~Entering the Unknown~

Casshern Sins #24 - Finale:

Just completed Casshern Sins last night. Lyuze finally died as her body corroded in Casshern's arms. Mad with grief, Casshern went to look for Luna and defeated BraikingBoss who tried to shield her. In a dark place, Luna was hoping beyond hope that BraikingBoss would kill Casshern. As Casshern approached her, she recalled the previous time when he spared her life, telling her that he would come again if she forgot Death. Just then, Casshern appeared before her. Meanwhile, Ringo who was upset over the death of Lyuze, never saw Casshern again. Years passed and she grew into teenager. Still, Casshern never returned as she roamed the place with Friender.

COMMENT: Weird ending but makes more sense as compared to Blade of Immortal. Wonder what's the anime that's taking over Casshern Sins. Heard that Toradora! is also ending with tonight's episode too.

Rewatching Naruto #86 - #88:

Before parting with Gai and Sasuke, Gai gave Naruto a green tight suit, much to displeasure of Jiraiya. On the way to find Tsunade, Jiraiya taught Naruto rasengan and told him that it was an A rank skill plus Yodaime's creation which he had accomplished in three years' time. Naruto spent three days clearing phase 1 after noticing a cat playing a water bomb.

While Jiraiya proceeded teaching Naruto phase 2 to burst rubber ball, Orochimaru and Kabuto were on their move to find Tsunade to heal Orochimaru's wasted arms. Naruto thought of the time when Iruka scolded him, Shikamaru, Kiba and Chaoji for not concentrating enough and found a way to overcome phase 2. Same time, Tsunade had a bad feeling when she won a lot of money in gambling. When she hurried Shizune and Tonton to leave the place, she was confronted by Orochimaru and Kabuto at a heritage castle. Meanwhile, Jiraiya was impressed with Naruto's achievement and dragged him along as he had knew where Tsunade was located.

Had been watching a few animes on OKTO. There's some developments in several of them.

In 'Casshern Sins', Luna whom everyone thought was dead had reappeared but she was not a savior as many had thought she was.

In 'Toradora', Taiga accidentially let slipped that she loved Ryuuji who had saved her from a snow storm while Taiga was in semi conscious state. Not wanting Taiga's hope to unite Ryuuji and Minari together, Ryuuji lied he did not hear the words and that he was not the one who saved her that day.

In 'Skip Beat', Kyouko was in a difficult stage when the drama she was acting in was challenged by the original author of the story as she demanded excellent performance from Kyouko.

In 'Code Geass', Mao returned alive after Lulu's attempt to shoot him dead at the amusement fair. This time, Mao kidnapped Nunally - Lulu's younger sister. As usual, Lulu's quick mindedness and his trust in Suzuka's ability defeated Mao's attempt. C.C. appeared at the exit door and she shot Mao.

Had just read the latest issue of 'Bleach', 'Full Metal Alchemist' and 'Naruto'. Wahhh, can't wait to know the next issue of 'Naruto'. The plot is getting more and more unpredictable! 8 tailed Kyuubi, deaths, Hinata's confession, Namikaze Minato's reappearance, Naruto's confusion....... What could be next? I'll try to add pics of the issue later.

Fullmetal Alchemist Issue #93: Arch-Enemy

Al and others managed to flee from Pride and Kimblee who was seriously injured in the fight. Pride absorbed Kimblee as part of him. Other place, artifical army attacked the soldiers who were under the order to shoot Olivia Armstrong and her brother who were still fighting Sloth. Olivia demanded the soldiers to make the decision to fight alongside or to die together with them. Olivia also told her displeased brother that she was leaving the estate to Mustang.

Meanwhile, Chang Mei was fighting Envy when a troop of artificial humans attacked her as well. Same time, Ed and Scar were fighting against the artificial humans when they were joined by Mustang and others. Roy Mustang helped by burning the legs of the artificial humans. Envy and Chang Mei eventually ran into them. Roy finally blew up when Envy confessed he was the one who killed Hughes using his wife's face.

Naruto Issue #439: Chibaku Tensei

Ignoring Konan's warning, Nagato went ahead and activated Chibaku Tensei which sucked Kyuubi Naruto into a ball of floating rocks, claiming that he had finally captured Kyuubi.

Within his consciousness, Naruto was whining in pain as he did not want all the disasters to happen and he thought of his earlier conversation with Nagato on peace and yelled that he did not know what to do. Naruto yelled someone to save him. Kyuubi tempted Naruto to destroy anything that caused his pain and wanted Naruto to devote his heart to him.

Naruto pulled opened his jacket, dark liquid seeped from the seal on his abdomen, staining the water around him.

In real world, Yamato was aghast to see the word '8' appeared on his palm as the 8 tailed Kyuubi broke out of Nagato's stone confinement in the air. Muscles had formed on the Kyuubi. Followed by that, the number '9' appeared on Yamato's palm. Yamato was shocked to see this happened. Nagato watched in disbelief. Within his consciousness, Kyuubi commanded Naruto to come forward and remove the seal on the cage. As Naruto approached the cage for the seal, a hand reached out and hold him back.

Naruto turned to see Namikaze Minato - the 4th Hokage (Yodaime) looking at him. Minato pulled Naruto away from the cage door. Kyuubi was furious with Minato's interference to stop Naruto's act. Minato told Naruto the seal was set in a way that the moment the 8th tail appeared, he would appear in Naruto's consciousness.

Minato stated that he never wanted this to happen as he did not wish to see Kyuubi again but the opportunity to see how much his son - Naruto had grown offset his displeasure.

Bleach Issue #349:

Ulquoirra severely injured Ichigo, blowing a hole in his chest and tossed him down the tower. Orihime tried to run to him but was obstructed by Ulquoirra. Ishida fought him, giving Orihime the chance to rush to help Ichigo. Orihime was horrified as she saw the terrible condition of Ichigo.

As she broke into tears, one of Ishida's hands was being slashed away by Ulquiorra who continued to cause more injuries. Inwardly, Orihime begged Ichigo to tell her what to do as she was completely at her loss.

COMMENT: All the latest chapters of FMA, Naruto and Bleach are cliffhangers. Naruto and Orihime are starting to lose their calm in their respective arc. Al and others are in better position in FMA for they are out of danger. There's expectation of Envy vs Roy fight in the next issue of FMA.

Naruto was in slightly better position as his late father - Yodaime came to his aid. There is still a possibility of turnaround situation for Naruto. Instead, Nagato and Konan are in danger of being steam-rolled unless reinforcements from Akatsuki arrive in time.

Orihime was faced with a critical situation. Unless the other shinigami come to Ichigo and Ishida's aid or Ichigo turning into super powerful Hollow, Ishida and Ichigo are both in danger of losing their lives and Orihime's fate unknown.

Arts Central is featuring a new anime - Casshern Sin tonight at 11:30pm. According to Anime News Network, it's summary is as follows:

After decades since the original anime series, the cybernetic warrior returns in this franchise reboot, Casshern Sins. In a world where the powerful robot leader known as Braiking Boss rule over humanity with an iron fist, a mysterious girl named Luna is summoned by the people for salvation. To retaliate against this potential threat, Braiking sends 3 of his most powerful cyborgs, Casshern, Dio and Reda to dispose of her. Casshern manages to kill Luna, plunging the world into a slow descent of annhilation. Hundreds of years later, humanity is almost extinct. Robots constantly replace their body parts, fearing the corrosion of rust: their only form of death. In this wretched time and place, Casshern returns after a lengthy disappearance since his murder of Luna. Having lost his memory, Casshern now defends the humans from the robots, and find out his true identity and purpose.
Cassern is about a cyborg who rises against the robotic armies that have subjugated all of humanity.

Wonder how this anime is like, I will be watching it later. [EDITTED:] Watching Casshern Sins. The story begins in a dark, futuristic world where only robots existed. One hooded person had deep grudge against a human-like robot name Casshern because he had killed a woman name Luna that resulted the start of annilation. Many robots were destroyed when they tried to eat him. Alone in the world, Casshern met a young robot girl-Ringo who started to fear him when she witnessed him destroying an attacking robot brutally. A mysterious teen who knew Casshern's past said Casshern was the worst.

This anime seems to glorify Casshern as a perfect powerful robot. The characters are drawn in 80s fashion and I don't like its songs.

Naruto Shippuden OP 4:

Oh and Naruto Shippuden is having the 4th opening from episode 78 onwards.

Dunno why the teenage Naruto reminds me of Ginji in 'Get Backers'. Maybe it's because of his gleeful expression and his blond hair. *Shakes head*