Bleach 416

Summary:

Gin talks to Aizen about past, Aizen kills gin, Rangiku remembers stuff and runs to Gin who is pretty much dead. He's glad he said sorry he says. Short summary, but that's all that happened. At the end, Ichigo is back in new bankai form! ooo

Thoughts:

BOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I wanted Gin to be alive, I liked him, I liked his abilities. I am annoyed with that KT decided to do with Gin, it's so petty. I would have loved to see him just wanting power and overtaking Aizen for that reason alone. I wanted him to be a true psychopath, that would be cool; however, that's not the case. As far as Ichigo goes, yay. He's in a new form, hopefully the fight wont drag out for another month or two and we'll be able to see a dead Aizen and a flash forward.

Bleach - Deicide 11 - 409 - Review/Summary

Computer trouble has left by blog inaccessible, but that'll be a problem no more.

Summary:

Ichigo is in this inner world but this time it's different. For one he's under water, and secondly Tensa Zangetsu, not Zangetsu, is there. Tensa is much younger than Zangetsu, looks about Ichigo's age. Because Ichigo entered his inner world in Bankai, he gets to meet Tensa. His father says again to watch out as Zangetsu may get violent and goes on to say his Engetsu was the same.

We go back to Ichigo whose saying he doesn't want to fight. He says he just wants to ask him something, but Tensa Zangetsu already knows what it is and says she can't teach him the final getsuga. Ichigo tells him that he needs to know so that he can protect Karakura but Tensa pretty much says he doesn't care about the same things Ichigo does, he says what Ichigo wants to protect isn't what he wants to protect.

Quick cut to Aizen whose walking through town. A drunken man wanders to him and falls due to his spiritual pressure. He notices Tatsuki, and the chapter ends.


Thoughts:

Good chapter. First chapter that didn't have much progressive fighting that I've enjoyed in a while. I find it interesting that both Ichigo and his father use the same attack even though Ichigo wields Zangetsu and his father Engetsu. I'd love to see the relationship between the swords in the future. This final getsuga better be something nice looking. Ichigo just doesn't have any flash ability. His attacks don't look very nice, he pretty much is ridiculously strong and beats things down, where is the style though?

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Bleach - Deicide 10 - 408 - Review/Summary

Summary:

This chapter was pretty much an informative one. Isshin gets Ichigo to meditate so that he can commune with his sword. We don't actually get to that part in this chapter, that's on hold for the next. Instead we watch as two of Ichigo's friends make their way around town, which was been moved to somewhere in the mountains.

Isshin explains to Ichigo that time inside of the Dangai flows differently than outside. 2000 hours = 1 hour in the real world. With the Janitor gone this give Ichigo ample time to learn the final Getsuga Tensho. He goes on to explain that the Janitor picks up and spits people out at random times, sometimes at a century later, which destroys the body due to rapid ageing. Apparently when we saw Ichigo and his friends first arrive in soul society they were caught by the Janitor and spat out slightly ahead by a few days, thanks to Urahara's skills.

The current in the Dangai traps and kills people but Isshin can stop is with a simple technique. Isshin embeds 4 spike like things with ropes that are attached to his arms, into the current of the Dangai, with his reiatsu he can hold back the current for 3 months/2000 hours. Ichigo goes into his inner world and Isshin says "watch out, this time Zangetsu might get violent" and off to the next chapter we wait!

Thoughts:

Informative. I would like, when they do these informative chapters, if they just took a week and a half or two, to come out with a new chapter, so we could have the informative and the action.


Last week I didn't post about Deicide 9. Nothing much happened, so there really wasn't much to post about.

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Bleach - The Approaching Breath of Death, the King Who Rules Over Death! - 275 - review/summary

Summary:

Hitsugaya uses Hyouten Hyakkasou, it's a basic technique but it's very powerful. He can use it safely now though because his bankai isn't as powerful as it was, which is evident in the 1 and a 1/4 flower behind his back. Black clouds roll in and a huge hole opens  where mass amounts of snow falls, Harribel uses cascade but it's helpless, the water turns to ice and shatters. Snow falls and as it hits her and the ground flowers sprout, and she becomes encased in ice.

The second half of the show focuses on Soi Fon and Baraggan, who, after Ulquiorra, is my favorite espada. Soifon and pathetic Omaeda attack him to ill effect. Soi Fon's kicks are slowed as she approaches contact with Baraggan, as he has the ability to control time/age. They fight a bit, he touches her shoulder which leads to her arm breaking. They devise a plan and when it would seem it would work, Omaeda, pathetic as he is, abandons Soi Fon and runs to hide. Sure he was in danger of dieing, but it's for his captain and the better good!

Omaeda comes back when Soi Fon is obviously about to be killed. Baraggan says that they're prepared to die and decides to release!

Once he comes out of release he touches down on the building, instantly it begins to decay. He uses respira which is pretty much a black/purple fog of death. It's quick enough to keep up with Soi Fon and it braises her hand. The skin on her hand and arm begins to deteriorate. She screams for Omaeda to cut off her arm and he comes and does so. The arm falls on the ground and the bones deteriorate. 

Thoughts:

Great episode. I love baraggan, he's my second favorite character. I find him cooler than Ulquiorra when it comes to attacks, but I prefer Ulquiorra's personality. Baraggan is ridiculously arrogant and "superior". He speaks a lot of death and such but he's a bit hypocritical.

Bleach - Episode 274 - Hitsugaya's Desperate Frozen-Heavens Countless Ornate Entombment! - Review and Summary

Summary:

The majority of the episode was focussed around Harribel and Hitsugaya. Harribel releases and fires some water at Hitsugaya, who turns it into ice. When Hitsugaya attacks back Harribel turns his ice dragon into water and attacks back surprising him, using her special technique, cascade.

Hitsugaya attacks again, Harribel turns his ice into water, then Hitsugaya appears behind her and turns the water back into ice and slashes at her. Encasing her in ice. There is a short break from Hitsugaya and Harribel's fight and we see Kyoraku and Spark who are pretty much fake fighting. Kyoraku gets Spark to use his cero, which is a nice deep blue.

Then we go back to the right between Hitsugaya and Harribel who uses her cero, which interestingly enoug she fires with her sword.

Hitsugaya shields himself using the wings of his bankai. When Harribel catches back up to him she tells him no more running. He informs her he knows they're both waiting for the area to fill with water but says after that he doesn't need to wait, just when it look like he's about to go all out, he looks down and notices all the injured and decides against it, instead he uses sennen hyoro and encases her in ice, but of course that doesn't work and she turns it all into ice and uses cascade again, except this one is much more powerful since there was a lot more ice to be made into water.

Hitsugaya uses ryusenka and turns the massive cascade into ice, which takes a lot out of him. He crashes down to the ground, his wings barely holding. Harribel comes saying he made a sacrifice but then cold air comes, his wings reform, black clouds roll in, and Hitsugaya says the heavens are under his control. Hyoten Hyakkaso!! TO BE CONTINUED...

Thoughts:

Great episode, I love Hitsugaya and it was nice seeing him fight with the majority of his abilities. Harribel is great fun to watch to, I like her character. I can't wait till next week, whilst I did read it, I really would love to see it.

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Bleach - Chapter 406 - Deicide 8 - Review/Summary

Summary:

Isshin's huge getsuga tensho leaves Aizen bleeding but he has no real damage. He says to them it's time they understand his power. There seems to be a surge or reiatsu behind Ichigo, who looks back, and it's over for the trio. Instantly bested. Gin says some words that put Ichigo down even further, and Aizen shows up just when Gin was pulling out his sword. Gin says he was just trying to test him.

Aizen says the chrysalis stage is over, and for the first time in a few chapters we see his face again. Now he will be able to see the downfall of soul society with his eyes, he says. they open the gate and begin to leave. Aizen says he'll eat Ichigo.

Thoughts:

So Aizen couldn't see the whole time he was inside that chrysalis, interesting. I wish there was more of an explanation with Isshin's getsuga tensho, something on it, anything. Aizen seems so god like and Ichigo seems so pathetic now, it's kind of annoying. He's like a male orihime atm.

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Bleach 404 - Deicide 6 - Review/Summary

Summary:

Aizen starts speaking to Yoruichi, Urahara, and Isshin, about how he's going to kill them pretty much. There is some mild comedy about Yoruichi's shoe which dissapeared wich much have been special because her whole leg didn't get cut off when Aizen countered in the last chapter.  Yoruichi waits for Aizen to attack and when he does she is surprised by it. A huge pillar of whatever happens when he hits her and we cut to Ichigo and Gin.

Gin comes up behind Ichigo telling him that he's open but that he should just relax and watch the fight, saying that since Aizen gone all hyogoku there is no hope.  Ichigo says that he doesn't know what'll happen to him with Aizen like that. Gin taunts him saying he's admitted he'll be dead and has given up.

Gin begins to attack Ichigo with his uber long sword which goes back to normal size in at instant. He uses a new attack which, if we go by it's name, extends multiple swords. This prompts Ichigo to go hollow. We then see Kira lying on the ground and Rangiku running to see gin.

Thoughts:

Slow moving but good chapter. Aizen didn't really say anything exciting or new to really justify the lack of action but it was still a good chapter. I'd like to point out that in my last post about the bleach manga, the last picture showed Aizen fused together with his sword. Exactly what happened this week? He's suddenly unfused with it with no explanation as to what just happened? Gin and Ichigo's fight was okay for me. I really love Gin and I'm happy to see him fight now. His personality is just fun. Kira in this chapter I don't mind but Rangiku I don't like very much. I haven't been much of a Rangiku fan since I first started watching bleach. I don't know what it is about her, but I don't get why she's so high rank when she really doesn't seem to be that strong. Then again I haven't seen many strong people from Toshiro's squad except for Toshiro himself.

Oh well. Next week I feel it's going to be a talk chapter with Aizen and Isshins crew, and Rangiku and Gin. Not really looking forward to it, unless there are some new revalations. Hopefully Rangiku doesn't go there and go all. "we were friends!" That'll really get to me.

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