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Jun 28, 2011 5:48 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Episode summary: Jizz in my pants! Kurotsuchi for the WIN!

Seriously, this episode was freaking awesome... Never seen so many people in a single fight in bleach. And Yoruichi was hot as hell!
Jun 28, 2011 6:24 AM
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Oh ho plot twist. But honestly, I didn't see that coming. All the fighting in this episode was intense as well. I for one was expecting Kageroza to have pulled off making an Ichigo reigai but maybe that signal that Urahara and co. saw was the real deal. Derp derp.
Jun 28, 2011 7:12 AM
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Excellent combat choreography. And Kurotsuchi was quite scary indeed :D
Jun 28, 2011 7:15 AM
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That was a really good episode. To good fillers in a row, i like this. But that plot twist was unexpected.
Jun 28, 2011 7:34 AM
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That was some really good action. I'm glad that Kageroza isn't as invincible as Aizen, the captains (not Ichigo) were able to push him really hard. That combo the captains (and Yorichi) did to defeat that Kageroza clone along with the soundtrack that was playing, pushed my initial score from a 3/5 to a 4/5

But then when Mayuri decided to be a bad-ass and stab Kageroza, I just have to give this episode a 5/5! Just couldn't keep the grin off my face when Mayuri "appeared", his grin is infectious! ^_^
Jun 28, 2011 7:50 AM
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interesting, for a while iw as wondering why there wasnt a regai of yoroichi but it was answered in this ep :)
Jun 28, 2011 8:00 AM
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really good filler this time
nice one kurotsuchi, didnt espected nothing less from a madman scientist
Jun 28, 2011 8:40 AM
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Man, I never get tired of Kurotsuchi. He was amazing against Ishida, despite kind of technically losing (though really, it was the same outcome as Ichigio vs Zaraki, both losing), then against the Szaeyel, absolutely raping him, and now against Kageroza. He doesn't get enough love/appreciation.

Really want to see more Unohana fighting. I originally thought Kageroza had multiple reigai of each captain, but now I'm unsure.

The massive plot holes suck though:
-Where was real Kyoraku the whole time? He's SUBSTANTIALLY more powerful than Soi-Fon, so I doubt he'd be able to be locked in a barrier for so long.
-Where were him and Ukitake when Hitsuyaga/Zaraki/Yoruichi/Soi-Fon were being restrained at the end?

-HOW IS THERE A FIGHT OF HITSUGAYA VS SOI-FON IN THE OP? Unless Reigai-Soi-Fon gets healed by Reigai-Unohana, and Unohana heals Hitsugaya, they're both practically dead, and Reigai-Hitsugaya is dead, so it can't be real Soi-Fon. So, there must be duplicate Reigai I think.

-As if Yama-jii loses. I'm sick of him getting taken out quickly in his fights. He never gets to actually do much, aside from the odd restraining kind of thing that you'd expect from the guy who's been the strongest shinigami for 1000 years.

-Byakuya sucks. As if he killed his reigai so easily despite being injured. I call liez.

-Real Komamura alive or dead? Could've sworn he took out Reigai-Soi-Fon and passed out before helping Yama-jii. So Reigai Soi-Fon and Hitsugaya are both dead.

-Yama-jii vs Mayuri in OP too? I doubt Kageroza can make a reigai of Yama-jii, and didn't Mayuri, beautiful genius that he is, deal with the reigai form of himself?

-Kyoraku vs Ikkaku OP. Kyoraku would be reigai, as Reigai-Ikkaku is dead, but why wouldn't real Kyoraku face off against his reigai instead of leaving it to Ikkaku?

-Zaraki OP - I can see him against Reigai-Komamura, but don't 3 vice-captains jump up to attack him too? And didn't Ichigo wipe out the reigai of them in the real world?


I hate the OP. It led me to believe the filler would be full of epic captain vs captain battles, but for the most part, it has been Captain X vs evil Captain X. I want more Mayuri and Yami-jii and Kyoraku and Ukitake and Unohana.

That said, it was like, in the top 10 eps of Bleach imo, up with Ichigo rescuing Rukia, and Aizen raping Shinji/Kyoraku/etc. Can't wait for some more fights in this filler arc. I think it might be my favourite filler arc soon, beating out The New Captain Amaigai Shusuke or whatever it was where Squad 3 got a new Captain. Sword beasts and bounto sucked imo, though I did like the extra info on the captains and zanpakuto.

Give us more Kira too. I still think his shikai is the most OP there is, that belongs to a goodie. I want a bankai for him before Bleach ends!
Jun 28, 2011 9:22 AM
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Awesome battles, cant w8 for next week.:P Ichigo sleeping again lol.xD
Jun 28, 2011 9:56 AM

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This episode sucked. It was sooooooo PREDICTABLE!!!
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Ok, just kidding. For a second there, I thought the COPY of mayuri kurotsuchi had rebelled against Kageroza. Like maybe he was mentally unstable like the original. But this was great too. I have a hard time believeing Kageroza will go out so easily though. They still have to explain who the prisoner is, and who Kageroza is. What's his backstory? Then again, they've rushed everything in this filler so far (which BTW is much better pacing than the past where things have gone too slow). Are they going to stall things until Ichigo can fight Kageroza? Tune in next week, kids :)
Jun 28, 2011 10:21 AM

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Nice! This is how fillers should be, pure unadulterated pulp.

Captain Grand Melee is an awesome sight to behold, helped by the fact they're allowed to use more powers since the last lot of fillers because they were shown in the canon eps.

Although, it'd be nice when we have a full list of Bankai for all the captains. Maybe one day eh Kubo?
Jun 28, 2011 10:38 AM

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Holy Damn ! By Far One of the best fight episodes to date !
Wowza. Hott Damn ! that was pretty freakin awesome !
Loving this filler arc, way better than the manga atm.
Looking forward to ep 329

Jun 28, 2011 10:55 AM

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Captain Grand Melee is an awesome sight to behold, helped by the fact they're allowed to use more powers since the last lot of fillers because they were shown in the canon eps.

Although, it'd be nice when we have a full list of Bankai for all the captains. Maybe one day eh Kubo?


my thoughts!

and that double shunko + the reverse attack was awesome!
Jun 28, 2011 11:26 AM

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It wasn't a bad episode. So Kageroza can manipulate space and copy the deeds of others? Mayori was awesome.
Jun 28, 2011 12:29 PM

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Very good teamwork in both captain teams. They might have planned for it to be those captains, so that the flow of the battle could continue so well.
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Jun 28, 2011 12:32 PM
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christopherzcc said:

-HOW IS THERE A FIGHT OF HITSUGAYA VS SOI-FON IN THE OP? Unless Reigai-Soi-Fon gets healed by Reigai-Unohana, and Unohana heals Hitsugaya, they're both practically dead, and Reigai-Hitsugaya is dead, so it can't be real Soi-Fon. So, there must be duplicate Reigai I think.

-Yama-jii vs Mayuri in OP too? I doubt Kageroza can make a reigai of Yama-jii, and didn't Mayuri, beautiful genius that he is, deal with the reigai form of himself?

-Kyoraku vs Ikkaku OP. Kyoraku would be reigai, as Reigai-Ikkaku is dead, but why wouldn't real Kyoraku face off against his reigai instead of leaving it to Ikkaku?

-Zaraki OP - I can see him against Reigai-Komamura, but don't 3 vice-captains jump up to attack him too? And didn't Ichigo wipe out the reigai of them in the real world?

I hate the OP. It led me to believe the filler would be full of epic captain vs captain battles, but for the most part, it has been Captain X vs evil Captain X. I want more Mayuri and Yami-jii and Kyoraku and Ukitake and Unohana.

You got a few good points in your post, but the thing about not seeing the fights that is shown in the opening is not a new thing, you should have get used to it now, I remember the opening in season 2 I think(?) where Ichigo and Hitsugaya fought but in never actually happend in the series. Anyway great episode, one of the best I have seen for a long time. Was so annoying with the "5 episodes for one match to finish" and the switch from one battle to another that we had in the Aizen part.
Jun 28, 2011 1:10 PM
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next episode title: The Forbidden Research...Nozomi's Hidden Secret
Jun 28, 2011 1:49 PM

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Well, this episode was kinda boring for me. Although I didn't expect a plot twist in it.
Jun 28, 2011 4:19 PM

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The ending was bad ass :) I kind of predicted this though :P kept asking myself , wheres kurotsuchi... I know he'd be pissed knowing some fake him is running around. When kurotsuchi stabbed him I thought it was the fake but this was even better
Jun 28, 2011 5:09 PM
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next episode title: The Forbidden Research...Nozomi's Hidden Secret

Sounds promising.
Jun 28, 2011 5:21 PM

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Mailia said:
elior1 said:
next episode title: The Forbidden Research...Nozomi's Hidden Secret

Sounds promising.

Indeed...
Jun 28, 2011 5:27 PM

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SICK ENDING :D
Impressive how a filler can be by far better than the actual manga arc ...
Jun 28, 2011 6:04 PM

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This is what filler are supposed to be!

Great episode!

5/5
Jun 28, 2011 7:51 PM

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Interesting though that fake Unohana is there, as she was still healing the other fakes in the fight against Yama-jii. The other two, Ukitake and Kyoraku did not appear, so he finally defeated them, but Unohana escaped, and Yama-jii is letting his subordinates die (well, they can't, because plot and all, but still..) trying to accomplish what would take him a single bankai, if at all?

And wheres the real Unohana? She escaped from the fight with her fake, but did not reappear yet. She could be so nice and heal the other captains.

Which leads me to another thing: Healing always took a lot of time, but fake Unohana saved both the captains over and over again within seconds? If would take longer to heal them, Yama-jii wouldn't just wait for them to come back, wouldn't he? (Well, he is quite lazy, see above..).

And Unohana (fake or not) does look strange when actually using her sword (when she blocked Byakuyas attack together with fake Komamura)

It also would have been nuce if it would have been the actual fake Kurotsuchi, would have shown that, even without the orginals who will win because of the power of plot, Kageroza has made a mistake.

Thats the thing i did not like about Aizen - everything (except his defeat) was according to his plan. Even if it was the 100000 backup plan, he had a plan for it. Even Gins attack was "planned". Well, not really, but he got out stronger than before, instead of Gin weakening him enough for Ichigo to defeat him.

Kageroza is doing the same. Every time he gets beat, he turns it around, it was all planned. I wouldn't be surprised if he either did not get stabbed, or if it was was just to make the captains thing the fake Kurotsuchi is the real one, while it is still the fake one or something like that.
Jun 28, 2011 10:56 PM

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Pretty awesome episode!
Whaaat was up with Ichigo though? Haha, where was he??
Jun 29, 2011 7:30 AM
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That was something I didn´t see coming.
Jun 29, 2011 12:29 PM

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this ep was AWE 5/5
the fight really not one sided...and at the end mayuri just freak me out!...a true scientist indeed ^^'
Jun 29, 2011 8:33 PM

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So up until this episode I wasn't really into this arc.. BUT this episode was AWESOME!
Jun 29, 2011 10:41 PM

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Bleach is actually better with less Ichigo :D

Jun 30, 2011 7:50 AM

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Bleach is actually better with less Ichigo :D


Especially fillers are because shounen overuse the main character and never led enough light shine on interesting supporting characters.

Not bad episode although the problem with fillers are the limits of what can be shown but the ending twist was brilliant. Only Mayuri can pull crazy shit like that and it was nice that he did it because getting underestimated by your underling when you are someone like him certainly isn't acceptable and if he didn't pull something like that he would have lost some face.
Jun 30, 2011 9:32 AM

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Monad said:
Ekvi said:
Bleach is actually better with less Ichigo :D


Especially fillers are because shounen overuse the main character and never led enough light shine on interesting supporting characters.

Not bad episode although the problem with fillers are the limits of what can be shown but the ending twist was brilliant. Only Mayuri can pull crazy shit like that and it was nice that he did it because getting underestimated by your underling when you are someone like him certainly isn't acceptable and if he didn't pull something like that he would have lost some face.

Yeah, I remember at one the first episodes of the filler Mayuri was talking at Kageroza and you could kind of tell he had gotten under his skin.

I liked in the Zampaktou arc that it wasn't just Ichigo, but also someone else (Byakuya) who was responsible for victory
Jul 1, 2011 7:37 AM

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I don't get the love for this filler. It's been as boring, if not more boring, than the usual arcs they do.
Jul 4, 2011 6:51 AM

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Fillers are getting better and better...

Bleach, I´m sorry what I said about you in the past about your fillers. They are even above One Piece level. Just awesome.
Jul 5, 2011 8:56 PM

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Kageroza is thinking with portals XD
Jul 6, 2011 5:48 AM

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Mad Scientist Mayuri ftw.
Jul 14, 2011 4:18 AM

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Lol Mayuri shocked me!!
Jul 20, 2011 7:51 PM

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i was about to punch something for the almost-aizen trick that inaba pulled lmao, but mayuri outgambitted him. :DD
Jul 30, 2011 8:43 PM

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i think the OP was a just a front so you wouldnt already expect and get bored waiting for it.
also, i wonder how unohana will be defeated? she's much too different than the rest, she physically "can't" lose, even in regai form, i'm sure they'll do somthing with her like they did with kuchki except less info.


Aug 26, 2011 6:03 PM

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A much better episode then the last! Much like a battle royal! Liking the new team-ups / tag-teams.. so much signature moves rolledup into one episode.. looks like it’s starting to get interesting now! :-D
Sep 16, 2011 11:19 PM

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OMG it's Ririn, Nova and Kuroud! They were in this episode, WHERE THE HECK WERE THEY!? And I just thought they were gone forever. They should make some episodes with em' or at least put em' in the omakes.

That were some kick ass battle scenes.
Apologies, I just can't avoid to rant.
Oct 23, 2011 8:53 AM

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kurotsuchi for the win.
Jan 14, 2012 5:53 AM

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Very good episode. That ending caught me by surprise but it's as expected of Kurotsuchi's character.
Mar 9, 2012 7:28 PM

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I grow tired of this filler arc, I hope it ends soon. Lot's of crazy battles but still, let's get back on track.
Apr 29, 2012 5:03 PM
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Great fight there with the teamwork. Interested to see where this is going!
May 12, 2013 8:17 AM

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Such an amazing episode, I love the last fight scene ! <3 :D
Jul 11, 2013 9:33 PM

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Holy shietttt, Kurotsuchi-taichou!!!!! xD you are seriously one scary ass dude, LOL. As expected of the lone prisoner. Dangerous, indeed ;)
Jul 29, 2013 4:55 PM

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I loved this episode! so many awesome fight scenes, but I sort of figured they would all get defeated >-> My guess is that Ichigo is going to come out of nowhere and defeat the villain...like always.
Nov 5, 2013 12:59 PM

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Some really sweet development going on, lets see what's next!
Jan 19, 2014 1:56 PM

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very nice episode! I liked seeing all the captains fight together, and the OST accompanying the fight was just great!

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Really entertaining.

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