Kita ze Inbou! - キタぜ陰謀!

[ Episode 9: Reunion ]

Hey now, an entire episode devoted to Chiaki! Where’ve you been all my life…?

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[ Episode 8: The Beginning ]

And so ends the two-parter of the story behind Fumika and Kirameki.

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[ Episode 51-52: Sasuke's Anticipated Appearance! The Emotional Shippuuden Special! ]

You know, virtually nothing happened in this special aside from the ‘anticipated appearance’ of Sasuke. Seriously, the vast majority of this special was flooded with flashbacks of when Sasuke got owned by Itachi and when he and Naruto fought at the end of the first half of the series. Outside of that they finally got to meet Sasuke and stared up at him for a while before he came down and started kicking ass. Hell, I even forgot that he caught Yamato with that sword of his. I also have to admit that seeing the Chidori Nagashi animated was pretty was awesome. That’s one of the best techniques I’ve seen animated in Shippuuden so far.

Anyways, I’m guessing that the next episode which is yet another one hour special will conclude this arc. There’s just no way they can extend that one with flashbacks, right? RIGHT?

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[ Episode 7: Kirameki ]

Ain’t that glamorous, we finally get to see more prominent characters popping up. Wait, was there a time gap or did the dude age fast? Well anyways, so we meet the so-called masterful author Kirameki, who is none but very awkward. Something’s not right with this guy…

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[ Episode 6: Scream ]

I actually never understood the concept of bullying. The bully always came across to me as a person with no life who is unable to vent their incompetencies like a decent person. The bullied I always found to be weak-willed. So in reality I think both parties are to blame for the situation though I hold the bully more accountable for being enough of a jackass to torture someone just because they feel like it. It’s because of my thinking that throughout this episode I was annoyed at pretty much all of involved characters. I’m aware that this kind of stuff happens frequently in Japan which is likely why this episode had some issues airing but honestly this kind of thing can be solved if someone actually spoke out about it. Screw that “ratting is horrible” nonsense, only fools would adhere to something as stupid as that. Sure, what happened at the end of the episode wasn’t exactly the most appropriate solution to such problems but I honestly, is it hard to see and understand why someone would resort to killing the person who is making their life a living hell? I don’t think so.

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[ Episode 24: Wrath -Disappearing Tomorrow- ]

Heh. So Garnet and Asim were used in the same way Machina and Akira was after all. It’s good to see them alive and well but they’re not the same persons but rather a part of Thanatos. I’m still wondering though if they’re going to take back their bodies though. It’s good to see that Gio is back on the good side (he is, right?) but I’m still not clear on why he did what he did in the first place. It all just seems pointless after what occurred in this episode. Is there something else he’s hiding concerning him accepting to be successor though? He has apparently abandoned that role after talking crazy prior to doing so.

In other news, Jin and Toa saved each other and were reunited thanks to the power of love! How else would they have stopped Toa from being absorbed? Surely not through brute strength or logistics. Now the final episode is all that’s left and I’m thinking the ending won’t be so hot. I’d like nothing more than to be proven wrong but given all that’s happened up till now optimism doesn’t seem to work with this series at all. So what’ll it be, a power of love ending or something else?

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[ Episode 23: Falling -Sorrow and Hope- ]

What they did with Machina and Akira was rather surprising. I didn’t see them becoming vessels for Thanatos at all and while it is an interesting twist it is a rather painful one too to see their bodies used in that way. I’d like to see them take over their bodies again but I won’t get my hopes up for that to happen. Though that reminds me, what of Garnet and Asim? Will they be used in a similar way?

As for the Kazuki stuff in the episode, I was just shaking my head all the way through. After being a jackass antagonist for 20+ episodes, are we supposed to hurriedly accept him turning over a new leaf after he had witnessed Widow dying? Well, it didn’t work on me. Sure he has realized now what Jin had to go through after losing his parents and his sister but it took too damn long and on top of that he was treating Widow like crap even though she was visibly critically injured. Now I’m supposed to be all “awesome! Jin and Kazuki are buddies again! ^__^”? Naaaaaaaah, it doesn’t work like that. Well, the girls suddenly kicking ass in space was something quite unexpected! I didn’t see those kunai nor that frying pan coming from a mile away.

Oh well, RIP Widow. =(

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[ Episode 8: Showdown: Uesugi vs. Takeda ]

AGEHA-SAMAAAAAAAAA!

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[ Episode 22: Raid -Time of Trial- ]

Well now, this episode turned out better than the previous one despite being slow paced in the beginning. It looks like Sakaki’s stubborn mentally about dragons just being tools has been stomped on and buried. Though I’m still wondering about something…why the hell is Widow so devoted to Kazuki? Is it because they share some sadness? Is that all? If that’s the only reason then that’s a pretty shaky existence if you ask me. He hasn’t treated her with courtesy and I doubt he has ever thought about her well-being even once since he’s almost always thinking of killing Jin (don’t get me started on his feminine gasp in response to Widow slapping the hell out of Jin).

Lastly, what in the hell just happened at the end? Is that telling me that Machina and Akira are still alive? Did some of the writers think it’d be ironic and “punny” to pull a deus ex machina? Well, I have to give it to them for being able to pull it off because I surely thought those two were resting in peace. I’d like to see how they’ll contribute to these last few episodes.

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[ Episode 21: Separation -The Successor- ]

So…Gio is now Thanatos’ successor. I don’t know what that is exactly but either surprisingly or unsurprisingly, he did it all just to save/extend Toa’s life. It feels odd because becoming the (main?) antagonist at this point in the story just feels somewhat forced. I don’t really know what to think outside of “okay, so what’s next for Gio?”. Anyway, this episode expand a little more upon Laura and Sakaki’s relationship. I didn’t expect Laura to be the final Original dragon either. Hopefully Sakaki gets some sense knocked into him if it hasn’t happened already as far as his behavior toward Laura goes. He needs to stop being a stubborn fool and accept that dragons are capable of love and other types of emotions.

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