Urahara & Isshin

[hjkou]

just got into bleach last week, watched first 40 eps in 3 days, then got capped.. so had to wait another few days to watch up to 60.. then got impatient and started mangaing.

but yeah, ive been pretty obsessed recently.. and i wanted to ask on opinions with characters like urahara and ichigo's dad ;o

do you think both of them are kind of like, the hiko's of bleach? and i don't mean it anyway in the sense that they're gods and noone will ever touch them obviously.. but in the sense that how strong either of them truly are will ever be revealed? ..for storyline purposes.. which is a shame, because urahara is my fav =)

edit: gahhh wrong forum, someone move this to court of pure souls :D?

[MrChrono]

Well a bit more about Urahara will be explained in the episodes 55-63 and his origins.
For Isshin you'll have to read the manga. The anime hasn't covered it yet, but the manga has, to some extend.
However I'd highly advice you to watch the anime first, till about ep 63, that's about where the fillers start. From there on you can read the manga, you can either read all of it or start around 180.

I could spoil it, but it is much more fun if you find out yourself ;)

[BakaKage]

Are you talking about Seijuro Hiko of Ruroken?
If you are it's a tricky question because at this point right now there's someone who "seems" stronger than either of them (emphasis on seems, because we obviously don't know). While in the world of Ruroken, even though Kenshin did technichally beat Hiko, we are still pretty sure that Hiko can curb-stomp Shishio's burned ass anyday.

[Chopped_Hige]

If anime has taught me anything over the years, it's that no one will be able to tell how powerful they are until they go ahead of the fight to try and stomp some ass, get pwned, and then Ichigo steps in. They seem pretty powerful, but not omnipotent. Case in point, FuSoYa and Golbez in FF2/FF4 vs. Zemus/Zeromus. Case closed, lolz.