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Jul 22, 2023 12:02 PM
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the best ever anime .-)
Jul 22, 2023 12:06 PM
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It’s really cool to see how captain 10 looks with a hollow mask
Jul 22, 2023 12:14 PM
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it was amazing, I have read manga but it's better and I am really forward for our of manga fights like there can be fights involving nel and grimmjow and yes ichigo too
Jul 22, 2023 12:18 PM

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'I'm seriously not a fan of killing xxxxx, but...

Another fantastic eps, but I had to self censor because gender identity gets you banned here when you discuss it
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Jul 22, 2023 12:32 PM
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Amazing fantastic i loved it
Jul 22, 2023 12:38 PM

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Lol! Urahara trolling Mayuri by panicking all 'don't cut the line! I'm about to reveal how awesome I'm!' while in reality, he was just messing with Mayuri. Pretty classic Urahara to mess with someone and especially doing so to Mayuri who already hates Urahara for being a bit better than him. (Which Urahara likes to bring out, much to Mayuri's annoyance.) Luckily Mayuri still agreed over the fact they could use his lab...talk about desperate times, because in any other scenario? I bet Mayuri would have flatly refused Urahara. (Which he probably knew very well.)

Those bugs they used...reminded Mayuri's caterpillar/baby Zanpakuto...I suppose it made sense those would, but even so...ugh. ^^'
Omg! Mayuri's sunflower outfit was pulsing like a pretty rainbow. (I swear if I won't see some lgbt+ gifs or pictures of the Mayuri motif in that outfit, I think it'll be a small crime. The opportunity is just too delicious to pass by.)

I loved how Mayuri and Urahara were talking with each other about how Quincies basically fear Hollows and the fact Mayuri was all but measuring down Urahara. While Urahara was his usual, laidback self. Despite that, he appeared all serious, which I bet Mayuri saw. Even so...it was an interesting scene. Very informative and two geniuses measuring each other down (or at least Mayuri was. Hard to write about Urahara.)

The tables really turned in this episode in Shinigamis' favor, thanks to Urahara and Mayuri! And the rest of the 12th Division members' help.
Despite the fact Soi Fon's Bankai is a bit clunky and big, the animation of firing it and its bullet hitting BG9 was very cool. And once again it showed despite the fact Soi Fon's and Omaeda's relationship is a bit difficult, they work very well as captain and lieutenant. It's kind of unfortunate, though, Soi Fon's Bankai didn't seemingly change when it got briefly hollowfied...unlike Hitsugaya's.

I think Toshiro's hollowfied Bankai looked very cool! Not to mention, talk about rude, Cang Du! For not believing Zanpakuto could be a spirit of its own mind...then again, I suppose it makes sense he wouldn't believe in such thing as Quincies don't have Zanpakuto spirits or generally their own, special weapons. They just have unique powers, thanks to Yhwach... when considering that, it's a bit ironic getting 'superpowers' from mighty Quincy King makes sense and is alright, but when it's about Zanpakuto spirits, it's about faith? Oh well, I suppose it's about what one is used to. Let everybody believe in what they want to...though Toshiro truly showed the mightiness of Hyorinmaru! Not to mention, it made me snicker a bit when Toshiro apologized he couldn't make a pentagram out of Cang Du...

Yes, yes, yes!! I knew it was teased we would see Shinji's Bankai and now we finally saw it! (In manga it wasn't shown.) And man, what a treat it was! Thought it was a short clip, it was still very awesome to see Shinji's Bankai in the anime. So happy we got to see it because I always found it a bit unfortunate we didn't see certain captains' Bankais in the manga...

Not to mention, the music that hit each time Shinji was on screen? *Chef's kiss.* Classic Shinji which made the viewer feel all smoooth,

When Yhwach granted his Sternritters their Quincy Voll Stern Dich (or more like allowed them to use those once again), those looked actually very pretty. Each Sternritters' color seemed to be different, making them all stand out and be just...pretty. Yeah, deadly, but pretty.

It was nice this episode had a bit more colorful spots here and there, giving more life to the episode. While the color palette, red and light blue hues are all nice and show the viewer nicely both sides...those spots of color? It was welcomed, at least from my side.

And once again at the very end, we saw Ichigo struggling his way to that torii gate. That glimpse of Soul King...I wonder if Ichigo will find out the 'truth' about Soul King and if yes...how will that change him?

Also! Finally, in the next episode, Komamura will get his chance to shine!
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Jul 22, 2023 12:39 PM
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Fantastic episode those who are saying otherwise dont deserve to have an opinion😏
Jul 22, 2023 12:44 PM

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They're still using so many stillframes and aftermath of their abilities instead of actual smooth action scenes. Well, Shinji was still a badass with his bankai against Bambietta. And yeah, Yhwach obvly has a counterplan against the Soul Reapers once again.


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Jul 22, 2023 12:50 PM
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Just when you thought Soul Society got the upper hand the Quencies get their own power-up. Then again I guess if Soul Society is allowed to all get something to help them, the Quencies should too.
Jul 22, 2023 1:03 PM

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Finally we were able to see Shinji's Bankai. Soul Reapers were thinking that the tables have turned but Stern Ritters came out with a power up. Looking forward for good animated fights.
Jul 22, 2023 1:13 PM

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SHINJI WEEK SHINJI WEEK

THIS IS THE WEEK OF SHINJI and gundamn did it deliver!
Jul 22, 2023 1:23 PM
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Amazing!!!!!...
Jul 22, 2023 1:30 PM

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VERY GOODINGTON!!!!SLIMEBALL
Jul 22, 2023 2:05 PM
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Amazing episode!!!!!!!
Jul 22, 2023 2:27 PM

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Feel Shinji's Bankai scene could have been a bit longer, but the rest of the episode was nice. I liked the extended fights with Cang Du and Mask and Bambietta was very cute.
Jul 22, 2023 2:57 PM
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10/10 Shinji and Toshiro and ikkaku and Hisagi!! bleach fans won again today!
Jul 22, 2023 2:59 PM

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Shinji’s bankai is very scary.
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Jul 22, 2023 3:32 PM
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Me gusta este anime.

Jul 22, 2023 3:51 PM

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broo i want actionnnn cmonnnnn
Jul 22, 2023 4:16 PM
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Impressive they only took 3 chapters now, really curious what they are gonna do next. Everything was amazingly good, ost, seiyus, art.
Jul 22, 2023 4:24 PM
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animation: 9/10 , history: 3/10
Jul 22, 2023 4:50 PM
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silent2022 said:
animation: 9/10 , history: 3/10
what history are you talking abt
Clean your eyes boy the teaser of the soul king past with ichigo is definitely top tier plus ywach birth ay now you ppl are complaining for absolutely no reason-just hating😑

We litterally got more info on why quincies hate hollows this much to the point that they want to erase them from existence
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peak as usual bleach is carrying2023
Jul 22, 2023 5:50 PM

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urahara is my fave character from this show so i'm glad he got some focus but ngl, i was getting bored this episode. shinji got the best treatment this episode though, the 2 seconds of comic book art style and the music during the scene where he was messing with bambietta was cool. welp, yet another surprise for the gotei 13 at the end.
Jul 22, 2023 6:17 PM

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Them crosses at the end, looks like Yhwach triggered the Third Impact
Jul 22, 2023 6:22 PM
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a way was found to return the Bankai but it allowed the Quincey to use a sealed power
Jul 22, 2023 6:34 PM

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This cour sucks compared to the previous one imo. 3 episodes in and everything's been average at best, especially this episode. Kisuke's explanation about how that black pill worked took way too long and the action sequences that followed were too short by comparison.

Also all that hype about Shinji getting an anime-exclusive fight in this cour only for it to last less than a minute was like a slap to the face, but was made even worse because his Bankai is so ridiculously impractical since he can't use it when his allies are around and it's totally useless in a 1-on-1 fight. He was cursed with what is possibly the worst Bankai in the franchise...
Jul 22, 2023 6:44 PM
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The sternritters are transforming! Can't wait to see how crazy their abilities are. I hope we get to see more of Ichigo tho.
Jul 22, 2023 6:45 PM

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Early_Morning said:
This cour sucks compared to the previous one imo. 3 episodes in and everything's been average at best, especially this episode. Kisuke's explanation about how that black pill worked took way too long and the action sequences that followed were too short by comparison.

Also all that hype about Shinji getting an anime-exclusive fight in this cour only for it to last less than a minute was like a slap to the face, but was made even worse because his Bankai is so ridiculously impractical since he can't use it when his allies are around and it's totally useless in a 1-on-1 fight. He was cursed with what is possibly the worst Bankai in the franchise...

I wouldn't call it the most useless one. Its banned for a reason (being impractical and dangerous), but also because its OP.

If we went for that logic of 1 vs 1 combats, then Shuhei would be worse since his Bankai doesn't inflict damage.
Jul 22, 2023 7:09 PM
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Early_Morning said:
This cour sucks compared to the previous one imo. 3 episodes in and everything's been average at best, especially this episode. Kisuke's explanation about how that black pill worked took way too long and the action sequences that followed were too short by comparison.

Also all that hype about Shinji getting an anime-exclusive fight in this cour only for it to last less than a minute was like a slap to the face, but was made even worse because his Bankai is so ridiculously impractical since he can't use it when his allies are around and it's totally useless in a 1-on-1 fight. He was cursed with what is possibly the worst Bankai in the franchise...
tybw 1 first 4 ep was also like this...the main ep started from ep 5 to ep 7..so wait for some time
Jul 22, 2023 7:10 PM
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DreadfulLaw said:
broo i want actionnnn cmonnnnn
this already had so much avtiona and there is yet to come
Jul 22, 2023 7:14 PM

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It's always a good time when you have Urahara in the episode
It was cool seeing Shinji's Bankai in the anime finally, felt like a weird song choice in the background but maybe that was just to add to the bizarre feeling of it all
Another good episode with lots of action and the post credits scene with Ichigo was awesome
Jul 22, 2023 7:19 PM

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Shinji taking that hollowfication tablet seems like a plothole... He is a Visored after all, his bankai shouldn't have been stolen, just like Ichigo's wasn't.
Jul 22, 2023 7:30 PM

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Sir_Crusher said:
Shinji taking that hollowfication tablet seems like a plothole... He is a Visored after all, his bankai shouldn't have been stolen, just like Ichigo's wasn't.
The Bankai itself has to be hollowifieid for the quincies not to steal it.
So the Visoreds weren't immune to losing their bankais before the black pills appeared.
Jul 22, 2023 7:52 PM
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Wooow Shinji Bankai finally, the best non-manga scene in the entire series...

I hope there will be more scenes of Cang Du and BG9 so I can see their Vollstandig.



(っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥
Jul 22, 2023 8:02 PM
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Wow this is terrible. Shinji’s bankai was a joke. Were people actually excited for this? Shinji has never been a good or interesting character, so why were people clamoring for this weak bankai to be shown anyway? Kyoka suigetsu is literally just Shinji’s shikai and Bankai combined, but much better. So much hype for a one minute scene where he uses a bland and incredibly situational bankai ability on a bunch of fodder. Incredible.
Jul 22, 2023 10:11 PM

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This episode was like 3 minutes long.  

Ichigo doesn't seem to be getting very far on his little garden path. Gotta admit I'm not mad at topless sweaty Ichigo. I don't even feel like a pervy old lady staring at a high schooler any more. :D
Jul 22, 2023 10:12 PM

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I can't say anything but another great episode. Shini's bankai is the highlight.
Jul 22, 2023 10:32 PM

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I really hope this new power the Quincies just activated makes sense, especially in relation as to why they stole those bankai's to begin with.

If they had this power all along & never needed the bankai's, it'll be really dumb. If they just say "oh we never needed them anyway, as this power is better!" then it'll just make everything that came before look incredibly stupid. 

Outside of that, I really enjoyed the episode. I don't have any complaints YET, even though the animation isn't quite as good as last season. I expect that'll change when we get into the bigger battles, so no problems there!
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Jul 22, 2023 11:09 PM
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Anyone else feels like they’re dialing down on the gore and violence? Like Shinji seems to give one of the Quincies a slash to the neck and no head flew, no blood even
Jul 22, 2023 11:12 PM
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I really hope this new power the Quincies just activated makes sense, especially in relation as to why they stole those bankai's to begin with.

If they had this power all along & never needed the bankai's, it'll be really dumb. If they just say "oh we never needed them anyway, as this power is better!" then it'll just make everything that came before look incredibly stupid. 

Outside of that, I really enjoyed the episode. I don't have any complaints YET, even though the animation isn't quite as good as last season. I expect that'll change when we get into the bigger battles, so no problems there!


The point of stealing the bankais and killing the Shinigami with it was to humiliate then and crush they’re pride.

Now from a fighting standpoint, let’s assume:

Base sterneitter = 1
Base captain = 1
Captain + bankai = 2
Sternritter + power up = 2
Sternritter + bankai = 1.5

So a Sternritter with bankai would be at advantage if they’re fighting a captain without bankai, it makes sense in terms of strategy, specially when you think how many bankai are not just brute force but full of hax
Jul 22, 2023 11:14 PM
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this was too good and shinji's bankai is on the next level I haven't expected the speciality of shinji's bankai (non manga reader)
Jul 22, 2023 11:29 PM
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shinji literally did nothing in the manga
this was atleast better than that
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landofthekwt said:
a way was found to return the Bankai but it allowed the Quincey to use a sealed power

Counter to counter to counter at the moment.
Jul 23, 2023 1:00 AM

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Sagisu's OSTs are so god-like.
Kokorowagurasu said:
Anyone else feels like they’re dialing down on the gore and violence? Like Shinji seems to give one of the Quincies a slash to the neck and no head flew, no blood even
Shinji's bankai has a blunt circle. He just smashed that guy's neck with it.
Jul 23, 2023 2:01 AM
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The best episode so far. The fights and the way the shinigami learn how to regain their bankai are exceptional.
Jul 23, 2023 3:11 AM
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Of course Urahara coming in clutch as always.

OMG SHINJI BANKAI!!😭
That OST during Shinji and Bambi scene was Amazing.

Damn Ichigo only shows up in after credits scene, twice in a row now.
Jul 23, 2023 3:20 AM

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Shinji finally gets his time to shine, nice to see his mind-bending Bankai in action.
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Jul 23, 2023 3:42 AM

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How Shinji's shikai effects were portrayed was the highlight of this episode. I liked it far back as well when he activated it against Aizen, but this time it looks so psychedelic. Gotta love it. 
His bankai on the other hand is sick and disturbing in concept but wasn't animated well enough...for seeing it the first time. 

Hitsugaya's bankai returning was the definition of the rule of cool. God dawn. 

Jul 23, 2023 3:43 AM
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Gotta love Shinji his osts always been good
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