For being the cover character, Grimmy certainly only got a little bit of page time, didn’t he?
I remain eternally amused that Bleach characters always do their best to prove the Four Laws of Shounen Motivation:
1) I will protect this person!
2) I will surpass/beat this person!
3) I will fight under this person for eternity!
4) I will get revenge for this person!
Ok, they aren’t as big on the 4th, but they compensate with the rest. Do we think anyone besides Ikkaku would keep bankai a Deep Dark Secret and reject promotions? (Maybe Byakuya should leave off holding Rukia back and go hang with Ikkaku.)
I am also eternally amused by the whole “oh, we’re all getting our butts kicked here, so let’s reveal that we’re all only fighting at a fraction of our real strength and have the restrictions removed so that we cn now show you our true power!”
Yes, I’m easy. Plus Grimmy’s arm loss. Thoug that’s great more because it is later related to The Ultimate Shounen Moment.
Also, Matsumoto’s boobs are going to kill someone one day.