I think you guys forgot Ichigo's main power: His "I'm Inexplicably Stronger Than You Now" ability. Similar to the "I just realized something and my Power Level just doubled," "being Super Saiyan," and "Green Latern."
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Apparently the anime is finally getting around to starting the Fullbring arc this week. I might pick it back up just to see how they go through things.
"The Rich are there to take all of the money & pay none of the taxes, the middle class is there to do all the work and pay all the taxes, and the poor are there to scare the crap out of the middle class." -George Carlin
Early chapter, and I'm surprised considering how far he had to reach up his *** to pull this one off. I'm thinking at least shoulder.
Ukitake? Really? With absolutely no set up or anything? Did he just toss a list of names into a hat and pick one out at random? I'm betting on at least a different looking Bankai, but the same old "My Power Level just multiplied ten-fold so now I'm faster, stronger, and generally better at everything" mode. REALLY on Ukitake?
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George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
Ok, so they were monitoring him. So what? If their job is literally the safety of all existence, wouldn't they want to keep track of anyone even vaguely shinigami-level in terms of power?
I just fail to see how this makes Soul Society, or even just Ukitake evil.
Basically Ginjo is one of those crazy conspiracy theorists that gets super paranoid that they bugged his house. "ICHIGO. ICHIGO. OH MY GOD, ICHIGO. THEY'RE LISTENING TO US, ICHIGO. THEY PUT NANOBOTS IN VACCINATIONS TO KEEP TABS ON US AND ALKDJFALDFKAJJFLADK ILLUMINUTTY."
Basically Ginjo is one of those crazy conspiracy theorists that gets super paranoid that they bugged his house. "ICHIGO. ICHIGO. OH MY GOD, ICHIGO. THEY'RE LISTENING TO US, ICHIGO. THEY PUT NANOBOTS IN VACCINATIONS TO KEEP TABS ON US AND ALKDJFALDFKAJJFLADK ILLUMINUTTY."
"Right. I had a bug and her name was Rukia. And oh MY DAD."
Edit: omg bankai Rukia action figure ad near the end
Ok, so they were monitoring him. So what? If their job is literally the safety of all existence, wouldn't they want to keep track of anyone even vaguely shinigami-level in terms of power?
I just fail to see how this makes Soul Society, or even just Ukitake evil.
Hopefully this is just to make him sound like a nutcase.
It's like the "horrifying revelations" that Android phones all have usage statistic collections built into the root of the OS. They're monitoring your every move! They know when your phone turns off and on! THEY KNOW YOUR SCREEN DISPLAY IS SUCKING UP FIFTY PERCENT OF YOUR BATTERY USAGE!!!!
... and I, like Ichigo, am like "Uh, so?" If it means they can figure out a patch to save me some battery life, I'm all for it.
Now that'd be brilliant, Ichigo throwing the argument back at Ginjou by mentioning he's a nutcase and probably the reason they SHOULD be monitored. I'd actually like that.
I like Ichigo's new sword design. That's something positive. Though on the opposite end of the spectrum we have Ginjo who seems to employ the "Look as evil as possible by piling on tons of evil looking things" design.
The power of heart friendship prevails again.
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George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.