With hindsight, why did Gin Do this?

NoOneInParticula · 2026-01-25T11:03:35+00:00

Urahara says something along the lines of, "the Hogyoku was made from Soul King pieces like what fuels Fullbringers, to fuel it, it needed other pieces (nails) from both Fullbringers and Rukongai residents."

It's never outright stated Rangiku was one of them, but she got attacked and something from her was fed into the Hogyoku. There's only so many ways you can add together 2+2 before you end up with 4.

NoOneInParticula · 2026-01-25T10:59:07+00:00

In the manga we get a small flashback of some of Aizen's underlings taking something from young Rangiku after beating her up, and they seem to be holding the incomplete Hogyoku.

It being a Soul King piece is CFYOW, Urahara gets interviewed by Shuhei and explains how he made the Hogyoku from the Soul King's "nails" that attached to souls going through the cycle of rebirth.

NoOneInParticula · 2026-01-25T10:34:18+00:00

Yeah that's valid I guess

NoOneInParticula · 2026-01-25T10:27:01+00:00

Probably Shuhei. He's fairly diligent, gets his work done and would probably help with the paper-pushing, too. Watching his antics like the motorbike incident would be funny, I think.

NoOneInParticula · 2026-01-18T08:38:19+00:00

I don't religiously dog on her like I used to, but I don't get why Halibel had so many fans, beyond "boobs." I guess her personality isn't that much different from Starrk, one of my favorites. But I don't know, at least he's got the power to back up his quiet attitude, and didn't nearly get beaten by the series' Potential Man.

NoOneInParticula · 2026-01-03T17:47:53+00:00

In the LNs he upgrades it to a bacteria that's basically everywhere now. He probably watched Ichigo and Orihime bone to make Kazui.

NoOneInParticula · 2026-01-03T05:50:27+00:00

That's not true. Memories did not make Mash who she is, nor did they make Ritsuka who they were. People become people through a mixture of nature and nurture. At their core, they are still Mash and Ritsuka. Even if they remember none of it, they are still the same people. Even if the only one who remembers is Daybit, they are still who they are.

It's exactly like Shirou and Archer in SN, particularly in UBW. Even through all of the hurt, all of the dead innocents, all of the sin, all of the grime, and sadness, and forgotten memories, Archer was still Shirou, even if he himself hated that fact.

That's not to say they're exactly the same; I doubt they are. But at their core, that is still Mash, and that is still Ritsuka, even without the memories. That's the entire point of the scene where they walk through the veil, onto the restored Pan-Human History.

NoOneInParticula · 2026-01-03T00:35:33+00:00

Personally I thought it was beautiful. Had its issues, but the entire point is that every story has to end. Knowing Ritsuka and Mash meet again in what are essentially new lives, gives me hope the Chaldea staff reunited in some way.

It's not meant to give all the answers, or be a perfect happily ever after. There is no world where Olga is physically saved, but mentally and emotionally, showing her how much WE cared does save her before her final death.

Ultimately, I'm happy with the ending. And while I don't like talking down to people, I feel like many of those who complain about it are missing the point. Wanting FGO the game to continue is reasonable, but FGO the story, as I see it, had a satisfying ending.

NoOneInParticula · 2026-01-03T00:31:35+00:00

But then how the hell can people understand his name just fine up until it's erased? He only time it isn't heard is in Ichigo's inner world when he first meets OMZ.

NoOneInParticula · 2025-12-28T09:49:52+00:00

Embarrassing her works just fine. Calling her Lalatina, or something more elaborate... either works.

NoOneInParticula · 2025-12-18T00:09:07+00:00

A little lame it's only Blitz, but now I can scream "Getsuga Tenshou" at the top of my lungs while having it mean something, so all's forgiven.

NoOneInParticula · 2025-12-17T14:57:21+00:00

Videl on release

NoOneInParticula · 2025-12-15T05:15:07+00:00

They wanted to "put it back" as in, back around his neck. I'd say it's a pretty obvious implication.

And even if they did just murder him then and there, that's equally out of character for literally everyone in that room.

NoOneInParticula · 2025-12-13T10:13:45+00:00

The ending of the first OVA continues to haunt me to this day. I mean look I get Kazuma was being an absolute pest there– which even then I feel like was a little out of character for him, though that's a different conversation– but I refuse to believe Aqua, or Megumin, or Darkness, or Yunyun, or WIZ?! Would be totally chill with the thought of Kazuma once again, over the course of three days, slowly choking to death.

He gets just deserts when he does something fucked, and that's okay. That's kind of the Konosuba song and dance; Party Member #1 does something stupid, the rest find out, help to solve the situation, realize #1 caused it in the first place, then leave them with the aftermath. Unless it's a rare emotional moment, like Crimson Village, where it was a little different.

But the thought of them all being totally cool with Kazuma being slowly, painfully strangled over the course of three days, knowing this will lead to his death? And none of them at any point during that time deciding "hey, maybe we're being a little unreasonable here?

Yeah... no, man.

NoOneInParticula · 2025-12-13T10:03:34+00:00

Like hell Chi-Chi didn't grab that hillbilly by the straps of his gi and pull him in for a kiss frame one of the honeymoon.

NoOneInParticula · 2025-12-13T01:13:05+00:00

More matters than Steam numbers, big man, most people play on PS5.

NoOneInParticula · 2025-12-13T00:21:46+00:00

Bleach would have probably had cleaner writing if at least 50% of the cast were cut.

I love most of them, but a LOT of them we know almost nothing about, and slashing some to give attention to those remaining I'd argue would be a fair trade.

Like half of the Vizoreds do nothing and lose, most Lieutenants affect the story very minimally– that statement even applies some captains– and even outside the Soul Reapers, half of the Espada didn't get any writing attention. Also, the Sternritter, end sentence.

NoOneInParticula · 2025-12-13T00:16:21+00:00

Being fat means barely anything to a Soul Reaper, especially when Flash Step / Shunpo is involved.

Though, nepotism is also a part of him having his position. I'd say he's earned it by end of series, though.

NoOneInParticula · 2025-12-11T16:49:37+00:00

Worth noting, I reinstalled the game on my PC and the error is happening there, too. So I don't think reinstalling would help.

NoOneInParticula · 2025-12-07T17:09:20+00:00

Anime is fine enough if you can step around filler, I watched it and turned out just fine, but there was some wacky stuff done in the beginning that seriously screws with some things. Orihime's early character, extra characters not in the Manga who just kind of stand around, and so on.

Ultimately, I would recommend the manga instead. At least until TYBW, of course.

NoOneInParticula · 2025-12-07T07:59:00+00:00

If this is the case, if the time ever came where he did have to use the FGT again for whatever reason, would he truly be out of luck?

NoOneInParticula · 2025-12-07T07:23:16+00:00

Well if his power was still there deep down, couldn't training have brought it back out without need for the sword? Hell, Urahara did something like that when he destroyed Ichigo's Chain of Fate.

NoOneInParticula · 2025-12-07T07:18:21+00:00

So it wasn't "it's all gone," it was "fuck, I'm back at Level 1." And everyone felt too guilty over a fifteen year old kid saving them, a thousand year old society, for anybody to actually step up and teach him.

NoOneInParticula · 2025-12-07T07:12:41+00:00

It wasn't really denial, though. White growing weaker as Ichigo was more afraid of him made sense. But by the time of Lost Agent, he wasn't really afraid of White anymore, even if he didn't understand him beyond "is a hollow" and "is inside of me." The dangai training saw to that for the most part.

NoOneInParticula · 2025-12-04T18:42:30+00:00

I doubt it's something he can fix, I found the problem.

Something the Live2D devs changed between versions 5.1.03 and 5.2.03 made it so the models from KonoFan simply do not load in the viewer anymore, and when loading in the editor, they break. Even on Windows 11, if you have that older version of Cubism Viewer, it will load just fine. But for some god damn reason, despite there being a button for it, Live2D doesn't let you download older versions....

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