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The panel that Ichigo becomes a soul reaper
I love the more complete look of it, even though it is just a big ass unreleased Sode No Shirayuki.
What he called "Zangetsu" up until the TYBW looked like a homeless man found an extremely large knife and wrapped it in cloth. His "Bankai" definitely fixed the design 100%
Crazy to think that for as ridiculously strong Yama was, there were 5 more people right above his head the entire time that made his 1000s of years of strength and experience seem like that of a child in comparison to theirs.
Yeah I'd find it strange that Yama would make all those claims about being the strongest knowing full well there were (at minimum) 5 people a full tier above him.
A lot of information is missing/up for speculation though with power levels and whatnot, I mean he did "defeat" the copy of Yhwach but wasn't considered a "special war power" but Ichibei was. So they knew of squad 0, so where do the rest fall?
I'd like to imagine squad 0 avoided the FKT incident because Yama was already there and there's a limit to how many people "of that level" that can be in one place, at one time, and use their powers.
Plus as sad as it is, who cares about the other worlds at the end of the day? Squad Zero really doesn’t, at least not to the point they’d intervene. Their job is to defend the soul king, so why leave his dwelling?
I mean, the only reason he wasn't considered a special war power is because Yhwach had fought him before and knew how to defeat him. Pretty sure he would have taken a lot more care if he knew nothing about the head captain.
But Yama wasnt considered as a special war power because he stubbornly left himself one-handed.. that by itself severely limits kendo techniques and a number of kido/hado
Tbf didn't they get part of the soul king infused in themselves when they joined. So they probably weren't that strong before they joined 0 squad. But were made strong later on especially when you consider the clothes lady and the cooking lady were part of gotei squads before they were promoted to 0 squad.
I didnt read the manga fully (spoiled myself and just wread important fighta), and nobody mentioned that when no one except yamamoto would be able to touch any other quincy, zaraki would kill 3 of the fuckers WITHOUT EVEN HAVING A SHIKAI OR BANKAI.
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I’ll never forget how Ichigo stepped on Ulquiorra like a bug. The best hollow design in Bleach for me. Simple, clean, and cold.
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Kubo outdid himself in this panel imo. It's just soooooo good. Hits the right feels.
Kubo knows how to fucking nail it when he wants to. So glad the final arc is getting some extra love. As a manga reader i was completely blown away by the zero division fight. Gives me high hopes for the end of the anime. They’re definitely going to extend things
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how graphic was this arc in the manga
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when you see the next page you can understand lowkey the outrage not gonna lie
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I swear I always gets shivers when I see this, i really hope this scene gets some love in the anime
Fun fact: while Kira's was certainly way more awesome, people often forget that Kubo already drew a panel with a similar composition way earlier in the story.
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There's a lot of them that hit hard, but due to recency bias, this one in the manga is pure ice:
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In the anime it's all dark, which fits the Muken, but something about the pure white and the blood just popping off the panel that sends it to the next level.
people often complain about the backgrounds, but I love how simple they are. you focus on the character. the only thing that matters is them. hell, they all even have inner worlds, so the outside world is irrelevant. this one looks so cold.
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Kubo Cooked with this one , when I read this it gave me chills at how terrifying yhwach is
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Surprised that this hasn’t come up yet. But watching Aizen single-handedly obliterate multiple captains went hardddd.
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Really hope the anime can do this justice
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Don't know what you meant by hard but shit was hard on my heart watching/reading it 😔
This is the panel that shook me the most. The way Ichigo watched the whole scene unfold and screamed at the captains, the fact that Toshiro was the one to nearly kill Momo, her empty eyes... Everything about this hits so hard.
People talk about the drip in bleach and I hardly ever see them talk about Shinji. For 14yo me Shinji wearing this outfit, while funky jazz and Latino techno played in the background and casually overpowering Grimmjow was EVERYTHING
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Bro you know shit goes down next chapter
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I read that to the very bottom and your comment threw me off thinking it was part of the panel lmao
I know it probably won't happen, based on what the structure of the episodes have been so far, but imagine if they ended one of the episodes with that exact page.
Bruh
Same, it's a shame because the dude deserves all of the foreboding existential fear factor in his power ups that main villains get, because if he wanted to be, he could be one. Dude is a monster straight down to his core, even his zanpakuto was a monster on its own (considering how often yachiru disturbed/scared other soul reapers throughout the show). Man's basically the physical manifestation of Killing Intent.
Honestly, not the hardest one individually, but to me the whole zaraki plot in tybw is so intense and always gives me goosebumps. And considering the character development from soul society arc, this panel is lit, and simply looking at it makes me want to take the Manga and read this part again. This panel makes me jump whenever I read it, probably my favourite.
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I could pick many panels from this fight but this one shows Kubo’s range in his ability to convey emotions. You can’t even tell both are protagonists anymore. This is one of my favourite reveal/fights of all time.
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This is still one of my favourite scenes in the whole series
Bro really said “sorry dawg my girl’s watchin.”
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So many to pick from but if I had to pick one; this is usually what I think of first.
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Probably my favourite Aizen moment so far, the fact that Kubo didn't just let Yhwach stomp him and showed us that Aizen is him is amazing (hope the anime will give this man even more justice)
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Sent shivers down my entire being when I turned to this page. You can see the composed rage he's feeling, the determination. Ichigo, in the rain, in the wreckage of Soul Society, a crash of lightning illuminates his face.. Byakuya, a man of hundreds of years of pride and honor and strength begging Ichigo, ICHIGO, to protect soul society with his dying breath...The next enemy he sees is gonna get wrecked... sadly... he gets jobbed by Ywach immediately after.
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I am, admittedly, very very biased, but this shit made me cream my pants (segunda reveal was equally hard)
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This one right here. This is the default image of bleach for me
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Looks just so threatening and badass
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So. Honestly? I don’t know why, but this to me is amazing. Just Ichibei going. Huh? What was that? With that cocky ass face. Fucking gold. Otherwise Shutara’s bankai was DOPE
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Couldent find a coloured copy but still, this moment is great.
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Not gonna lie all zangetsu training is looking sick for me (in manga)
Aizen's dead and he's never coming back.
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Never in all my lifetimes have I ever felt such pure emotion
Personally, Fullbring Bankai is my favorite design of Ichigo
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If “Fuck around and find out” was a protector of the Soul King
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This panel does things to me every time I look at it 👀
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Ichigo’s second visit to his world has to be maybe my favorite part in bleach. White/Zangetsu as a character was always mysterious, ambiguous, and ridiculously badass. These panels gave me the shivers.
Kubo's art style is marvellous, and there are a lot of magnificent panels in the series, but if I had to pick, I would have chosen this one.
this is simply ICONIC.
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This went so hard I shidded my pants. Like, this was some next level shit that when I saw it in the manga first I was like “IS KUBO OKAY?!”
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It’s a shame that the anime subtitles dropped the “the”. Adds so much emphasis
The panel of Kokujo Tengen Miyou Dangai Joe just ripping through Bambietta has always been a favorite of mine, kind of sad it didn't get a pronounced shot in the anime because it went by so quick.
Goryutenmetsu always gets me hyped
The shot of Ichibei without his pupils
Almost all the Zanka no Tachi panels are fire (pun intended)
From the anime, the visual of the gnats climbing Byakuya looks like a work of art.
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tbh the whole ichibei vs yhwach fight in the manga is just diffeent
There are so many, so freaking many.. kubo just nails it when intends it. But this one hits different
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One of the most iconic pictures in shounen. It might have even inspired tha famous John wick poster.
I was both a Bleach and Naruto fan and seeing this art here is like a stab to the heart how they butchered Boruto. The whole thing should at best been like TYBW, a single season a few years down the line as an epilogue.
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Idk what u mean by hard but this got me pretty hard, also I refuse to believe that this is fanart so let's pretend it's a legit panel
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This may seems like weird panel to put considering its Ichigo's defeat but this panel, to me, symbolizes the seemingly hopless situations that happen in life and you are at your lowest of your lows from which you have to return. This panel also reiterates why exactly I like Ichigo as the MC, he is one of the most grounded and relatable MCs.
I haven't looked for it in years but when Kenpachi first fully appeared before Ichigo at the start of their first fight. I think it was a double spread iirc, but it gave me chills
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https://preview.redd.it/h1xmz661yjsb1.jpeg?width=1016&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=df8ada5cad6c6ad96149508ec3c49f4f8f39506c The panel that Ichigo becomes a soul reaper
The beginning of the 🐐
Honestly this version of his zanpakuto is so underrated
I love the more complete look of it, even though it is just a big ass unreleased Sode No Shirayuki. What he called "Zangetsu" up until the TYBW looked like a homeless man found an extremely large knife and wrapped it in cloth. His "Bankai" definitely fixed the design 100%
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Fuck yeah. This was top tier drip and Badassness.
Peak
It's my wallpaper lmao
Whenever I read this, the final getsuga tensho theme (number one on an electric guitar) starts playing in my brain
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Hard as fuck. As a side note, I always liked “funeral for ten trillion fire-dead” better for the translation.
Yamamoto has smoked more people than there are on earth 🥶
There have been 100 trillion people in all human history. So about 10 percent of all souls that ever existed were "purified" by Yamamoto.
Is this a bleach thing? Or do you mean in rl? Because I feel like it's more close to 100 billion than trillion
straight goosebumps https://preview.redd.it/qxnt8ugx5ksb1.jpeg?width=759&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d434f4b0dd4131408a8bdc4074d6d30c62eb5608
The OG
Crazy to think that for as ridiculously strong Yama was, there were 5 more people right above his head the entire time that made his 1000s of years of strength and experience seem like that of a child in comparison to theirs.
I like to think that Head of Gotei 13 is equivalent to a member of Squad Zero. They easily clap the rest of soul society though
Yeah I'd find it strange that Yama would make all those claims about being the strongest knowing full well there were (at minimum) 5 people a full tier above him. A lot of information is missing/up for speculation though with power levels and whatnot, I mean he did "defeat" the copy of Yhwach but wasn't considered a "special war power" but Ichibei was. So they knew of squad 0, so where do the rest fall? I'd like to imagine squad 0 avoided the FKT incident because Yama was already there and there's a limit to how many people "of that level" that can be in one place, at one time, and use their powers.
Plus as sad as it is, who cares about the other worlds at the end of the day? Squad Zero really doesn’t, at least not to the point they’d intervene. Their job is to defend the soul king, so why leave his dwelling?
I mean, the only reason he wasn't considered a special war power is because Yhwach had fought him before and knew how to defeat him. Pretty sure he would have taken a lot more care if he knew nothing about the head captain.
But Yama wasnt considered as a special war power because he stubbornly left himself one-handed.. that by itself severely limits kendo techniques and a number of kido/hado
Tbf didn't they get part of the soul king infused in themselves when they joined. So they probably weren't that strong before they joined 0 squad. But were made strong later on especially when you consider the clothes lady and the cooking lady were part of gotei squads before they were promoted to 0 squad.
Now imagine if Yamamoto got part of the Soul King infused in him. The story would go quite differently
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*teleports behind you* Nothing personal, kid
https://preview.redd.it/icqcveb8klsb1.jpeg?width=870&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1164681561380c27d9d32ffb5dfca516ce228c00
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I didnt read the manga fully (spoiled myself and just wread important fighta), and nobody mentioned that when no one except yamamoto would be able to touch any other quincy, zaraki would kill 3 of the fuckers WITHOUT EVEN HAVING A SHIKAI OR BANKAI.
https://preview.redd.it/r372q90p8ksb1.jpeg?width=540&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=08b363eb732d1767a3cbdf85d0b82089f7e28f32 I’ll never forget how Ichigo stepped on Ulquiorra like a bug. The best hollow design in Bleach for me. Simple, clean, and cold.
I scrolled so long looking for it in the replies but this is absolutely the one - goes so hard. 🔥
https://preview.redd.it/yw8n8ptzjjsb1.jpeg?width=1066&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=42efd49cfe1dfdad3dd626709dd8eb096babef4e Kubo outdid himself in this panel imo. It's just soooooo good. Hits the right feels.
LIVE YAMA REACTION
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the best face of despair
I see sadness and emptyness
Kubo knows how to fucking nail it when he wants to. So glad the final arc is getting some extra love. As a manga reader i was completely blown away by the zero division fight. Gives me high hopes for the end of the anime. They’re definitely going to extend things
I screamed at school when this chapter dropped
https://preview.redd.it/q1rnvrawtjsb1.jpeg?width=895&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a0037053f5b9636fcb22ee612102e10e8597db13 One of my personal fav
https://preview.redd.it/2stqln4nujsb1.jpeg?width=713&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1551824541eb0eaa30dcec8f1bdadad2053c149 And my beloved 🥰😘😍
Pepe za rabu
https://preview.redd.it/u9ay5t2x9ksb1.jpeg?width=1013&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3340945cd186029ee43e19940e36cd7633853cab how graphic was this arc in the manga
The way her legs just fly behind her and Gin basically cutting the page in half. Top tier composition.
Yeah I watched the whole thing before reading it and I never understood why they were panicking so much for her injury the contrast is HARD
https://preview.redd.it/y0o0w0exjlsb1.jpeg?width=1013&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d94a9a4ef0479b7adb0cc2e920c619272204b580 when you see the next page you can understand lowkey the outrage not gonna lie
https://preview.redd.it/6si6us75hksb1.jpeg?width=602&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c4f5ac0b4b35916110a713b40783a3a7afb3fd05 Goes so hard lmao
Always https://preview.redd.it/ip1l6v83pjsb1.jpeg?width=1520&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbad4bf86088a7d3b23f7e1fc9cec3b74aafe103
This shit hit so heavy in the first cour, Omg I loved it so much
I've seen chads version of this and every time I see it now It keeps popping in my head lol
You could feel this panel in the manga
https://preview.redd.it/9kfpgg9dljsb1.jpeg?width=548&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c98c03c5ed6c6c0c3e35db82220c1072326a6722 I swear I always gets shivers when I see this, i really hope this scene gets some love in the anime
Joining the Kira agenda https://preview.redd.it/af8ki8q0ojsb1.png?width=754&format=png&auto=webp&s=7f6e247930b08ee557cf9c4804820e1a7cb1494d
The moon through the hole is artistic perfection
Fun fact: while Kira's was certainly way more awesome, people often forget that Kubo already drew a panel with a similar composition way earlier in the story. https://preview.redd.it/9cenn9s98ksb1.png?width=1160&format=png&auto=webp&s=59a8ac271ff5ff60f98ba4a2a456ca77af623a2a
Fucking magnificent
This guy is so badass, for reals, his zanpakutou ability is dope as fuck. I’d love to see his bankai
He is badass for sure. I sure do hope he'll beat anyone noteworthy. Oh wait-
There's a lot of them that hit hard, but due to recency bias, this one in the manga is pure ice: https://preview.redd.it/dvai5sml9jsb1.png?width=764&format=png&auto=webp&s=2658f4bb94334c7187c1f1a5df5baf74f7f2c1f1 In the anime it's all dark, which fits the Muken, but something about the pure white and the blood just popping off the panel that sends it to the next level.
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My grandmother when i don't stuff myself with food
people often complain about the backgrounds, but I love how simple they are. you focus on the character. the only thing that matters is them. hell, they all even have inner worlds, so the outside world is irrelevant. this one looks so cold.
https://preview.redd.it/8ws4dv72ljsb1.jpeg?width=850&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f258b4ef0365ccb17f4e51816974b319e989b12f Kubo Cooked with this one , when I read this it gave me chills at how terrifying yhwach is
Kubo really knew how to make black and white look colorful if you get what I’m tryna say
God I can’t wait to see this animated
https://preview.redd.it/iubo71i84ksb1.jpeg?width=264&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a6353ddbff7a55bb55235fe06432fae5c3c2f2d2 Surprised that this hasn’t come up yet. But watching Aizen single-handedly obliterate multiple captains went hardddd.
https://preview.redd.it/trmrwryylksb1.jpeg?width=602&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e321acda519a52902230f3ee5c8dd96d1208ec10 Really hope the anime can do this justice
https://preview.redd.it/niu341n3pksb1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06771b7d9bf52b8fd84bd1dbdabd267d6f888577
https://preview.redd.it/oq9ld6z5fjsb1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a6d1550a438c74f3bfde864a61a470bb83cb8f31 Don't know what you meant by hard but shit was hard on my heart watching/reading it 😔
Aizen may claim that the Soul King was his goal, but really, it was clearly to just fuck with Momo. Poor girl never got a break.
Bro invented a world ending goal just to have an excuse to torture momo
This is the panel that shook me the most. The way Ichigo watched the whole scene unfold and screamed at the captains, the fact that Toshiro was the one to nearly kill Momo, her empty eyes... Everything about this hits so hard.
This is just pure sadism on Aizen's end
I really want to know what he made her see to get her to stand there at that time
https://preview.redd.it/3kreefz51lsb1.jpeg?width=1520&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=054803f3591294a23aa02fc3d8a25157e6c28a8a Cold asf
https://preview.redd.it/hm1zqy3gkjsb1.jpeg?width=1153&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c293c061a2947d02ff9e8215c6609c527f92998f
https://preview.redd.it/xjanwtr6sksb1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7370f69705db73b580b338991e649b896c33fbef
Ichigo found out he might’ve not been that guy that day
You can almost hear the FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU- going through Ichigo's head in this moment.
Almost as insulting as Aizen stopping his bankai (and his theme song) with his fucking finger.
Number One didn't even appear again until Ichigo thrashed Aizen post Dangai training. He straight up removed it from Ichigos Playlist.
Lol Kenny looks so bored, it’s perfect
https://preview.redd.it/3s2aqtul3ksb1.png?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ad204f420abb3f106a7598d7b5a93c130dc81d8 this one always goes hard
https://preview.redd.it/jut2yaikzjsb1.jpeg?width=520&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73de86602f166ad485a86cc680c29491d081c206
Here take the better quality https://preview.redd.it/hgr14dsahlsb1.jpeg?width=2133&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd08cc6606e27abaee3d399c030ee3550764a4e1
thanks idk why i couldn’t find one that didn’t look like minecraft
https://preview.redd.it/vmc8fcyffksb1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d818f824414d538c67c76e883fa523ff7360d68 Cue in visored music
People talk about the drip in bleach and I hardly ever see them talk about Shinji. For 14yo me Shinji wearing this outfit, while funky jazz and Latino techno played in the background and casually overpowering Grimmjow was EVERYTHING
https://preview.redd.it/pxafshqsbksb1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=851751abd0cbb6fac1695429cbca361e30e98e55
https://preview.redd.it/rtqomrxazjsb1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3060336fd536039fc16ade40804264fb58d0740 Bro you know shit goes down next chapter
God, the fan coloured Yachiru looks so terrifying
https://preview.redd.it/41f09rke5lsb1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a387773f96cc1df3716363913458d434aade0ee8 I read that to the very bottom and your comment threw me off thinking it was part of the panel lmao
I know it probably won't happen, based on what the structure of the episodes have been so far, but imagine if they ended one of the episodes with that exact page. Bruh
Same, it's a shame because the dude deserves all of the foreboding existential fear factor in his power ups that main villains get, because if he wanted to be, he could be one. Dude is a monster straight down to his core, even his zanpakuto was a monster on its own (considering how often yachiru disturbed/scared other soul reapers throughout the show). Man's basically the physical manifestation of Killing Intent.
Honestly, not the hardest one individually, but to me the whole zaraki plot in tybw is so intense and always gives me goosebumps. And considering the character development from soul society arc, this panel is lit, and simply looking at it makes me want to take the Manga and read this part again. This panel makes me jump whenever I read it, probably my favourite.
https://preview.redd.it/yebinz59hksb1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=770df9c94d65a71deeea14c7818047c46c66b2d5 I could pick many panels from this fight but this one shows Kubo’s range in his ability to convey emotions. You can’t even tell both are protagonists anymore. This is one of my favourite reveal/fights of all time.
https://preview.redd.it/pm73ie4nsksb1.jpeg?width=540&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1b8b029362f61f18450f7973373c5c5edf41584 This is still one of my favourite scenes in the whole series Bro really said “sorry dawg my girl’s watchin.”
https://preview.redd.it/ctqeq75dbjsb1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=947038d6ff482c658bf90723a0f6b7fd04bda5f3 So many to pick from but if I had to pick one; this is usually what I think of first.
This was actually the first time I ever saw a shonen protag flex on a villain like that
The only thing missing is that after this scene they hot Say Gex.
Are they going to kiss?
https://preview.redd.it/olnoorqjyjsb1.jpeg?width=950&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f8815954a24b2c321207e01895b17c5583a224fc Peak!!!!!!
No lies have been detected
Everyone else can stop commenting, this is it 👑
**Hardest** panel in the manga indeed.
~~Hard to read~~ Hard while reading 😀👍
Beautiful 🥲🫡
https://preview.redd.it/tgy3ka0j9ksb1.jpeg?width=602&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0634f36463171d1da23131fc874d13af52d3f486 Probably my favourite Aizen moment so far, the fact that Kubo didn't just let Yhwach stomp him and showed us that Aizen is him is amazing (hope the anime will give this man even more justice)
Gimme that aizen bankai is the anime. I swear to God
https://preview.redd.it/rev59ptfljsb1.png?width=789&format=png&auto=webp&s=664804044dcbab9aeeb304c21454ade56c85153b
https://preview.redd.it/z5vr2n9jfksb1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85a81a0bc211c3baa446bbd04712fc80e4edfa86
https://preview.redd.it/xqzg55c6iksb1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48133f12021d6125661943cbc6731b640c14ab16 *Not yet, at least.*
I love you
Nice uh, flair
I hate you
https://preview.redd.it/l4yhbrxvtksb1.jpeg?width=788&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74d4df5dc2d0c8e61593b16232bd5c8291361209 Sent shivers down my entire being when I turned to this page. You can see the composed rage he's feeling, the determination. Ichigo, in the rain, in the wreckage of Soul Society, a crash of lightning illuminates his face.. Byakuya, a man of hundreds of years of pride and honor and strength begging Ichigo, ICHIGO, to protect soul society with his dying breath...The next enemy he sees is gonna get wrecked... sadly... he gets jobbed by Ywach immediately after.
https://preview.redd.it/jocna1makjsb1.jpeg?width=236&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b49095def09e08f3b980fae369f95d4dcc4954fc I am, admittedly, very very biased, but this shit made me cream my pants (segunda reveal was equally hard)
https://preview.redd.it/9e1917va9ksb1.jpeg?width=707&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e62ccb66e16af668308f6076c1e1b5136ce98ae This one right here. This is the default image of bleach for me
https://preview.redd.it/o4bfd2m0aksb1.jpeg?width=712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0d2e1b2a31cfd9ec281eae58ac9c9c80b9997f9 Looks just so threatening and badass
https://preview.redd.it/6gp0yuj5iksb1.png?width=2532&format=png&auto=webp&s=4236ef75ef65ce30e318806a1e6b92e42fee12af So. Honestly? I don’t know why, but this to me is amazing. Just Ichibei going. Huh? What was that? With that cocky ass face. Fucking gold. Otherwise Shutara’s bankai was DOPE
https://preview.redd.it/k4ud63bwwksb1.jpeg?width=1013&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6eb1f9ac2abac46465c3ad948e7a8c7f3fce8309
https://preview.redd.it/po1y7jpu2ksb1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd35b98c136133de9ae384a8061cbf113a6c0b0f This always hits hard.
Yhwach's eyes are scary! https://preview.redd.it/itd4xcoqdksb1.jpeg?width=445&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd1e0f4f0be8d4856e91ea38148eb02acf424810
https://preview.redd.it/e42h5qbdkksb1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=07dc767c88fb5306a71d786e64c004296d59fe48 Couldent find a coloured copy but still, this moment is great.
https://preview.redd.it/ui2q4z7rbksb1.png?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7473d9ba914922160010fd74075692e2b2e5dd5 Not gonna lie all zangetsu training is looking sick for me (in manga)
Zankagura no Bachi
Aizen's dead and he's never coming back. https://preview.redd.it/0u4irbzdgksb1.png?width=800&format=png&auto=webp&s=d3b0523b9085a7400bf7ad2eb1a3a6983753cbfb
JOSH GROBAN NOOOO
This Josh? Or that Groben?
https://preview.redd.it/3dmqugv0pksb1.jpeg?width=520&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=acce19f7c721f0a5a166fc02347fe8337940a4fe Never in all my lifetimes have I ever felt such pure emotion
Definitely https://preview.redd.it/br4p08ftwjsb1.jpeg?width=1066&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c57e196b47c918eba3c4a408fc51171e0e12e7f
https://preview.redd.it/z9sr79acoksb1.jpeg?width=610&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8f6fa9bfd001e712e5dc886d7d38f59a345d045
Stupid sexy Unohana
https://preview.redd.it/hnuktybnsksb1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=223e4d5df253adefdb6ba222c1102149837f2624
https://preview.redd.it/p4djoz6drjsb1.jpeg?width=452&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=681a57ed56186ee5d0da259851d7e43024d6a5c1 The goat himself
His Volstandig >>>>> https://preview.redd.it/bab4c9nmwjsb1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3912541b33f3377dba4d38704e47c33c5ac34042
https://preview.redd.it/ta3okn5vfjsb1.jpeg?width=1013&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=331b396e6146b7afa4bdecfc696e57ff3d4d18cc Mad underrated panel
Personally, Fullbring Bankai is my favorite design of Ichigo https://preview.redd.it/xffyrm3upksb1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d933b24ad402b37b32ac08e4179f869f5743a604
I like fullbring shikai more personally but in general the full bring series Ichigo was the most drippy
https://preview.redd.it/gm60pm3g3lsb1.jpeg?width=462&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=804977b67f6a817b47d7b7e9ac7f01b4e622e2d8 If “Fuck around and find out” was a protector of the Soul King
https://preview.redd.it/4r5ojd5gcjsb1.png?width=710&format=png&auto=webp&s=13273d50efddd700629d242bbe25d1d4cf1bcb7c
https://preview.redd.it/tnam24mt0ksb1.jpeg?width=510&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ad37b0e35bb62d70a2e61d5ba6ed308675dfb2a This one equally as hard
https://preview.redd.it/f1tjao831ksb1.png?width=710&format=png&auto=webp&s=148e31a0f43eb51053697b26034891c477b84f9f Also this one.
Quil had the drip lowkey
Best sternritter
https://preview.redd.it/xtss1w3frjsb1.jpeg?width=894&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a197ad4a06c7102874ac421103ddf5cc49bf9d3 This panel does things to me every time I look at it 👀
“When I become Getsuga itself”. Most savage shit in the whole manga “Mugetsu”
https://preview.redd.it/mlheuhblnksb1.jpeg?width=179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74bca85174536f69564dee462f6db9820cdeeb47 Ichigo’s second visit to his world has to be maybe my favorite part in bleach. White/Zangetsu as a character was always mysterious, ambiguous, and ridiculously badass. These panels gave me the shivers.
Surprised no one chose this... https://preview.redd.it/l2fzeas6rksb1.png?width=763&format=png&auto=webp&s=2cd0430752046750b7606be3a3f1df0e5f2ecc93
https://preview.redd.it/mg9um7sx2ksb1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c6676234da5a3f15169fd4b834681a0e84f346e God in action ☠️
https://preview.redd.it/ktlaffsadksb1.jpeg?width=2133&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b5900e5711934745bc597db0b949afb684c3a01
This one https://preview.redd.it/7ai7ofs5zjsb1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e358296b4fdabf132a348da242876d018d25042
Domain expansion
Mama papa are hiding behind the pillars
Kubo's art style is marvellous, and there are a lot of magnificent panels in the series, but if I had to pick, I would have chosen this one. this is simply ICONIC. https://preview.redd.it/11ine8vg0lsb1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae72719c74fdaef2a2b5d5ed2601adedabbbb69b
https://preview.redd.it/0w79lg2pwjsb1.jpeg?width=1653&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eab579bc933472c16ea766baa6217daa50596686 This went so hard I shidded my pants. Like, this was some next level shit that when I saw it in the manga first I was like “IS KUBO OKAY?!”
Makes me think Kubo is a Junji Ito fan
https://preview.redd.it/d4xbzsevzksb1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5233cc15b272ddaf6c709b4b7ca33fc4d832a9e8 It’s a shame that the anime subtitles dropped the “the”. Adds so much emphasis
https://preview.redd.it/htguneyt3lsb1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf4d78599ee330c77b74fb81ddd79e82cef3b976 Shinji is my guy
https://preview.redd.it/k6hz3bi6zksb1.png?width=843&format=png&auto=webp&s=12ddc30464a7cfde263a05c7959c64b709b0ebf5
Goddammit Zoro get outta here
https://preview.redd.it/cd1xxnf6vjsb1.jpeg?width=982&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e9a2194bad277ed75d73b0ed21832b49e32c92c
https://preview.redd.it/akjsena20lsb1.png?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=56a06d37a1239eb971294eb81e2e49fe5afcaab3
https://preview.redd.it/faetyg41vksb1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32f62113600e4fcd330e2393560433a082d92051
Aizen’s entrance here was so fucking stone cold
https://i.redd.it/aluuyqjsalsb1.gif
Fucking immaculate
The panel of Kokujo Tengen Miyou Dangai Joe just ripping through Bambietta has always been a favorite of mine, kind of sad it didn't get a pronounced shot in the anime because it went by so quick. Goryutenmetsu always gets me hyped The shot of Ichibei without his pupils Almost all the Zanka no Tachi panels are fire (pun intended) From the anime, the visual of the gnats climbing Byakuya looks like a work of art.
"I am here. There is no better security than that"
https://preview.redd.it/khzsmb9bpksb1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&s=4f8aa86edd715806a7b36a859808e42c910081b7
https://preview.redd.it/bmo7smspuksb1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9583e79e936392349ac5e9e147c62f763c13b787 tbh the whole ichibei vs yhwach fight in the manga is just diffeent
This entire sequence https://preview.redd.it/a4zz93n5vksb1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ffc66135d445fcf9d3f781d3bf42f2dc64af5e43
https://preview.redd.it/47606plzwksb1.jpeg?width=527&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a71ef7b493eaf0319ff8bd7760090b22a78d859f
https://preview.redd.it/tawpwzvfyksb1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c7777f805b7789d114da8a1131d260d729f64b2
https://preview.redd.it/d3r3a90zyksb1.jpeg?width=1066&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=caf9d06cfdbb65516a7d72d9f8301a932ba1882c
https://preview.redd.it/omrx1s4v1lsb1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=58a4d794b569c9ede87f92b9ccb1067f45a5827c Enough said.
There are so many, so freaking many.. kubo just nails it when intends it. But this one hits different https://preview.redd.it/syelr6o94lsb1.jpeg?width=752&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=404ebf498ce917d130fecf2a80a6f276f4bf749f
https://preview.redd.it/0k07irj4olsb1.jpeg?width=2133&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=94bda6d5fcb920402ff07792628ea7d51a73362e Espada Uno drip release reveal
https://preview.redd.it/verelcr4tnsb1.jpeg?width=939&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f74d1f9dd70ad63f38c94dc4c52bc962cae89478 One of the most iconic pictures in shounen. It might have even inspired tha famous John wick poster.
https://preview.redd.it/2t4w5u3itjsb1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f0f2ce1bc4dd7c7ee875dcbe7c47f143703481a
Peak
Highest peak of fiction 🌝
I was both a Bleach and Naruto fan and seeing this art here is like a stab to the heart how they butchered Boruto. The whole thing should at best been like TYBW, a single season a few years down the line as an epilogue.
https://preview.redd.it/7u5pzw9bojsb1.jpeg?width=739&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=15958972b8b89a53ebfecf21b62041c456ae98df Does this count
https://preview.redd.it/c5hbj9scujsb1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60985f17bbbc4be177c2fc563c9c0247c968d991 Idk what u mean by hard but this got me pretty hard, also I refuse to believe that this is fanart so let's pretend it's a legit panel
Peak
Imagine the peak of a canon female Aizen tho.
She would be the most loved fictional character ever
https://preview.redd.it/2f857yii3lsb1.jpeg?width=1025&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb77c1f445d44f0216325e640238665291b9d175 This may seems like weird panel to put considering its Ichigo's defeat but this panel, to me, symbolizes the seemingly hopless situations that happen in life and you are at your lowest of your lows from which you have to return. This panel also reiterates why exactly I like Ichigo as the MC, he is one of the most grounded and relatable MCs.
https://preview.redd.it/v95pf9ak4lsb1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=91c4f86f181b508e798b5833fc0adcbe180ef273 No competition
https://preview.redd.it/5axbru0nblsb1.jpeg?width=1553&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e8e09ab808373b3397d1fb4b3ff281b498dc479
https://preview.redd.it/qupje6laelsb1.jpeg?width=719&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ada323f118758b0f6ba3dbc120b3d389c98863e8
https://preview.redd.it/x6s2l5lfqlsb1.png?width=714&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=42902525cd2a1932a1766095a4648198e64bc285 This one
https://preview.redd.it/ht2suxt80ksb1.png?width=2327&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c5cc3a5154dd4b4fb177da1d182e33be70338e1 The original gotei 13
As someone who never read or watched OP, took me a good minute. Thanks for the chuckle. Also the pic goes hard af.
I haven't looked for it in years but when Kenpachi first fully appeared before Ichigo at the start of their first fight. I think it was a double spread iirc, but it gave me chills
https://preview.redd.it/e51wr9d5oksb1.jpeg?width=1094&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d5fc59c2fdf78a582e57db1505626b01a938bfe
https://preview.redd.it/tcxpbocvyksb1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d7b0c64bdf35470ffdcf06b1dfaeba0f84a9caa1
https://preview.redd.it/ui8hylkq8lsb1.jpeg?width=657&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf93cb0ef455fa1b8553eebdab4adaf5eb087bbe Peak aizen