Did you enjoy this first round of battles between the Zero Division and the Schutzstaffel? Did Yhwach's Auswählen kill the Sternritter in Seireitei? Let me know your thoughts, and stay tuned for the final episode review of TYBW Part 2 - it's coming soon!
I enjoyed what I saw but this entire 2nd cour I was hype waiting to watch Robert get smited down from the heavens but I got robbed of that. The uryu addition on the fight was nice to see.
I think Kinpika's ability apart from blinding enemies is a bit like Kizaru's from One Piece. From what the anime has shown, his light blade seems to be able to pass through physical objects. It would explain how he managed to pierce Frundshield and how his clash with Haschwalt resulted. He seemed to phase through Hash's sword and then cut him down by changing Kinpika with solid light
If Kubo went this hard for the squad zero fight, then just imagine how hard he'll go for Ichigo and Aizen vs yhwach, it's gonna be the most epic fight imaginable
I don’t think Kubo will show Aizen’s Bankai (but holy shit imagine the internet breaking if that was a cliffhanger) but I can’t wait to see it expanded. If NaNaNa is dead I do wonder if Aizen will have more of a role or is just stuck on Chair-Sam’s trash talking
Pernida's wings being shaped like hands was a great touch. I really like how the Auswählen came across as both something visually stunning, while actually being extremly twisted in it's purpose.
One of my favorite things in this is just how in-synch the entire zero division is. They immediately know when one of them needs backup and act accordingly based on their capabilities. Oetsu doesn't even worry about losing blood, because he knows Tenjiro is right there to heal him immediately, and even later when Senjumaru grabs Oetsu to heal him while Tenjiro distracts them.
I love that Yhwach Bach in Ichigos inner world tells him that he hates the rain. Its what happens during auswählen which makes Ichigo sad because of his mother as it rained after while she died, and it makes Yhwach sad because of the after-effect of auswählen rain
It's cool having Senjumaru fighting Uryu because of the first time he showed up and it was revealed he knows how to weave, when he fixed someones' stuffed animal.
Also the fact that Uryu was the one to introduce “Soul Ribbons” as a Concept in the early days of Bleach; and Senjumaru’s Bankai literally manipulates enemies’ Soul Ribbons once located and she twists their Fabric of Fate to bring their eventual Fated Demise sooner rather than later
I think the best part about the squad zero fight, what made it so special, is that since we know they will eventually lose, but we also knew auswahlen hadn't yet happened, it meant that nobody was wearing any plot armor. All cards were in play, all fates in the air. We all had genuinely no idea who was going to fall after that Tenjiro / Haschwalth clash. That's how battles should be.
I'm still of the opinion that Kinpika is a solar zanpakuto, not a light based one. I believe it is supposed to be a blade of pure solar energy and thus can't be blocked by conventional means, which might explain why Tenjiro was surprised that Haschwalth's mystical Frundschild stopped it, only for Kirinji to wrench it from Jugram's grasp
I know everybody was hyped for Senjumaru and Oetsu but in this episode I was delighted by Tenjiro, he honestly deserved this win and it's really showed how powerful he is, while most of us didn't expect much from him.
I actually think Kyoraku's statement about getting a drink was him lying to Ukitake. I think the scene was restructured into one where Kyroraku doesn't want to alarm Ukitake who needs to focus on his own tasks now that he's taking the field. It would make sense that Ukitake would know Kyoraku enough to suspect what he would be thinking had he mentioned where he was actually going, and there would be a chance Ukitake would try to stop him from carrying out his goal of seeking out Aizen in a moment of soul society's desperation. This may or may not be the case but for now that's how I viewed the scene
I love how this ending hyped everyone up It showed that Kubo is bold enough to do mayor changes from the original source material which means that cour 3 and 4 are basically no mans land and given how huge the changes are there will definitely be a lot more hype stuff coming since in cour 3 everything starts to actually spike
Yup both cours are uncharted territories. However, the trailer for cour 3 should tell us of what we will expected to be properly adapted in the manga, but who knows what will changed and/or rearranged. I wouldn't be surprised if cour 3 ends with the Gerald fight or the beginning of Ichigo vs Ywach. That will give cour 4 more time to fix the ending of the manga.
@@animanco6833 Things will likely happen as in the manga (as in that the fights and outcome will be the same), but the added content may make certain parts different. Honestly cour 3 looks the most promising to me.
I never thought I’d be able to look at Squad Zero’s big battle and not be disappointed, but here I am. Also, thanks for posting a video on my birthday😊
I can't help but think, that we're going to be treated to something absolutely glorious in Cour 3. Kyoraku's line to Ukitake of "So you can exert yourself a little?" has me absolutely begging Kubo to give us Ukitake using Bankai with the help of Kamikake. My soul physically cannot hold off til we see the Hell Arc animated for an Ukitake bankai. Just give me Kyoraku and Ukitake vs. Lille before Nanao arrives to get her zanpakuto from him.
Ichibei fighting with a paint brush will never not be cool to me. For Tenjiro, I almost wonder if the light is to mimic the sun. His healing pools are extremely hot and if sunlight is on water, it tends to get warmer. Like a UVB. However it's never mentioned or hinted that the light radiates heat. But its just a small theory
I immediately got the sun from his release, and it felt perfect. Everything about him is life-giving, and what is the ultimate life-giver if not the sun.
Senjumaru sure pulled the rug out in this battle, the very fight for the very dark heart of Soul Society. I can imagine what's cooking for the next cour especially since we've been given plenty of bonuses and lore thus far. 2024 is going to be epic for Bleach.
I have a crazy theory of why Bazz B wasn't killed by Auswahlen: what if Jugram was behind that? What if he somehow lessened the deadliness of it for Bazz B in particular with the help of The Balance? That would be such a cool addition to their friendship backstory, especially if Jugram reveals that to him during their fight.
Or perhaps when Jugram was subconsciously giving Bazz b power back when they were children, the auswhalen stripped the power given by Yhwach, but Bazz b keeps the power from Jugram
I always thought Bazz surviving would result in him, Uryu, Grimmjow, Tsukishima and Nell all becoming a strike force to help Ichigo in times of need. A Quincy with flame powers, the prodigal son Quincy, the coolest Espada, the most broken Fullbringer, and the Queen of Heuco Mundo.
@@davewindburn Everyones entitled to their own opinion. My way of thinking is I was under the impression that Harribel died. That would make Nelliel the strongest remaining Arrancar besides Grimmjow left, making her the Queen. When she was in the Espada, I thought she placed higher than Grimmjow, so she's probably got more power. And I personally wasnt super impressed by Stark. He's neat, dont get me wrong, but as far as each Espada and their motivations, I loved Grimmjow and Ulquiorra the best. Grimmjow wasnt a mindless slave to his urges, wasn't questioning his existence, wasn't scheming or biding his time. Grimmjow wanted to fight. Grimmjow wanted strong foes to keep challenging him until he was undoubtedly *the strongest*. Ulquiorra was more the question his own existence type, and in the end was probably the most human of them all as much as he couldnt see it. But his emotionless expression breaking into frustration, rage, unknowing dissatisfaction, and then finally a smile, was far more memorable than the dude who was two people cause he was 'so strong's and had coyote/wolves. And thats not to diminish Starks character, story, or your love for them, in any way. I just am of the opinion that Grimmjow was the coolest Espada for his sheer simplicity of character.
I love how evil Ichibei is portrait in the anime even Moore compared to the manga. It really shows a nice contrast painting the Shinigami's as the "bad guys" I love it!
@@Yhwach908 Well yeah but by doing so he would end everyone's life on earth, Hueco Mundo and Soul Society. Sure he would create new life but he would sacrifice a lot of life's just to create his ideal world, to be fair Shinigami's did the same thousand if not millions of years ago with splitting the original world into 3 realms.
@@afh7170 Yeah true every group is morally gray (at best) and even though we think the Shinigami's are the "good guys" although they are better than a Aizen or a Yhwach, they also did commit a huge crime thousands of years ago with splitting the body parts of the Soul King and using his power to create the 3 worlds. Yhwach and Aizen are evil but at the same time you kinda understand them, they want to turn back how it once was before the world was split in 3 but by doing so you also kill EVERYONE inside these 3 realms to create the original one what is not a "morally good" thing so the speak lol.
I actually really like shunsui’s line change. Especially for those of us who know where he is off to, it adds some nice character to our new head captain. He’s inexperienced and about to go take on central 46 for the second time. He needs some liquid courage before doing what he plans to do. And for those who are anime only it adds some nice intrigue for what’s to come.
I am realllly looking forward to Shunsui’s Conversation with C46 to get clearance to do what he plans on doing, and talking with “that person” thereafter
42:30 Komamura, Rangiku, Kensei, Rose and Yachiru had a death art by Kubo, so I wouldn't think much about it other than: just like in the manga they won't get more screen time.
Think about it tho. Base uryu was able to react senjumaru while a regular sternritter with a decent ability like the Wind couldn't. We couldn't even see how she marked the wind she was to fast for him. But with uryu he was able to see her every move. And uryu was just in his base. The series is finally doing uryu justice.
Im almost sure that Robert and Nanana going to switch places in part 3. Robert is a fanatic, he will try to stop Aizen to gain Ywatch favor before Bazz-B put an end to his life.
Nah Robert will likely go attack the remaining soul reaper captains and lieutenants who are injured but recovering and still good enough to fight. But he gets taken down by Ukitake. Of course that’s only if Robert does survive and if cour 3 will give Ukitake extended scenes
I don't know, I think that would be disappointing, especially since he knows better than nearly all the Stërnritter still alive that Ywach had well and truly abandoned them. Maybe he'll throw himself against Ukitake out of some empty desperation to do something and take out some Shinigami, but I don't think he'll pull what NaNaNa tried. Only NaNaNa is stupid enough for that.
Shoutouts to Kirinji from going from, getting walled by Nianzol in the Manga to making Haschwalth bleed, and giving some issues to a power up Askin Nakk Le Varr, all while he was unable to go full power.
@Ironhandreacts-bp4yo it's shown full circle and given closure to his character in the end, and a good quarter of this war was on his shoulders. No other shinigami was capable or were like that to take on Pernida
11:21 Yhawch can actually stop falling by using the bow as a ground and then shoot himself up by holding on an arrow... But instead he pierced his body to get back there quickly... The amount of dedication he has...
Honestly, if Kubo is willing to expand the Squad Zero fights with changes made to manga continuity of events, I think they deliberately didn’t show Robert, NaNaNa, Candice and Meninas as they might actually come in to play more in Cour 3. Hell they took Shinji’s Bankai form CFYOW, there’s no reason they won’t borrow more from it (like the fates of Candice, Menni and Nanana). Either way…there’s a massive opportunity to re-write Cours 3 and 4 and so far the choices Studio Pierrot and Kubo have made do not give me the impression they are gonna stop changes from here. Things are going to be wild either way.
@@Sakanade__ TYBW Spoilers: So was Grimmjow before he came back to help Urahara, Ginjo and the others also make a brief appearance despite 2 of them being "dead" but y'know, they're in the Soul Society which is where humans go anyways.
@@GameoftheYear-fx4mq huh? No! I’ve read the manga. This isn’t all about the manga material. I’m talking about Kubo’s art in his Twt/X account. Everytime a character dies in the latest episode, he immediately makes art of them wearing modern clothes and upload it in his account. Robert was one of them 42:35
@@Sakanade__ I forgot to include the 2nd part of my reply. Kubo can simply change it up and lie to keep everyone's guard down. Aizen WILL get a Bankai, Characters WILL have more screentime (8+ episodes of bonus material confirmed) and Ichigo's Bankai WILL have more scenes.
@@Sakanade__ Kubo could be trolling us, and fingers crossed that he is. As much of a bit character as NaNaNa may be, he still deserves his moment against Aizen.
I for some reason found Ichibei drawing the two lines at the beginning of the battle hilarious. Reminds me of Plankton playing the harmonica. Why didn't he just flashstep over.
I imagine Kinpika's shining would be quite helpful in a fight, making it hard for his opponent to track his swings. Very subtle and not overtly powerful, but that's what Shikai should be imo.
At this point, I don't know what to expect because these last two episodes changed a lot from the source material. I'm so excited to see what Kubo and the studio have planned for the next part
14:00 i’m just guessing, but it could be that the amount of fortune of hikifune fixing the cage does not compare to the fortune of not fighting yhwach.
MrTommo, I enjoy your reviews so much I don't care if there are spoilers - because the episodes so far have been so good I've still been floored when I watch them, even if I kind of knew of something that might be happening. I've tried watching other channels to get, how to put it, some different approaches? presentations? - but none of them have the perfect combination of professionalism in presentation skill, extensive lore knowledge, and most of all a clear expression of the complete love you have to the Bleach universe and the amazing world that Kubo has built.
I actually preferred this episode to episode 26. The Auswahlen was one of the best scenes in TYBW so far and im sure it’ll still be one of my favorite scenes even after its completed
Let's GOOOOOO! I've been waiting for this review of 25, and soon 26, with much anticipation. It's one of the highlights of my week as I save these videos as I'm prepping for work.
I became caught up with and started following the Bleach manga weekly around the time of the Rukia vs As Nodt fight, being a long time Bleach anime viewer ever since I was first introduced to it on Adult Swim so so long ago now. I remember being engrossed with how things had become in the TYBW, and the events and memories in my life at the time were entwined with every new chapter. I have been watching your content for years now, and I sincerely want to thank you for continually providing your fanbase with consistent, well-thought-out, passionate content about the series that was there for me as a kid and is still here for me well into my adulthood. I'm sure I can speak for most long-time Bleach fans in saying that the anime has provided a sorely needed respite from the underwhelm we went through with the Zero Division back when these events transpired in the manga. Kudos to the team who were in charge of the adaptation, and kudos to you, MrTommo, for providing us with such great content. Can't wait for the next video
I always thought Robert and Gerard were both just so old and the Auswählen took their semi immortality, but the remembered Jugo and Bazz-B are both a thousand years old too. It actually makes me wonder how old are the Bambies considering they’re relatively new. I doubt there’s just Pure Quincy’s in our modern age when Ryuken’s mother made a big deal about Misaki and Ryuken getting together. I’m hoping they reveal that Haschwalth maid a third lie and is taking care of a recovering Haschwalth, and maybe the anime had him working with a still living Bazz-B and Robert.
I am so happy for bleach fans. I remember the general malaise when the TYBW arc came out. And I am so glad they are getting an *awesome* finale to their franchise.
They must be adding A LOT of extra material in the next cours if this is already the halfway mark. More extra fights? Extra scenes for minor characters that did literally nothing in the manga version? More lore and world building? The possibilities are endless.
14:00 Remember, the stronger the attack the longer it will take to be used again. This is explained in the shattered shaft / ichigo first training with Urahara.
I believe adyneus is a play on one of the names for the judeo-christian God Adonai, so it's very possible it's the name of the soul king based on that the name is probably pronounced add-uh-nai-us
The only issue i have with the idea of Robert being alive is the scene at 38:42. I could be wrong but in the episode where Ichigo and Co get launched to the soul palace we see a quick scene of Robert laying on the ground looking upwards at their departure. At the scene in 38:42 we see a figure laying down in a similar position. That makes me think that was Robert there. Don't get me wrong I would like to see him survive (at least so we can get his speech) but I don't want to get my hopes up.
I really hope Pernida getting a basic holy form means that he'll get a full one later on like the others did. I'd be very interested in what that would look like
“Battle of the sewing artists” That’s such a deep cut I love that. Almost forgot we were introduced to Uryu in the very beginning being known for his skillful sewing haha
I think I have an explanation for the Balance: it’s depicted as a scale. Scales tip backward and forward but they also can remain neutral. I think it’s always goes back to neutral like when she restored the initial cage and for him to use it again, he needs additional misfortune to tip it back to his side
I'm pretty sure shigarami weaves anything she wants into existence. Senjumaru doesn't use illusions. She weaves things into existence including the floating islands, her fake copies, umbrella, body parts etc. The Bankai most likely weaves fate itself.
Honestly, when you mentioned the correspondent Chapters, I wondered how much time in writing a Chapter Kubo uses to come up with the titles. Thinking up those extremely creative chapter titles has got to be exhausting, no?
I actually dont think Lille lied when he said what he did. I think he was specifically talking about the abilities he didn't get to use in the fight because there was this misunderstanding that it took the additional power to allow him to use his x-axis when that simply wasn't the case. They do get more powerful, its just that Lille's ability to do what he did didn't originate from the power boost
Just imagine the battel Aizen vs Yhwach and Kubo drops a bomb and shows us more than Kyoka Suigetsu. Just imagine hearing and seeing Aizen's Bankai for the very first time
I'll be honest, the look of Askin's bow REALLY makes me think he was supposed to actually represent the Future Era of Warfare, unless Kubo is going by the 'THE FUTURE IS NOW' route for the 'Current Era'.
I was delighted like the majority of fans about all the additions. For me I really loved Tenjiro's extentions. In relation to his Shikai, I think that the blinding light really goes with his blinding speed, giving him even more of an advantage over the enemy. Eagerly awaiting the review of the final episode.
I always thought it was because of the whole blood purity thing. Echt Quincy could get struck by the light and live, but if the Gemischt Quincy were struck by the light of auswählen they would be stripped to the bone. I thought thats why all of the soldat were all turned to skeletons, but only a couple of the sternritter were. One of those "Any Gemischt quincy can be a member of the soldat, but only a select few have the power to be recognised as noteworthy among the Echt quincy in the sternritter."
Good set of explanations, tho I would have liked more about Uryu. I think it's wierd the way we might assume jugo is dead in the battle then brought back. But Uryu was not killed, I don't know why senjumaru doesn't try to finish Uryu. But whats more interesting is Uryu is probably going to kill senjumaru. The line "of the pride of the quincy I will kill you" in the trailer is the only one missing in the cour, and its probably because Uryu was meant to say it at the end of episode 26 but could not because of production issue. I would have liked you mentionning thoses oddities. Good work tho keep the bleach passion
When it comes to episode 25 spefically my favorite moment was the auswalen i really love how they chose to make the auswalen into a black hole that explodes into a massive a halo i also really love the rain effect other that my favorite character in the episode along with episode 26 is definitly Senjumaru i just absolutly love her powerset with her needles and cloth reality manipulation as well as everthing she can do with her arms the least impressive royal guard member was outsu i was really expected more both anime and manga from theblacksmith of the zanpakto then just jumping around with just a really sharp sword and getting pumped full of holes
33:03 i think they activated because of the resonating thing episode 17 introduced. candace says her wings resonated and activated without her consent. liltotto in her vollstandig coming near giselle probably caused it to resonate and pop out.
My opinion is that the power Haschwalth and Lille are talking about are two different definitions and that they’re both correct. The Auswahlen gave them additional power (what Haschwalth was talking about), but the “power” Lille mentioned is just his schrift. It’s essentially an admission that Lille didn’t take them seriously the first time and didn’t use his power, the X-Axis.
Kinpika to me feels like the healing/powerful energy of the sun as well as the absolute blinding nature of it. I think when kinpika is active its almost impossible to look directly at it?
I'm happy we got more 0 division. Especially Senjumaru but man I really was ready to see the rest of ichibei's bankai. The long incantations and the shrine. That just means episode 1 of the next cour is gonna be absolute heat
Surprised that you don't think Kinpika is the sun. Although they haven't shown the heat side you'd assume that is how he heats the water. This would explain how he uses it to mix/heat his water, the regal nature, and the brightness he uses as you can't look directly at the sun.
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My thoughts on the changing of Kyoraku's line was that him releasing Aizen was gonna be seen as more taboo. Like he was going to do it regardless of getting approval, which would lend further credence to everyone freaking out about it when it's revealed.
16:33 Ishida clearly isn't blocking her here in this scene imo him touching her there will be used in cour 3 as a way for Ishida to revert what she did to him and the Schutzstaffels plus Hashwalth through Antithesis my reasoning is that it would be extremely bad for the Quincy's if Yhwach has to save them 2 times in the same fight so imo either Ishida through Antithesis or Hashwalth through Balance will be the ones to revert what Shutara did to them with her Bankai (maybe even a combination of both) I said this October 5 of 2023 feel free to come and laugh at me if i got it wrong :)
Im with you on that one, just the Balance alone would have a field day if he was able to use it now and the Antithesis, well its not really based on anything and can literally just reverse everything, and given that the original source material didnt give Uryu much time this would be really good Only problem? massive spoilers here Why would Uryu save them? He wants to kill Yhwach reviving his biggest military force really wouldnt add up in the end Like alright maybe he killed Yhwach (or helped with it) but that would need really good explaining not to be a plothole
@@smoothcriminal4618 fair point on Uryu saving them but maybe he does it to save himself since he's under the impression that only his A can overcome A? imo since the episode will likely be named A it's likely it will be him the boy needs his points because he got off screened bad in that Arc despite this being the Arc of the Quincy's
I'm wondering if kubo did the death art for those characters because it'll be an anime twist to see them alive again like when they show up to help maybe they will all be there and it'll be a bit more of a plot point or maybe it's just because it's the end of the core and he wants us to be in suspense and wowed when we see them next
I'm so glad they did these guys justice I love their designs and it's awesome to get to see them fight some, I just wish I could see all their bankai 😂 spider lady is cool and all but she's my third favourite oetsu and and kirinji are the ones I really want to know what they can do. But damn what a finale, the visuals were incredible the audio was incredible and the new content had me enthralled! Really reminds me of all those years ago when I was barely 20 watching the weekly release on some anime website and then flipping over to a manga site to read the manga too and getting super excited for both.
ok i think the line "those who lose their power die" might actually be the key in understanding why some survive. Because technically bazz and the others don't lose their powers. They can still use their schrifts and quincy abilities. They lost a bit of their powers, but they didn't lose their powers. So perhaps that is what that means. If you lose all your powers you die. In the original the only inconsistencies about the auswahlen were jugram and gerard dying as they were completely healthy and strong. But apart from that its clear to me that if you are healthy enough and strong enough you survive it. Masaki was in good health and survived, katagiri had poor constitution and died. Robert was old and beaten so he died. Soldat are weak so they die. Bazz-b wasn't injured or old or sick so he survives easily For nanana, candice and meninas it basically comes down to whatever the eventual outcome is. It's believable both ways. If they die its because they were almost dead when the light hit them. If they survive its because they were strong enough to withstand it. If the skulls are signifying mayuri enslaving them in CFYOW nanana should have one too as he was part of that. Maybe in this new canon giselle zombifies them?
I really hope they extend ichigo & aizen vs ywach. just imagine if aizen actually uses his bankai. if it was ever a moment to reveal aizens bankai it’d be this fight right here
I interpreted the breaking of the cage to be tantamount to the immense good luck of the Zero Squad not having to face Yhwach. And that immense amount of good luck allowed him to do something on that scale. Hikifune fixing the cage isn’t as lucky so there wasn’t as much misfortune for him to redirect. Could be wrong though. The Balance is a weird ability that needs some quantifying tho.
15:15 This is a theory but, maybe the reason he destroyed the cage is beacause he needs a lot of reishi to activate the balance, so it might not be too crazzy that once the cage is restored there is not enough reishi in the air to do it again, or he might have thought that keeping the remaining reish to fight the most urgen threat was the best way to act.
Did you enjoy this first round of battles between the Zero Division and the Schutzstaffel? Did Yhwach's Auswählen kill the Sternritter in Seireitei? Let me know your thoughts, and stay tuned for the final episode review of TYBW Part 2 - it's coming soon!
yup, i loved the zero division bankai
My favorite line from both these episodes was this is a true Squad 0 battle Also pernida Holy form
I enjoyed what I saw but this entire 2nd cour I was hype waiting to watch Robert get smited down from the heavens but I got robbed of that. The uryu addition on the fight was nice to see.
We didn’t see any of the Sternritter die, so I’ll withhold judgment until we know for sure.
I think Kinpika's ability apart from blinding enemies is a bit like Kizaru's from One Piece.
From what the anime has shown, his light blade seems to be able to pass through physical objects. It would explain how he managed to pierce Frundshield and how his clash with Haschwalt resulted. He seemed to phase through Hash's sword and then cut him down by changing Kinpika with solid light
If Kubo went this hard for the squad zero fight, then just imagine how hard he'll go for Ichigo and Aizen vs yhwach, it's gonna be the most epic fight imaginable
Hopefully
oh yeah, that fight is gonna be epic. can't wait to see what Kubo has in store for Ichigo, Aizen, and Yhwach.
Careful with expectation
Bankai please
I don’t think Kubo will show Aizen’s Bankai (but holy shit imagine the internet breaking if that was a cliffhanger) but I can’t wait to see it expanded.
If NaNaNa is dead I do wonder if Aizen will have more of a role or is just stuck on Chair-Sam’s trash talking
Pernida's wings being shaped like hands was a great touch. I really like how the Auswählen came across as both something visually stunning, while actually being extremly twisted in it's purpose.
They didn't have to go this hard for a single move but they frekin did anyways
One of my favorite things in this is just how in-synch the entire zero division is. They immediately know when one of them needs backup and act accordingly based on their capabilities. Oetsu doesn't even worry about losing blood, because he knows Tenjiro is right there to heal him immediately, and even later when Senjumaru grabs Oetsu to heal him while Tenjiro distracts them.
I love that Yhwach Bach in Ichigos inner world tells him that he hates the rain. Its what happens during auswählen which makes Ichigo sad because of his mother as it rained after while she died, and it makes Yhwach sad because of the after-effect of auswählen rain
I think tenjiro is the “sailor”
Theme, the water and the sun really do reflect a sea voyage to me
It's cool having Senjumaru fighting Uryu because of the first time he showed up and it was revealed he knows how to weave, when he fixed someones' stuffed animal.
Not to mention he's gonna need stitches after this 😆
Also the fact that Uryu was the one to introduce “Soul Ribbons” as a Concept in the early days of Bleach; and Senjumaru’s Bankai literally manipulates enemies’ Soul Ribbons once located and she twists their Fabric of Fate to bring their eventual Fated Demise sooner rather than later
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I think the best part about the squad zero fight, what made it so special, is that since we know they will eventually lose, but we also knew auswahlen hadn't yet happened, it meant that nobody was wearing any plot armor. All cards were in play, all fates in the air. We all had genuinely no idea who was going to fall after that Tenjiro / Haschwalth clash. That's how battles should be.
I'm still of the opinion that Kinpika is a solar zanpakuto, not a light based one. I believe it is supposed to be a blade of pure solar energy and thus can't be blocked by conventional means, which might explain why Tenjiro was surprised that Haschwalth's mystical Frundschild stopped it, only for Kirinji to wrench it from Jugram's grasp
I know everybody was hyped for Senjumaru and Oetsu but in this episode I was delighted by Tenjiro, he honestly deserved this win and it's really showed how powerful he is, while most of us didn't expect much from him.
Agreed i just wished his zanpakuto got more time to shine we still dont really know its ability , pun intended
From being embarrassed by nianzol to beating jugram he's come a long way
I actually think Kyoraku's statement about getting a drink was him lying to Ukitake. I think the scene was restructured into one where Kyroraku doesn't want to alarm Ukitake who needs to focus on his own tasks now that he's taking the field. It would make sense that Ukitake would know Kyoraku enough to suspect what he would be thinking had he mentioned where he was actually going, and there would be a chance Ukitake would try to stop him from carrying out his goal of seeking out Aizen in a moment of soul society's desperation. This may or may not be the case but for now that's how I viewed the scene
I love how this ending hyped everyone up
It showed that Kubo is bold enough to do mayor changes from the original source material which means that cour 3 and 4 are basically no mans land and given how huge the changes are there will definitely be a lot more hype stuff coming since in cour 3 everything starts to actually spike
Yup both cours are uncharted territories. However, the trailer for cour 3 should tell us of what we will expected to be properly adapted in the manga, but who knows what will changed and/or rearranged. I wouldn't be surprised if cour 3 ends with the Gerald fight or the beginning of Ichigo vs Ywach. That will give cour 4 more time to fix the ending of the manga.
@finalfantasyre7 that’s the aftermath. The final will probably last like half the cour
@@animanco6833 All those events can happen, but I still anticipate radical restructuring in Cour 3 anyway.
@@MrGksarathy It's because of those radical restructuring that I know the final battle will occur in cour 4.
@@animanco6833 Things will likely happen as in the manga (as in that the fights and outcome will be the same), but the added content may make certain parts different. Honestly cour 3 looks the most promising to me.
I never thought I’d be able to look at Squad Zero’s big battle and not be disappointed, but here I am.
Also, thanks for posting a video on my birthday😊
Safe to say your a fraud and owe every member a apology
Happy birthday mate
@@cnflxx thanks
I can't help but think, that we're going to be treated to something absolutely glorious in Cour 3. Kyoraku's line to Ukitake of "So you can exert yourself a little?" has me absolutely begging Kubo to give us Ukitake using Bankai with the help of Kamikake. My soul physically cannot hold off til we see the Hell Arc animated for an Ukitake bankai. Just give me Kyoraku and Ukitake vs. Lille before Nanao arrives to get her zanpakuto from him.
Quick note, in the battle against Quilge, Quilge mentions how Yuha is the one who adjust how powerfull the blutt in an quincy is.
You lads realize this means it's not impossible that we get an Aizen and Ichigo Bankai before this is over right?
I’m still leaning towards no bankai for Aizen. But Ichigo I’m willing to bet on. I want to see his true bankai so badly when him and Aizen team up
Ichibei fighting with a paint brush will never not be cool to me.
For Tenjiro, I almost wonder if the light is to mimic the sun. His healing pools are extremely hot and if sunlight is on water, it tends to get warmer. Like a UVB. However it's never mentioned or hinted that the light radiates heat. But its just a small theory
I mean he did use solar flare with it
I immediately got the sun from his release, and it felt perfect. Everything about him is life-giving, and what is the ultimate life-giver if not the sun.
I think his power is baths, he used a hot spring bath, a blood bath, and a sun bath. Just my theory 😁
@@bryanconanstino8773 that's the other one I was thinking about as well. Hopefully we get some answers or at least hints next season
I find it symbolic how senjumaru blocks ishida’s “rain” (licht regen) only to be rained on by yhwachs auswahlen
Senjumaru sure pulled the rug out in this battle, the very fight for the very dark heart of Soul Society. I can imagine what's cooking for the next cour especially since we've been given plenty of bonuses and lore thus far. 2024 is going to be epic for Bleach.
I have a crazy theory of why Bazz B wasn't killed by Auswahlen: what if Jugram was behind that? What if he somehow lessened the deadliness of it for Bazz B in particular with the help of The Balance? That would be such a cool addition to their friendship backstory, especially if Jugram reveals that to him during their fight.
Or perhaps when Jugram was subconsciously giving Bazz b power back when they were children, the auswhalen stripped the power given by Yhwach, but Bazz b keeps the power from Jugram
Both of these theories sound good, but I don't want them to be true because this means the other Stërnritter might be toast, which I don't want.
I always thought Bazz surviving would result in him, Uryu, Grimmjow, Tsukishima and Nell all becoming a strike force to help Ichigo in times of need.
A Quincy with flame powers, the prodigal son Quincy, the coolest Espada, the most broken Fullbringer, and the Queen of Heuco Mundo.
@@TraehderettahS Harribel is the queen of Hueco Mundo and Starrk is the coolest espada :/
@@davewindburn Everyones entitled to their own opinion. My way of thinking is I was under the impression that Harribel died. That would make Nelliel the strongest remaining Arrancar besides Grimmjow left, making her the Queen. When she was in the Espada, I thought she placed higher than Grimmjow, so she's probably got more power.
And I personally wasnt super impressed by Stark. He's neat, dont get me wrong, but as far as each Espada and their motivations, I loved Grimmjow and Ulquiorra the best. Grimmjow wasnt a mindless slave to his urges, wasn't questioning his existence, wasn't scheming or biding his time.
Grimmjow wanted to fight. Grimmjow wanted strong foes to keep challenging him until he was undoubtedly *the strongest*.
Ulquiorra was more the question his own existence type, and in the end was probably the most human of them all as much as he couldnt see it. But his emotionless expression breaking into frustration, rage, unknowing dissatisfaction, and then finally a smile, was far more memorable than the dude who was two people cause he was 'so strong's and had coyote/wolves. And thats not to diminish Starks character, story, or your love for them, in any way. I just am of the opinion that Grimmjow was the coolest Espada for his sheer simplicity of character.
I love how evil Ichibei is portrait in the anime even Moore compared to the manga. It really shows a nice contrast painting the Shinigami's as the "bad guys" I love it!
well he's doing for to save all realms so he's anti hero not evil
@@Yhwach908 Well yeah but by doing so he would end everyone's life on earth, Hueco Mundo and Soul Society. Sure he would create new life but he would sacrifice a lot of life's just to create his ideal world, to be fair Shinigami's did the same thousand if not millions of years ago with splitting the original world into 3 realms.
@@Official_RetroManiawhat i love about bleach there are no "good guys" every faction is a abit fked up
@@afh7170 Yeah true every group is morally gray (at best) and even though we think the Shinigami's are the "good guys" although they are better than a Aizen or a Yhwach, they also did commit a huge crime thousands of years ago with splitting the body parts of the Soul King and using his power to create the 3 worlds. Yhwach and Aizen are evil but at the same time you kinda understand them, they want to turn back how it once was before the world was split in 3 but by doing so you also kill EVERYONE inside these 3 realms to create the original one what is not a "morally good" thing so the speak lol.
@afh7170 input the images of Mayuri, Szayyel, and Quilge.
I actually really like shunsui’s line change. Especially for those of us who know where he is off to, it adds some nice character to our new head captain. He’s inexperienced and about to go take on central 46 for the second time. He needs some liquid courage before doing what he plans to do. And for those who are anime only it adds some nice intrigue for what’s to come.
I am realllly looking forward to Shunsui’s Conversation with C46 to get clearance to do what he plans on doing, and talking with “that person” thereafter
42:30 Komamura, Rangiku, Kensei, Rose and Yachiru had a death art by Kubo, so I wouldn't think much about it other than: just like in the manga they won't get more screen time.
Toshiro got one too but he still get one last fight against Gerald.
Tenjiro has always been my favorite so I’m sooo pleased with his showing in the anime. Respect. Also Lil Toto is goated
Think about it tho. Base uryu was able to react senjumaru while a regular sternritter with a decent ability like the Wind couldn't. We couldn't even see how she marked the wind she was to fast for him. But with uryu he was able to see her every move. And uryu was just in his base. The series is finally doing uryu justice.
Uryu still using arrows is touching since it's the heritage of his grand father
Im almost sure that Robert and Nanana going to switch places in part 3.
Robert is a fanatic, he will try to stop Aizen to gain Ywatch favor before Bazz-B put an end to his life.
Nah Robert will likely go attack the remaining soul reaper captains and lieutenants who are injured but recovering and still good enough to fight. But he gets taken down by Ukitake.
Of course that’s only if Robert does survive and if cour 3 will give Ukitake extended scenes
@@animanco6833thats a really good one jushiro is a perfect match for him and can avenge shunsuis eye lol
I don't know, I think that would be disappointing, especially since he knows better than nearly all the Stërnritter still alive that Ywach had well and truly abandoned them. Maybe he'll throw himself against Ukitake out of some empty desperation to do something and take out some Shinigami, but I don't think he'll pull what NaNaNa tried. Only NaNaNa is stupid enough for that.
@@animanco6833oh shit, I love that theory it feels like a fitting end for him considering the first invasion, plus it gives Jushiro an actual fight
They're both dead. They're the two skeletons at 38:51 as confirmed by Kubo's death artwork for the Stern Ritter
Shoutouts to Kirinji from going from, getting walled by Nianzol in the Manga to making Haschwalth bleed, and giving some issues to a power up Askin Nakk Le Varr, all while he was unable to go full power.
Bleed?
He killed haschwalth mate
@@ibrahimsurti4922 it's possible but he could've just been injured, we saw Uryu survived getting hit by Senjumaru reflecting his attack on him.
@@urameshitrev1851 Yeah, I don't think Haschwalth actually died.
@@ibrahimsurti4922 no way jugram died unless you think Uryu died
Most anticipated battle has to be Mayuri and that backstory, cant wait for his faults to be shown and to see that former arrancar too
Man forget sazelporro I wanna see him and pernida in action fam
@Ironhandreacts-bp4yo it's shown full circle and given closure to his character in the end, and a good quarter of this war was on his shoulders. No other shinigami was capable or were like that to take on Pernida
11:21 Yhawch can actually stop falling by using the bow as a ground and then shoot himself up by holding on an arrow... But instead he pierced his body to get back there quickly... The amount of dedication he has...
Honestly, if Kubo is willing to expand the Squad Zero fights with changes made to manga continuity of events, I think they deliberately didn’t show Robert, NaNaNa, Candice and Meninas as they might actually come in to play more in Cour 3. Hell they took Shinji’s Bankai form CFYOW, there’s no reason they won’t borrow more from it (like the fates of Candice, Menni and Nanana). Either way…there’s a massive opportunity to re-write Cours 3 and 4 and so far the choices Studio Pierrot and Kubo have made do not give me the impression they are gonna stop changes from here. Things are going to be wild either way.
I'm so glad they did these chnages. Thank you Kubo and the anime staff for all the new things.
Robert vs Ukitake and Aizen's Bankai has to be one of Kubo's biggest secrets. I hope to god that it doesn't get leaked in preproduction
Isn’t Robert dead according to Kubo’s art?
@@Sakanade__ TYBW Spoilers:
So was Grimmjow before he came back to help Urahara, Ginjo and the others also make a brief appearance despite 2 of them being "dead" but y'know, they're in the Soul Society which is where humans go anyways.
@@GameoftheYear-fx4mq huh? No! I’ve read the manga. This isn’t all about the manga material. I’m talking about Kubo’s art in his Twt/X account. Everytime a character dies in the latest episode, he immediately makes art of them wearing modern clothes and upload it in his account. Robert was one of them
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@@Sakanade__ I forgot to include the 2nd part of my reply. Kubo can simply change it up and lie to keep everyone's guard down.
Aizen WILL get a Bankai, Characters WILL have more screentime (8+ episodes of bonus material confirmed) and Ichigo's Bankai WILL have more scenes.
@@Sakanade__ Kubo could be trolling us, and fingers crossed that he is. As much of a bit character as NaNaNa may be, he still deserves his moment against Aizen.
I for some reason found Ichibei drawing the two lines at the beginning of the battle hilarious. Reminds me of Plankton playing the harmonica. Why didn't he just flashstep over.
I imagine Kinpika's shining would be quite helpful in a fight, making it hard for his opponent to track his swings. Very subtle and not overtly powerful, but that's what Shikai should be imo.
6:43 *Yep the 3 big thinkers of bleach!!*
At this point, I don't know what to expect because these last two episodes changed a lot from the source material. I'm so excited to see what Kubo and the studio have planned for the next part
14:00 i’m just guessing, but it could be that the amount of fortune of hikifune fixing the cage does not compare to the fortune of not fighting yhwach.
MrTommo, I enjoy your reviews so much I don't care if there are spoilers - because the episodes so far have been so good I've still been floored when I watch them, even if I kind of knew of something that might be happening. I've tried watching other channels to get, how to put it, some different approaches? presentations? - but none of them have the perfect combination of professionalism in presentation skill, extensive lore knowledge, and most of all a clear expression of the complete love you have to the Bleach universe and the amazing world that Kubo has built.
I actually preferred this episode to episode 26. The Auswahlen was one of the best scenes in TYBW so far and im sure it’ll still be one of my favorite scenes even after its completed
Senjumaru vs uryu is a well catch when you remember that uryu love to make clothes fo orihime❤❤
I do think it makes more sense he didn't want to give any indication he was going to go see about using Azien.
Let's GOOOOOO! I've been waiting for this review of 25, and soon 26, with much anticipation. It's one of the highlights of my week as I save these videos as I'm prepping for work.
I became caught up with and started following the Bleach manga weekly around the time of the Rukia vs As Nodt fight, being a long time Bleach anime viewer ever since I was first introduced to it on Adult Swim so so long ago now. I remember being engrossed with how things had become in the TYBW, and the events and memories in my life at the time were entwined with every new chapter. I have been watching your content for years now, and I sincerely want to thank you for continually providing your fanbase with consistent, well-thought-out, passionate content about the series that was there for me as a kid and is still here for me well into my adulthood. I'm sure I can speak for most long-time Bleach fans in saying that the anime has provided a sorely needed respite from the underwhelm we went through with the Zero Division back when these events transpired in the manga. Kudos to the team who were in charge of the adaptation, and kudos to you, MrTommo, for providing us with such great content. Can't wait for the next video
Given his frequent speed blitzing, I'm satisfied calling Robert Sternritter N: The Nimble
I always thought Robert and Gerard were both just so old and the Auswählen took their semi immortality, but the remembered Jugo and Bazz-B are both a thousand years old too. It actually makes me wonder how old are the Bambies considering they’re relatively new. I doubt there’s just Pure Quincy’s in our modern age when Ryuken’s mother made a big deal about Misaki and Ryuken getting together.
I’m hoping they reveal that Haschwalth maid a third lie and is taking care of a recovering Haschwalth, and maybe the anime had him working with a still living Bazz-B and Robert.
The music was absolutely amazing too. Like perfectly placed from start to finish
I am so happy for bleach fans. I remember the general malaise when the TYBW arc came out. And I am so glad they are getting an *awesome* finale to their franchise.
They must be adding A LOT of extra material in the next cours if this is already the halfway mark.
More extra fights? Extra scenes for minor characters that did literally nothing in the manga version? More lore and world building?
The possibilities are endless.
Looking at the 25:25 introduction spread and wanting to smile instead of sighing at what could have been is an awesome feeling.
I always headcannoned that Renji pulled Bazz-B out of the light of Aushwalen before it could kill him.
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Remember, the stronger the attack the longer it will take to be used again. This is explained in the shattered shaft / ichigo first training with Urahara.
I’m gonna keep saying this there is no one out there with better bleach content and breakdown then Mr Tommo!!! Love the videos!
I believe adyneus is a play on one of the names for the judeo-christian God Adonai, so it's very possible it's the name of the soul king
based on that the name is probably pronounced add-uh-nai-us
Ichigo+Renji+Aizen vs Y.H. IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BEST BATTLES IN ANIME
The only issue i have with the idea of Robert being alive is the scene at 38:42. I could be wrong but in the episode where Ichigo and Co get launched to the soul palace we see a quick scene of Robert laying on the ground looking upwards at their departure. At the scene in 38:42 we see a figure laying down in a similar position. That makes me think that was Robert there.
Don't get me wrong I would like to see him survive (at least so we can get his speech) but I don't want to get my hopes up.
I really hope Pernida getting a basic holy form means that he'll get a full one later on like the others did. I'd be very interested in what that would look like
I would love to see Robert, Najakop, Candice and Meninas again in court 3, fighting again. The In Memoriam art by Kubo just might be a troll move.
“Battle of the sewing artists”
That’s such a deep cut I love that. Almost forgot we were introduced to Uryu in the very beginning being known for his skillful sewing haha
Yoooo, i was just checking 10 minutes ago for a new video! LETS GO!!!!!!
Incredible reveals and animation, it's like all we've ever asked for as a community!
Bazz-B probably survived since his powers came from Jugram instead of Yhwach
I think I have an explanation for the Balance: it’s depicted as a scale. Scales tip backward and forward but they also can remain neutral. I think it’s always goes back to neutral like when she restored the initial cage and for him to use it again, he needs additional misfortune to tip it back to his side
Never have I look forward to a MrTommo episode more than his review for episode 26 of TYBW.
I'm pretty sure shigarami weaves anything she wants into existence. Senjumaru doesn't use illusions. She weaves things into existence including the floating islands, her fake copies, umbrella, body parts etc.
The Bankai most likely weaves fate itself.
love that squad zero had each other's back
admired each other's ability
trusted each other
Honestly, when you mentioned the correspondent Chapters, I wondered how much time in writing a Chapter Kubo uses to come up with the titles. Thinking up those extremely creative chapter titles has got to be exhausting, no?
29:59 This shot actually looks quite nice with Soul Palace in the background
I actually dont think Lille lied when he said what he did. I think he was specifically talking about the abilities he didn't get to use in the fight because there was this misunderstanding that it took the additional power to allow him to use his x-axis when that simply wasn't the case. They do get more powerful, its just that Lille's ability to do what he did didn't originate from the power boost
Just imagine the battel Aizen vs Yhwach and Kubo drops a bomb and shows us more than Kyoka Suigetsu.
Just imagine hearing and seeing Aizen's Bankai for the very first time
I love how much you love Robert Accutrone. Keep up the great work. Your videos are amazing and ever so thoughtful.
24:48 and maybe an apology 😂
39:10 what if when ywach uses auswallen one kire time then they will have robert absorbed then?
I'll be honest, the look of Askin's bow REALLY makes me think he was supposed to actually represent the Future Era of Warfare, unless Kubo is going by the 'THE FUTURE IS NOW' route for the 'Current Era'.
I was delighted like the majority of fans about all the additions. For me I really loved Tenjiro's extentions. In relation to his Shikai, I think that the blinding light really goes with his blinding speed, giving him even more of an advantage over the enemy. Eagerly awaiting the review of the final episode.
I always thought it was because of the whole blood purity thing. Echt Quincy could get struck by the light and live, but if the Gemischt Quincy were struck by the light of auswählen they would be stripped to the bone. I thought thats why all of the soldat were all turned to skeletons, but only a couple of the sternritter were. One of those "Any Gemischt quincy can be a member of the soldat, but only a select few have the power to be recognised as noteworthy among the Echt quincy in the sternritter."
Good set of explanations, tho I would have liked more about Uryu.
I think it's wierd the way we might assume jugo is dead in the battle then brought back.
But Uryu was not killed, I don't know why senjumaru doesn't try to finish Uryu.
But whats more interesting is Uryu is probably going to kill senjumaru.
The line "of the pride of the quincy I will kill you" in the trailer is the only one missing in the cour, and its probably because Uryu was meant to say it at the end of episode 26 but could not because of production issue.
I would have liked you mentionning thoses oddities.
Good work tho keep the bleach passion
Thinking about the Zero Division and not being filled with disgust and regret is an AMAZING feeling.
When it comes to episode 25 spefically my favorite moment was the auswalen i really love how they chose to make the auswalen into a black hole that explodes into a massive a halo i also really love the rain effect other that my favorite character in the episode along with episode 26 is definitly Senjumaru i just absolutly love her powerset with her needles and cloth reality manipulation as well as everthing she can do with her arms the least impressive royal guard member was outsu i was really expected more both anime and manga from theblacksmith of the zanpakto then just jumping around with just a really sharp sword and getting pumped full of holes
33:03 i think they activated because of the resonating thing episode 17 introduced. candace says her wings resonated and activated without her consent. liltotto in her vollstandig coming near giselle probably caused it to resonate and pop out.
The Balance must have a 5 min cooldown
Jugram should think about investing in some cdr
I think Robert's shrift being hidden and his death not being on screen makes me think he isn't dead and his shrift has something to do with that.
My opinion is that the power Haschwalth and Lille are talking about are two different definitions and that they’re both correct. The Auswahlen gave them additional power (what Haschwalth was talking about), but the “power” Lille mentioned is just his schrift. It’s essentially an admission that Lille didn’t take them seriously the first time and didn’t use his power, the X-Axis.
ngl mr. tommo's hair looks majestic in this video
Been waiting for these reviews! Ty!
Ichibei really out here showing off his Bibgy's Hand spell mastery, talkin bout "THESE HANDS RATED E FOR EVERYONE YWACH!"
Kinpika to me feels like the healing/powerful energy of the sun as well as the absolute blinding nature of it. I think when kinpika is active its almost impossible to look directly at it?
It would have been funny had they put Roberts splash screen on the dead body LOL
I'm happy we got more 0 division. Especially Senjumaru but man I really was ready to see the rest of ichibei's bankai. The long incantations and the shrine. That just means episode 1 of the next cour is gonna be absolute heat
Surprised that you don't think Kinpika is the sun. Although they haven't shown the heat side you'd assume that is how he heats the water. This would explain how he uses it to mix/heat his water, the regal nature, and the brightness he uses as you can't look directly at the sun.
I love your content. I wish you do twitch stream at least for the games you play, would love to share those moments with you. Please keep up the great work
My thoughts on the changing of Kyoraku's line was that him releasing Aizen was gonna be seen as more taboo. Like he was going to do it regardless of getting approval, which would lend further credence to everyone freaking out about it when it's revealed.
16:33 Ishida clearly isn't blocking her here in this scene
imo him touching her there will be used in cour 3 as a way for Ishida to revert what she did to him and the Schutzstaffels plus Hashwalth through Antithesis
my reasoning is that it would be extremely bad for the Quincy's if Yhwach has to save them 2 times in the same fight
so imo either Ishida through Antithesis or Hashwalth through Balance will be the ones to revert what Shutara did to them with her Bankai (maybe even a combination of both)
I said this October 5 of 2023 feel free to come and laugh at me if i got it wrong :)
Im with you on that one, just the Balance alone would have a field day if he was able to use it now and the Antithesis, well its not really based on anything and can literally just reverse everything, and given that the original source material didnt give Uryu much time this would be really good
Only problem?
massive spoilers here
Why would Uryu save them? He wants to kill Yhwach reviving his biggest military force really wouldnt add up in the end
Like alright maybe he killed Yhwach (or helped with it) but that would need really good explaining not to be a plothole
@@smoothcriminal4618 fair point on Uryu saving them but maybe he does it to save himself since he's under the impression that only his A can overcome A?
imo since the episode will likely be named A it's likely it will be him
the boy needs his points because he got off screened bad in that Arc despite this being the Arc of the Quincy's
I'm wondering if kubo did the death art for those characters because it'll be an anime twist to see them alive again like when they show up to help maybe they will all be there and it'll be a bit more of a plot point or maybe it's just because it's the end of the core and he wants us to be in suspense and wowed when we see them next
I'm so glad they did these guys justice I love their designs and it's awesome to get to see them fight some, I just wish I could see all their bankai 😂 spider lady is cool and all but she's my third favourite oetsu and and kirinji are the ones I really want to know what they can do. But damn what a finale, the visuals were incredible the audio was incredible and the new content had me enthralled! Really reminds me of all those years ago when I was barely 20 watching the weekly release on some anime website and then flipping over to a manga site to read the manga too and getting super excited for both.
ok i think the line "those who lose their power die" might actually be the key in understanding why some survive. Because technically bazz and the others don't lose their powers. They can still use their schrifts and quincy abilities. They lost a bit of their powers, but they didn't lose their powers. So perhaps that is what that means. If you lose all your powers you die.
In the original the only inconsistencies about the auswahlen were jugram and gerard dying as they were completely healthy and strong. But apart from that its clear to me that if you are healthy enough and strong enough you survive it. Masaki was in good health and survived, katagiri had poor constitution and died. Robert was old and beaten so he died. Soldat are weak so they die. Bazz-b wasn't injured or old or sick so he survives easily
For nanana, candice and meninas it basically comes down to whatever the eventual outcome is. It's believable both ways. If they die its because they were almost dead when the light hit them. If they survive its because they were strong enough to withstand it.
If the skulls are signifying mayuri enslaving them in CFYOW nanana should have one too as he was part of that. Maybe in this new canon giselle zombifies them?
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"The animation when Ichibei draws the seal looks really nice and dynamic, but Yhwatch disagrees."
Damn, I can't believe Yhwatch is a fan of JJK.
I really hope they extend ichigo & aizen vs ywach. just imagine if aizen actually uses his bankai. if it was ever a moment to reveal aizens bankai it’d be this fight right here
I interpreted the breaking of the cage to be tantamount to the immense good luck of the Zero Squad not having to face Yhwach. And that immense amount of good luck allowed him to do something on that scale. Hikifune fixing the cage isn’t as lucky so there wasn’t as much misfortune for him to redirect. Could be wrong though. The Balance is a weird ability that needs some quantifying tho.
15:15 This is a theory but, maybe the reason he destroyed the cage is beacause he needs a lot of reishi to activate the balance, so it might not be too crazzy that once the cage is restored there is not enough reishi in the air to do it again, or he might have thought that keeping the remaining reish to fight the most urgen threat was the best way to act.
Bro is teaching a masters level course on Advanced Character Analysis and Bleach Theory