The Official BLEACH series Thread

This chapter was a 4 on a scale of 10.

Some things I didn't like, or would like more explanation on.

1. Yamamoto's body not found (supposedly from Bach blowing it up), I think his body might have been stolen, maybe made to be a zombie uber quincy?
2. Why is Ichigo still in bankai when his sword was broken? Shouldn't he have gone back to normal Soul Reaper attire?
3. What is Mayuri doing to Tenga Zangetsu? (Repair, maybe)
4. Should have just killed off Byakuya, and Kenpachi, I love them both, but come on, the only deaths are going to be faceless Soul Reapers who aren't apart of the main story.
5. That coma crap better at least awaken Kenpachi's relationship with his sword, and give him his bankai (which is redundant, because the uber quincies are stealing them).

Does Bach still have Yama's bankai, or did his Zanpakuto spirit die when he died?

Originally posted by danteiscool
chances are he probably just didn't want Unohana and her squad get caught in the crossfire and die. if that had happened, then Soul Society would have been truly screwed as any survivors wouldn't be able to get healed up. still kind of a lame excuse though.

But Unohana didn't really have to be on the front lines to lead. She could've still gave orders to her squad or at least sent Isane to lead squad 4 in her stead. And it's not like the VR were going for the healers off the bat.

Oh and what ever happened to the Zero squad showing up. What that just random speculation on Bach's part?

And the bankai of a deceased shinigami can still be contained as in the case of the Sasaki Koujiro dude.

Originally posted by marwash22
Does Bach still have Yama's bankai, or did his Zanpakuto spirit die when he died?

But didn't Kaname take the sword from his dead friend and use it?

Originally posted by wakkawakkawakka
Also the reasoning behind Unohana staying behind sucks all kinds of balls because we aren't given any reasoning as to why Yamamoto would do something like that...and that still doesn't excuse her for just chilling the whole time. Damnit Kubo 😐

Originally posted by marwash22
i love (and by love i mean hate) the reasoning behind Uno not helping... "Yama told me not to".

lame.

Originally posted by danteiscool
chances are he probably just didn't want Unohana and her squad get caught in the crossfire and die. if that had happened, then Soul Society would have been truly screwed as any survivors wouldn't be able to get healed up. still kind of a lame excuse though.

I thought the reason was given but alas, I was wrong.

The reason, I assume, was to have as many support personnel on hand to heal the injured. Had they gone out and fought, they would have been massacred just as easily. That would have increased the number of casualties and reduced Soul Societies ability to heal the hurt.

Basically, it is like this:

1. Less Squad 4 personnel.
2. Less of Squad 4 to be able to assist in healing the injured.
3. Less injured healed means more dead.
4. Add in #3 with the fact that many squad 4 personnel would have died, as well, especially since they are generally the squad of the lowest battle power.
5. Conclusion: far more people would have died had squad 4 gone out to help than the number of Shinigami that died as a result of Squad 4 staying behind.

This is not a new idea that I am presenting. This is the typical approach by modern militaries to combat. Your medical squads and platoons are usually not deployed to direct combat so they can tend the injured.

Kubo is not dumb for writing that into Bleach. It shows he may know a thing or two about real-world military strategy. If the Quincy were really interested in decimating the Shinigami, they would have destroyed Squad 4, first, before attacking the rest of SS. They didn't. That shows they lack at least some military strategy OR that was not the real goal.

Originally posted by ThorinWoofer
2. Why is Ichigo still in bankai when his sword was broken? Shouldn't he have gone back to normal Soul Reaper attire?

At no point has it been shown that breaking the bankai of someone reverts them from their bankai form...especially for Ichigo.

I also think you guys missed some gold from this last chapter:

5th panel made me lol.

Also...why the hell does that dude call Ichigo Kurosaki-sama?

He's just a middle-class highschool teen from a smallish town.

The dialogue there is like, completely different from the version of it I read, lol.

That is funnier though.

Originally posted by dadudemon
I thought the reason was given but alas, I was wrong.

The reason, I assume, was to have as many support personnel on hand to heal the injured. Had they gone out and fought, they would have been massacred just as easily. That would have increased the number of casualties and reduced Soul Societies ability to heal the hurt.

Basically, it is like this:

1. Less Squad 4 personnel.
2. Less of Squad 4 to be able to assist in healing the injured.
3. Less injured healed means more dead.
4. Add in #3 with the fact that many squad 4 personnel would have died, as well, especially since they are generally the squad of the lowest battle power.
5. Conclusion: far more people would have died had squad 4 gone out to help than the number of Shinigami that died as a result of Squad 4 staying behind.

This is not a new idea that I am presenting. This is the typical approach by modern militaries to combat. Your medical squads and platoons are usually not deployed to direct combat so they can tend the injured.

Kubo is not dumb for writing that into Bleach. It shows he may know a thing or two about real-world military strategy. If the Quincy were really interested in decimating the Shinigami, they would have destroyed Squad 4, first, before attacking the rest of SS. They didn't. That shows they lack at least some military strategy OR that was not the real goal.

The worst thing is probably that Bleach will get a good rating for this week because of all the Byakuya fans.

I really, really want to see Yachiru have to be acting Captain while Kenpachi's in that coma.

It will be glorious.

Originally posted by Nephthys
I really, really want to see Yachiru have to be acting Captain while Kenpachi's in that coma.

It will be glorious.

Actually.......................................................that wouldn't be a bad choice. It is hinted that she is far more intelligent and "observational" that her child-like personality lets on. She's also strong enough to significantly outdo the likes of Baldy and Gayboy: they are afraid of her.

She is probably the strongest vice captain...if i were to guess. Abarai may be stronger since his timeskip amp but maybe not by much. But Abarai and Blady were supposed to be around the same as each other in the beginning of the series.

Anyway, she's still not stronger than Hariy-Perver or Unohana: no doubt.

What if she's the Soul King? WHOOOPPPETTWWWEWWWWEE!

Originally posted by dadudemon
What if she's the Soul King? WHOOOPPPETTWWWEWWWWEE!

Originally posted by Astner
We've been over this. The spirit king isn't a person.

We've been over this, too:

That's interpretative. Aizen could be dehumanizing it by calling it a thing.

Originally posted by dadudemon
We've been over this, too:

That's interpretative. Aizen could be dehumanizing it by calling it a thing.

Originally posted by Astner
I guess that some people are just oblivious to the concept of foreshadowing.

I know, but you'll get better as time goes on. Just keep reading my posts in this sub-forum: you'll learn how to do it, eventually.

Originally posted by dadudemon
I know, but you'll get better as time goes on. Just keep reading my posts in this sub-forum: you'll learn how to do it, eventually.

This is exactly why I come back to this forum.

Originally posted by Astner
Did your brain just shut down? 😆 You can still see the tire-marks of this dumbassery.

Do hear that whooshing sound? 🙂

Originally posted by Astner
This is exactly why I come back to this forum.

Yes...goooood....gooooooooood.

Nah, kid, I'm just playing with you, you know better.

Originally posted by dadudemon
Actually.......................................................that wouldn't be a bad choice. It is hinted that she is far more intelligent and "observational" that her child-like personality lets on. She's also strong enough to significantly outdo the likes of Baldy and Gayboy: they are afraid of her.

She is probably the strongest vice captain...if i were to guess. Abarai may be stronger since his timeskip amp but maybe not by much. But Abarai and Blady were supposed to be around the same as each other in the beginning of the series.

Anyway, she's still not stronger than Hariy-Perver or Unohana: no doubt.

What if she's the Soul King? WHOOOPPPETTWWWEWWWWEE!

Er.... I was just thinking that she'd get the job since she's the vice-captain.

But yeah, that other stuff is....... really swell. Keep up the good work! 👆

Originally posted by AuraAngel
No it isn't lol. This chapter is not worse than the one where Byakuya gave Ichigo his last request and literally nothing else happened.