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• Dani & Giovani • Season 1 • Episode 6

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Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War Episode: 6 "Fire"

Giovani:

Welcome to Las Noches I am your host, Giovanni. Hi.

Dani:

And I'm your host, Danielle.

Track 1:

Hey,

Giovani:

Danielle What's going

Track 1:

ah.

Dani:

Ready to kick it into gear for another week.

Giovani:

Yeah, why not?

Dani:

Excited to be back. Lots to talk about.

Giovani:

Yeah, we have an action packed episode this time.

Dani:

Yeah. well, I feel like all the episodes have been action packed, but I guess this was action packed in a different way. You know, we didn't have as much, um, switching from scene to scene and various, characters to focus on. So we just had the head captain. This was all Yamamoto based this, this episode.

Giovani:

Yeah, I think so. I think, uh, he had a, it's a heavy story arc dealing with Yamamoto and, uh, it covers from the start of the fight flashbacks. Um, I don't know, it's, it was just so intense. I can't wait to jump into it.

Dani:

Yeah. Everything was basically Yamamoto the entire time and we got a lot of surprises with him and like the anime or the, how they did it. They just kind of switched it from all the previous episodes where it's just lots of like, Darkness and intense color. And it was just, it was really good. It was really good. So I, I guess we can, get into it. Did you have any, news or anything to give us before we jump right in?

Giovani:

No, no. jump into it. Let's go. I'll let you kick it off

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uh,

Dani:

Before they gave us I guess the intro sequence, we had a opening with Uryu, essentially reading, I guess it was, it looked like a book, but maybe just like a Yeah, like a, like a very old, um, journal or a book that was giving him some information about, old. Quincy extermination operation.

Giovani:

Uh, seemed kind of perplexed because I guess he thought it happened 200 years ago, when in fact

Dani:

thousand years ago. Yeah.

Giovani:

A thousand years ago. And, uh, that was shocking. And as that was happening, I was thinking, thought the thing. Uryu you or Uryu mean, I really thought it was 200. They, they kinda surprised me with the thousand year thing,

Dani:

Well, did you get the impression that they were saying that they just had the dates wrong or they were saying that it happened more than once?

Giovani:

It happened more than once. Yhwach, I guess. Yhwach, I dunno, it's, it's so, it's so much to this, I feel like I explained it

Dani:

Yeah.

Giovani:

a previous episode, but, um, I guess again, there was a big disagreement with Quincy's and, the, so Reapers felt like they didn't have any other choice. But to exterminate the Quincy, and this is Yuha and all his, his stern ritters, maybe not stern Ritters, but Quincy's, but they did not him. right? So they went back to the drawing board and I guess that 800 years later they felt like, okay, let's kill the rest of them. And they did. And. I guess there were so many Quincies that maybe they still didn't get all the Quincies because Uryu, you and his father are still alive, so there you go.

Dani:

And also in the, in the journal was a, very, Descriptive picture of the head captain.

Giovani:

Kinda it wa it was kind of biblical to an extent. The destruction or this war, almost like this Holy War.

Dani:

Okay. Well, I mean that it, it kind of feels like that, doesn't it? Don't you think?

Giovani:

Yeah. I mean,

Dani:

Okay. Well, we jump into the intro sequence and then we get, we, I guess we, we get right into, uh, Ywach I'm, I am always saying that name incorrectly. I feel like uh, captain Yamamoto facing off. This is where we left that. Yeah. Where we left off last, from last episode. him saving Kenpachi.

Giovani:

Kenpachi, Zaraki is defeated and, uh, Yhwach he's Yamamoto. And he just, tosses Zaraki aside, cause because this a fight he really wants, he wants this

Dani:

Right.

Giovani:

like no other. And as the two. Major forces are sizing up each other. You notice that

Dani:

Yeah, he's also, he's also there,

Giovani:

and Robert Acutron, they're looking at these two huge spiritual pressures they're both being inspired by their, their captains, making'em fight harder? But then lo and behold, I guess Yuha can't fight by itself because As Nodt and Nanana Najuku and bas B tries to jump He tries to

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well, of course that doesn't work.

Giovani:

and

Dani:

very badly.

Giovani:

really bad because his Shikai, is activated.

Dani:

Just takes them all the way out.

Giovani:

Yuha. Did you notice he had no remorse

Dani:

Well, I mean, we kinda knew that though. I mean, we're six episodes deep We.

Giovani:

Well, I feel like, I feel like I was, I'm still on the fence because he treated his, his Accancarr Quincy's like garbage. I just felt like he had more. Respect more, appreciation for his higher, I mean, he actually gave them letters so you felt like he cared more about them.

Dani:

Well, I mean, he, he just kind of feels like he's in this for himself, essentially, so, you know. Either you're gonna aid him in some way, but yet you're still disposable.

Giovani:

It seems like it, it

Dani:

Yeah.

Giovani:

all the sternritters are, seem to be, well, I won't say all, the ones we've seen, I, I feel like maybe right hand man, I feel like they have, uh, Jugream he has more love for or maybe not love. People have more respect for her.

Dani:

We'll see, but it's not looking good. Like he, no remorse there. And the, those three Sternritters just got taken out with a swipe

Giovani:

Right that there's, nothing compared to Yamamoto and the shikai. And I actually, Yamamoto makes the comment too, like, and he seems kind of perturbed, like, you don't about your subordinates, you don't care about your men. And I guess this is when the fight really begins. Because they were defeated easily. He seemed kind of put away like, you don't care about your subordinates, your, you look at them as pawns. Let's fight. And from the opening, it didn't seem like an evenly match fight to me.

Dani:

I think it felt like that because Yamamoto just immediately, was just fed up, so he just came in with. All the rage

Giovani:

as he should

Dani:

Right. They killed They killed his, yeah. Killed Sasukibe. So he, he is coming in, blazing, pun intended. Flames everywhere. Everything's orange, everybody can get it. And so, I mean, I, I think maybe that was given the initial idea that, okay, Ywach just can't keep up. Like he's no match for him. Not, when he comes in like this.

Giovani:

And it quickly shows, has he released his bankai yet? Or is, is he still working with the shikai?

Dani:

Uh, no, he is cuz he, he gets in a strike, uh, on, uh, Ywach. While he's still using the Shikai, but then all of a sudden all the flames that was there, they disappear, and like all, it's almost like all the moisture in the air is being sucked outta the air.

Giovani:

See uh, un Hana. In, her medical area, medical barracks, and there's this beautiful vase, but the vase is empty. Cause the, cause the water

Dani:

Well, that's, that's what I'm saying, like this is when he, he released the bankai when the flame. So the initial, the initial Bon kai release, all the flames cuz you, you know, cuz he was doing like massive amounts of flames the entire time. things melting as he walks you stern ritters getting taken out with a swipe of flames. And then when he releases his bankai, like it was the absolute opposite. So it's like, wait, what's going on now? Cuz all the flames got sucked in. But then it's like all of the Soul Society felt it everywhere was dry, you know, no moisture anywhere. Intense heat, but not flames. And so that was, that was the initial first release of his bankai.

Giovani:

This is east and that's when. All the, the heat from his, I guess his bankai

Dani:

Like into the tip of the sword.

Giovani:

into the, the sword. So I'm trying to remember, I'm trying

Dani:

Yeah. So that's when, that's, that was his, cuz he, he, he has his bankai, I guess. Now it's clear to us. Once he said that, it's just Zanga No Tachi East, I'm like, oh, wait a minute, east. So we have transformations, we have different formations of this bankai, so he said that the east was, I guess all the, all the power is, is drawn into the actual like tip of the swords. Anything touches is just gonna get immediately blown away. So,

Giovani:

Yuha. He's very familiar with Yamamotos fighting style and I guess his old bankai, they do have a history and during, some of the, the clips you see, them fighting or the end of the fight. And this is a thousand years ago, so to an extent ywach what to expect, but when he does his. His first bankai and he doesn't see those flames, he's like, what's going on? He swings the sword and the power just seems to kind of dissipate. Whatever it touches the tip, all his powers consisted to one blade. It was shocking, but so fascinating because we have never ever seen Yamamotos bankai.

Dani:

Yep. All 300 plus episodes of bleach. It is the first time we've seen. So very exciting to say the least.

Giovani:

I'm still for Ywach to do something amazing. you know, cause he's, he seems to be on defense now. He hasn't really shaken Yamamoto at all. And, nothing's happening. Like he hasn't done anything. He was so feared the first episode. this is episode six and. Know, I just expected more so for him. Yamamoto. He says if there's a east, there's a west. So he does a San Tachi West

Dani:

causes flames to cover his entire body.

Giovani:

This is the perfect defense. We have the perfect offense where he condenses all his heat into, the tip of his sword. And the west is perfect defense, where he says there's temperatures of 15 million degrees Celsius, which is, you know, the, like, the heat from the sun in develops his body. Jugram is shaking from this cuz he feels the heat, the soul society, everyone in some way they're experiencing this, extreme heat so much that his Hitsugai is bankai. think Someone else was using it

Dani:

Started to melt. He couldn't use it cuz it's ice

Giovani:

just like that. Yeah. Instantly deactivated it, was again, really good watch because we get to see how powerful Yamamoto bankai is.

Dani:

Well we get A bit of a reprieve. Um, just a quick flashback again to, Uru and this journal, that he found and he's going through. And so initially he, it looked like the Quincy extermination started even earlier than he initially thought. But then it's, I guess he's seeing now that the Quincy's tried to wipe out the soul Reapers first. Is that, what? Is that what you got?

Giovani:

Uh,

Dani:

I thought, cause I, cuz I initially that what he was reading once they showed that scene was that. The Quincy's tried to wipe out the sole Reapers first, and then the sole, like a back and forth, and then the sole reapers tried to exterminate them. And the, the Quincy's regrouped,

Giovani:

not get that,

Dani:

I guess at the 200 year Mark and you know, like a back and forth. But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I, I read, I, I read into that wrong.

Giovani:

I am not saying you're not I'm not saying you're not at all. I, I didn't get that, but

Dani:

Which, which would be, you know, which would make sense why everybody's so mad at each other. But I don't know. That's, that's kind of what I, I got from that, that quick flashback that they gave us. Just let me know if I'm wrong. I'll, I probably will go back and watch it again, and, and update in the next episode just to make sure. But that's what I got from that.

Giovani:

Okay, so Ywach and, Yamamoto, they're still fighting and from what I gathered it is starting to get overwhelming to Ywach now. So he's using his blut to keep him not only to keep himself alive, he's using it kind of as a defense now. He's created kind of a reishi cage to protect him from yamamotos flames and from the sword too, which it's not cowardice, but again,

Dani:

Mm.

Giovani:

expected more.

Dani:

Well in, in the process of this fight, his, his story gets broken too.

Giovani:

I'm, I'm still waiting for Ywach to do something amazing. I'm waiting for him to, like, I didn't expect his soul to break, to be honest with you. And Yamamoto he has this tunnel vision. releasing his different forms of his bankai and it's, at this point it seemed like, oh, Ywach. It's not catching up with you

Dani:

Well, cuz I mean, it it, it felt like, okay, we're episode six. I guess we're, we're about to wrap this up, huh? Cause Yama is bringing the heat. The Quincy King can't keep up. We are gonna wrap this up. Maybe we'll get a new villain or,

Giovani:

right.

Dani:

But,

Giovani:

know,

Dani:

uh, he goes ahead and releases his next transformation in, in his Bankai, uh, Yama does, which is, uh,

Giovani:

South,

Dani:

ACHI South. Which allows him to reanimate enemies slain with his sword.

Giovani:

Right? Yeah.

Dani:

So what do you think about that? That he is, he has the power to raise the dead,

Giovani:

Well, it's sinister

Dani:

right.

Giovani:

you are a soul reaper. Cause soul Reapers, they usually usher the dead. So for someone like Yamamoto, who's head captain, he slain all these humans, They were not Arrancar or hollows. They were humans. did not pass on. Evidently, he trapped all these human souls

Dani:

To Reanimate at will. Yeah.

Giovani:

kind, it's kind of sinister. I mean, it's, I like the fact that Yamamoto is taking this fight so seriously. But you do see kind of a sinister side to Yamamoto too. Pretty cool. I think that power in, in itself was, um frightening because they seemed to be, Ywach's friends his comrades that, or

Dani:

Yeah.

Giovani:

fighting against him and, you know, can sick

Dani:

During the fight we get I guess, a theory that Yamamoto proposed as to why they can't take. They can't steal or, uh, his bankai And so he kinda says like, since they haven't seen his power, his full strength before. That's why they couldn't steal it because they didn't to steal it. You have to understand the power. And since they hadn't seen his full strength before, There was no way that they could take his bankai. That's his running theory anyway.

Giovani:

And as he continuously attacks Ywach, he kind of chide them a little bit saying You should have picked him up bankai when you've had the chance Ywach. And, um, ywach is probably thinking, yeah, I, I missed out there I probably have tried, but No, he is getting overwhelmingly beat. On every turn, like this is the time to retreat

Dani:

And do you think that, I mean, because it's kinda like the rage that Yamamoto is portraying. Because I feel like by the second transformation, if he was really gonna, wrap this up, he could've, he, I mean it really, the way that, Ywach has been fighting, he probably didn't even need to use his bankai.

Giovani:

Well, he is, he's been awfully aggressive, but,

Dani:

Yeah.

Giovani:

He's fighting because he's hurt. He is the last line of defense and they're, they're coming to his home and attacking him. I think he's trying to make a statement and he's, he's making a huge statement. He releases bankai. Everyone who's fighting can feel those flames. And if you ever felt the heat of a fire, you know your attention. So everyone they know that Yamamoto has unleashed. I guess this gets down to the final release of his bankai, his zanga no tachi North which. Seems just to be a slice. right? It's just a

Dani:

Which he straight

Giovani:

thought it gonna be something else.

Dani:

but he aims it straight at, ywach, and B. And cuts him down.

Giovani:

Yeah.

Dani:

I know and, and so I was like, oh, okay, well that's that. Then

Giovani:

Yeah,

Dani:

you know?

Giovani:

waiting for the shoe to drop. Like, okay, well, know, I expected more.

Dani:

So.

Giovani:

And then Yuha starts to talk and he doesn't seem like a king at all. He, he's kind of weeping and saying, oh, I have failed you. I wasn't strong enough. Forgive me. And Yamamoto stops like,

Dani:

Yeah.

Giovani:

are you

Dani:

and who were you talking Right,

Giovani:

war.

Dani:

right.

Giovani:

are the one who caused this. You are the, Quincy King. And that's when I heard the first shoe drop This was not

Dani:

So, Yeah, cuz Yuha is now on the scene, the real one, He shows up and it turns out the Yuha that Yamamoto was fighting was just another sternritter in disguise.

Giovani:

Right, the R of Lloyd

Dani:

Y?

Giovani:

And again, I explained their powers, uh, I think, uh, a couple episodes back, but one can copy the likeness and the memories and the other can ca can capture the likeliness and the powers. So this was the r He could take the memories of yuha and the form. And Ywach also has the ability to grant powers. He can, add powers or he can subtract powers to and from his Quincy. So I guess he powered'em up just enough to pass and, Ywach

Dani:

And finishes them off.

Giovani:

He

Dani:

He doesn't make a good case for himself, for anybody to sign up as a devotee

Giovani:

not

Dani:

because no loyalty whatsoever, none

Giovani:

So, I, want to talk about this a little

Dani:

of where he's been the entire time.

Giovani:

Right before that. And there's this reishi Lightning that strikes the, the first headquarters and Yamamoto looks and he screams for his third seat. And this is Okikiba. Um, very recognizable character. He has like, White hair with a black streak down the middle, and they're, um, Yamamotos, two of his oldest captains was sasukibe and Okekiba and I, he's just thinking, okay, my family's dying the way he's screamed and looked back at the destruction behind him. And, the, the illustration, it caught me there because you could see. Yamamoto looked, he looked fear in eyes that you don't see all the time with

Dani:

Well, I mean that makes sense. He's, he's just expended all his power on an imposter And now here is, Fully powered up Quincy King on the scene, and Yamamoto is spent.

Giovani:

Illustration of how, and it's like this in the, uh, manga too. When you look at Yamamoto, he looks, disheveled. His clothes are tattered. He looks wery. He looks tired. You can tell releasing his bankai. He doesn't do this all the time because it takes a toll on his body

Dani:

Well, not just, not just him. I feel like takes, it takes a toll on the entire soul society it seems like. Right? Yeah.

Giovani:

So but he's still that warrior where he still wants to fight. that's when, Ywach ask, he kind of pushes him, Can you use your Bon Kai? Right. Kind of pushes him into it, like, use it. Why not? And he does. And just like that ywach takes his bon kai.

Dani:

Well, it hit me like, well, I guess his theory was wrong, Right. the theory and I, just kind of felt like, well, if you were wrong about who you were battling, which, that's another thing that, I'm like, why can you tell, I feel like you should have been able to tell you have enough power, is that you might, you should have been able to know that, especially since you've fought him before, but, Just the arrogance that okay, like even though I was wrong with, with that part of things, I'm just gonna go ahead and use my Bankai anyway. And what, he won't be able to steal it you know? And then he just, he does just that steals his bankai.

Giovani:

Well, it hit me hard. It, it really saddened me when, you just see how powerful Yamamoto is and just like that Ywach take's his medallion that steals it. I was left. Um, I just feeling kinda Because he's the savior the soul society. He's the strongest, he has the most feared bankai, and now it's stolen. And I don't know how anyone's gonna survive if the head captain doesn't have his bankai, but then it, you know, it goes from bad to worst. And this is exciting to watch, but it's also very sad to watch too, because, Ywach calls for his sword. And again, the way it's illustrated, you look in Yamamotos eyes and you can see the weariness. He knows what's about to happen. He knows he's about to die. He has no banka. He has no, not, So he starts running. He stops because as hits him, there's no place to go. I can't run. And that's

Dani:

Yeah, he, uh, uses his bankai. Against him and essentially cuts Yammotto down.

Giovani:

not use Bankai

Dani:

I thought he did. I get that wrong.

Giovani:

No, no, he doesn't use his bankai. Uh, this is Ywach. He's so brash. He feels like he can defeat, um, using his bon kai. So he doesn't use his bankai he his Quincy sword and, and cuts him in half, which, the scene goes silent if I'm correct, and he just, he just kills him, cuts him in half. And, you know, It's, it's been said many times, many ways in many different cultures, but pride always comes before the fall. And this is so powerful, so prideful that he missed everything and he fell. And it is painful and it's sad. Uh, I foreboding feeling like, who else was gonna die? Because Yamamotos gone now.

Dani:

Yeah. Uh, that essentially sums it up. Head captain is no more. don't really know. I guess, are we going back to. Who's left to save them? Is it, is it back to Ichigo again? He, you know, who's still locked up in the prison?

Giovani:

But he can't defeat.

Dani:

right. He's not strong enough for that. I mean, the only thing he has go, the only thing he has going for him is that his Bankai can't be stolen. So I guess maybe, we'll, we'll start from there and, and hope that they can figure something out, you know? But,

Giovani:

solemn episode for me. Like it wasn't, it was hard for me to have fun watching this one because I can't say that I, he, that Yamamoto was my favorite character because he wasn't. But you respect his character. You saw everything, what everything he's made of. And, um, out. What can I say? I'm a little sad over this. I feel like, I feel like. Not him. Can't be.

Dani:

well, I'm looking forward to the next episode. They, they ended on that big cliff hanger right there, and, um, I guess a little nugget that, we didn't talk about real quick was, I guess I alluded to that just a little bit ago, where we were finding out where Yuha Bach was the entire time while while Lloyd was busy being an imposter. Distracting or distracting Yamamoto. And so he said that he was in the central underground prison visiting,

Giovani:

Right under first Commander's Barracks.

Dani:

Visiting So Eisen, He wants Eisen to serve in his cause because they have a common goal of, hating the soul society.

Giovani:

Well, and that's where like, I feel like Ywach doesn't quite get it Eisen. Doesn't like the Soul King. Right. And zero team he has his beef with cuz they protect him. the only way he can get to the Soul King is going through squad zero. So he doesn't have a problem with, with the social society itself. So King he has the problem with. So more

Dani:

Well, I mean he accept, but he refused. Essentially saying that he, you know, he doesn't take orders from anyone. So we'll see.

Giovani:

Right. And I think he refused cuz that wasn't his motivation. Like I think if he came with him to why Eisen truly wanted maybe, but Eisen doesn't really want the destruction of so society.

Dani:

So.

Giovani:

That's just from my, my little research and the, anime, I've watched. So what do you give the episode?

Dani:

Uh, I will give the episode nine bankais.

Giovani:

That's not bad. Not bad. I'm going to give it a 9.7. I'm going to, I think this is the highest rating I'm going to give it so far, even though it's an emotional rollercoaster. There was a lot happening, and I could not, well, I mean, I couldn't take my eyes off the screen from seeing to scene. was a joy to watch even until the end. I was watching the credits to make sure I, I watched everything that I didn't miss a thing.

Dani:

So for me, My best was getting to see, uh, the head Captain's bankai finally, cuz we went all of we watched all of bleach and had no idea what it, what it looked like, what it was. And so we finally got to see exactly what it was. So that was a highlight, even though under those circumstances it was a highlight.

Giovani:

And I mean, I think with a Yama Mo Yamamoto Centric episode, you have to go with Yamamoto for the same reasons. We got to see the four stages of his Bon kai. We, we got to see his rage and he talked trash, and for the most part, he backed it up until the final fight and. I think this was a sucker move by Ywach, not a sucker move. It was a well-planned move because it's no way Ywach would've beat Yamamoto if he would've taken his

Dani:

Okay.

Giovani:

So, you know, again, I agree with you. And

Dani:

Well my worst was even though like you just said, um, ywach had. I guess was 10 steps ahead in terms of his planning and his strategy. I just still feel like the storyline of it being an imposter, and it's really, you know, Roy Lloyd, who was the imposter. That he was fighting, that Yamamoto was fighting. I, I don't know. I, it felt a, a little cheap for me, just a smidge. I'm like, cuz I'm like, okay, well can he, why can't, why does he not know? You know? And I guess all the signs were there like we were alluding to with the fact that he wasn't really giving much offense. He wasn't really. Coming with the power, it wasn't really fighting back in the way that we would think the Quincy King would be able to fight back. So we didn't get any of that. You know, we just got Yamamoto going, full on, and him not being able to withstand it, which, on one hand you wanna chair for that. On the other hand, it just didn't make sense. And so the whole. Oh, it's a body double I didn't necessarily love that. That's kind of why I gave it nine Bankais, even though I, the rest of the episode was fire. Ha ha ha ha. What was your worst?

Giovani:

My worst, was Yamamotos death. he pretty much ran Soul Society, nobody was a bigger figure, a bigger character than Yamamoto and, see him again because he was cut down by the Quincy King. And it's not a cheap move, but. To me, it felt cheap because it wasn't my best versus your best. It was, you know, tying his hands behind his back and beheading him. It wasn't a fight, so, it left me with a sour taste in my mouth. I didn't, did not enjoy that. The final beat down. Because it, it, to me, it wasn't fair. you know, I'm kind of upset that Yamamotos gone the way it happened. Um, I would've liked to see a better fight. Um, I'm glad that we saw the four stages of his bankai, but the way Yamamoto died, it just seemed like it was. I know I just didn't

Dani:

I get that.

Giovani:

I have.

Dani:

Well I think that's it then for this episode. I feel like they've been on a steady path here and it doesn't seem like they're really deviating from that yet. You know, especially now that, Yeah, Yamamotto has been taking out, so I don't know what we're gonna get next for episode seven, but it is titled Born in the Dark. Yeah, so it doesn't sound cheerful and doesn't sound very cheerful and happy. But, uh, I am excited to see what's up next, though. Yeah. So, uh, Thank you everyone for listening. Coming back again, if you have and Keep coming. gonna keep turning these out, uh, and, and listening and joining us, with reviewing these episodes. So we'll see you next time.

Giovani:

All right. Later.