Bleach episode 113 review

Anyway, Yammy and Ulquiorra show up in Karakura Town, and if you weren’t already aware, I will make it plain and clear: Ulquiorra is my #1 least-favorite character in all of Bleach. I don’t like a single thing about him, for one point, but the fact that so many of the IchiRuki club shipped him with Orihime (and lost the shipping war, ha-ha!) made me hate him even more. You better believe I’m vindictive.

What was the episode about again? Oh, right, depressing stuff. Ichigo doesn’t want to talk with anyone. After Karin confronts him about being a Soul Reaper, then Karin doesn’t want to talk with anyone. It’s as if Ulquiorra’s appearance on Earth turned everybody into him. No one has any personalities anymore. No one, except Orihime.

Orihime shows up to SAVE Tatsuki and Chad from Yammy’s clutches, only to make the stupid decision to attack Yammy herself. (Almost wrote “Yanni” there!) That’s when Ichigo shows up to SAVE Orihime. Needless to say, Ichigo has a whole lot of problems to take care of. Not the least being the fact that he’s gone all emo when he needs to be counted on by others. Then again, if I were him, I wouldn’t blame him for feeling like he does. But come on, Ichigo, you’re protected by plot armor! You have nothing to worry about! I’m sure that, being the main character, you’ll survive to the end like in Oshi… no.

Best girl of the episode: Orihime (21)

Episode rating: 7/10

Bleach episode 112 review

Isshin meets with Kisuke, they talk for a while, then Isshin goes away to make sure Ichigo doesn’t find out who he is. Some reveal that was. They’re going to keep secrets, but at least the viewer knows them now.

Then Shinji shows up at Ichigo’s school again, but this time with Orihime. Chizuru goes off on Shinji for touching her precious Orihime, and she’s actually quite hilarious in this episode. Eventually, Ichigo gets into it with Shinji, but there’s no progress made in their relationship.

So, Orihime and Chad hope to get some info out of Shinji, only to be interrupted by Shinji’s pal Hiyori. I can’t remember if I disliked her or if I hated her. In any case, she is standoffish as ever, and very little information is given here, too.

It seems like everyone wants to keep secrets and keep beating around the bush. Look out, guys, because my #1 least favorite character in all of Bleach is coming next episode, and it’s not Yammy!

Best girl of the episode: Chizuru! (She breaks through for her first win!)

Episode rating: 7/10

Bleach episode 111 review

No clue whether there will be a photo on this page when this post is up, but in case there isn’t, it’s supposed to be Kon in Ichigo’s body running away from poison gas Grand Fisher.

So yeah, Uryu’s father is a Quincy and Ichigo’s father is a Soul Reaper. I know it sounds like kind of basic stuff, but I guess it was groundbreaking at the time. In retrospect, it looks like one of those Disney Star Wars things where they somehow manage to make everyone part of the same family tree, and it’s rather dumb. We couldn’t just have Ichigo having special powers, we had to have his Dad have them too. We couldn’t just have Uryu gain back his Quincy powers, we had to have his Dad completely renege on everything he ever said negatively about Quincies.

Honestly, this was quite the boring episode. It was mainly just Isshin pontificating for much of the episode. Is this the part of Bleach where I stopped liking it? Maybe it was. In any case, a huge reveal, but not a huge bit of entertainment.

Best girl of the episode: Ririn (3) (she was really the only female character who got any noticeable screen time this episode)

Episode rating: 6/10

Bleach episode 110 review

I forgot just how many episodes there are of Ichigo being back in class and doing mundane tasks. The Grand Fisher, ho-hum. Give me a real enemy.

But then one shows up in class, a transfer student named Shinji. This guy has great potential, and what was that other thing about him? Oh, that’s right, I hate him. But he and the Visoreds are going to start showing up, I fear, and then these miserable Visoreds will take over the vacant Captain spots.

Hurry up and get me to Hueco Mundo already.

Best girl of the episode: Tatsuki (5) (she had a good amount of time in this episode, including her trademark karate kick of Chizuru)

Episode rating: 6/10