Bleach episode 10 review

It’s Quitters Day! The day people give up on their New Year’s resolutions! So, am I quitting reviewing Bleach? Not on your life!

Don Kanonji appears for the first time, and I totally forgot about his “Bwahahaha!” pose. I absolutely love Rukia doing the Don Kanonji pose and laugh. And Don Kanonji is hilarious. He’s kind of like Mr. Satan from Dragon Ball Z. Always funny to see him show up and get all the glory.

Next episode is really important, because it introduces a major villain from Thousand Year Blood War. Oh, am I getting ahead of myself? Well, not much to say about the content of this episode, besides the hilarity of Ichigo getting tossed about by a very weak Hollow. He looks like an absolute joke in this episode. How the hell is he going to go up against even a Lieutenant, let alone a Captain?!

Cause this is filler, filler time, and no one’s gonna stop me.

Best girl of the episode: Rukia (5) (man, she’s running away with this thing. Hurry up, Orihime!)

Episode rating: 7/10

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It’s hard to take anything related to Ichigo’s mother seriously when the entire story of her life gets retold in Thousand Year Blood War. So, when Ichigo fights Grand Fisher who killed his mother, I’m almost rolling my eyes at the situation. No, Ichigo, you didn’t cause your mother’s death. You see, your father was a Soul Reaper, your mother was a Quincy…

The fight was pretty cool, but given that it ended in a stalemate, something feels missing. Obviously we’re just buying time for Ichigo to fight him a second time. He better hurry up and do it, because Rukia is going to be in hot water in no time!

Best girl of the episode: Rukia (4)

Episode rating: 7/10

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Ichigo & his family are going to visit their mother’s grave when chaos ensues. That chaos doesn’t even include Karin kicking Isshin like any good daughter would. As it turns out, a Hollow attacks his family, and a random Soul Reaper confronts Rukia. This is the first sign we have that Rukia is in deep, deep trouble with the Soul Society.

Otherwise, the rest of this episode is simply Ichigo beating himself up for his mother’s death, which gets totally retconned in Thousand-Year Blood War. I have a hard time taking anything serious involving Ichigo’s parents because of the major retcons that occur there. Overall, just an average episode, not great though not really bad either.

Best girl of the episode: Karin Kurosaki

Episode rating: 6/10

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So, Ichigo’s body goes ahead and helps save some kids. Kisuke Urahara (aka Mr. Hat & Clogs) shows up to take his defective modsoul body back, but after hearing Ichigo’s body’s plea, Ichigo the Soul Reaper begs for the modsoul to be saved. Rukia then steps in and takes back the modsoul herself. Ichigo then names the modsoul “Kon,” appropriately giving Bleach its mascot.

Not exactly an episode with a lot to write home about, but there are some great scenes with Tatsuki (whom I love) imagining herself as a martial arts champion, and Orihime (you know already how much I love her) imagining herself as a robot. It’ll be interesting to keep track of how Orihime changes from being Usagi Tsukino (literally) to becoming the strong woman she is by the time Thousand Year Blood War rolls around. Oh, and Rukia might be in some trouble with the Soul Society. News at 11.

Best girl of the episode: Tatsuki (2), although this one was really tough between her, Rukia, and Orihime

Episode rating: 7/10