The movie is presented in 16:9 anamorphic widescreen, straight from the digital source with virtually no noticeable flaws in the picture. Score: 7 out of 10 Presentation and Video Memories of Nobody looks a heck of a lot better than even the more impressive episodes of the TV series, and this DVD transfer makes that extra animation budget worth it. If you're having a rough time with the "Soul Society" arc, it's the perfect way to take a little break. Memories of Nobody is a well-told sidestory, and a theatrical animation budget means that Bleach has never looked better. Keeping that caveat in mind, this is an easy one to recommend. If you're already a fan, this won't be a problem, but once again, this isn't a story for newcomers to the series. Set a while after the first "Soul Society" stories are over (by this point, Ichigo is on more-or-less good terms with his fellow Soul Reapers), Memories of Nobody brings in a fair number of supporting characters without taking any time to properly introduce them. This side-story assumes that you've watched a lot of the TV show or read a lot of the manga. If you're not a big fan of Bleach, you'll probably have given up on the movie a while before then anyway. If you're an enthusiastic follower of the series, the odds are good that your favorite character is going to get their moment in the sun. It's not the most intricately-plotted resolution, but there's a little more to it than simple I-hit-you-you-hit-me, and as fan-service goes it's pretty hard to beat. We know what they want to do, but the why of it stays pretty hazy, and some of them don't even get proper names before the big action climax hits.Īt that point, whys and wherefores take a back seat to: "Wow, that sure looked cool." With about 20 minutes to go, Memories of Nobody settles down to non-stop violent pyrotechnics - most of the series' major cast members get a chance to waste one of the bad guys in some expensively spectacular way. Visually, they're pretty sharp designs, but beauty is only skin deep, and they don't get much development beyond that point. It's too bad that the villains aren't as interesting as she is. Senna's a fun character for a one-off story like this – she might get a little tiring after too much exposure, but in small doses, she's whimsical, silly, and cute. Still, at least it fills the intervening time with some charming, well-animated moments. The plot, as tends to be the way with these sorts of things, hangs on the heroes taking a good long while to figure out something that the audience will pick up in no time flat. The Soul Society episodes don't have nearly enough Kon in them, either, whereas this movie has just enough. Locking Rukia up in a tower means we don't get to see her and Ichigo bounce off each other. It has a sense of humor, for instance, and more emphasis on the kind of light-hearted interactions between the leading characters that made the earlier movements of the TV series more fun. Powers & Abilities īlank Manipulation: Since the Shinenju is composed entirely of memories, it can be used to manipulate the Blanks to do various tasks, including drawing two worlds together or pushing them apart.In some ways, this movie points up a few of the less obvious problems with the Soul Society arc. However, after the Dark Ones are defeated, Senna sacrifices herself to use the Blanks' energy to restore both the Soul Society and the Human World to their original positions. They place Senna at the nexus of the Valley of Screams in order to draw the Blanks towards her and use their energy to cause the Human World and the Soul Society to collide. The Dark Ones interrupt shortly after and manage to kidnap Senna. They also reveal that Senna is indeed the Shinenju. At some point, a group of Shinigami appear in the Human World and inform Ichigo that Ganryū, the leader of the Dark Ones, intends to use the Shinenju to collide the Human World and the Soul Society together, which would destroy both worlds. Kisuke Urahara suggests to Ichigo Kurosaki to search for it before the Dark Ones are able to find it, and he requests for the help of Senna to find it. The Dark Ones covet the Shinenju, as it is essential to their plot.
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