Discussion Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity

Many fans (including myself) believe that Bleach has been held back by the shounen genre. If it was a seinen, Kubo would have had to hold back a lot less and also get to explore the extensive lore more (especially the political intrigue in Seireitei). Because it is a shounen, Kubo had to focus more on the journeys of the individual characters, rather than the rich history and lore of Soul Society and even Hell.

Bleach has as so much outstanding lore that needs to be addressed. You could fill a dozen novels.

Throughout their fight, Hashbrown was toying around and trying to figure out what made Uryu tick, especially with regard to Uryu's comrades.

This is because he felt guilt about cutting down Bazz-B, and especially so after Bazz said he actually felt glad falling to Jugo. Heck, the name "Jugo" was the last thing to escape Bazz's lips as he passed away.

And as dear Hashbrown himself passes away @Laraib you see that he still had the Black Family medallion that Bazz tossed to him when they first met in that forest. He embedded it into the hilt of his sword.

 

Yeah deep within he was a good boy.

 

We got a taste of that in Can't Fear Your Own World. It answers A LOT of lore-related questions, including about one mofo who, much like Aizen, was behind a lot of shite in the main story.

And the novel did not hold back on some things, since it faces less censorship scrutiny.

Let me just say: A pile of aborted foetuses was involved at one point.

Bazz's last word as he dies: Jugo

Hashbrown's last thought as he dies: When he first met Bazz.

God dang it, Kubo.

 

If ever that were to get animated or even just adapted into manga form... Just imagine the conversation about that in the board room.

Kubo:



The senior editorial staff at Shueisha and/or Pierrot:



The broadcasting standards authority at the Japanese Ministry of Internal Communication: