Month: June 2014

Weekly Manga Review (SPOILERS!)

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Sasuke is almost caught by the lava floor (thumbs up to those early childhood memories) but Naruto saves him just in time, while Naruto’s clone helps Kakashi and Sakura secure Obito from the wall. Sasuke explains that the reason they’re both able to do it is because of Sage of Six Paths’ blessing, just as Kaguya creates a dimensional door behind them and grabs them by their chins. To their surprise, she’s crying – what worse a thing is there for a mother to kill her own children (the analogy being that Naruto and Sasuke are reincarnations of her two sons – Sage of Six Paths had a brother, remember?)? She summons Black Zetsu again, which is seeping Naruto’s and Sasuke’s chakra and explains the true story behind the entire conflict between the shinobi – starting from the strife between the Uchiha and Senju all the way to the capturing of the Bijuu by the Akatsuki.

He explains how it was Kaguya’s two sons, Hagoromo and Hamura, that sealed her away when she became threat to humanity, and that Juubi’s body became the core of the Moon and that Kaguya’s body was part of that of Juubi’s. He talks how he changed the content on Sage’s tablet which initially aimed at explaining more powerful techniques for the purpose of bringing peace, turning it into Infinite Tsukyomi being the salvation of the Uchiha. He explains how Madara survived the deadly fight with Hashirama (using a sneaky Izanagi), how Akatsuki was really created (there have been so many creators of this organization…), how all the planning was put forward to revive Kaguya.

Naruto, however, breaks free from the grasp of Black Zetsu and frees Sasuke, saying it wasn’t just Black Zetsu who has written the history of the shinobi and that Kaguya, as a mother figure, should be proud that her children have become independent. Zetsu says that they’re too rebellious and don’t stand a chance against Kaguya. And apparently there’s another technique that Naruto and Sasuke can (and have to) use.

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Yhwach summons a pillar of light and telepathically thanks Ichigo on making it to Seiretei, going as far as calling him a “Saviour” because of his armour, the “King’s Key”. Yhwach explains that the armour is made from the bones of Zero Division, which is why Ichigo was able to enter Seireitei from Zero Division’s headquarters without a scratch (even though there are 72 barriers put forward) due to the King’s Key’s amazing defensive properties and how breaking through all the barriers prevents them from being closed for 6000 seconds (because saying 100 minutes is obviously too hard…). As Ichigo realises the weight behind this, he dashes towards Yhwach but is stopped by the Sternritters that surround him. One comments on Ichigo’s sturdiness as he flies unscathed even after taking a blow from Meninas. As he’s about to be shot, Ichigo is saved by Renji. With Rukia, Byakuya, Ikkaku, Yumichika and Tousen, he promises to not let anyone get in the way of Ichigo defeating Yhwach.

 

Area D: Inou Ryouiki 1-10

Written by Nanatsuki Kyouichi and illustrated by Yang Kyung-Il, this manga was published by Weekly Shonen Jump from March 2012 (still ongoing…?) tells the story of Satoru Ida, who’s sent to an island called “Area D”, with “D” standing for “Death” (as opposed to “Dream” when first introduced). He’s sent there because he’s an “Altered” – a person who has mysteriously developed special powers after being exposed to the flash of a supernova 12 years ago. The Altered are seen as a threat to humanity because of their powers, and those who are caught are sent to Area D. On the ship there, Ida makes friends with an S rank Altered, Jin (S rank Altered being even more of a threat to others), Kaito Yuuki and Rio Ibuki. They befriend Mariko, too, by freeing her from a haunted cell on the ship, and avoid getting killed by an overly angry officer in disguise through collaboration of everyone’s powers (except Yuuki’s, his are still to be revealed).

They arrive at Area D and are sent in one by one, though Jin promises everyone that they’ll make it through as a team – something he strongly sticks to throughout the story so far, saying that it’s important to not forget being human even if one is an Altered.

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