Highlights
- Fans are thrilled by the recent depiction of Rukia's Bankai in Bleach, drawing a parallel between it and Luffy's Gear 5 transformation from One Piece.
- Captain Zaraki Kenpachi, the only captain without a proper Bankai, is set to reveal his true abilities and Bankai, which is highly anticipated.
- Zaraki's upcoming fight with Geremy, who has the power to make illusions come true, poses an interesting challenge for Zaraki's straightforward fighting style, making it worth anticipating.
Last week, the Internet was abuzz over Bleach's depiction of Rukia's snow-white Bankai, known as Hakka no Togame. Some fans went so far as to draw a parallel between this portrayal and Luffy's Gear 5 transformation from the One Piece anime, noting their shared white brilliance but preferring Rukia's ethereal beauty to Luffy's cartoonish one.
That said, what lies ahead seems even more promising: the impending revelation of Captain Zaraki Kenpachi's true abilities and awe-inspiring Bankai.
Of all the captains and characters in Bleach, Zaraki Kenpachi is the only one who doesn't have a proper Bankai (the second phase of a sword's release, which gives the Shinigami user additional powers). However, Zaraki seems to have returned a changed man after his duel to the death with Captain Retsu Unohana, the original owner of the Kenpachi title (a title given to the strongest Shinigami warriors).
After Zaraki defeats her, he inherits her title from its original owner and sets out to prove his new powers against the Sternritter who claims to be the strongest: Gremmy Thoumeaux.
Bleach: TYBW Part 2 Episode 7 Release Date And Time
Episode 6 of Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War Part 2 will be released on Saturday, August 19th, at 7:30 AM PT. The show is officially licensed by TV Tokyo for its Japanese audience, while global viewers can catch it on Hulu and Disney Plus. The episode will get a simultaneous release, which means the time may differ depending on your location:
- Pacific Time: 7:30 AM
- Mountain Time: 8:30 AM
- Central Time: 9:30 AM
- Eastern Time: 10:30 AM
- British Time: 3:30 PM
- European Time: 4:30 PM
- Indian Time: 9:00 PM
It's expected that Zaraki's fight with Geremy will take more than one episode, since the fight between them spans chapters 571-578 in the manga. But what fans should pay attention to here is Geremy. Geremy's power allows him to do anything he can imagine and "make illusions come true". Zaraki, on the other hand, has a simple, raw fighting style that doesn't rely on imagination or illusion, or any form of cunning intelligence.
In other words, Zaraki would be fighting against what could be called his antithesis. Needless to say, manga readers already know how the battle will end, but how Zaraki will actually overcome Geremy's vivid illusions and outrageous reality alteration is still worth anticipating in anime form.