Sunday, July 23, 2023

Sui-Feng and Yoruichi's Spinning Move

Bleach TYBW Season 2 is here already! There is a fun easter egg (if it really is an easter egg) that I just noticed thanks to the animation. In Sui-Feng's fight with BG9, Sui-Feng does this move where she grabs one of BG9's tentacles and swings it around. The manga renders it this way:

A panel from Sui-Feng vs BG9


Cool move. The anime fleshes it out this way: 

The anime version of the panel
Bleach TYBW Anime Episode 15


Guess who has a similar move later on?

A panel from Yoruichi Shihoin vs Askin

A panel from Yoruichi Shihoin vs Askin


MrTommo2304 also points out in this video that the set of spheres Yoruichi uses in the fight against Yhwach may be some sort of reference to Sui-Feng. It's likely, then, that Yoruichi's spinning move is also a reference to Sui-Feng. It's probably a reach, though! I'm not mad if it is, but it's fun to think that despite their lack of interaction, Yoruichi and Sui-Feng are referencing each other, no?

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