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Bleach, Vol. 31

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I am a massive Bleach fan, so I like all the books. I think this is one of the less interesting ones, not a whole lot is concluded and not much new stuff happens. But that is just a comparison to other Bleach books. It is still needed if you are reading the story, and it is still a good book even if all it does is move the story along.

Tite Kubo, <strong>Bleach, vol. 31: Don't Kill My Volupture</strong> (ViZ, 2001)

We're back in the present, and for the first volume in a few, we get an overview of what the whole gang is currently up to; a few bouts end, a few others continue on, and is Rukia finally out of commission for good? (How many times have we asked that question over the course of the series?) Not as good as <em>There Is No Heart Without You</em>, the volume just previous, but the series is still basking in the afterglow from it; solid. *** 1/2

Bleach vol 31 contains chapters 270-278 of Bleach that were contained within Shonen Jump issues #87-89. The volume is perhaps one that covers quite a few different events at once while the soul reapers, Ichigo Kurosaki and others are on a mission to rescue Orihime from the clutches of Aizen in Hueco Mundo/the palace of Las Noches. Starting off from the ending of volume 30, Ichigo is right at the forefront of being near Orihme when he is encountered by Ulquiorra. The fight that ensues is pretty well but it shows the weakness of Ichigo. Orihme also faces a bit of strife in this volume. Lastly it covers part of the ongoing fight with Renji and the Espada Szayelaporro.

One of the benefits to this volume is that it prepares and buildups for potentially future fights in this current story arc. It also gives each character of focus quite a bit of time to see them and their ability to engage their foes. The ending chapter in this volume deserves special attention as it pretty much seems to ensure that Volume 32 will be a great and focused one.

Tite Kubo's artwork looks well in this volume and his artwork continues to shine. I believe he did a great job at capturing characters expressions in multiple scenes as one would see. Lastly attacks with German or Spanish names are pretty interesting to read and nice touch for the series instead of the tradition Japanese with attacks such as Kido, or Hado moves.

This volume deserves to be picked up for people who have been collecting the volumes since the arc started around vol 23, or as well as for those who were interested in the fights contained in the corresponding anime chapters.

Viz did an excellent job on the quality of the chapters and smooth modern sounding translation. And as usual it is read in the traditional format of Japanese manga, read from right to left starting from the top corner.