Ichigo's powers were foreshadowed... A lot. Everyone of them. And these 4 souls are very special to japanese culture. Some of the foreshadows and explanations below: 1- Chap 1, Ichigo ABSORBS all of rukia's powers. She wanted to give just half of it. Quincy power. 2- When Ichigo fights the menos grande, he ABSORBS its CERO... With his Asauchi, no shinigami can do this... Quincy power (Ishida was already presented and we knew how his power worked) 3- When Ichigo is trainning with Urahara, while in his inner world, Zangetsu (Yhwach, Quincy King) explains to him how make Reishi Platforms (the floor they step while in air). And what is the method? Absorb reishi from air and make a platform, this is the quincy method. Shinigami method uses reiatsu from the body 4- In the manga, when Zangetsu tell his name to Ichigo, his name is censored with a black bar. This is Ichibei power of removing words from existence, and Kubo confirmed it in interviews that was indeed his power doing. 5- Hollow powers I dont even need to explain, right? Fight with renji, zaraki, byakuya, his trainning with vaizards, White saying HE was zangetsu, and the old man was an impostor, the fact he teached ichigo how use his powers, the fact that just White used the zampakutou, never the old nan 6- While fighting Zaraki, Ichigo is losing, but Zangetsu stops his bleeding by coagulating his blood. This is the quincy technique Blut Vene. Ichigo is a human, shinigami, quincy and hollow hybrid. Fullbring is not a race, its a skill. Vaizards also arent a race, they are a "condition", the hollow soul core is like a parasyte to them. This concept of 4 souls is called Ichirei Shikon, the concept that all human souls are divided in 4 pieces, and those 4 pieces concepts are exacly what bleach calls shinigami, hollow, quincy and human souls. Its also known as mitama, and you can find it in many japanese media, like Shin Megami Tensei. In Bleach's anime final arc cour 2, we get to se him trainning in the Irasuzando, and behold, there are 4 different energies coming from inside him, colored as follows: green, red, yellow and blue... The same colors of the mitama. Thats why Ichibei wants to kidnap Ichigo and use him as a pillar in place of the Soul King if everything goes wrong. He is a "complete soul", as we are in the real world. Some of these obvius concepts to japanese are not so obvius to us, so people just say its "bad", while in Japan Bleach is a power house of a franchise even with no news since the ending of the manga/anime until the new one, ranking 4th in tv tokyo earnings every year, with art exhibitions almost every year that always sold out, clothing brands using Bleach designs for fashion festivals and so on... Its nice that you like Bleach, but please dont spread this discourse that diminishes the work. Probably was a joke, but bleach fandom gets to deal with these attacks (i know you didnt mean it, but its what every other fandom does) every day for over 10 years. Here in Brazil I helped change this landscape, hope from now on you can do it too, as you are a Bleach fan :D Bleach is way way way better than you remenber, the anime destroyed the series (changed cannon stuff, removed many important character scenes and so on), please read the Manga. If you read before, please read it again... As we get older, Bleach gets even better because ofnits mature themes behind the flashy fights. If you want any explanation for what happened to his powers after fullbring, why he has straps in his bankai later, why he has that weird last design, just let me know :D
There was also the time when Ichigo was able to sense Chad was in danger despite being in a separate part of the Soul Society. That was him using Pesquisa. When he defeated Chaz Domino during Yhwach's first invasion of the Soul Society, Ichigo used Sonido, this is indicated by the sound effect and how the other Sternritters weren't able to detect his Reiatsu for a moment.
Would like to add that Aizen was also about to namedrop Ichigo's quincy heritage/his mothers origin, until Isshin interrupted him and Ichigo told him to "tell me later when you feel ready" or something along those lines. It has been foreshadowed PLENTY in the series.
@@JohnWick-rh1zz haven't read or watched bleach in half a decade. I still think it was one of the coolest Shounen shit ever more than Naruto and One Piece but the story drag after few hundred chapters, the author clearly force the story to continue cuz making new IP would be harder than continuing his clearly successful series. Still got one of my fav battle scene in the anime and movie as well as iconic characters and ability but it isn't my fav series anymore
Thank you for covering bleach. After those constant concords videos, i was actually unironically wondering what you though of bleach characters due to their simplicity in there designs generally speaking of course
@@sungrandstudios Yeah, as a graphic designer myself I’ve always said Kubo is a designer at heart, who happened to become a manga artist. He’s my favorite comic/manga artist, I’ve had a hunch you were probably a big fan.. good to see it.
@@DFTNSHEXGRMAs much as I am among the many disappointed by the final arc of the manga (but also one of the few to appreciate the Lost Agent arc for its different atmosphere), I can only adore his talents as a charadesigner. Furthermore, even if I no longer have the volumes, I kept the artbook "All colour but the black" because it's a very good reminder of his artistic talents.
@@Gonzora Yeah, it was such a shame he had to rush the ending but luckily Kubo is working very closely with the new anime and has been adding unreleased material and fleshing out the story. So I hope you’re watching the TYBW anime!
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There are things Bleach did a bit weaker in term of story (TYBW anime though fixes lots of things, I'm glad Kubo is helping improving on his own manga), his character design is always on point. Most of them are unique, interesting, really cool.
The visual expression of Bleach is best in the manga form. The deliberate contrast that Shihakushō makes on blank manga canvas is just bold. The anime only kind of scratches the surface of how much visual contrast Bleach characters had in the manga pages (Unohana's Bankai for example). I recommend going through any chapter and appreciate just how black it is. Kubo also sometimes just likes to flex his knowledge of facial planes, like for Kenpachi. Which is quite rare since most anime styles gravitate towards deformed (デフォルメ) and often simplified styles.
Don't know if you'd be interested, but a video on the designs of the Gotei 13 and how you basically have 13 characters all wearing the same thing and they all feel completely different from each other could be cool.
the last design is for the ouken (key for the soul palace). with it, ichigo can go through the 72 layers of defence system of the soul palace. Oh yeah, and you can see that design in the 2nd season of the TYBW arc which is already out.
Jerrel I have an idea, and I'm not sure if you would be interested in this down the road, but what if you started allowing people to submit their own original characters for analysis? This could be a fun way for you to interact with subscribers and also help artists and creators in general. It would be pretty fun seeing you critique people's OC's.
12:09 By the way, this is most likely a fanart because his wristbands get destroyed in that exact moment when he arrives, those are not part of his clothes but from the ones he got from Shutara to descend into Soul Society.
Fun fact: Kubo intentionally designed Ichigo's fullbring to look off on Ichigo, so when he gets his old uniform back it looks even better due to the contrast
Loved the analysis, one of the better character design breakdowns I’ve seen in a while- I’ve loved Bleach for a long time, and I will continue to love it. Though I don’t agree with his powers being unforshadowed, in fact his Hollow and Quincy powers are fairly well foreshadowed if you look at how his powers function throughout the series.. Fullbring being Hollow adjacent. I do agree with the notion that he should’ve had a more streamlined power set though, so I get why the “too many powers” joke was easy to make. Hollow and Soul reaper only would’ve been fine enough lol.
Yeah it was all foreshadowed. His hollow powers are pretty much always there, ever since he left the hole as he regained his power under Urahara's show, which was super early in the series. His quincy heritage is a lot more hidden, bit it's all there. First of all, this is more so an easter egg, he has a quincy cross as his bedsheets in the anime, even early in the show like the first arc/episodes. Then we have Old Man Zangetsu trying to say Yhwach as Ichigo regains his power before Soul Society arc, but in the manga it is inked out and in the anime it is censored, but EVEN THEN you hear the "Yh-" in the anime which is crazy since the manga was still in like the beginning of Hueco Mundo arc when that episode aired in Japan. Old Man Zangetsu also uses blut early in Ichigo vs Kenpachi to stop Ichigo's bleeding. We have the now famous "I AM ZANGETSU!" line from White which we now know was literal. Then finally we have Aizen about to drop the secret before Isshin interrupted him and Ichigo told his father to wait until he felt ready to tell Ichigo. I'm honestly blown away with how well it was foreshadowed.
Some Ichigo hype right before the next season starts? Yes please! Also I've enjoyed your views on character designs in previous videos. Kind of cool to see this discussion on Ichigo.
@@sungrandstudios I love that there's a whole season to enjoy and games coming. Just wins all around for Bleach fans! And I like that even when Ichigo designs have flaws or get worse in spots, it just still works. Sometimes cool really does rule the day.
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@@sungrandstudios Rebirth of Souls looks great! Finally an anime game I'm hopeful. Because sadly, most of them are fan service with shallow gameplay.
Never imagined this amazing channel would randomly drop a design analysis of my favourite Anime protagonist 😅. Not complaining in the slightest this was a wonderful surprise
Man I love this! This was a lot of fun! I also didn't know you liked Bleach as well. That entire intro you did shows you understood the entirety of the story, and I think lots of fans (including myself) agree that Ichigo has gotten lots of "out of nowhere" upgrades. Bleach is the third series that i fell in love with as a child (1st is Dragon Ball Z, 2nd is Naruto). I really liked Bleach because to me, this was the first time I witnessed "up-to-date coolness" in a anime. Most anime is just in its own world, while bleach to me felt like it was actually "hip" with the teenage viewers. I was in elementary school at the time, and the show seemed like it was a exaggerated manifestation of how cool and fun it is to be 15 to 21 (boy I was wrong, lots of stress lol!) Just by watching the show, I felt as if my "coolness" meter has sky-rocketed. It's nice to see that you love the show as well, and I also agree that true bankai Ichigo is my least liked design. Now Vasto Lorde Ichigo, I NEVER out-grow how cool that design is, even me as a fully grown adult. You also actually looked like a legit Bleach character with that black suit on and the half-hollow visor. Maybe you could be a member of the Visoreds 👍
Yeah! Fellow Bleach fan! I feel the same way about as you. It wasn't a fantasy like DBZ or Naruto. It felt like it was in the real world and was just "cool". We're finally being rewarded for our years of patience with new anime and games!
I remember when Clad Type Ichigo showing the first time in manga, me and my classmate hate it as it look like bike suit but after ichigo gain his power back, we absoluly love his new style
Well hey, with the next bleach season starting tomorrow (October 5th), i would highly recommend giving the Thousand Year Blood War arc a watch (when you're not making games/youtube videos). It could give you some extra perspectives on Ichigo's (and other characters' designs seeing them in an animated format) as well as potentially giving you extra ideas for character design analysis videos if you ever decided to do more bleach characters
Not sure how it would do in terms of engagement but I'd be interested in a look at Lloyd from Tales of Symphonia. Maybe even a look at each main protagonist from the Tales games.
i did not expect the antithesis reference. would've been cool to hear you talk about the dangai and mugetsu form. and maybe even the different masked forms
I just finished the rewatch of ALL Bleach before the third season of the TYBW. Ichigo is cool, and he's quite unique as MC... But man, the villains are so well written.
Bro, the white skull on Ichigo is armor that were gave by Section 0. it isn't part of Ichigo Hakusho outfit. That armor was made by Section 0 blood and skull.
Perfect timing for the video, would like to see you react to more Bleach character designs and maybe take a look and react to some of the color spreads created by Kubo. First episode of Bleach TYBW part 3 gets released October 5th 7:30 a.m. PST / 10:30 a.m. EST / 3:30 p.m. BST. Hype!
@@sungrandstudios Ikr! Judging from the opening and what I've read about the production, the quality will be greatly improved in part 3 compared to part 2.
I'm surprised you skipped talking about the sword looking different in each one. The change makes the last one look even worse than it is and the one with the fullbring bankai makes the outfit even cooler. I love the edges that make it look like mantis/beetle pincers and the guard swastika getting more edges to really make the spiral appearance of the getsuga tenshou pop
I haven't gotten to see the brand new seasons, but I did notice with each design Ichigo "powers up" his sword, the Zanpakuto becomes more refined. First 10 episodes, it's literally not his. It's just a normal buster sword that he doesn't own, but with each different form, it becomes more refined and suited to him.
You missed his coolest design, Mugetsu. Also, the Bankai design fits SO well when paired with the hollow mask. I'm not sure if Vasto Lorde Ichigo can really be considered one of "his" designs or not, but it is also top tier. It's always nice to see characters with multiple different designs throughout a story. You could also look at the Brave Souls designs for him. They're pretty cool.
I really like the Mugetsu form! I didn't include it since he doesn't have access to it anymore and I wanted to focus on the designs that had more impact on his long term visual design.
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@@sungrandstudios much love bro, the intro bit was amazing! I love how these western game devs, movie studios, and journos are pushing DEI but Kubo made these amazing characters.
In the True Shikai form, I'd say that the red turtle shell designs should be blue and the wristbands should be changed into black gloves with white crosses on them. This would be a tie-in to the Quincy aspects more. Personally, I would have Ichigo have a glove only on his left hand (the hand he uses the Quincy Blade in) reminiscent of the Sanrei Glove.
I still hope for the day people learn that Ichigo was never a Vizard....Vizards are original shinigamis that aquired hollow powers seperated from their shinigami ones. Ichigo is not an original shinigami neither does he have hollow powers seperated from shinigami ones. There´s no name for what he is other than "I have a mask". Fullbring is also not a "i´m part Fullbring" Fullbring is not a race is a type of power that has the exact same origin has hollow powers, Fullbring is just hollow power used in a different manner And his Quincy powers were foreshadowed multiple times including twice in the very first chapter / episode The intention with the Fullbring outfit was to make people not like it so when he got his Black back it would be a bigger relief In the last outfit he doesn´t have the bands on his wrist idk why that´s there
I might be misremembering, but I am fairly certain that those extra bits on the last design (the white x on his torso with the turtle shells, and maybe even the white outer layer with the black lines hanging from his waist) are not part of his actual shihakusho, they are part of the royal palace clothes that Ichigo needed to be able to descend through the barriers. That might be why they feel more "alien" to his design. Really cool video by the way, never thought this much about the logic behind Ichigo's design.
I found you on the Concord video and I was really impressed by your analysis. Didn't know you were also an anime fan too, what a goat. Will you be watching the TYBW anime since it's coming back tomorrow?
Ah that's one of my favourite characters! His powers are just wild. It blew my mind when I realised the Japanese voice actor for Caeser Clown, a scientist in One Piece, is the same VA for Mayuri.
The Author's given name is pronounced like "Tight-O" for some reason when displayed in alphabet he chose to have it written Tite with long vowel "i". If the standard alpha conversion method was used it'd be TAITO like Space Invaders
My favourite fight is Ichigo vs. Ulquiorra. Especially when Ishida grabs Kurosaki's arm while hollowfied, "That's enough Kurosaki. The battle's over. He was our enemy, but there is no need to carve up his corpse." Legit the most badass thing I had seen up to that point.
Yeah that was a crazy fight. Everything that happened is so iconic. Uryu losing his arm in the manga was a powerful moment. It's too bad they censored it for the anime.
Jerrel If I might make a counterpoint about the full bringer outfit. I don't think it's just to be different. I think it's like the difference between Heaven and Earth. Body and Spirit. The spirit is flowing, like heaven, and the body is rigid like earth. That's my take. Perhaps it's the wrong one.
Ichigo is a truly iconic character in every conceivable way. Great video, dude, my inner voice also screams for Cheetos and Mountain Dew. (I seldom let the voices take control) XD Edit: Okay, I probably eat too many Cheetos.
I do like that form! I skipped that one and Mugetsu since they were very temporary forms and only used once and he doesn't access those powers. The Dangai form was more a variation of his standard Shinigami form. I do really like Mugestu though.
@sungrandstudios I hope we get Part 2 for ichigos other forms for Vasto Lorde, Hell Verse Form and for other characters like the Vizards and Fullbringers these groups has the coolest drips in the series
I would die on a hill saying that Bleach should have ended with defeat of Aizen and the Fullbring arc should've been given to a different protagonist as a proper sequel. Kubo Tite already throws loads of characters in when he gets stuck, and with this he could've written Bleach 2 for two more decades at least.
Oh you like BLEACH!?
I see you are a man of culture as well 🤝
Massive Bleach fan here.
Ichigo's powers were foreshadowed... A lot. Everyone of them. And these 4 souls are very special to japanese culture. Some of the foreshadows and explanations below:
1- Chap 1, Ichigo ABSORBS all of rukia's powers. She wanted to give just half of it. Quincy power.
2- When Ichigo fights the menos grande, he ABSORBS its CERO... With his Asauchi, no shinigami can do this... Quincy power (Ishida was already presented and we knew how his power worked)
3- When Ichigo is trainning with Urahara, while in his inner world, Zangetsu (Yhwach, Quincy King) explains to him how make Reishi Platforms (the floor they step while in air). And what is the method? Absorb reishi from air and make a platform, this is the quincy method. Shinigami method uses reiatsu from the body
4- In the manga, when Zangetsu tell his name to Ichigo, his name is censored with a black bar. This is Ichibei power of removing words from existence, and Kubo confirmed it in interviews that was indeed his power doing.
5- Hollow powers I dont even need to explain, right? Fight with renji, zaraki, byakuya, his trainning with vaizards, White saying HE was zangetsu, and the old man was an impostor, the fact he teached ichigo how use his powers, the fact that just White used the zampakutou, never the old nan
6- While fighting Zaraki, Ichigo is losing, but Zangetsu stops his bleeding by coagulating his blood. This is the quincy technique Blut Vene.
Ichigo is a human, shinigami, quincy and hollow hybrid. Fullbring is not a race, its a skill. Vaizards also arent a race, they are a "condition", the hollow soul core is like a parasyte to them.
This concept of 4 souls is called Ichirei Shikon, the concept that all human souls are divided in 4 pieces, and those 4 pieces concepts are exacly what bleach calls shinigami, hollow, quincy and human souls. Its also known as mitama, and you can find it in many japanese media, like Shin Megami Tensei.
In Bleach's anime final arc cour 2, we get to se him trainning in the Irasuzando, and behold, there are 4 different energies coming from inside him, colored as follows: green, red, yellow and blue... The same colors of the mitama. Thats why Ichibei wants to kidnap Ichigo and use him as a pillar in place of the Soul King if everything goes wrong. He is a "complete soul", as we are in the real world. Some of these obvius concepts to japanese are not so obvius to us, so people just say its "bad", while in Japan Bleach is a power house of a franchise even with no news since the ending of the manga/anime until the new one, ranking 4th in tv tokyo earnings every year, with art exhibitions almost every year that always sold out, clothing brands using Bleach designs for fashion festivals and so on...
Its nice that you like Bleach, but please dont spread this discourse that diminishes the work. Probably was a joke, but bleach fandom gets to deal with these attacks (i know you didnt mean it, but its what every other fandom does) every day for over 10 years. Here in Brazil I helped change this landscape, hope from now on you can do it too, as you are a Bleach fan :D
Bleach is way way way better than you remenber, the anime destroyed the series (changed cannon stuff, removed many important character scenes and so on), please read the Manga. If you read before, please read it again... As we get older, Bleach gets even better because ofnits mature themes behind the flashy fights.
If you want any explanation for what happened to his powers after fullbring, why he has straps in his bankai later, why he has that weird last design, just let me know :D
There was also the time when Ichigo was able to sense Chad was in danger despite being in a separate part of the Soul Society. That was him using Pesquisa. When he defeated Chaz Domino during Yhwach's first invasion of the Soul Society, Ichigo used Sonido, this is indicated by the sound effect and how the other Sternritters weren't able to detect his Reiatsu for a moment.
Of course Narras is here
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Would like to add that Aizen was also about to namedrop Ichigo's quincy heritage/his mothers origin, until Isshin interrupted him and Ichigo told him to "tell me later when you feel ready" or something along those lines. It has been foreshadowed PLENTY in the series.
Those reishi footholds arent a quincy technique
Bro came back from touching grass and then talk about my childhood crush
Ichigo is so cool!
Is he still your crush?
@@JohnWick-rh1zz haven't read or watched bleach in half a decade. I still think it was one of the coolest Shounen shit ever more than Naruto and One Piece but the story drag after few hundred chapters, the author clearly force the story to continue cuz making new IP would be harder than continuing his clearly successful series.
Still got one of my fav battle scene in the anime and movie as well as iconic characters and ability but it isn't my fav series anymore
You should watch the new anime @@zeromailss
@@zeromailsshave you read or watched tybw as is it is argueably the best bleach has ever been
In case you are wondering, my Zanpkutou's release command was "作成する たき火", "Sakusei suru, Takibi" which translates to "Create, Bonfire".
How does it operate!?
Episode 1 of Cour 3 of TTYBW arc of Bleach comes out this Saturday, btw.
If you are caught up with the anime.
Thank you for covering bleach. After those constant concords videos, i was actually unironically wondering what you though of bleach characters due to their simplicity in there designs generally speaking of course
Praise the sun!
No Final Getsuga Tensho/black haired Ichigo form review? Dissapointed.
Tite Kubo is the goat. He’s one of the best character designers ever. Period. So glad to see you give him some props.
He creates the coolest character designs, especially with his brilliant sense of fashion.
@@sungrandstudios Yeah, as a graphic designer myself I’ve always said Kubo is a designer at heart, who happened to become a manga artist. He’s my favorite comic/manga artist, I’ve had a hunch you were probably a big fan.. good to see it.
@@DFTNSHEXGRMAs much as I am among the many disappointed by the final arc of the manga (but also one of the few to appreciate the Lost Agent arc for its different atmosphere), I can only adore his talents as a charadesigner.
Furthermore, even if I no longer have the volumes, I kept the artbook "All colour but the black" because it's a very good reminder of his artistic talents.
@@Gonzora Yeah, it was such a shame he had to rush the ending but luckily Kubo is working very closely with the new anime and has been adding unreleased material and fleshing out the story. So I hope you’re watching the TYBW anime!
There are things Bleach did a bit weaker in term of story (TYBW anime though fixes lots of things, I'm glad Kubo is helping improving on his own manga), his character design is always on point. Most of them are unique, interesting, really cool.
The visual expression of Bleach is best in the manga form. The deliberate contrast that Shihakushō makes on blank manga canvas is just bold. The anime only kind of scratches the surface of how much visual contrast Bleach characters had in the manga pages (Unohana's Bankai for example). I recommend going through any chapter and appreciate just how black it is.
Kubo also sometimes just likes to flex his knowledge of facial planes, like for Kenpachi. Which is quite rare since most anime styles gravitate towards deformed (デフォルメ) and often simplified styles.
Well said. Kubo has a master level understanding and command of visual expression. The Manga is such absolutely worth reading and enjoying.
now I feel like number one 😎
Don't know if you'd be interested, but a video on the designs of the Gotei 13 and how you basically have 13 characters all wearing the same thing and they all feel completely different from each other could be cool.
I like this idea very much. Thanks for the request!
Omg, his mas opens its mouth. He's a true fanatic.
I did not expect you to do one of my favorite series. I gotta save this to watch later
Awesome. A fellow Bleach fan!
@@sungrandstudios Not to be a bug, but I wonder how you feel about the Persona series, since it mixes things you have talked about already quite well.
the last design is for the ouken (key for the soul palace). with it, ichigo can go through the 72 layers of defence system of the soul palace. Oh yeah, and you can see that design in the 2nd season of the TYBW arc which is already out.
Thanks for that! Looks I I totally forgot that.
Jerrel I have an idea, and I'm not sure if you would be interested in this down the road, but what if you started allowing people to submit their own original characters for analysis? This could be a fun way for you to interact with subscribers and also help artists and creators in general. It would be pretty fun seeing you critique people's OC's.
Huh, that is actually a very interesting idea! I'll keep this in mind.
I support this idea, it could be done in weekly episodes format.
12:09 By the way, this is most likely a fanart because his wristbands get destroyed in that exact moment when he arrives, those are not part of his clothes but from the ones he got from Shutara to descend into Soul Society.
Thank you for adding that!
Fun fact: Kubo intentionally designed Ichigo's fullbring to look off on Ichigo, so when he gets his old uniform back it looks even better due to the contrast
I am literally taking a break right now from watching Bleach and then this video pops up!! Amazing!
what do u mean you are taking a break. Bleach TYBW cour 3 starts tomorrow
@@rohanmanuel1815 a break as in watching the show and then doing something else for a bit. why do you need a definition of a word?
Loved the analysis, one of the better character design breakdowns I’ve seen in a while- I’ve loved Bleach for a long time, and I will continue to love it. Though I don’t agree with his powers being unforshadowed, in fact his Hollow and Quincy powers are fairly well foreshadowed if you look at how his powers function throughout the series.. Fullbring being Hollow adjacent.
I do agree with the notion that he should’ve had a more streamlined power set though, so I get why the “too many powers” joke was easy to make.
Hollow and Soul reaper only would’ve been fine enough lol.
Yeah it was all foreshadowed. His hollow powers are pretty much always there, ever since he left the hole as he regained his power under Urahara's show, which was super early in the series. His quincy heritage is a lot more hidden, bit it's all there. First of all, this is more so an easter egg, he has a quincy cross as his bedsheets in the anime, even early in the show like the first arc/episodes. Then we have Old Man Zangetsu trying to say Yhwach as Ichigo regains his power before Soul Society arc, but in the manga it is inked out and in the anime it is censored, but EVEN THEN you hear the "Yh-" in the anime which is crazy since the manga was still in like the beginning of Hueco Mundo arc when that episode aired in Japan. Old Man Zangetsu also uses blut early in Ichigo vs Kenpachi to stop Ichigo's bleeding. We have the now famous "I AM ZANGETSU!" line from White which we now know was literal. Then finally we have Aizen about to drop the secret before Isshin interrupted him and Ichigo told his father to wait until he felt ready to tell Ichigo. I'm honestly blown away with how well it was foreshadowed.
No way my guy went from those awesome game dev videos to analyzing one of my favorites.
Bravo 👏
Pleasure to be service.
Bro this is INSANE especially since I literally just caught up to the anime lol
Talk about perfect timing! Are you all caught up to the Thousand Year Blood War anime episodes?
@@sungrandstudios YUP! I’m so excited for Cour 3!!! I believe it comes out tomorrow? So hyped bro.
@@sungrandstudios But keep up the great content man! I’m also an artist for games and your videos are inspiring me to start uploading videos more 😭🔥
I thought that last design was just his normal shinigami clothes with the ripped oken clothes on top for extra protection
That does make sense. Good observation.
Character design wise i like that all the gotei 13 looks different from eachover despite wearing the same uniform
Yeah great point. They all have attitude and personality.
I wasn't expecting you to talk about bleach holy today is a day!
My favorite Uncle came back to break down one of if not my favorite character of all time, amazing job as always keep it going!
Hahaha. Perfect timing. I think you can tell I'm a huge Bleach fan too.
Oh wow!!! You like bleach too !!!! Also so cool that this is the vid discussion I love the designs of bleach and I love character designing.
Rock on! A fellow Bleach fan! All the character designs are so great.
@@sungrandstudios oh yeah! 100%!
Now This I'm looking forward to hearing.
Bleach needs to be discussed more
Love the content man, and especially your analysis of Bleach..keep it up
Some Ichigo hype right before the next season starts? Yes please!
Also I've enjoyed your views on character designs in previous videos. Kind of cool to see this discussion on Ichigo.
Thank you for enjoying the videos. I am quite excited for the upcoming Bleach content we're getting. More anime and games? Yesssss.
@@sungrandstudios I love that there's a whole season to enjoy and games coming. Just wins all around for Bleach fans! And I like that even when Ichigo designs have flaws or get worse in spots, it just still works. Sometimes cool really does rule the day.
@@sungrandstudios Rebirth of Souls looks great! Finally an anime game I'm hopeful. Because sadly, most of them are fan service with shallow gameplay.
Please make more of these I love your non-drama contant
8:55 Can't believe i just noticed it now, Ichigo's neck has a cross in it which is a standard design in Quincy uniforms.
M.D. Geist is simply unbeatable. his power armor is the definition of cool. not only that, guy got cool shades, cool hair, everything is lit 🔥🔥🔥
I've just looked it up. THAT is awesome.
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Intro is a wonderful, positive self indulgent fantasy that is wholesome and pure
Not childlike, but child reminiscent
Hahaha, I am such a big Bleach fan, it was so much fun to make the intro!
Would love to see more content like this, Such a cool idea!
Never imagined this amazing channel would randomly drop a design analysis of my favourite Anime protagonist 😅. Not complaining in the slightest this was a wonderful surprise
Man I love this! This was a lot of fun! I also didn't know you liked Bleach as well. That entire intro you did shows you understood the entirety of the story, and I think lots of fans (including myself) agree that Ichigo has gotten lots of "out of nowhere" upgrades. Bleach is the third series that i fell in love with as a child (1st is Dragon Ball Z, 2nd is Naruto). I really liked Bleach because to me, this was the first time I witnessed "up-to-date coolness" in a anime.
Most anime is just in its own world, while bleach to me felt like it was actually "hip" with the teenage viewers. I was in elementary school at the time, and the show seemed like it was a exaggerated manifestation of how cool and fun it is to be 15 to 21 (boy I was wrong, lots of stress lol!)
Just by watching the show, I felt as if my "coolness" meter has sky-rocketed. It's nice to see that you love the show as well, and I also agree that true bankai Ichigo is my least liked design. Now Vasto Lorde Ichigo, I NEVER out-grow how cool that design is, even me as a fully grown adult.
You also actually looked like a legit Bleach character with that black suit on and the half-hollow visor. Maybe you could be a member of the Visoreds 👍
Yeah! Fellow Bleach fan! I feel the same way about as you. It wasn't a fantasy like DBZ or Naruto. It felt like it was in the real world and was just "cool". We're finally being rewarded for our years of patience with new anime and games!
Was waiting on this video looking forward to more of these bro
Great start for a great video! I'm also wondering which moves are else at your disposal 🙌
I'm glad Bleach and Tite Kubo are getting more appreciation.
Bleach has always had my favorite character designs in anime
This was a pleasant surprise. This Saturday, the 3rd part of the last arc of Bleach starts airing, so this video came at the exact time for me.
I remember when Clad Type Ichigo showing the first time in manga, me and my classmate hate it as it look like bike suit
but after ichigo gain his power back, we absoluly love his new style
Ok, Jerrel knows his stuff. 💯
Big Bleach fan here.
I want to see your analysis for Renji's too. My guy was actually slaying with the covers.
I will always stay subscribed to you, but only because of that shinigami transition XD
Ichigo my favorite anime mc ever
I love the shinigami voice❤
That was one of the things I liked most about the vizard transformations!
Hey, good to see you too!!
Well hey, with the next bleach season starting tomorrow (October 5th), i would highly recommend giving the Thousand Year Blood War arc a watch (when you're not making games/youtube videos). It could give you some extra perspectives on Ichigo's (and other characters' designs seeing them in an animated format) as well as potentially giving you extra ideas for character design analysis videos if you ever decided to do more bleach characters
these are so educational!
Not sure how it would do in terms of engagement but I'd be interested in a look at Lloyd from Tales of Symphonia. Maybe even a look at each main protagonist from the Tales games.
i did not expect the antithesis reference. would've been cool to hear you talk about the dangai and mugetsu form. and maybe even the different masked forms
It would be cool to analyze those forms in their own video. There's so much to say and they're just plain cool.
I just finished the rewatch of ALL Bleach before the third season of the TYBW.
Ichigo is cool, and he's quite unique as MC... But man, the villains are so well written.
and the golb at the and, you killing me bro
Bro, the white skull on Ichigo is armor that were gave by Section 0. it isn't part of Ichigo Hakusho outfit.
That armor was made by Section 0 blood and skull.
Ahhh thank you.
Bleach is still one of my favorite animes! There's so many designs and pretty much all of them are interesting!
Perfect timing for the video, would like to see you react to more Bleach character designs and maybe take a look and react to some of the color spreads created by Kubo.
First episode of Bleach TYBW part 3 gets released October 5th 7:30 a.m. PST / 10:30 a.m. EST / 3:30 p.m. BST.
Hype!
Wooo we are getting new Bleach anime and games! We're being rewarded for our years of patience.
@@sungrandstudios Ikr!
Judging from the opening and what I've read about the production, the quality will be greatly improved in part 3 compared to part 2.
I see Kurosaki Ichigo..I subscribe. True story
Hello, fellow Bleach fan! We got some awesome Bleach stuff coming our way very soon.
I'm surprised you skipped talking about the sword looking different in each one. The change makes the last one look even worse than it is and the one with the fullbring bankai makes the outfit even cooler. I love the edges that make it look like mantis/beetle pincers and the guard swastika getting more edges to really make the spiral appearance of the getsuga tenshou pop
I'd like to talk about JUST swords. Hahaha. That's one of my absolute favourite aspects of Bleach. All the variations are so cool
In my opinion, Kubo has the best character designs of all manga
PERFECT intro!!
Hahah thank you
I haven't gotten to see the brand new seasons, but I did notice with each design Ichigo "powers up" his sword, the Zanpakuto becomes more refined. First 10 episodes, it's literally not his. It's just a normal buster sword that he doesn't own, but with each different form, it becomes more refined and suited to him.
Bro got some fresh air and then made a video about PEAK. I love this guy.
Hey fellow Bleach fan! I really love this series, guess I'll subscribe.
9:28 - Kubo's headspace was in Kingdom Hearts.
Hahaha oh I see that a bit now that you say it.
You missed his coolest design, Mugetsu. Also, the Bankai design fits SO well when paired with the hollow mask. I'm not sure if Vasto Lorde Ichigo can really be considered one of "his" designs or not, but it is also top tier. It's always nice to see characters with multiple different designs throughout a story.
You could also look at the Brave Souls designs for him. They're pretty cool.
I really like the Mugetsu form! I didn't include it since he doesn't have access to it anymore and I wanted to focus on the designs that had more impact on his long term visual design.
I hope you are ready for Bleach Saturdays to return. Bleach has made the biggest comeback in anime history, and us fans are eating good lately!
Absolutely! Our years of patience are being rewarded.
YOOOOOOOOOO SHOWING SOME BLEACH LOVE!? I LOVE WATCHING SOME BLEACH VIDEOS LETSGOOOOOOOOO!! PART 3 OUT IN LESS THAN 24 HRS!! I CAN'T WAIT 🐈⬛️🐈⬛️🐈⬛️IYKYK
Let's go! Hahaha I'm a massive Bleach fan. So amped.
@@sungrandstudios much love bro, the intro bit was amazing! I love how these western game devs, movie studios, and journos are pushing DEI but Kubo made these amazing characters.
Yesss, Bleach!!! Just in time for the new anime!
Bro likes Kurosaki Ichigo, my whole family loves this show and ichigo's story. You are a man of culture
Your whole family likes Bleach? That's awesome! How cool is that.
Jarrel's always been my favorite shinigami. He solos the entire verse.
In the True Shikai form, I'd say that the red turtle shell designs should be blue and the wristbands should be changed into black gloves with white crosses on them. This would be a tie-in to the Quincy aspects more. Personally, I would have Ichigo have a glove only on his left hand (the hand he uses the Quincy Blade in) reminiscent of the Sanrei Glove.
I still hope for the day people learn that Ichigo was never a Vizard....Vizards are original shinigamis that aquired hollow powers seperated from their shinigami ones. Ichigo is not an original shinigami neither does he have hollow powers seperated from shinigami ones. There´s no name for what he is other than "I have a mask".
Fullbring is also not a "i´m part Fullbring" Fullbring is not a race is a type of power that has the exact same origin has hollow powers, Fullbring is just hollow power used in a different manner
And his Quincy powers were foreshadowed multiple times including twice in the very first chapter / episode
The intention with the Fullbring outfit was to make people not like it so when he got his Black back it would be a bigger relief
In the last outfit he doesn´t have the bands on his wrist idk why that´s there
I might be misremembering, but I am fairly certain that those extra bits on the last design (the white x on his torso with the turtle shells, and maybe even the white outer layer with the black lines hanging from his waist) are not part of his actual shihakusho, they are part of the royal palace clothes that Ichigo needed to be able to descend through the barriers. That might be why they feel more "alien" to his design. Really cool video by the way, never thought this much about the logic behind Ichigo's design.
I’d love one of these for video game mascots like Mario, Sonic or Spyro etc…
I found you on the Concord video and I was really impressed by your analysis. Didn't know you were also an anime fan too, what a goat. Will you be watching the TYBW anime since it's coming back tomorrow?
Personally, i love the fullbring shikai, the simplicity of just adding xs to design just works.
The crossover episode I didn't know I needed.
I always enjoy a good crossover episode.
Holy soul king, we got a bleach analysis video from a not so normal human being?! Let's gooooo!
This makes me want to hear your analyze the difference in helmets from Halo 3 and reach vs the "modern" halo helmets.
I would love to see someone try and make sense of whatever the heck is going on with Maiyuri. That man scientist's fashion sense is otherworldly.
Ah that's one of my favourite characters! His powers are just wild. It blew my mind when I realised the Japanese voice actor for Caeser Clown, a scientist in One Piece, is the same VA for Mayuri.
@@sungrandstudios I'm actually currently reading One Piece, so now I'm gonna read all his lines in Maiyuri's voice when I get to that point lol.
a Man of culture right here.
I think that all that about the shell in the last version is so that they can travel from the Soul King area without problems.
Tite Kubo should make a fictional fashion magazine and it would sell by the millions
It absolutely would sell!
Awe yeah, now we're talking about the GOOD STUFF
Bleach comes back tomorrow 🔥
Do a series of manga characters' designs, please.
The Author's given name is pronounced like "Tight-O" for some reason when displayed in alphabet he chose to have it written Tite with long vowel "i".
If the standard alpha conversion method was used it'd be TAITO like Space Invaders
Thank you very much for the correction! I never knew.
Thumbs up from a fellow Bleach fan!
Yeah, rock on!
Do Mayuri Kurotsuchi next.
More bleach analysis videos for characters and plot 🥵
Finally, we are analyzing peak
Make a next video about why Orihime is such a great character design 😆
All of ichigo's forms were foreshadowed.
My favourite fight is Ichigo vs. Ulquiorra. Especially when Ishida grabs Kurosaki's arm while hollowfied, "That's enough Kurosaki. The battle's over. He was our enemy, but there is no need to carve up his corpse." Legit the most badass thing I had seen up to that point.
Yeah that was a crazy fight. Everything that happened is so iconic. Uryu losing his arm in the manga was a powerful moment. It's too bad they censored it for the anime.
I think it would be really cool if you looked at the other Bleach character designs.
Gecko Moria would be a fun Halloween one, he's from One Piece.
Jerrel If I might make a counterpoint about the full bringer outfit. I don't think it's just to be different. I think it's like the difference between Heaven and Earth. Body and Spirit. The spirit is flowing, like heaven, and the body is rigid like earth. That's my take. Perhaps it's the wrong one.
Hey, I like that a lot. That is great! It makes good sense. Thanks for sharing that.
Ichigo is a truly iconic character in every conceivable way. Great video, dude, my inner voice also screams for Cheetos and Mountain Dew. (I seldom let the voices take control) XD
Edit: Okay, I probably eat too many Cheetos.
Thanks for enjoying the video! I must fight the inner voices... Must not eat a ton of Cheetos and mountain dew...
@@sungrandstudios 😂 *Laughs as his orange stained fingers skitter across the keys*
Well, I didn't see this coming! But it's a very pleasant surprise!
Hehe... Antithesis, I heard at 7:11? Hehe!
I don't know why bro skipped Dangai Ichigo (is it because it's just a variation of Bankai Ichigo?) cause imo that's the coolest Ichigo Form
I do like that form! I skipped that one and Mugetsu since they were very temporary forms and only used once and he doesn't access those powers. The Dangai form was more a variation of his standard Shinigami form. I do really like Mugestu though.
@sungrandstudios I hope we get Part 2 for ichigos other forms for Vasto Lorde, Hell Verse Form and for other characters like the Vizards and Fullbringers these groups has the coolest drips in the series
I would die on a hill saying that Bleach should have ended with defeat of Aizen and the Fullbring arc should've been given to a different protagonist as a proper sequel. Kubo Tite already throws loads of characters in when he gets stuck, and with this he could've written Bleach 2 for two more decades at least.