Bleach Episode 121...

[starvinbohemian]

*Sigh*

I hate to feel myself becoming a rabid fangirl (too late, I know), but I really don't understand why all of my favorite IchiRuki moments feel so downsized in the anime.

It's not just the rephrasing, like when Rukia's line about Ichigo being in her heart was changed. It's the looks and the pacing, possibly. I think there's also a lot less of that stuttering between them in the anime (which is saying something- *snicker*). Ichigo's face while Orihime was healing Rukia was intense in the manga. Not to forget his expression- which I can only call the crazed-widower look- when he and Rukia were reunited after the SS Arc. Of course, the Bounto Arc kind of sucked the significance of their reunion right on out of there since it had only been, like, a week or something since they'd last seen each other in the anime. *FacePalm*

Then again, I was never disappointed with their moments in the anime before I was caught up in the manga.

Hmn. So... the problem is with me? Oh, I hate it when that happens. :P

Comments

[raynos.livejournal.com]

Nooooo, it's not just you... I've long been convinced that the anime, despite its IchiRuki bias, is /horrible/ with pacing. They always seem to talk too fast and cut down on the looks. XD I thought that they couldn't mess up the Stopping-the-Firebird scene and then they put FIRE EFFECTS. Rar!

I think the problem is KT's art in the manga has increased by leaps and bounds over the anime, and it's so much more COMPLEX. Take Chapter 213 and Episode 121 for example. In 213, Ichigo's look was a whole bunch of things: worried, thankful, wistful, just so... open. In 121, Ichigo's look was sad and emo. After the manga, the anime version does feel watered down.

[starvinbohemian.livejournal.com]

Glad it's not just me.

I do love that IchiRuki bias. ;) The only real benefit of the Bounto Arc...

Lol! Anime Ichigo has three expressions: Scowl, Confused, and Emo.