Overview:
Kenpachi Zaraki removes his eye patch to fight Retsu Unohana, a.k.a. Yachiru Unohana, “The First Kenpachi.” Meanwhile, Ichigo and Renji head to Hoohden to meet Oh-Etsu Nimaiya, the man who is said to have created the Zanpakuto.
Our Take(Spoilers):
Talk about a difference in tone with this episode. The first half was all serious with some very dark imagery that was honestly kind of creepy. Not since some of the earlier episodes of Bleach had I felt this creeped out. But then the second half was a little bit weird and for lack of a better word, funky. Ichigo and Renji are trying to get their Zanpakuto repaired but that was not the main part of the episode I want to talk about.
No, I want to talk about the battle between Unohana and Kenpachi. I didn’t know who was going to come out on top and with how anime is it is pretty rare for characters to stay dead. But after a battle like that if Unohana comes back I think it will destroy what made that battle so important. I feel pretty certain that won’t happen though because if I understand what happened at the end of that episode correctly, Kenpachi just inherited Unohana’s Zanpakuto or her Bankai at least. I can’t wait to see what happens on Ichigo’s end but this fight just needed most of the episode because it was that good. The imagery and sound design were perfect, Bleach hasn’t skipped a beat since returning.