Pleased as punch

Bleach 110! It's been forever since I've watch Bleach...well, it's been forever since they've not had a filler. They should've taken a break and done the series as Tsubasa did. Nonetheless, the anime is sorta back on track with the manga.



Ichigo and pals are back from summer break to find a new student, Shinji Hirako, in their class. Ichigo still fights the occasional Hollow and Ishida still does not have his full Quincy powers. During one Hollow fight, Hirako appears and introduced himself to Ichigo as a Vaizard. He wants to recruit Ichigo. Meanwhile, Ishida is found fighting Hollows with bits of spiritual power he hides in his shirt *ah, open shirt*. His father comes to lend a hand. This episode was a refreshing return to action-packed shonen fun. I hope that the anime does not try to unnecessarily stretch out the manga plot to try and make the rest of the anime last for another 10 years.

Death Note was licensed by Viz who will release it fansubber style. (ie. subtitled & downloadable) Let's see what fun restrictions they think up.

Enter, the other girl...

Hana Yori Dango S2 2! Domyoji's mother announces Shigeru as his fiancee. Of course, the initial feeling is 'How dare Shigeru get close to Domyoji! Makino and Domyoji are OTP!' BUT, I sorta remembered her being a likable character in the manga...and then I had to dig through the manga to find out why. *spoilers* She, like Sakurako, had one or two 'slut' moments in the manga, but was basically a fun character after seeing the error of her ways.



Highlights of episode two include Domyoji's reaction to getting his ear bit and Akira & Sojirou's date with Shigeru. Can't wait to see Akira's twin sisters who were very cute in the manga (Chiho and Chise were probably derived from them). Anyway, this part had a bit of shoujo schmuck and tears, but the mangaka balanced it out with the supporting cast & comedy and the director is able to do the same. I hope Sojirou's story gets told.

FYI: Both the insane Arashi fan and Sars's subs have typos. Sars tend to use better sentence structure, but they also use darn ugly fonts. *le sigh*