ohmygodohmygodohmygod.

[misora]

OMG'ing forever... *pant pant hyperventilate*











Raw/Rough Translation (courtesy of Bleachforums.com, since Bleach Asylum has exploded again):

First translation of the spoilers from pikeish @BA:
井上助けに向かう
Inoue goes to help
阻まれる
she is stopped
石田助太刀 光の雨(リヒト・レーケ゛ン)
Ishida goes to help.. Light rain(rihito re-gen) -- I don't get it. XD
井上、瞳孔開いてる一護みる
Inoue's pupil widens and looks at Ichigo
どうしようどうしようどうしようどうしようどうしようどうしよう
What should I do.. What should I do.. (repeat)
石田が吹っ飛んでくる
Ishida was blown off
左手なくなってる
His left hand has gone missing (prob. from the blow)
また向かっていく
He then goes to face him (ulq) again
やられていく石田
Ishida gets beaten
それ見てパニクる井上
seeing that, Inoue panics
くろさきくんくろさきくんくろさきくんくろさきくんくろさきくんくろさきくん
くろさきくん
kurosaki kun kurosaki kun kurosaki kun kurosaki kun kurosaki kun kurosaki
kun kurosaki kun
たすけて黒崎くん!!!!
save/help me kurosaki kun!!!!
一護髪の毛伸びる
Ichigo's hair grows



Apparently Orihime is totally losing it, as evident by the last panel...and Shirosaki is about to come out. (Ichigo's fully-hollowfied form is that of a lizard complete with tail and an orange mullet, lol.)

Shirosaki is going to kill Orihime...or at least try to. Anyone remember his activity with the Vizards? They all had to practically jump him to prevent him from killing Hiyori. I wavered a bit earlier, but now I have faith that while Ulquiorra is on a killing rampage with respect to her friends, he's not going to let anything happen to her.





*wibbles*

Comments

[misora.livejournal.com]

The thing is, Ulquiorra has already protected Orihime -- subtly, but it's there.

In a much earlier chapter, he convinced Nnoitra that she was weak and didn't need 'discipline' (at least the kind that Nnoitra had in mind), when just moments before he'd remarked to himself how strong of character she was.

He went immediately after Grimmjow to find her and take her back into his custody, after he'd found out from his fraccion that Orihime had been taken by Grimmjow.

Of course you could argue that "oh, well at the time, he was thinking she was still important to Aizen-sama, and therefore it was his obligation to make sure she was safe". Sure. But Ulquiorra's interest in Orihime goes beyond just making sure she's "safe". He frets over her while she's his captive, tries to get her to eat, tries to actually convince her (in his own fucked-up and heartless Arrancar way) that she shouldn't be sad for her friends getting injured. He's completely fascinated with her. And that's why, in chapter 317, he questions her about the human heart. It's also why, in 347, he has a momentary look of sadness on his face at her beating at the hands of Loly and Menoly. Ichigo even remarks that Ulquiorra might be acting more human, and we know if he is, it's because of his interactions with Orihime.

Ulquiorra wants to find Orihime's source of strength -- he even wants to try to "break" her emotionally -- but he doesn't want to hurt her, and he won't let anyone else seriously do so either, regardless of whether she's useful to Aizen or not. (By the way, it wasn't he who said that she wasn't useful anymore -- it was the Loly twins.)

[disqollama.livejournal.com]

Hmm, good points, but after reading today's manga I just don't think that Ulquiorra has any sort of positive protective feelings for Orihime. I think that he's utterly fascinated by her, fascinated by the emotions she displays, and that he will do anything to her friends to get more of that response from her. In the previous chapter, he specifically acknowledges her before he puts a hole through Ichigo, and now he's pummeling Ishida.

I think that he's fascinated by her heart, and by the fact that her power is not destructive in the least. I think his fascination with her is very morbid, kind of like a serial killer. He wants to pull apart her brain, her heart, find out what makes it work, so he's pushing her responses to the extreme.

But Ulqui/Hime would be some pretty hot smex...:D

[misora.livejournal.com]

True, on all points. And that chapter this morning....wow.

I have to collect my thoughts about it and then maybe do another post for this chapter. (I wonder how many further chapters will be designated as "The Lust".)