Bleach
Only good thing in this chapter was Shinjo? the main Vizard guy, becoming a captain. That was a cool surprise but the rest of the chapter was a boring cap to the arc. At least it's over and now Kubo gets plenty of time to figure out how he wants to paint out the next arc.
Naruto
Decent setup chapter. I can fully appreciate if the fox's opinion of Naruto means nothing to some of you, and thus, the flashbacks were a boring waste as far as you're concerned. What is bullshit, is to say it was just a lazy effort for a chapter. Looking at the entire series as a whole, the nine tails fully giving himself over to Naruto and sharing ALL of his power with him is a SIGNIFICANT event for the series, one of the most considering the jinchurki thing has been a huge staple of Naruto's life and growth. As such, it needs a proper transition and in manga/anime, that's always done via flashback. Much like someone on here stated that Ginjo should have had another flashback to make him care about his death and burial, same concept here. You need that extra dedication to make the event have more impact. The flashbacks illustrate Kurama's thought process, his reflections, and provide a means for it to make sense why he's finally going to give in to Naruto. It's a setup chapter, nothing more. I expect the next chapter will free Son and have Kurama fully grant Naruto his power and will end right there. The following chapter will get the ball rolling in full motion between Naruto and Obit...masked man and his tailed cronies.
One Piece
Also a decent setup chapter. I think the booby trapped chest being sent to Big Mom fits the OP mold great. It sends an over the top message from Luffy (even if unintentional) for engaging in war with the Big Mom pirates and at the same time, is comedic. Looks like Jinbe will join sooner than later after all, the political climate has changed. I didn't even think about where the Sun Pirates were at (granted, I didn't care) but it fits well as a vehicle to bring Jinbe into the SH crew, much to MangaGAF's chagrin hehe The best part is seeing Smoker and his clumsy sword master captain. I don't see how the SH's can avoid running into them as they enter the NW as they seem to be perched right at the entrance. Smoker is waiting for Luffy. I agree with most of you that they will not go full out and the SH's will end up escaping, yet again. What's interesting is that Luffy can actually strike Smoker now with Haki so we might get at least a few exchanges.
Best part: SH's are leaving Shitman Island for the New World!!! My fapping hand is ready.
HxH
Mostly concentrated on the election but at least it's about to end. I enjoy political plots but the mangaka doesn't know how to do it properly. Thankfully, he coincided the proceedings with very interesting chapters about Alluka with plenty of Killua screen time
So, can Killua ask Alluka to heal as many times as he wants? Or do another 3 pesters have to transpire for him to do so again? I'm under the impression that Killua's brother only let him go because he believes Killua can have Gon healed without harming himself. Interesting that Pariston wants to use ants as part of the next hunter exam. That should cause quite the stir in the Hunter Organization. No way entry candidates could handle ants with nen...
Reborn
I have mixed but mostly negative feelings about this. I'm not pleased with Byakuran dying at all...but I realize getting killed by a monstrous attack from a temporarily cured arcobelano is a worthy way to go. I guess I just feel it was way too soon and I would have liked the intrigue of whether he had pure intentions or not to last for the whole contest... Uni's team is toast, they have no chance without him. They seem to have the impression that Reborn would use the wish to cure her over himself? Sounds ridiculous but hey, no way Reborn is going to get cured before the end of the series. That would change the entire dynamic of the manga.
Fairy Tail
Blah blah blah, lets get to the fight. This series' battle outcomes have become so predictable that the only single thing I'm interested now is finding out what the deal is with the dragons/Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy finding their respective dragons. Alas, that will probably be late game but then again, between Acnologia and these new dragon slayers, seems like we've starting to head in that direction, plot wise. Too bad the slayers killed their dragons so no chance of pumping info out of them.
