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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
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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
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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
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Numerous subtle things from character interactions here
For example Kyoraku was the calmest but the anime adds him looking into the old man's crater before he takes charge of the Captains
This action makes us respect him more and lead us to see him as the successor
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Squad Zero is clearly uncaring of the Seireitei and that is the point
Not only are they far away but its on purpose
They protect the Soul King to maintain the Ordinary Peace yet even the King is a mere agent-less function, hence Aizen's resentment of "that thing"
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Not much to comment on at this point besides some anime changes
The anime removes Kon's muscular form
Well, for me it is for the better. Having Squad 12 chase him around behind the door is better
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Because this is anime, viewers actually know who was with team Urahara
Near impossible to avoid because there is no need to distort or even hide plus you need something to hype up your audience for the coming cours
Junichi Suwabe always a W
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https://twitter.com/AnimeScenesJPN/status/1597275859068792832?s=20&t=lVIx_NwCg6-1xXuot33OfA

The anime also removes the one page of chit-chat Kukaku had with Ichigo and Ichibe repeating the special technique as a gag, which made it sudden but worthwhile
Yet the anime adds an image of the two Shiba siblings (no Kaien?) with a Shiba we will know more soon
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Yeeting a comatose Byakuya was probably the funniest thing this episode
We also see where Urahara got the inspiration for his springs, hinting that Urahara knows more than he lets on
Including the true reason why Ichibe was particularly after Ichigo
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Feel the whispers
Urahara wants Ichigo to make a certain decision but he knows this is the path he would take
And Ichibe reflects on that by calling on the Soul King in the anime, implying the King was like Ichigo as "one who protects"
Sparks of the Almighty speak
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Oh yeah forgot to add this
I wonder why the anime did not put Kaien in the image since he is their beloved older brother and might have even worked with their uncle