Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (March 2, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1421523884
ISBN-13: 978-1421523880
Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 0.6 x 5 inches
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Rukia Kuchiki has big, big, big emotional issues that have overshadowed her life for many years. And "Bleach Volume 30" is especially hard on her by bringing her face-to-face with someone from the bloodest, most traumatic part of her past -- and that subplot what elevates this far above the usual shonen hack'n'slash'n'boom that is going on elsewhere in Hueco Mundo.First, Chad manages to defeat his enemy with his newly-enhanced powers, only to get taken out by the sadistic Nnoitra. And Renji is being faced down by the crazy scientist, Szayel-Aporro Grantz (boy, is that hard to type), who turns out to be a formidable enemy because he can actually seal Renji's bankai.But the worst encounter is when Rukia encounters the ninth Espada -- and when he takes off his mask, he turns out to be a figure from her long-ago past. Even worse, he claims that he will forgive her past actions if she kills her own friends. Now she must overcome the last of her tormented feelings and self-doubt, or be destroyed by the most gruesome, unnatural Hollow there is.Rukia Kuchiki dealt with some of her emotional issues a couple arcs ago, but "Bleach Volume 30" yanks them out into the sunlight (literally) and slams her face-first into them. While there are a couple of humorous moments (Renji ends up spending a few chapters wedged under Dondachakko's butt), most of this volume is a rather bleak, bloody affair -- although it seems to eradicate the remainder of Rukia's angst.And Tite Kubo fills it with the usual stuff -- splatters of blood, impalements, flashbacks to happier times, and very unusual hollow.
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