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Not much to say about chapter 495, except that there's a massacre and it's probably going to get worse.. Also, I wonder whether Kubo's going to give names to the other Sternritter Quincies eventually.....

 

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I'm telling you, he gets those names from chaptchas.

 

[Weeaboo Name]

Fan given names have always been the way to go with Bleach, easier to remember.

 

[Zameric]

Manga 495

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Wow, I didn't think Rose would act this way.
He seemed so laid-back and disinterested before.
But now he's really pissed and is out for Quincinazi blood.
I wish we could have gotten to see his relationship with Kira. :/

I just lawled at Komamura and Stern Ritter "E".
I hope they're going to have an insult flinging contest. xD

Wait wait, there's an Arrancar convert in the Stern Ritter?
The Stern Ritter that Soifon is going to fight looks like it's wearing an Arrancar mask.
But I'm under the impression that Quincies probably wouldn't normally use an Arrancar for an important position like that.
The fact that the Quincinazis (Vandenreich) are using Arrancar to fight for them confuses me...

A Luchador Quincy! XD
I think that's an oddly unique and awesome character design.
I can't wait to see what he can do!
I wonder if he'll know German and Spanish.

Oh geez, Lapras...you're a fan of Stern Ritter "E", huh? xD

I'm telling you, he gets those names from chaptchas.

You just won 15 bankai.
I would have made a Bleach version of the "__ points to Gryffindor" joke, but you aren't a member of any squad...

 

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Chapter four hundred ninety... uh...
Latest chapter:

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The captains thought they were just sealing bankais? Even I found it quite obvious that they were stealing them, after what mr. Russian Nazi told Ichigo in the beginning of the arc.

Blonde Aizen died. Another useless character it seems.

Otherwise, pretty much nothing happened. Captains were talking, captains got owned. And here I thought the chapters had started to cover things nicely.

 

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Anybody spot the Persona meme in this chapter?

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But seriously...

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>they can seal our bankai
>let's use are bankai

 

[minchan]

I've been away the past weekend, sorry. XD

Anyway.

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Uhhhh I'm really freakin' confused why the captains all had to use bankai at once. And head on? Why not like..... one goes first--I don't get it, it seems like a suicide attempt. @.@

Um. I guess Ichigo to the rescue (again) huh... Because well, you know he's not affected somehow, so yeah... (This seems familiar... XD)

 

[Zameric]

Manga 496

Spoiler:

Damn, almost at the 500 mark in the manga. Congrats to Kubo! :)

I just facepalmed big time at this chapter.
FOUR captains willingly gave up their bankai! >.>
I hope it'll make the fights interesting, and not just curb stop, now.

I'm hoping that Mayuri made some kind of fakes for the captains to trick the SS SR with.
But most likely, he didn't, so....
At least Byakuya and Soifon are still freakin' deadly without they're bankai.
If the SS SR were really smart, they would have stolen the captains' shikai too.

Anybody spot the Persona meme in this chapter?

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*looks up meme* Hahaha, nice...

 

[minchan]

^
But there were 12 TBTP arc chapters which were between 315 and 316 so there are already over 500 chapters..... XD

/technicality

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bleach_chapters_(188–367)

 

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One thing with this arc is that so far it's very difficult to estimate or read the character's strengths. I mean it usually is to be honest, especially now when they all are like god mode already, but especially Ichigo feels very shallow right now. I can't see any weakness in him, yet he somehow isn't winning the battle against nazi angel, probably because of pure, boring power difference that he's gonna overcome randomly anyway.

Personality-wise he was nothing to begin with (slightly cocky and wants to pwotect his fwiends), but I used to feel like he had some sort of complexity in his combat ability at least. Now it's just like, okay, we get it, he's immensely powerful. Not that it seems to matter.

As it is now it's just not exiting, anyway.

Hmm, I reread about fifteen chapters from the Fake Karakura arc this morning, and I enjoyed it a lot, so maybe that's why I'm comparing things now.

EDIT: Manga
Okay, long story short, everybody is miserable, SS is pretty screwed over, they're all frustrated.
Now we're waiting for Ichigo to come save the day.

Hey, at least we're not getting the really-long-fights-that-the-shinigami-always-wins BS.

 

[Zameric]

But there were 12 TBTP arc chapters which were between 315 and 316 so there are already over 500 chapters..... XD

/technicality

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bleach_chapters_(188–367)

Hmm, I didn't know that those were not counted in the number of the manga chapters.



Manga 497

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Did anyone else think that the fanart, on Mangastream, of Ichigo, Uryu, and a hooded Grimmjow was an official color spread, for a second or two? xD

Kubo! Wry?! Wry did you butcher Rangiku's lovely golden locks?! D:

At least Hitsugaya seems to be keeping his cool somewhat and thinking straight enough to give Rangiku a smart order. :/

Thank you Mayuri (and Shinji too), for giving the exact correct reaction to what those four just did....

Wait, what did Unohana just say?
I sense some foreshadowing there.

Hmm, Kyoraku did make a good point there, though.
Oh wow, Kyoraku's fighting against another gunm....OH DAYUM!
Kubo is being ruthless in this arc.
I guess he got tired of all the fans' complaints.
I wonder if Unohana can heal Kyoraku's eye....

Renji, you're a freakin' idiot. *facepalm*

Akon's a pretty smart guy, he knows that they need Ichigo to come rescue them. :/

 

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More manga talk;

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Definitely thought it was a colour spread first, I had to look at it for almost a minute to find the little differences in style :P
Having fanart when you're trying to read a chapter does sort of bother me though.

I was absolutely convinced Kyoraku was gonna die right there, cursing Kubo for hiding his bankai like all the other ones.
Aaaaand he survived. Which is cool. That gun must really have sucked if it hit him in the eye and didn't kill him.

 

[Zameric]

More manga talk;

Spoiler:

Definitely thought it was a colour spread first, I had to look at it for almost a minute to find the little differences in style :P
Having fanart when you're trying to read a chapter does sort of bother me though.

I was absolutely convinced Kyoraku was gonna die right there, cursing Kubo for hiding his bankai like all the other ones.
Aaaaand he survived. Which is cool. That gun must really have sucked if it hit him in the eye and didn't kill him.

Yeah, fanart gets annoying when they throw in about as many pages as there are actual manga pages.

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Well, I'm just chocking it up to 'Soul Reapers are harder to kill than humans'.
Which is more true the strong the Soul Reaper is.

Apparently, there are different translations for what Unohana said in the latest chapter.
In particular, Mangahere has a different translation than Mangastream.
And I'm guess that Mangahere's translation is the correct of the two.

 

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What did she say in Mangahere's translation? o3o

 

[Zameric]

Spoiler:

Here is the translation on Mangastream....

"That came from the 10th division...but as far as I can tell, the only reiatsus that were stolen were from the 2nd, 6th and 7th divisions."
​

While the Mangahere translation says...

"The message is coming from the 10th division...but judging from the reiatsu, the 2nd, 6th and 7th division captains also had their bankai stolen."​

 

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That's quite different actually :I
I did find that part weird on Mangastream.

 

[Zameric]

Favorite Bleach OST?
Bleach OST 1 - Track 21: Number One (vocals version)
The first song in the video

 

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This chapter

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Well that fight ended quickly.
I guess that's good. Now we can get to some proper ass-kicking.

Not much really happened I gotta say, but it's nice to at least see Urahara jump in and show off. Would be awesome to see his bankai soon.

Aaaaand Ichigo is still EXTREMELY powerful for no particular reason.

 

[Zameric]

Chapter 498

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Ahahaha, typical Kisuke. I love his goofy demeanor. :p
And I also love how quick he can change into the serious mastermind.
Hmm, and we get to see some new background R&D department people. Some Interesting designs.

Haha, even the Quincinazi monster realizes there is something unnatural about Ichigo. :p
'Blut Vene' and 'Blut Arterie', can't wait to see these expanded upon. :)

Ichigo lowered Quincinazi's evasiveness...
Kisuke used hyper beam, it was a critical hit....
*shot*

 

[minchan]

I feel like I don't have enough to say about chapters these days...

I think maybe I'll give an impression every few weeks of a few chapters at a time...? I dunno. lol it's hard for me to talk about things that aren't so long. LOL