The Bleach Anime Is Fixing Kubo’s Biggest Problem| BLEACH Thousand Year Blood War

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BLEACH Thousand Year Blood War has been firing on all narrative cylinders lately and this episode was no different. In this video, I break down the key reasons that the BLEACH anime is fixing Kubo's Biggest Problem.

[blazingocean]

Can we applaud this man? He felt "death" in the thousands and millions and never went crazy. He kept his composure. Even after dying that many times.

[lotr]

What I like about this addition is that it goes in line with the Ichigo additions earlier on. We now know that both Yhwach and Ichigo have personal knowledge about the weight of the world and everything that will be required of their final goals. Yhwach is coming at it from the perspective of the individual, wanting to create a place of peace to stop everybody from feeling the fear and pain of death. Ichigo wants to preserve the cycle, because death is also the thing that makes life meaningful, and give them their own chance to find happiness without having to rely on a higher power.

[kelseybanton]

This was perfect. The way they showed the sort of .. despair yhwach felt seeing the soul king being held by Osho for a moment (seeing his father like that). Explaining Yhwach true motives. How ichibe is actually extremely f’n evil. Pernida and how yhwach obtained him to serve him also along with how he lost his eyes before the invasion at the soul society which hindered him from winning against yama. The changes in the zero division fight. As well as finally giving us a sneak peak at what kind of things Uryu can do (the medallion). As well as just finally “hopefully” focusing on Uryu & Jugram, possibly having to be the main ones to deal with the zero division ( and that’s if auschwalen isnt used to bring the schutzstaffe back too early). This series has made the tybw so much more enjoyable than it was in the manga, because it doesn’t feel rushed. We finally get context on everything. I love how they’re including more and more of the light novels, which seeing the shot of Osho holding Reio.. makes me think they’re going to show what i think they will towards the end of the tybw

[hobbyhorse]

In just five minutes the anime gave foreshadowing to future powers that I’m seeing even anime only beginning to pick up, character motivation for yhwach, essential world building that puts Aizens motivation into context as well, a framing that makes Ichibei looking very sinister, information about the Quincies. Honestly it’s my favorite new addition.

[slicessenpai]

Ichibe sealing Yhwach's Almighty now makes its future resurgence make much more sense. In the manga, it was oddly convenient that Yhwach's eyes opened when he was near death. But now we know that, since Ichibe sealed the Almighty until Yhwach's death, he made a huge oversight: by using Ichimonji's black paint and covering Yhwach with it, Ichibe erased the Quincy King from existence. There is no longer a Yhwach. Simply a blank slate that is then dubbed as an ant. But that ant is NOT Yhwach.

And as such, Yhwach is effectively dead. And so the seal is broken and the Almighty returns. It'll be such a good and organic twist, I love when villains and heroes outsmart the opponent because of actual tangible oversights!

[KaienVT]

Something you may have missed:

We got an answer to why Aizens hypnosis worked on Ywach. We were told this episode that The Almighty has its limitations and that it cannot see past the soul kings powers. Anything imbued with the soul king, cannot be seen by Ywachs power.

We also know that to make his Hogyoku, he removed part of the soul king from Rangiku.

Now with the Hogyoku and that part of the soul king now fused with Aizen himself, it could be theorised that his powers as a whole are now influenced by that very same power of the soul king, giving a reason as to why Ywach can’t actually see through his hypnosis.

Also, this could explain why Aizen gained immortality. The soul king being immortal may as a result have caused Aizen to become immortal after fusing with the Hogyoku

[hallodere]

Having the plotholes of the original manga TYBW Arc being filled in the anime is such a gift to diehard bleach fans. I am aware Kubo was rushed during the creation of the final arc, so having him and the animation team be granted the chance to properly expand on events he had to cut out to meet deadlines is justice for the the former member of the old Big Three. Crazy how the new lore revolations keeps me interested as an adult when I was mainly into Bleach as a teen.

[nikjovan]

If we are actually getting a proper new Uryuu, Haschwalth and Royal Guards vs Squad Zero fight, then I might pass out next week when I see it. 😂😂Actually making Squad Zero strong and showing their full abilities. I know that they will lose, but still. Not making them a joke
And the flashback was brilliant. Gave us so much context on Yhwachs motivation, how he got an arm of the Soul King(Pernida), why he didn't have the Almighty against Yamamoto.

[limz]

kubo is actually fixing bleachs problem which is that he was rushed into finishing it

[Weisior]

Kubo's writing isnt as bad as many think. Its just that SHUEISHA staff at the time were assholes to not give Kubo enough room to make what he wanted to make. He even put in a kameo, Shunsui crying out loud for someone to beat the intelect into the publishers decisive body in the last chapter. I wont forgive SHUEISHA for hurting Kubo and his opus magnum BLEACH the way they did.
And I hope Kubo will come back with the hell arc and showcase his world crafting skills once again in the full light, like he deserves to do.

[jlr]

The soul king visions throughout the arc gave me an idea. During aizen's defeat in FKT, kisuke said to him "I see, so you saw it too." I've been thinking about this but what if Aizen saw those same soul king visions similar way as ichigo and yhwach? It's not like aizen went to the soul palace since he's never been there, but how did he gain the knowledge? There must've been a point where Aizen received those visions.

Another thing I thought about regarding the three realms. Yhwach stated the three realms used to be one and the "one world" was a world without death and fear. But what about Hell? It exists outside the three realms therefore out of Soul King's reach? If Hell is a standalone world, then the one world which Yhwach referred to Heaven.
The Bible even quotes Heaven as a "world without death" and a "world of eternal paradise". Considering how Quincies + Soul King reference Christianity, it would make a lot of sense. And at some point, the Soul King divided Heaven into three namely: World of Living, Hueco Mundo, and Soul Society in which souls cycle and recycle. That is why Heaven doesn't currently exist with Soul Societies (4 hypothetical branches) being the afterlife. So what existed before the Soul King? Or Soul King already existed before "Heaven"?

What are your guys' thoughts about this? I kinda hope I'm right lol

[maazamin]

I would say the whole moral battle between Yhw and Manako Osho does have something to do with Ichigo because in the end he has to rationalize and choose which perspective is right. Look at how he looks at Yhwatch while he is dying in chapter 686, that goes for show how Ichigo views the entire situation.

[manuelacosta]

The somewhat somber state Yhwach was in contrast the bright and almost happy Ichibei. Still if they include both of the postwar novels it will complete the stage and truly help pave the way for a full series set with the postwar generation. The anime certainly saved Bleach.

[nkhuwachiti]

“The anime is the new canon” perfect phrase that encapsulates this whole Arc! As manga fans we can be excited for twists and turns just like anime fans. A few points
- I love that this episode establishes that the soul kings body parts didn’t just end up in random places.

- Idk who started the rumor that the zero division are scrubs(might have been me💀) but finally excited for them to get a much greater showing because as mentioned in the source material they’re combined strength surpasses the Gotei 13. We need to really feel that in the anime.

- Ichibel is getting great characterization and it’s now blurring the lines between who are the good guys and who are the bad guys. Nuance like that is always great story telling. It might even lead into the hell arc one day *fingers crossed*

[gabrielmartins]

The cherry on top will be fixing Ichigo vs Yhwach big fight, they need to give ichigo a proper showcase of his true powers. if they`re going this hard on ichibei vs yhwach and adding this much content, i`m very confident they will go crazy on that fight.

[ryanstaiger]

Another reason all this new stuff excites me is that Aizen vs. Yhwach is probably going to be expanded upon. I am hoping with all my heart of hearts we finally get to see Aizen’s bankai. That would be one of the most epic moments in anime.

[groovyxhriss]

Your explanation of Uryu’s Antithesis is Perfect. It would make sense why Jugram was surprised because only YH could be plan that with Uryu in the moment knowing his abilities.

I just wonder why Uryus eye had Blut Vein when we was staring at the Royale palace, Maybe he can tell it was being hidden ? At first I thought Uryu recorded that moment in time and he was later able to escape by putting him in the same space, but like I said your explanation makes much more sense

[Vezuls]

SPOILER COMMENT






Ok ngl the flashback made the content so much better. And it actually is a huge feat for Ichibei or the soul king. Sealing Yuha’s eyes is the reason he lost during the first invasion, and he gets them back only to die.

This, imo, makes the zero division and Ichibe’s future loss more bearable as they are just cogs in the wheel and Yuha’s fate has been sealed from this very day. So the hubris of Juha that we will eventually see is going to be so sweet.


This also is building up to show just how evil Ichibe actually is.

[tiradeee]

the storytelling of bleach is incredible so far, the fact that we saw so much info that had NOTHING to do with ichigo was crazy, which shows how BIG the story and universe of bleach really is, they really r cooking with this cour and i CANNOT WAIT for next saturday!!

[yabs]

i genuinely think he's setting this up for a hell arc adaptation by fixing plot holes. i love this era of kubo being able to do what he truly wants with zero limitations... it makes me so fucking happy.