New chapter's out!

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Here ya go! http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v42/c382/1.html

I'm still reading, so discuss away.

ETA: Here's the link to the slightly different scan at onemanga: http://www.onemanga.com/Bleach/382/

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I think it's just Kubo's personal take on the series. He realized after a long while that Ichigo is still a kid compared to his other characters, so maybe he's drawing him like that again to remind him and the reader that no matter how full of hax his powers are, Ichigo is still a kid. With all of the sudden rush for the return to the Old!Bleach material (the novel comes to mind) it seems like Kubo missed Dorky!Ichigo as much as us, and it was nice to see him act like that again after so long. So I personally don't think it's plot related. We'll see srs!Ichigo soon enough (especially when Rukia is around tee hee hee~).