Bleach Discussion 0: Quinzis and the Hollowcaust

[Tokoro Ataru]

Do you know how annoying (and somewhat insane in a bad/good way) having two master planners trying to outplan each other in a cosmic chess game would be? Heck, it would be even funnier if two other characters were controlling Aizen and Urahara in said chess game with them as the "kings": Urahara the "(glossy) black" side, Aizen the "(Klan) white" side.

[Sonic Youth]

In the last chapter it will be revealed the real mastermind was Ichigo all along. He was just playing a part of the game, before revealing himself as the Soul Kings son. Everything Aizen and Urahara have done played right into his hand.

[Pookiez]

Did someone say Soul King??

Spoiler:

[ponx]

Did someone say Soul King??

Spoiler:

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/3d565205.jpg

LOL. I totally did not see that coming

[Silverblade]

You could say the fake exscellence of the unexpected plot twists and elaborate mind games of this manga, as well as Kubo revelling in it, are a part of its wrong charm.

Silv,

your avvie is scaring me a bit. Maybe a lot.

Don not step into the pony's den, Silence. Run.

[Sonic Youth]

I tried something out but it came out a complete failure. With Blackbeard as Azien and Lafitte as Gin, but it wasn't that fun,
or that great. But you guys can have a look at what I managed to do before I gave up this idea...

Spoiler:

[No Maam]

I dunno, it seems pretty good.

Only BB looks a bit iffy :P

[Sniper King]

In the last chapter it will be revealed the real mastermind was Ichigo all along. He was just playing a part of the game, before revealing himself as the Soul Kings son. Everything Aizen and Urahara have done played right into his hand.

Haha, my original plans for my comic were to make Galactose the Big Bad, and not Nexus.
Actually, it was more of a joke idea...
A funny alt. ending that'd be!

[GypsyCarts]

In the last chapter it will be revealed the real mastermind was Ichigo all along. He was just playing a part of the game, before revealing himself as the Soul Kings son. Everything Aizen and Urahara have done played right into his hand.

Come on, Ichigo! You didn't make good grades for nothing! BE A MASTERMIND, YOU FOOL.

[Gliblord]

Ichigo doesn't have the presence to pull that off. Any believable villainous mastermind has to dress like... well, like Aizen does.

[Sniper King]

Ichigo doesn't have the presence to pull that off. Any believable villainous mastermind has to dress like... well, like Aizen does.

Yeah, but Ichigo is covered in black, and out previous villain, Aizen was covered in white. This means that Kubo will make an inverted type thing. It will be a contrast to show that black is now evil, and Aizen (white) will be released so that he can stop Ichigo!

[loledinmypants]

Ichigo doesn't have the presence to pull that off. Any believable villainous mastermind has to dress like... well, like Aizen does.

Would this imply Uryu to be the better candidate? With how he dresses and how the anime shorts like to joke about his self-made Quincy outfits....

However the truth is that neither Ichigo nor Uryu will be the final mastermind. That place will go to Keigo.

[Chopperrules]

Anyone have any opinions on the anime filler?

I must admit that for only three episodes, things are moving at a much faster pace than usual Bleach anything. Certainly faster than the Bount arc and Amagai arc, and probably even faster than the Zanpakuto Rebellion.

I judge anything Bleach based on what Bleach is - every single arc, filler or not, is about protecting Soul Society and the World of the Living. That aside, what this arc is offering seems pretty interesting. The villain is good, his powers are very unique (the power to cut the time it takes the enemy to attack you out?) and Ichigo losing his powers are very well played here and realistic.

My only real complaint is that this arc features everyone and their grandmas, but it looks like Hinamori will get the cut once again because of Aizen. Oh well, at least Kenpachi, Byakuya and Mayuri will get some attention. And seeing as there is a fake Kenpachi stronger than the original... expect hell to break loose.

[Cyan D. Funk]

From what I've seen of Bleach fillers, it's far better than canon Bleach.

That's not very hard to pull off, though.

[Gliblord]

Another reason the anime is generally superior: the jokes in the manga have gotten pretty bad and forced. Giving Ichigo cartoony eyes is not enough, Kubo, and having two hotheads bicker is more annoying than it is amusing. Whereas the anime takes the character's quirky personalities and riff on them to genuinely comical effect.

[Chopperrules]

Another reason the anime is generally superior: the jokes in the manga have gotten pretty bad and forced. Giving Ichigo cartoony eyes is not enough, Kubo, and having two hotheads bicker is more annoying than it is amusing. Whereas the anime takes the character's quirky personalities and riff on them to genuinely comical effect.

I have to agree with this.

Take Ichigo for example. In my eyes, I like him as a character more in the anime version than in the manga. Yeah, it's obvious the anime is based on the manga so the nonsense involved with him is carried over as well, but he seems to have much more of a personality in the anime, especially the filler.

[Gliblord]

Not only that, but in the filler arcs things happen. It's really sad when it feels like the characters go through more character development in arcs that are ultimately restricted to upholding the status quo, than in the source material where Kubo ostensibly has the freedom to take his characters wherever he likes.

[The Daz]

I would actually watch Bleach: The filler series based on these ideas. Which just once again goes to show that Bleach would kick ass as a gag manga where peoples personalities didn't vanish whenever we enemy #100X turns up.

Toeified titles of Bleach episodes I'd love to watch:

Soul society fashion show! Aizen is the judge?!

Byakuyas crippling addiction! The threat of starbucks

A dangerous dream! Yammys drivers license

[Sonic Youth]

Behind the curtains of time! Ichigo makes a cake.

[Kareem Said]

Bleach as a gag manga. Got to say it would be better than the trainwreck we actually have before us.