Bleach episode 108 review
Ichigo & Kariya fight a duel to the death! All this talk about Jokai Crests and Jokai Crests and Jokai Crests, and what it ultimately comes down to is Ichigo and Kariya going at each other in one final blow. As you’d expect, Ichigo goes down first, as he did against Byakuya. Then Kariya goes down, leaving us with one last unfinished sentence: “Ichigo, I…” And then he’s gone.
The rest of the Soul Society is all over the place trying to stop the Jokai Crests (have you heard that there are Jokai Crests?) from detonating. Apparently they succeeded. And they better have, because we can’t have any Jokai Crests around when the next arc begins.
In the end, Ichigo is reunited with his friends and muses about how he’s a lot like Kariya. Yeah, not really. Kariya betrayed all his friends and then tried to blow up the whole world. That doesn’t sound anything like Ichigo. So, no, Ichigo, your comparison is bunk. But at least you got rid of Kariya, which means we are dangerously close to canon again.
Best girl of the episode: Yoruichi (5) (for her time preparing alongside Byakuya to possibly step in if things got bad)
Episode rating: 7/10
Tommy A. Phillips 