I became disillusioned with manga series when all the ones I read just lost their soul and got out of hand the longer you got into the manga.

In dragonball Z the pattern of stonger villain, stronger hero defets villain, even stronger villain shows up was so obvious its not even funny.

Naruto lost its spirit.

Bleach lost its spirit.

Shaman King lost its spirit (no pun intended)

Death Note got boring when they chose to continue it after L's death.

Fortunately, there are some mangas that have strayed from the pattern of the above. Full Metal Alchemist ended after it reached its climax, without anyone becoming teh overpowered hero of doom and a new even more powerful villain appears and so, on, so on. I'm so thankful that FMA ended when it was at its prime (and it was a good ending too).

Anyone else noticing the pattern of a manga that starts out great, with great mechanics (or whatever they are called) like how people interract with ghosts in bleach, and an interresting premise for the story, and then, the longer you get into it, everyone becomes overpowered, and the mechanics of the manga that before were cleverly implemented turns into gimmicks that could just as well have been replaced by a power meter for each character.

He was fleet admiral in chapter 0

really? I don't remember him. have to go read it again.

And as usual, decent One Piece chapter but a bit slow. what the hell was with Franky's face?! lol

As for Bleach, it sucks like always. doesn't really surprise me anymore. I mean seriously, who didn't see Gin's betrayal coming from a mile away. I just thought about another plot hole, how the hell can normal humans stand up to Aizen's reiatsu even when Grimmjow nearly collapsed when he looked at him in the eye.

Aizen's still alive?

How long have they been fighting him directly again? Is it over a year now?

Maybe two years or more, I don't know anymore. What we do know is that Kubo refuses to get on with the freakin' plot already.

I am going to scream into an envelope and mail it to Japan, to reach the ears of 1 out of 128 million.

Oda derailed the Straw Hat crew reunion again! Now they're all just training. How long is he going to milk this one out?

grrrrrr...

I'm not surprised, and maybe it'll make the reunion more epic in the long run, so I don't mind too much.

I'm wondering if he's saving it for Chapter 600. Might as well do something big with such a milestone.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

So that's how he milks it out. Just leave it go.

I'm wondering about the anime, though. They're going to need to hit a rather sizable (by One Piece standards, anyway) Filler arc soon, given that they're pretty close, and if he's going to stop altogether for a time...