I'm so glad this isn't happening in the west. I'd hate it if I had snivelling kids screaming "Gomu Gomu no Gatlingu!" like they run around being Narutards… ;_;

@brennen.exe:

Chapter was decent. I enjoyed the action, and the artwork was infinitely better than last weeks. For once, Naruto actually seems to be competent. And commanding, wonder of wonders.

Definitely. That last chapter was fun, much kickage of ass is what we like to see, no doubt about it.

Granted, if this keeps up (as I assume it will) Kishi still miffed hard by making Naruto a dumbass for the first 400+ chapters only to magically change him overnight into S-Rank Jounin Mega-Hokage material that has the respect, support, and confidence of the entire village behind him. Whatever though.

It's such a fantastic story-telling trick! Time jumps-, skips, inconsistencies and such that confuse the heck out of us now, but then, after 20 chapters it'll be explained and we'll have to stand back in awe to take in the magnificent story he's woven!

But really, I know several people that somehow have the impression that it's all making sense, that everything's coherent, and the time skips are there so you can read between the lines.

I might be a tad too critical of the Naruto story, but really, wtf am I missing if I think you have to skim through it to allow it to make sense?

His personality's gone from borderline infantile, and unable to grasp even the most complex things without having to spend Bushin clones and a month, to an almost adult with an infinite grasp of tactics, fighting and even further ridiculous amounts of chakra, surpassing every goddamn hokage, sannin and so on in, not to mention the trust of every damn important person in the Naruto-verse, in what, 20 chapters?

What am I missing?

I am saddened to see the area around One Piece being sullied by the presence of the [censored] piece of shit manga NANA…

@Luffy:

I love how Narutards always bring in One Piece as a comparison when we never do so ourselves.

I love how Narutards seem to think they can even compare.

And to fill in, FMA and Black Lagoon are both very character-driven, like One Piece, so I'm guessing you might enjoy those.

I always wanted to see what was so damn special about that guy ;P

This is pretty exciting. It's almost like Mashima's starting to feel more comfortable with his story, but it's a bit early to tell, though it's pretty awesome when you get recurring characters that you like :)

@AnonymousStrawberri:

so….is there anything cool about this show. I've been debating watching this but just haven't had the motivation. Someone can show me a clip or something interesting?

Yes.. i could just look it up but I'm too lazy and godful for that. If someone does it, I'll mail you a box of snickerdoodles. whatever the hell those are

I dunno myself. I've read the manga up to around 10 chapters ago, so I think I've dropped it, but I think I'll just read it out of habit or something. It feels like everything's a massive piece of filler, and to be honest I'm pretty bored with it. It's like he's taken every boring and stretched cliché from other mangas and thrown them in with little to no interest on the mangaka's part.

I'd hug you if I could, thanks mate <3

Perona + Zoro = <3 in tha air?

Will be really cool to see Zoro interact with someone without being the "strong one", and not a part of the crew.

… and how did Perona know that Zoro was beaten up by Kuma just out of the blue like that?

They need a ninja, area of effect character, or someone able to fly or breathe under water like the fish people do.

By the way, how would a fish dude cope with a devil's fruit? Can they still function under water?

Ah, now there's a chapter to rejuvenate my interest in FT again! Fantastic artwork, details, fun and pace. The bluff cracked me up like hell. Wonderful chapter, simply amazing. Erza could easily be the protagonist <3

And I really like Jubia. Her and Gray together would be kind of sick Oo