>>282099625
Some people might have gotten into Bleach just watching TYBW all things considered, it's the most separated arc from the previous ones I believe.
Back when s1 aired I considered telling some people they could just hop in, the threat is new and well established within the series itself, and funnily enough Kubo didn't explain shit to us in the previous 500 chapters, nearly all backstories for the characters are within TYBW. Ichigo, Ishida, Kenpachi, Shunsui, Ukitake, Yamamoto...
You are missing on Rukia and Byakuya's importance however, but it can't be too dissimilar to starting on DBZ and watching the earthlings die against Nappa, you don't need to know everything about them to know they're friends and this is sad