Bleach episode 170 review
In this episode, the characters actually call out Rurichiyo on using the royal “we,” yet since she never used it in the dub, the conversation makes no sense! This is a huge fail by the dub. It’s as if they asked Yoda why he talks backwards, but Yoda’s voice was changed so he talks normally. Sadly, most people never even realized what was going on here, and just shrugged it off as small talk and as a conversation that didn’t matter. Well, guess what. It mattered to me. And I’m not happy about it.
I’m not too happy about the rest of the episode, either. Rurichiyo has an obsession with Ichigo, which makes zero sense because she only saw the guy one time. Even if it is love at first sight, it’s still hard to figure out why she likes him so much. Anyway, Ichigo fights off a bad guy, then Rurichiyo’s protectors tell him and the others the whole story. Apparently Rurichiyo is a princess who’s under attack because she’s the successor of whatever clan she’s part of, and naturally bad guys are always after princesses, so they’ve got to protect her. They figured to bring her to the world of the living, where she’d be safe. (Not!) So now it’s up to Ichigo & pals, though mainly just Ichigo, to protect her.
This episode wasn’t all that great, and sadly neither is the rest of the arc. But a lot of it would have been solved if the dub had just stayed true to the original language.
Best girl of the episode: Rurichiyo (2)
Episode rating: 5/10
Tommy A. Phillips 