Ultimate_Gohan

I've recently started to watch Bleach (the anime; original Japanese + English subtitles). Currently I am at episode 103 and I have a couple of questions. So, sorry if they seem nooby

-Is the whole Bounto arc filler?

-What is the latest episode at the moment?

-How much time does it take to release a new episode?

-Will the episode production continue even in summer break?

-Is Bleach near its ending?; Approximately how long will the artist continue to produce Bleach? (interviews?)

-How old are these characters if it was ever stated: Renji, Rukia, Byakuya?


Thanks. Helpful replies get rep.

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JAIF

1) Yes.

2) 167

3) Usually one week. New subbed episodes are usually released sometime on Friday.

4) Starting from this week, a new filler arc starts to let the manga get ahead of the anime. It will apparently last quite a while. We'll see what happens from there, but it will probably continue normally.

5) Opinions vary, nothing official has been revealed yet. As it seems, we do still have quite a while to go, if Kubo decides to continue with more arcs after Aizen is defeated. The flashback chapters will last at least a month longer. After that, we'll see how it goes.

6) The current flashback chapters show Byakuya as a child, about 16 years old maybe? And these take place over 100 years before the main storyline begins, so Byakuya is about 120 years old, probably. Renji and Rukia are of the same age. Rukia claims in the first chapter to have lived about 10 times as long as Ichigo, who is 15 years old when the series start, which would make her 150 years old, which is impossible because she's younger than Byakuya, so we can only assume she was 'bragging'. She's about 60-70 years old, if you ask me.

Hope this helps.

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Ultimate_Gohan

About the filler arc that will start now, do you think it will be longer than the Bountu arc?

Damn those fillers, they're not nearly as good as Soul Society arc was :(


EDIT: Are those OVA/Movies worth watching?

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Shirogetsu

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Eliwood21

Psh, it will probably close to being as lengthy as the Bounto; probably do it until the flashbacks are complete.

As for movies, I would recommend the first one that came out (can't remember what it was called) if you want to laugh; Felix and I bursted out laughing in most of the fights.

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JAIF

No, not really. It will stretch for about ten episodes, I calculate, but I doubt it's gonna be more. Absence of the main cast = not good food for filler, unless they abuse Hitsugaya again. Ugh.

Mneh. I kinda liked the movie [Memories of Noboy]. The OVA [Sealed Sword Frenzy] was just stupid. Of course, nothing was really as good as the actual anime, let alone the manga.

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Super_17

The ova was pretty good in my opinion now the movies were pretty stupid

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Outbreak

He looks 16 but who's to say he's not like 50? We already know they age slower than humans, so because he looks 16 in human years doesn't mean he's actually 16.

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Eliwood21

EDIT: It just said she was vaguely WAY OLDER.

I will go back and reread it though to either disclaim it or confirm.

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Masked_Felix

There. It's in the first volume, I believe.

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Ultimate_Gohan

We also have to take into consideration Byakuya's confession (unless it was filler) about Rukia's sister. She was very small at the time.

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Eliwood21

Sorry, can't confirm it; I brought my books back home.

Though I did find something pretty funny that I think I've shown Felix already:


Why Hello there....Shinji.

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Shirogetsu

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Eliwood21

Lol that at first, Chad was suppose to look like some guy on Jackass.

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JAIF

*has known about Shinji*

Well, my translation says so. Oh well.

Anyway, he seemed pretty young, by attitude and all. Then again, we know nothing about how Shinigami exactly age, so it's pretty damn vague. Whatever.

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