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

[darksolitaire]

Kenpachi's Zanpakto's name will probably get a page or two just for itself. Written in huge black letters against a blank white background.

[LaZodiac]

Kenpachi's Zanpakto's name will probably get a page or two just for itself. Written in huge black letters against a blank white background.

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[Turalisj]

But we already know its name. It's name is Yachiru.

We already know that's false.

[thubby]

how funny would it be if its name was also kenpachi?

i mean, that sword has probably killed more things than anything else currently alive in soul society.

[jindra34]

Am I the only one somewhat annoyed we didn't learn Kenpachi's zanpakto's name? Like even a little bit. You don't even need to explain it's powers. Just tell us it's name so people can start doing wild guesses about it

Unless he manages to outpace even Ichigo in unlocking techniques, we will eventually get to here the name. Unless Kubo decides to SUPER TROLL us.

[The Troubadour]

• Ichigo gets his Vaizard powers due to his near hollowification in the pit
• It is alluded that Ichigo gets his fullbringer powers due to his mother being attacked by a hollow (Xcution explains the origin of fullbrings to Ichigo so we assume Ichigo is a normal case).

Ever since the concept of Fullbring was presented, I've been wondering if maybe Ichigo being a Fullbringer played a part in his becoming a Shinigami-Hollow hybrid.

[Ramza00]

well, everything with eyes saw that coming.

the problem this creates is that a quincy strong enough to fight a hollow that took down ishin (a captain) was somehow killed by king fisher, who lost horribly to ishin even after a significant power upgrade.

For all we know women quincy lose their quincy powers when they give birth. After all the only quincy parents we have seen have been male.

Yes I am pulling this out of my ass.

[Hadrian_Emrys]

For all we know women quincy lose their quincy powers when they give birth. After all the only quincy parents we have seen have been male.

Yes I am pulling this out of my ass.

The alternate final form is not to create a bow, but to create a life. The concept reeks of sexism, so it's not a huge stretch for Kubo.

[LaZodiac]

Personally hoping for a retcon that all Isshun killed was Fisher King's lure, and The King is still alive and in waiting. After all, he looked so obviously like Fisher King, it was clearly bait for Isshun. But Fisher King didn't attack him because he was still getting used to his Arrancar form.

Also, personally hoping that in the time between Shota!Ichigo being attacked and waking up, there was a huge fight scene between his Mom and Fisher King, and she only dies because she can't focus all her power on attacking if it means her son might die.

[darksolitaire]

We actually don't need to do any stretching to accommodate the fact that Grand Fisher killed Masaki and was killed by Isshin in turn. Grand Fisher had it's lure in it's ordinary hollow form, which it did not have as an Arrancar. Lure was pretty hyped at the time, preventing anyone from killing GF.

[Morph Bark]

Clearly Kenpachi's zanpakuto is Genryuusai. It's powers are the Gotei 13.

[Somewhere]

Viz's translation of Kubo's ToC comment:
"I applied for a parking spot for my bike at my condo and they offered me #4."
(Note: The number 4 is considered bad luck in Japan)

Nothing major with this week's comparison, just a couple of little quirks.

Page 5, bottom panel:
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Viz: Of course, I just steamed it!
Panda: Of course, I just cooked it!
Original: Atari meeda. Fuka****ate nandakara!

This sticks out to me because Panda is normally literal with their translation. But the verb used here in the original, fukasu, is to steam. So when it's perfectly accurate and fitting to be literal, Panda instead takes a liberty and go with cooked? Just...odd.
And in real life those buns are steamed, anyway. At least for Chinese people, using the word 'cook' for that type of bun would actually be wrong. Which makes even less sense since Panda's supposedly a group from China!

Page 6, upper middle left panel:
Viz: Good thing Kaoru is asleep! Who knows what he would've done if he found out I let you take a shower!
Panda: I'm glade you came while Kaoru is sleeping! I don't know what he'd do to you if he knew I let you use your bathtub.
Original: Kaoru ga neteru jikan de yokattayo! Anta ni furo ka****anante ****tara Kaoru anta ni nanisuruka wakannaikarana!

Clearly from context we can tell that Ikumi let Ichigo use her bathtub, not his. Strictly speaking, the way the original phrases it is 'lend you the bathtub' or 'allow you to bathe' or 'let you use the bath'. How Panda goes from a more ambiguous 'use the bathtub' to 'use your bathtub', I don't know.

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Panda, why is "A Quincy." stated twice there? It's supposed to be just "A Quincy." once. It says just 'Kuinshii desu'. Not 'Kuinshii desu. Kuinshii desu.'

[VanBuren]

I keep thinking of "Yhwach", and wondering if I'm supposed to think YHWH when hearing it. It would be strange, since Bach is fighting against a godlike being.

And also using that name in connection with the leader of a somewhat Nazi-esque organization is more than a little strange.

Kubo just probably thought it looked cool.

[LaZodiac]

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Panda, why is "A Quincy." stated twice there? It's supposed to be just "A Quincy." once. It says just 'Kuinshii desu'. Not 'Kuinshii desu. Kuinshii desu.'

That's probably just a legitimate error.

I keep thinking of "Yhwach", and wondering if I'm supposed to think YHWH when hearing it. It would be strange, since Bach is fighting against a godlike being.

And also using that name in connection with the leader of a somewhat Nazi-esque organization is more than a little strange.

Kubo just probably thought it looked cool.

Kubo, doing something simply because it's cool? The hell you say!

[HandofShadows]

New one is up!

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Lots of info in this one in just the first few pages.

[Frozen_Feet]

I think that's like dozen old fan theories confirmed in a single chapter.

[HandofShadows]

I think that's like dozen old fan theories confirmed in a single chapter.

Yep, though this question didn't get answered.

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Where did Ichigo's sword come from?

[Closet_Skeleton]

What made you believe Ichigo had a sword?

[danzibr]

Yep, though this question didn't get answered.

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Where did Ichigo's sword come from?

Ahh cliffhanger.

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I think he might be implying Ichigo's different, as usual. He somehow made his own sword, unlike every other shinigami ever. Or maybe he's saying Ichigo's not a shinigami.

Also, anyone else suspecting that Aizen uses the virulent thing on Isshin?

EDIT: Right, what Closet_Skeleton said too.

[jindra34]

Yep, though this question didn't get answered.

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Where did Ichigo's sword come from?

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I think we will have to wait for Urahara to get back to answer that one. Considering he was kinda around when Ichigo got this one. And probably the only person capable of making a guess.

[LaZodiac]

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I've got a theory about Ichigo's sword. It's his quincy powers manifesting.

[Frozen_Feet]

I've got another theory. The theory's name is Urahara Kisuke. Who is still behind everything. Somehow.

[Dscherro]

I've got another theory. The theory's name is Urahara Kisuke. Who is still behind everything. Somehow.

He will suddenly worf Bach to death and become the real final villain.

[LaZodiac]

I've got another theory. The theory's name is Urahara Kisuke. Who is still behind everything. Somehow.

That's IshiDad, right?

[Morph Bark]

Yep, though this question didn't get answered.

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Where did Ichigo's sword come from?

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I've got a theory about Ichigo's sword. It's his quincy powers manifesting.

That's prettymuch what I thought.

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I mean, the traditional Quincy all used bows, but these newers ones seem to also have a lot who favour melee weapons.

[thubby]

That's prettymuch what I thought.

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I mean, the traditional Quincy all used bows, but these newers ones seem to also have a lot who favour melee weapons.

if thats the case then

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why is his thing a sword as opposed to a beam of energy in the shape of a sword? why does it persist even when he's not holding it?
by all indications, thigns made from quincy power lack permanence. they exist only so long as the quincy using them wills them too.

[LaZodiac]

if thats the case then

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why is his thing a sword as opposed to a beam of energy in the shape of a sword? why does it persist even when he's not holding it?
by all indications, thigns made from quincy power lack permanence. they exist only so long as the quincy using them wills them too.

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Ichigo thinks he's a Shinigami, and he's sooooooo powerful that since he thinks it's a zanpakuto, it has the qualities of one. Because, you know, stupid.

[thethird]

On Ichigo's sword

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What intrigues me, is the 3rd panel in the 3rd page, where the Zero Captain mentions that "not even one shinigami was able to awaken their zanpakuto without one of his asauchi". Perhaps is my English comprehension failing me, or a mistake in the translation.

But are the zanpakutos of the shinigami (swords) and the asauchi only related by habit?

Meaning that to unlock a zanpakuto an asauchi is not necessary, just it has always been done that way.

The new quincy (the leader of which is probably family to Ichigo) have sword, and they unsheathed them, so it is not necessarily impossible that Ichigo's sword is a quincy's sword.

[Somewhere]

Kubo's ToC comment:
"Nodo no choushi ga zutto warui node chotto ii masuku wo kattara, Karasu-tengu mitaina katachi datta."

When Kubo was shopping for a good mask (because his throat's always been in bad condition), it was in the shape of a Karasu-tengu. Or he saw the figure of something like a Karasu-tengu.

I'd like to pretend that's another omen of some sort. First the flu he had last month. Then last week he got assigned parking spot #4 for his bike. And now he sees the figure of a tengu, presumably in the mask he bought.

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I've got a theory about Ichigo's sword. It's his quincy powers manifesting.

Wait...

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Then, do Quincies do the communing with their powers' spirit thing too? Like Ichigo with Zangetsu.

And when Ichigo got his whatever-it-is-now powers in beginning of Soul Society arc from Urahara's training, how would Urahara know to put him through this training program in the first place?

[Morph Bark]

Wait...

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Then, do Quincies do the communing with their powers' spirit thing too? Like Ichigo with Zangetsu.

And when Ichigo got his whatever-it-is-now powers in beginning of Soul Society arc from Urahara's training, how would Urahara know to put him through this training program in the first place?

Well...

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Urahara is a genius, and he supposedly knew of the union of Misaki and Isshin as well. He could've made the proper deductions.