Pros and Cons of Manga

Whew, it's been baking hot lately, and I've hardly had any time for my fandom, but I bring an update anyway.

**Chapter 316 Spoilers**

Not much to say on this chapter, because not much happened. The answer of Yamato's unique chakra nature was explained, Naruto began his Wind nature training with some quick results, and Asuma and Shikamaru had a freaky coversation over a game of Shogi.

I wonder who/what the "King" he was referring to is. Asuma is really starting to bug me with all this enigmatic crap. Why doesn't he just come right out and say it? "Konoha is King", or something clichéd like that.

I find it odd that for the first stage of his training, Naruto is ripping up leaves. He's tearing up the symbol of Konoha! Geez, I'm starting to sound like a crazy religious person... And am I the only one who has a weird feeling about Yamato helping Naruto suppress Kyuubi? It's like they're expecting something to happen with Kyuubi.

What caught my attention in this chapter wasn't actually a part of the chapter! It's the next chapter (or perhaps what's to come soon) "The Start of a Nightmare"-

This was taken from the final page of 316

It's not only in this Scanlation. In another Translation it says pretty much the same thing, but in greater detail:

Next time's Naruto is a violent commemorational presentation!!
The colored front page opens to "The Start of a Nightmare"!!
(Source)

God, I hope the next chapter is more entertaining than this one. Knowing Kishimoto, something huge will happen all of a sudden. At least I hope so. "The Start of a Nightmare" could mean we'd get a whole arc dedicated to Sumaru and Star Village. I seriously can't imagine the manga going to a worse hell than that.

**End of Spoilers**

I've been saving up the icons I've been making, but now I feel it's time to share them. Heh heh!

These icons are 150x150:

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The chibi Naruto was drawn by my good friend Sasha (who I've been neglecting lately due to my hot and busy days). Be sure to check out Sasha's deviantART gallery, she specialises in the utterly adorable! ^^

The next three icons are 100x100:

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So I've been hearing a lot about the end of fillers lately. Yes, I mean apart from the usual "EVIEDNCE fillerz r gong 2 end soon!!!!1!!11!!one" threads. I know it's tedious. Heck, I hate talking about the fillers, seeing as I don't even watch them anymore. I feel that I have better things to do with my time than watch my favourite show get its head flushed down the toilet once a week.

-_-;;

However, with the coming of the 3rd Naruto Movie on August 5th, fillers stand a good chance of finally ending. People were already predicting that they may end by the 200th episode, and now it seems that with the release of the movie at around that time, it may be the end of these terrible fillers. Though I don't dare to hope. I'm quite sure that fillers could go on for a few more years yet. After all, the makers of the anime seem to be having some kind of twisted, sadistic fun.

Well, at least we have the manga. I just feel sorry for those stubborn bastards who refuse to read it. There are certainly benefits to reading the manga.
But to be fair I've listed the pros and cons of the manga.

Pros:

• Don't have to wait until 2069 for fillers to end
• No boring filler arcs
• No drawn-out death-glaring scenes
• Characters look much better
• The story is more direct and to-the-point
• The story is totally canon (unlike the anime)

Cons:

• No colour
• No smexy Japanese voices
• Fight scenes can sometimes be hard to follow
• Lack of dramatic music
• AMVs can't be made from just manga
  

So you see, it's good to read the manga first, then watch your favourite chapters come to life in colour and sound later on, when the anime catches up.

On another note; Naruto is coming to the UK tomorrow. The English dubbed episodes will be on Jetix (formerly Fox Kids), not Toonami. Personally, I don't think I'll be watching it, though I'm making sure that my younger brother gets to see it. The good thing about Naruto airing in the UK is that it will bring Naruto merchandise here too. I'd really like to buy a few things.

I don't want much!

Sorry this update is so late. I've been in town all day, and last night I was too tired to write much. Hopefully next week's update will be quicker. Have a nice week! ^^