Luffy’s use of Gear 5 in the anime officially starts with One Piece Episode 1071. One of the most anticipated episodes of the year due to its recent inclusion, this big development was first revealed on One Piece Day 2023 and has since sparked a great deal of enthusiasm among fans. Due to traffic congestion caused by eager viewers trying to see the show, fans had trouble accessing the streaming website. But given that One Piece currently rules the anime world, animosity toward it was inevitable. Many other fandoms have started online feuds that denigrate the fandom and even go so far as to build bots to review and bomb it. Some fans wish they could just take it all in without competing, but lately, that hasn’t been possible. After Attack on Titan fans, now it’s the Bleach fandom in question.
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The anime Bleach and Renji’s True Bankai
Bleach’s plot revolves around a person who transforms into a soul reaper (shinigami) and meets a girl from soul society, where all the other soul reapers live. They quickly became close. She swiftly finds herself in hot water after disobeying the rules of the soul society. He does, however, save her. As the story progresses, he solves the mysteries of the soul society.
Although the 15-year drama may have reached its climax a long time ago, fans persisted in watching it all the way to the end. Fans agree that Bleach deserved a great finish, and it’s heartbreaking to think that this may never happen unless Kubo decides to rebuild the ending at some point in the near future as Hideaki Anno did with Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Renji begins his training under Ichibe Hyosube, Squad Zero’s commander, during the events of the Thousand-Year Blood War. Hyosube finally exposes the real identity of Renji’s Bankai: Soo Zabimaru. Renji ultimately has access to it after demonstrating his power to Zabimaru, and he utilizes it for the first time in his conflict with the Quincy Mask de Masculine. Renji will undoubtedly play a significant role in the new Echoing Jaws of Hell arc, maybe alongside his and Rukia’s kid Ichika.
Bleach vs One Piece fans
After the infamous Gear 5 episode was released, there was a significant increase in crashes, with sites slowing down in various nations. Several others flocked to Twitter to complain that the site had collapsed, with others reporting that it was nearly unusable for the majority of the day. Bleach supporters also criticized One Piece episode 1071, claiming that Ichigo’s Final Getsuga Tensho is superior to Gear 5, and began Bootlicking Renji’s Bankai.
Enough time have passed😤#BLEACH_anime #ONEPIECE pic.twitter.com/83O3bjE5rZ
— Zack Brangen💀🍓 (@ZBrag101) August 6, 2023
Renji’s true Bankai was the appetizer.
Next week, we’ll get peak that’ll probably make Gear 5 look even worse: pic.twitter.com/NxLe8hEEH0
— Cute Kuchiki (Hub) #GreenlightVolume10 (@HubSpiders3) August 6, 2023
Bleach fans argued that while still merely a Lieutenant in Squad 6, Renji Abarai has Captain-class strength and is one of the few Lieutenants in Bleach to have access to a Bankai. And the full nature of his Zanpakuto, Zabimaru, was finally revealed to him after extensive training.
Don’t mess with Renji! 🔥🐍
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[BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War] pic.twitter.com/pZfmYdF5eT
— Anime Corner (@animecorner_ac) August 6, 2023
To be fair most of that episode was flash backs 😂😂😂
— Hamze Ahmed (@HamzeAh53387335) August 6, 2023
Lmao no one talked about bleach I will love to see Horn of salvation or true bankai even surpass sage mode Naruto transformation 💀🤣🤣
— Dozie💀🫶🏼 (@theonly_dozie) August 6, 2023
Most anime fans wish they could watch anime without having to worry about fandom. Even if there is a lot of negativity in the fandom, there will always be some positive people who want the fandom to end. They say it detracts from the fun and forces people to compete rather than sit back and enjoy the anime.
Bro why do we gotta start wars man it’s all love and why can’t we appreciate the time and dedication that both companies have put into them like just enjoy the shit they give us and say good things like I loved the bleach episode but I also loved the one piece just appreciate it
— Zaxybaby (@lleytoncrump) August 6, 2023
Despite episode 1071 being one of the most important deliveries in the One Piece fandom, it has more or less likely caused the fans to take it up as a symbol of competition, hence uplifting the already existing fan wars in the anime community.
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