Bleach is a work to which fans are very close, not only because of a popularity that has marked the manga in the golden age of Weekly Shonen Jump, but also and above all thanks to the peculiar setting imagined by Tite Kubo. Furthermore, sensei himself has never been afraid to show the raw sides of the fighting.

However, with the recent announcement of the animated adaptation of the Saga of the Millennial War, a narrative arc never transposed into anime, fans have begun to speculate on the possibility that the new season may be censored. During the first episodes of the anime, Pierrot study did not show any concern in showing the public even rather bloody scenes, such as Hitsugaya cut in two by Aizen.

With the passage of time, and the growing popularity of the anime, the TV station forced the company to make certain scenes less violent, significantly increasing the amount of censorship up to completely replace the loss of a limb with an injured beak. This was also determined by Bleach's broadcast time, that is, on Tuesday at 5pm, the time when the children returned from school and turned on the television. In the world of animation, to avoid resorting to complaints, the committees organize themselves with broadcasters to broadcast episodes in night slots, the same as Gintama and it's The attack of the Giants.

From rumors, we know that the new season of Bleach will always be curated by Studio Pierrot who, given the previous ones, will still try to place the series in an afternoon slot, as it happens both with Boruto: Naruto Next Generations that with Black Clover. Therefore, if this is confirmed, we can expect that the saga of the Millennial War - which by the way is a particularly brutal narrative arc - will be censored. And you, instead, what do you think? Let us know with a comment below.

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