Bleach 237 screencaps (extremely pic heavy) (part three)

[ansela_jonla]

(Part two here)

But first...


...they must do...


...the Luck-Luck Dance...








...a ritual that didn't bring Ikkaku any visible luck in his fight with Ichigo.


Ichigo and Gegetsuburi are completely unimpressed by the display, however.


And Ikkaku is annoyed that Ichigo managed to forget all about his previous use of the Dance.


Houzukimaru dwarfs Ikkaku.


Has Ikkaku forgotten who he's meant to be fighting?


Gegetsuburi hasn't though...


...nor does he fight fair!


Ikkaku's finally ready to fight!

Ikkaku attacks in his usual style, fast paced blows with both sword and sheath, cutting Houzukimaru several times. He's moving too fast for my reflexes to catch anything more than blurs when pausing though. Damn him.

This technique from Houzukimaru looks familiar though...


Ikkaku's fast and he dodges every single attack though. I wish my reflexes were good enough to get caps of this fight, but I keep getting them blurred.


Uh... Oh...


Definitely bad...


Ikkaku's screwed now...


Gegetsuburi still isn't playing fair!


And Ichigo loses his patience with him.




Yeah... really loses his patience.


Another job well done!


Ikkaku, on the other hand...


...isn't doing so well...


...but isn't out for the count yet.


It isn't to be though...


...as this fight hasn't gone unnoticed.


Houzukimaru has no intention of getting caught though.


So he escapes.


Gegetsuburi wasn't so lucky.



Houzukimaru's exit wasn't completely clean though...


...and his pursuer is pretty determined.


He may yet escape though...


...with his help.

I don't want this to be true! Damnit, why would a character who is so law-abiding do something like THAT! Damn, damn, damn...

Comments

[hu3long2.livejournal.com]

Thanks for these screen caps! I'm now starting to wonder if Byakuya's trapped in Senbonzakura's inner world/ under Muramasa's mind control, the opposite of what happens when the shinigami beat their zanpakutou in the case of Renji and Ichigo and that control is broken. But I'm also really interested to know why Chimpette and Snakey manifest to everyone...

[ansela-jonla.livejournal.com]

I did one last week, but didn't advertise it anywhere. I may do one next week, if I have time/feel like it. They'll probably stop/be delayed a few days when I go uni in a few weeks.

Ooh, nice theory. But if Muramasa can control someone as strong willed as Byakuya, why not every other Shinigami as well?

Part of achieving bankai is materialisation, right? And Ichigo had no problem seeing Zabimaru back when he and Renji were doing their training way back when. So maybe this change to Zabimaru is permanent. (I hope so. I prefer Chimpette and Snakey to what Zabimaru was before.)

(DB subs watcher, huh?)

[hu3long2.livejournal.com]

It's really great to have the screenshots before the dubs come out-- gives me an idea what to expect!

Well, I figure that even though the zanpakatou appear to be individual entities, they're still connected to the shinigami-- I think Ichigo's and Renji's fights prove that, so control goes to whoever wins the fight-- okay, it's hurting my brain to imagine Kuchiki Byakuya losing his fight, but.... So it's business as usual for Ichigo and Renji, but we don't know about Byakuya yet. A kind of Hichigo becomes king scenario? On the other hand, Byakuya doesn't always explain his reasons, so... I'll just watch the story unfold!

Well, my question is why Zabimaru wanted to manifest to everyone, not that s/he could. But the dubs might give us the reason! I'm torn between baboon and babe- I kind of like the surly baboon, but wild babe sort of like the female version of Renji... My brain has this crack idea of Renji asking Zabimaru, "Why Chimpette? Last time I checked, you had balls."