Audience reviews
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Aan1m
THE BEST cour of TYBW by a mile - absolutely incredible all throughout - the battles with each sternritter was absolutely incredible and had me at the edge of my seat - the bankai reveals this season were top notch and defo lived up to expectation after all of the anticipation - the story of Ishida being a double agent and switching sides and the reason for it was really intriguing - the animation was at its best compared to the previous seasons and for the most part the season was straight up fists - the anime expanding over Jugram and ishidas confrontations and expanding on many other things that felt quite rushed in the manga is such a great sight to see - this arc is truly incredible and so clear of the manga it’s laughable
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Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War part 3 continues to be one of, if not the most consistently high-quality Shounen Jump adaptation of recent memory. The creativity of bankai powers is reaching peaks I could have never predicted, even if I didn’t fully understand some of them, Tomohisa Taguchi’s signature mono- and di-chromatic color schemes give this arc a distinct and iconic visual presence, and the action set pieces are just damn incredible. I don’t even mind most of the obvious CG assets because they just look really cool, and the more explicit and graphic nature of the fights tickles that primal part of my brain that enjoys a well-earned splatter kill. Adding Shiro Sagisu’s hype-beyond-all-reason soundtrack on top of it all gives the series the drive it needs to push the intensity over t…
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one thing i love about this arc the most is the quality and art style, its the best I've seen in the most animes I've watched.
id like to categorize this specific arc as the sasunaru arc of bleach xD
its like how when sasuke ran away from konoha and naruto was insistent on getting him back, its the same thing going on here which brings back so many memories and feelings, but unlike naruto its not the primal focus and normally you'd find me complaining about that because i love my ships but it was just so intriguing and the pacing was so good, not a single boring episode !
the fights were so PEAK and EMOTIONAL LIKE AAAAA, BUT MY BIGGEST COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SHOW IS EPIDOSE 12 HOLY RAGEBAIT
why did they only give bazzB and jugram 1 fucking episode and not even expand on their relationship, AN…
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Honestly, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War is disappointing. The bankai theft was just a cheap trick to weaken the captains; it was one of the most disappointing parts. Yamamoto's death, for example. A legendary character, the most powerful and respected captain in Soul Society, pitted against a clone, is extremely disappointing.
And Grimmjow was also sidelined. He returns with all the expectations of finally having an important role, but he only shows up to get beaten and sidelined. It's disappointing.
In the end, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War seems to have forgotten what made its characters special. Instead of giving them memorable, well-developed moments, the anime rushes to show beautiful fights, but without any real emotion. Yamamoto, Unohana, and Grimmjow deserved much more than t…
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Bleach has changed, changed for the worst. This is one of the worst seasons of Bleach I've ever watched.
There's not a single thing good about this. The animation? puke color and too flashy. The Music? Forgettable, a serious crime because one of the best aspects of Bleach anime was the iconic music. The plot? lol. The characters? Horriblly written. The Fights? Terrible like the manga. They added new ones that are Uryu centric, but no one cares about him or his awfully defined motives. What a waste of screentime for someone so boring and useless.
Who ever was in charge of this needs to be fired. Bad fights and overly focus on stale unpopular characters is a recipe for disaster. I see why this fell down the ranks and no one is talking about it.
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Overall 8/10.
Compared to the other two parts, this one felt like a bunch of battles with no ending. At times i felt myself skipping 10 seconds because of how slow paced it was and how being 'dead' wasn't the end and it really felt tedious to watch at times. I get it, it's a shounen, but the pace felt so off and the battles were just a bunch of X does this, X retialties, but wait, X has special power etc.. just a bunch of back and forth. That said, the artwork is absolutely phenomenal and so is the soundtrack.
I really hope the next part follows suit of part 1 atleast in terms of pace.
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Writing and drawing manga in Japan is an extremely challenging job. With grueling schedules that border on slavery and enormous pressure from publishers to maintain their work's popularity among fans, authors face the constant risk of having their serialization canceled. Unfortunately, it's not uncommon to see manga artists suffering both physically and psychologically from these conditions. One of the most emblematic cases of this strain is that of Tite Kubo, creator of the world-famous manga Bleach.
Bleach was part of the legendary "Big 3 Shounen": a trio of manga series published simultaneously in Weekly Shonen Jump, Japan's largest manga magazine, consisting of One Piece (1997-), Naruto (1999-2017), and Bleach (2001-2016). During the 2000s, these works dominated sales in the country,…
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Remember when you were a kid, you watched a few epic shows, and then would constantly come up with "cool" ideas about epic characters and epic fights? Now you've grown up and when you look back on your younger self and those ideas you had, you cringe and try to find something to distract yourself just to forget about this and hope that nothing triggers you to recall those memories again. Unfortunately, at some point, Kubo Tite reverted to the state of this kid with "cool" ideas, resulting in this abomination.
It is exactly that: "epic" characters engaging in "epic" fights where nothing makes sense and the outcome is decided by whatever comes to Kubo's mind.
If I were to summarize the events of the "Trillion Years Unforgivable Endless Painful Reminiscence Battle", it would be as follows:…
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A sequel that really has the sauce!
The anime that brought back one of the greatest Shounen of all time and did not disappoint at all. I read the manga a long time ago but it is clear that this anime adaptation is a thousand times better than its manga version, the animation is impeccable, fluid and with beautiful lines, even the scenery has become a beautiful thing to see. Although it has been a while since I watched this season, I can clearly remember the sound quality present in this season. Bleach has always been impressive in its sound effects and here in this season it is equal, simply majestic to hear the characters activating their Quincy abilities and their Bankais. Finally, I gave it a score of 8 because it is simply wonderful to watch this, I strongly recommend it to those who…
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It was nice and the animation was good but the storyline seems a bit lengthy but overall it is good :)
I recommend watching this anime. The story is unique and there are a lot of twists and the series seems like non ending fantasy , but there are a lot of unnecessary elements also but it is nice and it`s definitely a masterpiece.
If you are watching this series then I think you enjoy it. The series is mostly fictional and and the characters are depicted very well.
They creators have put a lot of efforts into the making of the series looking forward for the 4th part of the thousand year blood war arc.
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Thousand year blood war made me bored even though it's filled to the brim with battles and events. Because every single time it's like that: look these guys are super super strong but their opponent now unlocks or reveals powerup and then these guys: oh we actually have powerup too, and it just continues oh... (no it's not "because it's shonen", i've watched a lot of shonen and it's never been this bad). It's such a cheap suspense, at some point i just couldn't care about battles anymore, in the end good guys are gonna win - that's all i need to know.
The amount of power explaining mid-fight is very high as well. Power creep is a problem, some enemies have absolutely ridiculous power that can only be countered by some other very bullshit specific power. Villain faction came out of nowhere(…
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another season and another binging gold every new season has just been so fking greatttttt......
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though ichigo has not shown much fruit from his hard work but i know he'll but in this season he was just being not very useful...
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but until than what great squad captains fight with each being un fking predictable like the previous season which just so great and consistent making the fight ever unique and investing with new attacks and ways unique to individuals creating such great characters whether good or bad....
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its good to see Uryu has'nt changed much from the old time though he has became powerful gives nostalgia...seeing older character making attendance also feels great especially the hollows they just look cool in the new animation tooo...
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i said in the past these new seasons…
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Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Conflict is part 3 of the four-part series for the Bleach sequel, and it's still amazing.
Story & Characters: There's really not a ton to expand upon with the story, and, given the landscape that we already have, that's perfectly fine. Ichigo and friends finally make it to the castle where Yhwach is standing by, and the entirely of the Soul Society needs to find a way to stop him - by any means necessary.
Something that often gets expanded upon with new characters in a final season are more backstories. That's something that happens once again with a few of the Sternritter and while the stories, particularly with Bazz-B. While these tales are solid on their own, inserting them into the main story really breaks the continuity and pacing of the series.…
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Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan is the best of the Thousand Year Blood War anime so far.
Visuals - This cour is easily the most visually impressive for this anime so far. The animation quality is excellent and rarely dips. Still frames, weird compositing, and bad cgi are present but are infrequent and brief. More talented staff has been added to the series which allows for clean and fluid animation to be present far more often than before in this anime.
Soundtrack - Bleach is well known for having awesome music. This is still the case for cour 3. The old and new songs created by Shiro Sagisu are great. The main problems for the soundtrack in this cour is that songs that have been used frequently in prior cours are used fairly often and as a manga reader, some songs did not fit m…
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TLDR: It took me 15 years to realise how much shit Bleach really is.
For a series that started off fair enough; the power creep, contrived story, inexplicable superpowers and vintage anime "I will defeat you with will power" nonsense has finally caught up to the good animation; it is terrible. Or maybe I was naive, and it was always a pig with lipstick. Was Nelliel running around with those 2 idiots not enough to warn me this show failed at trying to be funny, while being serious? Did the horny teddy bear synthetic soul not signal the incoming stupidity? Was Kenpachi and his lolicon sidekick not a red flag? Was everyone strangely idiotic Bankai not a giveaway? I could go on but that would be a retelling of the entire show. The world building created a mess of chaotic themed factions with…
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I love the fact that they brought this show back with such a high attention to detail. If you're a Bleach fan, you simply must watch this. You get to spend extra time with many of the characters that you'll forgot you missed. I think if you have not seen the original series, you will love the art, and fights, but you will be lost in the story. I recommend catching up on Bleach even via a recap before getting into this show. It does not try too hard to explain itself and just takes you through the story quickly.
The art is sublime. There's a darkness and realness to it. Very crisp animations even during movement and complicated battle exchanges. The still shots are screenshotable, and the short bursts of fighting are more than worthy of an anime amv.
The story is what it is. Not too man…
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Season 3 of the Thousand Year Blood War is the arc at its strongest so far. With every episode, the intensity builds. The anime heavily rearranges the manga, piecemealing pages and sometimes small moments from different chapters. The result is a far tighter adaptation. To add the cherry on top, the anime was given a longer production time, providing a more immersive experience. So we have a tighter adaptation with improved production. If you’re this far into the series, I have to hope you’re a Bleach fan. This is Bleach at its best.
When most people think of a good series, they don’t immediately nerd out on the production quality – the music, animation, and art. The story and the characters are always the drivers in any vehicle, and while Bleach isn’t high-literature, it’s deeper than yo…
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I really wanted this cour to succeed. The promise of new anime-original content gave me some hope that it could fix the flaws of the manga’s poorly received final arc. Unfortunately, this season couldn’t escape the problems of its source material. No amount of nostalgic callbacks, solid animation, or impressive sound design could save it. This feels like one of the most overhyped anime in recent memory. That being said, if you’re a fan of Bleach like I am, I still recommend giving it a watch—but go in with lowered expectations, or you’re bound to be disappointed.
Story/Plot: 4/10
The plot is where this cour falls apart. Just like in the manga, the story feels barebones and poorly constructed. Many characters are shoved into the narrative not because they serve a purpose, but because their…
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Bleach's Thousand Year Blood War arc had, in my opinion, a superb first cour and a bit of an underwhelming second cour. After a long wait, I was excited to see if the extra production time benefitted the season, and I also wanted to see if season 2's sacrifices ended up benefitting season 3 as many people told me it would. And it did.
==SPOILER WARNING==
Bleach's third cour has so many strengths. It has - for the most part - very good animation and detail. It's new director has incorporated a ton of versatile and unique shots that add gravitas to the individual fights. It's voice acting is, as always, superb, and its soundtrack is the best it has ever been. Most notably though, it adds a ton of new contact. We got brand new fights, none of which felt out of place or tacked on, as well as…
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The 3rd cour of Bleach TYBW nailed it again with it's cinematic animation especially on the big fights, OSTs, and anime-original content. However, the same can't be said of the pacing. Anyway, let's expound on them.
So the first half of the first episode of cour 3 started on a recap of the last episode of cour 2. Some people viewed the recap as a red flag due to production issues. Others saw it as unnecessary because Pierrot could have just started where cour 2 left off (Yhwach falling after being seemingly defeated by Ichibe), which I really agree. If I were to rectify that situation, the recap could have been reduced to the bare minimum by not showing the entirety of the fights from the last episode of cour 2 and just exhibit key points, or just pick off where cour 2 stopped.
Then arou…
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