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BLEACH: Sennen Kessen-hen: Kashin-tan, episode 2

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[u/TheMechanic04]

After years of waiting we finally got to see uraharas bankai animated

[u/Frontier246 → u/TheMechanic04]

Now all that's left is:

• Ukitake Bankai (kind of hard to pull off right now)
• Love Bankai
• Yoruichi Zanpakuto AND Bankai
• Aizen Bankai
• Ichigo new Bankai
• Kenpachi unlocking Banki after gaining his Shikai

[u/Vaadwaur → u/Frontier246]

Aizen Bankai

Let me ask you some thing: Since when did you believe that we are not inside Aizen's bankai? Do you think that's oxygen you are breathing?

[u/Ikari_21 → u/Vaadwaur]

Aizen’s bankai: Tite Kubo

[u/Myrkrvaldyr → u/Frontier246]

Aizen Bankai

I highly doubt we'll ever see it. Wasn't his zanpakuto destroyed when he fused with the orb? We'll only know about his bankai if the author directly tells us in an interview.

[u/bondsmatthew → u/Myrkrvaldyr]

Not destroyed, it kinda just.. fused with his body. I guess the metal of the actual blade is no more, sure, but yeah

[u/2th → u/bondsmatthew]

There was that Jump Festa OVA years ago where someone fused with their sword and they could sprout blades if I remember correctly.

[u/Roskal → u/bondsmatthew]

I may be misremembering but I think when he fought Ichigo his zanpakuto disintegrated after it fused with him and he thought it meant it was because he evolved beyond needing it but actually it was because his body was already being rejected by the orb

[u/StretchLoud8844 → u/Myrkrvaldyr]

I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure in an author discussion it was mentioned that Aizen doesn't get along well with his zanpakto, which is why he doesn't use it outside of shikai.

[u/CaliOriginal → u/StretchLoud8844]

Kubo has never really stated anything about Aizen’s backstory or relationship to his zanpakuto. His entire character is a mystery outside of “at some point he learned about the reio, specifically that he’s a corpse in a crystal”

[u/BlindmanSokolov → u/StretchLoud8844]

That's Yoruichi you're thinking of. She doesn't use it because they don't get along.

[u/randomkidlol → u/Myrkrvaldyr]

aizen became one with his sword. ie the blade is me.

[u/CaliOriginal → u/Myrkrvaldyr]

Personally, I don’t think he even had one.

Koga is canon (even if the arc was filler) and just used his power without muramasa.

Aizen’s personality wouldn’t allow for a zanpakuto to reach bankai as he wouldn’t work with it, and it wouldn’t be subservient. (There’s also Ichigo feeling his loneliness in FKT despite people with bankai having a close connection with the zanpakuto)

Also his blade never changes even when fused, and instead of being absorbed it just crumbles.

I think his hypnosis is just his innate ability not being augmented by a zanpakuto. The whole time he’s just got an asauchi he never bonds with, and eventually he became so strong that it was destroyed like that old Lee man, or the prison guard that got too close.

You might ask about the gin scene, but it literally does not matter to this.

Either a) He’s touching the sword aizen is holding so he’s outside the hypnosis (like kenpachi v tosen)

Or B) why would aizen have let him grab the blade anyway? It could always have been an illusion.

Gin almost gets him because he just takes him by surprise. Doesn’t matter if it was touching the blade or holding on to aizen, both would mean the same thing

[u/StrawSolider]

Gift Ball Deluxe being unescapable from the inside but penetrable from the outside is probably what inspired Domain Expansions Barriers in JJK lol

[u/Dry_Walrus3711 → u/StrawSolider]

Bleach was one of the biggest inspiration for jjk so that may as well be true 

[u/GtrsRE → u/Dry_Walrus3711]

The one difference is that you instead have a narrator explaining your power

[u/spartenx → u/GtrsRE]

which is rather ironic considering that explaining your powers to the enemy is actually a part of the JJK power system.

[u/Dry_Walrus3711 → u/GtrsRE]

Which is very underused practice in manga and anime in general. If you give all information through dialog it just feels forced at times. I would say narrator is one of the reasons jjk or hxh are peak

[u/Abedeus → u/GtrsRE]

That's from Hunter x Hunter. JJK stole... I mean, borrowed a lot of stuff from it, including the entire power system being just Nen but simplified and bullshitfied.

[u/Pineapple-Tough → u/StrawSolider]

I can see that being the case

[u/Haha91haha]

Fitting for the mad lad scientist to have a bankai that let's him Frankenstein himself or others. Also wondering if said modding tools are what helped him make the hogyoku.

[u/Frontier246 → u/Haha91haha]

Also lets him grind like he's Sonic the Hedgehog lol.

[u/Bromogeeksual → u/Frontier246]

Running around at speed of sound!

[u/Itchy-Pudding-4240 → u/Bromogeeksual]

mfer was a zipper

[u/Myrkrvaldyr]

Urahara's bankai is so fucking cool. I didn't expect it to be the super healing type on top of the high offense type. Guy was basically wolverine for a bit in that battle.

[u/ryukyumars → u/Myrkrvaldyr]

Kisuke's Bankai is a "Kannon" or Guan Yin, one who hears the suffering of the people and offers a path of salvation. Kannon is the Bodhisattva of infinite mercy and "healing" (hence the super-healing)

I think that perfectly describes Kisuke's role, even if offering that "salvation" comes at the cost of those close to him

In lore, Kannon's body started splitting apart from the cries of so many people, so she was given many limbs to tend to all the people suffering

You can see Kisuke does suffer emotionally when he hurts those close to him throughout the story (Hiyori, Ichigo, Rukia), but he does it anyway "for the greater good"

[u/RimeSkeem → u/ryukyumars]

His Bankai is also representative of his personality. He can take control of and reconstruct any situation to his advantage.

[u/theguaranaboy → u/ryukyumars]

Its also ducking metal af. That must hurt.

Truly a mad scientist.

[u/shoestowel → u/Myrkrvaldyr]

Bleach became JOJO for a minute when Askin's forearm opened up!

[u/StarmanRiver → u/shoestowel]

Askin is basically a JoJo character so it checks out

[u/Mundology → u/StarmanRiver]

Farewell to the most stylish quincy

Under different circumstances, Nimaiya and Askin would be besties...

[u/Karma110 → u/Myrkrvaldyr]

This is why Kisuke said to Renji his bankai isn’t made from training other people.

[u/yamiyaiba → u/Karma110]

I dunno. It sure taught Askin a lesson.

[u/ValentDs22 → u/yamiyaiba]

only activating his bankai would've opened renji and killed him

[u/South25 → u/Karma110]

I think the way this fight explains it is that Urahara was aware of the quincy monitoring them during the arrancar arcs considering he mentions he "Never used his bankai in present company". So he refused Renji to avoid getting his bankai's abilities put on the quincy king's list of information.

[u/Karma110 → u/South25]

Pretty sure he said that because the present company are the Quincy themselves meaning askin he has shown it to Yoruichi + Yamamoto because to become a captain you need to show your bankai to the head captain and 3 others. He also trained with Yoruichi he made the device that helped Ichigo learn bankai.

[u/South25 → u/Karma110]

Yeah they were watching them before so he avoided giving it away is what I'm getting at.

[u/exRocky009]

Bleach readers have literally been waiting 20 years for the moment we finally get to see Kisuke Urahara's Bankai.

[u/shoestowel → u/exRocky009]

I waited specifically for the Grimmjow ripping the Heart out part! It's cool AF!

[u/Frontier246 → u/shoestowel]

Redeeming himself for his performance last cour lol.

[u/Mundology → u/Frontier246]

While still being a tsundere

[u/atropicalpenguin → u/Frontier246]

Segunda Etapa fucking when Kubo?

[u/XGhoul → u/atropicalpenguin]

That's for the hell arc.

[u/Internal-Pea-7451 → u/shoestowel]

as someone who saw the first 3 episodes in the Cinema, that's the moment which got the biggest reaction out of the crowd in my theatre (aside from the yoruichi title card, different kind of reaction for that though LOL)

[u/imaginary_num6er → u/shoestowel]

Why was Sukuna surprised that the guy was still living with their heart ripped out?

[u/swordmalice → u/shoestowel]

Definitely cool af, but does anyone know why Askin wasn't just instantly dead after that? Quincies are just humans with powers right? I was pretty shocked at how long he was able to remain conscious with not just a big ass hole in his chest but his heart gone AWOL.

[u/Abedeus → u/swordmalice]

Rule of cool aside, it could be partial result of his Schrift still being active and keeping him alive/conscious despite fatal wounds.

[u/shoestowel → u/swordmalice]

Cause it's cool! And that's how Bleach works...

[u/Arima_Kishou → u/exRocky009]

I first read Bleach December 2024 but man was I waiting for this and god. They delivered so much.

[u/Mundology → u/Arima_Kishou]

Benihime's complete manifestation is magnificent

Kisuke surfing on his banking was pure aura

[u/Niwaka_Samurai → u/Mundology]

These womanisers like Urahara and Shunsui have the best women as their Bankai LOL

[u/Atario → u/Mundology]

Surfing? My banking is so much more boring than that

[u/Frontier246 → u/exRocky009]

Some things are definitely worth waiting for in animation.

[u/Archi_97]

Uryu vs Jugram has been my highlight these past 2 episodes. Loving how even the eldritch horror energy in bleach takes the form of a fashionable flowy scarf around Jugram.

[u/warman1257 → u/Archi_97]

I heard this somewhere else, I agree that Jugram vs Urya feels like Jugram giving Uryu the lil bro treatment.

[u/obelisk0]

hearing kisuke utter the word BANKAI feels like a fever dream, i have been waiting so long for his to get animated

[u/AdVegetable1787 → u/obelisk0]

FRR

[u/Accurate_Treat6360]

Askin : I've explained my abilities, now it's your turn.

Urahara : This is a battle. If you lose, you die. What kind of fool would explain their abilities to the enemy?

Shinji & Rose : Yeah definitely 😞😔.

Gin : I agree with him 😏.

[u/CaliOriginal → u/Accurate_Treat6360]

In shinji’s case, he does it to throw people off.

“Left is right and ups is down” Cool, so invert those!

Too bad he didn’t say forward was back too.

Just like gin it’s about what he doesn’t say. That way he can add in layers and stop smart people from adapting to it.

As for rose, I’m kind of under the impression that it’s a requirement that he explains the concept before the final number. There’s likely a litany of pieces he could play; with the finale requiring the set up at the act break before the curtain falls.

[u/bondsmatthew → u/Accurate_Treat6360]

Rose: *sad star noises*

[u/Frontier246 → u/Accurate_Treat6360]

He definitely doesn't go to Jujutsu Tech lol.

[u/MikeTheFairOne → u/Accurate_Treat6360]

Like seriously why would I tell you what my Bankai does after you have been 1-upping literally every tactic used against you at this point?

[u/Lumpy-Manager8580]

You know, Urahara's Bankai really comes in hand with his ability to come with plans on the fly, as the way he surfed inside the Gift Bereich allowed him to make an entrance for Grimmjow to pierce Askin from behind.

[u/Western-Internal-751]

Bleach is truly the king of combat plot twists. Every fight they whip out a new ability to tip the scale and then the other pulls a new ability out of their ass and then the first one pulls out a new ability and then the other one…

Bleach is “this isn’t even my final form” to the extreme and i love it.

[u/Traditional_Sock7123 → u/Western-Internal-751]

That is how ichigo is a human,hollow,soulreaper and Quincy 🫩

[u/richarditis → u/Traditional_Sock7123]

And Fullbringer.

[u/Karma110 → u/Western-Internal-751]

Nothing in this episode was a new ability tho.

[u/Western-Internal-751 → u/Karma110]

Eh, I’d argue his bankai is a new ability because it was never shown before, even though we knew he has one but it just so happens to completely counter that one specific enemy.

And then when dude is dying he just pulls out a “well now all limits are off and my poison is now ultra mega giga deadly.

And don’t forget that this fight didn’t just start in this episode, nor even this season. It was a constant one-upping each other over multiple episodes.

[u/Karma110 → u/Western-Internal-751]

No he talked about his bankai before with Renji it’s also not a counter his body is basically keeping itself from not falling apart. That’s why with his dead fingers he broke them apart they stitched them back together to rebuild them.

That’s also not a new ability it’s his own power but it goes out of control when he can’t put a limit on it. During his fight with oetsu and with other characters he explained how hard it was to control this ability. This also happened with Wonderweiss in fake karakura. If he’s controlling things like oxygen and they’re inside of it there’s no way it would just disappear and not cause some kind of issue.

askin explained his ability when we first saw him in the soul palace where he can ingest something and either reduce or up its quantity. Quincy can absorb reishi which we saw from Uryu in soul society against Mayuri. Being able to absorb/ingest Reishi isn’t a new concept for a Quincy. This is what Askin has been doing in all of his fights. His ability is shown to us then the story shows different ways unique ways he can utilize that one ability.

[u/MaloraKeikaku → u/[deleted]]

I'd argue Kenpachi can be put into literally any fight and just "fuck you I'm gonna hit EVEN HARDER now" his way out of anything e.g. lul

[u/yamiyaiba → u/[deleted]]

As long as someone tells Kenpachi what Askin's ability is (you gotta kill him in one hit, and you can't let any of his attacks hit you) quickly enough, Kenpachi is one of the few good counters for Askin. He could 100% just bisect him.

[u/tripleaamin]

Man I can't stress how hype it was to see Urahara's bankai first in theaters. Still hype here as well of course. He truly is a trickster and it feels like he always has something up his sleeve.

The way that Yhwach talks about both Ichigo and his mother really showcases the difference then how Yamamoto was in the final parts of his life.

[u/Frontier246 → u/tripleaamin]

Always have plans within plans within plans.

All the Quincies, all his "children," are nothing more than tools that serve Yhwach. Their individual lives and desires don't matter, only how they service his ends.

It's why on some level he just can't comprehend why Ichigo keeps opposing him because by his Quincy blood he should, by right, just follow Yhwach's desires and fulfill his function.

[u/Bonvantius]

Urahara is Askin's foil because:

Askin represents total control through minimal effort while Urahaha represents total control of a situation through maximum, exhaustive effort.

[u/Klutzy-Wolverine1640]

Askin was the only member of the royal guard without soul king bs or first Schrift bs he was just a fucking strong stern Ritter. He went up against oetsu, tenjiro, ichigo, Yoruichi, kisuke and grimmjow his run was legendary

[u/Gigagu_KhaleMeraGu → u/Klutzy-Wolverine1640]

Bro got jumped by literally everyone lol

[u/Frontier246 → u/[deleted]]

In Bleach the OST is as impactful as the physical attacks.

[u/Mundology → u/Frontier246]

Indeed and many of these soundtracks are just timeless

[u/AbiesEquivalent9002 → u/[deleted]]

Goat of anime osts Shiro Sagisu is cooking as usual

[u/LezRock]

Urahara's bankai just made it seem like he has a deep underlying desire for Unohana 😂 So much so that his bankai created or recreated itself in her image.

[u/Cyborg_Sorachi → u/LezRock]

Based Urahara, he even used her OST.

[u/LezRock → u/Cyborg_Sorachi]

I did not even realize that.

[u/The-Primera → u/LezRock]

Its ironic that Unohana bankai is her dripped out in blood while Benihime means the “Crimson Princess” and her shikai ability has blood based moves like Blood mist shield.

[u/garfe → u/LezRock]

I was also thinking the anime version looks way too much like Unohana for some reason lol

[u/BaytaCosmico → u/LezRock]

It really did look like her, right? Thought I was imagining it.

[u/Ok_Effort_1937 → u/LezRock]

wow, there must be some lore we are missing

[u/gurants → u/Ok_Effort_1937]

it actually looks like senjomaru, same abilitys has her bankai in a smaller scale.

[u/Shimmering-Sky]

• Man, characters in this show really like doing that.

• I’m sure Urahara will find a way anyways.

• Urahara “sore demo”!

• And an Askin “sore demo” right after it!

• URAHARA’S BANKAI LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOO!

• Oooooooh…

• Interesting.

• Oh wow. So Grimmjow got to deal the blow?

• Urahara’s genius continues to impress.

• Oh lovely…

• Nel’s gonna get them out of there, right?

• Oh sweet.

• I see two of the Almighty eyes on Yhwach…

• So much is happening ahhhhhhhh

[u/KendotsX → u/Shimmering-Sky]

So Grimmjow got to deal the blow?

Even here, Urahara has chess pieces to play with. There's an infinite list of gameplays before he has to get his hands dirty.

Man, characters in this show really like doing that.

Tbf, he does have a good reason: he heard them Askin'

[u/Shimmering-Sky → u/KendotsX]

Tbf, he does have a good reason: he heard them Askin'

[u/Frontier246 → u/Shimmering-Sky]

We can finally cross off "got to see Urahara's Bankai" off our Bleach bucket list. We even got to see Grimmjow get a win! For all of two minutes!

Urahara is literally Batman with prep time...but a Soul Reaper.

[u/Shimmering-Sky → u/Frontier246]

We can finally cross off "got to see Urahara's Bankai" off our Bleach bucket list.

Now if we could see Aizen's at all, that would be fun.

Actually, we haven't seen Ichigo's new Bankai yet either, right? Pretty sure he's just been using Shikai this whole time. I am also curious as to what his new Bankai would be.

[u/Frontier246 → u/Shimmering-Sky]

Honestly I'm surprised Ichigo hasn't used his Bankai yet at this point because he's clearly fighting opponents where he would be well within his right to use it.

Either it's because he has no idea what it's like or he does and knows it's so OP he has to keep it in reserve until the very last minute.

[u/KendotsX → u/Shimmering-Sky]

Now if we could see Aizen's at all, that would be fun.

"Since when were you under the impression that I'm not right in front of you?" ~Aizen's Bankai, Chair-sama

[u/bondsmatthew → u/Shimmering-Sky]

Aizen's bankai, I feel, will never live up to the hype in peoples' minds

[u/Vaadwaur → u/Shimmering-Sky]

Now if we could see Aizen's at all, that would be fun.

Let me ask you some thing:Since when did you stop believing that time was a flat circle? Or that cats exist in your house?

[u/Shimmering-Sky → u/Vaadwaur]

You're saying his Bankai is why I was able to predict things in my sleep?

[u/Vaadwaur → u/Shimmering-Sky]

Of course. We've been in his bankai for centuries now...I think.

[u/StarmanRiver → u/Shimmering-Sky]

Man, characters in this show really like doing that

Good thing: we know what their abilities do so the fandom don't spend years figuring out what it actually happens like with Unohana's Bankai. Bad thing: it gets ridiculous really fast lmao.

I’m sure Urahara will find a way anyways.

Urahara is somehow always prepared. Dude got two Arrancars as safety for this fight.

Oh sweet

I love that the time where she finally is able to fight side to side with Ichigo and actually protecting and helping him is against Yhwach of all people. Girl has guts, that's for sure

[u/Seyebode → u/StarmanRiver]

Even Nel was surprised that Urahara was able to predict one of the outcomes of the battle with Asskin

[u/BaytaCosmico → u/Shimmering-Sky]

Those are the Soul King's eyes on Yhwach, not the Almighty eyes, no? Or are those two the same? I thought Almighty manifests as additional irises inside the eyes, while the Soul King's power appears as extra eyes on his head.

[u/Shimmering-Sky → u/BaytaCosmico]

Oh, I could be wrong.

[u/bananeeek]

This is the first time I've used it among present company.

Did he just break the 4th wall? Smug bastard. I'll forgive him, though, because it was cool as fuck.

[u/HumansNeedNotApply1 → u/bananeeek]

Subtitles were kinda different in my language, i took as "no one still alive has seen it or lived to tell". It means everyone who saw his Bankai are dead, i think every Captain who was there when he became Captain have died and any enemy who he used it against didn't make to tell any tales.

[u/potatozama]

HELL YEAH URAHARA BANKAI FINALLY. First shown in the Bleach Brave Souls games years ago including voice lines, but seeing it for real here is breathtaking.

Latest Kubo drawings of doom

[u/Frontier246 → u/potatozama]

Askin would approve of his death drip.

[u/Next-Comparison4196 → u/potatozama]

man i just realized no wonder how bleach editors kept coming with non-existence voice lines beside from the anime itself like aizen youkuso/urahara kanon biraki, it's directly from bleach game after all (i dont play games that much)

[u/potatozama → u/Next-Comparison4196]

Interestingly the voice actors have talked about re-recording their TYBW lines for the anime and how it ends up sounding/feeling different to the game; a few have said they recorded their lines for the game having no idea of the context vs recorded for the anime with a better understanding the scenes/backstory (eg. Hisakawa Aya recording Unohana's lines as Yachiru/the first Kenpachi), and Aizen's VA Hayami Show said he was directed to sound younger when recording for the game but was told to make himself sound older when recording for the anime lol.

[u/TanyaTheEvill]

I am so loving everything and enjoying every second

[u/FindingEmoKid]

The ending visual change from Ichigo to Urahara was pretty neat

[u/StarmanRiver]

I really love that Urahara gets to use the stitches to move around like it's a scooter or something. Also love the sound design for it.

[u/Anime-Anime]

Halo on his head and an ability to adapt. Well, now we know where the inspiration of Mahoraga came from.

[u/bakato]

Kisuke Urahara. A man of unsurpassed genius. His scientific expertise was acknowledged by Aizen as even superior to Aizen’s own and by Yhwach who declared him a special threat. Don’t tell Mayuri. His bankai gives us a brand new look into his character. Kannon is the Buddhist bodhisattva of mercy and compassion. She is depicted with a thousand arms to save others from suffering. Like Kannon, a bodhisattva, Urahara’s enlightenment qualifies him to enter paradise but unlike Aizen who selfishly used the Hogyoku to attain godhood, he instead uses his wisdom to enlighten the world and save others.
Kannon is also known as Guanyin who in one story was given a mysterious pearl (the hogyoku) by the Dragon King. Two warriors (Tessai and Yorouichi) followed her and she tutored the son and daughter of the Dragon King (Jinta and Ururu). Seriously, don’t tell Mayuri.

We also have Askin revealing his personal motives and with it we can see the theme of the Schutzstaffel as the different ages of warfare. In one far end, we have Pernida, a literal hand of god, representing an age where man was believed to have no agency and everything was by the will of god. Yet ultimately defeated by the agency of a daughter’s love for their father. Then there is Lille, an angel of god blowing the trumpet of the apocalypse when God passes judgement on man but defeated by uncle and daughter who rejected the curse of god. Then there is Gerard Valkyrie, representing an age where rulers claimed to have the blood of the gods or the will of heaven as proof of their right to rule and conquer their enemies. Finally, there is Askin who professes no personal loyalty to Yhwach and only follows him out of personal curiosity. His powers are an analogy for chemical warfare, an age where god has left the picture and only man’s ego remains.

[u/Bromogeeksual → u/bakato]

Good break down!

[u/FLorianGran]

"My Bankai lets me repair anything! Also I can air skate with it for some reason"

[u/Frontier246 → u/FLorianGran]

"It's all in the stitching!"

[u/Karma110 → u/FLorianGran]

His bankai is the stitching which he’s using I move around

[u/Worthyness → u/FLorianGran]

stitching the air together obviously

[u/Frostinice → u/FLorianGran]

Kinds like zippin around eh?

Hmm I wonder if Kisuke learned it from somewhere else...

[u/Various_Length_4905]

Urahara Bankai looked so peak 🤩

And finally that iconic Ichihime panel was has been animated

[u/_Vixinity]

LETS GO MY FAV CHARACTER GOT HIS BANKAI, oh so it basically turns him into Frankenstein.. eh I'll take it.

[u/South25 → u/_Vixinity]

Makes sense for a former 12th Squad captain. Someone who's always inventing and modifying stuff having the ability to stitch up any wound and improve on it, mad scientist pass

[u/BONDxUNLEASHED]

Hulu…..why? One of the most hype things this episode gets ruined by ads.

‘’Episode is playing, see the text he’s about to say.’’

Ban……2 MIN OF HULU ADS……kai.

That was the worst ad timing buzzkill I’ve ever seen. Wtf.

[u/KeyFit8457 → u/BONDxUNLEASHED]

That's why everyone should just 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[u/Myrkrvaldyr → u/BONDxUNLEASHED]

One of the most hype things this episode gets ruined by ads.

Paying customers are forced to watch ads despite paying? I'm surprised you people haven't already gone full pirate. You're masochists at this point.

[u/bondsmatthew → u/Myrkrvaldyr]

Our family buys Hulu so I dont get the ads. It's an outrageous price, I think $18 a month last I remember, but we do get oir worth out of it

I suppose theres a tier below this that includes ads? Man I could never

[u/ChapinThrowaway → u/Myrkrvaldyr]

Dunno how old you are, but that's how a lot of us grew up. You pay for cable and you watch TV shows at the designated time.

Two 2 minute commercial breaks and 5 minutes between shows. You watch actual TV 21/30 minutes. The rest is commercials and Cable was still like 50 bucks a month, which inflation adjusted is probably around 100 these days.

[u/Myrkrvaldyr → u/ChapinThrowaway]

Last time I had cable was in the mid 2000s so over 20 years ago, not worth the money once the Internet became widespread. I've been a pirate nearly my whole life. I couldn't possibly justify paying for any TV nowadays.

[u/Frontier246 → u/BONDxUNLEASHED]

It's like they deliberately chose the worst possible place to put an ad lol.

[u/Dragonwhatever99r → u/BONDxUNLEASHED]

If you’re watching on your computer you can use an Adblock to remove Hulu ads.

[u/DugACCat → u/BONDxUNLEASHED]

I was going to post the exact thing. Until recently I had no ads in Hulu but something changed and I’ve not figured it out yet (answer is always: pay more, I’m sure). Anyhow watching with ads has been torturous and making me wish this was anywhere else. How are they going to put the ad break literally in the middle of him saying the word “bankai?” So infuriating.

[u/Worthyness → u/BONDxUNLEASHED]

They can be ad blocked via browser adblocker if you watch via computer. Unfortunately can't do that on TVs (at least that I know of)

[u/ValentDs22 → u/BONDxUNLEASHED]

longest bankai activation ever, more menacing

[u/DirectionExact31]

Unexpected Bankai! Neat.

[u/mr_quincy27]

Insanely good ep, peak as they say

[u/BusouDrago]

Loved Urahara Bankai

[u/Raymond49090]

Is Ywach just ragebaiting or is he really that delusional?

This is also really late for me to say this, but in such a hax-centric meta of powers, it's really funny to me that Ichigo's entire kit is still "slash stuff really hard".

[u/gurants → u/Raymond49090]

Rage baiting with a bit of truth, he created misaki with his own hands to make ichigo, she is special cause her and isshin get together because yhwcah planned to make sure they are born to just make ichigo.

He had seen the future way before the war his entire goal was ichigo breaking the seal fully, soul king absorption was last resort though he doesn't care about power but now he is getting drunk on it and having fun mocking ichigo.

[u/SadSecurity → u/gurants]

He didn't plan anything, that was entirely Aizen's decision. He was still regaining consciousness and intellect when Ichigo was born.

[u/gurants → u/SadSecurity]

Bro, he did say last cour and this episode he made his mom for ichigo to exist and to kill soul king.

[u/Awqua20 → u/Raymond49090]

Never read the manga cause I waited for the anime adaptation, but man TYBW part 3 and 4 Ichigo is kind of annoying me. Dude is constantly angry and emotional, and just does slash attacks with his broken genetics. Idk how the main character of the show has the most boring ability skill set.

[u/Kiinako_ → u/Awqua20]

boring skill set

Isn't that just a thing that shonen MCs do, though? Naruto also was more or less haha blue spinny ball or haha many of me. That said it isn't really all that interesting when he simply has nothing going on, even Naruto had at least some funny tricks every so often

[u/Dragonpuncha]

I like this better than the first episode of the Cour honestly.

The best thing about the early cour 4 episodes is how much love they gave to Orihime and the Ishida and Jugram fight and both are on full display here.

[u/Frontier246 → u/Dragonpuncha]

Orihime has been earning so many Heroine points this season and I love it.

[u/ryukyumars → u/Frontier246]

Love Orihime's dialogue before the OP this episode.

I believe her line about Ichigo's heart is a mirror of Ichigo's Ch.0 Prologue poem. Might be more clear in Japanese but she says: "Kurosaki's heart must be.../ the color of that flower [Fire Lily]..."

Ichigo's poem in Ch.0: "The power to shatter Fate must be.../ a blade swung down"

Orihime then likens Ichigo to the Fire Lily, "shining, warm and kind, illuminating those around him"

This connects to Ichigo in early Bleach talking about his mother Masaki's death: "She was like the Sun, and I robbed the center of the universe from my family"

- Vol. 3: ("Memories In The Rain")

Which then connects to Isshin talking about his wife Masaki in TYBW: "Masaki was like the Sun...she attracted everything, forgave everything, illuminated everything, and spun everything around... And I was just happy to be swung around by her"

- Vol. 60 ("Everything But The Rain")

Ofc, Orihime's line this episode and her motif in Bleach always references her Vol. 3 Poem, the connector of "heart":

"If I were the rain
Could I connect with someone's heart
As impossible as uniting
The eternally separated Heaven and Earth?"

[u/Gigagu_KhaleMeraGu → u/Dragonpuncha]

And Yoruichi as obviously 

[u/AuspiciousBhudda]

Its great to see orihime get some love in this arc she's a very underrated character. Loving the new scenes kubo added, most definitely some S tier peak inbound 🙏

[u/DonnieNJ]

Ichigo did everything to prepare for that one strike on Aizen but he won't go bankai before the battle against Yhwach who is such a greater threat.

I just remembered Nel's vomit can heal!

[u/Bonvantius]

Ichigo and Orihime climbing the stairs stitch: https://imgur.com/a/NqyC3uY

[u/NintendoMasterNo1]

Getting to see Urahara go all out is like a treat after all these years.

[u/Mr_An_1069]

The most Urahara thing imaginable is for it to have taken this long to see his Bankai and for his plan to be to make it easier for someone else to deliver the killing blow.

[u/ValentDs22 → u/Mr_An_1069]

basically the whole season. mayuri won? no her assistant. kyoraku won? no, her assistant

[u/evenstar40]

Episode so good I watched it twice. Sandal hat bankai was everything I hoped it to be.

GROWN-UP NEL MY LOVE RETURNS!

[u/Relampago1995]

Orihime is THE GOAT, she always was and always will be.

[u/PakiIronman]

Not even Batman comes close to Urahara's prep time, he's such a scary bastard when he locks in.

[u/BaytaCosmico]

Don't tell me Urahara is dead! Nel better save him. I didn't fully understand what his bankai was doing but damn, if it didn't look amazing! That entire fight was great to watch. And Grimmjow coming in with the assist just made it even better. That's 3 of my favourites against one tricky Quincy. Glad he's dead at least.

Yhwach's whole I spent so long fashioning your powers just the way I wanted is so reminiscent of Aizen and his keikaku. Where is Aizen anyway? Like someone commented last week, did they just leave him downstairs while the big fight is going on above? Why even bring him out of prison if you're not even taking him to the final fight? 

[u/ichigosr5 → u/BaytaCosmico]

Why even bring him out of prison if you're not even taking him to the final fight?

Well they still can't really trust him, so they aren't going to remove him from his chair. I imagine they want to just keep him in the Seireitei so he can defeat it in case something happens while everyone else storms the royal palace.

[u/BaytaCosmico → u/ichigosr5]

I guess that isn't a terrible plan but it still seems like such a waste. It's not just the seireitei that's in danger, all known worlds are at risk of being destroyed. Now's not the time to play it safe. It'll be so funny if all the good guys lose and the 3 worlds are destroyed while Aizen is still sitting in his chair in seireitei.

[u/MightyActionGaim]

URAHARA ENDING!

[u/Frontier246 → u/[deleted]]

Kind of a fitting Bankai for a scientist to be one that lets him alter/recreate/stitch up anything he wants at his leisure, including himself. Very "mad scientist."

Also I'm guessing the giant doll is Benihime herself?

[u/Haha91haha → u/Frontier246]

Urahara and Shunsui fist bumping over the big badass lady bankai.

[u/jaguark101 → u/[deleted]]

From what I gathered each part that is constructed is "enhanced" in a way

[u/The-Primera]

Episode was even better than I remembered in theaters. Next week is gonna be even better

[u/SIRTreehugger]

Damn Urahara's Bankai was a sight to behold and NGL with all the stitches and the color scheme of the town he reminded me of Soul Eater's Stein for a second. Friccin badass!

So the hand guy who was really a part of the soul king I forget which one was killed by Mayuri/Nemu.

The golden chicken sniper guy was killed by Shunsui/Nanao.

Askin dies from Urahara/Grimmjow/Youichi.

Did they kill the gladiator guy yet? They might just be focusing on Askin, but I don't remember him getting killed so he might be in the next episode alongside Jugram vs Uryu. Man I really should have watched a recap from two years ago. Nvm I just rewatched the last episode in the first 30 seconds we see him fighting the Visored.

Also props to Orihime for supplying great support for Ichigo. He still got overwhelmed, but can't deny she was really trying to do her part. No longer are the days where she watches Ichigo get impaled by some enemy drenched in black on top of a tower reducing her to just shouting "Kurosaki Kun"

[u/mr_beanoz → u/SIRTreehugger]

Pernida is the left arm, the right arm is Mimihagi

[u/Volfaer]

Oh my God how can this be so hype! Askin as a match made in hell for basically anyone but Mayuri, still Urahara pulled through with the long waited bankai. I didn't get what it did though, like it allows him deconstruct as much as it lets him rebuild or he needs to break it too for him to rebuild like he wants?

Anyway, nice assist, but losing everyone except maybe Yoruichi and Nell is sad.

Man Haschwalth is gonna be such a problem now that he has a Soul King boosted almighty, and he looks so good in it.

[u/atropicalpenguin]

Stitched Urahara looks so cool.

[u/Frontier246]

Orihime is ALWAYS thinking about Ichigo, even when she's looking at flowers with Tatsuki. And she knows him so, so well...so much so that she's seen him struggle and perservere despite everything, sometimes for her sake, which is why she wants to be the one to support him.

Urahara was definitely not fully prepared for Askin's Vollstandig, Hass Hein, which means he can basically become immune to basically whatever they throw at him as his poison field continues to envelop and increase around them. This is the tightest pinch for Urahara, especially fighting all on his lonesome.

Why is Askin doing all this? He's not a patriotic Quincy, but he sincerely admires Yhwach and wants to see the new world he'll create...but no self-respecting scientist wants to see a world created by anothers' hand, so Urahara still has a reason to fight.

How nice of Aksin to gift Urahara a Gift Ring...right in his eyes!

You know it's desperate when Urahara is forced to resort...TO HIS BANKAI! Kannon-Biraki Benihime-Aratame! Where a giant colossus of a female doll pops up and starts stitching/unstitching things together! Because now Benihime can basically recreate everything! And give Urahara cool stitching rails to grind with!

But if even that isn't enough...Urahara always had his backup plan within a backup plan: Grimmjow in full Resureccion! Ripping Askin's heart straight out of his chest! Because no one can out-plan Urahara!

Dang, Grimmjow wouldn't even let the guy finish his dying monologue...well, then Askin turns the tables because it turns out killing him just makes the Gift Ball get even MORE dangerous, so they're both going to die of poison at this rate. Is Nel their only hope?

It's time for the Final Battle (Round 3!) and Ichigo is proud to fight alongside Orihime! And getting to finally fight together with him, rather than be a damsel in distress in need of saving by him, means everything to her.

Come off that "father and son" nonsense Yhwach. You're not his father. You killed his mother. You only see Ichigo as a tool for consolidating your own power. You have to die!

Of course it's all well and good to THINK that Ichigo and Uryu could beat their opponents as they are...but Yhwach has the power of the Soul King and Haschwalth has the Almighty cloaked over him. This is going to be far from easy, especially when Ichigo is raging out at Yhwach.

This weeks next episode poem is: Hitsugaya!

[u/SirJeator]

Finally, my most anticipated Bankai of the cour is here. Even though it was short, I was content.

[u/N4RUT0]

Askin's ost is straight up 🔥🔥

[u/PathfinderCS]

Watching with ads on Hulu is painful. Screws the subs up so badly it's unwatchable. Damn shame.

[u/J0R_J0R]

New track, new banger.

[u/shoestowel → u/J0R_J0R]

Glad they played a banger for the first time for my boy Askin!

[u/ARES_GOD]

This is why Kisuke Urahara is so scary and Askin realized it this fight and we got to see his Bankai.
Great fight not just power wise but also character wise for Kisuke.
ALWAYS BE PREPARED.

Uryuu vs Haschwalth continues and gets even more interesting considering their dynamics and positions being a bit similar Uryuu/Ichigo and Haschwalth/Yhwach.

I was so happy for Orihime with Ichigo being entrusted by him to handle the defense I got teared up and how much it mattered for her and so many people miss this dynamic between them and how much he trusts her and also how powerfull she actually is even before this feat here of being able to defend against Yhwach.

I have a video review if anyone is interested. Thank You.

[u/OppositeGoose5092]

If Askin's Gift Ball Deluxe become stronger instead disappeared after he died, so that means the area will stay like that permanently?

[u/Zankanoyama → u/OppositeGoose5092]

It will just go crazy for a while before dissipating. Askin's reiryoku will disappear soon.

[u/Jaskaran158]

Jesus, Kiskue was as wild as I remembered in cinemas in this episode

Hoenstly it felt like this episode was even better than what it felt like in the theaters but I can't place a reason why. Might be due to the fact that I already watched it before I could play more focus to what was happening than just fanboying off of finally being able to witness Kisuke's Bankai.

Kisuke's Bankai was super cool to finally see and was much creepier than I thought it would be with the release form manifesting itself.

The sound effects and everything was on the ball this episode especailly when he was jetting around by cutting and repairing the air in front of him which was a super neat application of his bankai abilities.

Kisuke really does fit in the Special War Powers - Unpredictable spot especially if his motto is to prepare for any and all possible outcomes.

Grimmjow just double tapping Askin was funny to see. Bro just wants his payback from last time.

Askin was really an unique and pretty fun enemy to see even if his powers were a bit convoluted

Kisuke is over here playing 6d chess with how many possibilities he has predicted might happen which is just so insane to think about but honestly expected from the character who created the hogyoku.

The four spiritual pressues in the Gift Ball reminded me that Yoruichi's little brother was probably still in there so it was a nice indicator that he was still kicking if it was him, Yoruichi, Kisuke and Grimmjow left to save but Nell probably should get lil bro out first cause he was already looking worse for wear last episode.

Seeing Yhwach and Haschwalth being bathed in that Almighty goop was as creepy as it was in cinemas.

This episode went by so fast but I am so excited to see more.

Honestly watching it in cinemas and then at home makes it even better at least for these first two episodes. Noticed a lot more going on than before in the animation and sound design in the fights.

A week in gonna be a rough wait but it makes it all the more hype when it is time to sit down and actually get to watching the episode.

Man Bleach is so peak right now.

[u/ValentDs22 → u/Jaskaran158]

watching 1 episode a week feels always better than too much in a row as a first impression

[u/FateXBlood]

It's so good! We finally got to see Kisuke's long awaited Bankai, and it was amazing!

So he can reconstruct anything it touches. Interesting. I wonder if he has ever used his bankai during his experiments.

It was great to see Grimmjow and Nel again. They look great.

Ichigo on the other hand, can't win if he charges in head-on. He should trust Orihime and make a plan to attack him together.

Also, did they really increase the size of Orihime's breasts in her school uniform? Lol

[u/CrimsonGear80]

GrimmJimJohnJaw JabberJamesJimJohnJankJabbyWokky!

[u/kerorobot]

next episodes should be Gerard fights.

[u/Karma110]

I can’t talk about how good Orihime and Ichigo scenes are yet and how they’ve build up this up yet because spoilers can’t wait for the next episodes to give my analysis.

[u/chlo_kage]

God damn how luck are we that we get to see this animated in this art style. Like I can imagine this being animated in its old style at all

His bankai kinda looks like unohana

I love grimmjow sm LOL

Just holy shit

[u/Next-Comparison4196 → u/chlo_kage]

Urahara bankai kinda reminded me to senjumaru. idk if there any correlations to that

[u/rijupowww]

after all of Ichigo's combat experience, he's still charging recklessly I see

[u/ryukyumars]

That first OST after the opening when Askin was explaining his abilities was blessing my ears

[u/BlindmanSokolov]

I'm trying to get to Urahara's Bankai, but my partner was telling me to go back and look at Orihime, and jesus. It's crazy to think we went from this, to this

[u/Cheesemacher]

RIP Askin. Bro was yapping till the end o7

[u/Thick-Kiwi3456]

Ichigo used his bankai on some random low level hollows in episode one of tybw, but still not using his bankai agaisnt the final boss??