Blood and Thunder is a blog periodically written by Ivan Deluca about his interests and hobbies.

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written periodically by his author, Ivan Deluca

Saturday, August 29

Posted by Ivan

Shaman King series finale

Shaman's King Image

I found out a couple of days ago that the manga made by Hiroyuki Takei has come to an end. The last part of the manga, which had a cancelation back in 2004, and a re-appearence on 2006, was being released periodically (with one month or two between each issue) by Shonen Jump, due to the lack of popularity of the very last arc.

Paralelly to the Anime, the Manga had a somewhat ambiguous and open ending, with the characters reuniting 7 years later.
I honestly wasn't reading much of it until a month ago when I started to catch up on the last issues of the Kang Zeng Bang.

While I'm talking to anime, Naruto's fight with Pain also ended a couple days ago.

Narutos' Image

The final part of the Manga, Naruto & Sasuke's fight should be coming soon, probably after the capture of the Eight Tailed beast, due to the death of all the other enemies.

If you're like me, and don't enjoy downloading ZIPs to read them later, you could check onemanga for online scans of both series and more. It's not that I'm doing advertising, folks.

Friday, August 21

Posted by Ivan

DVNO



I'm not an enthusiast of electronic / house music but what called my attention on this video is the way every sentence is worked separatedly as if it would be a logotype, imitating or paroding if you want, typographies of popular brands such as the Twentieth Century Fox, HBO, Sega, Universal Studios, Pacman, etc.

Saturday, August 15

Posted by Ivan

Persona 4, again.

Persona 4 Screenshot

It's possible you don't have a clue of what Persona 4 is, so you should read this article on the wikipedia.

I have nothing else to play on the Playstation these days, so I went with Persona 4 again. No, I do not own a Xbox 360.
It's not like I dislike the game; Au contraire. I'm just not a fan of 'replays', so the idea of going through the whole game again, for only 10 percent of actual new gameplay it's not something that drives me crazy.
I was thinking to buy something among the lines of Call of Duty, or Medal of Honor. But then I remembered how I never finish that kind of games. Plus, there's also the problem of the money.

You see, Persona 4 is not a game that dissapoints you like any other generic RPGs. It's wonderfully placed in the present day (okay, 2 years from now) and has a great development of characters with enthralling personalities. I think that I even stoled that last adjective from the game.

It's anything but a bad game. But what does annoys me, is the way the calendar chains you to a determinated way to proceed. You see, you only have 'so-much-time' to do, what you want to do. I'm used to a RPG where I can spend endless hours trying to find a mini game or some piece of equipment that will grant 'x' ability to defeat some almighty boss out there.
But in here, days pass by and you can only do something after the school, something on the evening. Initially, I spent a lot of time maxing some stuff and had to cut out the rest. But this time, I got something I could not get (literally, I couldn't find the guy. I never knew where it was) on the first walkthrough: Kanji's attack.

Kanji's Atomic Press

On a less important note, though; The Devil Summoner saga is nothing like this game. Just as a suggestion, try the game first before buying it, because you'll probably won't find the game 'that-similar' to the Persona 3 or 4.