Las Noches: Ep. 9

Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War Episode: 9 "The Drop"

Transcript

Giovani 0:26

Welcome to Las Noches. am your host, Giovanni.

Dani 0:31

Hi, and I'm your host, Danielle.

Giovani 0:33

Hi Danielle.

Dani 0:35

Hello. Welcome back,

Giovani 0:39

we are back again.

Dani 0:41

How's it going back

Giovani 0:43

oh man. Long week What's going on with you?

Dani 0:46

to get through, um, hump Day, I guess.

Giovani 0:50

Well, listen, I could go on and on about this day, but, um, the trying to spare I wanna keep it on the high note, keep it upbeat

Dani 0:59

oh, yeah.

Giovani 1:00

But I did, uh, I did come across this, very post on one of the bleach forums, uh I'm on. Do you remember the moment that you fell in love with, bleach?

Dani 1:12

Oh. I'm not really sure the moment, I did like the Arracncar, some of the Aranka arc

Giovani 1:20

There was a moment though with you, Do you remember

Dani 1:27

Yeah, they were my, um, I guess my favorite characters, Uquihora and, um, Grimjaw.

Giovani 1:33

Uh, you like the bad guys, like the villains?

Dani 1:37

I do have a soft spot for villains?

Giovani 1:40

Oh man. What does

Dani 1:42

I don't know.

Giovani 1:44

boys?

Dani 1:44

Oh well you, you're diving into a different area of conversation, but, um, no, I, but I do tend to like, gray characters a lot. I guess not necessarily bad guys. Well, I do, I do, I do have a soft spot for villains, but but I gravitate a lot to gray characters, so,

Giovani 2:09

And it's I think it's easy

Dani 2:11

I don't know. Maybe we need somebody to, to read the charts and tell, tell us what that means about

Giovani 2:15

well, what I think it means is they're relatable because I feel like we're not all good and bad. We are all little gray.

Dani 2:21

Right,

Giovani 2:22

So yeah, I So you ready to

Dani 2:26

right. Uh, yeah, we could dive into, episode nine. We're trudging along. And, um, this episode is called The Drop.

Giovani 2:39

Hmm. The drop. I know what

Dani 2:40

Yeah.

Giovani 2:44

want to go first.

Dani 2:45

Well go right ahead since you're, keying it up.

Giovani 2:48

I am So, as I was watching this episode, I noticed that Ichigo and Renji were constantly dropping They were constantly dropping, were being shot from one, the dens circles?

Dani 3:02

the, pillar,

Giovani 3:03

Yeah. Um,

Dani 3:04

the, uh,

Giovani 3:05

The dens, or

Dani 3:07

Yeah.

Giovani 3:08

Yeah They're being shocked from one area to the next area. And that's what I think dropped mean. dropping,

Dani 3:17

Yeah. were CR crash landing everywhere they went. So from one palace, of squad zero members to, to the next.

Giovani 3:26

Right. So

Dani 3:27

in terms of, um, I guess defining the, the title.

Giovani 3:31

yep. And that's what means. The

Dani 3:38

Yeah. Uh, I, I felt like this episode wasn't all one thing or the next. We had, um, I guess the, the comedy half of things. And then we had the big keyed up fight scene. So we got, we, we got a little comedic relief and a lot of action. Go ahead and jump right in.

Giovani 3:57

let's go.

Dani 3:57

So, uh, we op, we open up with shunsui and he is looking a little merose. He's reading a letter and he tells his, Lieutenant Nana that, um, he's afraid that this may be goodbye. He has been promoted to be the head captain

Giovani 4:22

That's a major development because as of now, we know that Shujnsu and maybe Jushir Ukitake are the oldest. Of the, uh, squads. Shunsui seems like he is the, the better candidate

Dani 4:39

I agree. It makes sense that he's next up, the next slightly candidate just based off of, we saw that flashback of him being. Essentially a Yamamoto apprentice

Giovani 4:52

right, and, and I mentioned Ukitake, but who do you think was the other captains in line? To be commander,

Dani 5:01

if any, terms of, but I guess I, I, I guess it would depend on what they were going for.'cause I mean, there's plenty of them that. In terms of power or physical strength, could be a candidate, but you need a little bit more than that.

Giovani 5:19

Right,

Dani 5:19

you know, be able to Right. You gotta be able to rally the troops, I guess that probably paid into the decision as well. Like some, because they are at war, so you, you're gonna need like a commander, somebody that everybody's gonna be willing to listen to.

Giovani 5:36

Absolutely

Dani 5:36

And so I, I think Shunsui, uh, Shunsui is best candidate.

Giovani 5:42

Right. Absolutely.

Dani 5:45

So yeah. So we, um, we get into the intro and then we open up with Ichigo getting dunked in the hot springs by Karenji who says that, this is the way that Ichigo needs to get healed. And almost drowning Ichigo, he gives him a nice violent punch. What did you think about, this opening?

Giovani 6:12

This was comic relief

Dani 6:14

Right.

Giovani 6:15

the you can take my punch,

Dani 6:16

Yeah.

Giovani 6:18

but as the scene,

Dani 6:19

and he took it though, so I guess he's all good,

Giovani 6:21

it's the scene, like it's the scene progressed. Maybe there's something to that. The blood pond

Dani 6:27

right? The the right. But, uh, Renji, gets up as, Ji's telling Ichigo that he needs to, move along to his next stop and request to go as well. Although he's not, he doesn't seem quite as healed as Ichigo is, he gets a punch to the chest, too to to determine whether he's capable.

Giovani 6:51

Yes, and he took it as well.

Dani 6:53

Yeah.

Giovani 6:54

So they're both healthy enough to go forward to move on to the next area, which kind of exciting because I didn't want to get stuck at this healing pool for too long.

Dani 7:06

Well it was leftover from the previous episodes. I, you know, I'm sure they had to like wrap that up and, uh, here Renji gets sent to their next stop. We move along and we get, uh, is meeting, in the assembly hall of, uh, the underground assembly hall of Central 46, issuing his first set of orders.

Giovani 7:31

And Central 46. is 40 sages and six judges across the, sole society. So that's how they come with that 46 numbers.

Dani 7:40

And then his first order as head captain is one, he wants two lieutenants, so he wants, uh, nano and Okikiba. And he also wants, surprisingly to teach kampachi to use jitsu.

Giovani 8:02

Hmm.

Dani 8:03

So that's met with a lot of outrage,

Giovani 8:05

Yes. Yes. Kampachi, he's a wild card and as we all know, is he's also a special threat. We know that Moto was training him Kempo, that's a basically how to use a sword. And he was so powerful. Central 46 made him stop. They canceled the training he's fighting off. Pure fighting prowess and spiritual pressure. So if they're trying to unlock that's

Dani 8:38

I understand the outrage, you said, um, because he, he doesn't have a bankai, but imagine if he did how much more power he would have. He already has so much power already,

Giovani 8:50

right? I mean, even Shikai

Dani 8:53

right.

Giovani 8:54

it's, I can't even imagine, my imagination is going wild to think what type of ability someone such as Kenpachi can have

Dani 9:03

Well, uh, Shunsui looking at this scheme or plan as a way to. Counteract the next, wave of the invasion that, that they know is coming. I guess he's thinking that we need to level up and this is one way since he's on our side to that.

Giovani 9:26

There's so many soul reapers that are dead or wounded.

Dani 9:30

Yeah. And from his point of view, he doesn't even know if, if, um, Uh, Ichigo or REnji, if any of them will be back up in fighting shape.

Giovani 9:41

A fighting chance.

Dani 9:41

next, right? So, and he also wants Captain Hanana to take on the job of teaching, Kampachi to use, Zen Jujitsu.

Giovani 9:55

Why un Hana? And then I was thinking she is a captain and she's really skilled at healing it takes me to Nauru to actually, that was a character kind of like that in Nauru two also. that's Lady Sonata who she specialize in healing, but she's also fierce on the battlefield. So

Dani 10:19

Uh, hoping, but he did refer to her as the first Kenpachi, so that was interesting.

Giovani 10:25

And that

Dani 10:28

Yeah.

Giovani 10:29

That shot. What? Like, whoa, whoa, whoa. whoa, whoa. Everything we know about un Hana up until then is very, well, I was going to say meek, un Hana. She had times where she would stare and make other captains shiver.

Dani 10:45

We got something to look forward to,

Giovani 10:47

Yeah, because

Dani 10:48

um,

Giovani 10:49

you know, she's so

Dani 10:54

But is she You know? we're, so we're moving along and we're back to Ichigo and Renji next stop, which is Rio's Palace, the Gaden. And so Ichigo and Regi and a very muscular, uh, cone, they crash land there and they're met by Kerio

Giovani 11:15

and,

Dani 11:15

and um,

Giovani 11:16

of great

Dani 11:18

yeah. Kerio cooks up a, a feast for them to make

Giovani 11:22

desserts,

Dani 11:23

Yeah. To, so that they can replenish themselves.

Giovani 11:26

Made me hungry. was looking at it and it's like, well, we need, we need to go to a buffet

Dani 11:34

like, you're ready to get a plate, huh? While they're, um, chowing down at, well, after they, they chow down, they seem to be having a little bit of a, um, self-reflection as to if them being there is the best course of action, especially since they're there having a great time dipping themselves in ponds and eating to their hearts content while everyone else in social society is in rehabilitation mode and training mode.

Giovani 12:06

You have to heal and your body takes a, it takes a lot of energy to heal. You need to replenish that with energy, which is food sustenance.

Dani 12:15

Yeah. But she gives them a big shock when they see her again, like'cause she uses her spirit spiritual pressure to cook. So when, when she come, when she comes back out, she is transformed from her lovely, robust self to

Giovani 12:34

kind of curvy, of young and curvy.

Dani 12:37

Oh, well, yes. I guess she does look a, she does look younger. Um, bustier. Curvier. Anyway, but, um, yeah, so she's transformed and everybody's mouth is hanging open, she just said, you know, when she uses her spiritual pressure, this is what happens. And uh, so she also explained that members, most of the members, if not all of the members of Squad Zero have contributed, creations of theirs to the Soul Society, which is why the Soul King made them part of Squad Zero.

Giovani 13:10

Okay. Which

Dani 13:11

And she, oh, go ahead.

Giovani 13:13

I just think that's interesting but I didn't get what the last guy Elvis impersonator, what was

Dani 13:22

I'm not sure in terms of'cause Yeah, she only went into what her contribution was. I don't think she went into what anybody else's contribution was She called it a guyon or gee con. And also she, she made the technology necessary to place it in a body. The purpose of the, artificial soul or the, um, geek con is to increase your power by inserting foreign spiritual pressure into the body. So essentially it seems like that's what she's doing to Ichigo and Renji the food.

Giovani 14:04

I

Dani 14:06

Yeah. Well,'cause she lost all her spiritual pressure. Essentially, I guess that's what she was doing with them to help them, uh, get stronger, faster, and heal up.

Giovani 14:20

Feeling

Dani 14:21

stop for Ichigo Regi, um, according to Kirio, to visit, um, uh, you know, I'm gonna mess this name up. Oetsu Nemaya? Yeah. Who is the creator of the Zanpaktu.

Giovani 14:41

should be good.

Dani 14:42

yeah.

Giovani 14:42

This should

Dani 14:43

I mean, yeah.

Giovani 14:45

So I guess they're repair Zanpakuto next,

Dani 14:49

Well, I mean, Ichigo lost his, and, so did Bakia. Right. So, um, I don't know why Renji going, maybe he's just tagging along,

Giovani 15:02

I, knows. But uh, so then after you get a zanpakato need I

Dani 15:15

well, I mean, at this rate, it sounds like they'll, they're gonna be up there a while. So So

Giovani 15:21

finally

Dani 15:23

so, I mean, they're gonna be up there a while and, uh, so we move on to. This face off of, um, Uhnahanan supposedly trying to teach Kenpachi How to, um, yeah, go ahead.

Giovani 15:42

is the great prison lower level scene, the level, you know the

Dani 15:52

mo

Giovani 15:53

mu Ken. Yeah, mu Ken.

Dani 15:55

The central, the, it's the lowest level of the central underground Great prison.

Giovani 15:59

this is where the truly bad And it's rumored that The original Go tie 13 is still alive. If they're still they're in here somewhere.

Dani 16:11

It's interesting spot to choose

Giovani 16:13

This was, this was a, it started off really, really I'm trying to gather my word for it. It was it was eyeopening because Kenpachi comes in lively. He's coming in, you know, joking and talking, and un Hana voice is immediately cold and eerie and she's almost like, shut up.

Dani 16:35

Well, I mean, I guess now we know she was Kampachi first,

Giovani 16:38

she was kimchi first,

Dani 16:40

so maybe that could be a reason why also,

Giovani 16:43

Well, you know, the, the whole Kenpachi thing is, there can only be one Kenpachi right? There's no two K at the same time.

Dani 16:52

Yeah,

Giovani 16:53

but do you see her face? Her face is

Dani 16:55

have,

Giovani 16:56

it's And blood

Dani 17:00

I mean, just have a Highlander situation on Like

Giovani 17:05

Yeah.

Dani 17:06

know, um,

Giovani 17:07

Do you wanna talk about how this scene

Dani 17:10

well,'cause she, um, but she, um, First she said it was, um, being down there was, um, Shunsui idea because it was, it's the only safe place for,, Kampachi to be able to unleash his full power. It starts to become clear that they have a little bit of history between them,

Giovani 17:31

really before

Dani 17:34

right?

Giovani 17:34

then,

Dani 17:35

Because, Ahan refers to a scar on her chest and kind of says that Kampachi is the one that gave it to her.

Giovani 17:45

right? The scar of my chest burned meaning like, know, you did this to me. been

Dani 17:55

do get a little bit of a flashback back backstory. She was the first captain of squad 11 and. She was an original and

Giovani 18:07

She

Dani 18:07

strongest of the 13 court guard squads. And most important, she was the most notorious criminal in soul society.

Giovani 18:17

And all social society. Yeah. Skilled with

Dani 18:20

was a bit, that was a bit eyeopening,

Giovani 18:22

And she's the master of many styles of combat.

Dani 18:25

right?

Giovani 18:26

She's the killing machine. who knew?

Dani 18:30

So,

Giovani 18:30

Were, any time surprised of I was like,

Dani 18:37

Right. Ex. mean, so she's been healing up people, but she used to cut them up before, I guess So maybe that's why she's good at it. I don't know. but.

Giovani 18:50

Right. And they also started to call her Resu Resu Un, which I don't know if the word resu mean anything or not, but it doesn't sound nice.

Dani 19:00

Mm.

Giovani 19:00

So, you know,

Dani 19:02

yeah.

Giovani 19:02

Kampachi is more friendlier than she is. She seems like, seems like she has this grudge, she is blood thirsty at this time.

Dani 19:13

um, kind of admitting that, He sent her down there under the guise of trying to teach Kampachi, but he kind, he knew sending her down there that only one of them is gonna come out alive.

Giovani 19:30

And that is something that Yamamoto would not have done.

Dani 19:35

Right. But, as the head captain can, can he just order both of them, essentially. Okay. Like, you guys can fight, but nobody's gonna kill each other. Please. You know, I'm not sure, but I, I just kind of feel like maybe there was another way to, to get Kampachi where he needs to be without both dying,

Giovani 19:56

I agree. But just like what type of per Shri is. Now

Dani 20:04

well, yeah.

Giovani 20:05

is a tactician, cold-blooded,

Dani 20:07

cold right.

Giovani 20:08

like using his subordinates now, because he's not one of them. He's not, you know, an ordinary cap captain. He's a head captain and he's using them any which way necessary.

Dani 20:20

But also kind of speaks to the level of power that he thinks he can get out of Kenpachi because, you know, he isn't sacrificing a chump. You know, like if he thinks Kim Apache will come out on top of this, you know, he, that, that means that he has to beat Hanah to do it. And so he's letting, with the kind of

Giovani 20:47

Danielle, Danielle, at the same time, also risking Kenpachi too. Because if Kenpachi cannot become willing to

Dani 21:03

Right. he's of

Giovani 21:04

Uhnahana be the guy, be the

Dani 21:07

because he's of no use to us. Right. You know? Um, okay, well you know what? Now that we've said this out loud, it makes sense to me. So I'm like, oh, that's a great plan. Right. No, that's the, that is better plan. That is better plan. But if, if we, if we can't do that, if we can only have one based off of whatever archaic rules there are or whatever the reason is, if there's only one, then it's the best plan to get the best one essentially. So, I don't know

Giovani 21:50

probably, well I guess when you think about it, probably knows Un Hana for a very, or knew un Hana for a very long time too,

Dani 21:58

Yeah,

Giovani 21:59

if she was one of the first. So I guess we should talk about the fight But before that, before we talk about that, there was a, a note given to Yachiru and Isani, the lieutenants, to let them

Dani 22:16

Well, it kind of read more to me like they left, um, the captain's, um, camp Apache Han kind of left me mementos behind for the lieutenants in case they don't come back. But, uh, so yeah, so they go ahead and the fight ensues. Um, Kampachi is cut across the neck by Ohana sword

Giovani 22:40

and. she mocks him. She's mocking him while fighting him

Dani 22:44

Yeah. And she, um, she also manages to stab him in the shoulder with what looks like, like a, a knife or a blade that she had.

Giovani 22:53

She, she cheap shot

Dani 22:54

Yeah. Like he calls her out on it and says that, you know, it was a cheap trick and that he used to admire her. When he was talking about admiring her, they gave us like a little, I. Flashback clip. And he looked kind of young. He looked like a almost a kid-Like so Well, yes, but I mean, it made, it, it just made it seem more to me like he had he admired her in the way that, um, you know, super cra crazy, right? Super crazy violent criminals ha admire each other and have mutual respect for each other's, quote unquote craft. But at the same time they, they, they wanna take each other out.

Giovani 23:45

So She seemed like she wanted to kill him, but it's just some of the words he used during that fight. One, it made it seem like he's been waiting for this rematch for a while. The love of fighting, but it's, in his tone. maybe, he had a crush

Dani 24:02

maybe,

Giovani 24:03

I don't know. I'm just, I just, wanna put it out there.

Dani 24:05

well, did they say she was his teacher?'cause I don't think she was his teacher.

Giovani 24:09

Well, not teacher, I was just saying teacher-student relationship as in, know, the age difference. Sometimes when you are a kid, you have a crush on your teacher,

Dani 24:18

But, uh, she informs him that this is a battle to the death. So she's serious, serious business. And, um, as they

Giovani 24:27

She's beast mode.

Dani 24:28

and as they, as they battle, kampachi loses his sword

Giovani 24:32

yeah.

Dani 24:33

I was like, wait a minute, this is kind of quick like

Giovani 24:35

He's nowhere near reaching his bonai and I don't know where she's at with her power. So I guess I'm eagerly awaiting, This next level of

Dani 24:46

And then, she stabs him in the neck and then it looks like he's not stabbed in the neck, like he's healed up. So, and she says that, uh, says that, uh, he gets stronger when he's on the verge of death. So is it?

Giovani 25:05

Goku

Dani 25:06

Yeah. So how did you interpret that? Did so she stabbed him and then she healed him.

Giovani 25:11

Right. That's exactly what she's doing. I mean, she's using her, her her Her, she kind, maybe because we know she's a healer

Dani 25:20

Right. It's gonna be, um, fatal wounds and then I'm patching you up, then I'm fatally wounding you again.

Giovani 25:28

Yes.

Dani 25:30

Yeah, they're gonna be there a while. So that was it. Uh, we got a little bit of comedy, a little bit of action. I thought it was, a decent episode.

Giovani 25:38

I

Dani 25:39

Yeah. And, um, we

Giovani 25:42

Next

Dani 25:42

have, Next episode is gonna be titled The Battle,

Giovani 25:48

And pretty good idea gonna

Dani 25:52

I think, I think we all do. Well, hopefully they won't drag it out. But, um, ranking, uh, you can go ahead. What's your ranking?

Giovani 26:01

Oh, well this fight helped the episode a lot.

Dani 26:04

Yeah.

Giovani 26:05

Maybe a 7.8, almost an 7.8 Bon I'm

Dani 26:11

I'll just give it a seven. I'll just round it out to a seven. Like you said, the fight with Ana Hana and Kampachi. Save the episode from being too boring. And, um, I do hope that they do wrap up the ichigo at the palace storyline.

Giovani 26:29

Okay. And your worst, and I, I'm pretty sure our best be the same. the worst. I don't know

Dani 26:36

oh, just overall the, the fight, the ba the, the, yeah, fight scene with, um, UN Hana and Kampachi. We learned a lot more than we knew about, um, both of them. And the fact that one of'em has to die is kind of crazy. So that's, that's my best.

Giovani 26:57

And that's my best too. We have two Kenpachi's. As we know, the battle continues next week next episode. So the, it is more to come with this great fight. So that is my best, and in turn, my worst is I of knowing

Dani 27:16

yeah. yeah. Well, my worst is similar, but it's more of, um, shouldn't we making the move to do that in the first place, you know? Like I,

Giovani 27:26

my

Dani 27:26

you know. No, it's, it's it's a strategic move but you know what, I guess if, if it's wartime, so maybe that's what you need to become to get your victory. It wasn't a bad part of the episode. It's just that, man, I didn't expect Shunsui to, to make a move like that. So,

Giovani 27:45

a,

Dani 27:49

That's it for this episode, episode nine, the Drop. Um, lots to, unpack that. we're trudging along. We have, up next is 10, and I, we have 13 and all, so we have a few more to go before we wrap up. Um, this part one. I'm excited to see, to see how they're gonna, end this

Giovani 28:12

Can't

Dani 28:12

Yeah. All right. So, I think that's it for us guys. Be sure to, like us on Spotify, um iTunes, wherever you listen to, give us your feedback.

Giovani 28:26

All

Dani 28:26

Bye.

Giovani 28:27

Later.