Bleach

[LoveToStack]

All three of the Abyssal Ones have such amazing awakened forms. Luciela is some epic looking monster with two tentacle like tales with multiple mouths that eat through anything. Although the one I posted above (Isley) will always be the best awakened form. Though Priscilla looks pretty epic and Clare's awakened form when she actually gets there looks like it's just going to be the very embodiment of evil.

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On the subject of Claymore, regarding the latest chapter (if you've read it, if not don't click the spoiler):

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Did you think that Miria's death was bad writing? Obviously she was a good character and the fact that she's dead is a shame (but not surprising since it's Claymore where characters are created for the purpose of dieing) but the way she died was completely out of character. She suddenly split off from the group for some solo suicide mission (why would Miria of all people do this when she was smart enough to forsee that the Battle of the North was just a plan to murder the Claymores? :S). And then she get's taken out by a Claymore who's ability had absolutely no foreshadowing and who you know will just be fodder for whoever finds her next.

On the subject of bleach: it's utter crap now. I don't know why Kubo even bothers anymore. No one wants to see powerup, trashtalk, cliffhanger, powerup, horizontal slash, cliffhanger, powerup, slash from behind unexpectedly, cliffhanger, powerup, hyperbolic time chamber powerup, trashtalk, powerup, cliffhanger. Every single week. Also the anime is unbearable at it's current state because of the weak manga material, the terrible animation and the fact that 10 minutes of every episode is a flashback of last week's.

[Neversoft]

On the subject of Claymore, regarding the latest chapter (if you've read it, if not don't click the spoiler):

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Did you think that Miria's death was bad writing? Obviously she was a good character and the fact that she's dead is a shame (but not surprising since it's Claymore where characters are created for the purpose of dieing) but the way she died was completely out of character. She suddenly split off from the group for some solo suicide mission (why would Miria of all people do this when she was smart enough to forsee that the Battle of the North was just a plan to murder the Claymores? :S). And then she get's taken out by a Claymore who's ability had absolutely no foreshadowing and who you know will just be fodder for whoever finds her next.

On the subject of bleach: it's utter crap now. I don't know why Kubo even bothers anymore. No one wants to see powerup, trashtalk, cliffhanger, powerup, horizontal slash, cliffhanger, powerup, slash from behind unexpectedly, cliffhanger, powerup, hyperbolic time chamber powerup, trashtalk, powerup, cliffhanger. Every single week. Also the anime is unbearable at it's current state because of the weak manga material, the terrible animation and the fact that 10 minutes of every episode is a flashback of last week's.

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I was spoiled before I ever read the chapter so I unfortunately I had to read the chapter knowing what was coming which made it very dreary and on top of that it was indeed poor writing. It's pretty much a deus ex machina. Chapter 106 was oh my god Miria is gonna rape the organization then next chapter oh by the way we have this completely new character who can easily beat you. There wasn't really any meaning to her death either, because as you say these new characters are probably just fodder for whoever finds them next. I bet number 10s weakness is that she can't use her ability on more than one claymore at a time, so shes had it if they go after her in a group. Didn't they say her fighting ability isn't that great as well?

As for the other two characters, they seemed pretty easy considering the fact Miria herself knew she could kill them if she wanted to and that she cut one of their arms off rather easily. Plus it took her like half a chapter to repair the arm, so they're definitely not Alicia/Beth standard. Plus their awakened form looks like a bit of a mess, so I wouldn't be surprised if they end up dead soon as well.

Poor decisions like these and the fact that it takes forever for anything to happen in Claymore with the monthly releases means that the series has taken the first noticeable drop in quality, at least in my opinion anyway. The series has always been at a high and I used to be hyped for a new chapter but now it's almost becoming redundant. Although with that said I have nearly always enjoyed reading it and so I will continue to do so hoping that it gets out of this slump.

[Super0095]

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[Axel]

Bleach catch up:

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Ichigo trumps Aizen with his new training, reveals that through his training rather than having to rely on his hollow form, which is unstable after the Ulqiorra fight, he has learned to 'become Getsuga' (his zanpakuto). He does so, and attacks Aizen with the final getsuga tenshou, which is also revealed to make Ichigo lose his shinigami powers, hence why it's the 'final' Getsuga tenshou. Ichigo critically wounds Aizen and loses his shinigami powers, however Aizen starts to regenerate. Ichigo seems worried, when suddenly Urahara comes out of nowhere, where a kido is activated that seals Aizen away. He is able to do this because the hogyoku doesn't see Aizen as it's master anymore due to him becoming weak, and so no more hogyoku hax. Aizen is sealed away at the end of the chapter.

[Nemo]

Bleach catch up:

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Ichigo trumps Aizen with his new training, reveals that through his training rather than having to rely on his hollow form, which is unstable after the Ulqiorra fight, he has learned to 'become Getsuga' (his zanpakuto). He does so, and attacks Aizen with the final getsuga tenshou, which is also revealed to make Ichigo lose his shinigami powers, hence why it's the 'final' Getsuga tenshou. Ichigo critically wounds Aizen and loses his shinigami powers, however Aizen starts to regenerate. Ichigo seems worried, when suddenly Urahara comes out of nowhere, where a kido is activated that seals Aizen away. He is able to do this because the hogyoku doesn't see Aizen as it's master anymore due to him becoming weak, and so no more hogyoku hax. Aizen is sealed away at the end of the chapter.

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Are you serious? he actually lost his powers? Okay, kind of wasnt expecting that. But im guessing someone will just give him their powers and he'll get it back. Kind of confused whats going on from here now though, ichigo has lost his powers and aizen is sealed..

[Neversoft]

Jesus Christ, why seal him away? Why not just cut his head off and put an end to everything?

[Southe,]

why not just kamehame ha him? and was in one of the watersones up town and seen bleach had a whole shelf to itself. meh

[Neversoft]

I bet you Aizen will break out of the seal by screaming so loudly that his voice rips a hole in the fabric of time just like Buu did in Dragon Ball Z.

[Nemo]

After reading todays bleach manga, looks like its pretty much over now, dont see how they're dragging it out anymore

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Captains are back in soul society all fine and dandy, aizen is chained up and sentenced to 20,000 years in prison since hes immortal. Ichigo woke up and found that he really was losing his powers. All his stuff undid from when he got his powers (ie his hair that he'd grown had gone back to how it was), and he couldnt sense any spiritual beings. He said his final goodbye to rukia as he was slowly becoming unable to sense her presence.

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whats more to drag out after that!?

[Neversoft]

How is Aizen immortal and why the hell does he get 20,000 years instead of eternity? It looks like it's about to end, but I wouldn't be surprised if Kubo somehow managed to get it going again, although maybe it is time to throw in the towel. Did we ever get to see hell in the end?