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Sora no Otoshimono – 09

(Uso Kara Hajimaru Mousou Gekijou (Sutoorii))
"The Wild Theatrical (Story) that Starts with a Lie"

For a place that angels supposedly come from, the Synapse sure seems like a hellish place. All you have are a bunch steak-eating sadists up there who aren't the least pleased with how Nymph has awakened the Uranus Queen. It looks like Nymph is damaged in some way now too, or at least that's what the blinking green light on her collar seems to indicate.

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Letter Bee – 09

(Nakimushi Shounen no Chikai)
"The Crybaby Boy's Vow"

Having lost his mother at the age of seven, and now the person he's looked up to for the past five years at the age of twelve, can anyone really blame Lag for crying so much? I think some people have lost grasp of the fact this isn't your standard shounen affair. Now that he's been left Gauche's Nocturne #20 Shindan Custom as a memento, come on people, let the boy cry a little.

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Nyan Koi! – 09

(Gaaruzu in za Uootaa)
"Girls in the Water"

For an episode titled "Girls in the Water", surprisingly only half of it was devoted to swimsuits and such. As some people have already pointed out, the anime is taking its own spin on things and skipping around the manga a fair bit. This week we start with chapter 14 for the first half and jump all the way back to chapter 8 for the second, but they did a pretty good job from a continuity point of view.

Posted inMiscellaneous

Status Update

Somehow I managed to survive this hellish week, so things should be back to normal shortly. Like I said in my earlier post, I won't be making up all the shows that I missed, but I'll still do DtB, Railgun, and probably Bleach.
Posted inFirst Impressions Kampfer

Kampfer – 09

Hochsommer (Koi no Nettai Teikiatsu)
"Midsummer ~Tropical Cyclone of Love~"

I always suspected that Kaede was some crazy zoumotsu animal spreading, Kampfer-inducing, psychotic Moderator, but I never would've imagined that she's this two-faced. With a squad of white Kampfer seemingly doing her bidding, Natsuru really needs to rethink his harem choice. Shizuku's not shy about showing everyone how to steal a third kiss in an unrequited love, so she still has my pick.

Posted inManga Naruto (Manga)

Naruto 473 – When One Bee Isn’t Enough…


 

...You bring out the swarm. Except in this case, that means his Raikage brother for some gang beats. Seeing as the last chapter left Bee at Kisame's mercy, I'm a bit surprised how quickly the tides turned. It wasn't like Raikage and co. hopped in right away either, as Bee managed to get a pencil attack off before hand. In any case, is it safe to assume that Kisame's dead now? I mean he got decapitated and everything, but I'm still skeptical about any death in Naruto until I see either a funeral or some acknowledgment from comrades. Also, just so that there's no misunderstanding on the technique Kisame was trying to pull off, it was a "Suiton Daikoudan" , which literally translates to "Water Technique, Huge Shark Bullet". Judging by its name, it wasn't any sort of replacement/escape technique.

The rest of the chapter with Ao surviving and Mizukage seeing through Fuu's ability was fairly run-of-the-mill, but they ended on a decent cliffhanger with Sai approaching Naruto about Sakura's confession. It's been suggested to me that what Naruto doesn't know is that permission to dispose of Sasuke as a missing ninja was given, however I double-checked this because I sort of recall him already knowing. Well it turns out he does, after hearing it from Kiba at the end of chapter 451. As such, the only thing that comes to mind at this point is that Sakura confessed because she's concerned about Naruto putting himself in more danger for her sake. i.e. That it was a semi-guilt-driven confession. Are there any other possibilities that I'm overlooking?

* Oh right, Naruto's not aware that Sakura and co. are going to try and take out Sasuke themselves. Somehow, I don't think they'll succeed...