Anime & Manga Titty Kubo Has Defeated Lee (Remembering the Fallen)

[Elder Lee Hung]

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Lol I haven’t gotten too far into Soul Society but I’ll drop some thoughts. I just got to the part where Ichigo is fighting the guy who is an enemy of all Soul Reapers…so Ichigo messiah whooped the Giant Gatekeeper’s ass, then Captain Gin showed up and threw them back out of the gate, then we went to this hermit’s place. Here are my preliminary thoughts:

So far the general aesthetic and world building of Soul Society is a letdown. It was hard enough for me all this time watching Ichigo’s Soul Reaper form, which should be a metaphysical manifestation of his corporeal soul, do things like bleed (how does a corporeal form bleed exactly), lose/get separated from his Zanpaku To (a sword directly linked to Ichigo’s own Soul, so how can he get separated from it?), and lose consciousness, but now getting to the Soul Society and having the place just be medieval Japan…yeah, complete disappointment.

I was also completely baffled when we reunited with Parakeet boy and we found out that the child hadn’t been reunited with any of his family in death, and that most souls after death just get randomly assigned to one of four districts and whether you ever see your family again after death is a matter of shere luck. Why is Titty doing this I wonder? Is this an intentional attempt to write about themes such as the Soul Reapers’ completely tyrannical control of the souls of people after death, and Titty will expand upon it later? Because I could appreciate attempting a theme like that but time will tell if this is intentional I guess.

Also, Messiah Ichigo is back lmfao, “Jindago is a legend! He can kill 30 hollows with one axe swing!” Negged immediately by Ichigo lmfaooo, I was like can someone please send pussycat back to the litter box before he ODs on catnip. 10 days of training and this guy literally could not entertain Ichigo at all. Gin even had zero respect for this guy who is supposed to be a legend. Titty just couldn’t restrain himself. “ICHIGO INFINITE POWA”

So anyway. Soul Society is…fine so far I guess lol. Not starting off as solid as the previous arc.

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[MonochromeYoru]

You should watch at least Soul Society in anime imo. The ost adds so much more.

 

[Owl Ki]

Lol I haven’t gotten too far into Soul Society but I’ll drop some thoughts. I just got to the part where Ichigo is fighting the guy who is an enemy of all Soul Reapers…so Ichigo messiah whooped the Giant Gatekeeper’s ass, then Captain Gin showed up and threw them back out of the gate, then we went to this hermit’s place. Here are my preliminary thoughts:

So far the general aesthetic and world building of Soul Society is a letdown. It was hard enough for me all this time watching Ichigo’s Soul Reaper form, which should be a metaphysical manifestation of his corporeal soul, do things like bleed (how does a corporeal form bleed exactly), lose/get separated from his Zanpaku To (a sword directly linked to Ichigo’s own Soul, so how can he get separated from it?), and lose consciousness, but now getting to the Soul Society and having the place just be medieval Japan…yeah, complete disappointment.

Indeed, everybody that ever existed in this universe is Japanese. I can only assume Japan won WWII in this universe and ethnically cleansed the rest of the planet in order for the Afterlife to be so monocultural. Lol.

I remember having gripes about the setting. Twas my first post about Bleach.

I was originally going to share my thoughts on this with my Tyrant brethren on Discord but I thought “Screw it, this is worthy of a post”.

Well, I am now on Chapter 184 of Bleach and I have finished the Soul Society Arc (aka Bleach’s supposed best arc) in it’s entirety.

Honestly, Bleach has to be one of the most boring mangas that I have ever read and one of the greatest contributors to that problem is it’s setting.

Besides the High School shenanigans with Japanese teenagers in a world exactly like ours (bar the presence of supernatural abominations and superhumans), Bleach is set in the Soul Society, the base of operations from which the Soul Reapers operate from.

The Soul Society is split between the Rukongai, where the souls of deceased mortals stay for an undetermined amount of time (one soul confirmed that he had been there for over two centuries) and the Seireitei, where the Soul Reapers themselves reside.

In short, it is the afterlife. The only afterlife. Every single soul that ever existed passes through the Soul Society.

Now one would think that the afterlife would be a fairly exciting setting. A holy place of reverence that should bring those who behold such a wondrous supernatural spectacle to their knees in awe of it’s beauty and wonder, right?

Wrong.

Bleach’s afterlife is exactly and I mean exactly like Earth in every single way imaginable.

Poverty? Check. Nobles? Check. Conflict over resources? Check. Folk living in buildings? Check. Death (yes, you can die in the fecking afterlife)? Check. The need to eat (but apparently only for those who possess spirit energy)? Check. Illness (yes, the afterlife has that too... somehow)? Check. Animals (I guess they have souls)? Check.

The afterlife even has Cabbage White Butterflies. That is right, major agricultural crop pests that haunt the average farmer, inhabit the God damn afterlife. As a horticulturist, that reveal personally insulted me.

The thing is, even if one decided to work within these limitations that the afterlife must resemble our world, there was still potential to make this setting interesting.

After all, this is a place where all souls come through from all of human history.

Imagine the potential for cultural combinations? This is a place where Romans can meet Vikings, Aztecs can meet Mongols, Visigoths can meet Ancient Egyptians, Huns can meets Spartans etc. etc. One could see Egyptian pyramids next to Gothic cathedrals, oriental palaces next to Roman colosseums, modern buildings next to ancient architecture or even attempts to combine cultures. After all, there should be a lot of architects with literally all of eternity to spend on projects.

Imagine the potential for historical figures? Aristotle can have a chat with Karl Marx, Einstein can share his findings with Galileo, Ghandi can converse with Martin Luther King etc.

Or even how ordinary folk react? After all, atheists will be most surprised at the fact that an afterlife even exists while those of faith might be confused and even potentially disappointed over their situation that their faith that they dedicated their entire life to was a bit off the mark.

Well curb your imagination my dear reader cause according to the whims of Titty Kubo, all of the afterlife is one giant, feudal Japanese shanty town with a nice white wall palace in the middle and everyone in existence is Japanese.

This is not even getting into the inconsistent nature of the place.

Spoiler: Nagging inconsistencies.

Soul Reapers have to maintain an equal number of souls between the Soul Society and the Living World. If the balance is upset, the universe collapses.

Even an imbalance as small as a single bloke killing a couple dozen ghosts can threaten the entire universe.

Despite this, souls can kill each other as they please in the Rukongai without the Soul Reapers batting an eyelid.

Bleach has it’s own equivalent of Hell, where the Hollow by the name of Shrieker went to.

The Rukongai is divided into four sections (North, East, South and West) which in turn are divided into eighty sections where District 1 is safest and District 80 is a poverty stricken war zone where evil sods fight and kill each other regularly.... Despite the fact that there is a literal Hell to dump evil fecks into.

In short, Bleach is cripplingly disappointing in it’s setting and it makes it that much harder to read this damn series. Especially when it takes about 50 Chapters for the plot to even start and another 20 Chapters after that to get to the utterly boring Bleach afterlife.

This is not the only issue I have with this manga but damn is it the one that makes this series a damn slog to get through.

I would say good times but, ya know, it's Bleach.

I was also completely baffled when we reunited with Parakeet boy and we found out that the child hadn’t been reunited with any of his family in death, and that most souls after death just get randomly assigned to one of four districts and whether you ever see your family again after death is a matter of shere luck. Why is Titty doing this I wonder? Is this an intentional attempt to write about themes such as the Soul Reapers’ completely tyrannical control of the souls of people after death, and Titty will expand upon it later? Because I could appreciate attempting a theme like that but time will tell if this is intentional I guess.

Whoa, whoa! Calm down man or else you might actually give Kubo an idea for a plot!!

Also, Messiah Ichigo is back lmfao, “Jindago is a legend! He can kill 30 hollows with one axe swing!” Negged immediately by Ichigo lmfaooo, I was like can someone please send pussycat back to the litter box before he ODs on catnip. 10 days of training and this guy literally could not entertain Ichigo at all. Gin even had zero respect for this guy who is supposed to be a legend. Titty just couldn’t restrain himself. “ICHIGO INFINITE POWA”

Trust me, you are going to see way more of this.

At least you will see Ichigo beat up some characters you prefer to him.

 

[Monkey D Theories]

Kenpachi Zaraki is what Zoro would be if he wasn’t cringe.

 

[ConquistadoR]

Also, Messiah Ichigo is back lmfao, “Jindago is a legend! He can kill 30 hollows with one axe swing!” Negged immediately by Ichigo lmfaooo, I was like can someone please send pussycat back to the litter box before he ODs on catnip. 10 days of training and this guy literally could not entertain Ichigo at all. Gin even had zero respect for this guy who is supposed to be a legend. Titty just couldn’t restrain himself. “ICHIGO INFINITE POWA”

IMO Titty is the worst out of Oda & Kishimoto when it comes to handling MCs lol.

 

[matt245]

Lol I haven’t gotten too far into Soul Society but I’ll drop some thoughts. I just got to the part where Ichigo is fighting the guy who is an enemy of all Soul Reapers…so Ichigo messiah whooped the Giant Gatekeeper’s ass, then Captain Gin showed up and threw them back out of the gate, then we went to this hermit’s place. Here are my preliminary thoughts:

So far the general aesthetic and world building of Soul Society is a letdown. It was hard enough for me all this time watching Ichigo’s Soul Reaper form, which should be a metaphysical manifestation of his corporeal soul, do things like bleed (how does a corporeal form bleed exactly), lose/get separated from his Zanpaku To (a sword directly linked to Ichigo’s own Soul, so how can he get separated from it?), and lose consciousness, but now getting to the Soul Society and having the place just be medieval Japan…yeah, complete disappointment.

I was also completely baffled when we reunited with Parakeet boy and we found out that the child hadn’t been reunited with any of his family in death, and that most souls after death just get randomly assigned to one of four districts and whether you ever see your family again after death is a matter of shere luck. Why is Titty doing this I wonder? Is this an intentional attempt to write about themes such as the Soul Reapers’ completely tyrannical control of the souls of people after death, and Titty will expand upon it later? Because I could appreciate attempting a theme like that but time will tell if this is intentional I guess.

Also, Messiah Ichigo is back lmfao, “Jindago is a legend! He can kill 30 hollows with one axe swing!” Negged immediately by Ichigo lmfaooo, I was like can someone please send pussycat back to the litter box before he ODs on catnip. 10 days of training and this guy literally could not entertain Ichigo at all. Gin even had zero respect for this guy who is supposed to be a legend. Titty just couldn’t restrain himself. “ICHIGO INFINITE POWA”

So anyway. Soul Society is…fine so far I guess lol. Not starting off as solid as the previous arc.

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Oh yes, Ichigo; just like Naruto and Puffy, they all get some good deepthroats from their authors. Someone has to stop authors from making characters like those like fr

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Kenpachi Zaraki is what Zoro would be if he wasn’t cringe.

Doesn't Kenpachi have the depth of a... Puddle? Like, the only thing going for him is "hurr durr he is strong, hurr durr also big boi potential"

 

[Monkey D Theories]

Doesn't Kenpachi have the depth of a... Puddle? Like, the only thing going for him is "hurr durr he is strong, hurr durr also big boi potential"

Zoro is the exact same but cringe

 

[matt245]

Zoro is the exact same but cringe

Either you saw One Piece with your eyes closed or you are a Kenpachi fanboy. 100% sure

 

[Monkey D Theories]

Either you saw One Piece with your eyes closed or you are a Kenpachi fanboy. 100% sure

One piece in general is cringe and has shitty dialogue

“I guess I might as well become the king of hell” is a fucking stupid line

 

[matt245]

One piece in general is cringe and has shitty dialogue

“I guess I might as well become the king of hell” is a fucking stupid line

But "Death and pain are just a small price to pay for the enjoyment of battle!" sounds a lot better doesn't it? a very deep and meaningful quote

 

[Monkey D Theories]

But "Death and pain are just a small price to pay for the enjoyment of battle!" sounds a lot better doesn't it? a very deep and meaningful quote

Yes

That line actually means something. It entirely describes Kenpachi’s character. The king of hell stuff just sounds like edgy nonsense.

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Like what the fuck is Zoro talking about when he says he might as well become the king of hell?

 

[matt245]

It entirely describes Kenpachi’s character.

A character that only focuses on battles and that outside of theme he's basically there as a decoration? First time seeing someone like him ngl. "hurr durrr fight, look how edgy and stronk I am"

 

[Monkey D Theories]

. "hurr durrr fight, look how edgy and stronk I am"

this is literally zoro

 

[ConquistadoR]

this is literally zoro

Thoughts on Eustass Kidd being a watered down Grimmjow with a cheerleader suit on?

 

[ZenZu]

A character that only focuses on battles and that outside of theme he's basically there as a decoration? First time seeing someone like him ngl. "hurr durrr fight, look how edgy and stronk I am"

You literally just described the current state of Zoro lmao.

Overall Zoro was much more than that, but since post skip he's just Kenpachi jr. No denying that.

 

[Monkey D Theories]

Thoughts on Eustass Kidd being a watered down Grimmjow with a cheerleader suit on?

Yes

 

[ZenZu]

Yes

How hype was Grimmjow?

 

[Monkey D Theories]

Grimmjow is a much better rival to Ichigo than Kid was to Luffy.

Loda can’t write rivalries. He build up smoker since loguetown and Luffy surpassed him without their ever even being a fight between the two.

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Although who knows, maybe Oda will surprise me with what he does with Kid in elbaf.

Oh who am I kidding, we’ll probably spend most of that arc on another shitty princess subplot.

 

[ConquistadoR]

You literally just described the current state of Zoro lmao.

Overall Zoro was much more than that, but since post skip he's just Kenpachi jr. No denying that.

Mainly because Zoro's character growth is complete imo.
He went from "You need to do Seppuku if you are an obstacle in my path" to sacrificing himself for Luffy at TB.

I doubt he'll get anymore character growth outside of his dream related stuff. If that was ever in the cards, Wano was the stage and Oda fumbled that.

 

[ZenZu]

@Fleet Admiral Lee Hung Ignore this post.

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Feast your eyes on this beast, all you have to do is watch the first minute to know he's built different

What presence , Rukia had to tell Ichigo, the dude who whooped her older brother into submission, the Kenpachi slayer, to run for his life, cause he had noooo shot. Never forget that. Biggest MC beatdown in anime history from the goat.