Product Description

White Tower Rocks

Ichigo and Yoruichi race to save Ichigo's friends from Rukia's cold-blooded brother, Byakuya Kukichi. They arrive to find Ganju in tatters, and Rukia with him. Ichigo is bent on defeating her brother this time, but he is nowhere near prepared. Can he learn decades' worth of skill in just a matter of days?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #145494 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Comic
• 208 pages

About the Author
BLEACH is author Tite Kubo's second title. Kubo made his debut with ZOMBIE POWDER, a four-volume series, which has not yet been translated into English.

Customer Reviews

Ichigo, Ganju, and... Hamtaro?
Tite Kubo, Bleach: White Tower Rocks (ViZ, 2001)

Everyone's still scattered around the city, but Ichigo is closing in on the tower, and Ganju and Hanataro are already there, torn between rescuing an oddly reluctant Rukia and having to fight her brother, the captain of sixth company. We're fourteen volumes into this series, and a pretty fair stretch into a long, long plotline, and usually at this point a series (even a good one, e.g. Yuyu Hakusho towards the end of the Dark Tournament series) would start flagging. Bleach, though, has enough going on to keep it interesting. I keep getting more impressed with this series. Great stuff. ****

A Mist-ifying Change
A good volume in a great series, it is nevertheless a victim of Viz's recent policy of censorship in their books. In the scene where Yuruichi changes into her true form, Viz added some smoke to the smoke ALREADY covering her "neckid bits". It's such a minor edit, which only makes it more baffling as to why they would even bother.

What? No one's reviewed this yet?
Orihime and Uryu have managed to evade capture for quite some time since their battle with the underhanded Jirobo... of course, that might have something to do with their new duds. One wonders just how long the deception will last.

Mr.Yuruichi has saved Ichigo time and time again, but he has a secret... two of them... and large ones at that.

At the tower, with escape almost within reach, Byakuya is bearing down on Ganju's rescue party and it's highly doubtful that he will show mercy. It's up to the ailing Ukitake to play politics in order to save lives, but will his intervention be enough?

Elsewhere, The mad scientist (and captain of the 12th division) Kurotsuchi has his eye on a new subject, Orihime! Can Uryu save them both before they're turned into fresh meat for the 12th's captain to tinker with?

Lots and lots of drama in this book, with a minimal of fighting. Many side characters gain prominence and it is through their deeds and words (and inner monologues) that we gain greater insight into our heros and villains.

Art is par for the course, and it's wonderful to finally see Mr.Yoruichi's human form in American print. Pacing is brisk, moving from each of the disparate parties as action (and cliffhangers) dictates.

Pick it up!