Bleach episode 158 review

Note: “Maximized Manhood” is not a double entendre here. Rather, it’s the title of a famous Christian book written by Edwin Louis Cole. Okay, so it is a double entendre, and Cole was apparently too naive to notice.

Here, we see Chad and the villain decided to max out their powers, because it was really fun to just fight using 50% power and seeing what happened. Eventually, Chad has more power, and beats the guy, but doesn’t kill him.

Oh! And Pesche and Uryu continue their crazy antics; there is an incredibly stupid and annoying joke of Pesche calling Uryu “Ichigo.” It might have been funny the first couple times; now it’s the bane of my existence.

Best girl of the episode: Cirucci (3) (for appearing in the preview scenes; otherwise, no other female had any screen time)

Episode rating: 4/10

Bleach episode 157 review

This episode is pretty dull. Basically it’s all about “can you top this?” Cirucci reveals her Resurreccion, only for Uryu to reveal a more powerful ability. Then he refuses to kill her, because no female characters ever die in Bleach. It’s a pretty straightforward battle with contrived twists that don’t change anything.

Meanwhile, Chad fights a random Arrancar. He just so happens to fight the same way Chad does, with punches. How convenient. Yeah, this episode will be forgotten within a couple hours.

Best girl of the episode: Cirucci (2)

Episode rating: 5/10

Bleach episode 156 review

I’m sorry, but I can’t laugh. It’s just not funny. This episode’s sole purpose was to create a comedy team between Uryu and Pesche. But their constant bickering and squabbling left me just wanting Cirucci to kill them both to make them shut up. They really weren’t all that funny. They tried, but they failed.

And since this is the only thing that happens in this episode, I’m left wondering why we wasted a whole episode on Uryu and Pesche arguing. It just wasn’t worth it. I’m sure there were a few cheap laughs to be had, but ultimately I was bored. You may enjoy it; for me, I’ve seen this type of humor in anime too many times to laugh about it.

Best girl of the episode: Cirucci (1)

Episode rating: 5/10

Bleach episode 155 review

Rukia continues her fight with Kaien Shiba Aaroniero, which she is doing better at now that she’s realized that the Kaien is a fake. Unfortunately, it’s not so easy to beat an Espada, and Aaroniero shows her what its true form is. Hint: it’s not pretty.

While Rukia fights, there’s some tomfoolery with Nel, with Ichigo claiming that he’s never having kids (you’ll have to talk with Orihime about that, Ichigo). The Chad and Uryu fights just seem to be sideshows at this point, while Renji’s rushing to try to rescue Rukia… again.

At the end, Aaroniero goes back to its Kaien Shiba form, so Rukia’s got to kill Kaien again if she wants to stay alive. These things are always messy, aren’t they?

Best girl of the episode: Rukia (34)

Episode rating: 7/10