Bleach Manga Chapter 350 – The Lust 4

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Before I start doing whatever it is I do, I just gotta say – THIS IS THE BEST BLEACH CHAPTER EVER!!!! And somehow I have the feeling you’ll all agree with me.
Ichigo’s really gonna put the hurtin’ on Ulquiorra now. His new form is vastly superior to the old Ichigo – stronger and faster than ever before, he has no problem overwhelming the Espada. The only problem is the lack of control. As the author states in the beginning of the chapter, Ichigo’s consciousness is barely there, being suppressed by his inner hollow. I’m guessing Kubo Tite gave us a hint last year, when he suddenly decided to include this in the middle of a completely unrelated chapter:

As you can see, there is almost no difference between the masks. And judging by the text in the first picture, the current Ichi-monster is Death. Wooo~~ Scary!

For someone who’s supposedly possessed by Death, Ichigo displays a great amount of will-power by channelling  his lasts thoughts of keeping Inoue safe into the Hollow. Everyone is surprised to see that Ichigo’s still alive. The Espada even deems it impossible and refuses to believe the creature is actually Kurosaki. When Ulquiorra asks the hollow for its name, he only gets an impressive display of the force:

If I remember correctly no one in the series so far has been able to summon their weapon from a distance, unless it was attached to a chain or they used kidou spells. This leads me to believe that only a shinigami with a very deep spiritual connection with his/her sword could do that. And since Ichigo’s inner hollow is part of Zangetsu, it’s natural that he’d have full control him. Also some of you may remember that the inner hollow told Ichigo they would meet again, so that Ichigo could finally obtain Zangetsu’s true power. Guess we can expect another fight in the sideways world?

Anyways, the  hollow decides to show off its immense power by cutting through the Las Noches dome with just one flick of its wrist (blowing away Inoue and Ishida in the process). It then starts screaming at Ulquiorra’s annoying and idiotic questions. The Espada gets pissed off at the creature’s rudeness and fires a Cero Oscuro (Dark Zero) at it. However, the target creates a cero of its own, using the horns on its mask. Unlike the last hollow version of Ichigo, which used its finger as a medium to gather energy:

Before:                                           After:

The two ceros collide and the result is similar to a miniature nuke. Ulquiorra is stunned that his own cero was blasted away and still has a heard time accepting that a human could actually produce a real cero. Deep in thought, the Espada is caught off guard by the hollow, which appears behind him. Before Ulquiorra can even turn around his left arm is caught and ripped off and for the first time something similar to fear is visible in his eyes.

As the Espada screams his lungs out from the pain, Inoue and Ishida can only stare in disbelief at the monster that their friend has turned into.

Oh, and one last thing – am I the only one who thinks there’s something wrong with Orihime’s dress?!? (On the samll pic on the left) Perhaps Kubo forgot that little kids actually read this. Because that is definitely NOT just some wrinkle in the dress’ fabric.

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Bleach Manga Chapter 349 – The Lust 3

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Well, well, it seems my theory of the seven sins going back in reverse was incorrect, as usual. The chapter’s title is ‘Lust’ once more. I guess Ulquiorra’s pretty horny. Not that the title really matters anymore, since Ichigo’s about to go nuts… If Kubo Tite actually made any sense when coming up with titles, this one would definitely be ‘Orihime’s Despair’.

Indeed, at the end of the last chapter things didin’t look good at all for the story’s protagonists. And things begin to worsen quite rapidly during this chapter. The Black Cero pierces through Ichigo – Inoue is speechless. Wide-eyed, she stares at Ichigo, who just dangles lifelessly from Ulquiorra’s tail. The Espada drops the shinigami from the tower’s top down to his doom (but he’s already dead, so it doesn’t either way).

Inoue lets out a scream of horror and fear for her friend and barely manages to catch Ichigo with her shield. She tries to rush to Ichigo’s side, but her path is blocked by Ulquiorra. As usual, he’s a big meanie and disperses her hopes of reviving Ichigo. However, before he can continue, Ishida appears behind him and fires one of his unique light arrows. The Espada has no choice, but to block the arrow with his wing, thus giving the girl enough room to maneuver around him and get to Ichigo. She immediately starts repairing him with her time-reversal abilities, but to no avail. Kurosaki’s eyes are wide with shock, just starring through her lifelessly. Orihime’s hopes are shattered and she starts to cry. Since Ichigo had always been stronger than his opponents, she had never doubted his ability to win even the toughest fights.

Meanwhile Ishida uses another new move – Licht Regen (Light Rain) – a vicious attack that sends millions of light arrows falling down from the sky, hitting Ulquiorra like rain drops during a storm. The Espada is unharmed, yet curious about the Quincy’s sudden burts of anger – being the calmest in Ichigo’s group such attitude is very unlike him.

Inoue begins to panic, not knowing what to do; another tragedy occurs right beside her – Uryuu is wounded badly by Ulquiorra – his arm chopped off, he is no longer able to use his bow and arrows. The Quincy tells Orihime not to worry, since he’s already used anaesthesia and stopped the bleeding. He charges at the enemy with his sword – Seele Shnider, but is again defeated by just one blow from Ulquiorra’s tail. As Ishida falls to the ground, the girl experiences a nervous breakdown – she has no idea what to do in the face of death. She repeatedly calls for Ichigo in her mind, until finally with a scream of fright and despair she begs for his help.

In the very last caption of the chapter Ichigo shows sings of life – his arm grips the floor, trying to help his body raise up from the ground. His hair starts growing rapidly – a sign seen once before – when he turned into Hollow monster, powerful enough to bring a Captain-ranked shinigami to his knees.

What will the outcome of the clash between two monsters be?

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