Bleach VI: We Want Our Baby Bach Ribs (Aizen pull)

[lord_khaine]

My bad, i forgot about the existance of ZeroArms.

[Somewhere]

Congratulations to Kubo-sensei on getting married.

[Slayer Lord]

Oh, he did? Cool. Congrats to him.

[Kaez]

Well, no Bleach this week then eh :P

[LaZodiac]

Kubo having a special someone in his life might explain why Bleach is slowly getting more sensible. He's got a woman to beat some sense into him

[Fan]

Congratulations to Kubo-sensei on getting married.

Kubo-Sensei.

Why?

Just.. why?

[Somewhere]

Etiquette.

Sure, when I'm referring to him in the 3rd person and trashing his work I'll be intentionally disrespectful and be casual about it. But in a comment that's relatively more directed at him and isn't about his work, I'll be more proper. I do have some minimal level of manners, after all.

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Well, the wedding is conveniently timed since the next issue of WSJ is... January 4. So yea, no Bleach, or anything else running in WSJ this week.

[Morph Bark]

Well, the wedding is conveniently timed since the next issue of WSJ is... January 4. So yea, no Bleach, or anything else running in WSJ this week.

Convenient indeed.

But wait, didn't that mean there had to be a double issue last week?

[Somewhere]

It was a double issue. It's misleading as heck, yea, and I had to look this up myself. The double issue status serves to indicate that the next week will be off, not that there will be extra content to compensate. So the end of the year, new year's, Golden Week, and Obon are the four break weeks, and thus the only planned breaks serialized mangaka get in general.
And it lets them maintain the number of '52' issues for a year.

Edit: Speaking of new year's.... yes, 1/4 is also a double issue. The next issue after that will be 1/21.
So yea, around now's probably the best time for a mangaka to get married.

[danzibr]

Congratulations to Kubo-sensei on getting married.

Kubo-Sensei.

Why?

Just.. why?

If 8 semesters of Japanese taught me anything it's that using such an honorific makes it sound you personally know him. My teacher made a point of this one day.

[Fan]

If 8 semesters of Japanese taught me anything it's that using such an honorific makes it sound you personally know him. My teacher made a point of this one day.

Well again, this is kinda why it sounded odd to me.

I thought sensei was like, a name for a favored teacher...

[Morph Bark]

I thought sensei was used for any teacher or doctor.

[Somewhere]

Any teacher, doctor, and acclaimed artists, including authors.

(.....and politicians, and lawyers, while we're at it)

[Drolyt]

Any teacher, doctor, and acclaimed artists, including authors.

(.....and politicians, and lawyers, while we're at it)

Yeah, I think this is correct. Sensei has some connotations I don't think I fully understand (it is very high on the respect ladder I think) but I know some Japanese fans use it to refer to authors.

[jindra34]

Yeah, I think this is correct. Sensei has some connotations I don't think I fully understand (it is very high on the respect ladder I think) but I know some Japanese fans use it to refer to authors.

Its high respect in the sense that you would want to emulate their life and/or actually learn from them. It most directly translates to master in crafts-person sense, as in master, journeyman, apprentice.

[Somewhere]

Let me correct myself on when to expect the next chapter of WSJ series:

According to Arlong Park, we can expect the 1/4 WSJ's chapter to be scanlated anytime between 12/25 and 1/2, since shipping is unpredictable around this time.

The 1/21 issue will probably get shipped very early, and then there's a long gap as things should get back to normal by the 1/28 issue.

Edit:
Looking at the right two columns of this page:
http://adnavi.shueisha.co.jp/schedule/w_jump.html
I'm assuming those are the deadlines for the mangaka to submit chapters by. If so, we can probably surmise the exact week of Kubo's honeymoon

[LaZodiac]

I...I...

I..................

Kubo, what are you smoking, and where in the bloody hell can I get some.

[Turalisj]

Notice how all the guys in Bleach are getting kicked in the head by their smaller, female assistants?


....I suspect Kubo is going to have an interesting married life...

[Morph Bark]

For those not yet aware, new chapter.

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Well it was pretty darn clear to me that all those ladies had to be zanpakutou. I mean, there are no other shinigami besides the Zero Squad and the four they took along with them, and considering that guy invented zanpakutou, that's easily deduced. I did find it a little odd that only one of them really had a very different personality from the rest of them though, which momentarily made me think she wasn't one.

[LaZodiac]

And interesting thing to note:

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This chapter establishes that Zanpakto can manifest as human esque beings. This is foreshadowing for Kenpachi/Loli Yachiru being a Zanpakto.

[Morph Bark]

And interesting thing to note:

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This chapter establishes that Zanpakto can manifest as human esque beings. This is foreshadowing for Kenpachi/Loli Yachiru being a Zanpakto.

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The question then remains whether a manifested zanpakuto still also has its sword-form somewhere else.

Also, Kusajishi's zanpakuto would have to be fake for that. Which is entirely a possibility with Kubo, I suppose, but still.

[HandofShadows]

I did find it a little odd that only one of them really had a very different personality from the rest of them though, which momentarily made me think she wasn't one.[/SPOILER]

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She could be HIS Zanpakto though, which might explain the difference in attitude. My question is where are the Soul Reapers who those Zanpakto belong to.

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This chapter establishes that Zanpakto can manifest as human esque beings. This is foreshadowing for Kenpachi/Loli Yachiru being a Zanpakto.

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GASP! So of the anime filler has a basis in the series?

Actually though, the Zanpakto being able to manifest as a person has been hinted at (an omake from the manga). While the anime arc was not cannon it is important to note that Kubo created many of the human manifistations of the Zanpakto. The first time he had made character designs for the anime series IIRC. I kinda expect to see Zabimaru in human(ish) form at some point.

[Turalisj]

Kubo had a hand in doing the designs for almost every character in the anime filler :)

I swear the guy plays ttbrpgs, loves making characters enough.

[Dante & Vergil]

If Yachiru was a Zanpakuto, the reasoning I can give for her having one is the same for Stark and Lillenette, because it'd be the same situation so not to much of a stretch with what has already been established in the manga.

Kubo had a hand in doing the designs for almost every character in the anime filler :)

I swear the guy plays ttbrpgs, loves making characters enough.

TtbRpgs? What's that, for those of us who don't know?

[Turalisj]

Table Top RPGs. I don't know why I stuck a 'b' in there >.<

I think there was even a comment a while ago that Bleach reads like the notes from someone's DnD game.

[Morph Bark]

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She could be HIS Zanpakto though, which might explain the difference in attitude. My question is where are the Soul Reapers who those Zanpakto belong to.

Maybe dead shinigami, or he simply created extra ones to keep him company? That seems to fit his personality, especially with how he seems unwilling to even acknowledge his big mansion actually not being his real house.

If Yachiru was a Zanpakuto, the reasoning I can give for her having one is the same for Stark and Lillenette, because it'd be the same situation so not to much of a stretch with what has already been established in the manga.

TtbRpgs? What's that, for those of us who don't know?

Lilynette's sword isn't a katana though, and thus can't be an unreleased zanpakuto (and neither can it be a released one if she herself is actually the zanpakuto -- otherwise there'd be possibility of zanpakuto-chaining... then again, I could see someone sufficiently powerful as the Spirit King do something like that).

I think Turalisj meant tabletop RPGs, probably incorrectly abbreviated, considering there is no B in there.

[danzibr]

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Agreed with the people saying this supports the Yachiru being Kenpachi's zanpakutou. But yeah, that does make us wonder... well, Kenpachi and Yachiru both have swords already. And Kenpachi's is constantly released. But hey, I'm sure Kubo can make it work.

[LaZodiac]

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Agreed with the people saying this supports the Yachiru being Kenpachi's zanpakutou. But yeah, that does make us wonder... well, Kenpachi and Yachiru both have swords already. And Kenpachi's is constantly released. But hey, I'm sure Kubo can make it work.

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Who says you can't have a sword because you are a sword? It was mentioned earlier, but remember the Lone Wolf Arrancar's loli partner? She was a weapon, and she also had weapons.

Hell, for all we know, Kenpachi's broken ass sword is just a reflection of his true self. A sword so powerful that he has to have a sword just to hold all his power.

[Turalisj]

Everyone is actually a zanpakuto.

[Dscherro]

I wonder...

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with Renji and Ichigo being filled with new reiatsu, could that mean that Zangetsu and Zabimaru took new forms?