Bleach

I see nothing contradicting my theories as of late.

No offense, but you tend to come up with theories that you immediately accept as fact and people have to argue with you for an hour or more at least to make you realize that nothing has been confirmed and that shounen manga doesn't really work that way. So forgive me if I'm not up to arguing with you about it, but I don't want to continue this discussion.

I'm just preparing for when the main character inevitably becomes The Messiah. It's not something people will like, but it's something I have a gut feeling will happen. That's all.

edited 1st Aug '14 12:29:21 AM by Serocco

My favored result: Makizō Aramaki turns out to be the successor to the Soul King.

Everyone stands around flabbergasted as he ascends to his new role.

Some go 'wait, who is that guy again?'

I'm not saying you're definitely wrong. I came up with the 'Ichigo becomes the Soul King' theory myself a few years ago. I'm just saying it's probably not wise to treat your theory as definite fact.

^ How could anyone forget Maki-maki?

edited 1st Aug '14 12:30:45 AM by Arha

I'm surprised ANYBODY remembers him

But he's the shining jewel of Bleach!

Fun fact, I almost went with Hanataro but I remembered everybody already suspects him of being the soul king.

Ehhh, good point. I honestly have no idea if Kubo will follow up with it either, but it makes the most sense to me.

Another thing... if everyone's backstories will become important, why haven't we seen that many Sternritter backstories yet?

Ichigo is very adamant in how he is not a messiah type hero nor does he want to be. That was established early on in the series and hasn't really changed.

Kubo having him become something like that would betray a huge part of who Ichigo is. (obligatory Naruto insult)

edited 1st Aug '14 1:08:42 AM by KBSL

In this context, 'everyone' doesn't mean 'literally every named character', it means 'a large number of significant characters'.

We haven't got many Sternritter backstories because they simply aren't that important in the big scheme of things.

Plenty of Arrancars got backstories despite most of them not surviving into the final arc.

I mean, what significance did As Nodt have to warrant a backstory? Not much. What significance did Starrk have to warrant a backstory? Not much. What significance does Harribel have? Evidently, it's so little that she had her backstory told in a filler episode.

edited 1st Aug '14 12:50:29 AM by Serocco

We didn't get a flashback for Yammy, next to nothing Szayel^note Only his role in Nnoitra's backstory, nothing for Luppi, nothing for Zommari and nothing for Ulqiorra until the databook. Harribel was confined to the anime. Starrk got next to nothing. The Privarons and Numeros didn't really get anything either.

Backstory for the villains isn't that widespread. I think Giselle might get something, but I think maybe he won't. It would kind of ruin some of his freak charm if we knew why he was like this. Hashbrowns is basically guaranteed to get backstory. Who knows for the rest? It depends on whether the backstory Kubo thought of for them is actually interesting enough to bother with.

edited 1st Aug '14 12:50:57 AM by Arha

In general, Kubo gives backstories to characters that he wants to have backstories, regardless of their role in the plot. He even said he planned for Grimmjow to die much earlier, and probably didn't plan on giving backstories to the Arrancar until they became more popular than expected. And even then, we have more backstory for the Espadas than we do for the Sternritter.

Perhaps it shouldn't be surprising to me that he hasn't shown many backstories for the Sternritter, but these are supposedly the final enemies of the series, and Quincies at that, yet they have no real connection to anything that happened 200 years ago, let alone 1000 years ago. Instead of having something that gives them a reason for why they follow Yhwach or why they fight the Soul Society, we have nothing much. It's very jarring.

edited 1st Aug '14 1:15:16 AM by Serocco

This week's comments.◊

Now I'm off to France for vacation.

Edit:Thanks! I'll probably find a spot with wifi somewhere so I'll be posting a bit if I have time.

edited 1st Aug '14 5:04:07 AM by LordofLore

enjoy the trip~

...bathroom clock?

Probably not, since she's always had two.

I smell something weird about the Soul King, Urahara and Aizen, and that's all I have to say. I can't form a theory out of this.

"I can't protect you without holding a sword, but I can't embrace you while holding a sword."

A poem made for Ichigo. I think it fits him perfectly.

IIRC that poem was/is supposedly Chad's poem.

From what I hear anyway. I might be wrong.

Sure you can. What you do is just put your arms around someone while making sure the flat of the blade is resting against their back.

Its perfectly simple. People have been figuring it out for ages.

I thought we agreed she was just a powerful(?) spiritually aware Human back when I brought it up?

I didn't

You brought it up, then you all got really pessimistic on the prospect and then just dropped it

edited 1st Aug '14 11:40:41 AM by FrozenWolf2

What I want the most out of next chapter is full status confirmation for Bambietta (whether she was killed by Charlotte) and Hitsugaya (whether he was killed by Giselle).