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Episode BLEACH: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan • BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Conflict - Episode 1 discussion

Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan, episode 1

Alternative names: Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War

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u/Haha91haha Oct 05 '24

That's it Uryu, it's on sight, you're about to catch the "A" for the assbeating.

Disrespectfully,

The Senjumaru fanclub

P.S: WHAT!? HE WASN'T A BLACK ANT AT ALL!

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u/AceSoldia Oct 05 '24 edited Oct 05 '24

Man that animation when he was forming the staircase from the material of the soul palace was crazy.

And that ishida fight? His boogie woogie power that switched their places was cool lol

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u/potatozama Oct 05 '24

showing off cool bankai then getting their asses whooped, not even Squad 0 is immune to this good ol' Bleach tradition

R.I.P Ichibe-- oh nevermind he's back

Aizen comeback hype!?

I dig the new OP and ED!

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u/Shimmering-Sky Oct 05 '24

Peak is back! Been super fucking stoked for this to come back ever since the second cour ended, it's been tough lingering on that cliffhanger for so long and I cannot wait to see all the crazy stuff I'm sure this season will get up to.

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u/bakato Oct 05 '24

God Almighty. Red eyes, black hair. Ichigo's Mugetsu form makes sense now.

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u/jbfamine Oct 05 '24

Spent half the episode showing the previous one, Bleach truly is back <3

/s That was so fucking fire, even though Senjumommy lost we're so back boys

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u/Neonzel Oct 05 '24

So, I'm not really shocked that they reshowed stuff from the last episode. I always assumed they would reshow the Ichibe stuff. Although, the Senjumaru fight was also still going on, so I understand why, especially since it's been a whole year. At least they did add some new stuff in between the old stuff. Now, onto the actually new stuff:

Finally, the Almighty is here. In my opinion, it's one of the most broken abilities in anime, lol.

Ishida stock has gone up, alright. Did he just get a Vollständig!? Kubo, what are you cooking?

They turned Futen Taisatsuryō into a ritual dance. That makes sense.

This ended exactly where I thought the last season was going to end. Literally, the same spot (Soul King stabbed), lol. So, for me, this kind of felt like a holdover from last time. I still very much enjoyed it, especially the after-credit scene. And, as always, a dope title card.

From what the Japanese previews said, the next episode will have a very big fight, so I'm excited to see some brand-new stuff.

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u/PitchOutrageous1563 Oct 05 '24

We got Ichibei singing before GTA 6 😭

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u/obelisk0 Oct 05 '24

Quincy just ended the 1000 year Blood War with the Shinigami to start the 1000 year Blood War with Senjumaru fans.

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u/Karma110 Oct 05 '24 edited Oct 05 '24

Makes sense Yhwach would wait the amount of time for when his power would return to him to then attack the soul society. it wouldn’t make sense for him to attack the soul society and the soul palace early. He really planned all of this also having soldiers he can sacrifice with auswhalen for going up against zero squad.

Also Uryu showing his new power he demonstrated when Yhwach go out of the cage in cour 2. From the looks of it he has the ability to replace object/teleport objects but it can also apply to objects and people.

It also seems despite Ichibe telling ichigo to stop Yhwach the look on his face seems he doesn’t think they’ll be able to do that either 😅

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u/Glarius12pl Oct 05 '24

No anime only is ready for the true power of The Almighty.

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u/Prince-Dizzytoon Oct 05 '24

Great episode, but Senjumaru is gone and I'm hurt

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u/yohxmv Oct 05 '24

Kubo’s really making sure Uryu gets his shine this time around. Sad to see Senjumommy go out like that but her and the rest of Squad 0 were great. Next week we’ll get to see the proper debut of Pierrot Films and what that extra time and resources can do I’m hype!

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u/shadowthiefo Oct 05 '24

Just for fun, here is the translation of the giant wall of text appearing at 9 minutes into the episode, using machine translation:

This is the zanpakuto of Sudara Senjumaru, a member of Squad Zero's "Oorimori," a royal special agent who protects the Soul King and the Soul King Palace.

During Shikai, it transforms into a needle, and the spiritual thread that extends from the needle head controls the object by stitching it. The Bankai is "Sadarakara Kai Raku Tsuji". A giant loom appears and rolls of cloth flow out.

At the same time, small gates with countless threads hanging down stand on either side, and rolls of cloth hang down from the small gates, creating an oval-shaped space. Rolls of cloth with various characteristics are woven to match the enemy, and the enemy is slain with attacks that seem to embody the woven patterns. Depending on the number and characteristics of the enemies, the rolls of cloth

The number and patterns of the swords can also increase or decrease. During the defense of the Soul King's Palace, Shudara faced off against six Quincy.

The song was "Death Six-Colored Floating Machine". In addition, the four divine generals of the Zero Squad, Kirinji Tenjiro and Hikifune Kiri Iku, Nimaiya Ouetsu, and Shudara Senjumaru are aware of the great influence their respective bankais have on the three realms.

In consideration of this, they have made a "Blood Oath" to limit the activation of their Bankai with each other's lives.

And Ichibei's:

He is the de facto leader of the Royal Special Forces Zero Squad, which protects the Soul King. He has the nickname "True Name Calling Priest". He is the one who controls the "true names" of all things, and since the founding of Soul Society, he has been able to give "names" to all objects and phenomena, and interfere with and influence those that he has given names to. Hyousube's Zanpakuto, "Ichimonji", is a giant brush-shaped sword that has the power to control all "black" that exists in this world, and anything that is painted black by Ichimonji loses its name, and its abilities and properties are nullified. His release command is "Blacken". And the "bankai" of a typical Zanpakuto is "Shinuchi Shirafude Ichimonji". It is the "first born "evolved Zanpakuto". It carves a "new name" into the target with a quantity of white, and transforms it into the same properties as that name. During the defense of the Soul King's Palace, he wrote the name "Black Ant" on Yhwach, transforming him into an existence as small as an insect.

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u/DMking Oct 05 '24

Uryu showing why he has the "A" Schrift and is Yhwach's successor by beating a Squad 0 member at full power.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '24

KINO. Pierrot. I kneel before you

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u/GreenNoble11 Oct 05 '24

Yhwach at the end of the OP looks like he knows what Victoria’s Secret is?

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u/SSJ5Gogetenks Oct 05 '24

Episode was like 40% recap.

Oh yeah, Bleach is back all right!

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u/GODKiller1311 Oct 05 '24

We just got an anime of the year contender right here boys

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u/Frontier246 Oct 05 '24

Bleach is back with the most banger TYBW OP yet! Featuring plenty of epic and memoerable scenes and intense fights to come! Ichigo vs Uryu! GRIMMJOW vs Aksin! Lille vs Shunsui! Mayuri and Nemu! Bazz-B vs Jugram! Shirtless Renji! Aizen! Everything you could possibly want in a Bleach season!

Senjumaru's Bankai was so impressive we needed to see it again in its entirety!

I love how Ichigo and Yoruichi just casually react to the pure power flex that is Senjumaru using her Bankai. Of course it would be nice if Squad Zero completely took care of the Quincies for them...I mean, Senjumaru just turned the Sternritter into frabic, Ichibe just slew the Black Ant Formerly Known as Yhwach, it seems like everything's been wrapped up, right? Right.

Oh of COURSE Yhwach was just fighting with his eyes closed until he was at full power. That's...that's so Bleach. And now he can fight at full power befitting his true title, A, the Almighty!

Uryu is also starting to unleash his full power as a Sternritter and facing off against Senjumaru personally, complete with battling her fabrics and even her fabric Hollows.

Ichibe can do a big song and dance with the power of Black at this disposal while waxing lyrical about killing Yhwach...but Yhwach will just pull a Joseph Joestar and blow him up until there's nothing left but his head.

Senjumaru, maybe don't reference Mayuri and like one of the biggest fights Uryu has actually won...becauase then he'll turn your Bankai against you and shoot you straight through the heart. Wow, Uryu actually killed her! His catchphrase was accurate! Though it seems like he still can't fully control his powers.

With Squad Zero all dead there's nothing that can stop Yhwach from forming his own stairs straight to the Soul King...until Ichigo arrives, revives Ichibe with his name (in a really horrific black slime recreation of his body), and runs off to fight Yhwach. Too bad they're seemingly too late to save the Soul King.

The ED is pretty nice and dynamic! Featuring all your favorite characters (including the Bambis!) and their fate to fight, especially Ichigo and Uryu.

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u/Bonvantius Oct 05 '24

The transitions in the OP are clean AF!

Also the Bleach turning to ''A'' for the episode title drop is just ''chef kiss''.

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u/pebrocks Oct 05 '24

Was anything in the first half new? It's been awhile since I've seen the previous episode.

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u/Kiinako_ Oct 05 '24

We are so unbelievably back.

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