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I was going to title this 'can you believe it?' but then I would have to punch myself in the face for making a Naruto joke.

Where to start? Well, a few years ago I picked up on the series BLEACH and I've loved it ever since the first episode. It was like nothing I'd ever seen really, apart from Yu Yu Hakusho that is. Taking a high school student who's just trying to live a a normal life mix him in with a shinigami and he get's pulled into a world he never wanted to be a part of. From the first moment he set eyes on Rukia, his world shifted and nothing was ever going to be the same.

One thing led to another. First Rukia was going to be executed and team Ichigo played super hero and came to her rescue when her own friends and family couldn't. Then Aizen, Ichimaru, and Tosen betrayed everyone and proved that the whole thing was a set up. Then Inue got herself kidnapped by team Aizen and taken to the hollow world. Team Ichigo wouldn't just stand there and allow it to happen, so they pull out their capes and get to work. It wasn't easy this time, their enemies proved much stronger than ever before. What's more, Aizen was turning them into super hollows and it was just one big mess. All of soul society get's pulled into it and into a final battle for the sake of the human world and their own. In the end Ichigo had to sacrifice his shinigami powers in order to stall Aizen long enough for Urahara to bind him for good. It seems like a happy ending, right? Well I didn't think so, and after this week's chapter, I was right.

I can only wonder what will happen next.

But, a few things to rant about.

THEY KILLED ICHIMARU! I knew he really wasn't a bad guy. He was just pretending in order to get close enough to Aizen to stop him. I also knew that he loved Matsumoto. But now, she's all sad because he's gone. I think I cried when he died. Wait, I know I cried. They were my favorite pairing and it just tears me up that he's dead now and they won't have a chance to be together in the time of peace. Also, what's more, is that since Ichigo doesn't have anymore powers he can't see ghosts and shinigami. That made me sad too, when Rukia faded and he could no longer see her. My second favorite pairing. But I can't help but think that's not the end for them. That Ichigo will some how, some way, gain some powers and return to fighting hollows and saving the world.

If not, then I don't have any clue as to where the story is going now. I can only sit back and read each week to see what Tite Kubo has created for us now.