Bleach Episode 109 - Ichigo and Rukia, Thoughts in the Revolving Sky

As expected, this episode serves as a transition between arcs to wrap things up and set up the new arc. It’s not an entirely clean wrap-up of the Bount arc since not all the Bount are dead. Koga’s survival shouldn’t be too big of a surprise since his body wasn’t shown in the previous episodes and since he seemed the most rational of the Bount. I assume they’ll just ignore that he’s around from now on since the next arc won’t really be taking place in Soul Society. I also think that the issue of Ririn and the other mod souls meanwhile might be dealt with when Ichigo sees Urahara again since I doubt that they’re going to be written into this next arc.
And of course, we’re definitely returning to the manga for the next arc since Shinji has now appeared. I thought they did a great job weaving in the flashbacks of Rukia in Karakura from the first episode and then mirroring them using Shinji at the end here. It’s a nice touch that really said to me that we’re now starting the second important storyline to Bleach. And judging from the preview, we’re going to get right into the thick of things, and that should introduce one of the big surprises I’ve been looking forward to seeing animated (i.e. what happens in the chapters titled “Tell Your Children The Truth” and “THE CIGAR BLUES PART TWO”).

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