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Re: Bleach thread. Manga readers only!

2012-06-07T20:13:03-06:00

On some other forum I read an offhanded remark about the final arc stating "Kubo went crazy". Though it might be a little rash it's prettymuch the truth. He's just going buck-wild now and drawing whatever the hell he wants since he doesn't have to worry about an Anime audience anymore. Bringing back Arrancars, having Quincies come from nowhere to f$@# everything up, killing off good guys.. These are things he probably never would've done otherwise. The final arc is insane and it's only going to get crazier.

The thing is we know absolutely nothing about the new bad guys. We know most of them are Quincies yes, but we don't know if any of them are Arrancars or Arrancar-Quincy hybrids (yes, these exist) and we have no idea where they magically spawned from. Best guess is that they were released from some sort of prison, or at least their leader was. By the way we don't even know the leader's name, only that he tried to attack Soul Society a millennium ago and failed.

This is the reason we won't care about the new bad guys though. Remember the Arrancar/Rescue arcs? Back then, we were introduced to all the "bad guys" outside of battle and learned about their personalities. We started to care about them and were interested to see the in-fighting that was happening and had already happened in Hueco Mundo. That's why the Espada were so great.. These new guys, not so much. At least a few of them will die in the next couple of chapters and hardly anyone will care. That's probably the biggest flaw in this arc but hopefully we'll have some big reveals of canon to make up for it.

Statistics: Posted by Freeasacar — June 7th, 2012, 8:13 pm

Re: Bleach thread. Manga readers only!

2011-10-22T11:44:57-06:00

Finally caught up..

Few thoughts :

Hidden:

Statistics: Posted by ZxC — October 22nd, 2011, 11:44 am

Re: Bleach thread. Manga readers only!

2011-08-12T14:20:13-06:00

They're talking about last week. The one with Rukia stabbing Ichigo.

Statistics: Posted by Pyro3000 — August 12th, 2011, 2:20 pm

Re: Bleach thread. Manga readers only!

2011-08-11T01:41:23-06:00

Wolfwood wrote:

Ichigo is substitute shinigami again! I am so pleased. But, what's with that glowy sword Ichigo's dad has?

What? You mean the one Rukia is holding?

Are you people talking about last week's chapter (459)? Or did you find an early release of next week's? As WSJ is on break this week

Statistics: Posted by Jeroen — August 11th, 2011, 1:41 am

Re: Bleach thread. Manga readers only!

2011-08-10T23:22:24-06:00

Ichigo is substitute shinigami again! I am so pleased. But, what's with that glowy sword Ichigo's dad has?

Statistics: Posted by Wolfwood — August 10th, 2011, 11:22 pm

Re: Bleach thread. Manga readers only!

2011-08-09T15:03:19-06:00

Interesting note: Rukia's now the Vice-Captain of Squad 13, going by her arm insignia. I guess by now, they'll have gotten around to promoting people to replace Aizen, Gin, and Tousen (probably some of the Vice-Captains), so we should be prepared for more new characters soonish.

Statistics: Posted by Tahu 1000 — August 9th, 2011, 3:03 pm

Re: Bleach thread. Manga readers only!

2011-08-08T00:22:04-06:00

Oh cool I was wondering if it'd ever get big again.

Statistics: Posted by Pyro3000 — August 8th, 2011, 12:22 am

Re: Bleach thread. Manga readers only!

2011-08-05T07:26:36-06:00

Well, there's one whole arc down the drain in terms of lasting importance. At least it wasn't a long one.

Statistics: Posted by Tahu 1000 — August 5th, 2011, 7:26 am

Re: Bleach thread. Manga readers only!

2011-08-04T01:31:47-06:00

I don't get it
The last 5 chapters or something

Statistics: Posted by WeirdBoy — August 4th, 2011, 1:31 am

Re: Bleach thread. Manga readers only!

2011-08-04T00:29:00-06:00

Mind elaborating a bit on that last one, WeirdBoy?

Statistics: Posted by Wolfwood — August 4th, 2011, 12:29 am

Re: Bleach thread. Manga readers only!

2011-08-03T10:44:15-06:00

Lost

Statistics: Posted by WeirdBoy — August 3rd, 2011, 10:44 am

Re: Bleach thread. Manga readers only!

2011-07-21T08:36:26-06:00

Meanwhile... Bleach is interesting now.

For people that need to catch up on latest chapters, do so! Lots of development.

Statistics: Posted by Wolfwood — July 21st, 2011, 8:36 am

Re: Bleach thread. Manga readers only!

2011-06-03T12:03:59-06:00

Davesprite wrote:

> implying Kubo cares about continuity

You'd be surprised. Shinji's ability was to reverse the enemy's senses. Hundreds of chapters previous when he introduces himself at the school he writes his name backwards.

Soul Society never seems to mention anything, though.

Statistics: Posted by Pyro3000 — June 3rd, 2011, 12:03 pm

Re: Bleach thread. Manga readers only!

2011-05-17T21:18:30-06:00

> implying Kubo cares about continuity

Statistics: Posted by Topsummoner — May 17th, 2011, 9:18 pm

Re: Bleach thread. Manga readers only!

2011-05-17T14:35:12-06:00

So how some Soul Society doesn't know about these fullbring? If they're that powerful and they've been around for a while, they should have at least noticed.

Statistics: Posted by Tahu 1000 — May 17th, 2011, 2:35 pm

Re: Bleach thread. Manga readers only!

2011-05-17T00:58:29-06:00

Wolfwood wrote:

I have a feeling that this whole "full-bring" ability has been in the works since Inoue got her powers. She's had those hair pins for forever and they have significant meaning to her. Would it be safe to say that Inoue is a full-bringer?

Not just safe to say, it is already confirmed

Just like Chad

Statistics: Posted by Jeroen — May 17th, 2011, 12:58 am

Re: Bleach thread. Manga readers only!

2011-05-17T00:36:45-06:00

Statistics: Posted by Wolfwood — May 17th, 2011, 12:36 am

Re: Bleach thread. Manga readers only!

2011-04-27T22:42:53-06:00

Yeah, there was a translator's note saying Ichigo means Strawberry in like... the very first chapter of Bleach. Seriously. One of those punks called Ichigo "Strawberry Head" or something and right below: "T/N: Ichigo means strawberry."

Statistics: Posted by Rocky — April 27th, 2011, 10:42 pm

Re: Bleach thread. Manga readers only!

2011-04-23T16:38:54-06:00

Just a homophone actually.

イチゴ (いちご - ichigo) means strawberry
一護 Is how Ichigo's name is spelled. 一 reads as いち (ichi), and 護 would read as まもる (mamoru) with the japanese pronunciation, but it appears they use the chinese pronunciation, because with that it reads as "ko" or "go".
Either way you're right Tahu, it means something like "number one protector".

Statistics: Posted by ZxC — April 23rd, 2011, 4:38 pm

Re: Bleach thread. Manga readers only!

2011-04-23T16:04:32-06:00

Eh, Ichigo himself claims his name means "number one protector" or something. No idea how that and strawberry use the same kanji (do they, or is it just a homophone?).

Statistics: Posted by Tahu 1000 — April 23rd, 2011, 4:04 pm