What did you think of episode 22 of TYBW? How do you feel about the cut content this week? And what are you hoping for most from next week's episode? Let me know!
Can't wait to see Zombie Toshiro in action. By the way do we know how many episodes are left for season 2? I kind of felt like it ends with Ichibe vs Ywach but I'm probably wrong.
They did him dirty, kills bambi only with such a strong form that gets used only for like 1min. I wonder how many quincies he couldve have killed with that form
I'm excited to see Robert's schrift next week The N: "No schrift, no life" which makes him don't have a schrift at all and just use regular guns instead.
I agree with the added statement of Shunsui's comment on the Royal Guard allowing Yhwach into the Royal Realm. Certainly alludes to Ichibe doing it for the purpose of a new Soul King or simply his arrogance that he alone will take down Yhwach. A clever addition to the lore.
My man iba and dogamura gonna take out Yhwach themselves, ichigos gonna get up there and they'll just be sitting on Yhwachs corpse wondering why it took them so long, and of course dogamura will then become the soul king and usher in an age of doggo goodness worldwide.
I think Giselle was just underestimating Ikkaku and Yumichika. I think they’re both (or at least Ikkaku certainly is) stronger than Rangiku, so if it took enough blood to turn Rangiku’s skin red to make her a zombie, there’s no way just a splash of blood would be enough to turn those two in fairly good condition.
I remember reading the manga when it was coming out and legitimately wondering if Yoruichi’s entrance was her just randomly releasing pent up frustrations or she was just truly fed up with Kisuke and disgusted that he used Orihime’s feelings for Ichigo to his advantage to get her into some kinda sleazy outfit
@@samjoshwilliams4713 that’s true. I’m just saying back then I felt like there was something underneath the initial entrance and Yoruichi going off. Like her being mad with both Kisuke and Ichigo
This week’s episode was perfect, the sequence of destruction after Yhwach ascends to the royal palace is amazing. Not to mention the return of the hell verse soundtracks. I loved the arrancars’ return and Giselle’s battle vs Mayuri
The reason why they didn't turn Kenpachi into a zombie is the fact that it takes a lot more of time, and a lot more of blood, to transform a Shinigami with too much Reiatsu. I think Kubo realized this ability was broken, so this provided some needed nerf to her powers.
@@notevencalm most likely, my point is that Giselle cannot turn anyone into a zombie by just splashing blood. Fodder? Yeah, sure. But vice-captains and captains are harder to turn. Just imagine if she could turn any captain into a zombie splashing blood. The stern Ritter would have rained her blood all over the seireitei.
Cutting out some comedic scenes was a good call. People are dying left and right, soul society is on the verge of extinction, it's definitely not the appropriate time for jokes.
@@AnonTDegenerate I still suspect Kubo is hiding something from us here. This is the type of scene he'd typically filibuster hard for IMO. It's Ichihime ecchi comedy, and Yoruichi is involved.
@MrGksarathy true but there's extra ichihime moments and all later and it also competes for space with his golden child Mayrui. I just wish Ikkaku got another bankai moment ngl
I imagine the reason Giselle didn't splash Kenpachi is because like the others she assumed he was dead, or was dying and there was no need to rush since she can bring them back from the dead in general. As for why she didn't do it immediatly on Yumichika and Ikkaku, probably because that's how she gets off. She likes to toy with her prey and make them kill themselves in that way. If shes depraved enough to kill her own allies, and is able to come back not only by getting sliced down the middle of her body but also her head getting essentially chopped off, then she can basically do what she wants on her own time and how she likes.
I feel like the only way to really “kill” Giselle would be to incinerate her until there’s nothing left, basically Deadpool rules. A powerful enough fire attack or Godzilla’s atomic breath would do the trick.
@@CaptainKotetsuOR deplete her of Blood. Simple as that. Kinda what Bach did. She can’t heal if she doesn’t get blood and she can’t form zombies without blood. Hence why she drains Bambietta to very little down the road.
I feel like they might change it to Yourichi bringing up Orihime's clothes as they go to the Royal Palace. It's something she would like to tease them about. She's the actual exhibisionists
You mentioned that Charlotte’s Cero is the only one we see in the source material and the last one in the anime, but there is one other later on I can think of. Ichigo’s Gran Ray Cero in the final battle. I hope that looks absolutely incredible
Love Tommo's positivity, as always. I just wish all of the Bleach fans have been like this. The fact that we still got an anime adaptation after years of waiting should be enough for everyone to be grateful. I genuinely can't understand where the hate is coming from lol.
It’s flawed bro. Like seriously flawed. And that’s a slap in the face when we’ve waited a literal decade. Yes we can be thankful it happened at all but if the quality is middling the question of should it have been made at all begins to pop up.
@EddiePGRPlayer420 they were beaten by characters that had special training by the zero division... who were already at captain level as it was beforehand. Sure their fights were a little too one sided but I wouldn't call that a flaw. At least they didn't come back without any training and still beat them.
It's important to remember that Show doesn't become better because of cut-content, but 'cause of opportunities these cuts create! We just need to be patient
@@neilpate9738the opportunity is getting extended material like longer fights. Bruh we literally got a really nice extension of the Bambis fight last ep, we are literally speeding towards zero squad and ichibe for a large fight. We're getting huge new content that was confirmed at the beginning of this Season 😂
I figured Yoruichi just used flashstep to appear in the lab and wasnt seen because of how fast she was. It could be telling Nel to prepare though and set her up as a combatant a little earlier than in the manga. Also I feel Grimmjow or Nel may get an arrancar arc ost moment
I think what poured down was just rain. Yes it can still rain inside the dome because the Shakonmaku dome is high enough to enclose significant amount of atmosphere to bsaically be able to function as a domed Terrarium. It basically rains because the when Ywach shot up the atmosphere caused a large scale amount of heat that basically forces the colder and denser clouds up to hurtle down as rain. It appears like a red puddle because again the puddle will just reflect the red sky does it appears "blood" like.
@@MrGksarathy the biggest clue like is that the details of said rain in the characters are "clear", like just rain water. And it's also just rain in the manga. If it was barrier sludge, then the meteor would have dropped bigger. Bit as we saw nothing fell down. Also the whole wasn't as big enough so, if it were "barrier sludge" then it won't pour all over a wide vicinity. Which make rain more viable. I like if it were actually black sludge that poured all over the characters then they probably would point it out since Black hoo woild be splattered all over Ichigo, Chad and Inoue. So even in the BD, I find it not likely tat they well change the rain on the characters to black red goo. Just saying.
@@MrGksarathy I thought of that. But if it were really a black red goo, then it would of course be obviously covering Ichigo, Inoue and Chad all over. So it would wierd and people can't take the scene of Ichigo and friends pondering about Uryu if they are covered with Black red sludge from head to toe. Think about that. And of course it's also wierd how the characters don't point out the black goo on their faces. And All of them got new Drip only to be covered immediately with disgusting goo. Otihime and Chad's new clothes would be dyed black after that if it were black goo? Lol😆 After all that context. Do you still think the idea of it being Black red gooo to be true?? I can't really see that happening.
Fingers crossed for Robert's Schrift! It would be so awesome if we managed to find out what each of the Schrifts mean, even though KG9 is dead already. As for Senjumaru's Zanpakuto, I wonder if it has something to do with those guards that she summons, perhaps it has the ability to puppet things that it pierces or even bring them to life so all of these guards are literally stuffed dolls she made and is controlling through her Zanpakuto!
I do think the moment - gesture entering the scene aside - is another fun instance of Yoruichi's personality being shown that she berates him and all that, but also misses the point of Orihime's feelings just like Ichigo but the other way when she goes "you could at least tell her you'd sleep with her", making Orihime all the more flustered about it. The obvious deflation of her scene and weirdness with Akon on top of that of course.
Full honesty? I think Yumichika being able to figure out how these weird abilities work may be some sorta “hint” at the fact that his true zanpakuto is a kido type that drains reiatsu. So maybe he just has a little intuition towards howother similar-ish things function? Maybe not, but hey. It’s still a cool thought.
I thought that when Bambi explodes when Ikakku has her that she was using the Explode on parts of her own body, since shes a zombie and acts more recklessly since her will is not fully her own.
I'm fairly certain they explain it that with powerful shinigami she has to use more blood and have it pump to their heart which Is why the captains and rangiku had red skin so she didn't have enough time to do it
I’m glad they removed some of the comedic and unnecessary content. It was a good call and the episode was all the better for it. So glad we got to see Yoruichi and I loved that they gave Komamura and Iba another scene even if small.
I think cutting the weird scene were Orihime got groped was a good change, it's just a shame that they didn't just rework some of that stuff to be less...problematic, while still having some sort of character building between ichigo and orihime.
I will say this... even though the one chapter was cut for now, there is a chance it will come in the next few episodes as they have not gone this series of battles yet... I believe they will go back to it as it's still just a cliff hanger they will either show the battle or the results of the battle... they haven't done either yet so we can not assume they are just going to completely cut it out in its entirety which wouldn't make any sense at all
I mean, as long as it’s been & with as many chances that’ve already come & gone to give us Robert’s schrift, I don’t think it’s coming. Especially like you said with BG-o9 as a previous example. Sadly I think this’ll be the case, but with all of the changes, scene additions/removals/switches, dialogue changes and such there still is a very small chance. It’s not over until the core is over entirely so we can still hope!
Every time I see the Patreon credit roll in the beginning, my brain goes off and I think the video is over lol. But there's a whole 53 minutes of video left.
25:08 so while I’m more that willing to believe this is on Disney as it’s right up the ideological road this could be the actors either refusing to say the lines or the translation team editing the text for US audiences I could believe both options, it is really sad though that they just assume that they know what’s best.
IF they show Byakuya vs the sternritter (and thats a big IF), I predict it will happen at the start of the episode, before the credits. It'll be short, maybe 2 mins, and after the opening credits we will switch back to the end of the Mayuri fight. After which we will see the invasion of the soul palace, or some other transition scene, before cutting back to the conclusion of the Byakuya fight where he has defeated them off-screen.
I know I’m the minority here, but I don’t mind Orihime’s scene being cut. In fact, I’m kinda glad. It’s just like Rukia’s peach ; it didn’t need to be there to begin with.
Oh don't worry, I'm glad about it too. To me it always was immature and in bad taste considering the current situation (felt the same with Chad comedically throwing Ichigo, but to a lesser extent). In my eyes only thirsty hornies are crying about it.
Unlike the peach scene, it actually led to some relationship progression, and it explained Orihime's frankly ridiculous outfit. It's why I expect the interaction to return, but in a modified, toned down form.
People wouldn't have minded the hand between the boobs being removed. It's all the other dialogue in the scene that people are mad about and Kubo is sad about.
I'm excited to see Byakuya fight. While it's not an extreme hard fight and he doesn't use any special attack, I love any fight that involves him. Plus I'm excited for the Zero division to fight. Hopefully they add stuff. But this season hasn't disappointed me yet and honestly I don't think it can.
Loved the episode, with Mayuri coming in to save the day like always, and also seeing yumichika and ikkaku working together and Gisele's ability is powerful, his power would have been able to turn the war in the quincies favour
yeah, and the last episode (2 episodes in 1) can be estimated to be around 45-60 min long and it cuts out 1 intro and outro (maybe more) you would normally have when its just 2 spread episodes. That allows for a better flow in to the conclusion.
Did you happen to catch the fact that the music that plays during Giselle's confrontation and Mayuri's arrival is a remake of [Cometh the Hour part A]? Your review made me want to look at the scene again and I just caught that as I type this! 😂
One thing that confuses me is ichigo’s “sheath.” The first sheath that he started with when descending from the palace was removed in the anime, but the current one still appeared out of nowhere
Yoruichi's return was a highlight, her serious state drives home what's happening to Soul Society as a whole. Her entrance was simple yet still badass, her holdover from Squad 2 was perfectly captured.
Was the Orihime scene cut or moved? I feel it would have worked better later anyway? Otherwise, I really do love this pacing and the other cuts. Especially the 8 vs 6 showdown. It was simply buildup for nothing, especially if they were going to split up anyway. As for content that should have been cut, they should have cut...that scene. I won't even name it anymore, I'm mostly sick of it. EDIT: I think the only good way to explain why Giselle didn't try to zombify Zaraki by cutting her finger and dripping blood on him is that this isn't enough for stronger targets.
that Orihime scene is just gone/it's not happening. Kubo even recently answered on his site he was disappointed to find out it didn't make the ep when he saw it fanservice is just not what the TYBW anime prioritizes in its tone direction. comedy can be allowed but it's heavily nerfed ofc.
@@Crunchysopa52 It's gone in its current form, but if a modified, toned down version doesn't show up later keeping the Ichihime elements and explaining the damn dress, I will be disappointed.
@@MrGksarathy not explaining the dress will be odd ig to anime onlys but for me I really don't need nor want to see it tbh. I'd rather have new scenes once more that weren't in the manga to be coming up soon, hopefully. seeing Orihime, a dang minor, be uncomfortable & put on the spot etc isn't really something I wanna see if it can be helped tbh. she already wouldn't wear a dress like this of her personal volition to begin with
I posted this comment last video but it got no attention so I’ll try again. Does anyone know the name of the song playing during Ikkaku and Yumichika’s skirmish with Giselle? It played during Bazz and Hitsugaya’s fight several episodes ago as well. It’s so damn good but I can’t find it anywhere
UPDATE: The song apparently does not have a name yet, and this is the best we have right now: th-cam.com/video/VQt3hhdyzdA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=1CkP9FEHcXbw8sdD
38:52 No because their goal was to eliminate kenpachi, the dilemma there was who were supposed to get the honor kill which is why they got stopped before it was decided. If Giselle had started splashing the blood on kenpachi it would have already started an infight between the sternritters, and I believe the blood won't have much effect on characters with very high Reiryoku (spiritual power) unless they are weakened a lot, so theoretically Giselle could but the problem is the other sternritters around wants the price for the kill. Also its why characters such as Soifon can't go two shot for example Yhwach with Suzumebachi, unless he doesn't get the poison removed after a certain time period depending on the spiritual power. In the case of the ikkaku and yumichika they could have been turned when they were knocked down and in general being weaker than Giselle.
Hey I thought it was weird when uryu leaves into the blue energy that you can slightly hear and English dub voice talk "you're no good" then music plays. I wonder if it's part of the song.
I do wonder if Orihime can reverse Komamura..? I admit it'd probably ruin the character but the part of me that loves the character, I still want to see him again aha
Doubtful, especially since Santen Kisshun seems to follow Crazy Diamond rules and because the whole transformation was the result of a contract between Sajin and the Grand Elder.
@@aminurufai5741 I don't think we've seen her reject events that long after they happened, nor have we seen her reject an event of this severity, especially since Komamura willingly gave his heart to the Grand Elder. Does it even separately exist anymore, and even then, considering the Elder is nowhere near Seireitei, would it even work? That being said, Ywach confidently states that she could have restored Yamamoto's arm, which he sacrificed for a kidō.
I personally love how the set up is for the anime, it’s straight to the point and also for real bleach supporting “meaning you don’t need every little detail and filler to understand the storyline “if you been a reader and viewer since day 1 including the movies than “this is perfect because I’m a straight to the point type of supporter and love action 😁😁😁
I am so happy this is all being animated. Like the others this episode is great. Even if we don't get much added scenes I am still happy it's here and happening.
Kinda disappointed to hear him say that Ichigo doesn't show his feeling for Orihime when twice in the HM Kubo gave us scenes where Ichigo puts her above his other friend, among other
even if this fight isnt my fav its so refreshing to see fights last longer than one episode an have the room to breathe i kinda wish the kenny fight was like this too
People Akon could've been talking about that besides Yoruichi: - Riruka - Hiyori - Lisa - Kukaku Shiba - Neliel - A rescued Harribel - Any of the Tres Bestias - Loly and/or Menoly - Ururu - Tatsuki - Isane - Filler mod soul girl - An as-of-yet unintroduced character whose significance only comes after this point
Why would they put a filler character in canon where it doesn’t belong? (Yes they did in the original but those Bount arc characters shouldn’t have been in the story to begin with following their arc but for some reason they were)
Now that I've seen the end of the cour, there's another 'she' Akon could have been referring to, and she eventually shows up, meeting with Kisuke outside the lab
Imo this episode had no right being this good! Im really hyped for whats to come. But I also think its really annoying how the Giselle topic has taken so much of the spotlight on the community... She identifies as a woman and that's all we need to know, Can we move on from it plz?
Right? I will react hard against the transphobes who eat this shit up, but I really wish the few of us who see sense didn't have to do this. Kubo writing this interaction at all was a huge mistake because it is directly responsible for a ton of open transphobia within the fanbase. That, and I have a feeling the reason Bleachtubers haven't taken a strong stance against this is because most of them are from TERF island.
Yeah I agree. Giselle is a she cause she said so. It's not that hard. And I think interaction is fine also although a bit unexpected. Yumichika doesn't feel like a traditional man like Ikkaku for example. He has shown some "feminine" traits so I am fine him actually pointing it out. And since Giselle is his enemy, I can see why he would try to agitate her. And the thing is, I don't blame Kubo for this also. Throughout the manga we have seen kubo making characters of different races, skin colors, etc. Even tho he doesn't go deep into the culture (Spanish, German, black, etc) or gender identity, he just makes characters and make them good or bad at random. I can respect him for not trying to be political with these topics. If you know what I mean.
@@chasinghaze0962 Yumichika's queer coding actually makes it more depressing because it comes off as a closeted queer man spitefully misgendering a trans woman. It just hits much harder. Also, there's no way to be "apolitical" with these topics, and Kubo, to his credit, has never tried to be, especially with regards to race and class.
@@MrGksarathy fair point. I will take that into consideration next time I take part in this type of discussion. I agree that there is nothing like "apolitical" and Kubo's political views does bleed thru in his writing, but it's never too on the nose or hard focus if that makes sense. Aside from like Chad, Kubo isn't really commenting on Spanish culture thru arrancars or on German culture thru Quincies(although he does use some history for characterization). He just draws cool dark dark-skinned characters without commenting on their culture. Giselle being trans doesn't really affect anything. She is just a cool character who happens to be trans which is a common thing in real life too.
They fixed the perspective when the arrancar appear. In the manga, it looks like Charlotte’s legs either are cut off or would be going through the floor
I think that the rain and puddles are transparent, like water, maybe even it is water. The puddles look red because of the reflection like real life puddles sometimes look blue.
I'm very curious to see how the adaptation goes from here. I think from this point on is where there are some very real weaknesses in the source material's narrative. It felt like the wheels were starting to come loose a bit leading up to the hot mess of a rushed ending we got. Already some of the loose wheels have been tightened up so I'm very excited
Imagine komamura jumps into a fight with his zanpakuto in his mouth, and swipes somebody off into the horizon with tengen What would yall do if they cut orihimes cleavage, rukias peach, and yoruichi's werecat, but kept pepe's volstandiig? Lmao Also i think they said that it takes a lot of blood to turn captain level characters into zombies. Gigi would have had to kill herself to convert kenpachi, even beaten as he was.
I wish cero was used more often too. Particularly against Lille Barro. Grimjow or Itchigo using cero against him would have been super cool. Since cero is a light based attack and Quincy are weak to hollow reiatsu it might have been a way to actually damage him without nanao’s deus ex machina blade.
No one forces them to get through the whole zero division fight in this chore. They also could take their time extending the remaining normal Sternritter and ending on the beginning of the battle against the zero division.
Seems like a pretty big misstep to cut scenes for characters that haven't interacted much and yet end up together at the end and its not like we get much more build up.
The few team fights in bleach are genuinely some of the best choreographed fights so its even more of a shame they removed it. I wasn't fully happy with the art in the episode but this is more a gripe with the whole anime so far which is that often the art and composition is fantastic but the characters aren't fully on model. Orihime often hasn't been drawn that well when you compare her to the manga. In this episode she was ok but not perfect which sounds like having too high standards but the animation isn't very good so of course the art will be held to a higher standard than other series. For ichigo there are so many shots across this anime where he looks ok but not particularly close to how kubo drew him in the manga. And that short flashback of ichigo in the fullbring arc reminded me that in the last few episodes of that he was more consistently on model than in this. Other characters are quite good though like yumichika and bazz-b i always like how they look in the anime. Its mainly just ichigo this cour. In cour 1 there were a lot more off model characters like jugram was awfully drawn. This cour at least is more consistent with that. I totally agree about the spanish osts not being played. They really should use every chance they can to add them in. Grimmjow's entrance is another opportunity for it to happen but once is not enough. This series has made you forget that 2 episodes or at least the majority of 2 episodes being dedicated to one main fight is not only perfectly normal but better than 1 episode only. For ichibei vs yhwach to be a great fight it should take the large part of both the final episodes with lots of additional scenes and choreography. So when i saw how this was going to get structured i was already apprehensive because either the ichibei fight doesn't get given the treatment it deserves or the squad zero fight doesn't get given the treatment it deserves. Unlikely both will be done justice. But i will be optimistic.
Atleast we have the blu ray which can fix a lot of these artstyle errors, they did that with a lot of stuff in cour 1 and even added in some animation frames on some scenes. However this cour got a lot of small mistake over the places that needs correction so they will have to give the blu ray extra effort this time which would be worth it. Lets just hope they take longer time on cour 3 so it doesn't end up coming in to production problems as they are probably cooking something for the last episode in this cour.
I personally think an 8 v 6 would have been too much for the animation team, who are already working insanely hard. Heck, I'm pretty sure Kubo broke it up because he at the time couldn't handle that chaotic mess. It would have ballooned out of control, I feel. I think it would have shortchanged basically all the combatants from a character POV. Even the previous team fights weren't as big as this one would have been.
@@MrGksarathy Also Kubo didn't know if this show was going to be weekly or seasonal back in the days. Its probably an smart thing they compromise this cour to cover all these fights. Going more than 1 or 2 episodes with fights, and it would have ended up being arrancar arc all over again which can be a "hype" killer to an sense due to all the downtime. This is why they want to get fast back to the main plot story and build new materials around that. After cour 2 they can take their time properly, and pace out the story with new materials without feeling rushed to reach a certain chapter point.
What did you think of episode 22 of TYBW? How do you feel about the cut content this week? And what are you hoping for most from next week's episode? Let me know!
Yes
I loved the episode, but the controversy and twitter storm that stemed from it is quite concerning.
Can't wait to see Zombie Toshiro in action. By the way do we know how many episodes are left for season 2? I kind of felt like it ends with Ichibe vs Ywach but I'm probably wrong.
The poor thirsty fools; deprived of another unnecessary fanservice scene. First Rukia’s peach and now this?! How will they survive?
@@CaptainKotetsu no peavh, no melons, no fruit for anyone
If komamura picks up a zanpakuto with his mouth and fights for a second, ill cry
Wolf howl intensifies
They did him dirty, kills bambi only with such a strong form that gets used only for like 1min. I wonder how many quincies he couldve have killed with that form
Dark souls.
@@comicsdude3166Great Captain Shiba Inu Kommamura
Bleach Souls: Prepare to Cry Edition
I'm excited to see Robert's schrift next week The N: "No schrift, no life" which makes him don't have a schrift at all and just use regular guns instead.
Sternritter N: The Nothing
Sternritter N: The Natty
Makes me wish there were more fire-type zanpakuto. Giselle’s ability wouldn’t be able to Zombify you if her wounds were cauterized by a hot blade.
Eh then rukia would be gd.....see what her cuts did to asnodt
@@kingdrogo6124correct freeze her and gg
@@kingdrogo6124 true, Rukia can counter Giselle easily. Cut her without let her blood out of the body.
@@rf7182 That, or simply do what she did against Äs Nödt. If blood can't flow through you, you can't become a zombie.
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I agree with the added statement of Shunsui's comment on the Royal Guard allowing Yhwach into the Royal Realm. Certainly alludes to Ichibe doing it for the purpose of a new Soul King or simply his arrogance that he alone will take down Yhwach. A clever addition to the lore.
My man iba and dogamura gonna take out Yhwach themselves, ichigos gonna get up there and they'll just be sitting on Yhwachs corpse wondering why it took them so long, and of course dogamura will then become the soul king and usher in an age of doggo goodness worldwide.
39:14 Because of how Giselle’s schrift works she can’t control someone stronger than her unless she transfers her blood to their heart
I think Giselle was just underestimating Ikkaku and Yumichika. I think they’re both (or at least Ikkaku certainly is) stronger than Rangiku, so if it took enough blood to turn Rangiku’s skin red to make her a zombie, there’s no way just a splash of blood would be enough to turn those two in fairly good condition.
I'm surprised you didn't talk about the music in this episode. They played a lot of older songs, most were remixed a bit but they all sounded great.
The selective nature between showing ruthless gore and removing sexually themed scenes will never make sense.
That's Japan for you. Also keep in mind this is on Disney plus so... Yeah sacrifices and all that, all though the Blu-rays exist
True.
Because the extra sexual stuff provides nothing to the story.
@@0eyes Does it always need to?
@@MrGksarathyyes, that’s writing 101
I remember reading the manga when it was coming out and legitimately wondering if Yoruichi’s entrance was her just randomly releasing pent up frustrations or she was just truly fed up with Kisuke and disgusted that he used Orihime’s feelings for Ichigo to his advantage to get her into some kinda sleazy outfit
Then she should've taken it out on Kisuke not Ichigo
@@samjoshwilliams4713 that’s true. I’m just saying back then I felt like there was something underneath the initial entrance and Yoruichi going off. Like her being mad with both Kisuke and Ichigo
This week’s episode was perfect, the sequence of destruction after Yhwach ascends to the royal palace is amazing. Not to mention the return of the hell verse soundtracks. I loved the arrancars’ return and Giselle’s battle vs Mayuri
LMFAO NAH. They’ve absolutely butchered this adaptation by rushing the hell out of it
@@neilpate9738🧢
@@BlackLotus2077I agree
@BlackLotus2077 also I looked up orihime's age during the tybw and she is 17 so no wonder why it was removed
@@neilpate9738 wtf are you on about lmao 😂?
The reason why they didn't turn Kenpachi into a zombie is the fact that it takes a lot more of time, and a lot more of blood, to transform a Shinigami with too much Reiatsu.
I think Kubo realized this ability was broken, so this provided some needed nerf to her powers.
Nah..its because He is written to be boddied by Pernida😂
@@MrNone-d5s xD
He would've turned into a zombie if Ichigo hadn't rescued him, that being said Kenpachi is also the most rescued character in Bleach
@@notevencalm most likely, my point is that Giselle cannot turn anyone into a zombie by just splashing blood. Fodder? Yeah, sure. But vice-captains and captains are harder to turn. Just imagine if she could turn any captain into a zombie splashing blood. The stern Ritter would have rained her blood all over the seireitei.
Cutting out some comedic scenes was a good call. People are dying left and right, soul society is on the verge of extinction, it's definitely not the appropriate time for jokes.
Yeah.
Cutting out some of comedic scenes sets up a tone more fitting for War and as you said, people actually dying this arc
Even kubo was upset the orhime scene was cut
So it was cut for real?
@@MrGksarathy his interview on Klub Outside makes it sound that way 😔
Ehh. He was heavily involved in this one. So while I do hate it was cut, it was probably for the best
@@AnonTDegenerate I still suspect Kubo is hiding something from us here. This is the type of scene he'd typically filibuster hard for IMO. It's Ichihime ecchi comedy, and Yoruichi is involved.
@MrGksarathy true but there's extra ichihime moments and all later and it also competes for space with his golden child Mayrui.
I just wish Ikkaku got another bankai moment ngl
I imagine the reason Giselle didn't splash Kenpachi is because like the others she assumed he was dead, or was dying and there was no need to rush since she can bring them back from the dead in general. As for why she didn't do it immediatly on Yumichika and Ikkaku, probably because that's how she gets off. She likes to toy with her prey and make them kill themselves in that way. If shes depraved enough to kill her own allies, and is able to come back not only by getting sliced down the middle of her body but also her head getting essentially chopped off, then she can basically do what she wants on her own time and how she likes.
He would’ve ended him too
@@1264shadywhy would Ikkaku end Yumichika?
I feel like the only way to really “kill” Giselle would be to incinerate her until there’s nothing left, basically Deadpool rules.
A powerful enough fire attack or Godzilla’s atomic breath would do the trick.
@@CaptainKotetsuOR deplete her of Blood. Simple as that. Kinda what Bach did. She can’t heal if she doesn’t get blood and she can’t form zombies without blood. Hence why she drains Bambietta to very little down the road.
"weird little goblin of death" is my new favorite phrase
I feel like they might change it to Yourichi bringing up Orihime's clothes as they go to the Royal Palace. It's something she would like to tease them about. She's the actual exhibisionists
You mentioned that Charlotte’s Cero is the only one we see in the source material and the last one in the anime, but there is one other later on I can think of. Ichigo’s Gran Ray Cero in the final battle. I hope that looks absolutely incredible
Oh! And Hiyori does the Triple Cero against Gerrod
Love Tommo's positivity, as always. I just wish all of the Bleach fans have been like this. The fact that we still got an anime adaptation after years of waiting should be enough for everyone to be grateful. I genuinely can't understand where the hate is coming from lol.
Same here
Its amazing how Tommo can combine positivity and constructive criticism about Kubo's flaws in storytelling
It’s flawed bro. Like seriously flawed. And that’s a slap in the face when we’ve waited a literal decade. Yes we can be thankful it happened at all but if the quality is middling the question of should it have been made at all begins to pop up.
@@marquistf1996list these oh so terrible flaws
@EddiePGRPlayer420 they were beaten by characters that had special training by the zero division... who were already at captain level as it was beforehand. Sure their fights were a little too one sided but I wouldn't call that a flaw. At least they didn't come back without any training and still beat them.
It's important to remember that Show doesn't become better because of cut-content, but 'cause of opportunities these cuts create! We just need to be patient
The opportunity created is them rushing everything. If you look at the pace they’re rushing it at, it’s gonna end on episode 39
@@neilpate9738the opportunity is getting extended material like longer fights. Bruh we literally got a really nice extension of the Bambis fight last ep, we are literally speeding towards zero squad and ichibe for a large fight. We're getting huge new content that was confirmed at the beginning of this Season 😂
@@neilpate9738 If we are promised 52 episodes the direction of what is added is a lot. There are still flashbacks that can be padded.
That arrancar's cero was so epic
Epically gay! But yes, it was epic 😂 He is definitely a beast!
@@adoniscreed4031 as gay as it was, I would've never imagined I'd think it's cool
I figured Yoruichi just used flashstep to appear in the lab and wasnt seen because of how fast she was. It could be telling Nel to prepare though and set her up as a combatant a little earlier than in the manga. Also I feel Grimmjow or Nel may get an arrancar arc ost moment
I think what poured down was just rain.
Yes it can still rain inside the dome because the Shakonmaku dome is high enough to enclose significant amount of atmosphere to bsaically be able to function as a domed Terrarium.
It basically rains because the when Ywach shot up the atmosphere caused a large scale amount of heat that basically forces the colder and denser clouds up to hurtle down as rain.
It appears like a red puddle because again the puddle will just reflect the red sky does it appears "blood" like.
Nah, it's definitely barrier sludge because as Tommo said, it wasn't raining outside the barrier.
@@MrGksarathy the biggest clue like is that the details of said rain in the characters are "clear", like just rain water.
And it's also just rain in the manga.
If it was barrier sludge, then the meteor would have dropped bigger. Bit as we saw nothing fell down.
Also the whole wasn't as big enough so, if it were "barrier sludge" then it won't pour all over a wide vicinity.
Which make rain more viable.
I like if it were actually black sludge that poured all over the characters then they probably would point it out since Black hoo woild be splattered all over Ichigo, Chad and Inoue.
So even in the BD, I find it not likely tat they well change the rain on the characters to black red goo. Just saying.
@@Snzn_7 That could just be an animation oversight to be corrected in the BD version.
@@MrGksarathy I thought of that. But if it were really a black red goo, then it would of course be obviously covering Ichigo, Inoue and Chad all over.
So it would wierd and people can't take the scene of Ichigo and friends pondering about Uryu if they are covered with Black red sludge from head to toe.
Think about that. And of course it's also wierd how the characters don't point out the black goo on their faces. And All of them got new Drip only to be covered immediately with disgusting goo. Otihime and Chad's new clothes would be dyed black after that if it were black goo? Lol😆
After all that context. Do you still think the idea of it being Black red gooo to be true??
I can't really see that happening.
Great review, as always. A nice little detail is that bambietta's vollstandig red coloring is tainted with black due to her being a zombie.
Fingers crossed for Robert's Schrift! It would be so awesome if we managed to find out what each of the Schrifts mean, even though KG9 is dead already.
As for Senjumaru's Zanpakuto, I wonder if it has something to do with those guards that she summons, perhaps it has the ability to puppet things that it pierces or even bring them to life so all of these guards are literally stuffed dolls she made and is controlling through her Zanpakuto!
Imagine if next week they actually do bring in a zombie stark to fight zombie hitsugaya? Not happening but it would be a cool change from the manga.
That would be fun, never thought about it. Just like, why did Mayuri took Charlotte but left first espada?
I’d kill for baraggan and stark to return instead of the joke arrancar
I would prefer that tbh
Most espada are either dust or alive.
@@taras9206maybe he's too powerful to be controlled.
remember thats the stronger the person the more blood and time is needed to zombie them, zombie kenpatchi would probably take quite a while
I do think the moment - gesture entering the scene aside - is another fun instance of Yoruichi's personality being shown that she berates him and all that, but also misses the point of Orihime's feelings just like Ichigo but the other way when she goes "you could at least tell her you'd sleep with her", making Orihime all the more flustered about it. The obvious deflation of her scene and weirdness with Akon on top of that of course.
I think that the “she” Akon was referring to was maybe Nielliel
Full honesty? I think Yumichika being able to figure out how these weird abilities work may be some sorta “hint” at the fact that his true zanpakuto is a kido type that drains reiatsu. So maybe he just has a little intuition towards howother similar-ish things function?
Maybe not, but hey. It’s still a cool thought.
And it’s a nitpick, but why Charlotte? Couldn’t they have used Gantenbaine and had all the Privaron?
@@PlasticBluVentRabbit Well, Gantenbaine isn’t dead unlike the other two (Unohana healed him along with Chad in Hueco Mundo)
@@Raion9813 oh, shit, i thought he was dead by now, lol
Well if he ain’t then oh well, he missed the Cameo Crew
I thought that when Bambi explodes when Ikakku has her that she was using the Explode on parts of her own body, since shes a zombie and acts more recklessly since her will is not fully her own.
I'm fairly certain they explain it that with powerful shinigami she has to use more blood and have it pump to their heart which Is why the captains and rangiku had red skin so she didn't have enough time to do it
Next week's episode will have the arrival of Yhwach at the Royal Palace as an end credit scene.
I’m glad they removed some of the comedic and unnecessary content. It was a good call and the episode was all the better for it. So glad we got to see Yoruichi and I loved that they gave Komamura and Iba another scene even if small.
The zombie fight will lasts for the entirety of the next episode. The whole Zero division vs Quincy will be crammed into last episode.
I hope the hell it aint
I think cutting the weird scene were Orihime got groped was a good change, it's just a shame that they didn't just rework some of that stuff to be less...problematic, while still having some sort of character building between ichigo and orihime.
I think there's still room for such a rework, honestly.
Well done mrtomato!
There is also a cero is the flashback with Ishin’s encounter with White the hollow.
I will say this... even though the one chapter was cut for now, there is a chance it will come in the next few episodes as they have not gone this series of battles yet... I believe they will go back to it as it's still just a cliff hanger they will either show the battle or the results of the battle... they haven't done either yet so we can not assume they are just going to completely cut it out in its entirety which wouldn't make any sense at all
I have just now finishen watching Mayuri vs Giselle video and then this comes out witch is brilliant timing.
I mean, as long as it’s been & with as many chances that’ve already come & gone to give us Robert’s schrift, I don’t think it’s coming. Especially like you said with BG-o9 as a previous example. Sadly I think this’ll be the case, but with all of the changes, scene additions/removals/switches, dialogue changes and such there still is a very small chance. It’s not over until the core is over entirely so we can still hope!
We are technically due for another cero in the final fight, when Ichigo combines a Gran Rey Cero with a getsuga tensho.
Every time I see the Patreon credit roll in the beginning, my brain goes off and I think the video is over lol. But there's a whole 53 minutes of video left.
A lot of people were upset that they cut the Outfit scene before a good reason this time even kubo Wanted it to stay
Was waiting for this🔥🔥 & I think u should still do a battle analysis for Byakuya vs Pepe!
25:08 so while I’m more that willing to believe this is on Disney as it’s right up the ideological road this could be the actors either refusing to say the lines or the translation team editing the text for US audiences I could believe both options, it is really sad though that they just assume that they know what’s best.
IF they show Byakuya vs the sternritter (and thats a big IF), I predict it will happen at the start of the episode, before the credits. It'll be short, maybe 2 mins, and after the opening credits we will switch back to the end of the Mayuri fight. After which we will see the invasion of the soul palace, or some other transition scene, before cutting back to the conclusion of the Byakuya fight where he has defeated them off-screen.
The anime does show a little of the Byakuya fight.
I know I’m the minority here, but I don’t mind Orihime’s scene being cut. In fact, I’m kinda glad.
It’s just like Rukia’s peach ; it didn’t need to be there to begin with.
only reason people are complaining is because it was fan service
I’m 100% with you. They were completely unnecessary and the anime benefits from having these kind of scenes removed
Oh don't worry, I'm glad about it too. To me it always was immature and in bad taste considering the current situation (felt the same with Chad comedically throwing Ichigo, but to a lesser extent). In my eyes only thirsty hornies are crying about it.
Unlike the peach scene, it actually led to some relationship progression, and it explained Orihime's frankly ridiculous outfit. It's why I expect the interaction to return, but in a modified, toned down form.
People wouldn't have minded the hand between the boobs being removed. It's all the other dialogue in the scene that people are mad about and Kubo is sad about.
I'm excited to see Byakuya fight. While it's not an extreme hard fight and he doesn't use any special attack, I love any fight that involves him.
Plus I'm excited for the Zero division to fight. Hopefully they add stuff.
But this season hasn't disappointed me yet and honestly I don't think it can.
I think that cut scene will be added to episode 23... why would they be inside the cannon, then leave it when yoruichi arrives? xd
This is my first time on your channel and i love how you broke down the anime vs manga
Loved the episode, with Mayuri coming in to save the day like always, and also seeing yumichika and ikkaku working together and Gisele's ability is powerful, his power would have been able to turn the war in the quincies favour
So theres 4 episodes left, if 611 is the theorized end point and we are at 592, then there is going to be alot of new content
yeah, and the last episode (2 episodes in 1) can be estimated to be around 45-60 min long and it cuts out 1 intro and outro (maybe more) you would normally have when its just 2 spread episodes. That allows for a better flow in to the conclusion.
Did you happen to catch the fact that the music that plays during Giselle's confrontation and Mayuri's arrival is a remake of [Cometh the Hour part A]? Your review made me want to look at the scene again and I just caught that as I type this! 😂
Just subbed and shared on my bleach discord server to help support ya. Good luck with the growth just keep up with it
One thing that confuses me is ichigo’s “sheath.” The first sheath that he started with when descending from the palace was removed in the anime, but the current one still appeared out of nowhere
it was a animation error
Even then, his descent sheath and his current one were different in the manga, so both versions are strange
I’m holding hope they at least stuff the battle royale into the second half of the next episode or something like that.
Yoruichi's return was a highlight, her serious state drives home what's happening to Soul Society as a whole. Her entrance was simple yet still badass, her holdover from Squad 2 was perfectly captured.
Kubo was like: Bro the show airs at night. Just animate the titties!
Staff:
Bruh. Yoruichi assaulting Orihime isn't a good scene. And yes, shoving your arm between someone's breasts is sexual assault
@@Shinntoku Who the fuck asked you for your opinion tho?
@@Shinntoku As Tommo said, that was the only really sus part of the scene.
The world needs a one-shot where Bazz B, Renji, and Grimmjow go on a roadtrip.
Orihime is the only thing keeping people coming back
Was the Orihime scene cut or moved? I feel it would have worked better later anyway?
Otherwise, I really do love this pacing and the other cuts. Especially the 8 vs 6 showdown. It was simply buildup for nothing, especially if they were going to split up anyway.
As for content that should have been cut, they should have cut...that scene. I won't even name it anymore, I'm mostly sick of it.
EDIT: I think the only good way to explain why Giselle didn't try to zombify Zaraki by cutting her finger and dripping blood on him is that this isn't enough for stronger targets.
What scene??
@@cian239 Yumichika vs Giselle. I'm not saying any more. I have truly exhausted myself talking about it.
that Orihime scene is just gone/it's not happening. Kubo even recently answered on his site he was disappointed to find out it didn't make the ep when he saw it
fanservice is just not what the TYBW anime prioritizes in its tone direction. comedy can be allowed but it's heavily nerfed ofc.
@@Crunchysopa52 It's gone in its current form, but if a modified, toned down version doesn't show up later keeping the Ichihime elements and explaining the damn dress, I will be disappointed.
@@MrGksarathy not explaining the dress will be odd ig to anime onlys but for me I really don't need nor want to see it tbh. I'd rather have new scenes once more that weren't in the manga to be coming up soon, hopefully.
seeing Orihime, a dang minor, be uncomfortable & put on the spot etc isn't really something I wanna see if it can be helped tbh. she already wouldn't wear a dress like this of her personal volition to begin with
I'm wondering if they won't replace the Pepe fight with Byakuya vs. the 4 Sternritter, time wise
Bleach, Bungou stray dogs and 100 bucket list of the dead. Zombies kinda are the summer theme
I posted this comment last video but it got no attention so I’ll try again. Does anyone know the name of the song playing during Ikkaku and Yumichika’s skirmish with Giselle? It played during Bazz and Hitsugaya’s fight several episodes ago as well. It’s so damn good but I can’t find it anywhere
UPDATE: The song apparently does not have a name yet, and this is the best we have right now: th-cam.com/video/VQt3hhdyzdA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=1CkP9FEHcXbw8sdD
Tbh, I was dreading the moment the Ichigo-Orihime-Yoruichi scene was going to adapted, and I'm glad it wasn't.
Bro all your thumbnails are clean 👍
I'm hoping for a short scene on how Pepe charms Hisagi
Mayuri is dripped all the way out of his damn mind, man.
I wish I had drip I have to tone down for common folk
38:52 No because their goal was to eliminate kenpachi, the dilemma there was who were supposed to get the honor kill which is why they got stopped before it was decided. If Giselle had started splashing the blood on kenpachi it would have already started an infight between the sternritters, and I believe the blood won't have much effect on characters with very high Reiryoku (spiritual power) unless they are weakened a lot, so theoretically Giselle could but the problem is the other sternritters around wants the price for the kill. Also its why characters such as Soifon can't go two shot for example Yhwach with Suzumebachi, unless he doesn't get the poison removed after a certain time period depending on the spiritual power. In the case of the ikkaku and yumichika they could have been turned when they were knocked down and in general being weaker than Giselle.
I love seeing Komamura again
Please let him end up fighting again somehow 😭
Hey I thought it was weird when uryu leaves into the blue energy that you can slightly hear and English dub voice talk "you're no good" then music plays. I wonder if it's part of the song.
I do wonder if Orihime can reverse Komamura..?
I admit it'd probably ruin the character but the part of me that loves the character, I still want to see him again aha
Doubtful, especially since Santen Kisshun seems to follow Crazy Diamond rules and because the whole transformation was the result of a contract between Sajin and the Grand Elder.
@@MrGksarathy she can reject anything, even death. her powers are supreme rejection of any localized event that she targets with her range
@@aminurufai5741 I don't think we've seen her reject events that long after they happened, nor have we seen her reject an event of this severity, especially since Komamura willingly gave his heart to the Grand Elder. Does it even separately exist anymore, and even then, considering the Elder is nowhere near Seireitei, would it even work? That being said, Ywach confidently states that she could have restored Yamamoto's arm, which he sacrificed for a kidō.
I personally love how the set up is for the anime, it’s straight to the point and also for real bleach supporting “meaning you don’t need every little detail and filler to understand the storyline “if you been a reader and viewer since day 1 including the movies than “this is perfect because I’m a straight to the point type of supporter and love action 😁😁😁
Nah they’re butchering this adaptation by how fast they’re rushing it
Blud is on his hater arc rn
I don't want to think about Captain hitsugaya
I am so happy this is all being animated. Like the others this episode is great. Even if we don't get much added scenes I am still happy it's here and happening.
Kinda disappointed to hear him say that Ichigo doesn't show his feeling for Orihime when twice in the HM Kubo gave us scenes where Ichigo puts her above his other friend, among other
47:02 - You forgot about ichigo's cero!?
even if this fight isnt my fav its so refreshing to see fights last longer than one episode an have the room to breathe i kinda wish the kenny fight was like this too
People Akon could've been talking about that besides Yoruichi:
- Riruka
- Hiyori
- Lisa
- Kukaku Shiba
- Neliel
- A rescued Harribel
- Any of the Tres Bestias
- Loly and/or Menoly
- Ururu
- Tatsuki
- Isane
- Filler mod soul girl
- An as-of-yet unintroduced character whose significance only comes after this point
Why would they put a filler character in canon where it doesn’t belong?
(Yes they did in the original but those Bount arc characters shouldn’t have been in the story to begin with following their arc but for some reason they were)
Pls do a analysis video on ICHIBEI wanting to make Ichigo the new soul king.
37:26 Looks like Bambietta's been DISARMED HAHAHAHHAHAAHA *gunshot*
Now that I've seen the end of the cour, there's another 'she' Akon could have been referring to, and she eventually shows up, meeting with Kisuke outside the lab
What about toshi + ken vs gerard?
Imo this episode had no right being this good! Im really hyped for whats to come.
But I also think its really annoying how the Giselle topic has taken so much of the spotlight on the community... She identifies as a woman and that's all we need to know, Can we move on from it plz?
Agreed, coming from a guy who has now for almost year corrected transphobes. And it started in this same channel.
Right? I will react hard against the transphobes who eat this shit up, but I really wish the few of us who see sense didn't have to do this. Kubo writing this interaction at all was a huge mistake because it is directly responsible for a ton of open transphobia within the fanbase.
That, and I have a feeling the reason Bleachtubers haven't taken a strong stance against this is because most of them are from TERF island.
Yeah I agree. Giselle is a she cause she said so. It's not that hard. And I think interaction is fine also although a bit unexpected. Yumichika doesn't feel like a traditional man like Ikkaku for example. He has shown some "feminine" traits so I am fine him actually pointing it out. And since Giselle is his enemy, I can see why he would try to agitate her.
And the thing is, I don't blame Kubo for this also. Throughout the manga we have seen kubo making characters of different races, skin colors, etc. Even tho he doesn't go deep into the culture (Spanish, German, black, etc) or gender identity, he just makes characters and make them good or bad at random. I can respect him for not trying to be political with these topics. If you know what I mean.
@@chasinghaze0962 Yumichika's queer coding actually makes it more depressing because it comes off as a closeted queer man spitefully misgendering a trans woman. It just hits much harder.
Also, there's no way to be "apolitical" with these topics, and Kubo, to his credit, has never tried to be, especially with regards to race and class.
@@MrGksarathy fair point. I will take that into consideration next time I take part in this type of discussion.
I agree that there is nothing like "apolitical" and Kubo's political views does bleed thru in his writing, but it's never too on the nose or hard focus if that makes sense. Aside from like Chad, Kubo isn't really commenting on Spanish culture thru arrancars or on German culture thru Quincies(although he does use some history for characterization). He just draws cool dark dark-skinned characters without commenting on their culture. Giselle being trans doesn't really affect anything. She is just a cool character who happens to be trans which is a common thing in real life too.
I'm mad the anime cut Renji's troll face.
They fixed the perspective when the arrancar appear. In the manga, it looks like Charlotte’s legs either are cut off or would be going through the floor
Hitsugaya's Sternritter uniform is pretty cool looking. Where did Giselle even get that for him?
I think that the rain and puddles are transparent, like water, maybe even it is water. The puddles look red because of the reflection like real life puddles sometimes look blue.
I'm very curious to see how the adaptation goes from here. I think from this point on is where there are some very real weaknesses in the source material's narrative. It felt like the wheels were starting to come loose a bit leading up to the hot mess of a rushed ending we got. Already some of the loose wheels have been tightened up so I'm very excited
Maybe, they are setting up Iba vs Robert or something?)
Imagine komamura jumps into a fight with his zanpakuto in his mouth, and swipes somebody off into the horizon with tengen
What would yall do if they cut orihimes cleavage, rukias peach, and yoruichi's werecat, but kept pepe's volstandiig? Lmao
Also i think they said that it takes a lot of blood to turn captain level characters into zombies. Gigi would have had to kill herself to convert kenpachi, even beaten as he was.
I wish cero was used more often too. Particularly against Lille Barro. Grimjow or Itchigo using cero against him would have been super cool. Since cero is a light based attack and Quincy are weak to hollow reiatsu it might have been a way to actually damage him without nanao’s deus ex machina blade.
Mayuri basically does an izanami except there's no escaping from it
No one forces them to get through the whole zero division fight in this chore.
They also could take their time extending the remaining normal Sternritter and ending on the beginning of the battle against the zero division.
It would be hilarious if Iba and Komamura get a Chojiro moment and screw over Yhwach in some way
Seems like a pretty big misstep to cut scenes for characters that haven't interacted much and yet end up together at the end and its not like we get much more build up.
The few team fights in bleach are genuinely some of the best choreographed fights so its even more of a shame they removed it.
I wasn't fully happy with the art in the episode but this is more a gripe with the whole anime so far which is that often the art and composition is fantastic but the characters aren't fully on model. Orihime often hasn't been drawn that well when you compare her to the manga. In this episode she was ok but not perfect which sounds like having too high standards but the animation isn't very good so of course the art will be held to a higher standard than other series.
For ichigo there are so many shots across this anime where he looks ok but not particularly close to how kubo drew him in the manga. And that short flashback of ichigo in the fullbring arc reminded me that in the last few episodes of that he was more consistently on model than in this. Other characters are quite good though like yumichika and bazz-b i always like how they look in the anime. Its mainly just ichigo this cour. In cour 1 there were a lot more off model characters like jugram was awfully drawn. This cour at least is more consistent with that.
I totally agree about the spanish osts not being played. They really should use every chance they can to add them in. Grimmjow's entrance is another opportunity for it to happen but once is not enough.
This series has made you forget that 2 episodes or at least the majority of 2 episodes being dedicated to one main fight is not only perfectly normal but better than 1 episode only. For ichibei vs yhwach to be a great fight it should take the large part of both the final episodes with lots of additional scenes and choreography. So when i saw how this was going to get structured i was already apprehensive because either the ichibei fight doesn't get given the treatment it deserves or the squad zero fight doesn't get given the treatment it deserves. Unlikely both will be done justice. But i will be optimistic.
Atleast we have the blu ray which can fix a lot of these artstyle errors, they did that with a lot of stuff in cour 1 and even added in some animation frames on some scenes. However this cour got a lot of small mistake over the places that needs correction so they will have to give the blu ray extra effort this time which would be worth it. Lets just hope they take longer time on cour 3 so it doesn't end up coming in to production problems as they are probably cooking something for the last episode in this cour.
I personally think an 8 v 6 would have been too much for the animation team, who are already working insanely hard. Heck, I'm pretty sure Kubo broke it up because he at the time couldn't handle that chaotic mess. It would have ballooned out of control, I feel. I think it would have shortchanged basically all the combatants from a character POV.
Even the previous team fights weren't as big as this one would have been.
@@MrGksarathy Also Kubo didn't know if this show was going to be weekly or seasonal back in the days. Its probably an smart thing they compromise this cour to cover all these fights. Going more than 1 or 2 episodes with fights, and it would have ended up being arrancar arc all over again which can be a "hype" killer to an sense due to all the downtime. This is why they want to get fast back to the main plot story and build new materials around that. After cour 2 they can take their time properly, and pace out the story with new materials without feeling rushed to reach a certain chapter point.
I would have enjoyed cat lady to be in comedy stance again. Remember the leg joke? Gotta love the cringe