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| I originally wrote a dissatisfied review of the episode, but then deleted it because I didn't want to be too negative in a discussion mostly filled w/ praise. However after seeing many others online voice their dissatisfaction with the episode, I feel more vindicated in sharing my thoughts as well. Episode was good. 6/10. So what's wrong? Let's start with the elephant in the room. The CGI isn't bad imo. Does it look as good as if it was hand-drawn? No, but it doesn't look bad. What does look bad is Pernida swaying in the air like a tree on a windy day. It looks dumb and draws more attention to the CGI. Pernida looks and feels like a video game character in a cut scene. The episode feels slow, which is a first for this adaptation. I wasn't on the edge of my seat throughout the episode, and I think a lot of things contributed to that. I think the studio should have either put more effort into the episode or they should have condensed the fight more. If the episode ran 33% faster, it wouldn't have felt as anticlimactic. Beyond that, here is the good Great music Great art, other than Pernida Love the use of CGI with Wahrwelt. When the characters are running through the streets, the CGI looks excellent. Mayuri's bankai was pretty good. |
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| Truly one the most grotesque episodes I have seen, especially from bleach. Props to the animators for this. Mayuri truly is a psycho. Also I can’t believe twitter haters went ballistic on the CGI that was only few seconds, they made it seem like it was the whole episode. It didn’t bother me |
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| What an utterly repulsive episode. 10/10, cook again. 🔥 |
| Mayuri is still the biggest weirdo of Soul Society, that's for sure. I love the new renditions of the old, OG ost's. Feels so nostalgic. The new ones are also great, Shiro Sagisu never disappoints. The CGI was fine, and the rest of the animation has been pretty damn good. |
| If you win, you live, if you lose, you die. If you don't fight, you can't win. |
| Not a huge fan of the CGI. Komamura's Bankai CGI was handled much better. I wonder why they have to use CGI in the first place. Is it really difficult to anime a giant hand? Otherwise, great episode as always. Mayuri is such an awesome character. |
| That's insane mad scientist that altered his bankai to be like that... Kenpachi looks really hilarious XD |
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| Not a bad episode in an of itself, but definitely the weakest of the cour so far. Mayuri's VA is always on point though, what a performance. At least the second half of the fight should be more interesting. Plus, Kyoraku reading the poem for this week means that next week we're getting at least the start of one of the best fights in the series. |
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| mayu-chan complaining about the long name then his bankai's name is longer 🙃 |
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| Mayuri continues to increase his creepiness. His inquisitive nature is commendable, though. Too bad for Zaraki. |
| Unbelievably CRAZY GREAT episode! 🤯😍❤️❤️❤️ |
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| honestly as someone who is going to school for animation, i get why theyre choosing to use the cgi. i've noticed its been a subject of debate with the new cours, and for good reason. sometimes it looks pretty bad, but other times they manage to pull it off. especially for the hand, its way easier to animate that thing in 3d than trying to keep the forms consistent with hand drawn. but hey, it doesn't look too bad. good episode as always, it was cool to see the big baby. the nerves being on the outside of the baby grossed me out in the best way possible. hoping we see nemu kick some ass soon too. |
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| I love Mayuri so fucking much. Easily best written mad scientist character ever. Each of his fights gets more deranged and sickening than the previous one. |
| Kurotsuchi episodes are always the weirdest ones, but he's definitely one of the greatest assets of the soul society. |
| Okay, but are we ready for what's coming next |
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| I'm just glad Mayuri isn't our enemy LMAO WHAT A MAD SCIENTIST!! |
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| The CGI was ehh, but at least they nailed Mayuri's creepines and his nightmarish Bankai. Hell, I'm glad they didn't depict the Bankai with CGI. |
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Mayuri is just peak
| @CMDC0dy Just such a sick bastard. |
| That episode was an absolute banger. The modified bankai was unexpected. A W E S O M E |
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neffst3r said:
Mayuri's body horror aspect is so disgusting yet you can't help but love him as a character. The Spider-Man/Attack on Titan sequence was awesome, but yea, not much to say about this episode because my favorite aspects about BABY, HOLD YOUR HAND involve Nemu and will actually happen in the next one.
Fight isn't over yet, guys. Next episode is the whole climax of the fight + has potential to be one of the greatest Bleach episodes ever, and I'm not talking about fucking animation or sakuga, I'm talking character development, seriously, we'll see a side of Mayuri that we've never seen before.
Mayuri's body horror aspect is so disgusting yet you can't help but love him as a character. The Spider-Man/Attack on Titan sequence was awesome, but yea, not much to say about this episode because my favorite aspects about BABY, HOLD YOUR HAND involve Nemu and will actually happen in the next one.
Fight isn't over yet, guys. Next episode is the whole climax of the fight + has potential to be one of the greatest Bleach episodes ever, and I'm not talking about fucking animation or sakuga, I'm talking character development, seriously, we'll see a side of Mayuri that we've never seen before.
Idk if you saw the poem at the end or not?? but it's following the manga directly and we will begin with the other big fight of this cour.. I reckon they are doing it side by side with mayuri fight probably ending the episode after this one?.
| @Grimsoul09 yes, you were absolutely right. |
| From the very beginning Mayuri is an absolute menace, the weirder the opponent is, the more he's engaged with the fight, IF you can even call it a fight when it's just a very combative experimentation much to the joys of Mayuri himself ofcourse. Not even the left hand of the Soul King would not deter him from his lunacy, his drive to make everything that excites him is terrifying. THEY should be scared. Would've loved to see the Brain and Brawn combo in this fight though, but Mayuri himself outplayed both Kenpachi and Pernidas so welp. |
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| This episode 8 was just ok, I liked a lot the fight in the manga but something in the anime was not at the same pace. Also I found a bit lame how they depicted the nerves powers of Pernida, was expecting some super cool design or cg adaptation for the anime, while it looked just a bit cheap. They did better with this TYBSHDKBLCH arc. I hope the fight will 'grow' with episode 9 coming very soon. |
| Kurotsuchi Captain is a crazy!!! Wow, the new Kurotsuchi Bankai baby seems indestructible!!! A new baby born!! kekeke |
| Ok Kurotsuchi was really cool in this episode. In my opinion he is one of the most interesting captains. You never know what move he is going to pull out next because he’s always coming up with new techniques. He really bodied this fight and I love seeing his Bankai. He is super funny because he never shows that he is scared but rather excited to fight new enemies and learn more about their techniques. |
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| WTF Kenpachi got destroyed there... but this Soul King's hand is OP as well to be able to manipulate the nerves, but against Mayuri this is something else, what can I say after witness a baby giving birth to a nerves baby who absorbed the soul king's hand lmao, this is absolutely crazy |
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| Captain Mayuri is something else man always on some mischievous activities an altered banki is insane |
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| Mayuri fights are always a pleasure. The way he fights is always much more interesting than your average Bleach battle and it always has the feel of an acid trip lol. Honestly a stand out episode in what is otherwise an okay season. |
| Mayuri always has some the freakiest fights as his enemies always suffer gruesome deaths. Captain Mayuri is the definition of Mad Scientist unleashed. The three great geniuses of Bleach are Mayuri, Urahara, and Aizen. |
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| Absolute fire ep Mayuri cooked his bankai |
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| Episode 8 was easily the worst one so far. The animation took a serious dive in quality—everything about the hands and the giant baby looked awful. It felt like the team just gave up on making these designs even remotely visually appealing. We didn’t need to see Uryu defeating Renji again to start the episode. It added nothing and felt like an unnecessary recap, wasting valuable time. Speaking of wasted time, the two seconds of Bazz B talking with the two Quincy girls was completely pointless. It did nothing to add tension or move the plot forward in any way. Kurotsuchi repeating himself three times in the first five minutes was unbearable. It was such a waste of time and added nothing to the episode. The fight between him and the Left Hand of the Soul King wasn’t any better—uninspired and downright boring. But the most frustrating part? Kurotsuchi’s explanation about using Quincy abilities to skywalk. We’ve already seen plenty of characters flying around the Soul King’s palace without any justification, so this attempt to “explain” it only made the inconsistencies more obvious. It felt like the writers were trying to patch up a plot hole but ended up drawing even more attention to it. For an episode based on something that happened in the manga, it somehow felt like filler. Between the terrible animation, repetitive dialogue, and poorly handled fights, it’s hard to believe this is supposed to be part of one of Bleach’s most important arcs. |
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