Those fillers from 147-149 were actually pretty good IMO.
Sloth
2023-12-21 08:14:24 +0000 UTC
SUNDAY RUNDOWN: Yo I am loving the deeper character analysis I'm seeing from Suraj and Rana. Haha, nice harley davidson joke. Suraj, if you're missing Tatsuki, you can look at the following:
https://www.reddit.com/r/bleach/comments/vel70i/bleach_chapter_252_618_things_like_loneliness/
It's a short bonus chapter (5 pages), set way back, on the day after Ichigo beat Grand Fisher. It details Tatsuki's thoughts, and is, in my opinion, a showcase of Bleach's character writing at it's best. No spoilers at all.
I am revealing this to you now because the arc you're about to see is greatly enhanced by just thinking about what each characters thoughts and philosophies are. It will be beneficial to ask yourselves "what does a mask represent?" "What themes is the show trying to communicate in this fight?"
Tristan Harley
2023-11-12 16:06:53 +0000 UTC
Yeah that made me spit my drink out when they said "dOnT yOu MeAn QuIcKsAnD?"
ispeckz--
2023-11-09 22:55:50 +0000 UTC
This episode of Gurren Lagann is probably my least favorite for the reasons Marketa mentioned. It's basically the "let's be unnecessarily hostile towards the 14 year old who just lost his closest friend" episode
TrapMoneyKenny
2023-11-09 16:27:03 +0000 UTC
FYI, antlion pits are an actual thing separate from quicksand.
Antlions are a type of predatory insect that look very similar to dragonflies. They're also the inspiration for the Pokemon Trapinch, Vibrava, and Flygon. Antlion larvae dig pits in sand and then hide at the bottom. The sides of the pits are steep enough that when prey (like ants) wander in, they slide down into the pit and can't climb back out.
Quicksand occurs when sand is saturated enough that it can't support weight (there's more to it, but that's the basic jist).
Spudsworth
2023-11-09 14:50:03 +0000 UTC
How tf did i not notice this lmao
Aus
2023-11-09 02:59:46 +0000 UTC
Some people I guess forget bleach is also a comedy. You don't know the meaning of dragged out. If you want that then bring up one piece and black cover (i like both of them) at least here it's actually funny 99.9% of the time
Aus
2023-11-09 02:56:51 +0000 UTC
I know right. They talk 40%- of the time anyways and crack jokes. Now they meet characters that are literally their parallel and they don't even realize it (well the actually funny version). And the dude not liking the nel and ichigo scene was weird. It was a genuine and funny moment
Aus
2023-11-09 02:55:25 +0000 UTC
The voice acting is amazing and perfectly portrays their characters. Not trying to make it personal but it takes a special kind of idiot to criticize a voice actor FOR DOING THEIR JOB 🤣
Aus
2023-11-09 02:54:06 +0000 UTC
Oh shit, i didn't notice the double letter thing in the Espada's names lol. Huh. And it's so obvious once pointed out lmao, man i suck at recognising patterns lol. Though, i don't know which one doesn't fit this that you talked about, they all seem to have double letters - guess i'll wait till the pop up and lookout for your comment!
Shockzz1234
2023-11-09 02:46:53 +0000 UTC
#SUNDAYRUNDOWN Fun fact Yoko and Simon are both 14 and Kamina was 18, GL and NGE were both made by gainax and kill la kill was made by Studio Trigger who was founded in 2011 by people that had previously been a part of Gainax that's why theres so much similarity in the animation style.
TrixieTurner
2023-11-08 22:59:13 +0000 UTC
I still can't believe not one of them can figure out that Yamamoto sent Zaraki and Byakua to get the SS group for a reason. Zaraki would've been enough, but Byakua too, there was no reason in trying to resist. Come on.
Sou saetern
2023-11-08 21:57:34 +0000 UTC
Plus the over dramatic voice acting doesn't help.
Sou saetern
2023-11-08 21:54:19 +0000 UTC
#SundayRundown
Man we are entering some of the best episodes of Bleach right here. Now because in these episodes we met some Arrancar with wild names and because I've been looking for a fun place to drop these facts here is why the Espada are named like that.
All the Espada are named after semi famous western designers and architects who's names Kubo translated between Japanese and the Roman Alphabet a few times. Grimmjow is named partially after Nicholas Grimshaw and Kubo played around some English characters not having a real counterpart in Japanese Romanji(Hopefully there's a linguist in the comments that can break it down better than I can). I can also tell you that every Espada's name has double letters. Grimmjow has the letter M twice Ulquiorra has the letter R, and so on. There is one that technically doesn't follow the rule but it's such a tangled mess I'll put a comment when their name comes up.
Annah Suarez-Domit
2023-11-08 21:45:07 +0000 UTC
Why can I not open cobra Kay for premium with the app. It tryes to make me pay one more time 😡
Morten Stenseth
2023-11-08 20:44:51 +0000 UTC
patiently waiting for TTGL reaction
Johnny Blue
2023-11-08 19:45:56 +0000 UTC
Oh right...the Hueco Mundo pacing...maybe I'll wait til they reach Los Noches
Vin Sama
2023-11-08 19:43:18 +0000 UTC
There's less filler in these episodes than you think. Nel and the others are canon characters but they did pad out a lot of the dialougue as you pointed out. As I recall the actual filler parts were Nel taking Ichigo's sword, and the sand guy doesn't come back after Rukia freezes him. Also in the actual fight I don't think they had all 3 attack him, just Ichigo, regeneration, sand explanation, Rukia.
Benjamin Donahue
2023-11-08 19:38:47 +0000 UTC
Hmm should i just wait till like 200 something and binge because some of them episodes are zzzz lol.
Justin Jefferson
2023-11-08 19:19:58 +0000 UTC
whew i forgot how slow the pacing is cant wait for yall to get in the 200s!
kai
2023-11-08 18:15:52 +0000 UTC
Agreed but they’ve had it for the whole show if they don’t like it then I’m pretty sure we’ll forgive them for not finishing it well I would
Chago_kiba_Lee
2023-11-08 17:42:33 +0000 UTC
I agree this first half of Hueco Mundo is so dragged out even compared to the rest of the series. Everything that doesn't involve Ichigo, Rukia, or Orihime until the halfway point is tedious.
Zangetsu
2023-11-08 17:42:06 +0000 UTC
Pacing of Hueco Mundo (anime version) is slow
With that said, the content is quite good for the most part. Glad you guys like Nel
Michael
2023-11-08 17:33:11 +0000 UTC
Nah, their criticism is fair. Some of these scenes are so dragged out, it's annoying to watch
Zeno
2023-11-08 17:31:46 +0000 UTC
Y’all are so cynical now and have like no patience to let a story breathe