dystopianday ([info]dystopianday) wrote,
@ 2007-05-16 14:07:00
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Bleached Black and White
So [info]kucheekybadkuya was telling me only a few weeks ago that all the Arrancar are duplicates of the Shinigami from the Soul Society arc. I told her that's crap.

Y'know, it really isn't.

I mean, right now, we have an evil analytical scientist character on the front stage.

What kind of evildoers have a dorky scientist on their team?
The awesome type, that's who. But it's just a little odd doing it twice. I mean, granted, Aizen might've gotten his ideas from the organization of the Gotei 13, but honestly, after having to work with this guy -


- why would you want another of those among your immediate subordinates? Not only are they going to put metal in your microwave just to see what happens on a daily basis, but they seem to have a LITTLE difficulty following orders. "Gee, Aizen-sama, I didn't REALLY understand what you meant when you said 'don't attack the intruders'. I thought you meant 'don't attack the intruders... unless I see an opportunity to throw away some of those worthless arrancar you were planning on attacking Soul Society with."

Same problem Mayuri had. Unohana sends out priority-one distress call telling all of Soul Society that Aizen has gone rampant and they need help now-ish. Even Kenpachi, Yoruichi, Soi Fong, Yamamoto and his boys stop their fights and come running.
What does Mayuri do? Takes a shower.

Then we have Noitora.




And so on, and the rest. Icon relevant as well.
Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that Bleach is exactly ruined. It still rocks. I am totally not going to mind seeing a repeat of the Soul Society arc - personally I think it's the best shounen arc ever, and apparently Kubo knows it too, because he doesn't feel confident enough straying far from that winning formula. A slice of strawberry cheesecake is still a slice of strawberry cheesecake.

But here's what should happen, really. Made by Byakuya-kun on NF.




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[info]necroangelus
2007-05-22 06:50 pm UTC (link)
Exactly. I've been saying this for quite awhile.
While Bleach has more enjoyable heroes, I've got to say Naruto has the best villains. I think Akatsuki is by far the best designed villain organization. They're all good... and a few of them, like Sasori, are exceptional.

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[info]setoshi
2007-06-18 01:21 am UTC (link)
Wrong best organization villains are The Noah Family and Genei Ryodan

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[info]necroangelus
2007-06-18 07:48 am UTC (link)
Well you may have a point with 1 of those. The Noah's are pwnage. But really, Micky is the only one on Akatsuki-level. Rhode is good, but meh. Skin Brock? Jasdebi? The Earl (if you count him)? Bleh.

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[info]kucheekybadkuya
2007-05-22 07:56 pm UTC (link)
Byakuya-kun's version of the Zaerachicken fight is shorter and better. Looking at your insanely contorted expressions of ebils we know you're going to eat it, so can we just move along to wtf happens to Rukia now, kthx...

KT ended up rolling out a huuuuuuge cast of characters during the SS arc as it is, and instead of developing said characters further decided new arc = lots of new characters again, which is fun when you're that great at designing characters ... but not so fun when you realise that sort of thing can get tedious after a while (!!! I'll just derive some base characteristics from the SS people and reshape them from there! I'm a genius! Dammit he is, a lot of Byakuya fans like yours truly were suckered into Ukelala's design instantly, for one). I will seriously LMAO if KT uses a plot device like "the Arrancar were fashioned after elements of certain shinigami" to justify the similarities.

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