What sealed Lille's fate in this fight was when he accepted being called a god by Nanao, which directly contradicted him being a messenger of god. A good place for villains to die is when they finally show their colours. Lille starts out calm and collected. He goes for one shot kills and doesn't really hype himself up, he lets his attacks show how powerful he is. In his first transformation, he starts having a power trip. He openly states how powerful he is and yaps about people being sinners, and by the second transformation he has completely lost his original personality and he says what he really thinks. He believes he is an immortal god, and his blasphemy towards Yhwach is what leads to his downfall. He gives up on strategy and skill and goes straight for the biggest attacks. The change in his appearance also reflects this. He no longer resembles the Lille Barro we were introduced to. He loses both his body and his signature green colour, replaced by an eldritch beast parading as a god.
He basically transforms into a biblically accurate angle in his previous form, a Seraphim. Then he turned into what I can only call a bastardization of god.
Fun fact, Nanao’s sword was set up in episode 26/27. When Lille is in Senjumaru’s bankai, his attacks get felected back after he fires in a room with 8 mirrors surrounding him (same amount of mirrors on the sword).
@@sejadlulic8377 It's both, considering how Kubo is directly involved in the anime now, he most likely wanted to show squad zero bankai in the manga, but didn't have the time or health to do it. So now he's fixing it :)
ive always told critics that Bleach was the one out of the big 3 who was ahead of their time and that hurt it the most. This series was limited by the technology of the time while other series benefit from it by having cartoony designs and animators could simply just do less serious direction. But Bleach? from designs to writing it was the most experimental of them all. Im glad the tech finally caught up so we can actually see the vision like how it was always meant to be.
What hit me hard is that hes tired of having to take care of such precious items from people that leave it in his care, i couldnt imagine that, (good vid btw)
Also Lille Barro dyng by reflecting his power, and Pernida killed by Kurotsuchi were shown already in Senjumaru's bankai, where Barro died also from reflecting his shots and Pernida died from black sand (Kuro - black, tsuchi - dirt, sand)
I think the guy wants to say even if bleach is the best this year the awards will be given to dandadan and rezero because bleach isn't on crunchyroll and anime awards are rigged@@justsomeguywithamustache2901
If we consider the goodwill of Bleach Anime and significance of this Final arc no other anime comes even close not even one piece. As Bleach is on its final arc returning after 10 years and giving PEAK epsodea. WOW... But sadly still even Bleach fans finds some loop holes and rate less than 10/10. @@justsomeguywithamustache2901
@@justsomeguywithamustache2901 Dan da Dan isnt even on the Same Level as Bleach That being Said i really enjoyed it so far and it has a Lot of Potential but its Just Not nearly on a Stage conperable to Bleach it is still in its Setup Stage and there are still the Annoying tropes but with The EP 7 Flashback it really presented the potential Dan da Dan has
And, when rukia was going to be executed, nanao looks to the scene and appears to be "sad" Maybe she watched her mom's execution and remembered it when saw rukia's :/
I'm just here to say i'm always excited every saturday, and Senjumaru's bankai actually worked already, it sealed the Sternritters fate, Lille barro got his shot reflected back at him, Pernida got taken out by black sand (Kurotsuchi aka Mayuri). The others are spoilers, but it makes Squad 0 have the power they deserve, even after death the bankai is acting, Kubo can finally cook in peace. It's got to the point i can't even predict what the next episode is gonna be as someone who read the manga, i just know peak is coming.
About Aizen being hot and Shinni being weird for having long hair yeah it was in manga they kept a lot of the comedic lines. This was fight was amazingly animated and they could not have made the soundtrack better. You can say Nanao's zanpakuto was introduced out of nowhere just to have counter to Barro but the explanation for it makes sense and the flashback shows her relationship with Shunsui. There are rumours of a 14th episode but nothing is confirmed other than the title of the next episode, so even for manga readers it's hard to tell where they'll end whether they extend some scenes or begin on what we think will be cour 4
@shockhorn81 Not really, that's an anime only addition. Back in the day of the actual manga chapter, the introduction of Shinken Hakkyōken was something that split the fans for a good while, because it came out of nowhere. I loved me some Nanao and Shunsui action, but others hated it. Btw, the 14th episode is confirmed. It's because the last season ended halfway into the last episode, they put the end of it into the first episode of this season along with the recap. Also, there's no summary at the half-way point this season due do this. And episode 13 and 14 will air at the same day as a double feature. Nice.
@@Mespyy The Senjumaru foreshadowing part is just wishful thinking though, what it foreshadows is him being beaten by his own power but the sword itself still comes completely out of nowhere both literally and conceptually. Awfully convenient that Shunsui's lieutenant just so happens to own a hereditary zanpakutou that can do literally ONE thing that just so happens to be absolutely tailor-made for exactly this opponent and no one else. It didn't even play into how she ended up fighting him, it was legitimately just sheer coincidence that she ended up facing the one enemy she was designed to Uno Reverse when no one else could. I love bleach but there are absolutely flaws in this arc, as good as it may otherwise be.
I read somewhere that Shinken Hakkyoken is one of several "ancient" zanpakuto who's kept by the noble houses & has significance history with the sacrifice & imprisonment of Soul King. If I rmmber correctly, the light novel also introduced one as well & it's used by the villain there. It'd be amazing if Kubo can explore more about these swords tbh.
People who think its an ass pull dont realize that the foreshadowing is in Nanao's last name (Ise). The Ise shrine japan is home to the shinto religions sacred mirror. Its like having a character named Pendragon in a show and being surprised when they pull out Excalibur.
@@bluddu-b1p Good luck, people don't realize how huge the bleach universe is, there's an arc that was teased in the manga after TYBW that we are all hoping will be released, and 3 amazing novels
i look forward to ur vids cuz every episode is so peak i wanna talk about them so bad but none of my friends have watched bleach yet. so hearing you glaze this show in a excited kinda just lettin ur thoughts flow typa way like i would do if i could, it helps lol. i mean that in the least parasocial way possible lmaoo
i understand lmao, the reason i started a yt channel was because i thought it was cool how communities form under videos to talk about mutual interests so im glad i can make videos for Bleach/anime fans and i also learn more about what im talking about by reading comments. i think its pretty cool
This is exactly why I watch reactions and read discussions on forums etc. I would talk with my friends about it but not many of them watch anime, as for parents they don't understand why I like animation over live action and anime is just cartoons..
Because of the end of the first core being the kon stuff and the beginning of this one being 9 minutes of recap they’ve added a 14th episode. So next episode is 12 then 13-14 are together
I just watched the episode and saw a lot of comments saying that nanao's zampakuto was one of the biggest asspulls in history and there was no foreshadowing to it blah blah I need to prove them wrong cuz in senjumaru's bankai literally showed lille shooting to a mirror and dieing which is nanao's zampakuto and pernida being sucked by black sand and kurotsuchi in japanese means black sand and there is more but that would be a spoiler for you. and soul king was a god like being whose hands and legs had got to be cut by something and that something is the ise clan's zampakuto and it is said to be refleact the god's power and disperse it as showed in the recent episode and soul king's both arms were also reflected and disperse as whole different beings and people still call it an asspull and there is more but it would be a spoiler as it is in the light novels
I always heard that Bleach had asspulls and plot armor from other people before getting into it, but now that I caught up im looking around like wheres the plot armor at? not one time have i seen something in Bleach and thought it was plot or an asspull. also thank you for the pointing out the foreshadowing, Senjumarus Bankai is even cooler looking back at it now
@@MespyyEven her name ise hints at being what she is and the sword. The ise shrine in Japan has some sort of sacred mirror thing. Kubo had that in mind. I'm guessing when he named her at the beginning of the series.
@@Mespyy senjimaru bankai showed every elite quincy fate on how they gonna die. Pernida was sucked in by black sand. Mayuri kurotsuchi. Kuro mrans black and suchi used for soil. Lile was defeated by his own power being deflected by 8 mirrors. Shinken hakkyoken disperses gods power in 8 directions.
The only issue I have is Lille qualifying as a god himself despite repeatedly calling himself a messenger. My only theory as to why it worked is if it wasn't used to slay gods but Quincy's as well considering the Soul King was part Quincy but due to the fact that the blade was never used for anything other than rituals after the Soul King was dismembered people just assumed it only kills gods.
@@Honest_Mids_Masher In my Mind Yhwa is the Son of God and he gave a piece of himself to Lille. Lille was also the first Quincy to receive the Blessing and seing that he's part of the Elite Sternritter I reckon it's on the same Level as being a part of the Soul King himself. Considering that some other of the Elite Sternritter are literal Pieces of the Soul Kings Body, it only makes Sense that the God-Counter Zanpakuto works against them; at least to me^^ Pernidas and Gerard should have a hard Time against it, too
Shinken Hakkyōken translates to "Holy Sword: Eight-Mirror Sword" - it's a slight hint to one of Imperial Regalia of Japan - Yata no Kagami "Eight Span Mirror" beeing kept in Ise Shrine in Japan. Those information (more for native audiance) and the fact that Nanao didn't had Zanpaktou hints that the forshadowing was there all along for such revelation to happen.
Fun fact: Kubo had the idea of the Ise clan slaying God since the beginning. The name Ise comes from the "Ise Shrine". The Ise Shrine holds Yata no Kagemi (eight ata sword) while Hakkyouken means eight mirror sword. In Japanese mythology Amaterasu was defeated using Yata no Kagemi, she was struck by her own reflection. Names have a ridiculous amount of meaning in Bleach, even on the most irrelevant characters. I'll go over Aizen as well here in addition because hey it's Aizen. - The name "Aizen" comes from an Esoteric Buddhism deity (Aizen Myo'o) (this is also where Komamura's Bankai, Tengen Myo'o comes from). This deity transforms desires into an energy that rids people of their suffering, and thus lets them reach nirvana aka perfection. Aizen wanted to overthrow the Soul King, be perfect. He later realizes that perfection is nothing but a curse. This is expanded upon in Aizen's final conversation but I don't want to spoil. (Would also like to add the meaning this has with Komamura. Tosen's Bankai is -: "Enma Korogi". Enma is like Myo'o, except it continues the cycle of suffering. Komamura (Myo'o)=no suffering, Tosen(Enma)=suffering. Komamura told Tosen that revenge is never the right path and that his heart would be gone if he couldn't forgive Tosen. He later literally plugs his heart out for revenge and couldn't even kill a weak Quincy, proving himself right.) - "Kyoka Suigetsu" comes from a Chinese phrase, literally means "Mirror flower, water moon". Represents a fatamorgana, something beautiful you can see but can't touch. Obviously, this plays into the illusion aspect but there is more. Aizen always looked up at the Soul King but was unable to reach him, Kubo often referred to Aizen as "Gaze into the Sun" (Soul King's name represents the Sun). Getsu means moon, Mugetsu means moonless sky. Sorry for the yap session, I'm just really passionate about this series...😭
thank you for the yap sesh, i was aware that Bleach names were very deliberately picked because of other examples people gave me, but i wasn’t aware of any of these. i need to look into other significant names because i want to absorb as much bleach material as i can
This episode felt exactly like a movie, the excellent flashbacks and storytelling. Not to mention the short paced but long paced fights?? It was so good, top 3 ep in cour 3 for me
Bleach Cour 3 is apparently getting an extra episode unlike the usual 13 and apperantly Cour 4 will have more anime only scenes as it'll be adapting 30± chapters (previous course had 60± chps) And after cour 4,we might see another huge arc/saga like TYBW 👀
@@Mespyy it's not just CFYOW, there's 2 more novels, Spirits aren't forever with you(I think main focus on Don kanonji or something, I haven't read it) And WE DO knot ALWAYS LOVE YOU And if it's not obvious from the title, it's about a certain couple's marrige, spoiler alert It's about rukia and renji's marriage, 2 years after thousand years blood war I think, I don't think it got any fights or anything
@@Mespyythere's also burn the witch, which is canon to bleach Which takes place in soul society's west parts, aka in "reverse London" and other than that and the novel, I'm sure you've seen the term "hell arc" being thrown around everywhere, basically in 2021 we got a one shot chapter set 10 years after thousand years blood war called no breaths from hell, and at the end the title changes from 'no' to 'new', which lead everyone to think we will get a hell arc but that was kinda it, we haven't heard any news about it But interestingly enough, if what I heard is correct, in a recent Klub outside question, Kubo was asked about how urahara's buisness was, he said it was bad, but during the hell arc it has started to pic up thanks to the help of the soul society And if it wasn't a mistranslation or just misinformation, Kubo himself said the hell arc
I don't think they gonna adapt the novels. If Kubo sets out to achieve what he couldn't in the manga with the anime. I could def see him retcon novel related material
I know a lot of fans have said they didn’t like Lille Barro’s transformation in the manga, but I think it actually fits his title much better. His original being just a husk, and then he transforms into this god-like being. That evolution really emphasizes the divine aspect of his character and works perfectly with who he's supposed to be
(No spoilers) As a person who was reading the manga at the time. HOLYY SHIT!!! never in my life I would've expected that chapter which would be the upcoming episode of the TYBW anime...
Idk if you know this but they always make the last 2 episodes of the Cour an hour long special, so next week we're getting 2 episodes finale!! Hope you're ready and can't wait to watch the recap afterwards. Also, I don't someone mentioning this in your comments, but Senjomaru's bankai spoiled the last 2 Schutztaffel deaths when they were trapped: - Pernida was swallowed by black sands, and Kurotsuchi in Japanese translates to "Black Dirt/earth" - Lille Baro was pierced by his bullets because he shot at some mirrors, and Nanao's Zanpakuto Shinken Hakkyoken means "8 mirror Sword"
Been waiting for these moments. And they didn’t disappoint. Especially when it comes to making the stories of these characters known now. (Where a lot of them kind of shove backstories in your face at the beginning). Bleach does it here at the end, and it just works. Personally, I think cour 4 is gonna be the one me that takes the cake though
I also couldnt believe this season has been this good. S1 was an amazing season for us return to. S2 for me was a stepdown in term of the story and characters but S3 felt just as good if not better than S1. Animation was great all throughout though
i agree with all of this. Cour 1 was the best narrative core imo while Cour 2 focused a lot on the fights, Cour 3 feels like a good mix of both. now we wait for Cour 4 to blow our minds
@Mespyy so that's why S3 felt so good. The fights being so much better while also having a strong narrative really made me enjoy it a lot more. And the fact that we got to see more bankai and zanpakuto we didn't before just builds up more hype
I don’t want to overhype it to much But cour 4, Judging by the Changes done now, will have so much original content im so extremely hyped Besides have you listened to Aizens Theme now ? To See what I meant with Gins betrayal being foreshadowed
Another thing to point out s that an 'old man in the Ise family' is something that can't really exist. The couple who took in Nanao were likely Shunsui's parents.
Knowing where we are now, and what comes next, i know there's going to be a ton of massive changes to the end of the arc. I'm excited as hell for it, knowing there's a lot of things that could've been done better, but Kubo was sick at the time. Glad to have another person along for the ride of this hype train. Can't wait to see your reaction to the end 😁
Cour 3 has blown away my expectations for it and I've just been loving it. If you really like Bleach, I'd love to see you watch the filler arcs (other than the Bounts) and make videos on them. Bleach has the best filler of the big 3 by a large margin.
You know what really got me with this episode? The way Lille's eyes kept rapidly blinking asynchronously. I don’t know if it was unclear but Shunsui is Nanao’s uncle. I kind of wish they directly called him as such because I didn’t catch that when I read this chapter until later.
And there is also a 20th anniversary anime adaptation which could be anything like a prequel movie or anime reboot etc. And when the promotional vid of bleach 20th anniversary came on oct 5 the aniplex description translation says something like 'we gonna take a big step with these for future' and after that vid the official bleach 20th anniversary site changes to 'other anime projects for anniversary are underway' means we getting multiple anime projects of bleach. And this cour will have 14 ep so we got an extra ep. We eating good.
This man speaks nothing but facts 💯 i love all the big 3 man i wish people could just support anime in general, to much shit talking, not enough love 😮💨
agreed, i watched all of the Big 3 and theyre all great. other social media platforms are more negative and people try to tear other animes down, but if they tried to sit down and enjoy an anime before hating without watching they would realize there are a lot of great animes out there that they never wouldve expected
@Mespyy facts, unfortunately, it's just gonna get worse from here on out with all that. That's why I just stay away and just watch positive and respective you tubers.
Man, Shunsui suffered so much and has so much responsibility. First Old Man Yama, then Ukitake, and basically most of the people he knows. Despite that, he keeps moving forward and continue fighting. That's why Shunsui my goat
Sdud... Nemu has always been my bleach crush growing up for some reason, maybe I just really like her simple yet mature design I dunno but I always have special feelings for her, so last week's episode hit me harder than usual (it's the second time I teared up on a bleach ep, the first one was during the house incident at the end of fullbring arc).... also Mayuri not wanting to call Nemu as No 7 is clear to me that because Nemu surpassed his expectation and as his masterpiece, he gave her the name Nemu to treat her as a person, because if he still calls her No 7 then that is treating her as a object... Mayuri is just an awkward dad.
i talked about Nemu and her episode at the end of my last video for a few minutes but was unable to make a full dedicated video of it because of some time restraints on my end. still episode 36 is my favorite episode in this Cour so far and was by far the most emotional one imo
@@Mespyy yesss,, I must've forgotten that part (I skipped that part of the vid for spoilers because I haven't had the time to watch the episode yet by that time). Also, I just now realized that the title card that they used for the 2nd time "Baby, Hold your hand" is such a peak title. The first time they used it, the baby was Ashisogi Jizo and the hand is Pernida clearly... but now the second time they used it (maybe it's a reach) but I feel like it's now a line being said by Mayuri "Baby (Nemu), hold your hand (you don't need my hand to guide you anymore, you have already evolved from my expectations and can now hold your own hand)." anyways, glad you're still doing vids for each episode and not wait till the cour is finished, at least with each vid and episode you can give more of your thoughts and not skimmed trhough a lot of things.
I have seen your first video with less than 1000 views and since then watched every single video of you, all i can say is that I love how much you enjoy peak. Keep it up 🫶.
thank you, still surprised that video did as well as it did lol but Bleach fans are very passionate about peak. im almost sad that i caught up because i wish i could just watch Bleach endlessly
A little fun fact; Ise Nanao's Zanpakuto Shinken Hakyoken(Divine Sword-Eight Mirror Sword) is a reference to the Yata no Kagami(Sacred Mirror: 8 Span Mirror) that was stored in Ise Grand Shrine in Japan. According to Japanese myth, it was used to lure in the Sun God Amaterasu and reveal the true nature of whatever it is reflected.
One subtle thing I loved is that ukitake told shunsui about the execution after it had taken place. I think that it's probably because he knew that shunsui would have acted rashly if he knew beforehand
I love when a character acknowledge how painful some of these wounds are. If I were in Nanao's place receiving that kinda wound in my legs, I wouldn't be able to just walk it off too.
apparentky cour 3 is going up to 14 episodes cause half of the first episode was a recap, also have you noticed that senjumaru's bankai basically forshadows how the quincies will die.
One easy to miss detail that is nonetheless fun to think about is the fact that Kyoraku mentiones that Katen gave birth to Kyokotsu (he's using his pet names for them, but still). Now, how do you think that happened? :)
This episode was great and really just put it out front how much Shunsui had lost and had been burdened with. Nanao has always been a weird character to me I didn't know exactly how this fight was going to go but I was thinking it'd have something to do with what she was trying to pull against Yamamoto in the Soul Society Arc so I was surprised when it wasn't People complained this is a deus ex Machina but tbh the only issue I had was Lille being considered a god despite not being one and calling himself God's messenger. My theory is that the Ise clan sword was used to dismember the Soul King and worked not because ue was a god but because he was a Quincy and since we know it's only used for rituals afterwards people only assumed it works on gods. Next episode judging from the poem is my favorite non royal guard Sternritter Bazz B so I can't wait to see what he'll do.
Yeah and they always start the new phase of fights with defeating a lieutenant. They killed Sasikibe ti start the war. They One shot Kira for the first invasion. Matsumoto gets defeated first in the second invasion. Hisagi gets shot down first in the wanderiech invasion. Nanao and Nemu got to propped the pride of lieutenants.
Fun thing to note, the imagery of his life could be seen in his bankai. Very neat symbolism to catch on the rewatch. Like at 4:00. Those are the trees when he starts his bankai
There will be 14 episodes instead of 13 this cour because episode 27 was originally supposed to be a part of 26 but due to production issues it was used in 27. That’s why the first episode in cour 3 was mostly a recap, also Lille’s transformation is actually a reference to how angels look biblically.
The old OST Soundscape to Ador was a treat in this episode I miss Bleach original OSTs are so good Never meant to belong Soundscape to Ador Clavar la Espada Heuco mundo theme Los noches theme IchiGOAT's Number one's 3 versions Treachery Precise to defeat and many more amazing OSTs Next episode will be Yugam vs Bazz B
One thing to keep in mind, during the flashback, Shunsui complains about how he hates that everyone entrusts their precious possessions to him then dies, and he hates all of the responsibility. He says this during the flashback about the zanpakuto, the hair pins, and Nanao's mom's kemono, but the most important instance of this has already happened in the present. Yamamoto, Shunsui's surrogate father figure, dies and entrusts the entire Gotei 13, *his* Gotei 13, to Shunsui. That's why Nanao's decision is so important. She makes Shunsui give a precious item back, prepares to die as a result of doing so, and then Shunsui resolves to support her so that she won't. Undoing Shunsui's burdens, but also giving him a new one.
As an Askin fan, I'm waiting for his time to shine in the next Cour. Love the little bits we got of him this part. Wonderful episode. My favorite one this Cour has to be ep 36 though, as Nemu, Mayuri and Pernida were characters I reslly enjoyed.
@Mespyy that episode hurt as I knew her death was coming but smol Nemu was so adorable and it made me even more sad knowing what was about to happen. Pernida is also quite an underrated Sternritter, I like how eerie and out of place he is, being a literal hand. Also I love your videos dude
OG bleach fan here - this fight always been a place of heated discussion. For me Nanao and Shunsui were like a mystery throughout the manga until this bit. This fight always for me been a huge moment because it answered why Nanao never had a sword (like how Ichigo couldn’t get his true sword until learning his origin). It also showed she had a sword that was a sacred treasure and considering the Soul King is sacred to soul society means sacred treasures (which are long standing mysteries in bleach) were Soul King tools. Nanao didn’t know it would even work and this very specific tool that Soul Society didn’t understand its purpose presents that time of soul king had other beings like Lille that were fought. Also Lille could never call himself a god because Yhwach is his god and it likely is more the meaning godly beings then a single god.
was not aware this fight was this contentious lol, somebody commented and they said it best. the fact that Nanao never had a Zanpakuto was the foreshadowing to begin with. they could neve rmake me hate this fight lol
theres actually going to be 14 episodes this cour, to make up for the 9 minutes recap in the first episode and the 9 minutes kon shit we got at the end of cour 2, and episodes 13 and 14 are both gonna drop on the 28th for a one hour special 🔥
I was climbing a mountain, and I asked the guide how close we were to the top. He responded "Bleach". I smiled, I knew it was the Peak
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We need to nerf bro
Hol up, his writing is fire
This guy Bleaches.
COOK!
What sealed Lille's fate in this fight was when he accepted being called a god by Nanao, which directly contradicted him being a messenger of god. A good place for villains to die is when they finally show their colours. Lille starts out calm and collected. He goes for one shot kills and doesn't really hype himself up, he lets his attacks show how powerful he is.
In his first transformation, he starts having a power trip. He openly states how powerful he is and yaps about people being sinners, and by the second transformation he has completely lost his original personality and he says what he really thinks. He believes he is an immortal god, and his blasphemy towards Yhwach is what leads to his downfall. He gives up on strategy and skill and goes straight for the biggest attacks.
The change in his appearance also reflects this. He no longer resembles the Lille Barro we were introduced to. He loses both his body and his signature green colour, replaced by an eldritch beast parading as a god.
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Good analysis
I personally don't like this fight because Lille became the Ship of Theseus. It was hard for me to reconcile that abomination with the cold sniper...
He basically transforms into a biblically accurate angle in his previous form, a Seraphim. Then he turned into what I can only call a bastardization of god.
Fun fact, Nanao’s sword was set up in episode 26/27. When Lille is in Senjumaru’s bankai, his attacks get felected back after he fires in a room with 8 mirrors surrounding him (same amount of mirrors on the sword).
Valkyrie also got frozen in her bankai 👀
that was no set up though, that was a little reference for the manga readers :D
Yup, and btw the name of the sword says “eight mirror”
@@sejadlulic8377 It's both, considering how Kubo is directly involved in the anime now, he most likely wanted to show squad zero bankai in the manga, but didn't have the time or health to do it. So now he's fixing it :)
@@consuknight1163perninda was crushed by black sand 👀
ive always told critics that Bleach was the one out of the big 3 who was ahead of their time and that hurt it the most. This series was limited by the technology of the time while other series benefit from it by having cartoony designs and animators could simply just do less serious direction. But Bleach? from designs to writing it was the most experimental of them all. Im glad the tech finally caught up so we can actually see the vision like how it was always meant to be.
What hit me hard is that hes tired of having to take care of such precious items from people that leave it in his care, i couldnt imagine that, (good vid btw)
thank you, there were so many hard hitting and impactful lines in this episode and in Cour 3 too
Not Just items, Yamamoto left Role of head caption to him. Ukitake, Unohana etc to
It's not really the items he's complaining about, it's more of a lament about the fact that everyone he cares about dies.
Shunsui is one of the most tragic characters in Bleach fr
5:34, Shinji also caught some strays from randoms in this scene😭. "That wierd captain with long hair" they said
most of them have long hair, but I guews shinji was the weird one.
@@vonaudije1207 shinji was aizen's captain then
@@vonaudije1207 and the character was replying to the complement to aizen, saying that there's a weird haird captain in that squad
yeah my bad, got confused with the timeline, I thought Aizen was already a captain at that point
@@vonaudije1207 yeah I got confused too
Aizen's bankai is stabbing Momo from anywhere in the world
wouldn’t be surprised 😭
Momo the Immortal.
Also Lille Barro dyng by reflecting his power, and Pernida killed by Kurotsuchi were shown already in Senjumaru's bankai, where Barro died also from reflecting his shots and Pernida died from black sand (Kuro - black, tsuchi - dirt, sand)
Dang
does that mean that Jugram will be killed by Bazz B and Gerard by Rukia/Toshiro?
@@Guillhez nope bazzb doesnt kill jugo also rukia doesnt fight gerard but toshiro does
Lille ain't dead, he's just Soul Societies problem now.
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nope, it shown the loss of his old friend, Bazz-B was a few people he ever care even in the last moment of his life
Bleach tybw cour 3 is truly the anime of the year in 2024😊
Man as much as I absolutely love TYBW this year was stacked like hell with outstanding anime. Definitely up there in top 5 for me though.
@q2yogurt other than dandadan and rezero, what was on par with bleach this year??
I think the guy wants to say even if bleach is the best this year the awards will be given to dandadan and rezero because bleach isn't on crunchyroll and anime awards are rigged@@justsomeguywithamustache2901
If we consider the goodwill of Bleach Anime and significance of this Final arc no other anime comes even close not even one piece. As Bleach is on its final arc returning after 10 years and giving PEAK epsodea. WOW... But sadly still even Bleach fans finds some loop holes and rate less than 10/10. @@justsomeguywithamustache2901
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Dan da Dan isnt even on the Same Level as Bleach
That being Said i really enjoyed it so far and it has a Lot of Potential but its Just Not nearly on a Stage conperable to Bleach it is still in its Setup Stage and there are still the Annoying tropes but with The EP 7 Flashback it really presented the potential Dan da Dan has
Lille baro became part arceus with that transformation
literally my thoughts when i saw his transformation against Shunsui lmao
Bro was beta Arceus fr
@@kannan07 beta Arceus is a deep pull lol, Lille Barro did all that to lose to F.E.A.R Rattata
@Mespyy lmfao it makes so much sense he did damage, she endured it, and used endeavor to get him to 1 hp
i hadnt known peak til i watched bleach
This episode looked sooo beautiful and the storytelling was amazing. 9.5/10 for me
This episode is peak
they all are, Bleach never disappoints
@@Mespyy what about bounce arc
@manase_dumitru thats filler tho
@unamedname2748 still
@manase_dumitru i haven’t watched Bount Arc yet, but i also don’t count filler because it’s not manga canon
The glazing is crazy
And im all here for it Bleach is peak
Glazing? Shits on top
And now we know why Shunsui didn’t want Rukia to be executed due to nanao’s mother being executed
The central 46 are good at making bad decisions
@shockhorn81Tbf with Rukia's one that wasn't central 46 that was Aizen who was giving orders from there while they were dead.
And, when rukia was going to be executed, nanao looks to the scene and appears to be "sad"
Maybe she watched her mom's execution and remembered it when saw rukia's :/
I'm just here to say i'm always excited every saturday, and Senjumaru's bankai actually worked already, it sealed the Sternritters fate, Lille barro got his shot reflected back at him, Pernida got taken out by black sand (Kurotsuchi aka Mayuri).
The others are spoilers, but it makes Squad 0 have the power they deserve, even after death the bankai is acting, Kubo can finally cook in peace.
It's got to the point i can't even predict what the next episode is gonna be as someone who read the manga, i just know peak is coming.
They really did go beyond any expectations. This season really is something else.
About Aizen being hot and Shinni being weird for having long hair yeah it was in manga they kept a lot of the comedic lines. This was fight was amazingly animated and they could not have made the soundtrack better. You can say Nanao's zanpakuto was introduced out of nowhere just to have counter to Barro but the explanation for it makes sense and the flashback shows her relationship with Shunsui. There are rumours of a 14th episode but nothing is confirmed other than the title of the next episode, so even for manga readers it's hard to tell where they'll end whether they extend some scenes or begin on what we think will be cour 4
yea and people also told me it was all foreshadowed in Senjumarus Bankai as well
@@MespyyYeah it just shows how good Kubo is
@shockhorn81 Not really, that's an anime only addition. Back in the day of the actual manga chapter, the introduction of Shinken Hakkyōken was something that split the fans for a good while, because it came out of nowhere. I loved me some Nanao and Shunsui action, but others hated it. Btw, the 14th episode is confirmed. It's because the last season ended halfway into the last episode, they put the end of it into the first episode of this season along with the recap. Also, there's no summary at the half-way point this season due do this. And episode 13 and 14 will air at the same day as a double feature. Nice.
@@Mespyy The Senjumaru foreshadowing part is just wishful thinking though, what it foreshadows is him being beaten by his own power but the sword itself still comes completely out of nowhere both literally and conceptually.
Awfully convenient that Shunsui's lieutenant just so happens to own a hereditary zanpakutou that can do literally ONE thing that just so happens to be absolutely tailor-made for exactly this opponent and no one else. It didn't even play into how she ended up fighting him, it was legitimately just sheer coincidence that she ended up facing the one enemy she was designed to Uno Reverse when no one else could.
I love bleach but there are absolutely flaws in this arc, as good as it may otherwise be.
I read somewhere that Shinken Hakkyoken is one of several "ancient" zanpakuto who's kept by the noble houses & has significance history with the sacrifice & imprisonment of Soul King. If I rmmber correctly, the light novel also introduced one as well & it's used by the villain there. It'd be amazing if Kubo can explore more about these swords tbh.
People started dubbing Lille Barro as "Chicken Lille" lul!
I finally caught up to you after finishing my exam 😄
catching up to Bleach >> but also knowing Cour 3 is about to end 💔
@Mespyy yeah kind of sad that it is going to end soon
People who think its an ass pull dont realize that the foreshadowing is in Nanao's last name (Ise). The Ise shrine japan is home to the shinto religions sacred mirror.
Its like having a character named Pendragon in a show and being surprised when they pull out Excalibur.
Yeah, sure, but also Chad is named Chad and he isnt doing any "Chad" things. Is that inverse foreshadowing technique?
Hell Arc @@mikeparradise9333
@@mikeparradise9333 When not even Gremmy could imagine Chad losing then you know he is the true gigachad.
Dumb comparison to be honest
@@mikeparradise9333 once you learn that's not a real word, then your opinions can be valid
Loving these weekly episodes reviews. Keep it up!
good shit bro you’ve inspired me to start bleach and record similar videos along my journey. Wishing you luck on your youtube journey❤
thank you, and good luck to you as well. you never realize how well you can do on youtube until you start
@@Mespyy thanks bro i’m never going to give up. and it won’t be easy to quit since bleach is PEAK
Subbed!
@@Adnyeus Thanks bro I appreciate it! Im working hard and won't stop and got a soul society vid coming out in a little!
@@bluddu-b1p Good luck, people don't realize how huge the bleach universe is, there's an arc that was teased in the manga after TYBW that we are all hoping will be released, and 3 amazing novels
i look forward to ur vids cuz every episode is so peak i wanna talk about them so bad but none of my friends have watched bleach yet. so hearing you glaze this show in a excited kinda just lettin ur thoughts flow typa way like i would do if i could, it helps lol. i mean that in the least parasocial way possible lmaoo
i understand lmao, the reason i started a yt channel was because i thought it was cool how communities form under videos to talk about mutual interests so im glad i can make videos for Bleach/anime fans and i also learn more about what im talking about by reading comments. i think its pretty cool
This is exactly why I watch reactions and read discussions on forums etc. I would talk with my friends about it but not many of them watch anime, as for parents they don't understand why I like animation over live action and anime is just cartoons..
Because of the end of the first core being the kon stuff and the beginning of this one being 9 minutes of recap they’ve added a 14th episode. So next episode is 12 then 13-14 are together
Not the first core. The second core
I just watched the episode and saw a lot of comments saying that nanao's zampakuto was one of the biggest asspulls in history and there was no foreshadowing to it blah blah
I need to prove them wrong cuz in senjumaru's bankai literally showed lille shooting to a mirror and dieing which is nanao's zampakuto and pernida being sucked by black sand and kurotsuchi in japanese means black sand and there is more but that would be a spoiler for you.
and soul king was a god like being whose hands and legs had got to be cut by something and that something is the ise clan's zampakuto and it is said to be refleact the god's power and disperse it as showed in the recent episode and soul king's both arms were also reflected and disperse as whole different beings and people still call it an asspull and there is more but it would be a spoiler as it is in the light novels
I always heard that Bleach had asspulls and plot armor from other people before getting into it, but now that I caught up im looking around like wheres the plot armor at? not one time have i seen something in Bleach and thought it was plot or an asspull. also thank you for the pointing out the foreshadowing, Senjumarus Bankai is even cooler looking back at it now
@@MespyyEven her name ise hints at being what she is and the sword. The ise shrine in Japan has some sort of sacred mirror thing. Kubo had that in mind. I'm guessing when he named her at the beginning of the series.
@@Mespyy senjimaru bankai showed every elite quincy fate on how they gonna die.
Pernida was sucked in by black sand. Mayuri kurotsuchi. Kuro mrans black and suchi used for soil.
Lile was defeated by his own power being deflected by 8 mirrors. Shinken hakkyoken disperses gods power in 8 directions.
The only issue I have is Lille qualifying as a god himself despite repeatedly calling himself a messenger.
My only theory as to why it worked is if it wasn't used to slay gods but Quincy's as well considering the Soul King was part Quincy but due to the fact that the blade was never used for anything other than rituals after the Soul King was dismembered people just assumed it only kills gods.
@@Honest_Mids_Masher In my Mind Yhwa is the Son of God and he gave a piece of himself to Lille. Lille was also the first Quincy to receive the Blessing and seing that he's part of the Elite Sternritter I reckon it's on the same Level as being a part of the Soul King himself. Considering that some other of the Elite Sternritter are literal Pieces of the Soul Kings Body, it only makes Sense that the God-Counter Zanpakuto works against them; at least to me^^ Pernidas and Gerard should have a hard Time against it, too
Shinken Hakkyōken translates to "Holy Sword: Eight-Mirror Sword" - it's a slight hint to one of Imperial Regalia of Japan - Yata no Kagami "Eight Span Mirror" beeing kept in Ise Shrine in Japan. Those information (more for native audiance) and the fact that Nanao didn't had Zanpaktou hints that the forshadowing was there all along for such revelation to happen.
thank you for the translation, i also never even thought of the fact that Nanao had no Zanpakuto when i saw here but you're right
Yh seen a tiktok talking about it. N I gotta apologise to kubo for even thinking this fight was an asspull. But dam kubo keeps cooking
Fun fact: Kubo had the idea of the Ise clan slaying God since the beginning. The name Ise comes from the "Ise Shrine". The Ise Shrine holds Yata no Kagemi (eight ata sword) while Hakkyouken means eight mirror sword. In Japanese mythology Amaterasu was defeated using Yata no Kagemi, she was struck by her own reflection.
Names have a ridiculous amount of meaning in Bleach, even on the most irrelevant characters. I'll go over Aizen as well here in addition because hey it's Aizen.
- The name "Aizen" comes from an Esoteric Buddhism deity (Aizen Myo'o) (this is also where Komamura's Bankai, Tengen Myo'o comes from). This deity transforms desires into an energy that rids people of their suffering, and thus lets them reach nirvana aka perfection. Aizen wanted to overthrow the Soul King, be perfect. He later realizes that perfection is nothing but a curse. This is expanded upon in Aizen's final conversation but I don't want to spoil. (Would also like to add the meaning this has with Komamura. Tosen's Bankai is -: "Enma Korogi". Enma is like Myo'o, except it continues the cycle of suffering. Komamura (Myo'o)=no suffering, Tosen(Enma)=suffering. Komamura told Tosen that revenge is never the right path and that his heart would be gone if he couldn't forgive Tosen. He later literally plugs his heart out for revenge and couldn't even kill a weak Quincy, proving himself right.)
- "Kyoka Suigetsu" comes from a Chinese phrase, literally means "Mirror flower, water moon". Represents a fatamorgana, something beautiful you can see but can't touch. Obviously, this plays into the illusion aspect but there is more. Aizen always looked up at the Soul King but was unable to reach him, Kubo often referred to Aizen as "Gaze into the Sun" (Soul King's name represents the Sun). Getsu means moon, Mugetsu means moonless sky.
Sorry for the yap session, I'm just really passionate about this series...😭
thank you for the yap sesh, i was aware that Bleach names were very deliberately picked because of other examples people gave me, but i wasn’t aware of any of these. i need to look into other significant names because i want to absorb as much bleach material as i can
This episode made Shunsui my favorite character in Bleach
This cour has been peak so far
This episode felt exactly like a movie, the excellent flashbacks and storytelling. Not to mention the short paced but long paced fights?? It was so good, top 3 ep in cour 3 for me
We actually have 3 episodes left, next week and the last week is the double episode
Bleach Cour 3 is apparently getting an extra episode unlike the usual 13 and apperantly Cour 4 will have more anime only scenes as it'll be adapting 30± chapters (previous course had 60± chps) And after cour 4,we might see another huge arc/saga like TYBW 👀
i would love for a new saga after TYBW. ive heard of CFYOW and it would be cool if they adapted that
@Mespyy Yh, they might add some novel stuff into the anime. Bleach content could go on for a lot fo years w/ the amount of stuff that can be adopted
@@Mespyy it's not just CFYOW, there's 2 more novels,
Spirits aren't forever with you(I think main focus on Don kanonji or something, I haven't read it)
And
WE DO knot ALWAYS LOVE YOU
And if it's not obvious from the title, it's about a certain couple's marrige, spoiler alert
It's about rukia and renji's marriage, 2 years after thousand years blood war I think,
I don't think it got any fights or anything
@@Mespyythere's also burn the witch, which is canon to bleach
Which takes place in soul society's west parts, aka in "reverse London"
and other than that and the novel, I'm sure you've seen the term "hell arc" being thrown around everywhere, basically in 2021 we got a one shot chapter set 10 years after thousand years blood war called no breaths from hell, and at the end the title changes from 'no' to 'new', which lead everyone to think we will get a hell arc but that was kinda it, we haven't heard any news about it
But interestingly enough, if what I heard is correct, in a recent Klub outside question, Kubo was asked about how urahara's buisness was, he said it was bad, but during the hell arc it has started to pic up thanks to the help of the soul society
And if it wasn't a mistranslation or just misinformation, Kubo himself said the hell arc
I don't think they gonna adapt the novels. If Kubo sets out to achieve what he couldn't in the manga with the anime. I could def see him retcon novel related material
Great review brotha! Really like your comedic sense and the fact that you don’t randomly spoil stuff from the manga.
thank you, and being an anime only helps lol
Peak 😮💨🤌🔥
Bleach didn't really have competition this year. Like everyone was more excited for it than cour 2
Lille was already one of my favorite sternritters, this episode solidified it. Was nice to see Nanao get some shine as well. W episode
You’re underrated❤
peakalicious what can i say
peakalicious added to my vocab
I know a lot of fans have said they didn’t like Lille Barro’s transformation in the manga, but I think it actually fits his title much better. His original being just a husk, and then he transforms into this god-like being. That evolution really emphasizes the divine aspect of his character and works perfectly with who he's supposed to be
(No spoilers) As a person who was reading the manga at the time. HOLYY SHIT!!! never in my life I would've expected that chapter which would be the upcoming episode of the TYBW anime...
Idk if you know this but they always make the last 2 episodes of the Cour an hour long special, so next week we're getting 2 episodes finale!! Hope you're ready and can't wait to watch the recap afterwards.
Also, I don't someone mentioning this in your comments, but Senjomaru's bankai spoiled the last 2 Schutztaffel deaths when they were trapped:
- Pernida was swallowed by black sands, and Kurotsuchi in Japanese translates to "Black Dirt/earth"
- Lille Baro was pierced by his bullets because he shot at some mirrors, and Nanao's Zanpakuto Shinken Hakkyoken means "8 mirror Sword"
Been waiting for these moments. And they didn’t disappoint. Especially when it comes to making the stories of these characters known now. (Where a lot of them kind of shove backstories in your face at the beginning). Bleach does it here at the end, and it just works.
Personally, I think cour 4 is gonna be the one me that takes the cake though
5:35 yeah, that was in the manga lol. We even see shinigamis blushing when greeting him during the pendulum arc
You’re not ready man, next episode will be peak and the finale has been hyped up by animators
Now let's enjoy other's upcoming fights, it's amazing to see the peak together ❤😊
Chefs kiss since the season has started..can't wait for the English dud
Shunsui is the only dude in the entire series I've seen who could move near or at light speed with HUGE chunks taken out of him.
Was waiting on my man's Mespy to post about this🐐💪
I am so happy they didn’t ruin not ruin lille with cgi😭. That golden wings they changed it finally
Your channel is growing like crazy bro
Great videos tho . Loved all of em ❤️❤️🌟.
thank you, im glad Bleach is peak enough to talk about for so long too lol
I also couldnt believe this season has been this good. S1 was an amazing season for us return to.
S2 for me was a stepdown in term of the story and characters but S3 felt just as good if not better than S1.
Animation was great all throughout though
i agree with all of this. Cour 1 was the best narrative core imo while Cour 2 focused a lot on the fights, Cour 3 feels like a good mix of both. now we wait for Cour 4 to blow our minds
@Mespyy so that's why S3 felt so good. The fights being so much better while also having a strong narrative really made me enjoy it a lot more.
And the fact that we got to see more bankai and zanpakuto we didn't before just builds up more hype
If Pierrot does it justice the next few episodes will be absolutely heart-wrenching and insane.
Goat
Kubo has been COOOOKING !!
I don’t want to overhype it to much
But cour 4, Judging by the Changes done now, will have so much original content im so extremely hyped
Besides have you listened to Aizens Theme now ? To See what I meant with Gins betrayal being foreshadowed
Another thing to point out s that an 'old man in the Ise family' is something that can't really exist. The couple who took in Nanao were likely Shunsui's parents.
Knowing where we are now, and what comes next, i know there's going to be a ton of massive changes to the end of the arc. I'm excited as hell for it, knowing there's a lot of things that could've been done better, but Kubo was sick at the time. Glad to have another person along for the ride of this hype train. Can't wait to see your reaction to the end 😁
10/10 episode 10/10 review
Cour 3 has blown away my expectations for it and I've just been loving it. If you really like Bleach, I'd love to see you watch the filler arcs (other than the Bounts) and make videos on them. Bleach has the best filler of the big 3 by a large margin.
You know what really got me with this episode? The way Lille's eyes kept rapidly blinking asynchronously. I don’t know if it was unclear but Shunsui is Nanao’s uncle. I kind of wish they directly called him as such because I didn’t catch that when I read this chapter until later.
PEAK
I'm glad I found someone who loves this series as much as me 😭
And there is also a 20th anniversary anime adaptation which could be anything like a prequel movie or anime reboot etc. And when the promotional vid of bleach 20th anniversary came on oct 5 the aniplex description translation says something like 'we gonna take a big step with these for future' and after that vid the official bleach 20th anniversary site changes to 'other anime projects for anniversary are underway' means we getting multiple anime projects of bleach. And this cour will have 14 ep so we got an extra ep. We eating good.
Another thing nobody talks about how proud the Quincy are and got the power to back up
Man digivolved to peckmon and got destroyed by the adolescent bookworms sword of revealing light reversing his hyper beam cannon 😅
I’m glad you are enjoying it, 😢 so many are highlighting the negative comment over the millions like you that are loving it
theres too much negativity lol, i learned its best to just have a positive mindset about anime and life in general
This man speaks nothing but facts 💯 i love all the big 3 man i wish people could just support anime in general, to much shit talking, not enough love 😮💨
agreed, i watched all of the Big 3 and theyre all great. other social media platforms are more negative and people try to tear other animes down, but if they tried to sit down and enjoy an anime before hating without watching they would realize there are a lot of great animes out there that they never wouldve expected
@Mespyy facts, unfortunately, it's just gonna get worse from here on out with all that. That's why I just stay away and just watch positive and respective you tubers.
@Mespyy you do an amazing job can't wait for more stuff and new anime from ya
Man, Shunsui suffered so much and has so much responsibility. First Old Man Yama, then Ukitake, and basically most of the people he knows. Despite that, he keeps moving forward and continue fighting. That's why Shunsui my goat
Sdud... Nemu has always been my bleach crush growing up for some reason, maybe I just really like her simple yet mature design I dunno but I always have special feelings for her, so last week's episode hit me harder than usual (it's the second time I teared up on a bleach ep, the first one was during the house incident at the end of fullbring arc).... also Mayuri not wanting to call Nemu as No 7 is clear to me that because Nemu surpassed his expectation and as his masterpiece, he gave her the name Nemu to treat her as a person, because if he still calls her No 7 then that is treating her as a object... Mayuri is just an awkward dad.
but yeah, no Nemu vid? :((
i talked about Nemu and her episode at the end of my last video for a few minutes but was unable to make a full dedicated video of it because of some time restraints on my end. still episode 36 is my favorite episode in this Cour so far and was by far the most emotional one imo
@@Mespyy yesss,, I must've forgotten that part (I skipped that part of the vid for spoilers because I haven't had the time to watch the episode yet by that time). Also, I just now realized that the title card that they used for the 2nd time "Baby, Hold your hand" is such a peak title. The first time they used it, the baby was Ashisogi Jizo and the hand is Pernida clearly... but now the second time they used it (maybe it's a reach) but I feel like it's now a line being said by Mayuri "Baby (Nemu), hold your hand (you don't need my hand to guide you anymore, you have already evolved from my expectations and can now hold your own hand)."
anyways, glad you're still doing vids for each episode and not wait till the cour is finished, at least with each vid and episode you can give more of your thoughts and not skimmed trhough a lot of things.
I have seen your first video with less than 1000 views and since then watched every single video of you, all i can say is that I love how much you enjoy peak. Keep it up 🫶.
thank you, still surprised that video did as well as it did lol but Bleach fans are very passionate about peak. im almost sad that i caught up because i wish i could just watch Bleach endlessly
Next episode is going to be some heat as well
Fans are glazing but idc most people glaze thier mid shows ,its my favorite anime so it is what it is
Not a single cour 3 episode has been a miss
As notd shout out! haha he was so dope
A little fun fact;
Ise Nanao's Zanpakuto Shinken Hakyoken(Divine Sword-Eight Mirror Sword) is a reference to the Yata no Kagami(Sacred Mirror: 8 Span Mirror) that was stored in Ise Grand Shrine in Japan.
According to Japanese myth, it was used to lure in the Sun God Amaterasu and reveal the true nature of whatever it is reflected.
The trumpet where Lille baro did gave me a big shock with that sound as if it was an alarm clock 😂
One subtle thing I loved is that ukitake told shunsui about the execution after it had taken place. I think that it's probably because he knew that shunsui would have acted rashly if he knew beforehand
I love when a character acknowledge how painful some of these wounds are. If I were in Nanao's place receiving that kinda wound in my legs, I wouldn't be able to just walk it off too.
apparentky cour 3 is going up to 14 episodes cause half of the first episode was a recap, also have you noticed that senjumaru's bankai basically forshadows how the quincies will die.
No , it just showed what will help in their defeat
We still got cour 4 left bleach has been on generational run, this cour has been phenomenal
I'm honestly very happy with the way they faithfully adapted this episode. Flashbacks were prestine and lille was looking more godlike in the anime
Have you looked at the end poem ? It always teases what the next ep will be + the title (next week's episode is def gonna be fire 🔥)
Bleach is cinema
that trumpet attack was beautiful
This cour will have 14 episodes.
One easy to miss detail that is nonetheless fun to think about is the fact that Kyoraku mentiones that Katen gave birth to Kyokotsu (he's using his pet names for them, but still).
Now, how do you think that happened? :)
This episode was great and really just put it out front how much Shunsui had lost and had been burdened with.
Nanao has always been a weird character to me I didn't know exactly how this fight was going to go but I was thinking it'd have something to do with what she was trying to pull against Yamamoto in the Soul Society Arc so I was surprised when it wasn't
People complained this is a deus ex Machina but tbh the only issue I had was Lille being considered a god despite not being one and calling himself God's messenger. My theory is that the Ise clan sword was used to dismember the Soul King and worked not because ue was a god but because he was a Quincy and since we know it's only used for rituals afterwards people only assumed it works on gods.
Next episode judging from the poem is my favorite non royal guard Sternritter Bazz B so I can't wait to see what he'll do.
i thought this episode would be the Bazz B one because of the end credits of episode 36, but im not complaining at all
@Mespyy The poem at the end tells you who's up next so that's the hint
Now think how good cour 4 would be
Liutenants are the MVP in the recent episodes.
Yeah and they always start the new phase of fights with defeating a lieutenant.
They killed Sasikibe ti start the war.
They One shot Kira for the first invasion.
Matsumoto gets defeated first in the second invasion.
Hisagi gets shot down first in the wanderiech invasion.
Nanao and Nemu got to propped the pride of lieutenants.
Low-key I'll be depressed once this cour ends
Fun thing to note, the imagery of his life could be seen in his bankai. Very neat symbolism to catch on the rewatch. Like at 4:00. Those are the trees when he starts his bankai
Pretty sure the "Captain Aizen is so cool" line does exist in the manga
There will be 14 episodes instead of 13 this cour because episode 27 was originally supposed to be a part of 26 but due to production issues it was used in 27. That’s why the first episode in cour 3 was mostly a recap, also Lille’s transformation is actually a reference to how angels look biblically.
The old OST Soundscape to Ador was a treat in this episode
I miss Bleach original OSTs are so good
Never meant to belong
Soundscape to Ador
Clavar la Espada
Heuco mundo theme
Los noches theme
IchiGOAT's Number one's 3 versions
Treachery
Precise to defeat and many more amazing OSTs
Next episode will be Yugam vs Bazz B
One thing to keep in mind, during the flashback, Shunsui complains about how he hates that everyone entrusts their precious possessions to him then dies, and he hates all of the responsibility. He says this during the flashback about the zanpakuto, the hair pins, and Nanao's mom's kemono, but the most important instance of this has already happened in the present.
Yamamoto, Shunsui's surrogate father figure, dies and entrusts the entire Gotei 13, *his* Gotei 13, to Shunsui.
That's why Nanao's decision is so important. She makes Shunsui give a precious item back, prepares to die as a result of doing so, and then Shunsui resolves to support her so that she won't. Undoing Shunsui's burdens, but also giving him a new one.
As an Askin fan, I'm waiting for his time to shine in the next Cour. Love the little bits we got of him this part.
Wonderful episode. My favorite one this Cour has to be ep 36 though, as Nemu, Mayuri and Pernida were characters I reslly enjoyed.
agreed, loved this episode and all others of course but ep 36 was on another level
@Mespyy that episode hurt as I knew her death was coming but smol Nemu was so adorable and it made me even more sad knowing what was about to happen. Pernida is also quite an underrated Sternritter, I like how eerie and out of place he is, being a literal hand. Also I love your videos dude
OG bleach fan here - this fight always been a place of heated discussion.
For me Nanao and Shunsui were like a mystery throughout the manga until this bit.
This fight always for me been a huge moment because it answered why Nanao never had a sword (like how Ichigo couldn’t get his true sword until learning his origin).
It also showed she had a sword that was a sacred treasure and considering the Soul King is sacred to soul society means sacred treasures (which are long standing mysteries in bleach) were Soul King tools.
Nanao didn’t know it would even work and this very specific tool that Soul Society didn’t understand its purpose presents that time of soul king had other beings like Lille that were fought.
Also Lille could never call himself a god because Yhwach is his god and it likely is more the meaning godly beings then a single god.
was not aware this fight was this contentious lol, somebody commented and they said it best. the fact that Nanao never had a Zanpakuto was the foreshadowing to begin with. they could neve rmake me hate this fight lol
What if... this is just the beginning for Nanao and the sacred treasure sword will be used against other things in the story. Just sayin
theres actually going to be 14 episodes this cour, to make up for the 9 minutes recap in the first episode and the 9 minutes kon shit we got at the end of cour 2, and episodes 13 and 14 are both gonna drop on the 28th for a one hour special 🔥