Happy Birthday to the king of Yea Forums Kubo Sensei.
Any shitposters are welcome to say happy birthday to your king since we all know you secretly love him which is why Bleach, one of the most innovative series of all time and Kubo, one of the most artistic writers of all time both can't be kept out your mouths.
Stay tuned for the TYBW anime to be announced at Jump Festa in 7 months.
>implying Bleach anime isn't coming back in 2021 >implying it's not a reboot made by a different studio >implying the announcement isn't happening at the Anime Expo next week Atleast that's what some twatter fags are implying, oh god I want to believe
Joshua Harris
Who are you gonna be pulling for, Ble/a/ch? I'm going after those himes.
Yonkou retweeted some old tweets about Bleach today and I hyped myself thinking he's hinting at something (most likely anime) coming up in the future, but now I realize it was probably in honour of Kubo's birthday... Which is still a great gesture nonetheless.
Isaac Rogers
Happy birthday Kubo sensei. Please post more on twitter
Asher Garcia
Kubo is a misunderstood genius.
Caleb Brooks
Well, JaymesHanscuck is going wild on Twitter and he made a video about the anime returning half a year ago.
>Ulquiorra was a literal representation of nihilism >Mocks materialistic desires and says how futile they are as a means to keep living. >Gets defeated by those same desires turning into a mindless monster, showing him the importance of them and changing his outlook on humans. >The page is ulquiorra (utter emptiness) or what he thought he was with his last conscious thoughts being about the same desires he reject before ironically turning into nothing. >One of the best character growths in manga >The culmination of said growth so perfect that a single world on a white page is enough to convey the emotion perfectly in a visual medium. Kubo is a misunderstood genius.
>but now I realize it was probably in honour of Kubo's birthday... Which is still a great gesture nonetheless. It wasn't. Yonkou doesn't care for Bleach, and he even taunted Bleachfags with a tweet that went THE ANIME WILL NEVER RETURN or something akin to that. Those retweets were him fucking around in order to raise hope and excitement. If he really wanted to honor the birthday of Kubo, he could have just tweeted something instead of retweeting shit like "It's a good time to be Bleach fan". It was a blatant dick move.
Aaron Lewis
Even if Kubo were a genius (which he obviously never will be), I still could never take him seriously, due to the fact that his series got axed.
Fellow Huntard, can I get a link to Togashi's artbook that sold 37k on pre-orders alone with a 200$ price tag? After all, an axed series sure as hell can't pull that off.
>this SnKuck ESL that I mercilessly assfucked in his own thread is also a Bleachcel >literally working overtime to defend two mediocre, irrelevant manga
I really hated the whole thing that Ywach himself killed/beat his Sternenritter. It felt like Kubo didn't knew how to end most fights and wanted to get rid of the as fast as possible. I mean this one miracle powered guy was basically unbeatable. Even after Oni Kenpachi sliced him in half he came back. Man this whole arc was a mess.
Joseph Cooper
Gerard and Haschwalth were the only ones absorbed by Yhwach that weren't defeated beforehand
Miracle guy wasn't beaten even after being sliced in half
Lincoln Gonzalez
>the only ones absorbed by Yhwach that WEREN'T defeated beforehand
Dominic Ross
Gerard is the miracle guy user
Easton Davis
Really? I remember that Ywach actually killed that munching loli.
Samuel Brooks
Oh shit yeah Sorry guys
Jackson Moore
What happenwd to the rest of the Quincies like those who weren't Sternenritter? Executed or killed offscreen in the battle? Did anyone flee from the battlefield?
Alexander Richardson
Munching loli was defeated off screen by Byakuya. After Yhwach stole her life force she decided to join the shinigami to get revenge. She got to Yhwach before Ichigo but he killed her nah she is fine in the novels
Chase Diaz
>#TITEKUBO >HAPPY BIRTHDAY >THANKS FOR EVERYTHING AND NOTHING >I'M STILL WAITING FOR MY #ICHIRUKI
Quote me on this: his next series will go down as one of the greatest manga of all time and will redefine the medium.
Caleb Martinez
>nah she is fine in the novels is this delusion or truth, please post source i want best girl to live
Jeremiah Cox
>he´ll become a hentai artist
Brandon Gonzalez
He already did that, doesn't need to do that again.
James Foster
missstormcaller.tumblr.com/CFYOW Other remaining quincys picked her up and healed her. Gigi is alive too, Bambi is still her zombie cocksleeve. They all want to get reunited with Candi and Mini, who are Mayuri´s prisoners
I really don't get why people jump on Ulquiorras dick so much. He was generic, edgy and plot convenient, nothing special at all.
James Carter
Only a deluded fool would expect any competent animation studio to pick up one of the dullest franchises in the history of anime franchises. Seriously each episode following the boy shinigami and his pals from the Soul Society as they fight assorted villains has been indistinguishable from the others. Aside from the monotonous imagery, the series’ only consistency has been its massive amounts of filler and ineffective use of sakuga all to make swordfighting look bland, to make action seem repetitive.
Perhaps the die was cast when Kubo vetoed the idea of Madhouse producing the series; he made sure the series would never be mistaken for a work of art that meant anything to anybody, just ridiculously profitable cross-promotion for his manga. The Bleachseries might be anti-Semitic (or not), but it’s certainly the anti-One Piece series in its refusal of wonder, beauty and excitement. No one wants to face that fact. Now, thankfully, they no longer have to.
>a-at least the manga was good though "No!" The writing is dreadful; the series was terrible. As I read, I noticed that every time Ichigo engaged in battle, the author always had him use the "Getsuga Tenshou."
I began marking on the back of an envelope every time that attack was repeated. I stopped only after I had marked the envelope several dozen times. I was incredulous. Kubo's mind is so governed by cliches and unimaginative action sequences that he has no other style of drawing. Later I read a lavish, loving review of Bleach by the same Togashi. He wrote something to the effect of, "If these kids are reading Bleach at 11 or 12, then when they get older they will go on to read Hunter x Hunter." And he was quite right. He was not being ironic. When you read "Bleach" you are, in fact, trained to read "Hunter x Hunter".
The last time Klab put Orihime in a sexy bikini Kubo took it as a challenge. Hopes up
Lincoln Ramirez
I knida irked by the fact Ichigo ditched his other OG friends (Tatsuki and other two guys) for his new Shinigami friends. I got the same feeling reading Psyren. Maybe I'm too used reading manga with small close-knitted friends.
Benjamin Rodriguez
Power scaling caught up to them though.
>Chad's only ability was to punch things with spirit energy
>Orihime's powers only work as a white mage
>Uryu is the only one that had some form of capability as a Quincy
>Tatsuki was dropped due to editors wanting to get to the Soul Reapers.
That's what happens when you power scale. Eventually characters with very generic powers get left behind or have to capability of only doing one job.
Be glad Kubo didn't go full blown Dragonball and made it so that only Sayians were capable of even standing a chance.
Joseph Cox
>Ichigo ditched his other OG friends Its not like he can invite them to come save the world with him
William Barnes
You have to go back
Zachary Peterson
> Black clover a flop > Kimetsu no Jaiba a flop > Bokuben a Flop > Dr. Push a MEGAFLOP > All of them cant outsell Ble/a/ch at his worst moment > WSJ is SEETHING hard BASED KUBO he was always right
>Soma gets anime coming back despite shit reviews and dropping below 200k a volume in sales >Bleach doesn't come back despite even at the lowest point managing to still sale 400k or more I'm really starting to believe that WSJ and Kubo do not like each other
Owen Long
I don't really see why you're comparing the two series. The Bleach anime was cancelled years before the manga finished up while the last Soma anime aired just last year. Anyways, it's not as if WSJ is responsible for a series getting an adaptation in the first place.
Nolan Bell
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Liam Hughes
REVEAL AIZEN'S BANKAI YOU HACK
Samuel Gonzalez
Someone claimed Kubo had a better paying contract signed compared to his peers so, because he's either personally smarter or at least smart enough to hire a good lawyer, the magazine publishers don't like Kubo. Meanwhile Kubo is now in charge of character design for vidya set in 1920s japan, but with giant robots.
Charles Johnson
>Someone claimed Kubo had a better paying contract signed compared to his peers so, because he's either personally smarter or at least smart enough to hire a good lawyer, the magazine publishers don't like Kubo.
Eh, I don't think so. Because Oda's wife demanded Oda to renegotiate his contract so he gets one week off every month. And Togashi got a sweet deal that lets him go on hiatus whenever he wants to after his work on Yu Yu Hakusho. And Togashi got something even bigger since he can do whatever the fuck he wants.
They knew what they were getting themselves into.
John Robinson
Kubo gets a bigger cut from merchandise sales in exchange of a smaller cut from volumes sales
Matthew Fisher
Bleach is too expensive for anime companies to make. Kubo expects his characters to be drawn and written with high budget movie quality. The music selection remains unique and something anime can't replicate.
Cameron Jones
Kubo knows that the real money comes from merchandising. He's way too shrewd for the anime industry.
Thomas Adams
What? Then how did pierrot get away with their QUALITY? Kubo only complained about the changes to the script
Michael Garcia
Animators in Japan are literal wage slaves.
Jonathan Ross
>Implying Arrancar Arc forward had bad animation
Nicholas Torres
They are but that doesn't relate to my question
Jace Perry
Bleach became /fa/ as fuck around the Arrancar Arc
Jacob Johnson
Are you talking about Arrancar SAGA? Because the anime flat out says in english "Arrancar Saga The End" in episode 310.
Once again confirming that Viz Media doesn't understand the difference between the word "arc and Saga"
Justin Evans
Bleach had punk like designs in the early arcs. It didn't become fashion models till Arrancar Arc.
Jayden Miller
The Arrancar Saga had filler in between the big moments. The anime handled it pretty well by implying the Bleach cast are actors working a gig.
Alexander Young
Well that still means that it's not an arc.
Arrancar Arc is manga volumes 21-32 Karakura Town War arc is manga volumes 33-48
Adam Jones
Fuck, that would mean the Arrancar Arc ended after the Ichigo vs. Grimmjow Fight, and Karakura War Arc begins after that.
Michael Green
>Arrancar Arc >Karakura Town War arc It's all considered one arc in the manga. It should be considered a saga made up by smaller arcs but it isn't
Cooper Jackson
Before Fake Karakura comes Turn Back The Pendulum, and Hueco Mundo ended with Zaraki vs Nnoitra
Connor Taylor
Not with what is written with the anime it's not. It's said in PLAIN ENGLISH at episode 310 it's a Saga. It's Viz Media translation
Speaking from a marketing perspective, what's stopping the anime from adapting the last arc? Most of the current jump anime don't even come halfway close to Bleach Manga sales in it's last arc. There is still huge interest, Brave souls brings in monthly revenue of 10 millions, the artbook sold great, Burn the witch was received well, what's stopping them?
Read the fucking thread we're just waiting on an announcement now.
>Any shitposters are welcome to say happy birthday to your king Thanks for acknowledging your king senpai :)
Nathan Bennett
okay, what KUBOOOOOO aspull that belong to 9
Jayden Walker
Still feels bad that the last arc was so rushed, at least it didn't go full souma
Leo Cox
>He's just a delinquent kid who sees ghosts >No wait he's a shinigami who fights ghosts >No wait he's a shinigami who is also a ghost >No wait he's a ghost >No wait he's a shinigami again, but sometimes a ghost >No wait he's a sword >No wait he's a normal human for the first time >No wait he's now stand user >No wait he was actually a laser monk the entire time I was legit shocked when kubo didn't just have kuroshitsky become god, I'm mean why not? he's literally everything else in the series.
David Lopez
Lol some of those aren't even real fag seethe more.
Henry Johnson
every single one of them is real, that's what's so ridiculous about it
Joshua Clark
>No wait he's a shinigami again, but sometimes a ghost >No wait he's a sword >No wait he's now stand user >No wait he was actually a laser monk the entire time
These ones are fake kys.
Gabriel Adams
>No wait he's a shinigami again, but sometimes a ghost Visored >No wait he's a sword Final getsuga tenshou >No wait he's now stand user Fullbring >No wait he was actually a laser monk the entire time Quincy
Atleast he knew how to make women sexy, thanks for Yoruichi.
Lucas Thomas
Zangetsu?
Aiden Harris
Shunsui literally considered this, Ichigo replacing Soul King, if it became necessary.
Yeah, power amalgamation looks ridiculous unless you consider two things:
1. Initially accidental circumstances of his parents' meeting, this gathered attention of two of the most brilliant characters (Aizen and Urahara), who then plotted Ichigo's development.
2. Beings being partially like him existed before, so a full hybrid was inevitable.
Read the manga again every early fight Ichigo is doing something no shinigami can do
Brandon Long
archive moe is dead
Christian Perry
Bruh it hurts playing on global
Levi Nguyen
>>Tatsuki was dropped due to editors wanting to get to the Soul Reapers That has never been said
Wyatt Jones
>Kubo only complained about the changes to the script I remember various of his tweets about the animation, one of them was very ironic, it said: "Ichigo is well drawn!" like Kubo being very surprised, haha.
Jace Carter
Reminder that the last good fight that Ichigo had that wasn't a stomp in either direction was against Grimmjow.
Jackson Allen
>stand user >Fullbring Retard
Austin Wright
>>He's just a delinquent kid who sees ghosts >>No wait he's a shinigami who fights ghosts >>No wait he's a shinigami who is also a ghost >>No wait he's a ghost >>No wait he's a shinigami again, but sometimes a ghost How's it like being this stupid? Do you need help getting dressed?
Thomas Bailey
>Gin >Tsukishima >Ginjo >Quilge
Jackson Harris
Happy Birthday
Sebastian Wilson
Happy Birthday, kisama!
Asher Russell
Imagine shitposting because you can't stop speedreading like a retard.
Jace Robinson
based and nice usage of words
Evan Edwards
>Kubo is a 400 IQ turbochad >SoiWSJ and Jump artists are jealous Tell me something i didn't know
Julian Long
>no background kek
Dylan Allen
Im soo fucking happy something Bleach/Kubo Related is on here today. Really hope the series comes back and Tite is successful in all future endeavors
Regardless of whether we get a "new" anime or not and forgetting the quality of it all, I'll never forget how hard I laughed when Aizen showed up in the last arc sitting in his chair.
Kimetsu no Yaiba is doing fine and is alright though. It's Clover and Dr. Stone we should be laughing at. Yaibafags are bros.
Brandon Rogers
>Harry Potter in god tier
Jeremiah Allen
Harry Potter is peak comfy.
Xavier Myers
Based and Positivitypilled
Leo Turner
More like peak dull. Seriously.
Joseph Morris
Are these for Sakura Taisen or another game?
Cameron Bennett
Kubo classed with the anime staff and his own editors over changes they wanted to make to his work. Arrancar Arc dragged on because editors made decisions based on popularity polls.
Adam Wood
>editors made decisions based on popularity polls Like what?
Jose Anderson
>Do you need help getting dressed? I do!
Matthew Hill
They wanted the Arrancars getting more screen time based on their popularity.
Nathaniel Cox
Grimmjow was originally going to get killed by Shinji. Look up the bleach jet interview
Aiden Rogers
I honestly believe that part because Grimmjow was beaten and reduced to one arm at that point. Out of all the espada, he survived the most brutal beatings.
Nolan Gonzalez
Just change domains to desuarchive.org
Ayden Richardson
Kubo is amazing, I hope he starts something new soon.
Adam Cruz
Be productive for once in your life and post JET scans.
Kubo: What comes to mind when asked about an area I place great importance on, or rather, an area I’m 'particular’ about, is how to lay down the foreshadowing. I compose the foreshadowing element by dividing it into stages, but since this element in itself is explained in the novelisations through text, I won’t talk about the 'stages’ here. Nevertheless, I believe the things you discover on the first reading are not foreshadowing to begin with but rather an ice breaker, or to be more precise something like a freebie I give away to readers that says “please anticipate things to come from these depictions in the near future!” After the big reveal you go back to read it again at which point you’re able to say “so this was foreshadowed!?” Now that in my opinion, is foreshadowing. There are two reasons for this, one, I like thriller movies, though do you sometimes have predictions that you’ve made midway through those thrillers, I mean ones that completely hit the mark by the conclusion?
J: It happens every once in a while.
Kubo: I hate that, I think to myself “if it’s supposed to be foreshadowing, then keep the reveal hidden properly!” and “surprise me with the reveal why don’t you!” (laughs), second, I think a great amusement of the manga or rather the storytelling, is that after enjoying the main story you get to debate with friends that it’s “neither this way, nor that.”
J: Indeed it is exciting to exchange differences in interpretation with friends.
Kubo: If those debates are the most exciting part, then I hope when people discover new bits of foreshadowing after looking back on works they’ve grown to love, that they get to experience an indescribable feeling in the moment they made that discovery. I think “BLEACH” could also be one of these much loved works, so I wanted to set it up in a way where each time one would reread the story there would be a new discovery, and then a sense of joy which can only be savoured by those who have reread the story many times over.