[Anime] Bleach

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Ikkaku's bankai definitely raises his coolness factor. I liked him as comic relief before, but his Zanpakutou seemed kind of lame compared to others.

As for why he kept it hidden, I figured it was at least partially to keep Zaraki from challenging him on a daily basis. Knowing Zaraki there'd be no end to it until he had a definitive victory.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

The Bounto arc ended at either ep. 108 or 109. As for a summary of what's important to note:

Spoiler:

I don't know how far you got, but the Bound (I prefer that translation) were created by the Shinigami. Uryuu temporarily regained his powers using a Quincy relic and let the Bound into Soul Society since everyone is more powerful there, without realizing they could regenerate using the spirit particles.

Once they actually started fighting there the Bound were each killed off pretty quickly except for the strong guy and Kariya. Hitsugaya didn't finish off the strong guy, so he now lives secretly in the forests somewhere. He was overly sentimental and didn't really want to destroy everything. Kariya's plan turned out to be detonating these big spirit generators buried under the Seireitei, but they were deactivated in time. Kariya was almost beaten by Uryuu, but the relic broke and Bankai Ichigo had to finish the job, as always.

Oh, and Kariya's doll was the wind itself. Just to explain how his attacks worked.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Here's a pretty good quality version of Asterisk.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Leknaat

I got into Bleach very quickly, too. This anime just grabs you. And, I can't believe how long it has been running in Japan, both manga and anime-wise.

Yeah, it's strangely addictive. I had a friend pestering me to watch it for months before I finally caved, and I caught up within only a few days. Sure it was only in the 60-70 range at the time, but that's an impressive pace for me.

"Rolling Star" is by far my favorite Bleach OP so far. It starts around the end of the Bound arc, and I think it's the 5th one.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Nope, I never bother to keep TV edits around unless they're all I can find. Even if I download an entire OST I tend to seek out the full versions of the OP & ED to replace them.

I was speaking idiomatically.