Bleach episode 200 review

I thought for a moment that we were going to have one of those “gotcha!” fake-out moments with Szayelaporro. It looked for just a brief instant that he was going to survive Mayuri’s 100s of years of pain. Thankfully, he didn’t, or at least not in this episode. I’m sure that given the chance, he will “return” like a certain blue-haired Espada does.

The rest of this episode was Mayuri having a “Hot Coffee” moment with Nemu, and Kenpachi fighting Nnoitra. When is Nnoitra going to go down? Will it take Ichigo getting back to normal for it to happen? Am I remember things incorrectly? Answer: The Daily Double. No, actually, the answer: I’m not sure. We’ll find out as Bleach moves into the 200s.

Best girl of the episode: Nemu (4)

Episode rating: 6/10

Bleach episode 199 review

In yesterday’s post, I failed to mention that Byakuya did, indeed, defeat his opponent and save his dear imouto. Today, Rukia wakes up to find him standing nearby, and she comes to the realization that Dear Brother saved her life. Byakuya just gained a heart with her.

Meanwhile, Mayuri is taking on Szayelaporro, and Szayelapporo uses tentacles to entrap Nemu. Fortunately for Mayuri, he couldn’t care less about what happens to Nemu, so he uses her in such a way that she’s able to give Szayelaporro a new drug. But this new drug isn’t one you should want, even if you’re Huey Lewis. It slows down time for Szayelaporro so that will take years, no, centuries for him to realize that he’s being killed by Mayuri. It’s about as cruel a way of killing someone I can imagine, but that’s just par for the course with Mayuri.

Best girl of the episode: Rukia (42)

Episode rating: 9/10

Bleach episode 198 review

Byakuya continues his fight, gaining the upper hand, while the main attraction is Szayelaporro vs. Mayuri. Szayelaporro tortures Mayuri some, but you forget who he’s dealing with here. He’s dealing with a guy with no moral compass and no human values. Mayuri’s going to do whatever it takes to win, just for the sake of one of his stupid experiments. But can he survive this voodoo doll attack?

Rukia kind of sort of wins best girl by default, by Byakuya and Hanataro rescuing her from the previous situation. Yeah, this episode was pretty forgettable, wasn’t it?

Best girl of the episode: Rukia (41)

Episode rating: 5/10

Bleach episode 197 review

Byakuya takes on Zommari (had to look up his name), who decides to get Rukia involved by using her as a puppet to attack Byakuya. Meanwhile, Hanataro shows up for the sole purpose of providing comic relief. Okay, that’s not true. He also shows up for the purpose of providing battle commentary. With Hanataro filling those two important roles, Byakuya now must figure out how to beat Zommari without allowing his precious imouto to die.

Of course, Zommari could have easily killed Rukia, but for some bizarre reason he stands still and does nothing while Byakuya calls out his attacks. This makes for a rather unbelievable battle in a bad way, because why would he just stand there and let Byakuya make his moves? It’s like a chess player just giving up 3 moves in the middle of the endgame.

So, Byakuya gets the upper hand on Zommari, but the battle ain’t over yet! Oh, and Yachiru goes fishing for carp in the post-credits sequence, while cosplaying as a cat. Instant best girl win!

Best girl of the episode: Yachiru (15)

Episode rating: 7/10