Status Updates From Bleach, Volume 03

Chapter 25
168-169 I'm glad we understand just a little more about how damage works for the soul reaper.
178-183 Finally, some good fathering is happening. It's coated in a bunch of bullshit, but it gave Ichigo some good resolve.
184-185 These hollows look vaguely human. I wonder if they are soul reapers or something else entirely.

Chapter 24 (Part 2)
162-163 I hate this dad so much. He boils my damn blood, I swear. No care for Ichigo, no wonder Ichigo has no care for himself.

Chapter 24
150-151 What the fuck is happening with Orihime, she's just 15, when was she evicted?
151-153 I don't like how much Orihime does things alone. I worry for her.
158 I hate that Ichigo just expects Rukia to know what he means. I feel for her so much as my high-functioning autist queen. How was she supposed to know he didn't mean that shit and not have a mental crisis?

Chapter 23
134-141 There's something big that's keeping Rukia from rushing in to help Ichigo, but we don't know who/what that is. But it seems crippling for her normal self.

Chapter 22
116-122 I'm glad Ichigo is meeting his match pretty early. He may have a lot of spiritual energy, but he's just shit at fighting Hollows. I think Rukia may be letting him on his own too much.
124-125 I think Karin is finally going to remember something about the Hollows.
127 I don't ever think a move like this would work on me. I always think I could mental through tricks like this.

Chapter 21
98-107 I think the circumstances around Ichigo's mother's death are supposed to make me feel his same rage, but the feeling feels muted. Like it isn't being shown well enough in the action to convey it. All Ichigo can really do is "Big Swing," and that's kinda what he always does.

Chapter 20
66 I think we gotta kill this dad, team.
74-76 I love Rukia after reflection. She feels so high-functioning autist, I swear I do this all the time. Messing up, then reflecting on it.
78-82 I think at this point they should let the sisters remember about hollows. The second time they've almost died to them its a wonder this hasn't happened more often. Maybe it has, and no one remembers.

Chapter 19
47-49 Glad to see Rukia is reflecting on herself. I think the latter parts of this Vol. kind of lessen this emotional beat. She should learn to see the real physical world, rather than just thinking about souls.
55 I need to have words with this Dad, like setting up his whole family for trauma.
60-61 I think the emotional fall out of these characters to thiewr mother dying is really well done

Chapter 18
31-32 I wonder why Ichigo's Dad is so unserious. It must have something to do with his wife's passing.
33-35 I would be so mad at Rukia, not kidding, I would tell her to leave.
41-42 This is the most haunting image of all time. He was nine, where was hsi fuckin Dad. I feel awful.

Chapter 17
13 Boo, this gross anime perv stuff is here. Kon, I thought you were cool.
19 Orihime is the best character in the whole manga
21-23 This whole thing is so, daungthing. Great use of empty space to hold a kind of stillness in the air. Seeing Karin and Yuzu sleep together the night before makes me well up.
22-25 The hash shading on everything in this chapter sets the whole volume up so well.

I know this is like a real heavy arc and all with his mom and all that but man Ichigo is so punk rock I wish he had like piercings