Bleach

[Neversoft]

I haven't read that far in the manga yet, but it is a shounen afterall.

[Neversoft]

Wow, I was just looking through a few old DVD-R discs I have and came across one that had a bunch of Bleach episodes on. I had a look at episode 114 (the episode where Yammy fights Ichigo) and it hints at Yammy having some super strong zanpaktou.

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After Ichigo cut Yammy's arm off Yammy started to draw his zanpaktou and Ulriaoriaoria said "Are you going to use your zanpaktou on a runt like this?" Yammy just tells him to shut up and continues to draw it, but Ichigo looses focus since his inner hollow is trying to take over, so Yammy stops drawing his zanpaktou and just kicks Ichigo and slaps the **** out of Orihime. It proper makes a big deal out of it and everything though, he's drawing his zanpaktou REALLY slowly. No one could have picked up on that first time watching, but I love it when series hint at future events oh so subtly and you realise later on.

It makes me wonder how far Tite Kubo actually has the story planned.

[LoveToStack]

Yeah but the same applies to all the espada, and soul reapers to an extent. They are reluctant to use Bankai or Shikai, or even draw their sword if they don't have to. Same with espada, their release is obviously their trump card so why should they trudge in and use it straight away, I don't see it necessarily as foreshadowing.
Was he just drawing his zan or threatening to release?
Personally I still think this whole Yammy being...

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0 espada is still a crap plot twist. He's only there so that when Rukia, Renji, Chad and Ishida beat him they'll be validated as characters when clearly they haven't been involved in a long time. Most likely because they've been left in the dust with all these vast, random, power increases.

[Neversoft]

It's pretty obvious that the espada have something akin to bankai because they all have zanpaktou, but it emphasizes on Yammy's zanpaktou a lot more than others.

[PaulMacC]

Did anyone see the fan-service in this week's episode, woaH!

[LoveToStack]

I think Axel put a screenie up, didn't see it cba with filler.

[Jord]

Urg, Theres been 4 flipping Fillers and the fillers suck in bleach

[LoveToStack]

Urg, Theres been 4 flipping Fillers and the fillers suck in bleach

So does actual bleach atm.
I saw a funny image the other day predicting the plot if bleach continues after this whole Aizen story;

[LoveToStack]

When did Bleach become a show catered for kids? I speak of the violence that was present in the Soul Society arc and before that; when someone got stabbed or cut you actually saw it happen as well as blood etc. The same applied to hollows when they were killed, you would see an arm or a leg cut off with blood to go. A scene I specifically remember was in the SS arc when Ichigo confronted Renji and got his ass handed to him, with Renji's zan dragging into his chest, you actually saw it happening and saw the damage caused.
Nowadays in bleach you're lucky to see a silhouette when someone gets stabbed and as far as hollows being killed all you see is a quick swipe then they fade away. A prime example of this is (Spoilers if you haven't reached Hueco Mundo arc);

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Kenpachi's fight with Nnoitra. Both psychos, should have been a bloodbath and for the most part it was...except you never see a sword (or scyth ) touch skin. Even when Nnoitra slashes at Kenpaci's neck for a critical wound all you see is a white out, no contact at all as well as zero blood around, spatter (an effect put to good use before this censoring). Although there being no blood isn't strictly true, he has black blood on his neck and around his abdomen but that's just crap if you ask me; if kids can deal with a black splodge they can deal with 'real' blood.
Another example I can bring up since it's been in the anime now is the way Rangiku being attacked was dealt with. In the manga she had her side ripped out and there were boatloads of blood as well as showing the part of her body that was torn off, which was abit excessive but whatever. In the anime no doubt you didn't see it happen and then the only visible sign of distress is a black fill in her wound, no blood of course. It's difficult to defend the bleach anime when they don't even show violence anymore! /rant

[Axel]

That bit with Renji's sword going through Ichigo's shoulder actually made me cringe.