper in a relationship. If you're looking for a hot hookup without a ring, Jonathan's not your guy, and I credit him with outstanding character for that. I just don't remember the Silva fawning being to that level. I'm not watching Jack live, since I have each episode on the dvr. I watched a recording of tonight's Dr. Who and am listening to Coast to Coast AM instead. Bill Birnes, JD and PhD, is talking about the Roswell Incident relative to a book he co-authored to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the event later this year, but the topic will shift to covering the independent efforts of T. Edison and N. Tesla to develop a device for communicating with the dead called a spirit phone.

Soul Eater v. 19. Giriko's end was too convenient. Kid v. Star was good, but Kid and Star was even better.

Soul Eater v. 14 - 18. I learned that the library sign-out signature was a clever misdirection based in style. Well done. Patty and Star's rage faces were utterly hilarious. Plus, even the Index made The Face.

Regarding your preference of Joseph over Jonathan Joestar, you said that part of it was Jonathan being too beefy. Silva is every bit as buff as Jonathan, if not more. I'll grant that Silva has rugged good looks, but I don't understand why you're fawning over him to the point of being concerned about your hot dude curse taking him out. Is it because the show has been lacking in hot dudes with Leorio's limited presence in the past couple months and Uvogin being dead? I'm not sure how to feel about the first part of the omake. Mado getting to torture ghouls for eternity sounds to me like an admission that he was inhuman in life, so he wasn't just hell-bound, but he was also slated to become a literal demon. At least Hinami's parents, who tried their best to help people and not hurt them, are out of Mado's reach now. Jack - No disrespect to Greg Baldwin, but it was nice to hear Mako in the original OP again. I was slightly surprised to see more than the Scotsman's family come to rescue Jack. I wasn't surprised that several of those who helped were felled in their efforts, but they made the valiant effort to repay Jack's past selflessness, and I respect that. There's no way I'd be able to remember the names of that many children. Good on you, Scotsman. Ashi struggling against the influence of Aku's evil was tough to watch, but I'm glad both that she ultimately found a way to resist and that Jack refused to kill her, despite her desperate pleas to do so. I liked her flash of realization regarding having Aku's powers meaning she could open a portal to the past, but I'm uncertain that she'd know how to do so instinctively. Maybe it's purely intuitive magic; she thinks about what she wants the magic to do, and it happens. I sure am glad that Jack's return to the past was almost instantaneous from Aku's perspective so he didn't have time to recover from the thrashing that Past!Jack gave him. It was satisfying to see that Jack finally was able to destroy Aku, something which the combined deities failed to do, and spared the unknowable billions of his victims from his destructive deeds, cruelty, and oppression. I hoped for a happy ending for Ashi and Jack, but it made sense that she'd fade from existence. My problem isn't with Jack not being allowed to have that happiness. My problem is that it wasn't instantaneous. As soon as Aku was vanquished, every future thing he did wouldn't have happened, meaning Ashi should've faded or blinked out a moment after Aku's demise. While being denied that love is bad for Jack, it would probably be complicated by a fixture of time travelers changing history - only he will remember the events of the future that didn't happen, meaning he will carry the memory of a lost love. In a way, Ashi could be considered Aku's final victim. Even in death, Aku could only bring pain and sorrow. We can only hope that Jack finds some kind of solace and happiness in a world without Aku, but I can't help but think that he'd struggle with living in such a world for a while. He's known nothing but that for over 60 years, including the time spent training from boyhood to return to his homeland and destroy Aku. Now that Jack's done that, what will his purpose be? The future past is wide open for him. I'm glad we finally got to see an end to the show. Maybe they were abbreviated over what Genndy would've wanted, but these episodes were still good final chapters to the story. Now I'm curious as to what will happen in the 11:00 slot next week. DBS - Frieza in the tortuously-cute corner of HFIL was funny. Poor Pilaf crew. They finally secured the Dragonballs, but were intruded upon by members of the Frieza Force. At least they got to channel the selfish, thwarting spirit of Oolong, even though Mai and Shuu made non-pervy wishes. Plus, it sure was nice of Shenron not only to try to talk the Frieza Force out of their stated wish by explaining what Frieza's condition would be (which should've resulted in his immediate death again, but eh), but also to provide refrigeration for Mai's ice cream without her asking for it. Piccolo making funny faces for Pan was great. Whis sure is good not only to dodge Goku and Vegeta simultaneously, but also to write on their uniforms without them noticing. As for each one needing to be more like the other, okay. I guess I'm okay with the regeneration tank technology having advanced enough in the years since Trunks killed Frieza and King Cold to restore Frieza from bits and pieces. DBZK - It was funny to see Goten and Trunks squirming in Mighty Mask's outfit to change positions, but it was even funnier when 18 figured out who they were and gave them a little scolding. Still, the funniest part was that Goten and Trunks were disqualified not for fighting outside of their age grouping, but rather for being too many people. I can understand Gohan getting a little antsy at Dabura taking so long to get ready. AoT: 2nd Course - Krista is actually named Historia. I'll agree that Krista is the better name, and her standing up for Sasha trying to change her ways makes more sense now. As for her feeling guilt over being the unwanted daughter of a nobleman's mistress, that's no reason to seek death. Sure, it sucks that she likely felt little or no love or acceptance before becoming a cadet, but that doesn't justify putting her friends through the grief of losing her. Plus, I can respect her not leaving another cadet to die in the cold. Ymir possibly also being the illegitimate daughter of another nobleman is an odd coincidence, but I'm more interested in how she got her titan-shifting powers. She clearly was aware of them and how to activate them before Eren knew either of those things about himself. She's also capable of limited speech in titan form, which is odd. I feel like whatever Dr. Yeager injected into Eren during a flashback in the first season has something to do with titan-shifting, and since he was a traveling physician, then he would've had the opportunity to use the serum on other children of near-age to his son as well. If that is the case, then the all-important questions "why" and "how" still remain. I feel like Krista and Ymir either lost sight of some of their survival training or said training was lacking. At some point, they should've recognized that 1. they wouldn't make it to their destination by nightfall, 2. the storm was too strong to withstand unprotected, and 3. they needed a shelter and fire for all three of them to make it through the night. Not stopping and constructing a shelter was a bad choice on their parts, and if not for Ymir's titan-shifting powers, then all three of them could've perished. Eren, you're an idiot. Conducting a search in the dark during a snowstorm is, as someone else observed, a fine way to get members of the search party lost or killed by the weather as well. You should all count yourselves lucky that the trio was at the bottom of a nearby cliff, essentially on a direct line to the cabin. Back in the present, it was funny to see Eren immediately foul his ODM lines after getting excited by finally getting his first ODM titan-kill. Meanwhile, Mikasa proceeded to show him how it's really done. I'm not sure, but I'd be willing to say that Mikasa has likely killed more titans than Eren has even with his Rogue form. As for Ymir's titan form being swarmed, ouch. If she doesn't die of those maiming wounds, then she'll likely not recover her limbs, since the injuries were inflicted on her actual body while in titan form. TG - At first I was puzzled by Ken's mask having the covered eye reversed, but then I realized it was for use in a different world than his ordinary eyepatch. This one is to hide that only one of his eyes changes, rather than to keep his changed eye covered in the case of unintentional stimulation of his ghoul components. Mado is one evil piece of work. He used parts of a child ghoul's mother to lure her into a trap, and was going to use both her parents' kagune to kill her. Thankfully, Hinami not only had back-up from Touka, but she also has kagune that are a combination of her parents' ones, so she was properly equipped to fend off attacks from both types. While Tokyo may not be safer from ghoul activity following Mado's death, I would say the world is still a better place for it. His wife, if she's still alive, might disagree with me, but that's okay - she can choose to be wrong if she wants. Ken took a couple big risks here. He tried to hold off Amon, someone who is specifically trained to kill ghouls, without resorting to lethal force, and he got served hard for it. Ken also knew that he couldn't fully control his ghoul cravings, and yet he unleashed his kagune in order to keep Amon occupied. Had Ken not been so successful, even taking a bite out of Amon, then Amon may have decided that this kind of threat escalation warranted using deadly force on his part. Ken gambled with his life pretty recklessly here. HxH - I can understand Mr. Nostrade wanting Kurapika to hurry back to protect Neon at the first sign of trouble. Gon and Killua arguing with Kurapika about getting involved with the P.T. struck me as an unnecessary point of tension between them. Still, Killua was right to warn Kurapika that the P.T. was especially out for his blood. Silva and Zeno v. Chrollo can't be an ending fight. Surely the show wouldn't kill the bad guys' leader so soon, and I also doubt it would kill Silva. Zeno, maybe, but not Silva. As for the drug on Chrollo's blades being able to take out a whale, recall that Killua did say he was, though his family's training regimen, immune to lots of different toxins. I would imagine the same would apply to Silva as well. Chrollo having a magic book that steals others' powers is versatile, but needing to fight while holding the book open strikes me as a serious disadvantage in a prolonged battle. It would be fine for surprise attacks, but once he needed to defend himself, it would be a tremendous pain. Even Kakashi eventually needed to put away Jiraiya's book. MSG: U - We finally learned the secret of the Box, and it was the U.C. Charter being changed to negate the original intention of not alienating and marginalizing Newtypes. I would consider that wise, since it would be seeking a spirit of cooperation with the next evolution of humankind rather than setting up conditions for conflict. Now, this isn't to say that the Framers of the Federation government sought to give the then-hypothetical Newtypes authority over the rest of mankind, but rather to try to ensure their representation. Since Newtypes are people, they could choose not to aspire to office, but there would likely be those among them who would seek to represent the people of their Colony/-ies, both Newtype and ordinary human alike. However, by omitting this article from the U.C. Charter, it gave the Earth-first factions in the government latitude to govern preferentially, which resulted in conflict that killed millions, if not billions. I'm not sure that this exactly qualifies as a secret which could take down the Federation government, but the findings of inquires into what elected officials knew about this could result in many being ousted from office, especially anyone from the Marcenas family, since they were guilty of generational collusion. Riddhe telling the crew of the Nahel Argama about this is good, but it's still far from making up for killing Marida. Wait. Since when did Full's mobile suit have a psychoframe component? Now that he has the Box, I say let him use it, but not as a call to armed rebellion. Instead offer it as proof of corruption in the Federation government and let the people of Earth clean up their own house. If they fail to do that, then it might be time to consider a revolt. Shippuden - Is it just my imagination, or does Kakashi have less stamina for combat and powerful jutsu than he did in the past? Maybe it's the strain of the Mangekyo Sharingan using more chakra than the three-dot version did. Anyway, two Chidori-style attacks and two dimensional portals left him pretty wiped out here. I'm not sure about it being near-death, talking with his dead dad level, but he's still in no condition to fight. Also, if the Mangekyo Sharingan can only be activated if the user has killed their best friend, then either (in order of my estimation of their likeliness) 1. Kakashi thinks of himself as responsible for Obito's death, 2. Kakashi killed someone else after getting Obito's eye that he considered his best friend, or 3. Obito had already killed his best friend when he was smashed by the big rock. Yeah, the Almighty Push/Pull seem a lot like Blackbeard's Dark-Dark white/black hole powers, except Pain can use it to target a single person rather than everything in the direction of that person. Slug healing seems like it would be useful, but gross. Oh, good. Choji and Choza both survived. That's good news for the Akimichi family. GitS - I'm almost certain I've mentioned the title of the episode being silver oxide, but taking it more symbolically, it could mean "Tarnished Honor," which would be very fitting with Zaitsev's actions. At the end, when Batou is going at the heavy bag, he says something like "stupid s.o.b.," and I'm less certain now that he was thinking of Zaitsev. He could've been referencing himself for admiring the man in the past.

Yeah! Where are the animal rights activist protests? I hope not, because that would mean the hottie Itori, the recently-orphaned Hinami, and Ken's awesome friend Hide would die as well. :D:D Last week's stuff now. This week's stuff later in the week. Jack - Yeah, Ashi and Jack probably should've wiped the bug guts off their lips before kissing. Their awkwardness later was cute. Yes, I would expect that an 8-year-old Jack probably didn't have a girlfriend before Aku attacked, so Ashi isn't "competing" with the memory of someone else. Scaramouche got a bad deal here. The information it gave Aku was accurate when it discovered that fact, but when Aku hung up on the telephone call, which was Scaramouche's good-faith effort to get the information to Aku as quickly as possible, that forced it to physically make its way to Aku, which took a very long time, given that it was just a robot head at that point. Thus, I can't truly fault Scaramouche for giving Aku outdated information, but Aku sure did and destroyed Scaramouche as punishment. At least we got that fun mutual celebratory dance when it told Aku about Jack not having his magic sword. Plus, the Aku statue with the recording telling adorants and supplicants that he wasn't taking visitors, apologizing for the inconvenience, was hilarious. As for how Ashi and her sisters came to be, I was relieved that only the septuplets were actual progeny of Aku. However, their mom drinking the cup of his essence to have his spawn is a no. To channel Morbo, HUMAN CONCEPTION DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOODNIGHT! Aku manipulating the part of Ashi that came from him is sad. She's a good person now, but she can't do anything about her parentage, and the magic is very strong. Imagine having to resist the unified effort and will of half of each cell in your body. That's exactly what Ashi must do, and her mind isn't capable of that kind of focus, and it shouldn't be. No one should have to do that, ever. I'm glad that Jack couldn't bring himself to strike her down, despite her pleas for him to do so, but things sure are looking grim, what with Aku having Jack's sword in his grasp. Maybe, just maybe, Jack will get an assist from the Scotsman's ghost with his Celtic magic and his daughters to subdue Ashi and purge the essence of Aku from her, and she'll help get the sword back so Aku can finally be vanquished. I want to hope for a happy ending next episode, but I can't help but think that either Ashi or Jack will die, leaving the other one to finish the quest. DBS - Ha, ha. Sucks to be you, Goku. If you thought you were getting out of tedious labor by running off to train with Whis, then the joke is on you, because chore duty comes first. Some of the chores seemed excessive, though. I have no idea how the Oracle Fish could get that many bowls dirty in a day. Cutting the grass with a sickle would be time-consuming, but it re-growing every day raises things to a Sisyphean level. The exploding hourglass alarm clocks would add a level of difficulty to changing Beerus' sheets even beyond doing so while he was still in the bed. Just to keep Vegeta from getting too smug, Whis doubled the weight Vegeta had been using on the disappearing track. Still, both Vegeta and Goku could still lift it, albeit with great difficulty. It is curious that they both resolved to focus on improving their strength in the baseline state. Whis said that they're not forbidden to use the Super Saiyan state, but they refrained from it anyway. I'm not sure whether they want to make the Super Saiyan transformation unnecessary or make it that much stronger. I take it that Beerus has a fat brother or some other kind of relative, and Whis has a less whimsical sister/relative who is more willing to destroy at her (presumably) student's behest. Someone at work keeps up with the subs for this show, and he told me that the first parts of Super adapted the movies Battle of Gods and Resurrection F. Since we looked in on the Frieza Force, who were still struggling to keep Frieza's empire together, then I guess we're ready to move on to that part. DBZK - Dabura powering up to face Gohan was sensible. I like the Saiyan sense of respect regarding combat. It's Gohan's turn now. He didn't intrude on either Goku's or Vegeta's fight, so it wouldn't be right for them to edge in on his fight. Yes, a battle royale for the remaining five contestants would be dangerous for Mr. Satan if the others had agreed to knock him out of the running first, but neither 18 nor "Mighty Mask" were concerned about anyone except the boys knowing 18 would be a tough opponent. I liked Bulma and Chi Chi deciding they might as well cheer for 18, since she was the only one (of which they were aware) from their group who was still in it. It looked to me like 18 liked the encouragement from the others, especially Marron. I can get Jewel wanting revenge for 18 snubbing his advances, especially since she didn't give the completely respectable rationale that she was already married. However, Trunks did right by Killa in telling him 18 was the one (other than "Mighty Mask," that is) who was a real cause for concern, so Killa turning on the boys wasn't truly justified. AoT: 2nd Course - Yes, Ymir had a crazy kind of look in her eyes at various points in the episode, but I didn't expect her to have titan-shifting powers. Maybe a better question at this point would be who among Armin, Eren and Mikasa's cadet class DOESN'T have those powers. Plus, going by the next episode promo, Ymir's titan form is plenty violent, but on the small side. I'm not sure whether she alone will be enough to save the others from the second wave of titans. Um, Reiner? What's the big deal about Ymir being able to read a language that you can't? I know enough about Spanish to read warning labels and most of instruction manuals' Spanish portions without constantly needing to reference the English portion, even though English is my first language. All it necessarily means is that she has some education that you lack. The Scouts who had their ODM gear fought well, but they weren't expecting a ballistic attack (dick move, Squatchy), and the others exhausted the capabilities of their gear. It's a shame - the blond chick was pretty. Our recent graduates fought well for having ineffectual weapons. Reiner being motivated by a past friend's sacrifice to save him was good, but I'm still amazed by his pain tolerance and determination to pick up that really-big-human-sized (maybe Gigantopithecus-sized?) titan and fireman's-carry it to a window with his arm in its teeth. Slicing its jaw so Reiner wouldn't need to jump out the window with it was a good idea, and Ymir had a good kick, too. Poor pompadour guy. His discovered booze was used as an antiseptic, so he couldn't even have a final drink before he died. TG - I can understand Hinami wanting to bring Ken, someone who helped her, to where her mom, Ryoko, was, but sadly for her and Ryoko, Ken isn't a capable fighter, so all he could do was keep Hinami quiet so she wouldn't be detected and prevent her from seeing her mom die. Touka has a rabbit mask, and it's on the cutesy side, like the Chappi dispenser. I can get that she would attack any Inspectors she found, since she didn't know that it was Mado particularly who killed Ryoko and her husband, Asaki. I'm a little surprised that Touka only managed to kill one Inspector with her sneak attack. Since the other Inspectors weren't appropriately armed, they were lucky that Mado was there to intervene, and he had a good point for Amon always to carry his quinque. Mado is a psychopath with a license. I don't understand his outrage over ghouls "pretending to be human," but let's think about ghouls for a moment. They look not to be some evil spirits, but rather another species which has low genetic compatibility with humans that developed alongside humans, unless the show tells us later that ghouls are a more recent development, like Mutants in the Marvel Universe. Whichever the case is, they would have either developed with human society and likely incorporated themselves into that society out of necessity, or they would have emerged from human society. Thus, it's not like ones such as Hinami's family, Touka, or especially Ken are pretending in any way. Except for a unique requirement of their biology and the occasional need to use their non-human powers to defend themselves, they are human. Back to the psychopathic Mado, he was inhumane and cruel. He boasted to Touka about how many ghouls he's killed. saying it was more in number than the amount of humans she could eat in a lifetime. He's bragging that he's a very good, state-sanctioned murderer. Yes, some of the ghouls, perhaps even most, were deliberate killers, and he couldn't really take the word of a ghoul that they strictly ate only those who died by other means, but it doesn't change that he intentionally seeks people to kill. In a world without ghouls, he'd very possibly be a serial killer. When we consider that he takes the kagune of his victims to use as weapons against other ghouls, it's both prudent and creepy, but that he used a quinque made from Asaki's kagune to kill Ryoko made my skin crawl. Regarding the battle between Mado and Touka, he's a good dodger, and he let her wear herself out. It showed the importance of cardio, everyone (myself included). Touka was lucky to escape. Amon is really buff, but we need to consider that Inspectors must meet the force of a kagune strike or some other above-human-average blow with pure muscle power, so they need that kind of power. Inspectors' work is dangerous; they do go after monsters with superpowers. In light of that, it's not surprising that some of Amon's Academy classmates have died. Oh, so Ken's mask was ready. I can respect that he won't kill Inspectors but wants to do something, but I'm unclear on what that would be. Hey, ghouls? Inspectors, while strong and trained in hand-to-hand combat, are still human, so why not use a time-tested means of killing people at a safe range - guns? Wait, I think I know this one. In Japan, it's illegal for private citizens to own firearms. Granted, Jason seems like someone who would be involved in organized crime, so he could probably get one if he wanted it. However, in the case of otherwise law-abiding citizens, why not go with archery or crossbow sets? Arrows and bolts are still fast, and they're much quieter than gunfire. However, those are bulky and difficult to conceal. It would really only come into play if a ghoul thought they were going to need to fight some Inspectors on a particular outing. HxH - Neon is older than I thought. Her dad said she was 17, and while I still don't think she looks that old, she did look older in her disguise outfit than in the clothes we've seen her wear so far. As far as not reading the poems she records with her automatic writing, that's fine. The imagery in the poems is a little much, but that's the kind of thing to expect when dealing with the Akashic Record. It's not like it'll outright tell Chrollo, "your comrade Uvogin is dead, your remaining group will give him the kind of carnage he would've loved for a tribute, but doing so will get about half of the rest of you killed." As for the P.T.'s assault on the mafia, I'm glad that Chrollo kept Neon clear of the attack. If half of the P.T are going to die, I'd guess that Pakunoda and Shizuku will likely be among the dead (we're not allowed to have women with impressive racks stick around in this show), but maybe we'll luck out in the form of Machi surviving. It doesn't surprise me at all that Silva and Zeno don't feel like coordinating with hitmen that they would consider to be lesser in skills. The fuuuuudge, Chrollo? That was some freaky nen monster stuff there, but it does seem limited in its usefulness, since an open window will dissipate the monsters. I'm inclined to think of it as a conjure, but who knows for sure anymore after Kurapika's hax? MSG: U - Dammit, show! Here I was, just starting to hold out hope that the death flags for Marida in the show and the ED were red herrings, and now you finally brought my fears for her to fruition. This must be something like what Ang experiences whenever her curse takes out a hot dude. I don't understand why she didn't attempt to dodge, because I'm almost certain Links wasn't in Riddhe's line of fire. At least it was touching that she was able to "speak" to everyone individually in the moment of her death, telling each what they needed to hear/know. Piss on you, Riddhe! You just had to do it! You just had to shoot Marida, because you were a wimp that couldn't handle hearing other people's thoughts, even ones that were reaching out to you in concern for you. As far as I'm concerned, the only way for you to redeem yourself now would be to die thwarting whatever it is your dad and the Vist siblings intend to do to Industrial 7. Barring that, see the first sentence of the paragraph. To everyone that tried to use the Banshee's psychoframe magnification and Riddhe's cyber Newtype abilities to talk him down, I know you intended well, but it was too much for him and felt like inescapable hounding, and look what he did in response. You all share slightly in driving him to kill Marida. In other developments, the plan to hit the Neo Zeon forces with the Nahel Argama's main gun worked. Angelo is dead, and nothing of value was lost. Links' great-grandfather used the Newtype mind-link to talk to him. Oh, and now Audrey is off with Links to acquire the Box from the Vist mansion. Shippuden - Naruto being so still that Gamakichi couldn't locate him says to me that the training is working. Also, what's with those chopped-off stone spikes? I would guess that he's been working on a jutsu other than attaining Sage Mode. I thought the way they built up the theme of characters who started as students stepping up and taking leadership roles was done properly through the episode. It could be noticed between Shikamaru defending Kurenai and her unborn child, Sakura taking charge of dictating the triage procedure, and Choji joining his father to meet the enemy, but it wasn't so heavy-handed that it felt tedious by the point that Tsunade had to spell it out for the two Elders regarding Naruto. Danzo killing the messenger toad, which circumvented Tsunade's plan, could, in a time of active invasion such as this, be considered treason. We know that he thinks he knows better, but he's not the military commander. He's a subordinate that acted in opposition to the plan of action. I'm tempted to comment on something he said, but it would get into spoilers. The Six Paths of Pain and Konan questioning people about Naruto's location isn't going well for anyone. Good save, Kakashi. I look forward to seeing what you can do. GitS - I don't have much to say, because I spent most of the episode cleaning a pistol I used at the range, so I wasn't paying much attention. We know that the Tachikomas' a.i.s were developing rapidly, and that was a problem, because they were starting to question the why of orders when the time spent explaining that could make the difference between mission success or failure, or between someone staying alive or dying.

Yes, Pan's daddy and one of her grandpas play-fighting for her entertainment was cute. Also, the pliers in TG looked to me like an oversized version of old-timey dental pliers. I'm not sure what about that would make them capable of injuring a ghoul, though. Regarding Moltar and his historic reflection on villains, he would've loved Light Yagami. Jack - That was a very sturdy spaceship for it only to be knocked off-course by that large asteroid rather than demolished. The letters on the tiger-men making words was a nice touch. Heh, awkwardness for Ashi and Jack when in close proximity. At first, I wasn't sure whether it was a prison ship or a biological sample ship, but a prison ship provides simpler morality for fighting the escaped occupants, so that's what it was. For shame, Ashi. That negligent discharge of the rifle not only distracted Jack from the instructions, but it was also a failure to keep your finger off the trigger until you were ready to fire. As for the computer only giving the instructions once, it's bad design of the program that there was no "to repeat message, press..." option, nor was there a button for a text version of the instructions. If the verbal instructions were spoken in a language Ashi and Jack would understand, then written instructions should also be presented with the same consideration. When Ashi and Jack were attacked in earnest, I wasn't really expecting Ashi lose her outfit. At least they had the decency to give us very strategic placement of objects and limbs. It sure was lucky for our duo that Jack succeeded in guessing the initiation sequence to save them from being swarmed. I can fully accept the electrical field exploding the alien death leeches, perhaps even at an amperage which wouldn't do lasting harm to our pair, but what about the poison? I'm reluctant to accept the device neutralizing the venom inside them without introducing a counter-agent. While I want to be happy for Jack that he found a badass girlfriend who supports and wants to assist his mission to kill Aku, it's a little weird when I consider how much older he is than her. Sure, he's physiologically in his twenties or thirties, but we have no idea how old Ashi is physiologically, let alone temporally (she may have had accelerated growth as a child). Is she a late teen? Is she an early 20-something? We don't know, because we weren't told, but at least temporally, Jack is old enough to be her father, if not her grandfather. I'm not comfortable with that idea. DBS - Dang, yos. Goku was as impatient as ever. I feel like Vegeta got the bad end of things, since he had to bribe Whis with tasty food, whereas Goku simply asked to be trained and was accepted. Awwwww, Pan was a little cutie. Gohan had a point that she is 1/4 Saiyan, so being dropped the height of the room shouldn't be a problem for her, even if he or Mr. Satan failed to catch her. Recall that baby Goku fell off a cliff and hit his head on a rock, and all it did to him was mellow his Saiyan aggression. Bulma was looking mighty pretty here, and she was a good sport to follow through without begging from Goku about planning a big party for Pan. Krillin the policeman was unexpected, but it makes some sense that he would do something to provide for his family that entailed protecting people. I like that he had the integrity to stand by his citation for Bulma's reckless operation. DBZK - Pui Pui was a punk who couldn't even make Vegeta in his baseline state work up a sweat. Until Goku's opponent absorbed the first manifestation of Goku's Super Saiyan energy, I forgot how he defeated it. Yes, a lot can change in 300 years, Babidi, including the introduction of an alien species to the planet. AoT: 2nd Course - I'm curious regarding the titan that remained in Connie's village. For one, what would've knocked it on its back? I can get it not being able to get up from that position with those puny legs, but how did it get into that position. I doubt any human non-military force could've done that, and yes, I include cannons in the classification of military force. Also, the eyes of the titan were remarkably similar to Connie's eyes, and I might've been hearing something that wasn't there, but it sounded to me like it spoke his name. Also, there were no signs of dead people that I saw, like blood, unlike the old woman in Sasha's village who the titan there was actively eating. This didn't feel like a standard titan attack. Unless Ymir really wants to get in Krista's pants, it is strange that the former is so protective of the latter. Pastor Nick giving Krista's name as a person of interest to Hange sure makes it look like Krista is important regarding the secret of the Walls. It was a little creepy to see Squatchy climb up a support section to go over a Wall. I guess its objective for this incursion has been accomplished. Regarding the plan to use Eren's Rogue to harden its skin and fill the holes in the Walls, it's theoretically possible, provided Eren can figure out how to use and project harden. If memory serves, he didn't do that very well in his last fight against Annie, so it's a stretch to think he could do it at a location where he might be swarmed by titans. Still, if he could re-seal W. Maria and/or the city wall at Shiganshina, then maybe they could find out what was so important in Dr. Yeager's cellar, which Eren finally remembered was a thing. Plus, it would be the first step to reclaiming the land between W.s Maria and Rose. There would still be hundreds, if not thousands of titans in that area to be slain, but there would be no additional ones entering freely. The message from Erwin stating that no breach was found in W. Rose to the south makes the situation in Connie's village that much more suspect. We know that certain humans can manifest a titan form, like Annie and Eren. Perhaps Squatchy did something like what Dr. Yeager did to Eren to the people of Connie's village. What the heck, show? There were titans active in the moonlight. Sure, it was a bright moon, but the solar-powered titans still should've been dormant or too lethargic to attack that old castle where our group hunkered down for the night. TG - I enjoyed seeing Touka smack down Tsukiyama and maim him, but I'm unclear as to why she left him alive after he attacked a fellow employee and her. As for the rule that humans who know the identity of one or more ghouls must be killed, it is prudent, and I feel like Touka showing Kimi mercy in that regard will come back to bite at least one of the ghouls there. Kimi calling Touka's kagune pretty being what swayed her was meh, but I will grant that they looked like fire-wings at that moment, so I can't really fault Kimi for liking them. The Inspectors have weapons made from kagune, and those are what allow them to fight ghouls. That's fine, but how did humankind acquire the first one? This Jason seems like a pretty tough dude, since he outclassed two inspectors and wounded the Dr. who is presumably Hinami's dad. Hinami and her mom fighting over Hinami being able to see her dad was realistic, and I'm glad they were able make up afterward, especially since the Inspectors used her dad's kagune to lure Hinami into an ambush and her is mom probably going to die to cover her escape, so at least they weren't fighting right before that. Show, this is a ghoul family for which I can feel some sympathy, since they were trying to live with minimal negative impact on human society, and one was even a G.P. or clinic doctor, meaning he likely successfully treated human patients, i.e. helped humans. It was a responsible choice for Nishiki to start working at Anteiku and eat suicide victims so as to draw less attention to himself for Kimi's sake. I can't say that I like the idea of him being in a position to be in the show frequently, but so be it. HxH - Oh, Gon, you likeable idiot. You almost let your previous encounters with Hisoka be known. It's a good thing you didn't and someone else remembered your arm-wrestling match with Shizuku, even though she forgot it happened. Regarding Nobunaga beating Gon at arm-wrestling repeatedly, that was cruel. Gon was hurting, as evidenced by his bruised and bleeding hand. What I want to know is whether the slab of concrete was the same depth as the table, because if it was deeper, it would give a leverage advantage to Nobunaga. At least Gon finally used Enhancement to get a win. I'm okay with Pakunoda searching the boys' memories on the ride to the hideout for knowledge of the chain-user. Unfortunately, what the P.T. has said since that scan allowed Killua to work out that the chain-user could be Kurapika. It was sensible for Killua to be wary of Pakunoda scanning him again. Nobunaga liking Gon because of the perceived similarity to Uvogin was unexpected, as was Nobunaga's intention to nominate Gon for membership. I don't quite believe that the boys would be free to go if Chrollo rejects Gon's nomination, since these boys would have seen the faces of each P.T. member, minus the part of Feitan's face that his outfit hides. It would make sense in the wake of Uvogin's death for the P.T. members to move in teams while searching for information on the chain-user's identity. I was fine with Nobunaga guarding the boys, and I liked their solution to the single door problem being to break through the walls. Gon pulled a good fake-out on Nobunaga for he and Killua to escape successfully. It's okay that the boys think they need to find Kurapika for insights on how to improve their nen skills enough to fight and beat P.T. members, but it's too bad that Kurapika's secret to strength is the insane condition he set on how to use his chains. Well, that and ridiculous nen hax. MSG: U - Everyone was headed for Industrial 7, so I would think that the ship or mobile suit with the fastest propulsion would have the advantage, since the Nahel Argama and the Neo Zeon forces started out from essentially the same location. I was glad to see that Riddhe in the Banshee was actively trying not to kill other Federation soldiers while fighting them. It makes perfect shonen protagonist sense for Links to restrain his Unicorn Gundam against Riddhe. Sucks to be Riddhe, since he blamed Newtypes for his problems and now is one himself. Him not wanting to hear the voices of others through the Banshee's psychoframe amplification struck me as being like what a telepath might feel when their abilities start to manifest. I'm fearful for Marida heading out to occupy Riddhe so Links can fight Angelo and the other Neo Zeon forces ahead of them. Sure, I've been wrong so far about her being put in a position to die at every turn, but it only takes being right once for her to die, and I don't want her to die. I'm puzzled as to how Links would be okay with his part in the plan for him to corral as many of the Neo Zeon mobile suits into a line of fire toward the Neo Zeon ship as he can in order for the Nahel Argama's main gun to destroy or disable most of Neo Zeon force. He would be setting these men and women up to die, and that doesn't seem like something he would knowingly do. The Vist siblings and Mr. Marcenas plotting how to destroy Industrial 7 before either of the other factions can get there is horrible. They're going to kill thousands of civilians with an "accident" and replace one set of secrets with another, which, in order to keep them secret, would involve killing everyone in the competing factions as well. It's the proverbial military-industrial complex colluding with members of the government to harm members of the citizenry in order to preserve the cabal's power. Shippuden - It sucks that the Sage mode is impractical for a battle in progress. It requires teamwork in the form of allies covering Naruto if he's there without Fukasaku to provide the cheat of being on Naruto's shoulder or back. When I saw the little girl and her grandmother, I knew from spoiler amvs that it was the start of the Invasion of Pain, which I didn't expect this soon. Since the rods are chakra receivers, it means the Six Paths of Pain that we've seen so far are being controlled or powered up remotely. That adds perspective to Jiraiya's message. I think that was Ino's dad mind-diving for information from the captured Rain ninja. Well, Sakura at least got to be useful enough to save the little girl and her grandmother from the giant centipede, but we can't have that kind of nonsense, so Sakura was ordered to the hospital to help treat the wounded. No, glasses girl who I want to ship with Shikamaru. Hypothesizing when you lack enough information to do so is little more than making wild, mostly uneducated guesses, so it isn't exactly a good use of your time. GitS - The coin gun in Fem's arm was essentially a large-bore shotgun. What I would've liked to know is what kind of propulsion was applied to the coins, magnetic or pneumatic power. I would think that some kind of instruction would be given to the android maids for them to check on whether he was alive and inform his lawyers when he died. Maybe it could've been something like if he didn't eat anything they brought him for a period of a week, then they should inspect him to determine whether he was alive or dead. Making ~$1,000 on day trading is a nice windfall. Good on Mrs. Togusa.

I don’t remember anyone in the show named Maria, so I’ll guess that’s one of your coworkers. No, it’s not filler, and yes, the kid should just walk it off. Jack - Jack's frustration over Aku destroying the last natural (maybe?) time portal was understandable, and the little mountain goats which Aku infected and infused with evil power were dangerous, so I'm hesitant to think of him using the mystical sword against them as being wrong. However, I'm guessing the sword was able to tell that he wielded it with an intent other than to expel or defeat the evil, harming the infected goats in the process, so the power of the sword found a way to make it leave him. As for Jack's vision quest, I disagree with the monk. Jack didn't lack balance. He lacked mastery over his negative emotions, which he lost in his moment of frustration those many years ago. It was as though Mad Jack came back and needed to be defeated again. Once Jack did that, he wasn't balanced, as in keeping his negativity and positivity in balance, with a time for each to be prevalent, but instead he attained, for lack of a better term occurring to me, a zen state. As for Ashi fighting off the army of Aku's minions, it would be a justifiable use of deadly force, since they came there with the intent to murder. When it came time to fight her mother, the same justification applies, but I have my doubts that the arrow thrown into evil mama or the fall would've killed her. DBS - While Goku would likely survive a tractor crash with little or no injuries, the tractor and plow would be a different story. Krillin had a point. The last time I remember him actually fighting against someone was during the Tournament we just saw, and which is actually still happening, in DBZK. Such a victory over someone he clearly outclassed would do little for him to get the proper perspective of his power compared to his friend and former rival. Thus, I can understand why he would ask Goku to hit him once, so he could truly appreciate the gulf between them and his suitability to defend the Earth against the threats that Goku and the other (partial) Saiyans face. Vegeta trying to bribe Whis with food was kind of tedious, and instant ramen, though admittedly a fancier version than I've ever had, being what swayed Whis was ridiculous but funny. Also, I would consider that a bowl of ramen rather than a cup. DBZK - I forgot about Dabura killing Kibito right away, and the literal petrifaction is a peculiar power, but it truly did remove most of the more sensible people of our group. Thus, if Babidi wanted to get the more impetuous and arrogant fighters inside, he did succeed. It's just too bad for his underlings that they're also the three fighters who would certainly outclass the henchmen. Working for Babidi would suck. Yes, you might get a power boost, but you might not get to apply it to your objective, and the severance package is terrible. Gohan, Goku and Vegeta playing rock-paper-scissors to see who got to fight first was funny. AoT: 2nd Course - The bit about Sasha changing the way she speaks must be more apparent in Japanese than in English. Oh well. At least Krista showed the courage to tell Ymir to knock it off. Plus, I still want to ship Krista and Armin, even though they weren't in any scenes together this time. Past!Sasha's resentment over the way that the refugee crisis was forcing her family and community to change their way of life is understandable, but her dad made excellent points about compassion, their right to live and it not being their fault that the titans breached W. Maria. Knowing now that she faced scarcity in the years before entering the Cadet Corps, it makes her ravenous behavior in the first series less funny than a sign of prolonged psychological trauma brought on through physical hardship. It also adds a layer of humanity to her offering D.I. Shardis part of the potato she was eating during an instruction session, sharing food when she wasn't sure the next meal would truly be there. While some of her people were killed, at least Sasha was able to save the child who was in shock. I'll blame Sasha being unable to decapitate the titan with that many strikes on the ax being dull (compared to the almost razor-sharpness of the paring swords), since it was used for wood, which dulls an edge rather quickly. I'm glad for her and the child's sakes that the mobility of the horses helped her father and others survive the attack and allowed them to rescue the pair from the chasing titan. Looks like Connie's village and family didn't fare nearly as well as Sasha's. TG - Just to get it out of the way, I'll iterate my point from Parasyte that the inhuman monsters eating people isn't like humans eating our domesticated livestock, because, like with the Parasites, the ghouls do not raise, provide and care for, or breed humans in numbers far exceeding what our population would otherwise be without those things being done for us to cultivate us as a food resource. It is a heavily flawed analogy. I'm not sure about the nature of Touka's feeling of being unwell, but I can absolutely believe that it was due to her deriving no nutritive value from the item Yoriko made for her the other day. Now, I don't know how that would be possible in the instance of dishes containing meat, since protein is protein, no matter what its source, but I'll accept it as one of the fantastical premises of the show. Following that malnutrition logic, it makes sense that Touka would be weaker than usual and her back-sprouting blade powers wouldn't manifest. Well, crap. Nishiki is alive. Really, show? You're trying to get me to feel sympathy for the guy who tried to kill Ken and eat Ken's awesome best friend Hide? Um, nope. Oh, but Nishiki and his sister had to live on their own for years, presumably after one or more parents were discovered as ghouls and killed by Inspectors. Again, nope. Oh, but his sister also died some years later when her human supervisor who also may have been a boyfriend informed on her. Still nope. Oh, but he was dying of his wounds from his fight with Ken and Touka and almost killed his girlfriend Kimi before she willingly offered her body for him to eat so he could heal, but he showed restraint and only took a bite out of her left deltoid, meaning he only slightly disfigured her, because he loves her. What part of "nope" are you not getting, show? That said, what the crap, Kimi? You know your boyfriend is an inhuman monster. You may not have known it when we met you in the show, but now you do. You also know that means he kills and eats people. He even attacked you in a moment of desperation. Granted, he kills for food and not the pleasure of eating, like Rize did and Tsukiyama does, but he still kills to eat when there is another option, Anteiku's suicide victim menu, available. Thus, you now at least condone his crimes, if you are not complicit in them. He's a danger to you and everyone around you. Turn him in, unless you're fine with being a sociopath - it doesn't matter what happens to anyone else as long as you get to keep your boyfriend. The fuuuuudge, Tsukiyama? You want to eat Ken as he eats a human? That's messed up, yo. As far as the intervention of others goes, once Tsukiyama started stabbing people with his back-sprouting blade and plunging his hand into abdomens, I say he gave the others grounds to kill him in justifiable self-defense. Actually, since he was engaged in felony kidnapping (taking Kimi as part of a plan to force Ken to kill her) and was ready to kill her in furtherance of his overall objective, it could be argued that deadly force was justifiable for her protection once he announced his plan. Please let Touka follow through this time, show, and have her actually kill Tsukiyama after her quick snack off of Ken (digestion should not happen that quickly). Hm, Touka sometimes watches Hinami for her mother. That's nice. I'm okay with Ken helping Hinami with her homework as well. Haaa, Yoriko thought Touka and Ken were an item. Flare of jealousy aside (how dare he take Touka from her), Yorkio was a total sis with that thumbs-up of encouragement. HxH - Hm, so Silva, Killua's dad, had fought and killed a P.T. member before the events of the show, and he acknowledged the target's skills. That's high praise from the current head of a famous family of assassins. I'm cool with the Dons calling in some Zoldycks to kill the P.T. members, even though it will likely mean Killua will be urged by his father and grandfather to kill some of them. I'm also cool with Mr. Nostrade sending Neon out of harm's way. Gon and Killua did well in tailing Machi and Nobunaga, but they repeated Gon's mistake against Gereta - being so focused on staying hidden from their quarry that they didn't pay attention to who might be following them. It wouldn't surprise me at all if they took that lesson from Hisoka talking about his experiences with the Hunter Exam. Gon, you lucky dog, drawing both the pretty Machi and the less-attractive-in-the-face-but-better-endowed Pakunoda. As far as Gon and Killua know, they are answering the questions about "the chain-user" truthfully, since the P.T. isn't giving them the right details to identify this person as Kurapika. That said, it's probably not a good thing that the P.T. took they boys to their headquarters. I'm curious as to where Chrollo was going and why he changed into a regular suit first. MSG: U - Yeah, it wasn't surprising at all that Angelo and some of his men would try to take control of the Nahel Argama, but it didn't work, at least in part due to Audrey disapproving of it and Marida acting to protect Audrey. I'm okay with Zinnerman declining to back the seizure as well. It's not too late to turn back, Riddhe. You haven't killed any of your fellow Federation soldiers yet. The Vist siblings meeting with Mr. Marcenas can't be a good thing. Shippuden - Well hi there, boobs chick from the Cloud Village. I enjoyed seeing you, but I could've done without hearing your teammates. Still, the Raikage and the teammates crying the twin waterfalls while concerned for Killer Bee's welfare was a little funny. Fukasaku changing the training exercise to make Naruto focus on stillness made some sense, but there's a problem with that. He was on a platform balanced on a small area at a substantial height. The support base for the slab would be very small, and thus it would be very susceptible to disturbances. While we're shown that most of that disturbance would come from Naruto, the wind could very easily disrupt the balance as well, That means that while minimizing his own motions, Naruto would need to be actively engaged and ready to counter the effect of wind in an instant for as long as the wind blew. Still, the training worked, and so it was time for Naruto to learn how to spar with a toad, wherein it was still fun to see Naruto get hit. I'm curious what Naruto did when he snuck out at night. GitS - I'm not sure why Aramaki chose to send Saito onto the platform instead of Pazu. I would think that having the sniper available to provide aerial cover would be a better use of his skills, and it would make more sense to me to use Pazu for clearing rooms and engaging at intermediate range. Run Rabbit Junk is a good background song for action scenes. Whether the young girl is a clone or an actual daughter of Eika Tokura, I can't say. However, if Eika carried the girl, then she was still a possibly unwilling teen mom, perhaps even to a rapist's child.

I hope not. Silva's a likeable psychopath. Poke: Congratulations on the degree and your acceptance into grad school. Also, you're making me feel older than I already did after a family member's birthday this week. When I went to post this a couple weeks ago, the site was down, so I procrastinated about checking back and writing the other weeks' posts, but since it's working now, you'll get a triple-post from me. Jack - We had several blasts from the past this time, and I like that each group or person was someone Jack had helped (with the exception of some robot bounty hunters) and who were willing to step up to intervene on his behalf. It helped Ashi see the best in Jack, something of which he had lost sight, and drove her harder to find him and tell him those important facts so he could change his mind. I'm not sure whether the being I called a specter in the last episode was truly a spirit or corporeal, but it was definitely dangerous, and I'm glad Jack didn't let it help him commit seppuku, even saving Ashi, again, in his rejection of its plan. I didn't know that Ashi's outfit wasn't simply clothing, but a substance bonded to her. Since it was able to grow with her and her sisters, I can only presume it's at least partially magical. I guess that explains why it didn't cover her head, even though she was completely immersed in it, but that makes me doubt that she would be able to remove it by simple exfoliation. Since she had to use rocks to scrub it off her, I'm surprised that she didn't at least rub her skin raw, if not remove portions of dermis on much of her body. The leaf-based clothing did look nice on her, and I agree with Jack on liking her new 'do. I was surprised that Scaramouche survived and surprised again that it was able to move as just a head and part of a neck. When it hitched a ride onto the ship on the one cursed guy, I was also surprised that it was allowed to use the word "penis" when describing how he looked. I thought the top looked a little more like balls, but whatever. One of those dog-people was a dead-ringer for Astro from the Jetsons, but I didn't spend enough time looking at the others to see if they were homages as well. I have no idea how Scaramouche's metal head floated, unless the head is airtight and has a lot of empty space inside. DBS - If this wasn't filler, it sure felt like it, and it was tough to get through it. Still, Goku's oversold punch where he talked about getting his tractor before he continued to fly off was a little funny though. Bee is a good doggie and helped Mr. Satan save face. Bee also probably protected the Earth for centuries from these tiny lion aliens if they felt too offended by Goku's and Mr. Satan's nonsense. How did you already spend that much money, Chi Chi? *Shakes head.* DBZK - I did correctly recall why Kibito and Shin allowed Spopovitch and Yamu to drain Gohan's energy, but I still say it was a mistake. If they knew where the shell containing Majin Buu was for that long, I have no idea why they wouldn't dispose of it in a black hole long before Babidi could find his way to Earth. Majin Buu being able to destroy a galaxy sounds a lot like the kind of power Beerus has. I'm glad Videl dropped out when she wasn't even able to keep up when flying. Krillin asking 18 not to beat anyone up too badly was funny. AoT: 2nd Course - Dammit, people! You should know better than to boast about the skills of someone (other than Levi or Mikasa) who is facing multiple titans alone. That doomed the guy (I think his name was Mike) to a horrible death, but before that he got to see the biggest development for the episode, if not the season (the true impact can only be compared and/or realized once we reach the end of the season) - the Beast Titan, which is absolutely a titan version of a Sasquatch, so Imma call it Squatchy. Not only can it speak intelligently, but it also acts with purpose (throwing Mike's horse to knock him off the roof) and commands the other titans. Now I must wonder how many more there are like Squatchy, what role it/they played in the creation of the other titans, if any, or whether they represent an advancement in titan development like the Armored Titan, the Colossal Titan or Annie. It can't be a good thing that it took the compressed gas portion of Mike's ODM gear, presumably for study so as to develop better tactics to use against the humans (like the titans need to get better at killing humans). Something Squatchy said about the swords and how humans use them to kill titans has me curious as well. What it said went something like, "so you figured out that we live in the nape." It begs at least two questions. First, how did humans discover that vulnerability? I would presume that it was an extension of the idea of decapitation killing everything that has a head, and they wanted to know just how far into the neck the cut or, as it is, cuts needed to go to kill a titan, but we can't be sure unless the story tells us that. Second, who or what is the "we" Squatchy referenced? We know that is the area where Annie and Eren's human bodies were when in their titan forms, but does that mean that every titan has a human in it? Could there be some other organism(s) in that spot? If so, what, and why are they targeting humans? Answers please, show. Wall Rose being breached is a death sentence for humanity if it can't be sealed soon. as in within a few days. Even in that timespan, hundreds, if not thousands of titans could gain access to the Interior, meaning nowhere would be safe other than inside the Capital, and there's far to little ground there to sustain even the population of the Capital, let alone the refugees who will flee to it. I fully expect refugees to be turned away at gun-/cannonpoint this season, and it wouldn't surprise me at all if they are actually fired upon. I feel bad for Connie, since his village and likely his family are probably dead, because that location was along the titans' general path to where our Scouts were at the start of the events. Hange getting the walled-in titan covered with sheets was a good idea, and thanks to Minister Nick for emphatically insisting on it. Now we must question whether he knew there was at least one titan walled into Wall Sina, since his very vocal opposition to people touching (we break everything we touch) the Walls could've been for a very good reason if he did know. Meanwhile, Eren and Mikasa rest and recover from the fight against Annie, which is cool. However, I feel like Mikasa would rather keep the old, beaten-up scarf, maybe with some repairs, rather than get a new one from Eren. Sentimentality and all. TG - Touka showed it is possible for a ghoul to keep regular food down, but it took some effort on her part. I'm not sure why she did, though. Her friend couldn't know what an effort it was on Touka's part to do that. Only Touka knows that. Her friend wouldn't know if Touka had vomited out the food. Only Touka would know that. If there's some harmful effect to a ghoul to digest regular food, I don't get why Touka would do that when only she would know that she kept down the item her friend prepared. Oh, poor, gullible Ken. Just because someone is a ghoul doesn't mean he should trust them. Yoshimura has proven himself to be someone trustworthy, but unless he vouches for someone, like Touka or Renji, it would probably be best to have some healthy skepticism. Case in point, Nishiki. Also, Ken knows from experience that someone liking the same author that he does doesn't mean they're a good person. In fact, since the last ghoul he knew who liked that author tried to kill him (admittedly, he didn't know Rize was a ghoul when the date started), he might want to be especially wary of other ghouls trying to meet him alone to discuss that author. With that in mind, Ken didn't do much to prevent Tsukiyama's plan to abduct and devour him, but Ken did well to evade an experienced killer (thanks for the self-defense training, Renji) long enough for Tsukiyama to change his mind and intervene, even with sedatives working against Ken. I get the impression that Tsukiyama won't give up on his quest to consume Ken easily. I liked the knowledge drop from Itori and Uta about ghoul/human hybrids. Conception can happen, but the genes don't jive well with one another, so miscarriages and stillbirths are the vast majority of the outcomes. Hybrids that live for any length of time are an exceptional rarity, so I can see from a philosophical standpoint why a "gourmet" like Tsukiyama would want to keep Ken to himself, though if Tsukiyama knew the circumstances of Ken's hybrid status, he might change his mind, given his history with Rize... or he might want to kill and eat Ken all the more as the last spiteful thing he could do to what's left of her. Who knows? HxH - Regarding pawning a license for cash, I'm not certain how a pawn shop works. I think that it is possible to pawn the item rather than sell it, meaning there would be a claim ticket held by the person who pawned the item, and the item wouldn't be available for sale in the shop for a certain length of time wherein the person who pawned it could come back and redeem it from pawn. That's how I think it works, but I could be wrong. Could the license be sold at any time? I don't know. If so, then they took a big risk here. It was a good idea to use the eye-concentrating nen technique (I'm not certain, but I think it's called gyo or however it's spelled) to find special stuff on which to bid. Speaking of this bidding style, it's EBay without computers, and thus it would make sniping more difficult by needing to be where the item is when time was about to expire. The wooden statue being a treasure vault was lucky for our group. Thanks for the intervention to prevent the boys from being swindled, random stranger with intense eyebrows. (What kind of name is Zepile? He needs to smack his parents and/or change it to something less weird.) Given how much more the boys made on getting the treasure, Zepile's 20% cut is a bargain. Plus, the boys should've been able to feel that the statue was unusually heavy for a block of sculpted wood, but maybe they couldn't tell due to their absurd physical strength. Ah, so the only thing Zepile really wanted was part of his buy-back effort on his past money-making knock-offs. I can respect that. It looked to me like he and the boys developed some mutual respect during their reciprocal Q & A session. Yes, there might be some information available on the Hunter website, but surely there are other Hunters beyond Kurapika who will be after the P.T. members, so it's not like they're getting a truly unique edge in the manhunt. Oh, and Machi is pretty. Just saying. MSG: U - We get it. Tensions were high on the Nahel Argama with Federation and Neo Zeon personnel clashing over who must take orders from whom, who gets priority for repairs, fuel, and electrical charging, so on and so forth. Yes, the Neo Zeon forces got the Federation people out of the last engagement alive, but it's still the Federation people's ship. Federation people: play nice and be gracious hosts. Neo Zeon people: play nice and be courteous guests. Did someone bring Audrey that uniform? I doubt that she had it under her other clothes all this time, so my guess would be it was brought to her so she could take up the leadership role into which she was born, whether she wants to do that or not. The last set of La Place coordinates being back at Industrial 7 sounds mighty suspicious. I would guess that Links' father had something to do with that. The Side Co-prosperity Sphere sounds like a pretentious name for an economic block comprised of the various Colonies after they've gained the leverage, ostensibly though acquiring the secrets of the Box, to sever ties with Earth. It's somewhat like portions of the conflict in The Expanse, only in that show the Belt colonies want to be free of both Terran and Martian influence, where the spirit of this proposed alliance would include Mars as well. Shippuden - As fun as it was to see and hear Naruto getting whacked with a baton, this felt really slow. I guess that it's a harbinger of things to come since he had a lot of trouble getting the mix of energies right with the aid of the oil making it easier for him to absorb the nature energy. Well, maybe that was part of the problem, since the energy entered too rapidly, but he did need to get the feel for what absorbing the energy was like and how to slow down the absorption to a rate that he could balance. For him to optimize the absorption rate without turning into a frog or toad will likely take a lot of practice. Ha, ha. Joke's on you, Akatsuki and Sauce. Killer Bee pulled a substitution jutsu on you, but hey, at least it was one of his severed tentacles rather than a log. I'm guessing that it's because a log wouldn't hold some of his Tailed Beast chakra to be sure to fool the Akatsuki. GitS - I'm still unclear why the docking system for Batou's Tachikoma released it when it did. Even after several viewings, I still feel a little sad for Miki, but maybe a little more so this time because my sister's family's dog died a few months ago, and she (the dog) had been part of the family since before the birth of my eldest niece. It was easy to see a little of my nieces in Miki, but I don't think they're yet fully adjusted to their dog's absence. While I recognize that I spend a substantial amount of time each week watching, thinking and writing about a programming block of cartoons, it's still a far cry from delving into a fictional world and refusing to leave it for the reality around me.

Soul Eater v. 11 - 13. Giriko not recognizing Maka is still funny, and the Kim-Ox story has been touching so far. Plus, hardcore, Harvar, though I am relieved it didn't take. Oh, and considering the translation notes, it could've been possible for Star's name to be translated as Black Hole, which wouldn't sound quite as good, but it would still evoke a perception of being powerful.

Since I last checked in, got Soul Eater v. 11 - 25. I think our DWMA students are right to be wary of Medusa, and the group of Harvar, Kilik and Ox have had a bigger role in the story than I expected.

Are we talking about narration from the same episode that used on-screen text to tell us where and when Joseph died when he was very much still alive? Plus, there's no reason that sinister or misguided groups in a spacefaring future society wouldn't seek Kars' body to learn his genetic secrets and put them to use, be it for fair or foul purposes.

Truth. Enough that everyone in the room would swear one another to secrecy, knowing that Naruto is too dumb or simple-minded to bring it up for their embarrassment later. It's a shame about Mr. Blaylock. He'll be missed. Regarding show news, I'm ready for more AoT, but I shudder to think about who we know from the first series that could die in this one. I'm not sure why one of the Sandwhales projectile vomited hundreds of cans of Green Peace, but okay. Also, is KFC a cannibal? It didn't look to me like Sand Man succeeded in killing one of the Sandwhales, so what other meat would she be eating if not his butchered body? Jack - I was glad to see that the Scotsman was still alive (leg Gatling? Oh yes. Thank you, show). Unfortunately, Aku changed that. Fortunately, his enchanted sword kept his ghost around, so we hopefully haven't seen the end of him and his MANY daughters, who were on the whole more attractive than we'd have any reason to expect, given his and his wife's collective looks. I liked Ashi questioning Jack. He made a claim, so it was up to him to prove it. The criminal immigrants being welcomed eagerly and assigned a settlement area that was already peacefully occupied was a little excessive, but it served its purpose. I was surprised to see that Ashi's opponent when rescuing the abducted children wasn't a(n) robot/android, but instead was a man in powered armor. While he was villainous, I very much liked his demeanor. It sure was nice of him to explain that the high aggression in the children was based in technology, so it was something which wouldn't have a lasting presence after the technology was disabled. Poor Jack. He thought that his order/advice to Ashi had killed the children, and he left with the specter before he could see that they had survived. I feel like he's carrying more guilt than he has any right to claim, not just for this, but also for his sense of prolonged failure. If he can find a way into the past, then all the suffering in the present/future will be avoided. According to many fictional examples of time travel and altering history, only he will remember the horrors that happened after the point of him stopping Aku in the past, should he ever manage to do it. The other thing for Jack to remember is that so much of this suffering is already over and done. He was flung thousands of years into the future. At the point of his arrival, all the cruelty that Aku would've visited upon Jack's parents and people was finished. They've been dead for thousands of years. That Jack has taken sooooo long and not fulfilled his mission doesn't mean they suffered any more. The only one whose suffering is prolonged by Jack failing to kill Aku in the past is Jack. He has more memories of the devastation he sees, and he has more time to imagine/see visions of Aku's past oppression of his people, tormenting himself. I might be reading too much into this, but it seems like Ashi is being set up to succeed Jack in his mission. However, given the nature of Aku, either Ashi or Jack would need to find either Jack's sword or meet up with the Scotsman's family and gain the use of his sword to kill Aku (Celtic magic). DBS - Well, Goku lost, despite a valiant effort and astounding Saiyan breath control. At least Beerus was a good sport about it, and Whis came up with a convincing cover story. Come on, Vegeta. How can you expect to surpass a power on your own that included your own power? Goku, you goof. That was not the proper way to respond to the formal announcement that you're going to be a grandfather. DBZK - I thought Videl looked super-cute after recovering due to the effect of the Senzu bean. Yes, Gohan, you should've put your head scarf back on before going to the ring. Secret's out, yo. I think I remember Kibito and Shin's rationale for letting Spopovitch and Yamu steal Gohan's energy, but I'm not sure. Regardless, I still think it was a mistake to let them accomplish their task. Poor Chi Chi was on an emotional rollercoaster here. JoJo - I'm not going to try to isolate what happened in each episode. I still don't get what property of the Red Stone of Aja made Kars immune to sunlight. As for his new body-morphing abilities, I couldn't help but laugh at the murder squirrel. We all knew it would be dangerous, but it was also hilarious. Kars growing wings is fine, and he is a buff humanoid, but I don' think the physics of flight would work for him due to his mass and the amount of muscle power it would take to flap the wings hard enough and frequently enough to generate lift. However, it would be in keeping with the over-the-top nature of the show, so eh. While I protest Kars' ability to change his fired feathers into bony plates and later into piranhas due to them being unable to receive nerve impulses by virtue of being disconnected from his body, it isn't without precedent in the show (Wamuu's projectile hands grabbing and holding Joseph), so, again, eh. While everyone was lamenting how they and the rest of humanity was doomed because of Kars' new powers, I couldn't help but think, "how about fire or high explosives? Those would be worth a try." In a way, Joseph, after a highly improbable jump onto a Luftwaffe aircraft, did eventually decide to go the fire route, but cranked it up to volcano. I'm glad for von Stroheim's two-step aid (covering fire and breaking Joseph's fall, and his mechanical lower body), and I liked that no organic defense Kars could manifest was working against the lava. However, the air shield wouldn't work. For one, the layer of air would quickly heat and expand, still roasting Kars with very hot air. For another, even if he had converted some of the elements in his body to gasses in order to pump more molecules into the insulating layer, then he would experience a commensurate reduction in tissue, which would have the same degrading effect as being burned up by the lava, but probably in a less painful fashion. For yet another, when a Pillar Man isn't frozen in stone, I'm guessing he would need to breathe. Since Perfect Kars could generate hamon, it would be reasonable to expect him to breathe. Inside the insulating layer, there would be only the super-heated air to breathe, which would be hot enough to damage his lungs, causing him to drown in his own blood, but that wouldn't be a sufficiently exciting end to the battle, on to more insanity it was. I'm not sure whether it was planning or desperation that the massively bleeding Joseph used the Red Stone to block Kars' attack and use that energy to trigger an explosive eruption. However, once at a high enough altitude to blast Kars into space, Joseph was lucky that he managed to hamon project his severed hand to give Kars escape velocity. Kars speaking in space is a no, and he should still need to breathe. I can only hope that his drifting through space puts him on a path into the sun, because no amount of his shenanigans will protect him long enough to escape that once he heads into it. They were on the day-side of the planet when the volcano launched them, so at least he's not drifting away from the sun. If he doesn't plunge into the sun, then the name of a subsequent season, Stardust Crusaders, could take on a thoroughly depressing/horrifying meaning. Yeah, falling from that altitude should've killed Joseph, but since he lived, okay. When he crashed his own funeral with his new bride, I thought a few things. First, I was upset that the onscreen text outright lied to us. The story knew that he would live, but the omniscient narration told us otherwise. That's not misleading the audience. That's a boldfaced lie. Second, I agreed with his, "dammit, woman! You had one job," and laughed at that line. Third, I was glad for him that he managed to snag himself a hot chick, even if she is a ditz. Last, I was impressed by von Stroheim's generosity in arranging for Joseph to get a mechanical hand. It's a mighty fine gesture from him to someone that used his mechanical body as a shock-absorbing crumple zone. Regarding the fates of everyone, yes, I would expect anyone who wasn't in their teens or twenties in the late 1930s to be dead 48 years later. I liked the good ends for everyone, even von Stroheim, who met his end in battle. Above everyone else, Speedwagon will be sorely missed, but given the history he'd witnessed of the Joestars and their friends, I can't blame him for not having any progeny (of which he was aware) and risk dooming them to the same fate. I liked cantankerous old!Joseph. I'm not so sure I'd classify his mistreatment of the guy in the airport as racism. I'm inclined to think of it as redirecting some misplaced resentment. It's not necessarily his son-in-law's fault that Joseph's daughter and grandson haven't visited in 20 years. If she were determined enough to do it, she could make the trip, and so could Joseph. Did I see what is presumably Joseph's grandson languishing in a jail cell? It seems the Joestar penchant for trouble skips a generation. Also, I really hope that's not Dio's coffin with his head on Jonathan's body, but there's not much else it could be. HxH - In other words, Sauce isn't the only one to get all the hax. Kurapika being a Specialist whose specialty is complete mastery of the other five nen types is ridiculous. It simultaneously flies in the face of being a Specialist and lives up to the purest sense of the base word, special, in that no one should be able to do what he can do. Oh well. As for the fight, it was good, and Uvogin made a mighty effort, but he was outclassed by virtue of the aforementioned hax and Kurapika's insane condition on his chains. Still, I have to respect Uvogin's determination and (perhaps) sense of loyalty to the rest of the P.T. in refusing to give Kurapika information, even at the expense of his own life. I didn't expect Kurapika to show the consideration to Uvogin of burying his body. Maybe Uvogin made an impression on Kurapika with his resolve, or maybe Kurapika is just that good of a person. Whatever the case is, it cost him valuable time to recover and prepare for the inevitable attack by other P.T. members. I liked the insight we got into the kind of person Kurapika is compared to Uvogin. Kurapika had a perfectly normal and healthy aversion to using violence on another person, and we got to see that contrasted with Uvogin's bloodlust. I also liked Kurapika's rationale for facing Uvogin first - if Kurapika's chains can withstand the most physically powerful Enhancer the P.T. has, then he only has to worry about nen countermeasures the others may employ. MSG: U - I'm not sure why other Federation forces would open fire on the Nahel Argama, unless it was on orders directly from a Vist family member. I forget what Bright said to Links in past episodes, but I feel like he's uneasy about the influence of the Vist family over the Federation. If the secrets of the Box are uncovered and the Federation survives, then the Vist family will lose its leverage. If the secrets of the Box are so damning that the Federation doesn't survive, then maybe Bright will think he's been fighting for the wrong side and decide that it's better for the Federation to cease to be so something better can take its place. I'm not sure whether a single Gundam's thrusters would be enough to correct the Garancierre's (sp?) trajectory after sustaining damage to one of its engines, but eh. At least Full and his men didn't leave the Unicorn Gundam a sitting duck. With everyone and their brother after the Box and the information it contains, I'll laugh if the secrets are actually no big deal. Riddhe launching into space in the Banshee is probably not a good thing for him or anyone else. Audrey doesn't dig you, dude. Get over it. Shippuden - Yes, a detailed examination of the captured Pain body would take a lot of time, so have patience, Naruto. The only thing missing from Fukasaku's admonishment to Naruto was a punch to the face or a smack to the back of his head. I can appreciate how Jiraiya made the message such that the key clue would only be meaningful to one person, Naruto, so cracking the code would be exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, for anyone who didn't have his cooperation. Beyond that, though, they were lucky that Kakashi was there to lend his expertise in Jiraiya's work in order to isolate which book was written when Naruto was off training with Jiraiya. Beyond that, though, is where I have trouble buying it. I doubt that a maimed and dying Jiraiya would have such extensive and detailed recollection of his writings that he could remember six page numbers which would start with the six words he needed to make a slightly vague message relaying what he'd discovered about Pain. I'm cool with the idea of reverse summoning, and Naruto going to train in Sage jutsu with Fukasaku, who taught it to Jiraiya, is fine. I'm also okay with the concept that adding nature energy to one's own chakra would enhance any jutsu. However, if the Spirit Bomb is any indicator, it'll take an impractical amount of time to gather that energy for use. We'll see how that goes. Plus, I got the vibe that thick-glasses cryptologist girl digs Shikamaru. GitS - The big cyborg dude was probably a good thing to have around, since this institution did work with defense barriers, making the patients desirable assets for competitors to obtain. Batou likely teased Togusa for at least a few days about letting a middle-aged woman employed as an administrator get the drop on him.

Reply out-of-sequence. Jack - Jack's sense of guilt is unjustified. He gave the Septuplets a way out, and they chose not to take it, even knowing his skills. It was killing in self-defense, not murder, so shut up, crows, and back off, Inner Jack. We're going to ignore the whole "huge, air-filled cavities inside a giant animal" thing, again. What didn't make sense to me was there being a pool of presumably digestive acid underneath a blowhole, which would be part of its respiratory system, not the digestive one. Oh well. Jack was able to evade and fight the various parasites (or undigested prey?) and find a way to escape with one of the Septuplets in tow. As for Jack's argument with her, she was brainwashed for likely years, so one conversation is unlikely to sway her. That said, it was fortunate for him that one incident from her past allowed her to see the difference between his way and the way of Aku, and that served as witness to the truthfulness of his words. Whether she'll turn completely from Aku, her mother and aunts (I think?), and any of her sisters which may still be alive remains to be seen, but at least this one time, she chose not to attack when she had the opportunity. I'm not sure that the island on which Jack and the one Septuplet landed was truly an island. At first glance, the grass looked a lot like hairs to me. Regarding the promo, I hope I saw what I think I saw, and if it was, then I'll be glad to be wrong about a presumption I made. DBS - Whis' explanation to Mr. Satan was gold. Mr. Satan's attempted bribe was fun as well, but not as good as Whis' bit. I'm not sure why Beerus used his full power to harmlessly disperse the energy build-up between he and Goku, but okay. I had a feeling that Goku's god-form would have a time limit, since it was predicated on energy borrowed from another Saiyan and part-Saiyans. Still, him having bursts of that power in his SSJ form is unexpected and impressive. DBZK - Unnecessarily long beating was unnecessarily long. At least Spopovitch's cohort intervened before Videl died, which, if someone that huge were walloping a girl her size like that, would have happened long before the end of the fight. I must question Krillin not bringing Senzu beans. Even though they didn't expect any of the other fighters to be a problem, they had to know that they might have to fight one another, and while they are really tough, why not have the means available to heal injuries quickly with them? Vegeta wouldn't hold back against 18, Gohan, or Goku, and would only barely restrain himself against Krillin or Piccolo. Vegeta would fight to win, though he probably would limit energy blasts to the point that he wouldn't destroy the arena. At least Goku has the beans now, so Videl should be okay. JoJo - What I don't understand is why Joseph didn't use the excess of rope to tie off the rest so he could release it and focus on Kars. Oh, wait, I know. We had to have an unnecessarily complicated plan from Joseph to trick Kars and show off how clever Joseph is, even though it relied on Kars not being able to tell a rope had been looped around his ankle. Oh well. I must not understand what the Red Stone of Aja does, because I have no idea how the Stone Mask, the Red Stone, and UV light combine to heal Kars' hamon wound and make him more powerful. I'm not aware of anywhere on Earth that crystals like that develop above ground. Sure, they develop around the world in cave systems and portions of aquifers, but it's highly unusual for them to be above ground. Oh well. As for Lisa's flashback, it sure is a shame about George II. He was a good man and probably would've been a good father. As for Lisa's response to the news of what happened to her husband, I would say it's the most that any of us could ask, to have a gorgeous spouse who was courageous enough, devoted enough, and badass enough to go avenge our murder at the hands of an inhuman monstrosity without hesitation. You were a lucky man, George II. Mind you, not lucky enough to escape the curse of the Stone Masks alive (you're much like your father in that regard), but still lucky. Here's hoping your own son is luckier than you were in his fight with the Pillar Men. TG - I'm glad that there is an organized effort on the part of the police to find and eliminate ghouls. Yes, we were introduced to the more complicated side of it, ghouls who can't (which is fine...) or won't (but this is better) hunt for themselves. Those are the kind which would never ping on Hunter radar, since they would only be eating people who died for some other reason, and thus they're not really a threat to the living. Still, the CCG has no way of knowing whether a ghoul they find is a killer or a corpse-eater, and it's not like they can simply take the ghoul's word for their eating habits, so I can understand a policy of eliminating all ghouls that they find, even if it's a girl like Hinami. As for the cases the CCG investigators carry, I'm curious to know how a strike with one can slice a ghoul if ghoul skin is supposed to be tough enough to break an ordinary steel blade. Regarding Ken's lessons and duties as a new employee of Anteiku, the advice about swallowing ordinary food whole and pretending to chew after that is fine, but I am curious as to what kind of problems actually digesting it would produce. I also was relieved to see that Ken and Renji went to a place known for suicides to get the bodies that Anteiku serves to ghouls. My understanding is that the standard practice for corpse disposition in Japan is cremation, so the ghouls eating those who died for other reasons is fine with me from an ethical standpoint - why not eat them since they would simply be burned otherwise? It's like on a show I saw on National Geographic Channel years ago where a man gathered roadkill to supplement his family's food resources. The animals were already dead, and he was skilled at spotting which ones were fresh enough to be safe to eat, so it would be a shame to let other scavengers eat them when his wife could cook them. It's perfectly logical, if you can get past the ick factor, which I'm not sure I'd be able to do. I'm curious who the dude who barged into the doctor's office was and what he wanted the doctor to make for him. Also, ghouls having masks to wear in public when either hunting or fighting other ghouls is prudent, but I feel like it would take a lot of time to put one on in the instance of an unexpected fight or a sudden, overwhelming craving. Hinami is too sweet a girl for things to turn out well for her in a show like this. I'll be surprised if she doesn't die. Well, maybe just her mom will die. We know that shonen and seinen anime have a habit of killing off moms, especially if gore is part of a show's universe. Did I hear Hide say that Nishiki survived? If so, crap. HxH - I wonder how the timing of meeting Hisoka the next night will work with Mr. Nostrade coming in the following night and Kurapka's new leadership role. Speaking of which, of course Kurapika would be selected as the new bodyguard group leader. He wasn't quite truthful with Mr. Nostrade, though. They didn't know that Dalzollene was dead; they could only make a strong inference that he was dead. Neon having to make the call to her dad to get them introduced was okay, but it stinks for her that she had to be woken in the middle of the night to do it, though I'd guess she understood the urgency of the matter. I don't want to have Kurapika v. Uvogin so soon. Uvogin is a really fun character, and this will be a deathmatch, and I don't want to see him die, but surely Kurapika won't lose. The conditional auction on the street being a show to get Gon and the others invited to some more profitable matches was smarter on Leorio's part than I had credited him, and I'm glad it worked as he intended. Still, the regular proceedings being suspended for a bounty hunt for P.T. members is a way for our group to get the money they'll need, even though it would probably be more dangerous than the illegal matches and gambling. MSG: U - First and foremost, yay, between Captain Zinnerman and Links' New Type psychic powers, they were able to reach Marida and break her brainwashing! Now they just need to get off that Federation ship alive. Hey Riddhe? It sucks to be you. Marida trashed your mobile suit, Audrey isn't interested in fleeing with you, and you may have internal injuries from the aforementioned trashing. Still, at least the Vist people didn't shoot you immediately for your attempt to take Audrey from them. Sure, the Vist Foundation is only closely associated with the Federation government, so they aren't exactly the governing authority, but Links' open defiance of them is getting mighty close to treason, especially his efforts counter to them in the Unicorn Gundam, which was most likely developed by the Vist Foundation for the Federation with Federation funding. Shippuden - I feel sorry for Tsunade. She must maintain a collected, professional demeanor for the sake of others, but her heart is breaking over the loss of her closest friend. Naruto moping was a bit tedious, and he didn't show Iruka, who genuinely cared, the kind of consideration he was due. Still, having Shikamaru, a peer who suffered the same kind of loss, level with Naruto was probably the only thing that would bring him out of it. Both their mentors are gone, and now they must accept that they can't be students forever - they'll have to grow up and accept the responsibility of adults, even becoming teachers themselves sooner than they would like to think. Well, provided they survive long enough to do that. They are in a dangerous profession. It's entirely possible they'll be killed before becoming teachers. That said, Shikamaru looking out for Asuma's unborn child is touching, and he'll have a very long wait before the child will be ready to receive his instruction, unless he becomes an instructor for first and second-year Academy students. Then he'd only have about 8 years to wait instead of around 12. I thought maybe the numbers in the code corresponded to missions where Jiraiya encountered each of the people who comprise the Six Paths of Pain, but there were seven numbers. Unless he met one of them more than once, that wouldn't work. Here's hoping Shizune and some assistants can learn something from the one body the toads delivered. Also, the captured Rain ninja will likely talk, and I don't think they'll even need Ibiki to do the questioning. GitS - I still think that when the Major said that Batou saved one of Project Sunset's victims this time, it only made him feel worse about not getting to the scene in time during the war to stop Marco's unit on the battlefield. The CIA dude complained about Section 9 accessing CIA files, but the CIA themselves were guilty of espionage in accessing Batou military file. It was complaining about someone doing wrong and in the process finding proof of their own wrongdoing.

Finished Bleach v. 69. Now the only unread manga I have are some ooooooolld monthly SJs. After that, I'll be waiting on a few pre-orders to arrive. Otherwise, I'll be left with an equally old stack of American comics, mostly Marvel titles.

Possible, but if that hit to the ribs has limited Joseph's breathing enough to make offensive hamon spotty, then he might not be up to healing hamon either. Even if he did heal himself, I don't know why they wouldn't show it, unless it was to save episode time and animation budget. Also, I agree that he's lucky that he has his looks. Poke: Re: Nishiki rant - Dag, yo. Chill. Chill.

Yeah, that was so weird it made me laugh. Also, the real question is whether Joseph knows. Worst. Date. Ever. Jack and DBS - I didn't watch the Rick and Morty episode. I just checked in a few times in both half-hours to be sure that's what was still playing. As long as they don't skip the episodes which would have otherwise aired, I'll be fine. Sand Whale and Me - What struck me was the size of the can KFC found. It made me wonder if this planet was once (or may still be?) home to a race of giants. However, KFC's mech getting a foot stuck by it punching through some crust on the ground might cast doubt on that, unless the crust has something to do with periodic flooding and subsequent drying of the soil. Also, this is a pretty bleak landscape. Where does KFC keep getting fuel for her nightly fires? DBZK - Spopovitch didn't look like he did much more damage (outside the energy blast) than his bulk would enable him to do. Yeah, Goku and Vegeta could tell Spopovitch exercised restraint, but what impressed me the most from him was his resilience. I liked how Videl reacted with shock and remorse when she thought she had unintentionally killed him. Chi-Chi was shipping it hard, and I'm aboard for it, as was Toriyama. Shin is the Supreme Kai. I feel like the importance of that is diminished by not seeing the Otherworld Tournament in which Goku fought for the chance to train under the Grand Kai, but oh well. JoJo - Wamuu's detached forearms holding Joseph in place was still malarkey. While Wamuu was fatally dosed with hamon, he was still dangerous, and yes, air at a high enough speed and/or pressure could damage rock like that, even though Wamuu might actually need to be a bit closer than he was. I liked Joseph's two-stage explosion plan, because it was sneaky and deprived Wamuu of this weapon, and with it his last chance at honorably killing Joseph. While I will give Wamuu respect for killing the vampire interlopers, I can't say I really understand Joseph giving Wamuu blood. First, if Joseph injured his hand badly enough to bleed like that, then he wouldn't be able to stop the bleeding as quickly as we saw. Second, why take the chance that it would be enough for Wamuu to recover just enough to find another way to kill him (Joseph)? Third, why injure your hand if you thought there was even a chance you would need to fight Kars that night? While not an honorable warrior like Wamuu, Kars was pragmatic. However, I would like to know how he made that vampire look like him in order to distract Lisa and score those likely deadly strikes on her. Using the not-yet-dead Lisa to force Joseph into making himself very vulnerable was a despicably villainous move on Kars' part, and it was worthy of a Big Bad. Joseph would be right to feel revulsion and hatred for such a conniving cur. I never thought I would be glad to see SS troops show up as reinforcements, but since they saved Joseph and Lisa from Kars and his vampire horde, I guess I am. Thank you, Speedwagon, for making the UV floodlights man-portable. Also, hi there, Smokey. I hope you fare better than Caesar did. It's pretty dangerous to be a friend or ally of Joseph when there are Pillar Men around. TG - Ah, so Ken wasn't clear of the falling beams, and those were what injured him such that he needed (an) organ transplant(s). Still, if Rize was injured so badly by them that she died, I have serious doubts that her organs would be viable, i.e. undamaged. I also find it even more difficult to believe that he survived long enough to make it to a surgeon's table, since he would have sustained additional serious wounds beyond those we saw her inflict. Also, the odds of them being compatible with him from an immune response standpoint would surely be low, since she would be another species entirely. Okay, maybe ghouls are genetically compatible with humans, but I can only hope it would be like the compatibility that donkeys and horses have, meaning half-breeds are sterile, so that part-ghouls can't have other part-ghoul progeny, since such progeny would introduce a homicidal trait to the human gene pool. There's enough human-on-human violence as it is. We don't need to introduce a genetic predisposition for it into the mix. It's strange that the ghouls can enjoy the flavor of coffee. What about tea? Sure, there's no nutritive value to be found in either of those, but at least it's some measure of normalcy for Ken. While I can appreciate that Yoshimura was trying to help Ken, I also took notice of Yoshimura's line about there being plenty more from whence the flesh they fed him came, meaning at the least that there's a lot of that victim remaining, but it could also mean there's no shortage of humans for them to eat. I get that Touka has only ever known a world of bloodshed in order to survive, and her experiences make her interactions with ordinary human society be superficial at best, because otherwise she might need to kill a human about whom she cared someday. However, Ken's situation has a more profound sense of loss to it, because he was engaged in human society. Maybe, due to some of his past loner tendencies, it wasn't as deeply as he could have been, but now he feels like he must sever those ties for the safety of friends and family. He feels like he has lost or is about to lose something she never had. There's a difference there. Oh, crap. Ken didn't just get the partial conversion to ghoul from his transplanted organs. He got full-on auditory and visual hallucinations of his organ donor giving voice to his new maddening craving for human flesh. He was also unlucky enough to get the organs from a ghoul which derived particular pleasure from feeding, so she did it not just to live, but also for the enjoyment of it. At least Touka showed up in time to stop him from killing Hide. The one ghoul from last episode was someone known to Hide. Given what we saw, I sure hope I'm right about ghouls and humans not being fully (ideally not at all) genetically compatible. At least Ken being there and tagging along forced the other ghoul's hand, which could well have saved Hide's life. The colorful combat tentacles that sprout from a ghoul's back are strange. Dean and Sam sure are lucky their ghouls don't have those or the enhanced strength and durability which these ghouls enjoy. Hi there, strange dudes. Who are you? Which are you, friend or foe to ghouls? Touka mentioned something about needing to escape the notice of some group. Are you from that group? HxH - Lots of drugs sounds like a good way to keep Uvogin under control. At least he was willing at one point to let the Nostrade bodyguards live, so he's not completely bad. He even told them the truth regarding the missing items. Still, Kurapika had a point that they had slain comrades to consider, so no dice. Uvogin's durability being due to his strong nen makes sense for an Enhancer. I can't say I'm surprised that the other P.T. members were able to make short work of the remaining six Beasts, especially when they needed to take the one alive in order to get the auction items and had him under control before attacking his five compatriots. It's too bad for Dalzollene that the one P.T. guy could remotely control that gangster's body. Nice disguises, guys. It sure was convenient for Uvogin that Shizuku could use her nen power to extract the drugs from his body without sucking out all his blood. Kurapika was lucky that his secret meeting with Hisoka got him clear of the mission to recover Uvogin. I'm cool with Hisoka giving information to Kurapika for his revenge, but I have trouble believing that Hisoka joined just so he could challenge the P.T. leader to a fight for the thrill of it. MSG: U - Nooooooooo!!! Marida is the pilot of the Banshee. Now she's almost sure to die. I don't know how Links was able to make the most recent La Place information secure, but okay. Mrs. Vist had a point, Audrey. While it may not be on the terms you wanted for the remnants of Zeon on Earth, you did have a chance to use your voice to convince them to seek terms of peace. If you truly wanted to avoid more bloodshed, you may have missed your opportunity. Bright was right. Almost every Gundam pilot has somehow lucked their way into being the pilot. Call it destiny if you want, but it's not so much that they chose the Gundam as the Gundam chose them. Still, each one had to make the choice at some point to continue to be the pilot. Things don't look good for the crew of the Nahel Argama. It looks like they're being ordered into a set-up. Shippuden - Don't be such an insensitive jerk, Naurto. Yes, Jiraiya was your teacher, but he was also a lifelong friend of Tsunade. She tried to discourage him from going on this self-selected assignment, but it didn't work. Good luck with that code, guys. I forgot about Itachi putting some trap jutsu in Naruto. I wonder how it will manifest. Vengeance is a way of life for Sauce. GitS - The live-action movie was much less dialogue-heavy than this episode, and that was fine. I think they selected a few tracks from the first theatrical movie for use in this movie as well. Also, I feel like a lot of the criticisms from fans before this movie came out were mitigated by this movie telling a completely different story. Still, I feel like they had Aramaki do one thing which was out of character for him. It's not that he would be incapable of it, but it's not the way he would choose to do things. About this episode, the Major was right that the one especially astute guy should be careful, because corrupt elements in these companies wouldn't hesitate to have his physical body killed if they caught him snooping through data they didn't want known. The "don't txt and drive" people would flip their lids at the last scene of this episode.

She looks like she's having fun, and she's fun to watch.

Finished DW v. 5 and OPM v. 11. I have a newfound respect for Metal Bat, and there's one monster chick that Poke would love. Also, I had forgotten how badly Dr. Seira was injured in the mishap with the Coil for Miyabi's artificial body.

Yeah, he's too nice a guy for this show. I expect him to die. Plus, Seitz does get some fun psychopath/battle junkie roles.

I hope it isn't Marida, brainwashed or otherwise, in the black Unicorn Gundam. I guess I wasn't looking for it, and in that case I'm glad I missed it. Jack - Jack was fortunate that the spiked weight on the chain didn't shred tendons or muscles in his leg. It'll take some time to adjust to the candor of Jack and Inner Jack's discussions. As for this being the first time he had killed a human, he at least knew intellectually and from witnessed experience that the skills he started learning as a boy before Aku's attack on his home were skills that would enable him to kill people, if necessary, as it was when those assassins/that rival faction attacked his family's transport. He even took the merciful cue from his father to offer his assailants the chance to leave with their lives. As for the fate of the remaining Septuplets, I would expect the three with bloody torso wounds to die. However, since Jack will doubtlessly survive the fall, then the three who fell from the downed tree may survive as well. I wasn't expecting to see the white wolf, but Jack being in its den was fortuitous for him. The shared warmth and food were a lot of what Jack needed, but mostly he needed time to regain his strength after that much blood loss. Still, two things struck me as strange. First, I didn't spot what Jack used to stitch his wound. How did he do that? Second, unless it took the remaining Septuplets several days to extricate themselves from the rubble of the tomb, I feel like they would've caught up to him before he could recover enough to fight them. Did we know from the first series that Jack's father was specifically the Emperor? I knew he was an important nobleman, but I don't recall the first series telling us his actual title. DBS - Whis was a downright decent guy this episode, and I was glad to see it. Hm, so the shockwaves are powerful enough to reverberate through the universe. I don't think the effects magnifying as they travel is right, but eh. Here's hoping that disintegrated planet was uninhabited. Goku having to match not only the magnitude of Beerus' attack, but also its angle to exactly cancel it sounds tricky. Regarding the altitude for the fight, as far as I know, Goku still needs to breathe, but the DB franchise plays it a bit loose with that. Reference how long Saiyans can hold their breath underwater and Bardock and the other Saiyans confronting Frieza for more examples of this. DBZK - I like how Yamcha qualified his statement to Marron about her daddy being the strongest man on the planet as far as Earthlings are concerned, and Krillin provided a fine example of this with how easily he knocked Pintar out of the ring. Yes, Roshi. I as well was more focused on that bikini-top chick next to you when Bulma and Chi-Chi argued than on them. Also, poor Oolong. I liked the announcer asking Piccolo once again not to destroy the arena. Piccolo forfeiting the match was strange, and it does make me wonder about Shin's strength. I get a bad feeling about Bidel's Videl's chances against Spopovitch and his tape-burning 'roid rage. JoJo - Good thinking with the loose stones, Joseph. However, I feel like you ignored two factors in trying to reach the sledgehammer first. For one, you still need to drive your chariot, and that is a two-handed weapon. For another, this is a deathmatch, and now your opponent is behind you when you have no good opportunity to turn your chariot to face him. Still, he was able to deliver substantial damage with a hamon attack through another object entirely. As for the crossbows, I find it strange that they had a steel shot for ammunition instead of bolts, but oh well. I guess bolts wouldn't work for the banking shots that used the curvature of the arena nearly as well as the balls would. Still, the balls would need to strike the arena wall at a fairly shallow angle to deflect along it and not simply smash into it. I doubt the bolt track would be able to impart that much stabilizing rotation that it would take over upon contact with the wall in the instance of a steep-angle collision. Plus, yes, the larger crossbow with the heavier bow would have a substantially greater draw weight. I'm somewhat surprised that they didn't have drawing ropes, because I thought I saw foot loops on the front of the crossbows to aid in cocking them. Wamuu's powers were pretty freaky here, but not as bad as Esidisi's were. Wamuu hiding in a horsepire was unexpected, and I'm tempted to call shenanigans on him using the feel of the airflow with his horn to detect where everything was. Those fluid dynamics calculations would take at least one supercomputer to process, and he has to do that more than once per second to get an accurate and timely layout of where things and people were when. However, I will call shenanigans on Wamuu using his now-severed hands to grab Joseph. Once his hands were separated from the rest of his body, they would no longer be connected to his nervous system. Thus, even though the cells of his forearms and hands would still be alive and functional for at least a while longer, he wouldn't be able to detect the pressure of contact and send the voluntary muscle signal to his forearms to grab Joseph. If I saw what I think I saw, his arms were damaged above the elbows, so the attachment points for the applicable muscles in his forearms may still be intact, but he wouldn't be able to tell them to do what he wanted them to do when he wanted them to do it. Even though Wamuu looks to have sustained more total damage, including the self-inflicted damage to his eyes, Joseph is in bad shape to continue fighting. He took a heavy blow to his torso, which will limit his breathing and thus his ability to generate hamon. Hamon is the only thing in his arsenal other than sunlight which can cause lasting damage to a ghoul, Pillar Man, or vampire. He'd better hope not only that he can survive Wamuu's Wind Mastery or whatever it was called, but also that Lisa can kill Kars, because Joseph will be in sorry shape to continue the fight if she can't. TG - I'm down with ghouls eating corpses. It's essentially the definition of them as monsters. I'll even grant that fresher corpses will have more nutritive value. However, actively killing their victims seems like it would attract too much attention. I'm surprised that, given them being in the public consciousness and apparently how many there are (we saw no fewer than five in this episode), there's no concerted effort on the part of authorities to find a way to detect and eradicate them, like we saw with the Parasites. Maybe that's coming in a later episode. Yeah, the Rize chick was definitely out of Ken's league. Still, good for him on scoring a date with a fellow reader (unless that was an act on her part to lure him in as prey). I would've pegged her to be a few years older than him, but eh. When she asked him to walk her home because she lives in the area where the attacks have been happening, that was a warning light to me. As we saw the area get more and more run-down as they walked, that was another warning light, but the giant flashing red light was when they were outside a construction site when she said this was her, indicating her residence. Unfortunately for Ken, he was focused too much on how pretty she was and failed to notice his surroundings (yet another dude walking into trouble because of his dick). After she attacked him, until we learn otherwise, I will credit him living to dumb luck that the cables holding the suspended load of girders (that is in no way a safe way to stage a load of materials, much less through the night when the site isn't locked. Someone should look into this construction company for other occupational safety violations) broke and the beams fell on her. Not only did that damage stop the attack, but the commotion is probably what alerted people to something being wrong, and he would've been discovered when they came to investigate. I'm hesitant to accept part of the premise for Ken's driving conflict. If Rize had damaged his abdominal aorta, he would be in danger of bleeding out (or in) in a matter of minutes. It's amazing that he survived long enough for an ambulance to reach him, let alone make it onto an operating table. As for needing organ transplants, it's possible, but the main focus would be on stopping the spurting bleeding first. He could survive for several days without the function of several of his abdominal organs, which is to say long enough for him to stabilize before a transplant could be arranged. However, judging by this graphic, the abdominal aorta doesn't look like it directly supplies organs other than the bladder, possibly the appendix and part of the large intestine and colon. Haphazardly throwing ghoul organs into him was ill-advised at best, but professionally reckless is more like it. I didn't spot any wound to his upper torso which would've compromised his heart or lungs, but even then there exists specialized equipment which can take the place of those organs until a proper transplant could be arranged. Granted, those items may not have been at this hospital, but still, I don't think he would've needed them. Thus, if it was unnecessary for him to receive (an) organ transplant(s) of ghoul organs, then there would be no partial turning of Ken into a ghoul. Thus, he wouldn't find ordinary food unpalatable and wouldn't be starving while experiencing cravings for human flesh, which he finds appropriately abhorrent. Still, that's the conflict the author wanted, so it was time for plot-demanded stupidity on the surgeon(s) part. As for the friend, he's a good dude, and thus I fear for his safety. Was the ghoul chick at the end who shoved a piece of human flesh in Ken's mouth the same waitress hit on by Ken's friend? If so, I'll repeat that I fear for the friend's safety. HxH - I didn't expect the Beasts to be victorious, but I did expect it to take more than one P.T. member, Uvogin, to kill those four. His Big Bang attack was impressive, but what caught me off-guard was his ability to bite through the Leech's head. Once we saw that, I guess it shouldn't have come as a surprise that Uvogin could not only throw a rock with the force of a rifle round, but also spit a piece of Leech's skull with deadly results as well. As for yelling Porcupine to death, sound is a pressure wave, and pressure waves can be deadly from the internal damage they cause, but that's saying he can shout with so much force that his voice is like a grenade. Wow. The leech infestation sounds awful, disgusting and painful. As for the quirk that a certain acidity is required for the larvae to hatch and the way to use that to rid oneself of them, I would guess that copious amounts of any beverage would work, but due to the increased urine production from the vasodilating effect of the alcohol, then beer would probably work better for the purpose of flushing out the larvae than most. Looks like Kurapika's secret is no longer just between him and Melody. I guess it's a good thing she used her flute hypnosis or whatever that was to calm him down, since they did manage to abduct Uvogin. I just wonder if anyone will notice Machi's tracking thread and needle before they get where they're going. Watch where you're driving, Kurapika! Do you even know how to drive? You keep that up, you're going to get everyone in that car, except Uvogin, killed. MSG: U - Links, the Zeon people are simply observing Faye's first rule of combat - shoot the other guys before they shoot you. It's not like the Federation is simply going to stand down and let Zeon forces obtain the Box. Plus, I feel like there were more civilian casualties in the previous episode than here, and I credit the Federation forces for mobilizing some of their assets for that. However, it was foolish for the Federation not to scramble all pilots as soon as they could. Air cover can decide the outcome of a land battle. Leaving some of the aircraft to be destroyed on the tarmac was a bad decision, but I will admit that it's possible the pilots for them were killed already, meaning no one with training was available to fly them. I can respect Links using a dirty move when he was clearly outmatched, but yeah, I felt bad for Zinnerman after the low blow. I don't know why New Types appear naked in their psychic projections to one another, but oh well. It is pretty sad for the Zeon girl seeking revenge for he slain parents that it was her sole reason for living. Given the destructive power of her mobile armor's main weapon, Riddhe really didn't have a choice other than killing her. Okay, a black Unicorn Gundam. That was unexpected. I wonder who the pilot is and where it has been all this time. Shippuden - Okay, so Utakata was the 6-Tails' jinchuriki, and he was able to use its power not only to save the village, but also Hotaru and to remove the Forbidden Jutsu from her back safely. Good work all around there, Utakata. It sure sucks for you that Pain found you, though. You're full of it, Naruto. If you really could feel Jiraiya's heart, you'd have known what it meant when his spirit touched your shoulder just after he died. GitS - If not for the Major's nurse girlfriend, I doubt this case would be on Section 9's radar at all. There must be a lot of robots constantly cleaning those organ-growing pigs' pens. I'll guess we didn't see them in action for the sake of both animation simplicity and decency.