Bleach - 188 September 18
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Summary:
In order to fight Amagai, Ichigo initiates bankai, but even with it active, he has a hard time doing battle because of how Amagai’s bakkoutou is able to seal off his spiritual power. Ichigo nevertheless continues fighting for Rurichiyo’s sake, and he surprises his opponent by firing off a Getsuga Tenshou wave. Amagai responds by attacking with pillars of fire, and when Ichigo tries to dodge, Amagai hits him with a fireball. Ichigo refuses to stay down though, and this leads to Amagai powering up further. Amagai then launches a massive wall of fire at Ichigo, but as the smoke clears, he finds that Ichigo is still standing. This is no longer the normal Ichigo - he now has his mask on. The transformation gives Ichigo enough speed and power to start hammering away at Amagai, however Amagai isn’t defeated so easily and gets through the assault with just a few scratches.
During a pause in the fighting, Ichigo questions why Amagai is so obsessed with revenge. Amagai thinks that Ichigo wouldn’t understand the empty feeling and hatred, and he reveals that he had decided that he couldn’t find the answer to his own existence without killing the people responsible for his father’s death. He then attacks Ichigo with a new ferocity and when that doesn’t stop Ichigo, he uses a special attack that traps and burns Ichigo in a prison made up of pillars of flame. Ichigo loses half his mask as a result of this, but he still gets back up and resumes the fight. He eventually catches Amagai off-guard with another Getsuga Tenshou, and Amagai isn’t able to block it. Although this causes him to drop his zanpaktou, Amagai rebounds with the power of his bakkoutou.
Doesn’t Ichigo showing his Hollow mask in front of Yamamoto screw up things up? Letting him know raises awkward questions about how Yamamoto can allow something like this happen right in front of him without doing something. Having a Hollow mask has to be a big no-no in the Soul Society rulebook, especially considering what happened in the Turn Back The Pendulum manga arc. I guess they could “fix” it with a memory wipe or something, but that’d seem cheap and stupid at this point.
As for the battle itself, it was good by anime original arc standards, but nothing really spectacular. It was cool to see Ichigo unleash his powers, however in the end, he barely does any damage to Amagai. It probably means that Amagai won’t be defeated by normal means, and so like almost every other bad guy this arc, he’s going to end up being consumed by his bakkoutou. As I noted last week, the bright side to the fight being over soon is that we’ll get to see something new. The message at the end of this week’s episode announcing the return of Bleach to Tuesdays showed all Hueco Mundo scenes in the background, and that seems like a pretty good indicator that they’ll be going back to the manga story.
-M- at 2:04 am on September 18th, 2008
Haha. Yeah. Next week’s the final battle.
AznCoffee at 2:04 am on September 18th, 2008
OH YAY =D
the filler is over T___T
praise jesus
nutsy at 2:19 am on September 18th, 2008
@omni
well…didn’t this filler “supposedly” happen AFTER the current huedo munco arc? maybe capt yama already know at this point…
Kyaa + at 2:23 am on September 18th, 2008
how come the next episodes coming October 7?
AznCoffee at 2:36 am on September 18th, 2008
@nutsy
actually, even the manga’s not quite that far yet…
@Kyaa +
It’s most likely because they need the time for various things (production, new filler ideas… etc) and that way more people will watch it on Oct 7 because the hardcore fans will be all like “omfg new bleach LOL yayz” >__>;;
Chimasternmay at 2:39 am on September 18th, 2008
Its airing on Tuesdays starting October 7th.
it was ok, but wth i mean really wth was up with all that voice he was letting out every sec during his mask on… i mean he didnt use to do it that often that noise, and it did not sound like that… that made the whole fight stupid and unfun to watch for me…
IF any one of u did not notice that, re watch this episode and Ichigo’s vizard fights in the original story arc and compare, u will be stunned, with the stupidity in his voice this episode. Cant believe just the voice made me pissed.
Sagittarius at 2:40 am on September 18th, 2008
Fillers being fillers, Yamamoto probably won’t even bring up the matter of the vizard mask. After all fillers have never been done in a logical manner.
MOneyM at 2:42 am on September 18th, 2008
WHy dont we all come out and admit it? Bleach SUCKS!!! It’ll never be like SS arc again. It sucks!!! Dragonball GT….
Chimasternmay at 2:46 am on September 18th, 2008
It doesn’t suck, its just that when they are making such episodes are they not thinking. It seem like one person does the episode, but there is no Proof Reading or Proof Checking to it. Basically it needs QUALITY CONTROL. man my fingers is hurting from typing to much today everywhere.
Rakugakid at 3:38 am on September 18th, 2008
I was wondering if Zaraki fought with Amagai who would win. Since Zaraki doesn’t even seem to need to use shinigami powers to defeat the previous 11th squad captain I think he probably can win Amagai
panaghoy88 at 3:40 am on September 18th, 2008
This episode sucks! They could have ended the arc at this point but no. I have to see another battle with Amagai and Ichigo next episode and I know for sure that Amagai will be defeated. The problem with this arc is that Amagai ain’t that scary or threatening compared to other Bleach villains. Everybody expects that Ichigo will win with every villain which makes it boring. To counter this boring expectation the fight scenes need to be amazing and the villain to be strong and evil. Neither of these were present in this episode.
tacdo at 3:44 am on September 18th, 2008
No way… the filler isn’t going to end come the next episode. He’s still not at full power.
BROOKLYN otaku at 3:47 am on September 18th, 2008
MOneyM are u saying we are all in denial?!?!?! HAHAHAHAHA!! u may be right, or not? i’ll tell ya though i’m begining to see ,it just aint easy to pull of these 300+ shonen animes. it JUST GETS DRY. all i can say is GOD BLESS ONE PIECE. they be at what?? 514 chaps STRONG!!! and still got a nigga FEENING to see what happens next! meanwhile bleach come out and a dude is like,”heh ,maybe later”. That says something. BUT thats just my opinion
Ebola at 3:57 am on September 18th, 2008
Believe it or not, the whole Yamamoto/Hollow mask thing dose make some sense…
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kendoggs at 6:37 am on September 18th, 2008
the expiation for the hollow mask?
I um… just got a at a $2 shop.. and yer….
hmmm at 7:31 am on September 18th, 2008
im glad they are heading back to the manga, here comes no 5 espada fight
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force at 7:44 am on September 18th, 2008
The chamber had decided in the Pendulumn arc, there it’s Yamomoto’s unique decision and it’s not like if everyone know, there is only Byakuya, Yoruichi and Kisuke, then him. Plus Ichigo is only a substitute, not a real shinigami, so his situation is just becoming more troublesome.
Eirias at 8:18 am on September 18th, 2008
I’ll admit, the animation looks great.
Anonymous at 8:19 am on September 18th, 2008
Why do you people watch this? silly anime is silly.
Cancao Cargo at 8:53 am on September 18th, 2008
the episode was not all that but it was good to see ichigo in a tight spot i find interesting when ichigo overcomes his obstacles most of the people he fights do not know about his vizard abilities but someone like Amagai had a little info on it but stil underestimated him cuzin him to power up more. about yamamoto findin out about his powers
i guess u can look at it likes this yamamoto also hasn,t been forthcomin about his involvement in this whole noble family mess besides he doesn,t have the right to point the finger at anyone despite the fact his zanpouktu was sealed he still keep quiet and watched helplessly as ichigo protected him at least he could have told ichigo that to stop fighting for his sake and the others worse comes worse he would ban ichigo from steppin a foot into soul society and wouldn,t inform the rest about what he saw i don,t think yamamoto was that suprised about ichigo has a strong reiastu i think he was more suprise about the fact that ichigo of all people had such power besides he is not the first to exhibit such power (vizards) i,m such he was informed about it in the past been that soul society has a research department in their basement.