Bleach totally had backgrounds this week,and counting last week,it's two weeks in a roll for Kubo.It must be some kind of personal record.
Nardo and Bleh Thread III: Naruto is a terrible terrible manga
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Naruto - The art was messy and we still havn't gotten clearance about the whole thing with Rin. Honestly, meh.
Bleach - Hey, would you look at that, Kon…and more characters, honestly didn't mind this one, nothing too awful about it.Now.. going back to reading Magi.
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Did someone ghost-write this for Kubo? Because…...screw it.
Bleach: Okay, so first off we get Mayuri and Ichigo, and the former tells the latter that while broken Shikais can be fixed easy, broken Bankais can't. As a result, they are weaker. I have a problem with this…..they're part of the same sword. Bankai is Bleach's Super Saiyan, and since when did Goku get so injured that he couldn't turn into SS anymore?
Poor example, but I just think it's dumb. And this is why Renji can't win all the time? lmao. And I smell a power-up for Ichigo, fuck…...
Also, Kon. Holy shit, Kon. He was there for like a page, but still there, obviously just so Kubo can say to his fans "there! I remember him, happy???" because he faded into oblivion shortly-after.
But the Zero Division show up!!! Has Kubo been listening to the pondering of his fanbase? Not gonna lie, I kinda like their designs. Unforunately, how can I hope to like these guys? This is not new. Everytime the story hits a wall or Kubo can't be bothered to focus on existing characters, he introduces a "mysterious" new group to make things "cool" and "fresh".
Like the Vizards, they'll probably be underdeveloped.
I have questions, too:
- Why did the 0 Division come? Because they knew Yama died and want to replace him? Because they know of the Quincy invasion?
- If it's because of the first two reasons, then they knew what was going on. Why didn't they come help sooner??
- Why did they sit on their asses when Aizen set out to y'know, commit genocide and kill the one they protect?
The chapter had backgrounds, but barely anything happened. And again, no Ishida. And again, no Orihime/Chad/Nel
Naruto: Wtf was with this chapter? I get Naruto and Kakashi continuing to fight, but…..
What was with that dimension switch? Kyuubi threw Kakashi in, so why did it feel like Naruto was there with Kakashi and outside at the same time? And did Kakashi punch Obito's torso in that dimension? I thought he was outside, too!
But then I saw the title of the chapter "End", and that explosion. I seriously laughed. Is this it? What an underwhelming-
.....no wait. no no no.......Obito begins to turn into 10 tails. The moon. no.....Kishi, no. Don't do this, please don't. I already had Kabuto turning into a "dragon", I don't want another retarded transformation!
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Don Kannonji would fit right in with this Zero Squad.
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One of them's gotta to be Hikifune.
The chick that looks like a cross between Jackie and Soifon? Or the jolly Majin Buu-esque woman?
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Y'know this Bleach chapter was almost decently paced and actually had some backgrounds. That legitimately surprised me. By Bleach's usual standard this was actually an alright chapter.
I like how Kubo tries to acknowledge Kon has been missing since the timeskip by just showing him for a few pages without any sort of context of how and why he's been there or got swole. And knowing this series said context will never be provided.
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The world ended.
The end.
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By backgrounds, I assume you're referring to the terrible warped and crooked houses, uninspired plain pillars, and blurry semblance of lamps that I assume is supposed to represent a laboratory…?
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^I'd rather have that than all white
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Well, well. Bleach. Lets see…
1. Another wasted space in page 1. And Kubo's "mysteriousness" is really annoying, who the hell was talking there? Was there any point to not show who the speaker was? We already know all the captains, so there was no point in hiding any of them. He's probably just too lazy to draw faces.
Just on this one; those were the zero squad guys. The sign on their backs is new, so it has to be.
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One of them's gotta to be Hikifune.
The chick that looks like a cross between Jackie and Soifon? Or the jolly Majin Buu-esque woman?
Definitely the really hot one.
Its good to see some really powerful female characters. So far, we've not seen any of them barring Soi-Fon do much of anything.
I wanna see Yoroichi, Unohana & now Hikfune ( assuming she's the very hot one ) in action, along with some of the others like Yachiru and hell evenv Kyorakyu's lieutenant Nanao.Also - that means the Soul King & the Royal Palace is inside Soul Society itself??? Is that what the picture from the title page was showing behind that huge 'Spirit Wall'??
These guys all must be on the same level as the old man himself - for the 5 of them to be stronger than the combined forces.
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Just on this one; those were the zero squad guys. The sign on their backs is new, so it has to be.
I'm going to laugh if the first words uttered in the next chapter is
One of the shinigami: Wait hold up. What are you guys doing here, you're not the Zero squad.
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Definitely the really hot one.
Its good to see some really powerful female characters. So far, we've not seen any of them barring Soi-Fon do much of anything.
I wanna see Yoroichi, Unohana & now Hikfune ( assuming she's the very hot one ) in action, along with some of the others like Yachiru and hell evenv Kyorakyu's lieutenant Nanao.Hey now, she can be the big jolly woman too. Mostly because I think the design stands out better, and again…..I'd think it would be amusing as all hell.
Definitely agree that the likes of Unohana, Hikifune, Yachiru, and Nanao need to get into action, but at least Yoruichi got to beat the tar out of Yammy.
Also - that means the Soul King & the Royal Palace is inside Soul Society itself??? Is that what the picture from the title page was showing behind that huge 'Spirit Wall'??
I believe that was confirmed when the Arrancar invaded Karakura. Matsumoto and Yamamoto told Orihime.
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I hope FemBuu is Hikifune, but knowing Kubo it's going to be NotaSword.
Funny how a destroyed bankai is screwed and yet most of Soifon's blows up (since we're talking about powerful female characters). Feel bad for whatever Quinzi made off with her bankai. They got the short end of the stick since her shikai is a dozen times more broken.
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Hey now, she can be the big jolly woman too. Mostly because I think the design stands out better, and again…..I'd think it would be amusing as all hell.
It would be funny, but lets not kill the fantasy here.r She definitely is the hot one as far as i am concerned.
I believe that was confirmed when the Arrancar invaded Karakura. Matsumoto and Yamamoto told Orihime.
Um. Nvm. Its in a seperate dimension within SS, hence the need to make that 'Royal Key' in order to access that place. Though a better explain would be nice.
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You know.. I kinda like Naruto and Bleach this week.
Weird…. I guess there are even diamonds in the rough, and it happened in the same week.Also, that's a great way to counter Obito's stupid god mode.
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Funny how a destroyed bankai is screwed and yet most of Soifon's blows up (since we're talking about powerful female characters). Feel bad for whatever Quinzi made off with her bankai. They got the short end of the stick since her shikai is a dozen times more broken.
That reminds me, did they escape with all of the Bankais, or what? Maybe that's why Division 0 was called in.
Furthermore, what entails a broken Bankai? Does it only have to melee-types that can be "degraded" like this?
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By backgrounds, I assume you're referring to the terrible warped and crooked houses, uninspired plain pillars, and blurry semblance of lamps that I assume is supposed to represent a laboratory…?
Well I didn't say they were particularly good. Or good at all for the matter. But better than the usual white if only by nature of buildings being shown to still exist.
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Probably one of the better Bleach chapters in a while.
Of course, now everyone's going to have to go back and check to see if past Bleach chapters are consistent with what Mayuri said.
Kon's return was nice I guess, but it seems like too little too late and it was really abrupt and nonsensical.
Zero squad did have some admittedly different and interesting designs.
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Probably one of the better Bleach chapters in a while.
Of course, now everyone's going to have to go back and check to see if past Bleach chapters are consistent with what Mayuri said.
Kon's return was nice I guess, but it seems like too little too late and it was really abrupt and nonsensical.
Zero squad did have some admittedly different and interesting designs.
He had them designed quite some time ago.
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Furthermore, what entails a broken Bankai? Does it only have to melee-types that can be "degraded" like this?
I was wondering this too. Both with Soifon's bankai and the Mayuri vs Uryu fight. Didn't Mayuri's giant creepy baby bankai get royally messed up by Uryu's uber Quincy mode arrow?
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I was wondering this too. Both with Soifon's bankai and the Mayuri vs Uryu fight. Didn't Mayuri's giant creepy baby bankai get royally messed up by Uryu's uber Quincy mode arrow?
Aaand didn't he blow up his Bankai (or something) when he fought Szayel?
And you might be able to chalk that up to "it's mayuri/lolscience", but that still leaves Soifon. Furthermore, Komamura's Bankai was spared from this because he and his zanpakutou are connected because he takes damage when Tenken does? Now, that's a little unfair.
Any Shinigami that's able to achieve Bankai obviously has a strong connection to their zanpakutou, because how else would they know it? Not everyone uses Ichigo's shortcut methods. Koma just has the unforunate side effect of taking recoil damage, like how Soifon's speed is dropped significantly. Or how Ikkaku needs to wait before his zan can "wake up" and go at full power. They're drawbacks to (I guess) balance out the power?
If Komamura's Bankai is undegradable, have him win, Kubo. My god…..
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He had them designed quite some time ago.
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WTF was with that Kon cameo
My brain is still wounded, I can't, WHAT
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He said in an interview or that SBS thingy - that he had the Royal Guard already designed, its just a matter of when they were to turn up…
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Bleach at least had its lack of backgrounds working for it for once, I got what the chapter was about. Naruto: some exposition, space time jutsu stopped but wtf? That mazou thing must have absorbed the chapter. I see some very messy and rushed final fights in Naruto from now, including the finishing one: gaysauce vs naruto. As for Bleach, fuck the stuff about broken bankai I just don't care. All I'm interested in the series now is seeing the remaining bankai and I would like to see zero squad in action. I always imagined them looking more like a bunch of badass yoruichi types. But lookscan be deceiving, I thought the same about the Vizoreds and I love them!
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WTF was with that Kon cameo
My brain is still wounded, I can't, WHAT
Same here.
It's as if Kubo went:
"Alright bitches,I'm fucking sick of your "where's Kon?did you forget about Kon?Kon this!Kon that!".Here,Kon!Happy now?!" -
Oh yeah, and Ichigo continues to treat the loss of his zanpakuto like some minor annoyance.
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Bleach: Mmm alright I've give it to Kubo for the Zanpakto explanation yeah its a foreshadowing to incoming new powers but still it was interesting. But then he drops the ball with the pointless Kon cameo (seriously why is he here?) and MORE new characters with a flimsy explanation why they didn't show up to this point. -Sigh-
Naruto: LOL okay that was a pretty good strategy on the fox's part. Have no clue what Bee's doing though? From the looks of it he tried to nuke Madara and it backfired some how. Really show I be surprised Mandara turned that into an advantage.
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So in short I love the new character designs I just don't think they look very Zero Squad like. From left to right we have the Molly Weasley housewife type, a cross between Kenpachi and Kuwabara from Yu Yu Hakusho, an assimilation of Nappa, Yami, and Goku's father in law the Ox-king, a sexy cross between Lady Gaga and Jesse J and of course dee jay.
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I kind of don't want an explanation for where Kon has been. This was perfect. I'm sure he just decided to live with Rukia because he's obsessed with her.
Also, there's a very early chapter where Kon is very muscular, but it's more of a dream sequence/thought image…
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Well, now that Kon has returned I'm sure he'll have many appearances and play an important role in this arc.
Just like Nel.
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@Eraser:
I kind of don't want an explanation for where Kon has been. This was perfect. I'm sure he just decided to live with Rukia because he's obsessed with her.
I agree, but how does "wanting to live with Rukia" equate with being at the 12th and randomly having a muscular body?
Also, he's obsessed with Orihime too, and it makes more sense for him to stay at Ichigo's house, in Karakura.
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Don't forget "man with sword to Urahara's throat"!
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Well, now that Kon has returned I'm sure he'll have many appearances and play an important role in this arc.
Just like Nel.
Don't you love it when Kubo brings back characters we thought to be forgotten just to forget about them again?
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Who here can explain that Kon scene?
Anyone? Please…........
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Who here can explain that Kon scene?
Anyone? Please…........
Aliens. 16 Georgio A. Tsoukaloses.
Edit: Actually maybe aliens ghost-wrote this chapter for Kubo. Would explain the backgrounds and lack of blatent terrible writing. And that weird Kon bodybuilder thing. And the lack of Aizen clones in Squad 0. Now if only they'd explained mystery sword guy from HM…
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This chapter is kinda hilarious once you realize that Kubo totally forgot that Orihime's powers can fix this.
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WTF was with that Kon cameo
My brain is still wounded, I can't, WHAT
I kinda wish for zachri to start posting in this thread
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This chapter is kinda hilarious once you realize that Kubo totally forgot that Orihime's powers can fix this.
Or it's like Captains using bankai during FKT Arc's "war". Orihime's powers could fix this, but she won't use them because the time doesn't seem "cool" enough.
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Kon Dreams For You
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@Friend:
Don't forget "man with sword to Urahara's throat"!
Seriously, what happened with him?
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Seriously, what happened with him?
For that matter, what happened to the remaining Arrancar and the Quinzi operation in Hueco Mundo?
Stick to your plot threads, Kubo!
edit: found this gem on YT
@dungbell20:
Squad zero's appearance was such a let down. I expected them to look way cooler. I'm sorry even if they do have epic abilities I just can't take them seriously. They look like they came out of onepiece.
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I'm sure he is ost displeased with the fat woman.
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another example to Kubo just making things up as he goes along:
Hitsugaya had his bankai broken by Aizen during Soul Society right? And yet he's only gotten stronger since then…dammit Kubo
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Hitsugaya had his bankai broken by Aizen during Soul Society right? And yet he's only gotten stronger since then…dammit Kubo
It broke? I recall Hitsugaya bleeding heavily but I don't remember Aizen going out of his way to smash his ice.
Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth will be released in Germany starting in July and will simply be called "Rock Lee":
Hey, good for you guys. (C'mon, Viz, release it here in the States)
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LOL Kubo you did it again
I'm going to laugh if the first words uttered in the next chapter is
One of the shinigami: Wait hold up. What are you guys doing here, you're not the Zero squad.
Who said the squads went from 0 to 13? negative 1 Squad lol
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Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth will be released in Germany starting in July and will simply be called "Rock Lee":
http://www.carlsen.de/manga/highlights/manga-neuheiten-2013The Chopperman volume is also being released.
Haha that's great.. I don't live there anymore but just calling it Rock Lee is pretty awesome. Much better than "Naruto".
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@Metamario: I also need it to be released Stateside, because that means we Brits MIGHT just get it via America.