I think this chapter was well worth the wait.
Fai said:
icegenie said:
But well, as someone had mentioned in the forums, "no one dies in Bleach".. So Tsukishima haters dont be too happy yet, Tsukishima lovers dont be too sad yet.
Well drawn chapter
Its a chapter ending take-down, which completes the sequence.
NOw the rooms drop, Rukia is "okay", but most likely is Riruka, Tsukishima seems down but gets up as soon ad Byakuya starts attacking SS side, Giriko reforms, and all other fbs are revealed to have survived through flashbacks to waht exactly happened.
Anyway he is not dead yet. Remember the leaf he cut? That still has yet to come into play.
EDIT: Betting that when the rooms drop, Tsuki will stab himself, undoing the wound and being all "Smile" :) Or Tite Kubo could go in a completly different, third direction.
I hadn't thought about the whole Byakuya fangirl thing either. I can just imagine the looks on their faces. Personally, I like it when the characters get hurt because you know... that is life. Well, life also involves death, but at least the characters in Bleach do get hurt.
Quick Edit...
hungry_bunny said:
Oh Byakuya, you're so awesome, turning that "weakness" (that I knew wasn't truly there) into a weapon... one of the few characters still able to maintain some godliness.
And I'm totally buying the theory here that Riruka has entered Rukia's body (...ehm), instead of throwing other people into cute things she threw herself into something she thought was cute (...ehm).
I actually like your theory here. However... that makes me wonder, has Riruka ever done it with a soul form before? Because the incident with Kaien makes it rather clear that you can't seperate two souls once they are merged. Or does Riruka's powers do something about that?