[Discussion] If I had to criticize the current arc of Bleach...

[Ghost in the Shell]

It'd be how Kubo just completely undermined the majority of the Royal Guard and tossed them all aside, off panel nonetheless, without giving us any meaningful insight into their abilities. We saw Ichibē go all out and the dude was pawning Yhwach, even if he was restricted; that still means that he's absurdly powerful. We saw Nimaiya individually one shot the elite Sternritter one after one pre-Aushwalen... yet post-Aushwalen means that he gets one shotted in return. In addition, apparently Senjumaru, Hikifune, nor Tenjirō stood much of a chance either. I seriously doubt that Aushwalen grants so much power that they could obliterate the Royal Guard so easily. I just can't fathom that. Kubo needs to explain that some more, but I have a feeling that they'll get revived in some nonsensical way akin to how Ichibē reformed his body.

Kubo... There has to be some measure of consitency between panel time and protrayal. You simply cannot hype up the Royal Guard so much, only to have them all get wasted off panel with seemingly little difficulty.


Other than that and a couple of minor things, I think this arc is very good and I like it, so don't get me wrong. The only thing that woukd kind of ruin it for me would be not to see Urahara and Kyōraku's bankais, but I guess that's dependent on how the story develops from here on out.

 

[Mahesvara]

You forgot to mention how lame most of the Sternritters are, only a handful were cool or interesting.

 

[Yusuke Urameshi]

Kubo is a troll, after all. He'll kill/discard people off-panel because that's what he does. And I agree, I want to know what Kyoraku and Urahara's bankais are.

 

[Xlad]

Now I understood the whole Kubo is a troll thing. Man, my girl Bambietta has been done injustice. -___- Plus, the hypes and feats are inconsistent because of this.

 

[Lightbringer]

I have faith that Squad Zero will come back. Hell, even Ichibei came back after being decapitated and we still haven't seen the other Royal Guard's bankai. I'm certain we will see them again.

 

[Your Creepy Stalker]

I have faith that Squad Zero will come back. Hell, even Ichibei came back after being decapitated and we still haven't seen the other Royal Guard's bankai. I'm certain we will see them again.

he was blown to bits, not decapitated.

 

[NaNaNaaaaa]

Kubo is not a troll, he is a terrible writer, there is a difference, its not something he should be proud of, nor something that should be admired and its something that will hurt his future career, honestly, he will be lucky to get in with Shuisha again. I can't believe the editors are letting him get away with the standard the manga has fallen to.

One of the things I have disliked the most is that he has tried to fit in too much, we jump from one character to the next, one fight to the next and this is disconcerting and confusing, his plot drives take too much explaining, it reminds me of Naruto in the early days where half the chapter was just explaining how an attack worked, its was boring and it is also manga rule one, Kishi was a new writer, Kubo is not, he is a vet and has no excuse.

Also, turning popular characters into canon fodder is ridiculous, still don't know what has happened to Toshiro and Ringiku, he is trying to do too much at once, its making the manga disjointed and confusing.

 

[Izou Xaxa]

You forgot to mention how lame most of the Sternritters are, only a handful were cool or interesting.

Yes the only interesting were Jugram Haschwalth, Bazz B, Cang Du, Äs Nödt, Gremmy Thourmeax, Bambietta Basterbine,Mask de Masculine ((I dont like him but he had a good fight)) BG9, Askin Nakk La Vaar and the rest was just thrown out of the window the only ones that can get interesting are those Elite Quincys but still i personally was dissapointed how Robert Accutrone was made he was showing him many times not telling his name and in the chapter where his name get revealeed he gets killed by Auswählen

 

[Zeta42]

Gremmy was one of the worst and most boring SRs, he wouldn't shut up about his imagination for a second. Same as Pepe.

As Nodt started off as cool, but then he was reduced to just shouting about his power, too. And then Askin. Goddamnit.

 

[Izou Xaxa]

Gremmy was one of the worst and most boring SRs, he wouldn't shut up about his imagination for a second. Same as Pepe.

As Nodt started off as cool, but then he was reduced to just shouting about his power, too. And then Askin. Goddamnit.

well yeah but i found them interesting well about Pepe he was so bad and the fight with him was so useless no one of the shinigamis showed any new powers and also he was like a more crusty version of Zommari also with the three sternritter defeated by Byakuya ok cool but still i wanted to see Hisagi bankai and when all enemies get killed off by one character then there wont be a chance actually the most sternritter were killed by byakuya and kenpachi its like kubo forgot about the other shingamis

 

[BazzBee]

Kubo can't be bothered to develop characters he thinks are unnecessary to his manga, where in reality they really are important. He should take lessons from oda... i mean Goda, One piece has no fodders, every character is well developed. Kubo builds up some serious hype for characters like Bazz B , Bambietta etc. just to kill them off-panel. lmao

 

[A v i]

Kubo can't be bothered to develop characters he thinks are unnecessary to his manga, where in reality they really are important. He should take lessons from oda... i mean Goda, One piece has no fodders, every character is well developed. Kubo builds up some serious hype for characters like Bazz B , Bambietta etc. just to kill them off-panel. lmao

If Kubo decides to follow Oda's style then it'll take another 2 years or even more to complete this arc.

 

[Izou Xaxa]

Kubo can't be bothered to develop characters he thinks are unnecessary to his manga, where in reality they really are important. He should take lessons from oda... i mean Goda, One piece has no fodders, every character is well developed. Kubo builds up some serious hype for characters like Bazz B , Bambietta etc. just to kill them off-panel. lmao

Thats true the most new characters get all one shoted i cant stand that anymore

 

[AmaniPaz]

Its basically kubo pulling things out of his ass

 

[Izou Xaxa]

Its basically kubo pulling things out of his ass

Thats true i just hope he will do things right from now on

 

[BazzBee]

If Kubo decides to follow Oda's style then it'll take another 2 years or even more to complete this arc.

Are you trying to imply that you wouldn't read bleach if it were long? Or are simply tired with the manga?
I'd rather have Kubo use Oda's style and take bleach back in to the top 3 HST and make it worth reading(without re-using the same old characters from the past) than see it end with a crappy ending and potential characters die(Off-panel) without development.

Thats true the most new characters get all one shoted i cant stand that anymore

True, it's not even funny anymore.

 

[Florio]

Hes trying to make things move fast, which I don't mind. I really didn't even want to see most of those Sternreitter fights, the best ones involving Gremmy, Mask De Masculine and Giselle. Nimaiya was pretty awesome too. I don't mind that Kubo is moving forward though because we all know the upcoming events are going to be even more epic.