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September 04, 2004
bleach stings!
Well, I finally caught up on the most recent chapters of Bleach thanks to grubbing in the recesses of memory for IRC download protocol, the soul-society LJ (hi Airy!
) and the Toriyama World forum. Can't remember the last time I expended this much energy on a series. Aaahhh, makes me feel young again.
IN ANY CASE... since volume 7 the plot appears to have degraded into one long DBZ-style fightfest interspersed with training, healing from injuries, and repeated variations on the theme of "I MUST GET STRONGER!!!" and "He's gotten stronger!!!" (I actually skipped a couple chapters by mistake without noticing, only to find that the characters hadn't moved from where they were for those chapters anyway.
) The opponents are all interesting personalities, though, so it's not that monotonous. Kubo Tite is an equal-opportunity manga-ka, seeding the cast with several different types of people so, really, anyone can cosplay Bleach...OMG! HE'S SECRETLY PLANNING BLEACH COSPLAY DOMINATION!!!
There are hints of a conspiracy afoot, so GOOD. I like when a manga-ka knows where he's going, and I'm getting sick of all the fighting. The art style has improved significantly too. I think drawing all those fight scenes has helped. Still... Rukia's been locked in jail, and in a white tower (geez, can this get ANY more shounen) and hasn't had much to do aside from look pensive 
) and swoon. Bah.
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Posted by Innocent Sidekick of Evil at September 4, 2004 10:38 AM | Posted to Bleach
