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

[cyanglow]

It's not just Japanese culture. We've all heard the term "bloodlust" amirite? Obviously that term doesn't mean wanting to have or having sexytiems with... eh, blood (that would be bloodplay). It's an intense desire for carnage. (Hi there, Kenpachi, Grimmjow, Nnoitra, etc!)

[strawberries-85.livejournal.com]

True, but from what I had seen, most uh...westerners seem to associate "lust" with sexual desire of some sort. It's like the idea doesn't cross their mind that in different circumstances, it can refer to lust something different. Or maybe, I've just seen too many morons trying to discredit the Ulquihime relationship and perpetuate the belief that Ulquiorra is a evil, mind-raping demon. :D

[cyanglow]

I'm not sure if it's westerners, or anime/manga fans, TBH. Just for example, I have seen a lot of people assume that FMA accurately portrays the seven deadly sins, when in fact there's a whole lot more to those sins, and FMA wasn't the first story to have characters embodying them.

ETA: I forgot to include religion there (lol big omission, whoops). But considering Kubo isn't Roman Catholic, and Bleach isn't a religious story, that leaves a lot more open to interpretation. And we all know Kubo is good with poetry. XD