The Much-Needed Bleach Thread

[MagilsugaM]

Hots3 has that option too.
But  you can't use Hollow Ichigo
Yeah hts5 so I just get that one tomorrow.

[dan_death]

I got my Bleach hoodie yaaay! Now I plan on getting an Ichigo shirt. And more Bleach merchandise like plush dolls, and necklaces, and when I get the money, buy me a zanpakuto.

I also have a question. I'm not sure if they explained this in an episode, and I missed it, or they didn't say anything about it at all.

Where do souls go after they die in the Soul Society? Do they become Hollows? And apparently, people can give birth in the Soul Society.

[Romana]

[Kebrel]

I was rather enjoying the flash back

[ZeaLitY]

Oh fuuuuck, here it COMES!!!!

[Kebrel]

Oh fuuuuck, here it COMES!!!!

Here it is.

[Romana]

*sigh* Do we really need this many fucking eccentric Arrancar? I was kinda hoping Barragan's Privarron would be... more serious or something, rather than take up an entire chapter with recycled Soul Society jokes. Although Soi Fon's lieutenant making an ass of himself was funny.

[ZeaLitY]

Yeah. God forbid we actually get some fighting or plot advancement. I'd rather see Stark talk about how cool he is or something for 15 pages.

[Romana]

I'd rather see Stark talk about how cool he is or something for 15 pages.

That would actually be entertaining.

Here's my problem with the current arc: where the hell is the Ichigo and Ulquiorra fight? We get a glimpse every now and then, Ichigo getting a few yards closer to Ulquiorra, then bam, a lengthy chat between Yamamoto and Aizen's crew about how awesome each of their sides are. It's irritating as hell, 'cause it feels like Ichigo's been looping the same run for weeks now. At least he's actually arrived now, but with the current way Kubo's handling things:

- Ichigo VS Ulquiorra will probably be overshadowed by the Karakura battle
- Ichigo and Ulqui may not even be shown again for weeks

As much as I hate complaining about a manga author's decisions, it's a scary world when Naruto is moving at a faster pace than Bleach.

[ZeaLitY]

Yeah. And he even taunted us with Ulquiorra's released form. I learned from the Naruto anime that segmenting fights can be a good or bad thing during the Chuunin exam arc, when they kept cutting between Team Gaara vs. the Genin and Orochimaru vs. Sandaime. I really don't want cuts here, because anything taunted -- like the released form --  you know will appear only after 2-4 weeks of the other battle. It's constant cliffhangers.

I am excited about two prospects, though:

• Kenpachi probably doesn't like to sit around waiting for action. Even if he just killed Nnoitra. In retrospect, the way he won that fight -- "OH, I USE TWO HANDS NOW INSTEAD OF ONE" -- is so brilliantly Kenpachi. It's like "oh fuck, you're strong. Here, let me USE MY OTHER HAND." By doing it that way, Kenpachi still has a run for being the most powerful force in the Bleach universe once he learns bankai.
• GRIMMJOW. Grimmjow hates Ulquiorra, and Grimmjow is still alive. He's had maybe a few hours to heal, so perhaps he's going to show up in the Ichigo and Ulquiorra fight to repay a favor. Remember, he repaid a favor to Orihime; he does have some kind of honor system. The only thing cooler than Ichigo splitting Ulquiorra is GRIMMJOW SPLITTING ULQUIORRA WHILE SPLITTING HIS OWN FACE WITH A SADISTIC GRIN!

Wow. Bleach's strength really is the characters.

[ZeaLitY]

MISSING

[Romana]

This week's chapter wasn't too bad, 'cept for the mentally-scarring last page.

[dan_death]

Um....didn't Ulquiorra and Ichigo already fight once? If that's what you guys are talking about, they already did once. Even though it was unfinished, it was still a fight.

[Romana]

Um....didn't Ulquiorra and Ichigo already fight once? If that's what you guys are talking about, they already did once. Even though it was unfinished, it was still a fight.

Yeah, but currently in the manga they're about to begin (well, more like "may begin sometime towards the end of this year") their inevitable final fight where Ichigo will kick Ulqui's released ass.

[Kebrel]

Does anyone know how much longer the Captain Shūsuke Amagai filler will go on for?