"Repeat to yourself, 'It's just a show, I should really just relax.'" (grins) What annoyed me about that city shot, was I couldn't find the bloody arena in it. I seem to rmemeber trying to figure out where it was when I watched the relevant anime episodes too, and not having much luck. I'm inclined to beleive it's on the outskirts off to the left of the monument and Hokage Tower, but ... I should check the beginnin gof the invasion, when one of the Sand or SOund guys see the explosion in the Kage's box and take it for the signal to start the invasion, or possibly the bit when the three heaaded snake (Isn't there some mythological name for such a beastie?) crashes throguh the wall.
Anyway, I just went through the last few manga chapter, and the only time it's mentioned where the Heaven and Earth Bridge is, it's said to be near the Villiage of Hidden Grass - at least, in the Shannaro! scanslations. Where did you get River country from? Not that I'm saying it's wrong, I just didn't see any mention of what the country was called, and of the known villiages, only Waterfall and Snow (both from specials with somehwat questionable continuity to the series proper - Sakura has post-chuunin exam hair, but Sasukr has no sign of the curse seal, and in the movie he not only possesses Chidori but can do one in each hand at the same time, while in the Waterfall special, he is totally out of character) share the name of their country... well, if the filler can be believed, and Sound is in Rice Country. It st least has slightly more claim to canonicity than the Jump Festa, and to continuity than the movie.
- CD
ETA: Just a note, I'm rejoicing because I fnally got somewhere on that TXY scene that's been killing me (well, actually, I tossed it, and then jackhammered through the next) so hopeflly I can bust some of that stuff out again before running into another jam.
Also, from just after the Chuunin Exams and jsut before a certain other fragment:
"Sorry glowbug, Mommy's gotta do some missions out of the villiage for a while, as well as the followup on the whole invasion mess." The woman knelt and took her daughter in a hug, telling the small girl, "Hey, don't look so down! I'll get some genin in here to keep you company and help with your Academy work when I'm not around."
The girl put on an uncertain smile, that gained sunstance as her mother scruffled her dark, shoulder-length hair. "Can I make the request myself, mama?"
"'Course you can, glowbug!" the woman laughed, happily.
---=- + -=---
With Sandaime-sama... (he had to pause to maintain his compsure, just thinking about it) ... with the Hokage dead, and the Council in an unending wrangle of meetings trying to work out an acceptable successor, the assignment of missions had ended up falling almost entirely on Iruka and Asuma the following day - and the teacher strongly suspected that the jounin had only volunteered to assist because it was the least strenous assignment available at the moment. Still, it was hard to begrudge the man a little light duty with his father not yet in the ground, and some of the more status-conscious jounin might have been troublesome taking missions from a chuunin, espescially when he'd been forced to break up practiuacally every team into smaller groups from the most seasoned right down to genin who'd graduated only a week before, in order to have a chance at filling all the mission requests. On top of the damage that had to be repaired, many lower-ranked ninja had been injured or killed in the fighting, and while the assault had broken off when Orochimaru was killed the walls still had to be manned in case fighting resumed... Frankly, he was feeling a bit out of his depth, and grateful for even the most lackadaisical backup.
Unfortunately, explaining all of this to his current headache-inducer had not helped, and not due to the difference in their ranks. "But Iruka-senseeeei!" the fox-whiskered gennin whined, arms crossed obstinately as he stood in front of the assignment desk. "With this kind of trouble, a great ninja like me should be out doing a solo mission for the Leaf with youth and spirit, dattebayo!"
Iruka's teeth ground, and a vein pulsed on his forehead heavily enoguh to be visible through the cloth of his hitae-ite. "Na-ru-TOOOO!" he growled, "Genin do not go on solo missions. In times of war, even chuunin do not go on solo missions, and even if you made it to the finals, you haven't been made a chuunin. Right now, the mission requests are too much to even keep normal three-man genin teams together, so to protect the leaf I need you to take this D-Rank mission with Hino-san so more qualified ninja can get on with harder requests, and I NEED YOU TO DO IT NOW AND GET OUT OF MY OFFICE!!"
(Rei is ticked because Naurto is being even more annoying than Usagi, Asuma gets everyone to calm down. Iruka explains that the misison is to watch Mitarashi Hotaru for the weekend while her mother is on missions, to help her with academy work and the minor repairs needed in the wake of the invasion. The name seems familiar to the genin, but neither can place it at the moment. The next bit should be obvious, while the rest of this admittedly filler sequence would be Rei helping both Hotaru and Naruto with something he slept through the first time around.)That which does not kill us... has made its last mistake.
SERVO: Loook *deeeeply* into my eyes... Tell me, what do you see?
CROW: (hypnotized) A twisted man who wants to inflict his pain upon others.
Next morning, Harry found himself butt-naked in the other side of town, mouth tasting of lima beans. - from Uzumaki Harry by Shadow Crystal Mage
--
"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
Anyway, I just went through the last few manga chapter, and the only time it's mentioned where the Heaven and Earth Bridge is, it's said to be near the Villiage of Hidden Grass - at least, in the Shannaro! scanslations. Where did you get River country from? Not that I'm saying it's wrong, I just didn't see any mention of what the country was called, and of the known villiages, only Waterfall and Snow (both from specials with somehwat questionable continuity to the series proper - Sakura has post-chuunin exam hair, but Sasukr has no sign of the curse seal, and in the movie he not only possesses Chidori but can do one in each hand at the same time, while in the Waterfall special, he is totally out of character) share the name of their country... well, if the filler can be believed, and Sound is in Rice Country. It st least has slightly more claim to canonicity than the Jump Festa, and to continuity than the movie.
- CD
ETA: Just a note, I'm rejoicing because I fnally got somewhere on that TXY scene that's been killing me (well, actually, I tossed it, and then jackhammered through the next) so hopeflly I can bust some of that stuff out again before running into another jam.
Also, from just after the Chuunin Exams and jsut before a certain other fragment:
"Sorry glowbug, Mommy's gotta do some missions out of the villiage for a while, as well as the followup on the whole invasion mess." The woman knelt and took her daughter in a hug, telling the small girl, "Hey, don't look so down! I'll get some genin in here to keep you company and help with your Academy work when I'm not around."
The girl put on an uncertain smile, that gained sunstance as her mother scruffled her dark, shoulder-length hair. "Can I make the request myself, mama?"
"'Course you can, glowbug!" the woman laughed, happily.
---=- + -=---
With Sandaime-sama... (he had to pause to maintain his compsure, just thinking about it) ... with the Hokage dead, and the Council in an unending wrangle of meetings trying to work out an acceptable successor, the assignment of missions had ended up falling almost entirely on Iruka and Asuma the following day - and the teacher strongly suspected that the jounin had only volunteered to assist because it was the least strenous assignment available at the moment. Still, it was hard to begrudge the man a little light duty with his father not yet in the ground, and some of the more status-conscious jounin might have been troublesome taking missions from a chuunin, espescially when he'd been forced to break up practiuacally every team into smaller groups from the most seasoned right down to genin who'd graduated only a week before, in order to have a chance at filling all the mission requests. On top of the damage that had to be repaired, many lower-ranked ninja had been injured or killed in the fighting, and while the assault had broken off when Orochimaru was killed the walls still had to be manned in case fighting resumed... Frankly, he was feeling a bit out of his depth, and grateful for even the most lackadaisical backup.
Unfortunately, explaining all of this to his current headache-inducer had not helped, and not due to the difference in their ranks. "But Iruka-senseeeei!" the fox-whiskered gennin whined, arms crossed obstinately as he stood in front of the assignment desk. "With this kind of trouble, a great ninja like me should be out doing a solo mission for the Leaf with youth and spirit, dattebayo!"
Iruka's teeth ground, and a vein pulsed on his forehead heavily enoguh to be visible through the cloth of his hitae-ite. "Na-ru-TOOOO!" he growled, "Genin do not go on solo missions. In times of war, even chuunin do not go on solo missions, and even if you made it to the finals, you haven't been made a chuunin. Right now, the mission requests are too much to even keep normal three-man genin teams together, so to protect the leaf I need you to take this D-Rank mission with Hino-san so more qualified ninja can get on with harder requests, and I NEED YOU TO DO IT NOW AND GET OUT OF MY OFFICE!!"
(Rei is ticked because Naurto is being even more annoying than Usagi, Asuma gets everyone to calm down. Iruka explains that the misison is to watch Mitarashi Hotaru for the weekend while her mother is on missions, to help her with academy work and the minor repairs needed in the wake of the invasion. The name seems familiar to the genin, but neither can place it at the moment. The next bit should be obvious, while the rest of this admittedly filler sequence would be Rei helping both Hotaru and Naruto with something he slept through the first time around.)That which does not kill us... has made its last mistake.
SERVO: Loook *deeeeply* into my eyes... Tell me, what do you see?
CROW: (hypnotized) A twisted man who wants to inflict his pain upon others.
Next morning, Harry found himself butt-naked in the other side of town, mouth tasting of lima beans. - from Uzumaki Harry by Shadow Crystal Mage
--
"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows