Bleach/Tear Jerker: Difference between revisions

* Chapter 377. {{spoiler|Aizen starts taunting the Vizard, trying to get them to attack, and [[Bratty Half-Pint|Hiyori]] falls for it. The result? Hiyori ends up in [[Half the Man He Used To Be|two separate pieces]], and in her last moments, apologizes to Shinji for disobeying him. Which in return dissolves Shinji into a screaming wreck, crying for Ichigo to bring [[The Medic|Orihime]] back from Hueco Mundo already.}} If you didn't feel sorry for Shinji before this chapter, it's pretty hard to now.

* In chapter 387, {{spoiler|Tousen's death. Sure, he wasn't [[The Scrappy|the most popular of characters]], and he seemed like [[Jerkass|a jerk]] in the more recent chapters, but in this chapter, we get flashbacks of him begging Central 46 to punish the man who killed his friend, and a shot of her grave, with him thinking "Why is it..." If that weren't enough, we then get Komamura and Hisagi standing over him, and despite the fact he ''tried to kill them less than five minutes ago'', they look more sad and hurt than angry. Komamura tells him he knew they would eventually have to fight each other, and says "I don't expect you to stop being angry. Nor will I tell you to stop hating. Just...don't focus only on revenge until you lose yourself...like when you lost your friend...my heart would be empty as well if I lost you." Tosen then thanks him, and tells Hisagi he wants to see more of his face, and "while I still can, I want to remember your face..." Then, he dies. [[Ludicrous Gibs|Messily.]] [[Stuff Blowing Up|He randomly explodes.]]}}

** Well, the whole irony deal [[Captain Obvious|was what Kubo was aiming for]] this entire chapter, so as shocking as it is, it makes sense in retrospect. Doesn't make it any less sad, and this is coming from someone who doesn't even like the two characters in question.

** Now ''that'' was a [[Shocking Swerve]], KT. And completely ''heartbreaking''. Damn you KT, for writing/drawing ''that'' scene so damn well. And [[Invincible Villain|FUCK YOU]], {{spoiler|[[Complete Monster|Aizen]]}}, [[Moral Event Horizon|FUCK YOU]]. There's a freaking reason why {{spoiler|Momo is the one in the picture atop the page.}} SOB.

** {{spoiler|And remember, this isn't just Zangetsu, this is Zangetsu merged with Ichigo's Hollow Side, who spent a lot of his screen time boasting about how he wanted to take over Ichigo's body. For him to admit that all he ever really wanted was to protect Ichigo, all the while starting to cry, makes it especially heartbreaking.}}

* Just the look on Ichigo's face in Chapter 421 as {{spoiler|[http://mangastream.com/read/bleach/58631179/7 his powers] [http://mangastream.com/read/bleach/58631179/8 start to crumble away]. His just looks so sad, because he knows that all his abilities, all his training, and Zangetsu are disappearing forever and he'll never get them back.}}

** From the same chapter {{spoiler|Yammy's Arrancar puppy goes to his dying master's side, trying to comfort him. It doesn't matter how big a jerk you are, your dog will still love you.}}

*** And then we get to [http://athakra.livejournal.com/1789.html the third databook], showing {{spoiler|why Kokapurro (the Arrancar puppy) loves Yammy so much.}} That makes him even more [[Woobie|woobielicious]] than he already was... {{spoiler|We love you, puppy. We really do.}}

* {{spoiler|Orihime saving Harribel and her Fraccion's lives}} [http://athakra.livejournal.com/1789.html in the databook's novel part] is both this and a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].

* The fact that the anime will end at 366 episodes, only at the end of the Lost Shinigami Arc, and is being replaced by a [[Naruto|Rock Lee]] spin-off. Not only does it further fuel the [[Broken Base]] of both shows (they're both shonens from the same magazine, animated by the same studio, and licensed by the same North American distributor), but this means the end of the 10-year story will not be animated, and we so far ''have no clear answer behind this move'' other than dwindling popularity, and poor quality of the story. Japan ''rarely'' makes a move like this, let alone releases news about it at almost the last minute. Now the broken bases will ''never'' be civil. Imagine those reading negative reactions to the show online for 10 straight years and bearing with it, only to face the inevitable time in two years when [[Adult Swim]] (and, by extention, [[Cartoon Network]]) will no longer have anime for the first time in about two decades.

** That and Toonami is back and will be airing Bleach. We're saved, ladies and gentlemen.

** Who's to say the anime is gone for good? The most reasonable rumor I've heard as to why the anime was cancelled is the budget just flat-out ran out. All they need is few more years to pile up the cash and it'll be back...the fan outcry is almost guaranteed to bring it back anyway.