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Archenteron posted:No no, his ghost-tuberculosis was actually a back-up God replacing his lungs So, he basically just vomited up a god. Makes a change from things being pulled from people's asses.
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Thoren posted:Next chapter: It turns out other characters of the other hand and feet of the soul king. This was what made them special war powers. Ichigo has the left foot and Aizen the right. They may or may not be brothers. I want this to be true. But I don't want Kubo to be the one to make this happen. I'm torn.
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Feb 20, 2015 07:58
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So did Ramen Aizen actually know Ukitake was hiding Nyarlathotep, or was that all still just bullshit to distract Ichigo?
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Feb 20, 2015 08:01
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Dux Supremus posted:So did Ramen Aizen actually know Ukitake was hiding Nyarlathotep, or was that all still just bullshit to distract Ichigo? Ramen Aizen just knew that the substitute soul reaper badge Ukitake made was weakening Ichigo. He didn't say or know anything about him being the vessel of the Godhand.
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Feb 20, 2015 08:13
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I swore he implied he was secretly the Hiddener Worser Bad Guy but maybe I'm just misremembering.
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Feb 20, 2015 08:19
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Dux Supremus posted:So did Ramen Aizen actually know Ukitake was hiding Nyarlathotep, or was that all still just bullshit to distract Ichigo?
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Feb 20, 2015 08:26
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Dux Supremus posted:I swore he implied he was secretly the Hiddener Worser Bad Guy but maybe I'm just misremembering. I wasn't paying too much attention at the time but I thought it was more suggesting that the SS didn't trust Ichigo and were maybe the bad guys all along. Which was a fair point because Yamamoto was probably just as bad as many of the villains.
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Feb 20, 2015 08:30
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This manga is a loving mess
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Feb 20, 2015 08:41
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Sure is, but right now it's a mess in the best of ways. 
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Feb 20, 2015 09:31
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Amorphous Blob posted:Man I've been waiting forever for Ukitake to do something and now he's Exodia's right arm? Plus Aizen is coming back? Pretty good chapter this week. Yeah, but till next weeks.
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Feb 20, 2015 10:28
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Advice posted:This is literally and figuratively Deus Ex Machina, Ukitake dropping a super secret god out of nowhere to solve all their problems but you know what? This was the most interesting chapter of Bleach in a long time. To be fair, it isn't out of nowhere. The Kamikake was brought up months ago.
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Feb 20, 2015 10:48
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Considering how long it takes for the average shounen to get anywhere, 'months ago' is pretty much the same as 'just thought it up'.
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Feb 20, 2015 13:43
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Zogundar posted:To be fair, it isn't out of nowhere. The Kamikake was brought up months ago. It was brought up months ago? What issue was that?
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Feb 20, 2015 15:25
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Captain_duck posted:It was brought up months ago? What issue was that? Apparently 605. Batmasterson posted:It was chapter 605, and Ukitake references the Kamikake on page 3 or 4. Way back in 547 on page 7 we saw him praying to a big flower. hiddenriverninja posted:godbrothers holebrothers
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Feb 20, 2015 16:03
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Deus ex machina asspull or not, that was the best chapter of Bleach in years, and if you think differently, you are wrong.
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Feb 20, 2015 16:46
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I like this thing because it reminds me of some Kinshin/madness poo poo from soul eater which is also good.
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Feb 20, 2015 17:14
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Step 1: Aizen Step 2: Stab Momo Step 3: ????? Step 4: Profit!!! Am I doing it right?
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Feb 20, 2015 21:34
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Is it too obvious or would it make sense that Shunsui is somehow the left hand of the soul king? Him and Ukitake are long-time best buds and are the only ones with twin zanpakutos, and the first two captains ever of the 13 squads. Also, if Shunsui truly is wearing the eyepatch again, I hope its some kind of insurance policy that has some kinda eyehax protection against Aizen's complete hypnosis ability, assuming he still has it/can use it.
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Feb 20, 2015 22:40
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skyraiser9 posted:Step 1: Aizen No. Stabbing Momo is step three. Step two is always thinking you're stabbing someone else.
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Feb 20, 2015 22:58
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FuturePastNow posted:Deus ex machina asspull or not, that was the best chapter of Bleach in years, and if you think differently, you are wrong. Or the straight up cannibal character shaking her fist at the sky 'Is that all we were to you, a meal?' as she wipes bits of the last Quincy she ate off her cheek. Still a decent ridiculous Bleach chapter though. This Bleach arc has actually had a lot of really good moments, now that I think back on it.
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Feb 21, 2015 00:43
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Spiderdrake posted:This Bleach arc has actually had a lot of really good moments, now that I think back on it. I'd hesitate to call blatant Kubo ridiculousness "really good". Like, I enjoy it's insanity, but calling it "good" in any real fashion just feels wrong to me.
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Feb 21, 2015 00:59
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Spiderdrake posted:Or the straight up cannibal character shaking her fist at the sky 'Is that all we were to you, a meal?' as she wipes bits of the last Quincy she ate off her cheek.  I didn't think of it this way that's a funny way to put it.
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Prison Warden posted:I'd hesitate to call blatant Kubo ridiculousness "really good". Like, I enjoy it's insanity, but calling it "good" in any real fashion just feels wrong to me.
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Spiderdrake posted:It really does make you wonder if Tite figured out how to be ironic somewhere between the fullbringer and quincy arc (or just stopped giving a poo poo and decided to put some parody/cracks at manga tropes in general in) but when I say good moments I mean very directly good moments. As a story this arc has been stupid, poorly paced, the narrative is terrible meandering nonsense and the characterization is completely willy-nilly. There's no sense of scale, or tension, or dramatic stakes in any of the fight scenes, it is basically all Fairy Tail level. But individual chapters are good. And I generally find when Tite wants to nail a page, the art is really good. I find Bleach infinitely more enjoyable because it has these shining little moments that sort of buoy it up, or make it so mental you enjoy it ironically, whereas Fairy Tail is just kind of... blah. It doesn't hit the same lows, which is kind of worse.
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Feb 21, 2015 01:26
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Byakuya finally acting like a real big brother to Rukia was a legitimately good moment.
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Feb 21, 2015 01:58
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Personally I will forever remember this arc for having Ichigo race back down to Soul Society... then race back up to the Spirit King's place.
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Feb 21, 2015 02:09
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BlitzBlast posted:Personally I will forever remember this arc for having Ichigo race back down to Soul Society... then race back up to the Spirit King's place. "Goku, now you have arrived in time to beat up Nappa, I have bad news, Vegeta has made his way to King Kai's planet!" "What the gently caress?!"
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Prison Warden posted:"Goku, now you have arrived in time to beat up Nappa, I have bad news, Vegeta has made his way to King Kai's planet!" At least then he could just use instant transmission (or did he learn that on his way to Namik?). This is more like the final act though so it would be like if Babidi had decided to just say gently caress it buu needs to feed on another planet first, Goku I know you just came back from being dead but they are like 2000 lightyears away here go fly in this spaceship, don't worry we have a 2nd one and will be right behind you.
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pixaal posted:At least then he could just use instant transmission (or did he learn that on his way to Namik?). You can't seriously not know this
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If you're just looking for moments than this arc was probably pretty okay but as part of a continuous story I think it is pretty bad because a lot of it was completely pointless and thus impossible for me to care about or get invested in. But even so, some of those moments were good enough for me to enjoy even despite that. As Nodt and Mask were legitimately fun fights and probably the best part of the arc.
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BlitzBlast posted:Personally I will forever remember this arc for having Ichigo race back down to Soul Society... then race back up to the Spirit King's place. It's even funnier because he runs down a bajillion flights of stairs, only to find out there was an elevator all along.
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Captain_duck posted:It was brought up months ago? What issue was that? It was 605, with this little thing:  Kubo, for better or for worse, leaves enough dangling plot threads that basically anything can be linked back to  foreshadowing.Edit: phone posting, sorry if this wrecked tables.
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Okay but, in Kubo's defense, how many dangling plot threads that we thought would just never be resolved have been solved? -Ukitake's Ghost Tuberculosis is a Dark God -Komamura is a dog man because he's from a clan of dog men. -Mayuri found dead arrancar in Szayelaporro's lab -Aizen was about to say, "a shinigami and a quincy" All I think we've got left is Kyouraku's bankai, what Aizen planned to do once he got into the Soul Palace to "take the throne", Hisagi's bankai, anything else? Note: I'm giving Kubo a pass on any bankai he didn't specifically mention like Kyouraku and Hisagi's since while technically all the captains should have bankai and there are a few more we haven't seen, it's entirely possible they're just not up to the captain's fighting style or are just kinda useless for the plot we have left. Shinji's, for example, might be totally loving useless considering his lovely shikai. Some people get giant energy blasts, some get to shoot freezing ice out, Aizen got HIS, Shinji gets to fart out a little gas, and then I guess if you breath the gas you get disoriented.
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Advice posted:Okay but, in Kubo's defense, how many dangling plot threads that we thought would just never be resolved have been solved? Whatever they had Karin doing. How Ginjo lost his powers.
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Is Yachiru actually Kenpachi's bankai?
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Say Nothing posted:Is Yachiru actually Kenpachi's bankai? Wouldn't be the first time Bleach pulled that. Remember Arrancar Numero Uno?
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Advice posted:Okay but, in Kubo's defense, how many dangling plot threads that we thought would just never be resolved have been solved? They addressed the lack of revealed Bankai by stating earlier in the arc that captains are reluctant to use them due to the possibility of getting them broken.
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SchrodingersCat posted:They addressed the lack of revealed Bankai by stating earlier in the arc that captains are reluctant to use them due to the possibility of getting them broken. I liked that explanation since it gives a good reason why they don't go all bankai all the time: on the off chance that the thing damages your zanpaktu in its bankai state, it will never properly heal.
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Yeah, that makes tons of sense in life or death situations, or explain why characters who have shown their bankai use them repeatedly in far less important situations. There's a whole scene where Ikkaku was supposed to use his bankai and is chastised by his former comrade for not doing so. The retcon entirely contradicts that - his bankai is busted and useless garbage, how is he 'holding back'? And it's one of three explanations, meaning Kubo was just flinging poo poo at the wall.
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Spiderdrake posted:Yeah, that makes tons of sense in life or death situations, or explain why characters who have shown their bankai use them repeatedly in far less important situations. Hmm? ikkaku isn't even supposed to ha e a bankai and their squad's thing is to show how powerful they are without using anything because their captain didn't have shikai or bankai.
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