Bleach - 244

Summary:

Zaraki’s appears just in time to save Kira, and almost everyone is surprised to see him. Wabisuke tries to attack him right away, but Zaraki is able to finish Wabisuke off in one swing, breaking the blade. Yachiru then explains that she and Zaraki were out in Rukongai and had gotten lost on their way back, and that’s why they’re so late. Since it’s apparent that Zaraki has his eye on Byakuya, Senbonzakura steps in and tries to use his bankai, but Zaraki dispels it with one huge blast of spiritual power by taking off his eyepatch. This also has the effect of scattering everyone so that just Zaraki and Byakuya remain at the center of where the blast was. Meanwhile, Yumichika continues to struggle against Ruri-iro Kujaku, but he manages to free himself from the vines by expending a lot of his own power. He then gets Ruri-iro Kujaku to bring out the vines again, and he successfully uses a spell to bind them so that he can get in the finishing blow. This wins him the battle, but he loses consciousness soon after. Elsewhere, Ichigo starts fighting Senbonzakura again, and Soifon faces her own Zanpakutou. Back in the main area, Zaraki attacks Byakuya, and the two trade blows. Zaraki is quite happy to be having this battle and forces Byakuya to fight seriously.

Preview

This episode was somewhere between awesome and over-the-top ridiculous. I mean, it was very exciting to see Zaraki and Byakuya fight, but I couldn’t stop myself from laughing over how overpowered Zaraki is made out to be prior to that. It only took one swing from him to finish off Wabisuke, a character I thought would have made for an interesting match-up against Kira, but I guess it wasn’t meant to be. And then Zaraki overcame Senbonzakura’s bankai with just a pure emission of power that was akin to a nuclear blast…at this rate he could probably take down every single Zanpakutou plus Muramasa on his own. All of it made me wonder how Ichigo ever fought him to a draw and how Byakuya is going to try to handle him now. That might have to wait though since the preview seems to indicate that next week will be more about Soifon’s fight and Ashisogi Jizou.


 

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  1. So Very Odd at 11:11 pm on November 3rd, 2009

    Kenpachi is pure 100% beast-mode. He destroyed wabisuke with his own sword, caused massive property damage then just toyed with byakuya for the last half of the show.

    I agree Omni, Kenpachi could just as easily slap around all the Zanpakuto and Muramasa while still having time to take Yachiru back to the candy shop before it closes.

  2. Unknown-Man at 11:11 pm on November 3rd, 2009

    No Kempachi! You killed Wabisuke! He was too good to be killed right now! I just hope they improve the fight between Kempachi and Byakuya later on.

    Other than that I want the other captain’s zampaktou to show up too!

    And I want to see a rematch between Hisagi and Kazegin!!!

  3. wings_xx at 11:18 pm on November 3rd, 2009

    The one i’ve been dying to c fight is Yachiru! I don’t think she has ever shown her power! Well there was that one time when kenpachi and ichigo fought but it was only for a split second. I really wanna c how bad ass she is!!! I mean she has to be pretty high up there considering she’s the vice-captain of squad 11.

  4. Karis at 11:38 pm on November 3rd, 2009

    to So Very Odd:
    If they don’t get lost again.

    It looked like Yachiru was chasing an panicked Ashishoji Jizou, love to see that!

  5. starss at 11:38 pm on November 3rd, 2009

    *first comment dance*

    Awwwww I wanted to see more of Wabisuke! He’s got to be one of the coolest Zanpaktou, and could bring a new flavor of Awesome to Bleach!

  6. ゆかな at 11:42 pm on November 3rd, 2009

    Yayyy!!! A chapter full of battles….!!!
    Kenpachi Rockss!! hehehehe

  7. AznCoffee at 11:44 pm on November 3rd, 2009

    I like how you made
    http://randomc.maximum7.net/image/Bleach/Bleach%20-%20244%20-%20Large%2026.jpg
    and
    http://randomc.maximum7.net/image/Bleach/Bleach%20-%20244%20-%20Large%2027.jpg
    connect. |D

  8. jlyn101 at 11:45 pm on November 3rd, 2009

    and i was hoping to see more of wabisuke. oh well.

  9. Joe Stan at 11:47 pm on November 3rd, 2009

    All Soi Fon has to do is catch Suzumebachi in one hand and squeeze till the latter yields…

  10. tman at 11:50 pm on November 3rd, 2009

    they got LOST?!

    Yachiru must’ve been giving directions. XD

  11. TakashiD at 12:34 am on November 4th, 2009

    Noooo!!!! Wabisuke you and kazeshini look so cool! why did he have to die without giving us an epic battle? and shouldent zaraki have doubled in weight seince he got hit with the sword?

  12. TakashiD at 12:36 am on November 4th, 2009

    also god, could they have dragged out ymichika’s fight anymore? i was so sick of it by the time they did the “now you die!” then change scenes thing the third time. so boring!

  13. Cherubium at 1:01 am on November 4th, 2009

    @TakashiD

    Once Wabisuke was defeated the effects were gone and it was protrayed that even hit once with Wabisuke, most people manage to still keep moving and hold their swords as Kira had to hit them a few times before they collapsed.

  14. koager at 1:36 am on November 4th, 2009

    I had fun watching Kenpachi explode out of the middle of the building, but what I found disturbing was the art in this episode.
    Pink loli(http://randomc.maximum7.net/image/Bleach/Bleach%20-%20244%20-%20Large%2008.jpg), and Ichigo’s eyes aren’t leveled. It looks like they just got hit upside the head or something.

  15. kaineng at 1:43 am on November 4th, 2009

    the filler isn’t getting any interesting… the show’s getting slow on our fast lives…

  16. fish_sauce at 1:47 am on November 4th, 2009

    i wanna c yachiru’s zanpactou. she is probably the only vice captain or even captain that i havent seen the zanpactou. maybe its gonna be shown on another bleach movie about zaraki’s past and how yachiru stick with zaraki

  17. Silver at 1:49 am on November 4th, 2009

    Perhaps the difference between Ichigo and Kenpachi is that Kenpachi knows he’s a beast and he just blast everyone with it while Ichigo for some reason you have to beat it out of him which is exactly what Kenpachi did to him before his beast came out.

  18. Zer0zUNLTD. at 3:50 am on November 4th, 2009

    Ironically, in the latest chapters-the two are fighting together against Yammy. lol

  19. Abd Al-Azrad at 4:22 am on November 4th, 2009

    fish_sauce:
    You haven’t seen the zanpakuto of Nanao, Nemu (iffy), and Ukitake’s two slave-like officers.

    Byakuya has no true convictions, he claims he’s “not going to battle,” but he does nothing to try and get away from the battle. He knows his words are going to goad Kenpachi further, which is why he says them the way he does.

  20. Mesousa at 4:29 am on November 4th, 2009

    That one pink-haired girl (damn, forgot the name) needs more development, so is this the perfect opportunity or not?

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