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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Toriko Chapter 230: Zebra On The Move

Comments:
Pretty much feels like that this week was pretty weak in chapter wise in basically every manga. One Piece felt really short, Naruto is on hiatus, Bleach is pretty much crap anyways and now Toriko offered somewhat uninteresting build-up chapter.

Pointers:
So Elg vs. Branchi got its final moments with Elg showing his 'true' face, which was highlighted as being very ugly. The whole point of that may have seemed very pointless, but the reason for that was to bring out Branchis great nature of symphatizing with his enemy. That was in my opinion pretty good moment and displays good eye for such things from the author.



Then we get something from the battlefield: Yuda rises up and then things start to shift somewhere else: at the IGO Neos plans are starting to move and the ugly guy whose name I now don't remember apparently killed some chefs who were holding a meeting there. Then we see Mansam getting stabbed by a giant snake controlled by Shigematsu, IGO's (former I presume) vice president, who apparently has turned to Neo. On the surface these things don't look like much, but in my opinion bring some depth to this manga. In One Piece I love how the things are moving on the background and situation constantly changes around the world and now I'm seeing similar trend going on in Toriko. First we had basically two major organizations, IGO being regarded as somewhat good and Bishokukai clearly bad - Neo is still pretty much mystery at this point but it's very clear that Neo is going to stir things up.


The final, major build up of this chapter is Zebra finally getting on the field. His entrance didn't lack any hype: he took out instantly probably hundreds of scum beasts who themselves were advertised as being very strong. I'm looking forward to see who he's going up against and especially how he has evolved skillwise.

Recap of Toriko Chapter 230: Betrayal!

-After receiving so many shocks Elg's regenration has stopped and his real, ugly face has surfaced.

-Branchi somewhat comforts him saying that he's not ugly and continues that in his village there are Daruma, Kappa and Oni who are real monsters. Then it seems that Elg dies.

-On the next page we hear words Ishoku Dougen - Sosei giri, meaning that medicine and food have the same origin / resurrection cut. It's Yuda who rises up and is pretty angry to Bishokukai.

-In IGO headquarters people there are in panic thinking that they should send people over. However it seems that someone talking to Shige has betrayed IGO and killed all the chefs in the meeting.

-Then we finally see some of Mansam, who destroys one GT robo with Wanted punch. He then is is suddenly pierced with a spike coming out of a huge snakes mouth. It's Shigematsu, vice president of IGO riding that particular snake.

-People in the battle look upwards and see a huge amount of scum beasts coming down. We are also introduced to the concept of Food pressure, which is similar to Food honor, it pretty much tries to control food with sheer force.


-Suddenly all of those monsters drop down and we see a huge monster with a scythe representing Zebra. "Shioto"


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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

One Piece Chapter 706: Change of Bellamy The Hyena

Comments:
I have to say that compared to quality of One Piece chapters this weeks chapter was in my opinion of somewhat lower quality. I'm basing this mostly on the feeling that I had after I had read the chapter and when usually I get sort of sense of excitement after reading One Piece chapter, this week I had none. This however is somewhat understandable, since we are on this boat for the long run so it's somewhat impossible to make incredible chapters every week. Those incredible moments have to be of course built up in good manner.


Even though I didn't get any seriously good feelings about the chapter I really don't have anything bad to say about it except that it felt extremely short. The essential change of Bellamy was this week's chapters main point and very understandably. In the span of two years he managed to change from a somewhat filler character into a villain who I now consider a lot "better" in a way. I like it how such a character has been going through not only in means of outer appearance, but more importantly in change of ideals, which is in some way one of the main point of the whole manga.

I think that Oda really succeeded in bringing up a character which earlier was very uninteresting and spin him up in a way making him a lot interesting than before. The more I think about it the more I love this weeks chapter title: "I won't laugh at you".

Recap of One Piece Chapter 706: I won't laugh at you


-Captain of the Balt Club pirates, Bartolomeo the Cannibal with Bounty of 150 million beli is finally properly introduced. He somewhat looks like a vampire. He throws a ball at audience which seems to hate him. The audience thinks it's a bomb, but they are mistaken.

-One more person is missing, who is considered as exact opposite to Crazy Bartolomeo, he isn't introduced by name, but the announcer is pretty much describing someone who could only be Bellamy the Hyena.

-Back at the coliseum, there are a lot of people hurt from the battle with Jesus Burgess. Someone then bumps to Luffy and he is no one other than former captain of the Bellamy Pirates, Bellamy the Hyena, user of the Bane Bane fruit, bounty of 195 million beli.

-Bellamy the Hyena recognizes Luffy, who also recognizes Bellamy. Bellamy says that he went to the Sky island skypiea and changed. His resolution comes clear soon: if he wins the tournament, he will be raised to the status of leader in the Don Quixote family.


-We are then shown the C-block and its most promising fighters including Armed warrior Sai, Gladiator Lucy (Luffy!), Assassin, Kelly Funk, Bounty Hunter Jean Ango, Armed warrior Boo, Boxer Ideo, Fighting Bull, Giant Warrior Hajrudin, Assassin Bobby Funk and Don Chin Jao


-D-block includes Necromancer Mummy, Adventurer Orlumbus, Cavendish, Gladiator Meadows, Fighting Lion, Gladiator Rebecca, Pyromanic Damask, Gladiator Acilia, Army Captain Rolling Logan, and Army Commander Suleiman, once  again some of the names unreadable.


-Then there's B-block which includes Fighting king Elizabelio, Brawler Bluegilly, Army Commander Tank Lepanto, Criminal Abdullah, Pirate Bartolomeo, Gladiator Ricky, Pirate Bellamy, Tactician Dagama, Fishman warrior Hack and Criminal Jeet.

-The battle of B-block is beginning. Bellamy is thinking who he should take out first, we then see that some of them are combining forces even though it's battle royale.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

One Piece 706 Spoilers is Out!!



Credit: Nja
Special Thanks to: Mangareader

ONEPIECE 第706話 お前を笑わない

バルトロメオ
懸賞金1億5000万ベリー
野獣みたいな顔をしている
「今最も消えて欲しい海賊」No.1

ベラミー
懸賞金1億9500万ベリー

ベラミーはルフィのことを知ってた
空島へ行ってきたことを言った
そこから黄金の柱を持ってきて
ドフラに寄与した
今回の目的はメラメラの実じゃなく
ドフラの船に乗りたい
バルトロメオとラベミーは同じBブロックで
Bブロック開戦

終

ONE PIECE Chapter 706 Spoiler: I won’t laugh at you

Bartolomeo – 150million berry
Face looks like a beast
voted number 1 in the “Pirate who is wished to be gone”.
(I guess he’s not very popular lol)

Bellamy – 195million berry

Bellamy knew about Luffy, and he went to a Sky Island and got a pillar of gold from there to give to Doflamingo.
His motive isn’t the Mera Mera fruit, he simply wants to be on Dofla’s ship as a crew.
Bartolomeo and Bellamy are both in block B


Trans: Aohige
第706話 お前を笑わない 
扉絵 カリブーが燃えている取り残された婆の家に行き 婆をみつける 壱枚の写真がある
バルトロメオは残忍 海賊たちの串焼き映像配信 市民への砲撃事件etc・・・・ 
観客からのブーイングに対し何かを投げた 観客は爆弾だといい避難するがオナラ爆弾だった
Bブロックはベラミーとバルトロメオ
ベラミーは空島から持ってきた黄金の柱をドフラに渡し忠誠を誓った  それ以降 ドレスローザを野蛮な海賊 の王国と嘲る諸国の町々を容赦なく破壊してきたよう
ルフィに気付き話しかけるベラミー 仲間を失ったが空島に行って来たという
ルフィは空島の奴になにもしてねぇだろうなと言うも不敵に笑うベラミー
ドフラはルフィをもう笑わない ドフラの船に乗るといいステージへ ベラミーは優勝すれば幹部へと昇進す るらしい
CブロックとDブロックの有力選手紹介で2ページどれも曲者っぽい見た目 レベッカとキャベンデイッシュは Dブロック
Bブロックスタート  中華っぽい連中が手を組み面倒なのから潰すと言う  まずはベラミーから という
バルトロメオはそういうのはバトルロイヤルとはいわねぇべと言う
次週
Onepiece Chapter 706: I won’t laugh at you
cover: Caribou goes back to the burning hosue of the grandma, and find her and a single photograph..
Bartolomeo is known for cruelty.
An image of pirates impaled and roasted are shown, as well as him firing cannons at civilians..
The crowd boos at him, and he throws something at them. They run thinking it’s a bomb, but it’s actually a fart bomb.
Block B is Bellamy and Bartolomeo
Bellamy brought the golden pillar from the Sky Island to presnet to Dofla, and swear allegeance.
He then proceeded to wage battles on near by nations that mock Dressrosa as barbaric nation of pirates.
He wrecked many cities in other nations, earning his infamy.
Bellamy notices Luffy, and approaches him.
He tells Luffy that lost his crew, but he went to Sky Islands.
Luffy warns him you didn’t hurt anyone up there did you? To which Bellamy just laughs.
Bellamy tells him that Doflamingo he won’t laugh at Luffy anymore.
He tells him he’s going to be on Dofla’s ship, then heads to the battle.
Apparently he was promised crew officer position if he wins this tournament.
Then two pages showing promising candidates for Block C and D.
Rebecca and Cavendish are both Block D.
Block B starts, the Chinese looking men join forces with others to take out especially troublesome targets… Bellamy is their first target.
Bartolomeo doesn’t agree with their methods, he says that goes agaisnt the whole point of a Battle Royal.
(The summary just say Sky islands and not Skypea, although it probably is)
Edit: T’s correction: Bellamy won’t laugh at Luffy anymore, not Dofla.
End of One Piece Chapter 706
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Monday, April 15, 2013

One Piece 706 Spoiler and Summary





I just can't wait to read the new One Piece 706 spoiler, it could be great if we have One Piece 706 spoiler right away. There are so much expectation and demand to Oda now, it must be hard for him to maintain the quality of next One Piece 706 chapter.

Well we don't have spoiler for One Piece 706 at this time, we are still waiting for the early release of the spoiler. Come back here from time to time, because the One Piece 706 spoiler should be up anytime from now. The great thing about spoiler is you can read its early version, spoiler also could be in Japanese character.

In the mean time while we are waiting for One Piece 706 spoiler, here are some of our thoughts for the next chapter. In One Piece 706 spoiler, we will see a fight from Government side and the one who get in first will be Marine HQ Fujitora. It was out of expectation the strong old and blind man is one of Marine HQ Admiral, he is about to interrupt the fight and it might happen in the One Piece 706 spoiler. With the introduction of CP-O (CP-Aigiso), in next One Piece 706 spoiler definitely will show some potential fight. We predict that the government is the one who start the havoc first, they might try to take the mera mera fruit as well for their own benefits.

After long wait for the other team to appear, we finally saw Law team in their mission while hiding their identity. But we don't expect them to fight with CP-O in the One Piece 706 spoiler, it's too early for them to involve in the big fight now.

Zoro finally managed to retrieve his precious sword but being hit by the invisible fairy, anyone will think Zoro will see the fairy in the next One Piece 706 spoiler. The fairy mentioned that Zoro will see hi/her in such way, the only thing left is what kind of fairy we see in next One Piece 706 spoiler.

Kinemon the samurai got lost and being surrounded by some group, I believe they are some safety force protecting the island. The outcome for Kinemon can be easily predicted in One Piece 706 spoiler, weather he get arrested or manage to run off are the only possibilities in One Piece 706 spoiler.

Sanji in love is very interesting scene here, he is going to accompany valvet to the next destination for no solid reason. Luffy team will always ended get separated all the time, it is really pitiful to see Sanji keep fighting for Valvet. I hope to see something new in One Piece 706 spoiler, to find the solid reason of helping the girl maybe. One Piece 706 spoiler could be real mystery to all One Piece fan around the world.

The most interesting awaited part in One Piece 706 spoiler is the sound inside Thousand Sunny ship. What or who is hiding inside the male room will be answered in One Piece 706 spoiler. It could be the new enemy waiting to ambush them. What happen to Luffy by now? We hope to see Luffi in One Piece 706 spoiler, hopefully with some serious fight this time.

LATEST NEWS>> READ ONE PIECE SPOILER 704 HERE
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Saturday, April 13, 2013

One Piece 705 Spoilers is Out!!



Credit : Aohige
Special Thanks to: Mangaspoiler

The ZatoichrShinKatsu character IS Fujitora. The name is Isshou.
The smug, shit-eating grin of satisfaction on my face right now is incomparable.


ONEPIECE 第705話 追撃のメイナード
扉絵はカリブーの部下的な奴ら全滅  見せしめ

フランキーが正体ばれなきゃいいと言う。フランキーが仕事に行こうとするとおもちゃの兵隊が付いて来ると言 う。おもちゃの兵隊に工場の場所を知らない奴には用は無いと言う。
おもちゃの兵隊は何かをしっており場所を変えようと言う。
客席では海軍が出場者をチェックしている  海兵と連絡を取っていた男は控室で海軍中将キャップマン(追 撃のメイナード)でバルトロメオの参謀を倒す

藤虎はグリーンビットへ向かう 軍艦を3隻用意するよう本部へ命令  敵の数より護るべき人の数が重要とい う藤虎

変装したロー達一行はグリーンビット前の橋に到着 お茶して情報収集していると CP-0登場 正式名称 サイファーポールイージスゼロ

ゾロは妖精を捕まえるが建物から落下。上から荷物を抱えた妖精がふってくる。ゾロは驚いている
錦衛門はドフラの部下らしき軍団に勘十郎の命が惜しかったらついてこいと言う。
サンジはヴァイオレットの為に狙撃手を倒している

サニーの船室から何か物音がしている。

キャップマンはバルトロメオに瞬殺。
バルトロメオは影だけで登場  やばそうな雰囲気

ONEPIECE Chapter 705 Maynard “the pursuer”
coverart Caribou’s henchmen all taken out, just to serve as a lesson for all
(T may just mean the revolutionaries here)

Franky says as long as he’s identity isn’t revealed, everything’s fine. Then gets to his work.
The toy soldier says he’s follow him. Franky says he has no use for someone who doesn’t know where the factory is, but the Toy soldier does indeed know something… he says let’s move to another place before getting into the details.
In the spectators marines are checking out the audiences. The man who was communiating with the marine is Vice Admiral Capman (known as Maynard, the “Pursuer”) and he defeats Balto Romeo/Bartolomeo’s adviser.

Fujitora heads to Green Pit, and orders three warships from the HQ.
He finds the number of people they need to protect is more crucial than the number of enemies that must be defeated.

Law’s group disguised themselves and arrived at the Green Bit bridge. While they’re having tea and gathering info, CP-0 appears.
Official name is Cypher Pol Aegis Zero

Zoro catches the fairy, but falls off the building. The fairy comes floating down from above, carrying the goods. Zoro is suprised.
Dofla’s goons contacts Kin and tells him if he values Kanjuro’s life, come with them.
Meanwhile, Sanji is taking out a sniper for Violet.

Some strang noise coming from a room on the Sunny….

Capman is taken out instantly by Balto Romeo/Bartholomeo
He is shown in shadows, but looks pretty menacing.

[Thanks Riley]
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Friday, April 12, 2013

Doflamingo and Cipher Pol Aigis Zero?

This may be a bit thin, but I believe it's still worth the post and speculating, especially about One Piece is always pretty fun:


When Doflamingo tried to kill Moriah in chapter 581, Moria asked him whether it was Sengoku who ordered for him to be killed. "Try higher", answered Doflamingo. So we know that at least World Government Commander-In-Chief Kong and the Gorosei are higher ups than Sengoku, but I wouldn't be surprised that there would be others.


We all remember Donquixote Doflamingo talking to someone from World Government in One Piece chapter 595 who ordered Gekko Moria to be killed and the latest chapter (705) may have perhaps given us a more definite hint of that mans identity. So the resembling of the hat with the man in Cipher Pol Aegis Zero may or may not be a hint of the mans identity who seems to have some kind of deal with Doflamingo and who is implied being higher up than Sengoku. I'd say that it's not definite evidence, but I belive that the chances for this mysterious man being at least in charge of Cipher Pol Aigis 0 are quite high. (Maybe he's like Spandam being in charge of CP 9 ;)

This also rises a question that even though Doflamingo resigned from his position as Shichibukai, did he know or even arranged for CP0 / the marines (Though Akainu ordered for Fujitora to go there) to arrive on Dressrosa? It's been made clear to the readers that there's something fishy about the country not reacting to their king resigning, so this may be related to it in some way. I believe that Doflamingo has a lot more up to his sleeves than just the Mera Mera fruit and that there's a lot more going on on the background than we are shown.
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Fairy Tail Chapter 327: Dragons Are Finally Here!

Comments:
Ok, this was somewhat expected, but I still enjoy the current events pretty much.


First: Dragons are alwasy cool and I pretty much enjoy Hiro Mashimas designs of dragons. He manages to create a lot of varity between the dragons which is a great thing to do. The entrance of the first dragon was pretty much well done and was visually impressive.


Here are the different kind of dragon designs which we got, basically all of the dragons in Fairy Tail chapter 327, except for the one dragon in the first picture. We got a rock/earth dragon (Rock/earth dragonslayer, anyone?), some unknown, but rather cool looking dragon. I'm looking forward to see more of different kinds.

Second: This turn of events hopefully represents a whole new "chapter" in Fairy Tail story: The arrival of ten thousand (It would require pretty much continuous stream of dragons for a very long time to actually make ten thousand of them go through the gates)  will pretty much be a huge threat to the existence of the people of the world. I'll be very interested in seeing which way it will go, but I believe that we will at least be introduced to some new interesting characters, including the gods of Ishval.

There are couple of things that are pretty much shrouded at this point. First is the reason why the parents of dragonslayers, Igneel, Grandine etc. Disappeared. I would like to believe it's a separate event and it has been made clear that they are not coming through the gate since they knew about Natsus and Wendys progress in this timeline and were apparently hiding somewhere in the world. However the timing of their disappearance and the date of current happenings, which is "coincidentally" 7th of July.

It's still pretty much a mystery why ie. Future Rogue wanted the gates to be opened even though he must have known that the dragons came through the gates. The whole different timeline shenanigans need some light to be shine upon them, as I really don't feel like parsing them down.

Recap of Fairy Tail Chapter 327: My Share

-Lucy is yelling for everyone to close the doors.

-She is saying that door isn't an eclipse cannon, but a door connected to 400 years ago.

-Then suddenly a tremor hits which is originating from the castle. Then we see it: A huge dragon is coming through the Eclipse gate and stars destroying city surrounding it.

-More and more dragons are coming through the gate, Lucy is trying to close the gates with nearby trigger.

-The gate is in fact a device that puts together magic from the book of Zeref (Zelef in this translation) and celestial spirit magic. The full moon tonight is corrupting the magic so it connected with 400 years ago, in time in which dragons existed.

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