I don’t care what anyone says going up to someone and flexing your spiritual pressure is the coolest anime concept ever. The gravity and fear is almost tangible in the air pressing you down to let you know your at a disadvantage so you can run or take the fight more seriously. it’s just awesome.
@@SD-kw2bnI think the main reason is that Quincy are known for using spiritual pressure of their enemies against them i.e. the fight with Mayuri where uryu starts decomposing the building or the fight with female ex arrancar where he steals energy from her tail.
@@victorhernandez-uy7wrhe was absorbing reishi, I’m not sure to what extent they can absorb reiryoku if at all. Bc if they can wouldn’t they be doing it throughout fights as most Shinigami don’t suppress it all the time especially not mid fight.
The amount of time it took into making this video must’ve taken months. You have to write a script, redraft it, record voice lines, research the anime being covered, saving screen captures from web pages etc. Respect
There seems to be a subtle hint about the races of Bleach, that while we generally think of them as separate, there's a lot of overlap between them. Regular humans by becoming pluses can eventually become either hollows or shinigami. Arrancars have weapons that are similar to the zanpakuto of the shinigami and they can use quincy powers with the right tools. Quincies can also use their conjuration to create weapons similar to the zanpakuto and you can also be a quincy without actually originating from Yhwach. Fullbringers conjure abilites from items similar to quincies and they can create powers that imitate those of hollows or shinigami. Perhaps these lines are much muddier than even the characters inside the story realise or admit to themselves.
People say Bleach has zero/bad world building because it isn’t laid out in front of you in big chunks. You have to piece things together and often make the connections yourself. I can’t think of any instances where you’re spoon fed massive exposition dumps that tie multiple concepts and ideas together. Don’t even get me started on people complaining about Ichigo (and others) having no personality or defined goals. It drives me bonkers dawg lmao. With that said, WONDERFUL VIDEO
Largely I agree, but I do think this has SOME of those Shonen world lore dumps, but they are often framed much better and, especially early on, are framed through Rukias understand of the world, which itself grows and evolves. What I think bleach does is that it never serves stuff up more than once. So you are right on the money with how it expects you to piece it together. They also become less and less as the series progresses. Also, more often than not , those lore dumps are presented somewhat angrily, as Rukia is mad at Ichigo for not already knowing it for some reason.
Bleach has the best world building out of any shonen and yes that includes HxH. Narratively it isn’t the best not even top 10 shonen of all time but the secondary characters, the mundane things they do, the chemistry, the villains, the concept of the afterlife and how Ichigo’s friend interact makes Bleach an amazing experience. It’s my favorite shonen of all time even with it flaws, the world feels very real and alive, I feel like I could belong in this world. Bleach needs the HxH 2011 treatment and get rebooted entirely and scrap the meaningless filler *cough cough* bount arc.
I mean, my problem with bleach lore is it’s retarded… why does the soul society need a teenager to save it? How is the afterlife / entire world that fucking fragile… Idk. I mostly stop there. I could not give less of a shit about how he’s the most special / powerful because he has the most special / powerful blood combination
@@_.Jenstu It is objectively not the best, Bleach it’s very inconsistent, it has many plot holes, too many shit going off screen it’s not top 10 of all time and those are the facts… HxH, Yuyu Hakusho, FMAB, Rurouni kenshin, berserk, Code Geass, Dead note, one piece, even Naruto are all much better than bleach narratively but Bleach has something special that I can’t quite describe there’s a hint of greatness that’s in the manga and hasn’t been translated well to the anime. Again bleach is my favorite anime of all time but I’m not a blind fanboy, HxH dog walks bleach and so does other popular shonen Bleach just resonates with me better.
I haven't finished the video yet but you are right about one thing that a lot of people misconceive world building as just a simple detailed setting with people, geography, and culture and I'm just really tired of it. Any story had world building on it even on stories like How I Met your Mother or The Office and I sort of get irritated when people only recognize world building when it has a lot of details on it and most of it just ties to the plot, and alot of the people just dismiss soft world-building that is just as well done on other series aside from probably berserk
I like the theory of Ichigo being the next incarnation of the Soul King. As if by chance or by will of the same being who created the first soul king, he slowly gathers/reconnects with the powers and values of the different races in Bleach. Also would like to add that, if that's actually the case and Ichigo is to be the next Soul King, he's more complete, given that he actually has hollow and human within him, unlike the first Soul King.
Check out this massive analysis of Ichigo's character: ua-cam.com/video/wJ-qJZGmIGs/v-deo.html&lc=Ugyg5d9ed1dSaqaSMrR4AaABAg&ab_channel=Radman This video is a compilation of my Bleach worldbuilding video series. Links to each individual video can be found in the description above if you would rather watch it that way!
At 1:08:04 part of the video you can see that a gillion class of menos grande is not opening a portal to the world of the living but rather it is outright tearing open the space time continum completely physically with bare hands and yet people would still say that bleach is city level .
I remember seeing the 2nd Opening for Bleach for the first time, seeing the episode that played *On the Precipice of Defeat* as Ichigo is training and getting ready for his battle, or as it shows a Hollow or someone coming to earth to cause harm. Even as a very young teen I remember thinking "This is so badass... this is just SO COOL!" and it made ME feel cool. As nerdy as that may sound, I swear Ichigo made an impact on me as a child / teen. I still like to dress like him well into my adult years. He has good style :). Okay, now to shut up and watch this amazing video.
for the record I'm not walking around in Soul Reaper outfit lmao, I just meant his style in clothes when he's home. They really put a lot of thought and care into the character design on this show, more than any I've other seen. I love how each person has their own unique style in clothes, attitude, but all come together. Reminds me of my friends in school :')
It's a very interesting video and a well done and searched one ! I've really enjoyed this 2 hours session of BLEACH lore / world-building really, thanks.
A truly fascinating series that is overhated bc of its direction but if you clear your mind of it and come to understand the series and it’s world building you’ll see that the series is one of the greats shout out fiji for always speak on twt bout it
I enjoyed rewatching all of this. And I'm so excited for your videos (if you decided to continue them, which I wish you should) about the pendulum arc and your theories about a higher will compared to the Reio. There's a lot of possibilities, adding the fact that the dimension of hell also existed way before the creation of the three dimensions in bleach. That can possibly mean, there's more people who can be stronger and more primordial than the era of the Reio and Ichibei's, which would also mean that the primordial history we know right now is not it 🔥
Thank you so much for making this video. Love Bleach, but never understood certain stuff fully not having the access to Manga that I'd like. Also Kenpachi becoming captain is one of the most bad assed moments ever!
Bleach not focusing too much on injustice of soul society is actually why I really like it. Not every moral quandry needs to be addressed by Ichigo's story but the author still weaves them into the universe because they exist, just like in our world where someone can go through their life and not fix all the worlds problems whilst still having a meaningful journey
I wish they would go more into depth on what a soul is. Sometimes they talk about it like an external entity other times they talk about the soul as if it’s an internal organ and other times they talk about the soul when referring to any ghost that isn’t a hollow or soul reaper. Except that one time Aizen referred to Rukiya as a soul when removing the hogioku
love your work man, great detail and nice understandable still high-level explanation :D 07:15 bro, air-pressure/atmospheric pressure and concepts of air-flow are a real thing... not trying to correct you, just please dont state false statements, when you could have easily googled it...
As someone who watched AND read the big 3, I remember loving (at the time) Bleach and Naruto way more than the great fictional story of all times. One Piece kept reaching godly heights while Bleach kept sinking to the depths of hell... I remember already being analytical and being mad Kubo's "poor writing skills" many instances..... But I have a new found appreciatiation thanks to you, especially since I never dove deep enough into Bleach's extented material the same way I have with One Piece, maybe I'll go watch Burn the Witch now :)
It's sad that in the last 20 or so years, Bleach which is my favorite manga ever excited me and disappointed me to no end. As a kid I just enjoyed the fights and badassery, now I see the countless hours sunked into the world but it's still too unclear. Like for example Kido - why the numbers? Who decides them? Where does the incantations come from? But despite it all you've pieced together a great video delving into the more obscure stuff. Great work!
18:15 I thought that was an Ichigo specific thing, where his garments when in bankai are actually a part of his bankai, with the clothing's state reflecting the state of his reiryoku.
A correction on the shihakusho section at 17:40 is that they aren't tied to the wearers reiryoku in most instances. They are usually actual clothing given to shinigami, the example with Ichigo was in reference to his bankai, which changed both his zanpakuto and shihakusho into more slender variants when activated during that arc. His shihakusho regrows only when in Bankai. In fact, Unohana only makes the connection when Ichigo states that his outfit is tied to his reiryoku, and doesn't believe him at first when he states that he's only at half power.
Real quick about the shihakusho, it's not reflective of the wearer's spirit energy that's just ichigos bankai and stops being a thing when his true powers are realized
It Kinda is. It's connected to a Shinigamis Reiryoku. For example when Ichigo absorbed Rukias Reiryoku in ep/chapter 1 she was only left with a (White) Shitagi and lost her (Black) Kosode and (black) Hakama. So when Shinigamis lose their Reiryoku then they also lose their Shihakushou which proves they are onnected to their Reiryoku. Then you have also Ichigo as evidence in the tybw arc. He got a new Shihakushou made by Shutara and it looks different than the original Shihakushou
This is an amazing video! Thank you for doing your research and everything you say is accurate! I would encourage any die hard Bleach fan to watch this video You know, the Humans in the Bleach verse are the dumb cattle that need to be churned to maintain the balance of the world. Bleach empowers what it means to be Human. Ichigo humanizes the other beings ( Shinigami, Hollows etc ) since he shares parts of them. It's an underlying message
This is honestly a great recap of Bleach's world and while I firmly maintain for myself that there's portions of Kubo's worldbuilding that I abhor, I can acknowledge that there's plenty I like. Good fucking God is listening to the German fucking PAINFUL though. Especially the medallion chant. That is straight up not a sentence. Kubo can't German to save his fucking life. Kubo. Please. Hire a translator. It's not that expensive. If not for Bleach since it's done, then for the doubtless future project where you butcher other languages, I promise you there's better options than google translate.
It can definitely be complicated but I wouldn't say it's ever unnecessary. Everything tying to the soul/heart or 'kokoro' is incredibly appropriate thematically and complements the many ideas Kubo explores throughout the story.
Yhwach is basically their Jesus and satan mixed into one. With Soul king being God. since he was cast out yet the closest thing to the souls king. God acknowledged that satan was the most beautiful of all his angels yet cast him out after he rebelled. Wow you just made me realize something about this anime
I will forever love the parallels the Japanese use with Scriptures. The Shinigami not being able to leave their post, or interact with the Human world unless directed by the Soul Society is a direct Parallel to the Watchers in the Book the Enoch. In this book it is explained that the Watchers ( The stars, that are not Gas planets, They are angels who are stationed by god to watch over us, Get it now?) decided to gather together, well some of them did, and they took a trip down to the Human world to mate with human woman and teach them forbidden knowledge, like pottery, Mining and creating Jewelry and essentially using minerals to enhance woman's beauty (Make up). Now we all know why Ishin was Banished from the Soul Society, This would be similar to the Punishment of the Watchers. Gotta love Kubo for this one.
I honestly wonder how he'll want to eat Hugo is going to be since he gained the power once it's going to happen again confirming that yes the hell movie did happen since the hell Ark is pretty much saying that we've only seen the surface of
I think the arrancar release isn't there verison of bankia. I think it's comparable to shikia. The 4th espada is the only one to ever achieve a state equivalent to bankia.
I think the reason Ulquiorra wanted Ichigo to strike him down with his Zanpakuto after Ichigo turned back into a shinigami after being defeated as a hollow because Ulquiorra knew that he would be cut off from the cycle of rebirth having been killed by a cero. Sadly I don't think we'll be seeing Ulquiorra in the Hell arc because he was actually killed by hollow ichigos cero and not his Zangetsu 😞
oof you actually were not doing well with the german pronunciations, "reich" was pronounced so many different ways but Wandenreich was said pretty good - overall great video!
You are wrong about the Shinigami shihakushou becoming "white and slightly altered". Rukia was left in her shitagi when she lost her powers - the white undergarment that's teased at the neckline and wrist of the sleeves. Not doing the research on this is a common mistake in cosplay and fanart too.
just a question when u say reaistu is a concept of pressure, then its does it make it concept or reality in in its universe, because fluid pressure in our universe is pressure, pressure is technically force exerted on a form existence. so can we call it a concept, when energy can neither be destroyed or created but changes from to another, fission to fusion vice versa.🎉🎉🎉. p.s this hooka might have something😂
while alot of individuals in the gotei are inherently good the gotei as a whole have always been the villians, lest i remind those that scoff at that statement of the plans the zero division had for ichigo thst shunsai knew about and was ok with
"Old enough.... to remember what PSP is..." But, but like PSP were such a recent thing? Gameboy is the old handheld console, right? RIght? I'M NOT OLD. KIDS STILL KNOW WHAT A PSP IS RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST ALL STEAM DECKS AND NINTENDO SWITCHES???
So Rukia originally was gonna be running around in a schoolgirl outfit with a syth and a cape... and guns 18:09 the fact that Unohana didnt realize Ichigo was only at around 25% of his reiatsuuntil Ichigo said it did proves that their shihakusho doesnt reflect their reiatsu. Thats part of Ichigo's bankai. Like his fullbring he wears his original bankai before he gets his true bankai. The shihakusho shows if the person does or doesn't have reiatsu in general. Like when Rukia lost hers to Ichigo Btw whats with the whole saying everything in english yet pronouncing it like youre from (Japan Spain ect) trying to speak English but with an accent? Ichigo is also not a vizard... vizards were shinigami who gained hollow powers but Ichigo was born with both. So he's a bit different than a vizard cause he doesn't need to hollowfy... cause he is always hollowfied Please stop saying echt like that... its kinda disgusting
Hueco mundo is a bad translation... Hollow World is Mundo Hueco. World of the hollows is Mundo de los Huecos. We are going to Hollow World > "Nosotros vamos a ir al Mundo Hueco " or "Nosotros vamos a ir al mundo de los huecos"
Black VS White is a very strong theme in traditional japanese literature. And those colors do not actually represent good and evil. White is a color with maximum brightness, worn by the individualists, egoists, people who loves to stand out and be in a spotlight. Black is minimum brightness, represents mediocrity, stability, "normality", people who likes to blend in with the masses. So, in Japan, country with very strong feeling of unity of society, white is a something that goes against/stands out from society in a contrary to black which, basically, IS a society. Both are not inherently good or evil, they are just different. Hero can wear white and he is good. So as homicidal maniac, who is bad. Police wear toned down uniforms, and they are good. So is a thief, who maximally blends in a society and knows all its laws, but does bad things. It also wery cleverly reflected in Shinigami uniforms, where all below captains wear just black, meaning that they have less personality and more depend on society and bound by it's laws. And captains wear white on top of a black uniform, meaning that even if they were once were in society (Gothey 13, in this example), they have transcended it and now became more individualistaic, with laws of society being more of a guidelines and not sanctions. Arrancars, on the other hand, wear full white - cuz they are individualists and egoists at their base as hollows, and bound to the will of society (in thes case, Espada) only by the black sash, which represents the will of its ruler - Aizen. And if there is no Aizen, there will be no Espada, no hollow society, which will revert them all to their natural, "white state". Hollow masks may also be the sign that their mind have been overtaken by the ideal egoism, which forces them to ignore the norms and rules of society and do everything their carnal instincts desire, but I may be reading too much into this. :3
I don’t care what anyone says going up to someone and flexing your spiritual pressure is the coolest anime concept ever. The gravity and fear is almost tangible in the air pressing you down to let you know your at a disadvantage so you can run or take the fight more seriously. it’s just awesome.
Not to mention the flex of withholding most of your spiritual pressure so as not to vaporize those around you
I wish we saw this in tybw
@@SD-kw2bnI think the main reason is that Quincy are known for using spiritual pressure of their enemies against them i.e. the fight with Mayuri where uryu starts decomposing the building or the fight with female ex arrancar where he steals energy from her tail.
@@victorhernandez-uy7wrhe was absorbing reishi, I’m not sure to what extent they can absorb reiryoku if at all. Bc if they can wouldn’t they be doing it throughout fights as most Shinigami don’t suppress it all the time especially not mid fight.
I think that bleach is better than naruto in it's story themes side character world building and power system
The amount of time it took into making this video must’ve taken months. You have to write a script, redraft it, record voice lines, research the anime being covered, saving screen captures from web pages etc. Respect
I've been a bleach fan for about 12 years. It's always good to have a refresher. Great video!
You watch Burn the witch?
I love bleach too
1:08:29 1:08:29 1:08:29
my understanding of the series became more clearer
There seems to be a subtle hint about the races of Bleach, that while we generally think of them as separate, there's a lot of overlap between them. Regular humans by becoming pluses can eventually become either hollows or shinigami. Arrancars have weapons that are similar to the zanpakuto of the shinigami and they can use quincy powers with the right tools. Quincies can also use their conjuration to create weapons similar to the zanpakuto and you can also be a quincy without actually originating from Yhwach. Fullbringers conjure abilites from items similar to quincies and they can create powers that imitate those of hollows or shinigami. Perhaps these lines are much muddier than even the characters inside the story realise or admit to themselves.
This could make for a good plot for another bleach arc.
People say Bleach has zero/bad world building because it isn’t laid out in front of you in big chunks.
You have to piece things together and often make the connections yourself.
I can’t think of any instances where you’re spoon fed massive exposition dumps that tie multiple concepts and ideas together.
Don’t even get me started on people complaining about Ichigo (and others) having no personality or defined goals. It drives me bonkers dawg lmao.
With that said, WONDERFUL VIDEO
Largely I agree, but I do think this has SOME of those Shonen world lore dumps, but they are often framed much better and, especially early on, are framed through Rukias understand of the world, which itself grows and evolves. What I think bleach does is that it never serves stuff up more than once. So you are right on the money with how it expects you to piece it together. They also become less and less as the series progresses.
Also, more often than not , those lore dumps are presented somewhat angrily, as Rukia is mad at Ichigo for not already knowing it for some reason.
Bleach has the best world building out of any shonen and yes that includes HxH. Narratively it isn’t the best not even top 10 shonen of all time but the secondary characters, the mundane things they do, the chemistry, the villains, the concept of the afterlife and how Ichigo’s friend interact makes Bleach an amazing experience. It’s my favorite shonen of all time even with it flaws, the world feels very real and alive, I feel like I could belong in this world.
Bleach needs the HxH 2011 treatment and get rebooted entirely and scrap the meaningless filler *cough cough* bount arc.
I mean, my problem with bleach lore is it’s retarded… why does the soul society need a teenager to save it? How is the afterlife / entire world that fucking fragile…
Idk. I mostly stop there. I could not give less of a shit about how he’s the most special / powerful because he has the most special / powerful blood combination
"Narratively it isn't the best not even top 10 shonen of all time" 😹🫵
@@_.Jenstu It is objectively not the best, Bleach it’s very inconsistent, it has many plot holes, too many shit going off screen it’s not top 10 of all time and those are the facts… HxH, Yuyu Hakusho, FMAB, Rurouni kenshin, berserk, Code Geass, Dead note, one piece, even Naruto are all much better than bleach narratively but Bleach has something special that I can’t quite describe there’s a hint of greatness that’s in the manga and hasn’t been translated well to the anime. Again bleach is my favorite anime of all time but I’m not a blind fanboy, HxH dog walks bleach and so does other popular shonen Bleach just resonates with me better.
I haven't finished the video yet but you are right about one thing that a lot of people misconceive world building as just a simple detailed setting with people, geography, and culture and I'm just really tired of it. Any story had world building on it even on stories like How I Met your Mother or The Office and I sort of get irritated when people only recognize world building when it has a lot of details on it and most of it just ties to the plot, and alot of the people just dismiss soft world-building that is just as well done on other series aside from probably berserk
I like the theory of Ichigo being the next incarnation of the Soul King. As if by chance or by will of the same being who created the first soul king, he slowly gathers/reconnects with the powers and values of the different races in Bleach.
Also would like to add that, if that's actually the case and Ichigo is to be the next Soul King, he's more complete, given that he actually has hollow and human within him, unlike the first Soul King.
This is the best bleach video I've watched thank you so much bro
Thanks for watching my man!
I love how dense Bleach is. It goes over the heads of causals because there's no big exposition dumps to explain spiritual power
Check out this massive analysis of Ichigo's character: ua-cam.com/video/wJ-qJZGmIGs/v-deo.html&lc=Ugyg5d9ed1dSaqaSMrR4AaABAg&ab_channel=Radman
This video is a compilation of my Bleach worldbuilding video series. Links to each individual video can be found in the description above if you would rather watch it that way!
Bro it would be nice if you make video regarding the buildup made for TYBW in the previous arcs including every every foreshadowings and Hints.
We all know name of soul king, why you dont say his name???
We don't know his name. Reio directly translates to Soul King.
At 1:08:04 part of the video you can see that a gillion class of menos grande is not opening a portal to the world of the living but rather it is outright tearing open the space time continum completely physically with bare hands and yet people would still say that bleach is city level .
I remember seeing the 2nd Opening for Bleach for the first time, seeing the episode that played *On the Precipice of Defeat* as Ichigo is training and getting ready for his battle, or as it shows a Hollow or someone coming to earth to cause harm. Even as a very young teen I remember thinking "This is so badass... this is just SO COOL!" and it made ME feel cool. As nerdy as that may sound, I swear Ichigo made an impact on me as a child / teen. I still like to dress like him well into my adult years. He has good style :).
Okay, now to shut up and watch this amazing video.
for the record I'm not walking around in Soul Reaper outfit lmao, I just meant his style in clothes when he's home. They really put a lot of thought and care into the character design on this show, more than any I've other seen. I love how each person has their own unique style in clothes, attitude, but all come together. Reminds me of my friends in school :')
It's a very interesting video and a well done and searched one !
I've really enjoyed this 2 hours session of BLEACH lore / world-building really, thanks.
Very well put together and in depth. Hats off to you my guy. 😉
Thank you man!
A truly fascinating series that is overhated bc of its direction but if you clear your mind of it and come to understand the series and it’s world building you’ll see that the series is one of the greats shout out fiji for always speak on twt bout it
I enjoyed rewatching all of this. And I'm so excited for your videos (if you decided to continue them, which I wish you should) about the pendulum arc and your theories about a higher will compared to the Reio. There's a lot of possibilities, adding the fact that the dimension of hell also existed way before the creation of the three dimensions in bleach. That can possibly mean, there's more people who can be stronger and more primordial than the era of the Reio and Ichibei's, which would also mean that the primordial history we know right now is not it 🔥
Thank you so much for making this video. Love Bleach, but never understood certain stuff fully not having the access to Manga that I'd like. Also Kenpachi becoming captain is one of the most bad assed moments ever!
Bleach not focusing too much on injustice of soul society is actually why I really like it. Not every moral quandry needs to be addressed by Ichigo's story but the author still weaves them into the universe because they exist, just like in our world where someone can go through their life and not fix all the worlds problems whilst still having a meaningful journey
Ima tap in a few weeks from now, Bleach my next journey I am thinking
WE WILL BE THERE NO MATTA WHA!!!
This video just goes to shows there's still more I have to learn about the world of bleach really underrated and a amazing video
I wish they would go more into depth on what a soul is. Sometimes they talk about it like an external entity other times they talk about the soul as if it’s an internal organ and other times they talk about the soul when referring to any ghost that isn’t a hollow or soul reaper. Except that one time Aizen referred to Rukiya as a soul when removing the hogioku
I think part of this is because Japanese has multiple words that can mean "soul", primarily Tamashii and Kokoro.
love your work man, great detail and nice understandable still high-level explanation :D
07:15 bro, air-pressure/atmospheric pressure and concepts of air-flow are a real thing...
not trying to correct you, just please dont state false statements, when you could have easily googled it...
I love you saying espada names. Gives me chills😊
Love all the bleach videos! Much appreciated
As someone who watched AND read the big 3, I remember loving (at the time) Bleach and Naruto way more than the great fictional story of all times. One Piece kept reaching godly heights while Bleach kept sinking to the depths of hell...
I remember already being analytical and being mad Kubo's "poor writing skills" many instances.....
But I have a new found appreciatiation thanks to you, especially since I never dove deep enough into Bleach's extented material the same way I have with One Piece, maybe I'll go watch Burn the Witch now :)
Saving this for work tonight ✅
Heading to the fan-verse for a moment: I'm planning an OC Zanpakutou based on a cleaning tool. Any ideas on what i could name it, pls?
Def name it Chunchunmaru
Can you release the mind map you made for the entire bleach world and their connections to Reio?
This video was great review i see you on twitter alot you spark good convos can't wait for the next Bleach & One piece videos
So you’re telling me that Ichigo is a shinigami, a Hollow, a Quincy, James Bond, and possibly the reincarnation of God?
Sounds like Naruto
He's also a Fullbringer and Human.
It's sad that in the last 20 or so years, Bleach which is my favorite manga ever excited me and disappointed me to no end. As a kid I just enjoyed the fights and badassery, now I see the countless hours sunked into the world but it's still too unclear. Like for example Kido - why the numbers? Who decides them? Where does the incantations come from?
But despite it all you've pieced together a great video delving into the more obscure stuff. Great work!
Great video very informative I never really questioned the rules of Bleach's world but this was appreciated none the less.
18:15 I thought that was an Ichigo specific thing, where his garments when in bankai are actually a part of his bankai, with the clothing's state reflecting the state of his reiryoku.
It is you're right, it's exclusive to Ichigo's bankai that's a mistake from me my bad
All Shihakushous are somewhat connected to a Shinigamis Reiryoku. Ichigo is just a more special case
This is the video we needed 😊
Judging by the spells in burn the witch, I think the Kido core focuses, mainly on the western branch
Incredible work FiJi doing Gods work for the Bleach fans
A correction on the shihakusho section at 17:40 is that they aren't tied to the wearers reiryoku in most instances. They are usually actual clothing given to shinigami, the example with Ichigo was in reference to his bankai, which changed both his zanpakuto and shihakusho into more slender variants when activated during that arc. His shihakusho regrows only when in Bankai. In fact, Unohana only makes the connection when Ichigo states that his outfit is tied to his reiryoku, and doesn't believe him at first when he states that he's only at half power.
This was fire
Thats a lot to cover. The world of Bleach is so Bount-iful, yet I can't help feeling like something's missing.
Real quick about the shihakusho, it's not reflective of the wearer's spirit energy that's just ichigos bankai and stops being a thing when his true powers are realized
It Kinda is. It's connected to a Shinigamis Reiryoku. For example when Ichigo absorbed Rukias Reiryoku in ep/chapter 1 she was only left with a (White) Shitagi and lost her (Black) Kosode and (black) Hakama.
So when Shinigamis lose their Reiryoku then they also lose their Shihakushou which proves they are onnected to their Reiryoku.
Then you have also Ichigo as evidence in the tybw arc.
He got a new Shihakushou made by Shutara and it looks different than the original Shihakushou
Nianzol's "W" is not the wind(blowing air). It is Wind, like bending things.
This is what I've been looking for my guy thanks
Man you have patience
This is an amazing video! Thank you for doing your research and everything you say is accurate! I would encourage any die hard Bleach fan to watch this video
You know, the Humans in the Bleach verse are the dumb cattle that need to be churned to maintain the balance of the world. Bleach empowers what it means to be Human. Ichigo humanizes the other beings ( Shinigami, Hollows etc ) since he shares parts of them. It's an underlying message
Little fumble here- Komamora didn’t die, he just had to step down since he’s a wolf now. But overall, fantastic video!
I don’t get the mixed blood aspect of the Quincy
Tapping back in for my quarterly rewatch
forgot aura the most broken full bringer
Wow that was an amazing 👏 😍 Video please make more 🙏 I thought I knew a lot after watching your video I realized I didn't know much 😂Thank you
This is honestly a great recap of Bleach's world and while I firmly maintain for myself that there's portions of Kubo's worldbuilding that I abhor, I can acknowledge that there's plenty I like.
Good fucking God is listening to the German fucking PAINFUL though. Especially the medallion chant. That is straight up not a sentence. Kubo can't German to save his fucking life.
Kubo. Please. Hire a translator. It's not that expensive. If not for Bleach since it's done, then for the doubtless future project where you butcher other languages, I promise you there's better options than google translate.
I will always love Bleach and will hate it’s power system. It is so unnecessarily convoluted, it makes my bones itch. Lol.
It can definitely be complicated but I wouldn't say it's ever unnecessary. Everything tying to the soul/heart or 'kokoro' is incredibly appropriate thematically and complements the many ideas Kubo explores throughout the story.
@@emmanuelomego7080you are annoying
@@R7dmanit could definitely be simplified in some areas.
what about sosuke aizen in the anime its said he has TWICE AS MUCH AS A CAPTAIN
Great video man
Wait he doesnt get their ability schrift after ashwalen?
2:02:43 “her” blood?
yall are going to correct pronouns every damn bleach video that has giselle?
@@sugarxxxplum9635 it’s funny
Yhwach is basically their Jesus and satan mixed into one. With Soul king being God. since he was cast out yet the closest thing to the souls king. God acknowledged that satan was the most beautiful of all his angels yet cast him out after he rebelled. Wow you just made me realize something about this anime
I want more fanart of Shunsui and Starkk interacting
I will forever love the parallels the Japanese use with Scriptures. The Shinigami not being able to leave their post, or interact with the Human world unless directed by the Soul Society is a direct Parallel to the Watchers in the Book the Enoch. In this book it is explained that the Watchers ( The stars, that are not Gas planets, They are angels who are stationed by god to watch over us, Get it now?) decided to gather together, well some of them did, and they took a trip down to the Human world to mate with human woman and teach them forbidden knowledge, like pottery, Mining and creating Jewelry and essentially using minerals to enhance woman's beauty (Make up). Now we all know why Ishin was Banished from the Soul Society, This would be similar to the Punishment of the Watchers.
Gotta love Kubo for this one.
you spoke about twice about the possibility of there being some entity who caused the creation of the soul king in the first place
Awesome work!!! 👏👏👏
they should make a bleach game but its like the dragon ball kakarot game
I honestly wonder how he'll want to eat Hugo is going to be since he gained the power once it's going to happen again confirming that yes the hell movie did happen since the hell Ark is pretty much saying that we've only seen the surface of
Incredible video
I think the arrancar release isn't there verison of bankia. I think it's comparable to shikia. The 4th espada is the only one to ever achieve a state equivalent to bankia.
Ichigo is officially anime James Bond.
I think the reason Ulquiorra wanted Ichigo to strike him down with his Zanpakuto after Ichigo turned back into a shinigami after being defeated as a hollow because Ulquiorra knew that he would be cut off from the cycle of rebirth having been killed by a cero. Sadly I don't think we'll be seeing Ulquiorra in the Hell arc because he was actually killed by hollow ichigos cero and not his Zangetsu 😞
Yamamoto was obliterated by Quincy arrows but is in hell.
Love Bleach, thanks for making this, I am going to listen this in the background whilst working now🙂
And one more realm is hell
1:30:09 Bro really went full Spanish for a bit XD
I think Bleach world building is safe. It makes the viewer beg for more. Like we have more questions than answers.
*Only Ichigo false Bankai clothes reflect reiatsu reservoir. Regular shihakusho don't do that.
of all the races in bleach you explained I rather be a Fullbringer. The type of caharacter I want to be are in a Fullbringer.
This is amazing
A very awesome video
oof you actually were not doing well with the german pronunciations, "reich" was pronounced so many different ways but Wandenreich was said pretty good - overall great video!
Was Ichigo being the 7th member a James Bond reference? 007 (double o)
I must've missed something. Why does ABD keep bleeping out Nika?
I bet everyone that always knew about bleach but is barely getting into it because of the TYBW is now here to “catch up”…
Wasn't expecting the Sakura sneak 😭
You are wrong about the Shinigami shihakushou becoming "white and slightly altered". Rukia was left in her shitagi when she lost her powers - the white undergarment that's teased at the neckline and wrist of the sleeves. Not doing the research on this is a common mistake in cosplay and fanart too.
Interesting how you use some music from Death Note, another story with shinigami, in the background... Clever boy... 😂
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my face when Kensei and Rose die offscreen
just a question when u say reaistu is a concept of pressure, then its does it make it concept or reality in in its universe, because fluid pressure in our universe is pressure, pressure is technically force exerted on a form existence. so can we call it a concept, when energy can neither be destroyed or created but changes from to another, fission to fusion vice versa.🎉🎉🎉. p.s this hooka might have something😂
Kubo: names anime 'black'
Also kubo: "no too simple"
Kubo white: "call it 'white"
Kubo:
Ichigo ur a group project
Video of nothing but facts.
while alot of individuals in the gotei are inherently good the gotei as a whole have always been the villians, lest i remind those that scoff at that statement of the plans the zero division had for ichigo thst shunsai knew about and was ok with
You forgot about the Bount race in the anime
Banger
I don't think the fox captain is dead. He's just an animal now
Spoiler alert Szayelaporro use to be the Primara(#1) espada. He split himself into 2 beings just like Stark
"Old enough.... to remember what PSP is..." But, but like PSP were such a recent thing? Gameboy is the old handheld console, right? RIght? I'M NOT OLD. KIDS STILL KNOW WHAT A PSP IS RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST ALL STEAM DECKS AND NINTENDO SWITCHES???
2 hour video with ads every 5 minutes 😂 let the video play mane
Las Noches wasn't build by Aizen.
You'd expect Hell to be connected to Earth
So Rukia originally was gonna be running around in a schoolgirl outfit with a syth and a cape... and guns
18:09 the fact that Unohana didnt realize Ichigo was only at around 25% of his reiatsuuntil Ichigo said it did proves that their shihakusho doesnt reflect their reiatsu. Thats part of Ichigo's bankai. Like his fullbring he wears his original bankai before he gets his true bankai. The shihakusho shows if the person does or doesn't have reiatsu in general. Like when Rukia lost hers to Ichigo
Btw whats with the whole saying everything in english yet pronouncing it like youre from (Japan Spain ect) trying to speak English but with an accent?
Ichigo is also not a vizard... vizards were shinigami who gained hollow powers but Ichigo was born with both. So he's a bit different than a vizard cause he doesn't need to hollowfy... cause he is always hollowfied
Please stop saying echt like that... its kinda disgusting
Hueco mundo is a bad translation... Hollow World is Mundo Hueco. World of the hollows is Mundo de los Huecos.
We are going to Hollow World > "Nosotros vamos a ir al Mundo Hueco " or "Nosotros vamos a ir al mundo de los huecos"
I think you forgot about the Shiba clan??
Black VS White is a very strong theme in traditional japanese literature. And those colors do not actually represent good and evil.
White is a color with maximum brightness, worn by the individualists, egoists, people who loves to stand out and be in a spotlight.
Black is minimum brightness, represents mediocrity, stability, "normality", people who likes to blend in with the masses.
So, in Japan, country with very strong feeling of unity of society, white is a something that goes against/stands out from society in a contrary to black which, basically, IS a society.
Both are not inherently good or evil, they are just different.
Hero can wear white and he is good. So as homicidal maniac, who is bad. Police wear toned down uniforms, and they are good. So is a thief, who maximally blends in a society and knows all its laws, but does bad things.
It also wery cleverly reflected in Shinigami uniforms, where all below captains wear just black, meaning that they have less personality and more depend on society and bound by it's laws. And captains wear white on top of a black uniform, meaning that even if they were once were in society (Gothey 13, in this example), they have transcended it and now became more individualistaic, with laws of society being more of a guidelines and not sanctions.
Arrancars, on the other hand, wear full white - cuz they are individualists and egoists at their base as hollows, and bound to the will of society (in thes case, Espada) only by the black sash, which represents the will of its ruler - Aizen. And if there is no Aizen, there will be no Espada, no hollow society, which will revert them all to their natural, "white state".
Hollow masks may also be the sign that their mind have been overtaken by the ideal egoism, which forces them to ignore the norms and rules of society and do everything their carnal instincts desire, but I may be reading too much into this. :3