Bleach Episode 291 Discussion Thread

[Mr.Amazing]

I love how Hisagi gets him Tosen: Sword into the head, then release! Hisagi will make an awesome captain one day.

[Fran~]

yup... even Kira has his cool moments, against one of Barragan's Fraccion.

[Kafriel]

Originally Posted by dragonmeister

However, there was something that confused me - Myo'o (Komamura's bankai) just seemed to disappear in the middle of the fight (although that just might be me missing something important)

Komamura dispelled his bankai when he struck TOusen down to the ground and broke part of his mask; he thought the battle was over at that point.

Originally Posted by Murasaki

OP13 is "Ranbu no Melody (乱舞のメロディ; Melody of the Wild Dance)" which is sung by SID.
ED25 will be called "Last Moment" which will be sung by SPYAIR, and Jump magazine seems to have confirmed it will start on October 12th (episode 292).

I hope the new ED lives up to the previous ones, the last few have been surprisingly good.

Originally Posted by MisterJB

Last episode:
"Aizen, you can't defeat me because you don't know what my zanpakuto can do. Go, Sakanade!"

This episode:
"Ok, let me now explain how my shikai works..."

This was indeed pretty funny, Shinji should have just hacked and slashed, and tell him how it all works right before Aizen draws his final breath

Originally Posted by Fran~

yup... even Kira has his cool moments, against one of Barragan's Fraccion.

What is Kira doing anyway?

So, I finally caught up with a month and some of bleach! Gotta say, it was half-interesting half-boring, the boring part adhering to the repeated flashbacks. The omakes were pretty funny though, I hope they keep it up~

[Fran~]

Originally Posted by Kafriel

What is Kira doing anyway?

He was seeing doing his laundry...

[MisterJB]

Well, he does have an unconscious Matsumoto laying next to him...

So, he is healing her. Oh, and Hinamori too.

[Mr. DJ]

yes, "healing"

[Hunter6VI6]

Originally Posted by DjTrizz

yes, "healing"

Healing it is.

[Gin]

Originally Posted by DjTrizz

yes, "healing"

Kira is healing Matsumoto Mayuri style

[Uchiha Soul]

Tousen died. God, what a tragedy death .. his death was terrible, the explosion was awful

Im not sure if Aizen killed him or his body just exploded by itself .. there was no sign for kido or any other attacks but I guess Aizen killed him.

Im glad he regained his eyesight for some minutes, this is all the blind people can ask for .. and he really had a beautiful eyes.

[Jerseykid]

Tousen turned out way less powerful than I ever imagined he would be.

[Chiisai Kuma]

Ahh. i finally found the ep on youtube. is that new music i hear? I was compleatly syked by how close the real animation was to Klfiretears animation of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwaOXTaE-dg

[Mr. DJ]

Originally Posted by Jerseykid

Tousen turned out way less powerful than I ever imagined he would be.

what makes you think that?

[astrallionheart]

Originally Posted by TheRime

Did Aizen swoop down w/o anyone noticing and gut him? Did Aizen use some kind of kido? Or was there a remotely detonated bomb he implanted in Tosen?

I like the bomb theory, although if your gonna nuke your own you might as well weaponize them by making it an extended blast.

[astrallionheart]

Originally Posted by DjTrizz

what makes you think that?

I think he got overhyped because he cut Grimmjow's arm off with no effort while Ichigo's attacks were bouncing off of Grimmy's skin, and a all-out Getsuga Tenshou point-blank to the face did little more than burn his skin.

I guess the only real explanation was that his hollow powers were completely offensively-oriented, which is why a vice captain could defeat him. If he was more well-rounded like a mid-level Espada, Hisagi's attack would have just bounced off.

[Mr. DJ]

Not quite what I was getting at when I questioned him

Hisagi put it best "You're definitely not Captain Tousen anymore, he would of easily dodged my attack." With all that power gained, Tousen ironically enough, was blinded by being able to see the world.

[secretzfan]

Originally Posted by DjTrizz

Not quite what I was getting at when I questioned him

Hisagi put it best "You're definitely not Captain Tousen anymore, he would of easily dodged my attack." With all that power gained, Tousen ironically enough, was blinded by being able to see the world.

A very original Japanese belief. The thought of using your ears not your eyes. When Tousen could see all he was think was seeing and not listening

[Mr.Amazing]

Originally Posted by secretzfan

A very original Japanese belief. The thought of using your ears not your eyes. When Tousen could see all he was think was seeing and not listening

I think his ears weren't the problem here, but the fact that his overconfidence and the fact that he could see made him not sense for spiritual pressure (I think of it as a radar). Had he kept his radar on, he'd have know Hisagi was right above him.

[secretzfan]

Originally Posted by Mr.Amazing

I think his ears weren't the problem here, but the fact that his overconfidence and the fact that he could see made him not sense for spiritual pressure (I think of it as a radar). Had he kept his radar on, he'd have know Hisagi was right above him.

He always could sense spiritual pressure he just stopped thinking and listening a feeling the energies around him and just used his eyes. He was over hyped when he could see and that was his downfall

[Guido]

I got a satisfying look in my face having watched how Komamura's outcome with Tousen came to an end.

Spoiler:

Everything successfully adapted from the manga with no funny business in the pacing.

Tousen's past was properly fleshed out, and the audience was able to grasp the missing puzzle piece regarding Tousen, and the strained conflict that got resolved between him and Komamura.

Komamura and Hisagi got Tousen's heart from the bottomless pit the former Captain chose to sink into, but at the cost of him getting blasted by Aizen much to Hisagi's horror and Komamura's furious with seething disgust.

[Alchemist007]

Damn...Tousen got turned into paste D: