Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War episode 2 review
If you know anything about me… okay, I just used that in the prior review. But it’s true: if you know me from my Bleach-loving/hating days, you’d know that I absolutely love Loly Aivirrne. Why? She was such a good villain for being so minor a character. She was the kind of character you love to hate. Except I stopped hating her at some point. You’d think that I’d hate a character who hurt poor Orihime, but keep in mind that Orihime healed Loly, only making her angrier. That’s what I like to see in a villain! They get a chance at redemption and they turn it down, only to be redeemed against their own will.
And that’s what happens here. A Quincy guy is going around Hueco Mundo killing Arrancar, and he’s about to kill a whole lineup of them, when suddenly two of them burst out and attack them. And it’s none other than Loly and Menoly! They even announce their names, which is odd for characters who end up getting one-shotted. That’s right, one-shot defeats for both of them.
Luckily for them, Orihime came along with Ichigo, Chad, and Kisuke Urahara. We’ll get to what happens with them later, but for now, Ichigo has come to Hueco Mundo to save the Arrancar. Yes, seriously. A character even points out how ridiculous this sounds. But hey, if he saves Loly and Menoly, then he’s made my day!
The episode had so much to like, even beyond Loly’s appearance. We get the re-appearance of Nel, which of course is bizarre in itself, since Nel’s disappearance was a plot hole in the original series. We also get the re-appearance of that guy who looks like a coyote or a jackal or something. I totally forgot he existed, and I can’t find his name via a quick Google search. Ichigo is about to take on this powerful Quincy as time runs out on episode 2.
Best girl of the episode: Loly!!!
Episode rating: 9/10
Tommy A. Phillips 