Bleach episode 56 review
So, it’s Shunsui & Ukitake vs. Yamamoto. All they really do is charge head on into each other into a ball of fire. As usual, Yamamoto’s not being all that smart. What annoys me is that Kenpachi and Yumichika’s battles both were decided off-screen. Komamura apparently ran away, and Yumichika beat Shuhei Hiisagi. That is one major L for this arc. You can’t just have battles start and never finish. So, that’s disappointing.
But then we get the Yoruichi-Soi Fon battle, in which Soi Fon says the name “Yoruichi” about 10 times. Soi Fon is able to keep on putting butterfly marks on Yoruichi, and Yoruichi is able to keep on battling back every time Soi Fon attacks her. The idea of the butterfly mark is that, if Soi Fon hits her there again, Yoruichi dies. But Soi Fon keeps hitting different parts of her body. The two of them go at it in one of the better battles of the series, although not on the level of the best. Back and forth they go. This is an intense rivalry, and it’ll only get spicier with the next episode.
This episode would have gotten a higher mark, but the Komamura quit made me have to knock it down a peg.
Best girl of the episode: Soi Fon (2)
Episode rating: 8/10
Tommy A. Phillips 