Fall Anime 2022 Edition - It's that time again.

[TomPen94]

so I assume original captains in ED were appeared in order of their respective squad.

Seems likely with Unohana coming in at 11th.
But still weird seeing the guy that is likely to be a Shihouin ancestor not be the head of the 2nd Division. I also thought the gold teeth guy would be in the 12th Division.

[Laserman]

If you know what happens in the manga, you'll know that our Mustache Boi talks about how the original Gotei 13 were a force to be reckoned with.
These designs came out just before the episode where he talks about that. Instead of just the silhouettes in a single panel, we get a glimpse of the actual battle 1000 years ago, and we see these captains in action.
It's a nice addition.

Oh, I know what happens. It's a pleasant surprise for sure.

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Yea but we knew Unohana already, this is a new character. I'm a simple guy, I see a beauty in glasses, I like.

You see what I'm wondering is, how does Yamamoto look so much older now, and she looks exactly the same?

[TomPen94]

Women don't age lol.

[LegalLoliLover]

I like the Chainsaw Man philosophy. Instead of "those who hunt monsters should take care not to be monsters", it's "only monsters, or at least those beyond normal humans, can truly hunt monsters". Then there will always be monsters in the world? We just call that job security, much like how James Bond's word association psych test associated murder with employment.

[SirGauoftheSquareTable]

While that is true, you probably missed the other lesson of Chainsaw Man, and that is no matter how much the world sucks, a little kindness always goes a long way. That, and it's normal to not be satisfied with the way things are, and striving for basic comfort isn't wrong, but at the same time, sometimes you gotta make do with what you have.

[ResidentSeagull]

While that is true, you probably missed the other lesson of Chainsaw Man, and that is no matter how much the world sucks, a little kindness always goes a long way.

Seeing this right after reading the latest chapter makes me laugh my ass off ngl.

[Rafflesiac]

Chainsaw Man: Just look at all of that delicious izakaya food! Make sure you eat along, kids!

[pinetree]

That was fucking vile god I want to go back to when this scene was just a black and white image in my memory

[SirGauoftheSquareTable]

Seeing this right after reading the latest chapter makes me laugh my ass off ngl.

Fair enough. Still, that was outright stated at the end of Part 1, and I do hope that even if trying to be a good person makes Asa's life suck all the more, that it will in some way pay off.

[Mattias]

Women don't age lol.

Maybe she pulled a Carmilla and bathed in the blood of all of her enemies as Kenpachi?

[SirGauoftheSquareTable]

In all seriousness, it's likely because she's way younger than Yamamoto, who already looked like a middle-aged man 2000 years prior to the story, implying that he is actually quite a bit older than that. I mean, Kyouraku and Ukitake both look like middle-aged men, and they seem to be about 800-1000ish years old.

Alternate explanation for me would be kaido, but who knows?

[AmADo VII]

Shinigami will stop aging once their reishi stop growing. Yama-jii got old because his reishi kept growing.

that's what I read but that does not explain zero squad who's said to be stronger than entire gotei 13 (maybe excluding Yama-jii?).

[SirGauoftheSquareTable]

Where did you read that? The MASKED databook? Very early Soul Society arc? Because I remember the latter mentioning that souls with reiatsu needed sustenance and would age, unlike most konpaku, but not about the rate of aging.

[AmADo VII]

nah I just read comments on JP forums and videos on nico2 and youtube.

[SirGauoftheSquareTable]

Huh. Maybe Kubo could have said it on Klub Outside, then...still, that's somewhat contradicted by what we see of shinigami. They seem to age at a constant rate, just really slowly.

[TomPen94]

Huh. Maybe Kubo could have said it on Klub Outside, then...still, that's somewhat contradicted by what we see of shinigami. They seem to age at a constant rate, just really slowly.

They should start by aging at the same rate as humans and then slow down, going by Rukia's daughter. But then you have cases like Hitsugaya who seems to just stay a pre-teen for at least 3 decades so who knows rly.
I'd argue not even Kubo himself knows at this point.

[SirGauoftheSquareTable]

They should start by aging at the same rate as humans and then slow down, going by Rukia's daughter. But then you have cases like Hitsugaya who seems to just stay a pre-teen for at least 3 decades so who knows rly.
I'd argue not even Kubo himself knows at this point.

Rukia and Renji also only really became teenagers-young adults in about 50-60 years, so Hitsugaya sort of tracks. Otherwise, generally agree. It reminds me of the issue of dragon aging in Fire Emblem because they also age, just at a glacial pace.

[Rafflesiac]

Eminence in Shadow: Bless Cid and his dedication to the bit. Man risked his own life to fake his own death and that's beautiful.
Futoku: Toxico Supremacy. So much for the smiles of the people...

[Spartacus]

B O C C H I

[Rafflesiac]

Hero Academia: Daiki Yamashita's killing it. It's remarkable that Aizawa was able to chop through solid bone as fast as he did.
Spy x Family: Fiona a cute. RIP losing heroines ;_;
Pop Team Epic: That vintage anime was great. Also that poor alien sobbing after his crop circle got dissed.