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This chapter had some nice artwork, coinciding with the revelation of the spirit of Ichigo’s bankai, Tensa Zangetsu. Seeing new characters is usually pretty exciting, and I’ll admit, he (she?) is pretty bad-ass.
Anyways, now that Ichigo is in his inner world, yet again he ends up in battle- this time against the manifestation of his bankai. He really should have learned by now that to gain any new power he’ll have to go through some inner turmoil. From his initial bankai training to his various hollow masks, there has been no free lunch for Ichigo. And now for this Final Getsuga Tenshou, the ability may have a larger impact than I previously thought; main question right now is what the zanpakutou are trying to protect, and why they don’t just teach everything to their shinigami.
We still don’t have any answers for why Isshin’s “Engetsu” has the same attacks as Zangetsu, but I’m sure his past and relationship to Ichigo will be revealed later on. Back in the real world, Aizen has already started doing damage to the town just by walking around. Now that he meets Tatsuki and Ichigo’s other friends, we will soon see whether they can do anything to slow Aizen down or just get KO’ed.
NEW ABILITY: SAN KAI
can kubo get any more creative? I guess not. either way since aizen is a fucking god by now, why the hell would a final getsuga tenshou do any damage?
bwahaha “san kai”. XDDD
haha with the hollow mask it could be a yonkai
Zangetsu Ojii… no W8.. Zangetsu Oniisan. LOL
I was hoping that it would be a 3-way battle between ichigo, zangetsu and the hollow though this was good enough
by the way, do you know what “engetsu” means in english?
“Blazing Moon”
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! imagine screaming that out while swinging ur blade in a sword fight?!
BLAAAAAAA—ZING MOOOoooooooooOOOOOOON!!!!!!!!!!!!! *opponent starts laughing*
@BROOKLYN You do realize that literal translations of any Japanese names is just as ridiculous? What does Rasengan mean? Spiral ball or something? Kamehameha? Well, that’s just a bunch of gibberish.
I mean, is it any stupider than say Batman calling his car the Bat Mobile?
@Maeno
Let the troll troll.
Batman doesn’t call his car “the Batmobile,” he calls it “the car.”
the form of his power change whenever ichigo’s power change.. I wondered how zangetsu looked like when ichigo turned hollow in heco mundo… -_-
When Bleach ends I’m gonna be happy!
Exactly.
I think they are dragging Bleach a little bit to far now -__- And we dont get much each time we read Bleach because the chapters are so small :/
but one thing I hope for is that Ichigo is using his full hollow power against Aizen! :3
Tensa Zangetsu looks like an younger version of Zangetsu.
he is zangetsu just in bankai mode, i like him better this way XD
@Amado and Kandur – Sorry but it does not mean blazing moon. I can read Japanese and I saw the raw. The Direct translation of “Engetsu” is “Crescent Moon”
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tensa Zangetsu looks so badass!!!!
Have to agree with the title of the post. Tensa Zangetsu is totally a bishie! *adds to bishie list*.
Oh how exciting. First Naruto goes inside his mind to sort his inner turmoils out, now Ichigo decides to follow suit as well. lol
I got really nervous once I saw Tatsuki. She’s one of my favorite characters in Bleach regardless if she’s a secondary character. I’ve been hoping for the longest time that Tatsuki will eventually gain some kind of power but I’m skeptical if Kubo will allow her to get any. As long as nothing bad happens to Tatsuki then all is fine.
Ugh, why ruin completely fine character design like this. I liked the old Zangetsu, but this… this… “Tensa Zangetsu” just looks really… really dull.
that poor, perverted-looking, businessman-type guy bites the dust..RIP
ugly people don’t last long in bleach..
What about Isshin, Ganju and that gatekeeper guy then?
Are you trying to imply Ganju and the gatekeeper actually lasted long? They were there for the Soul Society arc and that’s it. You don’t last long in Bleach if you can’t keep up with the powerups.
Are you implying that Isshin isn’t hot?
Aizen-sama.. What shampoo do you use?
Well, perhaps Aizen “Spiritual Power” that invoke fear in Ichigo… Could be…. Illusion? 🙂 Issen was not feared at all…
Isshin could NOT FEEL AIZEN’s REIATSU.
He was strong enough to hold his presence, but reiatsu gap was big enough for him to not be able to sense it.
So far only Ichigo (and possibly hinted Gin too) is close enough to those reiatsu levels to actually understand them.
Gotta love young Tensa Zangetsu. It’s a bratty Ichigo with Zangetsu-ojisan’s hair and attitude. And Tite Kubo has now added another cute guy to his repertoire. I’m not complaining.
I still hate Aizen’s look. Could it get any douchier?
isn’t final getsugo tensho equivalent to the different forms of Byakuya’s bankai? The sword stadium thingymabobber
Not really. Byakuya’s changing the form of his Bankai when he does that. It’s like how certain Arrancar get more power from their releases by breaking off parts (that lady Uryu fought for one.) This sounds like a better attack.
Hmm, I want to see tensa zangetsu as a hideyoshi. or his genderflipped version. (I think capslock has a lot to offer.) either way, he is the better version of ulquiorra.
“Aizen has already started doing damage to the town just by walking around.”
Don’t know why I found that funny 😀
I think the thing his bankai is trying to protect is his Hollow.
For one second I thought that was Ulquiorra.
No surprise that Aizen is OWNING ppl just by being in his presence..
Everyone knows that you acheive ultimate POWER when you grow a mullet!
business in the front..
party in the back!
Aizen is so EFFIN AWESOME
HILARIOUS!
thats freaking HILARIOUS!!! I’m imagining Aizen looking in the mirror saying “hmmm, so this is TRUE POWER”
LMAO!!! too funny!
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so, that’s Tensa Zangetsu…
I wonder how Senbonzakura Kageyoshi looked like. (MASK Off)
it should be “Gestuga” not “Getsugo”
sorry to nitpick, but since i keep seeing it, it’s not just a typo.
fixed
that new form looks cool better than the old man
but gosh… everytime someone I remember that he is learning “the final getsuga tesho” the thought of bleach being Stupid as hell come to my mind
this whole power up business is all planned by aizan. He destroyed the thing and knew ichigo’s father would let him know that. When he fights him again, it will be like I did that for u and u still suck face.
Of course. Aizen, know all. All will bow down to Aizen sooner or later.
OBJECTION! (well someone had to do it)
Aizen, Hubris will kill you, ill make sure of it
O_O I thought zangetsu was Ulquiorra, and my heart skipped a beat for a second >_< ;
Lawl. Guess which anime filler arc just got fucked over?
as original as Ichigo’s hyperbolic time chamber, I give to you the final GT- Zenkai
http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Zenkai
So if you take off your glasses, your hair gets slicked back and you get a huge power up… then after your hair grows into a long mullet you get an even bigger power up… sounds like super sayian transformations no? your hair length determines your power level… Aizen’s power level must be over 38 million by now…
I find it a perfect timing, right after Naruto beats the Kyuubi, Ichigo now fights with Tenza Zangetsu to obtain a higher level of power. I hope TEnza Zangetsu uses the Final Getsuga Tensho to on Ichigo so that we can all see it. I just hope it’s not the one in the filler, to be all excited for nothing is really a drag. Tite Kubo, please be very creative for this one.
BTW this breathing on something like water is from Neo Genesys Evangelion’s LSD
nice artwork
Great shit…
Btw the other guy said something about kamehameha…
Kamehameha was the leader of Haiti in the 19 century.. it’s not gibberish
I think you mean Hawaiian >.>
I love Tensa Zangetsu’s design especially how the eyes were drawn. The one thing I don’t like is that he looks shorter than Ichigo now. Also, I was really hoping H.Ichigo would pop in to join the battle this chapter.
i thought so too, but on the other hand it could happen later as a step to getting it
Even the design of new characters are unoriginal, he looks like and altered version of ulioquiora (how the hell do you spell his name???). Its like Tite Kubo just copy and pasted ulioquiora’s face and changed the hairstyle.
LOL aizen w/ God power w/ mullet. with those things, strutting around town, looking pretty, is MANDATORY. Wonder how many chapters itll take for azien to even start doing anything…
Mullets = the source of all power.
What happened when Ichigo went SS3? He grew a mullet.
What happened when Aizen became god? He grew a mullet.
What happens when Ichigo learns the final Getsuga Tensho? He grew a mul-
The best possible plot twist right now would be if Tatsuki somehow K.O.’s Aizen before Ichigo gets there, using nothing but her martial arts to punch out the god-mod button (‘cuz Aizen’s a wuss who relies on illusions and the Hougokyu too much).
*sigh* But there’s no way it’d be that awesome/trolling. She’s gonna either get beaten to near death, or die, but be revived when Ichigo recovers the Hougokyu
is it just me, or is it #4 Arrancar + Bakuya fusion.
If anyone wants to know, actually Engetsu means crescent moon. There’s also Shingetsu which means new moon, etc etc.
Byakuya + Aizen = Engetsu
Bleach seems to be getting more and more ridiculous imo. There was so much emphasis on how Aizen was already imba enough with his x2 captain reiatsu and his unbeatable ILLUSIONS. But no, they have to make him into a semi-god or something with the Hogyoku implant. And where’s all those Vasto Lordes mentioned before? I have no idea what’s going on with the story anymore =p
OMG, Aizen totally is starting to look like a young Billy Ray Cyrus. Check that crazy mullet. LMAO.
Don’t mix canon with filler, if possible. Zanpa spirit’s are just a filler thing, so the bishie is not a spirit form or anything 😀 Is the real thing!
The snake-monkey is not as bishie but was cool 2… Zabimaru FTW 😀
Sword spirits aren’t just filler;
Zangetsu materialized before during Ichigo’s training.
Well, atleast he’s hot.