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Nice sig Radish!

Yeah that last filler I thought was worse than the bounts, but some may disagree with that

I hated Lurichiyo (sp) and all her stupid problems..

Now we are back to the good stuff though hehe

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For once, the Gotei 13 don't seem invincible! I always thought since the first arc that they kinda overrated the power of the Vice Captain.

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I thought they didn't seem invincible when I found out Aizen was basically toying with them that whole time.

I want to see the captain commander go all out, see him scorch the earth

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True, but come on, aside from Hinamori (I still think she has a huge role in the upcoming chapters of the manga despite getting absolutely annihilated in 336) we haven't really seen any Vice Captains get their ass handed to them since the first arc (a la Byakuya kicking Renji's ass with his Bankai).

On another note, we finally get to see Shunsui Kyoraku (Pink kimono straw hat dual sword guy) an Ukitake (white long hair also dual sword guy) get into a serious battle.

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Good point, I can't wait to see Kyoraku and Ukitake fight. I don't think we've even seen them fight since they squared off against the captain commander.

If that battle continued, who do you think would win? I kinda wonder that sometimes.

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Probably Yamamoto, he has abilities that we have yet to see (I would compare him to the #1 Espada really) but then again, so do like 60% of all the other Captains.

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I think they are saving the rest of those captains to fight later on in the anime, at least those who don't fight in this arc. They're probably just saving them some interesting stuff for another arc, but I really want to see Urahara fight. When I saw Kenpachi I figured other captains would go and I was hoping for Urahara. We saw him fight Yammy a while back, but that was a complete mismatch lol

Hopefully we can see Urahara fight someone good.

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Radish™, on Nov 29 2008, 02:55, said:

Someone has a chunk taken out of theh:

Radish™

Nicely p :p .

Scirwode

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Ep 197 comes out tomorrow, I'm stoked!

I hope they just focus on one fight instead of doing them all at the same time like last ep.

I have a feeling that they'll show the Kenpachi fight mainly though, which is fine by me

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I don't mind either, I kinda want to see how Byakuya completely annihilates the 7th Espada though.

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nvm.

Edited by Neon Tiger, 01 December 2008 - 08:25.

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Yeah, actually that's the fight I'm most interested in. I enjoy watching Byakuya fight because he's so calm and methodical, but really powerful as well.

I don't think he'll have too much problem with no 7, especially if Ichigo could defeat Grimmjow. Personally I think Byakuya is just as, if not more powerful than Ichigo is.

For anyone who's read the manga, does Ichigo learn to use Kidou techniques like 'White lightning' or something else later on?

I feel he can be a bit one dimensional..

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He never does, and I've read up to the most current manga release. It's a trend I've noticed in quite a few animes. The main character always tend to have 1 or 2 staple moves. Like Naruto, and Ruroni Kenshin, is another example. Once they learn their "ultimate" move that's all they can ever use again. It's kind of annoying that they're never given any variety.

I think Byakuya might be as strong as Ichigo if Ichigo is not using his mask...back in sole society when they fought they were pretty even. It's hard to believe that all the characters would have major leaps in power like Ichigo. If he were as strong as vizard Ichigo in the sole society fight he would have kicked Ichigos butt.

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Well, tomorrow is the day.
The episode will consist of just 1 fight really. Byakuya vs that other dude. That is if they stick to how the manga is. If you read to where we are at, the next episode should contain only their fight, then after that we get the science dudes fighting, then kenpachi's fight should finish off. Ahhh its going to be so great though.

trag3dy, on Dec 1 2008, 08:44, said:

He never does, and I've read up to the most current manga release. It's a trend I've noticed in quite a few animes. The main character always tend to have 1 or 2 staple moves. Like Naruto, and Ruroni Kenshin, is another example. Once they learn their "ultimate" move that's all they can ever use again. It's kind of annoying that they're never given any variety.

I think Byakuya might be as strong as Ichigo if Ichigo is not using his mask...back in sole society when they fought they were pretty even. It's hard to believe that all the characters would have major leaps in power like Ichigo. If he were as strong as vizard Ichigo in the sole society fight he would have kicked Ichigos butt.

That is sort of true, but most people fail to remember that while ichigo was saving rukia, the captains were not able to use their full powers. They were restricted from going all out.

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All Ichigo really needs his is Getsuga Tenshou in Hollow form.

Byakuya IS as strong as Ichigo in Bankai form, not in hollow form though. I would venture a guess that Ichigo is as powerful as, if not more powerful than the 4th Espada Ulquiorra.