@aoi_anime_op30Influence doesn't just flow one way, and Tite Kubo laid it out clean: Koyoharu Gotouge (DEMON SLAYER) and Gege Akutami (JUJUTSU KAISEN) both told him BLEACH was an influence on them. Kubo also gave credit the other way, saying he's been shaped by other creators too, and his read on it is that influence gets handed from one generation of creators to the next instead of running in a single direction. That's a real one. Full piece is up at HypeBeast: https://hypebeast.com/2026/10/tite-kubo-bleach-hypebeast-magazine-issue-38-cover-story

@aoi_anime_op30Influence doesn't just flow one way, and Tite Kubo laid it out clean: Koyoharu Gotouge (DEMON SLAYER) and Gege Akutami (JUJUTSU KAISEN) both told him BLEACH was an influence on them. Kubo also gave credit the other way, saying he's been shaped by other creators too, and his read on it is that influence gets handed from one generation of creators to the next instead of running in a single direction. That's a real one. Full piece is up at HypeBeast: https://hypebeast.com/2026/10/tite-kubo-bleach-hypebeast-magazine-issue-38-cover-story