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Bleach Manga |OT| Return of the King
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Yup, the most creative writers wouldn't be able to make this shit up. Kubo is a genius.
The ratings are kind of 'meh', ranking at the bottom of the Shonen Jump series. Like between 11 and 14 of fourteen series.
oreomunsta
Banned
After the last fight took 7 chapters, I don't think Kubo is being too rushed
God Dayumm
Banned
I prefer these long fights than having characters off-screened. Isn't there a happy medium? Most of the fights in this arc go to nonsensical extremes
TheRealTalker
Banned
it seems you need to expand your Shonen series
I'm good, thanks.
"Just let him finish" is certainly part of it, but the lack of "hurry the fuck up" astonishes me.
You'd assume they'd be more eager to replace it with something else.
Anyway, the current bad guy relies on "miracles". I've got a good miracle for him: The fight finishing in two chapters.
God Dayumm
Banned
But it hasn't reached 700 chapters like naruto
I think it has actually, counting is just screwy thanks to the Turn Back the Pendulum mini-arc.
It isn't that long. Still 30 to go I think.
And I misremembered the numbers for the current chapters, whoops. Was thinking 695 or something.
oreomunsta
Banned
This one certainly went to an extreme. Lille wasn't even recognizable from a character or physical point of view when the fight neared it's end.
It's as if Kubo had second thoughts on Lille halfway through the fight.
mugurumakensei
Member
Nah, he just wants to show how close to "God"/Ywhach the elite sternritter are which further cements just how powerful Ywhach is considering their power comes from him.
They've tried to make other series happen. They've completely and utterly failed for the most part. Toriko being the one who got the biggest push including some ranking manipulation, an anime, a few games, and still sold less on a per volume basis than Gintama. Gintama sells worse on per volume basis than Bleach just as an FYI though I think the Gintama anime does decently.
Elaugaufein
Member
It does seem like the editors were putting pressure on him earlier in this arc. There was a lot of compression / off-screening going on up until around Yama's death. Thing's started decompressing again around that point. And to some extent I think that's a good thing, some of the compression left us with no idea what was going on (what the hell did Unohona's Bankai actually do?) and I'm pretty sure there were also continuity errors as a result (like Shaz).
oreomunsta
Banned
We'll just say that Shaz was imagined by Gremmy and save Kubo's continuation for him
Elaugaufein
Member
We'll just say that Shaz was imagined by Gremmy and save Kubo's continuation for him
That actually appears to be the official explanation (not sure if I'm buying what they are selling though
)oreomunsta
Banned
That actually appears to be the official explanation (not sure if I'm buying what they are selling though
Where do you see that? That's hilarious and oh so Kubo
Elaugaufein
Member
It's a novella in the 13 Blades Databook (not by Kubo though so how canonical it is still remains up in the air, on the other hand it also explains Kira in a way that matches up so far)
Just_myles
Member
this latest chapter was hilarious. Tell me where we have seen this before
Lol he ain't even trying anymore. Just banging shit out.
bad guy gets his ass kicked then turns into a fucking giant.
Lol he ain't even trying anymore. Just banging shit out.
Renji still awesome as always being a cunt
"What's that"
"It's a fricking leg"
I'm ready for team Ichigo vs God. No doubt Ichigo fights first gets wounded then Byakuya, Renji and Rukia turn up to tag team Bach (that be cool see actually) they start the weaken and rest of captains turn up drained but still fight buying time for Ichigo to power up his spirit bomb I mean GT. Then Uryu will get up stand next to Ichigo and fire a super arrow same time Ichigo fires his GT and killing God.
"What's that"
"It's a fricking leg"
I'm ready for team Ichigo vs God. No doubt Ichigo fights first gets wounded then Byakuya, Renji and Rukia turn up to tag team Bach (that be cool see actually) they start the weaken and rest of captains turn up drained but still fight buying time for Ichigo to power up his spirit bomb I mean GT. Then Uryu will get up stand next to Ichigo and fire a super arrow same time Ichigo fires his GT and killing God.
With all those eyes on his head a single splinter would finish him off
Ganzlinger
Member
I can't stand the "let me explain my powers in details" thing anymore. This is too stupid, like they want the enemy to know how to defeat them.
I do to, miss the fights like Ichigo vs. Grimmjow where there is no weird ass bull shit special power , where it just to people beating the shit out of each other.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
So that she can somehow be used by Aizen.
What are complaing for. She was killed like two times already.
Not enough to make her banished out of Bleach apparently.
The only way for a character on the protagonists side (and many antagonists for that matter) to be permanently killed is to be completely disintintgrated. And I'd question even that before Lille confirmed that sometimes even that isn't enough.
oreomunsta
Banned
Do you guys think that Kubo will make something of Askin's weird behavior while in Soul Society? I thought he was going to double cross the Sternritter when he was spying on Yhwach atop the tower
Well, he's alive this long, didn't seem to kill Grimmjow, and is probably chilling with Ichigo more than actually fighting, so maybe? He probably has something specific in mind for a few characters then just makes up a bunch of fluff ones so there can be fights to keep things from getting too short.
oreomunsta
Banned
True, but what could he be capable of? Poisoning Gerard, or better yet, poisoning Yhwach and replacing the Soul King?
Ganzlinger
Member
hueco mundo and fake karakura town arcs totally had the best fights in bleach.
ichigo vs grimmjow is great
the best fight in this arc imo is Komamura v. Bambietta, or maybe Yamamoto v. Fake Ywach
Septimus Prime
Member
Who is Askin?
I am. But seriously, who?
Ganzlinger
Member
That flamboyant Aizen.
The Silver
Member
It still cracks me up how that stupid habit is what directly led to Rose bring beaten. Mask never would have have won if Rose didn't tell him that his bankai worked via sound.
Bleach mostly struggles in the yearly sales rankings at this point because it gets no new fans. If you're not One Piece you need to have new fans buying your back catalog to rank highly. Basically nobody buys old Bleach volumes any more. It's probably why it ranks so low every week in Jump. The only people still reading it are those who have followed it for years.
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