Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Ketsubetsu-tan Episode 10 Discussion

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Getting angry at Kubo for killing Gin (which happened so long ago) is a weird criticism to make here. It's not like Rangiku does much anyway, nor was Gin's sacrifice meant to protect her forever. I'd actually forgotten that Rangiku was one of Gigi's zombies until she appeared for like 5 seconds in this episode.

Pepe feels like a villain you'd see in One Piece rather than Bleach lol so odd

God this episode was meh, while there's flashes of good animation this episode, it just solidifies my disappointed feelings for this cour and how redundant most of it feels. Other than Kenpachi vs Gremmy, As Nodt vs Rukia and maybe Renji vs Mask this cour feels extremely lacking in momentum. Kensei and Rose further proving how useless they are to a disappointing degree as they're shit as enemies or allies. Makes me realise how little reason they have to exist other than to refill captain spots (one of which Renji could've taken), which is a shame because I like Rose's bankai and think Kensei could've been a cool character. Mayuri vs Giselle/Toshiro felt removed from any sense of stake or climax, feels like there's barely any build up to the troll bait reveal Mayuri's fond of and it feels like a BTEC version of the Granz fight which was infinitely more entertaining, also large chunks are off screened. PePe is a waste of screen time and his ability amounts to a horny predator cupid version of Giselle's abilities (oh wow another one who can control people zzzzzz). Was cool to see Byakuya clowning 3 sternritters at once with ease though, just a shame it had to be soiled straight after.

It's crazy that this cour is following the first one since they're almost night and day in how entertaining and gripping they've been and this is supposed to be the ACTUAL war. Fights lack that spectacle and suspense and get wrapped up in an episode and a lot of them feel villain of the week like. I feel I'm gonna forget most of this cour. Hopefully with the end stinger of Yhwach, Uryu and Haschwalth breaking into the Soul Palace is continued next episode because that's the only moment I felt excited for what was going on this week.

Pepe feels like a villain you'd see in One Piece rather than Bleach lol so odd

This episode was kinda nice and weird, Mayuri doing the usual in carrying the episode again, beating the bad guys and turning zombies into good guys or whatever so not only is he winning fights but he's building an army on his own in the process and making the rest of the captains look pathetic, what a chad, and how the fuck does that time-traveling drug even work?

The fat cupid guy is silly but hey, it's Bleach, what did you expect? and Byakuya got hit with his ability and wasn't affected by the love-zombifying bullshitery so this was bullshit, Byakuya for some reason is immune to these type of abilities, I remember that he was immune to an ability in the silly Fullbringer arc too when he fought one of the 2 final bosses.

BTW, I always found silly how Ichigo got so many different transformations and we only saw it once, like that silly ass transformation in the Fullbringer arc but this is another topic.

Yes it is painfull that Quincy arc is rushed. There is no time to give any background story to most new characters, no time to like or dislike them, no time for a proper fight that last few episodes. Question is who rushed Kubo with manga years ago? was it publisher was it money or was it himself trying to finish asap? Sure, arrancars were much better characters, but compare No. of episodes for arrancar arc and Quincy arc. So big potential lost. I still enjoy it greatly, but I know it could have been even greater.

@MFDOOMED Never heard of Dyna Tension and Pinch but this is straight fire. Is the anime good? I would watch it just for the ost's

@MFDOOMED The stakes aren't wildly different, just the scenario and if anything the tension should feel greater. There is no Yama, they got caught with their pants down with half their manpower off elsewhere, let alone this is the full blown war and not the preliminary invasion. Yet I feel like I'm watching a fodder fest that devalues established characters. Bankai reveals lack ceremony which they should have, none of the current Quincy (other than Bazz B and maybe Askin) that haven't gone with Yhwach feel notable or a considerable threat and the ones that were ended up having inconsistent fight payoff. Almost everything feels as if it's just going through the motions instead of delivering worthwhile conflict, I mean this is the god damn war and it feels devoid of something that the initial invasion in cour 1 had in spades. I should be feeling how hard fought a victory this is supposed to be but I don't and it's a shame especially considering the framework left by cour 1. Maybe these last 3 episodes will be great, maybe cour 3 and beyond will be even greater, but none of that subtracts from how disappointing and lacking this cour has felt for the majority of it.

Thank god for the mad lad Kenpachi and As Nodt for saving what is otherwise an incredibly mediocre batch of episodes so far

I am reading through the comments and I am amazed I am pretty much one of the few ones who don't really enjoy these episodes.
wtf was that PePe cringefest? Why are the quincies so weird and why do they have such weird powers?
Everything feels so irrelevant and not interesting. I was actually surprised for a second that Hitsugaya was dead, but this episode didn't really make me feel it is true. I mean, where's the drama? It was like "oh, well".
And why does it feel like he's 1000% stronger? lol
Such a pity given the first part (season) was so great and nerve-wrecking, and it just went downhill.

Anyway, someone said here the last three episodes will be a blast, so I can't wait.