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Dec 21, 6:28 AM
#1
Glad this season didn't forget about Bazz-B Hell of an episode about his past and connection to Yhwach. It's also important to see Jugram's past here. Got to see more reasons why Bazz-B maintained his rivalry all this time from both the past and present against Jugram. I think the VA did a decent job at protraying Bazz-B and his emotions here. This episode had more emotional impact for Bazz-B than the battle itself. |
Dec 21, 6:28 AM
#2
Calling someone Bazz as a nickname is already weird in itself tbh lol, so I won’t really blame Haschwalth here. Though now, I kind of liked how we were going back and forth in the past/present during the entire backstory. Tells a lot about how these two have changed over the course of the time. Jugram being the timid one, surprisingly, isn’t like that at all anymore. Bazz-B might still be the same, but yeah, the entire foundation of this friendship was built over how badly they wanted to kill Yhwach… seriously, how fast the time changed lol. Now yeah, the backstory in itself is pretty simple, and I mean they didn’t even try to make it something super deep or anything. It’s really just about a kid who actually wanted to become something, but yeah, since the plot has given Haschwalth more priority, Bazz B became just an extra lol. Yhwach didn’t need to put it that BLUNTLY as well to Bazz B lmaoooo. Dude lost all his confidence, I mean. Also, dude voiced by Kamiya Hiroshi, stop adding fuel to the fire, pls! Great episode btw. They really made myself care for these two.. the friends:( Feeling for Bazz-B as well. |
Dec 21, 6:28 AM
#3
Ever since TYBW was announced to be adapted, there was two main events I was excited as hell to be animated, that being BLADE IS ME and today's episode, FRIENDS. In my head when reading this part of TYBW, I wanted some Kakashi v. Obito type direction. I ofc wasn't expecting it to happen, let alone we even get to this part, but here we are. Whether or not we don't get that type of direction, I'm just happy to see this finally adapted. And I mean, already right off the bat, god do these backgrounds in the flashback look phenomenal. Though, ofc, having to see the backstory does mean we have to see their sad upbrining, in which is all thanks to Yhwach himself. Yes, the person they literally work for. You ask why? Well, it's all in order to infiltrate their ranks and backstab Yhwach for what he did... except he only sees potential in Jugram... LOL. Poor Bazz man. But there's a reason for that ofc. It's because the only reason Bazz even had that power in the first place was because of the fact Jugram gives HIM those powers. People could say that Jugram is an L friend, but to be fair, they never were friends to begin with. Which ultimately ends in Bazz's defeat.. very shamefully. Really had to shove it in out faces with that friEND. Easily my favorite episode of the cour, and probably in the top three of all TYBW so far. Well done Pierrot |
Dec 21, 6:51 AM
#4
Love the remixed music at the beginning. And another stellar looking episode. I'm excited for the two-parter next week. I'm very curious where they're going to end the Cour |
Dec 21, 7:07 AM
#5
Finally we see Jugram's past! What an amazing episode. Bazz-B will be missed. |
Dec 21, 7:24 AM
#7
A truly masterpiece. Epic! |
Dec 21, 7:24 AM
#8
Waiting for the retards to show up who complain there isn’t enough action and unga bunga throwing punches, and who disregard character development in this series anyway, because they don't care. The last two episodes have shown that clearly. Without a doubt, AOTY. |
Dec 21, 7:33 AM
#9
Peak fiction. 10/10. |
Dec 21, 7:35 AM
#10
Now you know why Bazz-B wanted to kill Yhwach, it wasn't just because of the Auswahlen. He always wanted to kill him. |
Dec 21, 7:45 AM
#11
rip bazz you never stand a chance against your best friend jugo |
Dec 21, 7:52 AM
#12
Bazz and Hash-whatever backstory. The usual friendship cliche but interestingly we got to know that Yhwach was just a dictator to his people. Anyway that's it for Bazz B he won't be buzzing around anymore. |
Dec 21, 8:00 AM
#14
Reply to IzanaSolos
Ever since TYBW was announced to be adapted, there was two main events I was excited as hell to be animated, that being BLADE IS ME and today's episode, FRIENDS. In my head when reading this part of TYBW, I wanted some Kakashi v. Obito type direction. I ofc wasn't expecting it to happen, let alone we even get to this part, but here we are. Whether or not we don't get that type of direction, I'm just happy to see this finally adapted.
And I mean, already right off the bat, god do these backgrounds in the flashback look phenomenal. Though, ofc, having to see the backstory does mean we have to see their sad upbrining, in which is all thanks to Yhwach himself. Yes, the person they literally work for. You ask why? Well, it's all in order to infiltrate their ranks and backstab Yhwach for what he did... except he only sees potential in Jugram... LOL. Poor Bazz man.
But there's a reason for that ofc. It's because the only reason Bazz even had that power in the first place was because of the fact Jugram gives HIM those powers. People could say that Jugram is an L friend, but to be fair, they never were friends to begin with. Which ultimately ends in Bazz's defeat.. very shamefully. Really had to shove it in out faces with that friEND.
Easily my favorite episode of the cour, and probably in the top three of all TYBW so far. Well done Pierrot
And I mean, already right off the bat, god do these backgrounds in the flashback look phenomenal. Though, ofc, having to see the backstory does mean we have to see their sad upbrining, in which is all thanks to Yhwach himself. Yes, the person they literally work for. You ask why? Well, it's all in order to infiltrate their ranks and backstab Yhwach for what he did... except he only sees potential in Jugram... LOL. Poor Bazz man.
But there's a reason for that ofc. It's because the only reason Bazz even had that power in the first place was because of the fact Jugram gives HIM those powers. People could say that Jugram is an L friend, but to be fair, they never were friends to begin with. Which ultimately ends in Bazz's defeat.. very shamefully. Really had to shove it in out faces with that friEND.
Easily my favorite episode of the cour, and probably in the top three of all TYBW so far. Well done Pierrot
IzanaSolos said: I wanted some Kakashi v. Obito type direction. @IzanaSolos that would have been epic and sad at the same time, with the music, man |
Dec 21, 8:03 AM
#15
Reply to MegamiRem
Bazz and Hash-whatever backstory. The usual friendship cliche but interestingly we got to know that Yhwach was just a dictator to his people. Anyway that's it for Bazz B he won't be buzzing around anymore.
@MegamiRem the flashback may be childhood friendship cliche but it's still great and very much needed giving the fact that not many Stern Ritters had some character development, but to be honest, I always thought that it took kind of long from Kubo to show Bazz and Jugo’s story, how they met Yhwach or their actual goals. I mean, in the anime, we’re heading to part/cour 4 which is the final bit of the arc, and in this mean time we had to see a lot of people talking shit and arguing that Kubo created a whole alphabet of antagonists without any layer of depth. Even in the manga, I feel like this backstory could've happened sooner... |
neffst3rDec 21, 8:25 AM
Dec 21, 8:06 AM
#16
Yhh this peak bleach 🔥 was waiting this moment to be adapted! |
Dec 21, 8:10 AM
#17
Dec 21, 8:14 AM
#18
You see, is fine to kill Quincy's, if is over a long period of time. Or if they are being killed by other Quincy's. Jugo be like, people when they say they care about environment, or are anti-war and they get a job in a corporation. |
Dec 21, 8:39 AM
#19
Reply to 18927
Waiting for the retards to show up who complain there isn’t enough action and unga bunga throwing punches, and who disregard character development in this series anyway, because they don't care. The last two episodes have shown that clearly.
Without a doubt, AOTY.
Without a doubt, AOTY.
@18927 These subhumans are oblivious to the fact that this cour is being celebrated by all relevant corners of the internet and that their talking points are a dying breed. They're very loud (because they're low IQ) but actively acknowledging them here before they even show themselves just makes them look bigger than they actually are. |
Dec 21, 8:54 AM
#21
Absolutely amazing episode |
Dec 21, 9:17 AM
#22
Fantastic episode. The backstory definitely made me care much more for these two, who up to this point haven’t really done anything that left a lasting impression on me. And yea the backstory isn’t anything we haven’t seen before at least once elsewhere, but the end result is where it hit the hardest, when they inevitably clashed. Bazz B stood absolutely no chance against Haschwalth, and I don’t think anyone watching was expecting Bazz to win, but still :( a very sad episode this week. I’m not prepared for this amazing 3rd cour to end with the double episode next week, but I’m excited nonetheless for one more Bleach Saturday before we have to wait for cour 4. |
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Dec 21, 9:22 AM
#23
Huh, so they actually adapted it to perfection in a single episode, unbelievable! There was so much to cover, and they still managed to put it all together without rushing a thing, kudos to the staff. Overall, Bazz-B was such an interesting character to watch to the bitter end of his cruelly ironic life: - He used to be known as a genius, while Haschwalth was talentless; cut to a few years later and Haschwalth was basically a rare kind of Quincy that pretty much had the same kind of powers as Yhwach, Bazz-B's recognition and pride being solely caused by it, and now he gets to be seen as the nobody instead. - Yhwach burned down his castle town, which kickstarted his entire journey of revenge against him; cut to some time down the line, and Bazz-B's gets assigned with the Fire Schrift "The Heat", under Yhwach's direct command. - Haschwalth was taken care as an "underling" by Bazz-B (a noble Quincy), and he never abandoned him, no matter how much of a clear failure as a Quincy he seemed to be, because with his heart moreso than with his pride, Bazz-B highly admired his friend/underling's efforts with the sword even in the face of impossibility. Cut to when Yhwach approached Haschwalth to be his advisor, and Bazz-B's pride and selfishness ended up being what doomed both his friendship, his friend's good will towards him, and ultimately, his very ego and importance, becoming Haschwalth's "underling" himself in the grand scheme of things. - Speaking of that, having Haschwalth turned his back on Bazz-B because of his own egocentric "betrayal" of their friendship/loyalty/training with one another for so long, he became Yhwach's second in command on his place. Cut to their big fight against one another, Haschwalth defeats him with the aforementioned swordsmanship he learned and improved upon so hard for their friendship, mutual objectives and dreams together. A lot of what his dialogue hinted about from before this episode is fully explored in this episode. You can't help but feel bad for him, as he clearly noticed he ultimately was the cause for their destroyed bond, and possibly joined Yhwach and kept challenging Haschwalth, almost if hoping for him to defeat him (so that he could shut his pride down, and finally have peace of mind for his regrets, as hinted with his final words to him before collapsing). Brilliant episode, brilliant character arc, and of course, this is also just the start for Haschwalth's own character arc's resolution going forward, I'm sure looking forward to how they will expand upon it with the novels' content. 5/5, most definitely one of the best episodes in the series so far. |
DanpmssDec 21, 9:38 AM
Dec 21, 9:28 AM
#24
God that ending with the Fri END is pure genius NEXT WEEK BACK 2 BACK 2 episodes into one we're so back just like the old bleach days. |
Dec 21, 9:30 AM
#25
Reply to Baya128
IzanaSolos said:
I wanted some Kakashi v. Obito type direction.
I wanted some Kakashi v. Obito type direction.
@IzanaSolos that would have been epic and sad at the same time, with the music, man
@Baya128 Not really, it would just be tone deaf and doesn't fit Bleach. The only parallel they share is that Bazz-B/Obito grew jealous of Haschwalth/Kakashi and developed feelings of resentment. But Bazz-B wasn't a melodramatic edgelord like Obito and still saw Haschwalth as an out of reach friend, which Haschwalth deep down reciprocates. Their dynamic is realistically solemn and nuanced unlike the corny cliched melodrama of Naruto. It's like comparing Ichigo and Uryu's rivalry to Naruto and Sasuke's when their similarities don't extend beyond surface-level aesthetics. |
Dec 21, 9:48 AM
#26
FRIEND was adapted perfectly, I can see why this is one of Kubo's favourite fights. Bazz-B and Jugram were best friends who were separated by Yhwach, it's cliché but still works in terms of creating emotional build-up. 10/10 episode, I'm looking forward to Cour 3's finale next week. It's been an incredible season. |
Dec 21, 9:52 AM
#27
I am surprised as I thought this episode would be one of the weakest but they proved me wrong. The voice acting and plot were great. Plot even if simple was emotional. We are heading towards the final episode next week. The best fights will be left for the final cour but I wonder if they are gonna show a specific fight in mind in next episode. Jugo betraying Bazz-B is still ??? But well there’s hope. |
Dec 21, 9:54 AM
#28
poor bazz he's one of those characters |
Dec 21, 10:12 AM
#29
Was so sad :'( Made me emotional this episode. Nice back story of the characters though. |
Dec 21, 10:32 AM
#30
In the last season,I thought that Bazz B wanting to kill Yhwach was a little extreme, like yes not choosing you can make you hate him, but that can't be a solid reason. So glad everything got cleared out today. I loved the episode, and I felt so bad for Bazz B. |
Dec 21, 10:49 AM
#33
It was a great ep But i still don’t understand where all the Quincy were hiding 🤔🤔🤔 No pity for his friend… |
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Dec 21, 10:56 AM
#34
New Kubo girl spotted *again, background quincy character unfortunately *Apparently was already present prior |
CognitiveFactorDec 21, 11:17 AM
Dec 21, 11:00 AM
#35
Was really invested into this episode, I wanna learn more about the stern ritters! |
Dec 21, 11:06 AM
#36
Kubo really likes the trope of one of the main villain's follower secretly wanting to kill him the whole time. So Jugo from everything we've seen so far has basically always been a follower, makes his suspicion of Uryu more interesting. |
Dec 21, 11:17 AM
#37
yeah i didnt enjoy this one, the moment the remaining quincies said that they were gonna kill Ywatch on their own, i was like, these losers are gonna die without achieving anything isnt it? just from there a backstory to Bazz B seemed pointless to me... an to be honest seeing as there arent many episodes left im not convinced that Jugram wil be important for the story either but well see |
Dec 21, 11:20 AM
#38
Reply to IHateMidPiece
@Baya128 Not really, it would just be tone deaf and doesn't fit Bleach. The only parallel they share is that Bazz-B/Obito grew jealous of Haschwalth/Kakashi and developed feelings of resentment. But Bazz-B wasn't a melodramatic edgelord like Obito and still saw Haschwalth as an out of reach friend, which Haschwalth deep down reciprocates. Their dynamic is realistically solemn and nuanced unlike the corny cliched melodrama of Naruto. It's like comparing Ichigo and Uryu's rivalry to Naruto and Sasuke's when their similarities don't extend beyond surface-level aesthetics.
>Their dynamic is realistically solemn and nuanced Their dynamic is extremely simple and was barely there, it's funny that you call Kakashi and Obito's relationship corny while Bazz-B and Haschwalth's "realistically solemn" as if Bleach and Naruto aren't in the same ballpark in writing, and if anything, Naruto is the more nuanced series between the two. I agree that their relationship being compared is weird, because I didn't think about that comparison neither with the manga nor with the anime. |
Dec 21, 11:45 AM
#39
Reply to Ionliosite2
>Their dynamic is realistically solemn and nuanced
Their dynamic is extremely simple and was barely there, it's funny that you call Kakashi and Obito's relationship corny while Bazz-B and Haschwalth's "realistically solemn" as if Bleach and Naruto aren't in the same ballpark in writing, and if anything, Naruto is the more nuanced series between the two. I agree that their relationship being compared is weird, because I didn't think about that comparison neither with the manga nor with the anime.
Their dynamic is extremely simple and was barely there, it's funny that you call Kakashi and Obito's relationship corny while Bazz-B and Haschwalth's "realistically solemn" as if Bleach and Naruto aren't in the same ballpark in writing, and if anything, Naruto is the more nuanced series between the two. I agree that their relationship being compared is weird, because I didn't think about that comparison neither with the manga nor with the anime.
@Ionliosite2 Naruto is definitely not on the same ballpark of writing lol--Kishimoto is a vastly inferior writer and artist to both Kubo and Oda and you can see that in the way he manages his legacy compared to the other two. Shippuden was objectively bad. |
Dec 21, 12:03 PM
#40
for me this the best episode so far in this part, nice build up, story and ending |
Dec 21, 12:05 PM
#41
The timeline and place of Bazz-B's and Jugram's flashbacks have always confused me. The timeline reason is because of the Quincy King prophecy: "The sealed King of the Quincy. Over 900 years, he shall recover his heartbeat. Over 90 years, he shall recover his intellect. Over nine years, he shall recover his power. And over nine days, he shall recover the world." After all, as we saw from the flashback both Bazz-B and Jugram grew similar fashion to humans, and in this flashback, it was established when Yhwach was building his new unit which was Sternritter, so this flashback's timing should have been quite near the current timeline. So, does that mean Yhwach was leading his troops when he wasn't yet intelligent? They did say in the flashback he wasn't sane, so it kind of makes sense, but even so... Also, based on the environment, people's clothes, and technology in the flashback it seemed to be medieval times. Yet the current time in the Bleach universe isn't that old, even though Soul Society lives in a mixture of 'old time' and new one, but even so... Not to mention the older Quincies who appeared in the flashback. We saw them together with Yhwach when he had his chat with Ichibe which was 1000 years ago. So, either those Quincies aged slower (thanks to Yhwach), or maybe Quincies who don't live in the World of the Living age slower? The flashback also brought the question just where it took place? Based on the timeline and other points I just pointed out, I think we can rule World of the Living out. After all, if there would have been a logical explanation it took place in World of the Living, but in the very far past and for example, Bazz B and Jugram (and the rest of Sternritters) would have been put in cryonics or sort of, then I would have accepted that explanation of timeline and the place it took, but because such a thing wasn't provided, it all just feels weird. In fact, it feels like this place and timeline took place in its own pocket dimension, but it has been established several times there are only World of the Living, Hueco Mundo, Soul Society, and Hell. Then again, we've seen several miscellaneous dimensions, so maybe this whole flashback took its place in such a dimension? It could also explain the time of it. Making it fit to current events. Aside from that, the whole flashback itself was very interesting. I found it highly interesting. Mainly because of Yhwach's "role", and Bazz-B's and Jugram's "friendship". It seemed like in the flashback Yhwach was recognized more as a 'mad king' than anything else, which kind of begged the question was that because he hadn't yet gotten his intellect fully? Or, was this all just part of his bigger plan that we are seeing unraveling at the moment in the current time? After all, everything seems to imply that Yhwach needed lots of power for his war against Soul Society and taking down Soul King to create a new world. So, to those who just wanted to live their lives in peace, he must have appeared as a madman... While to (most of) his followers he might have appeared at least somewhat sane or savior or whatever word you want to use. At least to Jugram in this case. Where we get to Jugram's and Bazz-B's. I'm sorry, but Bazz-B wasn't the most wonderful friend to Jugram. While he might have thought he was, he really wasn't. The fact he pushed his superiority to Jugram the moment they met already told volumes. Even though we could ignore that with Bazz-B being a cocky boy, because he was the lord's son (feudal lord's?) the moment he realized Jugram's uncle was abusing him, yet he didn't really do anything to it, made at least me personally feel 'why you think Jugram 'betrayed' you, Bazz-B? Wasn't it kind of obvious?' After all, even if Bazz-B himself couldn't have really done anything, he could have asked his parents to enlist Jugram to his castle as a stable boy or sort of. I'm pretty sure it would have been better, because even if the badmouthing would have ended and the beating lessened when Bazz-B so 'kindly' helped Jugram...the improvement wasn't that big. That and the fact it felt like Bazz-B never truly got Jugram or saw eye-to-eye with him, until his last moment. Which was the only saving grace to their so-called friendship. After all, while it made sense that Bazz-B wanted revenge over his parents' death (erm, why on Earth both he and his mother were standing in front of that giant window when they were attacked? It seemed like they were just asking to be killed), it was kind of sad he thought Jugram would want over his uncle/forest. After all, to Jugram it must have felt like liberation. But because Jugram was quite ignorant, and obviously craved acceptance and friends, it made sense he joined Bazz-B. I'm not sure if the two were obvious their 'friendship' wasn't the best or if their sense of it was just skewed as to me it seemed like Bazz-B thought underling = friend. While to Jugram...he was kind of hard to read. I feel like he genuinely thought 'this is how friendship should be' until he met Yhwach who was probably the first person in his life so far who told him he needed him. Obviously, it struck young Jugram and because of that, it made sense he chose Yhwach in the end compared to Bazz-B. But even so...as we saw from the flashback, he still at least held Bazz-B in some sort of value as he never fought him and in fact tried his very best to make sure Bazz-B wouldn't get in trouble. Unfortunately, everything pin-pointed the two people who were friends would end it in the end. Yeah, the title of this episode was clever and I just loved the 'end' part of friend was red. Felt very fitting considering everything! Wait. In the middle card was Blazzard Black. Is that Bazz B's real name? (Not to mention Jugram called him that in the heat of the battle.) It kind of makes sense, because Bazz-B gave Jugram the nickname 'Jugo' . While he, himself called himself Bazz, but even so...it felt a bit weird he never gave his full name to Jugram (or it was omitted, because it wasn't that important). Even so, if that is the case, that's kind of cool. (I hope someone will translate that middle card because it could have more background info about Bazz-B! [Same what comes to Jugram himself.] I also realized just now the 'B' must come from Burner Finger, lol.) Also, Bazz-B confronting Hubert in the flashback and getting called 'monkey' made me think of Byakuya versus Renji. After all, Bazz-B and Renji appeared quite similar and shouldn't they have been enemies, the bros energy between them would have been massive! But even so, unlike in Byakuya vs. Renji, Hubert vs. Bazz-B never got started, thanks to the fact that Yhwach came and put everybody in their places. In that sense, it was a nice parallel that still differed enough to be its own somewhat unique event. I've to also give credit to the animators as the ending between Bazz-B and Jugram was very cinematic. How Bazz-B dragged his bloody body toward Jugram, just to kick the bucket while calling out 'Jugo' and Jugram walking away... I know I should probably feel melancholic, but to me, this whole thing felt very poetic. |
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Dec 21, 12:21 PM
#42
Reply to TheBladeIsMe
@Ionliosite2 Naruto is definitely not on the same ballpark of writing lol--Kishimoto is a vastly inferior writer and artist to both Kubo and Oda and you can see that in the way he manages his legacy compared to the other two. Shippuden was objectively bad.
@TheBladeIsMe They definitely are in the same ballpark and I'm not sure how you can think otherwise, unless for some reason your profile is to be taken literally and you have only watched Bleach. Kishimoto is the only one who has done actual works after their popular Shonen Jump series, I don't know how we are supposed to compare how they managed their legacies, Kubo has done Burn the Witch and what he has done with it is extremely subpar and saying that it is better than Boruto is not an accomplishment at all because Boruto sucks and Oda is still publishing One Piece. |
Ionliosite2Dec 21, 12:33 PM
Dec 21, 12:33 PM
#43
The fight between Jugram & Bazzard was a masterpiece, but i don't know about just killing off a childhood friend that easy specifically after breaking a promise with him too. And the fact that the fight kinda wasn't even close at all, although it was beautiful, with a bit of gore which ain't really to my liking, but that's that i guess. |
Dec 21, 12:52 PM
#44
So good. I hear other people's complaints: Backstory came kinda out of nowhere but I think it works. Favorite part of this week's episode is the art. The environment in Bazz's backstory was drawn incredibly well. The colors and lighting are 10/10. Love the choreography between Bazz and Jugram, even if their fight is short. The team behind cour 3 can make some very stylish fights. More than the animation, the choreography really works in this cour. Excited to see next week's episodes. This has been my favorite cour so far. |
Dec 21, 1:06 PM
#45
I never really cared for the two characters that this episode focused on, but episode 12 of this season is damn near perfect to me. |
Dec 21, 1:18 PM
#46
Fantastic episode. Personally the best ep in the cour thus far and top 2 ep in the tybw series currently. Jugram and Bazz dynamic is tragic in so many different layers. I feel they also mirror Uryu and Ichigo's dynamic in this arc. |
Dec 21, 1:23 PM
#47
Dec 21, 1:32 PM
#48
This part of the story always confuses me. Just where does all of this backstory take place? If it's the world of the living, this would be roughly over 1000 years ago since it's before Ywhach decides to invade soul society and before his Almighty is sealed by Ichibe. Should that be the case, how are Jugram and Bazz B still alive? Outside of Ywhach and Pernida, all other quincies are still human and age normally like one. Does this take place in soul society? How are humans just chilling in soul society? How big is soul society? Does soul society stop humans from aging? I don't know if Kubo ever did explain this. |
Dec 21, 2:15 PM
#49
Jugram and Bazz could have a beautiful friendship, but Jugram chose to go with Yhwach. |
Dec 21, 2:37 PM
#50
Reply to Tuliharja
The timeline and place of Bazz-B's and Jugram's flashbacks have always confused me. The timeline reason is because of the Quincy King prophecy: "The sealed King of the Quincy. Over 900 years, he shall recover his heartbeat. Over 90 years, he shall recover his intellect. Over nine years, he shall recover his power. And over nine days, he shall recover the world." After all, as we saw from the flashback both Bazz-B and Jugram grew similar fashion to humans, and in this flashback, it was established when Yhwach was building his new unit which was Sternritter, so this flashback's timing should have been quite near the current timeline. So, does that mean Yhwach was leading his troops when he wasn't yet intelligent? They did say in the flashback he wasn't sane, so it kind of makes sense, but even so... Also, based on the environment, people's clothes, and technology in the flashback it seemed to be medieval times. Yet the current time in the Bleach universe isn't that old, even though Soul Society lives in a mixture of 'old time' and new one, but even so... Not to mention the older Quincies who appeared in the flashback. We saw them together with Yhwach when he had his chat with Ichibe which was 1000 years ago. So, either those Quincies aged slower (thanks to Yhwach), or maybe Quincies who don't live in the World of the Living age slower?
The flashback also brought the question just where it took place? Based on the timeline and other points I just pointed out, I think we can rule World of the Living out. After all, if there would have been a logical explanation it took place in World of the Living, but in the very far past and for example, Bazz B and Jugram (and the rest of Sternritters) would have been put in cryonics or sort of, then I would have accepted that explanation of timeline and the place it took, but because such a thing wasn't provided, it all just feels weird. In fact, it feels like this place and timeline took place in its own pocket dimension, but it has been established several times there are only World of the Living, Hueco Mundo, Soul Society, and Hell. Then again, we've seen several miscellaneous dimensions, so maybe this whole flashback took its place in such a dimension? It could also explain the time of it. Making it fit to current events.
Aside from that, the whole flashback itself was very interesting. I found it highly interesting. Mainly because of Yhwach's "role", and Bazz-B's and Jugram's "friendship". It seemed like in the flashback Yhwach was recognized more as a 'mad king' than anything else, which kind of begged the question was that because he hadn't yet gotten his intellect fully? Or, was this all just part of his bigger plan that we are seeing unraveling at the moment in the current time? After all, everything seems to imply that Yhwach needed lots of power for his war against Soul Society and taking down Soul King to create a new world. So, to those who just wanted to live their lives in peace, he must have appeared as a madman... While to (most of) his followers he might have appeared at least somewhat sane or savior or whatever word you want to use. At least to Jugram in this case.
Where we get to Jugram's and Bazz-B's. I'm sorry, but Bazz-B wasn't the most wonderful friend to Jugram. While he might have thought he was, he really wasn't. The fact he pushed his superiority to Jugram the moment they met already told volumes. Even though we could ignore that with Bazz-B being a cocky boy, because he was the lord's son (feudal lord's?) the moment he realized Jugram's uncle was abusing him, yet he didn't really do anything to it, made at least me personally feel 'why you think Jugram 'betrayed' you, Bazz-B? Wasn't it kind of obvious?' After all, even if Bazz-B himself couldn't have really done anything, he could have asked his parents to enlist Jugram to his castle as a stable boy or sort of. I'm pretty sure it would have been better, because even if the badmouthing would have ended and the beating lessened when Bazz-B so 'kindly' helped Jugram...the improvement wasn't that big. That and the fact it felt like Bazz-B never truly got Jugram or saw eye-to-eye with him, until his last moment. Which was the only saving grace to their so-called friendship. After all, while it made sense that Bazz-B wanted revenge over his parents' death (erm, why on Earth both he and his mother were standing in front of that giant window when they were attacked? It seemed like they were just asking to be killed), it was kind of sad he thought Jugram would want over his uncle/forest. After all, to Jugram it must have felt like liberation. But because Jugram was quite ignorant, and obviously craved acceptance and friends, it made sense he joined Bazz-B. I'm not sure if the two were obvious their 'friendship' wasn't the best or if their sense of it was just skewed as to me it seemed like Bazz-B thought underling = friend. While to Jugram...he was kind of hard to read. I feel like he genuinely thought 'this is how friendship should be' until he met Yhwach who was probably the first person in his life so far who told him he needed him. Obviously, it struck young Jugram and because of that, it made sense he chose Yhwach in the end compared to Bazz-B. But even so...as we saw from the flashback, he still at least held Bazz-B in some sort of value as he never fought him and in fact tried his very best to make sure Bazz-B wouldn't get in trouble. Unfortunately, everything pin-pointed the two people who were friends would end it in the end. Yeah, the title of this episode was clever and I just loved the 'end' part of friend was red. Felt very fitting considering everything!
Wait. In the middle card was Blazzard Black. Is that Bazz B's real name? (Not to mention Jugram called him that in the heat of the battle.) It kind of makes sense, because Bazz-B gave Jugram the nickname 'Jugo' . While he, himself called himself Bazz, but even so...it felt a bit weird he never gave his full name to Jugram (or it was omitted, because it wasn't that important). Even so, if that is the case, that's kind of cool. (I hope someone will translate that middle card because it could have more background info about Bazz-B! [Same what comes to Jugram himself.] I also realized just now the 'B' must come from Burner Finger, lol.)
Also, Bazz-B confronting Hubert in the flashback and getting called 'monkey' made me think of Byakuya versus Renji. After all, Bazz-B and Renji appeared quite similar and shouldn't they have been enemies, the bros energy between them would have been massive! But even so, unlike in Byakuya vs. Renji, Hubert vs. Bazz-B never got started, thanks to the fact that Yhwach came and put everybody in their places. In that sense, it was a nice parallel that still differed enough to be its own somewhat unique event.
I've to also give credit to the animators as the ending between Bazz-B and Jugram was very cinematic. How Bazz-B dragged his bloody body toward Jugram, just to kick the bucket while calling out 'Jugo' and Jugram walking away... I know I should probably feel melancholic, but to me, this whole thing felt very poetic.
The flashback also brought the question just where it took place? Based on the timeline and other points I just pointed out, I think we can rule World of the Living out. After all, if there would have been a logical explanation it took place in World of the Living, but in the very far past and for example, Bazz B and Jugram (and the rest of Sternritters) would have been put in cryonics or sort of, then I would have accepted that explanation of timeline and the place it took, but because such a thing wasn't provided, it all just feels weird. In fact, it feels like this place and timeline took place in its own pocket dimension, but it has been established several times there are only World of the Living, Hueco Mundo, Soul Society, and Hell. Then again, we've seen several miscellaneous dimensions, so maybe this whole flashback took its place in such a dimension? It could also explain the time of it. Making it fit to current events.
Aside from that, the whole flashback itself was very interesting. I found it highly interesting. Mainly because of Yhwach's "role", and Bazz-B's and Jugram's "friendship". It seemed like in the flashback Yhwach was recognized more as a 'mad king' than anything else, which kind of begged the question was that because he hadn't yet gotten his intellect fully? Or, was this all just part of his bigger plan that we are seeing unraveling at the moment in the current time? After all, everything seems to imply that Yhwach needed lots of power for his war against Soul Society and taking down Soul King to create a new world. So, to those who just wanted to live their lives in peace, he must have appeared as a madman... While to (most of) his followers he might have appeared at least somewhat sane or savior or whatever word you want to use. At least to Jugram in this case.
Where we get to Jugram's and Bazz-B's. I'm sorry, but Bazz-B wasn't the most wonderful friend to Jugram. While he might have thought he was, he really wasn't. The fact he pushed his superiority to Jugram the moment they met already told volumes. Even though we could ignore that with Bazz-B being a cocky boy, because he was the lord's son (feudal lord's?) the moment he realized Jugram's uncle was abusing him, yet he didn't really do anything to it, made at least me personally feel 'why you think Jugram 'betrayed' you, Bazz-B? Wasn't it kind of obvious?' After all, even if Bazz-B himself couldn't have really done anything, he could have asked his parents to enlist Jugram to his castle as a stable boy or sort of. I'm pretty sure it would have been better, because even if the badmouthing would have ended and the beating lessened when Bazz-B so 'kindly' helped Jugram...the improvement wasn't that big. That and the fact it felt like Bazz-B never truly got Jugram or saw eye-to-eye with him, until his last moment. Which was the only saving grace to their so-called friendship. After all, while it made sense that Bazz-B wanted revenge over his parents' death (erm, why on Earth both he and his mother were standing in front of that giant window when they were attacked? It seemed like they were just asking to be killed), it was kind of sad he thought Jugram would want over his uncle/forest. After all, to Jugram it must have felt like liberation. But because Jugram was quite ignorant, and obviously craved acceptance and friends, it made sense he joined Bazz-B. I'm not sure if the two were obvious their 'friendship' wasn't the best or if their sense of it was just skewed as to me it seemed like Bazz-B thought underling = friend. While to Jugram...he was kind of hard to read. I feel like he genuinely thought 'this is how friendship should be' until he met Yhwach who was probably the first person in his life so far who told him he needed him. Obviously, it struck young Jugram and because of that, it made sense he chose Yhwach in the end compared to Bazz-B. But even so...as we saw from the flashback, he still at least held Bazz-B in some sort of value as he never fought him and in fact tried his very best to make sure Bazz-B wouldn't get in trouble. Unfortunately, everything pin-pointed the two people who were friends would end it in the end. Yeah, the title of this episode was clever and I just loved the 'end' part of friend was red. Felt very fitting considering everything!
Wait. In the middle card was Blazzard Black. Is that Bazz B's real name? (Not to mention Jugram called him that in the heat of the battle.) It kind of makes sense, because Bazz-B gave Jugram the nickname 'Jugo' . While he, himself called himself Bazz, but even so...it felt a bit weird he never gave his full name to Jugram (or it was omitted, because it wasn't that important). Even so, if that is the case, that's kind of cool. (I hope someone will translate that middle card because it could have more background info about Bazz-B! [Same what comes to Jugram himself.] I also realized just now the 'B' must come from Burner Finger, lol.)
Also, Bazz-B confronting Hubert in the flashback and getting called 'monkey' made me think of Byakuya versus Renji. After all, Bazz-B and Renji appeared quite similar and shouldn't they have been enemies, the bros energy between them would have been massive! But even so, unlike in Byakuya vs. Renji, Hubert vs. Bazz-B never got started, thanks to the fact that Yhwach came and put everybody in their places. In that sense, it was a nice parallel that still differed enough to be its own somewhat unique event.
I've to also give credit to the animators as the ending between Bazz-B and Jugram was very cinematic. How Bazz-B dragged his bloody body toward Jugram, just to kick the bucket while calling out 'Jugo' and Jugram walking away... I know I should probably feel melancholic, but to me, this whole thing felt very poetic.
Tuliharja said: The timeline and place of Bazz-B's and Jugram's flashbacks have always confused me. The timeline reason is because of the Quincy King prophecy: "The sealed King of the Quincy. Over 900 years, he shall recover his heartbeat. Over 90 years, he shall recover his intellect. Over nine years, he shall recover his power. And over nine days, he shall recover the world." After all, as we saw from the flashback both Bazz-B and Jugram grew similar fashion to humans, and in this flashback, it was established when Yhwach was building his new unit which was Sternritter, so this flashback's timing should have been quite near the current timeline. So, does that mean Yhwach was leading his troops when he wasn't yet intelligent? They did say in the flashback he wasn't sane, so it kind of makes sense, but even so... Also, based on the environment, people's clothes, and technology in the flashback it seemed to be medieval times. Yet the current time in the Bleach universe isn't that old, even though Soul Society lives in a mixture of 'old time' and new one, but even so... Not to mention the older Quincies who appeared in the flashback. We saw them together with Yhwach when he had his chat with Ichibe which was 1000 years ago. So, either those Quincies aged slower (thanks to Yhwach), or maybe Quincies who don't live in the World of the Living age slower? The flashback took place over 1000 years ago in human world which means both Jugram and Bazz-B are over 1000 years old at this point. They age slower then normal humans most likely because after the fall of the Quincy Empire they hid themselves in "shadow realm" of Soul Society where souls age at much slower rate. The series did a bad job at explaining this. |
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