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posted by [personal profile] nekare at 10:47am on 24/06/2008 under ,
My stupid neighbors put a password on their wirless. So now I'm sad and bereft of any internet whatsoever and depend entirely in this crummy cybercafe. WHYYYYY. Stupid neighbors. Stupid phone people. Bah. So whatever did I during my internetless weekend of fail? READ MANGA. YES. I AM AS SURPRISED AS YOU ARE.

It seems like life was just calling out ‘Bleaaaaach, Bleaaaaach’ to me, so at last I listened to it. SOOOO, I re-read chapters 10 to 123. In one sitting. And then I read up to chapter 234 the next day. BLEACH OVERLOAD MUCH? But oh, I hadn’t realized how much I missed them all. Soul Society Arc was awesome, and I loved the political intrigue, but it WAS a bit frustrating to see Rukia do, uh, nothing for like, 60 chapters, even if she’s the mayor motivation for it all. But oh well, that was just the pull I needed to finally get nicely caught up with it – I stopped reading somewhere along the start of the Arrancar arc, about, uh, a year and a half ago? (Wait, no, Ichigo was already training with Hirako and co. UM.) As soon as I get my precious internet back, that is. ;___;

Also. You know what Back in Black means to me? Not, it’s not AC/DC. Not, not even the Impala (okay, there’s a tiny bit of the Metallicar, I admit). No, it’s not Amy Winehouse or even Iron Man. Uh-huh, for me, Back in Black is chapter 64 of Bleach, Ichigo finally wearing shinigami black again. When I first read that? I got CHILLS. So fucking amazing. ♥

If I remember correctly, one of the first entries in this journal was basically BLEACH IS KEWL YOU SHOULD READ IT. That still stands, as much as I've grown away from manga/anime.
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posted by [identity profile] fragilistikal.livejournal.com at 03:55pm on 24/06/2008
Actually, I did exactly the same thing (and left off exactly where you did) a couple weeks ago. Ichigo and his mask is always hot, and I missed his stupid, earnest, grumpy, badass face.

Also, I realized that as much as the mangaka tries making the girls cool, I'm sick of either Rukia or Orihime needing to get rescued. Hopefully, there will be a reversal soon, as Tito Kube does really those really nicely. <3
 
posted by [identity profile] nekare.livejournal.com at 05:47pm on 24/06/2008
Haha, that time when Kon says how hard it is to always to be frowning while in character as Ichigo? I GIGGLED. SO MUCH. XD And when Renji first appears I CHEERED. I dunno, I just missed everyone so much. :3

Man, yeah. Rukia only gets to fight every hundred chapters (which sucks because she's so awesome at it) and Orihime's always pushed out of harm's way. Boo. I do hope it'll change and theat they'll team up and rescue Ichigo. That'd be sort of fantastic. :D
 
posted by [identity profile] fragilistikal.livejournal.com at 11:18am on 25/06/2008
I forgot that Rukia even knew how! Events seem to be hinting that the girls will start to achieve awesomeness, so I hope it gets there, stat!

That time when Kon says how hard it is to always to be frowning while in character as Ichigo?
Oh man! I completely forgot about that! (I started re-rereading around vol 12?) You know when Ichigo SMILES he's in a Bad Place, which I think is precious.

I forgot how gorgeous the art was. The character design is just AMAZING. Now I need to wait a couple months so there are enough new chapters out that I don't frustrate myself with the scanty updates.
 
posted by [identity profile] mscongeniality.livejournal.com at 05:00pm on 24/06/2008
Hee! I've been doing almost the same thing over the past few nights, just reading through Bleach one volume at a time. I remember the first time I read it which was the way you did, all in one shot in scans.

Every once in a while, it's great to remind myself why I love a story so much. Because...while Bleach isn't deep, it's an awful lot of fun. :)
 
posted by [identity profile] nekare.livejournal.com at 06:02pm on 24/06/2008
I tried to take it slow, but I'd forgotten how addicting it can be, hee.

I know! There's just a certain awesomeness about it that I adore. Awesomeness AND asskicker, that is. :D
 
posted by [identity profile] mscongeniality.livejournal.com at 06:09pm on 24/06/2008
I'm loving that when you go back, you can see all the hints towards future events that are sprinkled through the chapters. Add to that my general flaily-ness about the most recent flashback arc and there is a whole heapin' helpin' of Bleach LUV going on!
 
posted by [identity profile] nekare.livejournal.com at 06:18pm on 24/06/2008
Wait, there's a flashback arc going on right now? (cough, Naruto much?) when does it start? I downloaded up to chapter 315, but haven't read them yet...
 
posted by [identity profile] mscongeniality.livejournal.com at 06:29pm on 24/06/2008
315 is the last of the 'current' chapters, then it goes into negative numbers. -108 to -97 (yes, it counts backwards) give some rather interesting background info and then the final chapter looks like it's going to lead into 316 or events shortly thereafter.

The negative chapters really do rock. Like, a lot. They would rock even if they didn't have a wee little Nanao with a big book talking with Kyouraku. But they DO and are made of WIN!!
 
posted by [identity profile] nekare.livejournal.com at 06:40pm on 24/06/2008
Ooooh, thanks for telling me, I was all confused about that. So I start reading from -108, right?

Duuuude, now I can't wait. Those two are so much win. :D
 
posted by [identity profile] mscongeniality.livejournal.com at 06:47pm on 24/06/2008
Yep!

And the scene with Nanao and Kyouraku is short, but absolutely ADORKABLE!

So, yes. Start with -108, read back to -97 and...come chat with me then. I really did enjoy this short arc.
 

GIP

posted by [identity profile] platedlizard.livejournal.com at 01:24am on 25/06/2008
That be Young!Byakuya in my icon. He's an absolute BRAT and I love him. Don't miss Chibi!Hisagi either (we find out where he got 69 from!)

Edit to add: Forget the anime for a while though, its in a fillar arc that's making the Bount Arc look good. D:
Edited Date: 2008-06-25 01:26 am (UTC)
 
posted by [identity profile] nekare.livejournal.com at 08:30pm on 25/06/2008
Ooooh, now I'm excited. :D

I've never seen the anime - I don't have enough patience or money to go through 100+ episodes that have nothing whatsoever to do with the manga, bah.
 
posted by [identity profile] platedlizard.livejournal.com at 09:16pm on 25/06/2008
Well, aside from the fillar arcs (which are put in to give TK time to write moar manga) the anime follows the manga pretty closely. They may add a line, censor something, and (rarely) put the fights in a different sequence, but otherwise things are pretty close. The art up through the Soul Society arc is actually pretty good, but after that they apparently farmed it out to some South Korean orphans :( Especially when they're making Bleach movie. The fillar arcs tend to be the worst, art-wise. and I always download instead of buying
 
posted by [identity profile] kaiserkehl.livejournal.com at 08:31pm on 24/06/2008
Comienzo a pensar que nada superará Soul Society, todo lo demás ha sido BLEH =/ Hueco Mundo apesta, me desespera y OHPORDIOS si lo ves en anime es para darte un tiro porque meten cada filler tan idiota!!! que de vdd es O_O.

Pero bueno sí, en general concuerdo, bleach is kewl pero naruto > bleach xDDD ok nqv.
 
posted by [identity profile] nekare.livejournal.com at 08:28pm on 25/06/2008
Mmm, pues no se, me ha gustado Hueco Mundo (me divierte la obsesión de Kubo Tite con México, digamos), más que nada porque Rukia es eeeepica, odm, pero pues si, Soul Society fue como demasiado genail.

Nunca he visto el anime ni de Bleach ni de Naruto, más que nada porque no tengo ni el tiempo ni el dinero para bajarme/comprarme 150 episodios de los cuales 30 tienen una vaga resemblanza con el manga y que de todos modos son veinte minutos del flashback al episodio pasado y diez minutos de cosa nueva. BAH.

Ahorita que ya le volvi a agarrar gusto al manga, capaz que tambien me pongo al corriente con Naruto - creo que deje de leer, uuuuh, cuando al fin se vuelve a ver Sasuke (y se horroroso moño) ya en shippuden.

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