Bleach, Volume 2: The Substitute (Episodes 5-8)
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Actor: Romi PakDirector: *
Brand: Anime DVDs
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Stereo; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Stereo; Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Viz Video
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Summary: 4 Stars
Poor Ichigo -- if it isn't one tiny life-form causing trouble for him, it's another.
And the second volume of "Bleach" is full of such troubles for our scrappy hero and his fiery Soul Reaper ally. First the anime finishes off a gruesome, heartrending story about a particularly nasty Hollow. Then we head to more comedic but still touching story about Rukia getting the wrong pill. It also introduces a hilariously oddballish new bunch of supporting characters in a run-down little shop.
While Ichigo rushes his sister home, Rukia takes on the Hollow alone -- and is unexpectedly aided by Chad, who can't see the Hollow but whose giant fists are still able to damage it. But when Ichigo arrives, they also learn the reason the Hollow has been pursuing the parakeet all along -- and the ghastly crimes it committed even before becoming a Hollow. And a very special fate awaits Hollows who have done such things...
After all that, Rukia makes a trip to a store with some very special supplies -- including a Pez dispenser with "temporary souls" inside, so Ichigo's body won't lie around when he leaves it. Unfortunately it turns out that the little pill insider is a specially modified soul that doesn't intend to give Ichigo's body up -- and causes quite a bit of mayhem on its own.
But the slapstick leaves off as the anniversary of Ichigo's mother's death rolls around, and the Kurosakis pay a visit to her grave. But Rukia (and elsewhere, Orihime) learn that his mother's death changed Ichigo forever, since he believes himself responsible. But there's more to her death than meets the eye -- especially when a very familiar Hollow appears at the graveyard.
"Bleach" is one of those series that juggles serious and silly in equal measure, and the second volume has the series really hitting its stride. The storylines are still rather small in scope but are rapidly expanding, especially since Hollow-slaying has become a more personal duty for Ichigo. Oh yeah, and a new Soul Reaper enters the scene looking for Rukia.
The first half is a flurry of exploding leechfrogs, savage fight scenes with Chad bludgeoning the Hollow with a telephone pole, and Ichigo showing how nasty he can be in a fight. Yet these episodes pluck the heartstrings as few animes can -- we get a full look at the poor little parakeet/boy's backstory, as well as the truly heartrending look at what happened to Ichigo's mom.
Fortunately there are lighter moments as well -- the Urahara shop's kooky inhabitants, Rukia's bunny obsession ("HOW DARE YOU MOCK ME, YOU IMBECILE!") and the slapsticky modsoul Kon, who likes to kiss the girls in Ichigo's body ("This SUUUCKS! Don't say that! My life is over!" Ichigo laments).
Every hero needs a trauma, and Ichigo's is laid out in all its bloody pain here -- his mother's death, his feelings of guilt, and how it turned him from a happy crybaby into a lonely tough-guy. And we're introduced to the lecherous stuffed lion Kon, as well as the gang at the Urahara shop -- a cornrowed giant, a timid little girl and a bullying little boy. And of course, there's Urahara himself -- a stoner-esque bucket-hatted guy who is clearly more than he appears.
The second volume of "Bleach" is a winning mix of poignant character development, slapstick and slam-bag action, and it only promises to improve further on.
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