bleachness | Dumb poll, Jump Festa announces seiyuu, etc

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Other news: WSJ announced the line-up for this year's Jump Festa:
◆11月1日時点の情報
ジャンプスーパーステージ「BLEACH」
日程…12月18日（土）14：30～15：10
出演者…久保帯人先生、森田成一さん、折笠富美子、中井和哉さん、古谷徹さん
完全招待制です。招待状を持っている人のみ観覧できます。応募締切は11月５日（金）当日消印有効。着席ブロックと立ち見ブロックがあり、招待状に当選したブロックが記載されます。
※WJ48号からの情報です。

Basically it says that Jump Festa Bleach will be held on Dec. 18th and 19th. The scheduled guests are Kubo sensei, Morita (Ichigo), Orikasa (Rukia), Nakai (Kokutou's seiyuu), Furuya (Syuren's seiyuu). This is the first time movie OCs are showing up for the festival. I'm disappointed other Bleach seiyuu like Ishida's and Orihime's aren't there. I expected the nakama there. I guess these OCs are expected to be popular? Soul Plates and everything--well... they're bishie for sure.

Also, I need to clear up a rumor regarding a misunderstood/mistranslated tweet that's been circulating. It's being said that Kubo-sensei requested hentai of Yoruichi, Neliel, and Rangiku and implied that he wanted to see some of Orihime. That's just not true. Not saying that Sensei can't be a perv sometime but what he was referring to were the new Bleach mousepads that have recently been merchandised. The mousepads are, erm, "erotic" and feature 3-D boobs of said characters. Kubo simply hadn't seen the merchandise and wanted to see them. Also, Seika Oda (Yuki, Orihime's seiyuu) asked Kubo why Orihime wasn't featured on one of the mousepads and Kubo responded that it was because Orihime was still in high school. Du'uh. Anyway, just clearing that up because nothing irritates me more than misinformation. This is how those "there's going to be a TURN BACK THE PENDULUM ARC ABOUT THE ESPADA" rumors get started.

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I don't think we're going to see any psychological progress/real character development with Orihime offstage (unless it's her getting over Ichigo--which would be WAHHHH)because I believe Kubo really wants to focus on her understanding herself and her powers--and in a shounen, that happens in a battle, not offstage.

I'm eager to see her again though.

I don't want any major development offstage- I just want to see her looking a little more like herself and not suffering from rampant PTSD like a lot of people seem to think she will, if fic is anything to go by.

Needs moar Karakura in general.

Dumb poll, Jump Festa announces seiyuu, etc

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