The third Bleach movie, "Gekijouban BLEACH: Fade to Black - Kimi no Na wo Yobu" (teaser trailer here) hits theaters in Japan on 12/13, and the shipper wankery this thing has generated before anyone's even seen it is tremendous. I can't imagine what it'll be like when the DVDs are out and the subs hit stateside (next September). I think I'll just ( Read more... )

This week's Bleach Ep. 195 ignited accusations of Orihime-bashing and a whiff of ship-war among the fanclubs of my favorite forum. Chotto RANT desu, so skip at your pleasure.

The setup
In the two manga chapters that Ep 195 is based on, as Orihime bears unfortunate and helpless witness to Ichigo getting a particularly brutal beating, her sole line of ( Read more... )