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anime-primeOct 31, 2022 8:30 AM
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| Pure inhalation of the soul reapers in the Soul Society. It was nice to see Renji and Byakuya in this episode and the other captains. But, even they weren't able to stop the quinces. RIP... so many bankais. Also, things are looking really bad for the Ichigo squad as well. Things are getting way too tense for everyone. |
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| Yhwach's army is wreaking havoc in Soul society, the Sternritters. Be it the normal soldiers, seats, vice captains or heck even captains, they fucking toying with them, killing them like there's no tomorrow. We had the captains clashing against the Aizen’s army back in the day but this.. this isn’t even on the same scale anymore. Blood is raining everywhere. So hype it was watching captains using their Bankai, though only for sternritters stealing them a minute later. That’s some OP as fuck ability they running with. Byakuya’s Senbonzakura Kageyoshi still a beauty after all these years, but got stolen sadly. Ichigo’s on his way to soul society but as if things will go smoothly even for once. Coming episodes will be all more bloody. They had a 2 minute recap but still adapted 5 chapters btw. |
| Rose is such an underrated character so seeing him getting some spotlight is a blessing. Seeing Squad 6 with Byakuya and Renji fighting As was also pretty cool. Toshiro, Soifon, Kenpachi, and all the other captains etc are back too on the frontline! I guess they're focusing this season on featuring various captains and their squads taking on members of the Sternritter. Pretty cool episode and idc it's been 10 years, Senbonzakura Kageyoshi is still cool as fuck. |
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| holy shit that was an amazing ep 3 min recap tho... and Ichigo going back to save soul society just like the good old days man its good to have bleach back |
Homura24Nov 1, 2022 7:18 AM
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| Goddamn, this was amazing. The pacing is everso intense, the situation looks as hopeless as it should, the fights are all set up for the next week, and one of my favorites moments of this invasion is just at the start of next chapter (quite awesome that they put all infodumps in place, and also revisited the shinigami body count they skipped last week). This adaptation is going places, can't wait to see my old man Genryuusai in action. |
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| The scene after the Captains had their Bankai stolen was anxiety-inducing, seriously. They definitely nailed the desperation feeling. As Nodt most specifically is terryifing, Jesus OST is out of this world, and Senbonzakura Kageyoshi looks more beautiful than ever after all this years. In fact, it was already super cool even in the first anime. On the other hand, I have to agree that the recap was too long. Hope it doesn't happen often.  |
neffst3rOct 31, 2022 9:19 AM
| Animation was alright, I feel like they're saving all the budget for Yamamoto's fight. They added a few new scenes to the main fights although I wish they added more to Rose, Ukitake and Shuhei's fights but I guess they've got a limited amount of content they can cover per episode. Not as many scenes were cut this time though so that's good. Also we finally know who Ukitake was fighting |
| Only in the 4th episode and this had a long ass 3 minute recap to start the episode, and even with that, still felt pretty rushed overall. The pacing of this anime be bizarre af so far. |
| Here’s to all the people that said BLEACH should’ve ended after the Aizen fight |
| Three minutes of recap, this is the Bleach I remember and love all right, haha. Not sure why that whole recap was needed when it could have been used to better pace the fights in this episode, as everything is still faster paced than it needed to be. That being said, perhaps it only feels so fast since I recently re-watched the original Bleach. The more we see of the Quincy, the more terrifying they become. This invasion is quickly looking like it will be a one sided battle unless something is done fast. The captains can't use bankai, and Ichigo is stuck in Quilge's technique. The soul society has gained more info about the Quincies, but it still may not be enough to gain an advantage. The Quincies are brutal. And yeah, like Ichigo said, the Quincies steal the bankais since they fear their power, so the goal to win will be to figure out how to neutralize that advantage. All in all, a nice action packed episode introducing some new cool characters. |
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| Decent episode, but the recap at the start was kind of a turnoff. Those few minutes that went into that, could have helped with the pacing and flow of the episode even more since they still adapted a bunch of chapters. Again, I prefer Bleach not going at a snail's pace like the original through, but I still feel like improvements can be done here to make it even better. Rest of the episode was decent, lots of re-introductions to familiar faces in Soul Society as they deal with the Stern Ritter and the episode building an atmosphere of hopelessness and desperation around Soul Society and the Soul Reapers there as their bankai can be stolen but Ichigo's, and he's having his own problems at the end there with being able to get to the area to help them with Quilge stopping him last minute. I liked the uncensored nature here again, makes the brutality of the Invasion feel even more raw and chaotic that way. Animation was alright, nothing special visually about the episode and lots of closeups and some still frames being present but in episodes like these, the insane animation don't really matter too much if it can be used in bigger fights down the line for the minimum. As long as it still looks fine and consistent enough to do the job, which it did here. Feels good seeing Senbonzakura Kageyoshi again after all these years too and have it look pretty sick in this adaptation (highlight visually for this episode), nostalgia definitely hit then alongside seeing some other characters in action too. |
| im worried about the production, there is 3 minutes of recap already and there are some significant animation quality drops through out the episode but still good enough and i hope they can hold the quality together until the end but with how talented the core staff of this anime adaptation is it will have sakuga on important scenes for sure they just do not have enough production time it seems to make it all consistent so there it is Quincies can steal Bankai anyway Bambietta is sexy again  |
degOct 31, 2022 10:59 AM
| Hearing Soundscape to Ardor after all these years was awesome. I can’t wait to see how the rest of the initial invasion is adapted, this part was pure chaos in the manga. |
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| This is how you return after 10 years! Perfect in every way. Pacing is so unbelievable, I am exhausted while watching ep 4. |
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| wow, this episode was bad for me... |
| Now of the captains, just Zaraki, we didn't seen yet. That ending was very exciting. |
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| The situation is looking hopeless at the moment for the Soul Reapers. Four captains just lost their Bankai, and now Ichigo is unable to help them out since he's trapped. This episode did a good job of really showing the desperation and hopelessness of this conflict so far. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. Take me back to the days before MAL became infested with Twitter's favorite buzzwords. |
| Random recap was very odd and off putting, but in a way it kinda made the rest of the episode's pacing to elevate in urgency, but at the cost of a very inconsistent pace. Really hoping this doesn't happen again. |
| "We could make the world better, but it's easier to just shut our eyes." ~Blackwall |
| Im so happy that bleach is back and bring us this 4 officers komamura, hitsugaya, soi fon and kuchiki. Good that kuchiki has stopped renji to use his bankai, i want to know wher rukia is. Looks bad for Ichigo he got prisoned in the way to the Soul society. |
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| This episode was tense as hell, the imagery was out of this world. Bleach looks amazing in general. |
| Would have liked if the episode didn't start with a 3 minute recap, but I guess that's just to be expected for such shows. Bunch of captains got their Bankai stolen and for some reason Ichigo is immune to it. Will be interesting to see how he can escape out of this. |
| The Big reveal!!! Quincies don't seal the bankai, they steal it!!! It was great to see all the captains in action but their bankai's were stolen. Here's the catch tho, Ichigo's bankai can't be stolen!!! But welp he's trapped now. In some sort of cage. Things are not looking good. Anyways I can't wait to see next week's episode!!!! |
| Who's idea was it to have a 2+ minute recap of the past 3 episodes? I enjoyed this episode a bit with how impressive the Quincy Blut ability is in fending off against Shikai and other additional scenes. Let's see if Can Du's ability will be explored more since it seems like something very redundant with the Blut ability. But it seems like the anime dug its grave with a few claims like "We can't beat them without Bankai" and I talk about some characters coming up with that statement. I really hate the Bankai Stealing Medallion as in story it will carry no importance as we will soon see. Hope the fight against NaNaNa gets shown. |
| What so they can even steal bankai?! The commanders battle was pretty but they got quickly stuck, even Ichigo didn't manage to escape from them and got jailed by the opponent even though they apparently can't still his bankai... Urahara didn't manage to take him down which is surprising actually |
AshhkOct 31, 2022 10:53 AM
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| Nooooo, it ended so quickly... :( I wish anime episodes were also ~40 minutes each like most Western TV. Somehow I expected more things to happen in this week's episode, but I'm still happy with what we got. Easy 4/5, excited for the next two episodes! |
| Senbonzakura Kageyoshi, RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Still so fucking cool to see. Welp, they're getting overwhelmed even with their bankais. Quincies OP |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| Damm 1k dead in 7 minutes thats just crazy. The ever advancing blackness of death huh thats As Nodt. The aura that she gives is terrifying. Even with the captains and LT's here the odds are still dire. Turning your enemies greatest strength against them is the basics of basics in military strat. The thing is while the usage if Bankai at this stage was brash without using it the casualty levels among their squads would have increased tenfold. Man thats some dead serious determination that Quilge had though despite suffering injuries that would have killed a normal person. Overall a strong ep that featured not only a lot of shock value in seeing the assault on the society and the sternritter's trump card but also the desperate fight put up by the captains against opponents that were equal to them in terms of power. One thing that really impressed me this ep was the OST that really complemented the scenes excellently. |
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