Question Everything - Aizen Against Soul Society
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Sure I might have promised I'd do Bleach content like 2 years ago or something but anyway here it is finally. It's not going to be the last one either!
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Symphony No. 5 'Revolution' 4th movement - Dmitry Shostakovich [Aizen's Theme]
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Number One’s One Else - Bleach OST 4
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We really live in a soul society.
And we need to be the Ichigo in it. Keep evolving and question things along the way without any preconception. So that we can see past the reflection.
😁
Cyber Bounty u mean the aizen? did u watch the vid
Lol
Yea I wish We had someone who wants to create a better world by becoming God like Aizen
To further add on the connection between Ichigo and Aizen's Zanpakuto.
It should be noted that the attack that Ichigo uses to defeat Aizen was called _Mugetsu_ or _Moonless Sky._
Perfectly symbolizing that Ichigo has fully destroyed the source of Aizen's illusions and because of that, he possessed a deeper and greater understanding of who Aizen is and what he really feels, than any other person.
I really wish Kubo was better at communicating this stuff cause that shit is deep.
@@whoknows7968 i agree with you, but to be fair its probably no problem (or obvious/on the nose even) if youre a grew up japanese the same way christian allegories tend to be super obvious to the west lmao
@@zaqareemalcolm I'd appreciate it if you stopped giving me more reasons to be annoyed with western culture, it just happens so often these days...
@@whoknows7968 well if you watched the fight and Aizen's defeat plus Ichigo talking about him after the battle you could see that,I like that Kubo doesn't spoon feedstuff to narrow-minded readers
@@bradleysmith6478 Right, I learned so much just from going back and watching these types of videos
"Welcome to MY soul society"
-Sosuke Aizen
I never realized the connection between Ichigos and Aizens swords names.
Seriously it is so painfully obvious and barely anyone talks about, kinda felt like an idiot when he pointed that out.
@@freshFerdinand On my part I think it's because I either think of the swords in the terms of the japanese names or the hungarian dub names. Also the last time I really thought or read Bleach was when it ended. Also there weren't any good Bleach analysis back then(there's barely any now courtesy of Mathwiz and Crafts).
I was more interested Ichigo's Zangetsu on "one who attacks the true self"
@@Ronin11111111
"Also there weren't any good Bleach analysis back then(there's barely any now courtesy of Mathwiz and Crafts)."
DBZimran: *"AM I A JOKE TO YOU?!!!"* czcams.com/users/DBZimranvideos
...He would probably say that a bit more monotone, but you get the idea.
@@Hypeathon I do not know his videos so I cannot attest to their quality. Also his earliest video is only a year old, so the first half of my statement still stands.
“Admiration is the furthest thing from understanding.”
I have no idea if this was planned by Kubo, but after watching this all I can think about is Aizen saying "Welcome to my Soul Society" after Yhwach lands in the Seireitei.
Kubo and "planning" don't go together in the same sentence.
After all, when Aizen spoke to Kyoraku, he saw that the soul society had improved for the better
It was indeed, the soul society he wanted, maybe he wasn't on top, yet, but he had helped making it real
@@wat2999 just like he didn't planned anything with Masaki, Isshin and Ryuken
Or The Substitute Shinigami badge and Ginjo
Or Urahara and Aizen
Or the Quincy and the balance of the world, and how their species is unnatural
Or the arrancars
Or Kyoraku becoming the successor of Yamamoto
Right, nothing planned at all
@@wat2999 while alot of stuff get rushed he planned alot of stuff
Brian Machado Then most of these plans went to shit, but they’re there nonetheless, I agree with that
I didn’t notice that aizen was actually dropping hints for someone anyone to discover him to truly understand him he’ll he probably hoped momo would get a clue but no one did no one even tried
At long last. The Craftsdwarf Bleach arc he’s been foreshadowing since the Nen show
Yeah
amazing.
Knew this channel from the Nen Show so yeah this is great
@Kevin Byrnes I don't blame them, if I was in their place I would have done the same
This anime was considered dead, even by some hardcore fans
@Kevin Byrnes he wouldn't get views from a dead anime ya know
When you wait literal decades for craftsdwarf to make a bleach video and its not even about the best fight in the series, Byakuya vs Zommari, but instead about some bum ass side character called Aizen.
This but unironically
Zommari is lowkey repulsive.
LMFAO!
This, no cap
That fight was pretty damn good.
I'm glad Bleach is getting the analysis it deserves by bigger channels, It doesn't have the world building of One Piece or that certain oomph that made Naruto a rockstar but there is a reason Bleach went on for almost 700 chapters a reason why it's fans never gave up on it.
@Mezchano What kind of oomph? I'd say it has greater oomphs I've ever experienced in any shonen! 😆😆😆
@Marr Agree. it was dripping with style
Interesting style but flimsy ending or rather a very flawed world built the further down you went. But that’s likely the time strain it had in production.
@@dendrien Oh it straight up fell on its face narratively. No defending it really. If you go back and read the first volumes of bleach the art was more stylized and the narrative was fresh and appealing. And then it didn't know where to go from there. Part of the failure of the Arrancar arc is simply the challenge of writing a genius antagonist. Kubo himself isn't a super genius so its hard to make Aizen a convincing mastermind without just saying "I was behind everything!!!"
It fizzled out because Kubo wrote himself into a corner and couldn't write himself out. You can blame the editors all you want but he has to own his bad writing.
I'm sorry for ever doubting we'd get Craftsdwarf Bleach content. It has arrived, and it is glorious
The Soul Society arc was a legitimate masterpiece.
One thing: Those he sought to kill were the rulers of soul society, yes, but those were the Central 46 and not Genryuusai. I'm pretty sure Aizen didn't even consider him as any form of leadership considering he was controlling him from the shadows in the first arc. I'm sure he despised him because Genryuusai became soft, following people without question but he didn't seek to kill him because of it. He wanted to kill him simply because he was in his way.
I don't quite agree with that, he spared all the other captains, but decided to specifically try and kill Yamamoto, because he is the one who formed the Gotei 13, and with that, everything else about soul society formed as well. He might not have been the one who had say in everything, but he was the one enforcing it all.
@@Druguzu Wow this is an old comment. Anyhow while he did want to kill Genryuusai not just because he was in his way, he didn't want to kill him because he was enforcing anything. He wanted to Genryuusai because Aizen saw the world as he would want to change it (his final dialogue with Urahara), and to do that he had to destroy the system. The system wasn't evil, so to speak, but it was complacent and stagnant, and that system had been defended and erected by none other than Genryuusai. He was the one who had probably set up Central 46 in the first place, probably to keep himself in check (somewhat similar to Chinese emperors keeping scholars with them to "guide them", and I say he instated them because C46 are not strong militarily so probably had to be set up by someone), he was the one who established the school which trained Gotei 13 members, and he was the one who established Gotei 13 itself and acted as it's best and final bastion. If Aizen wanted to kill the enforcers of C46 or the Soul King, he would've killed the captains too. However he recognised Captains as individuals, but couldn't with Genryuusai as he was deeply entrenched in the very system he wanted to rebel against. Aizen even says so when he tried to cut Genryuusai down:
"To you, I will not say "I will not kill you." You are the very history of Soul Society. You alone will die by my sword."
Furthermore, and this is kinda theoretical, from what we've seen of Genryuusai's full power even if Aizen managed to achieve his goals without killing Genryuusai, he's too big of a threat to be even consider sparing. Aizen probably felt too threatened from Genryuusai as someone who pursued strength, because he was the only one who Aizen had seen surpass him in every way possible. Considering he wanted to occupy "The Empty Chair above it all" he did pursue strength, and even if he didn't feel threatened on a personal level Genryuusai is just too dangerous to not kill. Its telling that Kubo has through his writing made it perfectly clear that Genryuusai cannot be taken down in a fair fight (both the major villains have always come with a plan to counter Genryuusai, and no one else). It's even implied that Kyoka Suigetsu (from Karakura Town Aizen, not EOS Aizen) wouldn't even have worked against Genryuusai as he was able to feel the reiatsu of the sword piercing him, and he'd be able to counter any Kido with his own (considering he was able to cast, in a half dead state, Hado 96 in a capacity far beyond Soul Society Aizen's Hado 90 when they should at least be comparable its safe to assume he'd be able to stop any Kido) plus his hakuda still remains the best we've seen in the entire series. Aizen couldn't have beaten him no matter what he did if he didn't have Wonderweiss. Thus Genryuusai couldn't be allowed to recover as he was the only one Aizen feared.
@@theformation3781 wow ok,that was a good read, i stand corrected.
RIP Starrk and Lilynette
*howls sadly to the moon*
A wise-man said:
"Each of us lives dependent and bound by our individual knowledge and our awareness, all that is what we call reality.
However, both knowledge and awareness are equivocal.
One's reality might be another's illusion, we all live inside our own fantasies."
Wise that man is the smartest man in the universe
Itachi, right?
@@honestlybruhidk yup.
You know the thematic connection between Ichigo's and Aizen's Zanpakto is so obvious I am surprised I did not see it. Great job craftsdwarf.
I have to say, Zangetsu's meaning ('Slicing Moon'/'Moon Cutter') never made sense to me until you pointed out it's strong relation to Kyoka Suigetsu.
To take it even further, we can also acknowledge that Aizen would've already known the name of Ichigo's zanpakuto as soon as he got it and in a sense, the will of the Hogyoku imprinted itself on Zangetsu to be the weapon that would ultimately give Aizen the actual challenge he wanted.
I appreciate your dissection. Thank you for the video 👍🏽
Lazy Nekogami you DO realize that Japanese can translate differently depending on how you look at it, right? Ichigo translates to both strawberry as well as “1” and “5”
Also ichigo's blade name was translated as the "heavenly moon chain slayer" or "heavenly moon piercer"
@@AYAKXSHI I think that is Getsuga Tensho
@@Nekogami04 and that doesn't mean the thematic relation doesn't exist
@@AYAKXSHI the chain thing is Tensa Zangetsu
Zangetsu itself mean Moon Slaying or Moon Slash
If you think releasing a Bleach video would make me believe that you released a Bleach video then you're gravely mistaken
mind size: mega
Since when were you under the impression that he wouldn't release a Bleach video?
@@amanofculture4892 always and forever
@Kevin Byrnes There's literally a podcast out there of Crafts reading Bleach for the first time.. Crafts cannot be one of those "always has been Bleach fans" channels, even if he wishes to
I wasn't spoiled but i knew he wasn't dead. There was no way he would be killed without showing his powers or a fight. Shonen logic
I thought he was going to be resurrected or something
@Kevin Byrnes I know That, I finished the series .I'm reffering to when I first started to watch the series
Well a lot of side characters die without ever showing us what they are truly capable of, Ukitake for example ugh!!! At first I thought Aizen was just an unimportant side character who got killed off off screen for a major reveal later on, him being the mastermind behind everything was amazing though, Bleach at it's peak.
Bleach did that a lot actually and it bugs me. We literally have Bankai's mentioned but not shown and powers never explained
This video is polished af, you really noticed a lot of details
Final the prophecy has been fulfilled
Bravo. Video essay where someone knows what they're talking about. I enjoyed this.
Bleach getting the analytical love it deserves here
This is probably the single best analysis of the first main arc that ive seen.
im always curious about bleach because the first 100 or so episodes i watched when i was 9 lol. you can imagine my surprise when he "died"
EXCEPT, Aizen actually planned that Ichigo might be able to train for "weeks" in dangai before facing him. He implied as much as soon as Ichigo arrived in Karakura. HOWEVER, Aizen had his own "monkey seeing moon" situation, thinking that there was absolutely no way he could lose to Ichigo, and while this is partially true, considering he is still alive, it backfired because now he is bound to a chair. Kinda like the Emperor from Warhammer 40k. It seems that it is the destiny of badass, absolutely OP characters to end up sitting for the rest of forever.
I adore how you used the characters themes given by Kubo in this. Awesome touch.
Then Aizen should be grateful to Ichigo for giving him another opportunity to look at the world from a different perspective and to go back to the person who questioned everything
Wow that was incredible!!!! I am so hyped for the last season of bleach coming next year!
To recap: Aizen was woke
@Kevin Byrnes Lol wtf. Aizen could have gotten any girl he wanted. Good looking and charming.
So woke he fell back to sleep
and later the was beating as fuck
Lots of folks are woke because they're empty (or broke) and need to be filled with something. To be woke AND full is best, like Ichigo.
Pokémon catcher Ash SGTOW; Shinigami Going Their Own Way
Nice Bleach analysis. Finally some good food.
Someone check if hell has frozen over.
The 9th circle of hell is frozen by default. So pbht.
The strangest, most beautiful and fantastic recital of a bromance I've ever heard.
Actually Aizen said he deliberately destroyed the Kototsu so Ichigo would have time to train, yet he was disappointed in his evolution.
In that he failed to see things beyond their face value, thinking Ichigo lack of reiatsu meant he had converted it all into physical prowess. Yet it meant he had evolved past him.
This is definitely one of the best heel turns in Jump history (you had an ENTIRE volume dedicated to Aizen fucking over everyone). I would even dare say it's unprecedented; and also that Aizen was one of the first "Mastermind" type villains that set the trend for the type of scheming villain we see more nowadays, compared to back then where the shonen villain was usually a power type like in Dragonball. Even though sadly, later on it falls apart and doesn't live up to this amazing introduction, "End of Hypnosis" is definitely one of the best volumes of any manga, and at the time I can definitely see how it made the entire fandom's jaws drop.
Let me just say…excellent use of Kubo’s chosen music for Aizen at the start there. Love that Shosty 5th :D
When you making bleach content?
Aizen being the bad guy surprised me when I watched Bleach for the first time, as he just felt like a side character who was there to be killed off.
His betrail came out of nowhere (though I was also a kid back then, so I likely missed some very clear flags)
As for the eventual Hell Arc, I have a feeling it will end with the 5 war potentials all sharing power, rather than there being a Soul King trapped away, and hell (no pun intended) there may not even be a Soul Society anymore and the relationship between Quincy, Shinigami, and Hollows ever more changed.
Aizen actually planned to be defeated by Ichigo so he could defeat the final boss
What a great villain
This is a video that needed no music. Your words are so strong the music clashes with it. Crazy good views here!
Bleach has too much potential even greater then one peice
Its lore and world can explore too Much because of its big cosmology and characters
Aizen didn’t want to show ichigo his shikia because he wanted a rival who he can fight on equal power. Ichigo was never immune...
This might be one of the greatest bleach analysis videos on the internet. There are so many thematic line and details that I had never picked up on prior to this video, from Squad 11 dismissing healers only for zaraki to revere a healer, from Aizen's incomplete philosophy being completed full circle by Ichigo the moon breaker. Thinking about it now it feels like this was the entire philosophy of bleach. Kubo stated himself that he enjoys writing characters that aren't what they seem to be, and Aizen being the greatest example of that feels really fitting.
I just think Aizen destroyed the Kōtotsu and delayed in the human world knowing it would give Ichigo a chance to progress rapidly. It wasn't a mistake He wanted someone to test his new powers or maybe it goes deeper then that Ichigo talks about how he can feel the wielders emotions through the swords and he only felt loneliness through his sword when he was on his level, maybe he intentionally gave him the chance to grow to around his own level so that he could understand Aizen l but i don't think he ever expected him to completely surpass him.
This is one of the best bleach videos I've watched
Why is crafts pretending like he makes content?
🤣🤣🤣🤣
During the first couple of seconds, I thought "man, it's another one of those analysis videos".
15 minutes later I'm subbed. Life comes at ya fast
It's about FREAKING TIME
Aizen destroying that Doomtrain meant that he knew Ichigo could use it to get stronger and so he wanted to see it. Even when Dangai Ichigo appeared and wanted to change the setting, Aizen attempted to say that there was no need. (implying that he would not need to destroy Karakura Town after all despite wiping out Gin). Aizen even learns from his defeat to Ichigo and at the end of TYBW he calls humans will to keep on living, courage. Even before that, Aizen lamented that Ichigo entering the Royal Realm first is "a hard man to forgive." implying forgiveness. It's still hard to say what would have happened during the final fight before Juha resurrected himself, but Aizen did seemingly go back to Muken to serve his sentence, however he has disappeared as of the Hell chapter one off. I don't think Aizen will be an enemy to Ichigo again. So I'm looking forward to seeing what happens with the eventual Hell Arc.
*Edit:* During the final battle with Juha, Aizen even exclaims "Welcome to my Soul Society," meaning a new Soul Society were to be borne from the ruins of the old.
Small brain: I wanna read Bleach
Big Brain: These three paintings are all i need!
Truly though, fantastic analysis piece. Havent made the painting connection before, yet did pick up a bit of the (question everything, and stupid rules should be changed) when I was younger. Keep up the awesome work yo!
Aizen’s primary motivation throughout the entire series was to create an equal.
Sweet, Bleach content. Bleach will always have a spot in my heart next to sniper island. Hope you do an chainsaw man video
very brief and concise.
Aizen is the imposter...good at asking legitimate questions~
Hey, great job on the Bleach video. Keep going. The comments are the comments. But you’re work (and the value you place in it) is eternal. Thanx for the new vid.
All I can think of is aizen saying welcome to my soul society in bleach’s last arc
It's still so badass and appropriate for him, mwah
14:08 Aizen did realize this, this was the sole reason he destroyed the cleaner, to get Ichigo to have time to train and get stronger, he himself said so.
Best Bleach video, ever.
A fake fan in a bleach video. Wow
@@terrarionaqu5262 IKR? Why are you telling on yourself, dude?
what you know will always be limited
what you do not know your ignorance is unlimited
If your focus is on what you know you will be limited identity
but if your focus is on your ignorance you will be an unlimited possibility.
forever growing and expanding just like life/creation
Aizen, Sidious, and Littlefinger should all be put in one room to create a master plan.
Thank you for this video. Top notch analysis
Damn this was a pretty cool vid. Nice to see Bleach get some deserved praise
Let’s be honest... his plot armor helped him fight Kenpachi 😂
not really. His bloodline did
@@alfa01spotivo Yeah and honestly I wouldn't even say Ichigo won that fight. It was more of a draw since they both fell off.
Kenpachi wasnt expecting he would be in trouble against him.
What a pleasant surprise!
This is THE VIDEO that i was yearning for!🔥🔥
Ichigo wasn't immune to KS, Tosen was. Aizen never showed KS to Ichigo intentionally. With all the world under hypnosis, Ichigo's existence unaffected by KS, he was partly Aizen's creation alongside Isshin and Masaki.
This was worth the wait!
You did an amazing job there. kudos for this amazing video
Such an underrated video
This video opened my eyes to many things I didn’t considered about the plot and the characters. And I’m really happy about that. Bleach was the first manga I ever read. I really loved it and seeing it getting progressively worse and noticing so many glaring flaws that nowadays I don’t see in many other battle shonen ,along with that cursed final chapter, made me really sad and bitter. I still think that some of these flaws are irredeemable but this video made me at least realize that I have to analyze things more thoroughly (and, believe me, I already analyzed this manga quite a bit) before judging them.
nah it was still a good shonen the whole way
Bleach really could have been a seinen anime.
New subscriber right off the bat.
Good work...
The Bleach video was worth the wait.
Awesome analysis!
Aizen @ soul society: See the moon! Look! Don't you see the moon? Look at the moon
Ichigo: Ah, yes, see the moon? See the moon! Touch the moon! Know the moon! BE the moon! DESTROY THE MOON
The prophecy has been fullied!
Oh boy about my favourite character Josh Groban
Inspired by Socrates himself huh, kudos.
Its so weird you mention this because I was just reading about the life and death of Socrates
@@SuperBlaze117 Same here bro, I've been doing some research on the Greek civilization and their philosophers. Get enlightened brother.
@Kevin Byrnes ichigo is leonidas
That thumbnail is so unsettling
Bro... This is what I need
May be he did give them leads but he probably knew he would win. It's not possible he genuinely wanted to save rukia
THE GOAT .
The music seems fitting for Aizen and I don't even know why.
Eyyyy, love this!
He finally did it
Crazy good video man
What Shniji reveal Aizen hiding was a kido spell and that wasn't even Aizen that was his agent.
One thing though...Ichigo was never immune to Kyoka Suigetsu Aizen simply chose not to place Ichigo under Complete Hypnosis due to needing him to assist him in evolving through battle.. he even says in the final battle against Yhwach that chosing not to place Ichigo under Complete Hypnosis ended up working in his favor
Ik I’m late but that’s the point he was trying to make. Like yes aizen didn’t want to use it but it gives a symbolic reason for him not using his shikai on ichigo cuz ichigo only knew the real Aizen not the allusion one everyone saw aizen as. Ur right but there’s more to it bas
Good video!!! For me Aizen and Urahara are the best characters in Bleach.
I've been waiting since this was on the Nenshow for Craftswarf to make a stand alone video about bleach
1:59, 2:02 nice I like that I discovered this many more the when reading the manga btw anyone who sees this check out the manga but give the first arc time to pop off
Watching this video, i'm starting to think Soul Society is less of a authoritarian goverment and more of a fascist one, considering how Yamamoto acted in the fake karakura town arc, it's highly unlikely, but the line between authoratarian & fascism is blured so i can't really tell which.
as an habitual bleach hater and someone who thinks it wasted everyones time at the end, i can say this video has made me realize ichigo is way better than i thought, not just a "i fight for my friends" but his way of doing it his own way every arc not caring if he breaks the rules, he may be a bad story planned but kubo does know how to make a good mc, good shit
I love bleach,even though I see some iysits flaws.kubo at times can make great story points when he needs to
Damn skippy, this was entertaining as fuck
The GOAT of Bleach. This series died after his arc ended
Smh full bring arc gets no respect
Not really
So soul society had to progress and evolve(pernida) and not stay stagnant(mimihage)
Loved this
>Bleach video from Craftsdwarf
A surprise to be sure, but a welcomed one.