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When's Manny coming back? It'll be interesting to see if he's still the same player. Not a bad addition at all if he's been working out and takes things seriously.

Gotta love Ma. Nobody flips between complete goofball, to serious badass better. I'm also thinking Kenichi will break his "no fighting chicks" vow and jump in after Renka gets broken badly.

Oz gets my sympathy for having Moria sitting in his stomach and driving him around like a giant meat robot.

Ya can't beat the Flap. Thanks Eagle.

Manny....why...Manny....

Thanks for the 2 world championships and all the good times.

Vaya con dios, amigo.

Haven't posted here for a long while, but my brother just brought me back a bottle of booze from Finland that f'ing fantastic. If you ever run across something called Salmiakki 'the original 013'...

Yeah, I don't disagree with you there. It sucks they lost, but it was still a fun season and I'll take 18-1 over, let's say.............5-11 every time. ;)

Congrats Giants fans. Things were too good for too long for us NE sports fans...

I'm actually kind of getting a kick out of seeing everyone moping around. It's like they've forgoten Boston's long...

Thanks for looking up the Tie game - it still seems crazy to me that it happens.

I think it's kind of cool that a lot of the "storied" franchises in the NFL are in the playoffs. Cowboys, Packers,...

They're saying that Marvin Harrison has been practicing, and could be available for limited play on Sunday. Dungy also said that if Harrison does play, he might keep Manning in the game longer so...

I probably did jump the gun a bit with the Steelers being a lock. My gut tells me they'll get in there though. They can actually clinch the AFC North this week if either the Bengals beat the...

The Cowboys fans are nuts to complain about Jessica Simpson. If her sister was singing at halftime or something, then I'd understand, but good lord is she fun to look at. The Eagles always play...

Good point about Ravens gameplanning for the Colts being different from the schemes they came up with for the Pats. I was thinking more of the level of intensity they came with, which was...

it's more like Sportcenter was being melodramtic in this case. They've gone way down since they were bought by Disney a while back.

I like the Titans this week if Haynesworth is playing. Plus...

Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot. Stallone goes from Rocky 4, to that piece of garbage. What in the heck was he thinking?

Oh, and Rocky 5 was pretty damm terrible as well.

Man, that Eagles game was tough. I think it shattered the sense that some Pats fans have that the team is bulletproof. Plus, with Colvin out for the season, things could get interesting.

As...

I don't think you're seeing anyone make excuses or apologize for the run the Pats are on. There is no need too. They absolutely have run up the score on a few teams, including meaningless 4th...

Great teams will use whatever they can to motivate them. I'm sure that the incident with the Jets, and a lot of the things being said around the leauge, made it personal, to a certain extent, for...

Maybe that was my reaction to the “belicheat” comments, but I don’t think the situation was handled well by anyone involved. Crybaby was probably kind of harsh, I guess. The Pats got what they...

I like the Titans, but they've got some troubles on D with Albert Haynesworth being out. Even with Indy strugglin with injuries, it'll be tough for them to win the South with the Jags playing well....

I like the scenario of Galatea partially awakening and joining up the Clare at some point. I also think there's a good chance that we see Miaata awaken at some point in this battle.



I think...

You manage to stay awake? :D

The trade talk is already starting....

I'm hearing that they might send Coco Crisp, John Lester and Clay Bucholz to Minnesota for Johan Santana. That's a lot to...

Ehh...here's maddog's pick for the world series, for all you baseball fans. ;)

Boston in 5. I know, I know, big surprise. ;) Colorado did well against the sox this year (when they played them...

"Whash're you lookin' at freak?!" -Drunken Lee to Kimimaro

Behold, the transformation of Rock Lee from quasi-ponytail mullet to the always stylish taijutsu-bob cut. :o

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I do agree with you...

I'd say he's a great teacher. Sure, he's had some talented students, but an excellent teacher helps them reach their potential. He seems to be able to read his students strengths & weaknesses, as...

How about them sox, huh?

Great day for sports...Pats on in a few minutes and the sox on this afternoon...

Got to love Manny. I can understand walking big papi in that situation, but you can...

I actually kind of hope he doesn't become a chuunin, just because it would be great if he went from genin directly to hokage. However, I think it would be kind of cool to see him take the exam...
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Here's my prediction...we find out that Orochimaru was the one that spread the rumor to Jiraiya that Yahiko, Konan and Nagato were dead. Also, the fight with Konan is just getting started and she'll...

Right, that is pretty much what Jiraiya says. What intrigues me is the circumstances behind the rumors, and what about them made Jiraiya beleive them. This could give some insight into how/when...

That's an interesting thought...could be possible. She did make the statement before we actually see Orochimaru say, "Why don't we just kill them and be done with it?" in Jiraiya's flashback. But,...

I like the idea of Konan holding back out of necessity (as she's missing a portion of her paper...) rather than suffering from mixed emotions. Konan's statement about Jiraiya wishing that he'd...

Could be, but I'm not sure they'd begging for food if that was the case. ;) Who knows? Anyway, that picture does look a heck of a lot like Yondaime.

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I agree that there is a certain...

Yeah, I guess that does make sense. I thought it was interesting, since we've only seen shinobi wear it in the manga. I don't think the breah helmuts were used that way though, since Jiraiya had to...

Another detail that's interesting to point out is that Yashiko, Konan and Nagato seem to be wearing some shinobi style equipment when they first come across the Sannin.

Instead of the standard...

Pissah! That's some good stuff man.

Like everyone's said, nice call on Ibiki.

Also, I think you could be right about Karin. Her acutal field experience is probably lacking, especially if...

This chapter was indeed fantastic. Kishimoto is really bringing his A game (I bet he's been looking forward to this part of the story for a while).

I would've liked to see a little more of a...

He actually does have two eyes, but he's disqualified since he had to borrow one from his buddy. ;)

But I think he could hack it. He's no slouch, and was recognized by Tsunade as being capable. ...

There's no denying the resemblance to pein's statue. If the thing had a few more eyes...

Also, nice call on Ghost In The Shell. Both have that "futuristic, but run down look". ;)

Yeah, it would take the story full circle. And he has to face his demons. ;) But who knows, it might actually be "outside" of him, by the time he has to face it. How that would happen without...

Yeah, the design definetly did change. Also, I wouldn't be shocked if he used the scroll to store and carry things around. But, I'm pretty sure that he's used a real backback, so who knows.... So,...

*sigh* I 'think' that you're unable to engage in a mature debate with people who disagree with you without having a condescending attitude. :notrust If you're going to tell me to 'think', then...

You're right...I am going to say that he was drugged. Oh, and don't forget he summoned a giant swamp and Gamabunta in that condition. He didn't do so bad himself. But, the argument isn't who did...

Yeah, those few chapters definetly had some bigtime hints. Especially when Jiraiya says "foregive me Yondaime, I'll have his body learn how to use that key" in chapter 94 (right before he tosses...

Konan does seem reluctant to kill Jiraiya, but Pein seems intent on taking him down no matter what (past relationships, etc..) Not to mention Jiraiya being the one who wants the fight in the first...

Heh, sounds about right. Sasuke seems quick on the draw with his snakes, so I could see Sakura busting out a slug to try and impress him (or knock some sense into the kid). ;)

As for my prediction, I think that we'll learn more about Jiraiya and Konan's past relationship, probably confirming her as his former student. However, I think she'll prove to be unable to fight...

Exactly. It seems like Kishimoto is beating us on the head at times with the parallels, so this one seems a given to me. However, the real trick is for him to work a summon battle into the story...

Good point, but that hasn't stopped Orochimaru from sicking his giant snakes one people in the past (chunnin exam, forrest of death). Even Jiraiya flips Ebisu on his head with a frog summon when he...

I'd have to go with Jiriaya on this one. They both probably have an enormous amount of battle experience, but the story suggests that Tsunade stopped being an active ninja in Konoha well before...