Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Bleach 567: Dance with Snow White


Zach Goodier

The fight between Rukia and "the Fear" has begun in earnest, and the mystery quickly becomes, "how is Rukia immune to 'fear'?"  The answer quickly reveals itself, as we learn about the nature of fear, and just what its' limitations are.  Beyond that, we see Rukia's new power, and just how much it has grown.  Now, is the fight truly over?  I highly doubt it, but we'll just have to see in the next chapter.

I was interested to see how Rukia's power had grown in her training, but I had assumed that it would reveal itself in her bankai, that she hasn't ever had up until this point.  I still think she's achieved it, but she obviously hasn't had cause to use it at this point, as her opponent hasn't even been able to go all out to fight her.  However, I think Rukia has always been a fairly weak character in terms of fighting ability.  While her technique and discipline are there, she has never really developed her power to be much of a combatant.  However, I think that has mostly to do with her being mostly sheltered, and never challenged, since Byakuya keeps her out of harm's way for the most part.  

Now, I hope to see Rukia come into her own a bit more, and step out of her brother's shadow more.  That isn't to say she isn't independent for the most part, but she's never really stood out in terms of strength, and she has always been rather small and fragile compared to the rest of the characters.  Hopefully we can her come out of her shell some more in the coming chapters.

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