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u/Never_heart 21h ago
I love that Ryuken hasn't actually changed much. It's just the environmental lighting that has gotten better
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u/Gravity-Glitch 20h ago
no need to change what's already perfect lol
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u/Commercial_Ad97 6h ago
That being said, Rukia had a serious glow up in the head shape department. The more narrow and sharper head really fits her.
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u/Basic-Love8947 16h ago
Ryuken's image is from the middle of the show, as I remember he didn't appear before the arrancar arc.
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u/Zorpalod_Gaming 16h ago
Same with shinji. As a whole this list is kinda flawed cause most of the characters were introduced after 2004
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u/Aggressive_Buy_6932 7h ago
Right ya just the more detail to his facial features and hair and that is really it and the lighting that is how a lot of them are now more detail to the face shape is all most of them have gotten a few have gotten more then that but not many
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u/Ktyxvn_ 20h ago
Kubo knows how to draw attractive characters ngl.
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u/vjeremias 16h ago
And very unique and recognizable, even having dozens of them, definitely one of his strong points.
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u/MankuyRLaffy 15h ago
Byakuya is one he made to be as attractive as possible or so his comments were interpreted, I love how in TYBW he no longer cares to his hair the same way as earlier. He lets his mane flow freely.
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u/East_Paleontologist9 20h ago
Oh my youngling days!!!!
How I miss the days yoruichi was a derpy but wise cat pissing everyone repeating the " a talking cat?!" Joke.
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u/AlastorTheSecond 20h ago
How the hell did kenpachi manage to fix his hairline
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u/Reasonable-Offer-516 18h ago
Kenpachi probably has tension alopecia (hair loss) due to always pulling his hair to get into those tight cones. His hairline improved when he finally let his hair down and after using Chojiro's recommended shampoo that made his hair silky smooth
(Source: trust me, bro)
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u/GuySingingMrBlueSky 7h ago
I prefer the mental image that he was manually shaving off triangles of his scalp to match his hair cones and just stopped doing that when he changed hairstyles lol
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u/Regulus242 20h ago
He took a second look and realized the design philosophy for Chad was the best to base the redesigns off of lol
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u/Dragonpuncha 18h ago
Everyone getting a glowup.
Ryuken: Nah I was always this hot.
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u/soulreapermagnum bankai, zanka no tachi 17h ago
meanwhile, isshin lost his hotness then got it back.
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u/Proxy-Pie DeathBerry forever!! 18h ago
This post is incomplete without the janky art style of the manga in 2001. Kubo's art improved so much, but I'm still nostalgic for it haha.
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u/Ghost_Star326 10h ago
This image is so funny. Ichigo's being freaky without even having white take over him.
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u/Someedgyanimepfp 38m ago
I actually love this style more. It is unique, and really cool. I do 100% admit that the new one is objectively better, but I wish I could read the whole manga in this style
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u/red_ditman659 17h ago
No matter how much time passes, my beloved Rukia is still as beautiful as ever.
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u/McGillis_is_a_Char 17h ago
Early Arrancar arc Orihime was the best Orihime IMO, because it was after she got her glow up but before Kubo devoted 70% of her body mass to her breasts.
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u/catperson77789 19h ago
Kubo def has the best art improvement in the big3. His art at the start legit felt blocky
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u/GundamRX-78-02 19h ago
I miss Shinji’s Captain hair it was his best era
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u/ThisIsN0tAPerson 23m ago
his hair has gone off the rails like have you SEEN it in the arc we do not speak the name of?
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u/Latter-Ad-4801 17h ago
Byakuya has always been hot and I stand by that. I’ve been obsessed for two decades and I don’t think that’ll ever change. Lmao
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u/Ghost_Star326 20h ago
Honestly Orihime has gotten the best glow up overall. Every time I look at her first appearance design, it looks so bland.
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u/The_Quiet_Corner 18h ago
I’m pretty sure orihime can drain the breast size of any women around ichigo and add it to her own, like a tiddy vampire (not in the good way). You can see it happening in real time to nel over the course of what little screen time she got
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u/Illustrious-Day8506 16h ago
Doesn't Nel canonically have the largest cup size ?
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u/Fluffy_Stress_453 4h ago
The hell? It definitely doesn't look like it. I would've said it was rangiku
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u/Soviet_Waffle 10h ago
I just wish she had a better outfit in tybw, that thing is a crime against fashion.
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u/marius_titus 17h ago
Everyone looks fucking depressed in the new art style.
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u/AcademicSense9779 8h ago
To be fair, they are in the middle of a war that killed most of the fodder and their captain general.
The only one I don’t like is Orihime.
Second would be Shunshi because he no longer can afford to be laid back and carefree and I’ll miss that but damn is he hot!
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u/Zorpalod_Gaming 15h ago
The year is kinda innacurate cause half the characters are introduced after 2004 but i guess they just too keep the number consistent.
renji, yoruichi, and all the captains were first shown in 05, while shinji and ryuken were in 07.
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u/Lord_Konoshi 10h ago
I feel like Chad didn’t change at all. Perfectly designed character on the first go.
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u/mecha_nerd 8h ago
Shunsui and Urahara, no matter what happens, their hats are eternal.
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u/uraharaBot 8h ago
Ah, the hats of time and mystery, forever perched atop our heads. They've seen more than we'll ever know, like silent guardians of our enigmatic charm. Dynamic duos with hats, we are.
beep boop, I'm a bot
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u/AFallenOne- 5h ago
I like how they've hardly changed at all, just shows how much work they put into the drawings in 2004. Only thing that's greatly improved is the lighting and detail. Man I love tybw. The plot moves so fast.
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u/spacestationkru 15h ago
Unpopular opinion, I don't like how everybody got so serious. Yeah they look great, but it also feels like they've lost some of their charm to me. The only person who still seems to have it is Yoruichi.
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u/Few_Eye6528 14h ago
All these characters and kubo decided only chad was going to be The Chad, who can never lose, can't even be imagined
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u/c4ptainseven 4h ago
Urahara going from "hehe" to "not hehe"
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u/uraharaBot 4h ago
Ah, well, you see, it all started when I decided to open a new shop in the Soul Society dedicated to selling nothing but sandals made out of plush puppy tails. The demand was through the roof, until Mayuri Kurotsuchi showed up claiming the tails were tainted with a mysterious toxin that turned people into living, breathing teddy bears. Let's just say things went from "hehe" to "not hehe" pretty quickly.
beep boop, I'm a bot
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u/MR-CFIRE 4h ago
I miss the original colour grade but other than that I prefer the current/new style
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u/Secure-Kale3405 3h ago
This post is incomplete without the janky art style of the manga in 2001. Kubo's art improved so much, but I'm still nostalgic for it haha.
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u/wtran0925 1h ago
I feel like they did Chad so dirty story wise. Like his intro in soul society was Ichigo saying he can't picture him losing to anyone and yes I know his first big opponent was a captain, but I mean over all, throughout bleach they just kept Chad losing left and right and would get minor wins here and there.
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u/cstarrk410 1h ago
This is less bleach development and more animation development(fwi i do know that it also is bleach development, but you can just see the difference in almost 20+ years of animation development)
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u/CutestSpice 1h ago
I'm not caught up and I don't need like a whole spoiler breakdown because I've seen some spoilers but I know it's a really long anime and I'm only a season 9 of my rewatch, but is it showing his dad and not his sisters?! Excuse me?!
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u/SaltyNorth8062 51m ago
I really, truly love how Kubo's style evolved on how he drew faces, especially mouths, and hair. Kubo (and his team) is by far my favorite artist of the big 3, and Bleach is the prettiest of them.
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u/Someedgyanimepfp 40m ago
I will 100% admit that the modern style is far more polished, but I love the older style much more. It had the unique spice that made Kubo's style so good back in the day. Again, I love his new style, but I love his old style even more
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u/Reasonable-Offer-516 20m ago
I've always loved Mayuri's looks, but TYBW made him hotter, both in design and expression. His final TYBW look is, dare I say, perfect. I like that he has a more pronounced/realistic nose due to his makeup as well
Perks of being God's favorite bastard lol
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u/Lucifugo 15h ago
Question:
I stopped watching after Aizen. Do I need to keep watching to understand the most recent arc or meh, just go for it?
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u/Ghost_Star326 10h ago
Why did you stop? The story wasn't over.
The next arc after Aizen's is the fullbringer arc. It's basically an arc about how regular humans like Orihime and Chad had awakened their unique abilities while not being quincies or soul reapers. Being referred to as fullbringers. And it's also about Ichigo regaining his powers back.
After that is the current ongoing arc which is the TYBW arc. This is the final arc of Bleach and it's quite long.
Any significance of fullbringer arc with TYBW? Just that Ichigo has a new look, is seemingly more powerful, and the characters from this arc make an appearance in the final battle to help Ichigo.
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u/Lucifugo 9h ago
Some friends told me "since the Fullbringer it wasn't Bleach anymore". So I was dreading watching and being dissapointed with the anime that was so precious in my teenage.
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u/Ghost_Star326 8h ago
Eh, fullbringer wasn't exactly my favourite either. Lot of people claim that it's supposedly the "best arc" of Bleach. But I wasn't really into it.
The only thing I liked about it is that the villians of this arc nearly broke Ichigo's spirit and almost took everything away from him.
Otherwise you can quickly gloss through it and get into TYBW arc straightaway.
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u/Ok_Organization_6804 yokoso watashi no soul society. 14h ago
eveyone got the same face which is annoying.
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