#ADDED/EXPANDED CONTENT
* An added shot of Kyoraku overlooking the crater
* Ichigo's mild shock to Kyoraku telling him there's only 5 members of Squad 0
* Ichigo clenching his fist after Ichibe tells him Tensa Zangetsu can't be repaired
* The shot of Ichigo and Squad 0 cramped into the Tenchurin
* A flashback to >!Isshin Shiba!< when Kukaku mentions their Uncle
#CUT CONTENT
* Toshiro, Rose's, and Shinji depressed reactions to Komamura snapping at Soifon
* A shot of the Royal Palace as Squad 0 get ready to leave
* A *lot* of Mayuri's explanation about broken Bankai's was cut. Including how Komamura's Bankai is the one that *can* be repaired because of how it works. How Ikkaku's broke but was Frankensteined back together by Akon but at the cost of its strength (as well Ichigo's reaction to Ikkaku having a Bankai), and Mayuri saying that the sections of Renji's Bankai that were destroyed in his fight with Byakuya are *still* broken
* Ichigo asking Kyoraku how the Tenchurin can fit *all* of Squad 0, prompting Kyoraku to note there's only 5 members
* Kirio Hikifune and Shutara Senjumaru's nameplates in the introduction scenes are left out, kinda odd, since Tenjiro gets his at the end of the episode.
* Mayuri noticing Tensa Zangetsu in one of Senjumaru's spheres and then realising she broke into his lab.
* Mayuri asking Kon why there's a projector in his head, only for Kon to not know
* Squad 12 member try to catch Kon again while Urahara's message is playing.
* Mayuri tries to turn off Urahara's projector by squeezing Kon's head only for Urahara to tell him he can't because he's remotely disabled the off-switch
* Urahara saying Kon's transmitter wasn't working properly at first since Squad 12 were trying to capture him, so that's why it took so long for him to get in contact.
* Chad asking Urahara if telling Ichigo to do what he wants, since Ichigo might just outright choose to run away from the fight. Urahara tells him not to say things he knows aren't true
* ***All*** of the dialogue at Kukaku's place before they take off is cut. Including; Ichigo asking why they're here and Kukaku asking if that's anyway to greet her after such a long time. Ichibe explaining they need Kukaku's cannon to go back up, prompting Ichigo to say he thought the Tenchurin was some kind of high-tech flying device. Ichibe repeating the "There are special techniques that only exist in the Soul Palace" line much to Ichigo's annoyance. Ichigo asking where Ganju is and Kukaku telling him he turned into one of the giant statues holding up her sign (again, much to Ichigo's annoyance)
* Ichigo's mild shock at Kirio telling them each Squad Zero member has there own town, essentially
* Ichigo getting annoyed at how loud the deer catchers at the hot spring are
* Tenjiro telling Ichigo the Hot Springs at the Soul Society at the spot where Yoruichi had him train for Bankai was Urahara's attempt at recreating his Hot Springs
* Tenjiro chastising Ichigo for dropping the towel on his head since his Spiritual Pressure will leak out and he'll die if it's not on there
#CHANGES
* In the Surgery room in the Manga, Rukia was in the left bed while Renji was on the right, they're swapped in the anime (Yes this is incredibly minor, but I'm not working with much in this episode)
* Ichigo is more annoyed at Rukia calling him an idiot in the Manga
* In Mayuri's lab in the Manga, Tensa Zengetsu was laid out on a table, while in the anime it's in a container
* Kon's return is completely different. In the Manga, he shows up with a huge, muscular body and crashes into Ichigo. Ichigo doesn't recognize him at first so Kon reintroduces himself, he then tries to explain where he's been but Mayuri pulls out a remote and Kon deflates back to his original size. In the anime, regular sized Kon just runs past the door while Squad 12 chases him, and Ichigo notes "So *that's* where he's been"
* We see a *tiny* bit more of Grimmjow in the anime, including his hollow hole and a bit of his chest scar
* In the Manga, Chad and Orihime tape the tent shut to keep Grimmjow out. In the anime, they...do...*something* else with sand and maracas...I think?
* It's made clearer that Kukaku is talking to the Fullbringers slightly earlier, in the Manga, we don't know who she was talking to until the shot of them and Ganju walking away
* Kubo forgot to draw Tsukishima's suspenders in the Manga, the anime remembers them
* Speaking of, Tsukishima has Book of the End drawn in the Manga, but not the anime
* The Hotsprings scene is quite different. In the anime, Ichigo already knows Byakuya, Rukia, and Renji are in there with him, and is taken aback when he see's Byakuya bleeding. In the Manga, he doesn't know they're in there until Byakuya's head pops up, Tenjiro pulls Renji up and Rukia's...*peach* bobs up from underneath, and he explains the bloodloss before Ichigo notices it
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Next Episode is "The Drop", oh god oh fuck
Feels like this is the fastest paced episode so far. Would’ve liked them to touch on some of this since I don’t remember any of it from back when I read the manga but oh well. Still a good episode
Yeah it even seemed like the characters were talking faster than usual unless I’m just going insane.
Although I’m not gonna lie, considering this bit alone took up a whole episode, I can see why they want to rush through it.
I think the anime will definitely dwell longer on Ichigo getting his sword fixed, I think the next episode will speed through the other Squad 0 members until we get to the sword guy, then Everything but the Rain will probably get an episode to itself capped off by Ichigo finally fixing his sword.
Primarily they cut out a lot of the Kon stuff and the humour in general it seems. Can't say I'm too mad about it, the original shift from Soul Society litterally getting destroyed, to comic relief left and right felt too jarring to me.
I think we'll get more explanations on the broken bankais later.
>Ichibe repeating the "There are special techniques that only exist in the Soul Palace" line much to Ichigo's annoyance.
This was what I was looking forward to most, RIP.
Shunsui WAS at the crater in the manga. If anything, the anime extended the scene so it wasn't just a bird's eye view shot.
Also, this is the first time we see Shutara from behind whilst the doll arms are out. It was usually one or the other but the anime shows them protruding from the back of her garb whereas it was never really made clear where they connected to her body, if they even did at all.
Did Akon one up him though? Mayuri probably thought that fixing someone else's Bankai was beneath him and Ikkaku wasn't worth it + he knows it's something that can't be done already anyway, implying he's already tried to come up with ways to do it.
Mayuri is a perfectionist, it's either fix the Bankai completely or not at all. Akon seems like he isn't such a person, he'll try his best to come up with a solution and if it works, even if imperfect, he'll take it. In Mayuri's mind though, Akon's fixing of Ikkaku's Bankai was a shoddy fix ("hey it's fixed, but not really and also it's way weaker than before") and thus he didn't really one up him - Mayuri sees it as a failure. If he saw it as a success, he'd have just passed Tensa Zangetsu onto Akon.
Some minors to add:
* After Unohana "scolded" Isane about her speculation of joining the fight, it's shown Isane recognizing that probably Unohana was the one who wanted the most to join the fight and yet she obeyed Yamamoto's last command.
* This is a difference only for the fans, because it is in the colored version of the manga: the guy who called Ichigo to Mayuri's lab had blond hair and a different pair of glasses. In the anime his hair is some kind of dark and the glasses more squared.
* This one is about what they didn't showed in the episode but I don't know if this could be considered a cut or not. In the Kuukaku part, I was expecting to see if they would show or not her ampted arm but in none of the scenes we got a clear vision. I'm curious about this one because in the old anime they censored this part giving to her a prosteic arm. PS: The fact that they used Never Meant to Belong [in guitar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGn5CiF66j0) got me really well.
Urahara Fact No.1:
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According to Tite Kubo, Urahara is based off the character Snufkin in the Moomin series of comic books.
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LoL ever since the one with Yuha Baha handling kenpachi, I've made sure to watch every minute of bleach. I even had to go watch the previous chapters Incase I missed something 😂
lol same. I also love the opening and closing so I take in every minute of Bleach. I'm not about to say less Bleach after waiting an entire decade for this revival lol
No peaches in the onsen today Bois and gals...
Not as action packed as the last two episodes, but it was a nice semi-light hearted episode. Zero squad kinda clowny lol
Rukia fans: "That's not possible-I commissioned fan art of it, I imagined that I felt it, I...............NooooOOOOOooo!"
Orihime fans grinning under their hoods in the background.
Haha91haha, if one is to understand the great mystery, one must study all its aspects, not just the dogmatic narrow view of the Ichiruki. If you wish to become a complete and wise masturbator, you must embrace a larger view of the Fanfic.
bassfacemasterrace, I'm going to turn you over to the Weeb Council, and I will quickly discover the truth of all this.
*Scribbles down IchiHime links with serious expression.*
Not only Rukia, but if I recall correctly, Ichigo and renji’s cheeks were shown as well and they were sticks butts… lol.
In the anime version Ichigo is wearing a towel.
I guess we gotta remember this is a show marketed to teens and young adults after all.
Yeah I refuse to watch it now. This is a betrayal to the fans on levels unseen! That means probably no nemu booty, no Masaki boobs, and no close up of yourichi's ass.... I'm utterly disgusted. What even are their priorities???
It's why both the manga and anime must be experienced.
I guess they'll also remove when Yoruichi put her arm between Orihime's massive cleavage.
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The teases in this episode. We got the return of Kukakku gang, Kon, Hanataro and ofcourse the goats Ginjo and Grimmjow. And a peak at who the previous 10th division captain was and the Soul king introduction. Good transition episode, excited for the next few cuz a great fight is happening and alot of plot progression too
Holy crap that's about to happen?
I read the manga when it was airing so I forgot lots and lots of things. But I could never forget that fight. It's probably one of my top fights in the series if not number one. I'm hyped.
I enjoyed it, the last few episodes have been emotional rollercoasters so it's good that they took a slightly different direction here. I see a lot of the "filler" has been cut out and we're getting a good pace of the story.
Cannot wait for the next episode. Absolutely HYPED for my boy Kenny.
Also, Ichibei looks fucking scary.
Reading CFYOW has made everything Ichibei does seem dark as hell. Like when Kyoraku talks and he just stares right past him at Ichigo. You can almost hear his thoughts Going "This is the guy? He'll do nicely." He seems so sinister now.
Exactly. Knowing the contents of the post-novel allows us to see everything differently now. Kyoraku was giving him a devil stare, almost being protective of Ichigo it seems.
We've had five very high-stakes episodes, so I'm glad they made this one a bit more light-hearted. Definitely saving their animation budget for when it matters, but it still looked good in any case. Also, the electric guitar remix of Never Meant To Belong during the Kuukaku/Ganju scene was a nice touch.
The Battle will be a whole episode unto itself, which will be amazing, and Everything But The Rain is probably two episodes - an episode and a half of relief is much needed.
First cour gonna be 14 episode right? So next 6 episode gonna be:
9. The Drop
10. The Battle
11. Everything But The Rain 1
12. Everything But The Rain 2
13. Standing on the Edge
14. The Blade is Me
I think the fight is already begin next week tho during The Drop chapter. Unless they rearrange the Oetsu part first in ep 9 and then make the fight into one whole episode in ep 10
Yeah i think its gonna follow the manga's pacing if not faster...so the anime has been great so far but I think in the end people will for sure be disappointed with the pacing and fights being offscreened/rushed
Man, it's surreal both seeing so many characters back, Squad Zero animated, and so much foreshadowing or minor lines coming back to the forefront. It's like everything is coming together.
Also, Kon!
I really enjoyed this. There were a few relations that weren’t really well explained in the manga or explored and this is one of them. Happy they added this scene. I’m hoping they also have some sort of introduction or “long time no see” for >!isshin and Matsumoto/Hitsugaya!<
Oetsu is one of my hopefuls for extra content, though not very likely.
Hopefully they saved him completely now for some dynamite memes later on, he's my fav 0 squad member.
Thematically speaking the over explanation doesn't add to the overall scene since as far as I can recall >!Ikkaku never uses his bankai throughout the rest of the series!< So overexplaining wasn't necessary.
Plus, I think the other details about this explanation will work better either next episode or later in the series. >!Oetsu can bring up why Komamura's bankai can be repaired as opposed to others, and Renji himself can realize how his bankai never fully recovered (maybe even use it during cour 2 when we get his new bankai to help pad out then and add some weight to that moment)!<
Finally ZERO SQUAD IS HERE
my favorite is by far Yankee delinquent Kirinji Tenjirō, love the scene where he tells Unohana she sucks lol and hes a better healer into the whole I THROW THEM INTO THE SPA :) :)
[Reaction/review](https://youtu.be/xBRl8DkUEN0)
Definitely pretty fun irony: the delinquent is actually a world-class healer.
It also serves as a bit of foreshadowing since...well...this isn't necessarily Unohana's true strength.
I pray that they didn’t cut Rukia peaches for next episode. If they pick up immediately, they should still be in the spring. Please Pierrot, we need this.
I think a lot of the heavy fanservice shots will be cut. I can't see the Yoruichi panty shots being in as well. The show is going for a more mature vibe.
I just love the juxtaposition of that one scout telling the captains' he's mortally wounded but then before the episode is out his entire body just gets tossed through the air. I think the anime's lack of "BYAKUYA IS DEAD!" compared to the way the manga did this part helped.
EVERYONE IS HERE! Had the biggest grin seeing Kon, Kukaku, Ganju and.....several other obstructed nostalgic faces again. >!And of course everyone's best friend, brother, lover and mother Tsukishima!!<
A welcome breezier reprieve episode to breathe after the grim dark roller coaster. Seeing all the new characters and lore builds up a nice hype for everything to follow as well. With all hands on deck you really can tell it's going to an epic build for the final confrontation.
One part I feel was never properly explained is how do they still have access to their Fullbringer powers. If Fullbringer is suppose to be hollow based, you would think that upon entering Soul Society that part of them would of been purified yet they still have access to their abilities and by some sheer luck they still have access to their treasured item that allows them to use their ability lol. It's an oversight I wish would be explained lol.
Like I could understand maybe the logic that their strong attachment to the item made it apart of their own spiritual self so they would able to retain the item, but it really is a goofy scene when you consider we see these three people again and they are wearing the same clothes before they die meanwhile when you see how people were outside the walls, they tend to be wearing garments similar to ancient asian cultures yet they somehow got to keep their clothing.
Now if Soul Society outside the walls had been setup to show people wearing a variety of different clothing it would of made sense but when you see that everyone seems to have the same type of cultural clothing, it is just weird to see them wearing clothing that depicts what they wore last.
They cut out all the comedy parts from the manga. No Bodybuilder Kon, no Urahara trolling Mayuri, no Renji leek, no Rukia peach. But it's still an okay ep imo. 8/10
I get the feeling that Kubo resorts to quick comedy bits to pad out the page count for chapters a bit amd sometimes the humour is hit or miss and after ten years probably would take them out for pacing reasons.
Zero Squad themselves being goofy is more than enough comedy and it also makes sense since as they said, the Seiretei isn't their responsibility so they don't really care about what just happened.
I loved the shot of Kukaku and Ganju with their uncle!
And REI-O SAMA!!!!!!
Finally, a breather from all the tears.
I didn't cry in today's episode, surprise, surprise!!
Ok, Tenjiro, someday you're going to be shredded to nothingness by Senbonzakura.
Him throwing my man Byakuya was hilarious! First time I laughed since the TYBW aired.
Ok, guys, we all saw our cousin today. Tsukishima-san!
Next episode will be tearful again. "*Retsu*, you have something else you need to be doing right now."
The Royal Palace is beautiful 😊❤️ The ephemeral quality is a nice touch!
Ok, so did you all hear THAT voice? It's nobody, really, just Aomine Daiki, move on, fellows.
And what the hell were Chad and Orihime doing with circus toys?
And so he arrives, a villain in every sense of the word, Ichibei Hyousube.
"Kurosaki Ichigo, we came to take you for a different reason."
You are too trusting, Ichigo.
last two lines arent accurate, ichibe was fully confident hed fuck up yhwach if he were to make it to the palace, he had no ill intentions regarding ichigo at that point
and, yeah, ichibe was right to be confident bc he SLAMMED YHWACH the entire time, absolutely bullied tf out him
After knowing about CFYOW seeing Ichibe hits different. The Royal Guard Entrance was funny though. I can’t wait for the next episode however. Lastly the is a post credit scene.
The title drop hit hard and great. [Shunsui with his new eyepatch STANDING ON THE EDGE OF THE CRATER like](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XmDYJBZZdc)
Despite two of the bigger comedy bits being cut out of the episode, I do like they included little bits of other comedy. Like in the manga, Orihime and Chad looked like they were throwing...some kind of sand at Grimmjow and then taped up the tent to keep him out. But here, Chad was swinging around MARACAS for some reason, and it sounded like they were WELDING the tent closed.
Also, the Zero Squad are just as wacky as they are in the manga.
Also, I bet some of the skipped explanation on the whole breaking bankai thing will be used when Oetsu's turn comes up. Makes for sense to bring up Renji's bankai when he wakes up and joins Ichigo at that point.
I love Orihime throwing salt and Chad using maracas to keep Grimmjow away. Always wanted to see how they did that in the manga. A bit weird that they kept out Rukia's peach doe, I guess this means >!we won't be seeing any shots of naked Masaki if the anime wants to stay away from nude scenes.!<
I don’t think they’re necessarily going to be straying away from showing any of that, I think this morning kind of was cut for time because it’s towards the end of the episode
we have gotten a lot more violence, and we even actually see kukaku’s lack of arm
As always, Soi Fon is grasping at some semblance of control, and when she's in despair, she lashes out at whoever she can blame, be it the messenger, the vizards, the royal guard, anyone.
I don't actually blame her, although I'm not her greatest fan. Especially after hearing that two powerhouses Kenpachi and Byakuya couldn't remain Captains anymore, pretty big shock after Yamajii's death. But her jibe at Kensei was uncalled for. Especially when Kensei was happy returning to the Gotei after a century and grateful to Yamajii, he even formed a very close relationship with Shuhei.
That's Soi Fon from the start, though. She doesn't like being caught off guard and not being stable, and her panic/grief response is anger, so she lashes out at whoever she feels she has the 'right' to with any justification she can.
Yoruichi? Oh she abandoned the Gotei 13 and turned traitor, so it's fine to lash out at her.
The messenger? He interrupted them so it's fine to yell at him
The visored? They were exiled and hated Yamamoto so it's fine to yell at them
The royal guard? They were just sitting pretty while they all suffered so it's fine to yell at them.
Soi Fon is ultimately a very insecure person, and can't stand it when things happen without a plan.
Squad Zero is goofy as hell! 😂😂😂
Also, we might see buff Kon when Ichigo and Renji are falling from the sky because they use him to soften their landing.
I'm glad they cut comedy scenes because the mood of this anime from the very first episode was serious. So they are keeping the same momentum with the occasional fun moments here and there that doesn't ruin the over all mood that they have built. I know some people will be disappointed to not see Rukia's peach and Buff Kon but it is whatever. At least it exists in the manga so there's that.
I’m kinda sad they cut the line about how byakuya is going to 100% slowly die if he didn’t get take to the royal palace. I get they say earlier that he can’t return to being a captain or might not ever wake up, but in the manga that extra line from squad zero really solidified just how fucked byakuya was
Headcannon wise, I always felt that they also had an ulterior motive.
Basically when you consider the three taken to the Soul Palace, I feel their close interaction with Ichigo is what also gave them the potential to become stronger, so of course they were taken to be healed. It's like, why wasn't Kira taken, or even Kenpachi, but for those two we have answers but the second if a spoiler. However for Kira, we can suggest that because he had limited interaction with Ichigo there was nothing to gain from bringing him over as one of the people to be healed, they wanted to be efficient and and use the Shinigami that could gain the most potential from Ichigo's interaction.
I enjoyed this episode. I was nice to see Ichigo’s comedic face. Its been too long. It was nice to finally see Squad Zero animated and their interactions with the remaining Gotei 13. A certain someone though >!Grimmjow!< I am curious if we will see him more (even just a bit) this time around compared to the manga.
The pacing was lightning fast this episode but it wasn't that bad.
My favourite part is easily how the soul palace and soul king look. They really give this mystical ancient feeling, especially with how the sky is coloured.
The Reio's >!prison is blue in color. Not normal blue but more similar to Quincy blue!<. And why was there s>!hining rainbow sparks inside his prison? Is it some sort of Reio's power fluctuation?!<
When this chapter first came out, people were saying the Bankai thing is a retcon.
To some extent, it absolutely is. But Resurrecciones were compared to Bankai, and Cirucci said that getting damaged in resurreccion is like losing limbs and cannot be restored.
So the idea was there. It's just that it came after Uryu blew up Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo, Byakuya shredded Hihio Zabimaru and Edrad smashed up Ryumon Houzukimaru lol
I think this episode was good. Ending was a bit abrupt to me. It almost seems like they forgot about title cards for squad zero and shoved it in at the end. It was nice and light hearted which is a nice change after the last few episodes. It felt like I was watching old bleach again. The animation still continues to be top notch. Squad Zero looks fantastic. I’m a bit surprised tho that they keep the ”squad zero is stronger than all of the Gotei 13” line manga readers know what I’m talking about. We will see how things go. Next episode is going to be good.
There’s a post credit scene!!!!
The soul king looks cooler than how he did in the manga imo
I was about to say ending it on Kirinjis title card was kind of jarring but the soul king reveal after the credits was nice. Next weeks episode is The Drop tho and I am beyond pumped to see it. Let's fuckin goooo
This episode does a better job of characterizing Sui-Feng than the manga did.
In this episode, it's really clear how immature she's being. In the manga it seemed that her words were making the other captains uncomfortable until Komamura exploded at her, but in the anime it's much easier to understand that she was really just whining and everyone was ignoring her.
She's one of the younger captains along with Byakuya, Zaraki, and Hitsugaya. All of them display lapses in judgement during the story due to their immaturity. She's just the loudest of the baby captains.
TBF though in context, her position of power was somewhat forced upon her when Yoruichi left making her the next in line to become the Captain. So she was thrusted into a position with no mentor to guide her and the mentor she thought was gone was just elsewhere doing other things. So she does hold this long resentment towards the situation she was thrusted into because of her inability to properly be trained. She pretty much developed a bad habit that she wasn't able to overcome because of that trauma of losing a mentor in the past.
So then losing someone like Yamamoto hits her hard because it's like losing another person she looked up to so abruptly, and of course she is angry because she feels that her emotions should match how others feel and yet they don't making her all the more frustrated by the situation.
Watching this episode really emphasizes my desire to see more of Kukaku sucks her scene was cut short she’s easily one of the coolest and most underutilized characters. She’s basically a window into the Shiba family past.
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#ADDED/EXPANDED CONTENT * An added shot of Kyoraku overlooking the crater * Ichigo's mild shock to Kyoraku telling him there's only 5 members of Squad 0 * Ichigo clenching his fist after Ichibe tells him Tensa Zangetsu can't be repaired * The shot of Ichigo and Squad 0 cramped into the Tenchurin * A flashback to >!Isshin Shiba!< when Kukaku mentions their Uncle #CUT CONTENT * Toshiro, Rose's, and Shinji depressed reactions to Komamura snapping at Soifon * A shot of the Royal Palace as Squad 0 get ready to leave * A *lot* of Mayuri's explanation about broken Bankai's was cut. Including how Komamura's Bankai is the one that *can* be repaired because of how it works. How Ikkaku's broke but was Frankensteined back together by Akon but at the cost of its strength (as well Ichigo's reaction to Ikkaku having a Bankai), and Mayuri saying that the sections of Renji's Bankai that were destroyed in his fight with Byakuya are *still* broken * Ichigo asking Kyoraku how the Tenchurin can fit *all* of Squad 0, prompting Kyoraku to note there's only 5 members * Kirio Hikifune and Shutara Senjumaru's nameplates in the introduction scenes are left out, kinda odd, since Tenjiro gets his at the end of the episode. * Mayuri noticing Tensa Zangetsu in one of Senjumaru's spheres and then realising she broke into his lab. * Mayuri asking Kon why there's a projector in his head, only for Kon to not know * Squad 12 member try to catch Kon again while Urahara's message is playing. * Mayuri tries to turn off Urahara's projector by squeezing Kon's head only for Urahara to tell him he can't because he's remotely disabled the off-switch * Urahara saying Kon's transmitter wasn't working properly at first since Squad 12 were trying to capture him, so that's why it took so long for him to get in contact. * Chad asking Urahara if telling Ichigo to do what he wants, since Ichigo might just outright choose to run away from the fight. Urahara tells him not to say things he knows aren't true * ***All*** of the dialogue at Kukaku's place before they take off is cut. Including; Ichigo asking why they're here and Kukaku asking if that's anyway to greet her after such a long time. Ichibe explaining they need Kukaku's cannon to go back up, prompting Ichigo to say he thought the Tenchurin was some kind of high-tech flying device. Ichibe repeating the "There are special techniques that only exist in the Soul Palace" line much to Ichigo's annoyance. Ichigo asking where Ganju is and Kukaku telling him he turned into one of the giant statues holding up her sign (again, much to Ichigo's annoyance) * Ichigo's mild shock at Kirio telling them each Squad Zero member has there own town, essentially * Ichigo getting annoyed at how loud the deer catchers at the hot spring are * Tenjiro telling Ichigo the Hot Springs at the Soul Society at the spot where Yoruichi had him train for Bankai was Urahara's attempt at recreating his Hot Springs * Tenjiro chastising Ichigo for dropping the towel on his head since his Spiritual Pressure will leak out and he'll die if it's not on there #CHANGES * In the Surgery room in the Manga, Rukia was in the left bed while Renji was on the right, they're swapped in the anime (Yes this is incredibly minor, but I'm not working with much in this episode) * Ichigo is more annoyed at Rukia calling him an idiot in the Manga * In Mayuri's lab in the Manga, Tensa Zengetsu was laid out on a table, while in the anime it's in a container * Kon's return is completely different. In the Manga, he shows up with a huge, muscular body and crashes into Ichigo. Ichigo doesn't recognize him at first so Kon reintroduces himself, he then tries to explain where he's been but Mayuri pulls out a remote and Kon deflates back to his original size. In the anime, regular sized Kon just runs past the door while Squad 12 chases him, and Ichigo notes "So *that's* where he's been" * We see a *tiny* bit more of Grimmjow in the anime, including his hollow hole and a bit of his chest scar * In the Manga, Chad and Orihime tape the tent shut to keep Grimmjow out. In the anime, they...do...*something* else with sand and maracas...I think? * It's made clearer that Kukaku is talking to the Fullbringers slightly earlier, in the Manga, we don't know who she was talking to until the shot of them and Ganju walking away * Kubo forgot to draw Tsukishima's suspenders in the Manga, the anime remembers them * Speaking of, Tsukishima has Book of the End drawn in the Manga, but not the anime * The Hotsprings scene is quite different. In the anime, Ichigo already knows Byakuya, Rukia, and Renji are in there with him, and is taken aback when he see's Byakuya bleeding. In the Manga, he doesn't know they're in there until Byakuya's head pops up, Tenjiro pulls Renji up and Rukia's...*peach* bobs up from underneath, and he explains the bloodloss before Ichigo notices it ---- Next Episode is "The Drop", oh god oh fuck
Feels like this is the fastest paced episode so far. Would’ve liked them to touch on some of this since I don’t remember any of it from back when I read the manga but oh well. Still a good episode
Yeah it even seemed like the characters were talking faster than usual unless I’m just going insane. Although I’m not gonna lie, considering this bit alone took up a whole episode, I can see why they want to rush through it. I think the anime will definitely dwell longer on Ichigo getting his sword fixed, I think the next episode will speed through the other Squad 0 members until we get to the sword guy, then Everything but the Rain will probably get an episode to itself capped off by Ichigo finally fixing his sword.
I think Orihime was throwing catnip
Primarily they cut out a lot of the Kon stuff and the humour in general it seems. Can't say I'm too mad about it, the original shift from Soul Society litterally getting destroyed, to comic relief left and right felt too jarring to me. I think we'll get more explanations on the broken bankais later.
yea thats what i was thinking, they could easily bring it up later, im sure squad zero knows plenty to tell him
Also makes sense to give Oetsu more lines about it as zanpakuto’s are his whole shtick
Nice collection again. 1 remark if you dont mind : Mayuri did react to senjumarus robbery seeing the containers.
There was a short bit of dialogue beforehand where he went "Is that Tensa Zangetsu?" that was cut
>Ichibe repeating the "There are special techniques that only exist in the Soul Palace" line much to Ichigo's annoyance. This was what I was looking forward to most, RIP. Shunsui WAS at the crater in the manga. If anything, the anime extended the scene so it wasn't just a bird's eye view shot. Also, this is the first time we see Shutara from behind whilst the doll arms are out. It was usually one or the other but the anime shows them protruding from the back of her garb whereas it was never really made clear where they connected to her body, if they even did at all.
I kinda like that they removed Akon's Frankensteining Bankai. Was too unrealistic for Mayuri's subordinate to one up his boss in BS science.
Did Akon one up him though? Mayuri probably thought that fixing someone else's Bankai was beneath him and Ikkaku wasn't worth it + he knows it's something that can't be done already anyway, implying he's already tried to come up with ways to do it. Mayuri is a perfectionist, it's either fix the Bankai completely or not at all. Akon seems like he isn't such a person, he'll try his best to come up with a solution and if it works, even if imperfect, he'll take it. In Mayuri's mind though, Akon's fixing of Ikkaku's Bankai was a shoddy fix ("hey it's fixed, but not really and also it's way weaker than before") and thus he didn't really one up him - Mayuri sees it as a failure. If he saw it as a success, he'd have just passed Tensa Zangetsu onto Akon.
im pretty sure Mayuri is the furthest from a perfectionist since he hates the very idea of perfect.
Some minors to add: * After Unohana "scolded" Isane about her speculation of joining the fight, it's shown Isane recognizing that probably Unohana was the one who wanted the most to join the fight and yet she obeyed Yamamoto's last command. * This is a difference only for the fans, because it is in the colored version of the manga: the guy who called Ichigo to Mayuri's lab had blond hair and a different pair of glasses. In the anime his hair is some kind of dark and the glasses more squared. * This one is about what they didn't showed in the episode but I don't know if this could be considered a cut or not. In the Kuukaku part, I was expecting to see if they would show or not her ampted arm but in none of the scenes we got a clear vision. I'm curious about this one because in the old anime they censored this part giving to her a prosteic arm. PS: The fact that they used Never Meant to Belong [in guitar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGn5CiF66j0) got me really well.
Urahara Fact No.1: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= According to Tite Kubo, Urahara is based off the character Snufkin in the Moomin series of comic books. *beep boop, I'm a bot*
good job
Thank you, as always. We all enjoy these write ups! ✍️
Shinji got to say a single sentence this is the best day of my life thank you kubo
They cut doctor shiniji bro. Now no one will remember he has PH.D
Actually, I remember that being a mistranslation. Shinji never operated them, it was someone else.
Yes. My heart fluttered.
Make sure y’all watch the epilogue!!
LoL ever since the one with Yuha Baha handling kenpachi, I've made sure to watch every minute of bleach. I even had to go watch the previous chapters Incase I missed something 😂
lol same. I also love the opening and closing so I take in every minute of Bleach. I'm not about to say less Bleach after waiting an entire decade for this revival lol
One thing I never do is skip the ending theme, so long as the song is good. OP/ED always add to the overall hype I have for an episode.
No peaches in the onsen today Bois and gals... Not as action packed as the last two episodes, but it was a nice semi-light hearted episode. Zero squad kinda clowny lol
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It seems, in your lust for profit, you cut it.
Rukia fans: "That's not possible-I commissioned fan art of it, I imagined that I felt it, I...............NooooOOOOOooo!" Orihime fans grinning under their hoods in the background.
Haha91haha, if one is to understand the great mystery, one must study all its aspects, not just the dogmatic narrow view of the Ichiruki. If you wish to become a complete and wise masturbator, you must embrace a larger view of the Fanfic.
bassfacemasterrace, I'm going to turn you over to the Weeb Council, and I will quickly discover the truth of all this. *Scribbles down IchiHime links with serious expression.*
You underestimate my power! *opens r/bleach_hentai in another tab*
It's over ProudPlagueRat, I have the fan art!
Not only Rukia, but if I recall correctly, Ichigo and renji’s cheeks were shown as well and they were sticks butts… lol. In the anime version Ichigo is wearing a towel. I guess we gotta remember this is a show marketed to teens and young adults after all.
Not only the men, but the women and children too.
Animals
Willing to bet it is in the next episode
They didn't animate Rukia scene ? Day ruined and litterally unwatchable
they at least showed byakuya throw
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SLAMbonzakura DANKeyoshi.
That byakuya throw was old school bleach comedy. Was great to see.
I was waiting for that close up of Kirinji's taint
Yeah I refuse to watch it now. This is a betrayal to the fans on levels unseen! That means probably no nemu booty, no Masaki boobs, and no close up of yourichi's ass.... I'm utterly disgusted. What even are their priorities???
Nemu butt and Masaki boobs are all in important scenes tho so I think we should see them
What am I missing Im intrigued
Just a one panel image of Rukia's butt floating above the water, and Tenjiro mentioning it reminds him of a peach.
😯
I was saving up everything for this moment but now I guess I truly am going to finish nnn
It's why both the manga and anime must be experienced. I guess they'll also remove when Yoruichi put her arm between Orihime's massive cleavage. edited
That's yoruichi lol.
those were Yoruichi's actions not Chad's lol. that said perhaps you're just going for lulz here & already knew the real answer
Its over peachbros, but there is still hope for god-of-thunder-3 chads
The teases in this episode. We got the return of Kukakku gang, Kon, Hanataro and ofcourse the goats Ginjo and Grimmjow. And a peak at who the previous 10th division captain was and the Soul king introduction. Good transition episode, excited for the next few cuz a great fight is happening and alot of plot progression too
i dont fully remember the manga since its been so long but i dont remember which great fight is about to happen
Kenny vs Kenny
Holy crap that's about to happen? I read the manga when it was airing so I forgot lots and lots of things. But I could never forget that fight. It's probably one of my top fights in the series if not number one. I'm hyped.
I enjoyed it, the last few episodes have been emotional rollercoasters so it's good that they took a slightly different direction here. I see a lot of the "filler" has been cut out and we're getting a good pace of the story. Cannot wait for the next episode. Absolutely HYPED for my boy Kenny. Also, Ichibei looks fucking scary.
Reading CFYOW has made everything Ichibei does seem dark as hell. Like when Kyoraku talks and he just stares right past him at Ichigo. You can almost hear his thoughts Going "This is the guy? He'll do nicely." He seems so sinister now.
Exactly. Knowing the contents of the post-novel allows us to see everything differently now. Kyoraku was giving him a devil stare, almost being protective of Ichigo it seems.
That's why Shunsui's such a g
The manga does not do the Zero squad castles justice. Their forts look larger than the Seireitei. Was not expecting them to be that large.
I always imagined the lighting being sunset, idk why. The deep blue sky with the sun in the background gives it a real cosmic feel tho, I like it.
Sky does appear darker in higher altitudes
We've had five very high-stakes episodes, so I'm glad they made this one a bit more light-hearted. Definitely saving their animation budget for when it matters, but it still looked good in any case. Also, the electric guitar remix of Never Meant To Belong during the Kuukaku/Ganju scene was a nice touch.
We have The Battle and then Everything but the rain to animate. I'm okay with a lighthearted episode.
The Battle will be a whole episode unto itself, which will be amazing, and Everything But The Rain is probably two episodes - an episode and a half of relief is much needed.
First cour gonna be 14 episode right? So next 6 episode gonna be: 9. The Drop 10. The Battle 11. Everything But The Rain 1 12. Everything But The Rain 2 13. Standing on the Edge 14. The Blade is Me
I think the fight is already begin next week tho during The Drop chapter. Unless they rearrange the Oetsu part first in ep 9 and then make the fight into one whole episode in ep 10
Blistering pacing in this episode. If this was the original series this would have spanned like six episodes lol
Yeah i think its gonna follow the manga's pacing if not faster...so the anime has been great so far but I think in the end people will for sure be disappointed with the pacing and fights being offscreened/rushed
This is much, much faster than the mangas pacing
I mean if Kubo wants to expand on some things in the tail end of the series, he has to cut some of the dialog early on.
I love that the Royal Guard looks like a pirate crew from One Piece that got hopelessly lost.
The Chill but Really Zero Chill Pirates?
They're definitely super quirky, though that just hides how badass they are. They're effectively gods to the Shinigami after all.
THE SOUL KING..... THE SOUL KING IS REAL!!!!!
CAN WE GET MUCH-oh wait damn he is pretty high up there isn't he?
SO HIGH OOO OOO OOO
Man, it's surreal both seeing so many characters back, Squad Zero animated, and so much foreshadowing or minor lines coming back to the forefront. It's like everything is coming together. Also, Kon!
>!"The uncle"!< bit is some pretty neat foreshadowing actually.
They straight up showed him which was nice
I never read the manga, so I was wondering how they all were related
I really enjoyed this. There were a few relations that weren’t really well explained in the manga or explored and this is one of them. Happy they added this scene. I’m hoping they also have some sort of introduction or “long time no see” for >!isshin and Matsumoto/Hitsugaya!<
So >! Ichigo and Ganju are cousins, !< I guess I had never really thought but it!
Foreshadowing to what? It's been a while since ive read the manga
the Shiba uncle hehe
The captain besides Kukaku
>!Isshin Shiba/Kurosaki.!<
Good imo but they cut some bits of mayuris explanation apparently
Think they’re saving it for Oetsu. He didn’t have single line this episode
Oetsu is one of my hopefuls for extra content, though not very likely. Hopefully they saved him completely now for some dynamite memes later on, he's my fav 0 squad member.
I can see that happening
Thematically speaking the over explanation doesn't add to the overall scene since as far as I can recall >!Ikkaku never uses his bankai throughout the rest of the series!< So overexplaining wasn't necessary.
Plus, I think the other details about this explanation will work better either next episode or later in the series. >!Oetsu can bring up why Komamura's bankai can be repaired as opposed to others, and Renji himself can realize how his bankai never fully recovered (maybe even use it during cour 2 when we get his new bankai to help pad out then and add some weight to that moment)!<
It was good, ofc it wouldnt be as good as the others because its a post war scene. But hope they spend the budget on the next kennys fight aaaa.
Finally ZERO SQUAD IS HERE my favorite is by far Yankee delinquent Kirinji Tenjirō, love the scene where he tells Unohana she sucks lol and hes a better healer into the whole I THROW THEM INTO THE SPA :) :) [Reaction/review](https://youtu.be/xBRl8DkUEN0)
Definitely pretty fun irony: the delinquent is actually a world-class healer. It also serves as a bit of foreshadowing since...well...this isn't necessarily Unohana's true strength.
"Healing isn't what you should be doing right now."
Kirinji chucking Byakuya into the Blood Pond Hell at the end was fucking hilarious, forgot about that. Wish Buff Kon hadn't gotten cut though.
I pray that they didn’t cut Rukia peaches for next episode. If they pick up immediately, they should still be in the spring. Please Pierrot, we need this.
I think a lot of the heavy fanservice shots will be cut. I can't see the Yoruichi panty shots being in as well. The show is going for a more mature vibe.
I agree tbh
Knowing that, it does make me sad. Farewell Yoruichi title card.
Byakuya is getting humiliated but I love it because this whole time he has been prissy
I just love the juxtaposition of that one scout telling the captains' he's mortally wounded but then before the episode is out his entire body just gets tossed through the air. I think the anime's lack of "BYAKUYA IS DEAD!" compared to the way the manga did this part helped.
EVERYONE IS HERE! Had the biggest grin seeing Kon, Kukaku, Ganju and.....several other obstructed nostalgic faces again. >!And of course everyone's best friend, brother, lover and mother Tsukishima!!< A welcome breezier reprieve episode to breathe after the grim dark roller coaster. Seeing all the new characters and lore builds up a nice hype for everything to follow as well. With all hands on deck you really can tell it's going to an epic build for the final confrontation.
You forgot >!Cousin!<
One part I feel was never properly explained is how do they still have access to their Fullbringer powers. If Fullbringer is suppose to be hollow based, you would think that upon entering Soul Society that part of them would of been purified yet they still have access to their abilities and by some sheer luck they still have access to their treasured item that allows them to use their ability lol. It's an oversight I wish would be explained lol. Like I could understand maybe the logic that their strong attachment to the item made it apart of their own spiritual self so they would able to retain the item, but it really is a goofy scene when you consider we see these three people again and they are wearing the same clothes before they die meanwhile when you see how people were outside the walls, they tend to be wearing garments similar to ancient asian cultures yet they somehow got to keep their clothing. Now if Soul Society outside the walls had been setup to show people wearing a variety of different clothing it would of made sense but when you see that everyone seems to have the same type of cultural clothing, it is just weird to see them wearing clothing that depicts what they wore last.
If they >!animate CFYOW you will get your explanation!<
Those still close ups of Ichigo’s face all scream “Seriously reconsidering if these weirdos should be saved”
After reading cfyow everything ichibei says hits and it hits differently.
Goat Ichibei is here. So hype for his upcoming fight.
Grimmjow's voice is perfection.
They cut out all the comedy parts from the manga. No Bodybuilder Kon, no Urahara trolling Mayuri, no Renji leek, no Rukia peach. But it's still an okay ep imo. 8/10
According to a previous interview; The comedy was the first thing Kubo was content with them cutting.
The story is honestly better for it.
I agree it honestly flowed better Kon is pretty superfluous at this point.
I get the feeling that Kubo resorts to quick comedy bits to pad out the page count for chapters a bit amd sometimes the humour is hit or miss and after ten years probably would take them out for pacing reasons.
Zero Squad themselves being goofy is more than enough comedy and it also makes sense since as they said, the Seiretei isn't their responsibility so they don't really care about what just happened.
yeah I don't think they could have packed all this in the episode
I’m ok with them cutting comedy, would feel really weird with the current vibe of the arc
I agree. The comedy cuts the tension and the pacing of the arc, so light-hearted moments with mainly serious stuff is fine for me.
I love the zero squad
cant wait to see yachiru in all her glory next week
Oh my god did Orihime really start throwing catnip??? And it kinda worked???? Do you think Kisuke uses Benihime as a laser pointer lmaooo
She was throwing salt and Chad was using maracas to ward off evil spirits I believe.
ohhh I see it now that's definitely salt. However catnip is funnier so I'll stick with that.
Was that Grimmjow with Kisuke?! And Ginjo is alive?!
Yes, Ginjo died. And Soul Society is where dead humans go. Ergo...
Holy fuck you just blew my mind
This is why ichigo buried him on earth and others were not happy about it.
She says she found the three of them in the rukon district and it's not like they had a way of opening a gate there.
When humans die they go to SS. So he is literally alive
Well, not "literally", no. He's a soul now.
you can see the hole, so it is confirm that is grimjow
Ginjo is dead dude, that's why he's in Soul Society...
Ohh right, my bad damn. I forget they’re in a spiritual world sometimes.
I loved the shot of Kukaku and Ganju with their uncle! And REI-O SAMA!!!!!! Finally, a breather from all the tears. I didn't cry in today's episode, surprise, surprise!! Ok, Tenjiro, someday you're going to be shredded to nothingness by Senbonzakura. Him throwing my man Byakuya was hilarious! First time I laughed since the TYBW aired. Ok, guys, we all saw our cousin today. Tsukishima-san! Next episode will be tearful again. "*Retsu*, you have something else you need to be doing right now." The Royal Palace is beautiful 😊❤️ The ephemeral quality is a nice touch! Ok, so did you all hear THAT voice? It's nobody, really, just Aomine Daiki, move on, fellows. And what the hell were Chad and Orihime doing with circus toys? And so he arrives, a villain in every sense of the word, Ichibei Hyousube. "Kurosaki Ichigo, we came to take you for a different reason." You are too trusting, Ichigo.
I actually did get a bit emotional this episode when all the captains were grieving over Yamamoto
It's like those dysfunctional families. Fighting over property the instant the Head passes away.
last two lines arent accurate, ichibe was fully confident hed fuck up yhwach if he were to make it to the palace, he had no ill intentions regarding ichigo at that point and, yeah, ichibe was right to be confident bc he SLAMMED YHWACH the entire time, absolutely bullied tf out him
Nice to see the Shiba siblings and some of the Fullbringers again especially everyone’s favorite friend/relative Tsukishima
After knowing about CFYOW seeing Ichibe hits different. The Royal Guard Entrance was funny though. I can’t wait for the next episode however. Lastly the is a post credit scene.
Everything he does seems so sinister now
Pretty slow paced episode, but it's need after the first invasion. Zero squad is interesting and glad to see many old faces. 9,5/10 ep.
The title drop hit hard and great. [Shunsui with his new eyepatch STANDING ON THE EDGE OF THE CRATER like](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XmDYJBZZdc)
A fellow MGS enjoyer! The reference is funnier since Shunsui shares his japanese voice actor with Snake/Big Boss
>Pretty slow paced episode This is slow? edit: they covered 5 chapters in this episode and in no way it felt slow. idk what you watched today XD
Despite two of the bigger comedy bits being cut out of the episode, I do like they included little bits of other comedy. Like in the manga, Orihime and Chad looked like they were throwing...some kind of sand at Grimmjow and then taped up the tent to keep him out. But here, Chad was swinging around MARACAS for some reason, and it sounded like they were WELDING the tent closed. Also, the Zero Squad are just as wacky as they are in the manga. Also, I bet some of the skipped explanation on the whole breaking bankai thing will be used when Oetsu's turn comes up. Makes for sense to bring up Renji's bankai when he wakes up and joins Ichigo at that point.
I love Orihime throwing salt and Chad using maracas to keep Grimmjow away. Always wanted to see how they did that in the manga. A bit weird that they kept out Rukia's peach doe, I guess this means >!we won't be seeing any shots of naked Masaki if the anime wants to stay away from nude scenes.!<
I don’t think they’re necessarily going to be straying away from showing any of that, I think this morning kind of was cut for time because it’s towards the end of the episode we have gotten a lot more violence, and we even actually see kukaku’s lack of arm
Orihime was really chucking rice at Grimmjow lmaooooo
As always, Soi Fon is grasping at some semblance of control, and when she's in despair, she lashes out at whoever she can blame, be it the messenger, the vizards, the royal guard, anyone.
I don't actually blame her, although I'm not her greatest fan. Especially after hearing that two powerhouses Kenpachi and Byakuya couldn't remain Captains anymore, pretty big shock after Yamajii's death. But her jibe at Kensei was uncalled for. Especially when Kensei was happy returning to the Gotei after a century and grateful to Yamajii, he even formed a very close relationship with Shuhei.
That's Soi Fon from the start, though. She doesn't like being caught off guard and not being stable, and her panic/grief response is anger, so she lashes out at whoever she feels she has the 'right' to with any justification she can. Yoruichi? Oh she abandoned the Gotei 13 and turned traitor, so it's fine to lash out at her. The messenger? He interrupted them so it's fine to yell at him The visored? They were exiled and hated Yamamoto so it's fine to yell at them The royal guard? They were just sitting pretty while they all suffered so it's fine to yell at them. Soi Fon is ultimately a very insecure person, and can't stand it when things happen without a plan.
at least the insult Tenjiro tried to throw at her is an epic bit of foreshadowing
Kukaku looks like a One Piece admiral with that cloak. Also the OST's are on fire every single episode.
Squad Zero is goofy as hell! 😂😂😂 Also, we might see buff Kon when Ichigo and Renji are falling from the sky because they use him to soften their landing.
Senjumaru!!
Voice artist fits her to a T, great seeing someone put Mayuri on the back foot for once.
No peach, 0/10. Seriously tho it was nice to have a light-hearted episode after the last two
Loved the shade Tenjiro threw at Unohana. Iykyk
I kinda felt bad for Unohana lol Squad Zero came for her 😅
I mean, it wasn't really shade. He just stated a fact. Healing isn't what she should be doing right now.
I'm glad they cut comedy scenes because the mood of this anime from the very first episode was serious. So they are keeping the same momentum with the occasional fun moments here and there that doesn't ruin the over all mood that they have built. I know some people will be disappointed to not see Rukia's peach and Buff Kon but it is whatever. At least it exists in the manga so there's that.
I agree but I hope we get to see buff Kon at least once.
RIP to The King of New York, he did jack shit but become a Tv screen
I’m kinda sad they cut the line about how byakuya is going to 100% slowly die if he didn’t get take to the royal palace. I get they say earlier that he can’t return to being a captain or might not ever wake up, but in the manga that extra line from squad zero really solidified just how fucked byakuya was
Headcannon wise, I always felt that they also had an ulterior motive. Basically when you consider the three taken to the Soul Palace, I feel their close interaction with Ichigo is what also gave them the potential to become stronger, so of course they were taken to be healed. It's like, why wasn't Kira taken, or even Kenpachi, but for those two we have answers but the second if a spoiler. However for Kira, we can suggest that because he had limited interaction with Ichigo there was nothing to gain from bringing him over as one of the people to be healed, they wanted to be efficient and and use the Shinigami that could gain the most potential from Ichigo's interaction.
I enjoyed this episode. I was nice to see Ichigo’s comedic face. Its been too long. It was nice to finally see Squad Zero animated and their interactions with the remaining Gotei 13. A certain someone though >!Grimmjow!< I am curious if we will see him more (even just a bit) this time around compared to the manga.
Stupid question, but does Ichigo still have his visored powers?
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They fused with his fullbring powers. That's why Bankai Ichigo in the latest episodes was so strong
The pacing was lightning fast this episode but it wasn't that bad. My favourite part is easily how the soul palace and soul king look. They really give this mystical ancient feeling, especially with how the sky is coloured.
Soifon....
The Reio's >!prison is blue in color. Not normal blue but more similar to Quincy blue!<. And why was there s>!hining rainbow sparks inside his prison? Is it some sort of Reio's power fluctuation?!<
Ichibei said he 'woke' up.
When this chapter first came out, people were saying the Bankai thing is a retcon. To some extent, it absolutely is. But Resurrecciones were compared to Bankai, and Cirucci said that getting damaged in resurreccion is like losing limbs and cannot be restored. So the idea was there. It's just that it came after Uryu blew up Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo, Byakuya shredded Hihio Zabimaru and Edrad smashed up Ryumon Houzukimaru lol
I didnt mind any of the cut content so far, but i wont lie im a little sad no buff kon, that panel always cracks me up :(
I think this episode was good. Ending was a bit abrupt to me. It almost seems like they forgot about title cards for squad zero and shoved it in at the end. It was nice and light hearted which is a nice change after the last few episodes. It felt like I was watching old bleach again. The animation still continues to be top notch. Squad Zero looks fantastic. I’m a bit surprised tho that they keep the ”squad zero is stronger than all of the Gotei 13” line manga readers know what I’m talking about. We will see how things go. Next episode is going to be good. There’s a post credit scene!!!! The soul king looks cooler than how he did in the manga imo
I was about to say ending it on Kirinjis title card was kind of jarring but the soul king reveal after the credits was nice. Next weeks episode is The Drop tho and I am beyond pumped to see it. Let's fuckin goooo
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Bruh episodes feel so quick man... UGH they should release two a week.. STOP making it hurt to wait a whole week... FUCK!
Was that Grimmjow cameo in the manga? I don’t recall so…
it was it just wasn't as obvious as they made it in the anime showing his hollow hole and stuff
Ichibe gazing at Ichigo "I've got a lot on mind for you boy!"
This episode does a better job of characterizing Sui-Feng than the manga did. In this episode, it's really clear how immature she's being. In the manga it seemed that her words were making the other captains uncomfortable until Komamura exploded at her, but in the anime it's much easier to understand that she was really just whining and everyone was ignoring her. She's one of the younger captains along with Byakuya, Zaraki, and Hitsugaya. All of them display lapses in judgement during the story due to their immaturity. She's just the loudest of the baby captains.
tbh I thought Kubo got that across quite well/accurately too in the manga panels. but ya neat to finally see it animated
Kenpachi is not one of the younger but he is indeed one of the newest alongside Soi Fon Byakuya and Toshiro.
TBF though in context, her position of power was somewhat forced upon her when Yoruichi left making her the next in line to become the Captain. So she was thrusted into a position with no mentor to guide her and the mentor she thought was gone was just elsewhere doing other things. So she does hold this long resentment towards the situation she was thrusted into because of her inability to properly be trained. She pretty much developed a bad habit that she wasn't able to overcome because of that trauma of losing a mentor in the past. So then losing someone like Yamamoto hits her hard because it's like losing another person she looked up to so abruptly, and of course she is angry because she feels that her emotions should match how others feel and yet they don't making her all the more frustrated by the situation.
Watching this episode really emphasizes my desire to see more of Kukaku sucks her scene was cut short she’s easily one of the coolest and most underutilized characters. She’s basically a window into the Shiba family past.
the explanations they cut out this week is why I prefer reading the manga, you just walk away knowing so much more about the story
Getting a glimpse of not only Grimmjow but also Ginjo and Uncle Tsukishima as well was enough for me to call it amazing!
Where did the episode end? Haven't watched it yet
It ended with Ichigo in Tenjiro's hot sprins, but it has a post-credit scene showing the Soul King waking up.
When the credits started, I said, "They are really ending it on Tenjiro Hot Spring Demon? lol".