Bleach

I nominate Orihime.

Votes so far:

• Ishida: 2
• Chad: 5
• Gin: 1
• Kubo: 1
• Byakuya Kuchiki: 1
• Kenpachi: 1
• Masaki: 1
• Ulquiorra: 1
• Orihime: 1

Chad's awesomeness, in music form.

edited 15th Feb '10 8:41:23 PM by Beta Ray

Nominating Baraggan

Also, sort of on the topic of music. I've been looking around a while, but does anyone know what theme exactly is playing in the Byakuya vs. Zommari fight, it starts at roughly the six minute mark in this video and continues on for about a minute and a half.

I realize that it's kind of hard to hear, but I've been looking through the soundtracks and haven't found it in the soundtrack for the season, and I don't think I heard it earlier. Any help is appreciated.

I nominate Aizen!

I second Aizen. He's the reason Bleach is this popular.

Alright, so we're at:

• Chad: 5
• Ishida: 2
• Gin: 1
• Aizen: 2
• Kenpachi: 1
• Byakuya: 1
• Kubo: 1
• Masaki: 1
• Nel: 1
• Orihime: 2

edited 16th Feb '10 1:22:20 PM by K*SPAM

Orihime,because she had the misfortune to be the only pacifistic protagonist in a nightmarish,empty wasteland filled with equally fight-happy monsters and Shinigami.

Interesting note, Square Enix is releasing its own line of Bleach figurines, first featuring Ichigo, Rukia and Toshiro.

^^If I were her, I would gotten the hell out of dodge by now. Either do something (which her pacifist personality won't allow) or get out before you get stabbed (or get someone else stabbed).

edited 16th Feb '10 1:41:12 PM by K*SPAM

^^Will they be Nomura-fied?

edited 16th Feb '10 1:39:16 PM by Beta Ray

Huh?

I like Orihime because she's so broken in a genre where most characters are "Oh, my parents died.... Oh well, what shall we eat tonight?"

edited 16th Feb '10 1:48:57 PM by Noimporta

I mean will they be designed in Nomura's style? Joke question.

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edited 16th Feb '10 1:49:11 PM by K*SPAM

SO THERE I WAS BEING NOMURA, WHEN THE SUITS CAME IN AND WERE LIKE "YOU NEED TO CUT DOWN ON THE LEATHER, BELTS AND ZIPPERS ON COSTUMES!"

AND I WAS LIKE "FUCK YOU!"

SO THEY WERE LIKE "WELL HOW A PROTAGONIST WITH FACIAL HAIR?"

AND I WAS LIKE "FUCK YOU!"

AND I MADE LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY.

I LOVE MY LIFE.

Funny how Ichigo has no votes. Ichigo is (probably?) the lamest shounen hero ever.

No, that goes to... No... Must resist... Flame Bait...

I'll take the middle ground and say that both are pretty equally lame.

Edit: Fuck you, I'm not taking the bait.

edited 16th Feb '10 1:52:09 PM by Beta Ray

@Noimporta: Or perhaps there is an unspoken unanimous agreement that it wouldn't be fair to other characters unless he is banned from candidancy. He's always in the top 5 in official Bleach polls, after all.

Well, we're a different demographic from the "average Bleach reader", in the wiki, at least, Ichigo doesn't get much love... in this thread, he's one of the most unpopular characters.

^^I genuinely dislike both Ichigo and Luffy, but if that is a sensitive topic, let's leave it in just that.

^^I don't think so. Sure, he does well in official polls, but so does Hitsugaya, who gets almost nothing but hate over here.

I've never heard anyone expressing any particular liking for Ichigo, and wonder how he manages to consistently do well in the official polls.

edited 16th Feb '10 2:22:52 PM by Gilphon

Again, different demographics, official polls are done among japanese kids, and Ichigo's the protagonist, he also has a big-ass sword.

A theory of mine that I didn't think was broad or strange enough to warrant the WMG page:

Aizen was never actually wounded during 391; everything we saw was entirely an illusion created by Aizen while he went to grab Hinamori.

However, his internal monologue was real, and his Oh, Crap! moment was because he realized he had placed Hinamori in the wrong direction due to Shinji activating his Zanpakutou.

Hitsugaya skewering his love interest and then being face-to-face with her betrayed eyes when the illusion shattered was Aizen's original intent, and that might have been even more emotionally devastating.

Also, I'm voting for Aizen, for self-evident reasons.

edited 16th Feb '10 3:22:25 PM by darksidevoid

Alright, so standings are:

• Chad: 5
• Aizen: 3
• Ishida: 2
• Orihime: 2
• Nel: 1
• Gin: 1
• Byakuya: 1
• Kubo: 1
• Kenpachi: 1
• Masaki: 1

Also, apologies, Beta Ray. I seem to have a bad habit of making jokes that aren't always in good taste. Sorry.

edited 16th Feb '10 2:59:22 PM by K*SPAM