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RUKIA'S BANKAI, EXPLAINED - The Ice-Cold Judgement | Bleach TYBW Discussion
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In The Thousand-Year Blood War Arc, Rukia Kuchiki finally unveils her Bankai, Hakka no Togame, to great effect. In this video, I want to dive into what this majestic Bankai actually is, what it does, and why I think it's such a huge success on Kubo's part from every angle - enjoy!
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Rukia's Bankai is one of my absolute favourites in TYBW - what are your thoughts on it? How might it change as Rukia trains further? Let me know your thoughts!
As long as she can master it to not break her own body irreparably, I think she could rise to be an opposite of how powerful Genryusai Yamamoto was.
I don't think she cut the top of his head off, I think he was so cold that it disintegrated, in the very next panel his entire head is gone and you can see wisps coming off him that look like his body just....turned to dust from being at absolute zero. Part 2 of the anime may let us know for sure though.
Imagine if Byakuya actually died. And after Rukia uses her bankai and transforms out of the form. The visage of Byakuya appeared besides her reminding her to not be hasty with normalizing her temperature as he tells her how proud he is of her. This will also shows Rukia that even your aren't with the person who died during the time of their death, they will still live forever in your heart.
I was looking into this and supposedly one of the early book covers labeled Ichigo as the "black sun" and Rukia as the "white moon"? Would definately make sense with Mugetsu being the comparison to Rukia's finished Bankai. Both seem to come with serious drawbacks.
@@Darklordiban7 Agreed. I get the feeling that the big freezing eruption isn't actually the bankai itself, but rather the opening stage of it. And the advancement is her being able to manipulate her body and its temperature to fight in that form, it only getting stronger as she trains with it.
Kuchiki siblings are all about that aesthetics.
Fair point and your a genius.
Couldn't agree more
Her Bankai is very beatiful indeed. When Byakuya says she has a wonderful Bankai. I litteraly cried with joy. Kuchiki siblings always be my favourite. And her Bankai one of my Top 5
Same I love their relationship
Rukia is a rare case of a female character, on a shounen manga, with a character development, not just a damsel in distress, apart from SS arc. She even made it to Captain later on. And she does not have the Hugh assets, if you know what I mean
Rukia's bankai is probably the most beautiful one in Bleach, Yammamoto has the most striking brutality, Ichibei has the most cruel one, Byakuya the most majestic one and Unohana has the most elegant one.
If rukia trains enough she could literally become the ice to old man yama's fire
Yama would cook her, as much as I like Rukia. Rukia drops the temp to -273C or so, Yama raises the temp to 15,000,000C. He's fine on his own lol
@willjoyce5013
If we take Yama's 15,000,000°C claim literally, then we should take rukia's absolute zero statement literally too.
Given that, then her Bankai represents the lowest known possible temperature, (-273°C or 0°K) or the temperature at which the volume of gas becomes 0.
In other words oxygen should disappear, flames vanish, molecules stop moving, all energy ceases.
0° Kelvin represents the heat death of the universe, all matter reduced to energy and that energy spread out equally throughout the universe in perfect entropy.
It's not a matter of "whose number is bigger" it's not possible to reach absolute zero without the elimination of all heat & energy disparity in the universe.
Now personally I don't think that the absolute zero claim is literal, or Kubo may not be using a scientifically accurate absolute zero, but my point is that if you're going to take one character's claim literally, you should probably apply that to all characters involved, in order to remain consistent.
@@shehathnoname yes, but her ability is localized while Yama's affects the entire dimension outside of the actual strikes itself. The entire universe hitting absolute zero is the heat death of the universe, most of space is close to it due to being a vacuum but stars are still immensely hot lol and they're in atmosphere. Yama's basically the core of a star without the gravity
@@willjoyce5013 that's a good point, however I don't think her range is that limited. The effect being limited to her body & sword seems to be a property of her Shikai, where as her Bankai seems to significantly extend her range and possibly allow for cold enhanced sword swings.
Judging by the change in her sword's position before the big cold wave vs after, it appears she made a single swing while activating Bankai.
Also the original comment wasn't saying that she was a match for old man Yama, just that she has the potential to be similar if she trained & lived for long enough.
@willjoyce5013 rukias bankai should be able to counter Yamamotos bankai if she really does lower the temp to absolute zero, since absolute zero is just the complete absence of heat. If she gets strong enough that is
Rukia apparently was suppose to be the main character of Bleach when Kubo was first crafting the story. The story being called “Bleach” makes sense Rukia like you said is practically bleaching pale and White as she begins transforming
Dang, I really wanted Ichigo and Rukia to end up together. You bringing up the duality of their bankai’s visual appearances reminded me of that…unfortunate the Ichihime fans got the W.
Me too. My dream ending would've been, Ichigo was too powerful to stay in the world of the living, so he then lives in the Soul Society with Rukia. She would've stayed a Vice Captain, while Ichigo became the captain of Squad 13 instead
It’s a real damn shame we didn’t get the true final thousand year blood war kubo would have done if not for his health and shonen. Rukia’s Bankai design looks amazing visually and absolutely deadly. She definitely deserved a few more fights in the war utilizing it. By the hell arc, you know damn well Rukia is going to be able to move freely in Bankai after mastering it. It was already teased in the brave souls game❄️ ❄️ ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
we still might with anime
@@Lerciezjeit’s largely going to be the same but with several extended fights and a few additions which don’t get me wrong is great. I just wish we got a lot more.
@@gammafrosthopefully Rukia gets a extra fight or 2 in the anime, i too hoped she would’ve gotten to fight more
I feel you, it was annoying that Byakuya had to step in. She deserves her own moment to do something all on her own.
@@san6984 as awesome as seeing her get more fights in the anime, there's no way they're going to rewrite anything major like that into the anime if it wasn't already in the TYBW arc of the original source material. They'll make little tweaks here and there to make it flow better and add an extra frame or two every now and then to scenes. But sadly I really wouldn't expect anything but some extra details and polish now and again. Basically if it's not canon in the manga its won't be happening in the anime either unfortunately
I personally wish they would though cause ever since I was the first episode of Bleach was shown on Adult Swim back when I was in highschool and I first seen it, Rukia has always been my waifu, so it would have been sick. But manga wise if the hell arc does go down, I can only guess she'll be way more prevalent than ever with her bankai at some point. Though we have her kid with that tattooed freak show so it might
Focus more on her instead .
It's gracefully beautiful, yet also a deadly gamble with a potentially lethal timetable. It suits Rukia's status and her using it to take down As Nodt was a sight to behold and symbolic given the latter's action against her brother. In a way it symbolizes a Shinigami's dangerous occupation, the abilities with their risks and lethality.
Imagine her mastering this Bankai. Able to freeze everything and her enemies instantly, able to crumble them afterwards. I'd say her's is a ice - temperature like Bankai. Like Yamamoto it was so hot their lips cracked and flowers were dying, and they weren't near him. That's kinda what Rukia's Bankai is but just icy. And then as hot as the sun could also go to Rukia as, Absolute Zero is the coldest, and Yamamoto's Bankai is the hottest. Since Toshiro is more of a weather guy. But Toshiro most definitely has the strongest ice type and terms of damage, and attack. But Rukia has a Bankai to if you're in her radius you're dead.
I truly want to see a Full Grown Toshiro Mastered Bankai Vs. Rukia Full Mastered Bankai. Both saying Bankai at the same time.
She's got a specific range in which she can affect.
Maybe they cancel each other out
Toshiro is what I see as an ice type but his abilities are focused on moisture and water manipulation. As Rukia is straight cold temperature and ice powers
@@vbar964 Maybe 🤷♂️
@_JustTheTypicalPerson_ It would be an interesting battle but I think Toshiro still takes it. He can freeze any ability or function if it touches his ice.
Feeling like crap today cause of what I assume is a cold
Nice to sit and watch Mr Tommi for hours on end and see a new video while I am
Hope you feel better soon!
@@MrTommo2304 thanks, I'll try my best 👍
i think rukia's bankai was one of the coolest in the series
Literally 🥶
Rukia's Bankai was amazing but imagine how much better this would have been if Byakuya had died in the first invasion. The fight between Rukia and As Nodt would have had a completely different tone and meaning: Rukia having to avenge his brother while at the same time having to step out of Byakuya's shadow and surpassing him in order to beat his Bankai, now wielded by As Nodt.
It could have been a beautiful fight in which Sode No Shirayuki's true power could have frozen Senbonzakura Kageyoshi's petals, proving that Rukia has stopped chasing his brother's shadow and instead chose her own path. Then, after As Nodt revealed his Vollstading, we could have had a tearful moment in which, few seconds before she succumbed to fear, one of Senbonzakura's petals would have landed on her hand, scratching her. It would not be a deep cut but enough for Rukia to notice the petal and remember Byakuya's words: having fear is not a sign of weakness. Succumbing to said fear and letting it take control of you is. But if you have the strength to defend to fight for what you care and the determination to keep moving on, then fear has no power on you, and if fear has no power on you, then nothing can stop you.
Having had this realization and overcoming her brother complex, Rukia would unleash Hakka No Togame, turning As Nodt into dust.
The last shot would have been of the beautiful snow queen Rukia and the last few frozen petals of Senbonzakura flying away with the wind, as the old Kuchiki clan's head pass the mantle to new one.
Damn, that would have been great!
fight for vengeance had never worked in the universe of Bleach. Literally the characters that have fight for revenge had died or failed incredibly(Tosen, Komamura, Gin, Ginjo, etc). Furthermore, Byakuya in this fight said something that is a completely different mindset of the prior Soul Society and demonstrate how they have worked to pass these old mentality: Fight without regard for ourselves just gonna make us fail and get killed before protect anything or anyone. A very contrast in how characters like Yamamoto or Komamura saw themselves during the first and second invasion respectively.
Byakuya still has a lot of growth tho in him. His character progression has been great while not too much for Rukia. The old shonen trump of killing off interesting characters for another’s growth is corny sometimes. I rather have the noble houses explored more with the actual current heads. Rukia is adopted I’d hate to see the Kuchiki clan go extinct.
Ichigo should know more about his Shinigami side which is a great noble family. We could have some interesting revelations all together with both of them because to me Byakuya has a better rival relationship with Ichigo than Renji…
Hmmm nah, i like Byakuya being alive more to help guide her. Cause she was far inferior to Byakuya whose had more years with his bankai. Its only fitting he'd be by her side to calm her down and say he is proud of her.
its been more than a decade, byakuya is alive, get over it. Not to mention that Byakuya's words meant way more to her than some overly-repeated revenge quest.
Rukia definitely deserved to achieve a bankai. I can only imagine just how strong it is as a captain. Though I doubt it's the same level as Hitsugaya's. After his bankai could potentially be the same level as Yamamotos bankai. Really hoping that Kubo continues with that hell arc. Even though it been a year and a half now.
I think hers would be more powerful, but significantly less versatile. After all, whilst Hitsugaya's is clearly designed for combat, Rukia's seems to be a judgement brought about in a single moment.
The best comparison would actually be Soi Fon. So long as they are of a similar level, there is almost no bankai with as much raw power output as Soi Fon's. And that's because it's designed to bring death in a single blow. The literal only things that stop it, is raw power difference, and hax abilities. Like Barragan's respira.
So if Rukia and Hitsugaya were on a similar level, then Hakka no Togame would most likely overpower Daiguren Hyorinmaru.
If both are mastered, rukia's bankai is easily superior. even her shikai alone is already extremely deadly. toshiro could stop molecules with his bankai, but rukia already puts her own body at absolute zero, AT SHIKAI, way beyond toshiro's ice temp, so rukia will be immune to toshiro's ice.
If anything Rukias seems to be a more 1 to 1 with Yamamoto’s bankai
Yama drapes himself in flames the way Rukia drapes herself in cold and Yama will burn himself and the surrounding area similar to how Rukia will freeze herself and the surrounding area
if they were set at the same level Rukia’s bankai would be a powerhouse just like his
@@dharmdevil yeah
I think something cool is that Rukia was the only none Captain (other than Ichigo but he doesn't count) to have beaten an espada
A top 10 Espada at that
What about yumachika?
@@dooremoon8452He was a just a lackey arrancar. He wasn’t an espada
Rukia lowkey has the potential to become the ice female version of Yamamoto
Rukia, in my opinion, is the greatest display of kubo's improvement of his craft, both in character development and artistic drawing.
Rukia's bankai strikes me as a combo of her previous shikai 'dance' abilities of Tsukishiro and Hakuren because the burst that immediately follows her bankai activation spreads both in height and in distance. It is just a burst of icy majesty.
When i first saw her bankai in the manga way back when i ( and probably other BLEACH fans) thought Kubo wouldn't see the animation of his work, i thought it would be poorly animated. But Kubo came through. And in the words of Niimaya, LOVE IT!
Anyone else watching this after her episode in the TYBW anime?
This is obviously my number one favorite bankai of all time it’s a beautiful one and a dangerous doing being able to kill a powerful opponent and the fact it changes how she looks is icing on the cake as well she deserves to be a captain at this point because of how strong she got and to add to that a powerful bankai as well her former captain would be proud of her
YES Another RUKIA BANKAI VIDEO 😁😁😁
Another rukia video in general is a W
Rukia's bankai containing the title of the manga is so satisfying
I love Rukia so much. Such a very beautiful character with a beautiful characters development with a beautiful but super deadly sword.
Boi talk about a ice queen
😎
Today’s the day! Can’t wait to see this animated.
For me, I wasn't even reading weekly when Rukia's Bankai was revealed. I heard about it, and that's the first chapter I read online.
I never expected that Rukia would gain a Bankai, had never even considered it, so the reading that chapter and seeing the sudden "Bankai, Hakka no Togame" blew me away.
As for what the Bankai actually did, I see it as a white inverse of Mugetsu. Rukia has always had a yin yang relationship with Ichigo, an all black sword and an all white sword.
Ichigo's pinnacle of power is all of his energy from all of his lineage merged into one giant black slash that disintegrates the enemy with sheer power.
Rukia's Bankai unleashes a white veil-like slash, essentially extending her range of temperature control.
Rukia's Shikai controls her own temperature, and being slashed by something that is absolute 0, will make you colder than anything else, but it's not impossible to come back from if you have a way to ignite some heat energy back into the system, like a Volstandiig.
Her Bankai however, lowered As Nodt's own temperature directly to Absolute 0 after being hit with that slash. Complete molecular death. No Motion, No Kinetic Energy, No Life.
The beauty of Rukia's Bankai offsets the gruesome horror of As' Holy Form.
A very beautiful bankai, can't wait to see it animated
Rukia in the thumbnail looks like she desperately needs sleep but because of her Bankai she has yet to realize that she needs to go to bed.
So, speaking of thermodynamics for a moment: she's lowering her body temperature, which has the effect of freezing anything she touches. She is, effectively, "stealing heat." Which means that heat has to be going somewhere. I suspect there may yet be more to her Bankai than we would normally anticipate.
God though, if she really is "stealing heat" I'd love for her to have had a sparring session with Yamamato in, say, 1000 years.
Maybe that’s how she masters her Bankai. She steals the heat from everything else and transferring it to her, keeping her body warm and moveable.
Over 20 years we have waited for a woman to say one word,
Bankai.
i also find it beautiful that way back in the before times Ukitake told her to let Kaien fight for his pride and now she fights for both her and her brothers pride.....and also like you almost killed my big bro dawg you gots to go.
I SEE RUKIA I CLICK!
By the end of the series, Rukia has potentially one of the strongest abilities in the verse. The only thing that stops her from outright killing anyone is her spiritual pressure versus more powerful ones, which could negate her abilities or stop them from being fatal.
Faster opponents with range attacks also beat her.
Not really…if she could flash freeze to absolute 0 than maybe but she has to do it gradually and she can’t move she’s a glass canon
I genuinely believe the spiritual pressure stuff just don't go to a point like this.
People saying the power to age things and go to absolute zero can be negated by spiritual pressure... Idk feels off.
@@STALKER777LK Show me proof it isn’t true?
@@mastergoku4321 That was her first time using her Bankai. By the EOS, she should’ve mastered it by then or at least have a solid understanding on what she is doing with her Bankai. Remember it has been established that once a soul reaper acquires Bankai, it will take 10 years of training to master it completely.
Hakka no Togame's release and strike on Az Nodt reminds me of the Final Getsuga Tensho. When Rukia strikes, there's the pillar of white and that disk while Ichigo's Mugetsu technique creates a vertical wave of black energy that would've killed Aizen had he not been made basically indestructible. Both the technique and the Bankai are capable of causing significant damage to their user. You mentioned how their attires even change in similar ways. I don't know if this is more of that whole "one is a reflection of the other" thing, or if I'm just reading into something
I think deidara from naruto would love rukias bankai because it fits the art and beauty are temporary instants motif
Someone once mentioned it’s like the opposite of Yamamoto’s Bankai, which makes some sense in my mind. Curious what the upper limits of her potential would be
Similar to Yamamoto having directions to his, perhaps Rukia with enough training has dances with her bankai similar to how she does in Shikai.
Imo her bankai is probably more destructive than Yamamoto
At full to full potential that is if he got like Yamamoto experience
It's not. The Manga already states that Hitsugaya's bankai is the opposite of Yamamoto's and that he has the potential to be as strong if not stronger than Yamamoto.
Show of hands, who's here after watching episode 19 lol? ✋🏾😆
The best about her sword is that is Cold type and not a simple Ice type. I absolutely loved that distinction
It makes sense. Rukia does have a cold disposition
In my opinion, Byakuya's own massive Reiatsu protects him from the deadly cold temperature so that is why he can stood beside her after she defeated As Nodt. After 10 years, of course, Kubi never hints us the progress Rukia has achieved but it was already established in manga that a Shinigami requires a minimum 10 years to achieve mastery a Bankai.
Toshiro has the strongest ice zanpakto while Rukia has the strongest freezing zanpakto
imo Hagga No Togame is top 5 bankais, Rukia deserved a bankai this powerful & beautiful…. everything about it is perfect. i hope they extend this fight just a bit
Her Bankai seems to be a combination of all 3 dances from the shikai state. The icy column, the blast of cold, and lastly, the white blade.
Absolute Zero is a crazy, crazy power. With practice she'd be one of the most potent and lethal shinigami in the G13.
The most beautiful bankai for the most beautiful Zanpakuto in the series.
Imagine Rukia like Yamamoto, first only her blade is in absoluty zero, after an suit of ice in absoluty zero involve her body and finaly the last power she froozen everything in a certain area to absoluty zero
It was toshiro will be like yamamoto.since it freezes all elements
@@kbeautu200 But his isn't as cold as her's
I wish you had given at least a quick mention to Brave Souls's interpretation of Rukia's bankai ten years after the end of the TYBW, with her being a captain, as per the manga epilogue. She showcases a greater control of her bankai on that version, implying potential for growth. I know Brave Souls isn't canon by itself but it's still cool to consider
What is bravesouls? Everyone mentions it a lot in bleach vids
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Love Rukia's development and her bankai rocked but Yama and Kenpachi are far and away the top bankais to finally see. We waited from Soul Society arc to see them both truly unleashed and boy howdy do they deliver
I love Rukia's Bankai because it's as big a threat to her as to the enemy. That's proper balance in power IMHO. I dislike powers that have no drawbacks at all for the wielder, there has to be a cost for power for the ability to truly shine.
Haven't read all of hell arch. but we know that the dead captains still "exist" But I can only imagine Yamamoto vs rukia for fan service sake. AFTER rukia has a few years to tune bankai to fight without it killing her.
Story idea -
Yamamoto takes over hell for obvious reasons, and rukia is the only one that can withstand his flames because her cold balances his heat. But because its bleach, rukia fights most of the battle to weaken him and then ichigo swoops in for a kill steal last minute.
def my favorite bankai in the series
I love the danger aspect of some Bankai. Rukia’s could kill her if she makes a mistake, Kenpachi’s arm flew off the first time he used his, etc.
Great power comes with great consequences.
I mean to some degree that is all bankai like Byakuya brings up when faced with Renji the massive increase in power granted by the bankai require 10 years at least to master just the starting level of power and he even goes it is far too soon for you to use bankai in battle
and that 10 year is not even a fixed limit because Toshrio has had his bankai for over 16 years and still by the time he hits one petal remain his bankai breaks him apart and even if he reached the growth section he would grow wrong and do damage to himself
@@1234andrewjacksmith I believe in Hitsugaya’s case it was more than his Bankai not being mastered yet. I strongly believe his actual body could not handle the power yet - hence why he aged to withstand his maturity.
The reason I claim this is because of Zaraki and Ichigo. Zaraki's arm combusted because his body could not handle the immense power, and Ichigo, against Byakuya, would have lost during the Senkei portion of the battle because his body could no longer function under the strain of his bankai. Ichigo had to go as far as changing his bankai fighting style until Fullbringer arc.
So, when we come to Hitsugaya, I believe the petals were always a countdown to full maturity and I doubt that will change anytime soon. Bankai are able to evolve and change, so I believe Hitsugaya purposely enforced that limiter on himself, because he understood his body would combust like Zaraki's arm if he unleashed full power.
For evidence, his body with Shawlong, I believe, foreshadows this.
@@MichaelisBLee the petals were that why I said if he had reached o petals his bankai would try do the whole forced growth and full maturation and would have did more damage to himself and why even just hitting 1 petal till full maturation was too much for his body that caused it to erupt in power
It is a thing all Bankai are they are such massive powers that it takes very long to be able to just handle it(learning to handle that massive power of bankai is the big weakness of Bankai that takes 10 years)
there was two Q and A questions by Kubo basically before Toshrio had even shown up the completed grown up version of his bankai had been designed and if he had reached 0 petals before mastering his bankai he would have gone through an imperfect growth and damaged himself
@@1234andrewjacksmith Yip.
Don't forget Yamamoto saying everything inclusive him becoming ashs if the battle take to long
Rukia is the hint that ichigo's first bankai was a "false shikai" with a "bankai" release command false name. Rukia and ichigo both use their "shikai"'s in arrancar arc, and both understand their power or "bankai(true)" in the final arc. Whatever we call ichigo's old bankai, and old shikai, it feels like old shikai was just his un-released state, bankai release, and true bankai the, well, bankai.
Their arc's parallel eachother so we can sniff out some hidden details that weren't directly written.
As someone who returned to Bleach just before TYBW anime (previously I only finished Soul Society Arc) and is now a big fan of the series, I really appreciate this video. Rukia's Bankai is my second favorite one (after Hirako's, which I find very, very interesting conceptually). Just how you said, I absolutely love how Rukia's Bankai is the cullmination of her journey. It also reflects her character beautifully, because Rukia is tough on the outside, but inside she's a very fragile girl. Her Bankai shows it masterfully. It's very powerful, overwhelming for the enemies even, but her fragile nature is reflected in the downside of her power. If she's not careful enough, she may shatter. It applies both to her Bankai and psyche.
With the second cour coming in 4 months I hope they give Rukia's Bankai the same thing they gave Chojiro Sasakibe. Visual clarity. Since in the manga it is really hard to tell what is actually happening and the fanbase is still discussing whether she can move or not, despite the chapter coming out 9 years ago.
Kenpachi and Rukia have the strongest newly achieved Bankai in the seriers. Ichigo's Bankai was strong but it was barely enough to beat Soul Society Arc Byakuya. Rukia's Bankai was strong enough to one shot a Sternritter and Kenpachi's Bankai could do the same and more.
I love that Bankai. I look at it also as Rukia becoming personification of nobility, strong, calm, elegant and beautiful. It's not a coincidence that her Bankai reveal was pair up with Byakuya giving her his blessing. She has become everything that her brother and sister could wish for, she become more than worthy of Kuchiki's clan name.
Hakka no Togame - is my favorite bankai, and I can't wait to see it in anime.
Woah there, that's some weirdly nice coincidence here. I was scrolling down your vids looking for something new to watch (I already watched most of your content) when this video suddently popped out after a refresh. Yay!
One of the best thumbnails you have ever made. Nice one.
Definitely loved seeing Rukia's Bankai back when it was revealed but honestly I wasn't ever anticipating or expecting her to get a Bankai. Hearing you say it was anticipated is rather surprising to me.
Great work on this video, your writing was very eloquent.
Dude, I was literally listening to some Bleach osts on Spotify when I got this notification 😁
I really loved Rukia;s Banki. Like others said, seeing from the very beginning from the end. Seeing her grow was very nice. And when Byakuya praises her for her Banki and comments how strong it can be, well, that was just what we needed when we saw how he looked down on her a bit. That was one of my favorite parts so far. The struggle, never giving up, that is what makes her story so great. Sort the perfect reverse of Yammato.
When this scene hits the anime it will undoubtedly be one of the best parts pf the cour
Both reveals of rukia and ichigo happened in front of byakuya also
I like to think that she trains with Toshiro during the time skip to hone her skills.
Ever since I first saw her bankai I was amazed. I personally feel it out classes Toshiro's bankai his is just more user friendly. It really seems like it could be the one bankai to counter old man Yamma's. Don't get me wrong I still hold Toshiro's in high regard but it feels like a shallow cold. The fine thin layer of fresh ice at the start of winter, but Rukia's feels like true uncaring winter chill. Or in other words a nasty minus 20 degree winter vs the crushing minus 89. (I'm to lazy to write those in imperial) Next to Kisuke who is my all time fav cast member Rukia's bankai was the one I wanted to see the longest. And both wowed me and felt worth the wait.
There is a certain poetry to hakka no togame evoking a white tower similar to the senzaikyu where she was confined during the soul society arc.
And how much growth and self-discovery it allowed her.
Jushiro would be so proud of how far she's come.
I know it'd go against the context of the source material, but I kind of hope we get to see Rukia skate around the battlefield like she does in her special move in Brave Souls (I also know that said Brave Souls version of Rukia is from after the TYBW, after mastering her bankai more, but it'd still be cool).
Agreed wish ⛸ skating move was cannon or she was training sedo off screen considering it years to master a BANKAI much-less when it takes the natural to awaken it.
Her Bankai is doing what Toshiro's Bankai should've been doing from the beginning
One of the best bankai designs in all of Bleach. Really hope they expand on this in the next arc ❄️❄️
That will be amazing. Freezing ice vs the denizens of fiery hell. She will need to deploy it given how dangerous those demons showed themselves to be.
Since you brought up the change in Rukia's attire, it's just a shame that Ichigo's true bankai is not only uglier, it also doesn't change his attire. That aside, what I'm really looking forward to is how Byakuya was supporting Rukia thru her bankai. Throughout the series, we never really got a moment between them as siblings helping each other like that
One of the best bankai in the series ❄️
Lowering her own body temp... Freezing herself... So THAT'S how she survived being impaled by espada 9!! ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️
I don’t think she necessarily lowered her temperature in that moment. She was simply overpowered by espada 9 in that moment and barely survived simply out of luck
@@gammafrost did u not see her injuries freeze and ice over after he died and she was released from his weapon??? Maybe u need to do some re reading/watching....
@@gammafrost not to mention how she outsmarted him with the ice blade thru his head. Bro said "luck" 😆😆😆
This make sense tho I am pretty confident (imp) Rukia may have been aware of this true power but not strong enough to tap the full power but being impaled enabled her to draw up enough freezing power to protect her body while waiting a medic to treat her.
Watching this again after the ep it was so good so beautifully animated bankai I don't have enough words to describe it💖❄🔥
Rukia=perfection 😌
Do you think the Sode no Shirayuko in the Zanpaktou Rebellion filler was a template for Rukia?
Yes!!!!
Or the filler art was pulled from Kubo's notes/sketches, more likely.
Still my favorite character in the series
If a Hell Arc does happen sometime in the future I'm excited to see how Rukias grown with her Bankai and leadership skills as a captain. Especially with the potential matchups against a Hell version of Aaroniero or the first squad 13 captain.
I simply cannot wait to see this animated but I do hope, if we get a Hell Arc it would be neat to see the now Captain Rukia using a much more experienced version of her Bankai.
Your videos butter my biscuits thank you
Another fantastic parallel between ichigo and Rukia is that they mirror each other in strengths. Ichigo's bankai is all about speed and mobility. Dashing around and trying to overwhelm the opponent where Rukia's seems to be slow with an extremely powerful offensive cpability. As a duo they'd be a pair of terrifying opponents.
Man!
Just realized we never got to seem Ichigo and Rukia do a proper battle together.
Maybe it should have been them together at the end fighting instead of Ichigo and Renji.
@@TheFireStarter1215 Rukia needed a bit of time to catch up in the power scaling department. Thanks Bankai!
@@SinHurr Tell that to Uryu/Renji fight. Or even the Toshiro/Rangiku. You definitely don't need to be the same level to have a two person fight. Hell, that probably should have been how they survived Grimmjow's attack in the world of the living.
It makes sense Rukia's power is related to cold since her Zanpactou is based off a Yuki -Onna and most legends is of tragedy as they body tempature freezes the ones they love. Cant wait to see her Bankai animated especially her attack.
Thumbnail "the coldest bank ai" ?? 😁
Such a cool power and design
When the chapters came out I don't remember much hype surrounding Rukia's bankai in all honesty UNTIL it was revealed. As far as those we knew we were getting I'm not even sure if she ranked top 10 for the ones we wanted. Even then it kind of got overshadowed by how many people were wanting to know how it stacks up against Hitsugaya's and a few wanting to know how it would fare against zanka no tachi depending on who went off first.
I still stand by my theory that her Bankai is a nuke, like Soi-Fon's, but also a touch type domain like Shunsui's. For just a moment, upon activation, it extends her Zanpakuto's freezing touch to everything her spiritual pressure touches, forcibly reducing the temperature of everything within her spiritual pressure's range to absolute 0.
I like to imagine her mastered Bankai would be a longer lasting blast, turning it into a JJK style freezing domain, or that she could release multiple pulses.
I love how her sword becomes ice and is then transparent, I hope they add a nice refraction effect when it is animated.
Rukia's kit prior to TYBW arc seem like generic skills that Toshiro pulls out. Like a ice pillar or ice strikes. But as she learnt it's true powers, you see her previous attacks in different manner.
Her ice pillars were actually dropping down temperature in that circular area and ice strikes being the straight line drop in temperature.
Her zanpakto took a big turn from being a Walmart copy of hyorinmaru to being more focused on cold and temperature
Honestly, since Rukia's bankai reaches absolute zero it should be the strongest thing in all of bleach
Not sure if you’ve done this before, but I’ve heard you say multiple times as I binge your videos that X, Y or Z is one of your favorite designs from the series. Would be curious to get a list of your ACTUAL top 5 or 10 designs from bleach whether it be characters, abilities, worlds or other
Mai favorite thing about all of this is Rukia’s Bankai State shows she has become One with her Inner Ice-Snow Princess Zanpaktou Soul AND her Bankai State looks extremely similar to Rukia’s Zanpaktou’s Soul Personification that was revealed during the “Filler” Zanpaktou Rebellion Arc 💎
Fun fact in the medical world: you're not considered clinically dead until you are warm with no heartbeat. There are recorded cases of humans being frozen solid, no discernible heartbeat, who have been warmed up and come back to life, and then fully recovered. It's all dependent on how the body freezes and unfreezes.
Rukia's underrated asf
Wish we got to see more of Hakka no Togame Rukia looked so fine with it on😳😻
Back here just realised something kinda epic. hollow masks are based off kitsune masks, they have the same white/red color and styles. Except it's human shaped instead of fox shaped. This makes perfect sense since kubo is JP