Bleach 57

[Roko]

yep, he is. he was with gin afterwards

[DeathScytheHCv2]

That was the last time Shiro, matsumoto, and kira were last seen, right?
Also, what happened to the captain and Lt. of the 4 squad? After leaving all the injured people they left to god knows where.

[Assassin]

why the hell do people keep askning thse stupid questions.....for fucks sake, if they're location has not yet been revealed it probably has something to do with the future storyline. They can only show so much in a single episode, so you can eitehr finish up the fights, or you can find out where the hell everyone is.

[Zidoas]

Originally posted by: Assassin
why the hell do people keep askning thse stupid questions.....for fucks sake, if they're location has not yet been revealed it probably has something to do with the future storyline. They can only show so much in a single episode, so you can eitehr finish up the fights, or you can find out where the hell everyone is.

I'm glad someone finally said it [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

[Assertn]

OMG SOMEONE TELL ME WHERE GANJU IS!!!

BTW, I kinda know what some people are getting at with ichigo's whole new shikai discovery. My friends kept saying "the big sword IS his shikai", but I always knew compared to the other deathgods that the altered form of their soul slayer is only part of the shikai, but there's supposed to be a special move to call out in conjunction with it. As is the case here with Ichigo shooting energy blades (Which I believe he's done twice before in the series against uruhara).

[Jedi Guardian]

Agreed. Let's stick to clarifications of stuff that happened in THIS episode. (Or maybe past episodes in relation to this one...)
And let's avoid the spoiler bait.

[DarthEnderX]

Which I believe he's done twice before in the series against uruhara

He also used it once against Renji when fighting in SS. That's when they flashed back to his training with Uruhara.

He's been able to do it for a long time. But now, because he knows what the attack is called, he can use it whenever he wants.

[Hakeem_21]

Yeah but wasnt much more powerful this time?

Im most said i like how shocked Bakuaya looked when Ichigo shoot the energy blades.

I wish they concentrated on one fight at the time. Ichigos or the commanders fight it would much better than showing bits of both.

[Jedi Guardian]

Well, I think the point here was to show us just how long Ichigo and Byakuya were going at it. Quite simply, we saw when they started; we watched a bunch of other stuff; and the point is, the big boys were going at it the ENTIRE time all the other stuff was happening--the Captains v. Genryuusai, Yoruichi v. Soi Fon... the whole time. And, given that the opponent is Byakuya, that's just insanely awesome. Even Renji didn't last that long against him. And better yet? The real action hasn't even started. *really, really wants to see next ep.*

[aznroyale]

nest eps will be good

[XanBcoo]

Originally posted by: Jedi Guardian
Well, I think the point here was to show us just how long Ichigo and Byakuya were going at it. Quite simply, we saw when they started; we watched a bunch of other stuff; and the point is, the big boys were going at it the ENTIRE time all the other stuff was happening--the Captains v. Genryuusai, Yoruichi v. Soi Fon... the whole time. And, given that the opponent is Byakuya, that's just insanely awesome. Even Renji didn't last that long against him. And better yet? The real action hasn't even started. *really, really wants to see next ep.*

Exactly. They're getting all of the other fights out of the way at once, and at the same time showing that basically all of SS is a battlefeild. After all that's done with, the focus will most likely switch back to Ichigo/Byakuya's fight, and become the climax of the arc - or so I assume (this seems like a pretty generic formula for Shounen series).

However I do also see that it would be much cooler to focus on one fight at a time. Beginning, middle, and end. Then show the next, instead of breaking the focus like they're doing now.

[ChaosK]

Originally posted by: Hakeem_21
Yeah but wasnt much more powerful this time?

Im most said i like how shocked Bakuaya looked when Ichigo shoot the energy blades.

I wish they concentrated on one fight at the time. Ichigos or the commanders fight it would much better than showing bits of both.

i remember zangetsu saying something about how knowing the name gives you a lot more power or something, so just knowing what the name of the attack was called allowing ichigo's attack to be something like 10x stronger than before.

[DarthEnderX]

I believe he said that knowing the attacks name would simply allow Ichigo to use it whenever he wanted.

The attack is likely alot more powerful than before because Ichigo is alot more powerful than before. It's as simple as that.

[2:25]

I thought it was like "magic words" that boast the attack power.

[EpyonNext]

In the manga Zangetsu tells Ichigo that the difference between knowing the name and not knowing the name is the ammount of power flowing through your body. Simply put, Ichigo knows the name Getsuga Tensho because he is significantly stronger now.

[Munsu]

I think it's backwards, realizing the name makes you that much powerful...

[Jedi Guardian]

Or it could be a mutual generation, like EM waves. First you become powerful enough to discover the name; then by discovering the name, you become more powerful. (Or that could be a load of crap.) [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

[Knives122]

Heres the page:



and I think what is meant by this was that Zangetsu wasnt going to tell Ichigo the name of the attack until he was powerful enough, I could be wrong though.

[ChaosK]

i thought it made him stronger...O_O

[XanBcoo]

I think knives has it right. The amount of power Ichigo has is the determining factor for him knowing the name of the attack (for whatever reason), and he learns it by Zangetsu telling him when he reaches that point.