Bleach 228.



...um....




....yeah.....



It was actually pretty good for a while there. AWKWARD, but...pretty good. Very amusing. All the omake bits spliced together. Matsumoto's comments on Nanao's, er, chest were uncomfortable but entertaining (heck, seeing Nanao in ANY situation these days is...okay, I'm gonna take that "ANY" part back, but...it was nice to see her again, regardless of the context), and Soifon's despair was wonderful. Despite my love for her. Silliness from the serious characters is always great.

Hitsugaya using Hyourinmaru to make party ice? Mundane Superpower Utility ftw.
The Seaweed Ambassador's dramatic entrance? Double win.
Byakuya destroying a swimming pool? So much win, Ichigo wouldn't stand a chance.

THEN came...um....

...

...tentacle hentai.


All of it was actually pretty decently explained...blame it on Mayuri and his mad-scientist-ness, and Yachiru and her insanity...but that was about the end of the "decent." It was like the men at the studio just decided, "You know what this show's been missing? Tentacles!" Despite actually having them twice in the past...tamely, really, but...this...I was VERY much disturbed.

Nanao and Isane just got picked on because they're not allowed to fight back due to their having never ACTUALLY FOUGHT in the manga. They just get their butts kicked in the first three seconds because they end up facing top-tier opponents.

Renji, though, could fight.

Of course, being Renji, he could not win. EVEN IN THE FILLERIEST OF FILLER EPISODES, HE COULD NOT WIN.

Because it was actually a watermelon. An Anti-Hollow Watermelon. Prepare to meet your doom, Ulquiorra!!!

Seriously. The ultimate in front-line weaponry. Giant tentacled watermelons.

Soifon got to be awesome, though.

And yay for her having independent thought! Or at least...trying to....

But then the episode concluded with the standard sitcom "here we go again" ending. Lovely.

Thankfully, we seem to be going on to more lucid terrain next week. With Ikkaku apparently marrying Keigo's sister.

Easily the most awkward episode of any TV show I have ever watched in the history of ever, though. The Swimsuit Episode.

Chances of it being aired in the US of A? Slim to none, I'd say.

There were plenty of other awkward moments that I dare not repeat here. *shivers*


My showwwwwwww....