The main character is Kurosaki Ichigo, 15 years old who live in a small town called Karakura. He can see spirits since he was small and didn’t care much about them. One day he met Kuchiki Rukia who is a shinigami (Death Angel) and that change his life forever. He was attacked by Hollow (Evil Spirit) and in order to save his family, Ichigo agreed to absorb Rukia power to become a shinigami and defeat the Hollow. After the incident, Rukia lost all of her power and had threatened Ichigo to do all shinigami jobs which mean destroying Hollows in Karakura town. At first, he didn’t much dedicate himself to do shinigami’s job but later when he met his mother murderer who is also a Hollow which makes him devoted to protect Karakura town from Hollows.
When everything seems alright for Ichigo suddenly Rukia has left Ichigo’s house and leaving her note that she had to return to Soul Society (Places where the spirits gone when died). Ichigo went after Rukia but only had been stopped by other shinigami who were Renji and Rukia’s brother Kuchiki Byakuya. Ichigo was easily defeated by Byakuya and Rukia followed her brother to Soul Society. Rukia was sentenced death because of her action transferring her power to human and Ichigo was determined to save her. Ichigo undergo intensive training to level up himself before went to Soul Society with his friends Inoue, Ishida and Chad. There he went some great battles with lieutenant and leader shinigami from different groups. In Soul Society there exist 13 groups or divisions who protect it from harm. These 13 groups are the pillar of Soul Society and each group has their own function or jobs. Without the 13 groups, Soul Society will finish. Ichigo had to fight with almost all the 13 group’s leader in order to rescue Rukia but at that time Ichigo was still weak and therefore gone training to achieve Bankai (Special Move).
Ichigo had to fight again with Byakuya and finally defeated him and convince him to stop the death sentence on Rukia. When everything seems over, Aizen Sousuke, one of the 13 group’s leader came out and try to kill Rukia. It seems that Rukia body was hiding something that Aizen want which is Hougyoku (a small stone that can grant any wish). Aizen has fooled everyone in the Soul Society in helping him achieve his goal which is Hougyoku. He then escaped with his 2 group leader accomplices to Hyuko Mundo (Hollow birth’s Place). He became the King in Hyuko Mundo and planning to destroy Karakura town in order to make a Key that can unlock the heaven. This time Ichigo will join forces with Soul Society to stop Aizen.
Bleach is another famous ongoing manga and it is already move to another arc. It is 2 years later after Ichigo defeated Aizen and Ichigo has lost all his power. He is now living a normal live at Karakura town but as always some trouble come along. This time is about his mysterious father who is actually a shinigami just like Ichigo. This arc concentrate about Ichigo family secret and maybe Ichigo will gain back his power. Aizen was locked at Soul Society but not dead because he is invincible. In other word, Bleach will continue on for a much longer time.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Naruto
Naruto is a manga about a young boy name Uzumaki Naruto from a ninja village known as Konoha. He has no parents because they died after he was born, so he doesn't know about parents love. He grew up alone in the world and he was lonely. The village people all stay away from Naruto because they were told to but they also was afraid of Naruto. Inside Naruto was sealed a fox demon which has almost destroyed konoha village. As a result, Naruto was treated as if he was a monster. So, he knew the pain of solitude and in order to cope with it, he do mischievous things in the village to get attention from the people. This is his way to find reason to stay alive. Naruto has a dream which to become Hokage in the village. Hokage is the most respected ninja in the village, it is the same as a president. He want to show to the village that he can become a great man someday. So he started his journey to become a ninja.
He has companions who are Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi. All 4 of them form Team 7. Ninja usually form a group which usually consists of 4 people when they went out to do mission to the village. This is ninja way to earn cash/income by doing mission which consists of different level from F up to S depending on the difficulty. The missions are diverse from finding lost pets to killing a target. Konoha was one of the biggest village in the Naruto world. The world was divided into several parts that been controlled by respective villages. They always been rival between the villages in order to gain more power and clients. The world of ninja was always stuck with the chain of hate. This is the enemy that Naruto has to face.
The manga has proceed quite a long way. Naruto has already 16 years old and he was not a brat anymore. He is more matured and power up quite a lot compare when he was 12 years old. Even though he is still a genin (beginner ninja) but his power well exceed jounin (expect). But he lost his friend Uchiha Sasuke to the darkness. Sasuke left Konoha village and planning to get his revenge by killing all of the Konoha villager. Naruto who has no choice has to face Sasuke in order to stop him from destroying Konoha. Naruto and Sasuke had fought before and Sasuke won by a small margin. Naruto still doesn't give up hope to save his friend Sasuke from darkness. His persistence was amazing even though Sasuke trying to kill him, Naruto still want to save him.
Naruto manga is still ongoing. The latest was there is a war between Akatsuki and the world of ninja. It is known Ninja world war 4. This is the new opening song from its anime which showing metaphor relationship between Naruto and Sasuke.
He has companions who are Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi. All 4 of them form Team 7. Ninja usually form a group which usually consists of 4 people when they went out to do mission to the village. This is ninja way to earn cash/income by doing mission which consists of different level from F up to S depending on the difficulty. The missions are diverse from finding lost pets to killing a target. Konoha was one of the biggest village in the Naruto world. The world was divided into several parts that been controlled by respective villages. They always been rival between the villages in order to gain more power and clients. The world of ninja was always stuck with the chain of hate. This is the enemy that Naruto has to face.
The manga has proceed quite a long way. Naruto has already 16 years old and he was not a brat anymore. He is more matured and power up quite a lot compare when he was 12 years old. Even though he is still a genin (beginner ninja) but his power well exceed jounin (expect). But he lost his friend Uchiha Sasuke to the darkness. Sasuke left Konoha village and planning to get his revenge by killing all of the Konoha villager. Naruto who has no choice has to face Sasuke in order to stop him from destroying Konoha. Naruto and Sasuke had fought before and Sasuke won by a small margin. Naruto still doesn't give up hope to save his friend Sasuke from darkness. His persistence was amazing even though Sasuke trying to kill him, Naruto still want to save him.
Naruto manga is still ongoing. The latest was there is a war between Akatsuki and the world of ninja. It is known Ninja world war 4. This is the new opening song from its anime which showing metaphor relationship between Naruto and Sasuke.
Monday, November 15, 2010
The End of OneMange
OneManga.com, the largest source of Manga Scanlations (scans of translated manga) on the internet, is to remove all manga content from their site.
The announcement was made suddenly on Thursday (22 July) on the site homepage, by One Manga's webmaster, Zabi. He mentions the changing stance of publishers on scanlations, and his decision to comply with their wishes.
Just weeks earlier 36 major Japanese manga publishers and several American publishers had formed "a coalition to combat the "rampant and growing problem" of scanlations". Among them are publishing giants Square Enix, Viz media and Tokyopop.
The coalition worries that scanlation sites "now host thousands of pirated titles, earning ad revenue and/or membership dues at creators' expense while simultaneously undermining foreign licensing opportunities and unlawfully cannibalizing legitimate sales."
The coalition has also reportedly threatened legal action against 30 scanlation sites.
Square Enix have announced that it is to launch it's own online manga site in the fall, which will be made available to visitors from North America and France. However, it will not be free as they aim to set up a "paid digital distribution channel" to "better serve the varied needs of its global customers". Square Enix is best known for the popular game series Final Fantasy.
One Manga has been listed #935 in Google's 1000 most-visited sites, which sourced its data in May of this year. It states that One Manga received 4.2 million unique visitors and 1.1 billion page views that month.
So is this the end of One Manga? Unlikely. Though the site will no longer offer visitors the translated scans which made them so popular, they do already have a thriving community forum with over 100,000 members. They are also ranked very highly in many google search results, which offers massive potential to develop a site aimed at the same target audience.
The announcement was made suddenly on Thursday (22 July) on the site homepage, by One Manga's webmaster, Zabi. He mentions the changing stance of publishers on scanlations, and his decision to comply with their wishes.
Just weeks earlier 36 major Japanese manga publishers and several American publishers had formed "a coalition to combat the "rampant and growing problem" of scanlations". Among them are publishing giants Square Enix, Viz media and Tokyopop.
The coalition worries that scanlation sites "now host thousands of pirated titles, earning ad revenue and/or membership dues at creators' expense while simultaneously undermining foreign licensing opportunities and unlawfully cannibalizing legitimate sales."
The coalition has also reportedly threatened legal action against 30 scanlation sites.
Square Enix have announced that it is to launch it's own online manga site in the fall, which will be made available to visitors from North America and France. However, it will not be free as they aim to set up a "paid digital distribution channel" to "better serve the varied needs of its global customers". Square Enix is best known for the popular game series Final Fantasy.
One Manga has been listed #935 in Google's 1000 most-visited sites, which sourced its data in May of this year. It states that One Manga received 4.2 million unique visitors and 1.1 billion page views that month.
So is this the end of One Manga? Unlikely. Though the site will no longer offer visitors the translated scans which made them so popular, they do already have a thriving community forum with over 100,000 members. They are also ranked very highly in many google search results, which offers massive potential to develop a site aimed at the same target audience.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Baby Steps Manga
Maruo Eiichirou is a honor student who is called as ‘all A student’ since in elementary school. Now, he is called E-chan from his school and he is 15 years old. He is a perfectionist who doesn’t allow any mistake or off the book.The heroine is Takazaki Natsu who is quite cute and energetic girl. She accidently know Maruo by borrowing his history book for reference. Her first thought about Maruo is that he is weird (>.<) and total freak. But, soon she changes her mind as the story move on.
Maruo was forced by his mother to check on tennis center since he said he want to exercise a little bit. There he meet Natsu and try first hand the tennis center training. At first, he hesitated to enter but when he heard that Natsu enjoy playing tennis, he beginning to question on why he study so hard; is it fun? Is it important?
So, he decided to try and join the tennis center and thus begin the journey to become a pro tennis player.
Maruo was forced by his mother to check on tennis center since he said he want to exercise a little bit. There he meet Natsu and try first hand the tennis center training. At first, he hesitated to enter but when he heard that Natsu enjoy playing tennis, he beginning to question on why he study so hard; is it fun? Is it important?
So, he decided to try and join the tennis center and thus begin the journey to become a pro tennis player.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
When Japanese author Tite Kubo created the popular manga Bleach, he would never have imagined the immense popularity the comic would receive. Bleach is the story of a 15 year old teenager named Ichigo Kurosaki who soon finds himself as a soul reaper, someone who fight evil spirits known as hollows. For many popular anime cartoons, the first season can be a little slow and dull, as they have to introduce the characters and story. However,with Bleach, the show starts off with a bang and continues to entertain all through the first season.
In the first three episodes of the popular anime, we are introduced to Ichigo Kurosaki, his crazy dad, and his two sisters. Ichigo one days sees a hollow attacking a young girl and attempts to save it. During this a woman starts to fight the hollow and attempts to destroy it. We later find out the girl is named Rukia and is a soul reaper. After the fight a hollow comes to Ichigo's house and during the fight Rukia is injured, however, Ichigo gains her powers and is successful in subduing the monster.
Later in the series, we are introduced to more characters such as Orihime, a slow but beautiful red headed girl who is very sensitive to spirits in the other world. Also, the show introduces Chad, a tough guy who also can sense evil spirits.
By the end of the first season of Bleach, the show has covered a lot of ground, but is still packed with action. The fights in the show really take off around episode eighteen and Ichigo's weapon soon becomes even more powerful. Bleach is highly recommended and the first season while great, is just the beginning of the adventure.
In the first three episodes of the popular anime, we are introduced to Ichigo Kurosaki, his crazy dad, and his two sisters. Ichigo one days sees a hollow attacking a young girl and attempts to save it. During this a woman starts to fight the hollow and attempts to destroy it. We later find out the girl is named Rukia and is a soul reaper. After the fight a hollow comes to Ichigo's house and during the fight Rukia is injured, however, Ichigo gains her powers and is successful in subduing the monster.
Later in the series, we are introduced to more characters such as Orihime, a slow but beautiful red headed girl who is very sensitive to spirits in the other world. Also, the show introduces Chad, a tough guy who also can sense evil spirits.
By the end of the first season of Bleach, the show has covered a lot of ground, but is still packed with action. The fights in the show really take off around episode eighteen and Ichigo's weapon soon becomes even more powerful. Bleach is highly recommended and the first season while great, is just the beginning of the adventure.
Anime Naruto
Naruto is an anime and manga series created by Masashi Kishimoto centered around a loud, hyperactive, young ninja who is in a constant search for both approval and recognition, and with a great aspiration to become Hokage. First published as a manga series in Japan by Shueisha in the 43rd issue of Shonen Jump magazine in November 1999, the Naruto series has risen in popularity exponentially and has since been licensed in the USA (becoming VIZ Media's top selling title) and nearly two dozen other countries, with the anime series currently airing in 18 countries.
Twelve years before the start of the series, a Kyuubi (nine-tailed fox demon) attacked the Hidden Leaf Village. A swing of one of it's mighty tails could raise tsunamis and flatten mountains, chaos reigned throughout the village as it killed many people, until the leader of the Leaf, the Fourth Hokage, defeated it by sacrificing his own life to seal the demon inside a new born child, that child is Uzumaki Naruto.
The Fourth Hokage would forever be celebrated as a hero for sealing the Kyuubi and saving the entire village. It was his wish that Naruto would also be respected in the same way he would be, however, this was not the case. Everybody in the village avoided Naruto, regarding him as nothing more than the evil demon fox. The Third Hokage made it a rule within the village that other villagers were forbidden from mentioning this event to anyone, even their own children, however because of the way their parents treated Naruto, they mistreated him as well throughout most of his childhood.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Naruto Manga
In a concealed village, a young man hides within a bunch of leaves. His name is Uzumaki Naruto, a mischievous boy attending Ninja Academy.
Naruto was born on October 10th to Minato Namikaze the Fourth Hokage, and Kushina Uzumaki a ninja from the former Whirlpool Country, and was named after the lead character in Jiraiya's book. As a newborn infant, the nine-tailed demon fox, which had attacked the village of Konoha, was sealed within Naruto's body by his father.
Everyday, he does nothing but cause mischief and making Iruka-sensei mad. And above all, it's doubtful that he'll be able to graduate from the Academy. But Naruto has a dream... A dream that he'll become the head of the Ninja village, following Hokage and will become the best ninja around.
Despite the Fourth Hokage's wish that Naruto be seen as a hero who contained the demon, the villagers of Konoha harbored a fierce hatred for the young child, since he bore the spirit of the demon who decimated their once peaceful village. Naruto wasn't even aware of the presence of the demonic entity inside him until he was twelve years old, leaving him confused for most of his childhood about why the villagers of Konoha hated him so much.
However, all the adults in the village give Naruto cold looks. The truth is, Naruto has a secret about his birth. 12 years ago, "Kyuubi no Youko" (Nine Tailed Fox - A kind of evil spirit who tormented the village, was sealed within Naruto's body who was, at the time, a baby. The head of the academy, Mizuki, uses Naruto to steal the "Fuujin Scrolls" and makes Naruto understand his past. Naruto is outraged.
Fortunately, Naruto was befriended by his compassionate ninja instructor, a Chunin named Iruka Umino. Though Iruka's own parents perished at the hands of the demon fox, Iruka didn't blame Naruto for their deaths. Instead, Iruka accepted Naruto and empathized with the boy's desire to be accepted, since he too once had the same desire. He may have been the first person to believe in Naruto, and has made a lasting impact on Naruto himself. It is through Iruka's presence as Naruto's only family figure that Naruto learns to overcome his sadness.
Even with Iruka's help, Naruto just barely defeats Mizuki. Knowing Naruto's secret, Iruka knows Naruto will meet someone who'll help him and so, makes a decision. Naruto is allowed to graduate safely from Ninja Academy. Along with his classmates, Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura together, they make their first step as Ninjas!
Naruto was born on October 10th to Minato Namikaze the Fourth Hokage, and Kushina Uzumaki a ninja from the former Whirlpool Country, and was named after the lead character in Jiraiya's book. As a newborn infant, the nine-tailed demon fox, which had attacked the village of Konoha, was sealed within Naruto's body by his father.
Everyday, he does nothing but cause mischief and making Iruka-sensei mad. And above all, it's doubtful that he'll be able to graduate from the Academy. But Naruto has a dream... A dream that he'll become the head of the Ninja village, following Hokage and will become the best ninja around.
Despite the Fourth Hokage's wish that Naruto be seen as a hero who contained the demon, the villagers of Konoha harbored a fierce hatred for the young child, since he bore the spirit of the demon who decimated their once peaceful village. Naruto wasn't even aware of the presence of the demonic entity inside him until he was twelve years old, leaving him confused for most of his childhood about why the villagers of Konoha hated him so much.
However, all the adults in the village give Naruto cold looks. The truth is, Naruto has a secret about his birth. 12 years ago, "Kyuubi no Youko" (Nine Tailed Fox - A kind of evil spirit who tormented the village, was sealed within Naruto's body who was, at the time, a baby. The head of the academy, Mizuki, uses Naruto to steal the "Fuujin Scrolls" and makes Naruto understand his past. Naruto is outraged.
Fortunately, Naruto was befriended by his compassionate ninja instructor, a Chunin named Iruka Umino. Though Iruka's own parents perished at the hands of the demon fox, Iruka didn't blame Naruto for their deaths. Instead, Iruka accepted Naruto and empathized with the boy's desire to be accepted, since he too once had the same desire. He may have been the first person to believe in Naruto, and has made a lasting impact on Naruto himself. It is through Iruka's presence as Naruto's only family figure that Naruto learns to overcome his sadness.
Even with Iruka's help, Naruto just barely defeats Mizuki. Knowing Naruto's secret, Iruka knows Naruto will meet someone who'll help him and so, makes a decision. Naruto is allowed to graduate safely from Ninja Academy. Along with his classmates, Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura together, they make their first step as Ninjas!
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