Chapter 334 spoiler of spoilers!!!!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

I'm directing you to the spoilers because I can't help it--this week I want to talk about the chapter NAO! Spoilers gratis of 69 of 2ch, Spacecat of Bleach Asylum and translation by Danna here



So, as we all expected, the thrower of the fireball of last week's cliffhanger wasn't Uchiha Sasuke with his goukakyu no jutsu! IT WAS MOMO! We have Aizen calling her a trifle. We have Hitsugaya's reiatsu becoming disordered. We have Matsumoto not quite trusting her. We have Momo showing her stuff. We have, after two long horrible years of ohmygdKUBOhowCOULDyou? , a wonderful fiesty beloved character reviving out of a love coma to show that she can fight for the friends she betrayed for an illusion. And is this the perfect prelude to showing Orihime coming out of her own self-doubt and hesitancy to fire Tsubaki?

I'm so psyched!
 

Next week, a color spread.

Comments

[moochachip.livejournal.com]

It's about time.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

Kubo delivers. You have to wait, patiently or tearing your hair out strand by strand for months, but he always delivers.

[r0ck3tsci3ntist.livejournal.com]

YES! To both of those!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

I can't wait for pix. I want to see what she looks like. He's been drawing her baggy-eyed and psycho in omake so I wonder if she's got the old perky look back.

She's a beloved character. People are going to say that ohhh, she finished so high in the character polls, higher than Orihime, so this is Kubo caving to his audience, but seriously, the story has called for her return. It's been in the making for a long while. What was Kubo going to do? Leave such a wonderful character to utter tragedy and victimization by Aizen?

[r0ck3tsci3ntist.livejournal.com]

Well absolutely! She's unresolved. No decent writer would just leave her hanging out there like that.

[xilvrin.livejournal.com]

I personally think it would be great if she still looked psycho... when cute little girls go insane. Maybe because I find the fanart where she is all "muahahaha" an evil looking and Aizen has an "oh no help me" face hilarious.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

That would be a dream come true for me--Momo handing Aizen's ass to him, but it's really out of the scope of reality, both for this story and for the shounen story form. But yeah, I love all the MOMO'S REVENGE scenarios too. XD

[jaina.livejournal.com]

She really needs to shank Aizen in his fucking face.

[cavisze.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad! I have never liked it when people have made comments about her pathetic character, so I am glad that she is going to have the highlight.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

After Mayuri, who, you know, committed illegal experiments on the souls of Quincy and had parents burn their own children, the one Bleach character I was the MOST pissed at was Hinamori. I mean, I understood it. "Admiration is the furthest thing from understanding," Aizen said himself, and she was a wonderful girl who was used up by the Master, but oh oh oh, how could she? How could she betray her childhood friend?

And for Kubo to leave that storyline undone for two years... and then to show Orihime in peril of the same mistakes--ARGH. In love with a girlish illusion, full of self-doubt, not trusting her friends, her face so close to Aizen's seductive charms!!

I can't wait for the rest of this story.

[peca-06.livejournal.com]

That is wonderful to hear!! Momo snapping out of it and channeling all that feistiness and anger towards fighting the enemy and helping her friends. I am glad to see that she isn't in a confused daze anymore. Show Aizen your not as weak minded as he thought you were!! YOU'RE STRONG!!! Yes, a wonderful prelude for Orihime too ^_^!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

I'm just wondering how she got there. Surely it's against orders. No one trusted her to stand against the enemy--seems like Matsumoto still doesn't.

I expect Nanao will show up soon with some story about how Momo tricked her and escaped her nanny-watch.

[peca-06.livejournal.com]

It does seem like she did make a run for it. She might have gotten the news Aizen was making a move and she decided she wanted to be part of it. So, if she still not trusted to be out and about, there is a bit of an "uncertainty" about her state of mind.

That seems like a good guess as how it happened. She must've been under some surveillance (knowing her history of escaping from jail and hospitals hehe). She must of tricked somebody and got out. Nanao seems plausible, we haven't seen her yet and Sunshui is there, so where is she?

[vraieesprit.livejournal.com]

Maybe Kira brought her. He seemed in a pretty foul mood, so I wouldn't have thought many of the guards would've argued with him :P

(Sorry, shipping Kira and Momo again...)

[darkcountessb.livejournal.com]

Oh boy, I see good in Momo but I still get the feeling she's going to fall back to Aizen. Although if this is a prelude to Orihime fighting Ulquiorra then Ichihime fans will be screaming canon like never before and thus the ship battle will only grow stronger.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

Eh, I'll wait to see how it unfolds. The ship battles will come out, no doubt. But it's more than a battle of pairings at this point--the real stories are about how each character evolves as an individual. I'm looking forward to finding out more, ANYTHING, about Ulquiorra, period, and my strong suspicion is that Orihime will be involved somehow in that story.

I would like to see Orihime and Ichigo fight side by side only because it's something Orihime wanted for herself. Out of context of the rest of the story, though, I don't see it as wedding bells, but in my not so humble opinion, I think there are only five fans left who really believe that Ichigo and Orihime are going to end up to gether, haha.

[darkcountessb.livejournal.com]

True =/ I dunno I just hate the pairings war but what can be done about them? I dunno I do have my finger's crossed for Ishida to whisk her away or... something god damn it. >.<

Ichigo and Orihime fighting side by side I can't see it but if it happened I'd hope she'd be over him. I still prefer her like a princess more so than a fighter.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

I look at it this way--her fairies are extensions of her being. Only one sixth of them is a fighter, but one sixth of them IS TSUBAKI. If she can fire him successfully (and she HAS to--she's misfired him twice now, three times is a charm in shounen!), that doesn't make her a figher--she's still mostly a healer and protecter. Those fairies make up the larger parts of her personality but she CAN fight when she has to.

[darkcountessb.livejournal.com]

Hmm that's a good way of looking at it. Ah well when it happens I guess I'll be looking forward to Ulquiorra's expression when he gets his ass kicked by her lol.

[gully-moe.livejournal.com]

too. tempted. to read. must. not. look.

and wooo i have not peaked! but anytime i see that you debbiechan want to talk about the spoilers, I know it's gotta be good. =D

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

BE STRONG!

It'll be worth the wait. Haha.

[vraieesprit.livejournal.com]

This may be overly hopeful but is the raw posted online anywhere...??

Vraie

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

Not yet. It's only Wednesday. We may have pics soon but the chinese scans and raw should be out tomorrow.

[vraieesprit.livejournal.com]

In Chinese might as well be written in sausages so far as my brain's concerned...but I'll look out for the Jap raw then (I thought I was being overly hopeful, LOL)

Yay for Momo's return though :)

Vraie

[aya-adri.livejournal.com]

I MISSED YOU SO MUCH MOMO ♥!

Debbie, tell your boyfriend that if Momo gets killed by some stupid arrancar, I kill him myself XD;;

[khyata.livejournal.com]

Oh god, its about DAMN TIME.

Two things:

- Momo, don't backtrack and succumb to Aizen's wiles.

- Hitsugaya, don't you DARE TRY TO PROTECT HER. Let the girl fight, FFS.

[winter-yuy.livejournal.com]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!! SO HAPPY HINAMORI'S BACK!!!! I can't wait to read the chapter!!

*does a happy dance in her swivel chair*

[celemna.livejournal.com]

STILL NOT BUYING IT.

If Hinamori can sell me, I will bow before the fountain of Kubo Tite, but until then she's still annoying to me D:

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

Hey girl, if KUBO COULD MAKE ME LIKE NNOITRA THAT SEXIST SPOON, I WILL BOW FOREVER.

Let's just wait and see ! *malevolent grin*

[celemna.livejournal.com]

Well here's the thing. Kubo made my second biggest peeve ever likable. Nnoitra. Sexist. NOT SEXIST, COMPLEXES, IN LOVE WITH GIRLY, WANTS HER ACCEPTANCE. Makes it kickass too.

Hinamori is my BIGGEST pet peeve EVER. The special snowflake artist who acts like she's special, is 'speshful' everyone loves her, and then something tragic and mysterious happens to her and you feel bad but then unlike the special unique snowflower she doesn't recover, her automatic recovery doesn't make me feel anything because it's only one character flaw I have issues with, and it's still a big deal to me.

[araine.livejournal.com]

But I wanted cross-fandom hijinks!
*pouts*

Oh well, I is cool and happy with Momo.
Really, I am.

[kohi-no-tora.livejournal.com]

I'm going to have to go against the trend her and say Nuts! I was hoping for Vizard, Isshin and Ryuken, Team Urahara or some combination of the three.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

You'll hear glass breaking for miles from my fangirl screams the day Isshin and/or Ryuuken show up but I'm sure Kubo is saving them for the bigger fights. Right now, Momo just made fodder fights worthwhile and added the psychological fascination factor to Hitsu's.

[ab-jaded.livejournal.com]

It could be momo

But maybe it was Nanao - Nanao is a kidou master, and she haven't had so much light in the mangá for some time. Mabe it's time to show her zampakutou.

[moezychan.livejournal.com]

*laughs at the Sasuke remark* YAY! MOMO's back! I was hoping I was right!!!!! And I'm right! *jumps for joy* WE HAVE MOMO!

[idnh-azuresky.livejournal.com]

See, I hadn't liked Momo when I was reading the manga only - I thought she was weak-willed, obsessed, etc., etc. Then I saw the anime - and on that infamous part when she snaps her zanpakutou and charges at Gin, she had me sold. I really admired that kickass - yes, it was kickass - attitude of hers, when she didn't hesitate to go against an obviously stronger opponent to avenge the one she respected and loved.

Was she wrong? Well, yes, but others like, say, Ichigo, aren't much better about rushing with wrong conclusions. Should she have maybe thought deeper before going against Hitsu? Maybe, but he himself understood that she was under a lot of stress and confusion. I'm actually damn proud that she didn't just sit in her jail and just rock back and forth weeping for herself. She took action to do the right thing, even if it was hard for her.

What I didn't like was her part right after she woke up, when basically her role was helping everyone's favourite character, Hitsugaya, develop angst and deep hidden sadness and resolve to help his friend blah blah. So I hope it's not something similar again, when she falls back and it just creates oh-so much pain for Hitsu. Falling back won't bother me as much if it's for her own development, not others. So here's to hoping her role will be more for herself from now on!

Just one another note to already too-long comment: anyone notice the difference in Gin and Aizen's reaction to their vice-captains? Gin's proud of Kira; Aizen doesn't give a damn. Too bad we didn't get to see Tousen's reaction to Hisagi, although I guess the bond there isn't as complicated as the other two.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

Just one another note to already too-long comment: anyone notice the difference in Gin and Aizen's reaction to their vice-captains? Gin's proud of Kira; Aizen doesn't give a damn.

AH YES! Aizen never gives a damn. Gin, for all his ... murderousness... has bit of humanity. He obviously cares for Kira and for Rangiku. And for Aizen, no doubt.

[marionette71088.livejournal.com]

I want to join the Kubo-harem with you at this moment Debbie! I love Momo and I hates not being able to defend her from what people say, because they are true, and hated Kubo for that one chapter where she wakes up and proves herself to be completely physco.

[nooziewoozie.livejournal.com]

Lulz at Saucegay. You know, there was a time when he was twelve and wangsty, and dare I say, almost interesting. Now he's out pirouetting with his eyeballs. I mean, there's only so much you can stuff in your eyeballs. Jeez.

And yay! Momo is a) back! and b) hopefully not psycho and/or a fangirl! (Huh. It struck me that both of those are almost interchangeable.)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

And yay! Momo is a) back! and b) hopefully not psycho and/or a fangirl! (Huh. It struck me that both of those are almost interchangeable.)


*snorts* Yeah. One of the reasons I'm rooting for Momo to snap out of it. I mean, you can fangirl/be in love with Aizen AND STILL BE A COMPETENT MEMBER OF SOCIETY.

[balladbird.livejournal.com]

I'll take Momo's turn-around with a grain of salt for now. She's fighting without looking at Aizen, after all. I'll be a little disappointed if the readers are forced to accept that she resolved all of her emotional problems off-screen, without so much as a soliloquoy to show the transition. I don't think that's the case now, though.

we'll probably be asked to accept Momo's recovery at face value for now, with her true resolution not being until she's face to face with Aizen again.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_debbiechan_/]

I don't think we're being asked to accept a recovery at face value. Obviously she escaped, Rangiku still has doubts--I believe we're all supposed to doubt her.

Our soliloquy may be yet to come.