The release of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War is imminent, and fans are ecstatic about his return. Having seen the first two parts of the new anime already, it's not hard to see why they're so excited, because the franchise is at a peak it's never really touched before.
I remember the first meeting bleach On Adult Swim back in the early 2000s, I was captivated by the intricate world and diversity of characters that the series had to offer, even from the beginning. As the story expanded into the Soul Society arc, I was hooked, watching each week to find out how Ichigo and his friends would manage to save Rukia from this powerful organization of soul repairers. This caught me in a way One piece And Naruto Never really managed to do, and I knew from then on that bleach Was the Big Three series for me.
Even with that nostalgia, though, it's easy to say that Thousand-year blood war It represents the best the anime has ever been, and it even improved on the original manga.
Bleach's return is what it always should have been
The original anime issues of Bleach are completely gone
Of course, the original bleach Anime is not a perfect adaptation, as most fans will readily admit. one of bleachs biggest problems was filler and padding, both types of content designed to drag out a story. Padding often took the form of unnecessary recaps of recent episodes, reusing animation from those episodes to reduce the total amount of new animation needed per episode, while filler represented content created from whole cloth for the anime that had no basis in the Original manga. bleach Became infamous for its season-long filler arcs that often weren't very good, and were inserted awkwardly into the story.
The anime also has other issues; Animation quality can vary significantly from episode to episode, often to save budget for large fights that would require more detailed animation. Censorship is also rampant in the anime, with wounds being depicted as far less severe than they were in the manga (one such case saw Uryu losing his entire hand in the manga, only to injure it beyond use in the anime). Of course, at the time I was watching it originally, many of the issues were quite far from my mind, because I was just eager to find out what happened next.
Thousand-year blood war Has fixed every one of the above problems without question. Instead of padding out events to drag them out longer, the anime is adapting manga chapters at a rapid pace - some might even say too fast. The animation quality was top notch throughout, with every big action given the respect it deserves. Even the censors were widely toned down, with wounds being depicted every bit as gruesome and terrifying as they were in the manga. It really feels like a full realization of what the manga has to offer.
Thousand-year blood war is improving on the manga
The new series is progressive on plot points the manga barely touched
One thing that Thousand-year blood war Has done that's really improved its quality as an adaptation has expanded on the content that is there in satisfactory ways. "Expanding on the content" may sound a lot like filler, but it couldn't make a bigger difference. bleachThe filler is often irrelevant and designed so as not to affect the manga plot. Thousand-year blood war is instead taking things from the manga that breezed past and giving them the attention they originally deserved.
Fans of the manga know that Tite Kubo ended bleach In a bit of a rush, because his health is failing, and he agreed to finish the manga in a certain time. This meant that there were many scenes that he wanted to explore more thoroughly, but simply wasn't able to due to the circumstances. Kubo worked with these Thousand-year blood war Production team to help them expand on some of these moments, ensuring that the anime will have everything it needs and will not have to suffer because of the rush during the manga's ending.
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actually, Kubo is given the chance to tell the ending of the manga again in a more satisfying wayAnd he seized the opportunity by incorporating new flashbacks showing Yhwach's past, new scenes about Ichigo's training, and revealing abilities, like the bankai of Shinji Hirako and Senjumaru Shutara, that he could not include in the original manga. These are all things that fans of the original manga really wanted to see, and Thousand-year blood war Delivered beyond their expectations.
Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 should only get better
Part 3 offers room for more positive changes
With only about 76 chapters left to adapt, and both Part 3 and Part 4 yet to be released, it looks likely that the second half of Thousand-year blood war Will have much more added content than the first half. This is the part of the story that suffered the most from the rushed ending, so it definitely needs the most improvement. We've already seen from the trailers that there's at least one new substantial fight, Uryu vs. Senjumaru, that isn't in the manga, and hopefully that's just the tip of the iceberg. Some characters could benefit from new fights, especially among Ichigo's friends.
There are also the added scenes of Ichigo's training to consider. These scenes have implied a connection between Ichigo and the Soul King, and exactly what they mean is still unclear. It is quite likely that this will play a role in part 3, since the Soul King will finally appear, as well as in other incarnations that fans have already seen.
While there were some rumors of difficulty in Studio Pierrot regarding the production of Thousand-year blood warThe studio seems to be taking its time and getting the adaptation right. At the moment, there is no reason to take the rumors seriously, and every reason to have high hopes for part 3 as it returns. I am so excited for Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 How I Used To Watch The Original Every Week All Those Years Ago, And It's An Achievement That Signals Just How High bleach could climb.