ben0119

HAHAHAHAHAHA oh god.

Wow, that sounds fucking terrible, haha. I may have to look into it.

Yeah but it was total scorched earth policy. Itachi didn't spare anyone. We know how they have those Anbu and spies and shit, surely the Leaf Village knew which Uchihas were up to no good. So we're to believe they all were, then, or the Leaf leaders are just about on part with Central 46. And what "leaders" is Madara talking about? I thought the Hokage pretty much had ultimate power to do whatever they want. True. He never came off that way to me. Even the "happy times" they show with Sasuke and Itachi portray Itachi as a distant, emotionless prick who just sees his little brother as a disappointment and a nuisance. He was always shooing him away and poking him in the forehead. None of that came off as "tough love" or that he cared about Sasuke. Though I guess you have a point that this plot twist could've still been salvaged, have the Uchihas be bad, and we learn the Leaf Village isn't so squeaky-clean with their scorched earth policy on the Uchihas (I just find it impossible to believe that every single last one agreed with the coup), but Itachi is no better just for having killed some treasonous ninja... eeehhhh it could work, maybe. Of course, Kishimoto mangled it. Still not sure why he wanted to make Itachi more sympathetic, though. And I was fine with this whole plot point as it was. But, ah well.

Oh yeah, true. Itachi thing definitely screams random asspull, and a purposeless one, at that. I wonder if Madara was always going to be "still alive" or if that was an asspull, as well. The whole writing of that made no sense. Madara pretends to be a doofus to fool... his subordinates? Why? Up until then, Tobi had never even interacted with the heroes of the series. Then Kishimoto has him go back into Tobi mode for the Leaf Ninjas after we've already seen the reveal of him as Madara... and then be all SURPRISE I'M SUPER EVIL MADARA to them. That was all completely ass-backwards.

Did that actually happen?

Well yeah, I understood all that. Hmm, but the Straw Hats didn't get all their shadows back, so maybe he just belched up the ones he sucked up last episode? Hmmmm.

What the heck are you guys talking about?

And that wasn't even a fight, but a playback recording of a fight. FFS. Same here. As horribly padded and paced as early Shittuden was, things at least happened, maybe one thing, every episode. But this... good lord.

Yeah, I legitimately like Kurapika and Leorio, but the show is so mind-numbingly dull, plus they aren't even in this arc. Somebody said Hiatus is a "slow burn." To what? There's not even a flicker. NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. And they forget, build up should be interesting, actually good. But again, I don't sense it even building to anything. If it is, it's slower than even early Shittuden, because JUST NOW, THIRTY PLUS EPISODES IN, they're explaining the powers and how everything works... via extremely boring characters as slowly as possible, of course. It's way too little, too late. :D :D :D

As nonsensical and shitty as it was, I think DW actually got decent ratings, but that was probably due to its placement.

"Your real nightmare is in the New World." There we go again. So I guess they didn't have to beat Moria into submission and force him to give up the shadows? He just barfs them back up?

"I won't be hammered down!" "Rubber bounces back!" Haha, what Luffy said was kinda corny and cheesy, but ya' gotta love it! ;D Suck it, Moria! Oh yeah, we're seeing Moria actually fight himself, but of course, he had to roid himself up with all those shadows... the big coward. Demonic wheezing Moria... Appealing to her own shadow... it might work? Moria's control... not absolute? Well, we saw this with Cindrey. "IF YOU REALLY WANT TO BE THE SHADOW OF THE KING OF THE PIRATES! THEN SHAPE UP, AND COME BACK, NOW!"

Well yes but he can't be smashed into paste like a normal human. At least probably not.

I see. That seems like it would be kind of dumb and cheesy and make Crocodile less badass.

Yeah crushing a Rubber Man won't work, haha. Well, cutting, and we know Luffy is vulnerable to fire and ice.

Umm how can you crush Luffy? He's a Rubber Man. Did this guy not watch the show?!

Don't think that was in the Funi dub.

Sucking in the shadows was a desperate move to buy time? Eh? Oh, Second Gear! Moria's belching up shadows from getting blasted by Luffy! Ah so he's losing consciousness and becoming mindless from overfilling himself with shadows, thus losing shadows!

LOL that ugly guy with the big hair... he's either the tree or the lion, I bet.

I don't remember that.

Moria sounds like a horse with emphysema.

Nice. I did love Thriller Bark, though. But I'm looking forward to seeing what's coming. By the way, I have no idea when I'll get around to getting current with One Piece. I have a fuckton of gaming, watching, and reading backlogs. x_x

Hey, a new OP! "WE ARE" returns in a new form! Oh yeah, that's right, we got this last time. It's been so long, One Piece! :'(

Well I was like OH FUCK as soon as I realized Sasuke wouldn't be brought back in one arc and that this would be a thing going for the whole series, with him being a villain and "rescuing Sasuke" being one of the series end goals. Bleh. But yeah, things could still be decent with the non-Sasuke-centered stuff, I guess... BUT NOW X_X

Oh okay, haha. Yeah guess the toilet thing wasn't technically "farting", haha.