Filed under Bleach, First Impressions, Manga by Omni | 35 comments
Okay, so that’s not exactly true.
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I liked seeing Lisa and Kyouraku interact again, and I’d love to see if Kyouraku has to come to her rescue later or if Nanao ever gets to meet Lisa again. Yamamoto’s WTF face is always fun to look at as well. But for the most part, this week’s chapter of Bleach didn’t make much progress. In fact, I’m kind of disappointed that Wonderweiss’s companion threw up all those Gillians because, even if the Gillians and Wonderweiss’s companion turn out to be really strong and thus worth the challenge, it’ll just add to the fights that the Visored will have to get involved in, wearing them down for when they finally do get to face the remaining Espada and/or Aizen, assuming they even get that far now.
On a related note, I’m having fun reading Hatsukoi Limited/Ichigo 100% mangaka Kawashita Mizuki’s newest series in Weekly Jump, Ane Doki. The first two chapters haven’t exactly been breaking any ground story-wise - it follows a junior high school boy who finds himself being taken care of by a busty high school girl - but it’s good mindless romance comedy fun with art that only Kawashita Mizuki can deliver (main girl Natsuki is drawn a lot like Misaki from HL). I can definitely see this getting an anime adaptation next year or in 2011. You can read the first chapter here.
Chimasternmay at 2:43 pm on July 11th, 2009
Yup Bleach Manga Chapter this was, good to see reactions which i always love.
Yup Read Ane Doki it was great, liked Ichigo 100%, hated Hatsukoi Limited, but thank god Ane Doki brought me back to her work. well hope they don’t take out a anime too soon, if the manga plans to go long.
jaalin at 2:51 pm on July 11th, 2009
saki-neeeeeeeeee
kagebutsu at 2:58 pm on July 11th, 2009
Awesome, Misaki was my favorite from HL.
nakayasumi at 3:35 pm on July 11th, 2009
Such a strange girl but very intresting
damian at 3:36 pm on July 11th, 2009
Got a question for you Omni; are you gonna start blogging manga? Seeing how youve been puttin in your thoughts about Bleach manga for several weeks now.
Darma Shoten at 3:42 pm on July 11th, 2009
i hate it when mangakas do that. They leave you with a “holy crap” moment in one chapter but don’t get anything done with the next one, of course, it does hinder the fact that they only release 19 pages a week, which means that the waiting is the hardest part when you get a chapter with little actual substance.
I also hated Ichigo 100% and Hatsukoi Limited, you know when a manga is bad when one of the episodes from the first season of Zetsubou Sensie made the joke that it was only good to scare hikimori’s out of their rooms and abuse masochists.
Omni at 3:48 pm on July 11th, 2009
damian: Considering I’m reading Bleach anyway every week, these posts take very little time to write up, and the overall positive response I’ve gotten, yes, I probably will continue with a weekly Bleach manga post.
TyKH at 4:04 pm on July 11th, 2009
Completely true. Not a thing happened in the manga. It’s was more comedy chapter. There is one thing which I find unclear. Where is vice luitenant Naomi?
Further when you start to think about the Vizards things really don’t add up. First the Vizards were shady Shinigami’s who tried to achieve Hollow powers. Words of Urahara. Then it became clear that they were captains turned to hollows by Aizen. Urahara was pointed guilty and fled to to the real world. While Aizen was chillin with Orihime in Hueco Mundo the general and Urahara are talking like old buddies making this world shift barrier thingie. Now the Shinigam’s are near death the “Vizards” make their appereance.
So during the tea drinking date between Uruhara and the genereal, Urahara wasn’t like: oh yeah old geezer, you know what happened 100 years ago? It was all Aizen. Hirako and the others are hanging around in the east side of town. They are still alive hahaha.
Pimenta1com1batata at 4:25 pm on July 11th, 2009
Why do i have the felling that once the Aizen/Arrancar story ends, the bad guys will be the vaizard, or maybe the Zero squad (they reference to it on the that arc where they went back in time a hundred years), does someone agree with me on this?
deathdakid at 4:34 pm on July 11th, 2009
Im expecting the vizards to kill the gillans off. I of course, want them to kill them off as quickley as possible since i want them to fight those big cheeses now.
Unknown Voice at 4:40 pm on July 11th, 2009
@Omni
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Giostz at 5:03 pm on July 11th, 2009
@TyKH
Agree about it not adding up with the Vizards, was watching bleach from the start again and i believe in ep 112, Urahara claimed they are an outlaw group that tried to obtain shinigami powers using forbidden techniques, and it showed a group of vizards that are not Shinji’s group. Am i missing something cause in “Turn back the pendulum” they didn’t want that power and Urahara knew them all, but the way he talked in ep 112 its like he just heard rumors of them.
Chris at 5:13 pm on July 11th, 2009
thats just the story the central 46 made up
otakufan at 5:25 pm on July 11th, 2009
@TyHK: Actually, it was Isshin who said that whole “Vizards were Shinigami who acquired Hollow powers through forbidden rites” thing. Urahara simply didn’t correct him (Urahara’s known for keeping people in the dark, though it does make me wonder about his relationship with Ichigo’s father… We’ll understand more when Isshin’s backstory is explained). What’s more, we still don’t know exactly what it WAS that triggered Hirako & co.’s transformation into Vizards, only that Aizen was behind it.
As to the rest, I suspect it was mostly alliances of convenience. The Vizards were cast out on the order of Center 46 (who no longer exist, courtesy of Aizen), and Urahara/Yoruichi/Tessai went with them. With Yamamoto now in charge of Soul Society due to Center 46’s destruction and Aizen’s defection, I’d imagine that old man Yama’s beginning to have his doubts regarding the expulsion Urahara/Hirako & co.
Seeking out Urahara was only natural, after Aizen went to all that trouble to get his hands on Kisuke’s Hougyoku, but the Vizards have gone to extreme lengths to remain hidden. While I suspect that they’ve kept in touch with Urahara to some extent over the decades, Kisuke has never seemed to me to be the kind of person who would waste valuable time reopening old wounds for a little vindication (particularly when no one’s quite sure how Yamamoto would respond to knowledge of the Vizards’ existence/whereabouts - he could have brought the full force of Soul Society down on Karakura in an attempt to eliminate them as another potential threat - Ch 365 shows quite clearly that he feared they might be out for revenge).
Therefore, I doubt anyone else knew for certain whether the Vizards were still alive until Hirako showed his hand by intervening in Ichigo’s second fight with Grimmjow. Aizen was tipped off, obviously, as he keeps a close eye on all his Arrancars’ actions (and Ulquiorra was present at the end as well), but the only Shinigami present at the time was Rukia, who may not have had the time (considering the events immediately following said battle) or inclination (considering Ichigo’s already tenuous position with relation to SS’s leaders) to report on Hirako to her superiors.
But that’s just my take on the matter.
ShinigamiJr. at 5:34 pm on July 11th, 2009
I’m still waiting for Ichigo’s dad to make his big appearance. He’s has done nothing since the Vaizards made their first appearance.
God~Knows~ at 5:44 pm on July 11th, 2009
Ane Doki is entertaining,though its mostly oppai,loli and pantsu.The main guy lead is annoyingly similar to that sissy boy Rito from To Love….its a little over-the-top in the plot,since there’s alot o of loopholes that need filling up.I don’t see this going that far,perhaps if it can make it to 6 volumes, then it might stay on for the long run
Kanao at 6:08 pm on July 11th, 2009
“I also hated Ichigo 100% and Hatsukoi Limited, you know when a manga is bad when…”
If you dislike a manga then that simply means it’s not within your taste range. You have to be an ass to start claiming everyone must think it’s bad because you hate it and it got referenced by SHAFT. In reality both manga were well received (thus anime adaptions).
Omni, thanks for letting us know about Ane-Doki. I hardly keep up with manga at all (way behind on Bleach, Tsubasa, Gantz, Berserk, Pluto (wait, it’s complete?), Ippo, Reborn and many others) and don’t keep an eye out for new serializations. I enjoyed HL though it was rather short so I’m sure I’ll enjoy AD. Be sure to mention any other new manga you’ve noticed.
vin-nii at 6:17 pm on July 11th, 2009
Ane doki ain’t bad at all. Thanks for the recommendation XD
Izan at 6:17 pm on July 11th, 2009
Indeed, thanks omni for mentioning Ane Doki. I like both Ichigo 100% and HL, but i totally missed that one. You should clearly come with more of these updates.
TadloS at 6:40 pm on July 11th, 2009
I hope just that Ane-doki will be longer than Hatsukoi Limited. And like you said, it’s definitely will have anime adaption. Author name is enough to make an anime. Anyway, I loved it Ichigo 100%, liked Hatsukoi Limited ,though I hated her manga Akane Overdrive.
About Bleach new chapter, I find it rather interesting chapter. Nobody anymore from vaizards seems cares about SS, well except Lisa(lol, Lisa beating Kyouraku was kinda funny). And I really liked Shinji response to Yamamoto. “We’re not on your side, nor on Aizen. We’re on Ichigo’s side”. Besides, last page was really nice. Liked all masks, except Lisa ones. Its just too simple.