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I could listen to Ryusei Nakao/Mayuri Kurotsuchi talking hours and hours. I could listen to him all day 🥴 I would like to extract his voice from the audio of this episode and listen to it before sleep.

Mayuri being so happy 🌞 "Be my test subject" and that manic smile lmao, that was perfect.

Kenmayu - I agree with everything. Kenmayu intensifies! 📈 😵🥺

Ok I am finally ready. Ready to tell you what happened 100 years ago, Link.

I am ready to put ideas into words. To start, be aware I am the biggest Mayuri simp fan this side of the Equatorial line, so if I sound biased... People, that's Blorbo Beebus.

With that out of the way...

About the latest episode!

Let's start with what I liked. Everything. There's nothing wrong here and you won't find complaints with me, roll credits.

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✨Highlight Reel! Part 1!✨

- Ryusei. friggin. Nakao

This man was always good. As a singer he is stellar (Angel Calling, my beloved, LISTEN TO IT) but as a voice actor? SON.

We all know he also voiced Caesar Clown (OP) and Frieza (DBZ/DBS) but if you notice, he voices each of them in a very peculiar way.

And Mayuri's voice always had me weak in the knees. Szayelaporro's fight, in particular, used to take me very near to the Soul King.

And I say "used to" because this episode kinda pushed Szayel's episode down a set of stairs for me.

Again, I have so much to say but words fail me. But we gotta start somewhere.

Let's start with the obvious?!

You watched the episode. You are hearing it in your head right now, aren't you? YEAH. It almost sounds like he held this in for eons just waiting to launch it on the unsuspecting crowd. This laugh... Every time I am sad now, I just remind myself this exists, and my depression respectfully lets me enjoy this fact for three seconds.

Am I also concerned babygirl might be having a particularly dangerous Mania episode and playing a bit of Russian Roulette? Yes.

Still in this episode... All of the times Mayuri talks with Zaraki, but I will elaborate on that further later.

Another example? Here.

The way he is talking about how Pernida should honor Zaraki's noble sacrifice and the way his voice keeps going louder and more insane by the minute, culminating in his best Yandere performance in the third frame, just to do a 360 and call Pernida a stiff?!

I still haven't recovered.

It goes from "Oh he is enjoying himself so much you guys" in the first half to "Oh damn, that is Captain Kurotsuchi now, eh" in the second.

This episode, for me, wasn't only a visual delight, i was literally boiling alive because Ryusei knocked it out of three parks, not only one.

Also I gotta include, since we talking about voice actors...

Pernida.

Dude. Bin Shimada, Broly, THANK YOU.

That's like two kings in a room, I swear. Part of the fact I kinda like Pernida is because of his voice alone. This part here, you can almost see a ? on his... Fingers. Gestures? I dunno! But he managed to give a soul to a hand. A HAND.

And how does he even talk?! Disturbing.

Now onto the next section! (Or else I will keep going about all the voice actors!)

- Kenmayu

Everyone that knows me saw this coming a mile away. Look, even disregarding my ship, please. Ever since the last episode before this one.

Mayuri talks. Zaraki doesn't listen. Shenanigans ensue.

You can see how they are literally opposites to each other. Mayuri is analyzing everything and all Zaraki wanna do is smack that thang (hehe) real hard. It backfires tremendously. TWICE.

Because Zaraki didn't listen!

(And no, Yumichika, Mayuri doesn't have a big bad plan to fuck your captain up. At least not IMHO, he might have a plan, yes. But it's not what you think, oh no.)

But lemme just...

The way Mayuri talks to Zaraki.

It's an amalgamation of things. There's sarcasm, there's contempt, and flirting. Yes, flirting, because look me in the eye and say this wasn't flirting.

If Mayuri looked at me like that he would have a new subject, me.

But I am jumping the gun here! The scene before this one?!

I will have to do a part two because I reached the picture limit but...

The pure. Unadulterated. Concern. In Mayuri's voice here.

Mayuri is concerned with Zaraki. Zaraki immediately tells him not to worry too.

The same Mayuri that is famous for being ruthless, a lunatic, and heartless as hell is concerned for someone else.

Not only that, when Zaraki is forced to cut his arm so Pernida stops doing the twist™, Mayuri asks Nemu to tie his arm and stop the bleeding.

Some of you will tell me "He stabbed him right after!" And yes he did, young Padawan, but there's a method in his madness. And if you go and listen to that scene too, Mayuri goes back to talk to Zaraki like... In a "I am so sorry for hurting you, babe" tone. Whatchamacallit.... Ah yes! Conciliatory!

And even so, he says "When I stab you again."

He expects Zaraki to survive. To go back to Seireitei after this fight. God, he is telling Zaraki, right near his paralyzed self, that he will return and that he will be there to stab him again. In his own twisted Kurotsuchi way he is giving Zaraki a bit of hope.

This hurts me on a physical level, because I have an idea about this whole thing, but you guys will have to hold onto the single dark clue I will leave behind:

*What if both of them didn't go back?*

Well, Part 2 I guess! I have too many thoughts!

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I might make a longer post about this later, but i really like how in TYBW they gave Mayuri more prominent features like a big nose and fuller lips.

Like words can't describe how happy that makes me

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When he turned around to face Pernida, I died too. 😵🥴

Now I got idea - did Senjumaru teached him the needlework??? I have suspicion she did.

✨Highlight Reel! Part 2!✨

Now onto the meat and potatoes of the thing!

- Mayuri Himself

Hey look, it's user mayuris-basement-dweller gushing about the owner of the basement! What's new?

You underestimate my level of Simping. It went up considerably.

God, where do I even start?

Let's see.

Maybe with the fact Mayuri literally changes in front of our scandalized eyes? Pernida tried to commit homicide...

It didn't work. It just stripped Mayuri of his golden armor. Which I guess signifies it stripped him of his joy and whimsy because when he appeared again...

He locked IN.

That's when Pernida should have known he made a grievous mistake, but he is a hand, so life is hard.

I saw a bunch of people going "What, Mayuri could do all that?!" in neighbouring social media. As his fan, I am not surprised in the slightest. You people just SLEPT on him, when you shouldn't have. Much love.

If people ever ask you to define what younglings call Aura, trust me, you can show them this with tranquility.

The amounts of unbelievable CHILLS I had when Mayuri turned to Pernida with that smile could fill a whole building.

But it wasn't the only moment. The umbrellas, the infinite amount of them. Mayuri's Bankai (which I could write a whole book about).

But I will just just elaborate on three things.

I NEED to gush about this first!

Look. I read the manga. This was easily my favorite panel/sequence ever. And I was so hyped to see it animated.

But it went above and beyond my highest hopes. I also took several screenshots of this and if you look really well you can see the thread... But no needle.

With that being said, like with the umbrellas, I think the thread is somehow coming from Mayuri's fingers. Look when his hand appears. Well, who knows, it wouldn't be so absurd, we talking about Mayuri here.

But...

The Godlike suturing? That could be better according to him?! The speed? The amount of locking in?! ALL OF THAT WITH ONE HAND?!

(Babygirl confirmed ambidextrous ♥️)

The way Ryusei said "Pernida" afterwards?!

If I wasn't already dead when the Hirenkyaku shoes got turned on, I would be using God's Wifi after that.

That's EX levels of badassery right there. Also of course I am very fond of Spideryuri too, let's not forget.

But the second thing I need to bring up...

You people have NO IDEA how much joy this gave me. Yes, we all think these are his subordinates that he loves exploding, but... Who knows? It might be, yes, and it's babygirl exploding people to me, nothing new. But it can be other random Shinigamis, a Junji Ito reference, but I am not here for the worm guys! I am here for Mayuri and a sling!

(TBF, yeah, poor worm dudes. You dying for a noble cause tho. But if Mayuri turned you into worms it's probably cuz you looked at Nemu wrong. Sorry.)

Mayuri with a sling!

Slingshot arm combo!

And the way he NATURALLY, WITHOUT A SINGLE MOMENT OF HESITATION, just does that to Pernida. Twice!

It makes me wonder. And I did for the longest time...

Was Mayuri this good with a slingshot when he was alive?

Did anyone in Seireitei ever see Mayuri "living menace" Kurotsuchi with a slingshot?!

I will never, ever, know. But in my head, it's too late.

Also Part 3 incoming... I think today, but that one will have even more pictures! You can't stop me, picture limit!

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✨Highlights Part 2.5 - A minor addendum!✨

Two little things I will fail to recognize unless I bring it up before the bigger post.

I mean, If anything, I would have to bring this up because...

-Add 1: The grappling hook

Mayuri running. This is rarer than a shiny Pokémon.

And for the guy with SHAMEFUL Stamina and apparently not much physical strength...

He is nimble. He is flying. He is schmoving. He is beauty, he is grace.

And apparently Mayuri can't have a moment of flying that people immediately deny him that! The other time it was Reigai Unohana! Let my man fly!

Look, Mayuri compensates for his piss poor nerd stats most of the time... With his genius alone. He doesn't need physical strength, he has his brain.

And the bulk of the Hirenkyaku dance didn't even start yet! Anime onlies about to watch the REAL Swan lake soon enough.

- Add 2: The Umbrella Factory

Do I needa say it? I think it's kidou/made with spiritual energy. And they look like a frog... Suspiciously like Hiyosu too. And you can see it coming out of Mayuri's hands, so don't be like me and think Mayuri fully went Mary Poppins and has umbrellas in his pockets.

The poor Hiyobrellas also shrivel and make sad noises when Pernida hits them. They really went full horror this episode, eh? As an Evangelion fan, *giggle*.

What else? Ah yes, I can't leave this behind!

"What ya gonna do about it, Master Hand's distant Quincy Cousin?!"

The sheer GALL of this man.

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Kenpachi: I can’t tell if you’re a genius or just incredibly arrogant.

Mayuri: Well, on a good day, I’m both.

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Bleach x Sanrio!!!

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You can evil laugh all you want to, Mayuri, I caught you using Ishida and Soken's proper names during the fight. You're slipping out of your Evil Ways and becoming a Good Guy, Mister Evil Scientist.

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"Do you recognize it ? Of course you do. This is the sky-walking technique used by you Quincies. Hirenkyaku!"

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Kenpachi: You look mentally ill.

Mayuri: I am. Let’s go.

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Shutara Senjumaru from Key Animator Suzuhana Yuuta

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Happy birthday to the biggest piece of shit to ever

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😭😭 Omg, they're so beautiful! Thank you very much 🥺💜❤️

I love how they look relaxed 😻 My bois look so fine, our costumes suits them very well 🥴 *faints* *dies*

I'm a little embarrassed because I was supposed to post this for the Czech Republic's national holidays, which could be on September 28th or October 28th. I clearly didn't meet either date, sorry :').

@toxictaicho this is for you <3 kenmayu in traditional czech clothes.

Letter.

Do dnešních dnủ vzpomínám na starou Tešínskou,

na tu cestu úzkou, šedivou.

Kde šel život můj, potkal jsem lásku svou,

tam za tratí, v domku malinkém.

UŽ sto let cinkají vlaky na Tešínské,

děti si hrají v prachu ulic.

A já vzpomínám na všechny ty dny,

jaký byl svět za plotem.

Tam za tratí, kde stával starý sad,

čas odnesl vše, co měl rád.

Lidé odcházejí, nový přichází čas,

a v Tešíně svítí starý lampář zas.

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perhaps some will disagree, but i think the world got worse when we changed the colour of the night

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ゲタ帽子 on X: "Nemu https://t.co/Tozr6b2w1C" / X

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have you ever heard the phrase “a wolf in sheep’s clothing”…?

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Mayuri: Sorry people are being weird to you for liking murder. What's your favourite murder fact?

Kenpachi: When you kill someone, they die!