Filler? I don't even know 'er! aka the fuck-Bleach [SPOILERS] megathread!

[Kim]

Well, actually, the reason that this might not be the final showdown is the "This is what happens in shonen" reason. AKA something might happen so Kubo can drag this out even longer.

[01d55]

Originally Posted by NonCon

Well, actually, the reason that this might not be the final showdown is the "This is what happens in shonen" reason. AKA something might happen so Kubo can drag this out even longer.

Aizen's next step is to kill everyone Ichigo knows and who lives near where Ichigo lives. Ichigo's entire motivation is to Protect His Own because that is the Shonen Protagonist's motivation and what the Shonen Protagonist achieves. Therefore Aizen will not get to his next step, i.e. will lose.

Hypothetically Ichigo could lose and then just before Aizen gets back, the King of Soul Society opens up his realm from the inside and sends out the Zero Squad and THEY stop Aizen, but that would defy an essential element of What Happens in Shonen: It is the protagonist, and no one else, who ends the threat.

If Tite Kubo wants more chapters, that's what flash back is for. We are definitely going to get a flashback to Ichigo's Inner World. Possibly there will be maudlin flashbacks for all of Ichigo's friends lest we forget for even one moment what Ichigo, The Shonen Protagonist, is Fighting For: Exactly the same goddamn thing every other Shonen Protagonist is fighting for. In this scenario Orihime's flashback is the final and most maudlin flashback, because hey why not throw in some Power of Love, it's not like women have anything else to contribute to The Shonen Plot!

[Lithp]

it's not like women have anything else to contribute to The Shonen Plot!

But Orihime is one of the few female characters who don't contribute to a major battle.

[Aerozord]

So whats everyone's opinion of Ichigo completely subscribing to the Kenpachi school of fighting now?

[Donomni]

I'm still trying to get my head around it, but I guess he just traded his SORD LASR and any possible kidou or other not-pure-swordy-and-punchy-prowess to become Bleach's Rock Lee(Or maybe Might Guy, considering Kenpachi knows dick about his sword beyond the fact that it stabs things)?

I will say the results are fucking awesome, though. Loved that blade catching bit: payback for Soul Society.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Given that he couldn't control it much to begin with. I guess It made sense to just trade it all for raw power. It payed off at the least though I will miss Getsuga tenshou if he can't do that anymore.

Kenpatchi's going to foam out when he sees Ichigo now. I wonder if tite's going to pass this discard for max of the opposite power bit around should Bleach gain another threat.

[Sithdarth]

I think Ichigo made it pretty clear whatever the heck he did it wasn't what Aizen thought he did.

[Arcanum]

The only thing that would have made this chapter better is if Ichigo had literally flipped Aizen the bird.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

That would have made my day.

[Sithdarth]

I just realized that this chapter totally explains Isshin's finger flick of doom from his fight with Aizen.