Bleach Club

[Xeim]

Pardon my inactivity in the club. I just haven't had a lot to say in regards to the series lately. It's mostly been moving too slow...but I still refuse to read the manga. Ulquiorra's still super awesome. And my favorite arrancar.

To get a little discussion here, and it's pretty general/minor, but related to arrancar, so I'll still put it in spoiler tags:

SPOILER!!:

Remember when Grimmjow said that Ulquiorra...."punches" (I don't know what you'd call it, but that thing he does where he sticks his hand...inside you. o_O) people right where his "hole" is? And how he doesn't know if he's conscious of it or not?

Well, in a flashback, they show that Grimmjow does the same thing. He "punches" Ichigo right where HIS hole is. Do you think its just the two of them, or all arrancar? And why would they do tihs in the first place? Insecurity?

In other news, I'm reverting back to the old way of counting posts. In fact, I'm even simplifying it to the point where I use the number that the link under the "posts" column gives you in the "Club section" page. I don't have time to do it any other way at this point, and this just makes it easier on everyone. I'll post the data up in the club next time I'm around.

Truthfully, the other method was just an attempt to get someone to rejoin the club- he said he would if I did this. But..he never showed, and I'm not going to stress myself (And the other captains/vice captains) out for his sake anymore. o_O

I'll be sticking with the "25 posts" to get out of the academy, however, and making the number to become vice-captain 50. The first post will reflect this information, so check it out soon.

That's all for now.

--Xeim--

[OmniTense]

Yes, Xeim. You've been very naughty. Leaving us to our own devices like that. Shame.

As far as Memories of a Nobody... Damn...I'll have to track down a theater, now. I imagine they'll have it playing here, being the second biggest city in Kentucky...which is...small.

I would've loved to have seen Knocking On Heaven's Door at a theater. I would've paid an actual ticket price and been happy for that.

At any rate, I imagine they'll extend the same privilege to Diamond Dust Rebellion, if there is any success with MoaN.

Progress in the RP, yay! ^^. I'm still waiting...I stopped posting because I honestly don't think I can squeeze anymore filler out of my character and I still haven't figured out why I'm saying all this in the club thread and not the OOC thread ><. Prolly cause I'm lazy.

Love,
-Sin

[Andromeda]

Yeah, I unfortunately doubt I will be able to see it in my town. I'll have to go to Chicago if I want to see which is a long trip just to see Bleach. If gas wasn't so high. I would do it. I was fortunate enough to see Cowboy Bebop the Movie in theaters since I was still in Chicago when it was released and only a single theater in all of the Chicago had it. It was some small privately owned on that probably showed a lot of older movies and pop cult movies. They did not really do main stream, which is probably why an anime movie showed up there. They'll probably have Bleach. But I won't be able to go see it unless it happens when my sister graduates. In which I will be in Chicago. I hope the stars align for that, pretty sad of me. ^^; I just want to see Bleach on the big screen. ; ;

I just wish it would get the big release that Yu-gi-oh the movie and Spirited Away got. I still can't be that Yu-gi-oh the movie got such a big release. Though it is the next big thing against Pokemon. Oh well, and Bleach is popular, but not so insanely popular that ten million scream eight year olds would go see it. But I went to go see Yu-gi-oh -_-.

Oh and the Ichigo and Byakuya fight is starting up finally on AS. They got through the Yoruichi and Soifon fight and flashback. I can't wait until next week to see the two of them battling it out and Bankai action. ^^ It was cool to see Ichigo blow away Byakuya's Shikai with his finally named attack. And he actually explained his Zanpukto's ability. Zangetsu apparently absorbs Ichigo's spirit energy allowing it to unleash a highly compressed attack. That probably explains a couple things. It sounds like that is what that one ability does, but it also sounds like that is what the special ability that the Shikai form has. Which finally makes more than just a simple weapon that is not really anything special aside from being a really huge meat cleaver.

It was cool to see Yoruichi completely dominate Soifon in every way. She was just far better than her even after all this time. Though I would like to know where Yoruichi's Zanpukto is. I've heard that it is claimed or rumored that Soifon holds her Zanpukto. But that does not really make a lot of sense to me. And Urahara still has his Zanpukto so I don't really see why Yoruichi would not have her's with her. Yoruichi is definitely powerful without it, but one can only imagine what she would be like with one in her hands.

[OmniTense]

Well, AS just showed Ichigo and Byakuya fight. We're about halfway done. It was nice to see it in English dubs. It's been so long I almost forgot what the English dubs sounded like. They're okay with me. I really love Urahara and Gin's voices. But then Gin and Urahara's Japanese voices are also excellent. It's nice to have a choice and go back and forth between them. Just wish they weren't about 100 episodes behind. ><

Anyway. I really think the fight between Byakuya and Ichigo rates as the third greatest fight scene. Below Darth Maul/Obi/Qui Gon battle and Bruce Lee Vs Han in Enter the Dragon. Slightly above James Bond Vs. Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun..

Pffft... I digressed... Anyway, it's a cool fight.

EDIT:

P.S.

My sister just sent me a link for an AMV she made. She did a character theme amv for Byakuya. She even used one of my favorite bands. Although I have to admit I'm not a big Byakuya fan(She's not either, I don't think).

Either way, I thought I'd post it here:




-Sin

[Evangel]

Sin, I experienced that too. After months of watching Japanese dubs, I forgot how the English dubs sounded and it totally hit me like "Woah, what a difference!"

I place the Ichigo v. Byakuya fight under:

1) Obi-Wan Kenobi v. Anakin Skywalker a.k.a. Darth Vader (Star Wars Episode III: RoTS)
2) Jean Claude Van-Dam(SP?) v. the Mongolian (The Quest)
3) Ichigo v. Byakuya

[Rasler]

Ulquiorra's finally back in the manga. Christ, he was gone for like 30 chapters.

The scanslated Bleach manga has hit an interesting patch of filler. Yes, filler. IN A MANGA! It's revealing the events 100 years prior to the beginning of the series. Aizen's still a lieutenant, Urahara's new on the job, and Yoruichi is still a captain.

EIGHT captains had been replaced during the hundred years between the filler and the beginning of the series.


Oh, and the anime's back from vacation with the continuation of Ichigo vs Grimmjow: fight 3. Grimmjow has finally released his zanpakuto. Suprisingly, he loses his trademark jaw-mask fragment during his transformation.


That's all I have for now. Studies and such. Tests, tests, and more tests. Plus a job.

[Andromeda]

Well it is appearing in the manga so can you really call it a filler. At least in the terms of anime filler is a period of time in the series that is not canon. Since it is appearing in the manga it is canon. It is not like Tite has not gone and done something random in the middle of his arcs before. There were two pit stops the made back to the real world during the Soul Society arc.

Though what has me puzzled is how can be a hundred years ago and Urahara and Yoruichi are still around. Last I checked they left the Soul Society a hundred years ago. I know that Soifon made mention that it has been a hundred years since Yoruichi has been gone. So that does not make any sense.

[Xeim]

I was at a friend's house last night. She watches anime on Cartoon Network. xD So, I actually watched an episode of English Dubs! It wasn't as horrid as I thought it'd be. =O Ichigo and Byakuya's voices weren't half bad. Though, it was REALLY weird hearing Orihime calling Ichigo "Ichigo" instead of "Kurosaki-kun." Obviously, it'd be weird if she DID call him that, but....you know, it's first time I've ever heard "Ichigo" come out of her mouth. xD

Also...Hitsugaya's voice disgusts me. O_O It makes him sound too...old. He's supposed to sound like a mature, arrogant boy. Not...an adult. o_O

Anyway, I'm proud of myself for sitting through the whole thing. =P Well, it WAS the end of the Ichigo vs. Byakuya fight. It'd be good even without dialouge. Which, is actually how i first watched it. Huh. o_O

Moving on...Urahara and Yourichi could definately still be around a hundred years ago. After all, that's probably only an approximate date. And, even if it isn't, years are 365 days long. They still could have been around for some of it and left near the end. ^^;

--Xeim--

[Andromeda]

Well the other problem is that he said that Urahara is new on the job, while being a little vague. It sounds like he is saying that Urahara just became a Captain or just became a shinigami, one of the two. And somehow I doubt Urahara got kicked out of the Soul Society for his misdeed all in a year of being made Captain. He has been a shinigami for a while long enough to understand things well enough to train Ichigo. So that is what really do not make any sense at all.

And the fight with Ichigo and Byakuya is finally over. It was funny hearing them say their full names over and over again. I don't know why they do that, but it just sounded a little redundant and weird to be doing. But the fight was still really fun to watch. Though without the incantation Byakuya still packs a lot of power into his spells, though it was at point blank range. Then you got to see Hollow Ichigo make an appearance and hear him. It was wanting to hear him so more and see if they were going to change his voice a little. They did somewhat, but it was more or less still the same. Though for the two hits that Hollow Ichigo made on Byakuya I'm a little surprised that it took that huge a toll on him. Ichigo was in worse shape with his body breaking down on him. Though after that he seemed to get some strength back.

It is funny though that for all of the putting everything into the last attack Byakuya still had enough to flash step away after it was all done. I can understand wanting him out quickly, but I think it would have been better to see him walk away stumbling a little. He looks like won the way he left even though his sword was broken. That was what was so weird about it. Ichigo pretty much lost while winning by a default. It sort of reminds me of the fight with Kenpachi which pretty much ended in an almost exact same manner.

But it ends with Hitsugaya and Matsumoto entering the main chambers of the Central 46. I figure that 46 has some significance, but it is still a very odd number to pick. It probably has some meaning to the Japanese in mythology or something or other. But I can't wait for the next episode. We are closing in on the end and coming to the Bount Arc. I can't wait.

[LocoColt04]

46 falls into the category of the fourth pinnacle:

Fourth Pinnacle...9
With the fourth pinnacle showing the number 9, your work in the latter part of life will tend to be more philanthropic, allowing you to give much more of yourself, and if your financial circumstances permit, your assets, to causes that benefit mankind. Certainly, you have a more caring attitude now than in earlier times of your life.

SOURCE: http://www.astrology-numerology.com/num-pinnacles.html

I wonder if this could have some significance regarding the upcoming storyline?

Also, HAI GUYZ, I LIEK BLEECH

I've been staring at this club for months. I think the only thing that kept me from joining when it was first put up was the fact that I didn't feel my knowledge of Bleach would be comparable. I still miss a few episodes here and there, and don't have the manga (although... a buddy of mine does and I'm going to visit him later this week... I'll need something to do while he's in class), so I figured I was a bit more out of the loop than the majority.

[Govinda]

Right. I'm giving in. Every time I read this thread I want to comment on something, so I'm giving myself licence to by asking if I could possibly join. I started watching Bleach to understand anime and the show's title, but once I got a bit into it and everything started hitting the fan in the latest arc, I took the time to go back and understand the rest of what was going on, just so that I could properly appreciate the pain of Ichigo and Team Dressing Gowns (yes, I know they're hakamas or kimonos or something, but I like to think they're housecoats )

Ichigo vs. Byakuya = v cool. Mostly for the inane dialogue and the explosions. Could do with cutting out the conversation though. To illustrate: imagine the following is taking place outside of a pub.

Man One comes out, 'You, Man Two, you were hitting on my girl!'

'No I was not, Man One! Shall we have to fight to resolve this?'

'I will not let you hit on my girl, Man Two,' says Man One in a low voice. 'You cannot possibly hope to stand up against my broken beer bottle, Man Two.'

'Oh, Man One, I think you'll find I've changed...'

'Very well, Man Two. I will kick you now and you will fall over for sure. And then we shall discuss the philosophy of family and relationships for a while, dig?'

'Oh, I dig, Mr. Man One.....now taste my foot as I am about to kick you!'


I don't hate Bleach, not at all. I find it interesting. But I warn you, I do like to poke fun at it a lot.

Re. English Dubs: Well.

Hitsugaya sounds like he's going through a midlife crisis. Rukia's voice grates on me. I really like Yoruichi and Urahara's voices, though.


...wow, that post was long. So yeah. I'll keep my comments in until someone issues a Yay Heather or a Nay Heather.

Cheers loves, cheerybye.

[Andromeda]

Your knowledge can't be any worse off than mine. I only watch the Adult Swim episodes of Bleach. So if you do that you are in my boat. Most of the people here do watch it as it comes out in Japan, but I'm pretty sure that there was at least at some point someone else besides me that watched the Adult Swim episodes only. Either way, there is plenty of material on the show on Wikipedia if you want to brush up on your Bleach knowledge. I do that fairly often which gives me a more equal footing with the rest around here. Though I still am over a hundred episodes behind them.

On that note I was looking at the Bleach wikipedia page today to see how many episodes of the Soul Society arc we had left. I thought it was longer, but either way. I noticed that the new filler arc with the new Captain is starting up in like two weeks or so. So I am wondering how long that is going to last seeing as they need to give Tite more time to get out ahead of the anime. I would have thought that they would have planned it a little better though seeing as stopping in the middle of the arc is a little awkward. They should have just stopped before the Heuco Mondo arc started up knowing that they would be getting close to Tite.

[Xeim]

Welcome Gov, Loco. I'll put you two on the list immediately. And no worries about knowledge. As long as you like/love Bleach, you're welcome in the club.

Andro: Bleach has left a few loose ends and questions here and there. I think we should probably assume that it's an approximate measure of time. It could really be closer to 150 years ago. I think 50 years as a shinigami is a pretty long time. However, when you've lived much, much longer, you'd probably tend to round it to the nearest hundred. xD

And ah, I forgot to comment on the Hollow's english voice. I hate it. We'll leave it at that before a rant comes on.

As for going into filler mid-arc...they may not have figured out they were too close in time and went into the Hueco Mundo arc....then figured it out. Now, they also may have wnated to keep Ichigo out of this arc with the captain. The only realistic way to do this (since I think they go back to soul society for a while after Hueco Mundo? maybe?) is to do it while Ichigo's preoccupied in Hueco Mundo.

I don't know. It really does seem quite strange. Besides....I didn't really think they were that close anyway..? The minds of anime writers never cease to confuse me. They're pulling some pretty wacky tricks these days...

Random note: A song just came on where Hitsugaya's japanese voice actress (Romi Paku!) sings. =P

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Rankings.

First Division

1st Division Captain:

Xeim- 246

1st Division Vice-Captain: Andromeda-146


1st Division members:

3rd Seat: Evangel- 34
4th Seat: Jenova33- 11<