Indeed, good days. Really miss them.
Opening 13 is also superb, and it is nice there is a callback to the days when Bleach wasn't crazy powerups and fights only.
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Tite Kubo's Bleach Manga Nears Ending
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Indeed, good days. Really miss them.
Opening 13 is also superb, and it is nice there is a callback to the days when Bleach wasn't crazy powerups and fights only.
FlowersisBritish
fleurs n'est pas britannique
Ill be honest best way to end is full troll. Next chapter ends with ymwacha pulling off the mask to reveal it was aizen all along and this is the true form of his bankai ichigo. Cuts to his first encounter with aizen all the way back at soul society arc and says everything after that was a lie. Id buy that volume in a heartbeat.
MrSaturn99
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haha holy shit I just remembered this today.
I still think it's hilarious that Orihime apparently healed her three sidekicks despite that not fitting with the timeframe (or, you know, the purpose of the arc) at all.
We already had the latter happen for Aizen, and honestly, I'm expecting the same to happen here. It's going to simply fart out of existence.
Really, it'd take something like a "EVERY BATTLE YOU'VE EVER HAD WAS IN THE PALM OF MY HAND" twist to surpass Reborn, although I don't know how you could do that at the last minute.
Edit: Just read the new chapter on Viz's WSJ.
did he seriously jsut kill off his second-in-command
Kubo has literally said what he does when he has writers block is make new characters.
Nocturnowl
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All this intro talk had me refreshing my memory.
You know I think the fifth one is my favourite but the thing that's really interesting about it is that it's like looking into an alternate dimension where Bleach keeps the tone from its early days, just that the Soul Society characters join the party.
Though I'm sure the actual episode content with this opening is the beginning of the Espada stuff, talk about false advertising.
You know I think the fifth one is my favourite but the thing that's really interesting about it is that it's like looking into an alternate dimension where Bleach keeps the tone from its early days, just that the Soul Society characters join the party.
Though I'm sure the actual episode content with this opening is the beginning of the Espada stuff, talk about false advertising.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
"You and me to our sploogin'!"
zswordsman
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I personally liked this op
I wish it had all been black and white
It was cool, just before Bleach went full on tank mode.
I wish it had all been black and white
It was cool, just before Bleach went full on tank mode.
I thought Bleach had already ended, for some reason. I fell off that train long, long ago. Last I heard about it was a few years ago and it sounded like it had already become a hot mess.
I can only imagine what kind of insane power level every character is at at this point.
"You fool! My third bankai form destroys the solar system!"
Is the mad scientist captain still the best character?
I can only imagine what kind of insane power level every character is at at this point.
"You fool! My third bankai form destroys the solar system!"
Is the mad scientist captain still the best character?
Always makes me listen to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMwvOs0ABVE
Sooooooooo good.
Jeez the nostalgia, I'm tempted to go re-watch the first 2 arcs...
Nocturnowl
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I actually think the anime ended at a very good point. Yes there were some things still left unknown. Characters abilities we never got to see. Overall though I think that last arc and it's ending was good enough overall and a decent enough send off. It's assumed the characters still have adventures, battles, etc but it's a decent enough jumping off point. I felt and still feel stronger about that with every new chapter that came out after this final arc got started.
Strangely, I thought he was referring to Urahara. I almost forgot about Mayuri... though I will say his fight with Uryu is one of my favorites in the series, had actual consequences.
That'd actually be kind of amazing. But I was thinking they don't chase after him, help heal up Ichigo, and just go "Welp, that's that" and they on with their lives like normal. That'd be unbelievably awful and anticlimactic.
Yeah, exactly why I said that. And with 5 or 6 chapters it'd end up even worse there.
Monochromaticx
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Watching all of these old OPs making be like
Watching all of these old OPs making be like
They bring me a lot of nostalgia, too.
The first ever forum/online community I posted on a lot was a Bleach one back in 2006.
Yes. Thanks to Shiro Sagisu, Bleach had great tracks. In fact, my favorite ones come from Arrancar arc. La Distancia para un Duelo, Escalón, Soundscape to Ardor... So good.
Linkstrikesback
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Watching the old anime openings because of this thread.
Darn, bleach had so much potential to start with, such a shame they squandered it. Might have to dig out the early DVDs from the cupboard.
edit: And since I don't recognise the 5th opening, I must have stopped watching before than. Probably a good choice.
Darn, bleach had so much potential to start with, such a shame they squandered it. Might have to dig out the early DVDs from the cupboard.
edit: And since I don't recognise the 5th opening, I must have stopped watching before than. Probably a good choice.
The Silver
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I don't know what it is about the 1st Bleach opening but it's a pure distilled nostalgia bomb, hits me hard for some reason.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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I personally love the second ending a lot :x
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU4I-COZ9FA&ab_channel=RainbowPieLover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU4I-COZ9FA&ab_channel=RainbowPieLover
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
I love Houki Boshi because it was individualized for each squad, and different every time.
Squad 3 version
All versions
Squad 3 version
All versions
I know the Naruto manga just ended and I'm planning to watch it now since the anime will end soonish.
similarly, is the Bleach anime too far away from the manga? Like if the manga is expected to end next month, how far behind is the anime from manga? Will it end next year?
I just....want to wrap it up. Started it back in university in 2004. Gawd the OP vids hit me hard.
Any comprehensive place where it just lists which fillers to ignore?
similarly, is the Bleach anime too far away from the manga? Like if the manga is expected to end next month, how far behind is the anime from manga? Will it end next year?
I just....want to wrap it up. Started it back in university in 2004. Gawd the OP vids hit me hard.
Any comprehensive place where it just lists which fillers to ignore?
The Soul Society arc was the perfect shonen arc: Amazing plot and intrigue, great characters round each corner with very good interactions, fantastic battles...
This was 10 years ago. How did they manage to make such good premise fall into irrelevance?
I'm sad to see these series go after all the entertainment it provide, even if it was for a short time. The first three openings and Houki Boshi trigger the feels.
This was 10 years ago. How did they manage to make such good premise fall into irrelevance?
I'm sad to see these series go after all the entertainment it provide, even if it was for a short time. The first three openings and Houki Boshi trigger the feels.
Yui's Life always gets to me. I think this was the anime that propelled Yui to my ears.
Bleach anime quit trying to keep up. Unless they announced a new season I don't know about.
Linkstrikesback
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The bleach anime got cancelled a long time ago and probably isn't coming back.
Ouch!
Double ouch!!
Man this hurts! I really prefer anime to manga and would have loved seeing it come to a visually spectacular end on TV. Damn that's a shame.
TheSpoiler
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Bleach isn't ending in a few chapters. There's a Reddit post explaining that the whole thing got blown outta proportion in regards to ending in a handful of chapters.
But it is ending. It is in the final arc, after all.
But it is ending. It is in the final arc, after all.
*Laughs maniacally*
Edit: The Bleach anime ended after the Fullbringers arc. No word if there is even interest to adapt the final arc.
Author said Bleach ends with Volume 74 and considering 73 was just released it definitely puts a limit on what's left. Unless I misinterpreted news somewhere.
Slayer-33
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Shit didn't make sense (lol)
Basically.
I just checked that Reddit post, and it seems to be doing some mental gymnastics to reach how the announcement at the end of volume 73 doesn't actually say that volume 74 is "The Final Volume" but instead "The Final Volumes" in Japanese.
I mean, it's all very sudden, and maybe there going to be more like moving to a different magazine or something, but it is a stretch to say that the publisher is intentionally lying about when the manga is going to end for no apparent reason.
theSlacker
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This is a similar situation to Naruto for me. I am never going to go back to the series and catch up on all I missed, but it would still make me happy in a weird nostalgia way to hear that that is how it ended up.
The entirety of Assassination Classroom (Manga + Anime) began and ended since Bleach started ending.
Being the final arc has stopped to be a factor in pin pointing bleachs ending for a long time
I know why I stopped, too many useless filler arcs because of the manga's glacial pacing. I've never seen someone so determined to not advance the plot before.
Have you heard of our lord and savior Naruto Shippuden?
Manga ended two years ago and they are still in the final arc.
Tizoc
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2 years? You sure it wasnt 1 year ago >_>Have you heard of our lord and savior Naruto Shippuden?
November 10th 2014.
So almost 2 years, but still the anime is dragging its feet refusing to end.
Ganzlinger
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Bleach had my favorite openings and endings. Fantastic songs.
The 'Thousand Year Blood War' Arc has some decent moments. I mean 95% of the 'hyped' reveals that people were waiting for have happened. Some were bad, others were pretty cool.
The writing overall though is just an endless series of Kubo-Tite-Brand retcons and ass-pulls. Nothing really makes much sense at all. The logic behind character motivations and powerups have been increasingly contrived and ridiculous, to the point where they're virtually self-parody.
The writing has been on the wall for the ending happening for a while, but I will say I'm glad it's soon. The manga has definitely run its course. I do hope he at least tries to wrap things up with some closure on character arcs though. It would be very Kubo to not bother, but I hope he has enough pride in the work to do at least that.
The writing overall though is just an endless series of Kubo-Tite-Brand retcons and ass-pulls. Nothing really makes much sense at all. The logic behind character motivations and powerups have been increasingly contrived and ridiculous, to the point where they're virtually self-parody.
The writing has been on the wall for the ending happening for a while, but I will say I'm glad it's soon. The manga has definitely run its course. I do hope he at least tries to wrap things up with some closure on character arcs though. It would be very Kubo to not bother, but I hope he has enough pride in the work to do at least that.
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