12 Kingdoms, Samurai Champloo

Twleve Kingdoms random fan goody:

An amusing one-page doujinshi, translated to English. Humor. Nonspoilery, but kind of requires knowledge of at least the first dozen episodes to get the joke.


random rec of Samurai Champloo fan art:

Jin, Mugen: slashy, or just overly aggresive? Either way the style is fantastic. Clean lines, solid look, and awesome rendering of character design, especially Mugen's face in profile. Good touch with the perspective on the sword, too.

Avatar: The Last Airbender #16: The Deserter

Zhao: "So the Avatar was here. You let him slip away."
Soldier: "Yes sir. ...But other than that, the festival went off without a hitch."
Zhao: "..."
Soldier: "No fights. Theft was way down."
Zhao: "I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR LOCAL CRIME RATES!"


Another good episode. New tricks were learned, Sokka was cool and big-brothery, Avatar Roku was randomly present and badass, some drama was had between the group members, and the jokes were particularly amusing. The animation seemed a little off-kilter, but the bending/fight scenes were still good so I forgive them.

There also was, oddly, a scene almost directly stolen out of the The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring movie.


The more and more I see, the more I'm convinced Zuko or Iroh will eventually be the ones to teach Aang firebending. Not any time soon, however.