Bleach 343 - After busting out of the walls, Yammy sees Ulquiorra and Ichigo and asks if he can fight Ichigo, but Ulquiorra tells him to go deal with the captains. Yammy then spots the two girl arrancars and Orihime, and his first reaction is the send Menoli flying. Loli releases her true form and tries to fight Yammy, but the big espada crushes her and the tosses her out of the castle. Yammy then turns his attention to Orihime, while Ulquiorra continues to get in Ichigo's way. As Yammy is about to attack, Ishida appears outside of the hole in the wall (that Yammy smashed open to dispose of Loli) and shoots an arrow at Yammy's back. The arrow didn't penetrate and Yammy immediately turns around to attack Ishida. Unfortunately for the big espada, Ishida has already placed an anti-arrancar landmine (made by Kurotsuchi)in front of him and the mine blows up in his face. My Thoughts:Reinforcements have finally arrived! They probably should have shown up sooner since there aren't many strong arrancars left in Hueco Mundo (unless Aizen is hiding a bunch somewhere), so the four shinigami captains plus Ichigo's friends should be more than enough to take care of Exequias and whoever else is left. I guess Ishida just had to show up at that particular moment to make himself look cool. Not sure how well our bespectacled Quincy will fare against Yammy, but Yammy is only no. 10 so he might not be that strong. As for Yammy's sudden return, he isn't exactly a friend of the good guys but at least he killed Loli and Menoli before they can do anything nasty to Orihime, and Orihime is probably safe for the moment now that Ishida is here. No real harm done to Orihime other than being a little shaken up and having her clothes ripped.---------------Naruto 433 - God Realm charges at Naruto after seeing that Naruto is out of sage chakra. Shima suggest that she and Fuksaku fuse with Naruto, but Fukasaku explains that it's impossible because of the demon fox. However, Fukasaku reveals Naruto has found a way to get around the problem. Meanwhile Naruto is trying unfurl the scroll on his back, but God Realm keeps pestering him so Naruto throws the scroll to Fukasaku. Using the scroll, Fukasaku reverse summons a Naruto shadow clone from Myobokuzan that has been collecting sage chakra. After the clone is summoned and destroyed, Naruto receives all of the clone's sage chakra and returns to sage mode. After kicking God Realm away, Naruto forms another Rasen Shuriken and throws it at God Realm, but Hungry Ghost Realm steps in front and absorbs the ninjutsu, and Naruto realizes that Hell Realm is the one responsible for reviving Hungry Ghost Realm. As the three Realms step into formation, Naruto and his two clones put up a smoke screen and attempts another Rasen Shuriken. Hungry Ghost Realm steps in to block the shuriken, but the first "shuriken" was actually Naruto in disguise. Naruto takes down Hungry Ghost Realm which leaves God Realm exposed to the real Rasen Shuriken, but God Realm's power returns and the technique is repelled. However, as God Realm is busy repelling the shuriken, a Naruto shadow clone sneaks behind and takes out Hell Realm with a double Rasengan. My Thoughts:Damn, Naruto is getting smart. Although not unintelligent, Naruto has usually been portrayed as a somewhat reckless character who likes to do stuff in the spirit of the moment. I guess he really matured after Jiraiya's death. The shadow clone sage chakra reserve was a pretty clever idea, but I thought chakra is evenly split among all clones. I guess sage chakra must be different than normal chakra so it can only be transferred after the clone dissipates. The rest of Naruto's tactics were pretty well thought-out as well. Even though God Realm repelled the Rasen Shuriken, Naruto has taken out Hell Realm which means no more resurrections. It's now Naruto (plus the frogs) vs. God Realm at full power. Well, there's still Konan and Pain's real body, so Naruto is probably still at a disadvantage. Naruto definitely will have to use the last reserve clone, and maybe will have to tap into some of that demon fox chakra as well.--------------- One Piece 530 - The guards are surveying the damage in Level 2, but they soon find their hands full with a massive prisoner riot as Buggy has unlocked all the cells. At the control room, the Impel Down guards have discovered that Luffy is after Ace, and this news is relayed to the warden and eventually to Marine HQ. At Marine HQ, Fleet Admiral Sengoku is upset over the news, while Garp is laughing his head off. Sengoku states that no one has escaped Impel Down in 20 years and he is not about to let Luffy succeed. Sengoku then gets angry at Garp who cannot stop laughing.Luffy, Buggy, Mr. 3, and the sphinx has fallen to Level 3, which is extremely hot and desert-like. Mr. 3 explains that Level 3, aka Starvation Hell, is so hot because of the infernos in Level 4 below, and all prisoners in Level 3 has had at least a 50 million Beli bounty. As Luffy and company decide what to do next, they and the unconscious sphinx are caught by a Kairouseki (sea stone) net laid out by Blugori chief Saldeath. Luffy, Buggy, and Mr. 3 are unable to break out of the net by themselves, but at this moment the sphinx wakes up and breaks open the net. In the ensuing chaos, Luffy ends on the ground battling the various guards while Mr.3 and Buggy climbed up the net and onto a horizontal beam. The two escapees announce that they are ditching Luffy, but Luffy thanks to them for bringing him so far anyways. While Luffy runs away from the guards, Buggy and Mr.3 discuss what to do next, and Mr. 3 suddenly hears a familiar song. Mr. 3 and Buggy follow to song to a prison cell where Mr. 2 is forcing his cellmates to dance ballet with him. Mr. 2 is surprised to see Mr. 3, while Mr. 3 and Buggy aren't sure if they should let Mr. 2 out or not.My Thoughts:Another Baroque Works character makes his return. Unlike Buggy and Mr. 3, Mr. 2 was actually has some goodness within him and so he might be more inclined to help Luffy if they run into each other. For now though it looks like Mr. 2 will join Buggy and Mr.3's little group while Luffy runs amok on his own. There is still Sir Crocodile and Mr. 1 left in terms of Baroque Works prisoners, but these two probably won't be so inclined to help Luffy rescue Ace. If I remember correctly, Sir Croc and Mr. 1 had a chance to get out jail but they chose to stay, but maybe they will feel like breaking out this time.
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