Bleach Chapter 485 Discussion

DOMINATOR60 said:

Alright guys, it's prediction time.



BACKGROUND: The first arc of bleach focused entirely on the human world, and how spirits, hollows, and humans exist there temporarily. The second ark, when Ichigo saves Rukia, we explore the world of Soul Society. The ark where Ichigo is trying to save Orihime takes place almost exclusively in Hueco Mundo. But there exists another "world" in Bleach: The world of The Soul King.



Bleach is about to end. This is the last arc. Would Tite Kubo really leave this subject untouched?



The first thing I thought of when Genryuusai's room was infiltrated by an unknown group all dressed in uniform was: OH SH** THE ROYAL GUARD?. Now, a guy who is clearly in charge of stuff is talking about restoring balance and peace of souls in all of these worlds? Soul Society has always been shown to be somewhat corrupt (especially in getting rid of the Visored and Urahara), so I wouldn't be surprised if The Soul King was evil-ish, too. IDK, it's a bit ambitious for a prediction, but it kinda fits so far.



SIDENOTE: The arrancar/Quincy guy could be both. Apparently this guy (i call him sideburns-kun) can somehow train and create arrancar so i wouldn't be surprised if one of his subordinates had both abilities.



TL;DR, Tite Kubo will prob bring up the Soul King in some way before the series end, in order to fix this plot hole. Thus, the declarers of war may be the Royal Guard operating under another name.



If this ends up being true, you guys heard it here first.

-- Domi-kun.

You are a bit slow, aren't you?

lol Nel xD

I'm guessing Ichigo is going to go rescue them all, even if the soul society say not to he will still go.

lol i'm calling it ichigo and grimmjow will team up^^

I will admit it...I'm sticking to the end...for Nel...dem lolis....

Lol that new bad guy looks like Gold Roger mixed with Zangetsu.



Harribel looks like she's been having some bd action.



This is starting to get interesting though.

Finally Bleach has gotten my interest. Hope it stays that way..

Fai said:
Where the hall have you been ? We knew that Halbel, Nel and Grimjow are alive for more than a year now.



Grimjow's fate was left ambiguous, but there was Unohana around at the time, so I don't think he's still alive. Halibel however was left for dead in fake Karakura, unless that injury made by Aizen wasn't lethal, in which case, knowing Kubo, it could actually be right.

You know, I was really on the fence with this chapter for most of it. Sure, we've got Nel coming back which is great, but there's also pointless power hype and characters not being important as characters, just as fodder for the villains. Seriously, I know that people criticize Bleach for not killing good guys, but when the people who are killed are either nameless, faceless entities or a character who we know NOTHING about, it's not much better.



And than we get to the last few pages and...No. No no no. No no. No. It's not even that Harribel has gone through some MAJOR badass decay simply for power hype bullshit. It's that, if you aren't the type to read all the interviews and character books and other supplemental materials, like I am, than her being alive at all comes right the fuck out of left field. This isn't something that should have been told away from the main story. It's something that people kind of need to know so that it doesn't look like you're pulling plot twists out your ass and needs some explanation beyond "Go read (insert unrelated material) and he explains it." My only hope is that this get's explained for people who just found out about it now, but somehow I doubt that.