Cosplay Monday, something new and awesome I’d like to do every week by which I look for some of the best Cosplay on deviantART and share them on here. If you have any suggestion please do post it. I would like to do this for as many characters as I can. The above is Orihime-Whatsit as Rangiku Matsumoto, her cosplay as Rangiku is especially awesome since she pulls it off very well. Even the images below are awesome. 

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Bleach 557 gets awesome, after Komamura’s epic Bankai gets released, we see a whole new side from him. It seems that after he took his heart out, he was able to transform into his Human form and show us that he’s ready to put his life on the line and destroy anything that steps on his way. He also seems to be healing himself quickly after his armor breaks. We see Bambietta back down a little after seeing that her bombs do no damage to him.

Bleach 557 begins as Bambietta notices that his Bankai has completely changed. We see his Bankai raise its arm and go for a quickly attack on Bambietta, but she escapes from there in time. She mentions that she’s shocked that there is no dog inside the armor, however she mentions that inside its head it’ll probably be a dog inside. She fires a few shots when a hand appears and tries to block it.

However it hits and it seems to somehow be repairing by itself! Komamura explains that his Armored Bankai has had life breathed into it, Dangai Joue is a form that casts that armor aside and lays it bare, it’s just Reiatsu and power. This explained mentions that she cannot beat or defeat him. She mentions that she doesn’t get anything and keeps on firing.

Komamura mentions that something such as a bomb will only be terrifying if there is life in that object. If there is no life in that, there is no fear of it blowing up. His Bankai’s life is in the Armor, he’s taken it off and thus there is no longer life there. Dangai Joue is the form of Tengen Myouou after it has cast its life away. We see Komamura’s grand father look upon his heart.

Bambietta mentions that a Bankai does not have life, and that it’s only linked to the possessor, however if a Bankai is destroyed, it doesn’t happen to the master. His Bankai is hurt and so is Komamura, his chest becomes while open to which Bambietta notices something very strange, she asks why there is a hole in his chest. He explains that his physical body is just a shell, a vessel to defeat her.

He explain that his clans Human Metamorphosis Technique turns him into  human after giving up their heart. During this time he will become a human and not die. His Bankai keeps on chasing after Bambietta, it keeps on going and going. Bambietta mentions that he’ll die if he losses, isn’t he fighting to not throw away his life. He mentions that he’s not throwing away his life, he’s doing this for Yamamoto who gave his life. From the moment he stepped into that fight he was ready to set his life aside. He gets an impressive hit on Bambietta. Bleach 557 ends here.

What a crazy chapter, Komamura is getting some impressive hits on her and his armor-less Bankai is just epic! Plus his Human form is truly impressive, I’d like to see more of this in the future. This fight is most likely to be awesome, can’t wait to see some more awesome Bleach 558 next week!

Byakuya Kuchiki imitating the awesome villain which is Loki from the series such as the Avengers. Byakuya Kuchiki, a high classes shinigami as well as a captain uses his powers to fight his opponents with his awesome Senbonzakura. An awesome image and it seems the artist has love for both of these characters, who wouldn’t.

The awesome artwork above of Byakuya in Loki’s style was done by TeodoraLaessa who has done amazing artwork on her page, she’s worth a look. If you like the work please do share this page elsewhere otherwise just like and comment to show your appreciation. Also don’t forget to tell the artist how well of a job she’s done.

Bleach 558 shows that his grandfather is happy about what he’s done, he’s made him happy. After Bambietta gets hit by her own attack move, she loses consciousness and falls somewhere else by which her friends arrive to help, or does it seem like they’re going to help. Komamura begins to turn back into his old self, losing control of the bankai as well as return of his fur when Iba shows up and tells him that he’s going to help him get his revenge on Juha Bach for Yamamoto’s death.

Bleach 558 begins as his Great-Grandfather begins by mentioning that he did well, truly representative of everything their clan stands for. At that time he can say his name proudly. We see Sajin’s Bankai close in on Bambietta to which her own attacks are brought to her to which she realises that they’re going to blow up. She flys off, unfortunately, Komamura’s Bankai begins to crack.

Sajin falls and sees that it’s too soon that he’s turning back, he just needs a little longer, he also won’t let his heart give out. He needs to make to the castle and defeat Juha Bach. At the same time, his Great-Grandfather mentions to let it go, as it the sensation he’s having now is none other than vengeance.

He remembers him telling Kaname that futile was always going to come, but is it really a bad thing. He mentions if it’s really a bad thing since it’s the driving force for a clan. It’s good to see him embracing his true essence. Finally embracing his roots. Sajin begins to turns back, he realises that this must his penance, his life as a human will soon perish and become nothing more than a beast.

When this day comes, he’s free to rage at them for such a curse and get loose in his vengeance. The reason why he lives is because he’s never let go of that rancor. He thanks Sajin for granting him some respite, so when the day comes when he becomes a voiceless beast, he shall always be in his debt.

It seems that his Great-Grandfather has eaten the heart. Sajin notices that if this is his penance, if this is his punishment for his wrong doing. He realises that this is his sacrifice for his chance at revenge, could this be the punishment he has for ignoring the advice he gave to Kaname.

Some arrives there, Iba gets there, he lifts him up and mentions for them to do this. He mentions that he’s not in the wrong, far from it. They’ll take the fight to them, they’ll beat the living shit out of Juha Bach for killing Yamamoto! Bambietta realises that she’s lost to a Shinigami, from the five, she’s the first to be taken out, this is something she won’t forget.

Her friends show up and mention that they’ll take care of her, things aren’t as lively when she’s around, Bambietta realises something bad and tells them to stop it. From the sky two fall, they can finally see Soul Society, Renji mentions that it’s no longer Soul Society but in fact the Wandenreich. Night is almost there, Rukia mentions that they need to hurry! Rukia wears a mask with only one eye seeing. Bleach 558 ends here!

What could Rukia and Renji have in store for us, could they be carrying some awesome new stuff which will blow us away? I hope it is because I can’t wait for next week’s Bleach 559, it’s most likely to be something that will show some other fights. I’m hoping for Shunsui’s fight with Haschwalth!

Bleach 559 begins with Shunsui and Haschwalth to which the barrier is broken, however he realises that the next one is a trap and thus goes to use more power when he is summoned by Juha Bach. Cang Du and BG9 were revived and their judgement lays upon them. Cang Du does die by the first strike however he uses his technique to cut Cang Du in half. BG9 is next. It’s noticed that there are two lights above to which Rukia and Renji both arrive in style. Who will they fights first?

Bleach 559 begins with Haschwalth mentioning that the battle is truly in flux. Shunsui agrees to this. Jugram mentions that him coming there would have been meaningless were that not that case. His role is to tip the balance, Shunsui protects his subordinate and the Reishi barrier is broken. He was able to take the reishi from his side and then break it.

It’s a good technique used to the barrier, to which another barrier is placed. At the same time she was to build another wall. Jugram mentions this this wall is a lot more fragile than the previous one, he quickly mentions that such a fragile wall could only mean that there is a trap within it. He has no choice but to use a more violent way.

A circular Quincy sign appears behind Jugram to which he understands what’s going on. He’s been given an order to return to the Silbern thus he begins to live. Shunsui mentions if he’s really going to stop playing after coming all that way. He mentions that Juha Bach’s will is absolute.

He mentions when he can expect him to return, which is as soon as his order has finished. Shunsui mentions that next time he’ll have some choice of tea prepared, although welcoming it seems that Shunsui will also be prepared. We see Madarame and Yumichika together to which they talk about how night has arrived.

There are more shadows to which shit is about to hit the fan. Hisagi shows up and notices both of them there. Hisagi mentions that he got lost and has no knowledge about the terrain. It’s best not to move recklessly at night. Moving at night is playing right into their hands. Mask De Masculine appears.

We go to the castle to which we see Cang Du and BG9 both knocked down. Their judgement of the defeated will now commence. BG9 begins to bed mentioning that he can still fight. Juha Bach mentions that it was fortunate that you were able to escape with their lives. However the scales of battle must be balanced. A life saved by fortune must pay with an equal amount of misfortune.

Haschwalth goes for his attack on Cang Du, to which it doesn’t even hurt him, is technique being the Iron, blade such as Haschwalth will do nothing. He will not be killed by any hands other than his majesty’s he mentions. Haschwalth releases his second show of fortune to which Cang Du notices something behind him. A large tipping scale to which it seems that this time the tipping scale has favoured their judgement.

We see Mask De Masculine get all three of them in an attack, Hisagi, Madarame and Yumichika. He seems to have downed them. They seem to have care of all the confirmed levels, he talks to James to which he’s sad that there are no audience there. He notices a light above him, to which two beings come down, both being Renji and Rukia. they looks awesome at this moment! Bleach 559 ends here.

What an awesome chapter which just been read, Rukia and Renji are all ready to kick some ass, as well as wait for Ichigo to show everyone his true abilities. It should be amazing! Can’t wait for next week’s Bleach 560! It should be epic, I can’t wait!

Bleach 560 makes me happy to think that the Quincy aren’t just all talk, they’re more than that and have the great ability to smash and destroy anything they can. Mask De Masculine wants to head towards Rukia and Renji however Hisagi stops him only to find out that he’s going back to sleep. Kensei and Rojuro arrive to which Kensei uses his awesome Bankai to destroy and punch as well as bring Mask De Masculine to his knees. From which Kensei punches him towards the sky when his supporter, James, begs him to get back up to which Hisagi mentions that they need to stop James first or else, as we now see Mask De Masculine gets up and smashes both captains out of there. What could possibly happen now?

Bleach 560 begins as Mask De Masculine looks towards the sky in which Rukia and Renji are spotted. He asks his trusty James to which he mentions if he was to go towards their then he’d most likely be showered with praise. They begins towards it when Hisagi attached a chain onto him to stop his travelling. Hisagi mentions if he thinks they’re out because they’ve been knocked out. To which Mask De Masculine pulls the chain brings him towards him knocking him out.

He goes to crush him with his feet when Kensei appears and stops him. He mentions that he’s disappointed that he got his ass whooped before even showing the training he did. He’s unhappy about that, Kensei introduces himself as being a captain to which Mask De Masculine is happy to fight one however he wants to go towards something else to which a second captain shows up, Rojuro.

He mentions that he’s got two captains right in front of him, he’s not going to get such an opportunity next time. Kensei mentions that he’s not there to fuck around to which he releases his Bankai as soon as possible, they both get ready when Mask De Masculine goes for his strong leg kick, to which Kensei stops it.

He’s unhappy that Hisagi wasn’t even able to stop such a stupid attack to which he changes his weapon to a similar types of knuckles to which he punches Mask De Masculine. He’s hurt and quickly lands on his knees. James mentions that he’s really strong. Kensei brings him up and mentions that as long as his knuckles are touching him, he will keep on getting hurt to which Kensei keeps on smashing into him, and thus Mask De Masculine is sent up flying.

He’s down, James looks at the situation and mentions for Mask De Masculine not to lose, Hisagi gets up and mentions that he’s got it all wrong and that he must first eliminate the little one first. James shouts mentioning for him to get back to his feet calling out for his Super Star!

Mask De Masculine changes and gets a little bigger however his faces is all different, he’s even stronger now! To which he now smashes Kensei and Rojuro both and rendering them both useless as it seems like they’ve been defeated. Mask De Masculine reveals himself to be Stern Ritter S, otherwise known as Super Star! The audiences roars and applause becomes his strength! Bleach 560 ends here.

What will these two captains do now, they’ve been defeated by a very strong Quincy, what will they do now, will they even be able to fight against such an opponent or will they have to take care of James first. I think they’ll need to take him away from there. I can’t wait for next week’s Bleach 561 to see what else happens to Kensei and Rojuro!

Bleach 561 gets underway by which Mask De Masculine is destroying anything and everything that is put in his path, from all the captains to vice captains. We see him destroy Kensei in his Bankai state, unfortunately we saw no Hollow Mask. Rojuro begins his attack by killing James. However after revealing his Bankai, Kinshara Butoudan (Golden Sands Dance Troupe), we see that Mask De Masculine quickly destroys his ear drums rendering the Bankai useless as it depends on sound. Rojuro is then quickly defeated by Mask De Masculine’s beam of light which cuts a perfect star on his chest. A second attack is stopped by the arrival of Renji, he reveals that he will be his next opponent and his villain.

Bleach 561 begins as Kensei goes on the offensive as he goes back towards Mask De Masculine, when he disappears from his sight, and appears with his Star Eagle Kick then his Star Headbutt, Kensei is really losing it at this point. Kensei tries to attack with his fists but don’t work as Mask De Masculine just catches his hands and tells him that he’ll have to do a lot better than that.

He twists Kensei’s arm and breaks it then ends him all the way down. After that he jumps on him feet first rendering him unconscious. He mentions that he doesn’t even need to do a ten count. Out of nowhere we see James being stabbed and cut in half, when Mask De Masculine mentions that he’s just killed an innocent fan. Rojuro mentions that as long as he’s not around he won’t be able to use his full power, Kensei gave him this opportunity to kill him thus he won’t let it go to waste.

Rojuro enables his Bankai by which arms appear above him as well as 17 different things by which they’re called the Kinshara Butoudan, Golden Sands Dance Troupe. Rojuro mentions that they’re the dance troupe of death. Their fee being his life, the first act is the Sea Drift by which they all get around him, and turn into water, then Rojuro enables Prometheus by which they turn into fire burning Mask De Masculine.

He is shocked and mentions that no Zanpakuto can use both water and fire, Rojuro mentions that its all an illusion and has the power to tug on humans heart. He is able to control sound. If his heart believes that it’s a flame, it’ll burn him and then die. The third act being the Ein Heldenleben, a Hero’s Life! However at this point we see Mask De Masculine shut his ears when Rojuro mentions that it won’t work when he sees that he’s destroyed his own eardrums.

Mask De Masculine quickly enables a light beam which has cut Rojuro in the chest creating a star shape through his body. He mentions for him to die a villain at the hands of a hero’s beam. He falls down, however he still breaths, Mask De Masculine goes for a second shot to kill him but Renji appears with his Shikai to which he uses it to block the attack! Mask De Masculine asks that he’s blocked his Star Flash, who he is. Renji mentions that he will be his next opponent and the villain. Bleach 561 ends here.

What an awesome chapter, we’ll finally see the awesome power which Renji has obtained by going to the palace. I’m just shocked to see such a Stern Ritter defeat two captains which have the capabilities of using their Hollow Masks, it’s shocking that they’ve not used it yet! I can’t wait to see what Renji does during the next Bleach 562 chapter.

Don’t you miss this guy, Hollow Ichigo, because I do. He’s been one of my favourite characters within Bleach which I want to see again. Ichigo has improved his skills and power to a level that he’s unlocked and mixed both his Hollow and Quincy powers in one. Nevertheless, I miss Hollow Ichigo and do want to see him again in the manga and anime. What do you think, would you like to see him again? 

The awesome artwork above was done by Names76 who has a great number of awesome artwork based on Bleach, which I really like! If you like this work, I suggest checking their other work out. Otherwise be sure to share the page with your friends!

Bleach 562 shows Renji and Rukia getting to where the captains fell, Rukia takes them away while Renji stays in order to kick Mask De Masculine’s butt! Renji describes himself as a Coward Villain after ripping James apart. Mask De Masculine gets angrier and angrier until he uses new powers, nevertheless Renji keeps on blocking and attacking back with no effort. 

Bleach 562 begins as Renji blocks the attack from Mask De Masculine. Rukia arrives, when Renji tells her to take care of the captains while he takes care of him. Rukia mentions that he’s no longer a match for you, thus she will leave him to Renji.

Mask De Masculine wonders that they’re not going to go against him in an unfair match, same thing the captains did however they seem to have lost having used dirty tricks against him. Renji mentions that he’d gladly be cowardly enough to win against him.

Mask De Masculine cannot seem to hear thus he asks for James’ help to which he’s cheer helps him to obtain his ear drums, to which he’s somehow been able to restore his eardrums to his normal self. Renji finds what he’s just done really gross!

Nevertheless, Mask De Masculine heads towards Renji in a Star Rocket Headbutt however Renji steps to the side and lets him through to which he manages to stop himself, however Renji uses his elbow to bust Mask De Masculine on the head. He mentions what Renji just did to be lucky, however he made him angry.

As his anger increases, a star mark appears on his fist, to which he will use to try and hit Renji. His Star Killer Punch hits Renji however out of nowhere Renji is able to block it, he mentions that maybe his punch can’t kill a God of Death. He gets even angrier to which he goes on a full out attack!

James calls for Mask De Masculine to which he says sorry and his body is cut into many individual pieces. Renji mentions that he had done such a thing when he was punching all over the place, from this he won’t be able to recover again from any damage he takes. Mask De Masculine calls him a coward. Renji mentions that in the end villains are all cowards, he swipes his sword towards Mask De Masculine to which Bleach 562 ends here.

What an awesome chapter, to see Renji’s power finally on the attack and seeing him use nothing but his own hands to block such powerful techniques that even captain’s can’t handle is just epic. I can’t wait for next week’s chapter to see Mask De Masculine get even more pissed off and see Renji on the offensive in next week’s Bleach 563.

This week’s Cosplay Monday goes to the one and only Ulquiorra Cifer! The 4th Espada was definitely one of my favourite characters along side other awesome Espada’s. This cosplay is very special, although it looks like it was drawn, the effort that has gone into producing this cosplay is immense as such things as the wings and the setting was digitally added. Nevertheless the cosplay is amazing!

The cosplayer, LALAax, has done a fantastic job of recreating such an amazing setting in which Ulquiorra is. It’s also pretty hard to say if this cosplayer is a male or a female, however their other cosplay suggests it could be a female, nevertheless I really like their work! It’s awesome, so go check them out!

I’d like to take this post to wish everyone a Happy and Merry Christmas 2013! It’s been another great year, a lot has happened in the anime and manga world. It’s been a lot of fun writing and blogging about Bleach, Naruto, Fairy Tail, One Piece and many more to which I expect myself to keep on going strong! Furthermore, I’d like to thank each and every single person that has taken the time to read as well as comment on all that I have posted. 

Here’s a little something from back in 2008 by haruningster, to which even Daily Anime Art didn’t exist. It’s a great piece of Fan Art from some awesome anime’s popular back then including Naruto, Full Metal Alchemist and Inuyasha. To end it, Merry Christmas, have a good day!

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Bleach 563 gives us all a new Christmas present as Renji has transformed and is about to show us his new and impressive Zanpakuto! After taking hit after hit from Mask De Masculine, he gets serious about this and will begin going all out. Mask De Masculine also survives from the slice previously as the James’ have replicated from smaller pieces into many. Mask De Masculine also transforms into his Super Star form as he mentions that he will never die by a villain then activates his Vollstandig! 

Bleach 563 see’s Renji’s sword hit Mask De Masculine and it seems like it’s all over when he adds even more pressure and uses his powers to seal up the cut he’s just had. Mask mentions that he won’t die, he will never die in front of a villain. He shouts that he will never asking James too, to which he seems to be able to reply, it seems all the cut pieces have regenerated into new James’.

They should for Mask to do his best when he transforms into a new form, Mask De Masculine mentions that his moment is over and he can die now. Renji asks why the shape of his mask change when he powers up.

Mask De Masculine remembers that he’s the villain that he blew away last time with his Star Drop Kick, he had forgotten it since he fights many villains. Renji asks if he was fighting him without even realizing it. Mask De Masculine mentions that he doesn’t know how a small fry like him could be so powerful but it’s an honor for him to see his real power.

Mask De Masculine steps up and tells him that he’s about to take on his secret technique when he’s fully powered. He begins with a Star Lariat which blows Renji away from there, he is able to attack using only his fists a mile away using his full power. He begins to punch and punch all he can. Renji holds a building but can’t as Mask De Masculine keeps on attacking.

He will continue to fly away for the rest of eternity to which Mask then activates his Quincy: Vollstandig. He is able to fly which he does and mentions that Renji will never return to the ground and just become dust in front of the super stars godly power. All the James’ begin to cheer him on.

Mask De Masculine fly’s over to Renji and creates a star in the sky and begins another awesome attack, the Star Flash Super Nova which uses the star to create and crush everything surrounding that area which most likely had crushed Renji in that area. Mask De Masculine laughs and notices that Renji still lives, from which we can now see in the mist a new weapon on Renji’s hands! Bleach 563 ends here.

What an awesome chapter, Renji is absolutely powerful, and to be able to handle the Vollstandig of such a powerful enemy is nothing less then impressive. I can’t wait to see how Renji’s new Zanpakuto looks like and how Mask De Masculine will be against this now. On top of this, could this be Renji’s new Bankai? Can’t wait for next week’s Bleach 563.

It’s been another fantastic year of 2013, however it’s finally time to move a step forward into 2014. It’s been tremendous for both anime and manga with lots of new and amazing things going on. Furthermore, it’s also been amazing to write about it all as I’ve had fun telling you all about all related news and fantastic artwork to cosplay and anime recommendations. It’s been awesome to read all the wonderful comments from all of you guys. Let’s have a bigger and better 2014! 

To start it off here’s three awesome and fantastic artwork from three amazing people:

The artist has really pulled out all the stops with this image, especially to include some many awesome characters within just one image. Also to make it all related to Christmas and New Year is awesome to see. Sideburn004 has done a wonderful job of creating such an awesome piece of Bleach fan art. If you can find where Uryu is in the image I’ll give you a cookie!

Next up is Naruto and Sasuke celebrating a New Year, although they look a little young to their current self now, it’s still awesome to see both Naruto and Sasuke having fun, in fact it’s just good to see both somewhat happy in such a wonderful time. renaillusion has done a awesome job.

Next up is artwork from the one and only Hiro Mashima, especially for the Fairy Tail New Year, it’s awesome to see such an active mangaka on a social network drawing amazing artwork all the time. The artwork in itself is awesome, plus remembering Ultear is awesome as (spoiler) she has grown old after saving everyone’s lives. Good on you! And finally Happy New Year Everyone, See you next year!

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It’s winter in most places, colder in some than others. It’s probably even snowing, and you might be on holiday from work or school. This cozy time where you stay inside in the warmth either doing some work or just sitting and taking a breather. As seen above, both Ichigo Kurosaki and Hollow Ichigo are also taking it easy, they both went for some Hot Chocolate, Hichigo got some cream on his nose, that’s why Ichigo is laughing.

The artist, DivineImmortality, was originally inspired by a post on tumblr, well I guess the inspiration turned out to be awesome since it created such a wonderful image of Ichigo and Hichigo. If you like the work be sure to check their work otherwise share the page!

Death’s within any anime is sad, however deaths of major characters that we love and hope to see live and fight in the anime are without a doubt heart touching. Here are some of the saddest anime deaths which myself and a few friends thought you’d like to see in no particular order.

Portgas D. Ace and Edward Newgate (Whitebeard)

Son the Pirate King, and one of the Four Emperors; Ace and Whitebeard. Not much of these two is seen throughout the anime but their deaths are equally devastating to any One Piece fan, as they are to the OP universe. Ace, as well as being son of the Pirate King, is also Luffy’s brother, as they exchanged cups of sake as youths in a vow of brotherhood. During the war of the best in Marineford, we see Luffy and all of Whitebeard’s crew and allied crews trying to storm through the battlefront in an effort to save Ace. Luffy, after entering the battlefield, exclaims “I’m going to save you, even if I die”, and in a cruel twist of fate, Luffy fully exhausts his body but continues to fight, and succeeds in rescuing Ace, but Ace ends up sacrificing his life in order to save Luffy from Akainu during the escape. Whitebeard’s death was equally touching, since throughout the entire war, you see Whitebeard facing a storm of different attacks; gunshots, sword stabs, cannon ball fires and also Akainu’s lava fists, but still stands strong, and in his final moments, he dies standing tall.  [Image]

Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto

Yamamoto’s death was probably one which had touched all Bleach fans. After revealing his beastly Bankai, he was certainly shocked to know that he was cheated of his chance to kill Juha Bach, after such a moment he had no moment to react to which Juha took the chance to cut Yamamoto in half. While his body stands, the other half falls to the ground as though all his spirit and fire has disappeared from the Earth. It was truly a shocking death and Juha Bach was certainly clever in the way he took Yamamoto’s life! [Image]

Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze

Kushina and Minato are Naruto’s parents as you may know, they saved Naruto’s life by giving up their own. As Kurama see’s his chance to kill Naruto we see Minato and Kushina quickly take action in stopping Kurama’s hand by stepping in front of it. Both of them die by Kurama’s hand which means that they will die together. They know their fate and thus begin to say goodbye to Naruto as a child as well as when he’s grown up. [Image]

Going Merry

Possibly one of the more obscure anime deaths out there, simply because it’s technically not a living being. However, despite this, the death of Going Merry is still a worthy mention, as he has been with the Strawhat nakama since their first voyage as a real crew, meeting new challenges and facing bombardments from rivals (and mostly Luffy). At Enie’s lobby, Merry has pushed himself far beyond the limits of any regular ship, and even voyaged (on its own will) on one final trip, even whilst no longer being seaworthy. What makes Going Merry so special is the fact that through the plot, you can slowly see Merry developing a spirit/soul/will of its own, shown on Sky island where he repairs himself to his original form, and also during the battle between Luffy and Usopp, where Merry is seen crying. [Image]

Itachi Uchiha

Itachi Uchiha’s death was hard to see. After all Itachi and Sasuke had together as kids, it’s really hard to see both of them fight to the end. Plus after learning about he’s past and how he died, it was amazingly touching and to see Sasuke make his decisions after learning all of it was incredible. Furthermore his death wasn’t the most disappointing thing, it was the after effect in which Sasuke had to it, plus after Itachi was reincarnated it was good to see that Sasuke got to see his brother in an equal term where Sasuke was told the truth. Itachi was a great leaf shinobi in disguise. [Image]

Jiraiya

Jiraiya is awesome, he was a leader to many as well as a teacher to some. From Nagato to Minato and his beloved son Naruto. He was amazing and although his death affected Naruto the most, it affected others such as Tsunade and Orochimaru, which were friends from the very start. He was awesome, his death brought forward a lot and helped Naruto think through some stuff to figure out how to stop Nagato as well as use Sage Mode to fight against many other enemies. He was a teacher and a friend. [Image]

Ulquiorra Cifer

Ulquiorra was an enemy to some but he grew on many of us, from being  quite yet powerful member of the Espada, he was never a bad guy. All he wanted to do was to protect his leader which in this case Aizen. Ulquiorra is one of my favourite Bleach characters, to which his death was definitely shocking. However I was angered to see Ichigo death while being ecstatic to see Ichigo go crazy on Ulquiorra. There was definitely a touching moment between Orihime and Ulquiorra, that is what is most upsetting. [Image]

Gin Ichimaru

Gin, a lover to Rangiku while being a secret hero to many. In the end, he didn’t realize that Aizen had gotten a lot stronger than he could have anticipated, because of this such a wonderful hero died. He started with us by being a somewhat free spirit character to which he and Aizen had great plans. He stole the Hogyoku off Aizen to prevent him getting any stronger but paid with his life, he knew from the moment he met Aizen that he would do something, thus he stayed with him. I only hope that we see him one more time, however it’s most unlikely as he’s died in the arms of Rangiku. [Image]

Zabuza Momochi (And Haku)

Zabuza and Haku were the first and main antagonist to Naruto when it began. We see him as a very aggressive character at start but as we learnt about him we quickly found out that he cared deeply for Haku, who were always together. Naruto had quickly figured out that Zabuza obviously had strong feelings for Haku to which he’s never showed, and after figuring this out, he wasn’t able to tell Haku, who was already killed. During the Edo Tensei arc, Haku was able to find out, even if it was short it was something they both could share, it was truly wonderful, even if they’ve already dead. [Image]

Asuma Sarutobi

Sarutobi being the leader of Team 10 as well as a very close teacher to his students, in particular Shikamaru, is a very sad story. He was fortunate enough to have loved and be loved by Kurenai who is now pregnant. It’s also sad that she will have a child in which they will never be able to see their father, all because of how he died. He was a teacher to every as well as Naruto and the others. He’s definitely a very cool teacher to have, always paying for Choji’s meals. He was awesome, sad to see him go! [Image]

There are too many deaths that are too sad to mention above so here are some that we also considered:

• Kaname Tosen (from Bleach)
• Lisanna Strauss (before she came back from Edolas)
• L (from Death Note)
• Simon (from Fairy Tail)
• Marco Bott (from Attack on Titan)
• Goku (During Cell Games Saga, against Cell)

Note that this list is from anime’s that have been watched by all of us, please don’t criticize is we have missed some very important deaths. This was post done with the help of a few of my friends, Naim and Nirmal, thank you both for the help! Also if you’ve got a sad death that you think was very sad within any anime, please be sure to tell me using the comment section.

Yachiru “Kenpachi” Unohana or more commonly known as Retsu Unohana was the first person to hold the Kenpachi name, those that usually hold this are very strong individuals who love to fight! She is also known to be one of the most diabolical criminals to ever exist with Soul Society but was then recruited by Yamamoto to create the Gotei 13. The artist wanted to show Unohana’s released Bankai as well as the red blood below her. 

This artwork is splendid, it’s awesome to see such simplicity go into making such a wonderful piece of artwork! The artist, Creative2Bit, has done a brilliant job of making it. If you like their work be sure to check their work out otherwise be sure to share the page.

Renji and Rukia recently appeared in the latest Bleach chapters. While Renji fights against the very strong Quincy, Mask De Masculine, we see that Renji may be getting pushed around but he’s nowhere near about to get any serious damage on him. Mask De Masculine describes Renji to be an enemy to his heroism with the support of many creepy James’. 

Renji is about to show us his awesome new zanpakuto and how it’ll look against Mask De Masculine’s Vollstandig. The artist, CuBur, has done a fantastic job of creating such a wonderful piece of fan art with both villains Rukia and Renji. She herself loves how Renji is acting and how the villains always win! So check her out or be sure to share the page!

This week’s Cosplay Monday goes to the awesome Toshiro Hitsugaya from Bleach! We all know of him and know that he’s a talented child prodigy to have worked in the Gotei 13. As well as developing his Bankai before many other Vice Captains, he as a third seat was quickly chosen to be the next Captain. His intelligence and power surpasses most, as well as his awesome Hyorinmaru bankai, also shown in the cosplay! 

If you like this awesome cosplay, be sure to go and check out the authors page at skyrap. If you like their work here you’d be surprised at how awesome their cosplay is of other characters such as Levi from Attack on Titan. If you like this page be sure to share it wherever you can.

Bleach 564 blew me away with how awesome it really is! We finally get to see how Renji’s Bankai has finally flourished into an amazing design. His Bankai Souou Zabimaru looks awesome just to say. On top of this Mask De Masculine gets his ass handed to him just by a few extra things which Renji did, especially his new attack, Zaga Teppou (Translation: Serpent Fang Cannon) which literally turned Mask into nothing but dust! 

Bleach 564 begins as all the James’ cheer their Super Star on, he then notices something strange that there is a massive snake skull which protected Renji from the attack just now. Renji’s hands come out when a large amount of air and dust move out from that place, a sword also begins to form. Mask De Masculine notices that his sword seems to have changed its form, could it be Hihiou Zabimaru? We see a smaller sword there.

We go to the past when Renji is talking to Ichibei in which he tells him that he’s been deceived. He tells Renji that the name he was given is the partial truth. The very fact that he didn’t reveal his full name to Renji means that he doesn’t acknowledge him as a warrior yet. Renji then mentions that they’ve been brothers in arms for a long time. Ichibei mentions that he will tell him the full name.

Renji mentions what is the point of him telling who it is, Ichibei replies by telling him that because he was appointed by the Soul King as the Manako Oshou, or The one who reveals the true identity. After all he is the man who decided on the name of Zanpakuto, he designed the names of the Shikai and Bankai too! He is the man who named everything which currently resides in Soul Society.

He’s also aware of all the names of every Zanpakuto, from the moment the Asauchi created by Ouetsu, they’re given to him to be named and then to the Shinigami counterpart. With Renji’s newly acquired strength he’s earned the right to call him by his full name!

We return and Renji calls his Bankai! We’re then revealed by his awesome new crazy Bankai. Souou Zabimaru, translated into the Twin Serpent King Tail! Mask mentions that he’s truly a formidable villain and so it the Bankai. Having witnessed that he’s able to block such a powerful attack from Mask, he is having the overwhelming desire to crush him!

Thus Mask De Masculine quickly drops towards Renji. Renji quickly uses his new ability and extra long left arm, Hihiou, allowing him to use the bone fingers to capture Mask De Masculine in it, Mask’s arms and legs are captured in it and squeezed until their completely broken and crushed! Renji then throws him towards a large building.

Mask is pissed off for what he’s done, he shouts at him telling him why he would breaks his arms. Renji then calls for his Serpent King, Orochi Oi. To which Renji goes towards Mask and quickly stabs him right in the chest! Mask didn’t even see this coming.

Renji’s next move is to then use his Souou Zabimaru Bankai and create Zaga Teppou, his Serpent Fang Cannon which creates a massive explosion right where Mask De Masculine is! We quickly see the aftermath which is a burnt body of Mask De Masculine, it begins to literally turn into nothing but dust! He has been incinerated! Renji tells him that he can not kick back and relax! Much Power, Wow! Bleach 564 ends here!

What an awesome chapter, Bleach is awesome. Renji is gotten crazy powerful and it’s awesome to see that Rukia is also at his level of destroying such powerful Quincy’s, which can take out quite a few Captains! I can’t wait for next week’s Bleach 565 when we see even more action and possibly even see something we’ve not yet seen before!