Great Bleach Tangents

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Discussion for the weekend.

Beyond the many Ban Kai Kubo has yet to show us and all the debatable growing up the kids have to do, there are so many unresolved tangents in Bleach that it would take Sensei  a nice ten years at least to thoroughly pick up all the loose threads, wouldn't you say? Given our manga-ka's propensity for dropping a thread and then picking it up a hundred or more chapters later, Bleach can sometimes resemble a very wooly carpet.

What are some of your favorite loose threads and what do you think are the chances of their being woven back into the glorious Bleachverse tapestry in some spectacular way?

For example, I've always been slightly pissed that we never got a resolution to the fact that Ishida had all those spy bacteria in him by Mayuri--did he get them out? Did Orihime undo that nasty business when she healed him? But I'm resigned to the fact that this loose thread may not be very important to the Master Tapestry. More important is the fact that Aizen got locked away with the hougyoku still inside him. And how about that BIG GIANT CLUE that Kubo threw in chapter 00b about Rukia's mystery visit to Earth with Kiyone--that's overdue some explanation. Rukia's connection to hougyoku. How about Orihime's vow to destroy the hougyoku? That got brought up in one panel and never touched about again. Don't even get me started about Orihime hints of development from Kubo that have gotten nerfed.

So, while we're all cozying up to some guaranteed Isshin backstory now, there's still a LOT of unresolved Bleach to bitch about. What are your favorite seemingly forgotten tangents? (I'm sure Sensei hasn't forgotten them--he's just slow and sadistic XD)

Comments

[hinodeh.livejournal.com]

And don't forget that Mashiro and Kensei were absent from the end of the last arc. WTF happened to them?

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

The Royal Realm is a given--Kubo said in the new databook Masked that we'd meet them all D: and yeah, I can wait (I'm curious about Hikifune and Hiyori's relationship though).

Right now, I just want to see how SS has responded to the Visored. They seemed so buddy buddy okay--to what extent did the forgiveness go? Were they reinstated in SS? I want to knooooow now! I love those guys and I just can't seem them staying exiles although Urahara still is... so why not? SS can be really fuddy duddy.

[hinodeh.livejournal.com]

I admit to liking Hikifune solely based on her name. It sounds completely badass. (That, the heroic effort of putting up with Hyori and apparently even earning her affection. XD)

What happened at the end of FKT seemed too easy compared to what happened in the past. I kinda hope there's more to it than that.

[lennan.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not even just the putting up with Hiyori part, but the most likely she chose her as her lieutenant part. Really makes you wonder how their relationship started and all that jazz.

[sweetiedogood.livejournal.com]

I wanted hisagi to see the man who inspired him to get the damn 69 on his face. That would have made me happy.