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| oh my what haoaoas |
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| It seemed like all was lost, but there are 2 plans underway to change everything! kekeke |
| Poor Ukitake, I always thought such a nice guy deserved better. I did really like his flashback, imo elevated the scene from the manga, where the whole thing ended as soon as it started. Chad managing to make Yhwach stop his punch is the biggest feat he has have in the whole arc lol. AIZEN IS STILL HERE! The way he killed that fodder was lowkey hilarious. |
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| I didn’t expect that that’s why he was always sick Aizen 🔥🔥🔥 |
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| *Screaming, crying, shouting, giggling, rolling around, shouting, crying, screaming.* I just knew this week's episode would be hard on me because it would be centered around Ukitake, and as a manga reader, I just knew the cruel fate of Ukitake. While I'm happy we finally got almost a full episode of Ukitake at the same time I'm deeply sad and upset and not at all okay. Mainly because Ukitake got the super short end of the stick. He was always living with a bomb inside of him, because just because some local God healed his 'illness' (and even that failed, because hello? Ukitake was still sick!) in exchange for getting his all organs? What kind of deal that is? A poor one! Super-duper stupid and poor one. Then again, there is always a catch when someone promises you something that seems too good to be true. And before anyone starts 'but Ukitake lived centuries, so if you really think about it...' I don't want to read that. I still think Ukitake (and his parents) got tricked, though the parents knew (?) that in exchange for curing Ukitake's illness, he would lose his organs. While it's obvious his parents loved him dearly, I still think to cure illness = get our son's organs? In moments like these, I can't help but think doesn't anyone know anything about anatomy? Even I, who is very bad when comes to anatomy, I'm pretty sure without your all organs one can't live. Be it a soul or not. So, if Ukitake was going to die because of his illness...how did the pact with Mimihagi change anything? Expect made Ukitake's life...still? That flashback with Kyoraku gave us more info about that, but I couldn't help but question the end of Ukitake's sacrifice...was it worth it? I feel like Ukitake had decided to pause his life for this grand moment and that grand moment was basically his death, so in a way (at least to me) it felt like he never truly lived. Or, if he lived it was shadow life. I don't know. I feel like I'm missing some key point about Ukitake's character or it's just that I don't agree with his philosophy of 'there are two kinds of battles'. After all, it felt like his whole life did go with that mentality, which is...sad. But I suppose without that endless suffering and constant shadow of death over his shoulders, he wouldn't have been as kind a person as he was. Still. This was a very hard episode for me, especially because I know how things will turn out... What I found interesting was the fact that Yhwach didn't see Ukitake's move. It made me think of that saying "don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing", which actually makes a lot of sense, once we progress in the anime. Manga readers will understand this statement. But even without some people knowing what that truly means, it made me wonder why Yhwach couldn't see Ukitake's move? Because he can't see what Soul King (or his parts at least) does? Because Soul King is/was (is he still in his frozen state or dead-dead?) above him and because of that, his parts were also above Yhwach? I hope the anime will answer that question somehow. It was also interesting the rumor of Soul King's parts dropping from the sky (heaven?) was somewhat common knowledge at least among noble shinigamis...that's...when I now look at my sentence, that sounds pretty grim and horrible, doesn't it? But it begs the question: why Soul King's parts were severed and seemingly scattered all around the places? I'm pretty sure in one of Bleach's light novels' they explain that, but I can't remember that. Not to mention I hope the anime will explain that properly at some point. After all, we've got lots of filler content that has been crucial when comes to explaining certain things. That flashback of Ukitake was bittersweet. In a way, it was very lovely to see him grow and become the man he was, but at the same time a bit sad. It was also interesting how unlike how fandom usually likes to portray everybody the newer generation of Gotei 13 treated Ukitake when he would cough blood, at least in that flashback when he was having a mock battle against Kyoraku they didn't halt it just because Ukitake coughed some blood top of him. Sure, Sasakibe (talk about him being a pretty boy in his youth!) ended the fight, but only after it had reached a certain point. I think that also explains why Ukitake had such respect for them all! After all, while he was sick, that wasn't all that he was. He was kind, and witty and stood firmly on what he believed in. The scene of Kyoraku, Unohana, and Ukitake looking at Yamamoto's broken Zanpakuto was very...sad and grim. After all, Kyoraku all but probably knew he would be the only one left to live. Unohana was ready to throw her life for the sake of passing the Kenpachi torch to Zaraki Kenpachi and Ukitake was prepared to be a substitute for Soul King. Does that mean Ukitake knew or sensed Soul King would go down? Because if he hadn't...why else he would have been praying Mimihagi? It was an oddity that I hope will get some explanation at some point. It made me chuckle when Urahara said for once 'I don't know about this topic at all' as usually he knows just about everything. But I suppose his non-noble roots were revealed at that point? Because at least to me it felt like Mimihagi was noble shinigamis' closely guarded secret or maybe Urahara didn't know about it and things involved it because it was just some "random local god"? But it was pretty amusing, despite the grim situation. And again Soi Fon got called out when she tried to be the 'I know this all is very sad and emotional, but the crisis isn't yet over, people!' while both me and Rukia were screaming for Ukitake...aaaaah!!! But moving on. Finally, we saw Aizen in action. I feel like the fact he was shown in this episode and the fact the episode ended with him served as a nice contrast to Ukitake's loyalty toward Soul Society. After all, Aizen was all but scoffing at the idea of going out there to breathe air in Soul Society. Or maybe he was against it because Yhwach had ruined it? But somehow...thinking how Aizen was, I find it to be the first one. He has always been against Soul Society or rather the system of it as it's rotten. He went openly against it, while Ukitake went too against it in his own way. Once again, we were back to contrast in this episode, which was very interesting! And more contrasts were brought with that last bit of Uryuu's ending poem. The next episode's title...kind of gives a hint of what it might be about. |
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| WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Fucking fantastic this is! 😍 |
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| Sad to see Utikate go too. Overall, it's a good start with cour 3, but wow it's rushed. It's even more rushed than in the manga. They are leaving all the in-between jokes from the anime. I know they have limited time with how many eps. they have planned, but what a waste. They could do a fair adaptation of the manga, but oh well. I suppose it's better than nothing. |
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| Another banger 10/10. Finally, the strongest character in the story has arrived: Chair-sama Not even Yhwach or Aizen can make a dent in it it's so overpowered! Also it was so funny when Rukia started yelling at Ukitake "Could you tell us your bankai before you go and die?!?!". |
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So bad ukitake had to die without any good fight :(
| @pacynkadiabla Did we ever see his bankai? I can't remember it. |
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| I liked seeing the backstory for Jushiro, and that imagery in Jushiro's childhood was really incredible visually Aizen's return is so monumental though, such a great way to re-introduce the series' greatest villain |
| Really good story telling with this episode. Did anyone catch the poem and title of the next episode at the end? Sounds like Ichigo vs Uryu |
| I loooooved seeing the backstory of Jushiro omg! Thanks for that! And of course, the moment I've been waiting for... My lord and saviour, Aizen Sosuke is back! |
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| Sad for Ukitake, happy to see Aizen. |
| Christ what an episode. Man it's crazy to see what the build up for Ukitake's character was for all these years, his illness was way beyond a simple terminal illness, but God what an insane and grizzly ending for such a gentle character. I immediately knew after that flashback of Ukitake and Shunsui that someone wasn't going to make it, lowkey wish we kinda got to see more of Ukitake, Shunsui and Yamamoto's past sprinkled throughout the series, they're bond felt the most like a "family" within the Gotei 13 which i thought was really nice and wished they explored more of earlier on since it could of been something unique. Also because it would of made this season feel way more impactful with the loss of those character's as i would of felt even more of a bond to them prior, but still poor Shunsui :( At least Ukitake's sacrifice seems to be the biggest save of the century, even going beyond Yhwach's Almighty which is really interesting and giving everyone a second chance. Also crazy lore drop for the Mimiko and it's connections to the soul king. Each hand of the soul king resembling "advancement" or "stillness" and "stillness" somehow falling down to the Seireitei, becoming sentient(?) and being worshipped as it's own deity was really interesting world building. Holy shit the Aizen re-appearance did not disappoint, really gave him the coldest re introduction as the OG big bad of the series, man's aura is enough to vaporize the area surrounding him. Really hyped to know what Shunsui is cooking with Aizen, honestly what better person to barter and deal with a master mind then a curve ball like Shunsui. Love how high some of the stakes and sacrifices have become, every character seems to be pulling out all the stops out and going all in for this war, like christ, knowing Shunsui had to embed the final key to Aizen's cell in his own heart just to unlock three of Aizen's seals and talk to him is crazy. |
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| Man, they dedicated half of the episode to Ukitake... And finally Chair-sama! |
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| Good, interesting 😱 |
| Aizen comeback soon? Ukitake's holding the balance of the world together in place of the soul king at the moment, but I agree with what the captain said. How will they do it when Ukitake reaches his limit? |
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| A calm episode was unexpected for me since I didn't read the manga, but I loved it, we got to see and hear Aizen once again |
 Hola a tots! |
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THE GOD IS HERE BOYZZ
| @Tanishq002 Finally the best character in the whole series shows back up. |
| What an emotional episode. Seeing Ukitake's story is something so beautiful. |
| Seems like Aizen is going to be released and help Ichigo... |
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| Mostly a set up episode, but I’m excited to see that Aizen is back. Things are about to get crazy! (8/10) |
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