Baby, Hold Your Hand 2 (Never Ending My Dream)

Emotional Rollercoaster!

I can't express my emotions enough through this episode. The manga adaptation was 10/10, the animation was 10/10, and the soundtrack choices throughout the episode were great. The music during Mayuri's neglecting moment was 100/100! I wasn't expecting this soundtrack choice, and it worked amazingly! Overall, Mayuri's portrayal was on point. Not to mention, the action sequence was great. Blending Nemuri Nanago's backstory throughout the fight scene was a good choice. I was happy, I got sad, and I enjoyed this episode very much. Maybe because, as I said, it was an emotional rollercoaster! Thanks to all the staff working on this episode and to the Goat himself-Tite Kubo! I hope this episode gets a 9.5+ rating!

It's a feast for the eyes to see the latest episode, and every single picture creates an illusion from which one can get lost. The artistic renderings of the animation are extensively detailed compared to what it means to view an animated series. It uses animated quality to convey the narrative, and it's done to perfection. Something that resonated was the idea of the framing of the animation itself. The overall framing and composition appeared to play a great deal into rendering a lot of rendering. For instance, during more dramatic parts, the frames grew clipped more to box people in and their emotions. During more tranquil moments, the extended frames rendered expansiveness of space to emphasize how small one might feel or how intimate the space might be. The angled renderings and the general zooming in and out of scenes made it as if everything was actually happening almost around you. Something else that was huge was the color wheel. The colors weren't for decoration-or at least, they weren't in the end-but rather they helped with the emotionality of the scene. Where there was more danger, more blood reds and black tones were used. Where softer, calmer scenes existed, viewers experienced light blues and greens. Therefore, warm and cool colors were used deliberately for proper emotional guidance and adjustment. Illumination was crucial as well. Not just for visibility but for depth and strength. When there were fight scenes, strong lighting hit these battles even harder as the strength behind each character with each blow was adequately framed. Whether a harsh spotlight on a character during an unexpected twist or a low, hazy, soft light that froze a character in a pensive, reflective look, the scenes were more about character growth due to the lighting instead. The quality of the animation, in fact, was extraordinarily fluid. Movement, gesture, even facial expressions were rendered in perfect timing. The characters existed and were interactively layered such that even the wind blowing through a character's hair was animated as if it was something the viewer would (and did) notice. Such a level of quality in detail added to the animation's realism and allowed the viewers to become even more invested in the characters. In addition, the animation helped solidify the timing of the episode. For example, when scenes had emotion that required a slower gesture, it rendered in slower quality, a poignant manifestation of meaning; when moments required a faster gesture, it rendered as such, creating the immediacy of action. Either way, every moment that transitioned into another did so effortlessly to ensure the episode retained its momentum. Ultimately, this episode worked beautifully as a film through techniques like hand-drawn animation, color and lighting choices, and the fluidity of movement throughout.

Overall rating: 10/10

The episode was overall about the continuation to the Baby Hold Your Hand Pt. 1 which is a fight between Mayuri and Pernida, two symbols of constant and continuous evolution and progress in the verse. The left hand governing evolution, and the number one perfection hater, considering it as obstacle of progress.

Nemu:

His own masterpiece the ever evolving Nemuri Nanago alias Nemu, what a name choice Kubo and Mayuri, well Nemu means to sleep in Japanese, and a dreamer needs to sleep to dream and Mayuri needed Nemu for his dream, she was a great character (R. I. P)

Pernida :

This hand Pernida governor of evolution the core Quincy belief, and its layers and thematics are too engrained in science and specifically neurology and whatnot, so Kubo attributing the neuro-control to it was nothing short of brilliant, learning constantly is the Compulsory.

The Flashback:

The flashback and the story of Nemu is truly heartwarming and at the same time heartbreaking, a sultry dose of melodrama laced with a perverted sense of possessiveness and control, protection and preservation from Kurotsuchi to Nemu, proving my point of him being villainous.

Szayelaporro Granz appearance:

Oh this moment the recall to his instance where Mayuri flagrantly rejected perfection, and the self-blame of Kurotsuchi manifesting in Szayelaporro spectre within his psyche, honestly gnawed at my soul from how real it is, it's a reality check to Mayuri, outstanding.

Mayuri and His Neverending dreamscape:

The conclusion of this fight was something of a dream, a dreamscape of an ever evolving scientist, a hater of perfection because it's a hinderance to his progress in research, I understand him as an engineer myself, but a scientist should not overly dream, to achieve.

Post-Credit Scenes:

1. The Bambies Fight:

Oh these addition are too intriguing to say least, I am curious as to how they will progress from them, it raised numerous question marks in my mind, let's trust Kubo and carry on!

2. The Jugram vs Bazz Clash Teaser:

The appearance of both Jugram Haschwalth and Bazz-B serves as a teaser for their upcoming duel and retrospective that's the finale, and oh my God my anticipation is on the rise here. Not only that, but also an underlying feeling of anxiety tinged with a sorrowful melancholy.

Artistic Talk:

Speaking about the artistic direction of this episode, it wss nothing short of an accumulation of brilliant: storyboard, KA, VA, OST, Fx, SFx, truly and honestly immersive, plus a commendable effort on the CGI department, Pierrot once again outdid themselves.

Truly one of Kubo's many great masterpieces this was one of the best anime episodes I've ever watched and emotional roller coaster about mad scientist and his daughter(greatest masterpiece) take on one of the creepiest villains in all of Bleach. The story of Mayuri n Nemu dates all the way back to the Soul Society arc the constant progression of their dynamic throughout Bleach's story is a thing of beauty with one of the most bitter sweet endings you find in manga. Truly one of Kubo's many great masterpieces this was one of the best anime episodes I've ever watched and emotional roller coaster about mad scientist and his daughter(greatest masterpiece) take on one of the creepiest villains in all of Bleach. The story of Mayuri n Nemu dates all the way back to the Soul Society arc the constant progression of their dynamic throughout Bleach's story is a thing of beauty with one of the most bitter sweet endings you find in manga. Truly one of Kubo's many great masterpieces this was one of the best anime episodes I've ever watched and emotional roller coaster about mad scientist and his daughter(greatest masterpiece) take on one of the creepiest villains in all of Bleach. The story of Mayuri n Nemu dates all the way back to the Soul Society arc the constant progression of their dynamic throughout Bleach's story is a thing of beauty with one of the most bitter sweet endings you find in manga. Truly one of Kubo's many great masterpieces this was one of the best anime episodes I've ever watched and emotional roller coaster about mad scientist and his daughter(greatest masterpiece) take on one of the creepiest villains in all of Bleach. The story of Mayuri n Nemu dates all the way back to the Soul Society arc the constant progression of their dynamic throughout Bleach's story is a thing of beauty with one of the most bitter sweet endings you find in manga.

Today episide was special cuz it's till date one of the sad and awesome episode of all time it's masterpiece .... Just nemus death caught me off guard like she was my favourite character from the whole series why did she had to die it's sad like man this anime is underrated and more people need to know this it's absolutely cinema and today's episode had a special place in my heart means I was just resting after work but when I heard the new episode is dropped man I watched it on point and it leaved an impact on me it's a big W thanks kubo sensei for making this anime series especially this episode.