Dear fellow Naruto fans,
As you know, the manga has just concluded. Now, I'm going to be blunt and say this: PLEASE DON'T SPOIL THE ENDING!!!!!! That means, don't post fan works with the ending given away in the titles. Don't go blogging about the ending without spoiler warnings. See my post on "R.I.P. So-And-So" for details.
I highly doubt this will nip some fans' disregard for courteousness in the bud. Still, should I see anything related to what I just asked fans not to do, I will post a link in the offenders' respective comment boxes. I really hope I don't have to do that.
Fellow fans, all I'm asking is to be considerate of those of us who don't read illegal manga scans-- or read the manga at all and just watch the anime. I know how dearly many of you love the series. Just please show some restraint when talking about the conclusion or making tribute fan works.
Thank you.
Keba Si Rota
My back is much better, and I'll be going to my parents' tomorrow. In short I CAN SCAN THOSE SIX PRIZES! And I can digitally color them too.
Now that that's settled, I want to work on some traditional and digital art simultaneously. I might not get the new OC one done in time, and I already missed the Pokemon Trainer Challenge, but I intend to draw pictures of those anyway. Although I haven't started, I do want to work on art for three more Challenges. I already have something in mind for two, and I hope I get inspiration for the third. Finally, I have that digital drawing that I've been meaning to complete for the longest time. All I have left is the shading and highlights.
I want to do a livestream so bad, but it seems like no one is on. That makes me sad.
In other news, I've been doing "research" for my new story. Basically I just Googled "mythological creatures" and found a wiki dedicated to that. I did learn some things from it. What I thought was a werewolf was actually called a lycan. I'm going to call the fairies in my story "sprites" instead. The three main characters will be elves, although I know it's cliche. Now I just need names for them all. *Sigh.*
Oh, yeah! I'm reading a new manga. You won't believe what it is. I'll draw some fan art of it soon.
I'm also thinking of making a post about "stigmatized" manga and anime series. I usually limit my K.A.A.M.P. posts to one per day, so you might see this tomorrow.
I have spoiled myself to death with Naruto. Every week or so, I go on Leaf Ninja and click on the little manga spoiler updates. Then I read the poorly written fan reactions. Lately, there haven't been many fan comments on the main pages, so I went to the forums. I learned some big news on those forums: Naruto is ending this fall.
Do I believe it? Yeah. From reading the manga synopses, it doesn't seem that it can go on much longer. Besides, I think the fans are losing interest. After all, comments on Leaf Ninja are few and far between. Even the guy running the site hasn't done much updating.
Personally, I think it's time for Naruto to end. It wore out its welcome some years ago. My own interest declined towards the end of the Pain arc. Now I'm over 100 episodes behind in the series, stuck somewhere in a repetitive filler arc.
For those wondering, I don't read the manga due to the inconsistencies in the translation. I'm not fond of fan translations (which are more like transliterations) either 'cause they're illegal. Heck, I find most action manga hard to follow anyway.
I still consider myself a Naruto fan, though nowhere near as hard core as I used to be. After all, it was my favorite anime at one point. Still, I think it's time to let go. I have every intention to finish the series, filler arcs and all. Then I'll have some closure. I'll remember the good times when the characters dreamed of achieving great things, when Naruto wasn't all-powerful, and when the dead characters didn't come back to life.
I still wonder if Naruto will officially advance in ninja rank after all this time. And I still wonder whom each character will wind up with romantically. I guess those answers won't be too far away.
I was skimming through my copy of the Azumanga Daioh omnibus just now and I noticed something. In just about every one of Chiyo's speech bubbles, the text is formatted in a different font. At first, it's the same font as everyone else's speech bubbles, but after the "special" where the girls find the abandoned kitty, the font that Chiyo's speech bubbles are formatted in looks more intense than the others. Does anyone know why this is?
Here's a list of the anime and manga series that I have watched or read. I will divide the list into various sub-categories.
MANGA
Manga that I am currently reading:
Death Note
Manga that I intend to read:
Fushigi Yugi
Fullmetal Alchemist
ANIME
Anime that I am currently watching:
Naruto Shipuden
Anime that I have finished watching:
Death Note
Naruto
FLCL
Anime that I started watching some time ago but intend to finish:
Azumanga Daioh
Inuyasha
Sailor Moon
Anime that I have seen bits and pieces of and intend to watch episodes in order:
Trigun
Cowboy Bebop
Robotech
Tenchi Muyo
Yu Yu Hakusho
Ruroni Kenshin
Anime that I have seen bits and pieces of and don't intend to pursue anymore:
Dragonball
Dragonball Z
Cardcaptor Sakura (AKA Cardcaptors)
Pokemon
Hamtaro
Digimon
Voltron
Anime that I want to watch:
Fullmetal Alchemist
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Inuyasha: The Final Act (I forgot what the Japanese title is.)
Hetalia
Trinity Blood
Wolf's Rain
One Piece
Samurai Champloo
(I know that there are more out there that I've seen an episode or two of and/or want to see, but I just can't remember the names.)
Movies that I have seen:
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Movies that I want to see:
Paprika
Metropolis
Looking over my list, I see how anime/manga-illiterate I am. Most of the series that I have seen and want to see are pretty mainstream. And of course, the ones I want to see outnumber the ones I have seen. Boy, I've got a lot of work to do.
