WBCR - The Quincy's Poison (Grade A)

So did you read this week's chapter? Informative, funny, and satisfying, this chapter does its best to explain the situation on Bankai, Quincy's "poison," and the man behind it all - Bleach's own Kisuke Urahara. I thoroughly enjoyed this lengthy chapter (the dialogue made it lengthy) and when it comes to Kisuke Urahara - you know he's got some trick up his sleeve. Because with him, you know he's pretty smart and knows what he's doing, but the idea that he's nonchalantly happy-go-lucky is what makes it all the more investing to see how his mind and process works. In a nutshell, he develops the Shineiyaku (Shadow-invading pills), pills that are absorbed by those with Bankai that'll permeate throughout one's soul. With this, Hitsugaya managed to land a hit on Stern Ritter I, "Iron" Cang Du, the man who stole his Bankai and wounded Rangiku (Please don't die Rangiku, I love you!). The chapter starts off as comic relief when Mayuri was about to hang up on Kisuke's transmissions, but it was all a trick as Urahara was nearby. Everyone is now alerted of Kisuke's pill and with this, the Shinigami may stand a chance against the Quincy. However, one thing caught my attention on this week's chapter - Urahara's explanation on why the Quincy can't steal an Arrancar's resurreccion. This is what I got from it, the reason why Quincy exterminate the Arrancar is because their resurreccion is detrimental. The Quincy have no defense against hollows, indicating why they must kill hollows and why Quincy can't undergo hollowfication. So the next best option is to make everyone's Bankai pretty much hollowfy (mixing Bankai & a part of a Hollow's power) and BINGO - the poison needed to defeat the Quincy and to regain Bankai once more.

Overall I get what's going on. Because of Quincy's resentment of the Hollows, they are powerless against them and as such, have no choice but to either use them or eradicate them (without taking their full power). I like that Urahara is trynna make everyone pretty much like Ichigo (have hollow power) in order to defeat the Quincy. I didn't think there was anything negative in this chapter, it's set-up for the kickass action that's to come.

+ Kisuke Urahara
+ Shineiyaku
+ Quincy's "poison"
+ Mayuri and Urahara's comic relief

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