Bleach episode 276 review

The lazy Shunsui fights the lazy Starrk, while the jolly Ukitake fights the playful Lilynette. All the while, Omaeda gets to play the role of star of the episode while Soi Fon recovers from losing her arm. News flash: Omaeda isn’t exactly the most endearing hero and quite a bit annoying. He buys time until Soi Fon is able to use her Bankai, which is essentially a missile, on her remaining arm.

Overall, an annoying episode because Omaeda whines the whole time. Without Soi Fon in the picture for much of the contest, all we get to hear is Omaeda’s cries. If I were Soi Fon, I’d hate the guy too. But hey! No “WHAT”s this episode, at least from what I remember.

Best girl of the episode: Soi Fon (24)

Episode rating: 6/10

Bleach episode 275 review

Soi Fon battles Barragan, while Omaeda whines and cries. Barragan reveals his ability to make anything he touches die, which just so happens to be the same ability Donald Trump has. Thus, Soi Fon has her arm wither away, and the only way for Omaeda to save her life is for him to cut off her arm. So now we’re down to just one arm for Soi Fon and a whiny coward in Omaeda.

Toshiro kind of sort of maybe beats Harribel? It wasn’t exactly clear. This after he revealed his ability to take all the water in the sky and use it for his purposes. There were two “WHAT”s in this episode, one by Soi Fon herself. You’d think Omaeda would have had one, but he managed to get through the episode without one. I wish I had started “WHAT” counting earlier.

Best girl of the episode: Soi Fon (23)

Episode rating: 7/10

Bleach episode 274 review

Toshiro vs. Harribel. Who wins? Who knows! This battle takes the entirety of this episode. Every time Toshiro has an opportunity, Harribel counters. Every time Harribel has an opportunity, Toshiro counters. And back and forth they go for 20 minutes.

Toshiro gets in a “WHAT” which I remember starting to count about this time when watching it for the first time. How many episodes can we make it in a row with a “WHAT”? I’ll guess five.

In any case, not exactly the most interesting of episodes.

Best girl of the episode: Harribel (2)

Episode rating: 6/10

Bleach episode 273 review

Marechiyo Omaeda is one of the most useless characters in Bleach. Yet he serves a purpose: to demonstrate to all other characters the power of a good “WHAT.” In this episode, he begs Soi Fon to unleash some sort of bonus ability – “here comes the bonus!” – and she tells him that they’ve been fighting full strength already and that there is no bonus. His response? “WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?” Actually, maybe a few less A’s for that, but still, quite the WHAT.

Meanwhile, Yammy turns from the 10th Espada into the 0th Espada, which makes him the most powerful. You want 3-on-1 battles, you got ’em; Renji, Rukia, and Chad all take him on together and all get pretty much one-shotted. Guess it’s going to be up to Ichigo to defeat him too.

Oh, and Toshiro takes on Harribel and gets pretty much embarrassed. “Tiburon” is the name of the attack, which was also the name of the studio that made Madden NFL & NCAA Football for quite some time. My sister and I always used their logo as our created team’s logo.

Best girl of the episode: Soi Fon (22)

Episode rating: 8/10