So, with the oddly named chapter 483 we continue the final
Bleach arc. Last time we were promised war by the mysterious group of
people who invaded Soul Society, and this week we see they have the
deadline set.
This was a pretty good chapter that also threw up a couple of
interesting points. Firstly, I will start with Ivan Azgiaro vs Ichigo
which took place in this chapter.
We know Ichigo is strong even without using his Bankai, so when Ivan
began taunting Ichigo and trying to get him to use it then I am sure
many of use were curious as to why he wanted it to happen so badly. When
Ichigo finally relents and uses his Bankai, Ivan begans chanting some
weird incantation while thinking to himself that this will put an end to
Ichigo’s Bankai for good. I don’t know how or what type of attack it
was he used or indeed what he is hoping to accomplish by taking Ichigo’s
Bankai away from him, but some people have said that it feels like the
kind of thing Ginjo already tried in the last arc – ie stealing Ichigo’s
power for himself.
Ichigo shocked Ivan though when, despite being hurt by the attack, he
still managed to smash through it by unleashing a Getsuga Tensho. I
think Ivan must be working alongside the group who are planning on
taking down Soul Society, and heck, he probably thinks that if he can
take out Ichigo’s strongest power then that will be a massive blow to
Soul Society’s chances of putting up any kind of resistance.
Which brings me to the next point, that being not only did we find
out the name for this new group of mysterious people – the Vandenreich –
but they also set the deadline for when the end of Soul Society would
occur. They have already seemingly killed Yamamoto’s assistant Sasakibe,
though maybe he will end up surviving a spear/lance through the chest
what with this being Bleach, only time will tell.
But I find it interesting that Kubo probably has plans for the next
couple of years at least for Bleach, and yet now the people who appear
to be the main enemies have declared Soul Society will be destroyed in
five days. Now I personally don’t believe that, and I also have a
feeling now that the Vandenreich will not turn out to be the main
villains or challenge Soul Society will face.
Just for the fact there is
still no sign of the Arrancar such as Grimmjow or Nel, as well as the
fact Kubo himself has said he hopes to show Aizen in the Manga again at
some stage tells me that there is no way he will allow things to be
settled so quickly. I know in Manga time 5 days can be stretched out a
lot, but to continue for any reasonable period of time then there is
really no way 5 days would be enough even in Manga time if Kubo wanted
to get more from the story.
I predict a good few twists and turns yet to come that will throw
this stuff out the window, and despite the amount of criticism Kubo
seems to get and being called a shit writer etc, I have faith that he
will come through on this arc and do a great job. There is certainly
plenty more to come and to look forward to though regardless of what
does or doesn’t happen, so Bleach is definitely a series to keep your
eye on now.
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