I'm a big fan of King, although his books vary widely in quality. From a Buick 8 was a snore-fest, and there have been others I was equally unimpressed by, such as Duma Key. However, when he's at the top of his game, his ability to write interesting, sympathetic characters may be unparalleled. I adored Jake, Eddie and Oy from the Dark Tower, Barbie from Under the Dome, and the list goes on.

I don't think he can be classified as just a horror writer. There are few, if no, elements of horror in stories such as Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, or even the Dark Tower series itself. A lot of his earlier books are, but his writing started to evolve, and branch off in different directions, sometime around when he wrote It.

This one was a happy accident. I was reading through the Arlong arc, and decided that I liked that panel a lot, and should try and sketch it. I was very surprised and pleased with how it turned out, although I'm not sure how I want to go about finishing it. I'm afraid of messing it up

Having done a sketch of Luffy, I decided I wanted to try doing all of the Strawhats. So far, I've done an ink drawing of Chopper. This one was harder, because I had trouble finding a good reference for the scene I wanted to draw.

Also, does anyone know how to do the hide image thing? I'm rather inept at coding.

If we're speaking about injuries that would actually kill a person in real life, then, um…pretty much all of the Strawhats have taken fatal injuries. Zoro is the worst offender, lol, but Luffy, Chopper, Robin, Sanji, Franky, and Usopp are guilty as well. Brooke, who knows? What can kill a skeleton? Not to mention people like Kohza (how many times did the guy get shot?)

"It's taken out everything under the ribs on that side! She can't breathe like this."

Anatomically speaking, Hinamori is absolutely correct with that statement. Breathing is done via negative pressure, not positive pressure. If anyone isn't as familiar with anatomy, there is a muscle under the lungs called the diaphragm that contracts, creating a vacuum that essentially causes air to be sucked into the lungs. However, if the diaphragm is badly damaged and can't contract, then there won't be any meaningful breathing. Furthermore, if the thoracic cavity is breached–as it looks like it happens to Matsumoto--then there's no longer a vacuum when the diaphragm contracts, and no air will be going into the lungs.

At the absolute best, a person can go roughly 5 minutes of no blood flow(which will happen shortly after not breathing) without brain damage--but generally it starts occuring before then. Add to that the effect of massive blood loss, and death would occur much sooner; say 1-2 minutes. However, this is Bleach, and therefore all logic regarding injuries is irrelevant. I would be comfortable betting that Matsumoto survives.

Hi, all. I've been lurking on the forums for…oh, 6 months at least, and finally decided that I should make an account.

Some stuff about me: I love One Piece(well, obviously) and it currently tops the list of my all-time favorite manga/anime. I also liked Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo a lot. I used to like Naruto and Bleach, but I've pretty much gotten bored with both of them. Right now, I'm also trying to get caught up with the anime for Soul Eater.

I like a handful of videogames, especially JRPGs. My favorites would have to be Okami and Tales of the Abyss, though I'm currently working on Persona 3.