Bleach 297

[Endrance]

Grant my wish for the end of this series to kick ass!

I knew Urahara was hiding out. Now where's Yoruichi?

Actually, I quite enjoyed this episode. I doubt I could explain why though.

Really? It's the complete opposite for me. I thought the fighting was pretty lame. Can't exactly explain why, probably because it appeared like boring skirmish to me. Nothing really got to the point. And Aizen saying he's reached his limit while fighting Ichigo's father, when we've actually seen next to nothing of that fight (except for Isshin snapping Aizen through a few buildings which at most counts as foreplay in Bleach) was somehow rather incongruous, because Aizen being exhausted should be a big thing, which this episode totally failed to show us. He didn't even seem beat. And of course everyone always has time to for a nice talk and showing off with how awesome they are at analyzing and explaining, but that's nothing new.

[DarthEnderX]

And Aizen saying he's reached his limit while fighting Ichigo's father, when we've actually seen next to nothing of that fight (except for Isshin snapping Aizen through a few buildings which at most counts as foreplay in Bleach) was somehow rather incongruous, because Aizen being exhausted should be a big thing, which this episode totally failed to show us.

I think you misread that statement. When he said he "reached his limit as a Shinigami" he wasn't saying he was exhausted, he was saying "I've become as powerful as I can as a Shinigami, but it's okay, because I'm about to evolve into my next form." He was taking Isshin's statement and throwing it back in his face.

[Archangel]

I think you misread that statement. When he said he "reached his limit as a Shinigami" he wasn't saying he was exhausted, he was saying "I've become as powerful as I can as a Shinigami, but it's okay, because I'm about to evolve into my next form." He was taking Isshin's statement and throwing it back in his face.

You mean like a pokémon?

[DarthEnderX]

You mean like a pokémon?

Well, I meant more like a Ressureccion. But I suppose Pokemon works too.

[Endrance]

I think you misread that statement. When he said he "reached his limit as a Shinigami" he wasn't saying he was exhausted, he was saying "I've become as powerful as I can as a Shinigami, but it's okay, because I'm about to evolve into my next form." He was taking Isshin's statement and throwing it back in his face.

I looked it up again and you're right about that. But this episode failed to entertain me nevertheless. I'm not saying my expectations of the anime weren't fulfilled, but I'm one of the people who really think that Bleach was good up until a certain point. Bleach just has too much random bullshit going on since then. Other than Yamamoto's fight and a few exceptions such as Ichigo stopping Grimmjow with one hand out of sheer willpower because a friend called upon him, Bleach has also lacked the awesome scenes that give me goosebumps (in a good way). And well, the storytelling just isn't interesting anymore. They're flying over fake Karakura Town for like one year or even more of episodes, having a dispute that has way more of a talk show with violence in it than a genuine war. That's just sad.

[DarthEnderX]

They're flying over fake Karakura Town for like one year or even more of episodes, having a dispute that has way more of a talk show with violence in it than a genuine war. That's just sad.

Fake Karakura is the new Namek.

[Endrance]

Fake Karakura is the new Namek.

Yeah, except they were using the space of a whole, yet dull planet.

[DarthEnderX]

Yeah, except they were using the space of a whole, yet dull planet.

It was a pretty small planet though. They could fly from one side to the other in a few minutes.

[Vorlath]

They're flying over fake Karakura Town for like one year or even more of episodes, having a dispute that has way more of a talk show with violence in it than a genuine war. That's just sad.

So you're saying Bleach has turned into Jerry Springer? Dude! That's not sad. That's AWESOME!!!

[Endrance]

So you're saying Bleach has turned into Jerry Springer? Dude! That's not sad. That's AWESOME!!!

Yeah, but Bleach didn't do that intentionally. Every episode full of badly staged pseudo-morals/conflicts and wannabe storytelling proves that to me. As I said, I almost only enjoy Bleach for it's shittiness, just like I'd enjoy dumb and pathetic people on Jerry Springer. I just as well pity the people who genuinely like that crap, sitting on their couch day by day, taking those low level rants seriously.