Warning: Bleach: A Thousand Years’ Blood Battle Reveal It’s customary for an anime like this Bleach: Blood of the Thousand Years to pick up a new opening theme again, but this one is full of revelations – if you know what to look for.
The new opening animation shows Ichigo and the Bleach cast in streetwear, doing fairly ordinary everyday things, like playing basketball or singing karaoke. Bleach’s prologue is far from doing this, but there’s actually a hidden message in these seemingly innocuous shots, hinting at what’s to come in the series. Fans who had read the manga quickly spotted references to upcoming events and began cataloging them all. However, for those who don’t know, these hidden spoilers slip by without seeming insignificant, because after all, what can a basketball game have to do with anything?
Bleach’s Hidden Spoilers is a gift for Manga fans
In many cases, it is important to note which characters are together; many of these scenes, such as the basketball scene, hint at upcoming battles, such as the one between Hitsugaya and Bazz-B that will take place in the series. For example, Kenpachi Zaraki is seen tossing flowers across the side of a bridge, a means of showing how much Zaraki mourns the passing of Unohana from the first part. The opening scenes also use framing and positioning from the original manga panels to emphasize events that are perhaps not obvious, such as Rukia holding a fire extinguisher while standing in a pose reminiscent of her release My Bankai.
There are at least more than a dozen such references hidden in the credits, making it a real treat for manga fans. Perhaps, as the series goes on, viewers who have only watched the anime will be able to absorb more references, which will only help raise anticipation to see how that scene actually plays out. The hints are incorporated into the prologue so well that many people who don’t know the manga might completely ignore them, thinking that it’s like the previous Bleach opening, which often features casually dressed characters, because series author Tite Kubo likes to draw them that way.
While hints of upcoming battles don’t really seem to spoil anything for fans new to the Thousand Years of Blood for the first time, it should make for a cheery shout-out. loyal manga fans. In addition to creating hype, it’s a way for them to know that they’re seen and appreciated for standing by them. Bleach even if it’s not the most popular and it’s nice to be recognized.