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Kubo really getting the dream adaptation this time around. Every episode has been heat!

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acosta

Bleach has been heat so far Glad Kubo got to make it again

YungZeus

Y’all can watch the opening now, I’m pretty sure.

Ren Lichtfoot

She really said "Full Counter!" That's wild. Bleach really did inspire so many other animes lol

BZD

Hope you watch the intro now and show us your reaction. It’s finally safe

Conflictor

Kyōkotsu (also nicknamed Okyō) is one half of the manifested spirit of Shunsui’s Zanpakutō, who’s known for hide & seek games, and therefore hid the Ise clan’s sacred ritual sword. The Divine Zanpakuto SHINKEN HAKKYOKEN (Divine sword eight mirrors) It is a Holy sword that has the ability to take and reflect the power of deities into itself and disperses it off into eight directions. The blade itself reflects the power of the opponent that its wielder is facing; when confronted by the sword while utilizing a great enough power, opponents are unable to even see it due to how bright it appears to be at the time. A blow from the sword results in energy being dispersed in multiple directions at once. This ability was foreshadowed upon Lille Barro with Senjimaru’s Bankai which showed him shooting at mirrors and ended up shooting himself reflected upon him. Tragically as Nanao’s mother believed and assured that only members of the Ise clan would be affected little did she realize that the curse affects anyone in related association to them such as his brother, and would go on to affect everyone precious to him:, Yamamoto, Unohana and Ukitake.

BZD

One might say that it’s a bit coincidental that she had a perfect counter, but one might also say, the dude literally didn’t listen to her when she basically told him that it would reflect his power. He had this coming. I mean I guess he did get his physical brain blown up, he did become a bit stupid.

BZD

Think the little bird head is cute. He has a fluffy chin.

Weiss Schnee

Also it goes both ways. Lille surviving decapitation and turning int a god bird is also convenient.

Itanna

The sword reminds me of the one tanjiros dad used for the kagura dance

Kingmakaii

Me the second he grows back a bird head welp banki guess we cooked I cut off his head it ain’t work he clearly got that azien level bullshit guess we finna die🤷🏽‍♂️

AsuraTM

Just a heads up Roshi. It turns out this week in NOT the end of this cour, that because this cour will have 14 episodes. This Saturday (the 21st) we’ll get one episode, and next Saturday (the 28th) we get a 1 hour finale special (2 episodes released on the same day like the previous cours).

BZD

Uncle-Niece: FULL COUNTER!!

BZD

My dude was a combination of a Chair, a Giraffe, an Owl, and a Man.

Kk

Theory not sure if it's true but I think shinsu got the curse when he got the sword those near and dear to him started to die since he got it. His brothers wife, ukitake his best friend , unohana his mentor, and yammamotto his teacher/mentor all died and and left him something the other three left him the responsibility of the gotei 13 and the wife left the sword and her daughter essentially

Prxj3ct

When you look back through the series its gets a lil weird on all the times Shunsui hits on Nanao, his niece.

Crowski

We got two more weeks btw. Next week is 1 episode and the following the last 2 episodes released on the same day

Tearonex

Back when I was reading these chapters for the first time, I never thought we’d get an amazing adaptation like this! Can’t wait to see how they handle some of the upcoming fights!

Awakened

Definitely not just a ‘bit” coincidental, it was overly convenient and Asspullicious. Was hoping the anime would flesh it out, but I guess not. The only thing that was foreshadowed is Lille’s fate.

Franklin Saint

Im assuming shunsui scrambled Lille barro brain because he did become stupid out of nowhere when he’s actually one of most intelligent Quincy’s 😭 but Lille was my favorite part of this episode ngl his design was dope and he went out in a badass way

Asher Ealey

Lille Barro looked at her like “Damn you was serious?!”

akai

Poor Nanao, her first fight is against an Elden Ring boss. I don't blame her for freezing up lol.

YungZeus

Boss music during the Trompete build up goes hard.

Coatl45

One correction, Okyo decides what game they play in shikai, Lady Ohana decides what play they perform in bankai.

GigaDirt

You should know by now that he's going to read your comment, and just say, " nah, imma do my own thing"

akai

It’s also possible that Lille viewed the sword's abilities as simply reflecting the power he was emitting/being able to cut him, rather than literally deflecting his ult

AutumnOnFire

Sword was basically like: No u ↪

DatKid_Kaneki

he was arrogant. in base form hes gods messenger but when hes in his final form he cant even differentiate if hes a god or his messenger. just became incoherent to his true purpose. just tryna use all his power to undermine someone he thinks is inferior

Guav

kubo also just said that our 4 is gonna have more new things than all the cours, the 10 yrs ive waited have been so worth it

Senjioh

Left with a sliver of ground to stand on that Zanpauktou is nuts, also the OST in this arch is going so hard every fight is like a souls boss fight

Shiroja

Currently at 4:49, this guy looks like he could be a boss enemy in Metaphor or any Persona game.

Xavier Baker

to be fair,if you lost a God reflecting sword then you kinda deserve to get packed up

Jair Acosta

Bro I feel so bad for nanao having to literally fight an fucking dark souls boss as your first real fight, I would’ve just died on the spot

Wrëck

its still blowing my mind how that thing started off as a nigga with a gun lol

Grelk

He won’t, he can’t enjoy shows that way. He needs to be told what is happening via 3rd party

Coatl45

It’s balanced out by the fact that it can only be used on one type of enemy.

Fireheart310

Shunsui stopped wearing the Kimono and Hairpins because he felt guilty about what happened to his first lieutenant Lisa when he recommended her to look for those missing soul reapers and was presumed dead but put them back on when he found out she was alive and became a visored during the arrancar arc

ShaquanVirse

This cour going to have 14 episodes

lordjaggi

That Final attack was a beauty. Ost animation everything.

Fallen.1

"the rules of the game being decided by the Zanpakuto spirit, "Ohana,"

Anton Chisolm

There is more at the end of the Episode

Guav

id like to think he piped his zanpacto since oetsu kinda implied romantic feeling can happen and now you know the reason why shunsui helped stop rukias execution

Jamaal Ellison

Fucking beautiful episode. I've always hated central 46 they've been the cause of alot of pain and grief for countless lives I'm so glad to know Aizen slaughtered them all proving once again that he's the goat.

Ren Lichtfoot

Fun fact : This Sternritter X (The X-Axis), Lille Barro - his second form was based on biblical depictions of angels. In scriptures it was said that when Angels would reveal themselves to people, the first thing they would have to say is "be not afraid". And that still didn't stop some people from running away. Now I can see why. XD

Monsi7

or he thought that overpowering the sword would be simple enough because he is a nigh omnipotent messenger of god. How can a mirror sword wielded my a far inferior opponent be dangerous against his charged up super attack.

Theo Vorster

So I guess Shunsui Kyoraku is Nanao’s paternal uncle? I’ve heard some people argue that because of feudal Japanese nobility culture Nanao’s mother would have remarried after returning to the Ise family and that Nanao’s actually the daughter of her mother’s hypothetical 2nd husband, but I feel like that relies heavily on assuming that every single aspect of Soul Society is identical to feudal Japanese culture (as there are some differences), and the was never any mention of Nanao’s mother remarrying and Kubo’s never commented on the matter after all these years, so I feel like Occam’s razor tells us that the default assumption/understanding is that Nanao is Shunsui Kyoraku’s niece?

Jett33

"Wobbuffet used Mirror Coat!"

salad

You can stop skipping the opening now btw

Paunescu

I remember back in the day ppl were very upset of the fact that kubo pulled this sword being like a deus ex machina. The one and perfect counter for this one guy who is closest to godhood. Cant blame Lille tho, who would've known the shinigamis had that kind of weapon hidden. And what's more interesting, why is it this sword even exist? When previous generations said that this sword was meant to reflect the power of god, did they by chance foresee the events coming out now, or is there more to it? What kind of god were they reffering to?

ShaquanVirse

Shunsui fucked his Zanpakuto, got it pregnant and then she birthed his second Zanpakuto ------ Fucking insanity 😂😂

Ren Lichtfoot

He definitely gave her that premium wood, No wonder she tried to gouge his other eye out and made the comment about him wearing another woman's kimono

Coatl45

I think he was keeping up the facade. He hits on all the women, so it’d look weirder if he didn’t hit on her. It’d make people wonder who she was and start digging.

Coatl45

But it’s his sister-in-law’s kimono! It’s not like he’s wearing a former lover’s kimono. Surely Ohana could allow that much sentimentality.

Maxxy

I read somewhere that this sword might have been the one they used to cut up the soul king to pieces, hence the curse on it and how they know it can affect God's. Also this makes his fight with stark a lot sadder since both characters are the embodiment of loneliness

Coatl45

Well, there’s really only one deity that it could have been used on for everyone to be so certain that it could effect the gods. I can’t think of any other weapon that could sever the Soul King’s limbs.

Arsean Wilbon

Beautiful ep. We got to see both sides of Shunsui zanpakuto. Katen meaning Heavenly flower AKA "Ohana" which is just the endearment way/ nickname of Katen. Then we saw Ohana's child or really just her other half as she split herself in two to form the second zanpakuto shunsui use's called Kyokotsu or "Okyou" We see that shunsui is actually cursed, cursed to bare the responsibilities left to him by others, as well as to continue on as they die. then with Lilie we literally see a biblically accurate "Angel" fall from Gods grace. His falling being his "Death"

Davon Thomas

Cour 4 has me excited not because of how the arc wraps up but what we may see animated that takes place afterwards

Denickart

But Nanao was already in his squad by then. He stopped wearing it as soon as she joined

Denickart

Still tryna figure out how we went from a nigga with a gun to Big Bird

Bona Fide

Bleach is just so good wow

BZD

They mentioned that she went back to the Ise family but didn’t want her unborn daughter to suffer the curse which leaves us with the only obvious answer that that the unborn daughter was Shunsui’s brother.

BZD

So apparently, and this is word of mouth. We actually see Nanao hanging around Okyo a lot during the Zanpakuto rebellion arc. Which is one of the ones that Kubo actually had some say it. So her Zanpakuto being hidden inside Okyo was in a way foreshadowed all the way back then.

BZD

He blew the guys head off. And then when he regrew his head, it was a birds head. My guy literally had a bird brain.

BZD

Apparently Nanao hung out with Okyo in the Zanpakuto rebellion arc. And Kubo apparently did have some of a say on that. So there’s a theory that that was some foreshadowing all the way back then.

Dougie Fresh

This is Shunsui's NIECE. It's so bizarre to me that they never address each other as literal blood family, maybe so shunsui doesn't have to deal with any "allegations" 😂

Isaac

I do remember that this fight was a bit controversial back in Manga times what with the deus ex machina that is Nanao's secret zanpakuto and her of all characters basically downing a Godlike Angel in her first real battle. Me personally, was on the side of Kubo. I like a lot of the side characters of Bleach and Nanao is one and she's been getting some nice moments sprinkled during this war leading to this huge moment and I loved it. Yeah there's some issues like how all this came out of nowhere but whatever, I still liked how it was presented and it's not like it ruins anything important. Lille needed to be dealt with and he got dealt. The end.

Coatl45

I just figure he had to keep up the facade. He was hiding his connection to her, so if he treated her differently than other women, people would start getting suspicious.

godUsoland

I think the reason Nanao's sword has this ability, and why there is a curse on it, is that the Ise Clan holds the weapon that was used to chop off the Soul King's limbs. Thus it has the ability to "reflect a God's Powers" and injure them. Nothing else we've seen in the series can do this. Thus, the Soul King probably cursed them so that all the men in their family would die as punishment for continuing to hold onto the sword. Explains why the Central 46 treat it as a Sacred Treasure, and killed the mom for losing it.

Kevin Kovacs

Yeah they can watch the opening now. The only thing is spoiling but it's nothijg crazs the Bazz-B and Jugram part which we do get it this week so maybe (just to be sure) watch it when we getting the "1 hour special" on 12/28.

Kevin Kovacs

They know there is poem for each ep but they don't really have "rection" for it but it's okay.

salad

Nah its fine to watch it now, the bazz vs jugram thing doesnt spoil anything, half the season the fight was being set up so its expected

Kevin Kovacs

I'm sure you know by now Roshi that we have 3 more eps. The last 2 ep airing as "1 hour special" finale which means we getting it in the same day back to back (12/28).

JotaroDrake

nigga had the power of the sun in the palm of his hand n still lost lmfao

JotaroDrake

ima need that golden blood rain over the crescent in 4K

Barry

The fact she didn't have a sword all along rubbishes the out of nowhere claims imo.

Barry

Can cut off a 'gods' hand but can't even stand in the presence of serious Old Man Yama!

dilton

shinji always catching strays man 😭

Wassim aitikhlef

2 of the royals guard is down. Now 2 are left. Gerard fight gonna be epic

ShaquanVirse

Fuck Gerald lol we have Faizen 😂😂 JK, both gonna be epic and both gonna be extended

Infinity

Still trying to process my man banged his own sword to have her give birth to another sword. Saw his homeboi had 2 swords and was like bet I'll get 2 as well.

Paunescu

I like the part where nanao said "the person i admire" instead "the person i love", cause that would potentially kill kyoraku because of the curse. That would explain why kyoraku reacted and smiled the way he did after she said that.

Expired Breast Milk

That is not what happened. He asked Katen to split a piece of herself which created Kyokotsu, which is why Katen is missing an eye

Expired Breast Milk

The fillers are not canon. Elements of Bleach filler may be discussed in the canon, but that does not mean the filler itself is canon as events will have played out differently in Kubo's canon. There is also literally just not enough time for the events to occur as displayed in the filler.

BZD

Foreshadowing doesn’t need to exist only inside canon. And can exist in filler and in a meta sense completely outside of the piece of work.

Expired Breast Milk

Romantic feelings ≠ the ability to reproduce. Shunsui literally just asked Katen to split a piece of herself, which also explains why she wears an eye patch. The Blade is Me, so the (clearly incorrect) intercourse theory means you people actually believe Shunsui had fucked himself...

Anon7524

As someone who has seen a lot of Bleach: If you hear Soundscape to Ardor playing, IT WILL BE PEAK!