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| Finally, we get to see some Kensai in action. I know he's not among the strongest captains but he has a strong will to fight in this war. It's kinda sad to see all the bodies fallen and Shinigami struggling against their enemies though. About time this season showed more of Renji too. Between all the drama and action, I think they handled some of the comedic moments well. Renji hasn't lost his touch yet with his skills and I'm impressed. |
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| To think after briefing us over with the current predicament soul society is in during the first few minutes, we went to “kind of” unserious stuff just a minute or two later was… was within the expectations to be honest. As the whole character of Mask and his mascot is synonymous to the identity of any clown if we speak truthfully. Though we did see him exchanging blows with Kensei and Rose, where the latter pair seemed to have the upper hand at some point, and I mean at some point because they got THRASHED by Mask in no time. Watching Rose’s bankai was cool, like it really was, that opera stuff but hey again you expect to see something like that delivering the final blow, though it didn’t happen, instead we had fucking Renji and Rukia FINALLY making their appearance… let’s fucking go with that drip. Though, Rukia may have left afterwards, but Renji fucking thrashed Mask, he literally did. Renji’s “true” bankai was a bit too hot to handle, and plus with that OST in the background, of course it was inevitable he would’ve scored victory. Kind of ironic how two captains couldn’t handle Mask, but Renji did single handedly lol. But it is what it is. |
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| Hell yeah, Renji and his Zabimaru are back and better than ever! Amidst the havoc wreaked by enemies, the 13 Court Guards suffer increasing casualties, leaving their combat strength barely above 30%. Commander Shunsui rallies the squad, urging them to rebuild. Stepping onto the battlefield against Masculine, who has already bested Hisagi, Ikkaku , Yumichika, and now Kensei, Renji and Rukia have finally appeared once again! Mask launches an aggressive attack on Renji, who is pushed back. Mask uses his Star Flash Super Nova power, but Renji surprises him with a new blade. Renji reveals his new Bankai – a snake-headed blade on his right arm and a floating baboon-like arm on his left. Mask is thrown into a building by Zabimaru's arm, breaking his own arm. Mask is thrown into a building by Zabimaru's arm, breaking his own arm. Enraged, Mask resurfaces and is impaled midair by Renji's sword. Renji uses a new technique to bisect Mask horizontally, turning him to ash, ending the fight. Oh my, now while the animation isn't as impressive as episode 6 or 7, and they probably won't be beat for a while, this episode it definitely the best of the 2nd cour so far. Though that isn't to say there still isn't some rough spots here and there. The storyboard is amazing along with some great OSTs during Renji and Masculine's fight. After 5 years of being on hiatus the goat, Atsushi Wakabayashi is back and holy shit does he go crazy this episode. Though if they contiue going in this pattern where they go a Soul Reaper vs a Quincy every episode, this could get quite repetitive real quick. This was my problem with the Fake Karakura Town arc, but I trust Kubo's new edits to the TYBW. With Renji's fight in this episode, that mean we're just episodes away from Rukia's moment in the spotlight next! |
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| Shuuhei tried to stop Mask from examining the fallen object and opposed him strategically. But then, Mask reacted quickly and used a strong move to knock down Shuuhei. Rose took an interesting position that made people wonder why he was there. And guess what? Renji and Rukia suddenly showed up, which was a big surprise! Renji looked really cool and shocked Mask with his arrival. His punches were amazing, but Mask's Star Supernova attack was even more impressive. I really like Renji's new fighting style, it's much better than his old one. Finally, Mask looks like he’s defeated and gone for good. |
| Kensei talked shit about his own lieutenant just to end up getting washed too lol. Rose's Bankai was dope but Mask was one step ahead, destroying his eardrums to avoid the effects of said Bankai. Two captains got folded, so who comes to the rescue? Rukia and every Bleach fans' favorite jobber, Renji! Though, Renji beat the jobber allegations by taking on Mask by himself and using his true Bankai. What a hype fight that was and a great W for Renji, sheesh this episode was great. The new OST that played for Renji was awesome too. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| Nice sakuga and animation, that's my only positive thoughts on this episode. I can't stand Mask De Masculine, he's just unbearable ridiculous. Why did Kubo made Rose and Kensei look like trash for this? Can we just fast forward to Rukia's or Zaraki battle already? They're really saving the best for last, huh. |
| they finally did my boy Renji some justice. His first win in almost 10 years... |
 "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." |
| Renji was super cool in this episode. His Bankai was just as cool. Loved his animation cut in the episode. Another very good episode. Bleach continues to stay strong. Rukia, my beloved. |
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| The action was definitely better in this episode and despite me never caring at all for Renji, he was fine in this episode and contributed something for once in a while. Still not a fan of him but he was one of the highlights of this episode alongside the action improving. Mask sucks so much and derailed a good part of my enjoyment this episode, Kubo has had a solid list of badass antagonist/side characters but he's also had some rough ones and Mask made this episode painful and annoying to watch at times with his whole persona, comedy fell really flat here. Bleach has had phases in the original anime and manga where I just wish the story just condenses all these fights and skips to the bigger ones in my head and I mentally have that feeling right now too, it's been kind of a drag to watch this cour besides the first episode. |
| Two captains taken out like they were nothing and then Renji comes and takes out the guy like he was nothing, that felt off but oh well. The fight was boring too, probably the only time I felt this bored after Bleach came back. |
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| I really liked the episode much better than how i remembered it was in the manga. Mask's power are very cool but with a very potent weakness. The captains lost because they couldn't identify the weakness. Now this is a good schrift unlike the other absolutely broken abilities in bleach. |
| 3 bankai in 1 ep, Rengoat got the W |
| Renjis True Bankai is cool as fuck |
| Hubris destroyed soul society. Only picking on Humans and average hollows getting their poop pushed in by Quincies. Always think they are better and stronger - way too cocky. Thats why Ichigo shat on them and Sternritter, they never learn. Starting to believe they are the true villains. |
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| I'm glad they did my boy Renji good with that fight. RIP Mask and James, you were the funniest Quincies :( neffst3r said: Well, the battle already finished, so you'll have those in the next two episodes.Can we just fast forward to Rukia's or Zaraki battle already? |
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| Kind of a shame they cut out like half of Renji's fight. In the manga he was destroying Mask with his bare hands up until he used Vollstandig |
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| We've finally got a decent action sequence after a total of 5 episodes. This part is very weak compared to the first, hopefully it becomes better after the maincast gets their time to shine. The impact frames on Superstar's first comeback was insane though. And that last moment of Zabimaru. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
KendoJujutsu said: Sir-C said: Hopefully it's to make way for the more important fights or to elaborate on the worldbuilding/lore. And I have a feeling that had Byakuya been killed off like he was originally intended:Kind of a shame they cut out like half of Renji's fight. In the manga he was destroying Mask with his bare hands up until he used Vollstandig We saw Byakuya healed up a few eps ago. The "Kubo changed his plan for Byakuya due to death threats" thing has always just been a fan rumor |
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KendoJujutsu said: Sir-C said: Kubo revealed he was alive the chapter or so after Haschwalth proclaimed him dead and his reiatsu vanished iirc. Considering the sudden 180, it's obvious Kubo was planning on killing him.We saw Byakuya healed up a few eps ago. The "Kubo changed his plan for Byakuya due to death threats" thing has always just been a fan rumor Realistically his Reiatsu could just vanish from being nearly dead, but either way there's no actual evidence Kubo received death threats or changed his mind to appease fans. |
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| Finally, an episode in cour two that actually had impressive animation. Still not nearly as good as any cour one episodes, but it was an improvement. Honestly I've always hated this fight since reading it in the manga, and I was REALLY hoping that the anime would make Rose shut up about his Bankai's ability since it was a major flaw in the manga, but no he still blabbed like an idiot. Whatever, at least the episode was decent. But miss me with that "Wenji" crap. The dude has the worst battle record in the series after Chad, and one victory in this arc doesn't negate that. |
Nice episode.....Renji for the W and his Bankai is cool asf |
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| Alright, don't you all think it was cute how Kyoraku had a cellphone that had First Division's insignia on it? Just me? Okay. Well, it seemed like every shinigami had their Squad's number on their cellphone, but it was still cute. It also made me think if all those phones were mass-produced by the 12th Division and if it was requested each Division phone would have their insignia on it? (And naturally Mayuri's little spy program, because I won't doubt even a second he wouldn't have putten one in each phone if the 12th Division produced those all.) Anyway, it was funny how Mayuri was all sassy toward Kyoraku, over the fact they had lost so much of their manpower. While Mayuri appears all uncaring and such, he sure knows how to bite when his higher-ups have failed from his mind or otherwise think they're idiots. Does that mean Mayuri has an authority problem? Maybe (and highly likely, considering his ex-prison life.) Kensei roasting Hisagi (while he was unconscious) was cute as he gave this strong vibe of 'I trained you so hard son, yet you failed so badly! Don't make me ever worry like this again! This still doesn't mean once I'm done here, we'll do extra training!' Talk about mixed daddy vibes, lol. Too bad, he got in the end crushed by the Superstar. But it was kind of expected (because the main "villains" must defeat him). But it was still nice Kensei got his moment to shine and we got to see a bit more of his Bankai. But, if I'm honest, I was anticipating Rose's Bankai showcase. Somehow, I was disappointed. I don't know, but I was expecting more music and a good show. The manga gave such a strong impression, but this one? It kind of felt flat. Hearing xylophone play wasn't really...that good musical number -at least in my mind. I was expecting something massive, dreading, anything! I mean, they had Shiro Sagisu as the composer. Even if his music piece would have been cut short, because Mask de Masculine pierced his ears with his fingers, even so, I was expecting something else than just xylophone. (At least I assume the instrument that was played was the xylophone. I could now be wrong.) In fact, imagine if Shiro Sagisu would have pulled Neon Genesis Evangelion-type dreadful battle music, yet it would have got cut abruptly? Then the animators would have panned Rose's shocked expression as he would have realized something is very, very wrong. But no. Instead we just got a small moment that felt very...rushed? I know even in the manga Rose's moment was very short, but with good animation direction, the scene could have been so much more impactful and I bet Rose would have appreciated it as an enjoyer of art. Instead, it was a blur of a moment, to give way to a rematch between Mask de Masculine and Renji. While I can understand the main "villain" must defeat the "hero", it still didn't make this moment in the anime as disappointing as it did in the manga. (At least for me. I was hoping visuals and music would have made up the short moment, but nope.) The rest of the fight went as expected. Our main 'villain' defeated the 'hero' in the end. And it was plainly obvious where the more dramatic animation effects, etc., and music were directed in this episode. It was kind of expected after Kensei's and Rose's fight. While the animation was still top-notch during the whole episode, I still think they could have done so much more if they had wanted to. But...if they had, the possibility of outshining Renji's 'main moment' could have been big. Oh well. Renji going on his true Bankai was pretty neat. Not to mention Ichibe explained his role in Squad Zero was nice. It was a good thing they wrapped up the whole case of Mask de Masculine in this episode, which gives us all hint in future episodes we will probably see more shinigami VS. one Sternritter and be done with the episode. There might be some additional info here and there, but the focal point will be on the "main" fight. It was interesting it was implied James was the main Quincy and Mask de Masculine was like his extension, despite the fact Mask was the Strenritter. Or, maybe Mask's true name was James and the mini-James was Mask de Masculine when he was little and fanboy of wrestlers? Hard to say, but something to think about. That little moment between Ishida and Jugram at the end was nice, but I was still kind of expecting to see a glimpse of Ichigo in this episode, but I suppose because we saw Ishida...there wasn't simply time for that. I wonder if we'll return back to that conversation in the next episode, as the focal point of it will be Rukia and Äs Nödt, based on the next episode's name and the fact Äs Nödt spoke that ending 'quote'... |
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| Renji and Ruckia showing up on battlefield. Tonally kicking ass, with the foreshadowing of flower kinmoe dude giving his friends tickets to soul society. Shit is most defo going to start hitting the fan and people keep throwing more shit at it. Love it! next eps pls. Will Ichigo hold onto himself at this point is the question as everythin is being torn down |
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| Peak peak peak peak peak. Renji finally got a W. New OST by Hazel was FIRE, caught me off guard. Want to hear the full version of it ASAP. |
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