Bleach Club

[Xeim]

Pardon my inactivity in the club. I just haven't had a lot to say in regards to the series lately. It's mostly been moving too slow...but I still refuse to read the manga. Ulquiorra's still super awesome. And my favorite arrancar.

To get a little discussion here, and it's pretty general/minor, but related to arrancar, so I'll still put it in spoiler tags:

SPOILER!!:

Remember when Grimmjow said that Ulquiorra...."punches" (I don't know what you'd call it, but that thing he does where he sticks his hand...inside you. o_O) people right where his "hole" is? And how he doesn't know if he's conscious of it or not?

Well, in a flashback, they show that Grimmjow does the same thing. He "punches" Ichigo right where HIS hole is. Do you think its just the two of them, or all arrancar? And why would they do tihs in the first place? Insecurity?

In other news, I'm reverting back to the old way of counting posts. In fact, I'm even simplifying it to the point where I use the number that the link under the "posts" column gives you in the "Club section" page. I don't have time to do it any other way at this point, and this just makes it easier on everyone. I'll post the data up in the club next time I'm around.

Truthfully, the other method was just an attempt to get someone to rejoin the club- he said he would if I did this. But..he never showed, and I'm not going to stress myself (And the other captains/vice captains) out for his sake anymore. o_O

I'll be sticking with the "25 posts" to get out of the academy, however, and making the number to become vice-captain 50. The first post will reflect this information, so check it out soon.

That's all for now.

--Xeim--

[Sinister]

Yes, Xeim. You've been very naughty. Leaving us to our own devices like that. Shame.

As far as Memories of a Nobody... Damn...I'll have to track down a theater, now. I imagine they'll have it playing here, being the second biggest city in Kentucky...which is...small.

I would've loved to have seen Knocking On Heaven's Door at a theater. I would've paid an actual ticket price and been happy for that.

At any rate, I imagine they'll extend the same privilege to Diamond Dust Rebellion, if there is any success with MoaN.

Progress in the RP, yay! ^^. I'm still waiting...I stopped posting because I honestly don't think I can squeeze anymore filler out of my character and I still haven't figured out why I'm saying all this in the club thread and not the OOC thread ><. Prolly cause I'm lazy.

Love,
-Sin

[Andromeda]

Yeah, I unfortunately doubt I will be able to see it in my town. I'll have to go to Chicago if I want to see which is a long trip just to see Bleach. If gas wasn't so high. I would do it. I was fortunate enough to see Cowboy Bebop the Movie in theaters since I was still in Chicago when it was released and only a single theater in all of the Chicago had it. It was some small privately owned on that probably showed a lot of older movies and pop cult movies. They did not really do main stream, which is probably why an anime movie showed up there. They'll probably have Bleach. But I won't be able to go see it unless it happens when my sister graduates. In which I will be in Chicago. I hope the stars align for that, pretty sad of me. ^^; I just want to see Bleach on the big screen. ; ;

I just wish it would get the big release that Yu-gi-oh the movie and Spirited Away got. I still can't be that Yu-gi-oh the movie got such a big release. Though it is the next big thing against Pokemon. Oh well, and Bleach is popular, but not so insanely popular that ten million scream eight year olds would go see it. But I went to go see Yu-gi-oh -_-.

Oh and the Ichigo and Byakuya fight is starting up finally on AS. They got through the Yoruichi and Soifon fight and flashback. I can't wait until next week to see the two of them battling it out and Bankai action. ^^ It was cool to see Ichigo blow away Byakuya's Shikai with his finally named attack. And he actually explained his Zanpukto's ability. Zangetsu apparently absorbs Ichigo's spirit energy allowing it to unleash a highly compressed attack. That probably explains a couple things. It sounds like that is what that one ability does, but it also sounds like that is what the special ability that the Shikai form has. Which finally makes more than just a simple weapon that is not really anything special aside from being a really huge meat cleaver.

It was cool to see Yoruichi completely dominate Soifon in every way. She was just far better than her even after all this time. Though I would like to know where Yoruichi's Zanpukto is. I've heard that it is claimed or rumored that Soifon holds her Zanpukto. But that does not really make a lot of sense to me. And Urahara still has his Zanpukto so I don't really see why Yoruichi would not have her's with her. Yoruichi is definitely powerful without it, but one can only imagine what she would be like with one in her hands.

[Sinister]

Well, AS just showed Ichigo and Byakuya fight. We're about halfway done. It was nice to see it in English dubs. It's been so long I almost forgot what the English dubs sounded like. They're okay with me. I really love Urahara and Gin's voices. But then Gin and Urahara's Japanese voices are also excellent. It's nice to have a choice and go back and forth between them. Just wish they weren't about 100 episodes behind. ><

Anyway. I really think the fight between Byakuya and Ichigo rates as the third greatest fight scene. Below Darth Maul/Obi/Qui Gon battle and Bruce Lee Vs Han in Enter the Dragon. Slightly above James Bond Vs. Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun..

Pffft... I digressed... Anyway, it's a cool fight.

EDIT:

P.S.

My sister just sent me a link for an AMV she made. She did a character theme amv for Byakuya. She even used one of my favorite bands. Although I have to admit I'm not a big Byakuya fan(She's not either, I don't think).

Either way, I thought I'd post it here:




-Sin

[Evangel]

Sin, I experienced that too. After months of watching Japanese dubs, I forgot how the English dubs sounded and it totally hit me like "Woah, what a difference!"

I place the Ichigo v. Byakuya fight under:

1) Obi-Wan Kenobi v. Anakin Skywalker a.k.a. Darth Vader (Star Wars Episode III: RoTS)
2) Jean Claude Van-Dam(SP?) v. the Mongolian (The Quest)
3) Ichigo v. Byakuya

[Rasler]

Ulquiorra's finally back in the manga. Christ, he was gone for like 30 chapters.

The scanslated Bleach manga has hit an interesting patch of filler. Yes, filler. IN A MANGA! It's revealing the events 100 years prior to the beginning of the series. Aizen's still a lieutenant, Urahara's new on the job, and Yoruichi is still a captain.

EIGHT captains had been replaced during the hundred years between the filler and the beginning of the series.


Oh, and the anime's back from vacation with the continuation of Ichigo vs Grimmjow: fight 3. Grimmjow has finally released his zanpakuto. Suprisingly, he loses his trademark jaw-mask fragment during his transformation.


That's all I have for now. Studies and such. Tests, tests, and more tests. Plus a job.

[Andromeda]

Well it is appearing in the manga so can you really call it a filler. At least in the terms of anime filler is a period of time in the series that is not canon. Since it is appearing in the manga it is canon. It is not like Tite has not gone and done something random in the middle of his arcs before. There were two pit stops the made back to the real world during the Soul Society arc.

Though what has me puzzled is how can be a hundred years ago and Urahara and Yoruichi are still around. Last I checked they left the Soul Society a hundred years ago. I know that Soifon made mention that it has been a hundred years since Yoruichi has been gone. So that does not make any sense.

[Xeim]

I was at a friend's house last night. She watches anime on Cartoon Network. xD So, I actually watched an episode of English Dubs! It wasn't as horrid as I thought it'd be. =O Ichigo and Byakuya's voices weren't half bad. Though, it was REALLY weird hearing Orihime calling Ichigo "Ichigo" instead of "Kurosaki-kun." Obviously, it'd be weird if she DID call him that, but....you know, it's first time I've ever heard "Ichigo" come out of her mouth. xD

Also...Hitsugaya's voice disgusts me. O_O It makes him sound too...old. He's supposed to sound like a mature, arrogant boy. Not...an adult. o_O

Anyway, I'm proud of myself for sitting through the whole thing. =P Well, it WAS the end of the Ichigo vs. Byakuya fight. It'd be good even without dialouge. Which, is actually how i first watched it. Huh. o_O

Moving on...Urahara and Yourichi could definately still be around a hundred years ago. After all, that's probably only an approximate date. And, even if it isn't, years are 365 days long. They still could have been around for some of it and left near the end. ^^;

--Xeim--

[Andromeda]

Well the other problem is that he said that Urahara is new on the job, while being a little vague. It sounds like he is saying that Urahara just became a Captain or just became a shinigami, one of the two. And somehow I doubt Urahara got kicked out of the Soul Society for his misdeed all in a year of being made Captain. He has been a shinigami for a while long enough to understand things well enough to train Ichigo. So that is what really do not make any sense at all.

And the fight with Ichigo and Byakuya is finally over. It was funny hearing them say their full names over and over again. I don't know why they do that, but it just sounded a little redundant and weird to be doing. But the fight was still really fun to watch. Though without the incantation Byakuya still packs a lot of power into his spells, though it was at point blank range. Then you got to see Hollow Ichigo make an appearance and hear him. It was wanting to hear him so more and see if they were going to change his voice a little. They did somewhat, but it was more or less still the same. Though for the two hits that Hollow Ichigo made on Byakuya I'm a little surprised that it took that huge a toll on him. Ichigo was in worse shape with his body breaking down on him. Though after that he seemed to get some strength back.

It is funny though that for all of the putting everything into the last attack Byakuya still had enough to flash step away after it was all done. I can understand wanting him out quickly, but I think it would have been better to see him walk away stumbling a little. He looks like won the way he left even though his sword was broken. That was what was so weird about it. Ichigo pretty much lost while winning by a default. It sort of reminds me of the fight with Kenpachi which pretty much ended in an almost exact same manner.

But it ends with Hitsugaya and Matsumoto entering the main chambers of the Central 46. I figure that 46 has some significance, but it is still a very odd number to pick. It probably has some meaning to the Japanese in mythology or something or other. But I can't wait for the next episode. We are closing in on the end and coming to the Bount Arc. I can't wait.

[LocoColt04]

46 falls into the category of the fourth pinnacle:

Fourth Pinnacle...9
With the fourth pinnacle showing the number 9, your work in the latter part of life will tend to be more philanthropic, allowing you to give much more of yourself, and if your financial circumstances permit, your assets, to causes that benefit mankind. Certainly, you have a more caring attitude now than in earlier times of your life.

SOURCE: http://www.astrology-numerology.com/num-pinnacles.html

I wonder if this could have some significance regarding the upcoming storyline?

Also, HAI GUYZ, I LIEK BLEECH

I've been staring at this club for months. I think the only thing that kept me from joining when it was first put up was the fact that I didn't feel my knowledge of Bleach would be comparable. I still miss a few episodes here and there, and don't have the manga (although... a buddy of mine does and I'm going to visit him later this week... I'll need something to do while he's in class), so I figured I was a bit more out of the loop than the majority.

[Govinda]

Right. I'm giving in. Every time I read this thread I want to comment on something, so I'm giving myself licence to by asking if I could possibly join. I started watching Bleach to understand anime and the show's title, but once I got a bit into it and everything started hitting the fan in the latest arc, I took the time to go back and understand the rest of what was going on, just so that I could properly appreciate the pain of Ichigo and Team Dressing Gowns (yes, I know they're hakamas or kimonos or something, but I like to think they're housecoats )

Ichigo vs. Byakuya = v cool. Mostly for the inane dialogue and the explosions. Could do with cutting out the conversation though. To illustrate: imagine the following is taking place outside of a pub.

Man One comes out, 'You, Man Two, you were hitting on my girl!'

'No I was not, Man One! Shall we have to fight to resolve this?'

'I will not let you hit on my girl, Man Two,' says Man One in a low voice. 'You cannot possibly hope to stand up against my broken beer bottle, Man Two.'

'Oh, Man One, I think you'll find I've changed...'

'Very well, Man Two. I will kick you now and you will fall over for sure. And then we shall discuss the philosophy of family and relationships for a while, dig?'

'Oh, I dig, Mr. Man One.....now taste my foot as I am about to kick you!'


I don't hate Bleach, not at all. I find it interesting. But I warn you, I do like to poke fun at it a lot.

Re. English Dubs: Well.

Hitsugaya sounds like he's going through a midlife crisis. Rukia's voice grates on me. I really like Yoruichi and Urahara's voices, though.


...wow, that post was long. So yeah. I'll keep my comments in until someone issues a Yay Heather or a Nay Heather.

Cheers loves, cheerybye.

[Andromeda]

Your knowledge can't be any worse off than mine. I only watch the Adult Swim episodes of Bleach. So if you do that you are in my boat. Most of the people here do watch it as it comes out in Japan, but I'm pretty sure that there was at least at some point someone else besides me that watched the Adult Swim episodes only. Either way, there is plenty of material on the show on Wikipedia if you want to brush up on your Bleach knowledge. I do that fairly often which gives me a more equal footing with the rest around here. Though I still am over a hundred episodes behind them.

On that note I was looking at the Bleach wikipedia page today to see how many episodes of the Soul Society arc we had left. I thought it was longer, but either way. I noticed that the new filler arc with the new Captain is starting up in like two weeks or so. So I am wondering how long that is going to last seeing as they need to give Tite more time to get out ahead of the anime. I would have thought that they would have planned it a little better though seeing as stopping in the middle of the arc is a little awkward. They should have just stopped before the Heuco Mondo arc started up knowing that they would be getting close to Tite.

[Xeim]

Welcome Gov, Loco. I'll put you two on the list immediately. And no worries about knowledge. As long as you like/love Bleach, you're welcome in the club.

Andro: Bleach has left a few loose ends and questions here and there. I think we should probably assume that it's an approximate measure of time. It could really be closer to 150 years ago. I think 50 years as a shinigami is a pretty long time. However, when you've lived much, much longer, you'd probably tend to round it to the nearest hundred. xD

And ah, I forgot to comment on the Hollow's english voice. I hate it. We'll leave it at that before a rant comes on.

As for going into filler mid-arc...they may not have figured out they were too close in time and went into the Hueco Mundo arc....then figured it out. Now, they also may have wnated to keep Ichigo out of this arc with the captain. The only realistic way to do this (since I think they go back to soul society for a while after Hueco Mundo? maybe?) is to do it while Ichigo's preoccupied in Hueco Mundo.

I don't know. It really does seem quite strange. Besides....I didn't really think they were that close anyway..? The minds of anime writers never cease to confuse me. They're pulling some pretty wacky tricks these days...

Random note: A song just came on where Hitsugaya's japanese voice actress (Romi Paku!) sings. =P

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Rankings.

First Division

1st Division Captain:

Xeim- 246

1st Division Vice-Captain: Andromeda-146


1st Division members:

3rd Seat: Evangel- 34
4th Seat: Jenova33- 11
5th Seat: Itachi Uchiha- 5
6th Seat:
7th Seat:


Second Division


2nd Division Captain:

Sinister- 27

2nd Division Vice-Captain:

2nd Division members:
3rd Seat:Toph Bei Fong- 33
4th Seat:WaterPrince- 3
5th Seat:
6th Seat:
7th Seat:



Third Division

Third Division Captain

Rasler- 70

Third Division Vice-Captain

5th Division members:
3rd seat: Oathkeeper13- 23
4th seat: DarkWolf- 7
5th seat:
6th seat:
7th seat:

Shinigami Academy

1st seat: Lethal Seraphim- 14
2nd seat: Final Fantasy Cid- 11
3rd Seat: Angantyr- 5
4th seat: RagnaToad- 4
5th seat: Silver- 1
6th seat: Lococolt04- 1
7th seat: Pablo Honey- 1
8th seat:

Ok, so I closed two divisions that had inactive captains and moved people around a bit. I also did SOME cleaning to the members list….I didn’t take everyone out. Then we’d only have like….one active member per division. I’ll do it eventually, but not now. Anyway, here’s how everyone stands. Note that this is your total post count, and not the one based off of points. If you have any problems…let me know.

Note: These are club only posts. I'll add the RP ones in later. I'm too tired right now. ^^; Check in for an edit leter if you're interested. xD

Phew. Let me know if I forgot anything. ^^;

--Xeim--

[Andromeda]

I guess that could perhaps be the case, but you are no more certain than anyone else about where it lies. The problem is that if you say a bunch of things happened a hundred years ago even if they are a year or two apart it makes it sound like you are contradicting yourself. Tite seems to plan things out at least to some degree so I would think that he has some timeline that lies around. Or perhaps not, but given the long history and the length of time that shinigami exist it would be smart to know this sorts of things for consistency sake.

I think it would have better to say that it happened so many years before an event that we know about. So it can still be vague, but placed apart from other things that could conflict with it. We know that Yuroichi and Urahara left around a hundred years ago. So just say that this happened like twenty years before that or something. He has placed too many things around the same period of time. I'd hate to see some plot holes in the time line develop because of him making an error in counting years.

And you don't like the hollow's voice? Aww ; ; I thought it was pretty good. But you are used to hearing Japanese people speaking through your characters. I've been fine with the cast so far. But we've been down this road before I think.

Though I don't know someone can't know how close that they are to Tite. All they have to do is ask him how far along in the story that he is. He might not know how many more chapters there are left, but he knows roughly if he is half way or not through it. And those guys animate manga for a living. So they should have this pretty easily calculated how many chapters they will burn through in so many episodes. It is just a matter of planning and forecasting.

Removing Ichigo from the center stage will not make a lot of people happy though I would imagine. If he is going to be gone for a while they will need to make the new Captain very popular so that people do not get bored. Taking Ichigo out is good in that they don't have to make a super powerful enemy, but it does present problems in disassociating the fans with the show.

I have a feeling that Tite thought he knew where things were going and then something happen causing him to add more. It happens to writers that as they get into something that they find new ideas to make it more interesting that end lengthening the story. It probably happened to Tite and they could not plan for it the unknown. Otherwise it would seem like very poor planning on the part of the studio.

And I'm the Vice-Captain now in the 1st Division? Huh fancy that, though I will miss my old division. ; ; Oh well.

[Govinda]

I don't know what the anime writers think they're doing - from what I can tell, even the subbed anime has a very long way to go to catch up with the scanlated (I learned me a new word) manga things. They're miles apart, and the cartoon's doing no noticeable catchup. I think I spend too much of my Study Time on Youtube.

The manga went boring for ages. It just became good for procrastination lately. A refreshing lack of side angle NAN DES KA? faces and so on. Spoiler for current manga:

Spoiler: Actually, it's that interesting that I think I wish Bleach was just about Urahara and Yoruichi's past. They're a lot less all over the shop than Present Day Team Dressing Gown. Less annoying, I think.

[Sinister]

I agree with Govinda in at least that they need a lot more Urahara and Yoruichi.

Other than that, I pace myself on the anime and manga. I wouldn't read EVERY single manga or watch EVERY single episode. I watched the recent fight with Grimmjow and Ichigo,

Spoiler: I have to say I was disappointed with Grimmjow, though

[Evangel]

I've been reading the manga and watching the anime equally lately. Every time when an episode (dubbed or subbed) comes out, I'll watch it. Then when the manga chapter comes out, I'll read that online too.

I really like what they are doing right now with the manga. Some things need to be revealed for the better.

Spoiler: Surprise surprise! Mayuri was a prisoner and all the current Vizards were all pretty much high ranking Soul Reapers. It's going to be onvious that both Mayuri and Urahara are going to conduct experiments to create the Vizards.

Also, would you care to elaborate Sinister?

Spoiler: I thought Grimmjow's performance was great. The last time he fought Ichigo with his mask on, he get his arse handed to him. This time it is the opposite, for now. I also like his released form. It's very animalistic, perfect for his personality.

[Rasler]

Whoo! Filler arc! Goddamnit!

I'd clip up the new opening and closing, but I'm missing some obscure unknown codec. Without it, I only have audio for the file. I had to use VLC to get it to work correctly. So...no video for you this post.

Noteworthy segments of the intro:

• The new blond girl is likely part of one of SS's noble families. Hence the kidnapping and so on.
• The bad guys are apparently Naruto characters. (lol)
• Conflict between Renji and Byakuya (Again!)
• Greater emphasis on the unimportant "classmate" characters!

I enjoy conflict between Renji and Byakuya. Highlight the conflict between social classes, huzzah!

Noteworthy segments of the closing:

• None really. Honestly.

As for the actual episode content: New captain's zanpakuto hasn't been released yet. He also has yet to use it. He uses his second weapon, similar in appearance to a large ornate tuning fork, hasn't been confirmed as a zanpakuto yet. He and his accompanying 3rd seat come from some anti-Hollow team. From the omake at the end, apparently Gin has some familiarity with him.

Gillian Menos are overwhelmingly wussy and easily slain in filler episodes, apparently. The filler arc seems to take place after the Bount arc, considering the mod souls are in the opening and Chad and Uryu have their Hueco Mundo arc powers, as seen in the closing.

-edit-
Since this arc takes place before the Arrancar arc and Ichigo has yet to dominate his inner Hollow, we can expect more Berserker Hollow Ichigo, because he's such a fan-favorite. Fully Hollow Ichigo > Berserker Hollow Ichigo > Inner Hollow Ichigo > Vizard Hollow Ichigo > Ichigo

Spoiler: > Dead Ichigo (lol)

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[Andromeda]

Watched the new opener and ending on Youtube and they look alright. Though I did not think that they were so close to a new season. But I guess if they are going to filler it helps out. This takes place during the Hueco Mondo Arc though, I thought. So why in the world is Ichigo in the opener fighting someone? Shouldn't he be away kept busy along with Renji, Uryu and everyone else that went to fight Aizen and the Arrancar?

I was hoping it was just going to be Soul Society captains like Hitsugaya, Byakuya and the new captain fighting people. That would kind of be fun to see Hitsugaya working like a normal captain and doing things. I was hoping that Ichigo would not even be involved since they would need such a powerful enemy for Ichigo to fight these days. Though I guess Hitsugaya and Byakuya's experience trumps Ichigo's raw power. Well I won't be seeing them for a long time, but we are getting closer to the Bount Arc.

[Rasler]

Well, Orihime's back to being a ditz, thanks to the filler. At least they made it humorous, with her confusing "princess" with "dominatrix".

Oh, and for the Fire Emblem fans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EWxC-buhQE

[Sinister]

She'll always be a ditz. Her capture worked out well in the story seeing that I think fans would've abandoned Bleach if Ichigo had to rescue Rukia again. Problem is, they are now literally running out of damsels in distress. They'll have to switch to a new and unexpected cliche.

-Sin

[Xeim]

Haha, great video there, Rasler. I got a nice laugh out of it.

I actually haven't seen this week's Bleach episode. I've been distracted this week, so I keep forgetting to download it. We usually watch anime on the family computer, but my dad's computer isn't fast enough/strong enough to support the new format Dattebayo's using. So, we have to download it to my computer. Which means I have to get a bittorrent program. Which also means I have to overcome my lazyness long enough to get one! Haha.... ^^; I'll get around to it, soon.

But I watched last week's episode. It was extremely hard to follow, as the subtitles kept failing to appear, and the episode itself kept freezing. But, from what I did see, it looks like this filler will be watchable. I kind of like the new captain, but the new third seat annoys me. =/

Though, has anyone found out why they went to filler mid-arc yet? Or is that satill a mystery?

[Rasler]

The mid-arc filler is due to the anime being right on the manga's ass. The manga is in preparation for the arc's climax. The anime was about to begin the

Spoiler: "everything goes to shit"

phase of the Hueco Mundo arc, which leads up to where the manga decided to get ADD and switch over to a drawn-out backstory.

Tite's stalling so he can get the climax ready.

At least when we get out of filler, the anime will have lots of action. The

Spoiler: "Everything goes to shit"

phase of the Hueco Mundo arc begins immediately after the defeat of Grimmjow. I mean, by like seconds.

Xeim - for your downloading/viewing woes, I recommend Bleachexile.com. They've recently purchased several "monster" servers, making episodes download in less than 15 minutes. There is also an online manga reader, where you can read all manga chapters online.

[Xeim]

Grr. I didn't think they were all that close. =/ Oh well, I guess they don't want to risk it.

I hope they put the flashbacks in the anime as well. I might go and read those chapters just because they sound interesting, but it would always be nice to see such things animated.

And, I do use bleachexile for a lot of anime downloads. However, I thought they got their bleach downloads from dattebayo. =/ But, I guess using them WOULD eliminate my "download a bit torrent" problem that I'll be inclined to put off... ^^;; So thank you. I'll probably get it downloaded tonight or tomorrow. But, I won't be able to watch it until tomorrow... *Sigh*

On another note, we really do need something to talk about. What ever happened to that filler arc we were going to make? Is anyone still interested in doing that?

[Andromeda]

I'm so excited. I just found out this morning that the theater in town is going to be showing Bleach: Memories of Nobody this June. I can't wait for June to come. It is going to be so awesome to see Bleach on the big screen just like it was in Japan. ^^ If you want to check to see if it is going to play in your area you can going to fathomevents.com and find out. They will have lists for it. I won't how many Bleach fans there are in town. At least I know that everyone in the theater will all be like me so hyped up on Bleach.

The Bount Arc is starting on this weekend. So it is going to be interesting to see what this arc is about since it is not in the manga and I can't really spoil a ton of it by reading the manga like I have for the Arrancar Arc and Soul Society Arc. Oh well, it is still going to be fun to watch.

[Evangel]

I haven't post here in a little bit, so I'll put in my two cents:

Spoiler: I am glad the "Turn Back the Pendelum" negative series of manga has been released. It answers some VERY important questions brought up in the series so far. It appears that everyone, the Vizard, the Soul Reaper Captains are all very tightly related in some way. The Vizard, for example, have been all mostly either Captains or Lietenants even before Byakuya's time. Also, as expected, Byakuya's father was also a Captain. In a couple of manga, Byakuya is shown when he was young and training to be a Soul Reaper. His personality "then" compared to "now" is almost completely opposite. The latest release shows something very curious. Kensei Muguruma is shown at the end in what appears to be a Hollow take-over state. His appearance is very cool, imao. Anyways, I'm anxious to see who the current Vizard became what they are. Also, in the current timeline, the Vizard's reunion with the Soul Reaper Captains.

[Rasler]

About the current manga "Turn Back the Pendulum" side-story:

Spoiler: These flashback chapters make a lot of sense and tie up a lot of loose ends. Cripes, Aizen and Ichimaru were up to no good even back when they were lieutenants. In his very first chronological appearance, Ichimaru had just finished murdering someone. He also went through a fairly large increase in height between then and the SS arc. Aizen has yet to have maxed out his stats, as it were, seeing as Shinji was able to easily cancel out whatever stealth technique Aizen was using in one of the chapters. Kensei has seemingly been possessed rather than willingly gaining Hollow powers. Either Aizen is involved in early versions of his shinigami/Hollow hybrid experiments, or these are the events that will inspire him to create hybrids.

[Secret Weapon]

Heh Heh. Finally got enough posts ! Felt like a drag tryna reach 150. But NE ways, I want in! Hmm......, I would prefer to be seated in the 3rd Division seeing that there's not a 7 (my fav. #). I've watched about 20-25 episodes of it and I love Sundays on adultswim when it does come on.

I hope I can fit in !

[Xeim]

Welcome, secret weapon. All members new to the club start out in the shinigami academy and are moved to a division once they achive 25 posts in the club. If you remind me to put you in division 3 once that time comes, I'd be happy to do so.

Like all the other members of the club, you have the option of joining our RP. Details can be found in the OOC.

I hope you decide to stay active in the club. ^^

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I must say that the filler arc in the japanese anime is annoying me a bit. The villain characters are just too....naruto-ish for my liking. I watch naruto for naruto and bleach for bleach. I don't watch bleach for naruto. =/

And, have some of the shinigami look like they were drawn differently? Kyouraku (I...think) and Mayuri looked a little off to me in one of the episodes. But I suppose it could've just be that we haven't seen them in so long.

[Evangel]

And, have some of the shinigami look like they were drawn differently? Kyouraku (I...think) and Mayuri looked a little off to me in one of the episodes. But I suppose it could've just be that we haven't seen them in so long.

Y'know what? I think I may have noticed that too. More with Ichigo than any others. Expecially when he gets angry and is wipping all around and stuff.

Heres something I have been wondering for a while now... Can a Vizard become and Arrancar? Here's my theory:

A Human Dies >> The Plus Soul is sent to the Soul Society by a Soul Reaper >> The Soul enroles at the Soul Reaper Academy and becomes a Full-Fledged Soul Reaper >> The Soul Reaper becomes pretty strong, but becomes a Vizard by what ever means it is >> The Newly created Vizard is overcome by their inner Hollow >> The Vizard is completely overcome and becomes a Hollow >> Aizen uses the Hougyoku (SP?) to transform that Hollow into an Arrancar.

And there you have it.