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subbed episode here!
(why is it that i don't have a hitsugaya icon when i need one? ¬_¬ dammit).
i know everybody's more focused on FTB today, but you know me, i can't help it, i've been waiting for this episode since this arc started ;)
my thoughts about the episode can pretty much be summarized as:
ASDFLKJHASDF HOLYCRAP BEST EPISODE EVER.
♥♥♥♥♥
i will not write down every single reaction i had to the hitsugaya plot because you guys will end up thinking i'm schizophrenic or something ^^;;; needless to say, it was very much what i was expecting. it all happened a bit too fast for my taste, but other than that i'm completely satisfied ^^
random comments about non-shiro-chan related stuffs:
_ok, tobiume isn't yandere, she's just a bitch. you know, i don't normally like hinamori much, but some times i feel for her. i did in this episode. *thumbs up*
_i loved the hinamori & matsumoto tag team =3
_i still don't get WTF is going on with muramasa. *desperately pulls on hair*
_koooonnnn! awww, i've missed the guy. lol. ^^;;;
up next week? byakuya, apparently. hmmm...
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Date: 2009-09-30 09:36 pm (UTC)This episode rocked! Wasnt really keen on watching the Matsu Hino fight but it turned out pretty good and it was a laugh.
I reckon my neighbours at the end of the street could have heard my fangirling over the HyourinmaruToshiro fight..... LIKE OMG WOW!!!!!!!! Still all goey inside over it...... *lots of love*
And I get the feeling its gonna be ending soon... no trailer for next week doesnt bode well.... I know everyone wants to get back to the orginal plot and I do too, but you all gotta admit, this has been a kickass filler arc!!!
I just wanna find out WHO MURAMASA IS AND WHAT HE WANTS!!!!!
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Date: 2009-10-02 01:30 am (UTC)Wasnt really keen on watching the Matsu Hino fight but it turned out pretty good and it was a laugh.
i know! after last episode i was getting really annoyed by haineko and tobiume but hinamori & matsumoto turned the tables around and it was pretty good.
the hyourinmaru-toushirou fight was awesome. i really liked it because it was as much emotional as it was physical; when toushirou managed to release the sword it was more than just about reiatsu, it was obvious he did it by the sheer emotion of wanting hyourinmaru to remember him, and i thought that was fantastic.
i, too, feel this arc is going to be relatively short. they can only stretch the muramasa thing so much, especially if whatever byakuya's got up his behind gets resolved soon. but it's been pretty good so far and i hope it will remain interesting until the end. *nods*
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Date: 2009-09-30 09:38 pm (UTC)Oooh tobiume is so ugh. That's the only way I can describe her. Her twisted logic is strangely intriguing, though, and the way she just plays around with Momo psychologically is more evil than if she only physically hurt her. Bringing up Aizen over and over again does so much damage to Momo's psychological well-being...
OH! I love Momo and Rangiku teaming up!
Some character development for Momo and getting over Aizen... Too bad that's not happening in the manga. :(
Aww... poor Hitsugaya D: The face he makes when Hyourinmaru says "No way a kid like you is my master" is too painful to watch!
Hyourinmaru T.T He's just a lonely guy wanting a place to belong. Not unlike Hitsugaya.
So am I right in thinking that the anime hadn't animated Hitsugaya's back story until now? That's a shame. Personally I think they sorta rushed the back story, especially since Hitsugaya's story as a child is one of my favorite back stories.
All in all, Hitsugaya's battle with Hyourinmaru was, as was expected, epic. Towards the end, though, it was a bit overkill having Hitsugaya suspended in mid-air and being carried by Hyourinmaru. But I'm glad they have their bond back :)
(Personally I care very little what Muramasa is up to; I just like watching the characters reach their moments of epiphany with their zanpkautous.)
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Date: 2009-10-02 01:45 am (UTC)toushirou icons! eeep. you win, i lose. T_______T
i really don't know what it is about tobiume... she never really did attack momo, did she? haineko at least tried to use that ash-attack thingy on rangiku. tobiume actually made me think of that kind of people that capitalize on others' weak aspects to make themselves look good/stronger-- in hinamori's case, aizen. it was actually rather smart given how hinamori was behaving not that long ago... but apparently momo's been working on it since. really, the little bitch should've known better than anyone. =P
hmmm. now i wonder if perhaps she capitalized on the aizen thing because aizen's betrayal of momo hurt her as well. zanpakutou and shinigami are connected, after all.
this is interesting. those two didn't get any resolution, not really (haineko was still calling matsumoto a hag even after they were captured, and her and tobiume were still arguing like harpies), so i wonder if they're actually going to bother showing us how they manage to get them out of muramasa's mental hold.
The face he makes when Hyourinmaru says "No way a kid like you is my master" is too painful to watch!
i knooooooow! ;______; i swear, when hyourinmaru finally went "master..." i just about bawled. so heart-wrenching! ♥ i don't particularly think hyourinmaru carrying shiro-chan was too overkill-- but then again, i always like moments where toushirou is inadvertently vulnerable like that, because i like when we're shown that even if he doesn't want to be seen as a kid, and he's not just any kid, he is still a kid, nonetheless. it's not a bad thing to be, and i like that side of him. i do think the lighting in that scene might've been a bit too much, though ^^;;;
i don't really care about muramasa either-- it's the not knowing part that gets to me.
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Date: 2009-10-01 12:41 am (UTC)I hope he would keep appearing to Hitsu with that form once more time X3
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Date: 2009-10-02 01:48 am (UTC)loooool, i'm not really into shounen-ai but i can see how that ship would come about ;)
I hope he would keep appearing to Hitsu with that form once more time X3
OMG INORITE? more than anything, though, i wish kubo would draw the zanpakutou spirits. the gorgeousness that is hyourinmaru would be absolutely epic.
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Date: 2009-10-02 04:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-01 12:57 am (UTC)and love how kon's bullied by ishida and chad =p
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Date: 2009-10-01 01:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-01 03:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-01 07:38 am (UTC)Then again with so much Zangetsu x Ichigo out there I have to say that I'm glad the other zanpakutos are getting a chance at pairings with their owners in the fandom land. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO ZANPAKUTOS.
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Date: 2009-10-01 09:02 am (UTC)well their captain should be hyorinmaru, of'cos.
'EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO ZANPAKUTOS' <--hear this kubo XDD
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Date: 2009-10-01 12:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-02 01:49 am (UTC).....
THIS SHOULD TOTALLY HAPPEN.
please hear our wishes, anime team! x3
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Date: 2009-10-01 01:46 am (UTC)Hyourinmaru's reaction when he remembered his 'master' was T^T so beautiful! Other than that, Hinamori and Matsumoto PWNED! Hinamori unleashed her awesome kido skillz and she totally nailed Haineko and Tobiume...
Muramasa is still taking a stroll in HM after his Menos Rave/Tea Party. That is getting a bit boring...what exactly is he up to >:( I demand to know!
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Date: 2009-10-01 07:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-02 01:59 am (UTC)Somehow I'm starting to think that he... "eats" the menos to maintain his physical form as in theory without his shinigami he should stop existing.
that's what i was thinking, too... but isn't that eerily close to hollows eating souls and such? i'm now kinda hoping it isn't that, just for the sake of not repeating plot points.
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Date: 2009-10-02 07:27 am (UTC)I don't think it's really the same thing. In fact I can see it growing to be "he absorbs the energy of their zanpakutos to keep his own form" which would also explain his use of the shinigami zanpakutos. I can see him turning at one point to try to absorb the zanpakutos energy to stay alive, he was interested in Shirosaki because he seemed strong and would probably be a good long meal for him but as a hollow he isn't "edible" really, however it gave him the idea of go and use Arrancars to sustain himself without having to reduce the size of his little zanpakuto army. I dunno, I'm running in circles here XD
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Date: 2009-10-02 01:55 am (UTC)However, I don't get why he was so shunned by the people of his 'neighborhood' when he did nothing wrong.
it's generally assumed that it's either: a) his hair (LOLSRSLYWTF?) or b) they thought he was snobbish, a jerk and/or a grump without ever talking to him. which he is-- grumpy, at least-- but they could at least give him the chance to prove them right, you know! ¬_¬
hyourinmaru going "master..." when he regained his memories broke my heart in the best way ever, i swear. *wipes tear* ;___________;
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Date: 2009-10-02 07:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-01 05:40 am (UTC)so all the ice zanpakutou are tsundere?:3
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Date: 2009-10-01 07:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-02 02:22 am (UTC)not really, i think he was a pretty straightforward criminal amnesiac (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CriminalAmnesiac), though. only one that went back to being his "loving" self when the amnesia went away.
i can't argue against the tsundere-ness of the other ice zanpakutou, though... ;)
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Date: 2009-10-03 08:41 am (UTC)I like how Hinamori turned out well in this episode. I love her speech about her wanting to grow old. :p
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Date: 2009-10-04 12:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-04 12:28 pm (UTC)