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Ryong
11-13-2014, 03:12 PM
I don't even.

Kyanbu The Legend
11-13-2014, 06:08 PM
So.... Aizen might be coming back.

Aerozord
11-18-2014, 01:31 AM
I hope he doesn't immediately turn things around, I'd like it if squad zero looked atleast alittle threatening to the big bad.

Ryong
11-18-2014, 05:59 AM
If anything what he did was a very Zaraki-esque thing. How do you heal your throat? Why, bury your fingers through your neck and use healing magic!

Ryong
11-20-2014, 07:02 PM
This fight is actually not being horrible.

I wonder how many chapters until it ends abruptly.

Kyanbu The Legend
11-20-2014, 08:26 PM
Yeah, I'm liking the pacing of the battle so far. Hopefully we'll see Ywaht using long range weapons.

Kyanbu The Legend
12-05-2014, 12:58 AM
New Chapter.

The power of the Brush!

Ichibei can apparently erase names and said power can't be used even if stolen. And the ink he produces can basically control the world around him.

It's Aizen tier trolling.

phil_
12-05-2014, 01:27 PM
I'm just glad Kubo's having fun drawing that guy's face. My favorite part of Bleach is when it shines through that the artist is just doing stuff because it looks cool.

Aerozord
12-08-2014, 11:53 PM
I dont really get his reason for why it couldn't be stolen.
"the power you stole doesn't belong to you"

Well duh, all the powers he took didn't belong to him. thats the definition of stealing something.

Ryong
12-09-2014, 07:52 AM
It's like you're trying to take a coin from a magician who can use actual magic and every time you put the coin in your pocket he shows you the coin on his hand.

Arcanum
12-11-2014, 09:21 PM
Latest chapter:

What?

No seriously, what? He understands everything that he sees, so that means he can just not be affected by it? Am I missing something here? 'Cause this is one of the biggest ass-pulls Bleach has managed.

I was fine with all the other shit that was happening in this fight because it was rather humorous having the back-and-forth of "now you're certainly defeated" "actually I had this technique, so now you are the one who is certainly defeated" "well actually I had this technique..." etc.

But this is literally "I understand your power because I saw it, so it doesn't work on me."

Kyanbu The Legend
12-11-2014, 09:34 PM
Whelp was kind of hoping Yhwach wouldn't be laughably over powered but nope. Guess he's pretty much Aizen 2.0 after all.

But apparently yeah his power is the ability to counter everything that he witness. Like a Blue Mage only instead of gaining new moves he gains immunity and counters to just about anything from the looks of it.

Aerozord
12-16-2014, 09:28 AM
I took the description as prose, when they say "all he sees" its because 'he sees all' thus is immune to all. Its "the Almighty" which I think is an intentional reference to God. His power is omnipotence. Which while a better description, is an even worse BS power.

Though while on the subject, wasn't Uryu given 'A'?

Ryong
12-16-2014, 09:50 AM
Hey remember when the guy whose power was "what I think, is" and the guy who made your bodily fluids deadly to yourself worked for him and had their power level, memories and experiences added to him when they died?

Yeah, why wouldn't he be cheating incarnate?

Kyanbu The Legend
12-18-2014, 05:55 PM
New chapter.





So... why did he explode...?

Also I completely forgot about the 5 war potentials. The only 5 people Yhwach can't "see".

Uryu, Ichigo, Aizen (you know he's coming back), Kenpachi.

I don't think they've said who the fifth one is. Wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being Orihime.

Kyanbu The Legend
12-26-2014, 11:27 PM
New Chapter.

ICHIGO, YOU'RE @##$*&^ LATE!!!!!

Also Bleach is really starting to make my head hurt.. What with Ichibei being revived by merely saying his name. Also the Soul King just got sanked.

That said looks like we're about to see Ichigo VS Uryu pretty soon. Also Squad Zero just got Yamacha'd off screen. They'll be fine though because you know who is also here.

Ryong
12-29-2014, 09:28 PM
I actually hadn't read it until today.

Did he just kill a god who's representative of existence itself? Shit's reaching TTGL levels of power now.

Arcanum
12-29-2014, 09:41 PM
Getting this in writing on the off chance it does happen somehow so I can come back to this post and yell "I told you so."

I'm thinking that the Soul King is simply keeping the worlds separated, and now the human world, soul society, and hueco mundo are all going to collide together and overlap in a singular dimension.

It will let them shoe horn in fights against Arrancar, show Ichigo's human friends running for their lives (potentially making Ishida re-evaluate his allegiance), and will culminate in Ichigo not being able to kill Yhwach, and will instead force him into whatever crystal stasis the Soul King was in, separating the worlds again.

Aerozord
01-06-2015, 12:30 AM
You know I love Bleach, like it was the main reason I was reading manga. Still I find it hard to care. Things are just so arbitrary now. Most of the fights happen off screen, it wont surprise me if Ichigo is able to put up a fight but I dont see how. Zero squad is so powerful all of soul society is using mass produced inferior versions of their abilities.

There is just no justification anymore

Take Yhwach's whole, he was not able to release his full power yet. Then why the hell didn't he just wait like, one day before doing this whole war thing. Not like he had any reason to hurry. Kind of a big risk to make for NO REASON. I guess there was the barrier thing but, I dont see how that was ever more than an annoyance.

Arcanum
01-22-2015, 04:18 PM
New chapter. Read it before you read this because not gonna bother with spoiler tags.

I think I remembered a quarter of the people Urahara just listed. Like, if he said actual names instead of Captain or Vice-Captain of squad X I would probably remember who they are, but I can't be assed to remember who is what rank in every squad.

Anyway, Soul King could see the future and was Ywach's dad. Now we wait for the reveal that Soul King saw this coming and set everything into motion for Ichigo to grow in strength and be able to defeat Ywach.

Kyanbu The Legend
01-22-2015, 06:12 PM
Yeah that's most likely going to be why Ichigo came to be what he is now.

Aerozord
01-28-2015, 01:20 AM
Here is my bet, the soul king is the soul reaper equivalent. Like how, whats his name is the father of all quincy he's the father of all soul reapers. So like all their power originally comes from him.

Kyanbu The Legend
01-30-2015, 12:11 AM
New Chapter:

Kubo is back from the hospital and Bleach is resuming again. guys, I think we might see ichigo's new bankai soon. finally, I've been waiting way too long. Also Ken's back on his feet and the captains seem to be preping to join ichigo and his friends.

Next fights probably going to be ichigo VS Uryu.

Kyanbu The Legend
02-05-2015, 11:52 AM
New Chapter:

Good job there Ichigo, what a great way to help out.


Did not see that trap coming. Also look like the final battle is about to start.

Aerozord
02-10-2015, 02:01 AM
New Chapter:

Good job there Ichigo, what a great way to help out.


Did not see that trap coming. Also look like the final battle is about to start.


because it was less of a trap and more "this happens because plot"

Kyanbu The Legend
02-19-2015, 08:27 AM
New Chapter

Whelp it's official, the bleach god of trolling is coming back. Yes, him in all his trolling glory. And we finally learn something about uketaka's sickness.

Kyanbu The Legend
02-27-2015, 05:49 PM
New Chapter:

So apparently Bach might actually be pinned. Also this week's chapter's name is very fitting.

Aerozord
03-10-2015, 12:31 PM
I wanted to make a comment, and I realized why. I just cant think of much to say. The story is moving so slow now.

Kyanbu The Legend
03-12-2015, 08:09 AM
New chapter


wow bach really is a blatant Aizen clone. Granted that was pointed out before but wow it's even more obvious now. Also at last the fight between Uryu and ichigo begins.

Aerozord
03-17-2015, 12:02 PM
I will give it a pass if its as Yoruichi said and just him trying to get in Ichigo's head or delusions. But if he legit was manipulating him, yea thats annoying

Upside, stuff is happening

---------- Post added 03-17-2015 at 01:02 PM ---------- Previous post was 03-16-2015 at 06:28 PM ----------

Oh I just realized something, remember WAY back when we learned quincies destroying souls would eventually cause the worlds to destablize and collapse. Now it seems that wasn't an accident and he was actively trying to do that!

Kyanbu The Legend
03-17-2015, 04:48 PM
Yup, certainly seems that was his intentions from the get go.

phil_
03-17-2015, 09:43 PM
Have I said before that I'm only in it at this point for the skeletons? 'Cause I'm only in it right now for when Kubo draws cool stuff.

Aerozord
03-18-2015, 01:47 AM
what skeletons?

phil_
03-18-2015, 10:25 AM
You know, Captain Old Man's bankai that we'll never see again.

Aerozord
03-18-2015, 01:41 PM
Technically he stole the bankai, so maybe

Aerozord
03-23-2015, 10:31 PM
great, so we are going to get a "bad guy loses because he decided to add insult to injury". Because nearest I can tell there is nothing stopping him from just winning right now.

Also calling, Uryu is gonna end up being the mastermind that used his new "A" power to manipulate all this stuff so they win.

Kyanbu The Legend
04-02-2015, 01:31 PM
New Chapter:

It's amazing how Aizen is even more powerful now then he was when he fought Final Getsuga Ichigo. Despite being bond to a chair with his powers significantly reduced. So much so that he now plans to snipe the entire Soul Palace out of the sky.


I wonder if Bach pissed himself yet. I know everyone else pretty much did.

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Aerozord
04-06-2015, 10:00 PM
I'm gonna be upset if the whole "lets make a spirit gate" thing that we spent like 50 chapters on and kept all the captains busy turns out to be pointless.

Kyanbu The Legend
04-06-2015, 11:59 PM
I'm gonna be upset if the whole "lets make a spirit gate" thing that we spent like 50 chapters on and kept all the captains busy turns out to be pointless.

Aizen certainly seems hell bent on doing exactly that.

Kyanbu The Legend
04-10-2015, 01:13 AM
New Chapter:

And the plot just said no to Aizen's next godly feat. And the Quincies have decided to join the Soul Reapers and help them fix the gate... for now. It's kind of only until Bach is dead. Then it's back to killing each other as usual.

Kyanbu The Legend
06-27-2015, 10:41 PM
Been really enjoying how much back story we're getting on Bazz and Ywatch lately. also nice to see Quincies using bow themed weapons more often now. Bazz's bow gun may be a new personal fav for me.

Arcanum
06-27-2015, 11:29 PM
Meh. Takes like 3-4 chapters to get anything meaningful to happen. There's also no real point for this drawn out explanation of what happened when the Quincies first attacked Soul Society. Kubo is just obsessed with drawing things out for as long as possible and putting as little as possible on each page. A lot of Bleach's arcs could most likely be condensed into half the length if Kubo were more competent. Or maybe he's just trying to milk Bleach for all its worth.

I've long since stopped enjoying Bleach and I'm just sticking with it now to see if/how it will end since it only takes about three minutes to read a chapter considering how little each chapter contains story-wise and art-wise.

Aerozord
06-29-2015, 05:56 PM
I'll still be ok with this if it ends in a chapter or two. My issue is its abit confusing. I've seen people that dont even realize this was the original war 2000 years ago. Heck I dont think most people realize all these quincy are dead (as in ghosts not gone forever dead)

phil_
06-29-2015, 06:05 PM
Are they ghosts in the flashback we're watching, or ghosts now 2000 years later when Ywach turns the Soul King into a hat?

Arcanum
06-29-2015, 06:47 PM
Yes

Aerozord
06-30-2015, 12:34 AM
Are they ghosts in the flashback we're watching, or ghosts now 2000 years later when Ywach turns the Soul King into a hat?

I could be wrong, thats part of the problem, but from my understanding

We are watching back when they were alive. They are talking about the quincy-soul reaper war. Which is some retconning cause they were pretty clear on both sides it was the Soul Society that instigated the war.

They die, presumably in the war and are currently ghosts. I know atleast that much for sure because in this arc Uryu was introduced as "the last living quincy". They specified living.

Another good indicator in this flashback is in 8 years they aged 8 years, as opposed to the drastically slowed and inconsistent aging of ghosts.

Aerozord
07-20-2015, 04:53 PM
Sudden jump in progress. I am actually quite pleased with things finally moving somewhere

Kyanbu The Legend
07-21-2015, 02:27 AM
Yup and it looks likes the death count is going to start soaring again for a bit.

Kyanbu The Legend
07-25-2015, 03:33 AM
New Chapter:

Gotta love how Ken just causally tears his arm off without a care in the world.

Also Mayuri was defiantly looking for an excuse to stab him. Nerve infecting Virus was that very excuse.

Aerozord
07-27-2015, 11:20 PM
My only real issue is the lack of foreshadowing. There was absolutely no indication at all that this guy's power worked like that.

Random guess, its a girl. Just calling it now

Kyanbu The Legend
07-31-2015, 12:16 AM
New Chapter:


Oh hello there Left hand of the Soul King. You kind of came out of no where huh? By the way, why are you helping Ywacht? Also Mayori wants to science it to death. I feel sorry for the hand.

phil_
07-31-2015, 03:49 PM
I wonder what powers the legs have. I wonder if Mayuri wonders what powers the legs have.

Aerozord
08-03-2015, 04:57 PM
I admire Kenpachi's ability to always convey that odd mix of indifference and annoyance

Kyanbu The Legend
09-03-2015, 07:48 PM
New Chapter

These past few chapters have been all kinds of WTF in terms of Mayori being mayori. But we seem to be getting a bit more development on his character. He really seems to care about Nemu. And the giant hand can now apparently copy the knowledge of whatever it's nerves touched. Gaining Ken's personality as a result.

... I miss Mayori's old bankai.

Aerozord
09-22-2015, 10:35 AM
so think she dead? I honestly hope so, for her to be completely destroyed and cement Miyori as an irredeemable monster

Kyanbu The Legend
09-24-2015, 07:11 PM
New Chapter:

Who's up for an awesome and deadly game of Marco Polo!?


Edit: Aero, I got some bad news for you about that one. It seems that won't be the case this time.

Arcanum
09-24-2015, 08:07 PM
so think she dead? I honestly hope so, for her to be completely destroyed and cement Miyori as an irredeemable monster

Hahaha, permanent death in Bleach. That's a good one. Best joke I've heard all week.

Kyanbu The Legend
09-24-2015, 09:06 PM
Speaking of.

Hitsugai and Rangiku have been revived as well this chapter. Thanks to Mayori undoing the zombie virus.

Aerozord
09-28-2015, 02:44 PM
One thing that would bother me if I didn't know this happens in real life too. No one really seems to get how completely non-competitive Urahara is. He's more likely to compliment you than be jealous or resentful

Kyanbu The Legend
10-01-2015, 09:03 PM
New Chapter is out

I love how it seems Shunsuei is going to just keep changing the death games, mid round on X. Making explaining the rules of your power near irrelevant. Hope we see his Bankai during the battle. I've been dying to know what it is and what it does.

Aerozord
10-05-2015, 02:50 PM
His bankai is Hobes

phil_
10-15-2015, 01:08 PM
Who's ready for impenetrable traditional Japanese theater references? :dance:

Kyanbu The Legend
10-15-2015, 02:23 PM
Yes it finally happened, the wait is over, the stage is set, it's time to start the Play!

Kyanbu The Legend
10-23-2015, 12:31 AM
New Chapter

And his Bankai is everything I thought it'd be.

Arcanum
10-23-2015, 03:34 AM
Incoming chapter of the Bankai affecting Ichigo's and whatshisname's fight.

And then a chapter of the Bankai not working on sniper guy, followed up by sniper guy's counter attack.

And then a chapter of Shinsui revealing there's more to his bankai, or someone (probably Nanao) saving the day, or both.

Arcanum
10-29-2015, 05:40 PM
And then a chapter of the Bankai not working on sniper guy, followed up by sniper guy's counter attack.

One for three so far!

But seriously this was a pretty neat chapter.

Aerozord
11-04-2015, 01:48 AM
I'm pleased the bankai is the same as it was in the zanpaktou arc in the anime

phil_
11-05-2015, 11:30 AM
Sometimes I'm glad that I didn't read that chunk of Bleach from the end of Soul Society through defeating Aizen. Lacking the backstory of pretty much every character and concept makes it easier to swallow when Kyubey pulls stuff like the last page of this chapter.

Kyanbu The Legend
11-05-2015, 03:45 PM
Apprantly he technically wasn't a true dual weilder after all. Now I wonder what her Zanpakuto can do now that it's been returned to her?

phil_
11-05-2015, 05:20 PM
This is the final act. The answer to "What can it do?" is "Whatever it needs to."

Arcanum
11-06-2015, 06:50 PM
And then a chapter of Shinsui revealing there's more to his bankai, or someone (probably Nanao) saving the day, or both.

Two out of three! Come on Kubo, at least make this a challenge.

phil_
11-12-2015, 02:34 PM
This is the final act. The answer to "What can it do?" is "Whatever it needs to.""Need to kill a god? Here's a not-sword that kills gods."

Kyanbu The Legend
11-12-2015, 06:35 PM
And it'll probably be used on Yhwach later on. Well that or a good old Mugetsu to the face. That attack can harm gods technically.

phil_
11-12-2015, 06:55 PM
My money's on it being used to defeat birdgun and then being utterly forgotten.

Arcanum
11-15-2015, 01:49 PM
My money's on it being used to defeat birdgun and then being utterly forgotten.

Or something equally silly like "it can only be used once every 8 years, so we will have to rely on Ichigo to win against Ywach"

Kyanbu The Legend
11-27-2015, 02:09 PM
New Chapter?

And it seems X is no more...or... maybe not...hmm...

Kyanbu The Legend
12-03-2015, 10:23 PM
New Chapter

Hey remember what happened in chapter 494?

Yeah... I kinda want answers... even though I'm a bit glad they're back and apparently even stronger.

Aerozord
12-08-2015, 06:21 PM
For a god slaying sword, it kind of sucks at slaying gods


Hey remember what happened in chapter 494?


nope

Kyanbu The Legend
12-10-2015, 03:46 PM
New Chapter

Oh thank heavens, M's power wasn't what I feared it was.

Arcanum
12-10-2015, 05:18 PM
You feared it would be something dumber than "taking damage makes me grow in size?"

Because holy shit is that dumb.

This chapter had the chance to be good if they had just left it at M getting murdered without a second thought. But no, Kubo always has to drag shit out.

Kyanbu The Legend
12-10-2015, 07:21 PM
You feared it would be something dumber than "taking damage makes me grow in size?"

Because holy shit is that dumb.

This chapter had the chance to be good if they had just left it at M getting murdered without a second thought. But no, Kubo always has to drag shit out.

Yes, like Aizen levels of crazy.

phil_
12-10-2015, 07:32 PM
This chapter had the chance to be good if they had just left it at M getting murdered without a second thought. But no, Kubo always has to drag shit out.I was really hoping for a second after the double-tap. What fools we are.

Aerozord
12-14-2015, 05:04 PM
I do give him credit for going "no no the bad guy is monologuing about his power when we think we have him beat, best murder him quickly."

My issue is just, this is easily the most boring power we have seen these guys use.

Kyanbu The Legend
12-17-2015, 05:56 PM
New Chapter

Askin poisoned ichigo (not surprised really given that poison ignores power levels so Askin should be able to down anyone.) Wouldn't have mind if the entire chapter was him and Sick Ichigo having a casual conversation. XD

Gerald really is a Thor reference afterall given the name of this chapter. And we got an answer to what he really is. The Soul Kings Heart so we know what that means.

An it looks like Yuroichi is up to bat. Next chapter will either cycle back to Aizen & Kira VS Lille, or Gerald tapping into his inner King Kong.

phil_
12-17-2015, 06:40 PM
Thanks to Yoruichi, Askin is now filled with lightening. His next move will be to use all that lightening to make everyone in his magic fun circle allergic to electricity, which will make their nerves start killing them because as we all know nerves and electrical wiring are identical.

Kyanbu The Legend
01-15-2016, 05:03 AM
New Chapter

Bleach is back and you know what. I like Toshiro's new design. That coat looks good on him. Also hey look the masks are back. Shame that didn't do much though. I wonder where 00-Uryuu is...

Oh an Askin is now Lil-Aizen at this point. Yuroichi's lil brother got bodied and her attacks are now rendered ineffective for the time being.

Kyanbu The Legend
01-22-2016, 05:26 AM
New Chapter

Well Uryu, so much for that whole spy thing you had going.

phil_
01-22-2016, 12:40 PM
I just checked a wiki to see how many times Captain Ice Dragon died this battle, because you'd think dead people would lose their captain position, and I was reminded that the bad guys stole the captains' bankai. How long has it been since that came up? Seems kinda pointless if they captains all got them back and the Germans had god powers this whole time anyway.

Kyanbu The Legend
01-22-2016, 07:26 PM
Eh yes and no, the point was to weaken the Gotei 13. And it did but they found a counter measure to it. Got their Bankai's back and eventually ended up beating most the Quincies generals. And 2 of the elites (even though he lived, X did still lose his fight).

Gotei 13's victories confirmed that the Quincy Generals wouldn't have been able to win as a whole if the Gotei 13 still have their bankais. Which is why they stole them in the first place. Same goes for the Elites whom needed a boost from Ywacht via kiling off the remaining Generals, just to get to god teir. After they were One Hit KO'd by the Black Smith of Squad 0.

phil_
02-04-2016, 01:42 PM
Spoilers: Chad's going to get his head knocked in off-screen, again.

Kyanbu The Legend
02-05-2016, 05:48 PM
I hope not, he's over due for a good fight.

Aerozord
02-09-2016, 01:52 PM
Spoilers: Chad's going to get his head knocked in off-screen, again.

I bet you are half right, he wins, but its still off screen

Kyanbu The Legend
02-12-2016, 04:41 PM
New Chapter:

Thunder Cats X Bleach Confirmed

So our lovable asshole is back and apparently Yuroichi can transform into a literally catgirl.

phil_
02-12-2016, 05:18 PM
Thunder CatsI am more entertained by this silly pun than by the whole chapter. GG, Kyanbu. Get your head in the game, Kubo; you managed to make wacky hijinks in a fight to the death dull.

Kyanbu The Legend
02-13-2016, 09:19 PM
Thank you, I try my best to impress.

Arcanum
02-18-2016, 11:17 AM
Oh look, Yoruichi's new form is the perfect counter to the guy's immunity. What a surprise.

Oh look, Yoruichi's perfect counter didn't work, what a surprise.

Oh look, immunity man has a glowy spirit form just like owl man, what a surprise.

Kyanbu The Legend
02-19-2016, 12:15 PM
To be fair, we already knew he, like the others, has a Vollständig. It was only a matter time before we saw it.

Aerozord
02-23-2016, 11:06 PM
Is there more to it though? This hardly compares to creepy energy bird and a giant hand

Kyanbu The Legend
02-25-2016, 11:40 PM
New Chapter:

Our lovable Asshole has shown his Bankai. And it's apparently based on a goddess of mercy after looking up the translation.

So my guess is since it's something that he couldn't use on Sado as it's not fit for training someone. And given his tactics being around negating/countering moves. His Bankai has the power to take away or negate anyone's powers once a certain condition is met. Being injured a certain way or the opponent being at a certain level, ect.

So he'll beat Askin by taking away his abilities. If my prediction some how turns out to be true...

just... lol

That or it's just a variant of Askin's immunity power.

Kyanbu The Legend
02-27-2016, 09:37 PM
A thought just dawned on me. About why these characters never seen to use Bankai right away.

And why Ichigo is taking so long to use his.

When a Zanpakutou takes damage, it heals itself over time. However any damage it takes in Bankai Form, is permanent. Meaning that if a user spams their Bankai too much, it'll eventually break. I forgot that this was explained earlier in during the Holy War Arc. As for Ichigo, he may actually be scared to use his due to it being destroyed the first time and not wanting to lose Zangetsu again.

Aerozord
03-21-2016, 07:35 PM
So it just hit me, Urahara is basically Batman

No I didn't predict this, I just have two dozen back up plans

Kyanbu The Legend
03-26-2016, 10:53 PM
So it just hit me, Urahara is basically Batman

No I didn't predict this, I just have two dozen back up plans

He pretty much is at this point. Also Kenpachi is back up and I think we might get to see his Bankai soon. That or he's going to get floored again.

Aerozord
03-28-2016, 01:28 PM
Byakuya's comment got me thinking.

"maybe there is no such thing as a continual release type"

This implies something. Remember it was said Ichigo's was a constant release type.

Kyanbu The Legend
03-31-2016, 11:57 PM
New chapter and it seems we finally found out what Yachiro is and where she went.

The world is not ready for Ken's Bankai.

Arcanum
04-01-2016, 03:14 AM
I like how Kubo went out of his way to convince people Yachiro wasn't Ken's sword by showing us her shikai way back when. I feel like this could mean one of two things.

1. Kubo is deliberately obfuscating things, essentially doing the opposite of foreshadowing, which is a stupid thing to do. You know what readers love? When you hint something early on, or leave in small details that people can go back and find that lines up with the end result, and go "oh wow that's clever, good job" or "holy shit I totally spotted that, that's awesome." You know what readers don't like? Telling them something is an apple, cutting it open and showing you that it's an apple, and then 100 chapters later go "haha no it was really an orange."

2. Kubo is making shit up as he goes along. I can't help but feel this is the most likely, and that Kubo has no real overarching plan. He just goes "okay here's the big bad, he's going to do this, and Ichigo needs to stop him" and then just makes shit up every week on the spot. And if he can't figure out how to resolve/prolong a conflict for that week, no big deal, he can just jump to one of the six fights happening at the same time to buy himself some time.

Regardless, I'm ready for Ken's bankai to be a massive disappointment. I just feel like Kubo will fail at creating something that lives up to what makes Kenpachi great.

Aerozord
04-04-2016, 12:47 PM
I really never wanted to see him get a bankai, its been trivialized enough as is.

My bigger issue isn't the foreshadowing or the lack of sense it makes. Its because Yachiru is more interesting as a small child that befriended a murderous psychopath and became one of the strongest soul reapers in her own right.

Kyanbu The Legend
04-07-2016, 02:44 PM
Ken's bankai is very fitting for him. Simple, Oni, violent, powerful, no words only fighting.

phil_
04-07-2016, 03:51 PM
It looks cool, and that's all that matters.

Sithdarth
04-08-2016, 03:41 PM
The awesomeness that is Kenpachi has returned me from oblivion. He is truly the baddest of asses.

Also now that I'm here:

Byakuya's comment got me thinking.

"maybe there is no such thing as a continual release type"

This implies something. Remember it was said Ichigo's was a constant release type.

Wasn't it established way back when Ichigo was getting his zanpakuto fixed that the Zangetsu he had originally met was his quincy powers masquerading as his soulreaper powers to keep him from becoming a full soulreaper. Which by the way kinda explains is propensity for chucking energy blasts. There was this whole thing about how Zangetsu looked like Yhwach and how since Ichigo had never had an Asauchi he didn't really have a true zanpakuto. Of course no one but Ichigo and a small group of others that were there for the (re?)forging probably know this.

Kyanbu The Legend
04-22-2016, 07:16 AM
New Chapter:

Now there's the 3 way ass kicking I was looking for. Toshiro's full power bankai is basically his bankai x10 now with faster deeper freezing. And Kenpachi is not only not dead but able to trip Gerald (who's a giant right now by the way) with one arm, while still missing the other arm. And Byakuya has reminded all of us that his Bankai is still all kinds of terrifying.

Kyanbu The Legend
05-03-2016, 02:54 AM
New Chapter:

That fight Between Uryu and Haschwalth was so awesome, SO AWESOME, that we never got to see it. Yup the entire fight, off panal. But hey we might get to see round two. Also Gerald will not die, he just won't... But Shinji might have a say in the matter. A Bankai that might be strong enough to reverse abstract concepts. Could that be our answer?

Also Ichigo is about to square off against the big man himself. Ywach, and Orihime will be on White Mage/Barrier Maiden duty. The ultimate attack and defense... yeah she's going to get Dende'd...

phil_
05-03-2016, 09:50 AM
I was like, "Finally, the viking is a proper Big Scary Monster™," and then instead of that we cut to dead Uryu and Orihime moments before she takes a laser beam to the heart to re-establish Ywach as a threat (as you said).

My money's on Gerald being defeated in an unexplained "somehow" mentioned off-hand when all the remaining captains have to gather for the climax to power up Ichigo. Side bet is on Kubo never coming back to it and just hoping we'll forget.

On the plus side, no way we're going to skip getsuga tensho spam, so hopefully Ywach's freaky spilled-ink-on-the-page powers will look cool.

Sithdarth
05-03-2016, 07:52 PM
To be fair Ichigo does have two swords now so maybe his powers are more interesting. (In all likelihood he probably just throws crossed shaped energy blobs or some other boring thing.)

phil_
05-04-2016, 11:51 AM
Jugram just launched a cross-shaped energy blob from his swordbow. Luckily, there's a whole world of geometric shapes to launch out of sword swings. Maybe Ichigo will throw squares or something more exotic like rhombuses.

Aerozord
05-09-2016, 12:29 PM
Why, why did you think that would work? You already removed his head like that, it was what you did right before you learned about his power. What was the logic behind this?

Oh and my bet is Orihime is either immediately side-lined or something forces her to go and do her own thing. She wont really be involved unless its to deus ex machina a win at the end.

Upside though, I give props for the fake-out of him getting sliced. Its not like I thought it would have killed him but I did believe for a moment Ichigo hit him. I might be reading too much into it but since the nightmare woke him up and they were right outside the door I'm guessing he saw the future that would have been if he wasn't woken up.

Kyanbu The Legend
05-09-2016, 03:29 PM
Yeah, it's either that, a lamp shade of how this is going to end, and or a hint that Ywach may not be the last fight since Aizen is still running around and is still kind of a prick. And Uryu might not beat Haschwalth.

Sithdarth
05-13-2016, 03:44 PM
We got to go back to the interesting fight for second but only to basically Worf the god mode Quincy in order to make sure everyone knows just how badass Ichigo has become. I mean seriously that far away facing down an unkillable monster that does nothing but get stronger and Ichigo's spiritual pressure is still strong enough to make everyone stop and admire his shear awesomeness.

Kyanbu The Legend
05-13-2016, 05:21 PM
Indeed, probably a sign that Gerald is going to be defeated soon. Possibly off screen.

Aerozord
05-16-2016, 08:19 PM
I dont really get the entire "I am your father" thing. Even Ichigo is like "uh... no". Just feels so out of place. I was fine when it was the symbolic, I am the father of all quincy thing, but he is so insistent on it for some reason.

Arcanum
05-19-2016, 05:57 PM
Man for a moment there I was worried we would only have 3 fights happening at the same time. The number of concurrent characters involved in the action was dropping dangerously low. Good thing Team Dad is here to bump that up a bit. Can't have Bleach focus on a single thing for too long otherwise it might be too obvious that Kubo is making this up as he goes along.

Kyanbu The Legend
05-19-2016, 08:17 PM
I dont really get the entire "I am your father" thing. Even Ichigo is like "uh... no". Just feels so out of place. I was fine when it was the symbolic, I am the father of all quincy thing, but he is so insistent on it for some reason.

I just chalked it up as his God complex getting the better of him at this point.

So glad to see Team Dad, and I'm starting to fear Uryu didn't get a Vollstandig after all. which is a real shame but he's hanging in there at least.

Kyanbu The Legend
05-26-2016, 04:21 PM
New Chapter:

So it's finally explained why he hasn't used Bankai yet. Both Blades must be awake for that to work.

Ichigo's new form from what little we've seen of it so far resembles Zangetsu's fused state. Which is pretty neat but that 1 horn still bugs me

Sithdarth
06-02-2016, 12:43 PM
Well I guess technically this new attack is different then anything Ichigo has done before.

Kyanbu The Legend
06-02-2016, 02:27 PM
Yup and he's still a Shikai to boot. It's nice to see that we've finally came full circle with that.

Still kind of wish he had a second horn though but his full release Shikai(?) is pretty great so far.

Aerozord
06-06-2016, 09:59 PM
Not the best design, but look at it this way, because of how his powers work this likely isn't his final form. Not sure why, with his explanation, it worked like that. Wouldn't quincy power suppress it more? I guess it could be ANY spiritual power awakens it but then why mention specifically soul reaper and hollow powers?

Kyanbu The Legend
06-09-2016, 04:08 PM
New Chapter:

The Almighty apparently does have a draw back as Ywacht seems to be hinting at. Orihime is really hanging in there and Finally we get to see Ichigo's new Bankai next week.

7 days until the true Tensa Zangetsu is unleashed.

Sithdarth
06-10-2016, 10:07 PM
Honestly I'm not sure how much sense it makes for Ichigo to be able to do that. But I guess he technically has all the powers ever so I maybe.

Aerozord
06-14-2016, 11:14 AM
I am not all that excited honestly. So far his powers have always been fairly boring. Just straight up attribute upgrades. When we first saw his bankai it was kinda cool cause it was speed cranked up to 11 but then it got instantly nerfed

Kyanbu The Legend
06-16-2016, 06:06 AM
New Chapter:

Kubo you are a dirty troll. We get to Ichigo's Bankai. And well.... I'll let you see what I mean.

Forget what I've said about Yhwach before...Kubo you screwed up.

phil_
06-16-2016, 11:24 AM
So, The Almighty is also "Remember a trashcan, remember a trashcan."

Arcanum
06-16-2016, 07:18 PM
You know what did this shit a thousand times better? Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Part 3, 5, 6, and 7 all had big bads that used time manipulating or reality altering powers that were stupidly powerful.

So this entire thing just feels like Kubo trying to imitate Jojo, and while I can't really blame him for that since countless other mangas and animes have been influenced by Jojo, I can blame him for handling it so poorly and so blatantly. It just feels like a cheap copy because he ran out of ideas.

phil_
06-17-2016, 12:00 AM
At least "I choose the timelines where what I want to happen happens" is easier to understand than "I skip the cause but keep the effect" in practice.

Sithdarth
06-17-2016, 11:13 AM
I'm like really hoping Kubo has been pulling an epic troll and Orihime is the true protagonist that's going to save everyone. I mean her power was supposed to be about rejecting reality or something so honestly she's the only one that really has a chance anyway.

Aerozord
06-20-2016, 09:11 PM
Actually Kubo himself did this better. Remember the Full Bringer arc and mister, I retroactively set up the battlefield to have traps

However, atleast this is a better "Almighty" power than just seeing the future.

I'm like really hoping Kubo has been pulling an epic troll and Orihime is the true protagonist that's going to save everyone. I mean her power was supposed to be about rejecting reality or something so honestly she's the only one that really has a chance anyway.

I would love this honestly

Arcanum
06-23-2016, 10:27 PM
Sweet mother of fuck what is this chapter? Is this the same Kubo? I feel like normally we'd get that first bit with ichigo as one full chapter, then the bit with Ishida as two chapters (one where Ishida reveals his schrift and uses it, and another that ends in whatshisface reversing it with Balance), and then a fourth chapter of Ichigo getting his ass kicked.

But instead we have this chapter that actually made me enjoy Bleach again (even if just a little).

Makes me a bit sad that next week we'll probably be back to the regular slog.

Kyanbu The Legend
06-24-2016, 12:00 AM
Was also great to finally see that power Uryu got from Ywacht. And it's quite the ability if it hard counters His time powers.

phil_
06-24-2016, 01:32 AM
And it's quite the ability if it hard counters His time powers.I'm gonna have to agree with "The Balance" on this and say naw, it's still useless. To counter an ability that is essentially, "I win," Ishida'd need to get beat up badly enough that reversing his getting beat up would make The Almighty unable to activate his power (and then stab the guy). But, that level of beat-up-itude would necessarily be a level where Ishida can't activate his power, and obviously he can't activate his trap card if he's too beat up to activate it.

Come on, bad end. Let's Narutaru this thing up.

Arcanum
06-25-2016, 11:52 AM
Yeah if Ishida fights Yhwach then one of three things will happen.

1. A stalemate where Yhwach can't see a future where he isn't critically wounded from attacking Ishida, so he just doesn't do it.

2. He picks a future where he instagibs Ishida before he can use Antithesis (like what Phil said)

3. Ishida's schrift has some other ability/affect that lets him counteract The Almighty, like maybe swapping the timeline Yhwach picked with the one they just left behind (essentially restoring what would happen had Yhwach not picked a new timeline). And then it will become a puzzle of figuring out when Yhwach triggers a timeline jump so Ishida can reverse it before someone gets murdered.

Aerozord
06-28-2016, 05:58 PM
Isn't this what Orihime's power was supposed to be?

Sithdarth
06-28-2016, 09:27 PM
Yhwach can change between all the possible futures that he can see.

Ishida can change the past but only via swapping the pasts of two things.

Orihime can straight up reject the present reality and replace it with whatever the heck she wants it to be (or at least that is how I understood her power).

Technically Orihime trumps them all because the changes she can make are limited only by what she can imagine.

Also I just realized Ishida could have totally started an infinite loop between his power and the Balance. He reverses the damage the Balance reflects it back at him twice as hard. He reverses the doubled damage which the Balance reflects back at him twice as hard again. So on and so forth. If he gets lucky and is better at getting beat up than the other guy (and he totally should be) then eventually the damage gets to the point where it instantly kills the Balance dude when it's reflected back to him. At the very least it should get to be enough to incapacitate him before it incapacitates Ishida.

Arcanum
06-30-2016, 05:09 PM
Well I guess magic plot handwave is one way to end all current conflicts.

I feel like Kubo forgot that he had Ichigo and Ishida's dads coming to join the fight.

Sithdarth
06-30-2016, 10:50 PM
I'm not sure I understand the logic of Yhwach's threat. Like he said right before the threat that he was going to basically destroy all of reality so like if that happens no one has a future for him to destroy because there just isn't a future. So like they either sit there and everything gets destroyed, they try to stop him and fail and everything gets destroyed, or they succeed in stopping him and like he's dead or imprisoned or something and can't carry out his threat. Given the nature of his power I don't think they could prevent him from destroying everything without basically removing his power. So it doesn't seem possible to stop him but have him get away with the power to actually carry out the threat.

phil_
07-01-2016, 01:07 AM
Maybe he just had that line practiced out years ago, and now he's reciting it as he planned without thinking, "Wait, the scale of this whole thing has changed tremendously, maybe this doesn't make sense anymore?" Or he considered that, but was like "It's still scary, say it anyway."

Either way, we got a giant skeleton this chapter and stuff happened, so d(0_0 d)

Aerozord
07-05-2016, 12:46 PM
To be fair it was a good line

I think he plans on being in a little pocket dimension of safety from which he will create this new reality. So if they follow him they wont be in the reality thats wiped and thus survive.

Or maybe its a Haruhi thing and the new versions of them will suffer

Kyanbu The Legend
07-07-2016, 10:09 AM
Well New chapter is out and...

Tsukishima and co have arrived, and helped Orihime repair Tensa Zangetsu. Renji Bright slaps Ichigo back to normal. And Uryu got to keep his powers after all along with Anti Thesis.

Also apparently there is only about 4 to 5 chapters left. Chapters 675+ being part of the final volume.

Aerozord
07-11-2016, 03:38 PM
This chapter was so just, like, not bad but not good. I kind of get the feeling alot of this is to be setting up who is going on to the final battle. Because it will have to start next chapter, cause even 5 chapters is short for a final conflict and probably need an epilogue chapter.

Kyanbu The Legend
07-13-2016, 01:27 PM
New chapter:

The wait is over, the ultimate showdown starts now! Aizen VS Yhwach! The clash of gods begins!

...Oh and Ichigo and Renji are here too I guess... And Tensa got broken again though this time not completely. And Uryu's dad is apparently a big fan of the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

phil_
07-13-2016, 06:39 PM
I think this is a new speed record concerning Aizen's fight being forgotten in the space of a single page.

Aerozord
07-20-2016, 09:40 AM
It just feels so much like they keep going "no seriously, Ichigo isn't important". I also found that comment to Aizen "Ichigo beat you", I mean he was more powerful but he didn't really beat him. That was Urahara

Kyanbu The Legend
07-21-2016, 10:58 AM
New Chapter:

So I may have called it. Ywacht is under Aizen's Illusionary control now and may have been this entire time, Aizen also being a god on Ywacht's level (hogoyku) likely helps him counter Almighty. Which means from the looks of it, Ichigo may have very well just showed up at this point in this chapter for all we know. Though the fight's still not over it seems. Ywacht has a healing factor of his own. And things are only getting started.

Aerozord
07-25-2016, 02:37 PM
New Chapter:

So I may have called it. Ywacht is under Aizen's Illusionary control now and may have been this entire time, Aizen also being a god on Ywacht's level (hogoyku) likely helps him counter Almighty. Which means from the looks of it, Ichigo may have very well just showed up at this point in this chapter for all we know. Though the fight's still not over it seems. Ywacht has a healing factor of his own. And things are only getting started.

definitely not over cause then Uryu's plot point would have gone nowhere

phil_
07-26-2016, 02:18 AM
Since when is a plot point going nowhere not an integral part of the Bleach Technicolor Cat Parade?

Aerozord
07-26-2016, 11:12 AM
Since when is a plot point going nowhere not an integral part of the Bleach Technicolor Cat Parade?

normally I'd completely agree, but I dont think even Kubo would introduce a plot point when he knew he had to wrap things up in 8 chapters. I expect alot of stuff to not get resolved, but I dont expect him to introduce anything new unless it will be immediately relevant.

Arcanum
07-26-2016, 07:09 PM
normally I'd completely agree, but I dont think even Kubo would introduce a plot point when he knew he had to wrap things up in 8 chapters. I expect alot of stuff to not get resolved, but I dont expect him to introduce anything new unless it will be immediately relevant.

Man my expectations/standards for Kubo are way lower than yours, because I feel like that's exactly what he would do.

Kyanbu The Legend
07-28-2016, 12:42 PM
Update?

So yeah... this is it. Next week is the final chapter. Apparently Bleach has been Canned. But at least Uryu got to play a key role in beating the villain this time.

I'm content with this arc on the grounds that I was happy to see him do something with the Quincy. Though this arc really could have been handled better. Especially the Quincy abilities.

Making Ywacht a master tactician rather then altering time probably would have been a much more fitting power for the King of all Quincy/1st Quincy.

Well I'm looking forward to next week and his interviews afterwards to get more info on all of the chaos back stage that lead to this becoming the mess it is now.

Arcanum
07-28-2016, 02:58 PM
Though Bleach really could have been handled better.

FTFY

Honestly though, this deadline forcing Kubo to accelerate the plot and shove more content into each chapter has made the past several chapters actually enjoyable, instead of just being loaded with 2-page spreads with nothing happening.

Had Kubo put this much effort into all of Bleach it might've been an amazing manga. Instead, I'm just sitting here glad it's over since I've really only been reading Bleach out of stubbornness to see it through to the end.

phil_
07-29-2016, 12:49 AM
But hey, Aero was right! GG, Aero.

Aerozord
08-03-2016, 06:24 PM
So waiting for the official release to read it but so far, know what. Feels hollow (pun). Like, ok with Aizen, you retrieved the plot device, Ichigo was placed back to that of a human, traitors to the soul society were wiped out, like stuff was done. But with this, you didn't really accomplish anything but defeat an enemy that was introduced this arc. Yea deaths and stuff but not like ones that I, the reader, care about.

Ok I can see the arc itself doing stuff, but defeating the big bad is just, almost incidental. A thing you had to do to advance the story. A box to tick off.

Arcanum
08-03-2016, 06:41 PM
So waiting for the official release to read it but so far, know what. Feels hollow (pun). Like, ok with Aizen, you retrieved the plot device, Ichigo was placed back to that of a human, traitors to the soul society were wiped out, like stuff was done. But with this, you didn't really accomplish anything but defeat an enemy that was introduced this arc. Yea deaths and stuff but not like ones that I, the reader, care about.

Ok I can see the arc itself doing stuff, but defeating the big bad is just, almost incidental. A thing you had to do to advance the story. A box to tick off.

Yeah I agree completely. Which is why I love early Bleach, and will recommend the first season to someone if I think they will remotely like it. But after Aizen, and honestly even leading up to the final showdown with Aizen, the story just takes a massive dive. The Fullbringer arc had potential, but it ended up wasted.

The only reason I say these recent chapters are interesting is in relation to the past several hundred where Kubo just pads out the chapter with two-page spreads, or other nonsense with nothing happening. In the grand scheme of Bleach, these chapters aren't that good.

Kyanbu The Legend
08-04-2016, 10:41 AM
New chapter:

And apparently we're getting one more additional chapter after the one week break plus extra chapter(s?). This week's completely skips the end of that battle and jumps straight into a 10 year time skip. The vizards are alive. Some the Lts are now Captains (including Rukia). Yhach's Reishi is returning (the trap he set I'm assuming) and Ichigo is nowhere to be seen. Same goes for Aizen.

Aerozord
08-08-2016, 03:01 PM
I will wait to pass judgement, I honestly dont know. Knowing its ending soon either there is no suspense or I hope not cause nothing that pops up can have much narrative weight

Also, did something happen to Nemu? What the hell is up with this Yachiru version of her?

Arcanum
08-08-2016, 04:11 PM
I will wait to pass judgement, I honestly dont know. Knowing its ending soon either there is no suspense or I hope not cause nothing that pops up can have much narrative weight

Also, did something happen to Nemu? What the hell is up with this Yachiru version of her?

She got super murdered by the giant hand and kurotsuchi saved her brain to make a new version of her.

Kyanbu The Legend
08-17-2016, 02:04 PM
Final Chapter!

Should be tranlated tommorrow but the spoiler for is out and well I guess you could call the type of ending Kubo went with as one final Troll to the fans. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AndTheAdventureContinues)

Link to Spoiler:
https://dailyanimeart.com/2016/08/17/bleach-686-manga-preview-spoilers/

Also the big Announcement was Bleach: The Live Action Movie. Produced by Warner Bros. Studio. Set to be released in 2018. Make of that what you will.

phil_
08-18-2016, 10:43 AM
And we're free.

Edit: Let me add something to my snark. The whole time I was reading this last chapter, I couldn't stop thinking "This would be more impactful if any of these characters had mattered in a decade. Ichigo included." But, as I think about it more, this whole last arc none of the characters have mattered. And nothing that happened mattered. And, in a way, writing a comic for that long where neither the plot or characters matter is kinda impressive.

Arcanum
08-18-2016, 10:45 AM
Sweet glorious freedom.

Also this ending was trash, but that's pretty much what I expected.

MasterOfMagic
08-18-2016, 07:33 PM
I quit reading a long time ago, checking in on this thread so I'd know when it ended.

I told myself I'd just sit down and read it once it was all through. Looking at the length, I don't know if I even have the energy....

All of you who stuck with it till the end... kubos. Remember those of us that didn't make it....

Arcanum
08-18-2016, 08:23 PM
I quit reading a long time ago, checking in on this thread so I'd know when it ended.

I told myself I'd just sit down and read it once it was all through. Looking at the length, I don't know if I even have the energy....

All of you who stuck with it till the end... kubos. Remember those of us that didn't make it....

You made the right choice. I wish I was as smart as you.

Aerozord
08-22-2016, 05:50 PM
I cant really bring myself to hate it but, it did feel really, like, nothing. Felt more like alot of throw away moments.

I will say after everything, I'd still recommend Bleach. Its quality is front loaded, and wouldn't blame someone for stopping post soul society, but I dont think the last of it ruined the start for me. I think over all I enjoyed the series and the reason so many are so upset isn't because it was bad as much as they remember how good it could be. Which seems par for the course for long running Shonen series

Aerozord
08-26-2016, 10:59 AM
I want to mention this again because it happened last time we did a time skip. Seriously Karin with breasts really throws me off, I spent an unreasonable amount of time trying to figure out who the hell she was

Kyanbu The Legend
08-26-2016, 09:30 PM
Yeah that kind of felt a little sudden. Even for 10 years.

Eh maybe not, that feels about right after giving the chapter another read through.

Kyanbu The Legend
04-27-2017, 10:57 PM
I bet you're all confused as to why a new post appear here. I wanted to share something posted late 2016 that I only just now saw. It... It answered some questions and made me really start to understand that what happened with bleach over the years, may not have been all kubo. The manga industry can be a dark place.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/11/17/bleach-author-shares-emotional-story-of-ending-manga


The amount of work producing a weekly manga series is incredible. Almost literally. It's difficult to imagine laboring health-destroying hours on creating manga almost every day for years. At the same time, the results can be incredibly meaningful to its readers. After finishing Bleach in August, then releasing the final collection this month, author Tite Kubo re-joined Twitter this month. He's used that platform to share a genuinely emotion story of finishing the series.

Translation from Tenshi's Cave:
[Note: Kubo quit twitter once in the past due to certain difficulties, but returned a few weeks ago.]

BLEACH ended 3 months ago. The feeling that there was still something he needed to do, was constantly on his mind. That’s why, firstly, he’d like to use twitter as a platform to say thank you to his readers.

[Left image: Thank you very much]

He managed to write BLEACH for 15 years. He says he managed to write BLEACH’s final chapter the way he had decided to since chapter 1.

This is all thanks to the readers. He has received ten thousands of fan letters over the years. From 3 year old children to 78 year old ladies. He has read and kept every single letter. They helped him push through whenever he felt like giving up.

But his health started deteriorating in the 10th year.

His doctor told him it was just a cold. In the past, he would get better in a day or so. But this suddenly changed. He’d be bedridden for a week. Whenever JUMP Magazine would have a double issue [and therefore be on a break the next week], he’d stay in bed the entire week to rest. But after a while, that stopped working too. Whenever he thought he was better, he’d get a cold again. No matter what he did. It was an endless cycle.

He felt pathetic. He felt he was failing as a mangaka. A mangaka is someone who delivers a manga with a set quality within a set time. So should he really continue the series? Should he stop? But the story is only halfway finished. What should he do? How should he end it? He thought about this every, every, every single day.

But then he got a letter. One letter. It had no name or address on it.

It was from a sick boy. His medicine had stopped working and he was now hospitalized, stuck in bed. He was unable to enjoy anything, because whenever he’d watch TV or play games, he’d be reminded of the times he had spent with his friends. He learned his sickness was incurable. If so, he wanted to die right away. But he was told to please live the days he had left: 18 months.

The boy wrote that he had decided to immerse himself in the world of manga as a way to enjoy his last days. He read various manga and ended up discovering BLEACH. The thought of “wanting to read the next volume of BLEACH” was the first time since his hospitalization that he had thought about “tomorrow”. BLEACH changed his world. BLEACH gave him life again.


The boy had asked this letter to be sent after his death. In other words, the boy has already passed on.

The letter ended with the words: “Kubo-sensei, I have one final request. Please draw BLEACH the way you want to draw it, right until its conclusion. That’s what I want to read.”



Kubo has one request to the people reading his message. He asks for people to help him find out who wrote the letter. He understands this is a difficult and selfish request, however: “I want to express my gratitude towards him. Because, he is unable to read this thank-you manga.”

T/N: I know we can’t help him out because we’re not in Japan, but I felt this story is too beautiful not to be shared.





And a retrospect I found that kind of reminded me how much the writing was on the wall about this series's issues and problems Kubo had with the editors.

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