JAIF

How would you like the showdown between Ichigo and Ulquiorra to turn out?

Here's my take:

Ichigo jumps at Ulquiorra but gets brutally manhandled for at least two chapters. The rest of the captains arrive and try to take Ulquiorra down, but Ichigo forbids them to intervene. Determined to kill the one who took Orihime to Hueco Mundo, Ichigo abuses the Hollow Mask which lets Hollow Ichigo take control. Ulquiorra and Hollow Ichigo fight a decently even battle with Hollow Ichigo having the upper hand - once this becomes clear, Ulquiorra uses his Resurreccion form. In that state he is more than a match for Hollow Ichigo. In the chaos that ensues, one of Hollow Ichigo's attacks miss Ulquiorra and injures Orihime, her Santen Kesshun lessening the blow. This abruptly awakens Ichigo's mind within his body, and he regains control. Ulquiorra releases his Ressureccion telling Ichigo that he'd let him die feeling the full regret for his actions, and points at a wounded Orihime. Ichigo falls to his knees, no longer having the will to fight, and asks Orihime for forgiveness before he dies. Ulquiorra prepares to blast him dead, but Orihime steps between them. Ulquiorra hesitates to attack, then Orihime states that this time, she'd be the one to protect her friends, and uses an overpowered version of Koten Zanshun to slice Ulquiorra in half and kill him.

Now that would be epic in my view.

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Masked_Felix

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Eliwood21

Hmm...
hahaha HAHAHAH HAHAHAHAHA!!!

Boy that is going to be great! How would that feel Felix?! A useless character annihilating your character?

I like it, but I would imagine that their fight would go on to the point that the hollow inside would take over....if not in a future fight.

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JAIF

Did any of you two watch Bleach episode 167?

I believe its ending might solve your "IchigoXOrihime vs IchigoXRukia" argument, at least for now.

It certainly persuaded me =/.

[Brutally off-topic, but noone really said anything much on-topic, so yeah]

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Eliwood21

It's out? O_O

I have not been keeping my eye on the anime for awhile; just for the shinigami cups. ^_^

I'll watch it in a minute...

Haven't found a subbed version of the ending yet so.... Boo. :(
I'm assuming it goes in my favor since it all looks like the manga.

WHOA!!!
Did not see that part in the manga! O_O

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JAIF

Shame, then - the animated Ichigo vs Grimmjow fight was fucking awesome. Especially the last episode (this one).

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Eliwood21

Very fucking awesome.
I didn't think they would have done such a good job with the animation.

I lol'd hard at the new captain; you can tell they came up with him in the last minute. ^_^

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Masked_Felix

Just watched it and it's confirmed everything for me. Thanks for referring that and keep the faith. If there was doubt before, it's gone now.

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Super_17

I still believe in ichigo/rukia myself

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Eliwood21

Didn't we have a bet over this Felix? :D

Also, I noticed that they are presenting the Third Seat of squad 3 along with its new captain. WHAT DO THEY HAVE PLANNED?! D:

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Masked_Felix

I didn't. You stood in the announcement gazebo and pledged on your honor that Bleach would turn out your way, however. And then the Asians that knew what you were talking about threw trash at you.

Wait, wait, what the heck? They're ending Hueco Mundo here? What kind of crap is that? Something is funky. To the max.

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JAIF

They are interrupting the arc and enter a filler arc housed in Soul Society, featuring the new captain of the third division.

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Masked_Felix

I hope the new captain isn't some random schmo that we'll be stuck with again, like the freaking mod souls.

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Outbreak

I hope Tite Kubo will release a "This is what happened in the Soul Society during the Hueco Mundo" chapter after this filler arc and completely fuck up the animators when the time comes to animate it.

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"Mr. Langdon, all questions were once spiritual. Since the beginning of time, spirituality and religion have been called on to fill in the gaps that science did not understand. The rising and setting of the sun was once attributed to Halios and a flaming chariot. Earthquakes and tidal waves were the wrath of Poseidon. Science has now proven those gods to be false idols. Soon all Gods will be proven to be false idols." - Maximilian Kohler 'Angels & Demons'

G.O.A.T.

I hope Hitsugaya is ill or something in this filler arc.

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