Like I said last time: If you're not up-to-date with the Bleach manga and don't want to be spoiled then I suggest you geeeeeeeeet ouuuuut ! It's for your own good. ;)
***SPOILERS***
BLEACH lately has finally confirm what we already know this past couple of weeks: Last week's chapter, its been confirmed that Ichigo's mom IS in fact a Quincy and This week, its confirmed that Isshin is a Shiba ! :D I even called it in my last Bleach review too. Even though it was kind of predictable, I got a little excited about it, more than I should have...xD
The chapter was pretty much a flashback chapter, which I don't mind, about Isshin's past. From what I gathered, it takes place after the Turn Back the Pendulum arc and about 20 years before the series. It showed that Isshin was the Captain of the 10th Division at the time with Rangiku Matsumoto as his Lieutenant and Toushiro Hitsugaya as his 3rd Seat.
I always thought that Isshin was part of the Zero Division since no one seemed to recognize him and the Kurosaki name before all of this, fuck me right ? However at times like these, i actually like the fact that I'm wrong since it make thing less predictable for me at least ^^;
At first, I thought that Rangiku was different here...seeing her running around looking for her captain just so they could get work done...seemed to have serious work ethic...and I wondered...
What happened to this Rangiku? Where did she go? Perhaps maybe she's lazy now due to missing her previous Captain? This Rangiku is rather nice...
...BUT all that went crumbling down when Isshin said that Rangiku is only doing that so he could do HER work too and Rangiku...looked guilty...once lazy, ALWAYS lazy...That Rangiku never existed... -________-
One of the things I liked about this chapter was how they treated Toushiro xD They treated him like a baby ! With Isshin picking up and Rangiku pinching his cheeks like I do with my baby niece ! xD
Anyway, There have been reports of a Soul Reaper in this city called Narukishi has mysteriously died and so did two others. Isshin decides to go investigate it himself, ignoring Rangiku as she says that he shouldn't be going alone, only to be stopped by Toushiro by saying that they weren't strong enough and would only get in the way.
Now, this next part got me pumped up...yes you guessed...Gin, Kaname, and AIZEN ! :D
Apparently, the trio are trying to find the whereabouts of Shinji Hirako and the rest of the Vizards, so they can carry on with their Hollowfication experiment on them since it seems that other test subjects weren't a success.
Now i'm gonna be honest here, I missed these guys, especially Gin, since we had a bit of Aizen chapters ago with Juha Bach. Seeing them was a breath of fresh air, it took me back. This was defiently my favorite part of the chapter. :)
At the end of the chapter Aizen said his infamous "catchphrase" "Everything is going according to plan." (The one I read had a different translation FYI) and the time he told Ichigo that he knew about him BEFORE he was even born got me thinking...do you think he planned on Isshin and Masaki meeting each other ? Is he planing on them falling in love and having Ichigo just so could use him for his hollowfication experiment?
AIZEN IS PLAYING CUPID ! o___O
My prediction for next chapter...hmmm... I think we'll be seeing an Aizen vs Isshin fight, Other than the one from the Arrancar arc. If not next chapter,then the one after maybe. I think he'll might run into Urahara, who might probably be also investigating whats going on? Or he could already be settled in Karakura Town.
I do have some questions though...
- Why doesn't Soul Society remember Isshin in the Arrancar/Fake Karakura arc when he went to fight Aizen?
- Why didn't Rangiku remember him when Ichigo had him over his shoulder when he arrived during Gin's dying moments?
- Did Aizen somehow wipe their memory of him?
- Did the Captain Commander order them not to speak or mention abything about Isshin due to his relationship with a Quincy?
I highly doubt the last one since they would've tried to execute him for 'treason' or something if they found out about something like that.
Oh! Another thing I like about this chapter...backgrounds. Most bleach chapters looks so EMPTY due to lack of backgrounds drawn...it kinda bugs me a bit.. :\
But this chapter had plenty of them and I'm satisfied. ^___^
On a scale of 1 - 5 I rate this chapter a solid 5 ! Amazing chapter this week ! Looking forward to next week ! :D
Let me know what you think of this week's chapter ! I would love to hear your predictions and theories on whats coming next. :)
Till next time.
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