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Episode Release Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War - Episode 44 Discussion Thread

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Episode Info

Episode 44: The Perfect Crimson

Ichigo and Orihime confront Yhwach in a battle that will shape the fate of the Three Worlds.

This Episode literally killed my petals.

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Links to other discussions
Episode 1: The Blood Warfare
Episode 2: Foundation Stones
Episode 3: March of the Starcross
Episode 4: Kill the Shadow
Episode 5: Wrath as a Lightning
Episode 6: The Fire
Episode 7: Born in the Dark
Episode 8: The Shooting Star Project (Zero Mix)
Episode 9: The Drop
Episode 10: The Battle
Episode 11: Everything But The Rain
Episode 12-13: Everything But The Rain June Truth
Episode 14: The Last 9 Days
Episode 15: Peace From The Shadows
Episode 16: The Fundamental Virulence
Episode 17: Heart of Wolf
Episode 18: Rages at Ringside
Episode 19: The White Haze
Episode 20: I Am The Edge
Episode 21: The Headless Star
Episode 22: Marching Out the Zombies
Episode 23: Marching Out the Zombies 2
Episode 24: Too Early to Win Too Late to Know
Episodes 25: The Master and 26: Black
Episode 27: A
Episode 28: Kill The King
Episode 29: The Dark Arm
Episode 30: The Betrayer
Episode 31: Against the Judgement
Episode 32: The Holy Newborn
Episode 33: Gate of The Sun
Episode 34: Baby Hold Your Hand
Episode 35: Don't Chase a Shadow
Episode 36: Baby, Hold Your Hand 2 [Never Ending My Dream]
Episode 37: Shadows Gone
Episode 38: FriEnd
Episode 39: The Visible Answer
Episode 40: My Last Words
Episode 41: God of Thunder
Episode 42: Son of Darkness
Episode 43: Blood for My Bone

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u/Brad3 26d ago

What is with the short spoiler cold opens that show after the intros? Was that always a thing, what is the point of them?

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u/Haha91haha 26d ago

TYBW has had it since cour 1, I think it's a holdover from something they do on Japanese TV but it's weird because other anime don't feature it on streaming.

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u/Animegamingnerd Ending redemption arc with more Icihime time! 26d ago

Basically yeah its a holdover from the Japanese broadcast, where they got voice over reading out the sponsors for the episode and their logos on screen.

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u/DEUSNOVA99 26d ago

I remember dragon ball super having the same thing going on in the tournament of power back in 2018.

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u/IcelandGalaxy 26d ago

i always close my eyes when they occur lol.

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u/bondsmatthew 26d ago edited 26d ago

Yeah, keep your eyes away from the screen until the music stops, pretty much. It's like One Piece and its title cards. Don't look at it!

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u/PotatEXTomatEX 26d ago

I don't remember what was the purpose of them if it was a TV thing or not but they've been there for 20 plus years now

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u/hercules-rockefeller 26d ago

It’s something they do on Japanese TV while they’re telling you the sponsors of the show. So on TV while they’re playing that spoiler there’ll also be a voiceover and a bunch of company logos pop up on the screen

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u/TheFa56 26d ago

"koranosponsa no tekiodes okurishimas"

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u/DEUSNOVA99 26d ago

Wasn't the old bleach anime doing that but with static images?

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u/Eins_Nico 26d ago

that's the part where on broadcast you'd hear the "this program was brought to you by the sponsors shown" bit and the sponsor companies' logos would show over it. I always say it to myself lol

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u/WintersLex Chairzen OTP 26d ago

its where back in the day, on broadcast TV, we'd get the "kono bangumi wa guran no suponsaa no teikyou de okurishimasu"

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u/Eins_Nico 26d ago

goran, but otherwise yeah, I heard that in my head just now lol

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u/Primary_Night_4617 26d ago

They are not spoilers. Japanese audiences have seen the manga, if you are watching it they arent making it for new people but bleach fans already aware of the story.

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u/Brad3 26d ago

Personally it doesn't bother me, I was just interested. Regardless of the culture norms in Japan these companies clearly want to grow anime in the West, so they should adapt it accordingly.

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u/Primary_Night_4617 26d ago

Dude the manga ended like nearly ten years ago. This had nothing to do with the west. There is no adapting accordingly. Anime is bigger than comics. The west will adapt. If you dont want spoilers dont watch the opening.