August 24, 2026

BLEACH TYBW EPISODE 45 (4x5) REACTION šŸ”„

SHEEEESH Sushi Squad, GREATEST ANIME EPISODE OF ALL TIME, 10/10!!! šŸ’Æ

RIP TO THE GOATTTTT ORIHIMEEE!!!šŸ™Œ

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DVX Ā· August 26, 2026

This is my first time watching this episode. I was hoping to watch it with you guys but after this episode I think i gotta start watching it on my own screen... I am speechless. I love how this is an anime original. I can't even speak im still in shock

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Bungkai Ā· August 26, 2026

damn, orihime is just wifey man

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Zonbi Ā· August 25, 2026

I hate when reactors spend the entire episode going "THE ANIMATION" "THE BUDGET" over and over. I'd hate to watch shows in that mindset constantly.

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Patriicia Ā· August 25, 2026

omg I love your reaction... did it tickle your plums? hahahahahaha

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Iman Ā· August 25, 2026

Anime watchers : This is so cool! Manga readers : What is happening right now?! 🤯

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Moneyman4lyfe Ā· August 25, 2026

thinking she dies is funny

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Zachary Kelly Ā· August 25, 2026

Something special about the flower is that the higanbana (Spider Lily) is representative of "final goodbyes"* in hanakotoba, basically the language of flowers. Kubo has dozens of references to this throughout Bleach and is one of the easiest things to miss. Ever since we saw that flower in her flashback with Tatsuki I was getting a bad feeling. *The higanbana also represents "Rebirth," so...

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LRsonic Ā· August 25, 2026

First of all.. this is an anime exclusive episode so even for Manga reader, this is very new to them. In fact, nobody know what's going to happen in the future epsiode becos the ending of this episode is very different from manga. So we dk what going to happen next

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kidCash3 Ā· August 25, 2026

Inoue went full atom eve lol

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Christian Daniel Santos Ā· August 25, 2026

THE BEST BLEACH EPISODE EVER! 10/10! It was like watching a movie. This episode was such a cinematic masterpiece! QUEEN AURAHIME!

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Sammy Ā· August 25, 2026

Watching this ep in replay since two days now and I'm still crying every freaking time! 😭🧔 9lana'a song went straight to my Spotify fav list šŸŽµ

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Sammy Ā· August 25, 2026

The Almighty was with Haschwalth - until Uryu defeated Haschwalth (with the Quincy glove he used against Mayuri). The powers returned to Yhwach right when Urihime rejected Yhwach's existence. šŸ’­ Theory, therefore spoiler-free: Urihime completed her Fullbring, her powers had been incomplete the whole time. She really died here / rejected her existence together with Yhwach. But Uryu defeated Haschwalth and the power of the Almighty returned to Yhwach so he will do the Uno reverse card. Urihime's sacrifice was in vain. Uryu saved Urihime and the others but also saved Yhwach šŸ’­ Btw, @Ron: First time crying? Nah-ah, those eyes got pretty teary when Byakuya "died" 😁

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Masked Void Ā· August 25, 2026

- The mid screen informs us that this Bankai is a result of him using Bankai while in half holloe mode. So that means Ichigo has a different Bankai for his other attributes (likely). It also mentions Ichigo manifest a new dimension of power in terms of physical function, spiritual pressure and reaction speed and is called "Ichigo of the blood chains" - Many think Ichigo is simply using clones, however I think its something else, Ywach says "why are you over there" meaning that Ichigo attacked from a position outside of his almighty perview, I believe Ichigo can literally attack from different paths but within the same timeline which means Yhwach cant foresee it (he can only see the one whose current future is being tracked) I think thats what the mid screen meant by new "physical function" - Somethings many are missing, when did that Glove get on Haschwalth and why didnt he see it? šŸ¤”

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IcoNIC Ā· August 25, 2026

That’s why you never underestimate a charter I’ve always wanted this power up for Orihime omg 🧔

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Timmy Sim Ā· August 25, 2026

Decent ep w

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rikenad Ā· August 25, 2026

She rejected Ywach’s whole existence? And her existence was erased due to Ywach’s existence being erased?

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lordjaggi Ā· August 25, 2026

I don't think people realize what level of peak we have coming next if this episode caught us all off guard. The manga didn't really do the final fight justice.

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Tingz Ā· August 25, 2026

Absolutely cinema! I cried like a baby watching this ep , not even bc of Orihime but because of Ichigo man and the transformation. My most favorite anime of all time bleach Kubo the goat

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Staze Reacts Ā· August 25, 2026

First time EVER crying on camera for me on this one. Was kind of interesting to see šŸ˜­šŸ˜…

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The CulturedGentleman Ā· August 25, 2026

Btw this episode is the highest rated episode on IMDB ever in history, surpassing all the past record holders. Perfect rating of 10/10

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The CulturedGentleman Ā· August 25, 2026

U know, Aizen deserves his credit for seeing the potential in Orihime some time ago when he kidnapped her. Her ability rejects reality and reverses events back to a state before its at in current reality. Its almost a direct counter to "The Almighty" Also, tying the episide title in, its just so beautiful and so fitting. Protect You Ichigo constantly evolving in order to protect Orihime from harm. And Orihime constantly refusing to let Ichigo die, thus putting herself in Harm's way to save him.

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Sohan Shetty Ā· August 25, 2026

Ron - you're why Orihime died, you spoke it into existence

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Captain Usopp aka God Usopp Ā· August 25, 2026

Did u know this is not in the Manga? its a exclusive for anime watcher..so Manga reader also join in YO...This ep remind me Hinata sacrifice for Naruto , the way Inoue smile in her last moment remind me of her too..Ichigo and Naruto both got themselves GOAT of other half

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Kayso Ā· August 25, 2026

Bro I was literally thinking that and thought about mentioning but didn’t want to make my comment too long. Also the fact that both of them share the same VA in dub lol

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Hito Ā· August 25, 2026

PEAK DOPAMINEEEEE RAHHHHH

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T-rav 3 Ā· August 25, 2026

I find it hilarious…so far every week we collectively keep saying the same thing, ā€œeasily the best episode in TYBW so farā€ā€¦can they keep up this momentum? If so we are in for the best finish an anime has ever had!!!

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T-rav 3 Ā· August 25, 2026

This is probably the best episode Bleach has had, might be top 3 episodes in anime all time

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The CulturedGentleman Ā· August 25, 2026

Its the highest rated episode. Ever.

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Berry Ā· August 25, 2026

1. in the middle of the episode when the text is all covered, on their offical website they reveal what is written and it says "Blood Chains Ichigo This is the ultimate form that Ichigo Kurosaki, having awakened the Hollow blood slumbering within him, transforms into when he performs Bankai in a "half-Hollowfied" state, along with his Zanpakuto. He wears two horns reminiscent of complete Hollowfication, and spiritual pressure in the form of blood chains emanates from his neck, hands, and feet. In his battle against Yhwach, who had absorbed the Soul King, he manifested a new dimension of power in terms of spiritual pressure, physical function, and reaction speed. 2. ichigo has a ton of moon motifs which is why we see the moon and the giant moon getsuga. also Zangetsu means "slaying moon or moon cutter", when he swings his sword from the top of his head to the bottom its like he made the shape of the crescent moon 3. last thing. the glove uryu takes out is the glove from the first arc when he lost his powers called the Sanrei Glove. jugo calls it the Leiden Hant and thats how he loses the almighty and yhwach gets it back at the end. we can see 3 eyes come back to him

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taymone Ā· August 25, 2026

she rejected ywhach's entire existence seemingly at the expense of her life. if you go back to the fullbring arc ginjo described a phenomenon that occurs with fullbringer abilities that seems like what happened with orihime here.

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Kayso Ā· August 25, 2026

OST rundown: Feels so good to hear Invasion in the beginning of the episode and it sounds like a remixed version too šŸ”„ 10:34 Nice switch up for Uryu and Hashwalth. It’s like the electric guitar vibes similar to precipice of defeat. Satisfying to hear šŸ”„ 11:27 Here when we get back to Ichigo vs Yhawch fight this part sounds like Here To Stay. It’s a sad ost but here it’s an action version. Not sure if they remixed it or it just happens to sound similar but I loved it regardless šŸ”„ OST with Ichigo popping off when he went bankai was perfect. Anything choir like with the singing (i.e Invasion, Treachery, Stand up Be Strong) will always hit šŸ”„ Then we have the music with Orihime at the end fit so well. It was so sad, calming and beautiful šŸ”„ Thank you always for blessing our ears Shiro Sagisu, my goat šŸšŸŽ¶šŸŽ¼šŸŽµšŸŽ»

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Lee Ā· August 25, 2026

The answer is in Inoue's words, "Fighting... pain... and suffering... I could make it so that they never happened." Inoue has been watching Ichigo fight in pain and suffering. The source of it all? Yhwach. So, how can she make it so that Ichigo never has to experience the fighting, the pain, and the suffering again? By erasing the source of it all, Yhwach.

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Kayso Ā· August 25, 2026

Ichigo always has the best transformations and this one is officially his best one. That long pause between ban and kai was so fire. Another masterpiece of an episode, animation and ost of course never disappoint. Orihime’s potential always been foreshadowed so this makes sense seeing her do this. She’s definitely not dead I refuse to believe like I didn’t even cry watching cuz I confidently know for a fact she isn’t. The denial is strong with me šŸ˜‚ Also for previous episode Ron and Michelle if interested you can go back to OG Bleach reaction ep 40 time stamp 5:48 for the first time you see Kenpachi backstory with Yachiru

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SpartanManJDOGG Ā· August 24, 2026

Kubo didn't do much with Orihime originally. She threw up maybe a couple shields in the manga and did shit else.

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Leo Ā· August 24, 2026

Why is everyone saying rip Orihime aint no way she is just gone. T_T

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BP Ā· August 24, 2026

Haschwaltz had the Almighty for the entire fight; Yhwach was only using the Soul King's power. The second Ishida did his attack; notice that Haschwaltz's eyes were normal, and right before the final part of Orihime's attack, Yhwach had the Almighty again. It's not Ishida's fault, but he just doomed Orihime's sacrifice because we all know that in Yhwach's hands the Almighty is broken as shit. I know some hate on Orihime, but I do think people also had legitimate criticisms of how Kubo handled her. I was one of those people who was always harsh on her, not because I didn't like her, but because Kubo just kept relegating her to saying "Kurosak-kun" all the time and not allowing her to really shine. Thankfully, now that he could tell the story he wanted to tell, he gave her the moments she needed to be a fully realized character. What she did in this episode was like a full manifestation of her power as a support character. She always thought she was weak because she's not a fighter in the traditional sense. She's essentially a white mage, and her ability is to reject people's pain and, in a way, take it on herself. Kubo has been getting disrespected for over 10 years, and he's finally getting the recognition he deserves.

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TaterThots Ā· August 24, 2026

I saw this explanation from another video but Orihime's powers are channeled through her hair pins but in the last scene, she creates a circle she goes through herself. It signifies that she used her own powers on herself to "reject" her own weakness and limitations and when she attacks Yhwach, she uses her powers without the pins. If you remember in the Arrancar arc, her powers were mentioned to be like a Soul Reapers (and Chad's a Hollows) and the hair pin she uses was like her Zanpakuto. It's possible she also had a "the blade is me" moment and became one with her powers, which is how she ascended and used her powers without those pins. As a manga reader myself, from what we know happens next, the upcoming episodes are no doubt gonna be even more peak than this but even I'm in shock and in wonder of how they're going to achieve that. This episode was 99% anime original and yet, the best episode out of anything I've ever watched for myself.

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Just_a_guy Ā· August 24, 2026

Won't lie. I cried again

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Joey 104 Ā· August 24, 2026

Smh I reject lol

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Drew Ā· August 24, 2026

Getsuga TESHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOO (I felt the Kamehameha in that🄲)

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BleachLore Ā· August 24, 2026

She used her Reiryoku/life force. Also the clones are ichigo changing/altering fate i wont say more

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BleachLore Ā· August 24, 2026

I will be making a video fully explaning this

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Dwayne Townsend Ā· August 24, 2026

The look back and smile words in silence trope in anime always get me 😭😭

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Levelingup Ā· August 24, 2026

Ichigo head was literally cut off and she rejected that shit fast af lol

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Ahupnatun Ā· August 24, 2026

So her power is to reject phenomena, but she definitely got a huge ramp and just tried rejecting the existence of everything in her area. And yeah this almost entire episode is anime exclusive, so even us manga readers were blown away. Careful for spoilers though because many people might try to say what happened instead of these events and they might still be spoilers for the future episode. Orihime has always been considered to have one of the stronger abilities in the show, she was just always too 1 dimensional to have a balanced strength around it. Even Aizen saw it as an ability approaching the Gods, but felt she was too limited to fully make use of it.

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BleachLore Ā· August 24, 2026

The greatest anime episode ever made

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Yogi Ā· August 24, 2026

(:

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Dwayne Townsend Ā· August 24, 2026

I always call back to Aizen showing interest in Orihime .. that should tell u she wasn’t regular out here in these streets

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Rocked In (SecondSun) Ā· August 24, 2026

If you remember before the Arrancar arc Orihime said if she had 5 lives she's always fall in love with the same man. In this episode she got impaled 5 times all trying to save Ichigo

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Renato Hiro Ā· August 24, 2026

Inoue rejected the manga and changed everything

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Mr. A Ā· August 24, 2026

Yuha's ability to see the future isn't fully present here since Jugo has been using his The Almighty. Yuha's mostly been fighting with the Soul King's power only. But yeah this confirms why Aizen wanted to kidnap her...

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Ryan J Ā· August 24, 2026

To Ron's point in the early pause and latter to what michelle said about it not really being something you'd picture, I'll copy my comment that another reactor thought cleared something new the anime really does better in the TYBW as they were joking about her having content cut of her and while cutting parts of her from the manga in the original anime it's like they did it to replace it with 3 extra "Kurosaki Kun!". "this was referring to what she brought up about Inoue saying ā€œkurosaki kunā€. Ichigo in reality says her name nearly as much as she says he does. The thing that so many tease Orihime for in the manga isn’t nearly as present. The anime portrayed Orihime differently cutting manga parts out and adding double the ā€œkurosaki-kunā€ as her default character. It’s not commonly spoken about there’s an old thread before tybw anime came out cour 1 about how poor the character was shown in the past cause Orihime backstory is way darker than you might think." I could go int much more detail but it's all to say this maps on to Orihime

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Shinra Reacts! Ā· August 24, 2026

Dude I was in shambles. I never expected that she would survive once I seen how it was going during the fight. She has the power to reject. She said that she would envelop the whole world and make it all stop. She’s not a healer, she can reject reality itself. She makes things unhappen and it doesn’t change the course of the timeline in a negative way.

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K_w002 Ā· August 24, 2026

Apologize to Orihime Ron 😭😭😭

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RorotheShadow Ā· August 24, 2026

Yeah, you're remembering it right, Ron. In the Arrancar Arc, Aizen literally said that Orihime's powers were capable of rejecting the power of a god. That’s why he kidnapped her. And no, Yhwach hasn't used The Almighty at all so far. When Yhwach sleeps, he and Jugram swap powers. That means Jugram held The Almighty the whole time. That’s why Ishida sent Ichigo to face Yhwach at the start—so he could take him out while he was unable to use The Almighty. However, the Soul King's powers had already fully transferred to Yhwach by the time Ichigo and Orihime reached him. So, throughout this entire battle, he has only been using the Soul King's powers. But at the end of the episode, when Ishida put the glove on Jugram and activated it, he stripped Jugram of The Almighty; consequently, the power returned to Yhwach (you can see that at the end of the episode when all those eyes reappeared on him). So, there is a strong possibility that he will use The Almighty at the very last second to escape Orihime's attack. And since Orihime can reject/change reality, there is also a chance she survives it. Still, I hope Yhwach is at least somewhat injured by Orihime's attack. And in case you’ve forgotten where the glove comes from Ishida used: it was the same one he used during his fight against Mayuri in the Soul Society arc. By using it, he lost his Quincy powers. And I really don't get why everyone thinks Orihime is dead. First off—the golden rule of anime—a character's death isn't legit until it's confirmed or you actually see a body šŸ˜… Plus, the way the episode portrayed her "death" was so dramatic that I just feel like the studio and Kubo are trying to mess with us anime watchers and also the manga readers šŸ˜… YOU CAN'T FOOL ME!! YOU CAN'T FOOL US!! YOU CAN'T FOOL ANYONE!!😤😤

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Stevo Tesic Ā· August 24, 2026

My theory is that Yhwach uses his ability to select the best possible future—one that includes Inoue returning—and that is why she won't be dead.

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Dannilo Ā· August 24, 2026

not even mangĆ” readers saw it coming LOL, this is original anime material. i mean, first week without being bombed by mangĆ” readers and was FIRE!

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Pedro Flores Ā· August 24, 2026

29:24 we can't explain, this wasn't in the manga. We are all just as dumbfounded as you are

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Davis Ā· August 24, 2026

The way I see it is that her power is to reject ALL phenomena. She rejected his very existence. But as this all brand new material, no idea what really happened

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Iyana Ā· August 24, 2026

If it’s any consolation, no one, not even us manga readers, even got this material. The way I perceived it was Orihime rejecting his existence. I DO think she’ll be back, though, based off of how his power works. Since it looks like Uryu took away Haschwalth’s ability to use ā€œThe Almighty,ā€ that’s how Yhwach will get it back and thus she’ll be back as well some kind of way, I feel. Maybe Aizen, considering his past with Orihime? Who knows! But I love how Kubo basically has the anime watchers and the manga readers starting off on the same foundation now. But my goodness! Props to Orihime’s VA for putting us through it and giving us sides of her we’ve never gotten before!

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zoro xz Ā· August 24, 2026

Yhwach doesnt have the almighty rn, and I think Orihime just rejected his existence

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MerlinHermes Ā· August 24, 2026

Her power is basically as Aizen said her power violates divine law

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Shawlong Ā· August 24, 2026

Yhwach wasn't using the Almighty during this fight. Haschwalth was. The Almighty only came back at the very end to Yuhabaha, when Ishida put the glove on Haschwalth to deactivate all his powers. It returned literally a second before Orihime did suicide attack. That’s why I’m convinced this motherf**ker is going to undo all of it.

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Volt Ā· August 24, 2026

Representing both Orihime and Ichigo as the flower she compared Ichigo to earlier to show they both have the same heart, their will to protect is identical is genius bro. Also it's not that she couldn't protect Ichigo before now it's that Ichigo wouldn't let her fight with him even if she could (vs Grimmjow he jumped in front of her shield to stop an attack from hitting it, and later on vs Ulquiorra she reacts to and blocks an attack that would have been fatal for Ichigo but he tells her to stay back anyway). This is the first time he's placed his faith in her to fight alongside him and you can see before they enter the throne room that she's shocked that he suggested they fight 2 on 1.

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K2 Ā· August 24, 2026

ep of the year

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Andrey Ā· August 24, 2026

Orihime's power is based around the 6 ''fairies'' which reside in her hairpin (it was confirmed that she is a Fullbringer). And the strength of her abilities is based on her willpower/resolve. Basically, at that moment she became someone who was able to literally ''reject'' the God of the verse, all thanks to her immense resolve and love for Ichigo and through her sheer determination to be stronger and to be useful to Ichigo. Also, as mentioned in the other comments, if you pay attention to when Uryu strips Haschwalt of the ''Allmighty'', for a second you will be able to see that Yhwach regains the ability since he has 3 pupils before Orihime blows him away (in his case, he doesn't only ''foresees'' the possible outcomes/future, but he is able to alter them to whatever benefits him)

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wram Ā· August 24, 2026

A popular theory going around that I thought I should bring to your guys' attention is that Ichigo may potentially have MULTIPLE variants to his Bankai. The 'Blood Chains' variant is very reminiscent to Vasto Lorde Ichigo so this variant taps into his Hollow side so there may potentially be a Quincy variant or just a full Shinigami variant too, perhaps even a variant that combines all parts of Ichigo. Pretty interesting to think about.

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hmmm Ā· August 24, 2026

Literally subbed just so I could watch this reaction early

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José Flete · August 24, 2026

THE ANIME IS ALIVE

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Malik Ford Ā· August 24, 2026

Aizen said something about her powers rival a god or sum idk

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Malik Ford Ā· August 24, 2026

Yea isn’t this an anime only thing that’s what I heard so no one knows

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jiggly_pufff Ā· August 24, 2026

Orihime’s power is rejection of ā€œphenomenaā€, be it any fact, event, or object. As Aizen said, ā€œher powers limit, reject, and deny all phenomena that have affected her subject. She can make it as the damage never happened. This is far more than spatial or temporal regression. In fact, her power trespasses the limitations set by godsā€. She never in fact healed anyone, she rejected the very act of them being hurt. And ultimately, she rejected Yhwach’s existence along with her own. It’s a reality warping power given to the character who hates to fight and hurt people.

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David Waller Ā· August 24, 2026

This was such a beautiful episode. This episode was new and not sourced from the Manga so even us Manga readers who have been waiting years for the anime to return got something new to witness. Orihime's sacrifice was so sad yet so beautiful and selfless, which ultimately embodies her character fully 😢.

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Daniel Walker Ā· August 24, 2026

I want to take this moment to thank everyone who has participated in the making of this episode. All the directors, animators, voice actors (especially Inoue's) and of course the goat Tite Kubo. To all the fans from the past, present and future, to the fans who are not with us anymore and to those who will come. Everyone enjoying this moment, posting, commenting, reacting and giving our queen Inoue the affection and attention she always deserved. This is like a dream come true to me as a longtime Bleach fan. Bless you all !!! P.S. - there's 3 more things I wish to happen and have always wished for, so this just gave me hope that it's not impossible anymore.

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Pascal Kaplan Ā· August 24, 2026

Yhwach couldnt see th future cause Haschwaldt still had his powers swapped with him only after Ishidas attack on Haschwaldt he lost Yhwachs power and in the end scene we saw yhwach getting his all mighty back

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shinigamiO.O Ā· August 24, 2026

ā€œA power that easily surpasses the limits of God’s established phenomena… one that encroaches on the realm of the gods.ā€ - Aizen Presumably she is paying the ultimate price to reject Ywach’s existence, causing her own existence to be rejected in return and that’s why both of them are gone at the end. I don’t know where we’re going from here, but I’m still in tears from watching this. 😭😭

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Yumaaa Ā· August 24, 2026

Dw bro, I cried too TT_TT

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Matheus Ferreira Mendonça · August 24, 2026

After I watched for the first time I was hunting for youtubers reactions... this is only the second time in my life that I did this. The first one being Jinwoo vs Beru...

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How i met ur Alex Ā· August 24, 2026

What she most likely did at the end was kinda hinted during the episode. The whole episode she was talking about how weak she is, so in the end she rejected her own limitations when going through her ring, which gave her the abillity to reject a soul king lvl beings existence like ywhach. Ps ywhach has still not used the almighty during this fight, jugram still has it. The orihime part is just what i think

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Erinson Ā· August 24, 2026

I don’t think she’s dead I mean this was not in the manga maybe it’s just Yhwach watching the future where he dies I don’t know actually but I don’t think she’s dead

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D.G. Ā· August 24, 2026

This is not a spoiler because as Aizen established long ago, Orihime's power is the conceptual rejection of phenomena or events, dictating that an event or state in reality simply did not happen. In other words in this episode, we can assume that her resolve to protect Ichigo removed the psychological restraint that normally holds her back, pushing her power from merely rejecting "wounds" so that they never happened to what looks like rejecting Yhwach's existence itself.

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Raden Ā· August 24, 2026

For Ron's question.... My understanding at the end is Orihime rejected Ywach existence which I assume took her life as well and erased them both

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DarkestNights Ā· August 24, 2026

Yhwach didn't have the Almighty, he was using the Soul Kings power that entire fight, Jugram was using the Amighty

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DH Ā· August 24, 2026

Remember, Jugram has had "The Almighty" this whole fight, not Yhwach. That's why he was able to perceive the future against Uryu.

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Levelingup Ā· August 24, 2026

Now yall see why Aizen was glazing her so much lmao. Orihime is her šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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Revolution To Evolution Ā· August 24, 2026

Nooo, not motheršŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ’”šŸ’”šŸ’”šŸ’”šŸ’”šŸ’”

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RealKing_0 Ā· August 24, 2026

She rejected Yhwach’s existence! 🄹 but at the last second he got back the almighty when Uryu took jugrams power away so it’s definitely not the end. (Also you can tell because he gains multiple pupils again right before he gets rejected)

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Str8vib3s Ā· August 24, 2026

it’s giving nobara but worse since we been with orihime way longer

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Marissa šŸ–¤ Ā· August 24, 2026

Regarding Orihime’s powers, if you go back to the arrancar arc where Aizen wanted Orihime’s powers, he talks about how strong her powers are if she actually put her mind to it. Since Orihime is a pacifist, she subconsciously rejects her own power since she never thought that she was able to use it offensively. But in this fight it challenged her thought process behind using her powers offensively since Ywach was pushing her breaking point by killing her and Ichigo multiple times. So this episode was her breaking her own boundaries with her powers, which was what Aizen wanted her to do in the first place during that og arc. So from what it looks here, she used her powers offensively and rejected his existence in exchange for her life. Also Ywach didn't have the almighty so he can't see the future right now, he only has the soul kings powers. Seeing Ichigo’s bankai as a manga reader was hype because in the manga, we never got to see Ichigo’s final form, so this is new territory for manga and anime onlys. Also regarding his bankai powers, you guys may have forgotten but when Ichigo is in his new bankai, he moves so fast he creates afterimages looking like shadows. This was shown in the earlier episodes of bleach when Zangetsu was training Ichigo before he unlocked his true powers, and Zangetsu was moving so fast he created afterimages of himself. But this whole episode was not from the manga so it will be so interesting to watch how this plays out for everyone lol

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Jonymush Ā· August 24, 2026

None of this happened in the manga so we can only speculate alongside you. Based on what it seems like and a past comment from Aizen himself that Ron brought up. My thought is she straight up rejected yhwachs existence itself. Her comments about wanting to reject all the pain and suffering caused by yhwach. Orihime has always been nerfed by being a nice/peaceful person. In this moment she let it all go and was able to prove what Aizen said about her all that time ago. Episode was a masterpiece. Ichigos bankai was so cool yet Orihime managed to steal the episode. Ichigo new bankai is 100% my wallpaper after this. The true bankai getsuga moon is so good

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Str8vib3s Ā· August 24, 2026

u know the first person i thought ab when that scene happened was tatsuki her best friend from the real world, she lives to protect orihime and she is gone and she doesn’t know ab it

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Ichigoat Ā· August 24, 2026

You guys Yhwach has not being using the almighty the entire fight. Its been with Haschwalth. Since Ichigo and Orihime showed up he has only used the soul kings power. So no Yhwach didnt see this coming from Orihime

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Christopher GonzÔlez Rivera · August 24, 2026

At least until Jugram lost his powers, just seconds before she could finish her move. What will happen? 🫪

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the one Ā· August 24, 2026

anime only episode so even manga readers don’t know what’s happening next, also ywach didn’t see that coming because at the time he didn’t have the ā€œalmightyā€ which lets him see into the future. well from my understanding

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Phen Ā· August 24, 2026

basically orihime just rejected yhwachs existence as a whole and in doing that lost her life aswell. Also yhwach hasn’t had his power this whole fight, jugram currently holds the almighty.

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Proxi Ā· August 24, 2026

jugram lost the almighty the moment uryu did his thing with the glove, yhwach regained the almighty just before orihime rejected his existence

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Lucas Naranjo Ā· August 24, 2026

I've been waiting all day for this šŸ™

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noeyl Ā· August 24, 2026

insane ep man

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Soren Ā· August 24, 2026

Yhwach can’t see the future right now, Jugram is the one with the almighty, that’s why Yhwach only has 1 pupil in his eye this entire season. When Uryu uses the glove on Jugram to strip his powers, Jugram loses the almighty and Yhwach regains it right before Orihime does her final attack against him this episode.

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shinigamiO.O Ā· August 24, 2026

I’m so split on the theory that this will all just be one of Ywach’s visions and never happened, yet I obviously want Orihime to come back. It will feel a bit like a cop out if it turned out to never happen… Although since he only got it right at the moment of the final attack, that should mean everything else did in fact happen? I personally would like to see Ywach come back weakened from this (we know this isn’t his end, that’s for sure) and for some other crazy plot twist to be revealed that will bring Orihime back, perhaps causing both of them to return at once.

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Jacob Martinez Ā· August 24, 2026

AURAHIME!!!! 😭 šŸ„€

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ra-TH_ Ā· August 24, 2026

Waiting for this was like the 10 year gap šŸ˜®ā€šŸ’Ø Bleach is untouchable imo

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wram Ā· August 24, 2026

The anime is now more canon than the manga at this point. All the new material in this episode was approved by Kubo, meaning it reflects what he wanted to include in the original story. Bleach has set the bar for anime-only content. This has to be one of the best episodes in the series, just a cinematic masterpiece.

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Justin O Ā· August 24, 2026

Orihime has the power ro reject phenomena, so she literally just rejected Yhwach's existence.

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Brandocommando Ā· August 24, 2026

Studio Pierrot > Mappa

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Ilsuk Yang Ā· August 24, 2026

This episode is practically all anime original (only Juha easily surviving Ichigo's gran rey cero-getsuga was in the manga and even that was a little different here). Us manga fans got so much new material in this episode and for it to be this amazing, this emotionally resonant, just, all the feelings 😭 This is the Orihime we always wanted to see, and to see her displayed in this way is beautiful and so sad to see 😢 Ichigo's bankai is absolutely glorious, but Juha is just too tough. Orihime, just wow!

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Brandocommando Ā· August 24, 2026

I DONT WANNA HEAR ANYMORE ORIHIME SLANDER AFTER THIS EPISODE

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Coquilliage Ā· August 24, 2026

orihime is no longer hinata's twin

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IcoNIC Ā· August 24, 2026

Baby if Aizen had to kidnapped Orihime even he knew she was a problem. Goddess Orihime 🧔

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Luker Ā· August 24, 2026

also, majority of the episode is anime new content so even manga readers dont know what exactly orihime did

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지원 Ā· August 24, 2026

Best ep of bleach ngl

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Erik Matteus Ā· August 24, 2026

Is this the 4th time Rukia getting her torso obliterated godamm

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IcoNIC Ā· August 24, 2026

YESSSSSSSSSSSS FINALLY šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„

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Stanley Goldnan Ā· August 24, 2026

FINALLY....

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Levelingup Ā· August 24, 2026

Yeah all manga readers was completely dumbfounded after this episode lmao this shit was unreal

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Narwaldo Ā· August 24, 2026

I don't mean to glaze too much, but this episode single-handedly raises the bar for what a good anime should be like. The next 5 episodes are going to change lives

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Akimitzu Ā· August 25, 2026

I couldnt agree more dude. Yeah JJK has those AWESEOM fight scenes but BLEACH is covering ALL moments with greatness. even those moments where there is no action everything and every character looks movie quality, not 1 bad frame. literal perfection.

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Tay Ā· August 24, 2026

Yokoso

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Benjamin Reacts Ā· August 24, 2026

Easily my favorite episode of Bleach EVER. Easily. 10/10 for fucking sure. Fuck the review bombers. Genuinely couldn’t ask for more. The pacing was so good it felt like a 35 minute episode. Blown away. One of my favorite episodes of anime in general. I don’t even know how they’re gonna top this when certain things happen in the next few episodes. Cause.. wow. Kubo said fuck the manga, here’s some new peak for everyone.

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Coquilliage Ā· August 24, 2026

review bombers? do they have a life omg

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Zarikel Ā· August 24, 2026

Aurahime!

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Mando23 Ā· August 24, 2026

One of the best episodes forsure of bleach. That ending was not expected 😭

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Just_a_guy Ā· August 24, 2026

Bleach isn't emotional bro

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Brandocommando Ā· August 24, 2026

Deep down I know that Naruto would be proud of Ichigo using shadow clone jutsu

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shinigamiO.O Ā· August 24, 2026

🤣

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Matheus Ferreira Mendonça · August 24, 2026

Note: at 7:32 Ichigo's head was severed and Inoue managed to restore it. It was the closest of a resurrection with her power.

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Shakir Ā· August 24, 2026

Didn’t even notice she so busted

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Da'yuane Antoine Ā· August 24, 2026

Finallyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!! Lol

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KevUrb Ā· August 24, 2026

This diverged from the manga, so interested in how this plays out

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Rodri720 Ā· August 24, 2026

It's been centuries, welcome back!

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Raden Ā· August 24, 2026

For me this is the greatest episode of Bleach ever and my episode of the year so far. 11/10, completely speechless after the episode. Orihime is the 🐐

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Enryu Ā· August 25, 2026

Only EP 5 too!! Bleach cour 4 might be the most generational of generational

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Reinier Daäda · August 24, 2026

THANK YOU! Your reaction was worth every minute of waitingšŸ˜­šŸ™šŸ½

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Brandocommando Ā· August 24, 2026

It’s officially confirmed by kubo that the name of ichigos new form is called blood chains..it is an anime original and the entire episode had no manga source material

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Shakir Ā· August 24, 2026

No way that’s so fire

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Justin O Ā· August 24, 2026

IT'S TIME

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malealoo Ā· August 24, 2026

NEVER CLICKED SO FAST

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Biggewidt Ā· August 24, 2026

I WAITED ALL DAYYYYYY

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Luker Ā· August 24, 2026

GREATEST BLEACH EPISODE EVER

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shinigamiO.O Ā· August 24, 2026

Finally!!! I was so excited for this upload!

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Summerz_ Ā· August 24, 2026

HOLY PEAK EPISODE!!

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Shakir Ā· August 24, 2026

LETS GO

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jose colon Ā· August 24, 2026

Clicked so fast

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xotticc Ā· August 24, 2026

THEY HAVE RETURNED!!!

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Andrew D Ā· August 24, 2026

Finally!!!

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Mashal Meadows Ā· August 24, 2026

About time 😭.