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| The dialogue was compressed and it is nice cause it was a yap festa in the manga. Shout out for revealing different names of the same game: Bodhirama Fall Down [sorry if I made a typo] In France - Chocolate Ingles Additionally In English speaking countries [not sure in which tbh] - Green Light Red Light - You might be familiar with it cause of Squid Game Additionally In Poland - Baba Yaga is Looking Fun Fact - In French and Polish the saying is the same. In French it is 1,2,3 Chocolate Ingles, in Polish it is 1,2,3 Baba Yaga is Looking. All of these are the same game. Bankai visuals chef's kiss, next week with Nemu's poem, those who knows... |
Reply to yellowheartren
Really the example episode for "how many asspulls and how much talk-no-jutsu does it take to actually kill someone and do they actually stay dead?" that TYBW as a whole seems to be. Ft. actual admissions of how much of a disadvantage the soul reapers are at.
| @yellowheartren You're free to elaborate on the asspulls and especially the talk-no-jutsu but you won't, will you? Don't use words you don't understand, it makes you look moronic. |
| Oooh! So, the last episode's ending card "poem" was indeed about Kyoraku -just like I had suspected! I just loved the music that was in the background when Kyoraku was talking to Lille Barro about children's games and how deadly those can be. I seriously hope someone will make an epic ost of that... Also, while I know Bleach came before Squid Games, the fact that Kyoraku talked about children's games and how deadly those are, plus when he played The Dharma Doll Fell Down together with Lille Barro just made me think Squid Game's Red Light, Green Light. Not to mention the version of that game in my own childhood... it was kind of interesting after Kyoraku had explained the rules to Lille Barron he admitted he too knew the game, just with a different name. I wonder how many variations there are about that game and are those pure variations or just name variations? Yay for finally after such a long time someone using a kido in the battle! While it hardly did any damage, it was still nice to see kido being used. But I suppose Kyoraku using kido against Lille Barro proved one thing: kido won't be that effective against strong Quincy opponents. Or at least against Lille Barron. Also, as a side note, ever since when the manga Lille Barron's Vollständig Jilliel was first shown I've disliked it. There is just something in it that makes it look so...corny? To me, he looked like a weird cocoon with wings at first (before he gained weird giraffe-like legs). I'm not sure if originally his Vollständig had a butterfly motif, but because it was already heavily associated with Aizen they had to change it. Manga readers know how this change will appear! I must admit seeing Kyoraku's Bankai animated was beautiful. There is just something visually beautiful (at least to me) when there are black and golden colors. Plus, the fact there were hints of other colors made it all the more beautiful. Katen (Ohana) was slaying! It was good to see her again and made me wonder (once again) if Kubo had given animators heads on Katen's design during the Zanpakuto Rebellion arc in the anime. Even so, I suppose for those who haven't watched that arc or sort of, this was her first appearance if not counting manga. All the interactions between Katen and Kyoraku were interesting. I wonder what he was going to say to her at the end of the episode? I suppose we have to wait for the continuation of that. Also, when Kyoraku went into Bankai and basically made the ocean around himself and Lille Barron, I wonder if everybody else sunk? Like, how they will view that as they clearly see the color changes? So, will they see all that water and are at the moment moving in water? I hope we'll switch to someone else's POV to see that before Kyoraku dismisses his Bankai. Not to mention, hopefully, Nanao can get to Kyoraku on time to heal him as he is at the moment heavily wounded... Gotta love how Shinji was vibing in this episode. While his attitude seemed very carefree in fact he was very sharp and smart. Which is totally Shinji's style. I also loved the fact when Momo tried to argue against Shinji over the fact they should go back and help Kyoraku, Shinji referred to Ukitake as making everybody still briefly and literally see and hear what Ukitake would say if he was still with them. Write about influencing a person, not to mention the fact Shinji knew if he had used Yamamoto at first as an example, others probably wouldn't have listened to him. After all, it seemed Ukitake was someone they all could relate to and understand if someone could understand Kyoraku's motivations and duties toward Gotei 13, it would be him. It was a pretty interesting moment, not to mention it showed despite Shinji pulling somewhat carefree character, he is still a captain for a reason. What was that seemingly random update about Askin's and Ichigo's fight in between Kyoraku's and Lille Barron's fight before Kyoraku went to Bankai? It felt very...abrupt even though it didn't truly cut the flow of things which is a good thing, but even so. It was a bit weird. It felt like 'oh yeah, people might be forgetting what our protagonist is up to, so here is a brief update!' Even so, it felt all the more random when after Kyoraku had activated his Bankai we were shown glimpses of Ichigo against Askin, Yoruichi healing (?) Grimmjow, a brief glimpse of Orihime and Chad, the rest of the shinigami still running toward Yhwach's palace, and Nanao running where Kyoraku was. While it was a nice glimpse of Askin basically showing he will upgrade his poison balls it felt a bit needless -at least to me. Mayuri at the beginning of the episode was a bit amusing since he went from 'I'm the true genius in here!' to 'oh no' in a split second. xD But, we'll see how things will go with him in the next episode based on the title of it. I'm already looking forward to next week's episode~. |
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| Kyoraku's Bankai was beautifully brought to the anime. It is really curious how they're splitting the fights up, where as the manga it was mostly focused on one fight at at time. I'm not disliking what they're doing though. And I think that was Nemu reading the poem, so it seems like we're going back to Mayuri? |
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| This episode is just INCREDIBLY BRILLIANT!!! |
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| Best episode of this cour, hands down. |
| When your sword turned into a woman... lmao 😅 Anyway... Kouhai: Let's do something! Senpai: Let's bail! 😅😅😅 This bit was funny. (...the girl was just cute,a bit.) |
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| It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it, is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service. |
| FINALLY Kyoraku's Bankai. They went all out in the direction, art, colors and animation, IMPRESSIVE ep for sure in the top 5 of the greatest eps in all Bleach |
| Kyoraku's bankai finally after all these years. |
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| my only complaint was that this episode was too fast paced. If this was longer or split into 2 episodes, it definitely wouldve been better but i still loved it nonetheless. |
 "You said it yourself. You put everything you have on those scales of yours. Because if you merely followed others, while being lost and adrift yourself... without ever truly weighing your decisions and consequences... then you just may come to regret everything." |
-Live said: I'm pretty sure he's the same dimwit who said that Subaru was a better written character than the entire cast of Bleach combined in one of the episode discussions, though he must've deleted that post after realizing how retarded he looked since I can't find it on his post history anymore. Lol. Doesn't surprise me at all knowing that normie. |
| Another incredible TYBW episode, witnessing the leaders of the Gotei 13 and Schutzstaffel clash is a sight to behold. We finally see Shunsui's long-awaited Bankai, which was beautifully animated and didn't disappoint. The visual effects were stunning and its large area of effect shows just how powerful it is. I always liked his Shikai from its limited screen time against Starrk, children's games as a power is very unique amongst many physical/elemental Zanpakutō. Lille isn't my favourite Sternritter, but his Vollständig's design is certainly memorable (and creepy). X-Axis is also extremely overpowered, though Shunsui's clearly used to fighting gun wielders now. Ohana (Katen) looks great and it's nice to see her again after the Zanpakutō Rebellion filler arc, which makes this her first canon appearance. Overall, I'd give Episode 9 a solid 9/10. My only criticism is it did feel slightly fast-paced at times, but nothing too jarring. I'm excited for Mayuri vs. Pernida's second half next week, it'll be emotional. |
| I waited a decade to see this bankai animated, it certainly didin't disappoint. Great episode. |
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| Yooo that was rad, really liked the visuals as well. Next week, baby hold your hand part 2, ultra hyped. |
| all these quincy are so boring, crazy how much better the ulquiorra and grimmjow alone were. |
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| The sequences are beautiful and I love the touches they did to his bankai. Though I'm lost on the effects of his bankai, is it controlling the perception and reality of his opponents? Why is concerned about who would be caught in the area of the bankai? I'm taking a wild shot that it doesn't discriminate between friend and foe. |
| "Don't die or I'll shave the chest hair off your corpse" is great words to leave someone with LOL A great episode showing off Kyoraku's powers with some awesome visuals, Ohana was cool |
| 9.9/10 on IMDb lol (for now, at least) Highest rated seasonal on MAL Highest rated seasonal on IMDB Anime of the year Episode of the year Mid:Zero, D*nd*d*n and One Piss in shambles Bleachads won |
| Beautiful episode!!! - The opening and ending both got updated - Soifon is still with the group. She disappeared in the manga. Maybe she'll take Renji's place in the finale - Ichigo not losing offscreen is new, anime original that could lead to a longer struggle - Nemu episode next week - Based on these scene rearrangements episode 11 should be Nanao |
| The art of the different acts was just amazing. Great ep. |
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Reply to xZabuzax
@deg I've been complaining about this for a while, that's the dumb UNO reverse card bullshittery that I dislike about Bleach, this isn't new in shounen but Bleach takes this bullshit to a whole new other level and gets pretty retarded.
The animation is great and all, but I'm just not a fan of this UNO reverse card bullshit.
The animation is great and all, but I'm just not a fan of this UNO reverse card bullshit.
| @xZabuzax its been years since i read bleach but ye this is not the first time the reverse card trope has been use in this show |
| THIS EPISODE WAS MAGNIFICENT. Every bankai is way stronger than the last one and they don't stop to impress me; this makes me wonder, what is the fight against Yhwach going to be like???? |
| Every bankai really have a crazy power in this last chapter :) |
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