Bleach Episode 261 – “The Person with the Unknown Ability! Orihime Is Targeted”

Bleach Chapter 394 – The Burnout Inferno 2

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It’s just like most of us speculated last week – Yamamoto truly is a monster, even without his sword. Like he says to Aizen – the fact that he’s been the commander of the Gotei 13 for 1000 years, means that during these 100 years a stronger being hasn’t been born. In this chapter Wonderweiss looked like nothing more than a retarded octopus. Too bad the chapter itself only lasted about 5 seconds.

Aizen explains that in order to achieve Wonderweiss’ abilities, a few things had to be sacrificed – the Arrancar’s intelligence, memories, language and maybe even his potency. But Aizen seems very confident, that even though Wonderweiss is a moron, his ability to neutralize Ryuujin Jakka makes up for it a hundred fold. Or rather e underestimates Yamamoto by thinking that his main source of power is his sword.

Well, the Captain-commander displays beautifully that such accusations are complete bullshit. With a single punch Yamamoto makes Winderwiess a second hole, a much bigger one than his original hollow hole, and sends him flying all the way across town. He doesn’t waste any time and goes straight to the next target – Aizen. I would’ve loved to see that asshole’s face get squished like a lemon, but unfortunately – no dice. Apparently Wonderweiss is one of the few Arrancars, like Ulquiorra, who’s retained his instant regeneration ability. He just manages to get between Yamamoto’s fist and Aizen’s head, forcing the old man to jump back a couple of feet.
It becomes clear to Yamamoo, that even though Wonderweiis is strong and can regenerate, he not only lacks speech, but any common sense at all. The poor thing doesn’t even have a basic defensive or offensive strategy. Except killing everything in sight.

The battle between the two rages on, but Yamamoto obviously has the upper hand. After a couple of useless barrages, Wonderweiss loses an arm, but instead grows a million more. Very convenient. He traps Yama-jii and gives him quite a trashing, but it’s again completely ineffective – the old man only suffers a few minor scratches. Ripping off the hollow’s two original arms, he prepares a finishing attack.

For the very first time Wonderweiss looks worried and with good reason – just imagine – if Yamamoto’s one hand punch was able to almost cut the Arrancar in half, the “Twin Bone” (Soukotsu) technique will probably put him out of commission. At the very least, he’s going to end up looking like Hiyori.
So, new answers and new questions – if Wonderweiss is so much weaker that Yamamoto and Yamamoto can obviously handle both the Arrancar and even Aizen, then is this the end of Aizen’s plan? Unless someone goes bankai, Wonderweiss has a second ressureccion, or Yama-jii gets a stroke, a heart attack and kidney and liver failure at the same time, then this is pretty much the end of the Karakura Arc. What plot twist will Kubo Tite come up with for the next chapter?

Bleach Episode 260 – “Conclusion?! Hisagi vs. Kazeshini”

Bleach Chapter 393 – The Burnout Inferno

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Last week I was a bit disappointed that there was no chapter, as things had gotten quite interesting, but I see now that Kubo taking his time was really for the better. This was one of the better Bleach chapters – at the least it had giant stuff and hellish things.

In the last chapter easily cut down four Captains, he even ripped a leg and arm off Hitsugaya. Note that this is the first time anyone has lost a leg in Bleach (if you exclude Yammi, but he has 1489673249 legs, so it doesn’t count), unlike losing an arm in Star Wars-like fashion, which has only happened about 50 times already. Anyway, after this stunning defeat the only fighters left are Ichigo and Yamamoto (and Unohana, but she’s busy healing, so she doesn’t count). And so Yamamoto charges Aizen, but an unlikely opponent interferes.

I think everyone already knew that Wonderweiss was “special” in more than one way, a lot of people thought he’s fight Yamamoto, but not many suspected that he’d be his ultimate weakness. We knew from the beginning that Wonderweiss was different from the other Espada, as he was not only a confirmed Vasto Lorde, but also the last Arrancar to be created.

Many people were dissatisfied with Yamamoto, because he “just stood there, doing nuthin’”, but the truth is now revealed – he was preparing his ultimate attack – “Enetsu Jigoku” (Hell’s Flames). The Captain Commander had to finally step in after his entire elite unit was destroyed. He made a massive, flashy entrance, very beautiful, very effective. His strategy was also very good – catch the opponent and burn him to a crisp. There were however a few minor faults in this plan…

First – getting yourself and your entire army killed is a definite no-no. This has been planned probably just before Aizen’s arrival, so even if everyone in Karakura dies, at least Byakuya, Kenpachi, Mayuri and Unohana would survive. Not the best team to lead Soul Society, but they might manage somehow.
Second –  when the enemy stabs you in the stomach, you don’t just say “He’s been caught”, like you’ve planned this exact situation for 1214237986235987623897 years, but you say: “Damn, that nigga stabbed me, but at least I got ‘is hand. ”
Third – if you have bankai – use it from the start.

Well, if the first two were unavoidable and the third was less powerful than hellfire, then it would be ok. But even Aizen admits that Yamamoto is a lot stronger than anyone else. He could have used bankai, but he chose to use a force even more incredible, so that he could finish his enemy in an instant, without giving him time to react.

Too bad it was ineffective. Wonderweiss’ appearance was the end of all fire in this arc. His ressureccion – Extinguir is a unique modification that allows him neutralize Ryuujin Jakka’s flames. Which means Yamamoto’s power was just reduced by at least 50%.
Aizen says that Wonderwiess has been specialized into only one area of combat – being the Espada’s fireman. But if he came to attack Yamamoto, then that means he’s already defeated Kensei – a captain-class fighter, who not only used his bankai against the retarded Arrancar, but who is also a Vizard – which should mean that Wonderweiss’ opponent was by no means a pushover. Yet he was beaten, wchih indicates that he’s not only good at putting out fires, but that he is a very strong fighter, probably at the rank of Yammy, Stark and Ulquiorra, or maybe even stronger. Not to mention that he stopped Yamamoto’s sword with his bare hand…

Things are looking grim for the Captain Commander. He should, however be able to handle Wonderweiss even without his sword – he’s a specialist at Kidou, Shunpo and the other shinigami techniques. The problem is that Aizen is there.  If it were just the old man against the retard he could win and get his sword back to beat Aizen. But if that sneaky bastard decides to interfere, then Yamamoto is finished. Our only hope lies in Ichigo backing him up. Or Unohana. Or Urahara and co. Or whoever just decides to drop by for a visit…