Rosario + Vampire Lesson Seven: Exorcist

I don't understand what's so important about Tsukune but I like when he gets pushed around... And then his scarier girl friends kick ass. Sadly Vampire Tsukune is really Ghoul Tsukune and there's some problems with that. I like him being more assertive and helping in the fights but I don't want him mindless.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Retreat

Interesting idea. So far Buffy and the gang have been building up the magic. Now, they're stripping it all away. I don't know how I feel about this turn of events. Buffy without the superpowers just doesn't seem the same.

Naruto Volume 15: Naruto's Ninja Handbook

Surprisingly, in the middle of a massive fight, Kishimoto takes a volume to use as character study. It's volumes like these that make me like Naruto. He's presented with someone who has a very similar back story to the one he's just learned of himself and his first inclination is to exhibit sympathy and recognise that if it weren't for the people in his life he could very well be a monster.

And then he starts kicking ass.

Naruto Volume 14:Hokage vs Hokage

There are three main battles in this volume and, unlike Bleach's last volume, Kishimoto can actually make all three interesting. The action flows well between these three scenes and keeps the tension high.

Bleach Volume 16: Night of Wijnruit

Kube's starting to stray from the main story of Ichigo trying to prevent Rukia's execution. He's still in training to get the killer moves and she's pretty much standing under the knife waiting for it to drop. In the meantime we're seeing political intrigue in the Soul Reaper organization as one faction seems to be attempting a coup. Not that interested honestly.

Bleach Volume 15: Beginning of the Death of Tomorrow

While Ichigo continues his training montage, Uryu does something stupid. It wasn't even cool stupid, just stupid stupid.

The Dragon Reborn

This is book 3 of the Wheel of Time series and is one of my favourites. It's where Robert Jordan first lets the reader see Mat's point of view and Mat is my favourite character. This one has the scene between Mat, Gwain and Galad. It always makes me laugh to read it. Unfortunately, this is also the book where the girls start doing stupid things. The beginning of the hunt for the Black sisters involves some poor decision making on characters that I otherwise enjoy. Interestingly, although this is the book where Rand essentially declares himself the Dragon Reborn, he isn't in it much. Things are sort of working around him.