Random Bleach question

[meganbmoore]

Maybe I just forget(or maybe I just haven't read that far yet)  but do we know the story behind Renji's tattoos?  Or for that matter, how much of his body they cover?

I meant to ask in last night's post but forgot.

In other news, today I shall read the first volume of a relatively new manga called Togari, about a vagrant swordsman who spent 300 years in hell but is sent to the modern world to recapture 108 escaped demons.  It looks to be as insane, violent and unapologetic as Blade of the Immortal.  I have high expectations.

Comments

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I don't think we know - it's been the subject of mass fannish speculation as to whether he gets them put on or whether they show up as evidence of his power as he gets stronger. I think the evidence pointing to Renji just being an ink fiend is that the kid who idolizes Renji, whatever his name is, got himself an eyebrow tattoo in emulation. And I don't think we've ever seen Renji's legs, so we don't know if they go all the way down. (I have to admit that I know this because I've spent some time looking through the tags on bleach_fact, where people go to ask questions like that. Answers not guaranteed, though. XD)

Report back on Togari! I've looked at it, but haven't bought it yet.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I think the fact that we see them on his chest when he's just kinda lounging around in the cover pages also indicates he's an ink fiend, though the tattoos themselves look like they should have some kind of meaning.

The art in Togari looks really rough, but(like mushishi) somewhat like BotI, and the fight scenes look rather BotI-ish. In the bits I've skimmed, the lead looks like you could plop him in the middle of a conversation between Manji and Magatsu and no one would notice.

I just wish I weren't going into it w/ BotI thoughts, as I won't be able to resist comparing them...

[chomiji]

Renji's little fan-boy is Rikichi (see the scan here) ... I was just re-reading that last night! You know, given how many times Renji gets chopped up, it's hilarious that we never see his legs ... soul reaper uniform tops seem to have a worse AC than the bottoms do!

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

how many times Renji gets chopped up

I feel Renji and Magatsu could have a contest in this regard...

it's hilarious that we never see his legs ... soul reaper uniform tops seem to have a worse AC than the bottoms do!

i've actually noticed that this is true of most shonen action manga...apparently the lower half of clothing is far more durable in Japan...