Reviews

This episode...is not very good. And it sucks because i know a lot of people are getting hung up on the omni man cliffhanger...but everything before that is SO BORING. Half the episode is a plot about Alvin the Alien, which is cute but its not as if he's a mega fan favorite or anything. It kind of feels like the writers are overestimating how much show-only fans like this character. The purpose of his section is some pretty good worldbuilding and some minor development in the Viltrumite plot. Then you have Debbie going to group therapy and Mark being in college. And its not like any of the ideas are bad but the issue is that the pacing is just atrocious... Why do the scenes drag so much? I still like this show but I'm starting to feel like not every episode needs to be 40 something minutes. There are like 15 minutes of mandatory material in this entire episode, and so many scenes are just characters talking and talking about stuff that doesn't matter at all.

If it were up to me, I might say put the Alvin part of the episode second and the normal Earth stuff first (outside of the end of that section), but also make the earth stuff shorter or at least more substantial. Alternatively, you can just start the episode with Allen and cut out the college stuff in the beginning and have the earth stuff as the second half, and that's a 35-minute episode. And it's not even that I'd remove any scenes per se it's that a lot of these scenes just feel too long. Compare to this to season 1, where the pacing felt mostly airtight and the Omni-man mystery was a ticking time bomb.

I had similar complaints for episode 2 but this was way, way worse. Mind you, I don't read the comics, so I'm talking purely from a show-only perspective, and I'm still a fan of the show, but this episode was not it...at all. And just because this episode ends in a way that has me excited for the next one, doesn't mean this episode gets a pass. This episode has an 8.6 right now so I guess most people don't feel this way idk or they're excited about the cliffhanger.

In summary, I still like this show, and the next episode could be a 10/10, but it still wouldn't change the fact that this is episode has bad pacing and is easily the worst episode in the entire series so far by a significant margin. I wouldn't even remove anything from it per se, I would just make the scene direction and editing snappier.

This film is a good movie hiding under a bad one, It has really good acting, good chemistry from the leads, great cinematography and an interesting set up., There is a good movie in here somewhere, but it's held back by insufficient worldbuilding, action scenes that are completely skipped over, and, most irritatingly, lack of agency/importance for Sam, the baby daddy. Like I get he's not the main character, but I honestly don't get why he was given so little to do. He has no agency and *SPOILERS his ***** isn't even on screen?! Why?? His entire character feels like an afterthought (he's not even on the poster lmao) With a bigger budget and a stronger script, this movie could have easily been decent. And the issue isn't that people didn't "understand it", because like I said, I see the vision, but the execution was disappointing. No hate to the people who made it though, there's things I liked about it. I wouldn't even mind if this film was remade....

This film is hands down the greatest Naruto movie ever... or at least yet. And that is saying something since I can't say how many Naruto movies are definitely better than the previous. Not that many. And take note, I was a pretty serious Narusaku fan, which should say something too. I'm a say what I liked about this movie. 1. Animation: As far as the Naruto anime goes, I agree with a quote saying that it's sort of a mixed bag. It's good and sometimes average and sometimes just off. The art and animations of this movie make this the most appealing thing ever to come out for Naruto under Studio Pierrot. It is beautiful, to say the least. Not just among Naruto movies but Anime movies as well. It's also quite colorful. 2. Characters: This movie takes place of course within the Naruto universe but it is especially interesting because the events take place two years following the end of the main series, besides the epilogue, so after the war. We get to see a number of our favorite character nostalgically go on a mission again. It's nice to see them in action again especially if you're a Naruto fan and liked them before. Especially the protagonist himself. The title, The Last also connotes how this movie is The Last stage of trials which mainly concern Naruto and the final stage of his maturity as we get to see him truly become a man in more than just his skills as a shinobi as he finally confronts his feelings towards Hinata, who has had feelings for him since they were kids. And Sakura was great. Warning: Not all that much of Sasuke and Kakashi. 3. Sound: The music in this movie is at least, really good and refined from the original soundtrack plus more. It touches different people in different ways ranging from Great to Tear- jerking. I was closer to the latter. 4. Action: Action was fantastic, especially if you're a sucker for fast paced punches and kicks, jutsu powers and explosions. It's also nice to see how much stronger favorite characters have gotten over the two years, especially Naruto with his new right arm. There probably weren't as many fight scenes as in other Naruto movies, but their were enough. And whenever there were, the studio made sure the characters absolutely KILLED IT. 5. Plot: This movie has a more solid plot than all Naruto films before it by a longshot. Because it's the first one ever to be canonically situated in the plot of the main Naruto story. I'll get to the romantic stuff in a bit, but for now I'm mainly talking about the conflict. The moon is crashing down to Earth and the ninja world must act to save themselves. Most importantly, there's no around Naruto and Hinata's relationship in the story. This movie got me understand NH and accept it more easily. It's also much a needed wrap up for their relationship. Another uncommon plus to it is that even viewers who are unfamiliar with the Naruto story will understand and be able to follow this film, since it tends to all the relevant points with references and/or flashbacks. Conclusion: In every main and standard aspect of this move criticizable, The Last: Naruto The Movie does a stupendous job. It is stunning,kinda funny for a newcomer, hilarious for a fan of the series, dramatic, has a bunch of epic scenes, and most importantly, it is profound. Profound uniquely so for a Shonen Anime Movie. Whether you are a new to Naruto, or you too go way back, and regardless of who you wanted Naruto, or any of the characters, to end up with. Go watch this movie if you haven't. You might even learn something, ya know. 10/10

Naruto Shippūden The Movie: Bonds was a very hyped up movie because of the rogue ninja himself, Sasuke. To be honest, it was an enjoyable film, but not one I can necessarily rave that much about, so this won't be long.

All chaos breaks loose at Naruto's home village, Konoha at the hands of the Sky Ninja. The movie is basically about a mini war between Leaf and Sky. Also, Naruto, Sakura and Hinata are sent on a mission to a village and meat a girl and her sensei. So that's the main plot. The title of the film generally matches the central theme of the film, hence why Sasuke himself makes an appearance, despite having "severed" his bonds" with Naruto, Sakura and Konoha. Just in case, hat's not a spoiler by the way, Sasuke is in the film. He plays the typical role of an anti-hero; not on the good side but having a common purpose with it, on Orochimaru's orders.

At the same time, this girl Amaru works on her bond with her sensei, who encourages her dream to become a good doctor, despite her gender. She admires him a lot, as is further shown after countless battles and trials, though she has a tomboyish punk personality and lashes out at Naruto a lot. But as with I think pretty much all Naruto movies, Naruto makes it his personal mission to try and change someone's attitude. Plus, some weird biology seems to keep going on with Amaru and they've gotta find a way to stop or suppress some strange demon called the Reibi, or Zero-Tails. Another issue to add is how Konoha can deal with the airborne attacks of the Sky Ninja.

Animations are decent in this movie, similar to those used in the previous Shippūden film. Action is okay of the most part. This movie also has one of the longest end battles among Naruto movies, possibly depending on weather you count the end as one big fight or two. Mine is not the latter. You get to see some awesome fighting, mostly taijutsu and what Naruto can do against such a dangerous opponent with his own power and will. He emphasizes on the significance of love and bonds. He's pretty rouged up at the end just in appearance as he keeps fighting. I suppose Amaru is in a way an encouragement to young girls who want to be doctors. Jiraiya is a huge influence on all of Naruto's actions in this movie. And we get to see a nostalgic duo that most Naruto fans have been dying to see fight side by side.

So overall, action was okay I guess but got really awesome at the end, animations were decent, plot was well done but not phenomenal. If you exclude the central themes that is, every Naruto movie has a theme...still unsure about Blood Prison's theme, but I'll figure it out and you'll see when I review it!. Here, it is bonds, which is also a fairly big theme in the canon plot of Naruto. I wish I could give my score in decimals, not sure how to yet, but whatever. I give this film a review of 9/10...more or less!

Among anime series or Shonen series, Bleach is an epically interesting anime about 15-17 year old young man that has the curious ability to see ghosts. because of this, she sees a Soul Reaper on a mission named Rukia.(Their job is to either help the dead pass on to the afterlife, or vanquish evil souls called Hollows with swords called Zanpakuto. Long Story short, Rukia saves Ichigo from an attacking Hollow with her powers and gets pretty injured. Unable to fight, Rukia asks Ichigo to take her powers and save his family, which he agrees to do. Ichigo from then on became known as The Substitute Soul Reaper. The show basically revolves around him trying to balance his secret life as a basically Stand-In Grim Reaper and his average high school life. While Rukia regains her powers, it's up to Ichigo to save lives and help the dead move on. It's a tough job that he didn't bargain for at first, but he later chooses he wants to protect people, and executes his duties as a Substitute. Now don't get fooled, the story changes pace as you go on. Spoilers, but we find out that what "Team Substitiute" did was forbidden. The story goes from normal adventures to a more serious battle to save Rukia from execution at the hands of Soul Society, the place where Soul Reapers come from. They mean well, but when the i$h hits the fan, Ichigo doesn't care. He meets a bunch of friends in his class with strange powers of their own and they team up to rescue Rukia in The Soul Society Arc. Bleach is a great anime, but honestly, it has a plot I can't explain or even tell enough in just a few paragraphs. Unlike most other anime, Bleach is a story in which the main character has no one specific goal he must achieve. It's not bad, just different.

The action in Bleach is phenomenal and EPIC(bait gory though)!! If action anime is what you want, you'll love this anime. Bleach gives us some of the most epic scenes with Ichigo. He's not okay with the heartless way things work in Soul Society and shows everyone that even though he's just human, he became one of the most powerful and dangerous Soul Reapers of all time! You'll learn to love the dynamic of the main characters and their abilities. One annoying thing is that the characters, especially Ichigo, tend to get a crazy power-up every single arc, which gets Super annoying at times. The animations of the show are fantastic most times and make fights beautiful. Music is also pretty fresh and helps a lot to hype up intense moments in the anime. All anime have issues with fillers, but another issue with Bleach is that it's fillers don't even fit in the canon plot of the series, like returning characters who are supposed to be gone like Rukia in The Bount Arc. Plus, most of it's filler arcs aren't that entertaining and appear when the canon story is really intense. You also have to consider that the story is almost a knock-off of YuYu Hakusho. They both have a notorious but average high-school kid that can fight and they get involved with spirits and get jobs dealing with them. But I can't say it totally copied though, because it has a lot of awesome original content itself.

Another thing you gotta love about Bleach is the dynamic and relationship between characters. Ichigo cares deeply for each of his friends, especially his main gang of five, and oddly, he has a pretty awesome back-story with each of them, like Sado(or Chad), who fight for each other's backs and Orehime, a pretty beautiful girl in his grade that has a crush on Ichigo. There's also Uryū, the Quincy( a near extinct race of people who kill hollows that rival Soul Reapers) who has a rival-type bond with him. There's a lot of emotion to the series and one thing about Bleach is that of all anime-viewers, it appeals best to high-school teenagers, and maybe those kids and teens that were forced to grow up early cause they lost their mom or dad or maybe both and had to man up. Ichigo's like one of the first non-rambunctious happy-attitude main characters to care so much about his pals, and he's ready to push himself beyond his limits to turn his anger and love into strength, probably why he pulls power-ups out the @$$ all the time.

So over all, Bleach is an Extremely great anime with tons of blade action, hand-to-hand action, a nice but repeatedly shifting plot, a wide variety of characters, a stupid amount of confusing names and facts for things, not much romance(understandable) and pretty funny!

Name:Bleach Main Character: Ichigo Kurosaki Hair Color: Orange Eye Color: Brown Score: Awesome, Epic and Bad@$$! 9.3/10 or just 9