Bleach Creator Commemorate the Anime's Latest Death in New Art
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War is on fire, quite literally. Yamamoto has unleashed his Bankai in the fight against the head of the Wandenreich, Yhwach, and during this battle, the Soul Society has lost a major asset in their fight against this evil branch of the Quincy Family. To honor the fallen dead, Bleach's creator, Tite Kubo, has shared a heart-breaking image that confirms one major Soul Reaper has been taken off the chess board in this battle for supernatural supremacy.
The majority of this new episode focused on Yhwach, the head of the Sternritter, fighting against Yamamoto, the elderly head of the Soul Society whose power is nothing to sneeze at. With the old man revealing his Bankai during the battle, anime fans were able to witness the terror behind his fiery potential as he not only burned everything around him but also had the ability to bring back those who have fallen before him as his skeleton army. Unfortunately for the Soul Reapers, Yamamoto's strength wasn't able to put the nail in the coffin for the head of the Wandenreich, who was able to deliver a fatal blow to the old man who might have been the biggest power backing up Soul Society.
RIP Yamamoto
Tite Kubo used his Official Twitter Account to share a new piece of art that sees Yamamoto back to back with Chojiro, his assistant who had fallen earlier this season, creating a heartbreaking scene as both Soul Reapers have now died as a result of their fight against the Sternritter:
— 久保帯人＆スタッフ (@tite_official) November 14, 2022
The current season of Bleach will be over fifty episodes, adapting what was originally the final arc of the manga to the small screen, though fans are left wondering whether Ichigo Kurosaki will return with new anime episodes, and new manga chapters, when the current arc comes to an end. With Tite Kubo revealing a new chapter of Bleach last year which gave us the older versions of our favorite Shonen Soul Reapers, the special installment ends on quite the cliffhanger and points to the idea that Ichigo and his friends' story might be far from finished.
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