Bleach, Vol. 26: The Mascaron Drive

I ordered this book in "NEW" condition as a gift and it arrived to the child's residence very quickly however, was damaged. He was rather disappointed about the cover being ruined but appreciative to receive the item.

This series is almost unequaled in its depth of characters, its storylines, and its length. A well written almost never ending tale of action adventure love betrayal death and almost everything human. Buy the manga, Buy the movies, Buy the dvd's. If you can find it on blu-ray pick it up and keep it forever. Its certainly worth it.

A boy who can see ghosts is heard a lot in the cheap made American movies, yet this series manages to create that setting and add that anime twist we love so much. Bleach is one of the top five manga distributed in America and is recommended to all manga readers. MUST BUY!!!!

Love Bleach, great fights in this one.

it is in good condition

While communicating with the Soul Society from Kakura Town, Captain Hitsugaya is surprised to see Hinamori up and about. She apologizes to him for having doubted him, of having accused him of murdering Captain Aizen, since obviously that didn’t happen. Her only request is that he not kill Aizen now.Renji is frustrated with Uruhara, who more or less tricked him into training Chad, but the training is not going smoothly. Ichigo is still training with the Visoreds when Orihime suddenly appears, much to their surprise. How did she even know how to find them when their location is so off the grid, and how did she slip through Hachi’s barrier? Orihime delivers to Ichigo the important message regarding Aizen’s plan, which includes the destruction of Kakura Town for his own nefarious ends (when are his ends not nefarious?) Uyru’s training with his father is not going very well either, and the man is pushing him to his limits.When Kiskue calls for Orihime to come to the training grounds, she assumes that she is to train also. But his message is quite different—he tells her that she is stay out of this battle. Orihime understands, but is crushed, nonetheless. Rukia finds her and promised she will help her find a way to grow stronger.In Hueco Mundo, Yammy has received a new arm, but Grimmjow hasn’t, which means he is no longer an Espada. Ulquiorra and Yammy are called by Aizen and told to carry out the order given by him a month before. They are also to take along the new Arrancar, Wonderweiss. In the Seireitei, Ukitake and Hisagi watch Rukia and Orihime train. Ukitake is pleased to see them together, as Rukia has few friends and finds it hard to let people in.When the Arrancars drop from the sky, they are met by the Soul Reapers. Ichigo tells the Visoreds he has to go, against their better judgment. While they are thus engaged, Ulquiorra carries out his missions…In this volume of Bleach, we get a little more insight into what the despicable Aizen has planned. I can’t believe Hinamori still defends him, in spite of what he did to her. She has a rude awakening ahead of her. Training for all our heroes is difficult, but no pain, no gain, right? The Visoreds are running out of patience with Ichicgo, especially as he keeps interrupting his training to step into the fray. Wait until he finds out what Aizen has done now. Or rather what he has sent his minions to do. Ichigo will lose his mind. He will not less this pass.A lot going on in this volume, all a prelude to something that will be some time in the making and has just barely begun. Another great volume, can’t wait for 28!

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Excellent!!!!

Volume 26.As always the characters are very original, as is the art style not typical of the large eyes & tiny noses anime/manga that is frequently produced. That in itself is not worth buying, what really pulls it all together is the interesting storyline that is woven together that keeps making you ask "what is going to happen next". Kudos to the translators for doing such a great job keeping the dialouge flowing naturally and consistently.In comparison to the anime the manga is paced far better as it goes accordingly to the author Tite Kubo whereas with the anime only a certain amount of story can be fitted in to the 20 minutes that is allowed and so certain scenes feel drawn out. Also due to younger viewers watching certain scenes are also censored like when smeone gets cut in the anime they may just fall down, whereas in the manga they would spew blood from the wound.I won't say anything about the story because I don't want to spoil anything, but everything in here is the same quality as the rest of the volumes.The only problem I have with the manga is the how far behind it is with the Japanese manga which is currently on volume 38.

In this twenty-sixth volume of Bleach all sides continue their preparations for the upcoming war. But with Chad, Uryû, and Ichigo all gaining strength, albeit slowly, Orihime finds that she is being left behind and may be useless in the upcoming fight. As well as this Aizen and his Arrancar allies are moving far faster than anyone anticipated.This is another great volume of Bleach with some very good humour and some nice twists to the plot. Also in this volume we get to find out a little more about the Vizards as well as learning something about Orihime's powers. Bleach is definitely continuing to impress and the cliff-hanger that this volume ends on will definitely keep you reading.

Not much to review. It is a good quality product and the content is up to everyone to judge.