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Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 47 Review

Episode 47, "Awaken, Legendary Warrior… Son Goku, the Super Saiyan!"

*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis: Before Freeza can finish Piccolo off, Gohan and Kuririn fire ki blasts. Fed up, Freeza decides that he’ll destroy the entire planet. He forms a black ball of ki and flies up into the sky. Goku finishes collecting ki for his Genki Dama, which eclipses Freeza’s ki ball and surprises him. Freeza tries to hold the huge ki ball back, but it overwhelms him, and explodes in a flash of light. Gohan and Kuririn recover from the blast, wondering where Goku and Piccolo are. Piccolo comes out of the water, lifting Goku out. The group reunites, and seemingly victorious, plan to go back to Earth. However, Freeza appears, still very much alive, and angered. He fires a ki blast at Goku that Piccolo takes for him. Then he makes Kuririn explode from within. This enrages Goku, and he transforms, his hair and aura now golden. He faces off with an astonished Freeza. read more

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Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 46 Review

Episode 46, "This is the Last Trump Card! Goku’s Extra-Large Genki-dama"


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Synopsis: Low on strength, Goku is unable to put up any further a fight against Freeza, who toys with him. Gohan wants to help his father, but Piccolo advises against it, as Goku is about to do something. Goku raises his hands to the sky, confusing Freeza, but Kuririn realizes what he’s about to do: create a Genki Dama! Goku uses power from Namek and surrounding planets, while Freeza is unable to figure out what he’s doing. A huge Genki Dama forms in the sky, far bigger than the one Goku made on Earth. Freeza attacks Goku, who continues forming it. Piccolo has Gohan and Kuririn lend him some of their ki so he can distract Freeza long enough for Goku to finish the Genki Dama. Freeza finally sees the Genki Dama and plans to finish Goku off before it’s finished, but Piccolo interrupts. Piccolo tries to hold Freeza off, but nothing he does appears to work. Freeza decides he will kill Piccolo first. read more

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Episode 49 Review

Episode 49, " Familial Love"

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Synopsis: Hohenheim tries to get Alphonse to wake up as Pride detects him and plans to lure him out. Greed takes back control of Ling’s body as the group continues fighting Pride. Alphonse finally wakes up and asks his father to help him in a plan. Back at the fight, Pride is easily overwhelming Edward, Greed, and Ranfan, when Hohenheim shows up. Alphonse runs up behind Pride, but is caught. Pride calls Al foolish, which angers Hohenheim, who springs the plan into action. As Alphonse grabs Pride, Hohenheim uses his power to cause huge chunks of the ground to come up and close around Pride and Alphonse. The plan is revealed to have Pride trapped in total darkness in the giant mound until after the Promised Day. Realzing Pride is out of comission, Greed races towards Central, planning to take over the world. Scar, Marcoh, and their chimera companions meet with homeless folks who inform them of the blowing up of Bradley’s train. Meanwhile, Kimbley kills several Ishbalans in the Central area. Inside the dark mound, Pride tells Alphonse of Mrs. Bradley’s kindness. Scar’s group meets up with Ed’s group and Fu goes ahead to Central. Daylight comes and Edward puts on hs red coat for the Promised Day. In Central, Roy’s rebellion begins. read more

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Episode 06 ENGLISH DUB Review

Episode 6, "Road of Hope"

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Synopsis: Edward and Alphonse head back to their hometown of Risembool, escorted by Alex Louis Armstrong. On their way, they meet Dr. Marcoh, a researcher into the military’s own efforts to create the Philosopher’s Stone, who gives Edward a hint as to where to find his research. In their hometown, Winry and Pinako work on a new automail arm for Ed and adjustments for his leg. They leave with the comfort of knowing they have a place to come back to. read more

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20th Century Boys Movie 2: The Last Hope

20th Century Boys Movie 2: The Last Hope

(Starring: Airi Taira, Haruka Kinami, Etsushi Toyokawa, Teruyuki Kagawa, Naohito Fujiki, Takako Tokiwa, Fumiyo Kohinata, Hitomi Kuroki, Yusuke Santamaria, Mirai Moriyama)

Synopsis (Spoiler Free):

In 2015, the Friend cult has largely taken control of Japan, and controls nearly every facet of society. Kanna Endo (Taira), neice of Kenji Endo (Toshiaki Karasawa) has to endure a society that blames her uncle and his friends for the attack on New Year’s Bloody Eve. At the same time, Kenji’s best friend Otcho (Toyokawa) and a manga artist (Moriyama) break out of prison to stop Kanna from being drawn into the Friends’ clutches. After a series of events involving the Friends-controlled police force, Kanna and another classmate, Kyoko Koizumi (Kinami) search for clues on Friend’s identity at his brainwashing theme park, and encounter Yoshitsune (Kagawa) and a terrifying secret involving Kenji’s group’s childhood. Kanna enlists the help of the Thai and Chinese gangs, as well as others, to try to stop Friend from plunging the world into further darkness. read more

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Episode 05 ENGLISH DUB Review

Episode 5, "Rain of Sorrow"

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Synopsis: The mysterious man, Scar, who kills State Alchemists, targets Edward as he tries to recover from his grief over Nina. Ed and Al flee from the powerful man, and are assisted by Roy, Major Armstrong, Riza, and others, who discover that Scar is an Ishbalan, part of a race that was all but extinguished by the military years earlier. Scar escapes under fire. Ed, his automail arm destroyed, and Alphonse’s armor body damaged, have no choice but to return to Risembool for Winry’s help. read more

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Fullmetal Alchemist Chapter 105 (SPOILERS)

My thoughts on Fullmetal Alchemist Chapter 105:
 


It seems like part of my long-running theory was correct, and part of it was wrong. I did get right that what Hohenheim did all those chapters ago when he spilled part of his Philosopher’s Stone out into the ground was part of his plan to defeat Father, and that he would activate his plan when it seemed Father was unbeatable. However, it was not part of the reverse array after all. The question becomes, did Hohenheim always intend to make the reverse array and he just stumbled into the others working on it or did he not know about it yet until Alphonse brought him the news about it in Lior? Either way, enough of my theory was correct to make me satisfied, even though it does seem a little cheesy that he can still use the souls as active participants. read more

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Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 45 Review

Episode 45, "It’s a 20-Fold Kaio-ken! A Kamehameha With Everything on the Line"

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Synopsis: Gohan throws the Bulma frog in front of Piccolo before Ginyu can switch bodies with him, returning Bulma to her body. Freeza continues having the advantage in the fight, while Goku is losing strength. Seeing Freeza’s power, Goku realizes he can’t win on his own. He decides that he’ll try a 20x Kaioken. Freeza continues to beat on Goku. Goku ends up in the water, but when he tries to emerge, Freeza holds him under. Drowning, Goku has a horrible vision that causes him to break free from Freeza. He uses a 20x Kaioken and fires a Kamehameha at Freeza, but Freeza ends up barely damaged by it. Goku has another vision, this time of Vegeta telling him to defeat Freeza. However, Freeza is angered by this and rushes forward to continue. read more

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