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4.0 out of 5 stars
Ryoka's tale, 16 Jan 2009
The ninth volume of Tite Kubo's "Bleach" was all about our heroes struggling to get into the Seireitei, failing miserably, and going to the crazy one-armed lady.
Well, "Bleach Volume 10" is about what our heroes do to get inside, and what they do once they discover that they've got hundreds of Soul Reapers ready to take them out. Obviously there's lots of action and fighting (including a wonderfully bloody duel), but plenty of humour in the fights as well -- especially with the inclusion of two very eccentric Soul Reapers.
Now that they know she's a fireworks expert and plans to shoot them into the Seireiti in a massive cannon, Kukaku Shiba has them work on forming spirit-energy "cannonballs." Turns out Ichigo is practically hopeless at it.But when our heroes have finally learned how, she blasts the group (plus her brother Ganju) into the Seireitei. But things don't go quite as planned -- they all get blasted in different directions, landing in completely different parts of the Seireitei.
Ichigo and Ganju are promptly challenged by a pair of Soul Reapers -- Ichigo fights the bald, dancing swordsman Ikkaku, and Ganju the fey, narcissistic Yumichika. Chad and the cat Yoruichi are apparently in hiding, but Uryu and Orihime are being trailed. Oh yes, and the Soul Reaper captains have gathered to discuss the punishment of Gin Ichimaru.
While the first several chapters drag somewhat -- come on, GET INSIDE already! -- things pick up wonderfully as soon as Ichigo and Company hit the ground. After that, there's lots of action, comedy, headless-chicken chase scenes, and new Soul Reapers who love fighting and have feathered eyebrows. Or both.
The plot in this one is a bit scattered, since the "ryoka's" story is interspersed with the Soul Reapers', and it goes from zero to sixty in less than a chapter. But in the second half, there are some nice kinetic action scenes with Ichigo and Ikkaku, where both combatants are slashing each other up, as well as the literally explosive entry into the Seireitei.
But it's not all action -- there's plenty of comedy woven in. Ikkaku and Yumichika provide most of it -- one of them claims he's going to kill Ganju because he's "ugly," and the other does goofy celebration dances on his tiptoes ("Luh-luh-luh-luh-LUCKY!"). And our heroes even get some laughs in, such as Ichigo mangling Yoruichi's tail and waking with a cry of "CATNIP!"
And this time around, we get some focus on the Soul Reapers rather than Our Heroes. Ikkaku and Yumichika show that the Soul Reapers can actually be quirky, if not outright bizarre. Kubo also introduces the big players among the Soul Reapers, and starts setting up their personalities -- including some further depth and friendships for flame-haired, tattooed Renji.
The tenth volume of "Bleach" is full of action and comedy, with some important new characters introduced in the Soul Society. And things will only get hotter.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
An explosive entry, 26 Oct 2008
In this tenth volume of the Bleach manga Ichigo and his friends get the help of Kûkaku Shiba, the premier explosives expert in the Soul Society, to get them through the barrier surrounding the Seireitei, the home of the Soul Reapers. Once they breech the walls though things get even tougher and they come up against more powerful opponents than they have faced before.
This was a great volume with some nice humour and some very good action towards the end. Bleach has never been anything less than well written and this volume is of no exception with some good suspense and some rather nice slower moments as well. Bleach's story is really picking up pace now and I cannot wait to see where the story goes.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Here we come, 1 Jul 2007
Ichigo and company gain a new member,Ganju who's elder brother, a soul reaper trainee was killed by the soul reapers, and he wants to know why.Ichigo must learn to use and control his power so that the group can break into the soul reapers city, and they are not being quiet about it.The soul society is put on full alert to find the intruders and Ichigo fights his first duel.This episode is funny, we also begin to see the bad feeling between captains Ichimaru and Aizen.
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