SQUAD ZERO VS THE ELITE STERNRITTER - Why It Was DISAPPOINTING (and How the TYBW Anime Can FIX It!)

[@MrTommo2304]

One of the most important battles to take place in the Bleach universe is almost here... how do you think the TYBW anime will change things? Will fights be extended? Let me know your thoughts! I'm aware there are some leaks for episode 24 already - if you've seen them, for the sake of people trying to go into the episode blind, please try and keep your comments spoiler-free. Thanks everyone! 🔥

[@Therealfrogius]

Haven't they already animated the episodes? What's the point in saying how they can fix it like it matters?

[@SUBCHVRGE]

its a speculation video for fun, my guy. not that deep.

[@Starlesslight]

Completely made no sense how these guys were supposed to be more powerful than the entire Gotei 13, but couldn't even take one sternritter down. The story really fell apart quickly at this point, especially with all the deus ex machina needed to beat these guys in the end. I mean it doesn't even make sense that Ichigo was running to stop Ywach, when I doubt he could have beaten any of the other Sternritter up there on his own. He had to be saved from Askin. None of the sternritter were beaten singlehandedly, and most of them required a deus ex machina to take down, except for Askin.

[@qum3325]

​@@Therealfrogiusthey already animated but we didn't see the Ep we need to wait

[@felipez3115]

​@@Therealfrogius?? And you already know what happens? Your comment makes 0 sense.

[@randallsavage2658]

What’s crazy is that Yhwach took Regular Soldat Solders to the Royal Palace over Sternritter

[@thebluenoble6175]

YES!

[@thebluenoble6175]

LEFT as nodt

[@MrAsynchro]

​@@thebluenoble6175hmm might be because he's dead but idk though 😂😂😂😂

[@legendarydevilhunter1505]

Because he needed them down there to be sacrificed like simple pawns

[@gladiolus5377]

He needed the Sternritter below to power up the Auswahlen, normal Soldats would be useless.

[@abe4life1]

It was drastically fixed. And plot hole fixed. The bank ai they added was pretty much a plot hole fix that made me extremely happy. If you didn’t notice, all the ways she described their deaths is how they actually will die and lose against the soul reapers

[@gammafrost]

I pray to God the anime heavily expands this fight. It needs to be addressed and I really hope Kubo delivers.

[@willyfafok]

They will that's for sure i can feel it

[@Archaoen0]

I hope that they make a statement by Ichibe or just show us that the 0 Division didn't actually lose, or maybe they can just cut straight to ywhach vs Ichibe, and let the remainder of the fight against the roylae guards to cour 3

[@willyfafok]

@@Archaoen0 there's a big change incoming. I just read the description for this eps leak and its crazy to say the least. There are new and original scene that didn't appear in the manga

[@ryuxel1369]

@@willyfafokomg where can i see the leaks

[@gammafrost]

@@willyfafok good!!! I’m dying to see Oetsu flex his skills more. I want him to use shikai and Bankai so badly. He deserves just as much spotlight as Ichibei.

[@zold9896]

They fixed it boys!

[@sangaylhendrup9514]

Ikr her bankai was soooo fuc**ing good omg

[@RiruKrypto_]

I think it's wild how Squad 0 made the Sternritter Elite Royal Guards look so weak that Yhwach had to take their powers from his army below just to give them a second chance.

[@aricgonzalez1503]

technically they were given their original power but the squad zero still weren’t able to go all out due to them making their blood pact 😞

[@LowKeyJaded]

Oetsu Nimaya had the potential to be one of the most visibly impressive and powerful characters in bleach. He created the zanpakto and has at least 5 of them at his disposal.

[@gig7932]

Maybe it's just me but I would love the sword five to show up and help Nimaya after he gets shot.

[@carlli4000]

And he was

[@atpr3241]

​@@hgfsdghfsdgfNot good enough. Some captains in the Gotei go toe to toe with those God Level Schutzstaffel. Oetsu and rest of 0 Division need a better fight in the anime

[@сахасахович-п2и]

​@@hgfsdghfsdgfand it wasn't that impressive considering that we don't have any idea how strong they were prior Auswahlen. This is what you get when you introduce characters at the end of arc

[@kilzfordays]

Also, if we think about it, If Senjumaru is given multiple zanpakuto for each of her arms made by Oetsu, couldn't she use multiple bankai at once? We know Ichibei names them too but that would be insanely op.

[@Raj_Saha_007]

BANKAI!!! SHATATSU KARAGARA SHIGARAMINOTSUJI!!!

[@imperialspy7204]

Kubo delivered

[@Coreyy12]

“Is there any chance of seeing Senjumaru’s Shikai?” “I don’t expect to see any Bankai” *MAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN LEMME TELL YOOOOOOUUUUUUUU*

[@DeVoizce]

Ohhhhh you didn't expect to see a bankai!?

[@andyzhang7890]

I hope we not only get to see their fights, but hopefully their bankais too- I get that Kubo may want to save certain reveals for the Hell arc, but by in-world logic there isnt a reason for them not to defend the soul king with their bankais.

[@kilzfordays]

I've heard the next couple episodes have massive changes so maybe, if Kubo fixes everything that went wrong, we could have one of the best anime adaptation of all time

[@rcqr4148]

The problem with then unleashing bankai is that their defeat will be that much more disappointing when they lose with their bankais active and obviously they must lose plot reasons

[@joseanibalsantacruzamanzo2202]

Exactly, Kubo probably didn't show their bankai for this reason, @@rcqr4148

[@reinhard7164]

This aged likee wine

[@kilzfordays]

@@reinhard7164 Literally maaan. I was really hoping for Senjumaru's bankai and Kubo fucking COOKED. Kubo cooking >>>> Gordon Ramsay

[@bainedikeman1675]

Hey, Tom. I just want to thank you for carrying the Bleach fandom for all of these years. I’m completely prepped to be a top tier patron for years to come at this point. To me, you’re the Bleach lore master. Keep it up! Thank you for your efforts and the amazing quality you deliver each week.

[@kenzotenma5226]

Dont forget Tekking101. He does One Piece now but back in the day he was one of the major youtubers who did Bleach content and chapter reviews

[@carlli4000]

Troll thanks jaymeshanson tommo just made a channel when the anime cameback he literally didnt carried bleach at all

[@gammafrost]

@@carlli4000this just proves that you don’t know what you’re talking about. Tommo has been around since 2012 and was making bleach videos long before the bleach anime was announced to come back.

[@BlueSage19]

​@@kenzotenma5226not a op fan, but back in the Bleach days, he was one of my favorite youtubers altogether. Good old days

[@lukasbaral5108]

Daily reminder soldat Greg reached the royal palace before aizen XD The anime looks like its gearing up to do its first MAJOR change, in how the structure of this battle will happen, a certain quincy will get his own fight. And I am ALL down for some of the leaks that have emerged, ESPECIALLY that flashback.....

[@Washekk2712]

Wow the anime already added so many scenes and big lore flashback

[@ez_is_bloo]

The leaks are making me soooooo excited I've never been this excited for something before, I literally cannot sleep last night.

[@OG_DSB]

This key battle needs to be done justice in the anime. Instead of Uryu getting involved, I actually think Haschwalth would be preferable. We’ve already seen a glimpse of his schrift and if his Balance can be extended to assist his comrades it would be a perfect way to help them get the upper hand and eventually the victory over the royal division. This would also save Uryu’s new power for his fight with Haschwalth later or even hopefully Ichigo.

[@drkblu3394]

That's actually a cool af idea. Having the zero Squad still going toe to toe after the Schutzstaffel gets powered up (except for Nimaiya rip) and then you have Haschwalt changing the scales of the fight. But definitely not going that route lmao.

[@ticclenut9376]

This is a cool idea but uryu still needs to do something in these next 3 episodes, he’s one of the main characters of bleach he should absolutely be fighting more than once in this arc

[@OG_DSB]

@@ticclenut9376 That’s a valid point and I actually agree. Uryu needs to prove himself after all and going against the royal division is about as good as it gets.

[@Flashstrike4]

And boy did the anime give us both sides

[@manuelacosta9463]

Rushing aside it was so likely to symbolize how Soul Society from top to bottom was not ready to face an opponent with utterly ruthless determination who learned lessons from past defeats. When was the last time Zero Squad fought intruders in that gilded cage? It showed how even the 'elite' are vulnerable and apart from rumor and propaganda, are fallible. But I do hope we get an expansion for the anime.

[@jrgenvellesen7800]

Indeed. The fact that Ichibe has made the whole war seem like a one-sided conflict where the Soul Reapers had no share of the blame for things escalating to such a point, as well as the Soul King having been protected with no issues, is some really scummy stuff. Even Yoruichi, who believes the current order is a necessary evil, was left disgusted and frustrated by how once again, history is left to be written by the so called winners, who didn't even succeed at their supposed job.

[@manuelacosta9463]

@@jrgenvellesen7800 True. The official narrative of the war has been changed to make it look like the Spirit King was protected without any problems. The irony is the even some Squad Zero members clearly did not know what they were guarding, with Shutara expressing shock and then anger when Ichibei revealed the truth, particularly the detail of the King complying with everything the ancestors demanded only for them to gouge and seal him anyways. At least there are those who doubt and question, sometimes that's all you need.

[@joshwalton25]

Yeah, I assumed these fights were so brutally short and one sided to drive home exactly how strong Ywatch and the elite guard are. It's not that Squad 0 is weak, it's that the powered up Elite Quincy and Ywatch's The Almighty are just that OP.

[@hey608]

I think all was Soul king plan and is obvious that ichibe knew more than what we thought. The zero squad was defeated easily so yhwach could go on with his plan to kill the Soul king. I think the Soul king needed to be replaced and saw in the future this possibility , yhwach as replacement and told ichibe. That is why ichibe doesn't fight back and let yhwach invade the soul palace and kill the SK. Even after ichibe died, he talk with ichigo and he look chill. The zero squad doesn't get involved that much in the war because that was not their role. Ichibe was cautious and prepare Ichigo if the plan doesn't goes as expected.

[@114bleachfan]

No, it was just rushed as was the entire rest of the manga was forced to end early. It is not symbolic at all, it's just. Unfortunately, rushed and therefore terrible writing. Nothing about this fight represents symbolism. And it's honestly pure cope to argue that. Squad 0 literally planned it out, so you can't make it seem like they were just ignorant and vulnerable/cocky of the only thing they were ignorant of is yhwach literally having an anti all hax ability that ignores all powers and reality(which is bad writing to even have that power) which I mean isn't really their fault.

[@rayvonvelez3129]

All i want is for ichibei vs yhwach to be expanded upon as much as possible. In the manga when yhwach reawakened the Almighty ichibei acted like it was just another power up. But with new content in anime ichibei should know yhwach has the Almighty. Hopefully the anime changes it to where the Almighty will scare ichibei since he should know the soul king made the world with those eyes.

[@jas030]

feel like it should be given yama vs ychwach treatment, maybe better 🤷

[@FM-no4xn]

İchibei surprised how his powers doesnt work. Reason of this, probably, He sealed Reio in past with same power but he couldnt seal Yhwach. Reio was allowing the seal and didnt use Allmighty's altering future power

[@gammafrost]

Do you think it’s possible for ywach to use Yamamoto’s Bankai in the anime during this fight?

[@joseanibalsantacruzamanzo2202]

Why? Ichibei's power is pretty simple, writting with his brush. No need to expand something like that.

[@jrgenvellesen7800]

To be fair to Squad 0, they were fighting the Heart of God, the Left arm of God, the strongest Arch-Angel serving the Son of God and a guy that can turn anything lethal. Though, given how full of themselves they were, there is something poetic about them being so thoroughly crushed, leaving the Gotei 13 that they mocked to fix the mess they left behind.

[@kelvinallen9327]

Maybe Askin is the plague of god? 👍

[@animanco6833]

Not to mention how they seem to purposely let the enemy enter their front door

[@jrgenvellesen7800]

@@animanco6833 Indeed. The fact that the anime shows that Ichibe knowingly let Yhwach enter the Royal Palace, does seem to imply that he was too overconfident/obsessed with the idea of replacing the old Soul King with a new one.

[@Force-Multiplier]

You just made Askin sound like John Wick's Sensei 🤣

[@valentineifeanyi4078]

​@@kelvinallen9327 No he is the taster of God

[@angelwingzero]

Tommo is hitting on the issue I've personally been having with some of the last episodes of season 2. Mayuri and Ywach both suffer from "I'm too cool" disease. Nothing actually phases them, so nothing they do has any tension. You need moments where a character is actually on the back foot, or hesitating, or even just actually analyzing a situation for their solution or powers to feel earned. Otherwise, it's just another thing they pulled out of a hat because the story has to get somewhere. I really do hope the anime expands on both sides and makes them feel like real characters.

[@stevenwayne3701]

The pernida fight is basically what you want. Giselle was always supposed to be lightwork for Mayuri

[@darknesswave100]

To be fair Giselle was nothing regardless. She/he's been shown to stand back and do nothing while letting the zombies do all the work. So mayuri was gonna dogwalk them with no effort. Kinda funny that Byakuya mentioned taking down the puppeteer with Pepe and it fits with Gizelle just as well

[@angelwingzero]

@darknesswave100 that's a storytelling choice. Giselle has tons of weird abilities and attacks we see her use. We never see Mayuri actually figure out how her power works, either in the moment or in flashback. In the scene, he had already figured out a way to defeat her emain ability, Bambietta infected with it, Infected Hitsugaya, and infected Rose+Kensei+Matsumoto before tye fight even started. We're just told that he figured it out and had the perfect contingencies for all of these things that were never foreshadowed to us as viewers, let alone Mayuri himself. It's a convenient storytelling choice that is rampant in this part of the story, and I'm not a fan of that choice.

[@hadouradiance3566]

To be fair Yhwach is visibly shocked, taken aback, and even scared in his fight with Ichibei during several moments. Like when his face ruptured, and when Ichibei turned him into "Black Ant". Iirc he even asked "Is this the end?" and literally got his ass saved by The Almighty.

[@angelwingzero]

@hadouradiance3566 let's see how that one goes (I'm anime only, but I've been spoiled on things). I think Tommo makes a great point that the Yamamoto fight was only cheapened with the Lloyd reveal. That was a really cool fight, and if Ywach had just beaten Yamamoto in a brutal fight, I would actually care about Squad Zero avenging him. From a storytelling perspective Ywach has sat around, barely said anything in all of his appearances, and fought Ichigo briefly.

[@malakai_adam]

People always bring up how stylish the art is in Bleach, but something I love about Kubo is his impeccable naming sense. The Spanish hollow terminology is awesome but the Quincy have the coldest name for literally everything. Sternritter? Shrift? Volstandish? Shutstoffel? Absurdly fun to say

[@WieldMyWord]

Not to mention its pretty unique how it used spanish music in the arrancar arcs, which is not common to do. Even today you rarely see animes with such music, maybe for a 1 time gag and its gone but making a whole album/theme around it has not been done.

[@malakai_adam]

@@WieldMyWord yes! Also basically every track in that arc is absolute fire

[@nc3743]

It's kinda funny you get amused by basic German words you'd find everywhere like vollständig (complete/full) or Schrift (writing/script)

[@malakai_adam]

@@nc3743 I guess it is, but I always enjoy the phonetics of languages I don't hear often. It's neat🥰

[@CFootprints]

​@@nc3743Schutzstaffel...less nowadays.😅

[@EctocoolerEI]

The craziest part about squad zero vs the stem ritter is that Aizen never registered as a threat to squad zero.

[@SinHurr]

Well, even if he did, The Zeros don't seem to give a shit about much of anything until it's literally on their own doorstep. They say as much when they first come down after the first invasion to collect Ichigo and company. Zero Squad guards the Royal Palace. The 13 Squads guard Soul Society.

[@jdizzle1779]

​@@SinHurrthat's always bothered me though. You wait for a threat to be at your door no matter the magnitude of the threat. If not for uraharas hax I can' create and therefore do anything ability, aizen would have destroyed the 0 squad

[@RoxUnlimited]

For some of the questions regarding the schutzstaffel I guess you could say yhwach let them die and be revived on purpose to "toy" with the royal guard and break their morale. Kind of like Madara toying with the hokage in naruto

[@ramdomsamz2406]

I think its safe to say the zero squad have cemented themselves in the upper echelon of shinigami, especially after the season ended on them taking a huge win over the quincy, with the situation seeming hopeless for ywach's forces.

[@ibrahimsurti4922]

STRONGEST MATE THAT BANKAI MADE YAMAMOTO LOOK LIKE A JOKE

[@BrahmaDBA]

@@ibrahimsurti4922 I'm no Yamamoto purist but all Bankai looks like a joke next to Ichibei Hyosube's Shinuchi lol. Its like winning a game by editing the source code of the game itself.

[@paige2783]

​@@BrahmaDBAYeah, Ichibe has the most meta power and therefore the most powerful power

[@jaxxtenmarkko8489]

@@BrahmaDBAnah Fr it’s like playin tag against that annoying person as a kid because they’d just change the rules to their favor😂😂😂😂

[@trehubb6144]

Definitely don't see a top 10 list without the 5 of them 😅

[@mrenigmadoe4810]

I agree with you on the twists. It makes the battle feels cheap. Would have been awesome to see the real yhawch fight and overcome yamamoto.

[@pspsmallz]

And the anime has now redeemed squad zero yay

[@fhneh77]

"36:30 I don't expect we'll see any bankai, for example".....😛

[@TymeTraveling777]

I just want the zero division fights to be expanded and show they're bankai and shikai. They deserve a better fight in the anime!!!

[@RiruKrypto_]

Lillie Barro definitely straight capping with that line, he didn't want to admit he was caught off guard. lol

[@gig7932]

I don't know about that. He sees Yhwach as a god and he'd probably be proud to get additional power from him.

[@xyzxyz3917]

safe to say those guards are multidimensional now 😂

[@ddubmomo]

I wonder if originally Kubo wanted to have a drawn out, brutal battle where The 0 Division just BARELY wins. They even say something like “Oh gosh dang jeez, friendos…if any one of them bois had held on for maybe a minute longer, we most definitely would have done got killed so dang dead.” Thats when U-Haul Bork and his always lookin around nosey-ass smirks menacingly saying, “loljk saw it coming with my special brand special eyes”, does a little dance’n toot, and THEN revives the entire SSquad back at full hp/mp, all spells slots restored, no whammies big hacks to make even bigger ouchies on them already mostly dead Zeroses. Would be a much bigger kick to the morale to Aushwal at that point rather than right after every strupwaffle gets bitch slapped into the floor by just one guy in record speed. Cos then it’s like “…Hey, Killer B? Do that same thing again you literally just did in between me blinking just now” Oh, long story longer: Kubo wanted all the that but had to cut it out due to time/health constraints and…the fact that he kinda already made the same ass-pull in the Yamamoto fight so he was completely fresh out of Loids AND Royds

[@tobiogunyemi7631]

You said "U-Haul Bork", hahaha

[@whatshudikeepmyname]

pretty sure the anime did justice to squad 0

[@whatshudikeepmyname]

they even showed the bankai

[@reasondro]

@@whatshudikeepmyname is this sarcasm? Cus I'm pretty sure tommo here was talking before the anime episode was aired

[@whatshudikeepmyname]

@@reasondro nah I phrased my sentence wrong

[@whatshudikeepmyname]

I meant tht the animeafter the latest ep did justice to squad 0

[@sterben563]

its as you said. they overhauled some parts of the fight and added a nice flashback at the start of the episode! cant wait for your next review for the latest episode!

[@StCrimson667]

Honestly, I REALLY hope we get to see more from Senjumaru! I love her and her whole vibe and I honestly have to wonder if maybe Reio's soldiers are related to her power, I don't think it's a coincidence that she's the one who seems to command them. My theory is that they're actually basically stuffed animals, beings she wove and sewed and then brought to life with her power over fabrics or is at least puppetting them. My theory is that her Zanpakuto is basically along those lines, that anything she pierces with her needle becomes under her control and for her to puppet as if she's pulling on their strings.

[@bruhloloof9894]

guess what lil bro

[@tomsimpkins1211]

Honestly, I'd love to see Uryu and Haschwalth use their shrift in tandem to support the schutzstaffel.

[@shirokuma145]

recent episode was fantastic and really fixed the initial problems. The Zero squad introducing themselves in order was phenomenal

[@BlaxkSun]

So to answer your question about Yhawh using auswahlen. It didn’t matter, remember when the sternritter dies the power he grants comes back to him, his ability is to grant people power. So whether everyone died or not doesn’t make a difference cause he’s taking it all back and redistributing it amongst the 4. I’m pretty sure it shows him reacting to when a sternritter dying then getting that power back.(Kang Du and BG9 I think)

[@errolneal9789]

This is one of the few times where a retcon would be welcome. As a matter of fact, from this point in the anime forward, there are quiete a few places where a masive deviation from the manga would be best for the series and the fanbase.

[@Xmasparol]

And it delivers! we see Senjumaru Bankai and the reason they can't go all out

[@animanco6833]

Let's see how much this fight will be extended. Still hoping to see Ichigo vs Uriyu

[@drigondii]

When the sternritter die, their power returns to Yhwach. If they had all died before auschwalen was needed, the power would already have been back in his possession

[@mirkomacesic3933]

Come on man, where is the new epizode reaction 😂

[@edot5486]

I feel a way they could redeem zero squad is by having them actually defeat the royal guards or come completely close. Only for uryu to use his antithesis ability to switch the damage/defeat back to zero squad. Giving them a more redeemable lose.

[@kpsxgaming9120]

That could be possible

[@Goldfinger1718]

After what happened in the last few episodes this is likely the most possible outcome.

[@twistedbankai5971]

“I don’t expect to see any bankai” lol

[@diwakarsingh873]

Anime fixed everything 🎉

[@Link.ispada]

disappointing ? that was FIRE !!! the whole Episode from start to end was fire

[@LoganWH8]

I always got the impression that the first defeat of the Shutzstaffel was a part of the plan, and the Auswahlen could only empower them after they had been struck down, which would explain why Lille, Gerard, and Pernida didn’t use the abilities they have that would’ve made Oetsu’s attacks meaningless. The Auswahlen made them stronger, but it didn’t change their abilities. If not because he knew the Auswahlen was coming, and being stuck down was part of his majesty’s plan, would Lille continue to use Heilig Pfiel after Oetsu split the first one instead of piercing him with the X Axis? Why else would Gerard’s the Miracle not revive him? The only one who really gives the fight full effort is Askin, the new guy who probably doesn’t know the full plan yet.

[@truhd]

heard yuha doesnt use auwahlen in next ep

[@YooSouth]

Only Problem With Your Theory Is That Askin & Robert Already Know That’s Going To Happen. They’re The Only Sternritter That (In The Last Few Episodes) Were Worried About Juha Seeing Them As Worthy.

[@LoganWH8]

@@YooSouthwell, yeah, they know about the selection, and Robert if not both know what the Auswahlen is, but that doesn’t mean either of them are privy to the plan beyond the ascent to the royal palace.

[@gig7932]

The only thing that messes up your theory is how the Schutzstaffel completely destroyed the fake Senjumaru unless they knew and are all amazing actors.

[@ghoshichchiupa289]

Its german dude,Schutz the sch in schutz( protect) is important and not auswahlen its called Auserwählen also a german word not for the chosen ones its a word describing the process of chosing someone or a group of people in german

[@bacd-nn2lg]

It wasn't disappointing to see this fight in the manga.I guess that everyone wanted to see how their bankai looked liked.

[@darknesswave100]

They seriously need to spend the next what 2 episodes or 3 technically with the hour long one really fixing the entire figjt with Ywhach and the Schutztaffel. That fight was an absolute joke in the manga besides the fight with ichibei and Ywhach himself. Each division member needs their own fight. We all know they lose but they went out without so much of a whimper. This is the time to rectify that

[@TrestonDodd]

@kellyjohnson4768the one after will have squad zero fight as well

[@diegoc.8518]

@kellyjohnson4768 yea and Ichibei vs Yhwach isnt gonna last 2 episodes so no episode 25 will likely be dedicated to Squad Zero vs Elite Stern Ritters

[@fangyuan5964]

​@kellyjohnson4768nope they changed lot of things confirmed in leaks Always true

[@lucasfranke5161]

​@kellyjohnson4768Only Ouetsu dies at 604. We could still get the rest of the battle that was off screened

[@lolsnez7542]

It needs nothing to rectify

[@toshtosh9297]

Didn't u hear what simo Urahara said about Kubo? Apparently they will have constant flashbacks of the 1000 year war with the OG captains as the present fights take place. It's apparently going to happen in all the remaining episodes of the zero division

[@DONQUIIIXOTE]

Yhwach could simply say a line to his royal guards like "time to take this serious" as he revives them, and it would explain why they were killed so easily and reinforce how heartless Yhwach is (as he'd let his soldiers die and the sternritter below be used as a sacrifice just to mess with his opponents). Great video, I'm looking forward to seeing this content adapted.

[@arclight7892]

They should just make the first battle between the royal guard and sternritter elite an even or equal fight where both sides have a stalemate so that ywach decides to step in and use auswahlen to empower the elite. In that way, both sides at least get to look good. Another fix that I want to see is Jugram and Gerard's deaths. It was kinda random because Ywach just suddenly decided to auwahlen them just because he felt like it. It should be changed to something like Ichigo manages to get his bankai off and damages Ywach so badly that he needed to use auswahlen to heal himself then proceeds to break Ichigo's bankai. In that way, Ichigo would at least be able to show how strong his new bankai is and would give jugram and gerard's deaths meaning.

[@CatNact]

I don’t think they are going to deviate too far from the manga. Sad because the most disappointing fight was the final one with Ichigo. All his breakthrough, huge power up, unification of all his powers all to be cast aside by a broken, ridiculous ability and then to win with a stupid arrow and a nonsensical old sword that should not exist and contradicts everything that Ichigo just went through. It’s like finally building the ultimate overpowered gun to vanquish the enemy after great perseverance and struggle then to shoot, miss, hit the hanging sign above which breaks free falling down to crush the skull of the enemy. Anticlimactic at its best and disappointingly unfulfilling.

[@AJ-kt5zo]

Hope they not only divergence but splash new stuff in

[@deaninselman3938]

Well then

[@tobiogunyemi7631]

It might be because i havent re-read this in a long while, but i always wonder what Haschwalth and Uryu were doing during all of this - just standing around, watching? I wonder if they'll get more, or if anything, to do here in the anime too.

[@lucasfranke5161]

IMO the way for the anime to make the 3 remaining Squad 0 members lose while going all out against the Royal Guard without revealing too much their abilities (since they have fights later on) is to have Uryu and Jugram join the battle and maybe also have their abilities be really bad matchups (maybe Pernida can take control over Hikifune's cage, for example)

[@emanuelepgnikzad8354]

The saddest thing is it looks to me like Pernida's "head" was working as a sheat for Oetsu

[@JakeMatthews-OnLo]

I’m excited to know how some characters sound in JP and English, there’s bleach brave soul but I much rather have my first time experience be the anime. Also on the expectations some of us had back in the days were a bit high, sure it was an offscreen one sided slaughter, and Kubo did disappointed in certain aspects but the Zero division loss was a surprise and revelation on the actual threats the royal guards were, and that didn’t disappoint the angels at Yhwach’s beckon call were other worldly and inhuman at a scale and scope we weren’t ready for. Also wonder how the Gotei beat them in the past unless the weren’t members yet. Also I can’t wait for Kubo’s portrait memorials pieces. I don’t have my hopes high for an extended Zero Division fight scene, not to be rude but bleach is still a brand that has to sell, so they’ll prioritize the Bambies over Bazz B and Nanana fight scenes, and probably the only reason Robert got a fight was because it was a Byakuya fight scene. They’ll probably cut some corners and having so many characters fighting at once could make them not animate it. I mean look at the remaining Espada’s Orihime could’ve brought back anyone of them and Kubo clearly had a priority of who to keep alive.

[@williansouza8724]

i hope the anime gives the zero division a proper fight. i’m not sure how that’d happen, since there ate only 3 episodes left, but one can dream.

[@Risingshinigami00]

From what I've read from the leaks it looks like kubo is slightly altering things especially bc yhwach isn't going to be doing auswahalen like he does in the manga and leaves uryu and hashwalt alone and oetsu's fight is getting slightly extended too. I'm really excited to see what kubo is going to do from here on out especially if he's changing/altering things and how they happened compared to the manga.

[@matt8258]

What the fuck man, don’t post about the leaks on a random video

[@adimiryane9577]

ye, and we are gettings too a flash back on ichibei and yhwach a thousand years ago, the fight of the 0 division vs schutzstaffel will get extend too because the next episode is going to adapt only 4 chapters

[@Risingshinigami00]

@@adimiryane9577 ya, I saw screenshots on one of the pages I follow that post about them

[@diegoc.8518]

@@Risingshinigami00 could you give me a link or the app and account pls?

[@bussy7627]

@@Risingshinigami00 The additions to the anime so far, Shinji's bankai, Bambi's sailormooning their vollstandigs, and Byakuya instantly killing 3 sternritter with his shikai. I have low expectations for what they have planned for the Zero squad.

[@Lasherluke]

One thing I'm hoping is that Uyru and Haschwalth are involved alot in this battle.

[@cesarflores2760]

I dont get it, was Nianzol a chosen one like Askeen?

[@Force-Multiplier]

Potentially but since he was underwhelming and not one of the previous Schutzstaffels he didn't got Auswählened

[@cian239]

Yes he was since he went up lol Yhwach prob didnt revive because he went out like a bum and was their for defense

[@jdizzle1779]

None of us know why he didn't get revived. Most likely Kubo never saw him as the same as the other guards so didn't bother to revive him or explain it .

[@Isiel42]

All I'm asking for is Senjumaru and Ichibe's splash screens :P

[@dandaritius5052]

Regarding the Bankai of the Royal Guard, I would like an approach similar to ichigos true bankai. The Royal guard begin to lose very hard and they want to activate their bankai. When that happens yhwach steps in and kills them because he knows that his Schutzstaffel would lose if he does nothing against the bankais. Only then Ichibei steps in because Ichibei already knows what will happen and how he should act from the soul king. Something like that. But maybe that would be repetetive looking at Ichigo vs Yhwach.

[@_AtikshAggarwal]

well as u know anime was way more exciting than u explained here and it was pretty good.

[@rmeddy]

I agree with virtually everything,you say here, this was an exercise in frustration, the off panelling was by far the biggest problem, I almost dropped the manga because of that. I might be armchair psychologist here but Kubo really seems to suffer but analysis paralysis because it feels like he doesn't want to commit to something because he can't use it in a different way later, because it's kinda weird to me we didn't see anyone's Shikai or Bankai with the exception of Ichibei. The auswahlen thing didn't bother me too much. I had the sense he would at least pull the equivalent reishi from the thousand of Soldat down there, if the sternritter were killed As for the fight itself , there is a lot to like as you said but it really wish the structure was different , like I felt they should've fought in their respective domains against a thematic counterpart so Hikifune vs Askin(nutrition vs poison) or Lille vs Oetsu(long range vs melee) with those foundry girls getting involved etc I had a bunch of ideas of how it can be played out Anyway I really want them to flesh this out properly in the anime and yeah the precedent so far is there for Cour 2, and it's a whole three episodes left which is more than enough time to give us something workable.

[@loganalvarez2985]

If we do end up getting a greatly extended fight it would be interesting to revisit your video about how far aizen would have gotten had he invaded

[@mustafaozdemiroglu5853]

Squad 0 is my Favourite thing in the Bleach. The Idea is just so good I hope Anime can fix their fight’s I REALLY WANT TO SEE THEM MORE W Video Tommo❤

[@lolsnez7542]

Their fights dont need tl be fixed

[@jdizzle1779]

​@@lolsnez7542don't need to be fixed but can definitely be improved on. For the pinnacle of shinigami they were very underwhelming for alot of fans.

[@barryanagrande1830]

cannot WAIT to see what they come up with!

[@DJPatesBlog]

Kirio Hikifune's cage is somewhat similar to Hitsugaya Toshiro's Sennen Hyoro (千年氷牢) only in the form of trees.

[@grunnyyk2]

It felt like Ywach left his accompanying Sternritter weaker, just to spring any traps. He never shows any compassion for his comrades, and it feels like they're just tools for him to utilise until they're no longer needed

[@TheBigExclusive]

I think you need to understand that being promoted to the Zero division doesn't mean you are stronger than your peers. It's based on contribution. Captain Hikafune is not stronger than Captain Commander Yamamoto. But she created artifical souls, and was recognized for her talents thus promoted. Also you need keep in mind that the line about the "Zero Squad being stronger than the Soul Society" is said by character with limited knowledge and ambiguous as to what he exactly means. Are we talking about the combat power of the 5 Captains of Zero squad? Or are we including all armies under their command?

[@TheBigExclusive]

Nice video MrTommo, but can you please check your audio levels in your video? You are very quiet and I have to crank up my speaker volume very high to hear you. I think you need to boost your audio levels before uploading to KZbin.

[@billykotsos4642]

ITS HAPPENING AT LOOONG LAST. THIS WHOLE FIGHT NEEDS TO BE RE-WRITTEN !

[@Henbot]

Its actually pretty good idea the taking their power to feed the strongest because you can see that Yhwach was influenced by the battle they had previously with the Soul Reapers and sacrificing weaker soldiers for the stronger potential ones makes sense in a battle as a way to obtain bankai capabilities. Also, you forget that the Soul Reapers and Quincies are learning about each other's capabilities so the Royal Guard would likely demolish the majority of Gotei 13 at default but then using other powers is a way to compensate for the lack of Bankai capabilities that double/triple Soul Reapers.

[@inverse_of_zero]

Very coincidentally (and unintentionally), I watched this video just a couple of hours before watching Episode 24 of the TYBW anime - having watched this analysis beforehand was incredibly helpful!

[@renlerose7964]

I love bleach but i always have problem with how kubo write climax, tipping the scale almost exclusively through pure shilft of power ( deus ex machina ) rather than situational story telling. felt like every powerup is contrived. but still i love bleach world.

[@nyhtfall1969]

Yammy being espada number 0 will always come to my mind

[@LanguidWyvern]

This unstable Zanpakuto kills in one hit, doesn't kill Askin in one hit. Wasn't it just unnecassarily sharp and could cut through anything?

[@sebastianmarinescu8486]

What if, in the anime, instead of yhwach using aschwalen to revive the royal guard, uryu is using the antithesis to reverse the royal guard’s current condition with squad zero ?

[@Mailman2-1Actual]

I hope the zero division puts up more of a fight 🙏

[@ghostlaw3867]

I imagine if Kubo had more time, he would’ve revived the Royal Guard once someone spoke Ichibei’s name. Instead we got what we got.

[@joseanibalsantacruzamanzo2202]

All more time would be dedicated to Gerard getting bigger and bigger because that's how Kubo likes to waste his chapters when the editorial tells him he has to end it right now.

[@0eyes]

According to the leaks we’re getting really good stuff next episode, something that people have been wanting to see.

[@ShadowbannedAccount]

I don't know about that. There are only 3 episodes left, and I predict that episode 13 will be the episode that Ichibei gets defeated. So, they have Chapters 598 - 610 (611?) to cover. 14 (or 15) chapters in 3 episodes. That's a lot to cover. The average is 4.8 chapters/episode. I really doubt the fight would've been majorly improved, unfortunately, but I am VERY open to be proven wrong.

[@bleach4k239]

​@@ShadowbannedAccountKubo mentioned that there are stuff that will be added in anime that were not included in the manga

[@truewhitekyuremreally6292]

For me I feel like I need more screentime or battle sequence to characters like Kirio, Tenjiro, and Senjumaru. We had Oetsu and honestly he's amazing, but with the three they just seemed like support characters and yes let's give it to Senjumaru for one-shotting a Sternritter but after that she became irrelevant which is sad because she's my favorite of them all. I have a vision in my mind, I hope it happens, that maybe in the anime the moment the elite Sternritters gets revived we also see at least the shikai or even bankai of the zero division because in sense they might have a more interesting "fight" scene rather than just looking like a preventive measure in order for Icihigo to step in

[@Gigawolf1]

I hope they add something to the Royal Guard, but ultimately I'm not putting much stock in them. The Schutzstaffel might get a better showing, especially if they change it so Yhwach uses Auswhalen before they go down at all. That said, I saw someone else mention Haschwalth might use The Balance to bring them back while wrecking the Royal Guards, which would be interesting. Of course, this would also be a great time to have Uryu show off The Antithesis, using his powers to single-handedly wipe out the Royal Guard. If there's any chance of him facing off with Ichigo this cour it might make sense to keep his abilities hidden for a bit longer, but there's not much space for it between this point & the death of the Soul King. Having him overwhelm four of the strongest Shinigami would pay off all his hype, not to mention give the audience an idea of what he's really capable of. As for all the scheming, it's important to remember that Yhwach can see the future. He's got time to make plans, so why not? Plus, he wholly benefits from the way things played out (absorbing a Quincy while exhausting Yamamoto & revealing all his tricks), so why would he bother with a real fight? It's a character-defining moment for him

[@danielaiken2048]

Always an absolute joy to see a new MrTommo video 😊 Keep it up! You're the goat of Bleach videos! 😁

[@uraharakisuke1329]

29:06 because Oetsu needs to look impressive. The Sternritter have the massive problem of not being ordered by strength and thus we can't really gauge their strength before a battle. If the Schutzstaffel were each on Sqaud 0's level from the start it would make Squad 0 look weak. Even if Yhwach says "these are my Royal Guard", it just wouldn't look that impressive if Oetsu for example was only capable of fighting one Sternritter when Byakuya destroyed 3 of them a few chapters back. One line from Yhwach is not enough to cement the idea in people's heads that the Schutzstaffel are godly. But you also can't show that they are godly by having them insta-kill the Royal Guard. That would make the Royal Guard look really weak. So Kubo has to take this route of Squad 0 showing what they could do against "normal" Sternritter, only to then be overpowered by the Post-Auswählen Schutzstaffel.

[@anthonyhammond2657]

I agree I hope that tite kubo does expand more on the zero division and there power

[@TStizzle19]

I liked the Royd Lloyd twist, personally, it really gave me a sense of Yhwach being a conniving bastard without true honor. But i agree conceptually with what youre saying about the zero division!

[@breezyprods.6196]

That’s what i was going to say, i feel likes Yhwach’s game is deception , demoralize , then destroy. You think you won, realize you didn’t really win, now you’re dead. They thought the Quincy were dead and gone, realized they weren’t when they got invaded, damn near lost the war lol. He definitely has a pattern lol

[@hey608]

I think all was Soul king plan and is obvious that ichibe knew more than what we thought. The zero squad was defeated easily so yhwach could go on with his plan to kill the Soul king. I think the Soul king needed to be replaced and saw in the future this possibility , yhwach as replacement and told ichibe. That is why ichibe doesn't fight back and let yhwach invade the soul palace and kill the SK. Even after ichibe died, he talk with ichigo and he look chill. The zero squad doesn't get involved that much in the war because that was not their role. Ichibe was cautious and prepare Ichigo if the plan doesn't goes as expected.

[@tedculbertson6320]

The only problem with having Ywach vs. Yamamoto or the Royal Guard vs. the Zero Division be full, all-out fights is that Kubo would have to reveal the villains' full powers for those fights. And while I don't think that's a big issue, you can't deny that shonen manga logic tells you to keep that a secret longer.

[@joehanz9217]

This aged so Well...😅

[@poenpotzu2865]

To me Kubo was stuck, if he showed off all the trick of the sternritter elite we wouldnt have the same surprise and intrigue when the gotei 13 fought them, but it also sucks that Kubo was just like fuck it Gerald dies all of a sudden

[@FloundFahrdienst]

I hope this fight gets a complete makeover. I agree with everything you said but to save this from failing just like in the manga, it has to be entirely diffrent from the moment Nianzol gets killed. If they just add more scenes to the exact same flawed "fight" that completly ignores the Sternritters Schrifts, Im very worried for the rest of the arc

[@JimboS1ice999]

THANKYOU for pointing out the clear optic issues involved with half the plot in bleach. Like half the cast knows about or is going to fall for a page turn or plot twist. The fact half of the plans from people wouldn't work unless the plot demanded it does is rather telling.

[@elemomnialpha]

The easiest answer I can think of to explain this is that it was the final test for Askin's promotion that if everyone got through or there was no one left Ywbach would have skipped the Awchwalen so the others were ordered not yo use their powers until Askin proved himself

[@SuperSilver316]

Damn I remember watching your video on them 3 years ago, now we get the anime version!!

[@km2460]

I know the anime will improve this fight somewhat but I’m not going to expect it to be way better than the manga or anything. Still keeping my expectations somewhat low LOL 😂 I also feel like this fight was so messy because Kubo had not fully fleshed out the quincies abilities. Gerard and Lille should not have been able to just be one shot….and pernida seemed to be human at first too.

[@babystephena3773]

what's your reaction after episode 26? I personally think the changes they made is a step in the right direction.

[@gratedradish6699]

Go check his reaction to ep 26 out, he's as hyped as you would expect.

[@Takato]

All issues you mentioned basically boil down to Kubo not caring enough lol. He needed to introduce two new teams that in theory are extremely powerful, pitting them against each other, but also while having not much time to fully fledge the fight. This is a recipe for disaster. The schutstaffel should've been introduced earlier in a different way. Then they could've been defeated by squad 0, and sent back to the sereitei by Yuha as punishment, then Yuha himself deals with everyone. It would be a better outcome than "squad zero kills everyone, they're revived, squad zero gets nuked by everyone".