Bleach episode 133 review
“With a love like that, you know should be glad.”
Ikkaku gets roped into a kendo contest by Mizuho, who is once again the star of the show. Seriously, who would have bet Mizuho would be gaining ground on Rukia and having more focus than Ichigo himself? She gets Mizuho to start training her peeps, who are in the exact same situation as Karin’s friends in the last episode: beat a rival group, or be forced to disband. It’s amazing that they came up with identical storylines like this.
But not only that, Ikkaku loves doing it because he loves competition so much. He even ropes Renji and Toshiro into it. That’s right, for the second consecutive episode, Toshiro is competing in a contest to save someone’s skin. And for the second straight episode, he succeeds.
Midway through the big kendo battle, after Ikkaku has coached up his boys, the Soul Reapers get called to a Hollow sighting, and they are all forced to leave their defective Soul Candy bodies behind. (Yachiru of all people is behind the Soul Candy, as proven by the post-credits sequence.) But the kid that Ikkaku trained actually wins his match, leaving no need for Ikkaku to battle. He then takes on everyone in sight when he returns from beating the Hollow. It’s a very Three Stooges ending.
Sadly, I found myself laughing during this episode. And it wasn’t unintentional humor. So you might say that I… liked this filler? Oh boy. I’m feeling guiltier every minute.
Best girl of the episode: Mizuho (3)
Episode rating: 8/10
Tommy A. Phillips 