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Soul Society’s Annihilation – Bleach 483

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Bleach’s latest Bleach 483 is absolutely amazing! Yamamoto is invaded by 7 mysterious men whose intention are to wage war upon the Soul Society and destroying by Vanden Reich. Ichigo explores more into who Ivan really is, he finds out that Ivan has come to steal Ichigo’s New Bankai.

We start this crazy chapter in the Soul Society as Yamamoto faces the unknown men who are surprised to see that there is no one guarding Yamamoto, as the Security is a bi too soft. Yamamoto replies with there is no need to worry as there is no better security than this. At this point I wonder why Yamamoto said this, to me it seems as though Yamamoto isn’t the target here, but in fact something else within the same location and thus Yamamoto is the guard to this object.

We return to Ivan and Ichigo’s fight where Ichigo is being confused as Ivan has an Arrancar mask while having a Quincy Cross.as well. From his Quincy weapon, Ivan attacks Ichigo, while Ichigo deflects of dodges them.

This is probably the first time I’ve seen Ichigo think before attacking in any match. Ivan obviously seems to want Ichigo to open his Bankai to fight this more powerful form. Ichigo says that he has to play his game since he doesn’t know who he is nor why he’s attacking Ichigo. At this point Ichigo opens Bankai.

Ivan, in a hurry goes into one of his packets and takes out a gadget which he says that Ichigo’s Bankai Ends Here. At the end of his Bankai Transformation, Ichigo is surrounded by a number of rods around him. Ivan speaks the word “Melt” followed by an incantation type sentence. This increases the heat and breaks one of Ichigo’s left white arm support.

At this point, frustrated Ichigo breaks the rods allowing him to  escape, surprised Ivan looks on as Ichigo sends his Getsuga Tenshou. Ivan, unable to move, is extremely surprised as Ichigo was able to break his technique with nothing more then a smash. The Getsuga Tenshou gets closer and it seems Ivan has been deemed unconscious.

We return back to the Yamamoto’s private chamber where Sasakibe is lunged in the air where he was unable to even get close to the 7 mysterious men. On of the men says not to worry as this is a small example to what will happen during the war. In 5 days, Soul Society will be Annihilated by the Vanden Reich, is what is said by the man. The chapter ends here.

That was one amazing chapter! During Bleach 484, I’m sure that the Vanden Reich will be will be a supreme being as they are able to cause such harm to Hollows. Also I think that the Vanden Reich or Vandenreich are the group which the 7 men belong too, rather then a weapon which is what I first though.

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Itachi and Sasuke’s Talk – Tsunade’s Will of Fire – Naruto 576

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Naruto’s latest manga, Naruto 576, is fantastic as the result of last week’s guessing stops. Sasuke spots a figure above who is jumping from branch to branch, he looks very familiar to his brother, Itachi. Furthermore, Madara mocks Tsunade for being a weakling even when she’s from the Senju family.

We start this week’s chapter as Sasuke quickly opens his Sharingan to see closer who this person is. He flashes back and sees that both this character and Itachi both look very familiar.

Sasuke quickly runs after him and asks Itachi to wait, at this point Itachi has nothing more to say so he just keeps running. Sasuke questions him if he’s Itachi, and again there is no response. Sasuke then opens his Susanoo to get hold of Itachi, but at this quick moment, Itachi himself opens his and quickly dodges Sasuke’s Susanoo.

This proves to Sasuke that it is Itachi after all. Impressed Itachi says that he’s impressed by the progress Sasuke has made as he’s been able to master the Susanoo. Sasuke questions Itachi why he’s still alive, Itachi replies with Kabuto’s “Edo Tensei” technique, or Impure World Resurrection.

At this point Itachi wont be able to stop since he has “important” things to do, like defeating and stopping the Impure World Resurrection (Edo Tensei), as well as many other things which aren’t clear right now.

At this point, Sasuke tells Itachi that he has a ton of questions that he has to ask him. Sasuke shouts at Itachi to ask him if he feels guilty because of his lies to him. Sasuke then reveals that he already knows everything about Itachi as Tobi had already told him this.

Itachi tells Sasuke that he’s already told him everything. Sasuke then reveals that he can see through his genjutsu as he has his eyes. Itachi then flashes to Naruto and thinks that Sasuke can only understand Naruto’s Suffering and Determination.

Itachi then reveals that Sasuke has changed over the time he was gone, Sasuke replies with that information being wrong, but instead Itachi himself had changed Sasuke’s past and future. Sasuke then thinks of the time where all of his peers had died, and tells himself that he should have also died instead of being kept alive.

Tobi now speaks for Itachi’s side as he states that Itachi’s decided to bear the weights of his comrades on his shoulders while killing the Uchiha Clan. It was all because of the discrimination that Uchiha Clan had. Therefore the pupils do not blame him for such a decision.

Sasuke questions why he was left alive at this time. Itachi answers with such a caring comment, as Sasuke didn’t know anything about what was happening at the time. He also did not know anything about the Uchiha Clan’s foolish ideas, thus he deserved to live.

Itachi also mentions that he needed someone from the Uchiha clan to judge Itachi for his crimes that he had committed, and Sasuke was the perfect person to do so. Itachi had used the hatred within Sasuke to help him judge Itachi, but this plan had failed since Sasuke has now developed the idea that Konoha should be destroyed for their wrong doing, as well as turning Sasuke into a criminal.

Itachi had wished Sasuke to take the right path, but unfortunately, Sasuke had taken the wrong path. Itachi hoped that after his death Sasuke would turn into the correct path but the lies and efforts Itachi had placed on Sasuke’s path.

At this moment, Itachi smiles and thinks of Naruto, he says that the things he had done guide you to the wrong path, it meant that Naruto had also effected Itachi’s path has he wants to bring him back.

We move to where Madara is. He points to Tsunade who is the Medic Ninja within The Ultimate Team. He asks her if she’s the descendant of Hashirama Senju. Madara then threatens Tsunade that she’ll be the first one to die as she is the descendant of Hashirama, as well as not being able to use Mokuton, also that she’s weak and on top of that he says she’s a weak ugly Senju.

Tsunade replies that she might not be able to use Mokuton, but what she inherited from Hashirama wasn’t strength but something which continues flowing through the ages. She states that this power is her Will Of Fire!

Zaraki Kenpachi vs Giriko Kutsuzawa – Bleach 362

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During today’s Bleach 362, we saw the fantastic fight between Zaraki and Giriko! Two unlikely characters go head to head in probably the shortest match ever. We saw that Ichigo learns about the First Substitute Shinigami here.

At the time where The Soul Reapers and Xcution members were getting divided, the Zaraki had mentioned that Tsukishima seems to be a lot more powerful than his current opponent Giriko.

Giriko questions Zaraki about this unusual request to change partners with Byakuya which wasn’t fulfilled. Giriko then sees that Zaraki is one hard guy who’s power comes raw within him with the ability to always go full force during his fights.

Here Zaraki saw that Giriko had turned into a large green monster after he had turned a dial on the left of his chest. This increase his highest and weight, he also mentions the simpler the contract with the Gods of Times, the more powerful he is manifested into, therefore since he has only increased his muscle strength he should be pretty powerful.

At this moment, after getting bored at what Giriko had said, Zaraki swiftly slashes Giriko right in the middle on his body within a few seconds. We still don’t know if Zaraki has learned the name of his Sword, but it’d be pretty amazing if he did.

Furthermore we also only see a hint of Zaraki’s sword, so there is no telling if he’s obtained the name. This battle was very short, but it just goes to show how powerful all the Shinigami’s have gotten over the last 17 Months. Also I’m hoping we’ll see some amazing fights in next week’s Bleach 363.

Kugo Ginjo The First Substitute Shinigami – Bleach 362

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Bleach just seems to be getting better and better! Today’s Bleach 362 started out amazing and ended amazingly! Ichigo eliminates Ginjo, but comes back with his Fullbring Form. The other Xcution members complain that they also want a share of Ichigo’s powers and thus get them. At this point Yukio separates each Shinigami and Fullbring Member to fight within their own reality dimension until one dies.

So we start this fantastic episode with Ichigo apologizing to Ginjo for missing the Getsuga Tenshou he had sent before. Here Ginjo tries to retreat and regroup to fight another time, but Ichigo follows him and holds his shoulder and pulls him to the ground. While Ginjo falls Ichigo pushes Ginjo to the ground to get him to get serious.

They both keep fighting until a point where Ginjo is knocked out by the Getsuga Tenshou. Ichigo then calms down to find out that his powers didn’t only come from Rukia, Renji, Byakuya, Toshiro, Zaraki and Ikkaku but also Shinji, Rangiku, Unohana, Hanataro, Isshin, Urahara, Yoruichi and even Yamamoto.

Ginjo suddenly explodes with overwhelming power which he changes into his Fullbring form. His New Look changes as he now has bone type objects covering his chest, feet and his legs.

Toshiro then explains the reasons why Ichigo’s powers were returned to him, the first was that Ichigo had done a great deal for the Soul Society so they are in their debt. And the second is Kugo Ginjo.

Long before Ichigo was introduced in to the Soul Society, a man was issued a combat pass as a Substitute Soul Reaper. This Shinigami gave up the position and disappeared. The First Substitute Shinigami was awarded to Kugo Ginjo. That’s why when Ukitake first handed Ichigo the Combat Pass, he had told Ichigo about if Soul Reapers are beneficial to the Soul Society they will be giving the Combat Pass.

The Substitute Shinigami law was created for Kugo Ginjo. Byakuya then steps in to prevent Toshiro from telling too much information, Toshiro then tells Ichigo that they will deal with the details later on.

At this moment, the other members of Xcution arrive to claim there share of Ichigo’s power. Annoyed Ginjo slashes them with his sword and thus they transform into their Fullbring form.

Ichigo tells Ikkaku and the others to back off, as this was Ichigo’s fault. He launches a Getsuga Tenshou only to find out that he was under Yukio’s Invaders Must Die: Digital Radial Invaders. Ikkaku then approaches Yukio from behind only to find out a second time that the same trick has been used twice.

At this point, Yukio’s game attack tries to attack Ikkaku from behind, at the precise moment, Toshiro steps in to stop this attack and warns Ikkaku to keep himself on his toes and not to slack.

Ikkaku is then attacked by Moe, while Jackie steps forward to Renji, and Giriko comes to Zaraki as well as Tsukishima comes behind Byakuya. At this point Yukio starts out by making sure everyone’s spread out properly so they are able to fight whom they want.

So it’s Toshiro vs Yukio, Renji vs Jackie, Rukia vs Riruka, Ikkaku vs Moe, Byakuya vs Tsukishima and Ichigo vs Ginjo. At this point, they are within different types of world which best suits the Xcution members personality giving them an advantage, but do you think they’re going to win? The episode ends here.

What an amazing episode that was! I’m just getting hyped on how amazing the fights between these amazing characters will be! Really want to see how much they’ve grown both is mind and the amount power they now have! Can’t wait to watch next week’s Bleach 363.

Ivan Azgiaro – Arrancar, Quincy or Hybrid?

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If you’ve read the latest Bleach Manga, you would have had the surprise of meeting Ivan Azgiaro. A characters who has similarities to Aizen’s characters while also having Quincy abilities, and yet looking a lot like a Arrancar. How’s this possible? Well I’m here to make some sense of this by telling you some info you might find useful.

Is Ivan Azgiaro a Arrancar? That’s a hard question to answer, even if Ivan himself told us that he’s not a Arrancar. Ivan has a ton of similarities to how a usual Arrancar would look like. Firstly he has that small mask he has which covers his left eye. He also wear the white colored outfit which matches what characters like Aizen, Ulquiorra and Grimmjow wore. Personally I think that Ivan isn’t a Arrancar because of his Quincy abilities, also the mask which he has could have just been a mutation or something went wrong for him, for example when Giriko has mutated his right eye also when he misbehaved with his Time Tells No Lies. This could be a similar incident for Ivan.

Is Ivan Azgiaro a Quincy? It was shown that he’s an Quincy due to him having a Quincy cross which he could use to summon a great weapon which looks like a bow. Ivan also hints at Ichigo about who he is when he shows his cross which could prove that he is ultimately a Quincy. Furthermore, he also wears a white outfit which looks similar to that of a Quincy user, although this is the same for Arrancar’s the outfit can go both ways. Personally, I prefer the idea that Ivan Azgiaro is a Quincy since he does has Quincy abilities which Ichigo has noticed. Lastly when Hiyori “Smell Shinigami” during episode Bleach 481, Hiyori see’s a type of hole which could mean Ivan could have come out of it. The smell could be due to within the whole there are other Shinigami’s which are allies to Ivan.

Is Ivan Azgiaro a Arrancar-Quincy Hybrid? Well, It’s likely that Ivan has both abilities due to his mask. And due to his similarities with Aizen, Aizen could have done some secret lab work which allowed him to create Ivan which has both Arrancar and Quincy abilities, a hybrid. Personally, I’m not much of a fan of this idea, as it would ruin the whole concept of having one Arrancar and Quincy together, as Arrancar are such powerful characters while Quincy’s are more calm characters which think before they actually do something.

So, I think that Ivan Azgiaro is a Quincy, but I may be wrong. What do you think? Comment below and tell me what you think!

Deidara – During his Training

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This is why we’re all here! This amazing piece of Deidara, who is now deceased at the age of 19, was drawn by ireal70. You rarely see an artists draw Anime characters this good. If you like the image drawn, you should definitively like this post by clicking it below, or check more by going to ireal70′s profile.

ireal70 had said that this image can be described as “Shirtless and wet Deidara training in a lake.”. As most of you may know, Deidara is a member of the Akatsuki. You may have also known that he has the abilities to mold clay using the tongues on both of hands to make them explosive.

You may want to think Deidara as one of the most powerful people within the Akatsuki as he was able to fight many great opponents such as Kakashi, Sasuke and even the Third Jinchuuriki, Yagura and Isobu.

Kisame Hoshigaki’s Death – Naruto Shippuden 251

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After the crazy aftermath between Kisame and Guy, the fight ends and a hint of Kisame’s story is told. We get to see a mysterious man control the Fourth Mizukage, with the name of Madara Uchiha. We see a tragic death of Kisame when one of his Sharks kills him. While Naruto, Killer Bee, Guy, Yamato, Aoba and Motoi become trapped within a Water Prison when Guy opens the scroll.

The epic battle between Guy and Kisame ends with Kisame being defeated while Guy stands on top of him. Kisame twitches his thumb, which causes Guy, in his Seventh Inner Gate, to smash Kisame as he lays there paralyzed. Yamato captures Kisame while he stays still.

Aoba then going into Kisame’s mind using the Mind Reading technique as he places his hand on top of Kisame’s head. As Aoba now reads Kisame’s mind he starts where he was told to guard the code by what ever means. He was told to that he had to guard the scroll even if he had to kill his comrades.

They start out in a forest while they eat peacefully. Kisame notices that the string trap has been initiated so he tells his comrades that they need to go as soon as possible. As they jump from branch to branch, the woman starts to build some sort of relationship with Kisame, as she says that after the mission they go and get dinner.

Fuguki Suikazan, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, tells Kisame to Guard the Cipher Corps and protect the encoded missive. After this he is told that none of the Cipher Crops members must fall into enemy hands as they may be taken hostage and get mind read.

Kisame and the Cipher Corps are attacked by the Leaf Village’s ANBU Torture and Interrogation Cops who came to get the Cipher Corps. They are there to get the code as well as the get more intel on how to crack the code.

At this point, most of the Cipher Corps are left behind and which are then killed by Kisame as he is only following what he has been told to, which is to make sure that the Leaf Village not get their hands on the code.

As only three are left, the woman and two men. Kisame gets ready to once again kill them since they are likely to be captured by the Interrogation Squad. Kisame backs up as the Leaf Ninja’s arrive, and throws himself off a cliff.

We then see Kisame go and kill Fuguki as well as replace his current sword with the one he currently had. The Samehada. Silently the Fourth Mizukage appears from the darkness with someone mysterious behind him. He calls himself Madara Uchiha, but that is unlikely since Madara had been killed a long time ago.

Madara/Tobi tries to get Kisame on his side by telling him that he has a plan to control the world, which is called Project Tsuki No Me. Kisame gets on his side since he has the powers to control the Three Tails. At this point Kisame asks for Madara/Tobi to prove who he really is. As he start to walk forward, Kisame bites his tongue to wake himself up to prevent Aoba from extraction intel.

At this point, Kisame creates a Water Prison Jutsu to trap himself within one, so the other people wont be able to attack him. Kisame then summons Sharks onto his Water Prison, and flashes back once more.

This time he flashes back to when he met Itachi for the first time. They both talked about how they both killed their own comrades, while Itachi didn’t mean to actually do so. So Itachi gave some advice on how Kisame is more of a Human then a Shark.

At this moment, Kisame suicides as one of his Sharks kills him. Currently the other people are shocked how Kisame had died, since he was very powerful yet died by suicide. Kisame’s Samehada is also upset as he has lost his master.

After they have the Intel, Guy opens it to see what was inside, only to find out that there was a booby trap which caused all the people there to enter a Water Prison with Sharks inside them. They notice that one of sharks has eaten the scroll and runs off with it. They aren’t able to stop this shark. The episode ends here.

What an amazing episode, Kisame’s past has been revealed, and also if you looked close enough you would have noticed that Madara/Tobi has blue hair. Which is a start to find out who the real Tobi is! Naruto Shippuden 252 will be amazing! Can’t wait for Tobi’s fight!

Ivan Azgiaro, a Quincy? Gotei 13 Under Attack – Bleach 482

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We keep getting deeper and deeper into the Final Arc of Bleach. We see Ivan Azgiaro refuse to remove himself from Ichigo’s bed, Ichigo kick him in the face. Ichigo finds out that Ivan has a Quincy cross which helps him to create a huge bow. While Ikkaku and Yumichika arrive at a deserted part of Rukongai.

Ichigo once again asks Ivan Azgiaro to remove himself from the bed, Ivan refuses and Ichigo quickly goes to kick him in the face, we see that Orihime opens the closed window so he doesn’t break it. Uryu, Chad and Orihime mention to Ichigo that they wont be joining them as they will first finish their breads first. At this point Shino and Yuki are both afraid.

Ivan  wonders why Ichigo kicked him out, Ichigo mentions that Ivan should follow Ichigo so they could settle their business. Ivan asks Ichigo if he’s curious to know who Ivan is, Ichigo replies to Ivan that he’s not.

At this point, Ichigo asks Ivan, due to the Hollow Mask, if he’s an Arrancar. Ivan steps in front of Ichigo and says that he’s not an Arrancar. At this point he drops his left hand which allows Ichigo to see the Quincy Cross. Ichigo is literally shocked as he’s never seen someone who looks like a Arrancar with a Quincy Cross. Or even seen a person with Quincy abilities other than Uryu and his father, Ryuken Ishida.

Ivan opens his Quincy Cross to reveal that it’s actually a massive bow, or something very similar to a bow. Ichigo is still shocked at this point as he’s never seen something similar to this. Ichigo might have a great battle in front of him.

We move onto where Ikkaku and Yumichika are located, Rukongai – District 64 East Sabitsura. There notice that no one is there except the scout that was sent to see where all the people have gone. He finds nothing except a two types of footprints, barefoot and sandal prints, it looks like the inhabitants were erased by someone in their midst.

We now go to where Captain-Commander Shigekuni Genryusai Yamamoto is located. We see that he is being told what all the divisions are doing, while the person there is killed in an instant. Yamamoto turns around to see 7 people who have very similar outfit to those of Arrancar’s, but this time they have a black mask with a hat, with a black rope which goes around them from left shoulders to right hip and back round.

They mention that they  are there to declare war on you. Here the chapter ends. The last sentence is somewhat confusing since the they actually say they are there to declare war on Yamamoto, would that mean that there has been some kind of past between them? Well I personally think that they do since this arc’s name is The Thousand-Year Blood War. So there has to be some kind of past between them.

Also this chapter has been great since we actually have a brief idea of what’s going to happen. A war! And also next week’s Bleach 483 is going to be epic since there is chance Ivan and Ichigo are going, head to head!