Why Bleach: Thousand-year Blood War part 3 is the final chance for Pierrot to do Chad justice, explained

Modified Jul 09, 2024 05:02 GMT

Why Bleach: Thousand-year Blood War part 3 is the final chance for Pierrot to do Chad justice, explained — Sado Yasutora as seen in the Bleach anime (Image via Studio Pierrot)

With the release of the Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War part 3 trailer and key visual, it seems like the newly launched Pierrot Films has been preparing for the release of the series's next part.

The number of fights hinted at throughout the trailer had fans excited about the upcoming part. However, one character's contribution to the story needs work. The character is none other than Sado Yasutoda, also known as Chad.

With Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War anime yet to give the character his movement, the anime's third part is set to be Pierrot Films's final chance to do Chad's character justice.

Disclaimer: This article may contain spoilers from the Bleach manga.

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War part 3 will be Pierrot's final chance to give Chad his moment

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As Bleach manga fans know, Sado Yasutora, also known as Chad, barely has any big moments during the Thousand-Year Blood War Arc. This confused fans, as the Fullbringer was a key part of the series's main quartet. Hence, given how Ichigo Kurosaki, Orihime Inoue, and Ishida Uryu had either already had their moments or were set to receive them, it didn't make sense for manga creator Tite Kubo to leave out Chad.

Moreover, the character is also a vital part of the anime's promotions, as the latest key visual features are Ichigo Kurosaki, Ganju Shiba, Orihime Inoue, and Sado Yasutora. Such promotional material suggests that Chad will have a huge part to play in the anime's upcoming part 3. However, no such events were hinted at in the anime's latest trailer.

Sado Yasutora as seen in the Bleach TYBW anime (Image via Studio Pierrot)

Even the last time Sado Yasutora got an individual fight in the anime was back during the anime's previous rendition, i.e., Invasion of Hueco Mundo Arc in which he fought and won against the Arrancar Gantenbainne Mosqueda. Unfortunately, the sudden appearance of Espada 5 Nnoitra Gilga and Arrancar Tesra Lindocruz left him unconscious, which led to the result of the fight being maimed.

However, the trailer showed that Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 will have numerous anime-original scenes supervised by manga creator Tite Kubo. Thus, Pierrot Films could possibly give Sado Yasutora an anime-original fight, helping him have his big moment.

Nnoitra Gilga as seen in the Bleach anime (Image via Studio Pierrot)

Considering the latest key visual featuring the Fullbringer, there is a good chance of this happening. However, fans might wonder why we believe Bleach: Thousand-year Blood War part 3 will be Pierrot Films's final chance to redeem Chad's character.

This is because Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 4 will effectively be the end of the Bleach anime. Hence, the chances of Pierrot Films animating an anime-original fight of a supporting character near the story's climax are really low especially when the character's strength is nowhere close to the enemies' biggest powerhouses. Therefore, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 anime will be manga creator Tite Kubo's final chance to redeem Chad.