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Apr 14, 2009 2:22 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Sad to see this lot of fillers go, they were hilarious.

Anyway, was a decent ep. If only they would show the continuation of this from the recent manga chapters, and skip to the other battles later. But, that won't happen.

New Opening - Great music, terrible animation. Basically all stationary pictures (which are good), characters walking slowly, and some Orihime + Rukia dancing in the chorus... Would be better suited for an ending.

New Ending - I dislike Sambomaster, so don't like the music, however the animation used is half-decent for an ending.
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Apr 14, 2009 6:46 AM
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im glad its back to the storyline i hated waiting to see what was gonna happen with Orihime and the rest of em and knowing that the town was invaded and the captains were gona have a killer fight wit all of em fighting i was pissed when all the fillers and side storys started

they should of had em b4 the left to get Orihime back then they wouldnt of been so annoying

sure the vipers bit was in the right place and same wit the stupid defend the town bit with kon

im happy i can finaly look forward to next weeks episode again
Apr 14, 2009 7:26 AM
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slow
Apr 14, 2009 9:41 AM
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I just say finally. I waited for ages and here the new arc is.
*jums* I can't wait for more....
Hitsugaya-Chan looked really handsome aswell *kyaa so cute*


Apr 14, 2009 2:58 PM
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adfadsfadsfasdf. I'm fairly middle of the road on both of the new themes, especially after Wiki got my hopes up for Stereopony's new single to act as a new Bleach theme. Maybe in twelve weeks for a new ED, hah. Maybe the new ones will grow on me too. The animation on the OP was trash though.

Really still worried about the pacing of this in the anime. Just hope it doesn't take us 3 months to get back to Ichigo. Then again, considering the way that's going maybe I do.
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Apr 14, 2009 8:36 PM
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I'm glad to see the fillers gone... DB has gotten lazy and taken them longer to sub so i had to bite my lip and watch raw with my poor language . but sooooooo glad they got rid of that crapper filler not last long
Apr 14, 2009 9:45 PM
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Finally back to canon storylines. They're going to drag this arc out as much as possible. The manga is going pretty slow so it's only expected the anime would be too. The new OP/ED are pretty good. They finally got rid of that terrible Orihime ED.
Apr 14, 2009 9:48 PM
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Sambomaster ending theme - I like it
Apr 14, 2009 9:50 PM
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Wasabi said:
Finally back to canon storylines. They're going to drag this arc out as much as possible. The manga is going pretty slow so it's only expected the anime would be too. The new OP/ED are pretty good. They finally got rid of that terrible Orihime ED.


What?!!?!!!? I loved that ending.!!!

Edit: I know they got rid but really the song was total awesomeness!
Apr 14, 2009 9:57 PM

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I don't see why they had to waste episode time by showing what's going on in Kagamino city (22km east of Karakura city) by simply showing off reiatsu crushing hollows :P. I'm just glad it's back to the main story line.
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Apr 14, 2009 10:11 PM

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YES! Finally back to the main story. I had forgotten how awesome the background music score of Bleach was until this episode, playing to the emotions of the characters and the viewers :D

The capitan commander's Ryuujin Jakka attack was pretty great as well. OP and ED were good.

I found it interesting that the episode had titles as to where everything was taking place (22km east of Karakura city, etc.) because they had never done so before in the series (I think). It really did just take up time in the episode. Overall it was a great comeback for the series and the plot line.
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This episode has confirmed my belief that Bleach is about to be dragged to death
Apr 14, 2009 10:45 PM

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Tsuki no Mai

It feels as though a hole in my heart has been filled.
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Apr 14, 2009 10:50 PM

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Ook watching second time ... coz i wanted to check on it

Songs in OP and ED are good but animation is poor

But does anyone else notice upscale in animation 11:06 when Ulquiorra is walking down the hall? I found severl other counts like this too ... i hope its not a tease on my eyes lol.
Apr 14, 2009 11:03 PM

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Bakayaro said:
adfadsfadsfasdf. I'm fairly middle of the road on both of the new themes, especially after Wiki got my hopes up for Stereopony's new single to act as a new Bleach theme.


I'm glad I never heard that rumor or I'd be seriously disappointed considering I love Stereopony and their new single. :P

Glad to get it back on track.
Apr 14, 2009 11:07 PM

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Opening and Ending are lame...and they padded the hell out of this episode. On the bright side, I found Ulquiorra to be interesting for the first time...it almost made me wondere whether or not he'd pull a Vegeta.
Apr 14, 2009 11:14 PM

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op animation sucked, the song was decent. ed song sucked hardcore and the ed animation was nothing special.

the episode was ok, it just reminded me that we are coming up to the fights where they jump around between them too much. i hope it isn't shown that way in the anime bc that is just going to annoy me even more.

and im sorry but i laughed hard at the end, all i could think was orgy in the closet with the substitute shinigami diary.
Apr 14, 2009 11:25 PM
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Ahh! it is so SLOWWWW...
Apr 14, 2009 11:57 PM

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Wow what an exciting episode!
Tons and tons of NOTHING happened! Just awesome nothingness right there!

*Sigh*
and the OP... he was weird.
Apr 15, 2009 12:13 AM

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well,at least we are back to the main storyline^^
Apr 15, 2009 12:15 AM

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Didn't like the new opening(for the 1st time disappoint me) and ending.

This episode is nice. At least I enjoy it. The animation is quite good too.
Looking forward for next week episode.
Apr 15, 2009 12:21 AM
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Well this season there seems to be a lot of fanservice anime so i guess they just joined the crowd. Personally I prefer Velonica.
Apr 15, 2009 12:28 AM

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I like the new OP song, but I can't say the same for the animation.
The episode itself was alright, but this just confirms that they'll drag this out as much as possible >_>
Apr 15, 2009 12:52 AM

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The pacing of this show is as bad as ever. Ep summary

Aizen gets trapped in ring of fire and Ichigo shows up to fight Ulquiorra + some meaningless dialoge.
Apr 15, 2009 1:20 AM

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EmiriiChan said:
I just say finally. I waited for ages and here the new arc is.
*jums* I can't wait for more....
Hitsugaya-Chan looked really handsome aswell *kyaa so cute*


Nyahahaha so I wasn't the only one who was happy to see Hitsugaya X3

FINALLY back to the main story! New OP was... I dunno. There was things I liked and things I disliked. ED was pretty good. This episode was overall good but little bit slow. I'm expecting some actions in the next episode :)
Apr 15, 2009 1:21 AM

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Quanta said:
The pacing of this show is as bad as ever. Ep summary

Aizen gets trapped in ring of fire and Ichigo shows up to fight Ulquiorra + some meaningless dialoge.


You can blame the manga pacing for that, this whole episode consisted of 1 chapter from the manga, and that was with ALOT of filler extension help. My god the pacing is terrible in both forms.
Apr 15, 2009 1:21 AM
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Loved it! I only watch anime barely read the manga so its all new for me. I can easily tell whats filler in the ep and whats not though.

I love the new OP and ED. Why? Because of Rukia. All this damn IchiRuki fanservice when I know in the overall end nothings gonna happen.=( Still I love it and I want moar! Hopeuflly Kubo gives them a kiss scene before its all said and done.

The only thing bad with this episode and the series is Orihime. Shes a terrible character. Everything about her. Her appearances and meaningless dialogue really do just kill Bleach,.
Hope more Soifon and Rukia in this arc. I already know Orhimes annoying ass is gonna get spammed.

Anyways as a guy who only watches the anime I dont have as much problem as it with some of the other people on here,.
Apr 15, 2009 1:31 AM

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WolfWood37 said:
Quanta said:
The pacing of this show is as bad as ever. Ep summary

Aizen gets trapped in ring of fire and Ichigo shows up to fight Ulquiorra + some meaningless dialoge.


You can blame the manga pacing for that, this whole episode consisted of 1 chapter from the manga, and that was with ALOT of filler extension help. My god the pacing is terrible in both forms.
Exactly... This is one of the main reasons why One Piece > Bleach, the manga has over 2x the amount of content, in the same amount of pages... But anyway, the pacing of Bleach is still better then KHR anime... For now...
Apr 15, 2009 1:53 AM

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yds1987 said:
slow

yea (heaps)
but thats bleach for ya.
Apr 15, 2009 2:13 AM

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Nymphetamine2791 said:
I don't see why they had to waste episode time by showing what's going on in Kagamino city (22km east of Karakura city) by simply showing off reiatsu crushing hollows :P. I'm just glad it's back to the main story line.


Yeah wtf is the point of that? I like building up suspense and drama and all...but please...were 215 episodes in, and bleach has gotten pretty slow pace. Why are you showing us something totally unimportant? We all already know they are all about as strong as they get.

The titles thing about where stuff was going on is kool in a way...to build suspense. But they've already built enough making us wait over these crappy filler arcs...just get to it already! lol

PsychFreak said:
This episode has confirmed my belief that Bleach is about to be dragged to death


I know...I saw the new OP, and the setting up for the new big battle...and got excited thinking "Maybe Bleach will become good again!" Then we spent a whole 20min episode of just...talking.

I've lost hope...

Yes "Back to the main storyline" that will take another 5 episodes before anything meaningful happens at the rate there dragging this out.

OP music I liked. Animation was ...meh ok. ED I didn't care for one way or the other.

Quanta said:
The pacing of this show is as bad as ever. Ep summary Aizen gets trapped in ring of fire and Ichigo shows up to fight Ulquiorra + some meaningless dialoge.


That's about it...
Apr 15, 2009 2:25 AM

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fillers over and new ep was good ya op and ed rocked but this arc is about to be longggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
Apr 15, 2009 3:50 AM

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Next episode looks much more interesting, however it feels good to see everyone again. However, if Ichigo manages to easily pummel Ulq, I am going to be very upset. Ulq is my favorite character and him just being on screen has me instantly glued to the screen.
Apr 15, 2009 3:57 AM

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Finally!!! It's back to the action man! Boy, the actions are really HEATing up ;p
Apr 15, 2009 4:10 AM

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Yes we are back to the main manga storyline XD
it was slow but rather go through that then fillers
like the new ending but with the opening i like the animation continuing from Velonica and good soundtrack but both dont seem to work together >.<
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Apr 15, 2009 4:40 AM

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Just recently picked Bleack back up, can anyone tell me what episode the fillers actually start? so i can skip them completly.
Apr 15, 2009 5:37 AM

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Wow what an exciting episode!
Tons and tons of NOTHING happened! Just awesome nothingness right there!

*Sigh*
and the OP... he was weird.


So true :/

I want to see the Vizard enter the fray already! Talk about stretching it out...

I haven't been able to stop thinking about that scene with all the Vizard.... "Lets roll"... hehe, gonna be so damn good!
Apr 15, 2009 5:53 AM

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lolwut dance routine.
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Apr 15, 2009 6:03 AM

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.... "Lets roll"... hehe, gonna be so damn good!
yey x)
i wanna see Aizen's reaction when he will see the Vizards )
but he's in that circle of fire x(
maybe he'll sense the reyatsu of them.. who knows
Apr 15, 2009 6:11 AM

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At last, the arch was over... But I kinda dont like to see the battles to being divided for sametime. They should focus on 1 and then after that to the another one
Apr 15, 2009 6:36 AM

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WolfWood37 said:
Quanta said:
The pacing of this show is as bad as ever. Ep summary

Aizen gets trapped in ring of fire and Ichigo shows up to fight Ulquiorra + some meaningless dialoge.


You can blame the manga pacing for that, this whole episode consisted of 1 chapter from the manga, and that was with ALOT of filler extension help. My god the pacing is terrible in both forms.

This episode takes 2 chapter actually with some add-in. Refer to chapter 316 and 317.
Apr 15, 2009 6:44 AM

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Weird op.

Average episode, the pacing was a bitch.
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this :(

Again with Inoue and her blabbering, but at least Ulquiorra was there. the OP sucked big time. the ED was okay. we're finally back to the canon eps!! yay
Apr 15, 2009 7:30 AM

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loved the episode
i've been waiting to see the scenes with the captains and those with Rukia & co for a long time now..
glad they're back on track,although they're going kinda slow : \
Apr 15, 2009 7:39 AM

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Well.... now THAT was a big disappointment really, was expecting much more captains vs espada time in this episode, but all we got was just some boring Ulqoirra rambling and annoying Orihime, as if we haven't had that enough alrdy .... way too slow, but at least next episodes should finally become some good again !!
Apr 15, 2009 8:07 AM

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I really preferred the OP over the ED, but that's just my opinion. o.o

I'm glad that the fillers are over and its back onto the main story line.

Needs less talk and more action though.
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Apr 15, 2009 8:38 AM

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a bit odd OP, love the pic. but to quick for me to enjoy them. had to stop, so i could see them :P

every one showed up to help ichigo, exsept 1. where is ishida? i didn't see him :S

anyway, can't w8 to see the Vizard ppl fights :D
Apr 15, 2009 9:14 AM
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Well I was actually enjoying the latest filler eps but nonetheless it's good to be back into the story. While the ep did seem padded a bit the high points for me were Genryuusai busting out Ryuujin Jakka, and the always excellent soundtrack conveying the emotion of the moment (Ichigo in particular). Also, I think Rukia said it best "STFU and go save Orihime, we can have the teddy-bear reunion later!"

New OP/ED are ok, I liked the old ones a lot more though. I noticed right away the sucky animation in the OP, I thought it was the encode for a sec there.
Apr 15, 2009 9:35 AM

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Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow! I love the new opening! It feels very different from the other ones, it's quite strange, but also familiar in a way. I also like how this time 'round they only show the good guys. The ending was also quite good. Unfortunately the episode was pretty lame though.
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Apr 15, 2009 12:22 PM

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Nothing happened... tsh...
I'm tired of these small-detailed filling things.
OP was good, but animation was poor. I liked Rukia and Orihime dancing (rukia's hair was somewhat cute) but I'd like to see Rukia alone...
Orihime is getting much more annoying...
Apr 15, 2009 12:25 PM

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I really love the new opening song! Its amazing! :D Love the animation of orihime! :D
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