[Manga] Bleach - Page 166

On December 01 2011 02:49 ddrddrddrddr wrote:
1 chapter later: Several slashes, end with a new getsuga tensho move as Ginjo looks surprised
2 chapters later: Ginjo dodges takes the move, bit of banter, further attempts to damage Ginjo shows that Ichigo's attacks doesn't do shit as Ginjo walks out of smoke from attacks.
3 chapters later: Ginjo begins his special move, Ichigo barely dodges, Ginjo reveals it's just a warning shot
4 chapters later: Ginjo begins to explain his powers and unleashes a better version of the special move
5 chapters later: the other captains/Ishida intervenes to deflect the damage, but Ichigo insists on fighting alone because of some shit about protecting everybody. They grudgingly obliges and cheers from the sidelines.
6 chapters later: Ichigo proceeds to get his ass handed to him but keeps crawling up. Why won't you just die? Cries Ginjo.
7 chapters later: Ichigo start attacking again and discovers some new power within and begins to rofflepwn Ginjo. Ginjo's in disbelief
8 chapters later: Ginjo unleashes his final attack attempt, Ichigo in bad condition. Ginjo begin telling his life story.
9 chapters later: Continues his life story.
10 chapters later: Turns out Ichigo actually doesn't give a fuck about Ginjo's past and the fight continues and Ginjo starts to own.
11 chapters later: Riruka intervenes for ichigo, dialog ensues, Riruka gets owned. Ichigo's fangirl club increases size by one.
12 chapters later: Ichigo is inspired by Riruka's sacrifice, spouts some bull shit about attacking own comrades, unleashes main character attack with power level over 9000
13 chapters later: Ginjo lies in a pool of blood and tells the ending to his life story. Turns out he's a good guy.
14 chapters later: Ginjo is apprehended and Riruka goes to live with Urahara. Next arc set up as cliffhanger.

On December 01 2011 16:14 red_b wrote:
I think the reason that you see so much similarity with DBZ is that I suspect that Kubo, much like Toriyama, is being "induced" to write more chapters.

Thinking back, there has been only two really good moments in bleach since the first time Ulquiorra put a hole in Ichingo's chest; old arrancar releases sword and tozen gets Miura'd

seriously Bleach had something special going for a long time but it's long gone, now. I only read it because, unlike Naruto, I can actually follow frame to frame what is going on and it's been a habit over the last 6 yeras or something like that.

On December 02 2011 01:18 Requizen wrote:

Bleach honestly had the strongest opening chapters/arcs of the Big 3. It had some mystery behind it, different action (OP felt silly, Naruto was kinda same-y), and just focused on the story and how Ichigo was dealing with his powers. It was amazing, even through the beginning of SS arc. Then.... it just turned into DBZ with swords.

As much as I don't want to hate Kubo, he's just too troll-y. It's like, instead of thinking up a new idea for each chapter, drag a conversation for 5 chapters, then a fight for 10, don't need to think too hard and just focus on the art, which isn't why I started reading it in the first place. And it's not like it's an art masterpiece, it's pretty standard shounen fare.

I just read out of obligation and hope that it gets back to the goodness that was classic Bleach. The only recently good arc was Turn Back the Pendulum.

On December 02 2011 12:05 Dick Prebble wrote:


Sorry but please don't compare DBZ to this garbage. When I re-read my DBZ comics I actually enjoy each volume, no boring parts in between. If I pick up a Bleach volume from the library I end up just flicking through it, skimming pages and in some instances even turning three or four pages at once as I can pretty much get the gist of their shit talking. There is so much shit talk in Bleach between the characters it's not funny, it's like watching two BW noobs playing a game against each other and typing BITCH or FAGGOT every now and then.

On December 02 2011 16:46 Navi wrote:
i think most people who still read the grade A fertilizer that we know as bleach only do so because they liked the manga in its olden days, it had a compelling story and a notable cast with interesting abilities and personalities and background story

On December 02 2011 16:46 Navi wrote:
i think most people who still read the grade A fertilizer that we know as bleach only do so because they liked the manga in its olden days, it had a compelling story and a notable cast with interesting abilities and personalities and background story

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now its all about ichigo and how his hair grows and how his sword grows and how he just doesn't give a damn etc
titty kubo tries to bring some awesome moments back with some of his used and abused cast from soul society that people liked, but in the end the vast majority of wasted whitespace is all about ichigo and his 1-2liners of dialogues and slow movement in the air

On December 02 2011 18:30 igotmyown wrote:


It's good to read the thread to see the people have quit yet agonize over it's crappiness. (quit after Aizen, and in retrospect would have been better off when they started fighting no names in Hueco Mundo).

I'm going to list the only things left I could ever possibly care about. Basically everything else is a filler and waste of time:

Who is Isshin
Explain Ichigo's powers better (conclusively, like are all his type hybrids, can everyone do his final attack)

And of less priority
Show all the captains' full powers
What's the royal guard/king
Explain Ishida's dad's past fighting relationship
What can Kenpachi's lieutenant do
Kenpachi's sword
What did Mayuri find in the 8th espada's stash

And I would be reasonably interested in
Who is the one person Kenpachi cared about
Compare Kenpachi/Kuchiki to the old captains
What happened to Nel
Old captain stories

Everything else is just filler. Ancient threats, role lieutenants powering up, Ichigo's friends powering up, Ichigo powering up, new characters that are not the royal guard/king/isshin's past.