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I suppose we can rest assured that Ichigo won't get killed, but perhaps it's time for another meeting with his Zanpakutou in that other world.

Maybe his inner hollow will try and uproot him again, although his state of mind isn't as messed up as it was the last time that happened.

I doubt that the Vaizard will come help him, they'll be focused on Aizen, if Kisuke hasn't given them any orders stating otherwise. They owe him some payback I suppose. They should be just as powerful if not more than the Captains, it's best to keep them as back-up.

Unfortunately, most of these types of anime/mangas are pretty formulaic. Ordinary person gets/discovers extraordinary powers/abilities, person gets defeated by someone with better powers/abilities, person gets/discovers/is taught even greater powers, goes on to defeat previous other person, repeat steps two through four. All we can really hope for is either an interesting story driving said formula, or in case of a parody of the formula (like One Piece), laughs.

Edited, Feb 15th 2009 1:17am by lolgaxe

Well, it might get interesting next week, I'm not even sure any Captain is powerful enough to stand up to Ulquiorra in his espada² form.

At current the anime is at episode -99 of the manga. Almost at an end of the flashback episodes. You could say chapter 314 if they'ld have kept the regular count, latest chapter released was 349 btw, so there's some time before a new filler I hope.

I should have gone with the obvious answer: Ichigo will somehow tranform into something even more powerful.

This time with long hair.

Hurm.

You gotta admit, Viking-Ichigo is a cool visual.

I pictured Techno-Viking-Ichigo, and I laughed.

The problem I see is that the Vizard aren't very well developed as far as combat prowess. Jushiro and Shunsui are the 3rdf and fourth if not 2nd and 3rd most powerful captains. They were struggling against the Primera. Hitsugaya and Soifon are fairly competent and struggled against the 2nd and 3rd Espada. Sure, many of the Vizard used to be captain level, but now they've got the devilish trio, the espada, and Wonderweiss to deal with. It's a tough sale to believe they're capable of taking that.

Straw Hat is overdue for a combat appearance, so it's quite possible he may join in the Karakura fight.

As for Yami? 50% chance Kenpachi decides to go again, 30% chance Unohana my show off her stuff (but only if he's truly 0 level), 10% friends of Ichigo take him on and 10% Kisuke decides to open up a portal to Las Noches.

A lot of back & forth here, but I liked this chapter. Aizen FINALLY makes an appearance, as do the Vizhards.

By all rights, the captains shouldn't be doing crap to the Espada outside of Bankai. So, I'd say they've done a good job holding them off so far. Remember, Ichigo was stronger than Grimmjow in Hollow-Mask-Bankai form (god that sounds *****) so the Vizhards should be on par with the Espada, even when they release.

Kisuke & Yourichi should be showing up soon to help out the Captains while, pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease, hopefully we'll see Kenpachi's bankai vs Yammi.

They're definitely as strong as the hollow Ichigo that fought Grimmjow. Ichigo's a prodigy of some kind, so I'm not sure if the remaining Vaizards are as powerful as the Ichigo that went berserk and killed of that fourth espada Ulquiorra.

To be of any use to the story though, they'ld have to be a lot stronger than Ichigo's level against Grimmjow, seriously stronger.

It's ofcourse very difficult to judge the strength of a character based on previous fights.