Bleach episode 194 review

We get a sad flashback about Nel’s past, which ordinarily would mean that she’s about to die, but I can’t be too certain about that, since she’s a good guy. Nnoitra is one evil dude, but not quite as evil as Szayelaporro. He has now made voodoo dolls of the Quincy Uryu and Renji and is injuring them one torn Achilles tendon at a time. By the way, Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers blew his Achilles in the final game of the NBA Finals. He’s going to miss all of next season and not play again until the fall of 2026. So, Renji shouldn’t be getting up anytime soon.

But that’s when Pesche and Dondechakka come to the rescue! They have some way of fighting against Szayelaporro to give Uryu and Renji a fighting chance. Hopefully they have a surgeon on hand who can fix Achilles tendons. Even if they do, Renji’s out for the arc and maybe some of the next arc as well.

Best girl of the episode: Nel (5)

Episode rating: 6/10

Bleach episode 193 review

So, we don’t find out much in this episode. We get a little bit of the situation with Renji, Uryu, and Nel’s pals. Basically, there are doubles of them now, and it’s hard to tell who the real one is.

Then Syazelaporro pulls out his newest weapon: voodoo dolls. While voodoo dolls don’t work in real life, they always work in fiction. And thus Uryu has to both fight his double as well as the voodoo doll. It’s an unenviable position to be in.

Meanwhile, the Nnoitra-Nel fight is still going on, but to be quite honest with you, not much happened when it comes to that battle. It’s the same old stuff. SAMO, right?

Best girl of the episode: Nel (4) (almost by default)

Episode rating: 5/10

Bleach episode 192 review

This episode could be summed up with just Orihime’s banal call of “Nel, watch out!” when Nel was being attacked by Nnoitra. It was kind of like saying, the only way you win a game is by scoring more points than the other team. What else was Nel going to do there? Of course she needed to watch out! Orihime couldn’t have picked a more useless response to an attack than that.

Of course, that’s not all that goes on with Nel. She turns into her 3rd Espada self, defending Ichigo from Nnoitra. But it’s all useless. Nnoitra takes a big attack, and after Nel showboats, Nnoitra is right back ready to attack again. Good job, Nel. You saved Ichigo for approximately 90 seconds, and now we’re back to square one.

Also, it’s weird that Orihime has such a connection to Nel, given that they met about 20 minutes ago. Orihime wasn’t there when Ichigo & pals met her in the middle of the desert. Part of this episode served as a recrap to remind us that Ichigo met Nel and all the things they did up till now. Perhaps it could have been pointed out that Orihime wasn’t there that whole time. But whatevs. At least we got a cool fight between Nnoitra and Nel.

Best girl of the episode: Nel (3)

Episode rating: 7/10

Bleach episode 191 review

Szayelaporro offers us a little more recrap, going back through his entire battle with Uryu and Renji. So, the first half of the episode is, once again, a recrap. But when it’s finished, Szayelaporro uses his powers to create… doubles of everyone? Yeah, I’m not quite sure how this is going to work. Is this going to be the classic “you wouldn’t kill me cause I’m you” and then they just go and kill them? I don’t know. But it’s clear from this incident that Szayelaporro is not going down for a long time, and probably needs a bigger fish to eat him.

As for Ichigo, he keeps on fighting, only for Nnoitra to reveal that Nel is actually a former Espada. The truth will be completely revealed… next episode.

Best girl of the episode: Orihime (35)

Episode rating: 6/10