Enzo’s 74-volume journey to finish Tite Kubo’s Bleach has finally come to an end… or has it? With the possibility of a sequel on the horizon and the final cour of the anime currently airing, what better time than to wrap up our thoughts on the controversial ending of the Thousand Year Blood War as well as of the series as a whole, including favourite arcs and characters.
Timecodes:
0:00 Continuing the Thousand Blood War discussion
1:24 General lack of surprises in Bleach - is it the platonic Battle Shonen manga?
12:28 Standouts from the Wahrwelt fights
22:08 The culmination of Mayuri’s character
25:55 The final stretch and the fan’s consensus on how it all plays out
30:13 Yhwach being too powerful as a final villain - anticlimax on the final fight and the wrap-up
40:46 The epilogue chapters and the final pairings
45:07 Enzo’s Recommendation: Gachiakuta by Kei Urana
47:30 Samu’s Recommendation: Kagurabachi by Takeru Hokazono
49:43 Thousand Year Blood War ratings and review
53:46 The Hell one-shot chapter - the return of Bleach is coming?
1:03:10 Bleach feels more “modern” than many shonen contemporaries
1:05:08 What modern series we consider the most directly influenced by Bleach?
1:07:57 Our rankings of the Bleach story arcs
1:10:37 Our Top 5 characters of Bleach
1:14:57 Full series final ratings and review
