Bleach: A Thousand Year Blood War it's the Bleach anime that fans have been waiting for. With its stellar animation, voice acting, story direction, and high stakes, the adaptation of the grand finale of Tite Kubo's hit manga is the best yet. Bleach has been for centuries. Some would even say that this is what Bleach should have been from the beginning, and they are not wrong. For older and jaded fans, the most impressive thing about Bleach rebirth is how much it improved its source material. In short, Millennial blood war the manga's story arc was highly divisive.
Much earlier Millennial blood war the anime was also announced, readers begged and prayed for the anime to be fixed or even completely rewritten Bleach original ending. This is not only because of its still divisive epilogue, but for the entire final third of the story arc. At the time of its publication, about 10 years ago, the manga's ending was considered one of the worst ever made. With Millennial blood war anime that tackles some of the manga's biggest pitfalls, fans are once again hoping that the upcoming finale will undo Bleach worst mistakes and safeguard their legacy.
The ending of the manga Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War was a big disappointment
The manga's grand finale wasted a strong start
Millennial blood war It started off on a high note with the Wandenreich invading Soul Society and nearly destroying the Gotei 13. The Quincy's opening salvo turned the tables Bleach status quo in ways no one had anticipated. Readers were both scared and excited to see what would happen next. But after the first wave of the invasion, the manga reverted to tired cliches. Ichigo Kurosaki's quirky training montage with friends dragged on too long. Comedic moments clashed with the darkness of the preceding events. Finally, the Soul Reapers got some handy power-ups. When the Quincy returned, the story arc evolved into one-sided and predictable fights that always ended in favor of the Soul Reapers.
Much of the dramatic impact that the characters' difficult choices and even their deaths could have had was undermined by the narrative arc itself. This was thanks to Bleach the most sensational plot devices and Deus ex Machina Still. The abundance of abandoned character subplots, plot threads, unexplained world-building, and unfortunate implications only made the final stretch of the arc more infuriating. The Soul Reapers' victory and apparent moral superiority were all but guaranteed. The Quincy were reduced from worthy rivals to generic villains to be defeated. It all came to a head in Bleach last two chapters, which form an epilogue set a decade after the war.
Here, it was shown that life in Soul Society had just returned to normal. It seemed that the Quincy invasion and the near destruction of reality at the hands of Emperor Yhwach were not so serious. Back in the world of the living, Ichigo and his friends got the cheesiest ending possible. Ichigo and Orihime Inoue have gotten married and started a family. Likewise, Rukia Kuchiki and Renji Abarai have started families of their own. The rest of Ichigo's hometown friends and family barely got any closure, let alone screen time during the final arc. To add insult to injury, the threat of Emperor Yhwach's second resurrection was literally swept away by Ichigo and Orihime's young son, Kazui Kurosaki.
The Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War manga was incredibly rushed
The manga's ending was a victim of harsh realities and external factors
To say that Bleach ending below expectations is an understatement. Readers stayed with the manga until the end, lamenting the arc's clearly untapped potential, missed opportunities, and disappointing ending state throughout. Pessimistic fans were convinced that the manga's ending was the final blow. Bleach coffin. At the moment, Bleach really took a turn for the worse. The anime was suddenly cancelled just when it seemed like it was getting back on track. Worse yet, the anime simply stopped on a cliffhanger. Sales of the manga slowly declined with each new chapter and reservoir. Shonen Jump itself apparently pushed Bleach and Ichigo out of the game, despite Bleach being one of the magazine's now legendary Big Three. The best that can be said about Bleach During this time it has remained consistently relevant and has never flopped, but it has obviously seen better days.
In Bleach defense, even Kubo himself would agree that the last chapters of the manga could have been made under better circumstances. Thanks to Kubo's poor health, his personal problems, and his publisher's unreasonable demands, Bleach finale was essentially forced into existence. At the time, Kubo was working on Bleach non-stop for almost 15 years. He, understandably, just wanted to finish the manga so he could move on. The only thing that kept him going through those difficult times was a letter of support from a terminally ill fan. He asked Shueisha, Bleach publishers, for two years to wrap things up, but they only gave him one. Unsurprisingly, this resulted in a horribly truncated and underdeveloped story arc.
Then and now, It was obvious that entire subplots and nuanced characterizations had been abandoned in favor of battles and rushed plot-advancing action. Many of the final arc's shortcomings were addressed in the supplemental material and canonical light novels. However, it was clear that these resolutions and subplots were either cut from the manga or only thought of after the fact. This further emphasized the manga's poor quality and lack of polish. The worst part of all of this is that Kubo's situation is not an uncommon occurrence in the notoriously cutthroat and even exploitative manga/anime industry.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, the anime can and should improve the manga's ending
The ending of the manga needs to be rewritten, not changed completely.
As imperfect and lacking as it is Bleach the ending of the manga wasn't inherently bad. When observed in a vacuum, the outline of Millennial blood war the events and revelations are solid. The ending paid off, delivering on what had been planted since the Soul Society Civil War. Years of questions about certain characters' pasts and the world they lived in were finally answered. Some character arcs ended in the best possible way. Romantic couples that had been teased from the beginning became official just before the end of the manga. The problem was that the events between these major developments were lacking or non-existent. The lack of nuance and depth made the final arc feel rushed and unsatisfying. If Kubo had been given more time to develop the arc, it wouldn't have been so disappointing.
Millennial blood war An anime does not need to change the manga's ending or its main events, but it can and should rewrite the narratives that precede them. Luckily, it has already done so. For one, it sped up the events of the manga by cutting out excess comic relief and shortening the exposition. The anime also addressed the manga's lack of characterization. For example, the anime turned Uryu Ishida's defection to the Wandenreich into a subplot, and vice-captain Chojiro Sasakibe was given more flashbacks. In the manga, these two main points were barely footnotes. Likewise, the Sternritter were given some much-needed extra depth to make them more than just cool character designs to root against. The best example was Bambietta Basterbine's gang, especially during their fight against Ichigo.
Some of Millennial blood war Major changes include new combat and rewritten character fates. The most notable was the defeat of Squad Zero, where three of the five died by ritual suicide in the anime instead of being killed off-screen in the manga. While it is currently unclear, it seems that some of the Sternritter who originally died during Emperor Yhwach's Auswahlen may have survived in the anime. If this were the case, it would lead to new character interactions and fights. Additionally, the rift between Soul Reapers and Quincy was better explained through flashbacks in the anime only. This brand new worldbuilding also confused the supposed greater good of Soul Society, adding more layers to the conflict and making Bleach more complex world.
The most important thing about the Millennial blood war The additions in the anime were such that they did not interfere with the ending intended by the manga. Although the path that leads to Bleach The final and most important moments have changed a bit, the destination remains the same. Ichigo, his friends, the surviving officers of the Gotei 13, and the defector Sternritter will still go to the Soul King's palace to fight Emperor Yhwach and his Schutzstaffel. Likewise, the fall of Squad Zero is inevitable. But now they have a more plausible and rewarding narrative path to follow. What makes them better is that Kubo was involved in creating these new scenes or restoring previously cut material. Not only are fans now getting Kubo's original and uncut vision, but they are also seeing Bleach at its peak. Millennial blood war the next third and final course will continue this upward trend, and Bleach the greatly improved grand finale is even better.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 1: The Blood Warfare and Part 2: The Separation are now available to watch and purchase in both physical and digital formats. Part 3: The Conflict will air later this year.