Bleach — How Japanese Fans React

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

Feels exactly like the third movie all over again.

3作目の劇場版みたいな感じだな。

The more I listen, the more understated and stylish this masterpiece gets. This one’s fatal… And the MV’s animator — that’s Ryoji Yamada of Prayer X!!

聴けば聴くほど渋くてオシャレな神曲すぎる。 これは致命的だぜ… そしてMVのアニメーターさん、Prayer Xの山田遼志さんか！！

Mayuri's is the "child," but it also gives birth, so it's a "mother" in its own right too — and if an opponent gets enough time to analyze it, Urahara's ability reportedly stops working. Isn't this just the difference between a fast-acting type and a slow-acting one?

マユリのは、赤子であり子供産んでるから母体でもあるし、解析する時間があれば裏原の卍解が効かない能力になるから、たんに速攻型と遅効型の差じゃない？

Isn't it because she's a goat? You know, the kind that can stand on cliffs.

ヤギだからじゃね？崖に立てるやついるやん、あれ

Bleach's animation is breaking through its own ceiling. It's insane.

BLEACH作画が限界突破してて神

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。

Guess someone just wandered into Sakanade's range without noticing.

うっかり逆様邪八方塞の範囲内に入っちゃったんだな

So the title isn’t just "iburu" (to smolder) — it’s also a play on the bull in darts…… I can’t even. I love it too much 👏

タイトルの意味｢燻る｣だけじゃなくて｢ダーツのブル｣ともかかってたんか…… もう訳分からん、好きすぎる👏

Bleach has a huge cast and a long history, which usually makes staying good difficult, but it's pulled it off because the character writing itself is just that strong — it sits one-on-one with a character until you actually love them. I think One Piece has no choice but to go this route too: show me the character first, not just a plot device that walks through the story's setting.

BLEACHってキャラ多くて長くて大変なのにずっと良いのってキャラの魅力の描写が抜群にいいんだなと思った ちゃんと一対一してそいつを好きにさせてくる ワンピースはこの路線に行くしかないと思うわ 物語の設定をなぞるだけの舞台装置としてのキャラじゃなくて、まずキャラを見せてくれ

Nah, the deal itself goes back to when they were both still in Hueco Mundo, so that's not it.

契約自体は彼らが虚圏にいる時から結んでるから違うぞ

Obvious when you say it out loud, but a long-running series keeps going because it's popular. What's different from the old days is how often a show now gets renewed on strong overseas numbers alone, even without huge buzz domestically.

当たり前の話だけど長く続いてるシリーズはやはり人気あっての継続なんだな 昔とやや異なるのは今は日本国内でそれほど人気じゃなくても海外人気が高くて続くパターンが結構あることか

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

Wouldn't it be hilarious if in the mirror world Hirako's zanpakuto turned out to be the "dud" version — left and right stay normal, up and down stay normal, and only front and back get flipped.

鏡の世界で平子の斬魄刀が 左右上下がいつも通りや 見えてる前後もいつも通りやの ハズレ斬魄刀になってたらウケる

"Retreat and you age, flinch and you die" — that’s old man Zangetsu talking. Hits me right in the feels.

退けば老い、臆せば死ぬぜ この言葉は斬月のおっさんだな エモいぜ