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Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War Episode 6 gave us Yhwach at his most unstoppable, and it was ugly for everybody. Orihime's sacrifice got rewound by the Almighty, Renji got chopped into actual pieces, Chad and Sado got one-shotted, Tensa Zangetsu got snapped, and Ichigo ended the episode screaming. The crew breaks down whether Yhwach has passed Aizen as the better final villain, why Ichigo having two Bankai actually makes sense, the Uryu vs Jugram plot hole that still does not work, and what four remaining episodes can realistically fix.

SPOILER WARNING: Full spoilers for Bleach TYBW "The Calamity" Episode 6 and the end of the Bleach manga start at 01:47. Skip ahead to 01:47 to jump past the cold open, or come back after you have watched.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Cold Open: Was Episode 5 the Greatest Bleach Episode Ever

01:47 Episode 6 Begins: Yhwach Rewinds Orihime's Sacrifice

02:34 The Almighty Returned and Yhwach Got Lucky

04:05 Is Yhwach a Top Tier Final Villain Now (The Aizen Comparison)

05:27 Renji Got Turned Into Sashimi

06:58 Is This the Worst Ichigo Has Ever Been

08:14 Ranking Ichigo's Lowest Points: Ulquiorra, Aizen, Ginjo and Tsukishima

08:41 We Pause the Frame: Renji Is In Actual Pieces

10:31 Can Orihime or Anyone Save Renji

13:00 Ichigo Calls Ichibei: Is He About to Become the Soul King

14:50 Confirmed: Ichigo Has Two Bankai

15:32 Tensa Zangetsu Breaks: Anime Execution vs the Manga

17:06 Why We Are Satisfied With Ichigo's Final Transformation

17:59 Uryu vs Jugram: Antithesis vs The Balance

19:11 The Plot Hole: Why Did Yhwach Take The Balance Back

20:34 New Content Cannot Fix Bad Manga Plot Points

21:21 Chat Theory: Blood Chains Bankai as a Resurreccion

23:04 Renji Being Sashimi Breaks the Ending

24:26 Where Did the Silver Arrow Even Come From

27:19 Four Episodes Left: Pacing Predictions

29:50 New Character Theories: The Light Novel Noble, Kenpachi in Jail

31:29 Should Aizen Get a Bankai

32:41 The Light Novel Soul King Candidate

33:35 Bleach Brave Souls Tangent

35:28 Hell Arc Comeback Hype and Kubo vs His Editor

37:09 Bleach Could Be Top 3 in Shonen Jump Right Now

37:55 Final Takes: Will Kubo Stick the Landing

Drop your take in the comments: has Yhwach passed Aizen, and does Renji make it out of this alive?

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