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skullywullypully · 2 years
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Ladies and Gentlemen, I have finally finished watching Bleach!
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nowen422 · 8 months
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Nowen talkin bout bleach
Bleach TYBW ep26: I am utterly and completely flabbergasted (or what to do when hit by a curveball)
So, Bleach TYBW 2nd core is done. very nice. now about the episode : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT?????HOOOOOOOOOOLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYY F****************************K!!!!!!!!! I have no words, I am almost entirely drained by this. I should have anticipated, that this would be a two-parter season finale as it was with the first season. But for some reason, it just never occurred to me. So upon watching the second episode release today, I just thought that it would be a nice little treat. To my surprise, it is insane and I can barely process anything at this point. Realistically, within the past three episodes we have seen what is essentially a beat down, a turnaround, another beatdown, an ACTUAL RESURECTION, another beatdown, A REVERSAL AND A FREAKING EXECUTION!!! And on top of it that is where they end it there!!! This isn't a cliffhanger, this is falling off a cliff when an arrow suddenly fires and pins your shirt collar to the cliffside, then you reach into your pocket and open a fortune cookie you already have and inside is a fortune that says "you will be rescued next year," I legitimately do not know where we can possibly go from here. I'm beginning to question everything I know. Im calling it now, Kon and Chair-sama are going to become the new Soul King, PUT IT ON THE BOOKS!!!!! Is this what it feels like to need a cigarette? God, this series is going to kill me.
Shinigami deaths: 19
Figures with seconds on the clock they'd get a few good hits in.
Quincy deaths: 20
Again I'm going by death portraits ( also can I even count him? I know he's not dead but still, how can he go further from there? That wasn't a beat down that was an ASS WHUPIN)
Spoilers below
Things I liked:
Lille just dropping his shrift right here. Since this is a brand new fight, it makes sense that it should be here. Plus, it'll make his fights later on that much more stakes heavy by showing just how nuts it is
I love Senjumaru's magic stuffing, but it leaves me with questions. The questions are thus. Is there a gift shop in the Royal palace? Do you think there are plush versions of squad 0 for sale in the Royal Palace gift shop? Do you think Ichigo or Rukia bought plush versions of squad zero in the Royal Palace gift shop?
People have a lot of praise for the bleach soundtrack, and I am no exception. But when you think about it there aren't really that many songs. If you don't count the intros and outros that they have, it's not a very varied playlist, but damn does "treachery" work here. I think I've heard it about 5 to 7 times this season, but it really does its work here setting the mood
I'm going to go into work on Monday and say quote, "Dead morning! Everybody, my buddies," just to see how people react
I forgot to mention it last episode, but Hikifune saying, "Now this is a squad zero fight," felt super appropriate there. But here it feels like thevringing of a bell for the second round
It's quick, but the Quincy royal guard (that is what I will call them because I will not use their real name) getting grabbed by the vines is fun for me. Also Pernida is upside down! Poor little guy!
They have their own little stages! How cute!
Senjumaru straight up b**** slapping Gerard. Need I say more? Yeah he reverses it quick but dang does it feel good in the moment.
I don't know if you can weaponize running away, but I think Askin can
I don't know if anyone realizes it, but the royal guard has not only their own Specialties that they can control at will (fabric,water,life,names), but they also have their own hado techniques. Love that this is shown here
Ichibe just flexing blüt out of his veins. Man is a monster
Okay now this parts going to be a little bit nutty because it has to do with not only the manga illustrations but also Ichimonji itself. There are versions of the Bleach Manga that have colored illustrations. People like it, but I think that's where it really takes away the meaning of Ichimonji. It's power is not only to control all things that are black, but it controls all things that are the color black. So when you read a manga which is in commonly black and white, that essentially means Ichibe has control over the entirety of black ink of the manga. And later on when he refills his bankai, and he gains control over all things that are white, it really benefits the Bleach Manga if it is in black and white. If you are going to read it, I feel that it is important to read it in black and white as this part really gives it a meta-narrative explanation of his powers. Anyway sorry for my sword autism, it's going to happen again
I love the foreshadowing about Gerard when we see his heart take up the majority of his chest. Brilliantly done
I got so used to seeing chubby hikifune that when I saw her go slim, I immediately knew oh crap she's on her last rope. Excellently done
Logically, it makes sense that for Squad zero if they die, power gets routed to whoever is remaining. Because if they are facing an attack from the front, if one of them dies, the others should become stronger to fight off the attack. Each of them are as strong as the 13 divisions combined so it would make sense that their bankai's would be so monumentally powerful that they would break reality. It reminds me of a more extreme version of genkei kaijo that shows up when grimmjow first attacks, where captains and lieutenants can't release their full power in the human world because it could damage things
Things I didn't like:
Okay I'm going to get this part out of the way first and foremost, so that way it's done. I did not expect an illustrated guide to Soul Reapers in this series. After the first season and not seeing it, it made sense to me that a lot of comedic elements would get cut since this is a serous part of the series. But seeing it come back after so long, felt so far out of left field that I had to pause it and leave the room. I figured that we just wouldn't get it, or it would be its own episode later on at the end. At most it would be a special feature on the Blu-ray if you buy it. It was like your dog running away and then coming back a year later unchanged and full of love for you. But, I can see why some people are complaining that it's here, especially when they left the story in its current state. Also I feel that if it's going to be back, then it needs to be fully animated . Now I understand when the majority of your budget is going towards the new fights and all the amazing stuff we've seen thus far, you can't afford it. But if they are bringing it back they need to do something more to make it feel special. I imagine that the majority of the cut comedic content from the series will show up here if they do it again. If you're one of the people who was complaining about cut jokes about Orihime's boobs, Rukia's butt, or Ishin talking about Rangiku sweating, I hope this appeases you.
I don't think we get to see where Uryu is during this fight until after Senjumaru does her bankai. I think he's currently having a panic attack because he literally just got his life saved by the thing that killed his mom.
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ichirukilover · 2 years
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have you seen the BIG BIG news?? bleach tybw is now the highest ranking anime in myanimelist(of all places)........................
surpassing fullmetal alchemist brotherhood?! im sorry if you havent watched it but imo it was the pinaccle of artistic storytelling in shounen
do you know any reason as to why this is happening??? because no way in existence can it be so because "the story is so gooood". they only released one ep so far ....but i guess its the old fans building up hype
I've watched and read FMA so I know how good it is, Bl3ach is currently just getthing hype that will die down later on the road, the fact that the "last arc" is the one on the first place when it's not even started makes you realize how bizarre it is lol
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diorsbrando · 1 year
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I’M READY LETS CHAT
ej ej ej ej ej EJJJJJJ !! *shakes you* ugh omg im sorry im so late :(( by several days GRRRRRR !! but umm lettuce discuss the latest bleach episode and what we can anticipate for this upcoming monday. TYBW SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT !
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okay so.
i think the biggest and most exciting thing in last week's episode was YACHIRU 'RETSU' UNOHANAAAAA OH FUCCKKSDFLSDFSK HER REVEALLL AS THE FIEST KENPACHI !!!!!! ugh it was so foreboding and ominous i loved every single minute of screen time she has had omfggggg!!! i wish they made her eyes red or something like they did in the trailer that was released earlier this year but still, that shot of her face that had the subtle smirk and her bloodlust was leaking through? i screaamedddd so so so loud ugh she's so MOMMY!! i cried w isane when she read the letter and stuff bc the way they executed it, it's almost like unohana knew she wasn't gonna come back from that fight with kenny and that's what makes it sadder, knowing who will end up being the next capt of the 4th division :(( poor isane i love her that's my gworl she's so relatable
okay LET'S DISCUSS ICHI AND RENJI !! (calling them renichi when they're together from now on) i got so so many laughs from their interactions i love them together omg 😂😂😭😭😭😭 comedic duo from LMFSDFLKJDF. and the PALACES OMHHH THEY REALLY ANIMATED EVERYTHING SO GOOD!! seeing tenjiro......idk about u but i wanna ride his abs or sum SDKJFSDJFS bc i know they're so hard and ugh anyway. it's just him in that hot springs had my ass thinking. but look ichi is my stinka and everything but i found it physically impossible to look away from renji UGGGHHHH HE'S SO FUCKING FIINNENEEEE ESP IN TYBW ARC LIKE HE LOOK SO GOOD TATTED TF UP AND LETTINGHIS BIDDIES OUT LIKE THAT!!! and the boys' reactions to seeing hikifune when she's skinny had me dead asf LOLOLOLLOL
also SHUNSUI!!! shunsui. shun-shun. THAT MAAANNNN FUCKKK HE'S SO SEXY OMGDFUGHIRTRD HE LOOK SO GOOD I WANTED TO CRYYYY MMMMMMM!
unrelated but i miss byakuya 🥺🥺🥺🥺 cause i am also mrs. kuchiki and i can't wait until he graces my screen and my ears again but that won't be for a little while :((( so ill just settle watching the older bleach ep instead. anyway this ep was 40/10 as usual, bleach is peak and each episode outdoes the previous one in some shape or form 🫶🏾
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sequencefairy · 7 years
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Pay No Heed to Fallen Skies
Ichiruki. AU, post-TYBW. Canon-typical violence. This got away from me a bit. ~2200 words. 
Ichigo has always known that his choices have consequences. 
[ AO3 ] 
Ichigo is headed across the wall tonight, Zangetsu strapped to his back and the gathering fizz of power in his blood. There’ve been reports of hollow incursions in some of the lower Rukongai, and Ichigo is not about to leave them unchecked, regardless of what the official word from command is.
Rukia catches up with him just as he’s preparing to leap the wall. “What are you doing?” she hisses, and Ichigo shrugs. She knows that the orders this morning didn’t sit well with him, and that the white haori chafes, but orders are orders and disobeying them is treason. They both know, all too well, the penalty for treason. 
Ichigo ignores her and jumps the wall, shunpo lightening his landing. Rukia lands beside him, and catches him by the hand before he can take off again. “Listen to me,” she says, and Ichigo turns to look at her.
“No,” he says, “you know this isn’t right. You know it, I know it, everyone knows it. I’m not leaving these people to die, because Kyoraku said so.”
“The captain-commander has his reasons,” Rukia protests, but Ichigo shakes his head. 
“That’s bullshit, and you know it.” 
“Ichigo–“ 
“Either come with me or don’t, Rukia. I don’t have time for this.” Ichigo steps out of her reach and launches himself into shunpo, streaking off across the rooftops. He doesn’t stop to check and see if Rukia is following him, focusing instead on the telltale reiatsu signature of a group of hollows in the distance. 
Ichigo is drawing Zangetsu as he drops out of the slipstream, and his first swing cleaves the first hollow in half, it’s mask splitting cleanly. He hears Rukia before he sees her; she drops out of shunpo muttering a kido spell under her breath and obliterating the next hollow that charges them in a flash of blue light. 
The fight that follows is fierce and violent. 
It’s close quarters in this alley; Ichigo ducks under Rukia’s next volley of kido flames and throws himself into a skidding slide, Zangetsu raised and it’s keen edge slicing through muscle and sinew as he disarms the hollow, before rolling to his feet and turning, shattering it’s mask with one hit. Rukia freezes the next one in place, and then runs it through, the roar of its death making Ichigo grit his teeth as he leaps and then drops, driving the point of Zangetsu into the soft spot at the top of the spine of another hollow. It dies in a gush of murky blood, and Ichigo closes his eyes against the spray. 
They dispatch the last hollow together, and as it’s reishi dissipates into the clear night sky, the street is silent once more around them. 
Ichigo takes stock. Rukia has a scrape across one cheek, and her blade drips, inky blood running in rivulets down the silver surface. Ichigo is breathing hard, and he can feel the beginnings of several bruises in the throbbing ache all along his left side. Rukia lets her shikai go with a whisper of frigid wind that lifts the ends of her hair, and sheathes Sode no Shirayuki after flicking the blood off the length of her blade. The droplets scatter against the dirt of the alley floor and Ichigo grimaces. 
“You didn’t have to come,” he says, finally, after the silence has stretched so long that he nearly aches to fill it. 
“I know,” she answers. 
“Thank you,” Ichigo says, and then steps out of the alley. The scent of hollow blood and the taste of hollow reiatsu lingers in the air, and he wonders if there’s something they could do to cleanse the space, and he turns to ask Rukia, but she’s standing, frozen, staring at something behind him. “Rukia, wha–?” 
Ichigo doesn’t feel the first hit, but it throws him into the building across the way. He sprawls, groaning, in the rubble, Zangetsu lost to his scrabbling hands. Ichigo coughs, and rolls onto his side, propping himself up with one hand. He gets as far as lifting his head before the next hit comes. This time it is a kick to the point of his chin and Ichigo sees stars and nearly loses his tongue as his teeth clack shut. 
“Fucking Shinigami,” a voice mutters from overhead, and Ichigo opens his eyes again, now on his back, and blinks up at his attacker. “You think you can just come in here–“ the man is cut off by Rukia’s wild yell, and Ichigo watches upside down, as she jumps him, slinging her hands around his neck, sword forgotten, and tackles him to the ground, using her body weight and momentum to counter the man’s center of gravity and topple him over. 
Ichigo picks himself up from the ground, and massages the back of his neck while Rukia holds their assailant down easily. The man is frothing with rage and tugging at the binding kido Rukia slapped on him, ignoring Rukia’s admonishment that it’ll only get tighter if he keeps struggling. “She’s telling the truth, man,” Ichigo says, but the man grunts in response and tugs again against the restraints binding his hands. 
“Explain why you have attacked two Shinigami captains,” Rukia demands, and there is ice in her voice. Ichigo ignores the throb of pleasure that rides in his belly at the command in her voice, and watches their captive instead. The man is dressed like an average citizen of the Rukongai, but there’s a whiff of power about him that sets Ichigo’s teeth on edge. 
Ichigo prods him, none-so-gently, with the business end of Zangetsu. “She asked you a question, asshole.” 
“Don’t have to answer to likes of you.” The man spits, it misses Rukia’s toes by the barest of spaces. “Filthy Shinigami.” 
The insult makes Ichigo’s hackles rise, but Rukia’s hand on his arm eases the bristling rage under his skin. “It’s not worth it,” she says. Ichigo knows it’s not worth it, and to be perfectly honest, he doesn’t begrudge the man his opinion of Shinigami as a whole, but an insult to Rukia is always enough to fire his blood. He looks down at her, and falls, as usual, and completely helplessly, into her twilight eyes. 
After a long moment, Ichigo blinks and Rukia drops her gaze to the man on the ground. “What do you know about the incursions?” Rukia asks, and the man grunts. Rukia sighs, and Ichigo sheathes Zangetsu. 
“Shall we drop him at the Second division on the way home?” Ichigo’s question is all false levity. The man on the ground visibly flinches. Rukia follows Ichigo’s gaze and then looks back up at him; her mouth twists briefly in a moue of distaste at this tactic, but she will go along with him anyway.
“I think there’s a spot in the holding cells at the barracks, no need to wake the Second’s captain at this hour,” Rukia says, conversationally. “Though, it might be better to take him straight there…” Rukia trails off and their captive remains silent. 
“The Second it is,” Ichigo declares cheerfully, and heaves the man to his feet. “Have you ever travelled by shunpo?” Ichigo asks, and the man remains stonily silent. “No? Well, this might be uncomfortable.” Rukia shakes her head at Ichigo’s antics, but takes the man’s other arm, and they step into the slipstream together, whisking their captive back across the Rukongai to the wall. The three of them drop out of the slipstream, Rukia and Ichigo landing lightly, and their captive tumbling forward to his knees, retching. 
“Sorry about that,” Ichigo says, not looking very sorry at all. 
The man clears his throat and looks up the two Shinigami. “Alright,” he says. 
“Alright, what?” Ichigo says, leaning down. The man looks away, unable to meet Ichigo’s gaze. Ichigo straightens. 
“I got information,” the man says, and Rukia looks at Ichigo over his head. Their eyes meet and Ichigo nods. 
“What kind of information?” Ichigo asks. 
“Stuff about them monsters, and that guy - the one you were all lookin’ for a while back? With them googly eyes all over hisself?” 
Ichigo feels Rukia stiffen next to him. The mention of Ywhach chills him to the bones. 
“What’s your name?” Rukia asks, sinking down so she can be at his level. Ichigo remains standing. 
“Devin,” the man says, finally, though the admission seems to cost him. “I ain’t got a last name, so don’t ask.” Rukia nods, and Ichigo remembers all of a sudden that she lived in the Rukongai for decades. He forgets more often than not that this is where she came from, and the resultant swoop of shame means he misses most of what the man says next. Rukia seems satisfied with the man’s responses, and continues to question him, carefully avoiding the subject of Yhwach and sticking to the more recent incursions. 
Devin seems to relax as he and Rukia talk, and Ichigo does his best to ignore the pit of dread that has opened up in his gut. Devin’s information about the hollow attacks seems to line up with what the Captain Commander had been outlining in their meeting the other night – they come in groups of five or six, slaughter whoever happens to be in their vicinity when the gargantua rips open and then disappear, back the way they came. 
Rukia releases the binding spell before asking about Yhwach, and Ichigo feels rather than sees Devin blanch. “Them eyes,” he says, “they watch you, you know? Always watching. In every shadow.” Devin shudders. Ichigo doesn’t blame him. The night is warm, but Ichigo is covered in goosebumps and his hands have gone clammy. He wipes them on his shihakusho. Rukia’s sharp glance upwards is the only outward sign of her discomfort. Ichigo, as always, envies her control. 
They let Devin go shortly after that. Ichigo presses a card into his palm. The address is a tea house that the Kuchiki family runs in one of the middle districts of the Rukongai. The Second division and the stealth force it houses may be the official intelligence arm of the gotei, but every noble family runs their own network of spies and informants, and the tea houses are the Kuchiki’s points of contact. “If you have more information, leave a message for us here.” Devin nods and disappears back into the shadows. Rukia’s shoulders droop and Ichigo feels the wave of exhaustion that signals the beginning of his own adrenaline crash. He steps forward and pulls Rukia to him, her small frame fitting easily in the circle of his arms. 
“It’ll be okay,” Ichigo says, with a confidence he doesn’t feel, and he presses his lips to the crown of her head. Rukia’s hands clutch at his waist. “We’ve got each other,” Ichigo says, “he didn’t count on that last time, and he won’t this time either. We’re both stronger than we were–” 
“It’s our fault, isn’t it?” Rukia interrupts, and looks up at him. “We did this, we chose our own happiness over the safety of both our worlds. Ichigo, how could we?” 
“No,” Ichigo says, firmly, “this is not on us. We defeated him once, despite his claims that he could not be destroyed. We can do it again, and this time, we’ll end him forever.” Ichigo wonders if Rukia can tell this is all false bravado. They both nearly died last time; his bankai shattered and his power siphoned out of him until there was nothing left, and Rukia– 
Ichigo doesn’t like to think about waking up to a world encased in ice, and Rukia collapsed on the stone, her hair a white halo and her hand outstretched towards him. Yhwach was nowhere to be found. The official story is that they defeated him together, but Ichigo knew better, and Yhwach’s threat had echoed in his mind. 
Still, they dared to be happy together, and Ichigo put the voice out of his mind, consciously ignored the warning, and chose, instead, a life with Rukia, instead of a life without her. He doesn’t regret this choice, could never regret this choice, because a life with her is better than any life he could have had without her, and Yhwach had shown him several. 
There’d been lives where he’d married Inoue, settled down and had passel of children and a dog; a memorable life where he and Ishida had grown old and grey and snarky together; and lives where he’d ended up alone, watching his friends wither and age while he remained ever-youthful and the long stretch of eternity threatened to tear him apart at the seams, but never a life with Rukia, and when the vision had ended, Yhwach had answered the unasked question with a threat. 
I will return, when you are at your happiest. 
Ichigo knew then, even as he threw himself at the Quincy’s self-declared despot, that choosing the life he wanted, the one with Rukia in it, was playing with fire, but he didn’t care, and even as his blow did not land and Yhwach’s hand wrapped around his throat, Ichigo knew he would pick her, and pick their life, never mind the cost. 
Rukia slips out of his embrace, and Ichigo shakes off the pull of memory. She looks up at him. 
“I’d always have chosen you,” Ichigo says, “no matter the cost.” 
Rukia turns so she is standing in front of him. Ichigo can feel the weight of her gaze. “I know,” she says, and leans up. The kiss is brief, but laced with heat. When they break apart, Rukia rocks back on her heels. “I love you too,” she says, and together, they leap the wall, landing hand in hand.
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nowen422 · 8 months
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Nowen talkin bout bleach:
Bleach TYBW ep23: Is Mayuri the Soul Society Version of Big Pharma?
Well, after last weeks episode, and the drama that unfolded there, we have the conclusion to the start of that fight. Now I have another confession. I am a diehard squad 11 fan, but, if I had to pick another captain to fawn over, it would probably be Mayuri.  I know that doesn’t make me sound good considering half of what Mayuri does, but you gotta admit the man gets results.  anyway, great episode with great characterization and extremely fun fights. Plus we get introduced to a wonderful new Sternritter that has been foreshadowed as early as the first invasion but has only been introduced now! Don’t get attached, he’s the worst! And that’s comparing the sadistic zombie maker girl as well as the literal cannibal. Still, this is Mayuri’s episode, so I hope you’re ready for a lethal dose of FUN! (Warning:funmayhaveterribleunintendedsideeffects.pleaseconsultLieutenantAkonofthe12thdivisionbeforepartakinginanyfunprescribedbyCaptainKurosutchi.)
Shinigami Deaths:16
Quincy Deaths:15 (although Robert ain’t looking too good)
Side effects below
Things I liked:
When Hitsugaya goes on the offensive. On one hand it really shows just how powerful a captain and lieutenant can be. Because even though Ikkaku avoided the majority of the blast, he still got a leg frozen.  The main reason I say this is because throughout the course of the series, captains and lieutenants have had a shrinking gap between them. To put it in a power levels style of perspective, it would be like a standard soul reaper is a 1, a seated officer is a 5-10, a strong lieutenant is a 20-30 and a captain is a 50-100. That gap got slowly less and less as captains lost fights, or demonstrated less skilled than lieutenants going up against opponents. On the other hand, it also shows how serious soul reapers can be. If they didn’t spend a lot of time, talking about their abilities, or trying to play coy while using their sword and just straight up going for it, a lot of fights might end up finished faster. Still, this sequence is brutal and I think it’s perfect.
Speaking of, I loved when Ikkaku rescued Yumichika. I maintain that these two are brosexual or at the very most ace or aromantic, but still sweet.
Yumichika about to use the real name of his sword to avenge Ikkaku 🥺
Mayuri just getting killed. Hitsugaya is a prodigy, and while I KNOW we won’t see Mayuri get his ass anywhere near a training arc, he can compensate by using tech and smarts. Still, even he knows that he can’t keep up physically with Zaraki or Byakua, so he uses chemicals, poisons, anything to level the playing field. He really does embody Kyoraku’s philosophy of “fight dirty because it’s a fight”
Mayuri’s auto-guard device. In the manga, it initially just looks like pieces of metal sticking out of the sword with a wrapping around it. Here it’s straight up alive. Needless to say, I think it looks really cool, but still very gross.
 the title card intro. I never really talk about these, but this one feels awesome, and it transitioned into the opening very well.
 OMG, Mayuri is Spider-Man. Does this mean he’s going to be in the next spider verse movie? 
This is something I’ve believed for a long time, Mayuri works on Batman logic. Everyone says if you give Batman enough prep time he can beat anybody. Mayuri is the same way except he doesn’t need a long amount of prep time. we saw when he fought Szayelaporro  that he was only watching him for a few minutes through Uryu, and in that time managed to make duplicates of all of his organs and put them in his body. I refuse to believe that the man did not have something like this just lying around. He must have the worst kind of ADHD.
I am now fully convinced that the reason Mayuri was locked in the maggots nest, was that he would’ve ended up starting a pharmaceutical company. 
NEW RELEASE EFFECT FOR ASHISOGI JIZO! Very creepy, fits him perfectly, also, it makes me think of a baby being born 
Hitsugaya’s voice actor is selling it with those screams
The cut to Byakua after Robert talks about beating Ichigo. “Really? You think you can take on the guy who is the number one special threat?”
Another use of Sklaverai! I like Robert’s little boots. Also, I think I figured out his shcrift! It’s N for NYOOOM!
Senbonzakura can apparently shred a bullet to nothing. Sick
Shuhei! Oh no shuhei….
Liltotto’s line “ puke or pig, anything is better than nothing” that goes hard and I love it 
Byakua asking if Shuhei is being controlled by the enemy or if he’s the enemy in disguise. He’s smart enough to know that based on one guy who can induce fear, another guy who can manifest a wrestler, lady who can make anything into a bomb, and a guy with the power of imagination, Quincy abilities could be literally anything. He just needs to know how to disable him
I like that Pepe’s episode is one and done. He was my least favorite, sternritter, for a couple of reasons. his power is straight up gaslighting through emotional manipulation.
Pepe getting his ass kicked, very funny.
Cirucci attempting to poison Mayuri, cute moment.
Mayuri the Goat for respecting Giselle’s gender. It makes sense, considering the amount of modifications that he’s done to his own body to make it something more useful to him, but it’s still surprising, considering his lack of respect for everyone else’s bodily autonomy.
I have to say, the Bambi’s have grown on me, and my favorite is Liltotto. She is 110% done with this whole invasion, she just wants to go home get a shower and go out to a nice Buffet. Also, she ate Pepe, which not gonna lie kind of cool  
Things I didn’t like:
Charlotte gets beaten. I know it’s canon. I know it’s in the manga, but I still think he should have remained. Also, it makes me wonder if resurrected arrancars can perform a resurecíon. Because if so, WHY HAVE THEY NOT DONE THIS!
I would’ve liked to see more repeats, I understand why we didn’t get them, but I think it would’ve been cool to see the different ways Mayuri ate it as well as Hitsugaya reacting to them.
I think they should’ve lengthened the Mayuri fight. If his appearance was enough to garner a part two to his episode, then it makes sense that he should have a little bit more time. But I understand that people want to see a longer Byakua fight.  still this started out as a Mayuri episode, but that flower petal boy had to steal the spotlight. 
Pepe really doesn’t get introduced. He shows up in this episode, shows off, then dies. He was shown as far early back as the first invasion when Jidanbo attacked the 12th, and aside from a few background shots, he hasn’t really been seen or done much of anything. So it does make me wonder, how people who haven’t read the manga are feeling about him being beaten this episode.
I’ve heard of people saying that Pepe is a negative stereotypes. And I wasn’t really sure about that until I started looking for it. I suppose he could be a racist stereotype of a black man who is a soul singer? But I always figured he was a priest who was also a sexual predator. That I felt was a little bit more obvious to me. 
I would have loved to seen an explanation on why Pepes love power did not work on Byakua. I think it was because he already has love in his heart filled by his dead wife either that or that oken cloak is quality stuff.
Sick episode, loved it. The Quincy are at the royal palace. Can’t wait to see what happens next we-…………
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I think we’re gonna see that motherFUCKER BLINK!!!!
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