Episode 159 Discussion Thread

[monir]

Holy cow! Shouldn't have read this week's episode title for it gives away the main event of this episode. The animators better capture the mood. It's not everyday....... well, not that I'm going to be... I mean, it's a pure shounen series where no one..... Darn it. I can't say anything without spoiling something.

Good morning everyone! How about them Giants, eh?

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[Abel-kun]

cant wait shuld be very good ep and your rite they better do this ep rite

[Scep]

Originally Posted by monir

I mean, it's a pure shounen series where no one..... Darn it. I can't say anything without spoiling something.

And so you say you dont want to spoil, but the moment i read that sentence, i could guess what the episode title said haha.

Well, aside from that, seeing that i doubt chad will drag on for more than half of the episode against an espada, i think it should be interesting that we will see the closure of the rukia vs arronerio fight. I'm just wondering how long rukia can last against arronerio... or maybe through some bizarre plot twist... how long arronerio can last against rukia bankai anyone?

Spoiler for From the preview of the previous episode....:

It seems that renji's fight is starting too. Somehow i suspect he's not fighting the weakling privaron espadas, or we would have been told earlier. Then again... Renji whose unsaid character rule is that he can never win a fight.... I'm skeptical how long he can last against an espada level opponent

[kissthestick]

Orihime's slap is even better in animated form, nice and quick heheh

[The Chaos]

Finally Real Espada Fight..I Think It Gonna be Good Ep..

[King Lycan]

cant wait to see uli

[Kakashi]

yep cant wait. bleach hasnt let us down yet

[monir]

Originally Posted by sceptileex

And so you say you dont want to spoil, but the moment i read that sentence, i could guess what the episode title said haha.

I swear it wasn't my intention but I guess I didn't account for all the experienced shounen series viewers who have, well, enjoyed their fair share of shounen series, and the all so typical "twist and turns" that tend to happen, and then those twist and turns turn out to be nothing but fallacy after 10-15 episodes down into the series. Hey, I now can thank you for easing my burden of knowing by spoiling yourself as well. At least, now I'll have someone with me who will be sharing my pain of knowing.

[lequory]

"Yasutora Sado dies! Orihime's Tears"
"Sado Yasutora shisu! Orihime no namida" (茶渡泰虎死す！織姫の涙)

Seems I latched onto the translated exactly when it was released because there weren't 10's of thousands of people gettin it for once.

The rukia fight is not going to finished in this episode as suggested beforehand. It was an alright episode but theres going to be alot of skipping around to bits and pieces of the fights for a good while now. Szayel looks like a pevert and frankly because i know whats going on with that fight I am not interested in it. I want to see some more Ichigo action which I hope will happen after the Rukia fight.

Guess we'll be waiting a few hours before a real discussion actually happens.

[Jerseykid]

Did they do a focus group of japanese anime fans and find that they like serious situations being ruined by stupid characters?

[FlareKnight]

Well Renji is in deep....Guy's bankai gets blown away in one moment. How the heck he is even going to fight for more than 2 minutes much less win is beyond me. Looks like we've got the espada version of Mayuri. With him doing research on spirit based weapons almost expected Ishida to get this guy.

Sado got owned. Looks like the enemies aren't the only ones who just leave opponents injured but alive. Luckily Sado isn't interesting enough for the guy to go and kill him.

Nice slap Inoue. Probably didn't hurt at all. But it's the thought that counts.

Have to say it's pretty annoying with those hollow side-kicks. What did Renji and Ishida do to deserve this anyways?

[WONDERMIKE]

i think i heard tesla's seiyu somewhere else hmm, anyway, good choice oh, and Orihime did the "what did the 5 finger say to the face" joke n1

Originally Posted by Jerseykid

Did they do a focus group of japanese anime fans and find that they like serious situations being ruined by stupid characters?

nothing new, remember the scenes on the bridge(ichigo + rukia quarrel next to byakuya,ukitake,...) or the goofy rukia throwing at sogyouku hill right next to all the captains including old yama-ji... but i have to admit that dondochakka is a let down, peshe/nell are way better at their sidekick-performance

[Jays]

Originally Posted by WONDERMIKE

i think i heard tesla's seiyu somewhere else hmm

He's the seiyu for Graham Aker of Gundam 00; that was the first thing that struck me about this boring episode, and probably the last thing I'll remember.

Bleach got caught with it's pants down, metaphoricaly speaking. They streached and added way too many of the comedic moments. At first I found the Pesche moments funny, with him mistaking Ishida for Ichigo, but now it's just terribly annoying. The entire episode was a write off as far as I'm concerned. To much cutting and stalling.

The next episode, for myself is personally the best manga chapter in Hueco Mundo arc. Suffice to say I expect perfection from it, if not, I'm gonna be hella pissed.

[EoT]

This episode was mainly buildup for all the fight scenes.. which i thought would of been this episode but oh well.

Wasn't too bad overall.

[Shiryuu]

Orihime probably broke her hand when she slapped Ulq.

[jamerican]

I for one am itching for more Orihime and Uliquora, Their interaction and relationship with each other has caught my interest...The "slap" made me question what was going on in his mind...Why did he not strike back? Did he think he would kill her if he did? Why was he so passive afterwards? So many questions I want answered ...If you look back at Episode 150 after their exchange, Uli begins to think to himself ending up calling her a "Stong-willed woman"...I want more!!

[Jingjong]

Best scene is the Tesla and Noitra interaction. I really dig Noitra's voice.

[Ichimaru]

did you guys noticed the diff in HM?

outside the buildin is darkness, inside has light but enoues room has dark light

whats the possibility the main hideabouts is outside the buildin?

[ILikeSquiReLz]

Ulq’s demeanor and logic was pure. The man or Arancar in this case is a saint... on an opposite light. The speech a powerful and cold poetry and I must say it was enough to knock out old Grimmy from #1 spot on the race for Arancar MVP. (Still looking forward to seeing Stark in lazy action though)

Sadly points were stolen from Ulq by the slap of Bleach century. Although it more than likely hurt her more than it actually hurt him it was enough to stop the current Arancar MVP from speaking his innocent yet perverse views.

Honorable mentions for this episode is Noi who seems to be the long lost brother of Ken-Chan separated at birth one to spend a life of hell and the other a saint to man. Ken-Chan a saint?

A lot of flashbacks but aside the unnecessary small inconveniences I like the episode.

[Sauzer]

I can only say one thing: "So it begins.."