"That's the first time someone passed with a blank exam paper."
Well, I couldn't get anywhere with that one Naruto ep that keeps freezing, so I had to --*gasp shock horror (which it is)*-- skip the rest of the ep. And I despise having to miss out on any part of an episode. Forunately, I do believe I have that very same section, manga wise, in a Shonen Jump I picked up a month or two ago.

So I'm on the Chuunin Second Exam. I know it's supposed to be all extreme and stuff, what with training to be ninjas and facing potential death situations in the field, but do the examiners (or plot writers, for that matter) really expect the students to kill each other just to pass? Apparentally so--one team got devoured by large leeches. And they didn't just happen to fall into the nest, oh no; another team purposely planted a trap to lure the first team in. Geez...no room for error here.

I haven't really had any complaints about Naruto besides that. The music is still beyond awesome and if I could get ahold of the soundtrack for it, I would. The way they combine traditional Japanese instruments with techno and electric guitar is just... Well, let's just say this little music-lover is happy.

Naruto #29 with creepy Naga-esque dude continues tomorrow. I've never seen no-emotion Sasuke so incredibly freaked out and terrified before. Kind of scary.

And that's the mark of a good anime/comic/story: when you come to "know" the characters as well as your own friends. ^^

*wonders if she could learn Naruto's Seduction Transformation Technique* Heee! I'd use it whenever I don't get my way. ;p

While I was wrapping up #28
I stumbled across the Trigun and FFX AMVs I had picked up last year. That was a lot of fun and
MISTRESS BAKA!!! That was still the most outrageously awesomest AMV of Auron I have ever seen (she made it for my b-day last year, and that, among others of hers, can be found here, under the Music Video link; shameless promoting, darlin', but you deserve it. ^_~ Seriously, you do--you have a talent for it.).

I'm missing my Trigun "Five Second Song". Someone's gonna hurt for this.

Happy Early American Independence Day! Happy Belated Free Comic Day! And um...Ginny needs to go to bed now. *POOF!*