Hee!

[redbrunja]

Rock Lee? Master of the Drunken Fist?

That. Is. So. Awesome.

And Gaara rescues him! Win!

Also, Temari totally pwning that chick when Shikamaru is like, 'yeah, let's get out of here' was totally, totally awesome. I've been waiting for that scene for a long, long time.

And I have to say, while I know it is a staple of shounan manga, I am so. fucking. sick. of the fight fight, 'they're stronger than I thought, I must level up' fight fight, 'they're stronger than I thought, I must level up' fight fight, they're stronger than I thought, I must level up' fight fight, lather, rinse and repeat for every. single. character over and over and over again.

I mean, Christ, if I was one of these characters, I would just damn well use my most powerful attack and either a.) decimate the fucker or b.) not, and have to get creative.

("Isn't that overkill?" "I think that's just enough kill."

Comments

[solace-adrift.livejournal.com]

I suppose I agree. I mean, whenever I end up writing Naruto fanfic it is one of the first elements to get tossed out. I always end up striving for a cross between the fight scenes in Samurai champloo, Avatar, and Blade of the immortal. Fast, intense, and brutal.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Avatar does the best power ups. Either they're short and fucking sweet (Toph's mental bending, Katara's bloodbending, Zuko's lightning bending) or you just come back from hiatis and sweet jesus, their hair is longer and they're even more badass than they were before (Katara, Toph, Suki).

And I'm really, really interested in Blade of The Immortal. I keep hearing about it. How many volumes is it?

[solace-adrift.livejournal.com]

Twenty two I think. Mind you, it’s a little hard to tell really, because there’s quite a lag between the Japanese release, the American one, and then the ‘net one. The place where I read it (bleach exile) has up to chapter 130, but the latest spoilers are up to 167. It’s really quite weird. I would still highly suggest reading it, despite the odd release schedule.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Okay, thank you.