Thread:Epzilon/@comment-4326112-20130409223233/@comment-4326112-20130409234654

I beat most of the Story Mode on S-Rank. It was only on Sasuke's missions and the final two battles that I could only get an A-Rank at best because of how hard those two were XP I'm going to replay with Hero Mode though, just to see how it goes :3

I'm liking both series immensely.

Naruto: I can understand where you're coming from on the issue of Naruto. If Kubo was going to take his time in telling a story through Hashirama, I wish he would be a little more indepth than what Kabuto's backstory was. I mean seriously, we were hearing about Kabuto's backstory FOREVER >.> but I liked it all the same :>

Now...we can't really see how Madara's brother and him interacted with each other because we didn't really have THAT much time to cover all aspects. It would be way too much to cover in the end. But I would've appreciated to see more personality traits from Izuna, and see if there was any similarities to him being like Sasuke or Itachi. Then again, this IS Hashirama's story. He's only talking about the relationship between himself and Madara, his ideals of what a Shinobi really is, the legacy of the Hidden Leaf, and his ultimate sacrifice. He can't sit there and talk about other people's sibblings as it would serve no purpose, but he did speak of their relationship being stronger than Itachi's to Sasuke's, so at least we got a hint.

As for the final blow at the end of the battle...I thought it was a good example of his skills even when left with little to no Chakra. Substitution has been the "Ninja" trademark for any skilled Shinobi, so I liked it, and the fact he attacked from behind just showed how much better he is in comparison to Madara.

All in all, Naruto has got me hyped and I can't wait to see what's coming next. :)

Bleach: Now this is a big surprise. I'm liking how we're delving into Isshin's backstory and how he was originally the superior of Rangiku and Toshiro. Made a nice connection and all. This fight with the Black Hollow was just...AWESOME! I like how Aizen trolls us once again, letting us know that he had a hand in almost every occurance to our two protagonist parents.

I'm curious what Ryuken meant by Spirit Particle Armor. I wonder if he would be the only one to detect Aizen and his two lackeys and try to take the fight to them, or what's going to occur now. Masaki is just a cute badass in my opinion. It also showed how she got the "infection" that is the Fullbring powers for Ichigo and the Hollow powers dwelling within Ichigo's to-be Soul Reaper powers.

Bleach once again has my full undivided attention, and for that, I'm glad Kubo is taking his time in producing interesting and awesome panels once again.