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| The Animation was really amazing,Yamamoto his bankai has so much power that was so crazy with the skeletons. In the end it was not Yhwach. |
P O S I T I V E V I B E Sシ  |
| Tomohisa Taguchi directing probably the most important anime of the new decade, this episode was done far beyond expectation. 10/10 |
| Amazing episode, one of the best chapters in the whole arc, too bad the story starts to drag a bit now, only getting better in one battle in the end. My favourite moments now: |
| This episode went above and beyond with its dialogues and visuals... I couldn't have asked for more. Studio Pierrot did an excellent job and seeing the Aizen and Ywach conversation adds a cherry on top, which was an anime original content. This shows how much they are putting effort into this. Cant wait for the further episodes |
| This is literally one of the undisputed best episodes in anime... |
| Couldn't Yamamoto go out without losing his Bankai? I hope that he was smarter than that. |
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| I don't think I can properly describe this episode in words. Multiple artstyles, all quite beautiful, were being used here thanks to a number of renowned animators involved here, including the likes of the legendary Q Kawa, well known for his work in Mushoku Tensei. Hell, even a great fan animator was also involved, which I thought was quite nice to know. Nearly the entire episode felt like a whole movie, if anything. Zanka no Tachi is now fully animated after all those years of waiting. The passionate animation staff sure didn't pull their punches here, and it wasn't quite perfection as it could've been, it was quite a masterpiece presentation for me, not just on the animation side of things, but also in terms of the scene directing as well, especially with the brief flashes of the younger version of Yhwach and Yamamoto to convey the sense of deja vu. The CGI on the skeletons being summoned by Yamamoto wasn't the ideal aesthetic choice by any means, but it still does the job all the same in making them look creepy and unnerving as they should be. The storyboarding was also great with the twist at the end, predictable as it kinda was, and we also get some really nice anime-original context with Uryuu finding out more about the history of the feud between the Shinigami and the Quincies and the truth behind it. Seeing Aizen again was also really nice as well. All in all, an 10+/10 episode, like a painting literally brought to life and put onto the big screens. |
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| WHAT AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE!!! Good job to everyone who worked on this episode, they deserve all the praise in the world. Congrats to all Bleach fans who were patiently waiting for a decade, you deserve this level of effort from the studio. Keep the hype!!! Let's go Aizen,Retsu,Squad Zero!!!!❤ |
| Wooow what did i just watch! What kind of crazy quality is this! |
| Oh holy Bankai of Bankais, that was wild!!!! |
 To have you, Id give a billion lives A-Chan best girl |
| Let's goo!!!! The second bankai!!! And it's the head captain's!!! The animation was awesome!!! Every swing of the sword was well done!! I loved this episode!!! We also get to see Aizen. Making an appearance in this episide was part of his plan!!! Anyways, things are not looking good for the head captain now, since he fought with a decoy and his bankai was also stolen. Let's see what happens next!!!! |
Joel77Nov 14, 2022 10:19 AM
| what can i say, ive known this would be an insane episode for several years now. The wait was worth it |
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Surprisingly, worst episode so far.
Overall, I'll give this one a 3/5 (rounded up from 2.75/5), partly because my expectations were suuuuuper high (especially with the animators asking us to 'keep an eye out' for this episode on Twitter). And I don't wanna trash the animators btw, they're overworked enough as it is. Besides, the animation wasn't even my main gripe with the episode, it was everything else surrounding it. The audio mixing, the poor directing, etc. The animation could have worked just fine if all the other aspects held up their end, but they clearly didn't. EDIT: I've also realized this episode drops my overall rating of TYBW Season 1 from 8.7 down to 7.8 after reevaluating the current direction. It's a shame, but it is what it is. I hope they get their shit together for the rest of the cour. |
hiddenhokageNov 14, 2022 10:26 AM
| DAMN, EPIC FIGHT SCENE but it wasnt actually him :0 rip yamamoto genryusai |
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| I've read Bleach so many years ago and the last couple of arcs were so tedious to read I don't remember anything, so basically watching it like an anime only. The fight was great. It was the most satisfying combat I've seen in anime in ages. Shame it got belittled by the aftermath. Something was obviously not right with the main antagonist going down so easily but turning it around with a fakt was such cop out. To add insult to injury, Yamamoto acted like a rookie not measuring the opponent and acting out the dumbest action trope - turning back to the fallen enemy without checking him. It was kind of insulting to that fight and the viewer. How was that different from YGO and "a-ha, you activated my trap card, you lose all your life points!". By the way, was Kanpachi defeated off screen or did I miss something? |
Ii tenki desu ne... |
| Best episode of the year. |
Go watch the after credits scene of episode 5. |
| Amazing plot twist!!! Chichiiiiii!!!! kekeke |
| I was so into Old Man Yama's battle that I forgot I didn't understand Japanese. Subs were totally unnecessary. So, Kenny just thought he killed the copycat Quincy. Guess he could copy himself. The Seireitei is fucked. They all can't live in Ichigo's closet. |
dragynfaerieNov 14, 2022 11:01 AM
FunnyS__ said: Haven't seen the ep but are there any bad scenes at all? Plenty, if animation is your only concern. There were a few Naruto VS Pain esque frames (if you catch the reference), but I think most people will be more offended by the CGI. My personal gripes are with the sound mixing and directing. They barely used any OST in the entire episode, which is baffling considering Bleach has some of the most hype-inducing soundtracks in any anime out there, and they just fast-forwarded through all of Yamamoto's abilities without giving any of them any room to breathe. No reactions from any of the characters on the outside either, which made it seem like they had just randomly teleported to another dimension. This much destruction going on in the middle of Soul Society, you would think people on the outside would react to it a little bit, but we got nothing. That last paragraph may be a bit pedantic, especially since I think it is accurate to the manga, but I guess it just highlights that sometimes a 1:1 adaptation doesn't work. Certainly not with this kind of directing. |
| when you think about it, this random quincy that we wont even remember his name, is actuallly one of the strongest enemies we ve seen so far, he defeated Kempachi an Yama had to use his ultimate attack to kill him, like WTF? i think the music is lacking in these fights NGL, the CGI looked fine from affar, the problem was the close up shots wheter you liked the fight or not, this is one of the highlights of the entire arc but i gotta say i was dissapointed that Yama never got to fight the real Ywacht |
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| MY MAN IS THE FUCKING GOAT, THE FUCKING G.O.A.T god damn Yamamoto is so fucking cool |
silversaint said: i think the music is lacking in these fights NGL, the CGI looked fine from affar, the problem was the close up shots Finally, someone agrees with me on this! I get the whole "no music" trope that Studio Pierrot tries to do sometimes (they did that in Naruto too) but I don't think it worked here. It works better for slower, less amped-up situations; Yamamoto's fires were symbolic of his rage and very much in line with the definition of amped-up. And I think that deserves some tunes lol. Almost makes me want to make an edit of this using some of the OG Bleach soundtracks. |
| The 2D animation was on-point as usual but goddamn that 3D animation during the skeleton scenes was fucking awful. It would've looked decent 10 years ago but having that level of shitty CGI in 2022 is inexcusable imo. It made what was a cool-looking manga scene into something embarrassing to even look at in the anime. The fight was a 10/10 up till that point, then fell down like 5 points. What a shame. Also I loved how the roof scene with the tiles was basically a rip-off of Hiruzen vs Orochimaru from Naruto. Also hooray for Aizen's return. |
silversaint said: i think the music is lacking in these fights NGL, the CGI looked fine from affar, the problem was the close up shots wheter you liked the fight or not, this is one of the highlights of the entire arc but i gotta say i was dissapointed that Yama never got to fight the real Ywacht It's just my opinion but I feel like the music's been lacking a majority of this season so far. Some tracks are decent but compared to what I could remember from watching the original Bleach, the music is far less impactful and fun to listen to here. Even feels a bit lacking in amount like in episodes like these, probably the biggest issue I had with this episode as a whole. Still thought this was a solid episode though. |
Early_Morning said: goddamn that 3D animation during the skeleton scenes was fucking awful. It would've looked decent 10 years ago but having that level of shitty CGI in 2022 is inexcusable imo. It made what was a cool-looking manga scene into something embarrassing to even look at in the anime. The fight was a 10/10 up till that point, then fell down like 5 points. What a shame. Yup. I hate using this zoomer lingo, but I literally cringed when the skeletons came up on the screen. I started questioning what I was even watching, felt like I was being pranked by Pierrot. |
| What a fight. I remembered from the manga that Yamamoto lost so it didn't make sense at the beginning. Great to know more about his bankai... |
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animejas said: silversaint said: i think the music is lacking in these fights NGL, the CGI looked fine from affar, the problem was the close up shots wheter you liked the fight or not, this is one of the highlights of the entire arc but i gotta say i was dissapointed that Yama never got to fight the real Ywacht It's just my opinion but I feel like the music's been lacking a majority of this season so far. Some tracks are decent but compared to what I could remember from watching the original Bleach, the music is far less impactful and fun to listen to here. Even feels a bit lacking in amount like in episodes like these, probably the biggest issue I had with this episode as a whole. Still thought this was a solid episode though. I feel the same way. I actually had to bring down my overall rating of this season's OST after reevaluating it a little bit. I had rated it pretty high initially because the first episode kind of baited us with the iconic Number One theme they used for the introduction of Ichigo and co. and so I was under the impression that the rest of the season would be more of the same, but at this point, it doesn't look like it. The new soundtracks have been pretty weak and not really at all memorable, perhaps with the exception of the remix of one of the OGs that played when Kenpachi showed up in the previous episode. It was short-lived, but I liked it. I wouldn't mind if they just reused more of the old soundtracks. Is there some kind of licensing reason for why they are not doing that? Or do they just want to be stubborn about it and make everything new even when it makes no sense to? OG Bleach had so many good soundtracks, it would be a real shame if we never heard Invasion, Treachery, or Quincy's Craft in TYBW. |
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