Bleach - Episode 230
A New Enemy!
The Materialization of Zanpakutō
The new filler arc starts with a short "re-cap" about what zanpakutou’s are, along with some facts. So, some strange characters are gathering around. Not sure but, they seem to be Zanpakutous.. Anyway, in Soul Society, Byakuya and Renji are fighting, some sort of training or show off and in the middle of it, Senbonzakura cuts Byakuya on purpose.
Meanwhile, other stuff strange things are happening. Zangetsu warns Ichigo about something, and Hitsugaya feels something odd with Hyourinmaru. After hearing about other shinigami’s problems, Hitsugaya starts suspecting something.
Meanwhile, something arrives at Soul Society. They do something to do the captain commander and assemble a fake meeting. The leader of the mentioned group appears then, and explains what’s happening. Not sure if he’s a zanpakutou himself. He somehow has the power to free zanpakutou’s from their shinigami. The zanpakutou’s take physical form and align with him against the shinigami.
I really liked this episode’s art, it was nice and had lots of dark scenes. Really cool mood for the filler arc, reminds me of the last movie. The animation was good too. I’m looking forward to this arc, it may actually be good. The new ED starts in this episode, there’s cool art concerning the "new" characters.
Nice episode. I really liked the dark mood and most of the new "villains’"personality. I’m really interested, hope I don’t get disappointed.
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