Open Source Blogging

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When I returned to blogging I said I would be trying some new things, and today I intend to implement one of those “things”.  One “thing” I’ve always said is that the people who post comments and the readers in general were just as, if not more talented, than I am.  When it comes to manga, who the hell knows EVERYTHING? And who can write from EVERY perspective and opinion? Nobody.  So why not give everyone the opportunity to write?

This blog isn’t what it used to be as far as traffic or hit counts (that tends to happen after a 5 month absence) BUT it does get about 2-3 thousand reads a day.  So you would be subjecting your opinion to a certain number of reads per day, but at the same time exposing your perspective to the internet, thusly expanding the wealth and ever expanding pool of knowledge when it comes to manga.  So with that said here is what’s going to happen…  If you make a worth while comment on a post, you will be added as an author, once this happens, feel free to blog away.  No one will edit your musings so be sure to check, double, then triple check your work before posting or you will no doubt be made fun of later.

Guide lines for posts:

1) Keep word count UNDER 600 words (700 for fan fic)

2) Use at least 1 image in your post and no more than 2.

3) You MUST create at least 1 poll OR ask 1 question at the end of your post, to allow for discussion in the comments section… or both.  No more than 2 polls for each post. (Doesn’t apply to fan fic)

4) No more than 3 posts per week per author.

5) Foul language is ok, just put a warning in BOLD LARGE LETTERS at the top if the content is adult.

6) ANY subject is ok, you don’t have to limit yourself to manga.  The post can be about movies, anime, videogames, fanfic, politics… ANYTHING.  As long as it is about SOMETHING.  I don’t want to hear about your day, make sure it has a subject, has a point.  Even if someone else wrote about the subject already feel free to post.  So if you have a different take on the new chapter of Naruto or Bleach then by all means write your opinion piece, I think thats a good thing.

7)  If you write a post, be sure to be an active commenter on other peoples posts; comments generate ideas, which generates good material.

I reserve to delete any post I want, without warning.  If you break any of the above rules or your post breaks some kind of law or is just in bad taste, or is an advertisement it will get deleted.  I may change the title of your posts, as well as the tags to make it more search engine friendly, so don’t freak out on me if I do.  I’m doing it to increase traffic.

9) Don’t come to me asking how to do something, I’m busy.  Google the question or look up the help section on wordpress… if it is something to do with WordPress, there is a way to find out how to do it through WordPress.

10)  If you commented and I added you as an author but you don’t want to write anything, then don’t write anything.  It’s just there if you want it, you don’t have to use it and it changes nothing on your account.

11) You have to have a WordPress account and logo so that I can add you!

That’s  pretty much it, I don’t know how well this will work but I’m sure if it does it will be copied on a thousand other blogs >_< LMAO! If there is something I didn’t cover, feel free to ask it in this post’s comment section.

Ja

Jeremiah

 

Letters from Soul Society 004 Answers

If you need to catch up: Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3

(Recap: When last we left our story, Jiraiya had just inadvertently crushed everyone in the bar with his riatsu and Kuukaku convinced him to lighten up.  She had just smacked him for releasing his riatsu and then confused him by telling him he should know better…)

Jiraiya’s cheek twitched in confusion, hating the feeling of being so out of his element.  The woman’s gaze snagged on him, and she cut off her braying laughter.  Eyes locked on his in sudden seriousnes.

“Your riatsu.  Hell, it’s nearly captain level.  People with that amount of riatsu should know not to do that around regular town folk, so why? Who are you? What are you up to?”

He lunged into his best pose, the slap of his geta on the sticky barroom floor put the world back the way it should be.  “Ha!  I am the Legendary Toad Sage, JJJJJJJJIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRR—oof.”

He bent double as her good arm rang across his solar plexis like an axe felling a tree.  “Stuff the theatre, big guy.  We don’t have time.”

Dark eyes crackled in complete seriousness, and he fought to draw air against the ripples of pain in his gut. 

He straightened, and tried not to sound petulant.  “I’m…uh…Jiraiya. I…just got here. I have no idea what just happened.”

“Then we are about to have visitors, they’ll have felt that explosion of riatsu.”

Before Jiraiya could respond, she grabbed his arm and flashed him a wicked smile. “I won’t give those bastards the pleasure.”

Jiraiya stumbled after her as she dashed out of the bar and into a large building flanked on either side by two giant arms holding a banner.

Inside, Kuukaku pulled Jiraiya up a set of stairs, down a long hallway, and into dimly lit room.  He still worked up something to say, only to be pushed back onto an enormous bed piled with soft comforters.

“I think…”

Kuukaku held a single finger to her lips. “Don’t get ahead of yourself, big guy.”

The door slammed shut behind her, leaving Jiraiya in the silent room listening to his own breath. Empty bottles littered the floor and clinked as he stood up, picking his way through them.  He stepped closer to a comical pyramid of haphazard empties, snorting appreciatively at the remains of a night of drunken debauchery.  He jumped and turned toward the door.

Crash BOOM crash

Thunderous knocking at the front door of Kuukaku’s home drew him towards the door.  If those were the ‘visitors’ she’d mentioned they hadn’t wasted any time.  Muffled voices drew his ear to the grainy wood of the door.  He pressed his face against the cool surface and cracked the door enough to see her standing at the front entrance, inviting in a Shinigami.

This one was a little shorter than the one who had sent him to Soul Society, with black slicked hair, Sunglasses and a black mustache.

The Shinigami chided Kuukaku. “I’m supposed to believe that was YOUR Riatsu we sensed all the way from Seireitei?”

“Have you not heard of the world famous Shiba spiritual pressure,” she cooed, running her hand across her chest, distracting the Shinigami.

Jiraiya’s mouth stretched into a crooked smile, as her target clearly lost his train of thought.

“I-I uhhh, hmmmm… well… please Shiba-sama…”

Jiraiya fought back a laugh, even as he felt his own blood pressure rise. “Poor bastard, I’ve fallen victim to that tactic one too many times.”

“W-w-why…ahem, why would you release your spirit energy in such a way, Shiba-sama?”

Kuukaku held her hand to her face in a sorry attempt to act embarrassed. “I’m so sorry, sometimes I just get myself worked up to the point where I just can’t…help…myself…” Kuukaku’s breathing got heavier as she leaned in close to the Shinigami.

“A girl has needs you know,” she purred, pressing her chest against the Shinigami who staggered backward to the front door.

The Shinigami covered his bleeding nose. “Shiba-sama!  I.. I’m sorry I bothered you!”

Jiraiya straightend and felt around for his note pad and pen.  He heard the Shinigami tripping over himself out the front door. “I could use that, if I don’t forget…”

“Looking for something?”  She murmured as she pulled open the door.

Jiraiya looked up, forcing his eyes to keep moving until they caught hers.

“Your clothes are the only items you take to Soul Society. I’m sorry, big guy.”

The changes pressed on him like a weight–so far from home, so alone. “I feel so out of place here.”

A gentle hand brushed his arm and retreated.  “You’ll find your niche here before you know it.”

He nodded and tried to smile.  “Why would anyone be after me?”

“The Shinigami are sure to want you for the Gotei 13, but…”  Her eyes glinted and sparked like fireworks.  “I want to get first crack at ya before you become one of those stiffs; too many rules and regulations for my liking.”

Jiraiya rubbed his chin, liking the sound of that. “I’ve never been one for either of those.”

“That’s what I like to hear.  Now, why don’t you buy me a drink?”

Jiraiya inhaled deeply as he stepped into the street. For the first time since waking up with a hole in his chest, it felt like everything was going to be fine. He surveyed the city, it wasn’t so different from Kono…

His heart dropped into his stomach; across the thoroughfare the unmistakable red eyes of the Sharingan stared directly at him.

Notes from the authors:  This was kind of a transitional period, sorry if it bored you guys.  Hope it at least entertained a bit.  The next chapter should be much better *nice gai pose*

Ja

Jeremiah and Kumori

Naruto 470 – Killer Bee vs Kisame!! Breakdown

Hey Hey Hey !!

Dean here, first off i’ll start by saying i was originally gunna do a Bleach breakdown, but not much happened this week so its Naruto this week from me ^_^

So yeah i liked this chapter alot, bit of action and sakura having a hissy fit and walking off. We First see the discussion between Naruto and Sakura go on (yawn, just slap her and get it over with), and to spare all the boring details of this discussion i will not go into great detail on it: Sakura shouts at Naruto, he shouts back, Kakashi stops Naruto revielling their discussion with Madara, more shouting then Sakura storms off with her ‘possy’ and ask Kiba to help her look for Sasuke (=O lul wut?).

As you can see in the image that there is somebody overlooking all of this, and is it just me or does it look like Sai (this is top left panel btw), infact i thought it was Sai at first but after thinking bout it in even more depth i came to the conclusion that it was that guy that Danzo told to watch Naruto (i think, im not entirly sure tbh).

Now to the bit that made this chapter soo enjoyable: Kisame vs Killer Bee… and as you look at the first page of this part you see both Kisame’s sword revieling itself and the giant racoon on its back (which proves that racoons cannot beat shark men with wierd ass swords)… then Killer Bees enka teacher jumps in correcting Kisame on his idioticness with mistaking the Racoon with a bear.  Before i go on i would like to know who thinks will win this battle, Kisame with his monster sword, or KB with his 8-Tails chakra??

Ok anyway back to the fight, and it begins with Kisame making the first move and changing towards the Enka bloke (yes i said bloke im british, get over it) when suddenly its a flying pencil, a very powerfull pencil actually, because after narrowly missing Kisame you see it pierce a tree. Kisame has a little think about KB using the vibrations to make the pencil more penatrating. We then see what looks like Kisame getting overwhelmed by the Enka and KB duo … however its not what it looks like … Kisame blocks the highly penatrable blades (that KB charged at him with) and comes out of it with just a graze.

Can i just draw your attention to the middle pannel… wtf is with the bear paw above Kisame’s sword?

Anyway as you can see if left both the two of them looking rather confused, so what do you do if something like this happens… you get some Hachibi chakra going, KB follows through with a Hachibi chakra headbutt … but it fails(at least it looks like this fight isnt going to finish quickly), as KB looks a little pissed and confused Enka man notices the sword absorbing the “octopus chakra” where he then realises what happened to the previous attacks, so things look a little grim for Killer Bee, but i personally wasnt focusing on that i was staring at how cool Kisame’s sword looks:

may i just ask … is there a mouth on the end of that sword or is just me?
So what did you guys think of this chapter and my second attempt at a breakdown ??

-Oh and btw sorry for getting the ends of the pics cut off still cant figure out how to avoid that-

 

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