Ramblings of a Crowe

Bleach and Naruto (200 and 281)

Bleach has finally hit the 200s!!! Yay!

Chapter starts off with with Rukia trying to find a place to sleep in the Kurosaki house. She complains about stuff being dirty, but in the end, ends up sleeping with Yuzu.

Meanwhile, Renji makes it to Urahara's shop. Urahara is a bit surprised to see a Vice Captain.

Shift to Ikkaku and Yumichika, who are sitting on a roof somewhere.

Over at Orihime's place, she and Rangiku are eating. Rangiku loves Orihime's cooking while Hitsugaya sits outside on the roof, thinking, "I'm hungry." (ha ha)

Somewhere, the Allankar have all arrived and Grimmjow seems pleased. They're going to kill everyone.

Ichigo notices the spiritual energy, as does Rukia. She busts out 'the phone' and starts counting. She tells Ichigo that there are six of them, but they don't seem to be heading their way. She says they seem to be looking for something.

Rukia tells Ichigo she thinks they are combing the town, looking for people with high spiritual energy. She confirms Grimmjow's plans--the Allankar have arrived for a massacre.

Ichigo starts to freak a bit, going on about Ishida not being able to defend himself (he doesn't know that Ishida's dad is a major badass Quincy), and how eventually Orihime and Chad will be in danger too.

Rukia reassures him that Orihime will be find, since Rangiku and Hitsugaya are with her. However--one has already found Chad.

Meanwhile, Ikkaku and Yumichika are on the move. Ikkaku has a really scary "I'm gonna get to kill stuff" look on his face.

Over at Orihime, Hitsugaya jumps into action, dismissing his faux body. Rangiku has made sure Orihime won't get into the frey just as two Allenkar show up. Shaolon says, "Pleased to meet you". Rangiku is stunned at their (the Allankar's) speed. Hitsugaya introduces himself and then he and Shaolon clash swords. They exchange some banter about who will kill who and the fight continues.

Meanwhile, Chad is leaving to go find Orihime, though he still needs to heal up. However, when he steps outside, Deroy is waiting for him and attacks him. Ichigo shows up just in time to stop Chad from getting run through.

Deroy looks a bit stunned. Ichigo tells him to shut up and that his first opponent will be him. Diroy isn't impressed and tells Ichigo they're all going to die. No contest.

The chapter ends with Edorad standing in front of Ikakku and Yumichika, and Ilfort squaring off with Renji (where's Urahara?).

~So, where's Grimmjow? What's he up to? And I'm curious to know if Aizen knows about this little pillage plan of theirs. After that tiff between Grimmjow and what's his face (I can never spell his name), I'm thinking 'no'. Not sure exactly what's going to happen. I'd like to say Ichigo is going to take apart Diroy, since that's the way shonen manga seem to work--buuuuut I don't know.

I'm wondering if this is where the Vaizards make their entrance?

All the hype about these Allankar's being so tough and all, I can't see how non-captains or non-shinigami, can even hope to win. It would seem plausible that the Vaizards would be the Allankar's natural enemy. However, characters like Yourichi, Ishida's dad, Isshin (former captain), Urahara, Renji (who knows Ban Kai) and Ichigo always make things interesting.

Oh, and on another note: *insert angry face here* To all the idiots bitching about how stupid it was for Ichigo to save Chad in the nick of time--go eat a big helping of STFU. It's a manga, you doofuses. M-A-N-G-A! A shonen one! If you haven't figured out that stuff is going to be over the top in a shonen manga, you're a dumbass.

Okay, on to Naruto.

Not a whole lot goes on here. The crew is going back to Konoha. Naruto and Gaara say their good-byes. Everyone pays their respect to Chiyo-baa. Kakashi is still feeling down from using his new technique, and there's some comical exchange between him and Gai. Gai carries Kakashi piggyback style, grossing out the younger folk. Well, except for Lee, who thinks it's training and tries to persuade Neiji to get on his back. Neiji directly refuses.

In Konoha, Shizune questions if sending Naruto out after the Akatsuki was a good idea. Tsunade tells her it was, because he's a jinchuuriki. Since Naruto is a jinchuuriki, he understands them better than anyone else, plus he's got a gift for making people see things his way.

Meanwhile, Tobi and Zatsu are pondering Deidara's death, when Deidara pops up. Shit! He's not dead? Deidara yells at Tobi and Zatsu asks him what happened to the jinchuuriki. Deidara tells him he's finished his mission.

Tobi pipes up again, making a comment on how Deidara is looking a bit worse for wear. This brings about a bizzare wrestling match, where Deidara exclaims that even his patience isn't limited and if Tobi doesn't shut up, he's going to kill him. Then Deidara tries to choke Tobi to death. Seems we've found the clowns of the Akatsuki...

Now things start to get interesting...

In what I'm assuming is Konoha, a strange man wearing a bandage of one of his eyes is addressing a young boy (once more, I'm assuming this is a boy). The bandaged man tells the boy he's arranged for him to be placed into Kakashi's team. He goes on to say that the boy isn't much younger than Naruto and that he's the most powerful of his generation. Huh?

Then he tells the kid that until his mission has ended, his name will be "Sai"...

Sai seems to ponder his name and gives the man a stiff smile. The man tells him there's no need to force himself and Sai tells him he's been 'practicing'. Apparently, according to Sai, he's never been good with expressions. In fact, he's never used them before in his life...

If that isn't odd enough, this kid looks strangly similar to Sasuke...

~Interesting. Friend or foe? Jinchuuriki or a lost Uchiha? Boy or girl? And what is this 'mission'?

Posted by Zoso at October 22, 2005 07:38 AM