Bleach Manga Chapter 351 – The Lust 5
I noticed this last chapter, but I wasn’t quite sure if my assumption was true?I guess we have verification now:
It seems that hollow-Ichigo’s getting not only stronger, but more monster-like every minute. But there is also a great difference from the last hollow transformation – while the last time only a layer of hollow skin was formed on top of Ichigo’s own flesh, this time his body parts are slowly mutating into a hollow. The cool tattoo on his chest has also spread to his shoulders and back.
Picking up where he left off in the last chapter, the author focuses on “The strange case of Ulquiorra’s mysteriously disappearing arm”. While it was expected that the 4th Espada would have the ability to regenerate his missing limbs, the fact that he is the only arrancar who can do that is actually quite surprising. I always figured that the top 4 hollows would all possess that skill.
The regeneration is indeed incredibly fast and appears to be completely flawless (with the exception that it can’t heal vital organs instantaneously). Ulquiorra’s explanation that the regenerative powers of a hollow can actually be ‘traded’ for power seems quite unreasonable. Do they actually have to choose between having great offense or great defense? Or perhaps those who eat other hollows lose their ability to regenerate? If that is so, then Ulquiorra is the most shinigami-like hollow, since he acquired most of his power by training himself.
After once again mocking Ichigo’s attempts at victory, the Espada proceeds with carrying out his plan to terminate his opponent. By concentrating high amounts of reiatsu into his hands, Ulqiuiorrra forges himself a new weapon – Lanza del Relampago (Lightning spear). This is a relatively new weapon, even to the user himself. He knows what devastating power the lance possesses, but still has trouble controlling its trajectory and speed. When he throws it at Ichigo, the latter just tilts his head out of the way, as if avoiding a paper airplane. The spear lands somewhere in the Hueco Mundo desert, miles away from Las Noches. The result of the following explosion is horrifying – that’s the third blast in a row that Kubo Tite shows us, that is similar to a nuclear bomb. That man’s a megalomaniac!!
Anyways, Ulquiorra decides to try his spear attack one more time. He is surprised, however, when Ichigo uses sonido instead of shunpo, like shinigami do. That fact shouldn’t be so shocking, seeing that Ichigo’s obviously turned into a hollow. I guess the Espada’s amazed that his peskis has failed. (For those of you who don’t remember, peskis is the arrancar’s ability to sense hostile reiatsu.) Hollow-Ichigo just throws the Espada’s old arm back at him, trying to deliver a slap of righteousness. Ulquiorra easily destroys the arm flying at him and without hesitation attacks his opponent. Ichigo just stops the spear with his bare hand and crushes it with his foot. Then mustering up the scariest possible expression, the monster cuts its prey in half with its sword. You might have noticed that throughout its whole fight with the Espada, the monster never even once raised its sword. Against one of the most powerful hollows – Ulquiorra, who could even give ol’ Yamamoto a run for his money, the transformed Ichigo doesn’t struggle in the slightest. Two ceros and one hand are enough to take care of the one enemy, who seemed practically invincible so far. Also, notice that for the first time something like eyes can be seen underneath the mask:
IT’S TOO SCARY!!! AND WAY TOO COOL!!! It’s The Unholy One, himself!
After Ulquiorra is struck to the ground, the monster pins down his head with its foot. At the thought of his humiliating defeat, the Espada is almost happy to see that he’s about to be finished off by his opponent’s cero. With his usual cold demeanor, Ulquiorra gives the order for his own execution. He’s done in by the monster’s final devastating attack, which is (once more) similar to a volcanic eruption or meteor crash.
After this, only two questions remain: How do Inoue and Ishida keep surviving all these extreme cataclysms? And what are they going to do in the next chapter, when faced with a wild, unstoppable force?
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manga | Byakushi | 
March 27, 2009 3:46 pm | 
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