Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen Episode 6 Discussion

Eloi100 said:
I have doubts about the episode if anyone can contextualize it.

First apologize for my poor English and also on behalf of the automated translator used :s

1 Why do captains or lieutenants not know the weak points of their stolen bankais prpios and face the thieves Quincy? Do not have the ability to fight without bankai?

2 because that clone beats kempachi when he is supposed to have a bankai that cannot be stolen,

3 because that clone has the memories and sees images d quincies dead 1000 years ago? when he is not the original? And if he’s so powerful that he stands up to the commander and gets rid of Kempachi,'cause he doesn’t make 13 clones or Infinite and it’s easier?

4 I like the CGI in Gral, I am not clear if it is cheaper or if it saves labor as it is said,but this CGI sta ahi, and not only in the skeletons,by that I mean that it is not the best CGI that there is currently and that is being implemented in the anime in general.

Because if you know that you can steal the bankai, once you discover that it is a clone,the second thing you say is bankai and is not your first choice? Or because knowing it does not adopt another strategy the commander?

5 Or because the Commander can’t perceive it’s not the original? The fluctuation of energy or potential emitted is not different according to the opponent’s range/potential?

To say that at the beginning I did not have much hope in Bleach,the first and second episody had rather OVA format by the theme Quincy, the blue world hollow instead of darker black but I think it has gone from less to more but...

Thank you

TheSzel said:
>You can't steal my bankai because you don't understand it.
>Explains bankai the entire episode.
>Tries to use bankai and it gets stolen.
....

I mean sure that wasn't the reason they couldn't take it but either way it was a dumb idea lol.

astralkill00 said:
That was a great watch.
And now the strongest of all the Shinigami has now been defeated. I'm looking forward to the continuity of that cliffhanger. Will Ichigo alone with his friends shoulder the Soul Society again all by themselves? OwO

Zettaiken said:
Good episode.

Btw if you will pay attention to Ending Credits You'lll Notice at 23:04 Ryan White.

He is known as Retro Ryno who has done some fan animations [including "1st" episode of TYBW fan animation] for years and some people already argued that his animation "is better" than official As Nodt vs Byakuya. So what will be the argument of that kind of people when you see him in end credits of official episode?

Be aware of checking his other videos as he has done some little shorts of stuff which will happen in 2nd/3rd cour.
-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2ZSu0V0tos

Episode was great, I'd wish the skeleton scene was better but it still gave away the mood and feeling which was most important here.

hiddenhokage said:
Surprisingly, worst episode so far.

• Audio mixing was all over the place for this episode. Very bizarre choice with 1) either not having any OST at all for some moments or 2) having the OST be so quiet that you could barely hear it at all. Everyone's voices were super loud, but everything else was really quiet.
  
• The animation wasn't the best, let's be real. Everyone wanted it to be, but it wasn't. The CGI was baffling (especially with the skeletons) and there were also a few animation frames that were reminiscent of the abominable Naruto VS Pain fight from way back when. Yamamoto jumping around like a monkey for no reason also felt a bit out of character.
  
• The pacing and direction of the episode was really bad, which doesn't surprise me all that much when you realize the episode was directed by Ema Saitou of Boruto fame. They literally have no other credits except for a handful of Boruto episodes, most of which weren't even rated that high (below 4 stars). They rushed through Yamamoto's Bankai abilities and didn't give any of them any room to breathe before he was moving on to the next one. A Bankai this hype should have been given more room to breathe; when he said "Bankai! Zanka no Tachi", my reaction was literally "WHAT?" and not because I was surprised, but because it happened in such a weird, lame way without any kind of oomph to it.
  
• The brief flashes back to a younger Yamamoto were also done in a really bizarre way (direction-wise), except for when Yamamoto he used Zanka no Tachi: Kita. That time it actually looked really cool.
  

Overall, I'll give this one a 3/5 (rounded up from 2.75/5), partly because my expectations were suuuuuper high (especially with the animators asking us to 'keep an eye out' for this episode on Twitter).

And I don't wanna trash the animators btw, they're overworked enough as it is. Besides, the animation wasn't even my main gripe with the episode, it was everything else surrounding it. The audio mixing, the poor directing, etc. The animation could have worked just fine if all the other aspects held up their end, but they clearly didn't.

EDIT: I've also realized this episode drops my overall rating of TYBW Season 1 from 8.7 down to 7.8 after reevaluating the current direction. It's a shame, but it is what it is. I hope they get their shit together for the rest of the cour.

Shinmalice said:

I have trouble understanding what you're saying but I will do my best:

1) Knowing a weakpoint doesnt mean you can fight against it especially when the captains already had trouble hurting the quincies before they started using the stolen bankai. That's why they started using bankai against those Quincies in the first place.

2) Zaraki has no bankai, that clone was simply stronger than Zaraki.

3) That clone is a Quincy. A real person, that clone cant clone himself. That Quincy's special ability is to copy a person's memory and experience. So that person basically has all the fighting experience Yhwach had before he got sealed. Zaraki also faced his twin brother who has a similiar ability. But his brother who copied Zaraki didnt have the memory and experience, so while he was physically as strong as Zaraki, he didnt know how to use Zaraki's body unlike the one who copied Yhwach.

4) I have trouble understanding this part. But I myself also dont think this CGI is very good in this fight. I however didnt mind the CGI during episode 1 with the Hollows.

5) I also have trouble understanding this one. So I will just vaguely guess what you mean with this one. Yamamoto explained the reason he used bankai was because he formed the conclusion that the Quincies can only steal bankai they have knowledge of. That's why he assumed the Quincies failed stealing Ichigo's bankai because it keeps improving. Yamamoto however hasnt used bankai in 1000years, so he believed they cant steal his because the bankai he has now is too different from the bankai he used 1000years ago.
This however was proven wrong when Yhwach appeared and said the only reason they didnt attempt to steal Yamamoto's bankai was because Yamamoto's bankai was too powerful to be stolen. Only Yhwach himself could steal Yamamoto's bankai.