Bleach Episode 124 - Clash! The Black Bankai and the White Bankai

You know, in a way, I think it’s kind of ironic that Kariya was talking about how fighting continues forever since the entire Bount arc was a way for the fighting to continue while we waited for the Arrancar arc. I also find it amusing because shounen shows like Bleach essentially do keep putting out more and more strong people, just like Kariya says. That doesn’t mean it’s not entertaining to read or watch, but I sometimes can’t find myself taking it very seriously. I am once again reminded of DBZ and the over-9000 video.
Anyway, most of this episode with Byakuya and Kariya can be chalked up as anime-original material to lengthen the story a bit. I guess those later parts weren’t completely a waste if you could get past the fact that it was Kariya delivering the lines (I had hoped never to see him again). Hollow Ichigo still got his king and horse point across, and I liked how they animated Kensei and Lisa fighting Hollow Ichigo (even though they didn’t show Ichigo’s arm flying off), so overall this was a good episode. Now that I think about it, the preview shows Zaraki for next week’s episode, just like the manga has it, so that vision might help tie in the Byakuya and Kariya scenes a bit more.

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