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Bleach Uncut Box Set: Season 5 - The Assault |  | Actor: Bleach
Studio: Viz Media
Category: DVD
List Price: $49.98
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Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 2299
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), English (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Region: 1
Discs: 4
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 1.2
MPN: 782009240808
UPC: 782009240808
EAN: 0782009240808
ASIN: B003BV8HX2
Release Date: June 8, 2010
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Product Description
With the assistance of Rukia, a death god, fifteen-year-old Ichigo uses his ability to see ghosts to protect the living from soul-eating spirits.
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 Back into the Soul Society March 14, 2010
E. A Solinas (MD USA)
28 out of 35 found this review helpful
The Bounts have finally invaded the Soul Society, and all hell is about to break loose... very, very slowly.
In fact, it takes quite some time for the final leg of the Bount arc to fully unfold in "Bleach Box Set 5," and it ends up being a pretty uneven and sputtery ending. There are some truly brilliant ideas, epic fights and the reappearance of many favorite Soul Reapers... but there are also a number of plot holes and some fights that are just the same ol' same ol'.
The Bounts invade the Soul Society at last, and quickly begin staging a rebellion in the forests near the Seireitei; meanwhile, Ichigo and his friends alert the Soul Reapers to the approaching danger and prepare for battle. But being in the Soul Society has given the Bounts a new advantage -- Rukia is quickly defeated, and even powerful captains like Byakuya are having a tough time fighting against Kariya and the other Bounts.
But Kariya doesn't just plan to defeat the captains -- he plans to tap into a half-forgotten power sealed within the Seireitei's foundations, and use it to destroy the entire Soul Society. The only person who may be able to help stop him is Ran'Tao, an exiled Soul Reaper scientist who created the Bounts in the first place. But with the clock ticking to doomsday, Ichigo will have to put his life on the line and fight the superpowered Kariya once and for all.
As endings go, "Bleach Box Set 5" is kind of lackluster -- there's a lot of frenetic fighting interspersed with long stretches of infodumping/flashbacks. What's more, a number of basic plot holes crop up, such as Soi Fon forgetting her own zanpakuto's power, or Kyoraku and Ukitake (the most powerful battle captains) being assigned to... flip through library books. And the whole "sealing the Jokai Crests" subplot just sort of fades away.
The writers also fail miserably at creating any kind of dramatic build-up -- you never get the feeling that anyone actually thinks that Kariya WILL destroy the Soul Society. With only a few hours until doomsday, the Soul Reapers... have a potluck dinner and NAP?
Fortunately, the writers did manage to come up with some suitably epic fight scenes, including a bloody desperate fight between a weakened Rukia and a supercharged Yoshino, and creepy mad scientist Mayuri fighting against an arrogant old coot. And there are some funny moments sprinkled through the story ("AAAAAAAAAA... an exploding egg!") to lighten the overall mood, as well as some supercharged Bount powers that make the Soul Reapers' duties a lot harder.
Pretty much everybody gets some attention in these episodes -- Byakuya's affection for Rukia, Ichigo's steadfast determination, and the ever-pragmatic Zaraki gets to wipe the floor (both physically and philosophically) with the whiny, hypocritical Ichinose. And an extra episode at the end of the season provides flashbacks of Rukia's first solo assignment, Renji's promotion, and Ichigo's "ordinary" life prior to becoming a Soul Reaper (including comforting a little girl killed in a car crash).
"Bleach Box Set 5" is a rather uneven and holey ending to the first filler arc of this anime, but there are enough highlights here to make it still worth watching -- mostly the fights, and the final episode.
 The Bount Saga Comes To A Finale June 9, 2010
Rich (CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The set shows the final episodes of the Bount Arc Saga as the bounts have entered the spirit world and now begin the assault on the soul society for their past transgressions against the bounts, as the soul reapers fight the bounts their in for more of a struggle than they think as the bounts have not only increased their powers but the spirit world itself is an energy source for the bounts to use. Ichigo an his friends also have come to fight the bounts but also find the answer through an unlikely source of the bounts history and their reasons for hating the soul society as well as the soul societies own dark sin against the bounts as well. The set has all the episodes of the bount saga so don't worry about having to get another box set to see the final episodes of this arc like we had to with the fourth season two part box set. The box set covers episodes 92-109 and as expected the video and audio for the set is clear and sharp no complaints to write about. The extras are the usual with the previous Bleach box sets some production art a couple of trailers and that's a bout it but for the price still worth getting for any anime fan or Bleach fan.
Awesome Series September 6, 2010
SoldierOvSyn (North Carolina, USA)
I'm absolutely obsessed with bleach, i read the manga's as they are released and watch the subbed episodes the same. Owning them in english is awesome and this season ends the bount arc. good riddance filler material for a while. Awesome story none the less.
Very Dependable August 1, 2010
Carl Goldsmith
Amazon did a very good job on packaging the item and in addition to the item arrived way ahead of the estimated time. Thank you amazon!
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