Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen – Soukoku-tan • Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict – Episode 2 discussion

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I thought the previous episode despite the recap set the bar high, but this one…? 100/10

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Me at the start: Yeah Ichigo!!!

Me at the end: Oh Ichigo

Just gonna say one thing about this episode:

ABSOLUTE CINEMA

Peak as always 🙏🏾

We now return to our regularly scheduled in-progress fratricide as Yhwach kills the Soul King! We even get to see Yhwach’s birth (?) as he goes from young man, to Bishonen, to old man Zangetsu and back again as he is born (?) among the Quincies.

Well, all of existence is coming apart, but I like Ryuken having a picture of Katagiri and Uryu on his desk and Gigi is still holding on to Zombie Bambi with Lilitotto being so done with this.

Ichigo and his party have arrived to confront the demon lord! Or the Almighty Quincy King! And Ichigo isn’t about to waste any more time!

Ichigo vs Yhwach Round Two! Ichigo has come a long way since their last fight, and while it’s still a dazzling and fast-paced display of attacks and clashing blades, Ichigo is doing a much better job holding his own! And the look on Yhwach’s face when Ichigo hits him with Getsuga Jujisho is priceless!

Of course, this being Bleach, Yhwach was basically fighting Ichigo with his eyes closed and unleashes the true power of the Almighty…meaning he knows everything Ichigo is going to do before Ichigo even does it and completely overpowers him. Ichigo really thought he had this.

Ukitake trying to heal Kenpachi, who doesn’t looks so hot. I think I saw Shuhei too.

I love how multiple worlds might be colliding but we’ve still got humorous moments like Renji’s bad sense of direction, Soi Fon roasting Oyamada (who is still protecting his sister!) and Shinji both complimenting Momo and throwing her under the bus to roast Soi Fon.

Ichigo doesn’t care about his Quincy Blood, he doesn’t care if Yhwach can see all his attacks coming, he doesn’t even care that Yhwach won’t let him say his main mantra without interrupting him…he’ll keep fighting. And I love Orihime healing her man and Yoruichi stepping into the fight.

Soul King Adneyus. An absolute existence that repelled darkness and was sacrificed to bring stability to the world, even if it meant rejecting the existence of Quincies. But Yhwach can’t abide by any of that.

I mean, I understand Ichigo thought the best thing he could do was pull the sword out of the Soul King…but that’s exactly what Yhwach wanted. All that talk about Ichigo’s “Quincy Blood” and that’s what does the Soul King in, because Ichigo can’t stop himself from using Yhwach’s blade to slice through the Soul King…and dooming all three worlds in the process. Ichigo becoming everything and the kitchen sink was all pre-planned out to kill the Soul King, and Ichigo played his part in Yhwach’s plan to a T.

Is that Ukitake in the next episode preview?

Yhwach: “All your battles until now have been in the palm of my hand”

Ichigo got a “Congratulations” moment this episode. Finally getting a confirmed name for the soul king is also a nice a addition from the adaptation.

Seeing as how this show’s discussion thread finally posted on time, shout out to u/ZaphodBeebblebrox for being the one to fix the issue after I asked him about it last week! [](#urarahype)

Anyways, as for my reactions to this episode:

– [Fragments of… something?](https://i.imgur.com/N0ZoNZ2.png) What is Ryuken holding? [](#niatilt)

– [Ichigo and Yhwach as two streaks of colored light clashing](https://i.imgur.com/YLxUalt.png) tickles the hype part of my brain very nicely. [](#hypeoverload)

– Also is Yhwach not using Almighty while he fights Ichigo? His eyes don’t have three irises/pupils anymore. [](#harukathonk)

– [Yooooooooooooo](https://i.imgur.com/gSQOKxW.png) [](#doggo)

– [Ooh, Yhwach “sore demo”.](https://files.catbox.moe/615t82.mp4)

– [Okay I was right.](https://i.imgur.com/Qs0XyFA.png)

– Man, how *are* they supposed to get around Almighty? [](#overwhelmed)

– [Orihime!!!](https://i.imgur.com/hR74aUZ.png) [](#rengehype)

– [Mm…](https://i.imgur.com/xX0KUSI.png)

– [Ah fuck–](https://i.imgur.com/cGXbT1E.png) [](#panic)

– [Ichigo actually did it…](https://i.imgur.com/rq9GWL4.png) [](#ohfuck)

Great episode.

Wow there was quite a few revelations in this episode.

I assume that the opening scene meant that Yhwach is indeed his son but was reincarnated after the worlds were split? That would at least fix the time gap concerns between the events. We also finally got his name. I remember people speculated that it was Adnyeus based on the Auswählen incantation; it looks like that was indeed correct. They also brought up Irazusando being the direct cause of Ichigo’s power-up. It’s interesting that Yhwach even knows about it, but then again, he has the Almighty.

Damn I got to watch it again. Info overload.

Also, look at my [Ichi🐐](https://i.imgur.com/reKRPC2.png), bro looks like a god

I love how simple Ichigo’s powers are. He went from ONE getsuga tenshos to TWO getsuga tenshos

So Ichigo in his current state can beat up Yhwach just like Osho did, when he wasn’t using the Almighty. He’s gotten a lot stronger. It’s kind of comical that he mentions every characteristic of Ichigo’s powers (Quincy, Human, Soul Reaper, Fullbringer, Hollow) as a requirement to break the seal on the Soul King. How is he breaking that seal without Ichigo then? Ichigo is quite the amalgamation.

Also, gotta say I love the OST when Yhwach and Ichigo fight, loved their first fight in the first season.