Okay, well I just got finished reading through the 305th chapter of the Bleach Manga that I have been waiting on to be translated since Saturday. Apparently, there was not supposed to be a Bleach Chapter released last Friday, but this Friday. However, luckily for us, the Chinese released chapter 305 pre-emptively. This allowed us to see the possible conclusion in the fight between Twelfth Division Captain Kurotsuchi Mayuri and Octava Espada Szayel Aporro Granz.
In previous chapters in this fight, Sixth Division Vice-Captain Abarai Renji, followed by the arrancar Dondochakka Bilstin, found themselves in a large room where they were greeted by Granz. In this fight, Granz utilized the power of the room, which was designed by Granz personally to provide home-field advantage against the intruders of Las Noches. Abarai Renji found that he couldn't unleash his Bankai, making it much easier for Granz to fight Renji. Also, it was found out that Granz used his scientific genius to analyze and observe the fights between the Arrancar and their opponents. Unluckily for Renji, it appeared that one of the fights that Granz had observed was the fight between him and Granz's elder brother, 15th Arrancar Yylfordt Granz. When the fight seemed to be hopeless, Ishida Uryu appeared to aid in taking out Granz, followed shortly behind by the arrancar Pesche Guatiche. Unfortunately, all of Uryu's attacks were also useless due to the observation of Uryu's fight with Privarion Espada 105, Cirucci Thunderwitch.
While Granz was slightly injured with Uryu's most powerful attack, which utilized the powers of 5 Seele Schneider Arrows in the form of a pentacle. Despite the minor injury, Granz calmly left the room to change his clothes while he left Uryu and Renji in the room to plan out their next attack. When he returned, they continued fighting until Dondochakka and Peshe could feel Neliel's reiatsu in another fight in another area of Las Noches. This allowed them to build up the courage to stand up to Granz, unleashing their unique combination attack called "Cero Sincrético". However, this also didn't work as Granz had studied them from way back when he assisted Quinta Espada Nnoitra Jiruga to dispose of Neliel, who was revealed to be the Tres Espada back then. At the time of the betrayal of Neliel, Dondochakka and Peshe, Neliel's Fraccion, attempted to stop Nnoitra and Granz and failed.
Flash forward back to the present time, Granz is about to finish off the four of them by unleashing his Zanpakuto, Fornicaras when the most unexpected help arrives. Twelfth Division Captain Kurotsuchi Mayuri and Twelfth Division Vice-Captain Kurotsuchi Nemu.
That's the background of the fight so far, but here's what has hapened in the recent chapters of the fight. Granz's ability in Resureccion form (the form that arrancar become after releasing their zanpakuto) allows him to embrace his opponent, which creates a doll of him. Similar to a voodoo doll, you can cause pain to the person the doll represents, which uryu fell victim to when a couple of his organs were crushed. This ability also appeared to work on Mayuri, unfortunately for Granz, however, Mayuri was faking. It turned out that Mayuri had actually replaced all of the organs in his body with prosthetic versions.
Due to this ability proving ineffective, he took Nemu hostage in an attempt to turn the tables on Mayuri. Unfortunately for Granz, Mayuri unleashed his Bankai, Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo, which proceed to actually devour Granz. The battle still rages on, however, as Granz uses a technique only he knows called Gabriel that allows him to impregnate a female with himself and almost instantaneously be reborn, killing the victim in the process. However, the tables turn YET AGAIN when Mayuri reveals that Nemu's bloodstream was carrying several kinds of powerful, dehabilitating drugs in case Nemu should be devoured or "penetrated" by someone or something. The drug Mayuri used this time was called the "Superhuman Drug". What that does is that, when taken at a safe dosage, allows the user's perception to be dramatically increased along with the possession of other currently unknown abilities. However, at a dangerously high dosage that had infected Granz, his perception was increased so dramatically that every second literally felt like 100 years to him, while keeping his speed the same. This allowed Mayuri to win the fight by stabbing his sealed Zanpakuto right into Granz's heart. Having tried to stop the blade with his hand, his hand was pierced, forcing him to feel that instantaneous pain for more than 100 years. Mayuri then pierced Granz's heart, ending the battle with Granz feeling immense pain for what he felt was an eternity before his life had finally ended.
So, for those of you who didn't want to read all that, here are the bullet points of the fight between Mayuri and Granz:
-Mayuri's Bankai can eat people.
-Granz can revive his body in a rather disgusting manner.
-"Superhuman Drug" can be used as a power boost at the right dosage, but can turn your life into a living hell if you ingest a dangerous amount.
-Kurotsuchi Nemu is DEAD. However, unlike all the Final Fantasy 7 fanboys and fangirls who WANT Aerith to be revived, Nemu actually CAN be revived, having been created by Mayuri rather than actually having been born.
-I never want to see Granz or Mayuri fight again. They both give me the willies...
What's the best gift you received this year?
A pair of reciepts. One reads "Preorder: Super Smash Bros. Brawl" and the other reads "Preorder: One Piece Unlimited Adventure". I think that sums it up!
Hello. For all of those who have been waiting to no avail for me to actually post something, the wait is over at this point in time... Anyway, the reason I don't post more is usually due to the fact that I don't see much sense in blogs of any kind. Anyway, I thought I would share some of my favorite AMVs with all of you (Anime Music Videos, for those of you who don't know).
Anyway, first up is my personal favorite. This one is to the music of Tenacious D called "Tribute to the greatest song in the world" sung by my favorite bleach character, his best friend, and his sensei.
Next is an AMV that is supposed to exclusively feature just Kyouraku, but due to lack of actual screen time, he has been forced to partner up with everyone he's ever been in a scene with. Anyway, I think it's pretty good and seems to fit Kyouraku's personality to a fault. Here is Kyouraku Shunsui to "Stayin' Alive" as sung by the Bee Gees!
NOTE: The only reason the video is in poor quality is because this is a PSP game, meaning he had no other way to film the battle except by the use of a camcorder or a webcam...
Hello, everyone! I am Ginkan, a common geek from Hampden, ME. If the name of the town sounds familiar to you, you may have visited my mother's blog. She goes by the name ChezMichelle. Anyway, I am very new to blogging, because I feel that my life is very uninteresting. So, here I am and I will try to post often but, since my life is so boring, I will usually post about stuff that has to do with TCGs and Video Games I play, Anime I watch, and what goes on for 10 Hours on saturdays when I am at a gaming shop with my friends called Games Unlimited. Not only do a lot of my friends go there, but it is also owned by friends of mine, so I never feel out of place there. Since this is my introductory thread, I thought I would share my basic interests. My favorite kinds of Video Games are RPGs and almost anything from Nintendo (I am currently hooked on Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess). My favorite kinds of foods are Italian foods such as Pizza and various pasta dishes (provided they have at least an essence of Tomato), and Southwestern foods such as Chili, Ribs, Steaks, etc. My favorite dish is Chicken Marsala (sp?), especially when the flavor of the mushrooms are brought out to their fullest extent, making a very sweet and sophisticated taste. While this is my favorite dish, I do not have it often. Therefore, I tide myself over with a unique kind of pizza from an italian bistro literally around the corner from Games Unlimited called Angelo's Pizzeria. The pizza actually had small pieces of breaded chicken and drizzled with barbecue sauce. Anyway, my favorite kinds of movies are Comedies, Action Films, and Anime Films. My favorite kinds of music are commonly heard in anime and video games, preferably the Final Fantasy Series, my favorite song being "You're Not Alone!" from Final Fantasy IX (I will post a link to the song later). Though I am not picky about the music I listen to, I cannot stand this new Rap and "Gangsta" music, despite my younger brother loving it. Despite me being 17, the age of immense irresponsibility and rebellion, I actually prefer to follow the rules and I look down on anyone who doesn't. My younger brother is my exact opposite in every way. We don't look alike, we don't act alike, we don't like the same things, we don't have the same habits, etc. It is incredibly difficult to deal with someone whose very presence turns your stomach... probably inherited it from our father.
Anyway, onto the specifics of what I like/am in the Wide World of Geekdom:
- Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG
- Naruto CCG
- The Spoils CCG
- Pro-Star Wars
- Anti-Star Trek
- Anti-4Kids dubs
- Pro-Anime Fansubs/Fandubs
That's all I can think of to write at the moment as I am very tired (11:30 PM X_X), so I will call it a night with this first post of my blog.
