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May 5, 2009 9:17 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Oh boy, they're totally blowing past the chapters. They'll probably stick in a filler arc pretty soon.

Kira pwns the arrancar execution style. Just a bit more development on Kira's character. No wonder he looks so depressed all the time. ._.
May 5, 2009 9:30 PM
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Kira cleaned his clock. "Raise your head Wabisuke." That's an ill release name for a zanpakuto.
"To see with eyes unclouded by hate"

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May 5, 2009 10:12 PM
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Best Bleach episodes in a while.
May 5, 2009 10:17 PM
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I love how you learn more about Yumichika and Kira being a total BAD ASS.

Kira's morals on battles and his fighting made him look ubber cool this episode XD
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May 5, 2009 10:24 PM
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Kira was really cool in this one.
May 5, 2009 10:54 PM
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kira damn u rule man
May 5, 2009 11:42 PM
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two fraccion beaten in totally in one episode, nice, but i really liked that eagle guy, oh well at least this proves kira's sword is awesome!
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May 5, 2009 11:51 PM
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This was a really good episode. Didn't need to see the rest of Yumichika's fight though, since it was a reiteration of what he said last week. But the explanation of Wabisuke was crazy good. It had an energy that I don't think has been present since Aizen showed his true colors. It was dark and magnetic. Everything that the writing was trying to convey when Kira explained his squad (which was totally lame and /my wrists worthy).

Oh well, on to the next fight.
May 6, 2009 12:20 AM
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This was the part in the manga that made Kira one of my favorite characters in Bleach he is so badass even though he probably doesn't want to be seen that way
May 6, 2009 12:28 AM

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That was a f**** decapitation xD LOVE IT, execution style!
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May 6, 2009 12:36 AM

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I have to say that this was the best ep I've seen in a long time. I never realized that Kira was such a dark character. I hope they keep this up.
May 6, 2009 1:08 AM

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As others said this was a good episode, especially the Kira part. I honestly didn't expect them to go with a good rhythm like this, i thought they will be going as slow as hell in every episode.
It was nice to see the difference between each squads morals. It's obvious how every one of them has a different approach and behavior.
The most cool part of all of them though has to be: -"You asked me what this weird looking sword of mine could slice through, didn't you? " and then amazingly. DECAPITATION MODE!!
I honestly didn't gave any thought to how he was using it to cut and that was a pleasant surprise.

I also liked the "making your enemies kneel in frond of you" part. Kira just changed from emo to badass in one episode.
May 6, 2009 3:10 AM

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really good episode and good pace but the fights are going quicker then expected 0__0 seems like there could be more fillers on the way >.<
was really cool seeing how ruthless Kira was XD looking forward to Hisagi fight
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May 6, 2009 3:42 AM

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2 tower battles down, 2 more to go. It was a fun episode, but I found the Hisagi fight a bit more interesting, even though it wasn't shown too much.

Cracking his mask makes him stronger?
May 6, 2009 3:51 AM

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awesome ending.
May 6, 2009 7:04 AM

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Have to admit it... Kira, the emo hero, can be pretty cool.

I sometimes get bored when Bleach characters make speeches, but I found his to be interesting.

And I'm also loving the pace right now, while dreading the coming of unavoidable fillers at the same time.

May 6, 2009 7:29 AM

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They really are speeding through the chapters!! :/

Loved Kira in the manga during this fight, the reasoning for the squad/wabisuke, and ruthless decapitation didn't disappoint here either! :)
May 6, 2009 8:27 AM

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I definetly didnt expect Kira to cut his head off at the end that was awesome
May 6, 2009 9:44 AM

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This is the part in the manga where Kubo was like "Okay Kira, you can has be badass nao."
Kira should be like this more often, if you ask me.
May 6, 2009 10:28 AM

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Good ep. Last half was amazing. Kira killing the eagle by decapitation was great - favourite moment from the last ~15 episodes.
May 6, 2009 10:45 AM

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Kira was kinda cool on this episode... finally, i got to see some rolling heads! xD

now, seriously, even though the anime is not moving on ( i feel like they are just killing time... maybe i should just prepare myself to watch some fillers very very soon --'), i really liked to see other characters beside the main ones . that's all there is to it , i guess...
May 6, 2009 11:06 AM

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Just like I expected the Anime adaption to be.

WHAT UP WITH THAT F***ING MUSIC, THAT IS PLAYED IN LIKE EVERY BATTLE!??? Annoying as hell. 3/5 from me for that shit.
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May 6, 2009 11:18 AM

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The end of the Kira fight was the only thing I really liked. Especially like others have said, the decapitation and his stance on fighting. I didnt expect his dialog to be as good as it was. I am hoping they do some good character development with Hisagi in his fight, and I always like seeing Ikkaku fight so Im looking forward to both of the next two battles.
May 6, 2009 11:47 AM

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I usually don't like to hear a bunch of rambling, but Kira's was really cool. Great character developement and now I look at him as a badass. Great fight, loved the decapitation.
May 6, 2009 11:51 AM

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Have you noticed Kira gets pretty lucky to fight an horo that deals with steel.
May 6, 2009 12:41 PM

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The episode kicked ass. I hope that we don't get into filler fast though.
May 6, 2009 12:58 PM

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Really not that good episode. IMO The pacing was slow.
May 6, 2009 1:21 PM

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Really? For Bleach, this is lightning fast pace, and and for the genre as a whole, this is pretty fast. What would have made this go quicker for you?
May 6, 2009 1:26 PM

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spineslayer said:
Have you noticed Kira gets pretty lucky to fight an horo that deals with steel.


And Yumichika fighting another self-proclaimed beauty... How strange.

Good episode.
May 6, 2009 1:53 PM

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An awesome episode. Kira was sick!

May 6, 2009 2:14 PM

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Who would say! Kira-kun can be well cold blood when he wants!
May 6, 2009 2:18 PM
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Ok, first I was like, Kira your a total emo, when he started talkin about darkness n despair n crap. Then he cut off that duds head! NO MERCY, total badass, although I'm sure hes gonna cry about it later...
May 6, 2009 2:28 PM

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no he won't

The most cool part of all of them though has to be: -"You asked me what this weird looking sword of mine could slice through, didn't you? " and then amazingly. DECAPITATION MODE!!


His sword can slice through veins(sp?) too
May 6, 2009 3:45 PM
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This episode was pretty good, i always thought kira's ability was ownage.. and.. he proved it.. lol totally saw that decapitation coming tho.. but i still thought it was awesome
May 6, 2009 3:56 PM

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wow kira is a badass, really cool
i cant belibe if you call your zanpactou`s name wrong it gets another form, well i geuess zaraki would really laugh if he watched that flower tipe sword
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May 6, 2009 5:36 PM

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I didn't like the last episode, but this one was a lot better. I really hope they don't put more fillers.... =[
May 6, 2009 5:41 PM

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I have to say that this was the best ep I've seen in a long time. I never realized that Kira was such a dark character. I hope they keep this up.
The fighting was pretty good. We don't see Kira like this too often.
May 6, 2009 6:59 PM

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Woah! Kira's a bad ass! :O
May 6, 2009 7:01 PM

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It was great. Kira was awesome with his way of his speech and killing the eagle arrancar.
May 6, 2009 8:03 PM

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Kira was totally awesome. His speech was, like, uber. Never thought he would give no mercy. Thought he was emo AND a softy. Best bleachepisode in a while.
May 6, 2009 8:13 PM
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I like this fight in the manga more but it seems unusually short here, I don't know why... but Kira's ideals are great and I love when he said "I hope you won't forgive me"...
May 6, 2009 8:24 PM

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Yumi = win
Kira = win

That decapitation was awesome.
May 6, 2009 8:34 PM

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yea man... the anime really isn't doing the manga justice at all... they're fricking FLYING through this arc... also... don't we need a new soundtrack by now?? seriously...
May 6, 2009 8:57 PM

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The thing that is kind of sad is how the Arrancar Kira fought wasn't really all that "evil" he enjoyed fighting, but wasn't all super serious about it, even asked for mercy, yet he receives one of the harshest punishments an Arrancar has gotten.
May 6, 2009 9:02 PM
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Good episode. Pretty fast compared to previous.
May 7, 2009 9:07 AM

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Great how Kira keeps his cool composure throughout the fight.
and his last words:
"You asked me what this silly-looking sword can cut, didn't you?"
...Were just pure style.

..2 down...2 to go....

- Lith.
May 7, 2009 1:33 PM

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spineslayer said:
Have you noticed Kira gets pretty lucky to fight an horo that deals with steel.


I think Kubo decided it was more relevant and easy for him to make the character like that, he did not want to drag the fight out too long by making an opposite character which conspicuosly made the fight more complex.
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This episode was good action wise and character development wise. I always thought Kira had some sorrow in him when it comes to fighting, he is rather proud of his sword. The end bit was conspicuos the way he cut of his head, I mean the shape of katana did suit the style of death.

Flying through this arc, I am hoping they continue like this. For all those people who are dreading fillers, that will not happen until they finish the Ulquiora Ichigo fight, then we will get to a long bit of similar styled Bount fillers.

I hope they continue fillers until the manga finishes, then they can just smooth through the series and truly show its potential... That is if Kubo decides to produce a bit more dialogue in his chapters lol. I know I am being optimistic.
May 7, 2009 6:06 PM

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Definitely better than the last episode.

And again, the last two minutes redeemed any of the episode's flaws. I was definitely not expecting a decapitation in Bleach, let alone from Kira.

I never did like him all too much because he always seemed like the most hesitant to do anything.

So...good episode. Hopefully, the others will follow suit.

The only disappointment is that they didn't actually show the decapitation. Well...without being censored in a sense.
May 7, 2009 6:13 PM

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Really gr8 eps...

plz no more fillers
*badass mode activated*
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