Bleach - New Ending Song

[pony-rocks.livejournal.com]

So, what do you think? Seeing everybody rising from ashes, I can only say this is one of the most hopeful Bleach ending songs.

ETA: Could that person sitting near to Shunsui possibly be Ukitake?!

Comments

[nendo-chan.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, I've got the shivers. THIS is Bleach, where no matter how hard the heroes fall, they'll pick themselves up and keep struggling. This is how things need to go, Kubo. I want to see that ending shot group striding into real!Karakura with such confidence to save the day as nakama. Just... This totally blew me away.

[hinodeh.livejournal.com]

I think the animation is beautiful, and I especially like the first scene where Orihime tries(?) to give Ichigo water. (I kinda don't get whether she actually give it to him in the end.)

Though she was really weirdly proportioned in that shot where she smiled and I can't quite figure out why. Kinda sad since she looked great in some past EDs.

Renji and Chad get pretty shafted in that ED, though. :(

[escarboucle.livejournal.com]

Nah he ignores her, and she drops the water lol. In character, I guess, since Ichigo keeps ignoring Inoue? _o/

Personal guess is that the sequences with black background are not only hints at what's happens next in manga, but also Ichigo's thoughts, somehow, how everyone fought, not just him?

The he gets resolve again, the two girls smile seeing he is alright, and everyon's off. XD

[escarboucle.livejournal.com]

I dislike the song - too whiny for my taste - but it's very nakama-like and very hopeful. I like the animation, not the song _o/

Also, beautiful RUkia is always a blast :3

[iselinka.livejournal.com]

It's a very climatic ending. And very Bleach-like :) The shot when they're walking forward together is stunning. Despite the world being destroyed they don't give up.

As for the animation itself I just adore Orihime's hands in the water <3 Beautifully done ^^

I see a hint of IchiRuki there. Orihime's trying to reach Ichigo but it's Rukia who catches his attention and accepts(?) him. I hope I'm not the only one ^^

[nendo-chan.livejournal.com]

No, I saw it, too. The IshiHimer in me noticed that Uryuu was always behind Orihime, supporting her, but that might just be me. xD

[fikuz.livejournal.com]

What happened to Orihime's face? Rukia looks very... mature... (?)

[peca-06.livejournal.com]

I didn't think Ichigo (except the shot where he realizes something and you can only see his eye and his nose, everything else looked weird to me, maybe I'll have to get used to it :/ ) nor Orihime were drawn well in this ending. Rukia on the other hand looked gorgeous <333. I loved the concept. Ichigo is down, everybody picks and dust themselves up and keep on going without avail. I also enjoyed the Orihime bit with the water and the sweet smiles on the two girls (like a bit of hope and relief that things are going to be ok for Ichigo and everyone). I really dislike the music. Although I understand that the atmosphere calls for a sad ballad, this particular song doesn't get me emotionally invested. I don't know why... I agree that this one is more BLEACH than the last Ending.

[(Anonymous)]

Inoue's walk cycle makes my face sad because she looks like a robot -_-

I've never been big fan of tracking shots of stationary people in 2d cause they are hard to draw without rotoscoping, which they didn't.

Technically speaking the best parts of this drawing wise are Inoue's hands in the water and the tracking shot of IchiThing.

I have for the most part stopped watching anime because very few have good animation for non action scenes.

[karenai.livejournal.com]

That's honest-to-god how she actually looked running around in the Lust Arc. I have no idea why the anime can't do running/walking these days when it comes to Orihime.

[biodamper.livejournal.com]

Loving the new ED...it's really nice that we got to see everyone, and not just static pictures of them. It could even pass as the new OP! :3

[gokuma.livejournal.com]

;_________; Komamura holding wounded Hisagi. I have to start ship this pairing a little bit more.

Oh... And I think it can be Ukitake (omgmakeittrueplease): there's no other captain (and this person is definitely wearing a captain's coat) who's got long bright-coloured/white hair...

[gokuma.livejournal.com]

Komamura holding wounded Hisagi.

...So Tousen is not coming back *hugs sad Susumu*

[loly-ren.livejournal.com]

I really like this ending. I think that Orihime looks lovely, but there's something different about the way her face looks. Not bad different, just different. Rukia looks really beautiful. I really like the animation and the music! ^_^

[kanjo-girl.livejournal.com]

Did anyone else laugh when it showed Hitsugaya's pissed off face? And, wow, the ending was great. I love how it finally showed Rukia in the lead, rather than Ichigo.

[biodamper.livejournal.com]

Yup...that "grrrr" expression was hilarious~

[melonneko.livejournal.com]

I thought orihime was getting water for herself, not ichigo LOL the way I saw it was she was getting water and noticed ichigo was right there in front of her

[shinigami-lucia.livejournal.com]

That's what I thought too. I don't think she was trying to give water to Ichigo because we didn't see her move in a way that she was trying to offer water to him. I think she was getting it for herself but then saw that Ichigo was so depressed and she drop the water.

[pogo2468.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like it. From the start where you see the chaotic and stormy skies and you can tell that this ED is about how the war broke a lot of people to the end where the nakama are united and moving forward together.

Rukia looks stunning here and Ichigo looks so sad in that first shot (and I wish we could see Kira's face!). It really reflects how he feels about what happened. But, like at the end of this ED, I hope he can move forward, with the help of his friends :)

[lennan.livejournal.com]

Rukia was gorgeous in this ending. Trufax, I only have eyes for her.

Well, her and the Vizards.

[aleamisa.livejournal.com]

Hm you know lately I am beginning to think Orihime's importance is going to be reviving all the dead and injured of the squads. She is the one who can bring back the dead, no?

[manonlechat.livejournal.com]

Very nice.

I do miss the wild, wacky energy of the last ED, but this new ending brings out the drama and hope of the Bleach storyline. My favorite shot was of Komamura supporting Hisagi.

[royalaces21.livejournal.com]

This ending was B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L~

It's the best ending I've seen in a long while for Bleach. The song is also very befitting of the somber atmosphere. I DO in fact see some IchiRuki going on, but it's mostly nakama. Anyway, it's a good break from the crazy, lol-y, upbeat, "stay beautifuuuuulll, uh oh, oh, oh" endings Bleach had before. Did anyone giggle at the exchange between IchiRuki? I did.

[la-kalaka.livejournal.com]

Lovely ending, I like the hope in it and the final scene is just gorgeous. All the Six Hearts together again, stepping foward and ready to kick some ass *_* ILU SO MUCH!

[mikados.livejournal.com]

Inoue might just wash her hands (like when a doctor washes hands before a surgery). I don't think she'll offer dirty water to her crush, though it looks like she starts to heal his injuries with her shield.

IshiHime <3 beautiful Rukia <3 Shun and Uki!
Himamori, Rangiku and Kira make me sad; they are the emotinal victims in this war. Also Kuma supports Hisagi, aww.

[escarboucle.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, what I thought when Ichigo was being reflected in Inoue's eyes: "duh, obvious is obvious" and Inoue thinking "I can't see myself reflected in his eyes" (during the GJ fight). XD Obvious one-sided feelings still being ignored by Ichigo. DUNDUNDUN. And nothing changed after the Lust arc it seems _o/

And while I'm at it, SJ did promote this ending as Nakama ending, about a month ago, when the new ED was announced. So I still fail to see how it's shippy XD Rukia leading the way made me proud and happy though :3

[royalaces21.livejournal.com]

Lmao, Syneiam.

What I fail to see is why people wage war over this tiny bit. Oh yeah...because the animators wrote Bleach?! Obviously, it don't stop the crazies from goin' at it. :/

[skilly-n-duff.livejournal.com]

Orihime's teary smile actually reminds me of the "I'm not scared" moment at the end of the Lust arc.

[sakurahououji-n.livejournal.com]

Lol, If I went with openings and closings (and I admit I did in the beginning) I wouldn't know whether to support IchiRuki or IchiHime. I think they are used to support what ever is suppose to happen in the arc more then to support couple-dom.

Now all that PC crap aside, I LOVE that Ishida is pictured with Orihime!!! I SOOOOOO want them to be a couple. He's so sweet and gentle yet a fierce fighter too, just what she needs. Heck the man WEARS white how much closer to her white knight image does he need to be. oh wait *facepalm* her white knight image is all wrapped in in Ichigo that she can't see the one in front of her that she spent all of SS with and who never once questioned going to save her in HM when Urahara told him what was up. Never mind his talks about being unable to deny her requests! But I digress, lol.

[conquistadora.livejournal.com]

I really like this OP. The roving over still frames isn't my favorite technique and they continue to use it, but the animated sequences are fabulous and very well done. I have to say though, it reminds me a lot of Inu-Yasha EDs.

The beginning scene with Orihime and Ishida... Maybe it's just me, but her posing is what I have imagined her to look like when she's (hypothetically) rejecting Ulquiorra's ashes. So I got a bit of a hopeful shiver when I saw it.

Alas, this ED a bit of a lie. XD I know it's supposed to be symbolic about everyone rising above this defeat, but since that hasn't happened yet in the manga, it just seems like it's setting up anime-only watchers for a bit of a bad shock when Aizen utterly stomps everyone.

That last scene though, I would LOVE to have that as a giant poster or an HQ pic of it. Really, really beautiful. And I love to see Rukia leading the nakama, too. I think it's symbolic in itself that she's a better leader than Ichigo is... or at least as he has been recently.

[ceestar.livejournal.com]

Being a huge fan of the SS crew, at first I thought this ED was going to be all about those still in HM. But I was pleasantly surprised and this ED really captured the darkness of the coming chapters, and even the pain that a lot of these characters have been going through for a good fraction of the series.

Injured Shuuhei broke my heart just... mrgh. I wanted to scream just a little bit. I'm not looking forward to that fight, at the same time I'm anxious/excited for it.
Like, Yumichika, Ikkaku and Iba... that image was very depressing.

Izuru, Hinamori-san and Matsumoto-san grouped together was interesting. It seems to hint that those three were effected worse of all emotionally, after the betrayal. I was upset that such a pretty ending gave us only the end of Izuru's head, and his hair was so solid.

It was a bit of a shock to have such a heavy ending, as beautiful as it was, after the AU one we got last season. But it was alright.