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I've been caught up with the series since the Fullbringer arc despite not having read much more than 10 chapters after that. Here's the formula: Bad Guy is X. Turns out Ichigo is 1/2 X. Yell at Bad Guy.
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Bleach Manga Thread 14: Bad Guy is X. Turns out Ichigo is 1/2 X. Yell at Bad Guy.
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Mar 25, 2013 23:08
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Ichigo Fullbending Kurosakiguez. He's 40% [BADGUY]!
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Mar 26, 2013 00:10
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According to his dad, Ichigo isn't a Shinigami, so there 
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Mar 26, 2013 00:22
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Ichigo has been the perfect Arancar this whole time!
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Mar 26, 2013 00:31
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Ichigo is really a gigai with no soul inserted. The entire story of bleach has been of one man carrying around the lifeless doll body of Ichigo and then sort of tossing it at the villains. That's right- Keigo is the real hero of Bleach.
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Mar 26, 2013 00:38
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I don't know if this has been brought up but shouldn't Rukia have known Isshin at the start of the series? I mean if the stuff happening in the flashback happened 20-30 years before the series then I'm pretty sure Rukia would know Isshin was a captain.
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Mar 27, 2013 05:45
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slev posted:I don't know if this has been brought up but shouldn't Rukia have known Isshin at the start of the series? I mean if the stuff happening in the flashback happened 20-30 years before the series then I'm pretty sure Rukia would know Isshin was a captain. She should especially know since she stabbed Isshin's brother to death and was wracked with guilt about it her whole life.
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Mar 27, 2013 06:44
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Terror Sweat posted:She should especially know since she stabbed Isshin's brother to death and was wracked with guilt about it her whole life. Has this been explicitly confirmed exactly? All I know is that Isshin is from the Shiba clan, I don't remember them saying anything about being an immediate brother to Kaien.
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Mar 27, 2013 06:45
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Terror Sweat posted:She should especially know since she stabbed Isshin's brother to death and was wracked with guilt about it her whole life. Kaien would be Isshin's nephew or cousin, not his brother. Well, that is if Kuukaku was referring to Isshin when she said "Uncle".
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Mar 27, 2013 07:30
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slev posted:I don't know if this has been brought up but shouldn't Rukia have known Isshin at the start of the series? I mean if the stuff happening in the flashback happened 20-30 years before the series then I'm pretty sure Rukia would know Isshin was a captain. We don't know when Rukia entered the Gotei 13 do we? She's about 150 but she could've been loving around in Rukongai with Renji, Kira and Hinamori for 120+ years for all we know. Also Isshin has changed a little bit, maybe that would be enough to make her not recognize him.
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Mar 27, 2013 07:38
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RatHat posted:We don't know when Rukia entered the Gotei 13 do we? She's about 150 but she could've been loving around in Rukongai with Renji, Kira and Hinamori for 120+ years for all we know. Also Isshin has changed a little bit, maybe that would be enough to make her not recognize him. I'm pretty sure Byakuya said he adopted her into the family like 50 years ago. Or maybe it was Renji that said that.
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Mar 27, 2013 08:38
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Scyantific posted:Has this been explicitly confirmed exactly? All I know is that Isshin is from the Shiba clan, I don't remember them saying anything about being an immediate brother to Kaien. Isshin is from the "branch" family of the Shiba clan, not the "main" family, whatever that means.
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Mar 27, 2013 08:45
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VJeff posted:Isshin is from the "branch" family of the Shiba clan, not the "main" family, whatever that means. I think it means a cadet line, a family descended from a second son or something. So they have the same surname but the titles won't come to them unless all the main family die.
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Mar 27, 2013 10:37
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http://www.mangapanda.com/bleach/531 It's up. Hooray! Engetsu!  But oh no! Aizen! 
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Mar 27, 2013 12:29
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VJeff posted:http://www.mangapanda.com/bleach/531 It's up. Dammit Kubo, stop making me enjoy Bleach! In all seriousness, this is definitely a much tighter story than Kubo's given us in the past. Aizen showing up is.... strange, I think. Obviously, he doesn't want his little side-project washed down the drain but to get active in the fight so quickly makes me wonder exactly how strong Engetsu actually is. So, what if Mugetsu didn't actually hurt Aizen but forcibly reversed part of his transformation? I had always assumed that it jsut hurt Aizen so much that he had to regen from it but what if it actually sealed part of his reiatsu, to the point where it was making him more human? gently caress it, what if it's the technique to send souls back to the human world? Bleach seems to have a massive hard on for the cycle of death and rebirth, so what if that was actually the opposite of a Soul Burial. Isshin uses it on the hollow and that's how we get Ichigo?
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Mar 27, 2013 12:38
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Really enjoyed the art for this chapter especially Isshin releasing Engetsu. Plot wise, I'm not sure how I feel about Aizen being directly involved like this, and so early on. I enjoyed the first flashback arc more than the stuff directly surrounding it and I expect it'll be the same for this one, I'm just well aware that Kubo has terrible pacing and would really like him to not screw this up. Pretty promising so far, though.
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Mar 27, 2013 13:00
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VJeff posted:http://www.mangapanda.com/bleach/531 It's up. I am really enjoying these latest chapters. It's so cool 
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Mar 27, 2013 13:20
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Robviously posted:So, what if Mugetsu didn't actually hurt Aizen but forcibly reversed part of his transformation? I had always assumed that it jsut hurt Aizen so much that he had to regen from it but what if it actually sealed part of his reiatsu, to the point where it was making him more human? gently caress it, what if it's the technique to send souls back to the human world? Bleach seems to have a massive hard on for the cycle of death and rebirth, so what if that was actually the opposite of a Soul Burial. Isshin uses it on the hollow and that's how we get Ichigo? I believe the explanation for Aizen's defeat was that Ichigo's attack was so powerful, that the Hoagie abandoned Aizen for being so comparatively weak. Upon abandoning him, it took his god powers (but not his Soul Reaper powers, since he apparently used them against YWACH).
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Mar 27, 2013 13:48
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I wonder if Ishida's mom is that housemaid. They, uh...have the same hair color, or whatever.
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Mar 27, 2013 15:57
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Genocyber posted:I believe the explanation for Aizen's defeat was that Ichigo's attack was so powerful, that the Hoagie abandoned Aizen for being so comparatively weak. Upon abandoning him, it took his god powers (but not his Soul Reaper powers, since he apparently used them against YWACH). It didn't take all of his god powers, since he's still immortal / unkillable, hence why he was locked in prison rather than executed.
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Mar 27, 2013 16:16
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Mangastream chapter is up.
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Mar 27, 2013 17:00
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Surec posted:Shake yo Äs Nödt, but YWACH yourself Seconding that this really needs to be the thread title, if possible.
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Mar 27, 2013 17:01
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Guess this pretty much confirms Aizen as the end-all villain of the series.
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Mar 27, 2013 17:09
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Sodomy Non Sapiens posted:I enjoyed the first flashback arc more than the stuff directly surrounding it and I expect it'll be the same for this one, I'm just well aware that Kubo has terrible pacing and would really like him to not screw this up. Pretty promising so far, though. It's probably easier for him to write those flashbacks right than the chapters set in the present since there's only a handful of characters and not much story to go over relative to the main story. He can probably plan them out a lot easier weeks, if not months in advance since they only take a few chapters up. Tite seems to be a really good mangaka when he has the time to plan things out, but fall apart pretty badly under pressure and just goes with whatever sounds good off the top of his head.
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Mar 27, 2013 17:12
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The Hollow's mask looks a lot like Ichigo's.
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Mar 27, 2013 17:20
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Kaiser Mazoku posted:The Hollow's mask looks a lot like Ichigo's. The mask, horns and Cero fire look like Ichigo's crazy Hollow form. The sword hands look like Ichigo's Mugetsu form as well.  Edit: More to the point- is Aizen using Div 12's systems to watch the fight in Karakura town? And are Aizen and co. wearing Urahara's special reiatsu-hiding cloaks? pseudonordic fucked around with this message at 18:21 on Mar 27, 2013 |
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Mar 27, 2013 18:16
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It's interesting that the hollow's hole is sealed it reminded me that way back in the first volume it was mentioned that loving with a Hollow's Hole is a bad thing so what does it mean if it's sealed up?
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Mar 27, 2013 18:25
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I've figured it out. Ichigo was a sword all along.
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Mar 27, 2013 18:28
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Thoren posted:I've figured it out. Ichigo was a sword all along. Ichigo IS Zangetsu. 
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Mar 27, 2013 18:40
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Smornstein posted:It's interesting that the hollow's hole is sealed it reminded me that way back in the first volume it was mentioned that loving with a Hollow's Hole is a bad thing so what does it mean if it's sealed up? I'm more curious about what exactly is plugging up his hollow hole. It looks like flesh of some kind. Also, it's nice to see that the Quincies are just as dickish, lazy and incompetent as the Shinigami. "Oh what's that, a huge hollow spirit force attacking the town? No bother, let the mudbloods take care of it after it kills the Shinigami. Pure bloods like us need not dirty our hands with actual work.
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Mar 27, 2013 18:51
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SerSpook posted:Ichigo IS Zangetsu. He's a quincy! *slap* He's a hollow! *slap* He's a quincy! *slap* He's a hollow and a quincy!
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Mar 27, 2013 18:59
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tsob posted:I'm more curious about what exactly is plugging up his hollow hole. It's dough. He's a gingerbread man, that's why you can't catch him.
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Mar 27, 2013 19:05
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pseudonordic posted:And are Aizen and co. wearing Urahara's special reiatsu-hiding cloaks? Considering this take place after TBTP, it appears that Aizen has recreated the reiatsu cloak Urahara made. Aizen is just a big copy cat, stealing all of Urahara's ideas.
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Mar 27, 2013 19:50
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Fhate posted:Kaien would be Isshin's nephew or cousin, not his brother. That's how I read this. Kaien and Ganju were her brothers, and she referred to Isshin as "Uncle", so Kaien was his nephew. So Ichigo is their cousin. Edit: And this chapter was awesome. I am digging this whole flashback arc. That hollow thing looking EXACTLY like Ichigo's super hollow form is super exciting. I really hope Kubo ties it in well, and doesn't do something all hackneyed. But he's been good lately, so I'm hopeful. AlistairCookie fucked around with this message at 20:14 on Mar 27, 2013 |
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Mar 27, 2013 20:06
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Kubo really does like drawing smug Aizen doesn't he?
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Mar 27, 2013 20:27
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As I recall a hollow's hole is from its regrets in life. Clearly Aizen has finally come to terms with his homosexuality and wants to tell the world, except he is only met with hostility. It is truly a sad story but hopefully he will stay strong and persevere.
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Mar 27, 2013 22:02
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Batmasterson posted:Aizen is just a big copy cat, stealing all of Urahara's ideas. You know when he's all alone and no one is around to smug at, this is what he obsesses over in anger. The real question is if he'll ever realize that instead of puppet mastering everything for the last hundred or so years he's just been a pawn.
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Mar 27, 2013 23:12
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FredT.E.C. posted:As I recall a hollow's hole is from its regrets in life. Maybe hollow Ichigo has a sealed hole as it hasn't yet had a life to form regrets?
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Mar 27, 2013 23:39
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The hollow will become Baby Ichigo via the power of love.
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