Bleach

That is how Bleach will end, calling it now.

I would if I had the time...

... And was good at drawing...

So how many Giselle avatars are there now?

So many that I, for one, have stopped distinguishing between them.

So instead you're using Touhou characters?

I have always used Touhou characters, so that's not an issue.

A day in the life of Kubo(Shonen Jump comments!).

Kubo, living life in the fast lane there.

What the hell is a switch plate?

The covering that surrounds your light switch

Spiders?

I figure we'll be moving back to the Royal Realm by the end of chapter 599 to beginning of 600.

I figure the plot will really start moving again, but alas, Kirinji will probably have been off-screened.

edited 15th Sep '14 9:07:23 AM by KBSL

I'd be surprised if he's the only one to get off-screened.

That is distressingly likely to happen.

I have a question:

Has it ever been stated that reiatsu-sensing can also read another person's mood, or thoughts? And has this ever been demonstrated on normal, non-spiritually-aware humans?

Well- empathy is a thing. I can't really think of any example character- spiritual aware of otherwise- doing anything more than that. Closest would be that 'reading his opponent's hearts through their blade' thing Ichigo has, but I think that pinning that on anything supernatural is taking the metaphor too seriously. It's conceivable that there might be a scene somewhere might somebody goes 'wow, he's mad! Just look at that Reiastsu!' or whatever, but I can't recall that ever happening.

Might be forgetting some filler mind-reading baddie, but I'm pretty sure that's not what you're talking about, if I am.

Yeah, the "He's mad, I can feel it in his reiatsu!" thing is exactly what I'm talking about.

I know about Ichigo's "feeling his opponents' hearts through their blade" thing, but like you said that seems metaphorical (although, Kubo also likes to make his metaphors literal). But you're right: that isn't what I had in mind.

EDIT: Oh, I remember Rukia being able to tell that Ichigo was really depressed through his eyes, at one point. But that's still not quite what I meant.

edited 15th Sep '14 12:48:15 PM by KingZeal

the feeling the heart through the blade thing seems a lazy way to tell don't show motivation and suchlike.

Yeah, that's a reflection of a common device I've found in Japanese fiction:

Shonen likes to portray its bad guys as obstacles when they first appear. The particularly strong ones tend to embody some kind of nigh-impossible hurdle to overcome, and to sell that effect, we usually know nothing about them, and they just seem "unfair". It usually isn't until the hero has some sort of "epiphany", or learns a moral lesson, that we learn how human (and ultimately, flawed) the villain was.

/nods

The closest I can remember to that is Uryuu commenting about how Ulquiorra's Reiatsu feels oppressive. And that's a pretty big stretch, if you ask me.

But I don't feel confident enough to say that it's definitely never happened, either.

I think there might have been something about feeling bloodlust in Kenpachi's spirit pressure when he's about to attack Ichigo for the first time. And hearing the screaming of his zanpaktou.

edited 15th Sep '14 2:49:26 PM by Kosjurake

Gin called Ichigo creepy for being able to do that, and Quilge read Ichigo's mind while they crossed blades. Might just be an Quincy Ichigo thing.

Oh, forgot the mind reading was only a very literal reading of what Quilge said.

edited 15th Sep '14 3:02:06 PM by Saiga

Lol at Gin finding that creepy. He would considering his own hidden motivations.

IIRC during the Base vs Base/Shikai portion of their fight Harribel was able to detect slight fluctuations in Hitsugaya's Reiatsu whenever something happened involving Rangiku or Hinamori and she attributed those fluctuations to his concern/worry for them, and noted that the fluctuations stopped once Yamamoto stepped in to deal with Ayon, which (most likely) put him at ease.

Well, what really creeped Gin out was that Ichigo couldn't sense anything from Gin specifically. Ichigo says he can usually tell when his enemy respects him, when they don't, what they're fighting for, and whether they're ultimately good or bad. He couldn't sense anything from Gin, because Gin didn't care about fighting Ichigo whatsoever. He knew Gin had some hidden motive, but had no idea what.

Gin was just like: "... ...Well shit..."

edited 16th Sep '14 12:35:32 PM by KingZeal

volume cover.