Sunday, July 01, 2007

This is about Bleach, the anime. I am being completely random here. If you don’t know Bleach, you probably will have no idea what I am talking about. I shall blog random posts soon!
Ah I am currently running through the Bount Arc of Bleach as I know that it is a filler arc but I’m just watching it for the uber cool fight scenes and randomness of Bleach animators. I’ve skipped filler episodes and other random things like the openings and endings but I still watch the Omake. They are HILARIOUS.
I’m really running through it, I’m quite happy, I’ve jumped from episode 70 to 93 within like two days. Am really quite happy.
I shall tell you of one Omake that I remember very well.
In the lieutenant’s meeting where 8th division vice-captain Ise Nanao is chairing the meeting,
Nanao: Now we let 11th division Vice captain Kusajishi Yachiru begin the agenda.
(Yachiru is a small girl, who likes candy and plays with Hollows and thinks that Zaraki Kenpachi, most feared Death God in the entire Soul Society, known for his blood thirstiness and living for the fight, is only her Ken-chan. She is also the president of the Female Death God Society, a powerful and influential group in Soul Society)
Yachiru: Hey, hey, are we going to add bananas in for the food that we’re bringing to the expeditions to earth?
(Every other vice captain sweatdrops)
Byakuya (6th division captain sitting in for his vice captain who went to earth and a really high class, cold, no-nonsense and one of the most powerful Death Gods around): Bananas should be brought as a separate food item. They’re just good for nutrition.
(Everyone sweatdrops somemore)
Byakuya (in a very serious voice): Now what’s next on the agenda?
That really made me laugh but here it doesn’t count if you have no idea what I am talking about.
However, I’ve noticed something in the entire Bount arc thing.
First thing I noticed:
Yoshi – the mad woman with green hair and the funny laugh – has a similar way of sealing her doll as Madarame Ikakku, 3rd seat in the 11th division, releases his Zanpaktou, she connects both of them together to seal them. Her weapon, sword connected to the fan, is also similar to Hitsugaya Toushirou (10th division captain) Hyourinmaru’s shinkai – sword and the scythe-like thing.
Mabashi – orange hair guy with the irritating small doll thing that goes around squeaking like a flowery mouse – fought against Inoue in one of the most irritating episodes of all. It was a complete repeat of some other previous episode very early on in the series where Inoue first discovered her powers. I mean, come on, Inoue didn’t seem to have matured in the period of time, when she first got her powers until this stage. The attack was in exactly the same style, there was this weird hairy Hollow ghost thing, which spat its seeds out to control people and controlled Tatsuki who attacked Inoue who hesitated for like forever before her desperate little pins came to her rescue.
And the old man, Sawatari, who had the fish-like doll who could like pass through things. I was thinking, like when his doll was under the rock and all, how could he breathe? He’s human after all.
Ichinose has a cool Zanpaktou. Unfortunately, his tactic of blinding the opponent with his randomness has been done before - please see Tousen's Bankai form. Ichinose always reminds me of some other random character from Bleach. I always thought he belonged in the 9th division, instead of the 11th division. Kenpachi may be brutal, bloodthirsty and mean but he's a good captain.
And really, I don’t get why the Bount need dolls in the first place. They’re already better than humans. And ahhh – I KNOW IT’S A FILLER ARC!
Okay, I shall stop obsessing about it. (Nellyn, you're only rushing through this arc and you've already noticed this sort of thing...) I shall continue to watch Bleach quickly and effectively and squeal about the random Byakuya and Rukia moments. (YES I AM MAD.)

Posted by norbert at 7/01/2007 10:59:00 PM