Bleach episode 89 review

Rangiku shows up to SAVE Ichigo & pals after they get in trouble. You know you’re doing bad when Rangiku has to SAVE you. While Izuru fights enemies by increasing their weight, the girls are all thrown away as dead weight when Ichigo & Renji decide they’re leaving them behind (with Chad, who is always useless). That’s right, we can only have men doing any fighting, we have to leave the women behind.

Obviously I’m not happy with that, as any long-time listeners/readers would know. But now that we’re stuck with an all-male alliance, let’s see them actually make some headway against the newest Bount. Ugh, this is so frustrating. Ichigo & Renji are painted out to be the tough guys, yet they struggle against enemies that would never give them trouble in canon.

Just an overall mediocre episode.

Best girl of the episode: Rangiku (7)

Episode rating: 5/10

Bleach episode 88 review

Ichigo comes back with Keigo, and he is added to the laundry list of people who are recovering from getting beaten up. This includes Rukia, and even Orihime to an extent. Also, Hanataro manages to replace Renji’s memories – not sure why they needed to be replaced – and gets him back to health.

While the Bounts go off and plot… something, Yumichika, Shuhei, Rangiku, and Izuru all go off trying to find said Bounts. But as usual, they fall right into a trap set by the Bounts, or at least Rangiku does. Yumichika says at one point that “I’m having an ugly feeling about this” and keeps on using the word “ugly” as many times as possible. I guess when you’re a one-trick pony, you’ve got to keep on using that same trick as many times as you can.

Ichigo & pals are back and ready to go by the end of the episode, and Jinta gives Renji a special meal to keep with him. In the post-credits sequence, we see Renji try eating it, and finding out how spicy it is. Oh, and Nemu shows up to meet Uryu, further cementing my OTP.

A passable episode, but nothing remarkable.

Best girl of the episode: Rangiku (6)

Episode rating: 6/10

Bleach episode 87 review

Chad, Rangiku, and Noba have to figure out the Bount’s weak point which they can attack for massive damage. Eventually, they do exactly that, saving Ururu in the process. And that’s pretty much it.

You can feel the padding growing bigger and bigger. Even the filler arc isn’t filling enough time, so it needs more filler to fill more filler. Very fillery, you know?

Hey, at least Rangiku’s fun to be around. But man, this feels as dry as a Hueco Mundo desert.

Best girl of the episode: Rangiku (5)

Episode rating: 5/10

Bleach episode 86 review

Ururu, Chad, and Noba are fighting Old Man Bount when Rangiku shows up. Always a good sign when Rangiku is around, because nothing never gets all too serious when she’s here. But maybe not this time, because Old Man Bount captures Ururu. Now it’s up to Rangiku, Chad, and Noba to rescue Ururu. And I just realized that this whole arc has been rescuing people.

Also, there’s a lot of talk about “purpose.” I didn’t know Rick Warren was hired as one of the writers for this episode. I don’t know how I know, but I’m gonna find my purpose… gotta find out, don’t wanna wait, got to make sure that my life will be great… gotta find my purpose, before it’s too late.

Rangiku is a ton of fun, but this episode still felt like something was missing. Perhaps it would have been better if we had two storylines like we had been having.

Best girl of the episode: Rangiku (4)

Episode rating: 6/10