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| I expected Squad Zero wouldn't be beaten so easily even after the Quincy got their power up since I didn't even see them use Shikai or Bankai yet. What I didn't expect was their reason for holding back and that sacrifice. Are those three truly dead, though? Damn, Ywach got absolutely wrecked. What a cliffhanger. I'm looking forward to seeing how Ywach and the Quincies can turn things around in their favor again. The post-credit stuff was funny, especially the Renji and Rukia scene. |
| I actually yelled out loud when the episode right before Kon came out. Episode felt like 5 mins only. Senjumaru's bankai is crazy even though I didnt fully understand it. I never read the manga but Squad 0 is a force bro. One bankai literally shook 3 different worlds. Honestly at moments I thought this was a weaker cour than 1, but I realized so much happened in cour 2. I loved and cannot wait for more which im pretty sure is more revives and last minute ass-pull haha. 9.5/10 for this season. 10/10 for OST though. |
RithicOct 8, 2023 1:31 PM
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| oh my god this gave me goosebumps. fantastic. |
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| The pacing feels refreshing, even though you know the characters return from a defeated state several times |
| oh wow, ishida became a part of the fabric! how will he survive that? |
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| When it's about to get good and it ends. Lemme guess, Ichigo's gonna show up when squad zero is in a pinch again to show who's the mc and then beat the crap out of the quincies. Still, I'm here to watch it |
| Oh no! The quincies are looking weak, how will they ever survive the loom? |
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| The difference in quality and overall episode direction fell off this cour. The first cour set the bar too high and this wasn’t as good. 7/10 |
| Pretty epic bankai but it all felt too short. |
| This was a really awesome episode and then the stupid gag/comic relief stuff with Kon had to appear at the end. |
CaptainjeddyOct 17, 2023 2:08 PM
| Just marathoned this entire season. The abilities this season have been pretty awful, mostly the enemies. It feels more inline with what you'd see from One Piece. Many silly powers and many that just feel out of place in this show. This finale episode was okay but I can say I clearly couldn't care less about any of these characters so these past fights just feel like filler to me. Literally the only nice thing this entire season was getting to finally see Rukia's bankai. |
| Completely based can't wait for the third and fourth cours. |
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| nothing really just ICHIBEI HYOSUBE "Isimonji" & Senjumaru Shutara "Bankai! HakkyΕken." |
| It feels weird to see most of Squad 0 commit suicide just so one can use their full strength. It feels like an excuse to nerf the squad while still making them look strong. Although it's still definitely much better than what they did in the manga. Ichibei's powers feel so broken. RIP Black Ant. It's neat to see the illustrated guide to soul reapers make a return. |
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Reply to fcisco1701
a bankai that wasn't even shown in the manga, i mean how can you not appreciate anime only scenes
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| Shutara's Bankai was on a whole other league. What a scene, what a finale! Can't wait for part 3 <3 |
| Squad Zero got so intense in the second half that I was starting to feel bad for the Quincies (cause killing off the main villains would be no fun). Though it feels like a strange place to finish off the second part, I also strangely feel okay with stopping here. And while I wasn't too big on the Illustrated Guides in the main series, I have to admit it was refreshing to see it back after all of this time. Overall another solid season in Bleach's final comeback story. This part felt more like the standard fare of Bleach battles. I wouldn't say it was a step down, but it just shows how the first cour was in a league of its own. Otherwise, no complaints from me. 8/10 |
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| That was MENTAL AS FUCK!!! Imagine being so overpowered that their true power has to be sealed and for any one of them to use their BANKAI, they must sacrifice all save for 1. And this one, is Senjumaru Shutara. To me, it seems like a shame to sacrifice 3 other Zero Squad members considering their priceless wealth of knowledge and experience in their realm of expertise, especially my man Εetsu Nimaiya since the ZanpakutΕ is the most used weapon for the sninigami. However, upon hearing Senjumaru unleash her bankai, the 3 worlds and dimensions tremble. Her bankai truly surpasses the limit of reality. "Bankai" ~ "Shatatsu Karagara Shigarami no Tsuji" She wrapped up the fight in 1 move against Yhwach's royal guards. Now on the other hand, while I believe the Yhwach's royal guards are defeated, I doubt Yhwach himself is defeated, not to say that Ichibe and his reality-altering bankai aren't incredible, but I just can't believe Yhwach don't have something equally as insurmountable up his sleeve. If anything, as long as he still stands, the entire Quincy race has not yet been defeated, including his royal guards who at the moment have been ensnared by Senjumaru's bankai. Man, these 2 past seasons of Bleach have been a joy to watch, though it seems like the pace is going by at a breakneck pace. A gigantic difference compared to the old Bleach. Nevertheless, I await the 3rd season with great anticipation, afterall, we haven't seen the true strength that Ichigo now possesses in action in the anime. Not to mention what Aizen might do next. Next year is about to be lit! |
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| okay the third cour gonna have huge diverge from manga. tbh the manga went downhill so i hope the anime adaptation will improve and be the true canon. |
 MAL score and most user-based rating system are all joke, Imagine trusting plebs and hivemind. Find users who have good sense and rating and use them as a reference. Check my guide to rate Your taste is trash. Cope, seethe, mald |
| This part definitely was more like the original tone of the main show. Less intense and more of the classic training arc. Bringing back a lot of classic characters. Didn't know it was 4 parts I just assumed it was 3 parts, as that is the most common route so that was a nice surprise. Assuming squad 0 gets beaten as it is only half way seeing what there bankai are. I am very curious how this will go as it the team has already arrived and we are only half way through. I am guessing we will have a royale guard fight, but its unclear how strong orihime/chad/yoruichi are. I am sure they will bring Kenpachi/Rukia/Byakuya/Renji in as it would be kind of invalidate there training. Guess this will be mostly a fighting part. |
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| Look, I enjoy Bleach & have a good time watching it, but it's far from "peak" lol It all boiled down to: "Look at my power, you lose!" "No, I actually have a power up, you lose!" "Back at you, look at my power up, now you lose!" "Psyche! My real power is going to kill you!" "Me too! I had one more powerup to defeat your power up! You all lose!" And I get that's par for the course for shounen, but the way this season did the flip-flopping was so damn fast, you can feel how dated the story beats are. Bleach was written in the post DBZ time competing with Naruto/One Piece, so firmly defined power sets & scaling weren't always super established. Writers simply just gave people infinite power ups & special abilities whenever the plot needed it, and it doesn't need to do much beyond that purpose. I knew what I was getting into, and I still enjoyed it. Just funny reading comments acting like this was some innovative & revolutionary battle & story. |
| “No, you can’t have a show where everybody’s Krillin!” – Shinpachi |
Reply to THE_BigDingus
Look, I enjoy Bleach & have a good time watching it, but it's far from "peak" lol
It all boiled down to:
"Look at my power, you lose!"
"No, I actually have a power up, you lose!"
"Back at you, look at my power up, now you lose!"
"Psyche! My real power is going to kill you!"
"Me too! I had one more powerup to defeat your power up! You all lose!"
And I get that's par for the course for shounen, but the way this season did the flip-flopping was so damn fast, you can feel how dated the story beats are. Bleach was written in the post DBZ time competing with Naruto/One Piece, so firmly defined power sets & scaling weren't always super established. Writers simply just gave people infinite power ups & special abilities whenever the plot needed it, and it doesn't need to do much beyond that purpose.
I knew what I was getting into, and I still enjoyed it. Just funny reading comments acting like this was some innovative & revolutionary battle & story.
It all boiled down to:
"Look at my power, you lose!"
"No, I actually have a power up, you lose!"
"Back at you, look at my power up, now you lose!"
"Psyche! My real power is going to kill you!"
"Me too! I had one more powerup to defeat your power up! You all lose!"
And I get that's par for the course for shounen, but the way this season did the flip-flopping was so damn fast, you can feel how dated the story beats are. Bleach was written in the post DBZ time competing with Naruto/One Piece, so firmly defined power sets & scaling weren't always super established. Writers simply just gave people infinite power ups & special abilities whenever the plot needed it, and it doesn't need to do much beyond that purpose.
I knew what I was getting into, and I still enjoyed it. Just funny reading comments acting like this was some innovative & revolutionary battle & story.
| @THE_BigDingus At least I can assure you so many power counters in so little time happened only in this part of arc. Probably this part will be the worst out of all 4 which still is not that bad. Well, many characters as for now are dead, so the rest of cours should be better paced regarding fights. I get the feeling 2nd cour is on par with JJK level. Nothing extraordinary, just fights and fights, but at least in better quality imo. |
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| @Ryuseishun "After reassessing things" - Read here as "After getting btfo by a Bleach fan on at least two separate occasions." And "pisspoor animation storyboarding and directing" despite giving Mushoku Tensei S2 a score that's 6 points higher (8/10) whilst being objectively vastly inferior in all three of these aspects, let alone others such as art direction, compositing and sound design. Jujutsu Kaisen S2 at a 7 as well, a logical rating if you aren't attempting to critique Bleach's production values with a 2/10 when the former is riddled with incomplete, rough episodes due to actual production hell and more recently, episodes that are inferior to the source material itself. Calling Bleach's storyboarding and directing "pisspoor" before praising the anime-original content in the same breath is also one of the funniest things I've read. You tried. |
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