Are they trying to fucking kill us?
When I saw Zabuza and Haku, I paused the file and started to cry. Christ.
What an interesting parallel between them and Orochimaru and Kimimaru. I like Kimimaru so much, even though his power is so dorky. His eyes are so sad. I wish we'd got to know him earlier.
And when Naruto was walking over the water and his reflection was Sasuke -- wow, brilliant. The show is just getting better and better.
I think I'm almost, almost at a place where I could ship Naruto and Sasuke. I never could before. I think I'll have to wait until their fight is over to know for sure.
When I first watched Naruto, I almost gave up on it after two episodes. It seemed like a stupid show for eight year olds. But the thing that made me think there might be something more there was the first ending theme, Wind by Akeboshi, and the lovely, wistful animation that accompanied it. There was such sadness and longing in it and so I thought that maybe that would come out in the show eventually. And it did. I'm glad I stuck with it.
And the promo at the end for the Emotional Last Episode of tenipuri. *sigh* I'm still not ready.
I know how you feel.
The "Wind" animation kills me. "Naruto" does loneliness better than anything else.
Zabuza and Haku? Oh, my god, my heart.
Exactly. I'm still sad. *sigh*
And prince of tennis is ending? I'm so out of touch with the fandom, I didn't even know it was coming up.
And prince of tennis is ending?
Yes, this week's episode is the last. They're not even to nationals yet. The manga is ongoing though. I must start getting the scanlations now somehow. And hopefully there will be OVAs.
It's been the wierdest thing -- rumours upon rumours for a few months, but nothing confirmed until week or two ago. And other, even stranger rumours about TV Tokyo saying that if the series *was* ending, it was the fault of the fangirls for pissing off the sponsors or some such. Nobody seems to know the right of it.
The last three weeks have been the most insane TezuFuji fanservice retcon, which I found a little disturbing, given my TezuRyo OTP-ness.
I can kinda understand where you are with shipping Sasuke and Naruto... it's a bit of a Xeno's pardox thingy with me as well. (wonder how it'll go when I actually catch up in the manga to where they are in the anime...)
Re Sasuke and Naruto, I needed them to grow up a little. (And I'm not sure how old they are now, but weren't they around 11 or 12 when the series started?) I think they're almost there.
So. I finished all there is so far of the manga.
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Be interested to hear your thoughts on this arc when the anime finishes it.
That moment where Zabuza and Haku showed up nearly killed me, too. I MISS Haku!
I love Naruto and Sasuke together, especially since
Though the anime is about to catch up to the manga, and I'm not sure what's going to happen at that point. o.O
And... you don't mean LAST last episode of Tenipuri, surely? *wibbles* But... but I'm only about ten episodes behind, and they haven't even STARTED the Nationals yet, how can the show almost be OVER???
And when I say LAST, I mean LAST. *sniff* And, no, they're not at Nationals yet. We can only hope for an OVA. Of course the manga is ongoing -- I really need to figure out where I can start getting the scanlations.
Like I said to zero_sleep above, it's been so strange -- all rumours about the show ending, no confirmation until just a few weeks ago.