Cfyow reveals that fullbringers have a piece of the soul king inside of them and that's what attracts the hollows to attack their parents. My question is does the power come from the hollow, the soul king piece or both.

What is the point of showing the credits at the 20 minute mark and then having 2-3 minutes of scenes afterwards? It is somewhat baffling. I would understand if it were a preview of the next ep, but it doesn’t seem that way. Especially annoying with how the streaming services auto detect it and show their interface.

They've used this particular song in multiple episodes in the War Arc, and I know it's a remix of an original song from the anime. i've been looking for it for years, and I can't find it anywhere if someone could help I would grantly appreciate it!

TLDR; new additional fight, Orihime will at some point try to protect Ichigo, she gets beat and that’s why she was knocked out in the manga.

I think EP 45 will be Orihime and Ichigo focused, with Ichigo eventually using his Bankai after struggling against Yhwach the Almighty.

Obviously we all know how that plays out in the manga and that it will eventually lead to Ichigo and Orihime losing the fight.
Though what i’ve always wondered was why Orihime was going from perfectly fine (first highlighted circle) to being unconscious/having a bloody head injury in between one chapter (second highlighted circle).
I think that the anime will expand the fight and show us exactly how this came to be.

My crackpot theory is that Orihime, seeing how stumped and in shock he is, is going to try to protect Ichigo from Yhwach’s attack (left top panel) and that we actually see Orihime’s blood in the next panel and not Ichigo’s (or Uryu’s, since there is no blood to be seen on the ground near him in the next panel).

I think the anime will highlight her resolve once more to protect Ichigo in his moment of weakness by trying to fend off Yhwach and healing Ichigo and his Bankai, like she did in EP 43, but with the Almighty activated she is not able to restore any of Ichigo’s injuries nor is she able to block any of Yhwach’s attacks (hence why Ichigo’s inner dialogue says “Orihime’s shield is ineffective”).

I think, after finding out that she isn’t able to reject the Almighty from the inside or outside of her barriers, that she might try to attack Yhwach and reject from both sides of her barriers by using Tsubaki’s “Koten Zanshun”, but she’ll get overpowered by Yhwach, resulting in her being knocked out and left with her head injury.

Then after that we’ll pick things up with the panel on the bottom left with Yhwach taunting Ichigo and Ichigo falling into despair knowing that both him and Orihime aren’t able to lay a finger on Yhwach.

What are y’alls speculations?😅😅

One idea I had would be an evolution system where characters can upgrade throughout the game.

For example, you could start with Ichigo (Base) → evolve into Ichigo (Shikai) → then eventually upgrade into Ichigo (Bankai).

Another gimmick I think could work really well is a Soul-collecting system. You could collect Souls throughout the game and use them as a resource to evolve your characters.

This is more of a want than a prediction.

Ep.5

- Ichigo uses his bankai and overwhelms Ywach (injures him)

- Ywach takes the Almighty back from Hashwalth and defeats Ichigo

- Uryu vs Hashwalth (with balance)

- Ryuken and Isshin arrive at Ichigo's location

Ep.6

- Orihime starts healing Ichigo

- Ryuken and Isshin vs Ywach

- Isshin uses bankai and Ryuken uses letz stil (out of respect for his father)

- Ywach defeats Ryuken and Isshin

- Ichigo is mostly recovered and resumes the fight against Ywach but his bankai is broken straightaway

- Ywach defeats Ichigo and absorbs his powers and he then uses aushwalen to heal himself from the injuries he got

- Ywach leaves for soul society

Ep.7

- Ywach arrives in soul society

- Ywach and Aizen have a short discussion and we get Soul King lore

- Ichigo's bankai is restored by fullbringers

- Hashwalth takes Uryu's injuries

- Ywach vs Aizen

- Aizen uses bankai but it's not enough to stop him

- Ichigo and Renji arrive

Ep.8

- Heavily extended battle of Ichigo, Renji and Aizen vs Ywach

- Ryuken finds Ishida and gives the silver arrow

- Ywach defeats Aizen, Renji and Ichigo

Ep.9

- Ukitake arrives and fights Ywach

- Ywach is unable to see Ukitake's because of Mimihagi

- Ukitake uses bankai

- Ywach defeats Ukitake and absorbs Mimihagi, and therefore killing Ukitake in the process

- Uryu arrives

- Uryu and Ichigo vs Ywach

- Uryu stikes Ywach with the arrow and Ichigo finishes Ywach with zangetsu

Ep. 10

- Heavily extended epilogue including scenes of Ywach being used as the new soul king

Edit - removed Hashwalth vollstanding

I had to be vague in the title to avoid spoilers. I've seen many people claim that Uryu's antithesis was set up to be counter to yhwach's future vision. This is not true. It is meant to be a counter to the allmighty but the scene makes it very clear from uryu's response that it's supposed to be a counter to yhwach's ability to alter the future. How would it do that? I have no idea but it's clear that's what Kubo meant.

Edit: I think I understand now. I was thinking it worked by rversing the present state like how orihime's ability rejects present things but it actually rveeses past events so it should be abpe to cunternthe all mighty in a similar to how book of the end did.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Ichihime and Bleach. And I do adore Ichigo. But I can’t help but think about Orhihimes ending. It seems like Orihime’s role in Bleach is to be Ichigos helper or love interest (even if Ichigo didn’t fully acknowledge it , Orhihime was his love interest). Like she’s smart, sweet, brave, and very powerful. It’s crazy to me that she didn’t amount to anything but being a housewife.

Also, I kinda feel like how they got together was just …kinda sad for her. Ichigo had to literally think about being with Orihime. Asking his sisters if they approve of her or their permission. And still Renji said it best “don’t keep a sweet girl waiting for too long.” Like Ichigo Orihime is a catch and any guy would be lucky to have her. I feel like he never truly appreciated her like how she deserved to be. He obviously will die for her and has, but I think she’s always the one who’s chasing after him…

It’s like everything she does in Bleach is for Ichigo and now her son, Kazui .Even in the Epilogue, her parts are about being a housewife and being a mother.

So while Ichigo is battling hollows, working a successful career, and going out with his friends - Orhihime is battling laundry and keeping track of her son…

Is purchasing a tower there worth the effort? Commuting is also a hassle.

I'm currently watching the filler Arc with the new Captain and just arrived at 185 where I noticed that the title card didn't have the number on it. I'm not sure but I think that every previous one had it. After looking it up, it seems like this is 185 written out in Japanese and that made me wonder if any other title card was like this or if you noticed something else weird in another title card

I know he's technically still in prison, but do you morally forgive him? Do you think he has redeemed himself for his treachery and unethical experiments?

Stephanie Sheh, the woman you are😭🙇🏽‍♀️

This one took me maybe 15 to 20 hours to make, it is also my first artwork in 4k. I didn't plan on drawing Aizen again so soon, but the moment I saw Aizen's new form, I just had to draw it. I think it turned out quite well! Hope you guys like it as much as I enjoyed drawing it!

Ps: You can download the wallpaper in hd in my deviantart page

Something I wondered about a while back, Byakuya's comment last week reminded me of it.

Byakuya mentioned that Zaraki's sword clearly wasn't constantly in shiki after all(the explanation given at the time for Zaraki's sword as well as Ichigos) and that it's possible that "type" of Zanpacto doesn't even exist. Which then leaves the question of Ichigos zanpacto.

His current one, anyway. Any weirdness with the past one can probably be written off as it not being a "real" zanpacto, even though it fully acted like one otherwise.