The Fire

But we all know why it dropped below that 9.9 rating suddenly, and we all see through the rabid and comical botting campaign against this episode along with the rest of this anime arising out of envy. And we all know it will never change the fact that this episode along with multiple others from this anime are now already considered some of the best offered by this medium. The Fire broke the internet as the pinnacle of the battle shounen genre and beyond merely just that, some of the best storytelling moments in general. The Fire & Born in the Dark, The Drop & The Battle, Everything But The Rain, June Truth & The Blade Is Me; these duos and trios of episodes are all Episode of the Year contenders for what is Anime of the Year.

The Fire is the emotional cultivation of all the previous episodes of this anime, the climax of the Quincy invasion they had all been building towards.

I just saw people review bombing 1* cuz their own fav animes don't hit 10/10 , a guy said it's not worth the watch and claims that it's " mid " claiming ds , aot and fmab are much better , ds is geniunely carried by animations as a manga reader the manga is a let down to the anime , same with aot the story was boring from the start gets exciting and gets boring again , as for fmab : definitely of the most overrated anime to exist in all of anime good god the amount of times ive dropped the anime is crazy iam sorry but bleach simply deserves more love believe it or not it's dominating anime rn.

The person who wrote about bleach being mid sounds absolutely stupid ,he claims aot ,ds and fmab are good not realising ,aot was bad for 2 seasons ,fmab has to be the most overrated anime to exist while it's well written it's boring as hell , he also spoke above bleach being carried by animations , holy hek omg that's what ds stands for its hilarious how he's being so hypocritical when all of that is literally all of his fav shows bleach is definitely worth a watch to begin with you can skip the fillers if you're into art good music unique plot good character designs and fun fights watch bleach.

The animation team did an awesome job of visualizing the tremendous power emanating from an angry Yamamoto. His Bankai, the Zanka no Tachi, is a force to be reckoned with. The flames that Yamamoto was controlling were so intense that every drop of moisture evaporated from Soul Society. The double-edged nature of wielding such incredible power meant that he needed to finish the fight quickly or else risk destroying the entirety of Soul Society.

A major twist was involved during Yhwach vs Yamamoto. Truth be told, for some reason, I had completely forgotten about said twist from the manga. Which, in a sense, was a good thing, because I was genuinely surprised when it happened during the anime adaptation.

The battle between Yhwach and Yama was fantastic and showcased the best of Bleach's new art style. The flames from Yama's Bankai contrasted extremely well with Yhwach's blue Quincy powers, and the dark aesthetic fit as the backdrop for both of them. As mentioned, Yama had multiple different powers, and all of them were animated very well, from the CGI skeletons to the earth-shattering tip. This episode was a win from the production side and had a fantastic build-up. Now, let's see if the plot was worth everything that went well so far.

This has to be the most perfect episode of anime I've watched in my life. Bleach definitely reached "Peak Fiction" with this episode. The writing, animation, music and sound effects are on a different level. 11/10. The build-up to this episode had been quick paced and no-nonsense. It is quite evident that Kubo has taken a hands-on approach and I love it! It deviates from the manga slightly and adds in some new material, which is quite important to the events down the line. There are very few episodes of anime out there that can surpass its manga, but this episode managed to do that. Absolutely insane!