Bleach Manga/Anime Discussion Thread II

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Otherwise,

Aizen got put in time-out with his favorite toy. Does that make any sense?

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I have to say I like the ring of that.

I completely agree. Which is why Ichigo will probably try to change things somehow.

So we never got to see Aizen's bankai after all.


...maybe he never had one, and just illusioned the squads into believing he did?

I been sayin' that all along!

[NickGuy]

i know with all the discssion of plot, these things almost rearely get noticed, but i just wanna say...

this chapter was GORGEOUS. i love when kubo gets slppy and more energetic.

[NickGuy]

also, in the end ichigo became strider hiryu for no reason. if uraharas kido wouldve activated sooner ichigo wouldntve had to lose his powers

[FalconX2000]

also, in the end ichigo became strider hiryu for no reason. if uraharas kido wouldve activated sooner ichigo wouldntve had to lose his powers

It was only meant to activate when Aizen was weakened sufficiently. Ichigo didn't do that till after he used the ultimate getsuga tenshou. Setting aside what I see to be the plothole with Gin stabbing Aizen, and setting aside how Ichigo fought since it's irrelevant to the topic here, Aizen was not weakened sufficiently for Urahara's kido to activate till that point.

[NickGuy]

i didnt get that feeling at all...all urahara said was "it finally activated"

[1505627]

also, in the end ichigo became strider hiryu for no reason. if uraharas kido wouldve activated sooner ichigo wouldntve had to lose his powers

possibly intentional. maybe urahara didn't want ichigo having powers in case he ever found out about the spirit king?


also, i wonder why ichigo didn't go

"Well, no shinigami powers left. oh well *Masks up*"

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i didnt get that feeling at all...all urahara said was "it finally activated"

It finally activated because Aizen was finally weakened enough for it to activate.

possibly intentional. maybe urahara didn't want ichigo having powers in case he ever found out about the spirit king?


also, i wonder why ichigo didn't go

"Well, no shinigami powers left. oh well *Masks up*"

Might be unstable without the shinigami powers to balance it out.

[The Transient Guest]

Otherwise,

Aizen got put in time-out with his favorite toy. Does that make any sense?

Makes sense to me. But I do want to add the caveat that the wholegoku no longer considers Aizen it's master sooo....hoisted by his own picard?

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possibly intentional. maybe urahara didn't want ichigo having powers in case he ever found out about the spirit king?


also, i wonder why ichigo didn't go

"Well, no shinigami powers left. oh well *Masks up*"

You make an interesting point. Ichigo still has hollow powers. (He may have been so caught up with Mugetsu he forgot...not to mention he doesn't really like them). But maybe he'll end up developing those more now.

Makes sense to me. But I do want to add the caveat that the wholegoku no longer considers Aizen it's master sooo....hoisted by his own picard?

Couldn't find a good picture of Aizen to put it, but...

[Siriel]

On the subject of the hollow powers...

What the hell would they have done against Aizen? I mean, the guy (in that form) was strong enough to not get one-shotted by someone who sliced a mountain in half as the aftereffect of his slice.

Now, why they didn't just kill Aizen when he reverted to Shinigami form, instead of sealing him, I have no clue.

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On the subject of the hollow powers...

What the hell would they have done against Aizen? I mean, the guy (in that form) was strong enough to not get one-shotted by someone who sliced a mountain in half as the aftereffect of his slice.

Now, why they didn't just kill Aizen when he reverted to Shinigami form, instead of sealing him, I have no clue.

I think being fused with the Hogyoku still prevents him from dying. It's just not powering him up anymore.

edit: Reread the chapter...Urahara seemed did the whole sealing thing because he didn't think they could kill Aizen. And since he was still regenerating, despite losing power, makes me think that even though the Hogyoku doesn't like him now, they're still fused. I think it's for the Hogyoku saying "we might still be in this together, but hell if I'm going to wank you out anymore after such an epic failure".

[Oblivion87]

If this really is the end of Aizen then it certainly isn't the way I thought he'd go out. I was kind of hoping we'd see Ichigo do more in his Getsuga form.

[NickGuy]

If this really is the end of Aizen then it certainly isn't the way I thought he'd go out. I was kind of hoping we'd see Ichigo do more in his Getsuga form.

yeah, he shot his ssj4 wad pretty quickly.

[Ghost]

That was a great chapter. But damn it felt short. oO

You make an interesting point. Ichigo still has hollow powers. (He may have been so caught up with Mugetsu he forgot...not to mention he doesn't really like them). But maybe he'll end up developing those more now.

Thing is, a Vaizard is specifically a hollowfied shinigami. Essentially approaching the Shinigami/Hollow hybrid from the Shinigami direction, whereas the Arrancar approach it from the hollow direction.

So, if you remove the shinigami part of the equation then all you have left is the hollow part, and I rather doubt you can be half human, half hollow. IOW, Ichigo would turn into a full-on hollow if he tried to go vaizard mode now, and I don't think that would be a good thing.