durendal

For the record, Thanos managed to break the shield because he was weilding the infinity gauntlet, not because he is immensely strong. Please stop posting unfounded data as it is really misleading.

Many people does seem to have this confusion about Cap's shield being Adamantium. I was also one of the people who initially believed it was adamantium, until Marvel retconned this. Seems like Adamantium doesn't have the absorbtion abilities that Cap's shield has. But I think Cap's shield was broken a few times. One I could distinctly remember is when he was standing face to face with Thanos in Infinity Gems. You can just feel the awe as Cap was the only hero standing facing thanos. Too bad Thanos shattered his shield with just one blow. But still, them face to face was epic. I believe that Howard Stark would play a pivotal role in the creation of the Shield, and the ones in Tony's possession was more or less a prototype of the final product. Heck, it was even made to believe that when Stark was creating Vibranium (in Iron Man 2), the shield was a vital part of the process, only then to be used as a simple leveling tool. In fact, wasn't Howard Stark one of the founders of Shield? We are speaking of the Marvel Cinematic universe here of course.

I think that with One Piece, it is en ensemble cast that makes it work. I mean, right now, you only have Luffy and if I'm not mistaken, Zoro and Ussop. Wait until Luffy gathers the rest of the crew. There are also emotional fights in the series, and you'll find that Luffy has a lot of "Heart".

I certainly hope that is only the intro battle. I'm thinking that the real action will only begin when Luffy meets Jinbei. Nami seems to be headed to the forest to meet Jinbei and Luffy as well though with a different reason. Gomu gomu no hammer, somewhat a funny move seeing that Luffy himself is a hammer*. *hammer - in Japanese culture, those who can't swim are usually called hammer because of their tendecy to sink into the ocean, just like a real hammer. As for Zorro, I certainly hope that it didn't end like that. Hodi isn't even on crack yet. On an unrelated topic, I wonder what's happening with Buggy. After the events at marineford, it looks as if everyone was in awe of him due to him being in the crew of Gol D. Roger. It would be very funny and disappointing at the same time that after all these years, he's still a pushover.

One piece is good. I do hope you'll get to enjoy it soon. As for Code Geas, here the spoiler for season 1: And for Code Geas R2, this is where things get crazy: My explanation might not be able to give a strong impact as compared to actually watching the show.

Ugh, with time constraint and the need to have a phone immediately, I was left with no choice but to buy the Nokia C3-00. Yes, it's a nokia phone. I decided to go nokia again because I didn't want to have too many different chargers. But since both my phone are Nokia phones, I can simply use one charger. Also didn't want to get another car charger. I was thinking of getting the Nokia 2730 but the C3-00 is very close to it's price range. Since it is a qwerty phone with WLAN, I decided to get that instead. I must say that the ease of typing message is impressive in a qwerty phone. No longer do I have to wait in between keypress for double letters. Sucky thing is that it didn't include an SD card, which is probably why its price was very close to the 2730.

That's really too bad. But I'm not sure how you can categorize the ending because the good guys and bad guys are somewhat distored, much like how Death Note was. In the end, it was all about sacrifice, but I felt it was a good sad ending. If you don't intend to watch this, can I spoil you? Might change your mind. Cool, episode 2 is out already? I'm going to get that when I get home. Regarding Gundam Unicorn, if you are a fan of the UC timeline, then you will love this. I didn't quite like X and much of the other alternate universe (with the exception of G). Unicorn has a solid story, but having a background of the UC timeline would greatly help you appreciate the story, because there are characters that were depicted in previous series, like Char and Minerva. Animation wise, it puts Gundam X to shame (think higher quality than Gundam 00). As I have mentioned on a separate topic, the dog fights are Superb and extremely cool, wherein the grunts just don't blow up, they can actually put up a good fight. I would definitely recommend this. A true Gundam fan will love this. Too bad I didn't pick up the novel of Unicorn while I was in Japan, didn't have any more space on my luggage (10 volumes).

I don' t fiddle with my phone much, especially if it's a business phone. My old phone, I got it free from a subscription, so I didn't really have any choice for it. But since now I will be buying a new phone to replace the one that I just lost, I'm at a loss as to what I want. My current personal phone is an E66. Of course I need the basics like calling and sending short messages. I'm also going to need the capability to check email, and to do that, I'm going to need a WLAN capability. I'm not really interested in a hitech phone since my primary use of the mobile phone is to call. I'm not even interested in a touch screen because of my difficulty with it when I used an LG cookie (probably because it was a n entry class touch screen). But the thought of using it is starting to appeal to me. And since this is not my main phone, I don't want to spend too much time researching for features that I might not even use. I will try to look into the Sony Ericson, but their designs are kinda iffy for me. Major factor for me when I choose a phone is the design. Functionality comes as secondary.

Code Geass Seasons 1 and 2 - Good choice. This is a good series with a sad ending. Kyou Kara Maou Eps 70+ - Haven't seen this yet so I can't comment much. Ayashi no Ceres - I'd suggest you skip this. Didn't have the same emotional impact as Fushigi Yuugi did (same author). Somewhat disappointing ending. Rurouni Kenshin - I'd recommend this up until the Kyoto arc only (roughly around episode 62). After that, it's all down hill. Ah My Goddess Season 2 - I like this, but I can't remember what happened here. X/1999 - Another good clamp series. The movie had me confused, but the overall setting was nice. Naisho no Tsubomi - Haven't seen this so can't comment. Amagami SS - ditto Yosuga no Sora - ditto My HiME - heard of it, but I was told it was disappointing. KareKano - heard of it but resists in watching it. Hajime no Ippo Eps 50+ - This is very good. Bastard! - Hilarious. Seen it but can't seem to remember anything of it. All that I can remember is Dark Schneider and some girl he couldn't kill. Orphen Revenge - Somewhat disappointing series. Only watched a few episodes. On another subject, I've recently acquired the third episode of Gundam Unicorn. I'm also planning to acquire Gantz as I'm currently reading the manga and I'm actually enjoying it. Didn't expect that I'd like this seeing I didn't like Hiroya's previous work, HEN. Lot's of eye candy. hehehe *drool*

Nope. Didn't work for me the first time. Taking a break from fillers and then coming back again that is. I tell you, The original Naruto anime was cool, didn't even notice the fillers until the last arc. Then came Shippuden, and BAM, fillers intertwined with cannon story. No, sad to say, the fillers killed the anime for me. I had the chance to watch the Pain fight in Youtube, and by god, I didn't feel any excitement anymore watching it. I can say that you can spot quality fillers and fillers that milk the series. And my friend, the fillers in Naruto are just milking the series bad, really bad. And as long as people buy Naruto Merchandise that supports the show, which by the way is in majority due to the popularity of the manga, the horrible fillers in the anime will continue. My god, Corporate America has finally reach the Japanese industry.

Here it is again with me topic reviving. Well, please don't blame me as I'm currently very upset. What is the source of my frustration? Well, this morning, since I was already running late, I decided to take a cab to work since I'm not allowed to drive my car due to the number coding scheme in place. When I got off the cab, I noticed that my left pants pocket was empty (place where I usually place my work phone). Tried calling the cab back but he just won't respond and drove fast out of sight. I couldn't even get it's plate number. Tried calling my phone with my other phone and nobody was answering. Figures, the cab driver must have taken interest in my phone and decided to pawn it. Crap. Just Craptastic. Now I'm missing a phone and I'm too frustrated and distracted to concentrate on my job. In cases like this, you usually say goodbye to that phone, since chances of recovering it is less than zero percent. It's okay to lose the phone and sim card, but what is really vexing is the numbers in that phone that I will never recover. Now, enough of my vents and time to get to the point of my post. Since this topic is about "choice for phones", I'm currently in the need to purchase a phone. Since my work phone was a cheapo phone (a nokia 2700 classic), I'm torn between buying another cheapo phone or a high end phone. Like I mentioned last time, I'm not too keen on buying another nokia phone, but since I'm too used to the nokia format, I'm having difficulty in switching to another brand. (Damn you Nokia). So, do you guys have any suggestions as to what phone I might get? Also, I'm automatically ruling out any form of Iphone since I really hate apple.

You might want to check out the SIC Kiwami Tamashii line. I've snubbed them before due to their miniture size and lesser cost, but upon closer scrutiny, their sculpt is very impressive, reminiscent of the original SIC line. They're like the affordable mini SIC that still looks cool for the pose. Unless of course you've already got them.... hehehe.

I'm inclined to think that after the Luna Trigger and Heat Metal, they will be releasing Accel. S.I.C. is churning out figures very fast these days. Who knows, even without realizing it an OOO's SIC might not be far behind. But I do hope they cover some of the past riders they haven't covered yet. I'm excited to get my hands on my SIC W. In the mean time, I'll just play with my newly acquired SIC Ryuki. Hehehe. So far at the moment I have 5 SIC, Kuuga, Kiva, Kabuto, Decade and Ryuki. All that I'm missing now is Agito, Faiz, Blade, Hibiki and Den-O for the main heisei riders. I'm reluctant to get the Showa Riders since there are too many of them to complete even though V3 and Black is readily available in the market at the moment.

I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, but you guys should also watch the drama GTO. It is a live adaptation of the popular manga and anime of the same name. Very funny too. Even the lead actor, Takashi Sorimachi, sang the opening song "Poison", which is kinda catchy too.

I see. Well, I was so hyped up at how super powerful Luffy and the gang had become, and after seeing a few skirmishes they made with the fishmen pirates, I was like, what the hell? It's either the straw hats pirates were super weak to begin with or these new adversaries are super strong. I guess the long wnding chapters that went before somewhat dampened my expectations that they were now uber powerful. I don't think the fishmen pirates would do well with Caribou. Since Caribou is human, the fishmen pirates are sure to find contempt towards caribou. Decken and Hodi are way too different to Caribou. Whereas the fishmen pirates have pride, Caribou is just scum.

Is it just me, or am I finding the pace to be a little bit too slow compared to the past arcs? It could possibly because I read chapter 1 to 500 straight compared to the 1 week wait in the recent chapters. But I still haven't felt the adrenaline I felt reading the past arcs.

I feel that the colored images in the manga were a little bit raw or pale. I suppose the way the manga was printed and the type of media has something to do about it. I would imagine that the colors would be a little more lively. Of course, not so pink as compared to the original one.

Really? You can pull them apart? That's cool! I still haven't recieved my SIC Cyclone Joker yet, not even sure if its already released, but that's reather cool. But what if you want a Joker X Joker form? How would you do that?

Some random pics that I took. I took a lot of pics but I got too lazy uploading them, so here are some that I think will show where I went: We were in Universal studios! The temple in Kiyomizu, one of the Unesco certified historical monuments. Can't exactly remember where I took this Forgot the name of this temple, but this place has a lot of deers running around. And here's Osaka Castle.

Hey guess what! The next SIC was announced. Next they're coming out with Kamen Rider W Heat Metal and Luna Trigger!

Ah yes, a bottle of water here costs around 25 cents, given the current exchange rate. Well, I did enjoy the trip, but wasn't exactly like anything I expected. It had the same atmosphere like when I went to Hong Kong and Singapore. Of course the people in Japan are a lot nicer.

Majin Buu is not the end of it. I won't say anything else, but this really made me chuckle: Note that this is not a spoiler, but something funny you should notice. Not even sure if this is present in the anime as I saw it in the manga. edit: decided to use spoiler tags as this might give away the punch line.<br><br>Mr. Toriyama does have a knack of using ordinary things as names. If you noticed, around 90% of their names comes from household items.

she's probably taking her liberties at the royal treasury.

Japan is hella expensive. Well, for somebody from a third world country like me that is. On a conversion rate, US $1 is equivalent to almost 79 yen. A bottle of water costs about 150 yen. So that $2 for a bottle of water. But if you are going to compare prices in Japan versus those from the west, I think its quite the same. Most of the food costs around 500-1000 yen, and shopping items (lig bags, shoes, etc) ranges from 1000-9000 yen. Luxury items (watch, jewelry etc) around 20,000 yen and above. Oh, and hookers will cost you $1M yen. (I was not looking for this, I just accidentally saw it on a sign board okay!) I think that the most important thing to remember when buying things is not to convert to your native currency. That will certainly restrict your spending. Since not everything is expensive as they seem. Heck, they're selling iphone 4 16GB for just under $200. They sell a phased out Cannon Ixus digital camera for just $10. Imagine that. Didn't quite have the time to roam around since I was part of a tour, but I did managed to get me a few things. For one thing, I got myself a SIC Ryuki (for 5500 Yen). That's the only toy I was able to get (since I was restricted to get only 1 toy). But at least I've added the Osaka and Kyoto starbucks mug to my collection. Hehehe. Damn, it was fun. Weather was cold too, about 4-9° C. I'll post pictures when I get the chance to upload them. But damn, Kansai-ben was difficult to understand (I was in Osaka). I had to ask them to repeat what they said before I could get it. Not to mention that a lot of them speak with a nasal accent. I'll post more details later, right now I need to catch up with work.

EVERYBODY DOWN!! I'M HIJACKING THIS THREAD!! Since I remember Ryuki making this thread, I opted to hijack this instead of creating a new one. Sorry Ryuki. But yes, I'm going to Japan. I didn't say a word because I thought I might jinx it since my visa only came out the other day and my flight is today. I'm going to Osaka! Though I doubt I'll be able to roam around freely since I'm part of a package tour. But still, I'm going to Japan. At least we have a free day on the last day, I just hope I have enough time to look around the stuff I'm interested in. We'll be staying in Swissotel Nankai, and I've read that Den Den town (electronic center and lots of anime stuff) is very nearby. I also hope that I can find that Seiko watch that I've been looking for. I don't have a high end DSLR camera like some other people do, just an old point and click cannon digital camera, so I hope I can get decent pictures. Not sure if wifi will be available there, but I'll keep you guys posted should I ever have a chance to get online. See you guys in a week. Woohoo~!!