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Bleach, Vol. 36: Turn Back the Pendulum by Tite Kubo

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kikix2's review against another edition

5.0

I loved this little view into the past.
I was shocked to see how the Gotei 13 was back then, and also see the actual captains and vice-captains as children.
Aizen was the worst from the very beginning! That guy is pure evil!!!!!!!!!!!!!

clariescribe's review against another edition

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5.0

De todos los tomos que me leí de Bleach, este va a ser de los que mas me acuerde cuando termine la serie. Se responden miles de preguntas que había a lo largo de la historia y deja al lector con ganas de más, Turn Back The Pendulum es un arco hermoso.

theseventhl's review against another edition

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4.0

This is quite possibly the volume of Bleach I've been waiting for all year, because it contains the first half of one of my most favorite story arcs in Bleach so far: the Turn Back The Pendulum flashback arc that looks back at the history of Soul Society and of certain characters like Urahara, Aizen, Gin, Shinji, and the rest of the Vizards. Normally, whole volumes dedicated to nothing but back story drag on and are immensely boring, but not this one. Until this point, readers haven't gotten a good grasp on the Soul Society politics and events that led to such pivotal things as the birth of the Vizards or Urahara's expulsion from Seireitei, so volume thirty-six is a much needed (and very entertaining) primer on the history of a certain group of characters whose actions may have very well put the entire Bleach series into motion. After the kind of dry thirty-fifth volume, this book is a blessing in disguise.

You can read the rest of my review of this volume over at Nagareboshi Reviews!

vbrightcml's review against another edition

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adventurous

5.0

lizg96's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

A little slow at the start that made it hard to want to continue - then picked up in quality

agnese_kogami's review against another edition

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5.0

Ho impiegato giorni a leggere questo volume e mi dispiace aver perso il ritmo perché tutto il background di quanto accaduto più di cento anni prima l'ho trovato molto interessante — in questi giorni ho avuto un sacco di impegni e di grazia se sono riuscita a leggere uno o due capitoli alla sera.
Quindi niente, felicissima di aver concluso questo volume (tra l'altro la copertina è stupenda) e non vedo l'ora di proseguire, perché quanto accaduto in passato mi ha proprio destabilizzata. In positivo, ovviamente.