I... I know, that was the punchline. Although as I was looking them up, I was hoping one of them was filler, so that I would have cut down the list by a whopping one person. But yeah, Kubo just likes having lots of mannequins to put clothing on.
Ah, I thought the joke was that movie/anime-only characters are discarded after they're no longer necessary.
Thought it took him less time, because the execution date was changed again. It took Urahara 3 days, but Ichigo had his by the third day (at noon).
But I haven't read the chapter recently so I dunno.
Also, good chapter, liking the link to inner hollow/guardian form. And yes, Ichigo's fullbring DID have his sword attached to him before it was fully completed, it was after it was completed it was no longer attached.
But at the time we (and by that I mean I) thought it had to do with his Zanpaktou being attached to his arm after his Jinzen training.
Silly me
Also, the blade arms look like Ichigo's new bankai sword. (Or old sword, because it's broken, and will probably look different when it gets reforged.)
So...does Ichigo's mom remind anyone else of Orihime?
I think that's intentional. And with what we've seen indicating that Ishida might have feelings for Orihime, we're seeing a bit of (I can't believe I'm doing this) Generation Xerox right in front of us.
I don't think so. Zangetsu hates rain because Ichigo hates rain, since it was raining when his mother was killed.
I thought it was more symbolic than that: Zangetsu hates the rain because when Ichigo is upset it rains in his inner world, and Zangetsu doesn't like it when Ichigo is upset.
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I thought it was more symbolic than that: Zangetsu hates the rain because when Ichigo is upset it rains in his inner world, and Zangetsu doesn't like it when Ichigo is upset.
True. But the reason Ichigo associates "feeling upset" with the rain is because of the day of his mother's death.
Don't forget Orihime, Hanatarou, Rikichi, Ryuunosuke, Shino, Hiyosu, Tsubokura, Aoga, Kanisawa, and I could go on but the point has been drilled into the ground already.
Having a name doesn't mean you matter.
I'd just like to point out that, UNLESS I AM MISTAKEN, you didn't mention Ishida in that list.
Which is funny, since even the manga has forgotten about Ishida IN THE ARC ABOUT THE QUINCY.
The mangastream translation has it as: "It's hard for me to water the plants if others are watching." Still cheeky, but it references his earlier lame of excuse of being there because he was looking for a place to pee, and from the context it's still pretty obvious that he's telling them to leave for their safety.
No, I got the joke, it's just... I had no idea how to react to that panel.
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