The Hell Arc Will be the Peak of BLEACH 

Important thing, there aren't four realms in Bleach, there's six. Bleach's cosmology was designed to mirror the samsara cycle of reincarnation, with each realm in bleach directly corresponding to one of the six realms in Buddhism. The World of the Living being the Human/Manusya Realm, Soul Society being the Demigod/Asura Realm, the Royal Palace (yes, it is its own world separate from the Soul Society) being the Heavenly/Deva Realm, The Beast Realm (where Komamura is from, and again is in fact a separate world from Soul Society) being the Animal Realm/Tiryang, Hueco Mundo being the Hungry Ghost/Preta Realm, and Hell being the fairly self-explanatory Hellish/Naraku Realm.

I just know kenpachi has some connection to hell

I just hope kubo gets to take his time with this arc

Ulqiorra definitely lives in soul society, if you remember, he's the first pure hollow soul. He had no human life, so he's sins have been purified by ichigo's sword, and he's been sent to the soul soceity.

I agree, can't wait to see Hell's guardian chad form. My most anticipated fight is a boxing match between Chad and Aizen in muken.

I thought I was pumped for TYBW part 2 but now I can’t stop thinking about the hell arc 🤯

There's a lot of potential with this arc, and the additional characters are great so far, especially the few times kubo have shown Kazui, there's already a lot of thoeries

It would be poetic justice for the 5 nobles who committed the "original sin" to now be instrumental in destroying the balance they built, as powerful servants of Hell.

the novels and this hell arc if kubo could play it right we could have a whole franchise

What I hope is that Ichigo uses true bankai, Aizen takes out Bankai, Ishin takes out Bankai too and lastly I hope there will be a panel showing White Zangetsu again

11:59 Honestly, I would like to see Ulquiorra vs Ichigo in the Hell Arc not just because it'd be an interesting milestone to have Ichigo fight someone that required him to use the unstable version of his Full Hollow Powers with more stable versions of them but because it would be sick to see in the manga/anime an even cooler version of the Vast Lorde vs Ulqiorra fight from Hell Verse.

I wonder if Kubo will drop more Hell arc build up in the TYBW anime

If kubo had the time bleach could’ve been just as long as op if not longer so much lore and things that still need explaining

Hopefully they don’t just give us fights. But a full new world, and also use this to expand more on soul society with the rukon district, the zaraki forest and such. Also it’s good you mention “density” of reiatsu, as I think the show has always implied it’s not just about amount of reiatsu but also about its density. Also you know how we also have different language themes representing the different realms. You can bet your @ss well be having some Italian terminology pretty soon to learn🔥👌😂

Facts. Me n a bleach friend have been theorizing the fuck outta this arc, we’ve been convinced this is gonna be the craziest arc bar none, we could possibly see characters like Masaki, ulquiorra, possibly the quincies, maybe even stuff like squad zero showing off their full potential, Ichibei vs Yamamoto kinda shit. Gettin goosebumps thinkin about this. Amazing video btw, got me hyped as shit 🔥🔥

War on hell. Those who are literally evil against those who ends up because they're just too powerful. Ukitake acts as a guardian rather than invader like the espada

If it ever comes out, yes.

It would be amazing. I do hope however that Ichigo is the protagonist tho, I love hearing him call people bastards.

The peak of Bleach already happened, and it's the first invasion of Soul Society from the Wandenreich

It’s almost 2 years now. And we have heard nothing from Kubo about this arc. Like what the hell. I can assume that Kubo is focusing on the bleach anime

i would like to see the royal guards more in the hell arc as keeping the world in balence and stuff seems like something they should know. also that they likely knew that the ritual was sending captins to hell

I hear they have RU-vid in Hell, but every video you click on has a ∞ long ad at the start

We probably see Yama, unohana, gin, maybe some espada and quincy like Yhwach

Imagine an Ichibei vs yammamoto fight in the hell arc

I'd like to see Ichigo/Orihime and Renji/Rukia have to make tough decisions that would make them choose between protecting their kid(s) vs the soul society or another friend.

See the soul king got the last laugh cuz he clearly was strong enough to make a " Valhalla" for those who are too strong but elected to say naw they can go to hell. Balance could have been maintained with a 5th realm but my theory is that he simply thought fuck em lol

I think, as I remember, after the tybw anime is finished, Kubo said he''ll continue Burn the Witch first

If only Bleach was Seinen instead of Shōnen, it would be a awesome mangá/anime. The old anime and the old animation was nice to see when I first watched on my friends house, it was the first big Shōnen anime that I started to follow next to Naruto when I was a teen. To me at least, Bleach started to get pretty bad after the rescue of Rukia, even that I like some of the Espadas and Vaizards. In the beginning the anime had this paranormal and horror vibe that I always liked, then, it started to get just like any other Shōnen, like Dragon Ball or something, it got boring pretty fast. I love the art style of Kubo Tite but Bleach story is not that great, when I discovered Berserk I just lost interest in all Shōnen genre, only a few I can really say they're good with a nice story and decent characters development.

Long post warning: I can see Kazui being important but not the main character or focus. An event of such a scale would need to be resolved quickly and not drag out for years (in story). Ichigo is arguably, if not the strongest being alive (let's not get into an Aizen argument), and his power was never shown, i.e his true Bankai or even mastery/evolution of it like others experienced. His potential is insane and he will definitely have to save the day once again, even if Kazui serves as a catalyst or partner in him doing so. Whatever power Kazui possesses, it is either his own unique Shingami powers, something new entirely, or passed down from his parents (one of which represents every being prior to the hell arc). Ichigo was shown with his classic shikai for a reason. Kubo did state in a Q&A that Ichigo can "swap" between the two forms, so that should be an indicator that he's at least progressed seeing as he couldn't "swap" in the TYBW arc (at least not intentionally if we are counting the ending as that). Ichigo being the closest living being to the Soul King might be so that we know he'll eventually pass that level with whatever "hell" powers he acquires (though this might be wishful thinking on my part). Hell existed before the 3 worlds and was known as "the pit." It May be possible for a hell equivalent of the Soul King to exist. The devil is contrasted with God (though we know Lucifer lost that war and was cast out of heaven). Could the Soul King have cast a rebellious, powerful but lesser being to the pit? I'm purely speculating here and am having too much fun. I'll end on that note.

From the time I read the chapter I had so many questions. The oneshot said they perform the Konso Reisai for captains who have fallen in battle... so what about captains who don't die in battle? What about captain-class lieutenants like Chojiro? I don't think they would have performed the Konso Reisai on Gin and Tosen since they were enemies, so would they even be there? Can regular denizens of Soul Society go to Hell or do they just get reincarnated? And what level of wickedness is required to for people to get sent to hell? There's Shrieker, who was an unrepentant serial killer. Szayelaporro was an evil mad scientist as a human according to the novels. I've just been really curious about all of this.

Hoping Praying Making Deals with WHOEVER for Kubo to really think out. PLAN AND THINK. MAP OUT. This story. God please 🙏🏽 😭😭

I need Aizen to kill the soul king at the end of this when everyone else is tied up with the final fight.. how do we resolve this? Vice Captain Shuhei Hisagi’s bankai overlays the soul king’s soul chain onto ichigo’s.. making him the new soul king

Ulquiorra was never a human, he was born a hollow. I like to think he's a Soul Society wallflower now, observing humans and trying to understand his newfound humanity, but... 🤷

Bleach Mondays baby

Man, they better animate this. Watching this in anime is going in my bucket list.

Welp, you mentioned it, guess we gotta wait another week now.

When/if this is adapted into anime form (when/if it continues), I hope Taguchi will stay as the series director.

I had absolutely no idea this was happening! Holy sh*t I'm excited for this! I'd love to see Gin again, my favourite of any Gotei 13 captains, taken too soon lol 😂

I believe when the blood war arc ends, they will release this final arc and who knows maybe we will also go to heaven. Anyhow I’m extremely excited and also happy because the anime was so epic.

There might also be beast/animal realm that animals go to and possibly where Komamura's curse originated from

I hope this won't be a "well this aged poorly".

TS IS GONNA BE FIRE I CANT WAIT

Even tho i love yama and old characters I want brand new villains not recycled ones

one thing I really would like to see in Hell Arc is Orihime and her parents. They were literal demons to her, nearly killing her as a baby until her brother took her and ran away.

i agree with you that it could be the absolute peak, given that it has so much potential. However it kinda worries me because some of the ways this arc could be developed would be bad for the overall narrative style consistency and kubo's touch. idk if i can make my thoughts clear but things like seeing gin or ulquiorra again, you know that's some shit you see in Naruto, not that im hating on it, but it has nothing to do with bleach at its core, to not go in the direction of what is absolutely necessary to the plot all the while letting everything else build up in the shadows. In this instance characters like ulquiorra or gin have their story finished and making them come back to be tearjerkers is lame and not in line with kubo's finesse (on the contrary to some Naruto and One piece story lines, i swear im not hating lmao) As Kubo said in the last interview 秘すれば花なり (What's kept secret will become a flower). To put it more simply im afraid it will turn out more like a comeback success kinda situation where the continuity of the story is put to the side, for it to be a Bleach fanservice celebration. BUT we all know Kubo GOAT so im just wasting time here, and im sure we'll all be shocked of what he's cooking🙏

We all know we're waiting to see the original gotei 13💯. Honestly in terms of matchups I been believing Yamamoto will face either Ichigo or Kenpachi.. I feel any captain down in hell will not only be returned to their prime strength but possibly with something more added. Would be nice to see Nel or Grimmjow face Ulquiorra.. Thinking about it now wouldn't Kaien be down in Hell or no? Could be Rukia potential opponent...

We will finally be able to see how strong Ichigo actually is at his strongest.

Kubo's 45 damn, I am shocked 😲

I feel like Kubo will most likely finish the manga before it's released. He's basically said as much online.

Imo I think there will be 2-3 main protagonist, first Kazui(him and Kon), second Ichika (secretly followed with some lieutenants and some captains like Kenpachi, Isane, Iba, and Byakuya/Toshiro), and third is Ichigo (2nd group of explorers that could go there later, Rukia, Renji, and the rest of captains) The most I interesting in this arc are more history, backstories, and previous noble ancestors include the last noble clan who could maintain the balance of hell.

If he ever does it

Nice video

If Kenpachi ever dies there's gonna be *HELL TO PAY* Kenny gonna get to hell and just start running fades on sight. On a side note It's kinda sad how Ichigo is most likely going to hell if he dies considering his reatsu is so damn dense. Although it would a clever way for Ichigo to escape this if he used something similar to Mugetsu and got rid of his surreal reatsu.

Jjk has been flames but my anticipation for the hell arc is out of this world. There’s genuinely limitless potential.

Do you think that the hell arch will get animated? Of course, time will tell. I do not think that these types of discussions of the hell arch will ruin anything for me.

Honestly, I'm most interested in what all the captain level characters think about the revelation that deceased captains were sent to Hell. Especially Ichigo since he's always wanted power to protect and shatter fate, and only to learn that the very same power that brought him so far has come at a cost of being cast into Hell for eternity.

I posted it on the Bleach subreddit, but it really is amazing just how much Hell has been hiding in the corners of the world of Bleach since the very beginning and Kubo has been dropping hints that Hell has some big role to be yet seen since basically the beginning of the TYBW. I'll drop my predictions and theories for the Hell arc, apologizes for the WALL of text, but, overall, I think we're REALLY going to be in for some awesome stuff when the Hell arc finally drops and I CAN'T WAIT! CFYOW revealed that the founding ancestor of the only unnamed Noble House agreed to the Soul King's plot specifically to put a lid on top of Hell and that Hell itself was already formed during the Primordial Age when life, death, and the Living and Spiritual worlds were all still mixed up. My first theory is that this nameless Noble House are probably going to feature prominently in the arc and are most likely actively researching Hell. I'd also bet that they're the ones who are breeding and taking care of the Hell Butterflies since we know that they're supposed cared for by Shinigami, perhaps having used some sort of object or life form that they took from Hell previous to the Soul King's sealing to create or breed them. Obviously, we're probably going to go to Hell, pun intended, during the arc and see what it's like there, which I CAN'T WAIT for. I'd also put money on that the legs of the Soul King are in some way involved in Hell. We've seen the Soul King's arms, his heart, his brain, his Saketsu, and his nails, but nothing from his lower body even though his legs have clearly been amputated as well. If I was writing the Hell arc, I'd have them both mirror his arms, the right governing stillness and his left governing evolution, and have his feet govern purity and corruption, his right leg purifying whatever it touches and his left leg corrupting and polluting, and have them play into the processes and cycles which exist in Hell, the corruption and pollution which send souls to Hell and the purification necessary for souls to leave it and be reincarnated. Maybe the beings made from his legs serve as judges over the damned souls or maybe they're like warlords, warring over Hell and drawing souls into their armies. No idea, anything is possible in that regard, just my own wild speculation. The part that interests me the MOST, though, is what, or rather who, they'll find in Hell. We know the dead captains are there and have probably been altered by Hell judging from Ukitake's sword, perhaps its actually the captains who are the giant hands who drag souls down to Hell? And we know that Szayelapporo is there, there's many other options for who else like Barragan or some of the dead Sternritter, etc. But, what if they went to Hell and immediately discovered a friendly face? Kaien Shiba Because who was the other Arrancar who is implied to be in Hell? Aaroniero, who we know devoured the Hollow that merged with Kaien. It's somewhat unclear what happens to all the souls that comprise a Hollow when they die and/or go to Hell, whether just the dominate soul goes or whether all souls go and we're also not sure if Kaien's soul moved on or if it went with his body to Hueco Mundo. Aaroniero could, of course, take on Kaien's form, but there's perhaps one piece of evidence that I think might indicate that Kaien might be coming back in Hell. Aaroniero could use his Zanpakuto and his Zanpakuto was still usable! Bleach is very explicit that Zanpakuto die along with their Shinigami! If Kaien is really dead, why is his Zanpakuto still usable?! You could argue that Aaroniero has simply copied Nejibana and made an intimation of it, but that seems a bit odd. Sure, Zanpakuto are a reflection of their owner's soul and he could have learned all about Nejibana from Kaien's memories, and, to be fair, Nejibana is supposedly destroyed by Metastacia, but notably only the blade and we know this doesn't kill the Zanpakuto as Rukia was simply able to grow hers back after Aaroniero destroys hers. Besides Aaroniero already has a Zanpakuto of his own, why make an entirely new Zanpakuto just for Kaien's powers? If this is Kaien's actual Zanpakuto, which I think it is, then why is it allowing Aaroniero to use it? Zanpakuto are sentient, they can and do withhold their power if they so chose and can also allows others to use them as seen with Senna and Mirokumaru. So, if Aaroniero can use Nejibana, it must be because Nejibana is allowing itself to be used. If Aaroniero was simply taking on Kaien's appearance, wouldn't it make sense for Nejibana to just ignore Aaroniero unless Kaien's soul is really there inside of Aaroniero in some way! Metastacia was part of Aizen's experiments into merging Shinigami with Hollows that would eventually lead to the creation of the Visored, what if it wasn't just his body that Metastacia merged with Kaien, but also their souls?! And their two souls, intertwined, were devoured along with Kaien's body and became part of Aaroniero who was then later sent to Hell. Either the souls which made up Hollows are damned along with the dominant soul or maybe each individual Hollow is judged as well, or maybe it's simply that Kaien's soul was something that had never been seen before and so was consigned to Hell to ensure it didn't reincarnate and potentially cause some sort of damage to the cycle. If, somehow, Kaien was able to get control of himself again or even purge Metastacia from him, HE COULD FEATURE IN THE HELL ARC! Imagine it! Imagine Rukia going down to Hell and seeing Kaien there for the first time in hundreds of years! Imagine Ichigo finding out that Kaien is his cousin! THINK OF THE PATHOS! THE MELODRAMA! Kaien is also one of the most important background characters in the story! Kaien's death both weighted incredibly heavily on Rukia in the early series and it was Kaien's death that caused the Shiba Clan to fall from the status of Noble House! It would be amazing to get to spend some time with him, get to know him as a person better, and it would really, really neatly bookend the entire series! And, perhaps even more interestingly, what if it's Kaien who is trying to reach out to Kazui from Hell? Why wouldn't Kaien want to meet the newest member of the Shiba line? ;)

Only hope is it's released after tybw

We would wait 4 the arc 🤚

I would also love to see more of burn the witch but hell arc would also be amazing. Just more of kubo in general.

I wonder if its possible that the bleach light novels get an anime adaptation?

So they go to HELL For Being Super OP WOW what a twist that is good story telling I would love this all to get in the Anime someday.

I read the whole manga series but i never heard about hell what is a one shot?

how would the other captains sent in hell will be antagonist? DO they just turn evil?

praying the hell arc is centered around kazui and chad

13:04 funnily enough Ichigo alone is enough to stomp them. The actual problem might be the main hell warden and Juha if he is in Hell

Am I the only one who wants Burn the Witch before Hell Arc? Don't get me wrong, I will love more Bleach but I do want to see a new series continuation more if Kubo is serious with it, with having more time to think things thru.

I have listened that Ulquiorra was never a human to begin with. He was naturally born Vasto Lorde arrancar of Hueco Mundo.

I'm not good at working when I'm being told to, so I'll work when I'm not being g told to"

Yamamoto, unohana, Ukitake, OG gotei 13, Squad 0 etc.

shinigami and the soul society are based off the japanese arrancar and hueco mondo is based off of the spanish and quincys are based off of germany. series creation tite kubo said he also wanted to use the french language in the story at some point so safe to say people in the hell arc will speak french

But it doesn't make sense why reishi should not be recyclable without threat. After all, it is developed from soul Society reishi. It may take time for all of reishi to get absorbed in soul Society because it is a large amount of reishi stored densely. But mayuri should be able to develop machine in which these deceased captains should be placed and their small amount of reishi should be allowed to come out per unit time with help of machine setting. But eventually all of reishi slowly slowy returning back to soul Society.

From what i guess there also be heaven where heavenly god live and some villian from hell will try to conqueror heaven and then shit goes on

Ok, it just hit me. I'm calling it now and here, the REAL reason Aizen wanted to be the Soul King. It's all so he Doesn't go-to Hell when he finally dies. He wants to be the one to redefine the universe and the rules in it. He knows how powerful he is and is destined to go to hell (so morality plays no part in his life since he has no choice with the status quo. So he wants to change it all!

POV sees the title:Me thats if it even gets written

i predict that hell will not only be punishment. the other realms all had a reputation that didnt turn out to be 100% true

Maybe but first it need to move from one chapter per year

New breathes not No Breaths. At least that’s what I saw.

This could be the best arc or the worst arc tbh. Kubo needs to write the story properly and allow it to reach its full potential. Not saying he isn’t capable of doing that but I think us bleach fans can agree that we’ve seen this not happen many times before.

I hope gin will comeback in hell arc

Ichigo kurosaki, human, shinigami, Quincy, hollow, Vizard, fullbringer, satan, devil fruit user, pharaoh, tailed beast, shaman, fiend, digidestined

Isshin vs ichigo in hell?

One of my predictions would be: Kazui is definitely going to be playing a major role. He's been naively sending innocent souls into Hell, and that will probably end up becoming a BIG problem with the Soul Society. The Soul Society might end up marking Kazui as a major threat and try to eliminate him, and you know Ichigo isn't gonna sit by and let that happen. Ichigo might have to fight the Soul Society again. I hope that this does happen, becuz it'll add drama and tension to the story.

nah you realize all captains from the beginning till now are all in hell right?

Pov: Yhwach is not over yet.

cour 1 october-december 2022 cour 2 july-octobe 2023 cour 3 april-july 2024 cour 4 jan-may 2025 hell arc jan 2027

Hell arc will be hell nah😢

Why did this get deleted earlier

I have always said since the day this came out and I first got it in English.. Kazui is going to be a villain I'm, if only for a moment... Ichigo may have to kill him.

Couple things: all souls that come from the world of the living go straight to one of the rukongai districts. The only souls born inside the seireitei are the children of Shinigami or noble families. 2. The original world was not a "utopia" is was stagnant. There was no death of old age, but people were being devoured by hollows with no protection or recourse until the Soul King appeared. Yhwach may believe it was paradise, but it wasn't. It was chaos. Neverending continues misery. People waiting to get killed. Maybe prior to the appearance of hollows things were better, but we dont know much about that. Also Ichibi could be lying. Who knows?

We don't even know if Hell will be an Arc 💀

What is the point of hueco Mundo if the soul is still judged by the human life only?

I know they do are Canon but has there ever been an official statement which proved cfyow to be canon?

"...contract that allows him to release chapters whenever he want's to" Doesn't he kinda got this already with Burn the Witch?

They would only be antagonists if they had no free will lol (which they might)

just the concept alone... the original caiptains, gin, grand fisher, ulquiorra, primordial hollows, all the kenpachis. there is just to much stuff you could pull.

What would happen if: The original 13 got released or escaped from HELL...that would be cool.... Or....Demons, spirits, with weapons escaped from Hell.....

Is this arc even confirmed to come out?

Didn't Kubo clearly say he wasn't returning to the bleach series?

Might as well start watching one piece while we wait for the hell arc 😅😂