Happy Halloween! Time for the Sternritter to Trick the Captains into giving them their Bankai and Treat us to an absolutely engrossing and visually amazing episode! Also...a bunch of dead Soul Reapers
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Oh no, they killed Not!Aizen! They literally just introduced Kajomaru and killed him just like that...are the other two okay
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Love! Well, Kira might be dead, but at least he has a Captain that cares about him, won't betray him, and sees him as a muse. But it looks like Love will have to go through NaNaNa before he can get revenge on Bazz-B for how he treated his subordinates
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Jeez, Az Nodht just straight up torturing Soul Reapers to death with his ice spears! Luckily that one Soul Reapers' resolve to stand and fight lead our boi Renji to make a heroic entrance! Although as always, Byakuya steals the show with a dynamic entrance that's so Byakuya
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The Captains have their opponents! And most of their lieutenants are there with them! And Rangiku looks as stunning as ever
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It's so surreal hearing Ayana Taketatsu in
Bleach cheerily slicing through Soul Reapers, mocking Komamura, and stealing his Bankai, all the while prancing around in a skirt. Like, Ayacchi hardly ever plays villains to begin with, and you can tell she's really having fun here. Honestly, I want more of this girl
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Man, Senbonzakura Kageyoshi has never looked so beautiful
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So the Quincies were never out to seal Bankai...merely steal it for themselves. Which begs the question how the Captains are going to be able to win this without Bankai. And poor Hitsugaya in despair over losing Hyoinmaru
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Masaya Onosaka! One of the reasons I was happy to see the show coming back is you hardly hear from him any more outside him doing Tales Of conventions, so it's great to hear him and see Shinji again. Also, Aya Hisakawa always a delight as Unohana
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Thanks to Ichigo retaining his Bankai, which seems to be the key to overturning the edge the Quincies have, he's able to overpower Quilge, although you know it's serious when Uruhara unceremoniously ends him and then sends Ichigo on his way back to the Soul Society...of course Quilge wasn't dead so Ichigo and friends get beat and Ichigo gets trapped in a prison in-between realms. Yeah, things aren't looking good here
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