Bleach #50 & #51 Review
Bleach, Vol. 50: The Six Fullbringers by Tite Kubo
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Reads R to L (Japanese Style).
Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts–he was born with the gift. When his family is attacked by a Hollow–a malevolent lost soul–Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spirits themselves find peace. Find out why Tite Kubo’s Bleach has become an international manga smash-hit!
Ichigo’s return to an ordinary life is disrupted by a mysterious man named Kugo Ginjo. But what are Ginjo’s true motives? And when a friend is attacked, Ichigo discovers he may have a chance to regain his lost Soul Reaper powers.
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Bleach, Vol. 51: Love Me Bitterly, Loth Me Sweetly by Tite Kubo
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Reads R to L (Japanese Style).
Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts–he was born with the gift. When his family is attacked by a Hollow–a malevolent lost soul–Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spirits themselves find peace. Find out why Tite Kubo’s Bleach has become an international manga smash-hit!
Knowing Tsukishima is after Ichigo, Ginjo continues the Fullbring training at a secret base. Ichigo is mastering Fullbring at an incredible speed and regaining his lost powers, but is he ready to face Tsukishima just yet…?
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I was sent digital ARCs (Advanced Readers Copy) of these volumes for review. I found them very hard to read on a Kindle Touch. The formatting was weird. The pages were scanned in sideways and cut in half with tons of ‘white space” all around. Even setting the Kindle to landscape mode did not help. Mom said that ARCs are not always the final product that gets sold, so hopefully they will fix this before release day.
My Thoughts:
In Bleach Volumes #50 & #51, the Fullbring arc continues. Ichigo, with the help of of his new Fullbringer allies, works toward regaining his Shinigami powers.
Overall, these volumes were great, but this Arc is kind of short in comparison to the others, for example, the Arrancar Arc was very long, and had plenty of fights. These volumes did lack in most of the action Bleach is known for. There are only 3 Major fights out of both Volumes, normally there are atleast 6 per 2 Volumes. For the first fight, Ichigo spent his time running like a chicken, meh… What’s worse, is that they put the cliffhanger at a horrible place. In the middle of the fight with the Fullbring Leader. Of course, this is just me griping about how short and stale the arc is, and how dry these volumes were. Over all, It is Bleach, but a solid dry arc.
3/5