Bleach

[Thoronas]

Fuck that, time to kill off some characters and focus on the ones that matter. Good to see fodder shinigami getting one-shotted.

^ this so so much.

[Souj]

Kira was awesome for a brief moment though when he cut off that bird's head.
and I doubt he's dead. Rangiku had the EXACT same injury.

[Insanecyclone]

Didn't blow off the entire right side of her body though

[Odin'sLaw]

she lost her lung kidney and stomach? i know thats what she lost since i've reread that volume so many times waiting for 40's release, i also like Kira he is everything you'd want in a captain/Vice captain, he is level headed and he knows war/fighting aren't beautiful or to be enjoyed, same with Shūhei Hisagi, one should fear power because of what it can do, cockiness gets you killed (or in his case losing an eye)

[Cleverness]

If they were gonna kill a Vice Captain at least let it be Hinamori, Kira had that 1 extremely badass moment against the Arrancar to justify him living over her. Plus she's been stabbed like 3 times already.

[Sho]

You know Kubo is done with manga. This nigga killed Kira off top, lol.

[Xno Kappa]

Better then niggas bitching about 3+ chapters being spent on this fight lol.

[Odin'sLaw]

i'd say we are going back to ichigo from the final scene unless it was just a "We have no hope" "no Ichigo is our hope!" *ichigo gets curb stomped*

[Sho]

Better then niggas bitching about 3+ chapters being spent on this fight lol.

Reading other forums now, people are Q_Qing and bitching now that Kira is dead. I will never understand people-- they bitch because Kubo never kills off people, and now that he does, people bitch that he's killing off people, lol.

I really like this feeling however for Bleach. That feeling that no one is safe and anyone can die at any time. For real deaths this time.

Tite Kubo has evolved into... Yoshiyuki Tomino!

[Insanecyclone]

I wouldn't call him Kill 'em all Tomino until main characters start dying left and right.

[Souj]

The answer is simple.

Context.

[Sho]

No clue how much of has and will change, but this is all of the information in the last Omake before this arc began:

Spoiler: show

Yamamoto

* Yamamoto has become softer
* He is still without his left arm
* Though he has not changed physically, he does have some inner changes.

Sui-Feng

* Her hair is shorter and straight now
* Her arm was restored due to new technology in the Gotei 13.

Rose

* His look is modeled after an English gentleman
* Kubo chose to re-add Rose to the Third Division because he and Kira are well suited for each other

Kira

* Kubo says he feels his bankai would be a little nauseating

Unohana

* Unohana will fight in the upcoming arc
* The true form of her Zanpakuto will be seen
* When she fights, she unravels her braid

Shinji

* Shinji's bangs have changed since his hair would not grow that much in 17 months
* Kubo would like to draw how Shinji and Momo have developed a trusting relationship.

Byakuya

* Byakuya no longer wears a kenseikan

Renji

* Renji has grown stronger
* He is not quite at Aizen level yet.
* His Bankai has changed
* Renji stopped wearing goggles and switched to a towel so they would not break in battle.

Komamura

* His armor has changed

Shunsui

* The "history" of his pink Haori will be revealed
* He will use Bankai in this arc

Kensei

* Kensei is captain again with Hisgai, who looks up to him, as his lieutenant.

Hitsugaya

* Despite insisting that he grew taller in a volume 53 sketch, he has not grown taller
* His Bankai has been completed
* The chain on his Zanpakuto has changed

Rangiku

* Rangiku's past will be a key to the story.

Kenpachi

* He has not learned the name of his Zanpakuto yet
* Kubo wants to draw his becoming a captain but says it would be difficult as it would disrupt the narrative.

Yachiru

* Kubo has not even drawn her in a fight yet

Ikkaku

* He wears a new armor piece with the kanji for dragon on it.

Yumichika

* Kubo said if he gives a lieutenant a Bankai, he thinks Yumichika would be a good choice.
* Kubo considers him and Ikkaku to be equals in strength

Mayuri

* Mayuri's research will be the key to this arc.
* Specifically his study on bodies will be the main part of this arc.
* He has a new look
* He has several different "faces" which he could put on at any time.
* Kubo wanted to draw him in the last arc but could not make him appear

Ukitake

* Ukitake is still ill
* He will recover
* He has undergone a bit of an internal change
* Kubo claims he has no sense of fashion and jokingly said the only change he would ever make is dying his hair.

Rukia

* Kubo plans on drawing flashbacks of when she was made a Lieutenant and how she felt.
* Sentaro and Kiyone are supportive of her

Yoruichi

* Kubo wanted to change her looks but thought her current look suits her too well.
* She is permanently exiled from Soul Society along with Urahara
* Her secret past with Urahara will be revealed

Isshin

* His past with Ryuken will be revealed
* Isshin could not go to Soul Society with Urahara because it would reveal something to the Gotei 13 and thus did not go.

Ichigo

* Aizen commented that since Ichigo's birth, he has been an extraordinary being, the meaning behind this will be revealed
* Grand Fisher called Ichigo a true blood, the meaning of this will be revealed
* The reason why Ichigo looks so similar to Kaien will come out.
* Ichigo is a Substitute Shinigami again.
* Months before the Lost Substitute Shinigami arc began, Kubo sent a sketch of Ichigo's new Shikai to his publisher.
* The marks around his wrist and neck represent the remnants of his Fullbring merging with his Shinigami powers

Masaki

* Ichigo and Isshin believe that Masaki died to Grand Fisher, however this may not be true. The truth will be revealed.

Aizen

* Aizen will return
* Kubo wants to draw him in restraints.

Visored

* The fate of Hiyori will be revealed
* What became of the other Visored will be revealed

Zennosuke

* Kubo says he is unemployed

Royal Guard

* The Royal Guard will appear
* Kubo has already drawn all the members

Other Stuff
* Kubo says the Soul Society Arc was about Rukia, Arrancar arc was about Orihime and Lost Substitute Arc was about Sado. Based on this, the new arc will likely be about Uryu.
* The new arc will take place in an Ice palace beneath somewhere.
* The palace will be mostly white with blues and silvers in there as well.
* The arc will take place right after the last one
* Grimmjow is alive and might become a friend
* Nel will likely return
* This will be the last arc in Bleach
* Everyone's bloodlines will be revealed
* The Soul King will be revealed
* The villains in this arc are few in number but their numbers will increase.
* Everyone's past will become important.
* The threat in this arc will be so great that it will force the Royal Guard out and be something they have never faced before.
* The new villains have the ability to complete erase a Hollow from existence
* The new villains have been killing Hollows in mass.
* Mayuri knows what is going on.

Bold = Important to the story
Green = Kubo made it happen so far
Red = Removed or not likely

[TummieGaruda]

No clue how much of has and will change, but this is all of the information in the last Omake before this arc began:

Spoiler: show

* The threat in this arc will be so great that it will force the Royal Guard out and be something they have never faced before.

Spoiler: show

This makes me wonder if everyone is just going to get destroyed in the next few chapters then the Royal Guard comes out to try to save the day while Ichigo and others are recovering

[Odin'sLaw]

databook says Grim is dead :sadface:

Mayuri knows everything!

and poor kira :/

[Boyiee]

Sigh another arc with 10 subordinates to the bad guy that we'll each see fight 1v1 for the next year.

[Sho]

One could reneg on Kira being dead. We'll see what happens. :O

[Tsuneo]

databook says Grim is dead :sadface:

Unless there was a new databook recently, that was proven to be false.

[Odin'sLaw]

Unless there was a new databook recently, that was proven to be false.

i thought the latest data book that came out just before or at the start of the fullbringer arc "claimed" Grimmy to be deaded :/, if not fuck yeah! my 6 Tattoo is getting goosebumps

[Xno Kappa]

I think it was confirmed to be a mistranslation or some shit and it was supposed to be missing instead.

[Yugl]

Ya, fuck the haters. This shit is about to get real from what the Omake is telling us.