Las Noches Ep. 13

Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War Episode: 13 "The Blade is Me".

Transcript

Giovani 0:18

Welcome to last notice. I am your host, Giovanni.

Dani 0:23

Hi, and I'm your host, Danielle.

Giovani 0:26

Danielle.

Dani 0:28

Hello, Giovanni.

Giovani 0:30

Cool.

Dani 0:31

How's it going?

Giovani 0:32

It is, uh, it's going well. It's going really good. And, uh, as I say before, I'm gonna say this again. That is the freshest, dopest intro in all of podcasts around the world. No matter what you are, that intro, it just, it will suck you in

Dani 0:52

that's the best one ever created in, in, all of the podcasting

Giovani 0:57

the tone.

Dani 0:58

ever in time.

Giovani 0:59

tone.

Dani 0:59

there.

Giovani 0:59

Like people listen

Dani 1:00

might be a bit biased

Giovani 1:01

intro and they know.

Dani 1:04

Okay.

Giovani 1:05

So

Dani 1:06

Uh, so hand clap for on? the box. that what we should

Giovani 1:10

I think so. I got my, I'm patting myself on the back right now. Awesomeness.

Dani 1:15

So what's, what's going on?

Giovani 1:17

Um, um.

Dani 1:18

Any, any new stories, any crazy bees, um, attacking you this this week.

Giovani 1:24

still training for my 10 k, which is, uh, coming up this weekend and I'm excited about it, let's see. Hip hop has had its 50 year anniversary, 50 years of

Dani 1:34

That's right. That's right.

Giovani 1:36

and I've been scouring the net.

Dani 1:39

the, I saw the tributes

Giovani 1:40

saw all the tributes.

Dani 1:41

that they were doing. Yeah.

Giovani 1:42

Cool. do you have a top Maybe not top 10. Do You have the like, uh, Top three.

Dani 1:49

Top three.

Giovani 1:49

top three? like your best hip hop, your favorite hip hop artist?

Dani 1:54

I don't, I feel like my, I I feel like I, could do a top 10 maybe, but then it would still be rotating and. You said hip hop artist? So you mean of like all time,

Giovani 2:05

I mean, going back to the eighties nineties from the Hip hop pioneers to the trendsetters of the

Dani 2:14

eighties baby, so,

Giovani 2:15

nineties and

Dani 2:16

but uh, I mean, there's so many names you could throw up there. We'll be here all day. Like, what are you saying? You have a, a top three, a steady top three.

Giovani 2:26

Well, I have a couple favorites that I refuse to change. Change them. No matter rock new artists comes out. These are my top three. This is off the top of my head, so I guess I should go. Yeah, you trick me every time with this. I ask you a, question and you turn it around and I have to answer the question, so no, you answer the question. Who are your top three?

Dani 2:53

Uh, I I I don't

Giovani 2:54

Your one, can you give me

Dani 2:56

feel like, well, I mean, like, you know, the usual suspects are gonna be in a, like a top three to top 10. you know, you, you're gonna have a Jay-Z in there,

Giovani 3:07

Okay.

Dani 3:07

uh, for me. Um, I definitely, um, Dre Andre three thousands in there.

Giovani 3:18

Outcast. Well, not outcast, just Andre.

Dani 3:21

well, I mean, I like Outkast as a group. I, I particularly like Andre. and, um,

Giovani 3:27

I like the way you said I particularly like Andre.

Dani 3:29

I do No, no, I love hip hop, but especially when someone is a top-notch lyricist,

Giovani 3:41

Okay.

Dani 3:42

like that works for me. Uh, Lamar might be making my list of, I mean, and you telling me top three, but I'm giving you like maybe a

Giovani 3:52

You're making a podcast out of it. That's what you're doing.

Dani 3:55

Uh,

Giovani 3:57

Okay, Well I'm gonna go back a little farther My, um, number one is a pioneer of hip hop and that is Slick Rick. You know, he was known with Dougie Fresh and they did their songs back in the day. And to me that is, um, That's the infancy of hiphop. but listening to that, that set the tone for a lot of things we hear. And, uh, the hiphop artists Rahkim, like he is the, the father of hiphop, in my opinion.

Dani 4:27

Yeah, definitely rock him. Should definitely be on everybody's list.

Giovani 4:31

Right. And last but not least is Ice Cube. Ice Cube. And his West Coast style rap just kind of, um, took everyone by surprise.

Dani 4:42

Well, you didn't even list any ladies either. Like, I mean, queen Latifah's definitely up there, MC light.

Giovani 4:50

Okay.

Dani 4:50

Kim, I was a Lil Kim. Well, not was am Lil Kim. Stan. So

Giovani 4:58

Well, like you said, we can make an entire podcast about it and just go from the eighties, the nineties to two thousands. And um, it's interesting because even if you, weren't born in the eighties, you can still go back and listen to some of these songs and learn to appreciate them, just like

Dani 5:17

Well, I mean, you definitely should as much as, um, some of these artists sample

Giovani 5:22

Right.

Dani 5:24

if you're really into hip hop, then you should know That these, a lot of these samples, like a lot of the younger, um, generation, they think that these are original songs I'm like, they're not

Giovani 5:36

no, no, no.

Dani 5:37

like sampled 2, 3, 4 times

Giovani 5:40

covers samples

Dani 5:41

yeah.

Giovani 5:42

like the Beatles. the Beatles were way before my time. But I can listen to, and I learn to love the Beatles. You know, whether it's Michelle or it's, uh, my guitar Gently Weeps.

Dani 5:57

Oh, oh yes.

Giovani 5:58

Yeah. So I, I you find a way to go back and listen to'em and find something to admire.

Dani 6:05

right.

Giovani 6:06

You ready to jump into this bleach?

Dani 6:09

Ah, yes, it was a fantastic episode, I must say. Don't you agree?

Giovani 6:15

I, I I can't wait to give you my ratings and my bon Kais are best and worst. So yeah, it was really good.

Dani 6:24

So, uh, this episode, is called The Blade Is Me.

Giovani 6:28

Ooh, What does that mean, I know what that means.

Dani 6:33

we're gonna find out as we go along. I mean, it became pretty clear where they got the title from and, and what it meant.

Giovani 6:41

Right.

Dani 6:42

but, I thought they did a really good job, especially coming off of the previous episode where, even though got a lot of, yeah, we got a lot of backstory and, uh, we did get questions answered, but it was a little slow, compared to a lot of the previous episodes that were like, you know,

Giovani 7:01

I

Dani 7:01

Um, yeah.

Giovani 7:03

So, kick us off, miss Daniella.

Dani 7:05

we get into Ichigo is, coming off of the previous episode. he has decided that he is gonna head back to try to get his

Giovani 7:17

Just,

Dani 7:17

umto,

Giovani 7:18

Yeah. you want To get a sun to repaired, modified,

Dani 7:22

Yeah.

Giovani 7:23

and, uh,

Dani 7:24

To see. Um, oh, at soon Nehemiah.

Giovani 7:26

Yeah. so what I noticed about that scene he was talking to his father, I guess, with a soul pass, and you al you wondered how are you gonna get back to the Holden when they kicked you out? And

Dani 7:39

Yeah.

Giovani 7:40

So there was a new opening that MRA opened. She said, or who wants to see you? So I thought that was cool that we saw a new way that Squad Zero can travel between. So society and Earth?

Dani 7:56

Right. Well, is it squad zero or just him?

Giovani 8:00

Well, I don't know. I was

Dani 8:02

they were, they

Giovani 8:03

it's squad zero.

Dani 8:04

um, okay. Yeah.

Giovani 8:06

So that leads us to the Oso Ichigo scene.

Dani 8:09

Okay.

Giovani 8:10

This whole scene was really to the point.

Dani 8:12

He went straight in, when they brought him back to where he was before, um, where the ucci are. And they all kind of bowed down and he walked straight up and he knew which one was gonna be his

Giovani 8:27

Now that scene here, so much

Dani 8:29

claimed his Asahi.

Giovani 8:31

To me it was symbolic because it seemed like they were submitting,'cause they were bowing down, it seemed like

Dani 8:38

Yeah, it kind of seemed like it a little bit. Right,

Giovani 8:42

And I didn't know if it was a Please take me, please choose me. Or it was just, let's get out of the way so you can go to this particular asi.

Dani 8:53

right.

Giovani 8:54

But it seemed like it was sealed when Ichigo reached out his hand, and in that instant, the ochi clasped it, they bonded, and that Auchi start turning white, which I thought was pretty cool.

Dani 9:09

I mean, which he, he did start turning white and did that give a nod to like, okay. this is white, the hollow who was za Pato all along essentially, right.

Giovani 9:21

Nothing wrong with that. So, and I got the same gist.

Dani 9:25

So then we go into, we see, back at, The barracks. Uh, all the captains are basically, um, training we, I, I guess that in, in the downtime before the war kicks off again. We get to see what everybody's been doing.'cause we've been so focused on, uh, what's going on with Ichigo and his backstory. Now we see that everybody, especially the captains that lost their, the Bon Kais are finding another way to, get power or, um, hone a different skill so that they can be capable when,

Giovani 10:02

The Quincy come back.

Dani 10:04

yeah, when Yuha comes back.

Giovani 10:06

right. And then it starts with the training, 10 areas where, um, AYA, he kind of interrupts this training with the his subordinates, the lower class or reapers. And it's almost like he wants to relearn the basics since he doesn't have his bonai anymore. And it seems like he was just trying to master the simple swing of a sword, just so the next time the Quincy come, he'll be a lot more effective. Than it was last time, instead of depending on the Bon Kai

Dani 10:41

right.

Giovani 10:42

The, uh, Ruon district where you see, uh, shhe and Kenay and what I thought was really, really cool was they showed a visor horrifying, which I didn't know they were going to do.

Dani 10:54

Okay.

Giovani 10:54

uh, Kenzie. Brought Shhe to train him to gain a bonai or to strengthen his bonai. And he made a comment like, I think this is far enough away from the cete so we can do this training. And my thoughts was, why,

Dani 11:11

Uh,

Giovani 11:13

like is there a rule in place that you can't huify in the

Dani 11:19

Back at this again, right?

Giovani 11:20

I know. I mean, it is just, I don't know. I don't know. I know why Ichigo cannot horrify.

Dani 11:26

this poking at, um, why, uh, the visor weren't there to help

Giovani 11:33

Well, we have advisors who are captains and lieutenants and no one use their hollow mask. And I mean, that increases your power, your ability. No one used it. But this one time to train shhe, they took, they, uh, took their training to the Ruon district far enough away so she could horrify and train him. I had to talk about it What did you think about it though?

Dani 12:01

I thought it was interesting and I I thought that, um, you had a good point there that could probably intertwine with what we were talking about before with maybe why they weren't using that particular power. Maybe there is some reason why they can't. You know,'cause would've come in handy, especially for ones when once the Bon Kais got stolen, like

Giovani 12:23

perfect. Time to use your mask.

Dani 12:25

Yeah, exactly. So,

Giovani 12:27

And I also liked the fact that they showed the history between Shhe and Kenay too. Like I think the story goes Kenay saved Shhe when he was a kid and all he saw was Soul Reaper and six nine. So that's pretty cool.

Dani 12:45

Okay. So, okay. we did get, We got to see that Aun is still hanging in there. He's, um, seemed like he's recovered some, and so we're in the research and development, area and everybody's trying to figure out, what's going on with, uh, URI.

Giovani 13:05

Ah, the mad scientist,

Dani 13:07

Yeah.

Giovani 13:07

he's

Dani 13:08

he's locked away in, in his lab.

Giovani 13:10

Tim and Nmu are in a room and they said that they've been locked up for 24 hours and all the surveillance folks are offline, so no one knows what's going on in there.

Dani 13:21

right. Except Aku who had the foresight to plant one of his own secret cameras in there and we don't get to see what he sees, but it doesn't look good

Giovani 13:35

Well, it says a lot that not only his subordinates, they don't trust him either.

Dani 13:39

Right.

Danielle 13:40

which which speaks to, you know, well we I mean, if you're trusting me or you're doing it all wrong, so

Giovani 13:49

I totally agree with that. I still like him though. I still love

Dani 13:53

so we also get, um, we see that. captain Saje is also, um, in the downtime looking for reinforcements for when the Quincy's come back. So he is asking for help from his clan elder

Giovani 14:11

the big dog, the elder, big

Dani 14:12

Yep, the big dog, and he outright refuses. He says It has nothing to do with us. We'll still be here once all you guys are gone.

Giovani 14:23

so he thinks

Dani 14:25

So he thinks and he's staying out of it.

Giovani 14:27

so. He's a

Dani 14:27

did you think about that?

Giovani 14:28

he's a big dog and I didn't know he was that big till he stood up. And I don't know what to think about aging now. Like captain of squad seven. Is he a dog or a human? Like it is time to make up our minds here.'cause he's not walking all fours, like his great ancestor or his, uh, great elder. He's like a anthropomorphic dog. A wolf. I think he's a wolf. There was also a scene with Soan training too, doing one arm pushups and Omega, I guess he was playing with his daughter, I mean his sister. And what I like about Soan and this, this is rare, that I said what I like about soy phone, but she's still a keto master, right? She's still a haka do master. She in ko, she knows her stuff.

Dani 15:17

she's doubling down on the training though, like every, like, all the other captains.

Giovani 15:21

and she's great with a flash step. So this next invasion. I expect big things from Soan

Dani 15:28

well she talks a big talk, so hopefully she is gonna be ready to, roll next time

Giovani 15:35

Oh I have one other thought, which was pretty funny. I laughed when I saw the big dog, the elder dog. I was thinking this answers the age old questions. Do all dogs go to heaven? And it seems like

Danielle 15:48

God. Uh,

Giovani 15:49

is that corny?

Dani 15:51

this is a, a dad joke or something like

Giovani 15:54

All dogs do go to heaven. They do Sanjay's there.

Dani 16:01

They They, have a whole clan,

Giovani 16:03

have a entire clan.

Dani 16:04

They don't seem happy about it

Giovani 16:06

they're not there for the humans.

Dani 16:09

All right. So we're, um, back in the den and osu, says that each ago and Zangetsu Need a safe for a while.

Giovani 16:21

Yeah, because we found out that he's a faker. I just like it with, I see oed. So he's a bright light to me.

Dani 16:28

I mean, He's a lot of fun and serious at the same time.'cause, you know, while, while they're there, um, His bodyguards, they all, assemble the forge for. him

Giovani 16:38

Right. They all have duties and duties, whether it is to provide the water to heat the, the blade or start the fire. Those oiss, they have a place in his hood and it's to reshape or maybe create I also noticed that he calls Ichi Go, go Ichi. And I thought, that's so funny.

Dani 16:59

Go itchy He's fun.

Giovani 17:01

Yep.

Dani 17:02

so man, like the culmination of this entire season, it's kind of like. White, the hollow that

Giovani 17:10

The bit Ichi ghost's mom,

Dani 17:12

That Bit Masaki and the Hollow that's been with Ichigo the whole time

Giovani 17:18

that's the real Zsu

Dani 17:20

tsu?

Giovani 17:20

anti faker. Is, something like a replacement uja

Dani 17:28

he said that He's essentially Ichi goes Quincy powers.

Giovani 17:32

He's been holding Ichigo back because he never wanted Ichigo to be a soul Reaper. So he's been tying his hands. Ichigo hasn't even been using his Soul Reaper power. He's been using his Quincy power the entire time. How crazy is that? That's madness.

Dani 17:48

finds out wait till Kim Apache

Giovani 17:53

So for, for this story, there is a lot more of ichigo, A lot more of his power that we don't know, we don't get, we don't understand will he be able to use his Quincy power and the story for power at the same time.

Dani 18:07

it But, and then was the,'cause the minute he said he was, then it was like, well, why, why are you holding him back?

Giovani 18:14

he was gonna kill ichigo.

Dani 18:16

He still found a way to do all the things that he didn't want him to do anyway,

Giovani 18:22

He made it clear, he said, when you were in danger, I never helped you. I let your True Sun told the true Sunga suit come out to save you every time so do we trust old Sunga suit now just

Dani 18:36

I

Giovani 18:36

at this point, do we trust him?

Dani 18:37

he is technically still part of Ichigo. He is, you know, he's his Quincy powers

Giovani 18:42

They did have something, uh, what, what did Ichigo say? As he, as Oman, who was starting to fade away, he turns into this Flaming blue reishi sword, and he says that this is your true sum pop to, and that he, the old man queso, used his Quincy shadow to help him on occasion and used the Quincy blood to protect him. And we saw that when Yuha tries to strike his neck and then the, the blue thing popped up and he saved him. and that's when he, it was to reveal that he's been using his Quincy power the entire time and not his original power, not his soul power. So I guess I, in that I answered my own question that since he did save him multiple times, he is a friend. There we go. And this was the culmination of Ichigo saying, you've been,-you've been a ride or die the whole time. I'm not letting you go. And ichigo emerges with two sun pop toes.

Dani 19:50

And didn't you like how they did that they had, because at first I was, you know, the credit seemed like it started to roll. And I, I was like, wait a minute, wait a minute, is it ending? What's going

Giovani 20:03

episode 14,

Dani 20:05

minute I was like, wait a What's going on? Don't we still have a couple minutes you but know, they started playing, you know, the track, music to go along with it. the title sequence fell. Ichigo reached in and pulled out his Octo and big reveal. He has not one but two

Giovani 20:29

Here's a short blade and a long blade, similar to shunt trees,

Dani 20:32

right. And so I guess it represents both him, you and the old man.'cause I guess he's not Zen Tsu. Did we get his name?

Giovani 20:41

Who? Z gso. Well, just, he, she just referred to as old men. Z gso.

Dani 20:46

I know, but

Giovani 20:47

Uh, we can call him Yuha. I don't know. and When he came out with both those blades, and he said,so you are me. I was like, okay. The title

Dani 20:57

The blade is me,

Giovani 20:58

That makes so much sense, and then you think it's over, but nope, we have another after credit scene, which was full of layers,.

Dani 21:07

Yeah, we get, um, yuha on his throne and Uri, you

Giovani 21:13

Being ushered in by Alt gram and he says, I, got the target, which is du Quinty. How do you feel about that?

Dani 21:22

Ah,

Giovani 21:23

Is

Dani 21:23

I'm, it's yes. hoping like subterfuge, sneaking in. The back way to

Giovani 21:34

Trojan Horse.

Dani 21:35

out.

Giovani 21:36

the Trojan horse. the the reason I feel like it's a Trojan horse, because there was no bill to this like him and Ichigo didn't have a big fight or a big dispute. is. Just learning more about his history and the histories of the Quincy his family, and he's putting one to one together, and this is also a callback to everything but the rain, where we see after credits du being approached by gram and there was no words. You just see them staring at each other. So my guess is, Graham convinced him And this is him joining. I think it's cool. But he's Trojan Horse and he's definitely Trojan Horse and, and he's smart enough to know that he has to play nice because this guy, the Quincy King Yuha you, her Baha, he's the the strongest villain that we've ever seen.

Dani 22:33

I'm sure they're gonna get into some very unsavory things

Giovani 22:37

we will see. So as credit roll and industry ending, what's your thought of this episode? What are your ques.

Dani 22:46

oh no, it was great. It, it was I wish it was more like we could've done a little less of the previous ones, just so we could get an extended one of this. I can get a little bit more, I mean, it was exciting, especially the big reveal. And um, I guess it was kind of in our face the entire time that the hollow was Zen tsu. I mean, now that we know, it just kind of seems

Giovani 23:10

That was shocking.

Dani 23:11

and

Giovani 23:12

what?

Dani 23:13

I think We did mention that. he looked, you know, with the hair, the long hair and the, the mustache and that kind of thing.

Giovani 23:22

T take gobo. Nobody was doing.

Dani 23:24

didn't the Hollow tell us, um, once before that he was TSU and everybody was just kind of like, oh, well he just mouthing off.

Giovani 23:33

Stop lying. You are a hollow,

Dani 23:35

Stop lying, please get outta

Giovani 23:37

so what? What's your rating?

Dani 23:39

I'll, give it a solid nine.

Giovani 23:41

That Because you don't do points, right?

Danielle 23:43

Well,

Dani 23:44

okay.

Giovani 23:45

No, no, you, you

Dani 23:46

was thinking

Danielle 23:47

no,

Dani 23:47

well, I guess I I about how I, I think I should have dropped my previous episodes rating a little bit.'cause I'm like, if I gave that one a eight and a half, I can't just give this one

Giovani 23:59

Your readings are just all over the place. What do you really feel? What do you really mean?

Danielle 24:03

I don't,

Giovani 24:05

Okay, we're done with last episode. Okay. You give it a A Nine

Danielle 24:08

this episode.

Dani 24:09

Okay. Nine

Danielle 24:09

and a half. 9.5.

Dani 24:11

That's, uh,

Giovani 24:12

Okay, that's fine. That's fine. I am going to give it 9.2 Bon Kais

Danielle 24:19

9.2.

Dani 24:20

There's, we only deal in, in in fives,

Giovani 24:24

9.2. Uh, it was really good. It ranks right up there with four in episode five to me, or. Uh, you know, with the fire,

Dani 24:35

you

Danielle 24:36

Yeah,

Giovani 24:37

it rings

Dani 24:38

talking about with, um, with Yamamoto.

Giovani 24:40

With Yamamoto doing all his Bon Kais. And then the episode after that, which I think it's six, to me that was probably the best two episodes I've seen, which is five, five and six. But this is, uh, this is really close, Do you wanna do best and worst?

Dani 24:58

Uh, I don't even know if there's any worse

Giovani 25:01

I was thinking that too. You gonna, there's no worse.

Danielle 25:04

I don't think there's any worse.

Dani 25:06

I'll skip that one. I don't, I don't feel like there was a worse, I used a little bit more, but other

Giovani 25:11

Right. That is the worst. And I couldn't, I can't even really say anything bad about soy phone. I mean, she was just working hard. So, but we can do best

Dani 25:21

Well, I mean, Bess is gonna, uh, be the, the big reaching in and pulling out the double zpac toes, the, the sword reveal. cause that was so

Giovani 25:32

That was, that was, and that's. That was going to be mine too. But you took that So, Hmm. what? don't know if I have another best.

Dani 25:44

It's, there's another best, him walking up and, and choosing his ucci. That was pretty good. Yeah.

Giovani 25:52

I may have to say yours. I think I'll say

Dani 25:54

I mean, they're, they, uh, I mean, you can't go wrong with, those. are really good.

Giovani 25:57

the entire reveal, well, just the entire scene where decides to keep old man, um, Z getsu and pulling out his two swords and just the whole scene was captivating the music. It's really good episode. I think that's

Dani 26:16

I think

Giovani 26:16

it.

Dani 26:17

Yeah,

Giovani 26:18

Pin

Dani 26:19

A good way to wrap up the episode. Um, I mean, since we're a little behind, I mean, we have to for the,

Giovani 26:26

episode

Dani 26:26

you know, I that's, of silver guess that's one the linings that we can just plunge on ahead and we don't have to wait months for the next one to come out. So

Giovani 26:37

Right. So We're gonna do 14, 15. Tomorrow's gonna get us, but I mean,

Dani 26:43

yeah.

Giovani 26:43

I really cannot wait to go into 14 after the reveal that du use with the Quincy and Ichigo has both swords

Dani 26:51

That's exciting. All right, so we can, uh, wrap up this episode.

Giovani 26:56

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Yeah, we can take it

Giovani 27:25

You know, I love some of the, uh, some of the bleach back and forths. I have some, the commentary, like, they're really interesting. They usually bring a, a different insight to me, usually very different. And it helps me kind of work my way through, like I'm in therapy, like I'm working my way through

Dani 27:43

Oh no. In therapy. well,

Giovani 27:46

So it's cool.

Dani 27:47

you know, works,

Giovani 27:48

Yeah.

Dani 27:50

All right guys. I think it for us. We're calling it a a A day. All right, we'll see you next time.

Giovani 27:57

Bye bye.

Dani 28:00

Bye.