Bleach Unmasked Short Stories

BLEACH UNMASKED

7.53(3K votes)

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Status

Finished

Published

Jun 3, 2011

Authors:Kubo, Tite, Matsubara, Makoto

Synopsis

Short stories featured in the Bleach: Official Character Book 3 UNMASKED include "not be, but be," a short manga depicting Ulquiorra Cifer's past "Nestle to Night"; a short story written by Matsubara Makoto depicting the fates of Tier Harribel, Emilou Apacci, Franceska Mila Rose, and Cyan Sung-Sun after the battle with Aizen; and a short story about a conversation between Rangiku Matsumoto and Izuru Kira about Gin Ichimaru.

Worth Reading? — Global Verdict

6.7/10

Average Review Score

67%

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These are all short but worthwhile reads for anyone who likes Bleach's cast. They can be read after finishing the Arrancar arc and provide additional details on some of its characters. "Not be, but be" tells Ulquiorra's backstory and gives more insight on his mindset/worldview. Definitely enhances his fight with Ichigo when you realize how nihilistic his life has been and why he would be so surprised by Ichigo and Orihime's enduring sense of hope. "Nestle to Night" is a small epilogue to the Arrancar arc. It explains how Harribel survived and why she decided to become the ruler of Hueco Mundo, and even gives somecharacterization to Yammy's dog. Got surprisingly emotional toward the end. Finally there's a brief conversation between Kira and Rangiku surrounding Gin's death. Not a whole lot of plot revelations here compared to the other stories, but it's a nice interaction and showcases some sides of Gin that we didn't get to see in the manga (e.g. what he was like in casual settings). On the whole, these are neat supplementary stories, though given their brevity you shouldn't expect any huge impacts to the main plot from them.

4 found helpfulMay 30, 2024

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Is that you L? Jokes aside, this work focuses on our beloved Ulquiorra, and as the name suggests, it's all about short stories. Overall, this doesn't add anything to the story; it just shows us a little more about Ulquiorra, in this case, his emotions. These are extra scenes that could simply be overlooked by those who only want to know the main story. In my case, I gave it a 7 because, since I started watching Bleach because of this character, I developed an appreciation for him, and that made me curious to read this version. Going off topic a bit, how can Ulquiorra beso similar to L from Death Note? Is there some kind of connection between the authors or something? Anyway, I recommend it to anyone who, like me, is an Ulquiorra fan. =================================================================================================================Versão em Português===================================== L é você? Brincadeiras a parte, essa obra tem como foco nossa queridíssimo Ulquiorra, e como o próprio nome diz se trata de historias curtas AEEEEE. No geral isso não agrega em nada na historia, apenas nos mostra um pouco mais sobre o Ulquiorra, no caso falo de suas emoções, são cenas extras que poderiam ser simplesmente esquecidas por quem só quer saber da historia principal, no meu caso eu dei uma nota 7 pois como passei a assistir Bleach por causa desse personagem, eu criei um apreço por ele e isso me fez ter a curiosidade de ler essa versão. Saindo um pouco do temo, como que pode o Ulquiorra ser tão parecido com o L de Death Note? Isso tem alguma referencia entre os autores ou o que que tem? De todo modo, recomendo para quem assim como eu é fã do Ulquiorra.

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Bleach Unmasked Short Stories are, as the name implies, short stories. Very short in fact, so reviewing them isn’t exactly easy. But as it would be sad to leave it unreviewed, here’s a very short review for very short stories. First to say, obviously do not attempt to read it without previous knowledge of Bleach. Don’t expect any introductions or explanations, there is simply no space for that. Also, lot of the novel content if filled with Bleach lingo, so not only you wouldn’t understand the story, you wouldn’t even understand the words themselves. About the content itself. First story is about Edgyboy McEdge, more commonly knownas Ulquiorra. This is the manga chapter. It’s trying to sound profound, but the result sounds more like if you attempted to get artificial neural network to write something about nihilism or whatever. Well, at least the art is kinda nice. Second story is less of a story and just a short conversation. This on is so short it seems MAL doesn’t even consider it to be a chapter. Enough said. Third and last story is the longest of these three, yet still quite short by itself. In aftermath of a battle, it tries to showcase how Orihime is so kind she would heal even her enemies. Despite being the longest one, it's the most forgettable of them. Overall, those stories are only a little tidbits from the world of Bleach, trying to give it more depth but ultimately of little use except for completionists and/or devoted Bleach fans. I assume the latter one still exists.

17 found helpfulMay 1, 2022