Bleach 33
Posted: December 29, 2010 Filed under: Bleach 4 Comments »Tite Kubo – Viz – 2010 – 48+ volumes
Okay, yes. This volume was marginally more interesting due to the big Nel reveal. I… thought there would be something about Nel and her friends later in the story, and I’m happy to see it work out in Ichigo’s favor. I was a little worried she was in disguise. She’s a pretty cute girl, and plenty noble too, both in the present and in the lengthy flashback we get to see.
Her friends, Pesche and Dondochakka, look like they have a story to tell coming up, too. Their faces weren’t shown, but whether that was because they will revert later on or because it doesn’t matter what they used to look like, I’m not sure. They are good guys though, and their devotion to Nel is touching.
Honestly, Nel’s devotion to Ichigo, and vice versa, is also pretty cool, especially when the chips are down. It’s great to have someone like that on your side, especially when a powerful new opponent with a gigantic spear shows up to kick you when you’re down. Enough with the endless parade of bad guys, already.
Elsewhere, bad guys continue to beat up on Renji and Uryu. Nothing much to say there. His techniques are pretty cool, and a little different than the usual powerful slashes and energy blasts, but not much comes from them. I’m… not sure if that fight’s over due to the interference of Dondochakka, or whether Dondochakka and Pesche just left and Uryu and Renji are still there.
Bleach won me back. Tentatively. The next volume preview shows me that a whole bunch of characters are about to join the fray, though, and I am NOT liking that. Hooray for more abstract energy blasts and big slashes for volume after volume!
I also loved the part about Nel, but really, Bleach is loosing quality, with tons of new enimies showing up at every volume.
I’m hoping it gets better, but I don’t know …
Bleach lost its feel for me, especially with the long-dragged out aizen crap. BUT the newerst arc, from Japan, is AMAZING. dont give up hope.
When does the new arc start, just out of curiousity? I’m beginning to lose hope with this one, since it seems like they’re nowhere near… stopping Aizen, or going back with Orihime, or whatever it is they’re still doing right now.
I’ve yet to reach the new arc and I’m almost up to date with the japanese releases, so it has to be really recent (chapter 415 onwards).
Tha Aizen arc dragged and dragged and dragged, until I almost gave up, but since it chaged, I might give it another chance.