Iām so tired of writing about concrete characters, Iāll go back to them at the end of this challenge. So now a more interesting topic.
Favorite arc: āThe thousand year blood warā
Okay, so many people hate on this arc and stopped reading Bleach because of it. But in my opinion, Bleach was quite stupid to this point. Not talking about first arc ā my friend is actually going through this and I can see how stupid this manga used to be. I love Arrancars and ā surprise! ā Fullbringers arc, though. But āThe thousand year blood warā wins everything to me.
Letās analyze the most important moments.
1.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Nel appears
It was very important for me! I felt that Arrancars arenāt forgotten and will have a role, which was good, because theyāre my favorite race (Iāll make a post about it too). Also she told us about Halibel being the queen of Hueco Mundo (not being dead!) and in prison for now. It was also when Ivan appeared. And Ivan started all the Vandereich thing. I appreciate Ivan. Give him some esteem, people.
2.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Yhwach appears
Remember that? Everybody hated him :D Now he got some new fans I hope. Iāve been liking him since the beginning. Well I like all the characters, but he is one of the ones I like āmoreā :DĀ I love the way he sits, so badass⦠Okay, itās not one of the āletās fangirlā posts, sorry. Anyway when he appeared me and my friend felt like āwoah finally a totally evil antagonist in Bleach thatās what this manga neededā (Aizen is evil but in a weird, not mainstream way). But now it comes out heās not that evil either. Tite canāt make evil antagonists. And I think thatās good :ā)
3.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ichigo is a Quincy
So it can seem very lame for the first sight and I understand that many people hate this all āIchigo is everythingā thing. Especially the fact that his soul reapers powers are manifested by a Hollow. But it makes sense when you look at it closer. It wasnāt something Tite Kubo thought up while writing ā it was all planned since the first chapter. Weāve got small hints since the beginning. At least Ichigo using Blut Vene while fighting Kenpachi. People, Tite planned everything! Almost everything, not only Ichigoās powers. Even some details. Like dunno, teh Quincy a la svastik cross on his bankai. But these are things for different posts.
4.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Yhwach is Zangetsu/Zangetsu is Yhwach/There is no Zangetsu/Hichigo is Zangetsu/maaan...
YOU PEOPLE SAY ITāS WEIRD? THAT IT WAS SHOCKING? NOBODY SAW IT COMING?
Yeah Iām still proud of my genius I will never stop being happy about my theory becoming true. I THOUGHT THIS THEORY UP WITH MY FRIEND WHEN YHWACH FIRST SHOWED. AT THE POINT WHEN HE CALLED ICHIGO HIS SON BORNED IN THE DARKNESS. I WAS HAPPY. WE WAITED SO MANY MONTHS BUT IT WAS TRUE.
Believe in my theories people, relly.
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5.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Kenpachi vs. Kenpachi fight
Not to write too much ā have a link again.
6.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Aizen planned everything aka shoujo mini arc
Itās one of my favorite mini-arcs so far. I know many people donāt like it because of this shoujo thing ā thatās right, Bleach is originally a shonen manga. But Iāve never read Bleach for fights so for me this arc is amazing. I could see how Ichigoās parents met!
Okay letās not act like Ichigoās parents or plot are important, they are not, but hot nerdy Ryuken is.
Also I could see my OTP becoming canon, it was something beautiful. Of course, now itās so obvious that Katagiri is Uryuuās moter, and for people who will read these 9 chapters in 30 minutes not in 3 months it wonāt be anything exciting, just a usual ship. But I remember how I first saw Katagiri
Immediately started shipping her with Ryuuken and then the endless sorrow that it wonāt be canon, that Ryuken will be in love with Masaki to the very end, that parents will find him a different black-haired wife. It was PAIN.
So maybe some more advertising ā link! (I know Iām annoying but I will add adds as often as possible deal with it)
And I find it magic that all these guys who are about human-aged 40s (or dead) now were described as very young people. Very magic. And the way they changed⦠Thatās so depressing. Also, please notice the fact that it was quite planned too, because in 27th volume:
So I guess Isshin was Ā surprised that Ryuuken called him by name of his old crush and cousin.
But I donāt know what do I love more ā the life of charactersā parents when they were still teenagers or Aizenās appearance. It was such a great feeling when he showed up! Like asdfgh! I canāt describe it. Just amazing.
Also, please mention the fact that the volume in which Masaki first appears (3rd) is titled āMemories in the rainā this connection means a lot for me.
7.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ishida on the dark side /Getting to know with Stern Rittern(s?)
I donāt have much to say about evil Ishida ā heās hot and I hope heās not a spy. Everybody wants him to be a secretly good spy, second Gin. I donāt. Itās too easy, too mainstream. I want Ishida :
-Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Being on the Quincyās side because of his heart will
-Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Having pangs of conscience because he loves his friend but not giving up and still being on this 'bad' side
-Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Having the order to kill Inoue
-Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Got killed while trying to kill Inouse ā e.g. Grimmjow killing Ishida. I want him to get killed by somebody who just wonāt care about him, like Grimmjow (a cool fight with Ichigo would be very nice, but let him die some time later)
-Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Being okay with that Yhwach killed his mother ā not because he hates his mother, but because he hates his father and thinks that half-blood shouldnāt insult Quincy blood. I mean, heās got the āmy dad did bad thingsā sort of character. He doesn't blame his mother for being half-blood, but he does blame his father because of getting into a relationship with a half-blood.
-Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Uryuu yelling at Ryuuken, Iām begging I can even start praying if itāll help itās just everything I need in my life
So thatās all. Plus I like his new uniform.
About Stern Rittern ā I enjoyed the chapter āLettersā in which Tite showed us most of them :D For the first sight they were all similar to characters we already know, but now I can see the differences between them. I believe every character in Bleach has different personality. I love it, itās so natural. Even if many of them are similar, they arenāt perfectly same after all.
And I love Naak le Vaar. <3
8.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Last 9 days /hiatus
I get it, Bleach will actually end someday.
Good that every character can fight a month, then flashback two months. And that Bleach has so many characters. 9 days isnāt that soon.
Itād be so cool if Bleach have ended up with Quincy winning but the fluffy part of me wants it to end with Shinigami/Hollows peace and Quincyās death.
Hiatus was okay, I was quite happy because I didnāt miss any chapters while being out.
(be a bleach huge fan, enjoy hiatus)
So this was my timeline. And donāt think thatās all. Itās not so easy to read my posts!
What I like and many people dislike in this arc:
A lot of feelings. Really. Such a feelsy arc. Dying, flashbacking, crying. Feelsy.
A lack of trainings. I love it. I hate reading how characters are training ā especially main characters, because they train in a very weird way. And this arc is such a salvation for me ā Ichigo trains off screan! Ichigo exists off screan! Really, Ichigo doesnāt show very often lately. And thatās good. I love the mainlessness of the main character in current Bleach.
Thinking. Lots of thinking. Because Tite doesnāt explain anything. + for plot ; - for fans. Because if fans donāt want to reread chapters (or read my posts because itās basically rereading chapters) they wonāt really get the connections. You think I over-interpret? So let me mention that Bleach isnāt Titeās first manga. Zombie Powder was first. And you know what did Tite write in āauthor noteā in the very first volume of his?
āHello, Iām Kubo. This is my fist ever manga book. The theme is fighting. Sitting there and just reading it without thinking is fine. But please, if you ever feel like it, please try to use your mind as you read [ā¦]ā
Quite sassy, eh? And suitable not only for Zombie Powder, but also for Bleach
The sudden change of his style. And I donāt mean drawing style, which is good. But suddenly characters can die, Ichigo doesnāt appear often, people in the comic are more cruel⦠Itās still a shonen, but a completely different one. But you know what? The style is similar to Zombie Powder. And Zombie Powder (in my opinion a good manga) didnāt have many fans and was interrupted. I have my own head-canon for Tite Kuboās life ā that he started from mainstream level to get fans and then, when he became popular, he started writing a manga in his style ā knowing that this wonāt be interrupted, when heās famous. Still, we can see some boring, mainstream chapters once in a blue moon. Why? I guess he has to jump in the ranking of Shonen Jump. Even such a famous mangaka like he is quite depended on rankings. Writing mangas isnāt like writing books. When you write book your editor decides about will it be selling in shops or not. When you write a manga, an editor decides on is the story okay to show it in the magazine, and then when itās showed people who read the magazine vote for best chapter in all the magazine, magazine get scores and the worst mangas are interrupted. Because thereās no profit for magazine to print mangas which don't have fans.
But it would mean he really planned everything.