Bleach 111 (Flailing, spoilers, retarded screencap.)

[firstlight]

OH OH OH. ISHIDA'S FATHER. AND ICHIGO'S FATHER. I didn't keep myself spoiler free enough to be truly surprised on the second point (and last week I was peering at the ending video going "is that...?") but still, all kinds of awesome to actually see.

I increasingly get the feeling that Kubo Tite really likes parallels and contrasts. It's interesting. Arrancar/Vaizards (from the little fragment I have just seen). Ishida and Ichigo, and their fathers.

This is almost making me want to read the manga more, because the new storyline in the anime is drawing me in very quickly.

And then there was my helpless, juvenile amusement at the comparing of sizes. And. Well. As has been previously demonstrated by Urahara, size is in fact not everything. I still blame Bamba (my A-level English Lit teacher, bless her) and her obsession with swords in Antony & Cleopatra. *coughs*

Comments

[grimmjow-jagger.livejournal.com]

The drawing is still off though... But I hope that part gets better to the time the arrancar appear.
*wants to hear Suwabe badly*

[annotated_em]

Oh, oh, oh, if you are not reading the manga you are missing out on so very much. The manga is even cooler than the anime.

[branchandroot]

KT /loves/ parallels and contrasts. They show up freaking everywhere in this story, and almost no one bothers with all the lovely, lovely plot-clues they gives us about motivations and how people feel about each other. *mourns* A given character will often be used for more than one kind of parallel, too, witness the vast similarities between Ryuuken and Byakuya when it comes to how they deal with their families.

Manga is a must, yes. Even just a few issues at a time. So, so wonderful.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

Bleach is made of so much win!

[reposoir.livejournal.com]

This is not Bleach-related, but I am probably gonna bail on you guys tonight since I'm a bit of a zombie right now (but did not get lost on bus yay!!) so let me know where and when tomorrow and I'll definitely be there with my squeeing. :D :D :D