Bleach: Could Ichigo's Son Kazui Become the New Soul King? Japanese Fans React — "He Doesn't Read Like the Next Hero. He Reads Like the Next Villain."
BLEACH 一護の息子・一勇は新たな霊王になるのか 日本のファンの反応
“Kazui doesn't give off "protagonist of the sequel" energy the way Boruto did for Naruto — he's got this eerie "villain of the sequel" vibe instead.”
一勇ってナルトのボルトみたいに次回作の主人公感が無くて、次回作の敵っぽい不気味さがあるんだよな
A Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War advance-screening bonus put Ichigo and Orihime's son, Kazui Kurosaki, in the spotlight — and instead of cooing over the next-gen hero, Japanese fans spun it into one of the densest pieces of Bleach speculation in years: could Kazui become a new Soul King? The single most-liked reaction set the tone with an eerie read English fans rarely hear — unlike Boruto, this kid doesn't carry the aura of a sequel hero, he carries the aura of a sequel villain. From there the thread became a lore deep-dive only Japanese fans could give: Kazui inherits ALL of Ichigo's hybrid factors (Human, Soul Reaper, Quincy, Hollow, Fullbring) layered on top of god-tier-Fullbring Orihime, he erased Yhwach's remnants in the final chapter, and the recurring theme was that a kid built like that is basically Soul-King-grade by default. Fans ran with the isekai-light-novel joke ("On the Soul King Reincarnating With Even Greater Talent Than His Past Life"), the JoJo "it suits me perfectly" meme, and a loud "bring the serialization back — honestly only Bleach can save Jump right now" chorus. Then one sharp-eyed reader landed the detail that reframed everything: Kazui has the Soul King's FOUR eyes, not Ichigo's five.
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Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 275)
- @いとめ-s9s👍 118
It all comes down to whether the original hero ends up in the Naruto role or the Inazuma Eleven role here.
過去作の主人公の立場がNARUTOになるかイナイレになるか
- @-aruwoccha2036👍 49
The theme of season one — Ichigo's story — was "the fear of death" (probably). So once it shifts to the kid's story, it could absolutely become "the fear of the unknown," of a new generation…
ファーストシーズンたる一護の物語のテーマが『死への恐怖』だから（多分）ね。子の物語になるにあたって『未知（新世代）への恐怖』になるのは十分有り得るよね……
- @monoさん👍 374
In the final chapter he wiped out the lingering remnants of Yhwach, didn't he. This kid definitely has some kind of Soul-King thing going on.
最終話でユーハバッハの残滓的なもの消してたもんなぁ、絶対霊王的ななんかあるよこの子
- @ikurumimasao👍 118
In a way it's inevitable — he's the son of every factor at once: Soul Reaper, Quincy, Hollow, Fullbring.
ある意味必然か、死神、クインシー、ホロウ、フルブリング全ての要素の息子だから。
- @うへうへ-m1p👍 4
And Human, too.
と人間
- @Attsu-Atsu👍 215
He's the child of all-powers Ichigo and Orihime — who as a Fullbringer is straight-up in god territory. So if you think of him as "has everything, but leans a little toward Fullbring," yeah, he genuinely has the makings of a Soul King.
全部持ちの一護と、完現術者としては神の領域にいる織姫との子だからね。全部持ちかつちょっと完現術者に傾倒してる子って事だと考えたら確かに霊王としての素質有りよな
- @samana_kana👍 91
Basically you took a Soul King and crammed even MORE Soul King genes into him, so yeah, of course he turns into one too…
実質霊王に霊王遺伝子さらにぶち込んだらそら霊王にもなるかぁ…
- @天使さま-h3t👍 131
A boy who holds all five powers: Human, Soul Reaper, Quincy, Hollow, Fullbring. Soul King: "It suits me… it suits me perfectly! This is the high I've been waiting for!!"
人間、死神、滅却師、虚、完現術、5つの力を持つ少年。 霊王:なじむ！実に馴染むぞ！最高にハイってやつだ！！
- @サーバルちゃん-c9i👍 10
Kazui: "Since when were you under the impression it was only five? You thought he had no Hell powers either?"
一優『いつから、５つだけだしかない思っていた？地獄の能力が無いとでも？』
- @jack_o9404👍 10
If he's a reincarnation, then he'd be carrying the Soul King's actual SOUL — which by any measure makes him an off-the-charts existence.
生まれ変わりだとしたら『霊王の“魂”』持ちっていうどう考えても規格外にしかならない存在になってしまう訳でして
- @河童サンショウウオ👍 14
I'm starting to feel like he isn't a piece of the Soul King's body — he's the Soul King's actual soul, reincarnated… When the Soul King died, the person closest to him in nature, Ichigo, was right there. So the soul freed from that body could've lodged itself in Ichigo and then reincarnated straight into his son. It's the Soul King, after all — it could do that.
実は霊王の体の一部とかじゃなくて霊王の魂そのものが転生した存在だったりする気がしてきた…… 霊王が死んだ時、霊王に近い存在である一護が一番近くにいたから、肉体から解放された魂が一護に宿って、そのまま息子に転生したとかできそうだもん。霊王だし
- @iタロウ👍 203
Something Soul-King-like, but not the Soul King.
霊王みたいな霊王じゃない何か。
- @ディランマッケイ-p8y👍 310
"On the Soul King Reincarnating With Even Greater Talent Than His Past Life."
「霊王、転生したら前世以上の素質持ってた件について」
- @りょむ-m8x👍 0
At this point I genuinely think it's gotta be Kazui. Even his dad already has every factor, and once Orihime's gets layered on top, of course it wouldn't be strange for him to become the Soul King.
もはや一勇くん的なんじゃないとすら思うんよね 父ですら全因子持ちでそれに織姫のも合わさったらそりゃ霊王になってもおかしくないよね
- @あずにゃん-o4l👍 4
Honestly the current Soul King is just Yhwach's corpse propped up as a stopgap. They originally meant to make Ichigo the Soul King, so the aptitude is clearly there in the bloodline.
実際今の霊王もユーハバッハの死体を代替案として取り敢えず据えてるに過ぎないからな。本来なら一護を霊王にしようとしてたし、素質はあるからね
- @キングダム-c5i👍 1
Ōetsu the swordsmith: "Two Soul King candidates, now……"
和尚「霊王候補が2人も……」
- @うさみちゃん-etf3👍 473
Bring the serialization back! Honestly, the only thing that can save Weekly Shonen Jump right now is genuinely just Bleach.
連載来てくれ！ 今のジャンプを救えるのは割りとマジでBLEACHしかないと思ってる
- @tkch.4666👍 28
Give us at least a short run…
せめて短期連載を…
- @Blueeyes-Whitedoragon👍 55
Even just monthly — Shueisha needs to double Kubo's pay and beg him to draw it.
月一でも集英社からギャラ倍で描いてもらうしかない
- @豆大福-j1v👍 0
If a Bleach sequel ran, readers would come flooding back all at once… at the very least, the second it starts I'm buying every single week.
BLEACH続編が載ったら一気に読者戻ってくるだろうね…少なくとも連載始まったら自分は毎週買う
- @DDD-p8e👍 5
If a manga starring Kazui kicked off right after the TYBW anime ends, that'd be way too hype… or honestly, the Hell arc (Gokuō Narumei-hen) starting up would work for me too…
千年血戦篇のアニメが終了した後に、一勇くん主人公の漫画連載され始めたら熱すぎるんだが…もしくは、獄頤鳴鳴篇の連載開始でもいい…
- @pro000000000👍 1
His blood has all the best stuff packed into it. Of course he's a Soul-King-grade prodigy. Bloodline, talent, total domination — is a new Bleach incoming?
血には最高の物が全て入ってるからな。そら霊王並の逸材よ。血統、才能、圧勝の新BLEACHがくるか
- @AllonsY100👍 60
Even among the Kurosaki siblings the inheritance varies a ton, so for the kid of all-in-one Ichigo, who knows how much he actually got. Still, he can open the Gates of Hell (special steps aside) and turn into a Soul Reaper on his own — his potential is unhinged, no question.
黒崎家の兄弟の中でさえ受け継ぎ具合にかなり差があるから全部入りの一護の子供となればどの程度受け継いでるかは分からないな 特殊な手順を踏んでるとはいえ地獄の口を開けられるし自発的に死神化できるしでポテンシャルがぶっ飛んでるのは間違いないんだけどな
- @ma67555👍 15
That probably isn't a Soul Reaper transformation — he was in the Shihakushō with his human body intact, so it's likely Fullbring. A real Soul Reaper transformation would leave the human body behind.
あれ多分死神化じゃないぞ、人間の体のまま死覇装になってたから多分完現術。 死神化なら人間の体が残るはず。
- @メントス-r9t👍 5
Kazui feels like he'd take a pure, Aizen-style interest in everything in the world and break it all with total innocence — judging things by whether they're rational rather than by ethics. A scene where Orihime presses her palms to his and reaches his heart would be hype.
一勇は藍染と同じく世界の全てに純粋に興味を持って無邪気に壊しそう 倫理観より合理性があるかどうかを物事の基準にしてるとか 織姫と掌を合わせて心を知る展開とかになればアツいかも
- @user-black3.black3.black3👍 2
I just pray he doesn't fall to the dark side… Star Wars-style……
堕天しないことを願う… スターウォーズみたいに……
- @スコーン-p7z👍 0
I really love the panels where Ichigo gets put through the wringer, but now that he's a father, part of me is begging Kubo-sensei not to make him suffer any more than this…
一護の曇らせ描写だいぶ好きなんだけど父親になった彼をこれ以上辛い目に合わせないでくれよ師匠、、って気持ちにもなる
- @youif9845👍 0
I thought one eye was just glowing in the thumbnail — turns out he's got FOUR pupils?!?!?! So creepy (
サムネの片目光ってんのかと思ったら瞳孔4つあるのかよ!!!!!キッッッ（
- @nagakiku725👍 34
Here's the key detail: he doesn't have Ichigo's "five" eyes — he has the same "four" eyes as the Soul King. Ichigo's Hollow factor was never inherited from his parents; it was an accidental, after-the-fact add-on from Aizen's scheme. So unless there's a special reason, it makes perfect sense that Kazui has no Hollow factor.
一護の様に"5つ"の瞳ではなく、霊王と同じ"4つ"の瞳なのがポイント 一護の虚因子は両親から受け継いだような先天的ものではなく、藍染の計略による偶発的な後付けによるモノ。特段の理由が無いのであれば一勇に虚因子が無いのも当然。
- @むめも-MM👍 4
In any other series those would just be "sparkly shoujo eyes" — but with all the Soul King context, it's genuinely too ominous… Tite Kubo really is thinking that far ahead…
他の作品なら（目がしいたけ）の表現なのに、霊王の話があるからガチで不穏すぎる…久保帯人先生、そこまで考えてるよ…
- @nrtym905👍 0
Kubo-sensei never fails to get us excited. Every single time.
いつだって師匠は俺たちをワクワクさせてくれる。
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