I think it's a shame we never got a proper "Kaiju" fight involving Komamura, especially when we had a few villains whose power straight up made them giant.

Basically, he says Chad can achieve it one day, confirming that his Fullbring is yet to evolve.

When creating Bleach, and its world, Kubo took major inspirations from two religions: Shinto (Death Gods/Shinigami) and, more importantly, Buddhism.

In Buddhism, there exists this thing called Saṃsāra -- the beginningless and endless cycle of repeated birth (rebirths), mundane existence and dying again -- which occur in six realms of existence, namely three good realms (heavenly, demi-god, human) and three evil realms (animal, ghosts, hell).

1. the world of gods or celestial beings (deva)
2. the world of human beings (manushya)
3. the world of warlike demigods (asura)
4. the world of animals (tiryagyoni)
5. the world of hungry ghosts (preta)
6. the world of Hell (naraka)

This system of repeated birth, through the different realms, is represented in Bleach’s world with its Three Realms of existence:

1. World of the Living (human)
2. Soul Society (heavenly or demi-god)
3. Hueco Mundo (ghost)

Ever since Chapter 12, and now the long awaited the Hell Arc, we also know that Hell exists (hell realm), and the TYBW arc introduced the existence of the Animal Realm (from which Komamura originates from).

That only leaves us with one missing realm -- the sixth one -- and  Kubo recently revealed it as the place where Quincy go after death.

>Q946: "Dead Quincies go to a place different from the Soul Society, but is there a world for them like the Soul Society? If so, I was wondering if Uryū wouldn't be able to reunite with Ichigo and others in the Soul Society after death... but is it possible to travel between the two realms?"

>A946: "Yes there is. The two realms are connected at a place close to Hell, so it's not that there is absolutely no means to travel between them."

Now, it’s a bit unclear what exactly Kubo means by saying this realm is connected to Soul Society "at a place close to Hell".

In Buddhism, the closest realm to Hell is the Hungry Ghost realm, which in Bleach would be Hueco Mundo -- and we know that’s not where the dead Quincy go to. Another realm that is connected to Hell is the Animal Realm (as they are all “evil realms”), but I also highly doubt this is the place the Quincy go to.

And by the process of the elimination, the only realm left to be explored in Bleach is either the Heavenly (Deva) or Demi-god (Asura) realm, depending on where you would classify the Soul Reapers.

Classifying Quincy in one of the 6th Realms is difficult, because they are clearly inspired by Angels from a completely different religion: Judaism/Chrisianity. They don’t really fit in Buddhism (which is kind of the idea behind the Quincy), because Bleach’s cosmology is not a direct 1:1 mapping of these realms.

I’m leaning towards Quincy being Deva, or devaputta ("son of god"), simply because they fit that description more (Angels are the beings closest to God), and because Shinigami fit as Asuras more. However, Quincy being Asura, wagging war against the heavenly beings, Soul Reapers (Deva), fits as well. But I digress.

Considering the Quincy are related to the Soul King, I am inclined to believe that Adnyeus, and his kin, are the Devas/Celestial beings of Bleach’s world, and the Soul Reapers are the Asura that took over, thousands of years ago (if not millions).

Episode 41 Title: GOD OF THUNDER

• Broadcast confirmed for 7/25 from 23:00
• OP song "I-BULL" by jo0ji
• ED song "Rasen" (Spiral) by 9Lana
• Script: Masaki Hiramatsu, Tomohisa Taguchi
• Storyboard and Direction: Tatsuri Chen
• Chief Animation Director: Saiko Ozawa
• Total Animation Director: Kumiko Takayanagi

Synopsis:

Ichigo and Uryuu stand side by side once again as friends and comrades. Ichigo, Orihime, and Chad head to the throne room to defeat Yhwach. Meanwhile, the king's light glows ominously in the eyes of Haschwalth, who stands before Uryuu. Outside the castle, Yoruichi clashes with Nakk Le Vaar. Urahara appears to save Yoruichi from peril and unleashes a plan to turn the tables. At the same time, strange occurrences begin to spread throughout all three realms.

Kubo's comments:

--Intentions behind the selection of the theme song for the TV anime "BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War"

Kubo: I personally listened to and decided on all the theme songs for the TV anime "BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War" from the demo stage. Throughout the series, I wanted to have as many new artists as possible in charge of the songs. I also chose them with the hope that viewers would get to know the artists through "Thousand-Year Blood War" and then become fans of them.

--Reasons for choosing jo0ji's "I-BULL" as the opening theme for the final season

Kubo: For the final season, we received more song proposals than ever before. Since it was the final season, I wanted a song with impact. I had always liked jo0ji's music, and there were some parts in the demo that I was a little hesitant about, so I asked if it was possible to change those parts to make them better.

jo0ji replied with "Absolutely," so I made a few requests like "I like this part" and "this part is good," and he came back with something that was like a completely different song. It was really good, and we decided on it right away.

I really liked the powerful impact of the song, and as we continued to discuss it, it got better and better, so each time I felt more and more that "this is definitely the song."

-- Reasons for choosing 9Lana's "Rasen" as the final ending theme

Kubo: Among the proposals we received at the initial demo stage, this one stood out as being of the highest quality, so I decided at that stage that we would definitely use this song for either the opening or ending.
The melody is that good, the lyrics are good, the arrangement is good, and the song itself is of very high quality. It could be used for either, but I was hoping that if possible, a song of this quality could be used for the ending. The intro is really good, and I thought it would be great if it could smoothly come in at the end of the story.

OP artist jo0ji comment:

"As someone who grew up watching BLEACH, I was incredibly happy. I am deeply grateful to have been entrusted with the important role of creating the theme song for the final season, and at the same time, I approached the songwriting process with a great sense of responsibility. BLEACH taught me about courage in many forms: facing challenges, believing, protecting, and more. Therefore, I created this song to present my own definition of courage. I can't wait for it to be broadcast!!"

ED artist 9Lana comment:

"I was very surprised when I heard the news that my song would be the ending theme. At the same time, I remember feeling a sense of determination to sing with all my heart, and my hands were sweating. I still can't quite believe that I'm involved in BLEACH through music; it feels like a dream. I sang with all my heart and care, keeping in mind the strong figures and courage of Ichigo and the others as they grow stronger through repeated struggles, and the precious emotions I learned from BLEACH."

Sources:

Oricon

animate Times

u/arturo-plateado

Just in general a reunion between Isshin and his old Squad Members: Toshiro and Matsumoto -- maybe even just them acknowledging he is there and that it's him.

We know from Klub Outside that they've known he is Ichigo's Dad since the first time they went to help Ichigo (perhaps even earlier), so maybe we get that in the show?

Sun Wukong’s legendary pole is called Ruyi Jingu Bang (如意金箍棒), or the "Ideal Golden-Bound Cudgel".

In Japanese, it is known as Nyoikinkōbō (如意金箍棒) or simply Nyoibō (如意棒), which translates to "As-you-will staff" or "Compliant Rod", which most likely will be/is, the name of Obana's Zanpakuto name.

I don't know, I just feel like they are missing an intimate scene like this to better showcase their closeness.

They get a lot of action scenes, and scenes of them goofing around, but nothing with them being intimate or personal like this.

This is from an interview with the singer of the first opening of TYBW arc!

I've been holding off on buying the Episode Packs, because I was hoping we eventually get a bundle for all 3.

In an interview from 2012 -- before Kubo even started writing the Thousand-Year Blood War arc, he did an interview where he teased a lot of things yet to come. One of those things, which we never got in the Manga, was him wanting to draw a flashback to Kenpachi becoming the Captain.

We've seen teases of this in the Soul Society arc, as well as the TYBW anime adaptation adding a brief scene of (10th) Kenpachi Kiganjō, but nothing more.

With how much the TYBW anime adaptation has been adding stuff, and with how few Manga Chapters are left to adapt in 13 Episodes, what are the chances we finally get to see this?