Bleach Chapter 486 Discussion

grandy_UiD said:


We readers, however, did not know about all this. Hence the comments on last weeks chapter ("who cares, if they guy we saw like two times in 480 chapters died"). So, to me, this chapter seems just like a really cheap attempt to make the guy look important and try to get some emotion out of the readers. But it just doesn't work that way. 90% of us STILL don't care about his death. Because giving us some infodump about how great he was really doesn't make up for him being barely in the manga and doing almost nothing for about a decade.



We knew about that since MASKED databook which outright stated that Sasakibe is captain-class shinigami. Thats two years ago.



Its also only logical to assume that a vice=-captain of damn captain commander who for some reason wears captain haori too, is a stronger person than other vice-captains.

DoubtGin said:
So Sasakibe had Bankai before Ukitake and Kyoraku, yet he gets oneshotted by freshman Ichigo.

That's ours honorable man xD



Lol, Dondochakka rescue arc xD Hilarious! Well, it's alright for me, if we get some Grimmjow. But, no Ishida this time? Kinda dissapointing, I hope Kubo won't forget about him...

Loved the chapter.



PEOPLE SHOULD CHILL. Its not "rescue arc" - its clearly a short visit to HM where they possibly get people like Grimmjaw out of there and get their assses handed to them by VR running back to real world. ITS NOT the focus of the arc.



ITS THE FINAL ARC - its not surprising that we are re-visiting all the worlds we have been to.



This chapter also confirmed that the VR are somehow connected to Ichigo since they know about him and his powers and that they are unique.



iWin101 said:
Preche oh how I've missed your antics

Sometimes it makes me wonder why was Sasakibe was owned by ichigo back in the soul society arc when Sasakibe can use bankai...

Because Ichigo has more than 2xcaptain reiatsu, remember?



Pre-jinzen if his reiatsu was not fluctuating, Ichigo only woul dhave problems wtih top four, unohana, ukitake, shunsui and yamamoto.



grandy_UiD said:


Also that's some really lame way to try and make a character seem important after killing him off.

It's like "so yeah, this guy was never of any importance but now he's dead. He was in fact totally awesome, even if we never saw it. But he was. Really. You all should be sad and moved. Especially you readers"



Actually I like that. He was someone important and powerful who did NOT show off and had no intention to. Truly honest person.



Zhou said:
Sakakibe was that big of a deal, holy shit?! Now we know that they capture bankai, not nullify them which was my initial thought.



we knew that for a long time.



He was supposed to be vice-captain of yamamoto till his death. If yamamoto were to die, he would ac tas acting captain commander.

Kurosaki's bankai could not be captured! <--- Gol D. Roger is not amused.

"Your highness" <-- Gol D. Roger is indeed the Pirate King!!



Ah, the 4.5 page funeral scene might have actually been emotional if THE READERS also had a relationship with the character!!!



Well... I hope Grimmjow shows up... It would be pretty fun to have a Grimm/Ichi combo~ wohohoho

Can't we just agree on the fact, that during SS arc Kubo had no fucking clue that he would ever make Sasakibe look like a strong guy? He just changed his mind about the power lvl, that's it.

Chapter was oke, but i want to see Grimmijow lol;)

Back to Hueco Mundo, pace seemed faster after slow paced chapters. Let's see how the attack goes.

Arashi89 said:
I feel sorry for the poor Sasakibe. He mastered bankai, yet he lost the only two battles he fought, the first with a one hit K.O. and in the second he died. Being at the mercy of Kubo is suffering.



And so our heroes go to save a damsel in distress, yet again. Thankfully, this is the last arc so we're not going to see another "save the princess" story anymore.



Choujirou Sasakibe was really just a random background character that never really contributed to the story.



On a side note, how do souls "die" in the Soul Society anyway?  Aren't they already dead?  Is there another Soul Society for people when they die there?