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telophase ([personal profile] telophase) wrote2007-08-20 01:54 pm
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My head hurts and I'd like to go home, but I can't, thanks to having work I have to clear out before my trip. WHINE.

Someone post Bleach stuff. I'm still obsessing over that. (I'm in that lovely first few weeks of the relationship when you're head-over-heels with the object of your affection, before the shiny wears off and you start getting irritated at the little quirks that used to charm you.)

[identity profile] thomasyan.livejournal.com 2007-08-20 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
You're post-Bount finally? Hm, maybe that irritating nude Senior Backache on Junior Backache fan service that I complained about is in an upcoming-for-you episode. Aren't you glad?

There are still episodes that feel to me like filler episodes. Maybe they are in the manga, too, but it sure seems to me like random stuff added for the anime to help keep it from outpacing the manga.

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-08-20 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm on episode 121 or 122. Some continuity from the Bount arc has been shoehorned into the Arrancar arc, but it could all be edited out with no loss to the story so far.

Episode 119 was 98% filler, but I really enjoyed it, because it went in-depth into Madarame's character and the 11th Division's history. It's the type of filler that's worth doing, because it's done right, not affecting the plot but instead picking some aspect of the story and going into its background in detail, where there was only time in the manga to hint at it. The episode in the Soul Society arc that played on Adult Swim last Saturday was also a case in point: it allowed for time to go into Renji, Kira, and Hinamori's background at the Academy and show their relationship, which made events in prior episodes that much more poignant.

[identity profile] thomasyan.livejournal.com 2007-08-20 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Episodes that provide insights into character I think could justfiably be classifed as not-filler.

Hm. I guess one recent Kon-centric episode might have told us things we didn't know before about him (although I am dubious about that), but since the anime seems to think he is a lot cuter and funnier than I do, it still felt like filler to me.

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-08-20 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I like Kon in the manga, because he's used sparingly and since I read fast, his segments are over in seconds. In the anime, unfortunately, he's excruciatingly unfunny.

[identity profile] rilina.livejournal.com 2007-08-20 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] sophiap recently wrote a Bleach/Holic crossover: April Shows May Bring Flowers (http://community.livejournal.com/presterpress/3153.html?style=mine).

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-08-20 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks!

[identity profile] gameazel.livejournal.com 2007-08-21 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
All of [livejournal.com profile] peroxidepest17's stuff? http://www.fanfiction.net/u/31057/peroxidepest17peroxidepest17 and http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=peroxide_fic&keyword=Bleach+fic&filter=all