Yeah, I need to separate things this time.
Bleach
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This chapter should be renamed "oh look, more Stern Ritters. Oh yeah, and Uryu's evil now, remember that?"
The big announcement is that Bach has picked Ishida as his successor…..um, why? I can kinda get the whole "let me corrupt him into my undying follower" concept, but didn't he want to do the same thing with Ichigo? Who, mind you, is a Quincy too? By blood at that?
Does he want to do it to mess with Ichigo further? Who knows, who cares.
The real thing that bugs me is Uryu's side of the situation. Specificially, it is an EXTREMELY dumb move to make him the enemy again. Why? It's regression in character, not that Kubo has paid attention to the guy in years. He went from a radical Shinigami hater to an ally of them (mainly Ichigo, Rukia, and Renji). Why go back? The only reason I can fathom is that Uryu resents the fact that Ichigo has his own powers, and while he had to work hard to get them, Strawberry didn't.
Problem? This would be really petty. And yes, I know Ishida has his "Quincy pride", but would it honestly tell him to go turncoat?
Another thing, it's completely polarizing to have all the Quincies in the story be "evil" while all the Shinigami be "good". There's still Ryuken, and maybe Uryu is tricking Bach, but I doubt it.
Rest of the chapter….shit, I don't get it. SRs are surprised/pissed off at the news, more are named....masked guy and wrestler are the only cool-looking ones....then there's Buzz (Bazz?)-B. He....gets out of shape, leaves the palace, and says...."grr i'mm gonna speak to his highness"....and goes back????
Blondie is second-in-command, not that's surprising.
Here's one thing that puzzles me....Bach says Uryu is the "last living Quincy". Either the translation is wrong, or we're supposed to understand that line as the Stern Ritters only existing through Bach's Quincy Jesus powers. In the light of the recent chapters, that's not too far-fetched.[/hide]
Naruto
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Fighting….yaaaay.....
Obito and Kakashi duke it out, with frequent flashbacks to a childhood fight. It's kinda cool, but I found myself rolling my eyes at the endless Naruto praise...although I understand the parallel. And look, somebody acknowledges Sasuke as a nukenin.
....wait, Obito leaves and basically collapses to his wounds? Kakashi....won? That was anti-climatic, but it's one less fight we have to worry about.
Madara and Hashi fight.....and....Madara....er defeats Obito? Kills him? Hooray, one more troll no jutsu we have to worry about.[/hide]