Bleach Chapter 512 Discussion

So nothing really happened here... just the arrival of Ichigo.

"hungry_bunny" said:
I don't want to see it happen either but Ichigo has hit rock-bottom before, (in every arc in fact,) and the purpose has always been to make him stronger...

Don't think anything he's experienced before can measure up to him losing here, but based on how dark and unpredictable the latest events have been I'd say it's unfortunately a likely future for poor Ichigo...

I see where you're coming from but I believe that we reached the point of the story when Ichigo is the strongest character on a good side. Like in Naruto when Pain massacred the village and like in DB when everybody waited for Goku to beat Frieza.

They treated Kurosaki like "the last hope" not because SR can't steal his so far useless(even with Byakuya he won because his inner hollow) bankai. So I guess they base their hopes on something, and I find Byakuya's words to him from this chap as acknowledging Ichigo as stronger than him.

Ichigo's loss(or at least heavy loss) isn't that obvious to come like Yama's or Zaraki's.

Because, well, what would be the point of this epic entrance?

I really enjoyed the ammount of misunderstanding my previous post caused XD.



@Gash: I never said your critisicm in Bleach is wrong. I was refering to the tendency of comparison, which is evident throughout this discussion thread. I don't want to point out each and every of these posts but I hope you're getting my drift. I don't understand what connection there is to your response to what I said, unless your criticism is based oncriteria set by other manga.



@namelessregret: None of them should be compared to one another. You like something, so be it, everyone does, but when one user shows a number of decent arguements as to why one chapter is bad according to his opinion(regardless of other manga) you can't reply simply by pointing out his preferance, as if any opinion that differs from yours is innately inferior.



@Puty: Thank you for understanding me.(though I worry that your post carries some implications.....if I'm not mistaken)

IT'S HIM THIS REIATSU

HOLY SHIT IT'S ICHIGO

IS IT? YEA IT'S ICHIGO

SAVE US ICHIGO

IT'S YOU ICHIGO!



What a great chapter. Now, let me predict how the next chapters will develop:



I MUST PROTECT SOUL SOCIETY

I MUST PROTECT

PROTECT

THE THINGS YOU WANT TO PROTECT IS NOT THE SAME THINGS I WANT TO PROTECT

THE HEART

WHY ME SAD



Repeat ad nauseam.

Oh noes, I'd never expect Ichigo to come an save the world again.

Really quick read but loved the expression on Ichigos face.

I love how chapter 15 & 16 were the same. Sigh, same old Bleach.

@n10sity everyone is interested in unohana for a number of reasons:



- her stats are very similar to Yama's, she actually exceeds him in terms of physical strength

- she is the second oldest of all the captains and would presumably have a lot of battle exp

- the true form of her zanpakto has not yet been revealed, but it will be during this arc

- people want to see her fight as it has been stated by kubo that when she fights she undoes her brain, we haven't really seen unohana in combat at all before