Bleach: Could Kazui Kurosaki Become the New Soul King? Fans Spot His Four Eyes
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
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? Across 348 comments, the single most-liked reaction (1,815 likes) 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"), 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.
This titleJapanese reactions to BleachRead all 6 roundups on the title pageA Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War advance screening handed out a bonus clip focused on Ichigo and Orihime's son, Kazui Kurosaki, and Japanese fans did not treat it as a cute epilogue moment. Out of 348 comments, they turned it into one of the densest Bleach theory threads in years, built around a single question: is this kid actually gearing up to become the next Soul King? A handful of seconds of new footage, and the comment section reacted like Kubo had dropped an actual chapter.
“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
That top comment, with over 1,800 likes, set the whole tone for the rest of the thread. And the recurring theme underneath it was basically: this kid is stacked in a way that reads as ominous rather than heroic, and the fandom kept circling back to which past series actually maps onto this one.
“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
“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
From there the thread turned into a genuine pedigree audit, with people stacking up exactly what powers Kazui is walking around with, and honestly, the math checks out uncomfortably well once you lay it all out.
“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。
- “And Human, too.”👍5
“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
“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！！
Once the pedigree case was made, the jokes and the genuine theorizing started blurring together — this is the kind of thread where a meme title and a serious lore read sit right next to each other, and half the time you can't tell which is which until the replies pile up.
“"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」
“Something Soul-King-like, but not the Soul King.”
霊王みたいな霊王じゃない何か。
And underneath all the theorizing, there's a much simpler thing going on: this whole clip landed as hard as it did because fans desperately want more Bleach, period, and a few seconds of Kazui footage was apparently enough to reopen that wound.
“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
- “Give us at least a short run…”👍33
- “Even just monthly — Shueisha needs to double Kubo's pay and beg him to draw it.”👍72
But the thread wasn't just wishful thinking — some commenters got genuinely technical about what we actually saw in the footage, pausing and rewinding to debate whether Kazui was even using a Soul Reaper transformation at all, or something else entirely.
“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。
- “I thought one eye was just glowing in the thumbnail — turns out he's got FOUR pupils?!?!?! So creepy (”
That thumbnail double-take is where the thread landed its actual smoking gun — a detail that reframes everything else fans had been arguing about.
“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。
So no, this wasn't fans just projecting hype onto a few seconds of bonus footage — they counted his eyes and found the actual clue Kubo left them. That's the whole thread in miniature: chaotic, half-jokes, and somehow still sharper than most official theory videos out there.
FAQ
- Why do Japanese fans think Kazui could become the Soul King?
- Commenters point out Kazui inherits every one of Ichigo's hybrid factors — Human, Soul Reaper, Quincy, Hollow, and Fullbring — stacked on top of Orihime, whose Fullbring abilities are described as god-tier. Several also note he erased the remnants of Yhwach in the manga's final chapter, which reads to fans as a Soul-King-level feat.
- What's the detail commenters found about Kazui's eyes?
- A highly-liked comment (37 likes) points out that Kazui has four pupils, matching the Soul King, rather than the five eyes Ichigo displays from his Hollow factor — which the commenter argues makes sense if Kazui didn't inherit the Hollow factor at all.
- What are fans asking for after this clip?
- A large share of the thread turns into a plea for Bleach's manga serialization to return in some form, with the most-liked version of that comment (601 likes) arguing that Bleach is one of the only titles that could currently save Weekly Shonen Jump.
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