Bleach episode 206 review
Time to go back in time! This arc brings us back I think a century in the past. Some Captains are still there. Others are Lieutenants, such as Sosuke Aizen. Still others are Visoreds, who I still hate even now. And some of them are people we know well, such as Squad 2’s Yoruichi and soon-to-be Captain of Squad 2, Kisuke Urahara.
This episode pretty much just sets things up. Most of the Captains are introduced, with only a couple left as mysteries. Then comes a very humorous scene where Soi Fon steals the show. She goes around spying on Urahara all day long, writing down his every move, because she wants to prove to Yoruichi that he doesn’t deserve to be Captain. Yoruichi laughs her off and tells her that she’s hopelessly in love with Urahara. This is what makes the Yoruichi-Urahara-Soi Fon “love triangle” the best one in all of Bleach.
Aizen is plotting something. You just know it from looking at him. But what? Oh, and one of the characters is said to have gone to Squad Zero. Which is relevant since I’m rewatching TYBW where they went to Squad Zero. Of course, TYBW just retcons a bunch of stuff, so I’m not sure if this is consistent. In any case, Soi Fon’s spying and Yoruichi’s accusation of her love for Urahara make this episode a good start to this ultimate of flashbacks.
Best girl of the episode: Soi Fon (12) (man, I could just listen to Karen Strassman’s voice the rest of my life)
Episode rating: 8/10
Tommy A. Phillips 