#lost agent arc

[dreadsuitsamus]

i love these little doodles at the end of some of the chapters during the lost agent arc

[sunflowersandcherryblossoms]

A great subversion of Bleach's storyline would have been if Isshin hadn't been involved in any way, in giving back Ichigo's powers...

Nothing from the World of the Living.

The entire plan had been made in Soul Society. Urahara would be involved, but we would have been absent from the main plot and we would have found out later on that he'd been in the Seireitei all this time, working with Mayuri. (I hate him, but I would be willing to throw him a bone on this one...)

Everyone would question where Isshin had been. Why had he not been involved in helping his son?

Then, when TYBW came around, we would find out that instead of that so-called love story between Isshin and Masaki, the Shiba Clan had actually always been shady as fuck, imprisoned and banned for valid reasons and Isshin himself wanted power and was in an alliance with the Quincy. (unbeknownst to Masaki)

He was not a awkward father who nonetheless loved his kids. He'd be power hungry, willing to sacrifice his first born into the crystal prison, to ascend to Squad Zero and somewhat rule over the Soul Society.

Squad Zero and Isshin manipulating and "allowing" Yhwach and the Sternritter's invasion?

Amazing.

Us being shown that Yhwach wasn't as powerful as he believed, the Almighty was just "fireworks"? Ichibei and Isshin being the actual villains since the beginning?

Byakuya, Rukia and Renji taking on Ichibei as Ichigo, Hitsugaya and Matsumoto had to fight Isshin?

Chef's kiss...

Ichigo having to cut ties permanently with his human side and the World of the Living after having to deal the final blow on his own father, would have been arrowing and emotional...

And I would have loved it.

[fairy-lights-and-blobs]

Sorry to all of you DPxDC fans, but it's Bleach hours right now.

And I had a thought:

Fullbringers get their powers from leftover Hollow Reiatsu being left behind after a Hollow attacked their mother.

That's something we all know.

But most, chief among them Tite Kubo, seem to have forgotten that White was made specifically to be akin to a Viral Infection towards his targets. Ichigo, born a weird mishmash of everything, is part-Holow because of that.

Therefore, his Fullbring also IS infectious, because of the Hollow that made it possible, right?

Enter stage left...Kugo Ginjo, Fulbring Thief, and all around Bastard. Who's hearing up to take Ichigo's Fullbring for himself.

What if he got Infected by White's poison, which Ichigo almost certainly produces as part of his Hollow side?

Rapid resolution to the Lost Agent arc:

Ginjo steals Ichigo's Fullbring. Gloats about it, like the Machiavellian bastard that he fancies himself as, and goes to pay Ichigo back for all his help by killing him.

Except, now there's a nasty Hollowfying Infection digging it's claws into his soul.

Right in the middle of their headquarters. Where every single other Fullbringer is also stationed to stop Ichigo from tearing his head off before the process is finished.

And what are Fullbringers if now a source of extra Hollow Reiatsu, ripe for the taking for a young, newborn Menos?

Meanwhile, Shiro is cackling like mad in Ochigo's mind, watching this train wreck happen. It's poetic. Horrifyingly beautiful poetry in motion, of Ginjo being hoisted by his own petard.

Ichigo's friends, also known as a significant part of the Gotei 13, come in hoping to restore Ichigo's Shinigami powers just in time for him to fight off Ginjo...only to see a Hollow quickly growing into a Fucking Menos after it's morning snack, and Ichigo trying to play distraction while Uryu tries to turn it into a pin cushion.

@sunflowersandcherryblossoms Thoughts? Does that make sense?

[laughing-moonlight]

[sunflowersandcherryblossoms]

Nice colours you got there...

kuchiki byakuya i love you

[midnight-in-town]

If Twilights’s dad is a spy Then is he working for Westalis or Ostania?

Hey Anon and sorry for the delay! :3

Hmm, first of all, I don’t think his allegiance would be what matters the most, when in case this plot twist happens.

To recap a bit on the theory that Twilight's dad is still alive and a spy (first draft here), I think that, narratively speaking, the interest lies in:

Twilight's entire childhood, nay, life was based on a lie

A lie he's currently exactly reproducing by pretending to be Anya's dad (except that, unlike him, Anya knows her dad's a spy on a mission), which is why it'll need to be addressed by the plot eventually.

Additionally, and considering that this trauma from his childhood turned him into everything he didn’t want to be, I'd say facing this terrible truth (for once) is how he's going to come to the realization that he can't do to Yor and Anya what his dad did to him and his mom.

Otherwise, you know, "he's really just like his dad", a dad who possibly caused a terrorist attack or, at the very least, who took advantage of one to leave his wife and kid behind.

All "for his mission".

Twilight being recruited as a spy might be related to WISE knowing his dad is a spy

In that case, if his dad is also a spy working for Westalis, then WISE recruited Twilight because they bet he shares the same skills as his dad.

However, if his dad is a spy working for Ostania, then WISE recruited him for the same reason, except it was to use him as possible leverage/weapon against his own dad.

Either way, if WISE knew about Twilight's dad being a spy, then WISE will be held accountable for manipulating Twilight with lies. So I think, by the end of the story, Twilight will also come to realize this truth, because it's the only way to untangle the web of lies that now represents his life.

Also, Twilight realizing that WISE used him from the start would match with Yor being indoctrinated since childhood by the organization she also currently sides with.

And, while I have no doubt that eventually their family will prevail over old allegiances, I believe it will only be possible if both Twilight and Yor face the truth that they were totally used as pawns by the organizations they believed in, in order to free themselves from them.

To finally answer your question (sorry for rambling): thematically since Twilight is Westalis' "greatest spy/asset", tbh it's likely that his dad is the Ostanian equivalent.

As for who he is, I'd say someone currently working for the SSS, which is how Twilight risks being discovered by them (if Garden doesn't sell him out first, for being Yor's fishy husband being interested in Donovan Desmond).

And considering the fact he must be an older man, with a light hair color, visible cheek bones and a slim nose, well, we don't have a lot of possible suspects in the cast...

Especially since, interestingly, the job of Yuri and his captain is to catch spies.

Lastly, if Yuri's captain is Twilight's spy dad, then he must have gotten that scar after leaving his wife and kid behind, say, maybe during that very same explosion/terrorist attack that happened in their hometown?

TL;DR my money is on Yuri's captain being Twilight's spy dad, because this has high comedic value, when we know how much Yuri dislikes Loid while his dad mentors him on the job. Though it's also quite ironically devastating considering that, in that case, Twilight literally impersonated his dad in ch14 when investigating Yor...

...implying he's slowly becoming exactly like his dad, a man he will despise once he finds out the truth. ://

Sorry for rambling, I hope it answers your question ! Have a good day ahead, Anon.

[grilledcheese-savage]

I literally can not wait to show you guys Little shit Agent Walker TM in my comic. I write way ahead of my drawings so I have like 3-4 weeks worth of sketches before lineart and then 9-10 weeks worth of script and I crack myself up ngl. There’s this one drawing of Jay I did that I’m so proud of, I’m copying it into the first scene of him idc. I don’t think I posted it on here just because I liked it so much. I can’t stop thinking about my blorbos what can I say.

[manfieme]

Watching the post credits of every Bleach episode because I just wanna see more Toshiro some of that shit is GOLD

[bijectiveandinvertible]

This is one of the best reviews I have read of this arc.

I agree with Rukia coming in. Also Renji and maybe Byakuya

Not the rest of the Shinigami. Particularly Kenpachi makes no sense.

How I would have paired the fights:

Ginjo vs Ichigo (This one was excellent, I don't want any changes here.)

Riruka vs Rukia (I really liked this one as well)

Tsukishima vs Byakuya (I think the only person ruthless enough to go against Tsukishima and kill him)

The other option with Tsukishima I think is

Tsukishima Vs Orihime (Rejection power vs Past manipulation power?? I think it would be an excellent fight)

Yukio Vs Uryu (I think it would be an excellent battle, also would be a good way to introduce weird Quincy powers)

Giriko, Jackie, Shishigawara Vs Chad (Chad fills the big guy role in the story so it would have been fascinating to see him go up against all three)

or conversely

Jackie Vs Tatsuki (Maybe the hogyuko gave Tatsuki some powers??)

and

Giriko and Shishigawara Vs Chad and Renji

The Kids in the Room

The Fullbringer Arc is tighter and more coherent than anything in the manga so far, telling a very straightforward story about a young person’s alienation from the world he lives in. It has very specific things to say about the role of parents, mentors, and friends in the process of a kid becoming an adult and does a pretty decent job of looking at how different organizations (the state, gangs) can play into that young person’s life. And then, at the climax of the story, it very intentionally takes all that hard work, and for what I must assume were business reasons, tosses it all away.

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[edgelord-of-the-day]

Edgelord of the Day #56:

Shūkurō Tsukishima

Series: Bleach - Tale of the Lost Agent arc

[vaguely-concerned]

zero with the helmet faceplate broken so it reveals just one of his eyes and spiderweb cracks all around it.........

[sunflowersandcherryblossoms]

This continuity error was never explained and it's what, at first, made me think there must have been a two year span between the Lost Agent Arc and Thousand Year Blood War...

[hopelessfandomfreak]

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[black--sun]

What sort of villain are you quiz?

[itwtgihmaoktowarwtbfuow]

My favorite part of seeing people get into bleach is when they reach the Lost Agent Arc and act all surprised at the stupid powers and nonsense plot and the way none of the characters act like theyve had any development.

Acting all betrayed going "What the hell, this sucks?!"

Comrade, Bleach has sucked the whole time. You just gotta ride the suck wave and when the flood has receded you can dig for cool rocks in the sand.

[bijectiveandinvertible]

This arc really was crippled by the arrival of the soul reapers.

I think just Renji and Rukia would have been fine. Maybe Byakuya.

I think making the Karakura gang face off against humans would have provided better moments of character growth.

In my opinion Ichigo should have fought Tsukishima and Ginjo.

Okay, I’ll admit I laughed at this. Toshiro’s going up against an actual kid– I presume because Yukio, who got to pick these matchups, was scared of the grownups. But it’s quite clear that even Toshiro has a distinct maturity advantage over Yukio. He’s not shook by Yukio’s taunts, just annoyed. When you’ve been through what he has…