Bleach Thousand Year Blood War episode 13 review
It’s cleanup time for TYBW! The end of one season means the preparation for the next. And that means those Captains who had their Bankai stolen having to go for training. Soi Fon, of course, is the one I think of first, which should come as no surprise to anyone reading this. She can apparently handstand with one hand on top of mountains. Meanwhile, Komamura the wolf (not fox) goes to a much bigger wolf, which I imagine is InuYasha’s father, to unlock stuff from his clan (why didn’t he do this earlier, and why isn’t Big Wolf the Captain instead of Komamura?). Toshiro and Shuhei Hisagi go for training too, with Hisagi taking a gut punch from his training partner.
The most boring thing about Bleach has always been the scenes with Zangetsu. I forgot about how boring they were until this episode. But basically, Zangetsu = Yhwach, whose name is pronounced “Yuwabara” as if he was a mix of Yusuke and Kuwabara from Yu Yu Hakusho. That should come as no surprise to anyone who knew that both characters were voiced by Richard Epcar, but sure enough, it came as a surprise to me. Somehow I didn’t get spoiled on that even though it was plainly obvious.
Finally, Uryu shows up to Yhwach and decides he’s going to fight for him, and now Yhwach’s calling Uryu his son too. How many people did this guy father? I’d be happy to see Ichigo fight Uryu, and even happier to see him defeat him. But that’s getting ahead of us. For now, we’ve got a good setup for the next season, where we’ll see this battle continue. And hopefully it won’t take a thousand years to complete!
Best girl of the episode: Soi Fon (3)
Episode rating: 7/10
Tommy A. Phillips 