Chapter 359 - "The Frozen Obelisk"

[khyata.livejournal.com]

- Translation by cnet at mangahelpers: here.

- Sleepyfans scan: here.

Personally, I think Tear (Tia?) Harribel is out for the count folks. She might attempt a comeback, but at best, it'll probably be a last ditch effort.

As for Soi Fon, I cant wait. She looks so calm and bad ass while uttering "ban....kai", dammit I want chapter 360 to be out already.

And Oomaeda is now my new favorite lieutenant. I'll probably eat my left toe for saying this at some point of time in the future, but for now? Inconceivable as this may sound, I daresay that I find him to be really sweet and a woobie inside, along with being incredibly funny. Dammit Kubo, you've done it again. Making me care for a character who is the utter antithesis of anything remotely treading the bishie line. Harrumph.

ETA: Here is the cover for volume 39, courtesy of Zangetsu01 from BA.



Allon/ Ayon/ Eon/ insert-suitable-spelling-here looks mighty fine and dashing on the cover doesn't he? He seems almost fluffy. Almost.

Comments

[balladbird.livejournal.com]

It's still too early to call the Halibel fight definately yet, though i'd say it's 80% likely she's down and out, and Barragan will proabably follow suit next week. >.<

Strangely, the one thing I disliked about this chapter was that Stark was behaving outside his previously established character this week. Shouting at Shunsui to stop dodging and whatnot.

Up until this point Shunsui has been the one telling Stark to fight seriously, now all of the sudden they reversed roles? It seems like Kubo's setting Stark up for his loss by making him act like more of a traditional villian.

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

Well, someone had to show some impatience and if I had to pick one of the two, my natural choice would be the Arrancar. Stark does look mildly annoyed sometimes and he IS an Arrancar and we all know they have hurt/loneliness/anger/betrayal/we're bad guy issues.

[nooziewoozie.livejournal.com]

STAAAAAARK! I don't think he's out of character at all here. His eyes are still half-lidded, his face relaxed, and his posture droopy as ever. He doesn't even end his sentences with exclamation points. (Except until Hitsugaya's giant cloud of doomity-doom loomed over them, that is.) What I get from him, though, is a grudging sense of let's-just-get-this-idiocy-over-with. Personally, I love the flat, cold look he gave Shunsui. He means business now--he's the Primera for a reason, and Kubo willing, we'll get to see why soon.