Been
a while so I thought I would do another Bleach review, however I also thought
instead of reviewing the chapters individually I would group them together. For
example this reviews the chapters about the fight between Bambietta Basterbine
and Sajin Komamura, so let’s get to it.
What
happens in these chapters is that Komamura protects both Shinji and Momo from
Bambietta’s attacks, who is in her Vollstandig form, with his new armour.
Bambietta reveals that her letter stands for ‘The Explode’ (really obvious) but
her ability is not just firing bombs; she fires out reshi that turns whatever
it goes in to, in to a bomb that shortly explodes (this kind of reminds me of
Gambit’s mutant power from the X – Men). Komamura however tanks all of it which
destroys all of his armour and underneath reveals that he is now human!
Komamura explains that he has undergone his clan’s Human Transformation
Technique and then unleashes his Bankai; Kokjuo Tengen Myo’o – Dangai Joe,
which has the giant shed it’s armour to reveal a skeletal body underneath.
With
this new found power Komamura explains that he gut out his own heart to achieve
it and that he and his Bankai are now immortal. He tanks every attack that
Bambietta throws at him and then slices at her with Dangai Joe’s sword which
backfires several of her reshi bombs causing them to explode. Shortly after
this Komamura starts to change back in to a full wolf and collapses to the
ground only to be picked up by Iba. As Bambietta lies on the ground, wondering
how she could be the first to be defeated, her friends show up saying they want
to help her which Bambietta begs them not to do. We get a last shot of Rukia
and Renjo falling down from the royal palace and heading for the Soul Society.
First
off I will just say that I loved this fight, Komamura has always been one of my
favourite characters that I feel has never had a moment to shine in battle.
This I feel mostly has to do with Kubo pitting him against opponents he can not
win, a hollowfied Tosen and Aizen for example, but always thought he is a great
character with an awesome Bankai. This was his moment in these chapters, Kubo
finally gave him some new abilities and they were great; his human form really
suits him and Dangai Joe looks so menacing. It surprised me that it is
Bambietta who is one of the first to be defeated because I thought she would be
one of the main Sternritters but it was a good surprise. I am also glad that we
finally get more back story on Komamura, his clan and why they are wolves
(Won’t spoiler that for you) because he has been long over due for one. Finally
I really like how Kubo contrasts Komamura’s need for revenge with Tosen’s
because even after all of this time since Tosen’s death the two are still
connected with each other.
The
art work throughout these chapters were top notch, the highlights being Dangai
Joe, who I think Kubo put a lot of effort in to designing. I was glad whenever
there was a panel of it and there is this one scene where it jumps towards
Bambietta which was so cool. Another part I would like to point out is the cool
designs of Rukia and Renji’s new costumes, just like Ichigo they have an Arabic
theme going.
I
only have two small complaints about this fight and that is I wished there
could have been a bit more fighting between Komamura and Bambietta because
Komamura used a lot of the pages explains his powers and having flashbacks with
his grandfather. Another is that even thought I really like Renji and Rukia I
do not like seeing them now, I want the fight with the Sternritter to focus on
none of the main characters right now, for example I want to see the fights
with Rose, Kensei and Shunsui. Ichigo, Rukia and Renji are going to be way more
powerful now so I do not want them to enter the fights and take all the spot
light and save everyone; I want the Sternritter to be annihilating the Soul
Reapers.
In
conclusion Komamura finally got the spotlight that he finally deserves and his
fate at the end was confusing because I thought he was going to die. Solid fight
that could have done with more action but Dangai Joe more than made up for it.
SCORE
8/10
I
will most like review chapters in groups from now one and give them an overall
score. They will be reviewed after full fights or major events.
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