Brian, TN Global mod that goes by the username RasenganWarrior, was a Pinky in the past. He was one of the originals. When he was promoted, and after Chronicknave stepped down shortly after, I was promoted to RPG mod. The two of us have been friends, since our early RPing days of Turtle War.

Anyway, he made some postage in the RPG area. And boy, were they awesome!

First, there’s how his characters in the Naruto RPG have made their comeback. Briato Uzumaki, Pinta Haruno, and Riyo Hylain, were all students of Shigeko, so of course they would show up at the wedding reception. They probably win the award for the best entrance, or at least the most interesting. xD

Brian didn’t stop there, he finally finished his creation of the thread, The Sage’s Mountain. It is probably going to be one of the funnest places in the Naruto RPG, allowing people to battle in a world of their imagination. But if you want to know the full details, then you’re going to have to read the whole thread and find the total awesomeness yourself.

In Bleach, I finally started using Rundi! I think I’m going to have a lot of fun with him.

But, it sounded a bit OPed to me, so I removed it for now. Maybe I’ll get a better idea later.

Anyway, here is the complete profile. I am very proud of Rundi Manchado. Hopefully he gets accepted soon so I can use him.

In the Naruto RP, for a bit now, Michi has been chatting with Misaki Kuroidon, wife of the Mizukage.

But outside the land of the Naruto RPG, I’ve been doing a few things in Bleach. Most notably are the addition of two new characters to my roster: Yokoto Setsuna and Rundi. Setsuna is at E-Rank, the lowest possible, and I plan to slowly work her up to skills. Starting from Shinou Academy, she’s in the Onmitsukidou program (or Ninjagami, as I like to call them when I don’t think I can spell it). Rundi, whose surname I’m still deciding, is the Sexta (6th) Espada. I’m still working on him, which is why Kuro and I are practicing together in the Bleach Waiting Area.

Last night, I sat down and worked on a sketch for Rundi, thinking having a clear image might help me think of him and his characteristics. After spending a lot of time trying to draw in Kubo’s style and me messing it up with the final features, I got frustrated and began to draw randomly, luckily creating this image you see. It may not be the neatest or cleanest, but I like it.

Elsewhere in Bleach, Kurai got in a little scuffle with Kidou Corps chief Neriki. It didn’t last very long, but it was quite the short show. After Kurai finally passed, he checked out Karakura, only to find that any event there that he had sensed was already over. He was too late, due to the shinigami delay. So, he returned to the Kamenjin base, finding someone new inside.

In other news, the current badge battle is a Pinky Battle Royal! Not to mention, it’s being run by Dorian. I guess you can call it his first act of pinkness.

And a nice big welcome back to RPer Dorian (Silver Cross), who controls the Hokage and was gone for so long. We all missed you. That toast was a nice way to make an entrance back into the game.

Meanwhile on TN, I’ve made some posts in the Battledome. First, I started taking part in the Konan vs Neji thread. With a few of the BD regulars against Neji, I think it might put some activity in if I play on the other side. Plus, I got some cool ideas on what he could do.

The other thread I took part in was one I had made: Kakashi vs. Kirin. Now, before someone thinks of the jutsu, it’s not. I’m talking about Kirin from 666 Satan (or O-Parts Hunter by Viz) by Kishimoto Seishi.

And that’s basically all I have to report for now. You’ll hear more from me one the wedding starts off. But Shoda and Shigeko have already left INS, so it’s going to get good soon.

Another thing that came to mind is how since September, there has been this whole war thing going on in the Naruto RPG. It finally clicked: this is what’s slowing everything down. The alliances, the wars. And these sorts of things should have been an event to begin with. Everyone was forcing themselves to take part in this mess, but did everyone really want to?

This was giving the characters playing village leaders too much power. They were deciding for every character within their village about who their friends and foes were. You know, that’s not cool. It’s too bad we didn’t realize this until too late. The Naruto RPG could’ve been somewhere more fun now. But all we can do is learn from this, and stop the war thing that just one or two people are pushing from continuing. It isn’t fair if only one or two RPers control the fate of everyone else’s.

Anyway, moving on, the preparations for Shoda and Shigeko’s wedding are happening right now! A group of people from Konoha headed over to the old, deserted Konoha, along with Kinyoubi and Neriki. They’re going to fix it up a bit so that the wedding ceremony can be held there. Then, after Shoda basically kicked out all the village leaders, he sent Zeni to Kankyou Town, the place where the wedding reception will be held.

This all seems to be working out well.

In some other Naruto RPG news, Versin is still in Kirigakure, but is trying to escape now. A little while back, I began using one of my new characters. She is a Genin Suna-nin named Nagahama Hiromi. However, she goes by Hiro. I started posting with her again today.

Meanwhile, Kirigakure is under attack by the Kusa missing-nin Versin/Ninstruck. My character Michi and Schro’s Luttes are taking the S-Class on. Apparently, he thinks he can just join up against the organization of Kurotaka peacefully after killing two Kiri Jounin. Ha, what?

I’m currently working on a new Bleach RPG character. This one will be an academy student, and through hard work, will rise through the ranks. I am also making the Yuki-nin I put together earlier for the Naruto RPG, Shirosaki Norio, a Genin instead of a Chuunin. I’m having difficulty deciding what exactly he should specialize in, so I figured that I could just play with him, and in time, figure it out. Let him grow into what he does.

I’m also trying to push for the 666 Satan RPG to begin soon.

On another TN-related note, two members from the RPG took their leave from TalkNaruto: legendary RPer Chronicknave (username now Kaizer) and the very helpful Zepzune (currently SooperTrooper). They seem to never want to come back, and although we shall miss them, it is really up to them to decide what to do. Although I do feel it is a bit dumb to declare leaving forever, not even giving an option for occasional visits, again it’s what they want to do. If they really do never come back, I will accept it. And if they do eventually come back, well, then that’s fine, too. I wouldn’t make a big deal about it really. I’d rather have friends come back anyway.

In the Naruto RPG, the gathering of village leaders is still going on. Hopefully that will come to an end soon. (link)

I’m also loving my new avatar.

Kishimoto Seishi is the younger twin and has many similarities with his brother. They both grew up with the same influences, so you see similarities in story and style. Those familiar with Naruto will notice the art similarities right off bat. Seishi was actually accused of being a copy cat sadly in Japan, to the point where Masashi had to say in his own manga for fans to leave his brother alone.

Already finished, this 76 chapter manga ran monthly, making the chapters around 40 pages. The first chapter is just short of 80 pages, which may turn some people away. However, this is a manga you can finish in a week, in just a few days for the dedicated.

I really enjoyed this manga, so the point that I actually worked with Kuro on making an RPG of. Titled 666 Satan: Return of the Beast, it takes place long after the series. After we get the right things together, it will hopefully start. I had to lower down some abilities, but the thread seems to hold more information on the series than any Wiki on the web. xD

What’s it about?
Combine the two titles, the original 666 Satan and Viz’s O-Parts Hunter, and you have a decent summary of the series. It’s about demons, angels, and O-Parts. O-Parts are ancient artifacts with magic powers, which can only be used by someone with Spirit, which is known as an O-Parts Tactician (O.P.T. for short). Then there’s the demons and angels, both based off of the Kabbalah. Of course, there’s two organizations going around collecting them.

Spoilerless Review
Our main characters in this story start out as the Ruby Crescent, a young girl who researches and wants to follow in her deceased father’s footsteps, and Jio Freed, the boy who has Satan housed inside of his body. They travel around, get into some messes due to the two organizations of Venom and Stea’s government, and pick up new members along the way.

The story is Shounen, and follows the theme, but it has a much deeper story feel to it, especially when compared to Naruto. Although it feels rushed towards the end, it all comes together. I really can’t get anymore into it without spoiling.

The art is great once you get out of the beginning, which is often something to expect with the first story of a mangaka. Much detail goes into some of the more intricate O-Parts, as well as the demons and angels.

I read the manga online, but if you can, buy or borrow the actual manga! Not only for the good of supporting mangaka, but because the translations online get terrible. At times, bubbles are left blank, with one occasion with the person actually putting in “not translated” inside of several bubbles. The grammar gets horrible as well, which ruined one of the more complicated explanations (I still don’t get what it means). There was also some chapters where they actually used “WTF” instead of real words. If I recall correctly, this madness is about the 30-55 chapter range.

As an added bonus, this manga gives a good look into ideas that came from the same places that Naruto’s author’s came from as well.

5 out of 5 shuriken for this manga. I really enjoyed it, and it was just too bad it ended so fast.