@Tokoro:
Honestly, the latest episode just proves another point I keep coming across: if Pierrot doesn't want to end Bleach, then at least have Kubo join the staff and end the manga that way. While Halibel's BG seemed a bit of a Grimmjow ripoff, it wasn't that bad in depicting her when he couldn't…that and her Hollow form at least gives her boobs more support and makes them seem less fake than her other forms.
I was interested when I read this, especially because, for some reason, she had breasts. So I decided to look it up.
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@Outerspec:
I'm not just looking at his present work when I asses the manga.
And neither am I, because I'm in the group that finds the SS arc to be rather overrated, and looked kindly upon because it wasn't a godawful mess. Even before then during Karakura, when his art had something more than faux-coolness and characters seemed to exist as actual people, it was no more than your average school days piece of fiction with cookie-cutter characters and a supernatural twist to it. And as you've said yourself, everything after Soul Society has taken up over half of the series existence; at that point it was simply a matter of him taking more notes out of Toriyama's book than Togashi's. At least the Simpsons had the excuse of having someone else do it for all this time.
Has he always been like he is now? I wouldn't go that far, and it's an error on my part to say that he has. As of this moment, at this time? Yes, I am going to call him incompetent, especially if it turns out everything from Grand Fisher's reappearance to this most recent chapter is little more than glorified filler.
@Outerspec:
Uhonaha for instance still holds great interest.
I still don't understand why people believe this. Is it because of her Bankai? Is that it? Because frankly, she hasn't done much else to show herself as any sort of enigmatic figure. Or was it because she confronted when she discovered the fake corpse? Well of course that was going to happen. She's the top medic; her discovery doesn't make it any more special than it should be. Her little discussion with Ichigo during the 'walking down a tunnel' chapters don't lend any credence to her being any special, either. Of course she'll stay behind at the battlefield, how can everyone get resurrected if she doesn't?
@Outerspec:
Ishada's father is still a mystery.
Yes, he is. But considering he's a friend of Isshin, who doesn't seem too keen on letting the town get destroyed, I have no reason to believe why he would wish differently, or why he's taking so long to see that nothing bad happens. No, him showing up with a bunch of Quincies in roughly one day so they can get raped by Aizen is not 'awesome'. It's stupid, and would be pointless filler.
@Outerspec:
Ichigo's mom
Is this more fan theory on Ichigo's mom being a Hollow or a Demon or some other stupid shit? We already know it's Saiyan/Human hybrid crap, especially because Kubo couldn't make up his fucking mind and decided to make a switcheroo in the chapter after Isshin showed up. There's no reason why she'd be brought back, especially if the anime is being followed at all.
@Outerspec:
Squad 0, the King, are just a dew more interests.
Which is only going to be more 'Captains Vs. [Insert Super Secret Group]'. I'll take a non-end, thank you.
Apologies if I sound a tad bitter. At the moment, I am a tad bitter.