The story is definitely not predictable especially for anime onlys, overall for the story it was awesome, sometimes mind-blowing, especially On that one episode was shown, where the Head Captain Yamamoto Shigekuni Genryusai was fighting against the Quincy King, Yhwach, the animation was Top-tier, words can't describe how awesome that episode was, but I can ASSURE you, it was DEFINITELY better than that new season of Demon Slayer (Demons got defeated, u know the scene where demon siblings was in a total defeat, both d£cap!tated, died side by side). The massive plot-twist at the end of episode 9 also caught us all off-guard despite the Head Captain Yamamoto showing-off his enormous and monstrous powers (4 Bankai destroying "Yhwach") It was a huge disastrous Brute Force against Brilliant Strategy. the Zangetsu = Not really Zangetsu, but rather, the appearance of the Quincy King, 2000 Years ago, legit I was in a massive shook. Y'all won't believe it, my reaction and legit every youtube reactors faces was in TOTAL DISBELIEF, MASSIVE SHOOK hits us hard.
The Animation Quality
The animation for the art style IS MOST DEFINITELY fits the story 100%, I even consider it's better than the colored manga, NGL TO Y'ALL.. The visuals, artworks, animation quality is a SPOT ON! To the point where it rivals the Demon Slayer new season's OP animation quality, and don't get me wrong! Both has showed us amazing visuals so far. Not to mention the gore visualized from the very start of the episode to eps 13, the brutality, the gore, ruthlessness of the characters was WILD. 💀 I'd like to name every Dangerously OP, characters with Top-Tier Powers of both Warring Factions.
Gotei 13 & their second in Command:
1.The Head Captain (Commander in Chief): Yamamoto Shigekuni Genryūsai, age: over 2 milleniums (+2000 Years Old) Powers: Ryūjin Jakka, the Blade of the Enormous Flame, Bankai: East, West, South & North (details on *spoiler alert* episode 9, old man Yama VS Yhwach)
2. Zaraki Kenpachi (Captain), Dangerous man, considered as one of the 5 Special Threats issued by the Quincy King. Powers: Extremely Durable, Relentless Brutal Strikes, Ruthless Deadly Slashes, Overwhelming amount of Spiritual Pressure, Gets stronger everytime he receives strikes.
3. Kyōraku Shinsui (Lately Appointed Head Captain) Powers: He can teleport straight behind, under, and within enemy's shadows to perform a deadly strike, Dual-wielding Zanpakuto user. Deadly and wide huge scale of Bankai radius. He appears weak but deep down, he's too dangerous and cold-blooded. Bankai: Katen Kyokotsukaramatsu Shinju.
4. Aizen Sōsuke (Currently under 20.000 Year of Sentence). A cold-blooded Four-eyes mf, Zanpakuto: KyokaSuigetsu (Complete Hypnosis); He can put every individuals including those with OP traits under his mirage, fake and full of hypnosis, after making visual contact on his Zanpakuto), he can freely put everybody under complete hypnosis whenever he wills. Has reached a higher type of entity above Quincy, Espada, Soul Reapers, Arrancar & Hollows.
5. Urahara Kisuke (Former Captain put under Exile of the Previous Gotei-13)
ALSO considered as one of the 5 Special Threats issued by the Quincy King, Master of Tricks, Urahara Kisuke. Mastered every type of Kido & Bakudo, Possess a very mysterious Bankai (a bizarre and deadly one).
6. Kurosaki Ichigo
The characters are nice and well written, especially in the colored manga where the details are included. But when they all comes alive in the anime, everything is absolutely SPOT ON and legit comes out with each characters has their own unique and power traits, from the very Top to Low Tier level. Both factions (Gotei 13 & Sternritter) each with their own crazy amount of spiritual pressures and deadly firepowers (legit I mean, they're like the PHD's when it times to brutal k!llings, relentless ch()ppings, slash!ng their enemies with no mercy nor any remorse was truly horrifying, and I'm being honest with y'all, it could affect you psychologically, mentally and it sticks to your minds once you guys witness the brutality shown in the anime like a super glue. None of us manga readers was expecting the gore, none of us manga readers expected any brutality in this massive 10-years long awaited return, and the victims of those brutalities was visualized so real thanks to the voice actors, the screaming, terrifying high-pitched screaming in agony caught us all manga readers off-guard.
