Here's a roundup of fan reactions to BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity #42.
Ngl, watching Urahara finally bust out his Bankai after years of waiting felt completely surreal, and the sheer amount of 200IQ prep-time chess playing this episode was just top-tier Bleach.
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Urahara's Bankai finally dropped against Askin and it's so freakin eerie!! The way it plays on his absurd amount of prep time rather than just raw power is peak Kisuke lol
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Bro, that callback to Urahara explaining Quincies having zero "antibodies" against Hollows earlier in the season was so genius. Using hollow poison against Askin's poison adaptation is just 1000iq tbh
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Wait, what even is Haschwalth's Almighty ability rn?? Yhwach ain't even fully awake yet, right?! But he's got the Reio eye so he should be… why are they sharing it?! Im so lost 😂
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The ED with Orihime is gorgeous, but that back-to-back shot of Renji and Rukia hits diff after remembering how Renji stopped Ichigo in Hueco Mundo cuz caring about safety in a war is an insult to warriors. He was lowkey worried sick tho haha
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YOOOOO SHIRO-CHAN IS BACK IN ACTION??? Are we finally getting to see his true adult form or at least the lead-up to it?! Way too soon, LFG!!
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Yhwach acting all wholesome dad-like and then immediately sounding like the absolute worst gaslighting parent is hilarious. Bro really thought that speech was gonna work lmao
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Wait, so Hasch vs Ishida is happening in an earlier time zone than Ichigo vs Yhwach since Yhwach is already awake? Timey-wimey stuff fr
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"People who use harsh words look insecure, right? I like to stay chill. So I'll say it: there's no escaping this toxic zone."
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"I didn't say it was impossible to break *in*. So I made a path to hop right in from outside. Thanks for the assist, Grimmjow."
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Hearing Miki-shin's voice say "Bankai"… I've waited an actual decade for this. Knew he had one since day one, and it's finally here in the final stretch!
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Episode flew by as usual. Askin's still a vibe and Yhwach is mad creepy. Also I keep getting distracted by Orihime during the fight scenes ngl
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And it's over already… time flies fr. But today was an absolute banger! Urahara's Bankai, Kannonbiraki Benihime Aratame… so damn good…
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"It's all pinkish… warm, gentle, lighting up everything to protect us. That's why I decided, Kurosaki-kun, I…"
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Wait, changing 48 times a second means it just loops through 48 patterns?? Not infinitely generating new ones??
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Grandpa Yhwach out here like "Will it come from the left, or the right? Let's wait and see" (bro sounds like he's dropping a cheesy pop song intro)
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In the manga, the scene just cuts to Ishida all battered, so basically all of Ishida vs Jugram right now is anime-original content, we eating good fr
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Kinda giving me Mayuri vs Nemu vibes from last season. Well, this one's way more cursed… I mean, Mayuri is pretty cursed too tho lol
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THE QUOTE OF THE CENTURY HAS ARRIVED: "This is a war. You die if you lose. Doing everything you can not to die is just basic common sense."
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Still wild that we're dealing with a non-final-boss lackey who takes the whole squad to beat and there's *still* more after this lol
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The one thing I wanted most in TYBW was Urahara's Bankai. So endlessly grateful to finally see it animated with Miki-shin's voice!!
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LET'S FREAKIN GOOOOOO!! Watching Urahara's combat style animated is just so slick and trippy!!
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Don't even remember Haschwalth having the Almighty like that… bro looks way too cool. Also, Toshiro episode next week?! Way too early, can't wait!!
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The reality-rewriting power is broken af, but did he really just heal himself and punch a hole in the barrier? Can't he rewrite the poison itself?
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"Guess I'm in a pinch… you're really out here trying to kill me, huh. Oh well. Bankai: Kannonbiraki Benihime Aratame."
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Aside from Urahara styling on everyone, the Askin fight was pretty much manga-accurate. Guess Nel's screentime really ends here huh
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"Through that door, yup. 2-on-1… might be kinda cheap, but I'll leave defense to you. You got this, Inoue?" "Yes!"
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"You… figured all that out?" "Nah, of course not. Just said it might come in handy."
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Getting your body parts instantly destroyed is so unfair bruh. Askin's defense is insane, but his offense is lowkey cracked too
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Locking away his own ability only for the seal to break when he kicks the bucket is peak Askin behavior ngl
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Kannonbiraki Benihime Aratame is all about tricky setups rather than an instant-kill blast, so Urahara just has to raw-dog the finish line and that's kinda cute lol
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Haschwalth dropping "What do you think you know about me?" feels like a lowkey meta callout to the manga readers 😂
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"Doing everything you can not to die is just basic common sense" — absolute gigachad mindset from the king of prep time
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Hearing Yuki Matsuoka voice "Finally… finally, I can fight alongside Kurosaki-kun and protect him" hit right in the feels fr
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"My loyalty is about double that of a Pomeranian" Askin's dialogue is just top tier, no cap
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If the poison breaks you, just rewrite everything that got broken. Fighting bullshit with bullshit is the only way to go ~
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"Guess this is it. Sorry I had to leave the rest to you, Kurosaki-san, Kuchiki-san, everyone…"
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Yoruichi's opponent looks like a literal alien after just one week lmao wtf is that design
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Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez is easily top 3 names you just gotta say out loud in full every single time
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Nel spotting that tiny stitch is insane, but the fact Urahara prepped it beforehand is even crazier lmao
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Bro playing the unsolicited dad card is the worst. Not like Isshin is a deadbeat or anything, makes it extra awkward.
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"And I'm telling you right now—you're never escaping this Gift Badhere."
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Never thought of Kisuke as a close-combat guy, but seeing him move like that makes him 100x cooler!!
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Yhwach using Auswählen on Haschwalth and Gerard literally did zero things lmao classic
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"Come on, please spare me. You're really gonna crank the concentration of this deadly poison ball even higher?"
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Nak Le Vaar pushing the prep-god Urahara this far just shows how much of a menace he is!
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Opening with Orihime's flashback and finally getting that line about standing next to Ichigo hits so damn hard…
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Gift Ring is basically just a pocket nuclear option reserved for the absolute worst enemies lol
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Asking "What do you think you know about me?" — is he talking directly to us manga readers rn??
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"What're you looking at, Orihime?" "Hmm… this flower kinda looks like Kurosaki-kun…"
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"Kisuke Urahara, you're a smart guy. You've got that look like you've seen everything in the world."
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"If you wanna see things nobody's ever laid eyes on, you gotta do it yourself. That's what science is all about."
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Being able to use any touched space as solid footing is super busted for this kind of arena lmao
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Killing the caster doesn't stop the spell, in fact it makes it go completely wild. Total trash game design!!
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Askin is genuinely such a great character. Not even calling it fatal at the very end is pure perfection.
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Even when Urahara has zero room to run, he's always got an escape route ready. That's just Kisuke for you.
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A thousand preps, and if even one works, it's a win. Leaving literally zero possibilities off the table.
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What a slippery guy, Kisuke Urahara. Neutralized the poison and now it's just hands?
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Keeping up that goofy, letting-his-guard-down act the whole time is probably part of the prep work too…
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How does Orihime even keep her sanity with both Ichigo and Yhwach in the same vicinity lmao
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The Almighty mixed with the Reio's prime lineage powers is just a straight-up "what am I even looking at" moment
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The vibes are immaculate. Feels like a true dual-protagonist finale with Ichigo and Uryu.
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Bro's heart gets crushed and he's still chatting like it's nothing, you're an absolute freak of nature too, Askin
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Characters voiced by Miki-shin are always absolute psychopaths whether they're good or bad 💀
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Orihime is way too cute. Her being head-over-heels for Ichigo is pure religion, bless her.
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Urahara's logic is 100% sound, but it's also terrifyingly ruthless. Classic Kisuke.
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Askin is ridiculously stubborn, but dropping that final nuke attack was a real boss move.
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Askin's drip and style points are completely maxed out right until his very last breath fr
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I deadass cried in the theater seeing Ichigo and Orihime roll up to the scene together back then~
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Saying it so casually, but the fact that Askin can actually *do* that is abnormal af
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B-but everyone in this series loves to just monologue and explain their whole kit so we good… right?!
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More than a clash of raw power, it's the classic "I pull out my secret counter-ability now" duel we all love.
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Gasping for air rn… this episode was way too damn hype omg…………….
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The cockroach-level endurance of Askin finally logs out. Such a phenomenal character, RIP
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That bearded old guy trying to pull the "I'm your dad" card is gross (even if Ichigo's actual dad has a beard too)
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Haschwalth actually saying "Uryu Ishida" in full just hits different, love that delivery
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Thought Karakura First High was some super fancy place, turns out it's just a field trip lol
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"Rude much? My loyalty is at least double that of a Pomeranian."
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Looking at it again, Nak Le Vaar's outfit is kinda spicy ngl 😳
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Urahara: "As if I'd ever say something like that" ↑ Absolute gigabrain move
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Using stitch marks as literal rails for parkour in mid-air is the slickest shit ever
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Grimmjow just randomly crashing into the most lethal death ball ever lmao classic wildcat behavior.
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Kisuke Urahara, you seriously owe Rukia a massive apology for this one ngl
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The whole master plan is to make *him* take down the Majesty since he doesn't have the Almighty. Big brain play.
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Why is this man tap-dancing on Ichigo's absolute last nerve like that. Truly a menace
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Urahara's Bankai is terrifying… you literally never want this man as your enemy fr…
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Bro literally said "no harsh words," but then drops an inescapable domain anyway lol
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Rewriting… nah, bro is literally just playing surgeon and sewing reality back together wtf
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The kinda trashy bucket hat guy who's too proud to apologize unless nobody's looking lol
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FINALLY. FINALLY… I can finally fight and protect Kurosaki-kun!
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The feeling's mutual, Yhwach-san. We've been waiting for this exact moment.