Bleach Reference In Young Thug Trial

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Bleach Reference In Young Thug Trial is a viral video of attorney Angela D'Williams, representing rapper Rodalius Ryan, aka Lil Rod, referencing the anime series Bleach during her opening statement at the Young Thug YSL RICO trial. Specifically, she references the anime's "Bount Arc" to paint Lil Rod as a "filler character" in the trial. The clip premiered on the Law&Crime Network YouTube channel in late November 2023 and gained viral spread that month, inspiring memes about the reference.

Origin

On November 28th, 2023, the Law&Crime Network YouTube^[1] channel livestreamed "Opening Statements Part Three" of the Young Thug YSL RICO Trial. At the 05:32:05 mark, attorney Angela D'Williams, representing YSL member Lil Rod, references the "Bount Arc" from Bleach to suggest that Lil Rod is just a "filler character" in this trial (shown below). The video gained over 255,000 views in two days.

"This reminds me of this anime named Bleach, where -- it's 16 seasons, every season is 18 to 20 episodes and they have -- season four and five, they have these bounts, they're villains of the whole thing in season four and season five. The main characters are trying to get them out of Soul Society. You go to season six, you don't hear about the bounts. You go to season seven, you don't hear about the bounts. Why don't you hear about these important characters? Because they're filler characters. It's a filler season. Me and Rodalius? We're fillers. We're not integral to the story."

Spread

The clip gained viral spread over the following days, inspiring memes and reactions. On November 28th, 2023, X^[2] user @buried2x_ posted the clip, writing, "No way she just made a Bleach reference in Young Thug trial 😭" garnering over 29,000 likes in two days. The original clip was also posted to /r/Bleach^[7] that day, garnering over 3,800 upvotes in two days. On November 29th, X^[3] user @OvOBrezzzy posted a staring Donkey meme writing, "Young Thug in court watching his lawyer explain the plot of anime Bleach," garnering over 60,000 likes in a day (shown below).

On November 29th, TikTokers^[4][5] @_thatboiej_ and @ispyky0 posted memes about the video imagining Young Thug's reaction as he hears D'Williams refer to Bleach, garnering over 1.2 million and 1.8 million views respectively in a day (shown below, left and right).

On the same day, TikToker^[6] @deprivingslol posted a meme about how they imagine D'Williams felt after making the Bleach reference in court, garnering over 608,000 views in a day (shown below).

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