Agreed on both parts, Rukia kicked some major ass with her shikai. I wonder however did she really have it from the beginning? or get it later (flashback to the first EP when she fought that weak hollow)Originally Posted by Kraco
Another thing to what would Rukia's bankai be like? It shikai is freezing a circle, Bankai must be something like freezing a area the size of a mile
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Yeah Rukia owns.
I seriously hope that they explain how she ever lost to a regular hollow in the first episode. It makes no sense.
It'll be useless to explain it, and you'll simply get a shitty explanation. Just consider it that she got caught off guard somehow, especially with Ichigo meddling. And if you consider that this was probably the first time she has ever talked with a human being, especially in her Shinigami form, she might've not had her head in the game. Just think of it like that and move on.
Well, I dont think that was the complete power of Rukia's shikai. The attack was called the First Dance: White Moon. To me, that suggests that her shikai has other attacks also, but the first one was the only one she needed at the time. Her shikai's other powers and attacks might be able to do more than just freeze a circle.
For all you awesome people, it's just Phoenix. The numbers are just the amount of times people misspell it.
With many shinigami the shikai and bankai have something in common, like with Hitsugaya, Renji, and Byakuya. With Ichigo, there's practically nothing in common between the shikai and bankai. I wonder if it somehow related to the nature of the zanpaktou. Rukia's seems to be quite similar to Hitsugaya's, and elemental one, and it's quite likely her bankai would also somehow be related to ice. Renji's is just as obvious, though not elemental, as well as Byakuya's, at least to an extent, as it seems to rely on numerous copies and such.
So, in that sense, it would be safe to assume Rukia's bankai would also be quite freezing. Well, I don't expect we will see her bankai in the series ever. Unless something surprising happens, like her becoming a vaizard to make Ichigo feel less lonely, or something...
Great episode! I loved seeing Rukia's shikai finally and the fact that she is strong enough to be a ranked officer - now we are getting to see her fight on a new level. I hope Ikkaku kicks ass next ep - he was completely crazy. Same goes for Hitsugaya: "It looks like I hit the jackpot." - "No. You are probably the biggest looser of all."
I dare say you're right because Rukia' s First Dance thing is rather a trap than a direct attack I'd say. Once the enemy knows how this technique works he could just simply avoid getting harmed by not stepping into the circle or not getting above. So Rukia better has direct hit attack - something like "Second Dance - Icebeam Of Pure Awesomeness"...
That's of course only true as long as she cannot:
-create a really huge circle and freeze things within it selectively or
- create the circle anywhere she likes and not only where she's standing
i'd like to see rukia and kimimaro in a dancing contest.
hitsugaya's comeback was great. it seems like a lot of people under estimate him because of his size. it looks like chad is turning into a wuss. he just ran off because ichigo said he would take care of the guy, that was pretty lame. the rest of the episode was great. it looks like we are going to have some good fights coming up.
Oh yeah, Rukia's body double is annoying my shit already.
Yeah, her mod soul is pretty damn annoying. But we don't see much of her at all, so that's a plus.
I do my killin' after breakfast.
What are you talking about, she was in like half the scenes of this ep.
Finally caught up with Bleach as of now. Skipped the fillers of course, but now I'm in for the weekly wait like the rest of you.
Great episode, I actually thought rukia's mod soul was funny when she kept ruining the moment, other then that I was annoyed by how they kept having the mod soul and then the retard guy keep talking and talking when there should be like 5 fights going on.
I'm looking foward to Hitsugaya's fight, not so much Ikkaku's and the vice-captain chick.
i really liked this episode. Rukia's Zanpaktaou release was truly a thing of beauty. And that mod soul made me chuckle to myself. I was shocked D-Roy bit it so fast.... He had a fairly high number, so I assumed he was pretty tough...
i guess that means the numbers corresponding to the Arrancar aren't like the "Seats" in Soul Society. Arrancar numbers don't mean power level... which leaves me still wondering just how much stronger the others are than D-Roy.
i also felt genuinely bad for Chad. Not often a character becomes useless in battle, tries to act tough, gets chastised for it and then goes on to accept it without some kind of cheesy "I must get stronger!" montage or lots of complaining. He took it damn well.
Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
I don't think he was running away so hastily because he was afraid of the enemy. I believe he was running away because he was devastated by the fact that he can no longer stand and fight side by side with Ichigo. The difference between their fighting levels now is too painfully great for him to bear.
I was so surprised by the ease at which Rukia wiped out that failure of an Arrancar. What a letdown. I kept expecting him to revive and reappear. Oh well. At least now we have Gimmjow versus Rukia & Ichigo. Bet the fight is going to be awesome!!!
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