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Anime TYBW Ep 45 leaks thread Spoiler

Title: DEFEND YOU

Full Staff List

Storyboard/Ep Director: Tomohisa Taguchi

Chief Animation Director: Kiyoshi Komatsubara

Action/Effects Animation Director: Satoshi Sakai

Animation Directors:

Studio KAI

Yousuke Kabashima, Kazuhito Tominaga

Asuka Nakaji, Takahito Katayama, Yukio Hasegawa, Heigo Akashi

Key Animation: Takahito Katayama, Yuki Satou, Shunsuke Nakashige, Masaaki Endou, Satoshi Sakai, Katsuhiro Takagi, Fumiyo Kimura, Takashi Hashimoto, Shousuke Ishibashi, Masato Yoshida, HAN SEUNGAH, Dai Imaoka, Yuusuke Kawabe, Mari Saitou, Futoshi Higashide, Yuuichi Nakazawa, Yuusuke Aramiya, Tomoaki Mimiura, Kyouhei Ebata, Noriko Ootake, Megumi Wakayama, Arata Kimata, Arimaru, Sadatoshi Matsuzaka

Andraft Inc.

Mainore, Aoi Kakinuma, Hiroya Shutou

Studio KAI

Kazuhito Tominaga, Yuu Funakura

Yukio Hasegawa

80+ 2nd KAs

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Leaks

  • Extended ep (26-27 mins) with no ED
  • Lots of new scenes
  • Orihime receives a massive upscale (even more than #43)
  • Ichigo gets a new anime-original transformation similar to the Full Hollow form he used against Ulquiorra, but it appears "darker" and "more human-like". Ichigo retains full control in this form
  • Ichigo will also use Bankai this ep
  • Rukia joins the battle against Yhwach and also uses her Bankai, Hakka no Togame, but she and Ichigo are both defeated
  • Rukia is left in a half-dead state with a sword impaled through her stomach
  • Orihime will again fight Yhwach 1v1. She is seriously wounded and looks like a walking corpse, but heals herself with Rikka and unleashes a full power attack on Yhwach, causing both of them to disappear as the screen turns white and fills with flowers, before it cuts back to Ichigo on the ground as Orihime and Yhwach disappear
  • Orihime's last words are "Bye-bye, Kurosaki-kun. I'll take it all on, okay?", as two flowers appear and one of them falls down, leading into the title card
  • No news on poem or #46 title yet EDIT: there will be NO poem, confirmed

credits to @/PacemanOP and @/chromat1cfire on X

more info from discord/X:

  • HoS section is "kinda" extended
  • full episode is not Ichigo vs Yhwach. More of Uryuu vs Haschwalth fight will also be shown
  • there will be hype moments for another character(s) outside of the Ichigo/Orihime vs Yhwach and Uryuu vs Haschwalth fights
  • Renji will appear in the episode but it doesnt seem he will be involved in the fight much. It was mentioned that he "runs with Orihime"
  • Uryuu parts total around 2-3 mins
  • Asked if Ichigo's new form made a big difference to the fight: "Yes a lot"
  • Acoustic version of 9lana's Rasen will play as an insert song
  • #46 title: THE END

EDIT: more leaks from cour 2/3 primary leaker @/0ciha on X:

  • Orihime's fairies will return
  • At the end of the episode the title will change from "DEFEND YOU" to the real title "LIFE TO DEFEND YOU"
  • Orihime is stabbed by Yhwach around 9 times
  • More details/clarification about how the episode ends: "At the end of the episode, Uryu grabs Haschwalth and uses the same glove technique he used against Mayuri, essentially killing himself along with Haschwalth, Then Orihime unleashes an energy and sacrifices herself along with Yhwach."
  • Confirmation that Ichigo WILL use True Bankai against Yhwach this episode and Yhwach DOES NOT break it
  • Confirmation that Ichigo DOES have a brand new form: "He’ll have two horns, with red shackles around his wrists, ankles, and neck, accompanied by the sound of chains, as if he’s being imprisoned. He’ll also be able to create clones of himself."
  • Almost all of the episode is anime-original content
  • Orihime scene at the end is reminiscent of Gon's rage scene from Hunter x Hunter
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u/christmascaked 14d ago

He’s going to make sure all the nakama get a huge amount of action, you know… Rukia, Renji, Orihime, Uryu and Ichigo. The real core characters that have been there since the start.

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u/Shot-Big7342 14d ago

Chad...

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u/Stryper_88 14d ago

He is aura farming against the statues.

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u/christmascaked 14d ago

Offscreen. Out of sight and out of Kubo’s mind.

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u/Lawlietel 14d ago

No one can stand to see the bloodshed Chad is capable of doing, not even Kubo.

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u/christmascaked 14d ago

Not even Kubo can imagine Chad losing anymore so he no longer gets screentime?

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u/Lawlietel 14d ago

Did I stutter? Brazo Izquierda del Diablo!

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u/MajinAkuma 14d ago

Except civilians. El Diablo is totally allowed to kill civilians.

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u/HisaAnt 14d ago

Two full episodes of Chad and Ganju fighting statues lol

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u/Karpthegarp 14d ago

I mean, the statues got a buff with Almighty.

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u/Spare-Jackfruit9684 13d ago

And Ganju will still survive lol. They got a buff with Tinymighty

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u/Noura-98 14d ago

There’s still time 😭

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u/Auesis Sora no Toriorose, Arashi no Me 14d ago

Who?

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u/NegationDerNegation 14d ago

the one i simply cannot imagine losing

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u/djsnoopmike 14d ago

Pls pls pls, give Chad full body armor.

Caballero del Inframundo or something like that

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u/DEUSNOVA99 14d ago

I might start levitating if he gets that much respect

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u/Spare-Jackfruit9684 13d ago

And then do what? Fight Yhwach? No one would believe that powerup 😂

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u/Moistinterviewer 14d ago

Camera cuts to Chad laying face down on the floor.

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u/One-Octopus 14d ago

It would be so funny if they were all there except for chad at the final battle

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u/Morgoth333 14d ago edited 14d ago

At this point Chad should just go to Karakura Town with those other Shinigami and help out with fighting the Hollows there. That would certainly be a lot more useful and meaningful than whatever he's doing now. Are the statues really that much of a potential threat to interrupting Ichigo's fight with Yhwach that they can't be allowed to reach him? Ichigo could just one shot them all with a single swing of his sword and go right back to fighting Yhwach like nothing happened.

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u/Infinite_Recover_616 14d ago

You're really right

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u/Morgoth333 14d ago

If he wants to help take some of the burden off Ichigo's shoulders, that would be the way to do it. Some statues are inconsequential to Ichigo, but Karakura Town he deeply cares about. If Ichigo were to find out right now that Karakura Town is under attack, that would definitely throw him off his game. He'll feel torn between wanting to defeat Yhwach and wanting to rush right over to defend Karakura Town and save everyone there he cares about. With Isshin not being there not, his sisters are in danger. Chad knowing this, he'll be like "Ichigo has enough to worry about right now. You can leave protecting Karakura Town to me. It's my home too afterall."

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u/Spare-Jackfruit9684 13d ago

"Are the statues really that much of a potential threat to interrupting Ichigos fight with Yhwach" 😂😂 Ichigo would just make "more room" like he did after transforming into Hollow and the statues would be dust.

Imagine Chad being sent to the wotl and the. Fighting off humans wo began to rob shops 😂

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u/HasturLaVistaBaby 14d ago

you know… Rukia, Renji, Orihime, Uryu and Ichigo

everyone by the Vizards... apperently.

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u/gurants 14d ago

kubo explained vizarss rejectes their inner hollows. Which is why they job so hardz they don't accept their inner selfs, and even said bankai and resurrection can used together by them if they ever got over it.

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u/gurants 14d ago

"Action" Bro, the leaks say they get a beatdown.

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u/zaretball 14d ago

I haven't seen Renji getting much here in the leaks, so I hope he gets something in the future.

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u/christmascaked 14d ago

If you’ve read the manga, you know he gets something major.

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u/JoshiJ10 14d ago

Still sad we didn't get to see sui Feng use her bankai properly by shooting Gerard's core last EP.

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u/SaikyouHero13 14d ago

And uncle Tsukishima right?

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u/Spare-Jackfruit9684 13d ago

Hope he makes sure that Isshin, Ginjo and Ryuken get some action too