New Bleach chapter out.

[rii_no_ame]

I said I wasn't going to post about this chapter.  But now I am...confused?  Startled by the turn the arc has taken?  In denial, still?

Jesus.  Help me figure this out, people.

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[jolinar773]

Honestly Rii? I've no idea how to feel about this myself

[rii_no_ame]

There's Unohana, too, somewhere. I think. There's definitely hope and I honestly refuse to believe nii-sama will go out like this, but if he doesn't, Kubo's going to get accused of some major trolling here (and probably rightfully so).

Well, I'm operating under the assumption maybe Masaki lost her powers or somesuch - remember, Isshin's probably stuck in the human world for a reason. There's a whole TBTP 2 arc we know nothing about, which I'm assuming is the backstory for this whole mess.

I have to have faith or Bleach would be unbearable atm. Fingers crossed.

[rii_no_ame]

I'm with you. A little anticlimactic, right? I noticed him standing, too. So...I don't get it. If this IS it, I'm really upset, because it doesn't offer any real closure.

Spam away! I have a lot of Byakuya feels too. :(

[good_chaser]

I can't read Bleach anymore since 502, including this chapter. Too. . .painful, as a Byakuya fan. Your thoughts is soothing, thank you. I was kinda depressed about Byakuya is "dead". I don' t know what else to say. Sorry. . .

[rii_no_ame]

Well if we're lucky, maybe something will happen and he won't be. I feel your pain, though. :/

[ichibanseiken]

Kubo's been howling "Wolf, wolf!" for quite a while now. His posts on Tumblr seemed to have indicated that 1. he thinks its funny to have all these fangirls weep over Byakuya, and 2. he never plans ahead and never knows what happens next. Well, then, here is what I think

[rii_no_ame]

1. I didn't think Kubo had an official Tumblr...? He has an official (Japanese) Twitter, but I didn't think a Tumblr.

2 - 4. Actually, if you're an avid reader of the manga, it's an entirely-plausible twist that was directly hinted at during the Winter War arc and even indicated prior. My problem isn't that it feels like bad storytelling or writing by the seat of the pants (Kubo even promised a TBTP 2 arc to give more background), but rather that I could give less than a shit about the Quincy. >> I'm by far more interested in the hollow/shinigami dynamic, never loved Ishida in the way I loved the shinigami, and just...feel indifferent to the concept of Ichigo as a Quincy.

I think you might well be right about Byakuya. But assuming he does pull through, that was probably an unnecessarily-long tease; it'll cause a lot of fandom wank.

I like that idea!

[ichibanseiken]

I think it was Drabbleandfluff who forwarded a link to Kubo's Tumblr, but I don't know how official it is. It says it is, but this is the web, after all. They did have updates on his pneumonia and such, so it sounded like somebody had a clue. I can ask Drabble for the link, if' you'd like because I don't think I have it anymore.

[rii_no_ame]

Interesting.

Well, I follow, his Twitter, so it's all good - I try to keep away from Tumblr generally unless I'm searching for fanart. So long as the info's coming from somewhere, eh?

Sadly, the only thing that will provide illumination is another few chapters (or a few hundred chapters) and we have to wait for those. Le sigh.

[rii_no_ame]

Yeah, that's how I understood it. I certainly didn't expect the story to head in this direction, but there were hints before, now that I think of it.