Trzeba przyznać, mieli rozmach przy promocji tego filmu ;p

Yay, nowy film z Bleacha! Pytanie, czy będzie takim samym crapem jak Naruto Shippunden Movie 2 :>?

Przyznam, że czekałem na ten film z takim samym zapałem jak na ten od Naruto. Lecz po obejrzeniu Naruto … zacząłem się martwić o Bleach: Fade to Black. Z dwóch powodów.

Pierwszy to mega-wielka kampania reklamowa, a jak wiadomo, że co za dużo reklam to nie zdrowo. No i do tego jest jakaś dziwna tendencja, że im lepsza, większa, głośniejsza kampania reklamowa, tym gorszy się okazuje dany film.

Drugi powód, to wcześniej wspomniany Naruto Movie. Napaliłem się w c*** na ten film (nawet bardziej niż na Bleach), a się okazał jednym wielkim gównem wysranym z dupy hipopotama podczas rozwolnienia.

No ale to post o Bleach, więc wróćmy do tematu xD. Zacznijmy od wykonania, które … kuleje. Nie czułem się jakbym oglądał “film”, lecz kolejny odcinek anime, mówiąc krócej nic specjalnego. Żadnych mindfuckowych animacji, żadnej podrasowanej grafiki, nic co by mnie mogło wgnieść w fotel podczas oglądania.

Tak samo się tyczy audio. Owszem zrobili tam może, z jakieś dwa-trzy nowe kawałki i nic poza tym. A szkoda, bo swego czasu ta seria miała najlepsze OST, które kiedykolwiek zostało zrobione do anime.

Co do fabuły: jak wiecie z trailerów, w Soul Society nagle “coś” się dzieje i przez to wydarzenie, nikt nie pamięta o Ichigo i Rukii. Na dodatek z powodu amnezji, każdy traktuje Ichigo jak wroga xD! Śmiesznie jest ogólnie mówiąc, dopóki się nie obejrzy filmu. Fabularnie jako całość, nawet jest dobrze, aczkolwiek “pomysł” na fabułę, a “wykonanie” to już zupełnie dwie różne rzeczy. I tak też jest w przypadku B:FtB. A szkoda, bo mogło być naprawdę zajebiście. Tak na marginesie dodam, że początek filmu był naprawdę zaje*****. Mają plusa za to  xD.

Podsumowując … miało być zajebiście, a wyszło średnio i to baaaardzo średnio. Możliwe, że gdyby nie Naruto Movie, to ostro bym jechał po B:FtB.

Well wouldn’t you know it? I finally watched this God damn movie! Now I don’t need to put any more update comments on Klux’s post. So what did I think? Well, there were a few “meh” moments, and some dumb moments, but mainly (due mostly for the way I approached it), I found that this movie was quite good, and the fight scenes at the end were actually GOD DAMN AWESOME.

Mr. Black let everyone know that this movie might not be that great, and so I went into this movie treating it as if it wasn’t really related to the main plot of Bleach. Well, that’s not really correct. I should say I was prepared to disregard any inaccuracies toward the series, and just treat it as a movie (which it was). In that sense, I basically got rid of any expectations. Needless to say, it worked out, because I found it to be pretty good (not as good as the first movie, which had Senna, the coolest character in Bleach).

However, I don’t feel like making too long of a post, so I’m just going to talk about Rukia, and how God damn cool she looked.

Overview

Rukia gets captured. Ichigo has to save her. Everyone’s memories of Rukia and Ichigo are gone.

Well that was easy. Now I’ll talk about Rukia.

Now, we all know that Rukia’s got some really fucking big ass eyes, so when Rukia gets fused with the weird brother and sister that capture her, and her eyes turn black, she looks awesome. I was reminded heavily of Tim Burton’s movies (like The Nightmare Before Christmas). She kicked serious ass. I almost wanted her to win and Bleach to become a show where Black Eyed Rukia just goes from town to town in the real world and kills people. That would kick ass. But instead, the ending to Fade to Black was corny, sappy, and dumb. Was I supposed to be sad at the end? I almost shut it off with only 6 minutes left in the movie. This brings me to something that has been bothering me since the beginning of Bleach.

How exactly does one die in the after life? I mean, the people of soul society are dead people, right? So how can they die if they’re already dead? Do they move onto Soul Society II? What the hell is that?

I’m going to touch on the corny ending for a second, because I feel I need too. Don’t get me wrong, I thought this movie was good, despite the crappyness of the ending.

Analysis of the End

It was very predictable. The siblings that captured Rukia came off at the end as being basically innocent, they only wanted to see Rukia after all. The they die, Rukia cries, and then it FUCKING RAINS. HOW MORE CLICHE CAN YOU GET? Afterwards, Rukia is on that mountain with Ichigo, and Ichigo says some bullshit about being connected, and then the credits roll to Japanese techno music. No segway, it went straight from slow, sappy piano music right to bumping techno. It was almost comical.

THE END.

One of these days I’ll find a title that isn’t a relevant Yui song, but this is both, so…  suck it, biatches.

I’m probably not going to talk about the last three weeks or so as my memory once again fails me (and they weren’t really that interesting to begin with) so I’ll talk about a selection of exciting items that I’ve seen/watched/heard in a vain attempt to interest everybody that will please nobody.

For this reason, you’ll probably want to scroll down and only read the bits (in bold) you care about.

First there was the Wii firmware 4.2 update. This update basically has no purpose except to entirely destroy ANY homebrew apps on a Wii but is also a brash move on Nintendo’s part because they knew when they put it out that it was likely to brick plenty of Wiis to death. The really miserable thing for them is that it was all a waste of time; by the next day the homebrew developers had already broken past the update. Way to cause unnecessary bloodshed, Nintendo.

Next came the behemoth, the giant, the masterpiece that is

Glee.

Yeah, so that’s awesome. I’ve only played Prime 1 so far, which I am nearing the completion of.

At first you find yourself slightly wondering what all the fuss is about, but as you play through and get immersed in the world it really does get hard to try to find fault with this first person adventure. The time when I really knew that I was dealing with something truly awesome was when I got to Magmoor Caverns. “This music is a bit drab,” I mused, “I’ll just press on a bit and see what I find.” Eventually I got to a large fiery cavern and only then did the area introduce itself via the selective camera shots and title. And only then did the music come on properly.
“Holy f***ing s**t this the f***ing Norfair theme! This game is f***ing awesome!”
Another pivotal moment was reaching Phendrana Drifts (and yeah, I know that’s what EVERYONE says when they talk about this game) and I just stopped a gaped at the scenery. Not because it was technically brilliant but because it seemed so believably alive I mean, the glittering birds and the sounds and the creatures all add up such an engrossing experience that I just stood there. I didn’t want to fire a shot.
(I’ve written very similar to this somewhere else… I can’t remember where. If it was in a conversation with you… you’ll have to deal with it.)

I also finally got around to completing Breath of Fire III… again. Except this time I actually took the time to kill about 500 Goo Kings (or actually the same Goo King 500 times…) to finally get the Goo King sword – the most powerful sword in the game. In fact, many of the best weapons are very rare drops so I did end up spending a large amount of time killing the same enemies over and over again… However, once I did get all of the best equipment (for Ryu, Rei and Momo anyway) I went off to get the final boss; Myria, Goddess of the world. The battle was pretty epic but because I’d spent so much time grinding to go up 15 levels to get Celerity from Deis (which I didn’t even use in the last battle) the battle was really rather easy. Focus x2, Aura, rinse, repeat.

Next came the animé bits. Sorry Max.
First up was Bleach: Fade to Black – Kimi no Na o Yobu (I Call Your Name), the third movie in the franchise and probably either the best or second best. Whilst the first was pretty good and offered some impressive emotional depth for such a normally dimensionally deprived plot but was kind of weak in terms of action scenes, providing only a short burst near then end, the second film turned the tables by having quite a bit of high-octane action but the story was incredibly confusing, tacked on and all rather silly. It basically just says that Central 42 were all a bunch of jerks and we should be glad they’re dead.
This film actually does a decent job of balancing both factors, strangely almost developing Ichigo and Rukia’s relationship. You basically get Ichigo and Kon vs. the whole of Soul Society who have had Rukia erased from their memories by some one-note sympathy-villains who are ‘only twying to get their fwend back’. It sounds a tad stupid, and it is, but the execution is good and it’s all very fluent leading up to the final half hour in which the ‘BIG BATTEL’ takes place and the fanservice levels hit somewhere near Ceres, after which we just get Rukia screeching about these people she’d forgotten about for about a hundred years who are now dead for the second time. Geez. After that it’s a bit of an anticlimax… it’s  just ‘the end’. No real resolution, no sliver of hope.
I still like the first movie best for its interesting character and style, and the fact that even after they said that movie cliché that ‘We’ll all forget about this due to magic blahblah…’ Ichigo walks along a bridge and catches a red ribbon, and someone who looks just like Senna runs past. Plus that had Sen no Yoru wo Koete and this movie just has some incomparable electro stuff by Porno Graffiti.

Then comes Eden of the East. Now this is quite a modern animé (i.e. it was made this year) and since it’s a short run thing rather than a mass-produced behemoth like Bleach the quality of the animation is exceptional. It’s not quite as good as in Karas, but it’s certainly one thing that really stands out.
One of the first things you might notice about EotE is the opening… obviously. At first I thought it was some strange J-Pop band singing in English, but then I vaguely recognised the musical style and vocals… then the credit confirmed my suspicions: this song was by Oasis. Strange, really. It fits REALLY well, though. So well, in fact, that this is now my desktop:

All I had to do was find the OP in HD on YouTube, then screencap it, go into Photoshop and then carefully erase the YouTube HD watermark... Boy do I have too much spare time.

What? Oh, the actual animé? Yeah, it’s pretty good. The concept of twelve people being given 10 billion Yen and telling them to save Japan is pretty interesting and the characterisation is very well done. Things aren’t always well explained, however, and I still have no idea about some aspects of the story. Another complaint is that the character designs are all very… boring. I know that not everyone in Japan has spiky Toriyama hair, but it really bugged me here. Interestingly, it didn’t bother me in any of the Clamp animés (which actually all have pretty normal-looking characters) but in this it did get annoying. It might just be that it was only 11 episodes, so some introductions were made a bit quickly. Anyway, there are two movies on the way which will (with any luck) conclude the story, but I’ll have to wait for the DVD releases, the first of which may be 8 months away. I can’t wait.

And with that I think that’s all for Animé.

One thing I did over the weekend was watch a ‘Let’s play’ (narrated casual walkthrough) of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, which was very interesting and insightful about the Castlevania universe. I also took that as a cue that I could download the soundtrack, because I’m far too lazy to actually play the game through. This soundtrack is really, REALLY fricking good. The haunting tracks give me shivers, the kickass tracks could boot footballs the size of Venus and the ambient tracks are catchy and atmospheric. Looks like I’ll have to slap some more emo crap off my iPod (that rhymed!) to make way for this awesome.

In Music (actual music, not from a videogame):

The new(ish) Yui double A-side It’s all too much/Never say die was released a week or two ago and it’s pretty good. It’s not quite up to the calibre of ‘again’ (the acoustic version of which is probably still my favourite track on the single) but the rockiness of both of the title tracks add up to something pretty good. ‘It’s all too much’ has nice guitar riffs and uses piano work to emphasize flowing lyrics, whilst ‘Never say die’ starts out with a nice piano piece but degrades into less interesting music, but still compels.

Also in Yui, I don’t think I’ve yet talked about My Short Stories, her B-side compilation. It’s really good, broadly. Almost all of the songs are good to great and the cross-sectional nature of the album gives an insight into Yui’s musical development. Most awesome are ‘crossroad,’ ‘HELP’ (not by The Beatles), ‘Oh My God,’ ‘Winter Hot Music’ and ‘Why Me’. Also included is a song called ‘Driving Today’…

Moving away from Yui but remaining solidly in the J-genre we have Chatmonchy’s Seimeiryoku, a weird mish-mash of rocky music that could equally be considered amazing musical style or a mess – a bit like Patrick Wolf, only with less bisexual. Shangrila, Mayonaka Yuuen Chi and Mobile World are all great songs and have brilliant rhythms. Also in the album is Dadai which was an ending to Bleach, but I don’t really like it.

Also now on my iPod is Aqua Timez’s ‘Dareka no Chijou E,’ which is frankly awesome. I may have had to download it twice before I found a version that actually worked, but it was worth it. The musical composition is just astounding and the lyrics are flowing and rhythmical. In fact, the vocal style is probably more like rap than anything, but as Luke said ‘You can’t tell it’s rap because it’s not all just about bitches and killing people’. I wholeheartedly agree.
Good songs include Isshun no Chiri, Aki no Shita de and Garnet.

So now might be a good time to actually get to the titular bit, hm? Only about 1700 words in.

I’ll just talk about this weekend, really. Yesterday I really didn’t do a lot. I got up and surfed the webs, finishing the ‘Let’s play’ of SotN and checking my accounts before intending to play some Prime Trilogy… until my brother came in, stole away the Wii and tried to play The Conduit. Because he’s a n00b (I can’t think of any other reason) the online wouldn’t work so he set off playing the single player mode, which I aided him with, because MY GOD does he suck. Then I finally played some Prime whilst my parents went off on a walk and got four odd Chozo artifacts – only two more to go. Then some more stuff happened, I wasn’t allowed to have the Wii in my bedroom because I’d been on it ‘all day’ (LIES) and so I went and watched some Gurren Lagann grumbling about how I had spent 1:43 hours total on the Wii and my brother had spent 1:54 minutes total on the Wii… neither of which is 24 hours.

Today was Chloé’s birthday. Happy birthday, Chloé. Thank you very much for selectively not inviting me to your gathering. My parents were going sailing today but I really, really didn’t want to go so I pretended to be really tired until they left, at which time I played The Conduit mindlessly for a bit (I’m saving Metroid for times of concentration and commitment) until my brother came in and said he was going into Diss, and did I want to come. I had nothing better to do, so I put on some going-out clothes (not pyjama trousers) and got into his revoltingly rubbish-filled car. We went to Morrisons and bought doughnuts, beef jerky and a twelve pack of beer, which had to be bought separately by my brother so they didn’t think he was buying it for me. I almost wanted to be there so I could explain that I was nerd and therefore valued my braincells enough that I wouldn’t consider drinking such a vile substance unless I had a very good reason to… like a party.
We walked down the high street eating doughnuts but because it was a Sunday nothing was open, so we went back to the car and drove off. My brother had an idea, he said. This idea was to go to the nearby airfield in Eye and give me a chance to try driving. Fun.
I actually didn’t think it was that bad. The clutch is a little confusing at first and I had to fight the urge to try and powerslide (a la MarioKart) but once I got the hang of it I could change gears a few times and brake fairly smoothly. However, doing all that and looking around noticing everything will be more difficult. I think all those videogames have payed off, though: to me this is just a new control scheme to get used to. Even my brother said that I was better than expected and he didn’t have to shout nearly as much abuse at me as he did at Henry Gibbons.

When I got back I tidied my bedroom – to the max. I never realised how much floor I had… my mother was dead impressed; the tidying was my ‘punishment’ for not going sailing and she didn’t think I would have done it.

Now with any luck you’ll have reached this point by skipping bits you didn’t care about and thus you didn’t need to tl;dr. Unless, you’re Peter, in which case you were probably interested in all of it. Hah!

This entry probably has the most tags any entry has ever had, btw. Also, I missed the one year anniversary of being on WordPress. I’m really not very good at these things. FYI, there’s also now Twitter down the side in case you want to stalk me. If it’s working, that is…

Ooh, ooh. One more thing. Did this whole ’select the bold bit you want to read’ work for you, or did you just not care? I need feedback here.

El pasado de Rukia que ahora es revelado.  La “verdad” que está encerrada dentro del recuerdo de la oscuridad.

Alguien con un objeto parecido a una hoz ha atacado a Mayuri Kurotsuchi, quien estaba en su laboratorio. Mayuri, quien de repente perdió el control, golpeó su tablero de control de su laboratorio. Entonces, de pronto el Sereitei estaba cubierto por una nube de reishi y atrapó a los shinigamis dentro de una fortaleza. Cuando Kenpachi Zaraki entra corriendo al laboratorio de Mayuri hubo una enorme explosión de reishi que destruyó al Seireitei.

Observando la destrucción del Seireitei desde lejos, una sombra aparece frente a Rukia quien estaba impresionada por el repentino incidente. La hoz se dirige hacia ella y algo en Rukia desaparece.

Al mismo tiempo Ichigo Kurosaki siente peligro y va hacia la tienda de Urahara. Ahí escucha a Urahara sobre “la aniquilación del Seireitei” y se dirige a la Sociedad de Almas junto a Kon.

Cuando Ichigo llega al agonizante Seireitei, es recibido por Renji Abarai y los otros, que parecen haberse olvidado de él. Pero no sólo de él, sus recuerdos sobre Rukia parecen haberse perdido también. Sin pensarlo, Ichigo revela su forma hollow frente a los shinigamis y es acusado como el culpable que destruyó el Seireitei.

¿Qué le pasó a la Sociedad de Almas?

¿Cuál es la identidad de esas dos sombras misteriosas?

¿A dónde fue Rukia?

La batalla solitaria de Ichigo comienza ahora.

Ficha Técnica

Nombre : Bleach Movie 3 ~ Fade to Black
Género: Shonen, Acción, fantasía
Año: 2008
Formato: AVI y MP4 HD
Tamaño: 1.05 gb

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Bleach - Fade to Black

Sinopse: Uma misteriosa explosão de Reiatsu (partícula espiritual), ocorre no Centro da Seireitei na Soul Society, fazendo com que ele seja destruído. Ao mesmo tempo, uma grande mudança oprime Kuchiki Rukia, o que a deixa com o sentimento de perder algo importante. Urahara Kisuke envia Kurosaki Ichigo a Soul Society para investigar as perturbações. Ao chegar ao Seireitei, Ichigo é atacado por Shinigamis, que não têm memória dele e de Rukia. Agora, sozinho, Ichigo deve encontrar Rukia e descobrir a causa do incidente misterioso antes que seja tarde demais.

Alternative title:
BLEACH Fade to Black 君の名を呼ぶ (Japanese)
Bleach: Fade to Black – I Call Your Name

Plot Summary: A mysterious reiatsu (spiritual particle) explosion occurs in the center of Seireitei in Soul Society, causing it to be destroyed. At the exact same time, a major change overwhelms Kuchiki Rukia, which leaves her losing something important inside. Urahara Kisuke sends Kurosaki Ichigo to Soul Society to investigate the disturbance. Upon reaching Seireitei, Ichigo is set upon and attacked by shinigamis, once allies, who have no memory of him and Rukia. Now alone and on the run, Ichigo must find the missing Rukia and uncover the cause of the mysterious incident before it’s too late.

The DVD of the movie was supposed to be out in June, but has been delayed so you will find the movie later on.

Vintage: 2008-12-13

Premiere date:
2008-12-13 (Japan)

Ending Theme:
“Koyoi, Tsuki wa Miesu tomo” by Porno Graffitti

Fade to Black

BLEACH Fade to Black Kimi no na o yobu (BLEACH Fade to Black 君の名を呼ぶ, Gekijōban Burīchi Faide To Burakku Kimi no na o Yobu?, Bleach Fade to Black Llamo tu nombre) Es la tercera película basada en la serie de anime y manga Bleach, creada por Tite Kubo. Es dirigida por Noriyuki Abe y se estrenó el 13 de Diciembre de 2008 en los cines japoneses. El tema de la película es “Koyoi, Tsuki wa Miesu tomo” por Porno Grafitti. para mas de esta banda aqui.

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Argumento:

El pasado de Rukia que ahora es revelado. La “verdad” que está encerrada dentro del recuerdo de la oscuridad.

Alguien con un objeto parecido a una hoz ha atacado a Mayuri Kurotsuchi, quien estaba en su laboratorio. Mayuri, quien de repente perdió el control, golpeó su tablero de control de su laboratorio. Entonces, de pronto el Sereitei estaba cubierto por una nube de reishi y atrapó a los shinigamis dentro de una fortaleza. Cuando Kenpachi Zaraki entra corriendo al laboratorio de Mayuri hubo una enorme explosión de reishi que destruyó al Seireitei.

Observando la destrucción del Seireitei desde lejos, una sombra aparece frente a Rukia quien estaba impresionada por el repentino incidente. La hoz se dirige hacia ella y algo en Rukia desaparece.

Al mismo tiempo Ichigo Kurosaki siente peligro y va hacia la tienda de Urahara. Ahí escucha de Urahara sobre “la aniquilación del Seireitei” y se dirige a la Sociedad de Almas junto a Kon.

Cuando Ichigo llega al agonizante Seireitei, es recibido por Renji y los otros, que parecen haberse olvidado de él. Pero no sólo de él, sus recuerdos sobre Rukia parecen haberse perdido también. Sin pensarlo, Ichigo revela su forma hollow frente a los shinigamis y es acusado como el culpable que destruyó el Seireitei.

¿Qué le pasó a la Sociedad de Almas?, ¿Cuál es la identidad de esas dos sombras misteriosas?, ¿A dónde fue Rukia?. La batalla solitaria de Ichigo comienza ahora.

bueno, aca las imagenes exclusivas de esta nueva pelicula:

primero, el opening, interpretado por Porno Graffiti:

Ost de bleach pelicula 3 fade to black:

ahora si las imagenes de esta pelicula tan esperada:

y el especial:

if you go to the top of the page you can now watch bleach fade to black by clicking on it’s tab

Argumento:

El pasado de Rukia que ahora es revelado. La “verdad” que está encerrada dentro del recuerdo de la oscuridad.

Alguien con un objeto parecido a una hoz ha atacado a Mayuri Kurotsuchi, quien estaba en su laboratorio. Mayuri, quien de repente perdió el control, golpeó su tablero de control de su laboratorio. Entonces, de pronto el Sereitei estaba cubierto por una nube de reishi y atrapó a los shinigamis dentro de una fortaleza. Cuando Kenpachi Zaraki entra corriendo al laboratorio de Mayuri hubo una enorme explosión de reishi que destruyó al Seireitei.

Observando la destrucción del Seireitei desde lejos, una sombra aparece frente a Rukia quien estaba impresionada por el repentino incidente. La hoz se dirige hacia ella y algo en Rukia desaparece.

Al mismo tiempo Ichigo Kurosaki siente peligro y va hacia la tienda de Urahara. Ahí escucha a Urahara sobre “la aniquilación del Seireitei” y se dirige a la Sociedad de Almas junto a Kon.

Cuando Ichigo llega al agonizante Seireitei, es recibido por Renji Abarai y los otros, que parecen haberse olvidado de él. Pero no sólo de él, sus recuerdos sobre Rukia parecen haberse perdido también. Sin pensarlo, Ichigo revela su forma hollow frente a los shinigamis y es acusado como el culpable que destruyó el Seireitei.
¿Qué le pasó a la Sociedad de Almas?, ¿Cuál es la identidad de esas dos sombras misteriosas?, ¿A dónde fue Rukia?. La batalla solitaria de Ichigo comienza ahora.

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Disfruten

The first Bleach movie, Memories of Nobody was rather bland, while the second movie has improved a lot from the first (and in my opinion, the second movie was the best that is, if I compare the first two movies) and as for the third round of Bleach movie entitled Fade to Black I must say that it’s equally entertaining as well.

In the previous movie (movie 2), the main focus is Hitsugaya Toshirou who had been framed for something he didn’t do and this time around, we have Kuchiki Rukia as the main character (other than Ichigo of course).

The movie opens with Mayuri, a Gotei-13 captain that heads the technological advancement department going berserk when he encountered something that wiped off his memory and thus causes him to go berserk with paranoia. Moments later, we see the whole Seireitei in chaos as weird huge snake-like creatures devours the area and we see some of its inhabitants just froze as if they have been turned to stone. At the same time, Rukia who had received a letter from someone requesting her to meet, which she did and then her memories of her being a shinigami as well as anything else related to shinigami were wiped off by this strange person and her scythe-wielding sidekick.

Back in the real world, Ichigo became suspicious at the sudden Rukia absence who only left a letter with funny message in her place. The message seems rather cryptic and when Ichigo deciphered it, it says that she’s running an errand in Soul Society. As his instincts tell him that something is not right, he consulted Urahara Kisuke the only person in real world that knows of Soul Society and oddly, Urahara said that he did not recall knowing any Kuchiki Rukia at all but he knows that as of current, Soul Society is in its worst crisis yet and with that Ichigo heads over to Soul Society with Urahara’s help to find out what is exactly going on with Rukia.

In Soul Society, Ichigo is being treated as the enemy that causes the chaos considering that he appeared before them in his Hollow form and no one recalls ever knowing him at all. It appears that everyone in Soul Society including Renji and Byakuya hold no memory of Rukia even when they are the closest to her. Still, both Renji and Byakuya still have a little fragment of memories of Rukia even if it seems hazy and trusting his instincts, Renji head on to assist Ichigo with his mission in bringing Rukia back.

Meanwhile, Urahara the technological extraordinaire (apart from the creepy Mayuri) went on to investigate the origin of the problem that plagues Soul Society. His finding is that an Mayuri must have encountered this organism that has the ability to wipe of memories at one swing of its scythe-like tail and this organism is able to possess another being at will. True enough, this organism had possess the two siblings who had wanted to keep Rukia for themselves. As such, they vowed to do whatever it takes to keep Rukia by their side forever even if it means destroying Soul Society and killing every shinigami that comes their way.

Flash back to some hundred years ago, Rukia met the two nameless siblings. At that time, she was still at Rokungai (I think that’s how it’s spelt) and has not become a shinigami yet.  The two siblings were in a pinch with a shinigami who has the intention to kill them and Rukia who saw the incident rushed to help them but to no avail as she passed out and when she came to, those two had disappeared. Fact: the shinigami who attacked those two was possessed by the organism mentioned earlier and subsequently possessed those two siblings. These two siblings misunderstood thinking that it was the shinigami who killed them not knowing that he was possessed. They were already too attached to Rukia and will not stop at nothing in efforts to keep her to themselves.

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My only comment here: Finally I get to watch the much hyped Bleach movie. Enough said. Ciao!