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anime-primeNov 14, 2022 7:44 AM
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| People should abide by the rules, like you don't interfere when the main bosses from both parties go one-on-one. Moreover we talking about people like Yamamoto and Yhwach. The conversation alone was so hype worthy that even if they didn't do nothing otherwise, it still would've been plenty enough. The biggest fight and hence the biggest moment, witnessing the BANKAI of Yamamoto, Zanka no Tachi. It can reduce any fucking thing straight to ashes, and you bet it did. The absolute overwhelmingness of its powers made Yhwach look like a kid throwing a fit, moreover the iconic undead army making their presence was just the final nail in the coffin. Except things didn’t end there and what welcomed us was an earth-shattering plot twist. Yhwach being the fake one aka Sternritter ‘Y’ all along. And what followed was the ultimate demise of Yamamoto. Rest in peace, Yama-Jii, with all due respect. An episode for the ages. Thanks a lot Pierrot, y’all did everything justice. Plus that anime-original conversation between Yhwach and Aizen was just the cherry on the cake*chef’s kiss* |
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| Well it’s been a thousand years since Yhwach and Yamamoto had some past (from Yamamoto’s own reminiscent) and now the present seems like their anticipation for the survival of the fittest from this mere fight alone. Flame all over it’s bring up some tension but oh boy Yamamoto at first hand is already in the deed when the group of quincies started coming over, bringing some interference and unfairness into the fight, but after some quick dispose, it continues until Yhwach could possibly shatter Yamamoto’s blade, soul and flesh, huh he must be putting his blood, sweat and tears into this. Overall fight sequence is one of the best that this season has to offer so far because holy I was on the edge of my seat. Yamamoto’s bankai scene on the other hand put a lit on the candle with a true statement that can’t be said better. Heh few of the Gotei 13 members seem to have problems with their skin, like typically it may be due to water scarcity of the whole society after Yamamoto unleashes his Bankai. 15m degrees is a BIG temperature, well at least Yamamoto can bear even getting near close to the sun, he’s kinda intense when taking a whole risk when Yhwach said that this quincy is a pain in the ass. Skulls all over the place ๐๐๐ I couldn’t stop laughing with the mixed cg on it even when it still looks eerie, reminds me so much of Berserk after looking at this from the color palette.. Well ngl Yhwach got me in the first half because obviously any fucking antagonist who had a quarter of a screentime can’t fall for such atrocious. Well farewell Yamamoto, you will be missed </3 Soul society will be in a huge burden without him ig. |
"......If I told you that I was a real witch, would you believe it?"  |
| BANKAI: ZANKA NO TACHI Wow... what an amazing fight that was. The animation and direction were great. They added some scenes and I'm glad that they did. It made things quite impactful. It's no wonder they're so afraid of Yamamoto. Incredible episode. Also, loved seeing a little bit of Aizen, the GOAT. In the end, Yhawch was the last one standing because of his witty decisions in that fight. It's gonna be hell to handle after Yamamoto. Feels Bad Man... |
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| Fighting Yamamoto in this arc is like fighting off a pissed off super boss. He's not in the best of mood with that nuclear like attitude. Yamamoto vs Yhwach is fun to watch, when watching two leaders face off. Yamamoto's burning passion represents his desire to not just revenge but protect Soul Society. Not going to lie but Yhwach has some pretty cool moves himself. And...AIZEN IS BACK! |
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| I've always loved this particular stage of Zanka no Tachi, it reminds me of something out of a Junji Ito horror manga. CGI in the episode was expected, as it's a much easier way to animate all these skeletons. This was one of the best anime episodes I've seen - and I've seen many, but I'm a Bleach fan so I'm most likely being biased as well.  |
neffst3rNov 14, 2022 8:13 AM
| Finally seeing Zanka no tachi getting animated and I am so damn happy right now. Volume 57 was the first bleach volume that I had bought and seeing Yama's Bankai so early in such a badass way literally gave me goosebumps. The anime just nailed it. |
If you enjoyed the time you wasted, then its not a waste of time.  |
| As always... BLEAChads cant stop winning. PEAK shounen |
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| An amazing episode with amazing animation and cgi done really well. AIZENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN |
 ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ช๐ต๐พ๐ฎ. ๐๐ท ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฒ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ป๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ต, ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ. |
| Yhwach played the ultimate uno reverse card Still, in terms of charisma he got nothing on Aizen. He owned their little chat. Hope he returns to the battlefield. |
FMmatronNov 14, 2022 10:12 AM
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| I fucking love Yamamoto's bankai. Holy shit, the conversation between Yhwach and Yamamoto was crazy. Espically if you think about it, it's been almost a thousand years since they've communicated with each other. Man, Pierriot did an insane job this episode. The fucking skulls too LOL... At to make it better, Aizen is fucking BACK. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| Ooh boy.. this felt like a movie, and I'm not talking just about the animation here. To have the Aizen scene wrap up the story of this massive threat that has descended upon the Soul Society and the waterfall from Yamamoto's bankai is... incredible storytelling and story framing from Kubo everyone who worked on this episode. What an incredible journey. I feel shivers. |
| Yamamoto's bankai looked sick in this episode, animators pulled out the big guns here for that and the action in this episode for the most part. Don't think it was a masterpiece episode or close to that for me, but it was cool to see Bleach not pull back visually with the action here. Q Kawa and Hiroyuki Yamashita worked on this episode too among many talented animators so that level of talent does reflect on the episode too. CGI skeletons were meh but I can understand why they went with them, not too big a deal for me. It was nice seeing Aizen again too here. |
| Good episode. Btw if you will pay attention to Ending Credits You'lll Notice at 23:04 Ryan White. He is known as Retro Ryno who has done some fan animations [including "1st" episode of TYBW fan animation] for years and some people already argued that his animation "is better" than official As Nodt vs Byakuya. So what will be the argument of that kind of people when you see him in end credits of official episode? Be aware of checking his other videos as he has done some little shorts of stuff which will happen in 2nd/3rd cour. -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2ZSu0V0tos Episode was great, I'd wish the skeleton scene was better but it still gave away the mood and feeling which was most important here. |
| I was hearing a lot of rumors and buzz surrounding the awaited episode 6 of this season, and boy did it deliver on the hype. The action in this episode, from seeing Yamamoto's Bankai in action to the actual fight animation, was nothing short of amazing. As OP as Yamamoto was though, Yhwach gained the upper hand by tricking him and managed to steal his Bankai and deal a fatal blow. I guess trickery and deceit is the only way you can overcome power as raw as Yamamoto's. RIP to the old gramps, what a fucking episode. And seeing the goat Aizen for a brief couple minutes was the icing on the cake to an already great episode. |
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| Amazing visuals โ
Incredible sakuga โ Immaculate voice acting โ Impeccable dialogue โ Cinematic direction and compositioning โ Extended anime-only elevation of the source material โ Emotional, symbolic and dynamic fight scene โ Flames as hot as the core of the Sun that can burn anything out of literal existence โ Sosuke Aizen (the main character of Bleach) โ Pure peakino. Pierrot did this fight justice. BLEACHads... I KNEEL. |
the13thStruggleNov 14, 2022 9:04 AM
| Just in those minutes that Capt. Yamamoto was active, those who didn't died from the wounds already, died from dehydration. To catch a legendary pokemon you need to weaken them fist. Of course Aizen would join Yhwach, Aizen is his own boss. Aizen is well and doing a Evangelion cosplay. |
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| To think we'd finally see Zanka no Tachi fully animated after so many years. I've gotta admit, I do remember South due to the those fell by Yamamoto, but damn the other ones are still amazing and very imposing. Gotta love the choreography in the battle, it went smoothly. Yamamoto is a beast ngl. Unfortunately we all got jebaited here, RIP Yamamoto. Ishida looking into the journal as he reads the story while the fight unfolds was a neat detail. Gotta watch this episode again later with better quality to fully appreciate the animation (and good subtitles too) |
| "We could make the world better, but it's easier to just shut our eyes." ~Blackwall |
| Jesus christ WTF was that, this episode was so fucking good |
| that was a fire ep Yamamoto is way too op and so is yhwach I hope Yamamoto doesn't die amazing episode |
Homura24Nov 14, 2022 9:27 AM
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| The visuals and animation gave me goosebumps holyshit! glad i survive this long to witness this masterpiece |
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Zettaiken said: Good episode. Btw if you will pay attention to Ending Credits You'lll Notice at 23:04 Ryan White. He is known as Retro Ryno who has done some fan animations [including "1st" episode of TYBW fan animation] for years and some people already argued that his animation "is better" than official As Nodt vs Byakuya. So what will be the argument of that kind of people when you see him in end credits of official episode? Be aware of checking his other videos as he has done some little shorts of stuff which will happen in 2nd/3rd cour. -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2ZSu0V0tos Episode was great, I'd wish the skeleton scene was better but it still gave away the mood and feeling which was most important here. that is actually sick. i was keeping up with his bleach project so it’s actually insane to see him in the credits. |
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daft_mariner said: Am I the only one who felt like Aizen's scene resembled Evangelion in a way? It did give the evanglion and some old anime vibes. I guess its because of the colors as well. |
If you enjoyed the time you wasted, then its not a waste of time. |
| Holy moly, that was some display of power from the old man. Too bad that he lost his head too easily and couldn't figure out the trap while revealing all his secrets. I'm curious what the North Bankai had to offer though, lol. Hopefully, that'll make a comeback next week otherwise, Soul Society is in deep deep trouble... Man, Pierrot really stepped up the sakuga during some of the action scenes there! I knew they'd rise to the occasion but I didn't think it'd be this early and of this quality, this adaption really is a blessing. Good to see Aizen after a long while! I got NGE vibes from that scene lol, that must be nice cushion there xD. Ishida slowly learning about the truth behind the Quincy's eradication is interesting, they're definitely building up to something. Meanwhile, Ichigo is still afk, I wonder how long it'll take for him to get out of that jail. @Zettaiken Hey, that's a good spot! Really nice from the wonderful folks over at Pierrot to give him some well-deserved recognition. |
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| screaming, crying, throwing up, pulling out my hair, bashing my head into the wall great episode... |
pozkaNov 14, 2022 9:55 AM
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