Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Episode 7 Ends Gerard's Fight as Collateral
The episode resolves a major antagonist's fight as collateral damage and stages Uryu versus Yhwach without the spectacle the series is known for, even as the animation remains the season's strongest.
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Episode 7 of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity has Uryu take on Yhwach with one hand, a fight that lacks the punch of Ichigo's battles. The episode ends Gerard Valkyrie's fight abruptly, with Yhwach killing him as collateral damage. The animation remains the season's best, but the episode feels half-baked.
The episode carries a community score of 4.1. The central complaint is structural. Gerard Valkyrie, who had gathered three of the series' most powerful characters into a fight, is killed by Yhwach in a two-second shot of him turning to skeleton and falling. The reviewer reads this as Kubo repeating the Hueco Mundo pattern, where a character was made too powerful and had to be wrapped up quickly. Uryu's fight with Yhwach is competent but lacks the hype of Ichigo's confrontations. What carries the episode is the visual work, called the best-looking of the season, ahead of two Science SARU shows, The Ghost in the Shell and Jaadugar.
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- Anime News Network Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity Episode 7