Bleach 197

01)
Asano: I'm tellin' the truth, dammit!!
Asano: Over in that drink bar, they sell a drink that's two parts Calpis and Ginger Ale, and one part MYSTERY LIQUID!!!
Asano: You wanna know what it tastes like? Huh!? Hair tonic, that's what!!
Asano: Is that friggin' crazy or what?!?!
Mizuiro: Ah...
Mizuiro: That is indeed crazy. You never fail to surprise us, Asano-san.
Mizuiro: You truly have a way with words.
Asano: WHAAAAT?!?
Asano: Why do you sound so creepy all of a sudden!?
Asano: Could this possibly be a new strategy to make me go away?!
M: Huh?
A: Mizuiro~
A: Heeey, Mizuiro?
A: Please respond, Mizuiro!
M: Doesn't our class seem more...lively than usual?
A: EH!? Hey...you have a point!!
A: Alrighty! Do not fear, Asano is on the case! I'll go put a stop to this immediately!!
A: HEY!!! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU BASTARDS ARE DOING!! HOW DARE YOU GUYS HAVE A PARTY WITHOUT--

02)
A: ...me...
I: EHHHH?!
I: 'the hell are you?! WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?!
I: If you wanna go, I'll just kick your ass at Jan-ken-pon and make tempura outta ya!!
I: GOT IT?!
SFX: Buru buru buru buru

03)
Matsumoto: I said STOP IT, Baldie!
Ikkaku: Who do you think you are, Matsumoto!!? All you ever do is make fun of my head!!
Matsumoto: Be quiet.
Matsumoto: Any more noise, and I'll have to tell Yachiru on you.
Ikakku: W...wait...
Ikakku: Come on, you're just kidding, right...?
Ikakku: You can't possibly be...that cruel...
M: You should have thought of that before!
M: Alright, that's about enough excitement for one day. We're gettin' out of here, morons!
Hitsugaya: Oi.
Hitsugaya: Surely, "morons" does not include me, does it?

04)
A: That's the sexiest uniform I've ever seen, MISS----
I: Eh...
I: Is he really alright?
M: He's fine, he's fine.
M: Well--
M: Either way, we're leaving, aren't we?
Mizuiro: You know, if you stay like this, you'll be mistaken as a piece of furniture, Asano-san.
A: ...I'll kill you...!

05)
Black text in the BG: "Kickin' down the opposition!"
197. The Approaching Danger

06)
Ne...
Ne...
NEE-SANNNNNNNN!!!
(*I believe we all know what this means by now, right? "Sis")

07)
Kon: OOF!
KON: BLARGH!
Rukia: Long time no see, Kon!
Kon: Ahhh...after seeing each other not one time over the long, painful summer...you beat me up...
Kon: Without a doubt, it is you, Nee-san!!
Kon: I...I'm filled with unbearable happiness, Nee-san!!

08)
I: Are you really serious about coming back here?
Rukia: Definitely!
R: It's been such a long time since I entered this small, tiny room!

09)
Ichigo: What are you calling it "tiny" for!?
I: You can't just compare it to Byakuya's house, you know!!
R: Ah!
R: Excuse me good sir, I could not control myself!
I: ...is that so...
I: Hey!! I didn't say you could sit on my bed!!
R: Wow, you sure are grumpy today, aren't you?
I: Shut up!! Whatever the case, you're sitting on the floor!!
K: ...I thought everyone disappeared from the first floor. What are you guys doing?
Y: SHHH!!
Y: This is a catastrophe! Brother brought a girl home with him today!!
K: He's done that before in middle school too, hasn't he?
K: Wasn't it Tatsuki-chan?
Y: THIS ISN'T TATSUKI-CHAN!!
Y: It's...more...how do you say...a girlish girl!!
K: Well, maybe, since Tatsuki-chan got older, her body became sexier too?
I: I...IS THAT SO!?
K: Shut the hell up, you old fart.
K: In any case...
K: If he doesn't bring home an Orihime-level girl, nothing will faze me.
Y: Oooh...how rude, Karin-chan!!

10)
DON'T YOU GUYS EVER SHUT UP?!?!
Y: Kyaaaa~!
I: I told you he was gonna be mad!!
Y: We're so sorry!!
I: Honestly...
I: You'd think they'd have learned to spy quietly by now...
R: It doesn't bug me, I think you have a very fun family!
I: I don't care!
I: Anyway...
I: I want you to tell me something.
I: What were those Arankarus, anyway?
I: And why were they after me?!
?: As far as that goes...
?: WE shall be the ones...

11)
All: ...to do the explaining!
I: OOOOOOOOOOOOIIII!?
I: How the hell did you guys get in here?!
I: Wait, no!! First I want you guys to fix the damn light!!
M: Actually, we do have a spare lightbulb on hand!
I: Do you mean me?!
K: That seifuku is truly a dangerous weapon, Onee------
I: Is that custom around her?
I: ...no...
I: That's just the way he is.
?: As far as Arankarus go...

12)
?:They are simply Hollows who have abandoned their masks and claimed Shinigami powers.
?:Until now, there have only been a few incomplete ones.
?: When Aizen acquired the Hougyoku, however...he was able to complete their transformations...
?: Resulting in those two you saw earlier.
R: Got everything so far?
I: Yeah, pretty much.
I: Actually, the terrible, terrible drawings are what's confusing me.
R: ...Anyway, when we first found out about this, Soul Society was planning to quietly supervise Aizen from afar.
R: The 13th Division and two Vice-Captains had doubts about this, however.
R: Then, before we knew it, the completion had been finished.
R: They were sent to the human world before we could make any preparations. At the last minute, a surveillance team was put together to scope things out:
R: That'd be us.

13)
I: You guys were chosen?
R: By Captain Yamamoto himself.
R: They're busy filling the replacements for the 46 Chambers, so the decision was passed onto the captains.
R: So, since Rukia knew you better than anyone else...
R: That's not how it was!! I was chosen for my supreme abilities!
R: Rukia was chosen initially, since she is quite helpful in battles due to her speed.
R: I was chosen next, since, excluding the Captains, I'm the most reliable Shinigami they've got.
R: When I was picked, I offered another spot to my bud Ikkaku.
R: After that, Yumichika also decided he wanted to come.
R: Then Rangiku thought it would be fun, so SHE decided to come too...
R: And since Rangiku wanted to come so badly, Captain Hitsugaya felt like he had to accompany her as well...well, that's how it went.
I: What do you guys think this is, a picnic?!
R: ...moving on.

14)
H: Aizen has you in his sights...
H: Kurosaki Ichigo.
M: Ah!
M: It's Captain Hitsugaya!
M: You decided to climb the roof all by yourself! But that's dangerous you know, Captain Hitsugaya!
R: Wait, where you waiting for the window to be open?
R: Come on, dude! A elementary student with grey hair just ain't gonna happen.
H: You bastards...when we get back to Soul Society, I'm gonna...
H: It is true that Arankarus are Hollows who have removed their masks.
H: The problem is, even if Hollows take off their mask, there isn't much they can initally do.
H: Especially if they truly wish to fight Soul Society.
H: In order to achieve their aim, Arankarus must somehow become stronger than any Menos.
I: Stronger than...
I: a Menos?
I: ...what are you talking about?
I: There IS no Hollow stronger than a Menos, is there?

15)
H: ...Yes.
H: Well...
H: The truth is,
H: Menos are
H: Menos are seperated by three categories.
H: The first kind is a "GILIAN."
H: These are the weakest type of Menos. Comparing them to a human hierarchy, they would be considered soldiers.
H: They are many of them, and they all look and act the same.
H: In the textbooks we have on Menos Grande in Soul Society, these are always the ones that are depicted.
H: The Menos you fought with shortly before entering Soul Society was a Gilian.
I: That guy...
I: ...was just a soldier...
H: They are gigantic, but they're also slow and stupid.
H: A Captain won't even break a sweat taking against one of them.
H: The problem, however, lies ahead.

16)
H: The second class: "Ajucas."
H: They are smaller and more uncommon than Gilian.
H: A Gilian's battle prowess and intelligence pale in comparison to one of these.
H: The only thing the Gilians outweigh them in is sheer population.
H: Lastly, we have the third class: "Vastrode."
H: They are the most powerful of any Menos,
H: And their size resembles a human more than any Hollow.
H: Their numbers are unbelievably small, and they are known only to exist deep within Hueco Mundo, but...
H: Let me just say this.
H: The strength of a single Vastrode...
H: Is above that of any Captain!!

17)
H: In addition to that, we don't even know how many Arankaru there are in total.
H: ...and we are missing 3 Captains.
H: I have told you all that I know about the Menos.
H: Let me just give you my personal prediction.
H: As of right now, including Aizen...
H: If there exist over 10 Vastrodes...
H: Soul Society is
H: doomed.

18)
U: We have returned safely,
U: Master Aizen.

19)
A: Welcome home.
A: Ulquiorra,
A: Yamii.
A: Now, come and relate the fruits of your expedition...
A: ...to your twenty brothers.