Bleach, one of the big three mangas has finally come to an end.
You guys may not know it but I was probably one of the biggest bleach fans
out there. I do say that in past tense just because my interest in it this started
to go down after the anime came to an end. I did go ahead and keep up with
the manga every now and then every few months. I did happen to hear about all
the issues that it was having about it being rushed and then just suddenly
coming to an end. I went ahead and spent the last week or so reading the entire
thousand-year blood arc. Yeah that's about two hundred chapters about four years
of the bleach manga. The reason I wanted to do this is just because well bleach
has been a huge influence for me so I just wanted to give my closing thoughts
about the end. Let me first go ahead and give a little bit more background. I
mentioned that i was a huge bleach fan i just want to emphasize that this is
specifically about the bleach anime. i think i first started watching bleach
early on in high school
maybe a decade ago. What originally got me into bleach was actually watching naruto
on cartoon network. you guys might know how cartoon network works. they showed about
1 episode a week I couldn't wait so I just started watching Naruto online, the
subbed japanese version. Eventually you guys might know what happened i hit the
filler territory. someone back then suggested that I checkout bleach instead
and that was pretty much it. i never really looked back. at that time the soul
society arc from bleach was one of the best things I've ever seen. it was this crazy
story that involved shinigami and this kid Ichigo there was suddenly thrown in
right in the middle of all this
eventually we know what happens was Ruki.a based on what Rukia did with
helping out Ichigo she gets a death sentence. just like that we go on this
adventure was ichigo and his friends to save Rukia. I remember finding that
pretty admirable. he couldn't just let this person get executed for having
saved him and his family. anyway that was the soul society arc. I do acknowledge and am
completely aware that there's a lot of issues with bleach mostly after the soul
society arc. just to further show how much I was into bleach i think i watch the
whole bleach series at least once a year minus fillers
the funny thing about that is that most and was watching this at the gym when I
was at the University. It was a perfect way to pass an hour. at this time you
guys may know that I have graduated so it's been awhile since i seen bleach but
i still do have a lot of the bleach opening songs on my phone. i still find
them to be pretty great songs to get me in the zone when I'm doing my weight
workout at the gym. i mentioned that i spent the last week or so catching up
with about 200 chapters of bleach. even was reading all these chapters in my
head I kept on hearing the voices of these characters. and not just the voices
also the sound effects from the anime
Anyway that's ian abridged background of Bleach for me. Let's down go over my
thoughts of this whole final arc. i decided to break this into the five best
and worst things in no particular order
I went ahead and chose this format because well otherwise this video would
be a few hours-long. mostly with the worst things. Here are the best things
first let's begin with zero squad
I honestly had trouble picking out the five best things to fill this list. I
think the zero squad deserves some mention. there were some hints here and
there are about the Zero squad sprinkled around the series. we all imagined that
they had to be some big deal. when we saw them finally revealed in the manga I was
little underwhelmed
I eventually ended up warming up to them. i really enjoyed how Ichigo and Renji
had trouble around to each of their different houses every mind me back when
I was watching dragonball z over a decade ago. It's basically them getting
some training from these godlike figures, after all these guys needed to be at
their best to fight against this opposing Quincy army. i really wish we ended up
getting more of them. there just wasn't enough for me
we don't even know what became of them at the very end
next up the truth about the Kenpachi title. this was actually one of the few
developments i really like about this final arc. we found out about Kenpachi
holding this self-imposed some conscious limit to himself
it totally makes sense when you look at some of the past battles that involve
Kenpachi throughout the bleach series. Kenpachi even went further to limit him
by having that eye patch and also those bells in his hair early on
Once this secret was revealed it pretty much seems to come all
together. up next the captain commander bankai. the mystery of his bankai was
something that everyone had theories about for years. we didn't see him
busted out during the Aizen fight. this could only mean one thing it was
way too destructive. it turns out that was literally the case. Yamamoto's bankai
basically brought hell upon the soul Society
it was so overpowered to add four forms or abilities to it
unfortunately the old Captain Commander got screwed over. it was such a bullshit
way with how the captain commander died
next up another bankai or bankai upgrade i should say. i always had this feeling
that Renji you got screwed over when it came to people that had a bankai. it
eventually was like this running joke that he just had to show up in battle and
instantly going to his bankai sure
ichigo and or Toshiro too but at least those Bankais were useful, when Renji did
it it was like the opponent could just quick step away at any time. with this
final arc finally Renji got the bankai that he truly deserved. it just sucks
that we didn't get to see it too much but we did see it it was pretty
satisfying seeing Renji get that powerup he deserved
for the final best another bankai rukia's. if you had asked me about my
favorite characters in Bleach I think Rukia would be my top three
that's why i was really happy to see when Rukia finally said the word bankai
it actually didn't occur to me that she could possibly get one before bleach
ended. it was also right after she displayed that nice sword ability of
hers too. my only complaint is similar to renji's we only briefly saw it. they did
hint in this final arc that Rukia and Renji were gonna be pulling a bigger
deal in the final battle but because of that time crunch it never happened
I do remember thinking back to that panel where Tsukishima appeared at that
moment. I actually thought that was Rukia that had stabbed Ichigo in the back.
it was almost like here we go again Ichigo for a third time. it might have
been a little bit too cheesy though. I just wish we had gotten Rukia more in
action
bankai or not. at least the cherry on top for me was that Kubo actually
dedicated sometimes showing off their Rukia had become a captain
alright so now for the top five worst things in this final bleach arc. as much
as I said that I'd like the early development for zaraki kenpachi I really
didn't like that they kept on pushing it
Kenpachi was originally shown to us as this shinigami that only relied on his
own potential in fights. it was up to that point where Kenpachi couldn't even
hear his own sword
Kenpachi sword also happened to be a full-time release sword similar to
ichigo's at that time
fast-forward to the thousand-year final arc i really would have preferred that
they just remove Kenpachi's limiters and just ended it right there. i'm not
sure but strictly that Kenpachi got a shikai and later on just holy frak out
of nowhere
bankai too or just how they were used but I really didn't like this whole
situation
I mean let's go ahead and look back at it we first see Kenpachi bust out his
shikai to destroy that meteor. this is frickin Kenpachi this guy could have
destroyed that thing was his fist
onepunch-man style. as for the bankai time is pretty much just some Kenpachi devil
form. i wish that Kubo had just thought of a different reason for Kenpachi to
go into that
form. it could have been something like some form that was only accessible to
the true Kenpachi or something around those lines
despite me really disliking it by having a shikau and bankai, the more I thought
of it actually did end up liking the reveal of what Yachiru really was
sure it didn't really completely makes sense of how she was a lieutenant and
even had our own sword and shikai but whatever
next up the for elite Quincy battles and some of the new bankais. in this final arc
we got a lot of battles between the Quincy's. the most important ones
revolved around these elite qunicies. first off there was that left hand of
the Soul King that turned into quincy. again something that wasn't explained. at
the start of it was a little interesting only because it added some fuel to the
questions about what the soul King really was. just looking back at this this
probably my favorite battle just because he was up against the mad scientist. the
captain's so despicable it's hard not to love seeing him do what he does
there was also that Thor Quincy. the only slight what the frak moment with him
revealing that he was the soul King's heart, what? for the third elite Quincy we
have the sniper dude. we had this guy fighting the new captain commander. the
fight between these two started off pretty interesting
this guy was supposed to represent modern warfare, hence the sniper. the
added bonus on top is that this guy was able to pierce through anything and he
later got that immortal light form. it then just became completely stupid when
he became that evil God chicken. really Kubo, that's the best you could come
up with
finally there was the lethal dose Quincy. it was honestly mostly forgettable the
only good part was a cat Yoruichi form Urahara's bankai and the Grimmjow
cameo at the very end. I ended up having a lot of similar complaints about these
five and a lot of other battles too. a lot of these ended up being pretty long
battles. they just went on forever on and on and on, especially the thor Quincy and
a God chicken fight
I remember just thinking to myself please please stay down
fracking die already for a lot of these battles
it's also pretty hard to make out at points what the hell was going on. a lot
of these battles involving captain showing off their bankai for the first
time or just showing some the form of it. a lot of these were just quickly rushed
through and some of the bankai just seemed pretty half ass cause of this
oh yeah and also honorable mention for Byakuya who got revived. He got that
super healing at the soul palace there was all this setup to see a badass battle
with him but nope we don't got the time so screw it
sorry Byakuya. let's now talk a little bit about ichigo's new form and also that
bankai of his. before getting into this
let's see what led up to this. in the first place in the full bring arc we
saw Ichigo get an updated form for Zangetsu, both shikau and bankai form.
almost a start of this new Quincy war
Ichigo gets his sword broken. this is later than fixed by the sword zero squad
dude
yay we got ichigo with dual blades now. honestly I wasn't really a fan of this
they seem to have given Ichigo the small blade for no apparent reason. i was
waiting to see this was going to be functional in any way but nope
if they wanted to give me to go to stores they should just made them the
same siz.e now fast-forward to Ichigo facing off versus a Quincy Godfather
shinigami Quincy and hollow powers all combined. we got this at the end of
chapter 675. it was such an awesome way to end it. i was thinking alright this is
where ichigo starts kicking some old Quincy. Next chapter we even get a new
move from Ichigo. a combined Getsuga Tensho with a grand Rey Cero. as
soon as Ichigo goes into bankai, instantly sword freaking broken again. it's gone
instantly. Yhwach even screws with Ichigo even more. he breaks up his
freaking horn and chucks it back at him
I honestly felt pretty embarrassed for Ichigo. I think the only way you could
have made it worse was that he actually killed Ichigo with that horn or
just stabbed him in the stomach or something like that
now for some of the big stuff in this final arc there's the main villain you
have bak the so king and to some extent the zero squad too i think all the
three go hand-in-hand for you have bak this was as classic villain that kind of
appeared out of nowhere even stronger than aizen aight things as for the
soaking this was this entity that was mentioned every now and then throughout
the series I always pictured that soaking to be this captain commander
figure leading 2-0 squad
instead it turns out that the soaking was basically a glorified statute ya
eyes and is this what you wanted
you basically ended up getting the same thing stuck in that chair anyway the
whole deal with zero squad and the so King was never really fully explained we
only got that half-assed reason for why you haha wanted to kill it
ironically enough it seemed that he became the soaking for sure . you have
mark did mention something about the soaking being his father I'm not sure
whether those with literal or not they seem like you have walked himself was
some type of Jesus figure there was a story that the Quincy's did originate
from the soaking and hence did all have some of the so Kings power after the
time jump we don't even know what became as a soaking or the zero scored its 20
Scott alive that they were finding so King maybe they just suck eyes and his
cherrylle there it was but I didn't want it anyway he said mortal just imagining
I sit up there in his chair is pretty funny
the final one the ending relationships
I'm sorry but I gotta mention it I really hate the ending pairings i know i
know it's pretty petty but I always favored Ichigo ending up with the Rukia
it's not even that I hate or just this like Cody humor I no idea he always had
this thing for Ichigo but I never really sign working out it always seemed like a
one-sided crush anyway at least always on the enemy
there was a lot of chemistry between Rukia Ichigo it just seems like these
two would be a better fit at the very end
sure that would mean that rent you would get a little screwed over and not get
Rukia but at least for me is in that range and Rukia we're more like sister
brother at this point i also wonder what was beyond curious reaction to all is
this might have been work beyond got to lisa's full upgraded bankai if you go
ahead and open riccio that would let the region where
ishida instead he should've got left forever alone anyway I'm actually
getting pretty sad thinking about how bleach is over now
like i said earlier i really fell in love with what the enemy brought not
necessarily the manga it doesn't seem like there's much hope for the manga
being turned into an enemy at this point and then we usually falls into one of
two camps either being an advertisement for the manga or for toys and other
merchandise in the case of bleach that was mainly the manga seeing how police
got brushed and probably cancelled
I just don't see that happening what they even do with the bleach anime
anyway they could feel the bleach anime with some sort of cannon filler it then
wouldn't even serve as an accurate advertisement for the bleach manga like
i mentioned at the beginning I was such a huge bleach fan after seeing the final
arc i'm not sure i'd be to set of it didn't return after seeing what a mess
it became it's just a shame really what happened to bleach at the very end I
remember how bleach used to be described as dragon ball z with swords
it's just ironic now that bleach has ended and drinking ballsy's still
continuing
I think we could all agree that bleach deserved a lot better i know there's a
lot of people out there like to say that bleeds should have ended one size and
was sealed
I don't agree with that saying that really doesn't cover the whole issue in
the end police turn out to be a lot of great ideas just not necessarily put
together in the best way possible
let me go ahead and say a final thank you bleach for all the years of joy and
entertainment brothers so then let me know your thoughts and feelings about
bleach coming to an end or your big felt like I was did not care for you more of
a naruto fan I really don't think that anyone is happy with how the series came
to this conclusion let me also take the Sun ask you guys what you guys thought
about this review format i'm playing around right now with expanding content
for this channel in the near future
a likely be fooling around with how i do up
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