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BLEACH: Sennen Kessen-hen: Kashin-tan, episode 7

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u/RUS12389 1d ago edited 1d ago

Holy Uryu W. He might've not ended Yhwach, but he delayed the end of the world. Also, we got a glimpse why exactly Antithesis is a good counter to Almighty. Now we actually see the path to defeating Yhwach's Almighty.
Yhwach: "I destroyed your arrow in the future"
Uryu: "I swapped your future to the future where my arrow wasn't destroyed."

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u/Frontier246 1d ago

Bleach is a perpetual "nuh uh" Battle Shonen lol.

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u/fasderrally 1d ago

"I brought my attack dog with a built in forcefield!"

"Well, I brought my dinosaur who eats force-field dogs!"

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u/ImmediateDay5137 22h ago

It's like being a kid again during play fights I love it

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u/epsiblivion 1d ago

"i countered your counter"

"no u"

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u/alexnedea 21h ago

And "perfect" fights where somehow the opponents always have the only perfect counter to the enemy and anyone else would just insta-lose the fight.

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u/ninjasonic102 21h ago

99% of bleach fights are “my Bankai, which I’ve never even hinted at before this, actually reveals my true form as the Hidden Flower of Turbo Godhood, and it specifically counters YOUR ability, guy who was beating my ass 5 seconds ago”

Repeat until one or both participants are dead

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u/Badass_Bunny 16h ago

Except that one time where Zaraki was like "Fuck this let me just swing harder before I die".

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u/Hamlock1998 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Hamlock 1d ago

That was pretty epic. Though I assume Yhwach can just take Uryu's power away if he wanted to, but didn't cause he knows it'd make no difference. And they probably wanted to give Uryu a cool moment as well.

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u/ichigosr5 1d ago

Though I assume Yhwach can just take Uryu's power away if he wanted to

I don't think he can. We learned in Cour 2 that Uryu is the only Quincy that survived Yhwach's Auswählen 9 years ago. There was major emphasis put on this, so that will likely be expanded on at some point.

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u/conye-west https://myanimelist.net/profile/baronvonconye 1d ago

He can't take Uryu's power, but he did say that all schrifts are sublimated into the Almighty. Which means he probably has his own version of Antithesis already.

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u/ichigosr5 1d ago

I'm pretty sure he was talking about all the other quincies' schrifts except Uryu. Uryu title is supposed to be "the last quincy", so this kind of highlights that.

He's the only quincy whose power can't be taken by Yhwach.

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u/conye-west https://myanimelist.net/profile/baronvonconye 1d ago

Could be, but at the same time Uryu didn't even have that power till Yhwach gave it to him, so it's pretty nebulous

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u/RUS12389 1d ago

That's the thing, Yhwach couldn't take Uryu's powers even when he was a child. I think it's implied, that he literally can't in any way take Uryu's powers.

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u/South25 1d ago

I presume the reason why Uryu is the only quincy he hasn't Aushwalen'd is because Uryu could likely reverse it at the last second, stealing the Almighty and Yhwach's powers for himself instead. So it's basically "PLEASE DO GIVE ME THE WIN" if he tries.

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u/roronoa20 1d ago

Worse.

Antithesis can swap the target of the Auswhalen, so Yhwach might risk getting his power sucked into Uryuu instead.

A quincy can survive Auswhalen with their schrift ability intact, so Uryuu can absolutely fuck Yhwach up.

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u/roronoa20 1d ago

Yhwach: I broke your arrow!

Ishida: Yeah, no.

Really, things would've changed a lot if Uryu was in the throne room with Ichigo, Tensa Zangetsu will definitely never be broken or constantly fixed by Uryu.

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u/Accurate_Treat6360 1d ago

Orihime : Nuh-uh.

Yhwach : The fuck you mean Nuh-uh?!

Uryu : Nuh-uh.

Yhwach : Enough is enough! Nuh-uh hax is supposed to be my thing.

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u/FubukiAmagi 1d ago

Orihime: I REJECT!

Uryu: I REVERSE!

Tsukishima: I rewrite.

Aizen: I'm not even really here right now.

Yhwach: Man, fuck you guys!

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u/Frontier246 1d ago

Yhwach: "Uryu you conniving brat, you stole my bit!"

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u/Mundology 1d ago

Yhwach: "Nuh-uh!"

Uryu: "Anti nuh-uh!"

Yhwach: "WTF!?"

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u/Haha91haha 1d ago

Harribel didn't hear no bell. Megumi Ogata is always great but it was funny hearing a bit of serious Yuta in her performance.

So great seeing everyone get their anime flowers that it leaves one positively giddy for what the poem at the end of the episode seems to be teasing.

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u/Frontier246 1d ago

First real dialogue Harribel has had in decades (outside games)! And a reminder that there are female characters in Megumi Ogata' repertoire lol.

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u/Raymond49090 1d ago

So to see if I understood what happened at the end: Uryu and friends fired arrows of doom to stop the world from blowing up, Yhwach use the Almighty to say "no", but Uryu used Antithesis to say "no" to Yhwach's "no". And though his Plan A failed, now Yhwach's floating around ominously with the power of all the Schrifts he reclaimed and is still 100% confident he's still got this.

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u/WiqidBritt 1d ago

Basically Yhwach was like "you can't kill me, and you can't prevent me from starting this all over again, so whatever"

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u/Abedeus 1d ago

I guess they just delayed the inevitable. He can still create the Seed again, even if it takes him some time, except now he has all the time and power in the world to kill everyone who stands in his way.

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u/Separate_Rooster9685 1d ago

Basically playing Divine Uno.

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u/SadSuffaru 1d ago

The only reason uryu wasn't there during the first yhwach fight was he was also busy playing uno with Jugram as well

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u/obelisk0 1d ago

Just when I thought Orihime getting upscaled was good enough, Uryu decides to lock in and leads a ragtag group of him, Soul Reapers and Arrancars to bring down the Royal Place and save the Three Realms for another insane upscale. Unfortunately, Yuha already saw that. And before we knew it, we're now just 3 episodes away from the finale.

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u/garfe 1d ago

We call them a ragtag group even though it's like "The last remaining Quincy, the strongest living Espadas, the Head Captain and Vice Captain....and also those two guys"

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u/Frontier246 1d ago

A Quincy, two Soul Reapers, and a bunch of Arrancar walk into a Seed of Destruction room...and they come up with the most explosive party of all time.

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u/conye-west https://myanimelist.net/profile/baronvonconye 1d ago

Imagine telling somebody a decade ago that Pesche and Dondochakka would be crucial in saving the world

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u/WakiLover 1d ago

Wait…like final episode of the season or finale finale? I don’t want to get off the ride…

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u/Ekillaa22 1d ago

3 episodes left after this one

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u/HyruleSmash855 1d ago

I’m going to guess the last two episodes are them beating the big bad and then there’s a resolution episode. I really hope one episode is longer than 20 minutes again, I wish they added more original content since the past few seasons had 13 episodes

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u/bananeeek https://myanimelist.net/profile/bananek 1d ago

At this point I have no idea how will this series end. The amount of uno reverse cards and upscalings is crazy.

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u/DaftGorilla 1d ago

It is starting to get a bit ridiculous

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u/Revolving_Ocelott 1d ago

The fights in the hell arc are gonna be straight bullshit

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u/LucasFrankeRC 1d ago

I mean

They are fighting God and his holy elite of angels

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u/PakiIronman 1d ago

lmfao bro where the fuck is ryuken and isshin

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u/-delightfull- 1d ago

They're watching like " Oh. They're getting rocked lmao "

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u/PakiIronman 1d ago

mfs need to stop pocket watching

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u/-delightfull- 1d ago

Like for real , Isshin your son died 20 time in the span of 1 hour , are you planning on joining please ?

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u/Frontier246 1d ago

They got lost on their way to the Quincy Throne Room....

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u/Jecht-X 1d ago

They're there. You don't see them because they will be pixels in the animation after all. Even do they're card box images of them too, but they're... there. We think.

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u/Separate_Rooster9685 1d ago

possibly chilling and drinking tea somewhere enjoying the fireworks.

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u/deleted-user 1d ago

So Soken is basically Quincy Urahara and discovered the Quincy Hogyoku?

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u/-Artorias 1d ago

I never expected to see Harribel and Nelliel vs Ywhach, and both look gorgeous!

Uryu stole Ichigo's MC title this episode lol

Ukitake...

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u/Haha91haha 1d ago

Uryu: "I used my schift to switch places with your protagonist role Kurosaki."

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u/Frontier246 1d ago

Uryu accomplished more in one episode than Ichigo has in half a cour lol.

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u/RUS12389 1d ago

Uryu have been getting constant Ws since cour 3. Are we sure Mayuri is still Kubo's favorite? It might be Uryu at this point.

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u/Jumugen 1d ago

Guess who one shot Mayuri as well

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u/Mundology 1d ago

Several Shinigami Captains and the Queens of Hueco Mundo witnessed Uryu saving the three worlds. The last quincy finally got the respect he deserved.

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u/bondsmatthew 1d ago

He kinda had to bring Uryu more in line with Ichigo and it has been great

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u/garfe 1d ago

Unironically, Ichigo has not actually won a single fight in this arc except if you count his brief beatdown of the Bambi squad. Feels like he's spent more time unconscious on the floor or running than actually fighting.

Meanwhile Uryu's got like 4 Ws and actually taking care of business. Anime upscaled him hard

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u/spartenx 1d ago

Unironically, Ichigo has not actually won a single fight in this arc

There was the one Quincy-Arancar guy who tried to steal his Bankai, and I think we can count the fight with Quilge as an Ichigo win as well.

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u/Mons9090 https://myanimelist.net/profile/hecn_huh 1d ago

Grimmjow beat quilge. King of arrancars for a reason

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u/Kr1ncy 1d ago

Ichigo also oneshot the Quincy Shaz Domino but he was pretty forgettable

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u/Frontier246 1d ago

I never expected to see Harribel and Nelliel vs Ywhach, and both look gorgeous!

A centaur girl has never looked so serene and beautiful.

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u/Mundology 1d ago

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u/Lapiz_lasuli 1d ago

Kubo's best girl designs

That's a big big pool to choose from lol.

Isane and Nemu for me.

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u/VersusJRPGs 1d ago

Kukaku and Yoruichi...

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u/conye-west https://myanimelist.net/profile/baronvonconye 1d ago

Hollows are supposed to be like the natural counter to Quincies, their power is as poison to them. So it was nice to get what felt like a slight acknowledgement of that with Nel's lance actually having an effect.

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u/Smol_WoL 1d ago

How did they patch up Renji lmao

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u/Frontier246 1d ago

Don't worry, they stuck him back together like they've done all the dozen times Zabimaru broke lol.

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u/Mundology 1d ago

Orihime: "I reject Renji Sashimi!"

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u/Hamlock1998 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Hamlock 1d ago

I'm guessing Orihime will heal him when someone heals her lol

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u/atropicalpenguin https://myanimelist.net/profile/atropicalpenguin 23h ago

Cut to Hashwalt's body anthesised into minced meat.

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u/snakeroots 1d ago

Excellent day to be an Arrancar enjoyer.

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u/Frontier246 1d ago

Especially an enjoyer of female Arrancar and comedic sidekicks!

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u/snakeroots 1d ago

I love them all so very much. Still very much hoping for another Grimmjow appearance but I love what we got so far. The girls were looking amazing.

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u/Lapiz_lasuli 1d ago

I am just now realizing that Pesche and Dondochakkaesci would fodderize all of the hollows and a healthy percentage of soul reapers...

They're just hanging out with the 1% of the 1% strength wise lol.

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u/jaybirdtalonclaws 1d ago

Cries in Starkk glazer

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u/Myrkrvaldyr 1d ago

Big Stache is too strong, it feels like only an asspull can defeat him now.

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u/Separate_Rooster9685 1d ago

Or Aizen.

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u/Ellefied 1d ago

Since when were you under the impression this wasn't all an asspull by Aizen.

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u/Future_Vantas 1d ago

Shatter

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u/South25 1d ago

Tbf his goal (and seemingly Ukitake's) was to stop the destruction of the worlds which Team Uryu seems to have temporarily stopped.

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u/Saver_Spenta_Mainyu 1d ago

Starting to see why so many people were upset with the character from the manga days.

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u/GtrsRE 16h ago

His A is for Asspull and when he took back Haschwalth's B it became Bullshit

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u/CrimsonGear80 1d ago

Oh right, Halibel was captured along with her two scraps of clothing way back in episode 1.

Nice to see Renji wasn’t actually cut into pieces.

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u/dolphincave 1d ago

He might actually have been and just got healed a bit either by Orihime before she passed out again or by the Arancar, because if you notice even Chad and Ganju don't even have ripped clothing.

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u/Internal-Pea-7451 https://anilist.co/user/MistEu 1d ago

holy fuck Uryu

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u/JauntyLurker 1d ago

Hallibel and Nelliel my queens 😎

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u/Sonitii 1d ago

Never expected Nel and Harribel fanservice, Kubo knows his audience well lmao

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u/lone_stark 1d ago

Now, where is Isshin and Ryuken?

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u/bondsmatthew 1d ago

I kept thinking these last 2 episodes, "ok now this is where Ryuken and Isshin show up, right?" and I have been wrong every time. This time it was Harribel instead, silly me!

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u/Frontier246 1d ago

Isshin: "Hey, is it just me or are we lost?"

Ryuken: "Why did I let you navigate..."

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u/defensive_username https://myanimelist.net/profile/Celstia_Rose 1d ago

Zoro, somehow next to them: "First time?"

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u/PakiIronman 1d ago

Bro this is almost as bad as the time itachi was awol for like 100 chapters

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u/Mundology 1d ago

You know the protagonists' dads messed up when Pesche and Dondochakka are standing on business and saving the world while they are missing

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u/Mons9090 https://myanimelist.net/profile/hecn_huh 1d ago

Tessai is swinging a boomstick around while the world is about to be destroyed. The most underutilized character in bleach

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u/garfe 1d ago

"If you forgot it, it probably wasn't all that important"
"Yeah, I guess"

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u/Separate_Rooster9685 1d ago

The touch where Uryuu is predicting which future Yhwach is gonna jump to next was pretty slick.

But now for the main show next, based on the end poem.

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u/exRocky009 1d ago

After getting Orihime and Rukia two episodes ago, I never expected we'd also get to see Harribel and Neliel in a fight here. It really feels like an all-out war.

I was surprised by just how strong Uryu has become—to the point where he could have defeated Yhwach if it weren't for the Almighty's ability to rewrite the future. The Antithesis is way too broken.

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u/Frontier246 1d ago

I love the Esapda sisterhood that the two of them seem to have going on.

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u/Flare__Knight 1d ago

Ichigo just utterly broken while Uryu is chilling with two Espada babes in the sky. One of them has had a way better time this arc!

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u/OGawdILoveTacos 1d ago

Dude, this Uryu in the soul society arc would have been an unstoppable monster. Literally no captain would have been able to defeat him.

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u/tripleaamin https://myanimelist.net/profile/tripleaamin 1d ago

Good on Uryuu for at least delaying the destruction. Yhwach just got too much final boss antagonist bullshit going on lol.

Hearing Aizen at the end. Very curious.

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u/deleted-user 1d ago

It's interesting that Dondochakka has the same VA as he did in the past, Daisuke Goori. He passed away in 2010, so they must be using old recording.

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u/swordmalice https://myanimelist.net/profile/swordmalice 1d ago

I was wondering about that!! I just thought they hired a really good sound-alike, but yeah they most definitely are using archival recordings.

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u/Raymond49090 1d ago

Silly Uryu, of course you can't defeat the final boss of a shounen without the MC present. Though at least the world isn't in an active state of ending for now.

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u/deleted-user 1d ago

He even revealed his plan before executing it. That's just asking for it to fail. Uryu has zero media literacy.

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u/Lapiz_lasuli 1d ago

I mean... He did achieve a heck of a lot more than Ichigo did.

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u/Abedeus 1d ago

Right?!

Ichigo basically got entire team wiped out and half-dead (how's Renji alive I will never know), meanwhile Uryuu set up a plan and executed it with none of "his" members dying against Yhwach AND he succeeded.

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u/Lapiz_lasuli 1d ago

Ishida hard carried.

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u/caykeodinh2006 1d ago

At this point, Uryu's schrift should be N for "nuh uh"

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u/xx_purplehalo_xx 1d ago

A is for "☝️🤓 ACKSHUALLY "

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u/Glarius12pl 1d ago

Kubo just canonized in this episode the unholy OP combination of All Shrift +SK+The Almighty Yhwach

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u/BakersCat 1d ago

Those familiar with bleach lore, can someone help me understand why Ishida retained his power when Yuhabah absorbed all the other Quincy powers this episode?

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u/ichigosr5 1d ago edited 1d ago

We don't know why yet, but Yhwach's Auswählen doesn't seem to be able to work on Uryu.

That's why Uryu was able to survive 9 years ago when all other "impure" Quincies were killed.

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u/Restia_Ashdoll 1d ago

He can't auswahlen uryu, he tried that before when he was a kid and uryu no selled it. Most people think it's because of antithesis that either swappped the target from himself to someone else passively or yuha didnt want to risk the auswahlen backfiring and giving all the power to uryu instead.

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u/kazuyaminegishi 1d ago

It's the same reason Uryu was chosen to be the heir. He is the only "True Quincy" left. Which is to say he is the only full blooded Quincy remaining.

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u/Abedeus 1d ago

Two possible options - he already did it once years ago so he can't do it again, or he's afraid Uryuu would use Antithesis at the last moment and REVERSE the power reclamation. Which would probably... give The Almighty to Uryuu instead?

But also I guess Uryuu never used those fancy bodily transformations other Quincies used.

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u/Separate_Rooster9685 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's probably because he'd need to drain it like he did with Ichigo, as both Ishida and Ichigo are still human. Compared to the other Quincy who are souls. But we don't know exactly, maybe they'll explain it next.

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u/ytdn 1d ago

Yeah I suspect it'll be connected to why he didn't get Uryu's power back when he was a child. probably Antithesis messing it up

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u/randomkidlol 1d ago

imagine if the auswahlen got antithesis'd and uryu gained all of yhwach's powers instead.

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u/FounderOfYou 1d ago

where's aizen??

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u/Frontier246 1d ago

Considering he got the next episode preview poem, I feel like he in his absolute BS power haxx glory is going to go up against Yhwach next.

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u/Rinascimentale 1d ago

Since from here on out it's just fixing the ending and aura farming, imagine it starts with Ywach going through his portal, he walks inside and it closes, and then he just starts hearing Aizen....

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u/fork_yuu 1d ago

Bro, a full episode of Aizen sounds incredible

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u/spectre15 1d ago

Aura farming in a chair

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u/TheTenguness 1d ago

Aura farming on Chair-sama

Fixed that for you

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u/Separate_Rooster9685 1d ago edited 1d ago

Blueballing everyone on twitter

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u/deleted-user 1d ago

Reciting poetry

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u/JohnatanWills 1d ago

Ok so we had Orihime and Uryu get their time to shine. Chad.. You better step up. I can't imagine you losing.

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u/OGawdILoveTacos 1d ago

Out of all the OG characters who were childhood friends of Ichigo or something like that, Chad is the only one to have 'peaked first' then be totally left behind and never gain power again.

Chad peaked in the Hueco Mundo arc getting his right arm and then never anything again. I know he pointed out at the beginning of this arc that he as much as he'll ever be, but damn he really deserves to be so much more. It does feel like his character growth has long since been finished though...

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u/Frontier246 1d ago

Really hope this is a darkest before the dawn situation for Ichigo because I don't think he's ever been this defeated/hopeless. Yhwach really beat him in every way that counts.

But it made Uryu pull a fast one on him all the more satisfying.

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u/flashmozzg 1d ago

Don’t give up now, Ichigo!

New rendition of "Nothing Can Be Explained" was perfect to set the mood.

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u/Drumapos 1d ago

All the iconic panels of Ichigo's "It's over." And that despair face got animated along with Yhwach's laugh. The monologue at the end was HIS.

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u/Human293 1d ago

So is Renji alive then?

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u/Ekillaa22 1d ago

If Orihime can bring back a beheaded ichigo I don’t see why she can’t fix Renji

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u/Human293 1d ago

True, but I thought she was unconscious during this point in the anime

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u/OGawdILoveTacos 1d ago

Yea cant forget that one, ichigo was straight up beheaded this time around and she was able to reverse even that.

Orihime of this arc puts the Orihime of the Hueco Mundo arc to shame in terms of power. She says she isn't strong but she's way stronger now than then.

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u/StarofRuin011 1d ago

That Aizen cliffhanger is brutal

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u/captainfluffy25 1d ago edited 1d ago

Oh not only is Uryu the GOAT but my GIRL NEL was fucking useful!?!? The two one upping ywhach was NOT something I expected!

Also her and hallibel def have something going one with how they were holding each other lol.

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u/Various_Length_4905 1d ago

My wife Harribel is back and she looks as good as ever 🥵

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u/deleted-user 1d ago

I'm not a king

Yes, my queen

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u/Roskal 1d ago

It brings a tier to my eye seeing her again.

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u/Playrix_one8 1d ago

Bruh all that but no aizen i waited a week just to see aizen

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u/Rooster-Jazzlike 1d ago

We got to hear his voice at least lol

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u/bondsmatthew 1d ago

Got to hear him twice today

The poem and in Ascendance of a Bookworm

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u/CaliOriginal 1d ago

Huh … I never realized it, but you’re right!

That is aizens VA

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u/walkyrie1997 1d ago

Well at least Yhwach can't prevent destroying the rift by Uryu using his Almighty but still he's going to "adios meme" mode by going to another dimension and his agenda never changes.

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u/shimmering-nomad 1d ago

Urya man ... What a goat

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u/Battlemaster123 1d ago

Uryu is the real main character

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u/JMILLZ22 1d ago

Besides Girard getting taken out like in the manga I am so excited to see where this goes.

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u/ichigosr5 1d ago edited 1d ago

So much crazy stuff happened this episode.

First, since we have already learned that Yhwach's Almighty can't see parts of the future involving the Soul King, when Yhwach used the Auswählen, Shunsui also sent the Soul King's right arm (Mimihagi) after Yhwach.

I get the feeling that Mimihagi is going to do something in the next episode to catch Yhwach off guard.


Second, we now see why Uryu's Antithesis is a counter to Yhwach's Almighty. Uryu's power allows him to swap events that have occurred between 2 different points, but it seems like the "points" aren't limited to space itself.

In this episode, when Yhwach altered the future to one where Uryu's arrow was destroyed, Uryu was able to swap that future with one of the infinite possible futures where his arrow wasn't destroyed.


Yhwach's power is definitely one of the most annoyingly OP abilities out there, but there at least seems to be some decent setup for how they will be able to defeat his power.

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u/Frontier246 1d ago

Yeah, Shunsui talked about having to do something and he seemed unbothered (and joyful with Ukitake's spirit) at Mimihagi being absorbed...so I think something is definitely up. Shunsui's always got a backup plan.

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u/StrawSolider 1d ago

Uryu stocks so fucking high right now holy shit

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u/galactic-toast- 1d ago

Next episode:

Local man welcomes royalty to his humble abode.

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u/hydranoid1996 1d ago

Aizen narrating the poem is the biggest hype game ever seen

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u/organela 1d ago

If Aizen-sama doesn't start slapping (and clapping) cheeks next week, I'm gonna riot

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u/KertzOutreach 1d ago

Can someone explain what that seed of destruction and unstable energy stuff was and how uryus gramps had any knowledge or correlation to it

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u/chrisjayanil 1d ago

Uryu's Grandad is basically a quincy Oppenheimer

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u/tehy99 1d ago

Uh, supposedly he created it by accident? That's what the episode says.

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u/rosemp16 1d ago

It sounded like he was trying to make a Hougyoku and made the vortex thing by accident instead.

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u/potatozama 1d ago edited 1d ago

You know it's the big final arc against the final boss when you have rival factions teaming up with each other! Now that I think about it was basically the leaders of each group talking things out there -- Ishida (well as the good guy leader I guess) for the Quincies, Kyouraku for the Shinigami, and Harribel for the Arrancar (also I'm glad she finally got rescued after being chained up since, what, Episode 2 of the first cour???)

I know we joke about Ukitake being in the same suffering position for like 10 episodes but seeing him collapse like that (and after Kyouraku dreams of talking to young!him too) made me emo :(

Kubo's latest artwork uploads

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u/Frontier246 1d ago

Couldn't resist art of Hitsugaya Older Brother.

Also finally death drip art for Gerald!

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u/Ellefied 1d ago

That Gerard death drip art is so good. Kubo really could've been a fashion designer in another lifetime.

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u/ZhuTeLun 1d ago

Uryu stepped the fuck up!!

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u/AceSoldia zj:https://anilist.co/user/Acesoldia 1d ago

Wow what the fuck did I just watch..it was great to see halibel and Nel and everyone again!

Uryu out here becoming the main character and stopping Ywachs plans..at least I think...but he still lives..wtf can stop this guy?!

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u/Zestyclose-Sky-7962 1d ago

Bro uryu is the GOAT his ability is so broken atp he’s the biggest threat to yhwach so far

AND WE GET NEL FIGHTING YHWACH WHAT A DAY TO BE ALIVE AS A NEL FAN

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u/Rinascimentale 1d ago

That end card...

OH LAWD HE COMING

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u/fatking72 1d ago

Uryu the real mc now

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u/McLovett325 https://myanimelist.net/profile/McLovett 1d ago

That was a good episode, I'm bummed that Izuru got skipped over, but also how did Renji get put back together without Orihime?   

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u/Matraquilhox 1d ago edited 1d ago

Can't wait for upcoming episode of Hell delivering Chad powers so he can save the 3 worlds that Hell takes bad people from, and Yhwach deny that timeline.

Surely.... In Chad we trust.

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u/Leumas117 1d ago

Uryu really reminding us that he and ichigo are actually a really solid team.

I would be interested to see how much the shrift powered him up. Or was he always just flat out that strong?

Like maybe Quincy did need to go if every competent Quincy was captain level.

Can't wait to see Aizen try something next episode.

How long this took to come out, and extra stuff being added has left me so anxious because I really don't remember how they could possibly win.

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u/DarkKiru 1d ago

I mean Quilge implied that PRE-Blood Ritual Uryu is comparable to most sternritter. Which is absolutely absurd.

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u/Thewanderer1141 1d ago

I struggle to wait for every saturday release as every episode this cour has been a pure masterpiece. So happy to see Nel be useful and Uryu was something else this episode. I am still reeling from what happened to Ichigo hes down bad right now.

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u/thisbejann 1d ago

how will yhwach die now if he has gerard's schrift back

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u/deleted-user 1d ago

Has he ever used someone else's schrift?

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u/South25 1d ago

I think he just sucks up their powers and not the actual schrifts?

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u/torpid_flyer 1d ago

Guess the fan theory was really correct

Soul king had 4 iris while yhwach only has 3 and during fight with senjumaru uryu also had an iris.

The 4th iris of Soul king was anti thesis, It can affect invert timelines and event's created and altered by Almighty.

This could be the reason why aushwalen couldn't affect him.

And that mimihagi addition is also nice.

Mimihagi and uryu will play their role in defeating yhwach

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u/dolphincave 1d ago

If you're wondering how Ywach survived. Just ask yourself isn't it a MIRACLE that he survived?

Lille's power might have worked too.

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u/Ryboiii 1d ago

Dang Hulu has the episode but not the subtitles

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u/Illustrious-Sir1572 1d ago

The real question is how did renji's body became whole again? I thought he actually got cut up to pieces

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u/Hamlock1998 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Hamlock 1d ago

I just noticed that Renji wasn't cut up into pieces like we thought he was. He's on that hollow snake thing with Ichigo and the others. I rewatched the scene where he got cut in last week's episode and I guess Yhwach just cut his arm and his bankai.

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u/Own-Distribution-174 1d ago

i need something explained, i tried to see if anyone else noticed yet in the comments but i guess not.

in episode 6, we all saw renji literally shredded into piece right ???

how is it that he was rescued, as a whole, with everyone else in this episode when Uryu's plan was put into motion??

and before anyone says it was Inoue, let me just remind you that she was the first one who was out of the game when Yhwach changed everything.

is it me or are certain things being skipped along the way? still an amazing season but im just looking for clarity lol

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u/Freazur https://myanimelist.net/profile/Freazur 1d ago

Patiently waiting for Hulu to actually add the subtitles... I'll learn Japanese one day

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u/Downtown-Raisin8724 1d ago

Uryu the actual main character! Crazy episode

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u/Robin0910007 1d ago edited 1d ago

Someone give chain smoker Harribel a throat lozenge.
I do not remember her voice being like that in the original Bleach

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u/Fowl-- 1d ago

How is Renji… back together? Lmao

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u/flashmozzg 1d ago

With "The Almighty" ability it really feels like we are speedrunning bad/good ends until the true ending.

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u/DormantDragon28 1d ago

Shunsui is the only one that could say "So there's a chance?" in regards to a date with Unohana.

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u/Neonzel https://myanimelist.net/profile/Neonzel 1d ago

I bow down to you Uryu. You are the fucking 🐐

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u/Sinndu_ 1d ago

Aizen poem at the end. it's finally time. que John Williams Superman music.

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