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Bleach Manga |OT| Return of the King
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Neoriceisgood
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Are characters in the Bleach world forced to explain their powers to their opponent?
oreomunsta
Banned
Got it. Thanks!
It has stuff. Just nothing unpredictable.
Macklemore has the perfect counter to Yoruichi's perfect counter to his perfect counter. Urahara unleashes his new bankai which will be the perfect counter to Macklemore's perfect counter to Yoruichi's perfect counter to his perfect counter.
Forgot Shini and Yoruichi (doubt we will see the last one).
Is this the first time Urahara has been really pissed off? Dont remember. Anyways, lets see what his bankai does and then decide if it will be disappointing or worth the wait.
This is what I'm afraid of. Bleach does this way too much. It's stupid. The last interesting Bankai we got was the Squad Zero captain's Bankai. Shunsui's was all hype but in the end a disappointment because it was just a bunch of random, broken abilities. It was refreshing that it wasn't an instant win though but then Nanao ruined it with her broken Shikai. I think only Shinji's and Aizen's are left and I have such high hopes for those. They have the most interesting abilities imo. Oh and Ichigo I guess but fuck Ichigo.
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This was pretty disappointing too. Askin's personality was completely different in this chapter. Everyone thought he had something up his sleeve but it was nothing.
Septimus Prime
Member
Shinji's bankai is the upside-down, backwards world that reverses everything. He used it against Aizen and then got wrecked because it was Aizen. I also doubt Aizen's bankai will be any better than his shikai. Maybe it's just his shikai, except you don't need to see if beforehand.
As for Urahara, I'll bet his bankai is emptiness or something. It'll be an attack with no reiatsu, which is how it will beat Askin, as well as why he told Chad it wasn't suitable for reiatsu training purposes. Either that, or it will be an attack that cannot be guarded, which, again, is why it couldn't be used for training.
Ganzlinger
Member
"by the way, I'm going to share with you the properties of my Vollstandig"
Fuck this.
And Askin's motivations are dumb.
But despite that, Urahara's bankai is coming, not gonna put my expectations high but I hope its ability is convincing and we have a decent fight at least.
That was Shinji's shikai ability.
Fuck this.
And Askin's motivations are dumb.
But despite that, Urahara's bankai is coming, not gonna put my expectations high but I hope its ability is convincing and we have a decent fight at least.
That was Shinji's shikai ability.
Septimus Prime
Member
It's the Scalia of bankais.
NHarmonic.
Member
Rukia's one was badass...
I still want to see Hisagi's one
Rukia's just looked pretty. We didn't get to see what it can do because she just did a single attack. I forgot about Hisagi. I can see him having one.
I thought it was one of the most underwhelming lead ups to a bankai in the series.
Yes.
Scalia sounds like part of a attack nsne already.
And yet she was still in need of being saved by a man. Not to mention that her bankai made no sense at all.Rukia's one was badass...
I still want to see Hisagi's one
Not really mad scientist, more like "smarter than everybody else and bored because of it," which, while a recurring theme itself, is less common and more realistic.
Askin is the best Bleach villain since Aizen, and this was a great chapter even without Urahara going bankai. Speaking of... anybody catch the foreshadowing w/ Askin....ASKIN' Urahara if he knew of anybody else who had a vision for reshaping the world(s)? Clearly the main character of the series, one Aizen Sousuke, fits the bill. There's probably some preexisting connection or some upcoming connection between the two.
Urahara Cheesecake's shikai is apparently just a magic hat. He can fire an energy beam, some explosive nets, a cero, ...no idea what his bankai is gonna do, but I'm gonna assume it has something to do w/ absorbing the entirety of a being's soul (ignoring reiatsu) or something to that effect.
I guess so, but until now he's been acting like a guy half-assing his job, and this comes out of nowhere.
Heh, who did Urahara even use his Shikai on?
Crimsonlink
Member
He used it vs Ichigo when he was training him for his journey to SS. Awakening command is "Sing Benihime".
Thanks, wow that was a long time ago. Totally forgot.
Crimsonlink
Member
He also used it to fend off Yammy and fight the temp 6th Esparda Luppi and Yammy during the 2nd invasion.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
Aizen becomes the new imprisoned soul king.
I always had the impression that the old one basically had no free will of his own and was basically just being used by the shinigami, anyway.
This. I am under the strict impression that Askin was made entirely to show off Urahara's bankai. Tite had in mind what he wanted for Benihime, and then decided to make a character with abilities that Kisuke could directly counter.
gigantor21
Member
So pretty much how he treats every fight then?
DryEyeRelief
Member
About as much content as a usual week for Bleach.
Bleach isn't on a break. This is just some Kyoka Suigetsu bullshit. Next chapter, Urahara will be dead and Ichigo was Askin.
oreomunsta
Banned
That burn hurts like a Yamamoto
I was gonna say, best bleach chapter in a while
Ganzlinger
Member
Urahara's bankai is so powerful that made Kubo sick. Best bankai ever!
NHarmonic.
Member
That shot of grimmjow was beautiful, Kubo sure can draw great faces.
Zantetsuken
Member
Loved seeing that Pantera. Need more Grimmjow pls. Kisuke's bankai is nice as well. Seeing as how he is scientist/doctor of sorts, it suits him.
Kubo forgot.
oreomunsta
Banned
This was a pretty great chapter :]
Yeah I didn't quite get that bit. Also from memory I only remember one of Urahara's eyes exploding. Enjoyed the chapter and bankai though, and it does seem there could be more to it. Askin's gonna counter and extra god mode though, isn't he.
Why not restructure Yoroichi to do the kill instead of GrimmJow?
Okay, it wouldn't be as cool but it would make a bit more sense.
Okay, it wouldn't be as cool but it would make a bit more sense.
It is not really an attack type, it is a support one.
It does bring (very belated) closure to his hunt though. Grimmjow started hunting him down, got put to sleep for awhile, came back to complete the hunt.
And perhaps to show he really didn't die/get out out of commission THAT easily.
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