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Dealing with the aftermath of storm Sternritters and Yhwach left soul society with. Plentiful deaths, uncountable casualties and more so the death of captain commander Yamamoto. Can't blame even the cool headed captains getting worked up. Though it isn't just them dealing with the hardships here, Ichigo’s on the same boat with his broken Zanpakuto.

Though whom to help with this ever old problem this time around? Zero division. Good to see the team of five making into the adaptation, though we already had a glance of them in the opening but still. It’s off to a brief training time in the palace of the king of souls from here on, not just for Ichigo but for Renji, Rukia and Byakuya as well. Hot Springs the first spot xD

Also have to mention about some of the old faces making their return, from Kon to the Fullbringers. But most important of all, it’s official that the one who saved Urahara and the gang back in Hueco Mundo from Quilge was no one other than GRIMMJOW AKA THE SECOND BEST BOY.

Suwabe Junichi’s voice is so easy to recognize lol.
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Well... the aftermath of the battle can definitely be seen in all of the Soul Society. They can't even mourn. I feel bad for them. Many are injured and I hope they'll be back on their feet soon enough. They felt so emotionally vulnerable, especially Soi fon even tho she's a captain. The Zero squad is cool honestly.

Some new faces and some old familiar faces were also in this episode. Loved seeing all of them. Pretty light-hearted episode IMO which was needed after all the shit everyone went through. No Rukia fanservice... Big L.
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Shinji's personality never ceases to amuse me, even in this season. Glad to see him back again.

Looks like this episode serves as the aftermath of the recent fights. Seeing Ichigo and the others all bandaged up hurts. Slower paced episode th
Nov 28, 2022 7:32 AM
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Zero division finally here. Time for some training. K vs K coming up in the next couple of episodes as well. This cour is just going to get better.
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Nov 28, 2022 7:34 AM
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The episode was pretty good, I like the introduction of the squad zero, some sort of training arc about to happen??!

I need to rewatch it with subs, but i didn’t get the idea of you not being able to restore a broken bankai, I feel like we’ve seen that happen before.

Also, is it just me or Shinji VA sounded different? Maybe I’m just imagining things… by the way, I never realized he spoke in such a strong Kansai accent before lol
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Pretty good episode with the introduction of squad zero. Glad to see some old faces and the new goat Ichibei.

Finally, we will be able to see Soul King who is Universal+ level that can solo Big 3 verses.

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They cut out all the comedy parts from the manga...
No Bodybuilder Kon, no Urahara trolling Mayuri, No Renji leek, No Rukia peach...

Would have preferred to see them but whatever...

They are trying to move fast to get to the action

Kokorowagurasu said:
The episode was pretty good, I like the introduction of the squad zero, some sort of training arc about to happen??!

I need to rewatch it with subs, but i didn’t get the idea of you not being able to restore a broken bankai, I feel like we’ve seen that happen before.

Also, is it just me or Shinji VA sounded different? Maybe I’m just imagining things… by the way, I never realized he spoke in such a strong Kansai accent before lol


It's the same seiyuu, I mean it's being 10 years he didn't do Shinji (if you don't count games like Brave souls ). Also he's older

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It's great to see that all of Ichigo's close soul reaper friends managed to survive the battle. There were so many great cameos this episode! From the arrancar with Urahara who looks like was probably Grimmjow, to the three dead Fullbringers with the Shiba clan alongside Kukaku Shiba mentioning their uncle (Ichigo's dad). We also got to see Kon, squad zero, and the Soul King.

There appears to be a little bit of rivalry between squad zero and the 13 court guard squads. I must say, I really like their designs and their attitudes.

This series needed an episode to cool down after the non-stop action, and I think this did a really good job of that. We got a lot of info in this episode and it looks like the soul society and the main characters will be able to gain enough strength in the future to at least put up a decent defense before the next invasion and not get curve-stomped.

I would say my favorite parts of the episode were just seeing the captains interacting with one another. Both from squad zero vs Gotei 13 and from the vizard captains vs the non-vizard captains. The character interactions really portray a rich history and deep internal conflicts between them.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce you to one of the most powerful characters in Bleach.



Decent episode, after two amazing episodes full of action and important stuff happening with no time to let you breathe, it's expected to see things settle down a bit for now.
Nov 28, 2022 8:21 AM

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Okay episode... Nothing really to talk about with animation or storyboard. Cut comedy is fine. Byakuya not dying will forever be Kubo's biggest fumble. Squad 0 are cool enough. 6/10


Nov 28, 2022 8:22 AM

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The Gotei 13 and Soul Society are completely messed up while the Zero Division are hilarious. It's quite interesting contrast.
Nov 28, 2022 8:26 AM
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Fantastic ep!! Love to see Squad Zero!!
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the Squad Zero and Soul King are finally here, great episode

also there its implied that Grimmjow is the one that help Urahara, Orihime and Sado against that Jail quincy
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Nov 28, 2022 8:32 AM
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THEY SHOWED GRIMMJOW! He wasn't showed in Manga. The anime is soo much better than the manga. Plus return of king KON. The animation is soo clean
Nov 28, 2022 8:33 AM

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Pretty good episode.

As much as I like Byakuya I was hoping he would have been killed off. Would have been perfect last episode. Not surprised should have been expecting him to live since its bleach.


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Nov 28, 2022 8:34 AM

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There is 3 big problems with this anime with 2 coming from manga itself.

1- Pacing

Pacing is extremely fast, they cut too much and squeezing scenes to fit so much in one episode. There is no way non-manga readers can feel or understand anything at this point.

2- Writing

Writing was always bad in Bleach because Tite Kubo is bad writer. Soul Society Arc was his best. There was no reason to Byakuya survive but he survives anyway.

3- Worldbuilding

Worldbuilding doesn't make sense even from the first episode, there is no correlation between anything, there is no reason, explanation, how this works, how that works etc. etc.
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Nov 28, 2022 8:35 AM
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As an anime only its nice to finally get to see the Royal Palace
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Solid episode but they cut the peach scene so I am incredibly disappointed
Nov 28, 2022 8:41 AM

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So when Ichigo and others were launched to Soul Palace, were those Xcusion members with them? Didn't they die?
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Squad zero makes their entrance and their members got quite the personalities. Feels like a fun bunch. I'm glad Byakuya survived, hope he gets better after the treatment from squad zero. Glad to see Orihime and others doing well and seems like Grimmjow's with them.
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begija said:
So when Ichigo and others were launched to Soul Palace, were those Xcusion members with them? Didn't they die?

They died as human and back to Soul Society as souls.
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Is kinda sad using Soi Fon as plot device to say what the audience is thinking, but is always good to see Soi Fon.

We got to see Shutara. This is a good day.

Grimmjow's abs.

More about Ichigo's family. Today cousins.
Nov 28, 2022 8:53 AM
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Anyone like the additional scenes Kubo added in this episode? Like them mentioning Isshin saying “Even if it makes Uncle sad” as well as them showing Ginjo and the others earlier? I don’t think I remember seeing that in the manga.

This episode was slower, as to be expected, but overall amazing just like the rest!
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Okeanix said:
begija said:
So when Ichigo and others were launched to Soul Palace, were those Xcusion members with them? Didn't they die?

They died as human and back to Soul Society as souls.

that's kinda weird, since I remember in last episode (366) Ichigo went to Soul Society to retrieve Ginjo's body. That would mean both his soul and body were there.
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After 4 episodes of absolute fire, we're met with the calm of the storm we just went through. Not much here to say other than being surprised with comedy right off the bat, not a bad thing, after all, there's a lot of potential for comic relief after such an incident, and even still there manages to be a sad and tense tone in the aftermath of the invasion.

We're introduced to Squad 0, who're willing to help Ichigo and restore Rukia, Renji and Byakuya. It seems Kubo is not killing Byakuya in the anime either which is understandable given the hell he went through the first time.

There's a lot of foreshadowing in this episode, especially regarding Unohana and some cameos of Grimmjow and the Fullbringers, which I don't recall them being cameo'd that early in the manga, but it's something that really excited me.

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Byakuya not dying will forever be Kubo's biggest fumble. Squad 0 are cool enough. 6/10


That wasn't really Kubo's fault, he was pressured a lot with death threats from Byakuya fanboys, and while is sad that he kept him alive in the anime, I wouldn't say it was a fumble, it's sad how much power some salty fanboys have over someone's work.

@Okeanix

You are speaking on behalf of others while your points are simply not true at all or are vague accusations of things you're probably aren't aware of.

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begija said:
Okeanix said:

They died as human and back to Soul Society as souls.

that's kinda weird, since I remember in last episode (366) Ichigo went to Soul Society to retrieve Ginjo's body. That would mean both his soul and body were there.


Well as i wrote in my other comment
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There is 3 big problems with this anime with 2 coming from manga itself.
3- Worldbuilding

Worldbuilding doesn't make sense even from the first episode, there is no correlation between anything, there is no reason, explanation, how this works, how that works etc. etc.


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@Okeanix

You are speaking on behalf of others while your points are simply not true at all or are vague accusations of things you're probably aren't aware of.


I enjoy and like Bleach even thought it is extremely bad written series.

I didn't enjoyed manga in this arc even one chapter, it was suck from start to end but anime does good job.

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Okeanix said:
There is 3 big problems with this anime with 2 coming from manga itself.

1- Pacing

Pacing is extremely fast, they cut too much and squeezing scenes to fit so much in one episode. There is no way non-manga readers can feel or understand anything at this point.

2- Writing

Writing was always bad in Bleach because Tite Kubo is bad writer. Soul Society Arc was his best. There was no reason to Byakuya survive but he survives anyway.

3- Worldbuilding

Worldbuilding doesn't make sense even from the first episode, there is no correlation between anything, there is no reason, explanation, how this works, how that works etc. etc.


No way non-manga readers can understand? Well that's clearly false seeing as me and many other people who haven't read TYBW can easily understand everything going on lmao. And Kubo is a bad writer? That's farrrr over-stepping it. Kubo is in no way a bad writer, honestly that's an outrageous statement even.
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peak....introducing squad 0....effects of war....all just are peak....
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begija said:
Okeanix said:

They died as human and back to Soul Society as souls.

that's kinda weird, since I remember in last episode (366) Ichigo went to Soul Society to retrieve Ginjo's body. That would mean both his soul and body were there.


Do not pay attention to Okeanix, he's giving you misinformation. Shinigamis have the power to send off souls to the Soul Society, if humans are killed, they become spirits that will wander until either they're attacked by hollows, lose their mind and become hollows, or they're sent off by a Shinigami, it's one of the most basic things Bleach teaches early on. So, Shinigamis defeated the Fullbringers, they died, and they went to Soul Society mostly because they were slain by Shinigamis.

I'm sure there's some details regarding Ginjo, but I can't speak much there because it's been a while.

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After a bunch of action-packed episodes, this was a breather and a change of pace which was the right idea at least on paper. I normally can enjoy breather episodes but this was really boring to me and I would say easily the least enjoyable episode so far from this entry. I've enjoyed much better breather episodes like these many other times compared to this one. Hopefully should be better with the next episode. At least there were some introductions and build to work as foreshadowing for the rest of the series.
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AdolZeppeli said:

Do not pay attention to Okeanix, he's giving you misinformation. Shinigamis have the power to send off souls to the Soul Society, if humans are killed, they become spirits that will wander until either they're attacked by hollows, lose their mind and become hollows, or they're sent off by a Shinigami, it's one of the most basic things Bleach teaches early on. So, Shinigamis defeated the Fullbringers, they died, and they went to Soul Society mostly because they were slain by Shinigamis.

I'm sure there's some details regarding Ginjo, but I can't speak much there because it's been a while.

still weird that Ginjo's body and soul were at the same place at the same time.

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begija said:

still weird that Ginjo's body and soul were at the same place at the same time.


Remember that Gigai exists.

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Grimmjow? WTF???

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did they just cut the buff kon scene ? squad zero is so cool. seeing kukaku was awesome. and I don't remember full bringers being there too so that's hype.

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Grimmjow? WTF???


He wasn't killed, Nnoitra tried to kill him off himself, but it was never shown that he died. Same reason Halibel and the Tres Bestias were still alive in Hueco Mundo.

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AdolZeppeli said:
begija said:

still weird that Ginjo's body and soul were at the same place at the same time.


Remember that Gigai exists.


Gigai for what? For Gigai is for Shinigami to "implant" their soul in order to be in the world of living. It has nothing to do with Soul Society.
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Bleach has no business being this good after all these years they kept me waiting. When I got to this part in manga I was sure they couldn't possibly make it more interesting in anime. Each new episode I get surprised and even more excited than the last. When I think " ok nothing can beat this scene visually", next episode looks even better. The characters have more depth than they ever had in the series. This should be the new standard for all the other shows.
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Grimmjow is back Bois!

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A much calmer episode now that the invasion's over. It's nice to finally meet Squad Zero, and also to see the Fullbringers in the Soul Society after their deaths. I actually enjoyed that arc, unlike many.
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Gigai for what? For Gigai is for Shinigami to "implant" their soul in order to be in the world of living. It has nothing to do with Soul Society.


I Might be wrong then. But don't give it too much thought, he was still slain by a Shinigami and his soul would still go to the Soul Society afterwards. Ichigo only retrieved his body for an overglorified funeral. Also, Xcution members appeared late in this arc, they actually showed them early in the anime, there's a good chance Kubo will use the cut content to add new content regarding them and further explain this, let's hope that's the case.



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The Soul Society has not experienced this kind of a large scale attack in a long time. A lot of things change from here. We finally get to see the Zero division. They are a bunch of weird yet awesome guys imo. It's time for the training arc now!!!! We also get to see a few old characters back on screen!!! Overall this was a good episode.
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i honestly hate comic relief presented in this anime, and it was such a good start to this season for 7 episodes
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Let's gooo Zero Squad is here!! 🔥. Btw they didn't showed Rukia's butt in the hot spring like in the manga 😂😂
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I feel misled. There was a Squad 0 all this time. They didn't bother to help. Yes, I know dude said their job is to guard the Royal Palace, but still. Aren't they 5 of the original 13? They look like it. They let the old man go out like that. Anywho... why didn't they take Kinny I wonder. He's as bad off as Byakuya. At least they're still both still alive. Hopefully, Byakuya survives his treatment of being thrown from hot spring to hot spring like a rag doll.
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begija said:
So when Ichigo and others were launched to Soul Palace, were those Xcusion members with them? Didn't they die?

THEY'RE BACK BABYYYYYY
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Pretty good episode.

still weird that Ginjo's body and soul were at the same place at the same time.

They tried to burry Ginjo in SS to permantly kill him.


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Soi Fon is angey af need Yoruichi to calm her down. Squad zero is introduced and the Royal Palace looked so gorgeous. The Soul king is still a mystery for me. A training arc for Ichigo? and making a new sword for him. A lil calm episode after the storm and i loved the color pallet throughout this episode.
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