Bleach 102 Discussion

[Zati]

New episode DB just released!

Episode 102 - DB

[Yukimura]

So Kariya has decided to pull a Cell, but is also now even more powerful than he was when Ichigo couldn't beat him...how exactly are they going to dig us out of this black hole.....
(I predict a Ran'Tao sacrifice in the near future).

[DarthEnderX]

I still say Ran'Tao is the real villain of this arc.

Anyway, decent battle. Ishida battles aren't particularly interesting because he only knows how to do one thing. But I really like the bounto womans powers.

[Kraco]

A decent episode. DE is right about the limits of Ishida's battles, though. Fortunately they did make it a bit more interesting by making his weapon unstable.

One thing I didn't understand, though, was how the fight between Ichigo and Kariya ended. With a "real" world example: You are fighting against somebody in a closed room, and you both have swords . Then a door suddenly opens, revealing a pedestal with a box lying on it, with unknown markings. Your enemy immediately heads for it, as if he knew what those marking mean. Do you: A) Just wait for him to get to the box and acquire whatever is inside it that makes him so eager, or B) Immediately go after him, hoping to either get what's inside the box yourself or at least prevent the enemy from getting it.

My logic says most people would choose the option B. Ichigo chose the A, which just doesn't look right to me.

[Animeniax]

My logic says most people would choose the option B. Ichigo chose the A, which just doesn't look right to me.

That's one of those annoying anime standards, where the hero waits for the bad guy to complete whatever he has planned before acting.

Another annoying anime staple is when character one is staring in horror at something, and someone walks up and asks them what's wrong. Then they slowly turn their head toward the horrible scene, which had eluded them up to that point, even though it was in their direct line of vision and impossible to miss.

[Boomstick]

Having kariya become stronger really doesn't surprise me, so far the bounto have really just been getting their asses handed to them. Kariya may have been more powerful then the normal bounto but as seen in the fight with Ichigo he really doesn't stand that much of chance In a real 1vs1 fight. So now they powered him up for more of a fight and of course to help prolong the filler arc.