Star Wars: Rebels TV Show Review

So, I know this review's kinda late, but I was having a bit of a hard time writing this. A few weeks ago, I did a review for the Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV show in preparation for the new season of the Mandalorian. And, I said I wanted to do the same with Star Wars: Rebels too. Given how the second season for The Mandalorian will be out in two days, I wanted to watch these shows and give my thoughts on it. And, about a month ago, I finally finished Rebels. I was sorta going in this with different expectations because a lot of people were saying they liked it, some say they thought it was somewhat disappointing and some say they just really didn't like it at all. So, I started the show not knowing what to think exactly. I mean, I had seen clips on YouTube and I knew the basic plot of a group of rebels trying to fight against the Empire and I knew all the characters by their names and other small things like that but that's it. And, in the end, this series was really mixed for me. For a lot of reasons. There were a lot I liked and a lot I really didn't like. But unlike the Clone Wars that had a few things I didn't like and I really like a lot of the rest, this show's problems were in the whole thing and I really didn't have fun with some things that I'll talk about. And, yes, like my Clone Wars review, I'm gonna do each season and give my thoughts about as much as I can as I go. Okay, so the story is set between Revenge Of The Sith and A New Hope where a boy named Ezra is on a planet called Lothal. But, one day, while on the run from the Empire, he bumps into a group of rebels on a ship called the Ghost. The crew consists of a Jedi named Kanan, a pilot named Hera, a Mandalorian named Sabine, a sharpshooter named Zeb and a droid named Chopper. And, after helping them with an encounter with the Empire, Ezra decides to go with them and learn more about the Force seeing how he's Force-Sensitive. So now the six of them are off exploring the galaxy while trying to build the rebellion. So, like I said, there are a lot here I did like and some I didn't. I suppose I'll go over what I didn't like so much first. Firstly, the characters themselves can kinda take a while to get used to. Once you settle into them, they become really likeable, but the first two seasons in particular didn't do them very well, especially Ezra. I was under the impression that I was really gonna like this character when I started, but I found it a while before I could really get to like him because a lot of the time, he would made a lot of really bad choices and make some situations even worse with wanting to take things into his own hands. Not just him, but the same kinda goes for Zeb too. I thought the exact same thing about him. It took a while to warm up to him to because he was always kinda complaining about Ezra and the two of them didn't get along a lot. But, like Ezra, I did end up liking him more as it kept going. But, probably the main character I didn't like at all for almost the entire series was Chopper. He's an astromech like R2, but a lot of the time he was really annoying by doing something really stupid or just annoying the other crew members and being kinda selfish in a few episodes. There are some moments when he shines and he does get some nice moments, but, overall, he's probably the main character I liked the least. And, again, there are some episodes in this that I thought were a bit more boring than others like in the Clone Wars. But, with that out of the way, let's get into the series itself and go through my proper thoughts on it. So, the main focus of the series is about the crew just trying to attack the Empire and try to inspire others who might want to stand up with them and fight against it. And we see them do a lot of different things to do that like how they might highjack one of their machines like an AT-AT, or infiltrating their facilities. But, in first season, some of my favourite moments came when they did things like going to a Jedi temple on Lothal where Ezra and Kanan speak to Yoda through the Force and Ezra even gets his own Kyber Crystal to make his own lightsaber or when they try to infiltrate another imperial prison but end up fighting an Inquisitor.

I loved episodes like that because, not only were we going through a fun story, but the characters were shown doing a lot of cool things and the first season had a lot of moments like that. The last episode of Season 1 had a lot of that in particular. But then, it was made even better when at the very end of the last episode of Season 1, we see Ahsoka. Like in my Clone Wars review, I said I love Ahsoka and I loved seeing her again in this series. Not only is she much older now with being an adult in this series, but she's a lot more mature and it's great to see her sharing knowledge with the crew. Especially Ezra and Kanan. And she becomes an integral character for the rest of the next season. The first episode of the second season has a lot of amazing moments. At the end of the last season, we see Vader arriving and attempting to fight them himself. And, like I just said, the first two episodes of Season 2 has a lot of great moments like when Ezra and Kanan fight Vader.

But then this leads to a fight in space where Vader attacks the rebel fleet on his own and Ahsoka begins to sense who he is.

And I liked how Ahsoka is sorta trying to deny the fact that it's Anakin because she's not too sure about it anyway. But then, in the very next episode, she sends Ezra, Kanan, Sabine and Zeb to find someone who ends up being Rex. I was so excited to see this because, not only are we seeing Rex again, who, like Ahsoka, is a character I absolutely love from The Clone Wars, but it's made even better when he joins up with them to help in whatever way he can.

The series also brings back Hondo from the Clone Wars who was this pirate character. He was sort of a weird character because sometimes he would be the Jedi's side and sometimes he wouldn't. And here, yeah, he's still just as selfish as he was then, but he's really funny too with always trying to cover up whenever he tries to steal something for himself. Though a lot of these episodes don't feel that important. I mean, they definitely do have moments that are important in parts. Like, they might have some moments that impact the rest of the story, but a lot of these feel like small adventures that the crew go on. But, there are some episodes like that that have more significance than others. One of the biggest is when we meet Hera's dad who Hera doesn't really get along with very well, but they eventually team up and we see him later on in the series. There are though some odd choices in the show that start with this season like there's an episode where Chopper finds a droid called AP-5 who was abandoned and he eventually gets him to join the crew as well and he begins to help them. But what's weird is that he kinda goes in and out of the show. What I mean is sometimes AP-5 will be gone from an episode and then reappear in another and it's never explained what happened in the episodes where he's gone. He's not even in the very last episode of the whole show. Somehow he's just gone and never mentioned. I don't get that because he sometimes plays a but role in some episodes and in others, it's like he's never been around. So I found that strange. However, this seasons ends with the two parter, "Twilight Of The Apprentice." This two parter is amazing. There's so much about this season finale that I loved. It starts with Ahsoka asking Ezra and Kanan to come with her to some place and it turns out to be some Sith temple. They go there trying to investigate something and they find Maul there. That was pretty cool and he tricks Ezra into thinking he's a good guy and tries to make him his apprentice. They manage to go into the temple but then Maul begins to fight Kanan and Ahsoka and manages to blind Kanan. This whole sequence as they're making their way up to the temple is such a blast because it kinda looks like Maul's good even though we know he's obviously not, but it's cool to see him fight along side Ezra, Kanan and Ahsoka. They all team up against some Inquisitors. But then, the best part of the whole thing and one of the best in the entire show is when Vader arrives and we get an amazing action scene between Ahsoka and Vader.

The whole thing with Ahsoka finding out about Anakin being Vader is cool too, though it is super tragic. And what Ezra managed to get from the temple was a Sith holocron. I loved just about everything to do with these last two episodes of this season. And then there's a lot more stuff in Season 3. It's a lot of the same as what happened in the last season with some episodes being integral to the story and others feeling a bit like filler. But, the first few episodes have a lot of great moments like when Maul captures the crew of the Ghost and Ezra and Kanan have to help. Mainly because Maul is trying to find Obi-Wan and he believes getting Ezra's help with getting the holocrons open can lead him to him. And he almost does until Kanan stops him. But the first big main thing that happens in this season is when we're introduced to Grand Admiral Thrawn. This guy is essentially the primary antagonist for the rest of the show. And we get a lot of episodes with him trying to capture the rebels and kill the crew. He reminds me a lot of Viggo from Dragons: Race To The Edge. This super smart and cunning villain who can outthink his opponents. But then, the following episode is really good when we see Maul meeting up with Ezra again and this time, he's trying to get him to go to Dathomir to use the Night Sisters' magick to locate Obi-Wan, which he eventually does. Not only that, but, on Dathomir, they also find the Darksaber, which Sabine then begins to use, which is really cool. Speaking of, we're also shown more about Sabine here. We learn more about her past about how she's kind of an outcast from her family and ran away when she was at a Mandalorian academy. We're then shown her family when she goes to them with Ezra and Kanan. She goes to help but is still treated as an outcast to her family. But she's able to make it better with them after she saves them from a Mandalorian traitor, Gar Saxon. But then she's absent for a while because she agrees to stay with her family for a bit. Then, towards the end of the season, the third last episode is about Ezra going to Tatooine because he knows that that's where Obi-Wan is and he believes that he can help with the fight against the Empire. But Maul has also gone there to kill Obi-Wan. So Ezra gets there first and Obi-Wan convinces him that he doesn't need to come and then Maul appears.

But then this season ends with "Zero Hour." Which is a nonstop crazy action packed two parter. And a really awesome one at that. It opens with Thrawn discovering that agent Callus, one of the people working for the empire, is actually a rebel spy and has been helping the rebels from the inside. So he captures him and then discovers the location of the rebels base and the empire then begins to launch an attack on them. And all the characters get a lot of moments to do things here like Ezra going to get Sabine and her family to help and Kanan asking Bendu, a force sensitive creature from that planet, to help too. And one of the rebel leaders makes a sacrifice by smashing his ship into a Star Destroyer. And Rex gets to lead an attack too. Seeing him fighting is always awesome and I'm always sorta on the edge of my seat whenever he's fighting because I'm always concerned that he's gonna die considering how much I like him. But what really helps is when Bendu sorta transforms into a thundercloud and attacks Thrawn and the empire with lightning. That was cool. But then, the fourth season, the final one, is where so much stuff goes down and it's awesome. The first two episodes are centred around Ezra and Kanan helping Sabine with business on Mandalore. They help her free her dad and even discover a weapon that Sabine built years ago that could disintegrate anyone inside Mandalorian armour. This episode gets really brutal for a kid's show because we literally watch some characters get disintegrated into dust here. But it's done really well and I was really liking this. Especially at the end of the second episode where Sabine gives the Darksaber to Bo-Katan, who's in this series again returning from the Clone Wars. Though, some of these episodes do sometimes show the characters being kinda unlikeable like Saw Gurrera. We see him return earlier in the series, but he returns in this season too. And he does some really questionable things. Even though they try to justify what he's doing, he still does really unlikeable things like betraying Ezra and Sabine while on a mission. Even though they kind clear it up, he does still try to do these things and I was just kinda left wondering why they had him do it. But the biggest twist in the show is in episode 10 of this season where Hera gets captured and tortured. So Ezra, Kanan and Sabine go to save her. They do manage to, but then, Kanan sacrifices himself to save them from a huge explosion.

Even though I knew it was coming from hearing about it and seeing it before, it was still pretty tragic to see him die, especially since he and Hera confess their feelings right before that. And then the next episode is about them all mourning his death. That is until Ezra begins to see this wolf that seems to be in touch with the Force and he believes that it's Kanan. There's also a Jedi temple hidden there and the empire is trying to find, but Ezra and Sabine manage to gain entry to it and it's some sorta other dimension with these portals all around it. He even manages to use one that shows when Ahsoka was fighting Vader and manages to save her by pulling her out of it.

Not only that, but Ezra also believes he can save Kanan but Ahsoka tells him that if he does, he'll end up killing himself and the rest. So that part is pretty tragic with watching Kanan die again. And then Sidious begins to use his powers to try to attack them.

But then the series officially ends with "Family Reunion - And Farewell." All the rebels are on Lothal at this point and now they're planning to liberate Lothal from the empire. So they make a plan to infiltrate their facility. They do manage to until one of the empire's assassins destroys the plan and Thrawn decides to attack the people of Lothal unless Ezra surrenders himself. This entire entire ending of the series is a total blast from start to finish with almost everyone from the series helping out and getting some really great moment. But, when Ezra does surrender, he's brought to a hologram of Palpatine who sorta tries to get him to submit by tricking him with a vision of his parents who he's been looking for for the whole series until it was revealed that they died. And somehow Palpatine manages to make himself look normal in the hologram somehow. But it's cool anyway and it's made even cooler when he fights back and goes after Thrawn and we get a really unexpected ending. As the others are fighting the empire and trying to destroy the base, Ezra faces off against Thrawn in his ship and even summons the Purrgil, which are like these giant space whale-like creatures.

Yeah, it's pretty surprising when it looks like Ezra actually sacrifices himself. But then they look at a video he left for them and we get a great montage scene where it shows what the characters do afterwards. Especially after the war ends.

So, yeah, a lot is revealed in that montage. And it's cool that Sabine is the one who tells it. So, yeah, overall this series was a huge blast for me to watch. It's not perfect at all, but I had a fun time with it. Again, there are problems with it and there are some characters that I don't really like in it, but I was really happy to watch this. And everything on the technical side of it is great too. The voice cast is still amazing, the animation, the storytelling, everything like that. Though, there is definitely a huge difference in the animation compared to the Clone Wars and that's that everything is thinner in this series. For some reason, everything is very thinned down compared to the Clone Wars. And I mean everything, the characters, the lightsabers, the designs, everything. I don't know why, but that's just the style this series has. And it's very noticeable with characters like Vader who's suit and helmet in particular are very thin. But that doesn't make it bad. It can be pretty cool at points, though I do prefer the Clone Wars' style more. But it doesn't bring the show down any bit because of it. And, really, I'm just glad I was able to watch the whole series from beginning to end and get behind what everyone was saying about it for so long. Same with the Clone Wars too. There may have been problems with this show, but some of this might be some of my favourite Star Wars material ever. I would definitely say you should check this out if you're a Star Wars fan. And, really, I'm super glad I was able to get both of these shows watched and reviewed before the new Mandalorian season in a couple of days. And so, everyone, that's my review of Star Wars: Rebels. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

My top 5 healers in anime

So, the last of these special ability users in anime finishes with this. My top 5 healers in anime. Having a healing ability is definably one of more handier abilities to have in an anime. Or, really, just in general. Given how not only can these characters heal themselves, but it's also a huge advantage to their allies. It's probably not used as much as the other three I've done entries about, but it's still a really handy power to have. And the amount of power they have with it can be either big or small given how some can't heal huge injuries and some can. And so, let's begin and I hope you all like this.

5. Recovery Girl (My Hero Academia):

Starting us off at number 5 is the nurse at U.A High, the healing hero, Recovery Girl. This old nurse's quirk allows her to heal anyone by just kissing them. She's done it tons of times, especially to Deku whenever he got injured from his uses of One For All. The only problem was she said she probably wouldn't be able to do it for him that often if he kept overusing it. But she's still done a great job with the other students and she's not only a great healer, but also great at other uses at the school like during the students' exam where she was like an observer.

4. Elizabeth (The Seven Deadly Sins):

Up next is the reincarnation of the goddess, Elizabeth. While all the reincarnations of Elizabeth have all had the same powers, we only find that out through her. While she has a long of offensive powers too, she's more well-known for her healing powers. We first saw her do it when she healed Meliodas after the battle with Hendrickson, but, afterwards, she learned how to do it whenever she wanted and did the healing for all the Sins on their adventures.

3. Wendy (Fairy Tail):

At number 3 is the Sky Dragon Slayer, Wendy. Along with having the Sky Dragon Slayer magic, Wendy also has access to healing magic. Whether or not this is part of her Dragon Slayer magic is kinda questionable, but it's more than likely that she learned it separately from that. And her powers are a bit more unique than some of these others because not only can she heal others from injuries, but she can also heal them from poisons or even Natsu from his motion sickness. Temporarily at least. I can only imagine this power being more powerful when she uses her Dragon Force power.

2. Dende (Dragon Ball):

Coming in close to number 1 is the Namekian who later became the guardian of the Earth, Dende. After Gohan, Krillin and Bulma arrived on Namek to get their Dragon Balls, Gohan and Krillin first met him when Frieza was about to kill him. And, after they saved him from Frieza, they became friends and Dende became a healer for the entirety of the Frieza Saga. Not only could he heal minor injuries for the characters, but even heal them when they sustained near-death injuries like Vegeta and Krillin. He was so good with this that Frieza immediately killed him after he reached his final form to make sure he couldn't save anyone else. And he continued healing everyone after he became the new guardian of the Earth.

And my number 1 favourite healer in anime is... Tsunade (Naruto):

And finally at number 1 is the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade. Now, while her healing powers may not be as powerful as some of these other ones, her reputation as a healer is very well known. She learned healing Ninjutsu when she was in the Leaf Village and has used it considerably over a long period of time. She's even used it to try to make herself look younger. But she's also helped a lot of people with it too. She's so powerful with it that Orochimaru went to find her to heal his arms seeing how Kabuto wasn't as powerful with it as she is. Speaking of, Tsunade's not the only healer in Naruto. She later went on to teach it to Sakura and Shizune. And there's others as well like the previously mentioned Kabuto and Ino as well. But Tsunade is the true master at it. She's used it to save a lot of lives too and done it a lot too like saving Choji after the Sasuke Retrieval Mission, saving Genma and Raidou after the Sound Ninja Four attacked them and possibly being the one to heal Naruto after the fight with Sasuke as well. And all that is why Tsunade is my favourite healer in anime. And so, everyone, those are my picks for my top 5 healers in anime. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

My top 5 lightning users in anime

So, this is the last of these lists of my favourite characters of elemental attacks. The last two were fire and ice, so now we're moving onto lightning. Next to fire, this is probably the most popular of these elemental attacks for anime given how many characters actually use it. But given how much destructive power so many of them are able to use with it, it's definitely one of the most popular for a reason. Not to mention, like the other two, they can do some really creative things with it in regards to attacking or anything else like that. And so, let's begin and I hope you all like this.

5. Gilthunder (The Seven Deadly Sins):

Starting us off at number 5 is one of the Holy Knights from the Liones Kingdom, Gilthunder. Whether as a villain or hero, this Holy Knight has been using lightning for a whole bunch of powerful attacks. He can use it through any of his weapons like a spear or sword, he can move incredibly fast, call lightning from the sky, use it for charge attacks and was even able to use it to fight Meliodas for a little bit. 

4. Eneru (One Piece):

Next up is the God-like character of the Skypiea island, Eneru. As the person who ate the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Eneru has used it to become like a god in Skypiea and he's used it to great effects. Given how he's probably one of the most powerful One Piece characters ever thanks to it and the fact that he's a Logia type Devil Fruit user, it was hard for pretty much anyone to beat him until Luffy came along and did just that with his rubber powers. But Eneru is still super powerful regardless with his great control over the fruit and unleashing massive and devastating attacks. He was even just about to destroy all of Skypiea with it until Luffy stopped him.

3. Killua (Hunter x Hunter):

At number 3 is the young assassin of the Zoldyck family, Killua. While his assassin skills alone make him super deadly, he only got even more powerful after he learned Nen and discovered he was a Transmuter type Nen user. From that, he dicided to use the powers of electricity for his main choice in attacks. And, after tasing himself, he can use his Nen to make himself like a human lightning bolt. This can help him move quicker, use lightning attacks or use lightning through objects like his yo-yos. This has helped him out considerably like when he was fighting Youpi or trying to get to Gon as fast as he could.

2. Laxus (Fairy Tail):

Coming in close to number 1 is the Lightning Dragon Slayer, Laxus. While he's not a real or proper Dragon Slayer like Natsu, Gajeel or Wendy, Laxus is still insanely powerful as a Dragon Slayer in his own right. Even before he became a good guy, Laxus was still able to use his lightning the same way as Natsu with his Lightning Dragon Roar, Iron Fist and all the others. He even had some unique ones of his own like the Thunder Palace technique which is capable of destroying an entire town. Even if he never got a chance to use that properly, it still did a number on all the guild members who attacked the lacima containing all of them. And his strength is multiplied when he uses his own form of Dragon Force.

And my number 1 favourite lightning user in anime is... Kakashi (Naruto):

And finally at number 1 is Sharingan user and copycat ninja, Kakashi. While he may be known for copying other people's jutsus, his own jutsus are incredibly powerful too and his Lightning Blade is by far his best and most well known. To first master it, he even had to use his chakra to cut a bolt of lightning. And, given how the Lightning Blade is his favourite jutsu, he's got other versions of it for attacks like turning it into dogs, making lightning clones, using it with a kunai knife and cutting through anything with it and using it when he got a Susano'o, which was even powered by his lightning chakra. But even with his regular Lightning Blade, he's used it to kill so many of his opponents like Haku and Kakuzu. He was also trusting Sasuke with it when he taught him the Chidori. And while Sasuke's lightning powers are impressive as well, it more falls onto Kakashi in terms of mastery over it with him being the creator of the move. Despite Sasuke being more powerful with it after he became an adult, I still just prefer Kakashi with it too. And all that is why Kakashi is my favourite lightning user in anime. And so, everyone, those are my picks for my top 5 lightning users in anime. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

My top 5 ice users in anime

So, my last entry was me counting down my top 10 favourite fire users in anime, and so, this'll be continuing that by counting my top 5 ice users. While I don't think this is as well used as these other moves like fire, lightning or healing, I still think ice is pretty cool attack for anime characters to have. They can do really creative things with it and it's just an awesome move to have anyway. Plus, while it's probably my least favourite out of all the ones I just mentioned there, it's still a great power. And so, let's begin and I hope you all like this.

5. Haku (Naruto):

Starting us off at number 5 is Zabuza's apprentice, Haku. While he's more known for helping Naruto with understanding more about how similar they are and Naruto learning more about growing up from him, he's also incredibly skilled with ice jutsus. His most common attack is using ice needles for attacks or using ice mirrors to move around his opponents really quickly like when he fought against Naruto and Sasuke. He can not only move really fast, but also use his needles to slash at others really fast.

4. Toshiro (Bleach):

Next up is the short wielder of the Hyorinmaru Zanpakuto, Toshiro. While his deadly skills with a sword are impressive, it's boosted even more with his Bankai, which encases him in ice to use as blasts to make chunks of ice or launch a huge long dragon made of ice. He can also use ice to form wings on his to fly like one too.

3. Gray (Fairy Tail):

At number 3 is the ice using mage from Fairy Tail. After learning ice magic from Ur, he mastered a whole bunch of different moves from it like making canons, cages, shields, swords, hammers, bow and arrows, keys and lances. He can also make his power stronger after he uses his Demon Slayer power. Him having ice also makes him the perfect contrast to Natsu with both being at each other throats and having opposite elemental magic.

2. Todoroki (My Hero Academia):

Coming in close to number 1 is Todoroki again. Like what I said in my last entry, Endeavor was hoping to use Todoroki to surpass All Might. And the ice powers he has is something he inherited from his mom. It's also the power he relied on the most before finally deciding to use his fire quirk. But he's incredibly skilled with his ice quirk. With it, he can freeze people's bodies, make the ground ice and slide on it, make huge pillars of ice and freeze his entire surroundings and even half of a whole stadium. And, thanks to his fire quirk, he's able to use it more intensively and not worry that much about freezing his own body.

And my number 1 favourite ice user in anime is... Aokiji (One Piece):

And finally at number 1 is the former admiral from the One Piece marines, Kuzan, A.K.A, Aokiji. After eating the Ice-Ice Fruit, Aokiji became a Logia Devil Fruit user. Like other Logia Devil Fruit users, his whole body is made of ice and has all the properties of it when he gets attacked. But his other abilties with it can be either miner or huge. Firstly, he can freeze people's bodies and shatter them, turn huge parts of the sea into ice and ride on them, freeze an entire tsunami and his powers are so strong, he can even go toe-to-toe against Akainu, who's Devil Fruit is stronger than his but he was able to hold his own for long enough. He may have lost and even lost a leg and left the marines, but that doesn't mean his powers are any less stronger. And all that is why Aokiji is my number 1 favourite ice user in anime. And so, everyone, those are my picks for my top 5 ice users in anime. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

My top 10 fire users in anime

So, this is sorta the first of these power users in anime I'm gonna do. The first of these is fire users. I'm also gonna do ones like ice users, lighting users and healers as well. But, for now, I'm starting it with fire users. Being one of the more popular and damaging attacks in anime, a lot of characters have made great uses of fire abilities in their series. Whether it's just setting various things on fire or creating different ways to use it, fire has always been one of the more destructive anime powers used. And so, let's get begin and I hope you all like this.

10. Endeavor (My Hero Academia):

Starting us off at number 10 is the number 2 hero in My Hero Academia, the flame hero, Endeavor. After a being number 2 behind All Might for a long time, Endeavor decided to have children who he could raise to surpass All Might. As a result, his family resented him and he began to have a change of heart after a while. But after All Might was officially retired from hero work, Endeavor then became the number 1 hero. And his quirk is fire that he uses for great destructive fights. The most notable is in a recent fight where he's up against a Nomu and uses so much power to beat it due to its strength. He may have received great injuries as a result, but he still won the fight with it by using new moves we hadn't seen from him yet.

9. Magna (Black Clover):

Next up is the fire magic using knight of the Black Bulls, Magna. When he was younger, he lived in the place called Rayaka as a peasant until he joined the Black Bull magic knights with his fire magic. His main weapon with his magic is a bat made of fire or he might just shoot regular fireballs from his hands. All this has also helped him in various situations like when he was in the dungeon and came back stronger or when he and Luck fought Vetto or when he competed in the Royal Knight Selection Exam.

8. Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist):

This state alchemist is the only person to ever learn flame alchemy. When he learned about it from Hawkeye's dad, she asked him to destroy the research on her back so there would be no more flame alchemists so no one could use it for evil. But, as the only user of it, Mustang has put it to great uses. He mostly uses his gloves for it called ignition gloves where he snaps his fingers to make a spark then using alchemy to create the explosion of flames. He's not only used it for offence, but also using it for destroying whatever he wants or melting locks. He's also used it to fight against Envy by blasting him over and over until he was reduced to his real form.

7. Itachi (Naruto):

At number 7 is the older of the Uchiha brothers. Fire jutsu is essentially the main type of jutsu from the Uchiha clan. Every single natural born Uchiha learns fire jutsu at some point and Itachi's skills with it are incredible. Sure, there's the obvious Fireball jutsu that's the main staple of the Uchiha, but there's also all the other fire jutsu that he's able to do with the Sharingan. When using the Mangekyo Sharingan, he's able to use Amaterasu which can burn through anything the caster wants until it leaves nothing but ashes. Plus, his Susano'o and Totsuka Blade both look like they're made of fire.

6. Sasuke (Naruto):

While Itachi's abilities with fire may be impressive, there's no denying that Sasuke definitely surpassed him towards the end of the series and into Boruto as well. Everything I said about Itachi is true for Sasuke too with having the normal Fireball, Dragon Flame and Phoenix Flower jutsus at the beginning, then getting his own Mangekyo Sharingan, Amaterasu and Susano'o, but once he met the Sage Of The Six Paths and got his own Rinnegan, his power went up a huge step. He could do more things with the Amaterasu, he could shoot fire jutsus from his Susano'o and could later use Amaterasu without it hurting.

5. Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho):

This demon may be short in size, but his power is nothing to scoff at. Being the child of both a fire demon and ice demon, Hiei gained the properties of both, but prefers the fire aspects. While his main choice of combat is a sword, his demon power in regards to his fire abilities are huge. His main one being his Fist Of The Mortal Flame attack where his fists become enveloped in flames for him to punch an opponent. But the most destructive attack of his is the Dragon Of The Darkness Flame where he shoots out fire from his arm in the shape of a dragon that leaves nothing of his target. He also has the ability to absorb the Darkness Flame to make him stronger or use it with his sword to slice through anything. And, since he's the child of a fire demon, he's immune to fire attacks himself.

4. Todoroki (My Hero Academia):

While his dad may have originally wanted him to be the one to surpass All Might, Shoto Todoroki has evolved so much outside of that. Before his fight with Deku in the U.A. Sports Festival, Todoroki was against using his fire quirk at all due to not wanting to have anything to do with his dad at all. But after Deku convinced him that it was fine considering his quirk was his own and not someone else's, he finally began using his fire quirk as well his ice quirk. Todoroki has also grown to the point where because his dad abused him as a child, he's trying to connect with him slowly and being able to use his fire ability is one way. It's also beneficial for him since he has both fire and ice which allows him to heat up or cool down his body if he overuses his power.

3. Yamamoto (Bleach):

At number 3 is the Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13, Yamamoto. While his methods may be ruthless in regards to doing whatever it takes to complete missions, his own raw power with his Zanpakuto is pretty insane. His use of fire is all with his Zanpakuto. When he takes it out, the blade is enveloped by fire and he can hold fire in his Bankai. In fact, he's so powerful that when he uses his Bankai, he literally says "All things in the universe turn to ashes."

2. Ace (One Piece):

Coming in close to number 1 is fire fist himself, Portgas D. Ace. After leaving the Goa Kingdom to be a pirate at age 17, Ace was shipwrecked on an island along with another man named Masked Deuce and found the Flame-Flame fruit and ate it so they wouldn't go hungry. Ace was the first one to eat it so he got the powers of the fruit. And, with it, Ace can do so many things. He can launch fire in the shape of his fist at opponents, make huge fireballs, use his fingers as fire guns, create little green flares to explode and create a tunnel of fire. This is even how he got the nickname "Fire Fist Ace." Plus, the Flame-Flame Fruit is a Logia type Devil Fruit, he's able to literally become fire, especially whenever he's attacked.

And my number 1 favourite fire user in anime is... Natsu (Fairy Tail):

And finally at number 1 is the fire using Dragon Slayer of the Fairy Tail guild, Natsu Dragneel. While a lot of these other users of fire might be slightly more destructive and powerful, fire is Natsu's everything in a fight. After learning Dragon Slayer magic from Igneel, he can do anything he wants with it. Punch with fire, use fire as whips, use it to give himself a boost in speed, shoot it from his mouth, hands, elbows, feet and engulf his whole body with it for a charge attack. And, if he's ever running low on fire magic, he can just eat fire around him that he hasn't created himself to replenish it. He's also able to withstand absolutely any fire magic attacks dealt to him. And his power is magnified more when he either goes into his Dragon Force Mode or Fire Dragon King Mode. He can even incorporate other elements into his fire too like lightning. And all that is why Natsu is my favourite fire user in anime. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

My top 10 fight scenes in the M.C.U Phase 3

So, my past two posts have been about me talking about my favourite fight scenes in the M.C.U Phase 1 and 2. And this is continuing that with Phase 3. And this one will be 10 because since Phase 3 has more movies, it allows for more action scenes. And a lot of them are incredible with how they're done. I mean, the directors at Marvel definitely know how to do these action scenes and I feel like Phase 3 allowed a lot of them to do some really unique and crazy scenes, but so many of them were handled so well that they honestly made some of my favourite scenes of all time with a lot of these. And so, let's begin and I hope you all like these.

10. Spider-Man vs. Vulture (Spider-Man: Homecoming):

Starting us off at number 10 is the final battle between Spidey and Adrian. It first starts on a plane with Peter trying to stop him from stealing from Tony's plane that's moving a whole bunch of supplies from Stark Tower. And they're just at each other the whole time with Adrian trying to kill him and Peter's trying to get him away from the plane as well as just survive. But then, as soon as the plane crashes, it becomes pretty brutal on this beach with Adrian tossing Peter around and punching him with his gloves really hard and using the claws on his suit to stamp on him. It honestly makes him kinda terrifying in that sense, but it's made even better at the end when Peter saves him when his wingsuit explodes. But the action before that is cool with how brutal it looks, especially for a hero like Spider-Man who you wouldn't necessarily expect to have much brutal action with.

9. Spider-Man and Mysterio vs. Molten Man (Spider-Man: Far From Home):

This might be a weird one if you've seen the movie because it's eventually revealed that this whole fight was technically just fake, but I still liked it all the same. Even though this is just an illusion that Beck is creating, it still looks cool and I like the various ways Peter and Beck team up against it. Most of is them trying to prevent it from consuming any metal so they constantly throw different things at and we see a lot of things happen between like Ned and Betty being stuck on a ferris wheel, Peter breaking off a projector from one of the drones and MJ finding it and Beck blasting it over and over until he makes it look like he sacrifices himself to kill it. Again, I know it's all just fake made to look like a real problem, but I still think it's a cool scene.

8. Black Panther vs. Killmonger (Black Panther):

This might be a slight controversial pick because some people do have a problem with this fight. And, yeah, I do too like how the C.G.I doesn't look very good with the whole fight with T'Challa and Killmonger with their suits. But I'm putting this on here because I still think their fight is cool, and I also love the fight that happens above with Killmonger sending W'Kabi and the other Wakandian soliders to attack T'Challa and then Okoye and the Dora Milaje go to help him. I love this whole part with both armies fighting each other and then Shuri and Nakia help them too. I also like Ross's involvement with him trying to stop the planes from bringing the Wakanda weapons to the rest of the world. This whole sequence is awesome and it's made even cooler when M'Baku and the Jabari join the fight too. But the end fight with T'Challa and Killmonger is cool too. Besides the weird C.G.I, the choreography and moves made are really cool and it's kinda intense at points.

7. Hulk vs. Thanos (Avengers: Infinity War):

This was probably a fight a lot of people were hoping would happen at some point, and the opening of Infinity War gave us it. Given how well known the strength of both Hulk and Thanos is, it was really cool to really see both of these characters duke it out on the big screen in live action. Sure, the fight's not very long, but it's still awesome with every second. It also gave us a good look at Thanos's strength pretty early given how he was able to beat Hulk up and not be using that much of his power. He didn't even need to use the Power Stone on him. And, unlike a lot of other movies that try to have some cool fight between huge monsters, this one looks really awesome and real and, thankfully, not ugly and not generic.

6. Bridge fight (Thor: Ragnarok):

At number 6 is the Marvel fight that I think is the most adrenaline fuel fight scene. The amount of hype I get from this fight is huge because it's so awesome. We first see Thor fighting Hela in the throne room on Asgard, which he loses and loses his eye in the process, but then he gets a power increase with his lightning powers and shoots towards the bridge where Hela's army is fighting against Loki, Valkyrie, Hulk, Heimdall, Korg and Miek. And this whole scene from how it's shot and the music and and visuals is so insane but so incredibly awesome all at the same time. And, with that, Skurge then joins the battle with his two guns and he gets a really awesome moment. And I love how they don't win in the traditional way of just beating Hela and then everything is back to normal. Thor suggests using Surtur to destroy Asgard and Hela in the process.

5. Guardians vs. Sovereign and Ego (Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2):

I've spoken about this climax before and I still stand by that I think this is a really phenomenal action scene. It first begin with Yondu crashing into Ego as he's trying to use Peter as a generator for his plan. But then we get an amazing action scene where the Guardians go into Ego's centre and try to destroy his core but then the Sovereign arrive with their ships trying to kill them too. This then starts a ship to ship battle with them until they destroy them and then have to deal with Ego who's trying to kill them and use Peter again. All the while they're trying to get into Ego's core and blow it up. And, like I may have said before, what I like a lot here are the interactions with the characters as they're going through all this and the action along with it. It's also accompanied with incredible C.G.I and some really hilarious parts too. Especially with how they plan out how they're gonna kill him with having Groot put the bomb on him.

4. Cap and Bucky vs. Iron Man (Captain America: Civil War):

Out of all the battles in Phase 3, or really just the entirety of the M.C.U, this one is probably the most heart-breaking. And I don't just mean the outcome like some of these other ones, I just mean the battle as well as the outcome. This is all because we're seeing two friends fighting. After Zemo reveals to Tony that Bucky killed his parents, he gets mad and attacks both him and Steve, who already knew and didn't tell him. And we get an awesome hand-to-hand fight scene with Tony going after Bucky and Steve trying to stop him. And the action is really intense. We're treated to a great fight with it being pretty grounded compared to other Iron Man action scenes with him not being able to fly and using nothing but their bare fists for most of the fight. And it's cool to see both Steve and Bucky teaming up on him. I mean, it's hard to watch on an emotional standpoint, but as a fight itself, it's amazing, especially the wide shot with both of them just pounding him over and over. And the ending is even more tragic with Tony beating up Steve a bit, but then Steve throws him down and disables his suit which means he's pretty much defeated.

3. Team Cap vs. Team Iron Man (Captain America: Civil War):

While the final fight between Steve and Bucky against Tony in Civil War is great, easily the best and most iconic fight in the movie is the airport fight with Tony, Rhodey, Natasha, Vision, T'Challa and Peter going up against Steve, Buckey, Sam, Clint, Wanda and Scott. Not only is the hero vs. hero aspect on full display here, but the stunts, choreography, C.G.I, and moves are so ingenious and so well handled that it makes the whole thing so incredible to watch. We get so many amazing moments here like how this is the first time we see Spider-Man in the M.C.U, Scott goes giant, Natasha eventually letting Steve and Bucky go and so much more. I also love how even though this sequence is about 20 minutes long, it never gets boring and is everything a lot of people wanted to see from something like this. 

2. Avengers vs. Thanos (Avengers: Infinity War):

Coming in close to number 1 is actually both of the ending fights from Infinity War. Those being the fight on Titan with Iron Man, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Star-Lord, Drax and Mantis vs. Thanos along with the battle in Wakanda with Steve, T'Challa, Natasha, Sam, Rhodey and the Wakanda army against the Outriders and other members of the Black Order. Both of these scenes are edited so well that when it goes from one to the other, it never feels frustrating because we're so invested in everything that's happening. And this was what was being built up for the past 10 years at this point. We were finally getting the chance to see so many heroes together fighting Thanos and his army. Sure, it wasn't the last time we were gonna see this, but still. And I love the little bits they do here like Stephen coming up with a plan with the others on Titan and it's cool the way they do it. But it's made all the more frustrating when Star-Lord messes it all up. I also love Tony's solo fight with Thanos because the stakes are just so high with it.

And my number 1 favourite M.C.U Phase 3 fight scene is... Avengers vs. Thanos (Avengers: Endgame):

And finally at number 1 is the final climactic battle between all the heroes of the M.C.U against Thanos and his army. This entire scene is, without a doubt, easily my favourite cinema experience ever. We first get a fight scene with Tony, Steve and Thor going up against Thanos and we get that now iconic scene where Steve lifts Mjolnir. And that part is great too, but my favourite is when all the portals open, all the resurrected heroes return and they all charge at the army with Cap saying Avengers Assemble. That whole part is absolutely mind-blowing. But then we get the cinema experience of a lifetime with every single hero fighting Thanos's army. And we get a lot of incredible moments throughout like Tony reuniting with Peter, Star-Lord reuniting with Gamora, sorta, Carol arriving and all the female heroes teaming up, T'Challa saving Clint and then getting the gauntlet which he then gives it to Spidey who then gives it to Carol and just so many other amazing moments. And I recently rewatched Endgame and something I love about the climax that I realised is that it's not particularly long. But, I think that's a good thing. Unlike a lot of movies that try to have big battles at the end like this, this one isn't long so it doesn't feel like it's going on for too long or feel like it's a bunch of mindless nonsense. It's all paced so well so it never gets boring with so many amazing scenes and action. I even love the part towards the end when Thanos almost has the gauntlet but then Thor and Cap stop him and try to kill him with Stormbreaker. But then, of course, the best moment out of all of them is Tony getting the Infinity Stones, snapping his fingers and killing Thanos and his army while sacrificing his own life in the process. This is also the highest the stakes have ever been in the M.C.U with Tony, Steve and Thor against Thanos at the start. Especially when Steve goes in by himself. I was on the edge of my seat the first time I saw that. But then it keeps going the more it goes with the big battle with all of them together and it's just a blast to watch. And all that is why the Avengers vs. Thanos is my favourite fight scene from the M.C.U Phase 3. And so, everyone, those were my picks for my top 10 fight scenes from the M.C.U Phase 3. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

My top 5 fights in the M.C.U Phase 2

So, my last entry was about me talking about my favourite action scenes from Phase 1 of the M.C.U. And, this post will be continuing that with me talking about my favourites from Phase 2. Given how Phase 2 was leaning towards a lot more crazier things, it could get away with a lot of bizarre things that they did really well because they knew how to handle it the right way. It also gave fans a lot of things we've wanted to see for a long time. Anyway, let's begin and I hope you all like this.

5. Dockyard fight (Iron Man 3):

Starting us off at number 5 is the climatic fight from Iron Man 3. After Tony and Rhodey discover Killian is keeping Pepper and the president at a dockyard, they go there where they find a whole bunch of Killian's minions so Tony calls in the Iron Legion to help take care of them. Not only is there phenomenal action in this scene, but it's also just awesome to see so many Iron Man suits at once fighting. We also get to scene funny moments too like when Tony isn't able to give Rhodey a suit or when Tony's about to hop inside a suit but then it gets destroyed so he has to keep running. And the the C.G.I is so impressive with having so many suits and making them all look so real. It's also cool when Tony goes up against Killian himself with both punching each other and Tony going from suit to suit after Killian keeps destroying them.

4. Prison escape (Guardians Of The Galaxy):

Next up is the amazing escape from prison scene from the first Guardians movie. In terms of escape from prison scenes in movies, this might be my favourite because there's a lot of amazing moments. It starts off with Rocket making a plan with Peter and Gamora and then but then Groot begins the plan by himself which causes all of them to start moving really fast like Gamora having to get a wristband from a guard or Rocket tricking Peter into getting a prosthetic leg from a prisoner, which is already hilarious when it's revealed to be a lie, and Rocket and Groot fighting those robots. It's made even cooler when Drax helps them by throwing Rocket a gun and both him and Groot just go crazy with blasting them all. But, again, it keeps going to where they all climb up Groot to the watchtower and get inside, and, despite it being the beginning of the film, is so cool and epic with the shot of all of them. Then it moves into a great scene when they're inside with them having a hilarious argument while Rocket is trying to get them out of there. The whole scene is brilliant and so awesome. The C.G.I is phenomenal through the whole scene and it's paced perfectly with amazing moments from beginning to the end.

3. Guardians Of The Galaxy vs. Ronan (Guardians Of The Galaxy):

This fight in like what I was saying with this Phase doing a lot of craziness and it working well. I really, really like this final battle on Xandar with the Guardians teaming up with the Ravagers and the Xandarians against Ronan and his army. It may seems like every generic space battle we see everywhere nowadays, but James Gunn did a really great job with knowing how to direct it to the point where it feels unique and new. Not to mention the fact that it's funny and there's a lot of epic moments like when the Guardians kill Ronan with the Power Stone. There's even some really emotional moments like when Groot sacrifices himself to save the other Guardians. We all know this wasn't the end of him, but still.

2. Hulkbuster vs. Hulk (Avengers: Age Of Ultron):

Coming in close to number 1 is the fight on this that's like what I said in the opening with giving fans what we wanted because this was the fight that was being built up so much in the advertising for this movie that everyone was really excited for. Fans had been wanting to see for so long a live action version of the Hulkbuster armour and it was really awesome. Unlike some other strong monster fights, this one was really cool with Tony trying to stop Hulk's rampage after Wanda uses her powers on him. It's not only great to see them punch each other over and over, but we also see Tony trying to keep the civilians safe in the process. And there's great humour in it too like when Tony keeps punching Hulk hoping he'll go to sleep or him saying sorry after punching him so hard that his tooth comes out.

And my number 1 favourite fight scene in the M.C.U Phase 2 is... Cap vs. The Winter Solider (Captain America: The Winter Solider):

And finally at number 1 is the highway fight in the Winter Solider. In terms of the M.C.U movies, this is probably the most grounded and realistic. This is also the part of the movie where I think a lot of people began to see what the Russo brothers could really do in regards to directing action scenes. The part on the boat the beginning was great, but this is where the action was stepped up considerably. We get a great shootout scene with Cap, Sam and Natasha against Bucky and some other Hydra agents, but it's all the best when Cap goes up against Bucky himself and we get an amazing hand-to-hand fight scene with a knife like them constantly blocking each other's attacks and Bucky trying to kill him with the knife and Steve doing all these amazing moves to try to beat him himself. Not only is the choreography incredible here, but it's also amazingly directed with the camerawork. This is a great example of where fast cuts and quick editing is done right. Unlike other movies where action like that can give people a headache, here, it's done perfectly where you can see everything and follow what's happening and be really invested as a result. Overall, this fight shows incredible action, fantastic camerawork and phenomenal choreography. And all that is why Cap vs. The Winter Soldier is my favourite M.C.U Phase 2 fight scene. And so, everyone, those are my picks for my top 5 fight scenes in the M.C.U Phase 2. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

My Kingdom Hearts Maleficent statue and Shadow Heartless Bring Arts figures (Review)

So, I just got some new Kingdom Hearts stuff today. A Maleficent with Heartless statue and a two Shadow Heartless Bring Arts figure. I was so excited to finally get them because they looked really cool from when I saw them and it's great to finally have them and have them added to the collection of other Kingdom Hearts figures I got. And, it's pretty cool to have some of the enemies from the series added to the display case with the others for a change. Overall, I'm really happy to have these and I'm really looking forward to hopefully getting more soon. And so, here it is and I hope you all like this.