2012-08-23, 10:46 | Link #402 | |
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Conclusion: Kenpachi is hiding copious amounts of super glue under this sleeves and has a weird habit of patching up his victims |
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2012-08-23, 13:00 | Link #404 | |
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2012-08-23, 14:38 | Link #405 | |
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I don't like them USING the bankai either, they should just steal or seal them or something, but I VERY much enjoy them using the badges, i.e. GADGETS, to fight instead of random bullcrap powers like TURNING INTO AN APE and all that that has nothing to do with being a Quincy. Using the badge at least goes back to the roots we know of Quincy being prepared via supernatural type gadgets to help them in battle. Kinda sad it was a one-hit kill on the OVERKILL though =[. It'd be epic if he fought abck and actually brought Yamamoto into a corner/tough spot. That would justify the Royal Guard/Squad 0 showing up later if Yama couldn't beat someone so far down (not that the order of letters MEANS anything in terms of strength, it's just their abilities...but you get me)./ |
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2012-08-24, 03:27 | Link #408 | |
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It's a cowardly way of writing; oh I need to kill of one of my characters, but I don't want to make a popular one go just yet, oh I know, I'll just take this one that no one care about, kill him off and then explain to everyone how cool and awesome he REALLY was, yeah!
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2012-08-24, 10:48 | Link #411 | |
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What I don't like is giving flashbacks about characters that are no longer of any value. Who honestly EVER cared about the vice captain of the captain commander at ANY point?
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2012-08-24, 12:43 | Link #412 |
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A gadget that can steal bankai and use it afterward? why only bankai? how does it actually work? can the captain lied and said his bankai is his shikai instead? would the gadget work on that scenario?
The thought of this stealing bankai with a gadget is just ridiculous, how the hell a captain whose bankai already stolen can still use his shikai? A zanpakuto who lost its soul supposed to be only a mere sword.. Terribly writing and idea.. losing to a gadget?? pathetic.. |
2012-08-24, 13:21 | Link #413 |
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exactly. and just imagine how cool it would have been if we had known about this flashback way back during the SS arc or even later but back then would have been best. then sasakibe although apparently weak, would at least have had a character trait and an underlying badassness to him. instead he was totally flat and boring and when he died I didn't even know his name. I know his name postmortem... that only works in stories where a character dies and then we see their life and how it led up to that point like in American Beauty. But the difference is that sasakibe's life that we saw wasn't interesting and the whole pride issue feels like a total retcon. it's typical of kubo not planning anything out and as usual it hurts the overall story no matter how good this particular chapter is
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2012-08-24, 16:01 | Link #414 | |
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For starters you can take out the part where he gets ONE SHOTTED by a barehanded ichigo; instead he could have been the only VC to remain standing and unphased by ichigo's surprise assault and and comments from ichgio could have hinted to the idea that he was much stronger than other Vice Captains. I mean really, unohana hasn't even done anything and yet everyone is under the impression that she's a badass; their are ways to hype someone up with out having to give them a lot of time. In addition to that, he should have been given atleast one awesome fight... like how about instead of Yamaji taking out the chimera beast that took out all the Vice captains during the espada Battle, maybe Sasakibe could have done it; why should the captain commander have to deal with such a lowly beast when his VC can do it... after seeing the creature rip through VC's like they were nothing it would say A LOT for Sasakibe's strength if he were to pull something like that. This wouldn't have taken more than a chapter or two Or maybe he could have been given something important to do... For instance, Like instead of Kubo completely WASTING yammy, mister zero espada, on a fight we never even get to see he could have given him something more meaningful to do; Aizen could have decided to send Yammy to SS to rampage to help make sure one or two captains would remain behind in SS so they could not join the battle. However, Yammaji, knowing that SS would be virtually defenseless against a major attack with all of the Captains and VC's away, decided to leave someone behind as a last line of defense; Sasakibe. Aizen would scoff at this decision but we would find out that he was more than enough for the job... hell maybe we don't even get to see the whole fight, just the end where Yammy lies dead and smoldering while Sasakibe, in torn clothing relaxes with some tea. Afterall if Kubo is just gonna throw yammy away, he might aswell do something meaningful with his carcass and actually build up some hype for a different character. It varies how much time this would take as it depends on how much you would want to show... There are just so many places where he could have been given a fight, or given chances to hint at his true strength, some simple and some more complex; fans would have speculated endlessesly on how strong he could be and he would have probably even gotten a little fan base of his own... All in all, when he died his death would have actually have carried some weight, and this flashback would have a bit more meaning to the readers
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2012-08-24, 20:38 | Link #415 |
Princess or Plunderer?
Join Date: May 2009
Location: the Philippines
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There are many things that could have made Bleach better... and the very first thing is turning it into a light novel. In my opinion, Kubo might have written a better Bleach as a light novel as he can handle settings and characterization better that way. Plus, he has shown that he can be poetic if he was given a chance to.
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2012-08-25, 13:29 | Link #416 |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Japan/Canada
Age: 39
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Not sure if this has been mentioned before or if anyone cares, but I was studying up on some German today and the suffix "ritter" means "Knight".
So perhaps further proof that the sternritters are supposed to be German?
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2012-08-25, 23:38 | Link #417 |
kanpai!
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I think it's just their theme(like the spanish hollow and arrancar stuff), I think it started with Uryu's seele schneider, which is german too and means soul cutter
btw, the Bounto also had some german words to say, the funniest part must have been when one Bounto made a doll in iPod-Bounto's flashback Kariya did very well though when he released his power using a german spell right before the final fight, a bit rammstein-esque but not bad
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