It was okay, I guess? Nothing particularly interesting, yet again. In that I mean, in describing what happened in this volume to my friend (who read Bleach in its entirety), I could not find one moment to describe to her, other than the very end. Overall, a 3/5.

Another good volume.

Ano, ano, Lord Mayuri! Sice tam ještě není ta koupelnová scéna, ale tenhle týpek v masce je prostě cool! A Yumichikovo obdivování Inoue je fakt super!

This series is so beautiful in terms of its character depth, unique storylines, and its overall quality. The series is very well written as well and despite being new to the whole manga community, I can definitely wholeheartedly say that appreciate it.

I enjoyed this, but I got a little lost in the middle, like something was missing and it confused me. I am loving the fight with his Zangetsu though.

Uryū’s fight with Mayuri Kurotsuchi was amazing! Hopefully he finds a way to regain what he lost. Also while Ichigo continues his bankai training, there’s fighting amongst the 13 Court Guard Squads. Who is the real enemy?

If I watched the anime growing up would I like Bleach? I can’t remember if I tried. I know I tried after middle/high school and was not able to gain interest. I’m slogging through these volumes. The art is the highest point.

D:

Uruyu bested Miyuri and sacrificed his Quincy powers. It was pretty epic. Uruyu is kinda hot lol
Miyuris AC gave him the poison antidote and he went to try and get Rukia.
Unfortunately he bumped into 9th captain who I don’t think we’ve been introduced to by name properly. He knocks him out.
Yuruichi is training Ichigo to perform bankai.
Renji and Momo escape jail. Izuru is having a mild mental breakdown in jail and then Ichimaru shows up and breaks him out of jail.
In fourth company we find out that Hanataro is actually 7th seat of the company and a team leader. He is to be punished.
Uruyu wakes up in jail but healed. Genju is also there, as well as Chad, Orehime, Ikkaku and Yumichika, and Kenpachi. All injured but in jail haha. They all seem to love Orihime so that’s sweet. Yumichika is jealous of how pretty Orehime is though. They decide to stay there and wait for Ichigo while they heal. I do appreciate Tite Kubo knew these kids would be captured lol.

Ichigo finishes his first day of training and Yuruichi tells him that Urahara used to be a soul reaper, captain of 12th and founder of the research division.

Hitsugaya and Rangiku are warned about the break out at the jail and he immediately runs to find Ichimaru. He says he will kill him before Momo can show up and draws his sword. Momo does show up though and is ready to try and fight Ichimaru.

The manga ends

Short story following the characters at soul reaper academy.
Momo, Izuru and Renji were friends. Rukia was kind of left out as she didn’t have grades as high as Renji. They go on a field trip and the three of them are teamed up and get attacked by a mass of hollows. We are introduced to assistant captain of 9 (he isn’t at this point) but he’s very well known. The soul reaper students are told to run away but momo won’t and so Izuru and Renji also help him.
Aizen and his assistant captain (Ichimaru) show up and save them. The end.

There’s a small side comic about Kon being befriended by local kids to play football with them.

Ichigo has shown an unbelievable amount of growth to this point, but he needs to continue to work and make leaps and bounds to save Rukia! This intense training is needed to even have a glimmer of hope to achieve his goals. Meanwhile, the rest of the team is licking their wounds after some hellacious battles. Love the bonus content at the back of this book which gives characters and relationships. This is actually a very beefy amount of the book which is rare but a great treat. Tite Kubo is running this story on all cylinders and it shows in the pace, art and direction. My only beef is there has been no real flashback to the real world and we have been at the Soul Society for a bit! Minor complaint but loving the execution of this grand story.

Ishida VS Mayuri si conferma uno scontro a dir poco epico.
Poi niente, il modo in cui si conclude questo volume è un WTF grande quanto una casa, AIUTO.

Boring "need more training!" filler. Also, everyone on the same side seems to want to kill each other. Wonderous how the Soul Society lasted thousands of years when everyone's first instinct seems to be to kill someone.

3.5