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Millennium Falcon Arc
Chapter of Falconia
End-God 

The Emperor is transforming, everyone in the castle was consumed except for Daiba. He’s scared, he wasn’t expecting this much. Even though his subordinate is terrified, it doesn’t seem like the Emperor absorbed everyone on purpose, (it’s probably just a condition or sacrifice, like when Griffith ascended), and he’s surprised with all the power he got. He starts to get a feel for his new body. As he stands up the city starts to crumble.

He rises higher and higher with more and more arms appearing. Suddenly, everyone is watching him from as far as Griffith’s base. Some look in horror, others in wonder.

He’s huge, doesn’t seem like the kind of opponent anyone could beat. I can’t fully understand Griffith’s expression, to me he could be either apprehensive or confident of a victory.

Anyway, it seems like everybody will have to unit against this new common enemy, since just from it’s movement thousands of people could die. 

Falcon

This series is already 3 volumes and ongoing, but scanlations only started now. My first impression was really good, just from reading one chapter, I’m already anticipating the next one more than most other series I’m reading at the moment.

It all starts in Russia, Christmas eve, where a woman is buying some sort of virus. The seller adverts her of the risks the virus carries. The virus could wipe out a city in a matter of days if an outbreak occurs. There’s also a vaccine to this virus and the woman has already taken it.

Seems like they have been meeting before and today they close the dial. The guy tries to move on the woman, but she quickly comes with an excuse to go to the bathroom. There, she puts some of the virus on her lips.

They walk together to the rail station and the man gives one final advice before entering the train, the virus should be tested first, just to be on the safe side. She agrees and kisses him goodbye.. The virus test has just begun.

We then shift to Japan, where our main character, Fujimaro, lives. He’s a student and there’s a problem at school, a teacher, Hikage, is abusing his power and indirectly leads a girl to almost commit suicide. He’s also known for harassing girls.

Fujimaro’s friends, Aoi, Anko and Otoya decide to use the schcool newspaper to expose the teacher’s crimes. They need evidence and Anko remembers the famouse hacker Falcon who used his skills in pcs to expose people’s crimes. But, nobody has heard from this hacker for a long time.

Fujimaro acts uninterested in Hikage and fakes a stomachache so he can go home.

Once he gets home.. there’s some spoilers, so I’m going to let you read this yourselves.

Meanwhile, the mysterious woman has come to japan and is Fujimaro’s new teacher, she introduces her self as Maya.

Also, the PSIA, Public Security Intelligence Agency, of Japan has found some strange incripted data in a memory card inside the corpse of an ex-KGB agent. The data’s title has just been decoded, it reads "The Christmas Massacre"..

This first chapter was really good. The story thus far is original and interesting. The comedy is good and the drama is realistic and believable. I’m expecting a great series here.

A Vision Of Father

Envy is defeated and Scar’s group prepares to leave. They send May to Xing with Envy so that she can finish her original mission. But, along the way Envy convinces her that the secret of true immortality is in Central. May is stupid and believes him. If she gets caught in Central, Envy will certainly have his body back.

The Fuhrer shows more signs of his "humanity" stating that he chose his own wife. Does his conversation with Hawkeye mean that maybe he will turn to the humans side?

While General Armstrong is in Central, someone I don’t remember very well takes her to see something. He tells her why alchemist are forbidden to create humans. It’s not because of morals or dangers. It’s for the same reason that they can’t create gold of turn on the army, to protect Central, stopping people from creating a personal army. He shows her a room with what seems to be a lot of homunculus lying there like objects in a factory.

Are these homunculus substitutes for the others? Or are each one of them going to be fully alive? Why is he showing this to her? Because he is betraying Central? Or as another reason to make her come to their side?

Meanwhile, Ed visits Rose’s town and accidently meets with his father.

Promise

Gon doesn’t want to believe what Pitou says. He says she must be lying and can’t understand how Killua doesn’t see this. Pitou ends up taking har arm off and offering it to Gon, she says he can do whatever he wants to her, as long as it doesn’t interfere with her healing.

Gon is emotionally collapsing, it’s unfair that she is healing the girl after what she did to Kaito. He loses his calm and tries to kill Piotu, but Killua makes him stop in time.

Gon accepts to wait one hour and then go Pei Jing to heal Kaito.

I think Gon is acting to much irrationally. He’s becoming less and less a character that I like in this last chapters.

Battlefield In Flux

Lavi and Kanda are completely finished and Allen is about to be killed by the Akuma. But, Lenalee has synchronized and gets Allen way from harm. The Akuma shots another energy ball, but Lenalee’s speed has greatly increased and they get away.

The Akuma goes after them and Lenalee drops Allen in mid-air to go fight the Akuma. She kicks him to the ground and Allen instantly tries to pierce him. The Akuma is between Allen’s sword and the ground, but Allen doesn’t have enough strength. He smiles as he says "’fraid not", Allen replies "really?" and Lenalee lands on the sword driving it deeper into the Akuma. I really loved this part.

Lenalee jumps again trying to get more power into the next attack. The Akuma figures he can’t take the next attack and he desperately tries to get Allen off from him with some special attack. Lenalee comes in time before the Akuma can fire the attack. From Allen’s expression, the attack the Akuma was about to do is probably very powerful.

I think the Akuma is now dead, but, either way, General Cross has comeback from wherever he fell and he is pissed. This probably means all the others who fell with Cross are also okay.

The annihilation of the Order has probably ended for now.

Turn Back The Pendulum

This chapter lives out of the series normal chronology so, I’m considering it to be a one-shot, although I’m not certain. The chapter number "-108" means this happened 108 chapters before chapter 1. I will now be moving this to the Bleach Section.

I loved this chapter. It goes back a century in the plot and shows us what things were like when Urahara was in Soul Society and Aizen was still A lieutenant. But, there’s more surprises.

I recognized Aizen immediately from the first panels. He goes to his captain. Although the hair was a little different, I though this shinigami to be Ukitake. And then the surprise. He was Hirako Shinji! And some of the others that belong to the Vaizard were also there.

The story in itself isn’t important, but it was really cool to see all this characters come together and interact. Kyourako has some funny moments with his lieutenant.

Kyourako talks about the Zero Division. This division consists of powerful captains and protects the royal family. This means there’s still some strong shinigami left besides the captains of the Gotei 13. So, even if Aizen gets the Key, he still has to go through the Zero Division.

Also, I though Aizen hadn’t turned evil yet at this time, but the last panel shows otherwise.

All in all, I really liked this chapter and wouldn’t mind some sequel chapters.

The Mystery That Is Tobi

Shino’s bugs absorb chakra and take control of the area around the opponent trapping him.

Tobi dodges some attacks, but eventually gets caught. And then he.. disapears.. Shino’s bugs and Hinata’s eyes couldn’t follow what happened. Only Kiba figured out where he went. What jutsu did he use? Is it possible to teletransport? Did he use those strange time/space sharingan jutsus like Kakashi, but managed to move all his body from place to place? And even if used something like this to move individual parts of his body, then, how would he be able to live with a sudden hole on his belly or chest?

Zetsu appears and informs Tobi of Sasuke’s condition. The way the conversation is done makes it a fact that Zetsu, like Pein, also knows who the true leader of Akatsuki is.

Tobi was expecting Sasuke’s victory and wants something from him. Possibly his eyes? Itachi was talking about how Madara had failed to become the ultimate Uchiha, and how he was going to become it, but it seems Tobi knew better from the start. He probably had something to do with Itachi’s strange health condition.

Tobi says goodbye and Kakashi notices his sharingan. He acts a little like Kakuzu, considering everyone else to be children.. How has he managed to live for so long?

It seems like the next episode will be a race to Sasuke. But even if Tobi gets their first, will Sasuke’s teammates be protecting him? What’s happening with them and Kisame?

Also, when is Pein coming to take the Kyuubi? 

I’m guessing the next episode will be about Kisame and Sasuke’s teammates.

The Insect’s Bite

Sorry for taking so long to blog this series. I was waiting for TMI Scans, but they have completely stopped their scanlations for an unknown amount of time. So, I’ll just follow other group’s releases.

Briggs has won without much trouble and Kimblee laughs at the destruction.

Kimblee creates an explosion has he’s being taken prisoner by his "comrades". The explosion starts an avalanche, is Kimblee dead?

Zanapano has betrayed Dr. Marcoh and takes Envy to him, or has he?

They all worked together to set Envy up. Mei Chan is using long-distance alchemy without Envy realizing. Envy gets sick of being mocked and changes to his real appearance. It seems like he has the advantage now, but Scar also appears in a very cool way and does big damage to envy.

Envy manages to take Dr. Marcoh hostage. Marcoh talks about how he was weak and afraid to stand up against the making of the philosophers stone. But, now that he has spent so much time creating them, he figured how to destroy them. And since Homunculus come from philosophers stones he destroys Envy. Envy goes back to it’s original form, shaped almost like a fetus. He looks really week and his name "Envy" probably comes from his envy to other’s bodies and strength.

Marcoh won and Envy is out of the way. What’s next? 

Answer

Gon has reached Pitou. The situation he sees, makes him remember Kaito. He doesn’t understand that Pitou his healing her. Killua not blinded by vengeance realizes there’s something wrong. He was already suspecting, because of his grandfather’s words

Pitou can’t fight Gon’s Nen in that situation and she humbly asks him to wait. She explains the situation. I’m not sure about Gon’s feelings. I think he says she is selfish, because he wanted to hate her completely. He couldn’t have any remorses. He was supposed to be kill a person that deserves to be killed. Since this situation happened, Gon’s will to kill her has lowered. I think that’s why e became so upset on the last page. But it’s just my opinion.

Red Resolve

The Innocence has liquefied and Lenalee drinks it. Komui holds her and blood starts gushing out of her ankles and a cross shaped wound appears. For a second, I though she would turn into a Noah or something.

Allen Walker continues defending everyone and it seems like he is awake now. The 4th level Akuma fires an enormous ball of energy. Allen takes it his sword, but he’s being pushed back. Then, suddenly, Kanda and Lavi come and help Allen, he his their only hope right now. The energy ball explodes, have they been completely defeated?

Hevlaska inspects Lenalee, but she can’t find the innocence within her. The innocence his in the blood she lost. The blood starts forming a strange angel like form and it fuses with Lenalee’s legs, creating new boots. The innocence is activated. Can Lenalee defeat the Akuma?