overall summary, in my words.
! Rukia gets her ass handed to her. Begin rescue stage of Hueco Mundo.
overall summary, in my words.
! Rukia gets her ass handed to her. Begin rescue stage of Hueco Mundo.
The only spoiler I can find is the one on mangahelpers and I'm kind of iffy on it.
The spoilers are from himatsu, theyre most likely real. Heres the whole thing
! He is a Gillian.
! Why a Gillian in the Espada?
! The souls he has consumed give him power. (As in he keeps their power and can use for himself).
! He has eaten thousands of souls but can’t remember how many.
He consumed Kaien dono L
! Rukia is shocked.
! He can release the power of all he has consumed at once and does so.
! Rukia is in big trouble.
Rukia is pierced by the blade
End.
! Rukia: "I'm sorry."
overall summary, in my words.
! Rukia gets her ass handed to her. Begin rescue stage of Hueco Mundo.
Hueco Muendo is already a rescue arc. Orihime? Remember?
Hueco Muendo is already a rescue arc. Orihime? Remember?
I mean [insert random captain/human/urahara/vaizard] saving Rukia, and Renji, who seem outclassed.
Then again, Rukia will bust out Bankai most likely, and Renji will…. who knows, maybe Ishida or Chad will back him up.
They can't rescue Rukia if she's already dead.
I doubt Rukia has bankai… and if she does I'll be pretty disappointed.
It's not going to end so quickly already. Unless Kubo decides to go the route of "all of them get their asses whooped straight away and then some weird unexpected reinforcements come" or some shit like that. Whatever, we'll see.
@Cap'n:
I doubt Rukia has bankai… and if she does I'll be pretty disappointed.
Why wouldn't Rukia have Bankai? She's strong enough to be vice captain, Renji has it, why won't Rukia. Not that I'm for Rukia having a Bankai yet, but it's bound to happen. And since everyone's gotten a powerup this arc, she most likely will too.
@Impel Down: why in god's name would Rukia be dead…
I see a few situations that could happen.
Situation 1) Arroniro has shown everything he's got. Rukia, even though pretty beat up, this is a shonen, so she'll be able to fight again. She'll go Bankai and eliminate Noveno.
Situation 2) Rukia is down, just like Chad.
a) Ichigo/Chad(doubtful)/Ishida show up to finish off Arroniro
b) Outside help
c) Rukia's captured, and gets inside, and is able to help Orihime from inside.
Either way, I wish Rukia and Renji didn't show up. They just have little room for growth. Renji is limited to bankai, and now he can't even do that, so how the hell is he going to be an espada? Rukia, while at VC level, she has no bankai. But if she does, it's going to seem incredible forced.
Come on Kubo, you can do it right.
I think anyone below third seat having a bankai is pretty odd, Ikkaku having one was pushing it, but it being so awesome made up for it.
By the way, Carter, when you're being sarcastic do you not use punctuation?
I can't say I'm looking forward to Rukia's fight. That said I can only hope she loses her fight. Otherwise, the Espada are not as strong as they're hyped up to be. At least to me anyways.
She could just have a third dance, not to mention her expertise in kidou.
Honestly, I don't think theres a way for me to be happy with this fight. Rukia's fighting style is just boring. The same with Renji.
Ikkaku's powers seemed boring to me in the manga, but when animated they were so much better. Rukia's powers sucked manga form AND animated form. Renji, while he looks pretty cool, his powers are just not that interesting. Though with him unable to go Bankai against ZA, I think it might be an interesting fight.
Kubo failed with Rukia the moment he gave her generic ice powers. Especially with Hitsugaya already around. Rukia should've had darkness or light powers, still generic, but abit cooler. With the whitest zanpakuto in SS, a light ability would be way better then ice.
Maybe in the end she'll do something unpredictable and make us all be plesently suprised. I dunno, I'm optimistic.
@Mr.:
I think anyone below third seat having a bankai is pretty odd, Ikkaku having one was pushing it, but it being so awesome made up for it.
By the way, Carter, when you're being sarcastic do you not use punctuation?
Ikkaku didn't really bother me, because..well…
a) he's one of my favorite characters
b) He's at least vice captain level, as seen in the fights between the 11th squad and the 7th and 8th squads.
c) He might even be close to captain level, since he was offered the position but turned it down
d) 11th Squad characters are awesome and strong
I personally love Ikkaku's fighting style, because it's brutal and more power oriented than relying on gimmicks or kido and other nonsense. It's just awesome to see someone with mostly just a weapon with no gimmicks kicking ass.
As for the punctuation thing… well, it depends on my mood.
edit: and Rukia isn't even seated, so her having a bankai would be pretty ridiculous at this point.
Yeah, that's pretty much the reason that everyone loves (or hates) Ikkaku. Instead of a flashy hurricane of gay, pink flowers, he has a ridiculously huge weapon. Which he kills crap with.
And, as aforementioned, Rukia could have a third part to her shikai, and also she might have regained some of her other abilities (if any) as well.
Yes, but the reason for her not being seated is because Byakuya pulled strings to make it so. He wanted her to avoid the really dangerous assignments.
While she's not VC-level yet, in my opinion (she's only just recently regained her powers, remember), she still could very well get bankai. We'll see. I'm not counting her out yet.
So, I have thinked starting Bleach. Is it worth it?
Absolutly. It starts off reallllllllllllllllllllllllllllly boring, but the point of that is just to introduce future main characters, so deal with it. 8-9 are also boring, but end up being really important to the plot much later on. It doesn't get interesting until 11, then it really picks up.
I've been looking at the site for the Wii Bleach game..
http://bleach.sega.jp/wii/chara/home.html
Some of the specials' animations look pretty ugly. Really ugly. But overall the game looks interesting, partially because I didn't expect so many characters to get it.
Yachiru and Kenpachi look hilarious. Looks pretty good, although the graphics….just look weird to me.
I'm not sold about Bleach Wii being any good, but Bleach DS 2nd rocks like nothing else. Best handheld fighter I've ever played.
And guess what - the special Arrancar boss made only for Bleach Wii, Arturo Plateado, is voiced by Tomokazu Seki, who also voices Rob Lucci. Small world, no?
Oh, and about the next chaper, I still think that Rukia hasn't achieved bankai yet, but I also don't think that she's going to lose yet either. I'm keeping an open mind about this one, we'll see what happens.
I'm not sold about Bleach Wii being any good, but Bleach DS 2nd rocks like nothing else. Best handheld fighter I've ever played.
And guess what - the special Arrancar boss made only for Bleach Wii, Arturo Plateado, is voiced by Tomokazu Seki, who also voices Rob Lucci. Small world, no?
Small world? Yeah right, Tomokazu seki voices a shit load of people (Lucci, Miyata, moonface, and a whole lot of others)
also here's a review for the wii game if anyone cares
http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2006/12/15/bleach-wii-hakujin-kirameku-rondo/
Kinda going off topic here, but I really like the way sega runs their character pages so you can see the specials. It's pretty sweet.
The only problem I have with the game is that arrancar they made for the game: he's lame. Not only was it kinda useless to make him, but his released zanpaktou sucks. He grows wings, but all that does it let him fire ceros and balas.
I think its just too fun making up names for Arroniro due to how many changes he's had in this fight:
-Mask Man -> That Shiba Guy -> Jarhead -> Squidward
Mr. My-head-is-kinda-shaped-like-a-penis.
@Impel:
Mr. My-head-is-kinda-shaped-like-a-penis.
A penis with two testes in it?
So is that tentacle-blob thing his release?
Wow…. That release.... Looks so strange.
The trident is his release, isn't it?
No…. The new chapter just showed his release. He can use Kaien's Nejibana, but his Arrancar release is the big tentacular army of thirty thousand-plus.
His release is glotoneria, spanish for gluttony. I'm liking Aero right about now. His release is odd, but it's a relief that Nejibana wasn't his release.
Wonder what will happen next chapter. From the last panel, I'm thinking a rehash of the Kaien flashback. Who knows though.
Well, I read Wiki, and it seems like he can use the zanpaktou of any shinigami he eats, right? So he could use like a whole bunch of released zanpaktou in the fight against Rukia.
@Impel:
Well, I read Wiki, and it seems like he can use the zanpaktou of any shinigami he eats, right? So he could use like a whole bunch of released zanpaktou in the fight against Rukia.
Theoretically, yes. But you stated earlier "The trident is his release, isn't it," which isn't quite true. His release is golotoneria, as rusashi helpfully mentioned (the translation I read only had it in English as "Hollow Eater"), but he can probably use any Shinigami releases that he's consumed, like Nejibana.
So, I guess Rukia'll use some sorta light kidou on him to kill him.
Try, Rukia gets owned by the Espada just like Chad.
Chad's gonna wake up and whoop Yammy's ass.
Rukia got impaled through the stomach by a giant trident. Rukia better be at least down and out. If she used some sort of ice clone kidou or something, and isn't really down, I'll be pissed.
I want to see Renji getting owned next chapter. I hope all the idiots who thought they could storm Hollow HQ and not get owned get thrown out on their asses. Showing Rukia get owned proves that Chad, Ishida and Renji stand no chance.
Yeah, I've been waiting a while for the Zaera-Polo/Renji fight. Rukia, hurry up and use that secret trump card we all know you have and win so we can get to the good fights.
Renji fight should most certainly be next chapter. Rukia has lost the will to fight so she is out.
No, next chapter will be Rukia all like, "I'm gonna die.", but then she thinks about all her friends and gets her will back and uses one big cliché ice attack to kill Squidward.
Rukia got impaled through half her body by a trident. If she isn't using some Ice Bushin no Jutsu, she should be down. If she's not, i'll be incredibly pissed. At least have someone rescue her, I don't think she's in any condition for a comeback, and against an espada none the less.
Byakuya comes out of no where and saves her. That's the only way Kubo can end this.
@Impel:
Byakuya comes out of no where and saves her. That's the only way Kubo can end this.
Not gonna happen. Nobody is supposed to BE in Hueco Mundo.
Byakuya is not going to disobey an order.
I want to see Renji getting owned next chapter. I hope all the idiots who thought they could storm Hollow HQ and not get owned get thrown out on their asses. Showing Rukia get owned proves that Chad, Ishida and Renji stand no chance.
Yeah, it's best if those four get owned by the Espada. Ichigo could defeat maybe one Espada, but still get owned in the end.
Yeah, I'm kind of amazed at the number of people expecting this mission to actually succeed.
Rukia's pretty much done. The last page says everything.
Once again: optimism.
Ichigo and Co. successfully defeating the Espada and saving Orihime in one try = retarted.