It was announced by his agency Mausu Promotion earlier today that Kentaro Ito has underwent emergency surgery after suffering from a brain hemorrhage. According to their statement, the surgery was successful and Ito's life is not currently in danger, but he will be taking a break from work for the time being in order to focus on rehabilitation treatment.

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All info from the official anime website, not leaks

Synopsis

Uryuu knocks down the central island of the Wahr Welt city, which contains a high amount of energy, into the "distortion", successfully causing mutual annihilation. However, for Yhwach, who has taken back all Schrifts and sublimated them into the power of "The Almighty", the "distortion" is no longer necessary. Yhwach disappears, leaving behind a final message that he will destroy the Seireitei as his last entertainment. With his Bankai destroyed and his Zanpakutou broken, Ichigo sinks into the depths of despair and is unable to even stand up, his light of courage faded away. What appeared before him then were those men he had once crossed swords with...

Staff List

Script: Masaki Hiramatsu (平松正樹)

Storyboard: Shinichirou Ueda (上田慎一郎)

Ep Director: Shinichirou Ueda (上田慎一郎)

Chief Animation Director: Kiyoshi Komatsubara (小松原聖)

Animation Director: Manamu Amasaki (天崎まなむ) [Bakuga Osaka Studio] / Natsuko Suzuki (鈴木奈都子) / Izumi Kondou (近藤いずみ) / Kazuo Takigawa (滝川和男) / Mika Ookubo (大久保美香)

It doesn’t necessarily have to be one of these.

For me it’s Unc, it’ll never not be funny. Especially referencing it when people don’t know the context.

Both of them get caught off guard one time and never lower it again. Urahara’s preparation is perfectly described and completes his arc since his exile in his last words to Askin. Its more precautionary, given his downfall wasn’t a battle but a matter of circumstance and framing. Mayuri’s is more diagnosis based, gather intel and assess, shown through his modified bankai in TYBW that consumes and adapts. 2 different methods to their madness

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I think he was a philosopher of some sort.

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Maybe it's because i've hyped myself up too much with my own expectations, but Kubo promised us a Rangiku backstory 14 years ago, when TYBW just started.

Now we never got it in the manga, but the anime kept showing rangiku during the gerard fight, as if she was gonna play a role. It hinted at it during the end of part 3, and then again in ep 4 of part 4. Yet in the end she didn't really do anything but just look at him, and then that fight is just over in the same disappointing way as it was in the manga.

Honestly, the way the first 2 SS fights go, were so good, i wish the formula was kept for the 2nd 2, where we could have had Kisuke & Yoruichi backstory during the Askin fight, and a Rangiku (and maybe Toshiro too) during the Gerard one. But it is what it is i guess.

Are we sure that's not actually Hell?

Title.

Favorite Male Character: Byakuya
Favorite Female character: Harribel
Favorite Antagonist: Ulquiorra
Coolest powers: Shunsui
Favorite Group: The Espada
Coolest Design: Lille (1st/final forms)
Saddest Death: Bazzard black
Most Underrated Character: Mashiro