Bleach 217 was recently released and I was able to watch it just a few hours ago. The latest episode is all about the fight between Ayasegawa Yumichika and Baraggan Fraccion Charlotte Cuuhlhourne. I’m sure the writers had a blast when they were making this fight since both characters involved love themselves so much. I mean, Yumichika has those gay streaks on his hair while Charlotte is just well… plain queer. Suggest you guys still watch Bleach 217 though since it was really fun to watch these guys beat each other up, hehe.

Bleach 217 Review and Synopsis

The first 10 minutes I think of the episode was dedicated to Yumichika and Charlotte verbally abusing each other. This was the boring part but I guess several people found this entertaining. Eventually the two finally draw their swords and attack. Yumichika is surprised with Charlotte’s brute strength. He tries to block Charlotte’s first attack but the sheer force is too much for him and it sends him smashing to the ground. Yumichika recovers and challenges Charlotte to attack again and this time manages to evade him and counterattacks. Yumichika enrages Charlotte as he’s able to cut off a handful of his hair (wtf lol).

Because of this, Charlotte decides to take the battle seriously and unleashes his true form – “Reina de Rosas”, or Queen of Roses. Man… this is really sad. He looks like a gigantic man ballerina wearing a female tutu (dunno how that is spelled). In this form, Charlotte is able to trash Yumichika. He starts off with a wide version of Cero, then follows up with multiple melee attacks that sends the Shinigami crashing to the ground several times.

Charlotte picks up Yumichika’s broken body and uses his ultimate technique, a dark rose bush which covers both of them completely. Before Yumichika fades away into oblivion, he realizes that no one can see them there. He breaks free from Charlotte’s hold and releases the “true form” of his Zanpaktou – Ruri iro Kujaku (Azure Peacock). The blades of his sword become reisatsu-sucking vines that trap Charlotte. To cut a long story short, this attack does Charlotte in. Before Charlotte dies, Yumichika explains that the reason he only used the technique now was because of the dark rose bush. He never wants to let anyone see or hear of this technique. This was explained in the manga so this will probably be explained in detail in next week’s episode as well.

Over-all I liked the episode. It was boring and a bit dragging at the start but it picked up when the two started fighting. My only complaint is that Charlotte is like a Sailor Moon wannabe. He has so many gay poses before he attacks which is really annoying, lol.