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I'm sure everyone has heard of One Piece. But does any of you follow it? I've known One Piece for a long time now, and I've only recently started following it. Mainly because at first I thought that the lead characters were kinda goofy. But after reading a few chapters I got hooked. Even though the characters may look goofy, their actions were kinda cool. Even the story is somewhat non-standard, since it's the silliness that's makes it interesting. With Characters like Buggy the Clown, Wapol, Don Quixote Doflamingo, etc, you can expect anything from it. What got me curious into reading one piece is because of an article I've read that it's latest compilation volume hasover 3 million copies printed, making it one of the best selling manga in Japan alone. In a nutshell, it's about a Pirate Monkey D. Luffy and his crew in search of the treasure of the legendary Gold Rogers, the One Piece. The wacky adventures of the group makes the story interesting, while the drama and action gives the story an intense flow of events. I've only started reading it last week and now I'm up to chapter 371.

I can say that this animated version is way better than the first series. I am also an avid reader of the manga, yet I still enjoy the series. I can guarantee that the anime does not suffer the same difficulty as other anime converted from manga (ie Naruto & Bleach). In fact, it is quite refreshing to see the action scenes animated. It is completely faithful to the manga. And for your info, as of the last episode I watched, Olivier Armstrong is already in Central. If you know what that means. Hint hint.

Hmm.....the first two parts are spot on, but the latter parts needs some tweaking. Here's my take on it: Akarui nichi ni, kurai yoru ni, ookami no hoeru de chikara wo kaihou suru

狼 (ookami / rou) - Wolf. Actually there is no term for werewolf in Japanese except if you spell it in Katakana as werewolf. I believe the term they use is Man Wolf, or Jinrou (人狼). The Kanji "rou" used in Jinrou was pronounced in Onyomi, it's kunyomi reading is Ookami. Ookami Otoko (wolf man) on the other hand sounds somewhat childish (along the lines of Megaman), so the preferred term is Jinrou. Ookami Kakushi means "carried away by wolf" or the vernacular "Wolfed Away". Also, other usage of Ookami is "Garou" 餓狼 which is Hungry Wolf. Hope this clarifies things.

I want all the SIC of the main heisei riders. But unfortunately they are no longer being sold. Huhuhu. I wanted the normal Blade SIC, but can't seem to find it any. So I guess after Kabuto, this leaves W then? I'm not too keen on getting the W SIC if they will be releasing it.

Woot! Got it! Very nice, there are even individual cards for the 9 Heisei riders, which is stored in the ride booker. You can even insert the cards into the Decadriver with push action!! Me happy.

This is indeed strange. Kabuto was released January of 2010, that's just last month. Maybe HLJ discontinued it because of lack of pre-orders? But this item seems to be available in other sites. I can't wait to pickup my decade.

Who knows, I might be your brother..... The Banana Emperor!!!! Nyahahahaha!!!!

See, this is what I don't get. How is it possible to add anyone into facebook when no information is provided to determine who is who? For example, if I say, add me in facebook now, would you guys be able to add me since 1) I did not provide a complete name you can add and 2) I have not provided an email address than can be used to add to facebook. Again, I don't have a facebook and I refuse to create one.

Here's some of the pics for the Ixa & Dark Kiva set. Ixa particularly looks very nice:

Woot! I was just informed that my SIC Decade has arrived. I'm going to pick it up tomorrow since I ordered this from a different retailer. This is probably the last time I order here, since their shipment is delayed by one week, and they didn't even contact me when it arrived. I only found out about it accidentaly when I checked out their website. No Kabuto yet, but looks like Dark Kabuto d/w Gattack and Ixa d/w Dark Kiva is next in line getting the SIC treatment.

I've just watched episode 43, so if it's going to be a 52 episode, then I guess they won't be reaching the end of the story that soon. As of Chapter 104 of the manga, looks to me like things are finally going to end very soon.

Wow, good for you. Then does that means you have an extra controller and memory card? Also, since you're not going to watch KR Blade anymore, would it be alright to assume that we can now spoil you with Blade? I'm asking this because the ending is a real shocker.

Yeah, Ryuki, there are a lot of characters to look forward to. I'd love to tell you about an awesome fight scene, but I will be giving a huge spoiler so I'll just wait until you reach it. Just so you know, it involves Orochimaru and a few others.

Ooops. Sorry, good thing I was vague, and hopefully didn't reveal anything significant. But yeah, once you reach that arc, your mind might change on the direction of the series. Anyway, while you're still in that early episodes, enjoy them, as those are the episodes that got me hooked. Perhaps you might want to discuss the progression of the episodes you have seen? I know I've been wanting to talk to anyone when I was watching those episodes.

Aha, so you have seen the chase with Sasuke? Since ep 135 is the last episode that coincides with the manga. After that, all the remaining episodes are fillers.

Last Piece:

I could stare at her all day:

More of Lin Ketong, just can't get enough of her:

Lin Ketong looks like a doll:

This time, the Chinese Lin Ketong, what a cute face and a really nice smile that could melt the coldest heart:

More Kang Yui:

Another set of Kang Yui:

The Lovely Kang Yui in a tight red dress:

Again, the habit of reviving old threads is back. Anybody got updates of the recent storylines? I stopped reading comics last year due to unavailability of the media. The last I've read is the middle of Dark Reign. I'm not even sure where the Marvel Universe is currently right now.