[Manga] Bleach - Page 82

On October 30 2010 02:07 HitoriTomoyo wrote:
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If Bleach is to seriously continue, let Karin become the new protagonist.

Ichigo should just resign to being the future Isshin when another main protagonist arrives.

Also, Kubo should hurry up and resolve all loose ends. What the hell was with Aizen raging agains the Soul King and yet we don't get a glimpse of it? Balls.

On October 30 2010 03:17 sashkata wrote:

I have a theory on that. I don't remember in which of the 2 (anime or manga) I heard this, but there was a memory or something in which Aizen is told that some woman has become a guard of the soul king. He didn't take it well. So my guess is that becoming a guard of the soul king isn't a job you volunteer for or can refuse, so Aizen went crazy, because the love of his life got "stolen" from him and that's why he wants to destroy him. Maybe even free her. Seems pretty typical for anime in general.

BUT I could be totally wrong. Not even sure if I remember it correctly. lol

On October 30 2010 04:22 ArvickHero wrote:
what is the significance of the title "Bleach" to the story, I never figured that out

Nobody knows. Tite Kubo never said why he named the manga/anime Bleach. Some popular guesses:

Shinigami 'Bleach' or wipe clean the souls of Hollows

When a Japanese person with black hair bleaches it, it often comes out redish/orange in color, so though Ichigo's hair is naturally Orange, it might be a little joke because of his hair color

Tite Kubo is a big fan Nirvana fan, and Nirvanas first album was called Bleach (I think it was the first, or at least one of their first)

SJ: Why did you pick Bleach as the title?
Kubo-sensei: The title wasn't Bleach when I decided to draw a story about Soul Reapers. (Shinigami) This was before I drew the one-shot manga that appeared in Akamaru Jump. The weapon wasn't a sword, but a scythe. Only Rukia had a scythe and the other characters used guns. At that point, the title was Snipe [as in "sniper"]. Right before I started drawing, I began to think that a sword would be better and realized I couldn't use Snipe as a title anymore. I began looking for a title that grasped the bigger picture. Soul Reapers (Shinigami) are associated with the color black, but it would have been boring to use "black." "White," on the other hand, can suggest black as a complementary color. So I chose "bleach" to evoke the impression of the color white.
[Kubo-sensei explained to us how he chose English chapter titles for the manga. He uses a dictionary to look up words that match his idea for the title, and ogten replaces a word with one that has a similar meaning but sounds better. Kubo-sensei didn't use a dictionary to choose "bleach" because the English word is already commonly used in Japan.]

+ The current arc is soon on climax, it will end by the middle of 2010 (The current arrancar arc has been going on for 4 years)
+ Kubo’s originally not the type to work out a plan, so he still hasn’t decided on a concrete end to the arrancar arc. (as of 2009 when this interview took place)
+ But from this onwards, he’s told people there’s to be 2 more arcs and then Bleach will be OVER.
+The next arc is a short one, and there’s an initiative for the next one.
He also said that there would be an Isshin arc…

On October 30 2010 04:22 ArvickHero wrote:
what is the significance of the title "Bleach" to the story, I never figured that out

On October 30 2010 05:37 WyghtWolf wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +

On second thought, I'll spoiler it all.

On October 30 2010 05:52 Flanlord wrote:
It still cracks me up how many people here on TL in particular seem to dislike the series but have strong opinions about what they hope will happen next, and keep reading just in case it does.

On October 28 2010 22:31 Purind wrote:


Bleach is very popular outside Japan in the sense that tons of people read it. It's just that everyone that reads it hates it

When you say popular in Japan, do you mean that it sells well, or that the fan reception on manga forums is really good?

On November 03 2010 07:04 Hier wrote:
Oh! Oh! I'll take a wild guess. Everything we are reading is a dream, ever since he passed out after the Aizen battle. What he is dreaming, however, is the reality. Everyone is trying to wake him up. To get out of this utopian dream-like state he needs to defeat the guy with the evil smirk (whose bag got stolen), the so called "lost agent". Hence the name of the arc; Lost Shinigami Representative. I'm sure the reason for the sleeping beauty syndrome will be explained and will have something to do with the use of the super saiyan power he acquired for a short amount of time.