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Bleach Just Gave This Villain a Perfectly Heartbreaking Death

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Bleach Just Gave This Villain a Perfectly Heartbreaking Death


This review contains spoilers for Bleach: Bloody Thousand-Year War Part 3 – The Conflict, Episode 12, “Friend.”

One of the many ways in which Bleach: Bloody War of a Thousand Years, both the original manga and the ongoing anime, enhanced the original Bleach it was by being more emotional. Characters who were seemingly one-dimensional benefited from new depth at best, while others even got entirely new scenes and subplots in the final arc’s anime adaptation. Bazz-B, one of the Sternritter antagonists, is a good example of this. This was especially true for his short but significant arc, “Friend”, in the manga.

Given Bazz-B’s enduring popularity and “Friend’s” strong reception among manga readers, expectations were understandably high for his animated duel against his childhood friend, Jugram Haschwalth. The fact that Thousand-year bloody wars the anime has always been good, which only made fans’ hopes even higher. Fortunately, “Friend” completely dispelled all expectations. Whatever the quality of Part 3 – The conflict the upcoming finale is, “Friend” is easily one of the best courtship episodes and Bleach in its entirety.

Bleach: Bloody Thousand Year War Part 3 Episode 12 is a perfectly heartbreaking tragedy

The episode strikes the perfect balance between action and drama

Ever since Ichigo Kurosaki’s alliance brought the fight against Emperor Yhwach to the Wahrwelt, previously underdeveloped characters have been given the chance to shine through battles and flashbacks. Bazz-B is the latest character to benefit, but he steals the show with what might be the best version of this courtship trend. “Friend” shows that Bazz-B was more than just an arrogant Sternritter with fire powers, and it also humanizes the cold and almost emotionless Haschwalth. In just 20 minutes of a single episode, Bazz-B’s former ties to Haschwalth and his current one-sided rivalry against Haschwalth are all revealed. For now, the audience learns what they need to know about these two characters and why they followed this path. The episode also improves on some of the manga’s best chapters by adding new flashbacks and moments that delved deeper into Bazz-B and Haschwalth’s characters, personalities, and tragedy. Small details like bruises or the way the hair covers the eyes went a long way in humanizing two previously flat villains for the Soul Reapers to fight and/or kill. Even better, and unlike previous episodes, “Friend” struck the perfect balance between its main combat and the characterization of the fighters.

Recently, supposedly important and decisive fights seemed more like afterthoughts than anything else. Enemies like Pernida Parnkgjas and Lille Barro were actually more personified obstacles for Captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Captain-Commander Shunsui Kyoraku to overcome rather than worthy rivals. To grow as people and improve their relationships with their respective wards, the captains first had to end their duel against a Quincy. Not helping, that’s what it was like Bloody Thousand Year War did not delve into these powerful implications despite hints. These are thankfully averted in “Friend”, as the fight between Bazz-B and Haschwalth is the only possible outcome to their years-long feud. Every attack they launch on each other is influenced by their friendship and their arguments. Their flashbacks fueled the emotions of the ongoing battle instead of interrupting it as happened in previous episodes. Of course, none of this would be possible without Yuuki Ono’s presumably final performance as Bazz-B. Ono did a remarkable job expressing Bazz-B’s pain and rage, which he barely masked with his bravado. The episode’s visuals complemented Ono’s voice work and made Bazz-B’s swan song even more powerful.

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At the time of writing these lines, “Friend” is The conflictIt is best directed episode. The episode is laser-focused on Bazz-B’s fight against Haschwalth and their respective flashbacks. This never took into account the reactions of outsiders to combat, nor what was happening on the other side of the Wahrwelt. The audience saw everything from the point of view of the two Sternritters, and no one else’s. This need for multiple perspectives was one of the few, but glaring, flaws of some of this court’s best but near-perfect episodes, such as “The Betrayer” (Ichigo Kurosaki vs. Uryu Ishida) and “The Sun Gate” ( Uryu Ishida vs. Uryu Ishida). .Renji Abarai). If these otherwise great episodes had been as focused as “Friend,” they would have been masterpieces. In avoiding this mistake, “Friend” never undermined the dramatic weight of its characters’ conflicting emotions and ideologies, nor Pierrot Films’ brutal animation. Viewers have no choice but to feel and see everything unfold in real time, leading up to the episode’s tragic but inevitable conclusion. Additionally, the episode is tight and succinct. Where previous Bleach episodes – both from the original anime and Bloody Thousand Year War – spread the fights and flashbacks over several installments, “Friend” did everything in one go. The end result is a short but sweet story that accomplishes everything it needs to while leaving fans impressed and satisfied, while wanting more.

Bleach: Bloody Thousand Year War Part 3 Episode 12 is Bleach’s best villain episode yet

The episode avoids some of the anime’s oldest mistakes

Bazz-B comforts Haschwalth in Bleach's bloody Thousand Year War

The most interesting thing about “Friend” is that, on the surface, it’s basically a typical villain-centric movie. Bleach episode. Both in manga and anime, Bleach would often give a villain a major flashback in the middle of their final fight. This was done so that the story could give an otherwise underdeveloped character some much-needed depth before his death, and so that readers could also see that the enemies of the Soul Reapers were more than just enemies to kill. It got to the point where a villain’s flashback became one of the Bleach the most obvious death flags. These kinds of episodes were what made fans love the Espada so much back in the day, but they all but disappeared during Thousand-year bloody war. For all intents and purposes, the Quincy were just invaders for the Soul Reapers to kill. Bazz-B was the rare exception to this rule in the manga, and the anime did his special cover justice. That said, this week’s episode went even further with its sublime execution and additions.

The closest thing to a downside to “Friend” is that it didn’t follow up on Liltotto Lamperd and Giselle Gewelle, who were last seen surrounded by Yhwach’s shadow soldiers in “Baby, Hold Your Hand 2″. [Never Ending My Dream]” Fans of these particular Sternritter will have to wait a little longer to find out what happened to the remains of Bambietta Basterbine’s group. Additionally, their absence in the episode may be a bit annoying, given that they have spent quite a bit of time with Bazz. -B earlier in the courtyard That being said, this is far from a bad thing Not only does Litotto and Giselle’s currently unknown fates mean there’s more fighting. And of anime-only subplots for fans, but it also gave the episode fewer distractions to deal with. “Friend” rightly devoted its entire runtime to the childhood friends’ fight and Bazz-B’s internal conflict; Literally cutting to anything else would have watered down or even completely ruined the emotional impact the episode was intended for.

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“Friend” is the closest thing to a perfect episode The conflict a, and it’s breathtaking to watch. In terms of writing, everything from the material from which it is faithfully adapted, Bleach The pages of new anime exclusive additions have Bazz-B and Haschwalth fully realized in a short time. Likewise, the more mechanical aspects of the episode were simply excellent. Not a single frame or second was wasted in giving these two Quincys the kind of depth and humanity that Bleach the antagonists have been missing for some time now. At the moment, it’s too early to call this chapter the best. Bleach episode never made, since there’s still a season finale and extra lesson to consider. Despite this, “Ami” is The conflict the largest payment which also represents Bleach at its best, both artistically and technically.

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 – The Conflict streams new episodes every Saturday at 10:30 AM (EST). Part 1 – The Bloody War and Part 2 – The Separation are now available to watch and own physically and digitally.

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