Title: The Blood Warfare
Series: Bleach #55
Author: Tite Kubo
Genre: YA, manga, fantasy
Publication date: February 2013
Published by: VIZ Media
Source: Borrowed from library
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Synopsis:
The peace is suddenly broken when warning sirens blare through the Soul Society. Residents there are disappearing without a trace, and nobody knows who's behind it. Meanwhile, a dark shadow is also extending itself toward Ichigo and his friends in Karakura Town...
I’ve read graphic novels in the past and, like, one comic book maybe, but this was my very first manga! Last Spring I binge watched the entire Bleach anime and I fell immediately in love with it! When I was nearing the end of the anime, I found out that the very last arc of the series was never adapted ๐ฉ So because I loved the show, and because I’m a completionist, I just had to find out how the series ended, so I decided to give the manga a shot. And guess what? No surprise, but I loved it. Lol. Granted, it took me a little while to get used to because it was a new medium for me, but I’m so glad I gave it a shot!
The “me” problem: because this was a new medium for me, I did have a little bit of a hard time getting into the manga. One of the reasons was because I am just used to reading novels that I would just zip through the text in this and barely glance at the illustrations, and before I knew it, some guy lost an arm and I didn’t even know when! Lol. I had to slow myself down and actually pause and look at everything cause otherwise I would miss bits here and there.
I also had some trouble deciphering some of the illustrations because they were in black and white and sometimes close up. Again, I had to stop and really take in the illustrations, to get what was going on but also to appreciate them because there were some that were particularly beautiful...
I also loved all the little sketches sprinkled throughout the book.
I love Yumichika! ๐ Anyway, having said all that, I think this was a good manga to start on because I was already familiar with the world and loved the characters. I just love all the silly character interactions and how they make me laugh because they say the dumbest things! I love it! Lol. And little Nel actually makes an appearance! I love her! She is so cute and I love her interactions with Ichigo! We also got some Rukia and Renji action there at the end, which yay! They are some of my favorite characters!
So, this last arc starts with Soul Society residents disappearing all of a sudden and some Soul Reapers go and investigate and try to figure out what the heck is going on. On top of that, the Soul Society is being threatened by an unknown enemy... which we actually find out who it is at the end of the volume and oh my god! I was so surprised!
The Soul Society isn’t the only place experiencing weird things. Strange things are happening in Hueco Mundo too. Ichigo was in the world of the living battling someone, but with new weird/cool powers... Can’t wait to see more of that! Anyway, Urahara helps Ichigo and his friends go to Hueco Mundo to see what’s up. Once there they realize that Hueco Mundo is being run a third party. It’s no longer the Arrancars that were under Aizen’s control. In fact, Ichigo helps the Arrancars against this new threat, and the irony is not lost on me, seeing as how they were the enemy not that long ago. Lol.
This was just the intro of what is definitely bigger things at play. The revelation of the new threat was insane! I can’t wait to find out what their deal is and what the heck is going on.
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