Bail o' Lies

Make sense bout I don't see much Boruto universe skins.

Simple. Who would pay for that? The companies know Boruto isn't that popular. Both the Japanese companies that own the rights to Naruto-Boruto and the gaming companies buying the rights to make skins for their game. The gaming companies, when ideology isn't blinding them, do research to see what will make them the most money. They know Naruto is still fondly regard, but notice any cameo is his part two version not the Last or Hokage Naruto. Any research would show Boruto isn't worth that much compared to Naruto. Look at any data Boruto seems to have anywhere from a 75-95% drop from Naruto in earning and sales. He just not that valuable. So they only time you will see a (non Naruto-Boruto) game having him as a skin is, when they need new skins for the sake of needing new skins.

Supergirl flop and it seem to have spelled the end of James Gunn's DCU, by James Gunn for James Gunn with James Gunn as writer, Director James Gunn, the producer James Gunn, and CEO of DC Studios James Gunn.

The Soccer world cup happened in The US and apparently the foreign soccer fans were quite impress with the part of the US they saw. 

Christopher Nolan released his feminist butchery of the Odyssey.

Oh Warhammer 40k has a few games coming out. Dawn of War 4, Boltgun 2, Dark Hersey, Space Marines 3, and Total War Warhammer 40K. 

Bethesda lost Fallout. Apparently, the new person in charge of Microsoft Games was sick of them doing nothing for a decade...if only that could happen with Naruto-Boruto.

Palworld released their 1.0.

Summary Time: Chapter 36 Parental Love...well guess it going to be about Madoc's love of his daughter and maybe his creation. It is certainly not going to be about any of Kishimoto's character giving or receiving parental love.

Cover Page is Madoc looking like a douche.

It start off with him explaining to Nail he wants to talk to Clone Jiraiya about his daughter...Again, why it is pointless to wonder if he is going to do anything sinister or nefarious it always just goes back to his plan of restoring his daughter. Also, why do we need to see this? Its pointless and just eats up page space. We already know he got Nail to help him and a ten year old can assume either from this chapter or the conversation with CJ that Madoc want to know the future of his daughter. So again him putting in a conversation that is not needed because he doesn't understand sometimes events can and should be done off panel. So the reader can fill in the blanks how they see fit and the writer doesn't waste panel-time.

Oh right the Chamberlain is still around. He is complaining to the Two Elders about how he mysteriously blacked out and how Bolt saved him. Which he suspects was a set up. Sai is there and knows his son possessed him so is playing defense by trying to cover it up. But Chambers reveals he already sent his report of the whole thing to the Fire Daimyo and wants to remove Shikamaru from his position with the elders' approval.  

Shikamaru in his office is informed by the sensor division that they have sensed Jiraiya''s chakra signature appearing in the village. Which he obviously realizes it is Clone Jiraiya. CJ wakes up on an operating table with Chakra Sealing Cuff; the same type that were put on Bolt earlier in part two. So, he can't do anything. This so he doesn't attack Madoc while they talk. Madoc gives one of his monologues explaining how he was able to exploit the weakness in CJ's future sight. After he alters the future there is a lag where he doesn't know what going to happen till he gets his next updates. Madoc wants to shorten the lag time between visions. He says this is out of parental love he has for his creation...while treating him like a computer that needed a software update. He also asked if he ever saw a future where Nail holds up his end of the deal and uses the Karma seal to restore his daughter. CJ tells him, no, as most future Nail is killed by Tree-Jenga, but discounting those still no. He releases him.

CJ returns to his hideout just as Bolt is returning...my lord he is useless. He get everyone with his robo-toads on a call and ask Hime to look at what Madoc did for the last hour. Before he could finish he gets his vision update. He sees Bolt's plan failing and him forced to hand over his body to Femmy to save Salad. He informs Bolt of this...Of course, it was always going to fail. Seriously, he has a guy that can see the future and he refuses to run any of his plans by him to see if they could work.

Salad walks into an alley to act as bait. Punk takes her from behind and grabs the two pins Bolt gave her... as they have his chakra signature and he seen how Bolt uses them already. His grandfather used kunai as they were beneath notice for most ninja. So he could spread them around the battlefield without notice. Which allowed him to overwhelm his opponents with teleport spam. Bolt only has a handful of pins once you know that they are easy to spot and need his chakra infused in them, instead of just a seal on the hilt, that allows them to be sensed. Also, Sasuke, Bolt's mentor, had his own position swap power through his Rinnegan. But it was simpler and far more effective, he swaps position with what he is looking at, which often means behind his opponent. So he can launch a surprise attack on their rear. No chakra uses beyond activation. So Salad is taken. Chapter ends with Bolt saying Salad's name as she had already been taken by the time he arrived...He, maybe, is suppose to be shouting and worried, but he looks like he is wondering if he should have a hamburger or steak for dinner instead. 

Have a quick question. Why does almost ever battle royale video game have Naruto patch/content? I had to skip a season of Fortnite because of that and now Pub-G has it? Is the Naruto franchise trying to make a comeback or something 

Fortnite pretty much has skins for any franchise they can pay to allow their characters in their game. As more skins means the more likely players will buy a skin and once they buy one, they will likely buy another. Naruto is still well known if not as popular as it was in its heyday. So of course they asked if they could pay to have those skins in the game. The Japanese Companies had no reason to turn down what was basically free money. That was like 5 years ago now.

Same reason for PUBG and Garena Free Fire did so.

Kaisei and Akane duel each other with the story God of Death. The story Shiguma performed during his event with Akane. On a cruise event for Issho branch of the Arawaka School. Kaisei will be done next chapter but I wanted to give my read.

God of Death. Some destitute man decided to commit suicide but before he does, he encounters a Shinigami. Who tell him he has a long life and not to waste it. So, tell him the secret to save lives and become renown as a great healer. If he says a phrase, “Ajaraka mokuren kyuraisu tegeretsuno pa,” to a Shinigami at the bedside of a sick person it will leave. He should only do it when the Shinigami is at the foot of the bed not by the pillow. So the main character set up a business and quickly becomes rich as well as renowned great healer. Eventually, he is asked to save someone who has a Shinigami near a sick person's head and is promised great wealth if he does so. He worries, as he remembers the warning, but he decides to play a trick. He will have the servants move the patient bed around so the Shinigami would be at the feet instead of above the patient's head. After he does it, the Shinigami appears to chastises him. As what he had done was swap his lifeforce with the wealthy terminally ill man and he is about to die. MC begs for mercy and the Shinigami gives him a chance. He is given a unlit candle if he can light before the old one goes out he will live. He fails.

Its a dark comedy about human greed and stupidity. He was given a warning by the god of death. Yet, for a handful of gold, he traded his life away without a thought...well beyond thinking he can trick death.

Akane performed the God of Death straight with the only twist being that the main character managed to light the candle of life but sneezed dying as a result therefore showing the capriciousness of death. There were several times where Issho was shown to be amazed at her performance. Also they make a call back to her Master Shiguma who once gave a performance that so enraptured the audience that they didn't even notice a fire alarm going off; in this case a storm.

Kaisei decided to play the son of Akane's main character as his story's main character and make the character himself. A sweet innocent boy who father left his mother once he got his wealth. The boy works as at clinic where a doctor is training him; who is representing Issho. Then one day a shinigami appears and gives him the same phrase. He uses it to become a great healer like his father but doesn't take money because of the lesson the doctor gave him. To avoid gaining too much money too young. When the doctor got sick with a Shinigami near his head the boy uses the power to save him despite the danger because he owes the doctor so much. Changing the story from a dark comedy about greed to a story about love, sacrifice, and gratitude. Everyone, but Issho was moved by this story.

It is very likely in the competition he will declare Akane the winner. He focuses on the art of the performance and not buttering up the audience with sentimentality to move their hearts to support the performer.

Akane is constantly said to be Issho's ideal student by others and I think it clear Kaisei probably would have worked better under Shiguma. As this emotional storytelling is more inline with Shiguma the Tearjerker.

Oh it came out. I just stumbled upon it or I wouldn't have read it for two more days. Eh. Well, my Issues with Boruto topics is both done and not. I'm fine with it as it is but more can be added or improved upon. Would like it if people read it and maybe spread it around.

The Mando movie flopped. Disney should not have released the Mando movie at this point. It should have came out at the latest in 2024. It been 6 years since the Baby Yoda fad was at its peak. People moved on. So instead of getting a money showing how Star Wars is still popular. They have one showing how far it has fallen. I think it is about 85% drop from The Force Awakens. Disney have been relying on investors not understanding streaming to hide how badly it has been doing. Now they have a metric to check. Let's say Mando has 1 Million Hours watched and that it made $200 million. Well that means every hour watched is $200.

Akane Banashi first season ended. It was good, it could have been better. It didn't spend enough time showing the Rakugo, instead it was characters' internal thoughts about how good Akane was. Also a bit more facial morphing to show different character in the Rakugo story with different expressions.

Summary Time: Chapter 35. Cute...Well someone must think its cute to release this on a Thursday. 

Cover page is Tree-Sasuke (Hidari which means left handed)...well he is certainly not cute.

Tree-Jenga and Tree-Sasuke talk about Tree-Bug being dead. He rambles about love. Tree-Sasuke ask Tree-Jenga, "why did he only rescue his Sold Bulb and not the others?" Apparently, because he would feel sad if he was gone...also its too early to bring back Sasuke. Ew, they are bonding and becoming friends while Hime watches.

Salad goes to get new glasses due to her worsening eyesight. When Bolt drops a kunai from the sky in front of her. So she would look up so he could motion to her they should talk...yes, he can fly.

Blond Sai and CJ talk, because they actually can work together with out one (Bolt) having a hissy fit, CJ tells him to keep the toad on him at all times in case he needs to summon him.

Nail goes to Madoc's lab where he shows Nail that he made his own collection of SNT-Toads. He calls them cute for the title drop. The reason he brought Nail to his lab and to show off the toads is because he is going to use the toads to adjust Nail's combat parameters without him coming to the lab. Normally, his parameters will be set to 100% defense so he can't be killed, and then during battle Madoc will adjust it to attack...this isn't a bad idea all things considered. It does mean he is in complete control of Nail's combat parameters but after part one I have become completely indifferent to whatever nefarious schemes he may be plotting. As he could be plotting nothing again, like in part one. Madoc and Nail note this is perfect for him because he doesn't really train...Hard work and effort are more alien concept to this story than the Tree-People. All he asks, is for him to help him with something. That is not restoring his daughter because they had already agreed to wait till after the current crisis is over.

Oh Bolt and Salad finally have a normal conversation... in the first time in what, 115 chapters. Bolt asks about her eyesight, she ask about as well as apologizes about his right eye that Nail cut while he was protecting her, and he doesn't mind because he thinks it makes him looks cool...get a better haircut and outfit then one can talk about that. Salad is either told or guessed Punk is going to come after her. Apparently, during the fight with Tree-Bug he used the opportunity to places his claw marks all over the village. So many that it would be difficult for Nail to deal with them all with his shrinking powers. So Bolt has a plan...oh boy, at least he's finally proactive. Let Punk capture Salad...remember he might take her to the Tree-People who have Tree-Sasuke who wants to eat her. He gives her some of his pins and tell her to keep them on her at all time...this the third time this chapter someone was told to keep something on them at all times. Then to drop them after Punk relocates her through his belts. He will sense that and will come right over...can she also drop them if she wants a nice evening with you? Maybe Bolt, you should keep some flowers and chocolate on you at all times. 

Back to the two Tree-People. Tree-Jenga wonders what Tree-Sasuke has been reading for a while. He has been looking at a book filled with cat pictures...so he wants some pussy? Now we know he is not Sasuke!

Oh god this chapter is still going on...well for once people are getting the page worth out of a chapter but honestly. This just feels like it would have been better if they did my suggestion of splitting the last chapter; so we have one focus on Bug's death. Madoc after asking if he has worked with CJ gives Blond Sai a Scientific Ninja Tool: Scroll Memory to give to CJ. Blond Sai ask why isn't he giving it to Bolt instead? He says that this will be quicker...and with less whining from Bolt always a good thing.

Ah, right, they are Ikemoto characters so they are allowed to be smart. So what Madoc wanted Nail's help with was capturing CJ. He shrunk himself down with his Shinjutsu. So he rode on the scroll. Grew back to size. Then Madoc used his shutdown code on CJ. So he can bring him to the village...of course he was in hiding so the Tree-People couldn't find him. Now that they can learn about him and that he is in the village. Which means they can kill him. Is this to end the future sight to make the story more dramatic? Could work, if the story didn't have so much power creep.