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Live Blogs A Fine-tooth Plot Comb vs Fan Dumb! An in-depth Bleach liveblog
Gilphon2010-12-10 20:38:21

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Right now, I'm attempting to make one update of two chapters a day. I don't know how long this'll last, but that's how it is right now. And for those interested in quick navigation: the first page contains my work on chapters 182-192. Read the old thread here, if you like. But for now, we start the show.

Hello everyone, and welcome to my Bleach Liveblog. You’re probably wondering what motivated this, as I’m hardly a stranger to Bleach and I certainly don’t think it needs any more exposure than it already has. And no, I’m not going to be picking the series apart for the sake of comedy, so I’m go ahead and warn that if that’s what you want, this Liveblog is not for you. What I’m going to be doing, to sum it up in a sentence, is picking apart the series for the sake of combating the rather large amounts of Fan Dumb the series has attracted. I really don’t think Bleach deserves anywhere near that amount of hate that it gets, and will be pointing out a lot of things the casual viewer/reading might miss and explaining why a lot of things the Fan Dumb tends to attack is more acceptable than it would first appear. That doesn’t, mind you, meaning I’m going to be overly positive about every aspect of the series. Oh god no. There’s some stuff out there that the Fan Dumb happens to be absolutely right about, and will give them credit where and when it’s due, as well as pointing out flaws they may have missed.

This Liveblog is mainly aimed at people who are already familiar with the series, but I will try to keep spoilers out where possible so as not to actually ostracise people who haven’t caught up in Bleach yet. I will, however, be assuming familiarity with the Soul Society arc and before it.

I will also be placing my opinions, theories and interpretations in when they’re relevant. Feel free to call me on it if you feel any of those are wrong, or implausible, or if you think I’m just giving Kubo too much credit. I’ll actually enjoy the conflict, so long as it’s stated coherently.  *

And just to set up the format, my next entry will cover some general points and a few little things in the SS arc and earlier you probably didn’t know about or else forgot, and, since I can now say with certainly what the next few updates will be like, mostly I'll have 1-2 chapters per update.

So… I guess that’s all I want to say for now! Welcome to show, everybody.

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Gilphon Since: Dec, 1969
Dec 11th 2010 at 1:30:28 PM
Galeros:

I totally agree with you on Grand Fisher. I think it would have been cool if HE had been an Espada or something and been taken out by Ichigo.
Gilphon Since: Dec, 1969
Dec 11th 2010 at 1:30:56 PM
Gilphon:

I don't know what would have been good for him to do, but he deserved better than that.
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