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Tite Kubo's Bleach Manga Nears Ending
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Newtype-001
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Gin was done so dirty by kubo i hated that.
Yet the ghost bleed.
Nocturnowl
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Well I suppose there was old head captain grouchy geezer.
He played the long con too long
Unspeakable Evil
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Chained Prometheus
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She did, but I'm pretty sure the set-up that Kubo was going for in that one-shot was for them to reunite pretty quickly afterwards over in Soul Society or find some strange way to resurrect her a la YuYu Hakusho. Orihime was dead in the human world, yeah, but she was clearly set to continue being a relevant character in the story even then.
Yep.
But then again, Gin was actually fucking OP.
It was either kill him off or write him out.
The only character to power up by getting her ass grabbed.
MetroidPrimeRib
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Dude, every Shinigami in Bleach is a jobber. Everyone, including Kenpachi.
MetroidPrimeRib
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I'll never forget when the assassin's bankai was a nuke
Flame Lord
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To be fair Aizen has control over all senses, so he could have just blocked Ichigo's voice from getting to them.
AgentLampshade
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Have those dual wielding captain guys revealed their Bankai yet? I can only imagine their bullshiterry.
You mean Shunsui and Ukitake?
I don't even remember what Shunsui bankai was. Needless to say, it didn't work against the Qunicy he was fighting.
As for Ukitake,
is he still alive?
Shunsui yes,
His shikai was to make kid games reality and his bankai is adult games in a three act structure like a play, first was like drowning, second was inflict in damage and I forget the last one..
Ukitake no,
For contrived reasons he inherited the soul king right arm and tried using to save the SK when he was dying but turned out to be useless and just passed out from it.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Everyone has Bankai now.
Ichigo has a different bankai than the one he had before.
Hitsugaya has a different bankai than the one he had before.
Rukia has a bankai.
Kenpachi has a bankai.
The Ironic Mustache guy has a bankai.
At this point I expect Chad to pull one out.
MetroidPrimeRib
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Just fuck my fight up.
Man Barragan was dope. I actually liked that triple espada standoff
Paltheos
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I've liked Bleach more for a while now. Allot of the powers that Kubo's come up with, especially for Yhwach and his guard, are entertaining and seeing how they'll be topped has been entertaining. The powers are super-meta (and super broken) and seeing them play out is just fun. More interesting than the Arrancar stuff and the earlier stuff from this arc which I felt had a bit too much going on.
MetroidPrimeRib
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They are like stands from jojo minus any creative application, mystery or fun
Even the more metaphysical stands are at least used well and fights aren't just back and forths the entire time
MegaManTrigger
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Wtf, they announced the ending arc in February 2012...
4 years later.
Guess gotta keep dat cash cow flowing?
4 years later.
Guess gotta keep dat cash cow flowing?
Are you kidding me, this is when the best shit happens
The main character DIES in the fight against this guy
Like not even fake death. HE IS STRAIGHT STONE COLD DEAD.
It was fucking mindblowing at the time.
THEN HIS BODY (Not him, just the body itself as a weapon of carnage) GETS UP AND GOES INTO AN INDESCRIBABLE BRUTAL AS FUCK RAMPAGE and nearly obliterates his opponent.
Danis Saur
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So after Aizen is defeated, does the story develop? Another villain with a cool arc like the one before? Questions answered?
Sorry if this is a repeated question, I haven't watched Bleach in almost 10 years.
Sorry if this is a repeated question, I haven't watched Bleach in almost 10 years.
MetroidPrimeRib
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Quincy King and the Reich show up.
SigmasonicX
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I'd honestly love to see an anime adaptation of this arc, provided it's super condensed, and still has the same music. Just use the Arrancar powering-up music (with the chorus and violin) every time a Quincy powers up and I'll be all set.
Can you imagine seeing all that bullshit with the Mexican wrestler who looks like a complete scrub but manages to off-screen so many characters until he is beaten by Renji of all characters, condensed into one episode?
Anime-only watchers desperately need to see that; and Gremmy somehow forgetting to use his powers to weaken Kenpachi's body even though he had just done that against Yachiru (and by the way, she's a zanpakuto spirit, so how the hell did that work, and how did she have a shikai in the first place?!) and creating a black hole which Kenpachi somehow escapes from; and Aizen's brief but hilarious troll moments; and Hitsugaya turning into a zombie then not then turning into an adult because why not; and Mayuri straight up stealing the resolution to the Itachi vs. Kabuto fight in Naruto; and that sniper guy turning into a fucking owl (and by the way, he's technically still not dead because he split up into a bunch of owl things and he's fighting zombie Kira right now by the way Kira's a zombie now); and so so much more.
Can you imagine seeing all that bullshit with the Mexican wrestler who looks like a complete scrub but manages to off-screen so many characters until he is beaten by Renji of all characters, condensed into one episode?
Anime-only watchers desperately need to see that; and Gremmy somehow forgetting to use his powers to weaken Kenpachi's body even though he had just done that against Yachiru (and by the way, she's a zanpakuto spirit, so how the hell did that work, and how did she have a shikai in the first place?!) and creating a black hole which Kenpachi somehow escapes from; and Aizen's brief but hilarious troll moments; and Hitsugaya turning into a zombie then not then turning into an adult because why not; and Mayuri straight up stealing the resolution to the Itachi vs. Kabuto fight in Naruto; and that sniper guy turning into a fucking owl (and by the way, he's technically still not dead because he split up into a bunch of owl things and he's fighting zombie Kira right now by the way Kira's a zombie now); and so so much more.
MetroidPrimeRib
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For me its sunk cost fallacy, I've been operating on the mentality that it's about to end for years now
same reason that people still watch the WWE
8 X 11 Printer Paper
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Because it literally takes 1-2 minutes to read a chapter, Kubo ain't a wordsmith that's for sure.
Danis Saur
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Pretty much, yeah. Kubo clearly created a monster in Aizen. He was the most entertaining character by far, and so broken. Instead of the nonsensical butterfly battle and conclusion, he should have just had Aizen become bored and change his mind and go on vacation in another dimension to test his powers in full.
I also felt the characters he actually killed off were the most interesting, sadly. Ulquiorra, Tousen, Gin, etc.
Also, lol Shinji is the worst, no bankai, loses every fight.
Because even if the writing is objectively poor, it can still be entertaining + the end is near + it's pretty.
It's really not, they are all boring as fuck.
ArgyleReptile
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Indeed. Back when Rukia fought As Nodt, someone mentioned how much more interesting the fight could have been if it had been Tousen fighting him instead, given his own philosophies about fear.
So many wasted Sternritters.
MetroidPrimeRib
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Its terrible. Character bloat out the ass.
MetroidPrimeRib
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Those names are the best part.
Who remember NaNaNa Najahkoop and Bambietta Basterbine and Candice Catnipp
They read like captcha
Yup.
I wouldn't be surprised if he's going to "search his heart" and find some bullshit new power, too.
MrSaturn99
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MetroidPrimeRib
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