durendal

This is actually what makes relationship a difficult thing to maintain. There are too many undefined variables so you really wouldn't know if things will go smoothly or roughly, irregardless if you have too many things in common or have little things to share. Some aspects may be applicable to a strong majority, but not to everyone. If relationships are easy to handle like how we are all discussing it like this, then there won't be any failed relationships. You have to wonder why so many relationships fail. Is it because of the guy, the girl, or the circumstance that surrounds them both? We don't know. That is why every relationship is a gamble. it is up to you to make sure that you not only do the right things, but to do things right.

I'm not sure if I should be posting this here or on the MTV thread, but since the song here doesn't have a video, might as well post it here. I wonder if any of you guys remember Record of Lodoss War. The OVA version, not the TV series. This happens to be one of the best OVA I have ever seen even up to today's standards. The art was excellent and the story is so engaging. I think Nobuteru Yuki took Dungeons and Dragons and put it into the next level. Here's some of it's songs with a montage of images from the series. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZCqbkYjYLE And here's the opening animation from the OVA:

Ryuki made some valid points. But BK, here's the thing, I won't put myself in your shoes, but rather on the shoes of the girl's father. You touch my daughter, I kill you.

I guess this would always go the path of moral debate. But if you're asking what I would do, I would continue the relationship and wait 2 years before actually doing "it". I wouldn't count first base as something illegal. I mean, a 4 year difference isn't such a big deal. 10 years might be a problem, but 4? If there is really a chemistry in the relationship, I don't see why you can't continue the relationship. As most people say, in love, age doesn't matter. Additionally, I think this would be more of a culture thing. Typically, how old do you think teens lose their virginity over there? It might be possible that a girl would want to do "it" out of peer pressure. As for your choices, you might regret it later if you choose option 1. Option 2 doesn't sound like a bad idea. And as for option 3, you'd have to think first of the repercussions later on.

I do seem to notice that there are some language that rely on context to be able to express clearly. This is most true especially to cases where two words that sound exactly the same have different meanings. I guess these are most commonly found on Asian languages. Most often, this kind of conversation are used as gags for comedic effect on various medias. Perhaps this is also some of the reasons why English translators find it hard to translate certain dialogue that would keep the pun intended.

I think one of the basic reasons why fillers are such disappointments is due to the non-involvement of the author in the story telling process. I mean, we were all excited with what was happening due to the direction that Kishimoto intended. Now the writers for the fillers has a wholly different idea, which sometimes might contrast to the intentions of Kishimoto. I think it's okay to add fillers as long as it will not affect the main story line or create plot holes, but amalgamating official story with fillers is something that would really put off a lot of people, especially when the writers are putting materials which might be counter to the future intentions of Kishimoto. One example of this is how the first season anime of Full Metal Panic was made. The author, Gato Shoji, was so pissed with the studio (Gonzo), he was forced to write a whole new story for the first 4 episodes of the second season (FMP:TSR) just to repair the plot holes made in the first season. Thus the second season was handled by Kyoto Animation.

My friend, the last episode of Claymore is not really how it ends. Something much more happened to Claire and her rag tag of friends up in the north. For spoilers, Claire didn't actually get what she wanted at that point. In fact, the story is still on going in the manga, with the Organization cooking something much more sinister.

I'm guessing that One Piece will end when Luffy achieves being the pirate king, then flash forward to 10 or 20 years later, when Luffy is all buff and bearded, he'll be meeting some young kid with the same kind of charasma that he had when he was younger, then pass off his hat to this kid. Then ends the story of One Piece, and start of a new story. Boo, we'll have to wait till next week for one piece.

I do think that Teach would be keeping himself busy these past two years. Why let the ability to absorb more devil fruit powers go to waste? In that span of time, he may have already amassed an army that would rival that of the 4 emperors. Who knows, he may have already taken the seat of Whitebeard. Also, it was already inferred that the former Pirate King Gol D. Rogers have the Kings Disposition, which Luffy currently has. Additionally, during the short flashback when Rayleigh first met Rogers, Rogers' shilhoutte is distinctively similar to that of Luffy, down to his facial expression, heavily hinting that Luffy is on the same path as that of Rogers, becoming the Pirate King.

I meant Teach himself having several devil fruit powers. Everyone was surprised when he managed to obtain the devil fruit powers of White Beard. While his first attempt at stealing devil fruit power was successful, I don't see any reason why he should stop there. Who is to stop him from getting Logia type powers. Also, I think there is one more emperor that we haven't seen. I was actually surprised when it was mentioned that Shanks was one of the 4 emperors. There are still a lot of things that still needs to be covered,

Yeah, but I don't expect Caribou and his crew to be much difficulty for the straw hats. With their current standing, only a Vice Admiral or higher would be able to pose a challenge to them. I'm also wondering, do you think by now Teach would have a lot of devil fruit powers? He is most likely one of the most powerful adversary for the straw hats.

And here I thought you enjoyed the fillers. It's like, once you go Manga, fillers instantly turn to crap. But I guess as long as the manga has a strong following, they will continue to milk the anime as much as it can allow. Airing crap on TV is actually helping to promote the manga, as more and more viewers prefer to read the manga than put up with the constant fillers.

Welcome to my world. I've stopped watching the anime a long time ago. I admit, it was the anime that got me into reading the manga, but after the chasing Sasuke arc, I just couldn't stand watching the anime anymore.

Well, we still won't know unless we actually see it. This chapter is rather anti-climactic for me. When Caribou was about to invade the Thousand Sunny, I was expecting the strawhats to have a short workout kicking ass. But I guess their current strenght would require far more stronger opponents to break out a sweat. I mean, they didn't even need to invoke Hakki to scare off mohmoo.

I think Caribou joined the straw hats just to kill them. Everybody knows that the easier way to raise your bounty is to defeat somebody with a higher bounty than you. I don't think Caribou poses a threat to the straw hats, he's just might be able to annoy them for a little. also, I wouldn't be surprised at what Luffy wants to do know. Heck, he spent years on an island filled with giant monsters. This is also the same for Ussop. I think Luffy just got the idea of using the Kraken to draw the thousand sunny. Who knows, maybe the kraken would become part of the crew.

I put that there, because I swear there's a translated interview where Takaya said that. We should have a link somewhere. That would have been the VDF. Particularly here: http://japan-legend.com/guyver_advocacy/vdf/?Qwd=.&Qif=vdf-067.jpg&Qiv=thumbs&Qis=M

You know what anime never had fillers? Hunter X Hunter. They even had to cut short the anime when the story had already caught up with the manga, and later released the episodes as OVA. Also, Yuyu Hakusho doesn't seem to have any fillers.

That's what I was getting at since all three of them were under the respective Sannin. Also, they don't need to be together to be able to make a note of themselves. Naruto himself is already a notable ninja in the Leaf Village, while Sasuke on the other hand has become quite infamous. Which all leaves us with Sakura who has yet to make a name for herself. Also, coincidentally, all three of them were under Team Kakashi, who was under the tutelage of the 4th Hokage, who was the protege of Jiraya, who was taught by Sarutobi, which was also the student of the 1st and 2nd Hokage. Phew, that's a rather long line of connections there. So I wonder where this would lead us. I'm still hoping for a Naruto X Hinata angle rather than the Naruto X Sakura.

I too was actually surprised to see it released as early as Wednesday. Usually I get my fix on Thursday night, so imagine my delight when I discovered it on a Wednesday Morning. Anyway, with the method they depicted the sannin (Jiraya, Orochimaru and Tsunade), do you think that Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura would be depicted as the same in future generations? I'm also rooting for Kakashi to become the next Hokage, and then Naruto. But with the way current things are happening, that seems to be very far from happening. I'm getting the impression that this would be the final arc of Naruto.

Perhaps toads are rather slippery and slimy? And yes, Ryuki, it was part of the manga, from the chapter that was just recently released.

That's the kanji for Shinobi.

Hmm... Prepare for war!!!

Oh nos! Sanji may have gotten stronger, but he has gotten extremely weak against curvy women. Oh the horror he must have gone through. Enduring the incessant advances of the kama must have multiplied his libido by a thousand fold. This got me thinking, if Sanji ended up in the Isle of women, would this by any chance turn him gay?

Last batch of Chrissie Chau to drool over.

Chrissie Chau. Spicy!