MHA S5 Episode 22: Sad Man's Parade
Now we have a well-directed episode
The simplistic backgrounds or bad art are lessened and we got more animation
What dominates the episode is Twice's voice acting
You could really feel his struggle all around up until he lets loose later
On the animation
I think CGI Doubles works here somewhat and it is not overused or bad
It was fine
This episode also has a more dynamic camera
Also the early part of the Re-Destro fight was fun to watch
The fact Shiggy and the rest were Doubles in the Tower was easy to track too
Some nice details here
So far, the anime depicts Stress quite well, especially as we see the dark marks envelop Re-Destro's body
Oh and I love how Geten maxed out his ice to take down all the Twices
And I am glad we hear Rampaging Evil more here
The OG theme for the League
Now for some plot points
So Trumpet's line is reminiscent of Syndrome's "When everyone's super, no one will be"
Which quite aligns with MHA's themes of how the terms have become categories that define Quirk usage, which Re-Destro talks more about with Shiggy in the Tower
Geten's pride in having gotten stronger also reveals how the Meta-Liberation Army's seemingly egalitarian goal of making Quirks free to use will lead to a return of the chaos that caused people to fear them
A master class will form and Geten would benefit from a predatory system
The way Shigaraki despises the Army's manipulation kinda adds to how the "liberated" are just part of a cult and not really free
What they intend is a system of dominance over a majority to create a class of better equipped, without acknowledging the hypocrisy of their ideology
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The revelation of the Soul King lore in the TYBW anime opened my eyes to the full story of Bleach happening both in macro- and microcosm
Ichigo's life is the story of the life and death of the universe, as if the creation of Man is the eternal present retelling of Creation itself
This thread shows the original state of the Bleach world:
@radman_v2 notes: Bleach is a pantheistic world, the inner world of Adyneus (Adonai/LORD or Gnostic Archon of the Sun), as if all beings once existed as part of God's "soul sleep" (a Bleach term)
Fave part about #BleachTYBW lore is how much Kubo recontextualizes everything with Ep 28
Yhwach does feel like a Zanpakuto Spirit in relation to his dad, who divided an infinite ocean world of chaos while Yhwach cries as Zangetsu does for Ichigo
Helpless to stop the Original Sin
The first time we meet Zangetsu, his name was erased by Ichibe
This might not even be the name Yhwach but possibly Yhwach's birth name as Reio's godly son
The black on incarnate Yhwach is Ichibe's doing, erasing his name and meddling in reincarnation by making him a human
Yhwach and Zangetsu are not merely tied by blood
They are the same
Zangetsu stands on a sword in waiting
Yhwach presents a sword to Ichigo
By himself he cannot act
Yhwach is a Zanpakuto spirit who needs a king
Ichigo is that king, with Hollow-Fullbringer-Quincy-Shinigami essence
Attack on Titan
The Final Season
Part 1
The Rewatch Thread
After WIT staff and Araki brought AoT into a wider world
MAPPA staff under Yuichiro Hayashi's direction take on the pressure and challenge of adapting the post-timeskip content and a stronger discourse on war #AoTVincent
Today is the 2nd anniversary of the Final Season
A big day for me
I will be making a live-tweet series per season but as the anniversary of the season that basically immersed me into the anime online community, I needed to skip to this point #AoTVincent
I will make different threads per episode, as well as links to any blog post I made before as references
Part 1 actually had most of its episodes reviewed on my Hubpages
Also watch out for special thread series in between
Will organize all thread types soon #AoTVincent
Episode 374: The Shooting Star Project (Zero Mix)
7/10
The calm after the storm
A dark atmosphere gathers in Soul Society after the dust settles
While bright light is a hollow hole for the bereaved who witness the apathetic Squad Zero claim Ichigo for their plans #BleachVincent
Episode 374 adapts:
Chapter 515: Relics
Chapter 516: Squad Zero (pages 2-6, 9-17)
Chapter 517: The Stairway to Heaven
Chapter 518: The Shooting Star Project (Zero Mix) (pages 1-10, 12-16)
Chapter 519: Hot, Hot, Heat
515 title page
While fast, not much was skipped #BleachVincent
Interesting choice to have Unohana not join as she was a veteran from Yamamoto's time
That is not a spoiler. We saw her face last episode
So why was she left behind? Was it so the best healer survives? Even as Kirinji reveals she cannot heal Byakuya et al fully #BleachVincent
Bleach Episode 373: Born in the Dark
9.5/10
A turmoil-filled conclusion to the first Wandenreich invasion, mired with a heavy weight of loss and uncertainty
Soul Society beyond repair, its image of protection and Ichigo's confidence broken like his Bankai #BleachVincent
Episode 373 adapts:
Chapter 511: Die Standing
Chapter 512: The Stand Ablaze
Chapter 513: The Dark Moon Stroke
Chapter 514: Born in the Dark
The extensions of the anime not only improve pacing but enrich the material of 511 and 514 to a surprising degree #BleachVincent
The first scene is original and I love it
The lack of voices is perfect as history is played through the dated film and the Sagisu choral track played in Episode 371
The song sounds heroic but the lyrics speak of the ruthlessness of Yamamoto and the original Gotei #BleachVincent
The start of Season 2 centers on Zeke Yeager, whose presence changed the entire story in more ways than one
The thread title is based on a quote from Bleach Volume 48: GOD IS DEAD and shares a thematic parallel to the subtle commentary of the quote and the volume’s figure, Aizen
Men being imitations of apes does not literally mean men act like apes
The second line is the answer: “All gods, imitations of men” means the gods we worship are a reflection of who we are and want
The Beast embodies both lines as an Ape due to its real unique feature, variation