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Jan 5, 2010 4:26 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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This one is quite good, so Senbonzakura regain his consciousness from the beginning due to Byakuya :D From the way Kouga breaks his own soul slayer, it shows what he thinks of Muramasa. Anyway, both Kouga and Byakuya are both good fighters^^ No doubt Byakuya isn't going to lose, but I think Kouga was having the upper hand in the entire battle.
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Jan 5, 2010 6:34 AM
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Yeah it's really obvious that Byakuya is going to win XD
The battle was very similar to the battle between Byakuya and Ichigo before though
The ending of the episode was really funny too :P
Jan 5, 2010 5:31 PM
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Quite the high quality animation in this episode. This filler all around was enjoyable and of moderate quality story wise/overall animation through the episodes. I'm actually somewhat okay with waiting for the real stuff due to this filler.
Jan 5, 2010 5:40 PM
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Yeah awesome fight there, long time since we saw Byakuya at full power... Pretty amazing though that Kouga can hold off Byakuya even without his zanpakutou

Also, Kougas ability controls the 5 senses? Lol I would have loved to see Kouga vs Aizen... And whats more, how about muramasa controlling Aizens zanpakutou? O_O
Jan 5, 2010 5:58 PM
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The depth is quite lacking. I wish they'd just make the funnel deeper, rather than wider.
Jan 5, 2010 6:01 PM
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Quite good episode,its good to see some more focus on Byakuya.In my opinion that was second best fight in this filler(first being Ichigo in hollow form).Loved how Byakuya's Imperial Sword attack look like,cant wait for next ep.And i realy hope next one is last from this filler,give normal story back^^
Jan 5, 2010 6:01 PM
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Frostwake said:
Yeah awesome fight there, long time since we saw Byakuya at full power... Pretty amazing though that Kouga can hold off Byakuya even without his zanpakutou

Also, Kougas ability controls the 5 senses? Lol I would have loved to see Kouga vs Aizen... And whats more, how about muramasa controlling Aizens zanpakutou? O_O


after watching the last bit of this episode you could wonder if he has ever been at full power considering this "final form" of his zanpakutou, its almost as if they as making Byakuya the strongest person in Soul Society, since he never used it against anyone else.

The fighting scenes were awesome compared to how they are usually done, if only they could bring that quality to other fights throughout the anime.

if kouga gets killed just like this, im going to be pretty pissed.

As for the anime overall its gone from being scored 8/10 to 7/10 and now to 6/10, in my list, im dropping this once the main arc gets finished.
Jan 5, 2010 6:28 PM
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The first part of the fight was really nice, with that fluid animation.
Jan 5, 2010 6:29 PM
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I can't believe Ichigo said This is your fight, I won't interfere LOL and I was a 100% sure that wont happen in bleach

The fight is really well done.

Good stuff.
Jan 5, 2010 6:38 PM
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Good fight. Reminds me of when Ichigo fought Byakuya.






Jan 5, 2010 6:43 PM

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wow, pretty good episode. I really liked the action. I thought the explanations were lacking, but I'll go along with it since its filler. I thought this was the best filler yet, but i'm glad its almost over. Oh is that last attack from Byakyua new? It was pretty cool. And Kouga fighting without his zanpaktou was pretty cool too.
The shinigami picture cup was hilarious.
Jan 5, 2010 7:35 PM

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damn i loved this ep y all fllers cant be dis good?? well anything with Byakura is good cant wait for next ep cause filler almost over yes!!^^

5/5
Jan 5, 2010 7:41 PM

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*thumbs up* for this episode. That was some entertaining combat! I already know the moral of this story. Muramasa's hollow intervention had better be as good as what we just saw. I also hope that Ichigo isn't made to step in & finish this fight off. This is Byakuya's arc, it should end with him.
Jan 5, 2010 7:43 PM

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Junipermouse said:
...Oh is that last attack from Byakyua new? It was pretty cool.


I'm pretty sure Ichigo got a glimpse of that last attack during the Soul Society arc.
Jan 5, 2010 9:04 PM

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best ep in a while, best fight too
ichigo really needs to learn some kidou or something though, his one attack is boring
Jan 5, 2010 9:28 PM

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probably the best choreography and camera movements in a fight for bleach thus far. I like how there wasn't too much of the "two people simply parrying each other and then holding their sword there, pushing with all their might as though they're trying to cut through the other weapon" (dear god that's cliche/lame). At least we see movement this time.. instead of them simply shunpo'ing everywhere. The matrix scenes were anticlimactic though. It got worse when they started using kidou.
Too bad they wasted the effort on a filler (but then again, the manga isn't much better atm. It's just fight after fight after fight)



Jan 5, 2010 9:45 PM

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so it was all an act, byakuya got his sword back before anyone else did; muramasa gets destroyed, and kouga looked like he was actually kicking byakuya's butt for a while there
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Jan 5, 2010 9:45 PM

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WTF this came out already?
Jan 5, 2010 10:05 PM

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nice ep.

man i wonder if Kouga can obtain Bankai, what might the ability be??


Jan 5, 2010 10:05 PM

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ive waited 10 episodes to finally see some real action instead of fillers
Jan 5, 2010 10:55 PM

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Man fights in Bleach needs to be like this. Hopefully the Ichigo vs Ulqiourra battle would be better than this.
Jan 5, 2010 10:59 PM

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Great Fight.
Reminds me of the fight between Ichigo And Byakuya.
The fillers are finishing YAY ! ^__^
Jan 5, 2010 11:04 PM

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dxthegreat said:
probably the best choreography and camera movements in a fight for bleach thus far. At least we see movement this time.. instead of them simply shunpo'ing everywhere. The matrix scenes were anticlimactic though.


I completely agree. I thought the matrix back-bends and slow mo were lame. I did appreciate the actual movement versus flashes of shunpo everywhere, it made the fight more fluid, especially at the beginning. again great episode^_^
Jan 5, 2010 11:07 PM
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warning, rant here.

uh, so the fight (before kouga corrupted Byakuya's senses) was cool... but still. just when I thought Bleach had found the depths of fail, well, they fall deeper. I mean, if Byakuya had somehow overcome his loss of sense in some epic hero character fashion, that would have been ok. but no, Senbonzakura had to go all, "I'm gonna activate on my own! 2v1 now b!tch." and then Byakuya with his, "Bankai! now even if I don't know where you are I'll still hit you!" uh ok. makes sense, he can fill the whole area with the pinkish petals... eh, he's just gonna swing one sword around, but since he said bankai he won't miss? so yea, I felt like ranting....
Jan 5, 2010 11:37 PM

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whoa, a decent bleach filler episode with fluid animation? Guess they saved up the budget for these last episodes.

White Imperial Sword, haven't seen that done in a long time since his battle with ichigo.
Jan 6, 2010 12:25 AM

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And thus is the power of Nakama. Good animation too!
Jan 6, 2010 12:41 AM

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One of the best fights in the series is a filler fight. Yay.
Jan 6, 2010 12:43 AM

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Byakuya's White Imperial Sword attack was something new; it doesn't appear in manga, so we won't see it anywhere else, I guess.
So Kouga never mastered bankai; and Zanpakutoes can be granted with their masters' previous abilities, huh.
I enjoy these fillers pretty much.
Though we are coming closer to the main battles following manga...

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Jan 6, 2010 1:54 AM
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Frostwake said:
Yeah awesome fight there, long time since we saw Byakuya at full power... Pretty amazing though that Kouga can hold off Byakuya even without his zanpakutou

Also, Kougas ability controls the 5 senses? Lol I would have loved to see Kouga vs Aizen... And whats more, how about muramasa controlling Aizens zanpakutou? O_O


after watching the last bit of this episode you could wonder if he has ever been at full power considering this "final form" of his zanpakutou, its almost as if they as making Byakuya the strongest person in Soul Society, since he never used it against anyone else.

The fighting scenes were awesome compared to how they are usually done, if only they could bring that quality to other fights throughout the anime.

if kouga gets killed just like this, im going to be pretty pissed.

As for the anime overall its gone from being scored 8/10 to 7/10 and now to 6/10, in my list, im dropping this once the main arc gets finished.


Not quite true since he's used it before
Jan 6, 2010 4:22 AM

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MORE FIGHTING LESS TALKING
nice episode...

around 2-3 more left
Jan 6, 2010 5:08 AM

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ive waited 10 episodes to finally see some real action instead of fillers


I totally agree xD its really been awhile since we last saw a good fight like this :D
Jan 6, 2010 5:49 AM

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loved this episode! Kouga used kidou thats not "official" just for the filler... still cool tho

also i wouldnt be so sure it ends soon... there still might be quite a few eps after this
Jan 6, 2010 6:16 AM

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A very nice episodie! 5/5

Byakuya revealing a new form of Senbonzakura
Kouga's powers
Action

and especially... no ichigo defeating kouga!!
Jan 6, 2010 6:22 AM

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The first Bleach episode of the decade and it absolutely mindblasted me.
It didn't just blow my mind. It BLASTED my mind.
Jan 6, 2010 6:24 AM

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also Byakuya has used that form before when fighting ichigo BTW
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Jan 6, 2010 7:40 AM

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I'm happy Byakuya finally had a real fight instead of just letting his pink petals fight for him
Jan 6, 2010 7:48 AM

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I hated Muramasa but now i feel kinda sorry for him
Jan 6, 2010 10:43 AM

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http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/9886/snapshot20100106131731.png

what a badass

I can't believe it, but a filler fight is trying to be one of my favorite fights in the series
Jan 6, 2010 11:33 AM

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Ichigo did not enter the fight? What miracle is this? I believe it is the first time that a captain can solve their problems alone lol
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Awesome fight between Byakuya & Kouga - only few more episodes left of this arc..
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Jan 6, 2010 11:49 AM

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u know i dont think i've seen a fight as entertaining as this one
Jan 6, 2010 1:23 PM

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Well, apart from the awesome kick-ass fight between Byakuya and kouga (I mean common guys, this is shocking since we haven't seen such a good fight in 20 episodes or so), it was REALLY REALLY bad animation. Oh, and lolz at the matrix effects :D

What pissed me off though is Kouga's mummie face doesn't fit at all with his stupid juvenile voice. it's like watching animation doubled with some other anime sound. It was really weird and creepy -.-

Anyway.

3/5 thanks to the cool matrix fight :p
Jan 6, 2010 1:27 PM

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Kouga is quiet powerfull even without his zanpaktou it surpriesed me a bit. That fight between Kouga and Byakuya was epic, one of the best in the whole Bleach. I'm almost sure that without Senbonzakura Byakuya would be dead.
Btw this filler arc is one of the best I've ever seen :)
Jan 6, 2010 1:29 PM

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Epic battle is epic.
Jan 6, 2010 1:58 PM

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That was a great episode and the omakes at the end were hillarious.

Jan 6, 2010 2:03 PM

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^ Omakes were indeed hilarious!

Really enjoyabe episode, as others mentioned some really good animation during the fight. I couldn't help cheering for Byakuya, though Kouga did a great job sans zanpakutou. :D
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best ep in a while, best fight too
ichigo really needs to learn some kidou or something though, his one attack is boring
Unfortunately true, kidou seems to make the action much more interesting, also since Ichigo has a blunt attack there's no 'defence' (speed used to overcome this problem but it seems more and more characters can keep up ^^;)
Jan 6, 2010 2:57 PM

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when the fuck is the stupid filler gonna end?They should stop this stupid filler and start to air the story that is unfinished.
Jan 6, 2010 4:36 PM
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I'm not really understanding the logic here. It said that if Byakuya had told his allies about all this at the start then they would have just killed Muramasa and it wouldn't have worked. However since Koga was sealed how would just killing Muramasa not be satisfactory? I mean wasn't he supposed to have learned that it's not cool to attack your adopted sister over pride like 200 episodes ago? It seems that as time passes bleach characters keep getting more and more shallow and not the opposite.

Also it's pretty lame he controls the five senses like Aizen surely they could have thought of some other power to give him.
Jan 6, 2010 4:45 PM
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omfg intense fight o.O
Jan 6, 2010 6:14 PM

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Byakuya=total badass in this one
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