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First off I would just like to apologise on the behalf of myself PandaSlayer and Simple Productions* for our lack of posting. We have both been finding it hard to deal with our increased workloads of our first semester of Uni, but im currently on holidays and Simple Productions will be in one week. So to make up for this along with the HxH reviews and Bleach reviews returning, I will be writing full anime and manga reviews along with each of our top 10 personal favourite animes to date.
Now on with the epic Bleach review!
Well what can I say but to put it simply this was one of the top chapters of Bleach this year. It seems that Kubo has started to realise the results of his lack of content and with his rankings doing really badly I would expect that his editor is really on his ass as of late, telling him to put more content into his story. For this reason I think we have missed out on a few fights like Shinji vs Bazz-B that was foreshadowed heavily last week, which would have been a great fight. Bleach’s strength has always been the fights, they are almost always amazing and it’s no surprise that Kubo just loves drawing them, however the content has been heavily neglected lately it has been leaving the fights without much purpose and therefore effecting the series overall.
The chapter starts out with the mysterious column of light and Juha chanting the same words as last chapter ‘The one who will lead us to the light is….’. Ichigo seems to put his hand up to his ear or the side of his head, signifying that Juha may actually be communicating telepathically at first, or even communicating with the people back at squad zero at first.
We learn that Ichigo has clothed himself in some serious gear with heavy defence properties. From what has been said at the start, the soul reapers clothing is generated by the properties’ of their own soul and its physical representation of the soul. This is why Ichigo’s and other clothes change when entering Bankai or gaining new powers. This coat he is wearing however was a gift made of the kings key material, which rather creepily, is made of the hair and bones the Zero Division. Subsequently this means someone else apart from Ichigo, including Juha Bach, can use the coat.
The part that makes curious is the specifics of Juha’s information. He clearly states that there are 72 barriers and that Ichigo broke them open for 6000 seconds (1:40 hrs). This information makes me believe even more that Juha has a strong connection to the Soul King and the Soul Palace as this could not simply have been discovered by observation alone.
Upon hearing this Ichigo charges straight in with no real thought at all and as a result stopped by several Sternritter. Now when I say stopped, its important to note that Ichigo isn’t even bothering to really acknowledge the attacks or follow them up, he is simply powering on though them. It was also interesting to note that Ichigo easily dodged a bullet that was fired 2cm from his face, he was always fast, but that is simply amazing speed and something that will be a key moment of awesomeness when it gets animated.
Now for some reason even after all of the Sternritter have seen what Ichigo has done they have a huge amount of confidence about themselves when attacking. I don’t expect them to throw their hands in the air and run away wetting themselves in fear, however, perhaps some better focused and well coordinated attacks would be more effective instead of everyone charging in one after another.
From what we know Bazz-B seems to be the strongest of the group, with Renji’s blocking of an attempted attack on Ichigo may be a potential foreshadowing for a Bazz-B vs Renji fight. With there similar personalities and different yet seemingly equal strength, could make for a very good fight.
The appearance of Renji and friends seems well timed by Kubo. We have seen in previous chapters in side panels each character making their way towards Ichigo making it feel like everyone didn’t just happen to be there just in time.
The match up as it stands is the four Sternritter girls, Bazz-B, a man I shall call Mr Moustache, an old man using pistols and a gap toothed guy who was following Renji prior to the battle. Facing off we have Renji, Byakua, Rukia, Shuhei, Ikkaku and Yumichika. We have yet to really see either Ikkaku or Yumichika fight 1v1 since the time skip so their power remains unknown, Renji has had a power, Byakua the had one as well, Rukia is mildly injured by still a very, very opponent and Shuhei has recently unlocked his Bankai. Despite the number difference they don’t really need this many people, just Renji, Byakua and Rukia would be fine, but things may change as we discover more of the Sternritter’s strenght.
I give this chapter an 8/10, fantastic art as always a nice bit of progression and just generally covered all the bases.
- PandaSlayer
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