Manga : Bleach Ch.246

You have to love this chapter. For a brief moment, I thought that Kurosaki Ichigo, Ishida, Sado and the cute little Arrancars are going to be perished in the sands of Los Noches. Of course, that is before the water thing came in. I love the way Tite-sensei brought in the entrance of Ichigo's saviors. And the shock-cum-hope-cum-realization look on Ichigo's face was priceless. Who else could release the snow-type zanpakutou shikai ’次の舞：白連’ ?

When I saw the last page of the chapter, I was only thinking, "Kubo Tite-sensei, you rock."


Scan courtesy of BleachBuzz

I did not expect Rukia nor Renji to make an entrance in Hueco Muendo at all. Not after when Kuchiki Byakuya and Zaraki Kenpachi were close to using force to bring the shinigamis back to Soul Society from the real world. That they appear at such a critical point with Rukia releasing her second shikai was... fantastic. And the way their entrance was drawn is damn kakkoi.

Another aspect of this chapter which I enjoyed is the return of Bleach-humor. The previous few chapters had been quite serious and depressing, but the humor brought about by the funny and weird chibi Arrancars were pretty hilarious (especially Neil. He is so cute!!). On top of that Ishida was pretty funny when he delivered the deadpan - むりだね - at such a critical moment.

Now I'm practically withering waiting for the next chapter release.

～みはる～