Right, but aren't those comments supposed to be for Kubo? And the dude is plugging his new work? I mean, I dunno. It just seems so out of place.
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Tite Kubo's Bleach Manga Nears Ending
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Right, but aren't those comments supposed to be for Kubo? And the dude is plugging his new work? I mean, I dunno. It just seems so out of place.
Zoe
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They're not for Kubo, those are the regular weekly comments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACq7tgjHdGA
So this video got taken down by TV Tokyo. No mirror at all?
So this video got taken down by TV Tokyo. No mirror at all?
Shonen Jump officially released the cover art of the final volume.
http://www.shonenjump.com/j/rensai/bleach.html
Wheeljack539
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They acted more like siblings than lovers in the manga.
You like shipping close friends who act like siblings and have no sexual chemistry together ? They were never going to get together it seemed obvious.
UnemployedVillain
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As opposed to Ichigo and Orihime who acted purely like platonic friends in the manga
Gentleman Jack
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Bleach was generally a cold, loveless book. Any hopes at a satisfying pairing was dashed by the extreme amounts of time it took to resolve battles, giving zero room for character growth and peaceful moments that make relationships believable. Kubo never rose above 'boy I sure hope I was useful to Ichigo' with Orihime and Rukia spent too much time jobbing.
Rukia wanted to rise up the ranks, and Ichigo just wanted to go back home and live a normal life.
Wasn't gonna happen.
Wheeljack539
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Orihime was always honest about her feelings and really the only one who actually stated it. The problem was always Ichigo who didn't really seem to have a romantic interest.
It ended as I expected it in that there would be a timeskip and Ichigo would either be alone or with Orihime. If he ended up with Orihime then Kubo wouldn't have to write the actual romance.
HomerSimpson-Man
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Wheeljack539
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Eh here it actually looks decent. In the chapter itself I thought it looked god-awful.
That was my issue. Ichigo and Rukia not getting together was fine. They really did act like brother and sister. I never bought that the Ichigo and Orihime thing. No matter how many times they tried to push that it still didn't work because it was always one sided. Them ending up as close friends yeah. Not as husband and wife. It would have been far better off if they had introduced new characters at the end as their significant others but also shown them to be in the know regarding their powers to show that other adventures did take place during the time skip.
If Ichigo hadn't become such a nothing character, Ichigo and Orihime might have made sense.
I'll take your word for it, I didn't read it.
Probably because Kubo finally managed to make him look like a younger Isshin, instead of the final chapter where it looked like he had a receding hairline.
I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of Ichigo's scenes end up having been redrawn to look better.
Rumblebones
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Rukia is several times over Ichigo's age. That shit was always going to be weird with that in mind.
That being said, I believe Kubo said they were "more than friends, less than lovers" so that was never going to happen. They were companions.
Of course none of this negates the fact Rukia ending up with Renji is laughable in many ways and Orihime is and always has been shit.
Ichigo should have end up with Tatsuki. She was always more his speed anyway.
That being said, I believe Kubo said they were "more than friends, less than lovers" so that was never going to happen. They were companions.
Of course none of this negates the fact Rukia ending up with Renji is laughable in many ways and Orihime is and always has been shit.
Ichigo should have end up with Tatsuki. She was always more his speed anyway.
In the chapter it looked like his hairline was too high (not that that sort of thing is out of the realm of possibility at that age) and was just kind of off. The cover seemed to be that design refined properly albeit settling on "young Isshin with orange hair."
FlowersisBritish
fleurs n'est pas britannique
Notice how Orihme isn't in that cover? I still hold on to the theory that kid is secretly Ichigo's.
He's got Orihime's eyes and hair is a mix of Ichigo's and Orihime's.
Ichigo was probably asexual and just went "sure why not" when Orihime's offered to have children with him.
FlowersisBritish
fleurs n'est pas britannique
Sorry, not that kid. I super think that is a child of Orihime and Ichigo and i like to think he takes way more personality wisr from Orihime. I am talking about "Renji's" off spring.
MrSaturn99
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Been rereading this from the beginning lately. Gah, this used to have so much style and personality. What happened, Kubo?
He got lazy and was sick of the series and just wanted to draw cool style.
Preach it. Tatsuki should have been the only girl for Ichigo.
Main problem was the pairings looked so out of place. I don't remember Renji and Rukia showing romantic interest in each other and, while Inoue confessed she was in love with Ichigo, the dude never seemed to have a crush on Inoue.
Orihime probably decided to just seduce him. She has what it takes physically but didn't have the mindset.
There were times when Ichigo noticed the opposite sex here and there.
But I already saw Ichigo x Tatsuki in Ushio and Tora. Ichigo x Orihime just shuffles the deck a little.
Imperial Bishop
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Shonen Jump officially released the cover art of the final volume.
http://www.shonenjump.com/j/rensai/bleach.html
AHAHAHAHA!
Kubo's final troll to the shippers.
Pop-O-Matic
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The reaction to this just further cements my opinion that "flash-forward to when everyone is married and has kids" is the worst ending you can do for a story and it should be avoided at all cost.
Wheeljack539
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It's the easiest thing to do as most mangaka can't write actual romance or don't for a shounen series. This allows this to bypass all that.
Man...I don't know. I'm not one for pairings much, I didn't even care about Bleach's pairings but Ichigo and Rukia not being together just feels weird to me. Feels a bit "off" and that's no offense to Orihime or Renji but shit man, it's weeeeeeeiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrddddddd. Like, if there was a fast-forward to the future where Ichigo and Rukia had kids and they argued like in the last chapter? I'd believe it more than what actually happened.
You could probably make an argument that it was okay for some of them to do it (namely Dragon Ball and Naruto) because the authors wanted room to pick things back up and because they had built up enough good will to where they'd be given the opportunity to capitalize on that opening.
Kubo only did one of those things.
SoulUnison
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The ending was so bad, with a complete 180o on so many character's personalities and motivations, and left so many gaping unresolved plot holes and threads that I'm firmly convinced that Kubo wrote it so that, should a continuation/sequel series ever be permitted, he can reveal that Yhwach won and the last handful of chapters was just him trapping everyone in an illusion and giving the main characters a Deus Ex, saccharine "happily ever after." He's a hack enough of a writer that I'm legitimately worried we're heading this way.
King Gilga
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The only person who had any passionate exchanges with Ichigo was Grimmjow anyways.
Auron_Kale
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I'm curious to see if they do another databook or possibly an art book once volume 74 drops.
Hell, even 13 blades. had a short story to fill in some details.
Hell, even 13 blades. had a short story to fill in some details.
xaosslug
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they're all trapped in Aizen's bankai - which has gotten super strong from being bottled up for so long - and s'all a dream... Basically, Madara's plan from Naruto done to fruition. xD
Mayuri & Urahara are the only ones that haven't been affected, and have to save the day.
ArgyleReptile
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Man, if he did that, I'd actually be happy.
Septimus Prime
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It's the "How I Met Your Mother" ending of manga endings. Like it could have worked, had they done it, say, right after the Heuco Mundo arc, but no. Let's just make up all sorts of shit on the fly but stick to the originally planned ending.
Assuming Naruto didn't die, a flash forward to him as Hokage was almost necessary to wrap up the story.
irfaanator
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orihime and ichigo did have some relationship advancements when ichigo comments on how orihime's dress accentuates her breasts
I liked the anime up until the robed people started showing up with their fancy swords. Basically, I liked Yu Yu Hakusho
MHWilliams
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Auron_Kale
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Funny enough, I've been binging the anime for certain episodes and it's been super-obvious in the visuals for the OPs/EDs (from Hueco Mundo arc onward) that they were trying to pull for Ichigo and Orihime. So it makes some sense if they're basing the final pairing off of the interactions from the anime.
Granted, I did always see Rukia and Ichigo as the best friends/sibling-like relationship though, but had they ended up together, I wouldn't have minded either.
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