Bleach (Anime) [Discussion]

[Sephon]

Whoa! What an awsome anime!

In the end of ep. 1 it felt as if Guts/Gats from Berserk has been reawakened.
I'm going to love this show Urashii!

[hooliganj]

Originally Posted by Burner of Anime

Plothole never explained in the manga:

Spoiler:

Why Rukia needs to smack Ichigo with that death's head glove so that he can battle hollows in Shinigami form? We only know she has to do it, the how and why are absent. Pray they fix this in the animation.

No loss if they don't Rukia smacking Ichigo for his own good is always funny

Spoiler for Rukia's glove:

At least in the earlier volumes, Ichigo doesn't have the ability to seperate his soul from his body at will, so Rukia has to do it for him whenever they need him to use his shinigami powers. I don't know that she necessarily has to hit him as hard as she does, but that's the kind of character she is, and he probably deserves it anyway.

[Yoska]

Besides why didn't hallows attack earlier the only other "plot hole" I have ever noticed is

Spoiler:

if Ichigo's sword is from Rukia does that mean Zangetsu was originally meant to be Rukia's sword's real form?
It could be pretty interesting scene if our small Rukia would use such a big sword like Zangetsu .

It's possible Kubo didn't have full concept of shinigami swords in his mind when the series started and now the anime could perhaps fix this if it even is a plot hole.

[fierysky]

Originally Posted by Yoska

Spoiler:

if Ichigo's sword is from Rukia does that mean Zangetsu was originally meant to be Rukia's sword's real form?
It could be pretty interesting scene if our small Rukia would use such a big sword like Zangetsu .

It's possible Kubo didn't have full concept of shinigami swords in his mind when the series started and now the anime could perhaps fix this if it even is a plot hole.

Spoiler:

No, Zangetsu is Ichigo's own sword. This part was explained in the manga. Remember when Ichigo first met Zangetsu, Zangetsu told Ichigo to find his own shinigami powers in one of the boxes. He also explained when Byakuya destoryed Ichigo's shinigami powers, he only destroyed the part given by Rukia. Byakuya did not know that Ichigo also had his own shinigami powers hidden inside. Since Byakuya did not destory Ichigo's own shinigami powers (only Rukia's), Ichigo was able to ragain his shinigami state during vol 8, Chapter 64, Back in Black. All the powers used after the encounter with Byakuya should be Ichigo's own.

[Tsukiyomi]

Originally Posted by Burner of Anime

Plothole never explained in the manga:

Spoiler:

Why Rukia needs to smack Ichigo with that death's head glove so that he can battle hollows in Shinigami form? We only know she has to do it, the how and why are absent. Pray they fix this in the animation.

No loss if they don't Rukia smacking Ichigo for his own good is always funny

Not only that he doesn't have the power to split his soul from his body, but also Shinigami are souls anyways, they don't have real bodies.

[gundamfans]

Originally Posted by Tsukiyomi

Not only that he doesn't have the power to split his soul from his body, but also Shinigami are souls anyways, they don't have real bodies.

Ichigo's sword looks so like Cloud Strife's buster sword...

[Dejital]

Neither look special, in my opinion. Cloud's is a simple buster sword, and Ichigo's just looks like a plain Broad Sword. Ichigo's sword is a lot smaller than Cloud's. And... WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?! :-P

[seiftis]

Originally Posted by Ikongamer

The anime is good and I can see it last as long as the manga goes on. I love the ending theme. Life is like a boat by Rie Fu. Makes me think...

Yah, the ending theme's good. I just got the full version of it today -

[Megane]

I'm not too familiar with anime sponsorship arrangements, but if SEGA, Bandai, and Sony are mentioned in the sponsor bit (kono bangumi wa goran no suponsaa no teikyou de okurishimasu) between the OP and the actual episode (and again at the end), does this hint at a possible Bleach game in the works?

[DeluxSkillz]

yeah a bleach ps2 game has already been annouced

[OMchan]

There's also a card game coming out soon.

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Anyway, I haven't seen Episode 02 yet. Getting it now...

[Mb81]

Looks like that will be a change in the orignal story plot.

Spoiler:

"Grand Fisher" in Episode 2 ? Maybe i`m wrong..

[Tsukiyomi]

nvm.. i do see grand fisher.

[fierysky]

Just watched the second episode, here are some thoughts.

Spoiler:

Grand Fisher does show up for a few seconds, which was quite a surprise considering he's not supposed to show up till later. Turns out they changed it so that it's Grand Fisher and his minions that turns Orihime's Brother into a Hollow. I guess Kubo Tite wanted to fill in the plot hole in how Orihime's brother because a hollow in the first place. It was mentioned in the manga that only spirits who lost their "soul" or have extreme desires to stay in the world of the living would turn into a Hollow. Well Orihime's brother fits none of those catagories. He wan't a insane killer, nor did he have any violent desires still to be fullfilled. He may feel regret not be able to take care of Orihime anymore but it certainly not a good enough reason to turn him evil.

Anyways, we are going pretty fast. At this rate, if there's no fillers, we are going to the Soul Society Arc probably in about 15? 20? episodes? Maybe less/more? haha...I'm pretty bad at estimating.....

[BeNighted]

Originally Posted by fierysky

Spoiler:

Anyways, we are going pretty fast. At this rate, if there's no fillers, we are going to the Soul Society Arc probably in about 15? 20? episodes? Maybe less/more? haha...I'm pretty bad at estimating.....

I'm guessing it will take about 25-30. When it happens, I think we'll get a new OP and ED. I'm a bit worried about the speed of the anime... the last thing I want is for them to Narutofy it and make RANDOM arcs. That would destroy all that's right with the world </exaggeration>

[FlyByNite]

Watched the 2nd ep

Spoiler:

Really loving the anime version, I like what they did to turn Orihime's brother into a hollow. Plus it really gives more meaning to when Grand Fisher does show up.

Loving the Rukia voice and Orihime is perfect. I couldn't stop laughing at those sounds as she backs and runs away from Ichigo in the hall...And she looks really cute in the anime too. Tatsuki's voice is pretty perfect too, and from the one thing Chad said he sounds great too.

and wow, DON KANONJI! BO-HA-HA-HA-HA!

Bleach has so many minor characters they could probably keep having one show up early for these next episode previews for about 30+ shows easy.

[outlaw97]

Posting this from somewhere else:

Hmm, I did a little research, and it seems the whole being eaten by Hollows theory might be officially valid after all.

In the Viz novel Vol. 1, page 117, Rukia says,

"Hollows are fallen souls. Souls that were not admitted to the soul society by a soul reaper...souls that were left behind...souls that weren't saved from other hollows. These fall, lose their hearts...and become hollows themselves."

I also checked the toriyama world scanlation, which essentially says the same thing.

So, if we assume that translation is correct, then this scene isn't really different from the manga - more like expanding on what we didn't see in it.

[Tsukiyomi]

Yes, plus souls eaten by Hollows turn into Hollows. It's cool how they added Grand Fisher's invfluence so early in the series. ^^

also did anyone catch that boogiepop cell phone theme during the scene when Rukia was being suspicious of Orihime's bruises?

[Tsukiyomi]

The girls of bleach are alot cuter animated than i thought. And Orihime is freakier in person =P .. she's so adorable...~~

Rukia is sooooo cute I love her

[Shay]

Hi, could someone please translate the whole of Life is like a boat?

I'm in love with this song but I feel it would mean so much more to me if I new what she was actually saying.

Thanks in advance, nice juicy good rep for whoever does this for me.^^

Edit: Oh and a gmail invite is also up for grabs to whomever translates the song for me. You don't have to pollute the thread, just send it to me in a PM.
Can you tell i'm desperate?