Wham! Episode/Anime and Manga/Bleach


 * Bleach does this so hard in the Soul Society arc even the audience feels visibly shocked.
 * To clarify: Remember that nice looking guy who was murdered mysteriously awhile back? He's behind it.
 * Chapter 392. We all knew that the aforementioned Aizen wouldn't be dead, but nobody was expecting to see Hinamori on the wrong end of a sword AGAIN. Especially not her overprotective childhood friend, Hitsugaya, who just so happened to have been the one wielding it.
 * All 3 chapters of that fight combined into episode 293, basically showing that Aizen is strong enough to defeat every Gotei 13 captain (minus Yamamoto), and most of the Vizards, without Kyoga Suigetsu.
 * Chapter 414. Gin kills Aizen. That sound you hear is the fanbase going "HOLY SHIT!"
 * Chapter 453. Invasion of the Body Snatchers much?
 * Chapter 458. Ginjou...just Ginjou.
 * Chapter 459..
 * Chapter 460: What makes it even more shocking is how Yamamoto ordered EVERYONE in the Gotei 13 to.
 * Chapter 474: The truth comes out.
 * Chapter 485: A Double Whammy. The Vandenreich . The other Wham! Episode?  !
 * Chapter 489 continues to deliver on the wham episodes in Bleach for the new arc: Not only is the Vandenreich leader an individual Yamamoto failed to kill 1000 years ago, but Vandenreich is invading Soul Society because Ichigo is in Hueco Mundo, moving on the same day they declared war. Oh, and those missing Rukongai citizens?
 * Chapter 490: Kirge Opie: I'm sure you've heard of this power,  
 * This also serves as a sort of Wham! Line as well
 * Chapter 493: Just three chaps later do we realize how screwed Soul Society is going to have it. Kirge reveals that
 * Chapter 494: The gauntlet keeps on rolling as the invasion begins with  are killed in one blow by the Emperor's top soldiers.
 * Chapter 494: The gauntlet keeps on rolling as the invasion begins with  are killed in one blow by the Emperor's top soldiers.