Bleach: Starts with Rock Star Midget saying he knew Ichigo wouldn't pass and that he must "find his soul"…..uhh, okay? If he knew he was going to fail, why didn't he let him take the damn test in the first place? Second, again.....how did one man create asauchis for thousands of up and coming Shinigami?
Whatever. Next we head into the past to where Isshin was a Captain of the 10th Division! And a Shiba to boot! Man…..all the Bleach theorists must be jumping up and down (read: yes I totally called him leading the 10th!)
He and Rangiku seemed to have an amusing relationship, Hitsugaya is 3rd seat, Isshin leaves his post to address a crisis....blah, blah.....and....oh great, we jump to Gin, Tousen, and....him. Obviously this flashback is after Turn Back the Pendulum but before present day, but exactly where? There's decades in between.
I thought it was a….good chapter overall, although a) ending a chapter with a smirking Aizen panel is NEVER a good thing and b) Glib just raised some very good points with the problem of Isshin becoming who he is.....
Naruto: Screw it, I liked the chapter.
We all know that involving children in the dangerous world of shinobi warfare is a bad thing, and both Madara and Hashirama rejecting the idea is the counter to it. That's what makes them become friends…..(really Kishi, another piss joke?)
Of course all the buddy-buddy stuff is ruined when Hashirama's father tells his son Madara is part of the Uchiha and he must be spied on. Apparently Madara was told to do the same.
They both warn each other with their rock messages, escape....then two Senju come to battle two Uchiha. I assume learning that Madara is much more involved with the shinobi world (he's killed) will put a wedge in his friendship with Hashirama.....or something like that. Maybe Kishi shouldn't have led with their Godzilla battle as adults.