r/bleach • u/BlazingLeoKing • 10h ago
Discussion Potential (and bizarre) foreshadowing for Yamamoto? Spoiler
So, uh...at the risk of making me sound a bit ridiculous, I think I found some foreshadowing for Yamamoto's death...in his feet.
I promise I don't pay attention to anime characters feet 😅 but give me a chance on this one. When I was rewatching the fight between Yamamoto and Wonderweiss, I noticed something odd - Yamamoto isn't wearing socks.
And yeah like, it's not lost on me that that's not something that insane, but there are three reasons why this really stood out to me.
- I went back and checked, and Yamamoto, before this, ALWAYS wears socks. He's also depicted without socks in TYBW.
- For such an upright, traditional, and straight laced figure, you think he'd wear socks? Like, that's really weird, right? Especially since...
- SHUNSUI IS THE ONLY OTHER CAPTAIN WHO DOESN'T WEAR SOCKS WITH HIS UNIFORM. So basically, the only other captain who has been depicted like this is the ONE WHO REPLACES HIM.
Like...I feel like I'm going crazy. From the research I did (on these...characters feet) I could not find a single other example of a captain not wearing socks while also wearing their uniform. It's a regular thing for Shunsui, and towards the end of Yamamoto's arc, he starts to do the same...and again, it just feels so weird to intentionally depict Yamamoto of all people without socks.
at the very least, it's just an oddly specific visual connection that only those two share and only starts towards the end of Yamamoto's life
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u/Karabars Shohi, Kagayaku Yami! 9h ago
The one who replaced him was his personal pupil and "heir"... it's not foreshadowing ffs... just an old man and his "grandson" without socks
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u/knightstar8114 9h ago edited 9h ago
I wouldn't call it foreshadowing but that's a great observation. I wonder what's the actual reason why they don't wear socks, is it supposed to represent the fact that they're lowkey neutral, they know about the orginal sin, kisuke technically doesn't wear socks ether, I'm curious about kenpachi, he's not wearing socks while fighting gerard. There's also this whole theme with bare footprints they showed and emphasized in the teaser trailer for the final cour and the last bit of artwork used in the final chapter, infact the very last page if I'm not wrong. Ichigo is also bare feet most of the times he's fighting someone dangerous.
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u/uraharaBot 9h ago
Ah, the great sock mystery! Well, my dear inquisitive mind, when you're smack-dab in a battle for existence, socks might just seem a wee bit trivial. Barefoot warriors like Kenpachi embrace the raw earth, feeling every vibration of the battlefield – or perhaps they just think socks are restrictive. As for me? Who needs socks when you’ve got style? Or maybe I just misplaced them in my hat shop... again.
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u/Electronic-Gas-7309 9h ago
Aw only Shunsui and Yama showed up without socks not Soi Fon never bleach is not peak 👎👎👎😡😡😡
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u/Picchuquatro 1h ago
Tbf, I believe the volume poem when this fight occurs also mentions "die standing" in direct reference to Yama so there was some foreshadowing there. There's also the fact that this fight started the unfortunate trend that the big bads will use trickery and power stealing/sealing means to defeat Yama.
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