So I picked up the latest Shippuden manga that was released in America (42 already! wasn't 30 released yesterday?) and was just in time to see the epic Uchiha fight. Now, I realize the interwebs people are REALLY far ahead, but I lagged behind. Mostly because filler in America made me loose interest. As did the thought of downloading so much manga to my computer.

So.

I already knew Itachi died. Didn't know he was actually a stand up guy. So now I like Itachi. Madara, alternatively, I dislike. Sasuke I downright hate. Lemme explain. Itachi died to protect his baby bro from Madara using him against Konoha. He tried to keep Madara from Sasu by putting a boobytrap thingy in Sasuke's mind.

Madara, whom I had liked before this point, revealed his douchebaggery. Thus upholding my theory that douchiness was a prereq to survive the Uchiha massacre. He BLATANTLY manipulated Sasuke by telling him the truth about Itachi. Instead of doing the moral and intellegent thing and respecting his brother's rather obvious wish that Sasu not team up with MAdara to destroy Konoha, Sasu decides that he's gonna go destroy Konoha.

Seriously. It doesn't take a freaking genius. BLATANT MANIPULATION. It was barely masked! Madara was masked, but his MANIPULATION was not! Pisses me off. LEss the manipulator and more the manipilatee. Sasuke pisses me off. I TRIED to empathize with the character in the past, but I just can't anymore. He sucks. I dislike him strongly. Good adversary for NAruto, though, all considering.

The whole fight took up one and a half printed manga volumes. Crap. I'm not looking forward to how many episodes that takes. Naruto's so slow-paced sometimes. You'd think with so much material and story, you wouldn't have to drag so much out all the time.

Which is why I don't really keep up with Naruto anymore. And only have a vauge idea of what's "currently" going on. Except that the only character I liked who isn't dead and who I did not start liking after the character's death would be Kabuto. I hope he doesn't die. And if he does, it better be freaking EPIC.

In other ways Sasuke sucks, please analyze all the people he's killed in Shippuden. Two dying guys and a suicide. Good job. See : [link]

It's sad that it's true.


ANYway. Finished Assasin's Creed. Lemme sum up my feelings about the end of that game: ARGH! I sat through hours of glitchy, uncooperative Altair shennanigans for THAT CRAP?!

If you beat the game you understand.