After finally learning about who he is and where he comes from and accepting both aspects of his powers, he, at last, sees his Zanpakuto not as an ally but as a part of himself.
Unohana will repeatedly kill and revive Zaraki until he finally unleashes his unrestrained power in the face of death. It s a brilliant, quintessentially shonen move and had me clapping like a seal over the end credits.
It s shocking to see so many of these characters so vulnerable and human, and it hammers home the stakes of this war harder than any fight could.then a clown car of wacky new side characters comes literally crashing down from the sky.