Bleach,
Vol 13
Author: Tite Kubo
Publisher: Viz Media
American
release date: June 6, 2006
Format/Genre/Length: Paperback/Manga/Supernatural/208 pages
Overall Personal Rating: ★★★★★
Despite his size and brute
strength, Chad has been bested by 8th Squad Captain Kyoraku. When
his lieutenant, Nanao, arrives with an important message concerning the death
of Captain Aizen of 5th Squad, she offers to finish Chad off, as
probably the Ryoka are the cause of his death. But Shunsui tells her no, they
can’t be sure of that, and wants him taken to the 4th Squad instead,
for healing. Shunsui sighs. “Things are getting complicated.”
Meanwhile, Ichigo is
battling Kenpachi Zaraki, who is one scary and fierce dude, which makes
Zaraki’s lieutenant, Yachiru, happy because it makes Kenny happy. Ichigo
becomes cocky, which translates to careless, and is run through by Zaraki’s
sword, to the captain’s disappointment. Bleeding and dismayed, Ichigo
recognizes Zangetsu, his zanpaku-tô, who questions him: “Do you want to win or
do you want to live?”
Meanwhile, Ganju and
Hanataro have reached Rukia’s cell, prepared to liberate her. But there is a
slight wrinkle in their plan as Ganju realizes who she is. Will he still rescue
her, or will he try to kill her himself?
The action continued in this
volume of Bleach. I love how relentless Ichigo is, how determined and sometimes
headstrong and brash. Well, he is a teenager after all, and probably imbued
with the same spirit of seeming immortality that so many teens are because they
can’t conceive of maybe dying. Ichigo is loyal to a fault and will do anything
for his friends, but he doesn’t always think before he acts. I love his
interactions with Zangetsu. The old man is usually good at instilling a modicum
of good sense into Ichigo, as well as strength.
I loved seeing the back
story between Kenachi and Yachiru. At first I found her annoying but she’s
grown on me. There is a lot of back story in Bleach, which I enjoy. The problem
with Ganju and Rukia sets up a question of principle, but I suspect there is
more to that story than meets the eye, and probably a flashback to go with.
The ending contains a good
cliffhanger, looking forward to the next volume to see what happens!
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