Ranking all 13 SOUL SOCIETY ARC Captains from Weakest to Strongest | Bleach
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It's been a while since we ranked the Captains of the Gotei 13, but this time we're taking a look at the Captains of the Soul Society Arc! Who is the strongest? Who is the weakest? Let's find out!
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Hey! I just wanted to clarify my thought process behind the ranking a bit as I don't feel I was clear enough - my bad!
But essentially, yes, it's the Captains of the Soul Society Arc, but they're ranked by what we KNOW they can do at this time, not what we see. Were that the logic used, we wouldn't be able to include anything about Gin or Unohana essentially, nor the Bankai of characters like Yama or Kyoraku.
Conversely, we know that characters like Hitsugaya, Tousen, Zaraki, and Sajin gain incredible power-ups in later arc, but they explicitly DON'T have them during the SS Arc. That was my thinking on the matter - thanks to everyone for your lists so far!
Thanks, I feel like so many people are confused about Unohana's ranking. Even though SS doesn't display her power, she still has the ability to use it in battle if needed and that's what your ranking is based off I feel.
By the end, Mayuri is definitely in top 5 strongest captains.
Ily
I'd have placed Shunshui above Unohana. Other than that, perfect list.
@@Navin4061 nah Unohanas stronger than Shunsui. Stated in one of the databooks
It’s crazy how strong Unohana is. I am positive she had not been actively fighting for several hundred years and yet she still beat a suppressed Kenpachi multiple times.
not suppressed
@Vera he actually was suppressed; not by the eye-patch, but by himself
I mean she is the 1st Kenpachi for a reason but the moment Zaraki stopped limiting himself he easily killed her. But yea. In SS she’s one of the strongest.
@@vera2892 he is heavily suppressed, kind of the exact reason the fight happened in the first place and why Unohana called his suppression of himself her sin
yachiru is THE KENPACHI.
The fact that Aizen commended Unohana on sensing something was off is testament to her power
That has absolutely nothing to do with power
@@jocoolshow being able to analize something was off and able to understand near everything about ks is a strengh feat lol
@@jocoolshow that’s exactly what it was
@@jocoolshow seeing as its a theme that beings on lower power levels can't sense those on higher ones and aizen literally talks about that, id say it does lol
It's a knowledge based feat, not power based. Aizen has to make every detail of his illusions and her knowledge of bodies clearly surpasses his. That's why she only noticed something was off after examining the body, even if she wasn't quite sure what. Hence the theory that it was a gigai and genuine shock when she learns the body was an illusion and never real.
If it were power based, she'd sense something off with every illusion and could use that to fight against KS. In which case Yamamoto would force her to step up like Shunsui did in the TYBW.
A prequel novel about the early days of social society with Unohana and Yammamoto would be awesome.
With the original 13
@@Deloneys yes, we need to know the original gotei 13
why novel ? manga please
better format
Absolutely
I could see something like that happening with the Hell arc. But then again, TYBW could have done that too.
I like to think Mayuri's encounter with Uryuu was a massive wake-up call.
He's only been out of the Maggot's Nest for 100+ years and more than likely hasn't had to go all out.
Of course he had preparations like you said, and while there are powerful beings around him like Yamamoto & Aizen, he's never had an enemy going for the kill.
So he gets blitzed by Uryuu and probably had a realization that he needs more preparations than a liquid escape & some poison.
My thoughts exactly, looking back that was probably the moment he began to prepare for every single situation he could think of...
Blitzed? Uryu literally had to use an attack that took away his quincy powers to barely "win" and even after that without nemu giving him the antidote mayuri would have killed him with thd poison while mayuri got away and lived. I always viewed that fight as a win for mayuri. Sure he shouldn't have gotten beaten up that bad but mayuri technically won. He lived and got away while his opponent used their. Most powerful technique and lost their power he also would have killed them. Mayuri beat Uryu. He should have been a lot stronger than ury sure but uryu had to use everything.
@@gloriousraven1512 I don't think you know what "blitz" means, blitzing your opponent doesn't mean victory, especially with Mayuri's unconventional ways of fighting.
Another example is that Ulquiorra was blitzing Ichigo, then later on eventually lost.
I actually agree that Mayuri came out on the better end there, but what i'm talking about isn't who won.
I'm talking about Uryuu completely dominating Mayuri after activating his Letzt Stil.
Mayuri had nothing on him, only a way to escape.
I also think a lot of people underestimate just how high Uryu scales in his Letz Stil. He was *significantly* above Mayuri in speed & raw power. I kind of agree this may have been a wake up call to plan to a ridiculous degree, but at that point in the story there was no possible way he could have a counter for being that outclassed.
@@Bossu I need an explanation for this. I have not been able to understand this since I started watching bleach years ago. How exactly did Byakuya lose to Ichigo when he is the one who walks away at the end of the fight and declared that ichigo won? I placed it as him giving up rather than him actually losing after Ichigo "survived" his bankai
Unohana was hinted as being really powerful a lot even before the timeskip. Several characters were terrified by her, some even retreated as soon as she showed up.
According to the official Databook Yamamoto and Aizen were scored 560/600 and Unohana at 540/600
@@kaustavborah4621 That sounds correct. Unohana is very slightly under the heavy hitters.
The fact that Aizen choose to bounce instead of fighting Unohana is already big evidence on how much of a threat she is.
That arrancar dispatch team or whatever they were straight up just left when they saw Unohana
@@amzztvit means that there is one or more aspects in that fight where she would have the advantage over him. It's actually mind-blowing how powerful that is
I think Tosen's Shikai doesn't get enough credit due to not getting enough spotlight. In the two times he uses it, he gives us two completely different techniques that are pretty much born from the same ability. That speaks to a lot of versatility that we didn't get to fully see.
I always thought of Ukitake being at least as strong as Kyoraku. Hopefully one day Kubo will show us!
Yeah always thought they were equal on the basics, their sword abilities differ but id like to see them fight at full power
Ukitake had a hand of the soul King, I'm pretty sure reiatsu alone Ukitake has the highest
We all did but he showed nothing to prove it.
I think this is a “Itachi situation”
Where Ukitake was always “sick” and never at FULLPOWER imo
Narratively they are implied to be equals.
What do you think of the list? I figured most of the captains don't change much at all between the Soul Society and Arrancar Arcs - a lot of the development comes later, so I factored that in here. Let me know your lists down in the comments, I'm anticipating some variation! Thanks again for 150,000 subs everyone!
Can you do a strength tier?
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here would be my list.
13. toshiro
12. soi fon
11. tousen
10. komamura
9. mayuri
8. kenpachi
7. byakuya (could be swapped with zaraki if he actually fought seriously, but kenpachi barely tries in this arc)
6. gin
5. ukitake
4. shunsui
3. unohana
2. aizen
1. yamamoto
0. shinji with bankai solo
I think I agree with just about all these placements except Gin. We don't have any reason to believe Gin got any significant powerups between Soul Society arc and Fake Karakura Town arc and I think his feats between his battle with Ichigo there and almost taking out Aizen after fuzing with the Hokyoku mean he's got to be in the top 5.
exactly he could've folded ichigo had he used his full bankai abilities
I think he's right that Gin and Byakuya feel very similar in terms of power level though. That's why I find it so hard to place Aizen anywhere because he's clearly carried by hax zanpakuto and the way the plot is written.
Both Gin and Byakuya are far stronger than Ichigo in SS, Byakuya doesn't lose but he takes a beating because he's too arrogant and underestimates Ichigo until the end. Gin is clearly as strong but he has no feats bar toying with Hitsugaya and that one attack on Ichigo and Jidanbo.
You might be right, he doesn't seem to have any serious power ups during the story but his taking on Aizen is reliant on knowing how to counter his zanpakuto's power, again hinting at how Aizen is only really strong because of Kyokasuigetsu.
Gin is one of the strongest captains. Extremely underestimated and misunderstood.
Shikai Toshiro was able to damage Gin and draw blood from him/get the upper hand in him in the SS arc
You can say Gin was holding back but as the Kenpachi fight showed, you have to be relative to someone in order to damage them, and Gin did open his eyes and try to off guard Toshiro with a hidden Shinso which he reacted to while off guard
Considering Tosen got a major buff between SS and FKT even without his hollow powers, it would make sense for Gin to as well
@@jocoolshow I don't entirely agree. Gin was very clearly not trying against Toshiro, and the moment he did, he immeidately forced Toshiro back and nearly killed Momo.
Needing to be realtive is a very large variation. In FKT, Tosen was able to cut Shinji, who was able to cut Aizen. So logically you could infer that Tosen is relative to Aizen. But this same Tosen hollowfies and uses resurrection to become much stronger, yet gets killed by Shuhei Hisagi, who stabbed him with an unreleased sword. So would that imply that Shuhei is realtive to Aizen?
I don't think anyone is going to make that claim, and it probably had significantly more to do with Tosen dropping his guard than shuhei actually being that strong, but it does show that, under the right circumstances, you CAN hit above yoru weight class. So Gin doesn't necessarily have to be realtive to Toshiro just because Toshiro was able to draw blood in a fight using his Shikai while Gin was messing around and only got serious at the very end.
Finally, we don't have any evidence of Gin getting any stronger between the arcs. Tosen achieved hollowfication, which obviously made him stronger, Aizen implanted the Hogokyu, making him stronger. Gin never shows any sign of training or battling, Aizen was aware that he was plotting against him, so he never would've strengthened Gin, and yet Ichigo, post HM arc, was barely pulling equal when Gin was, once again, barely trying, and Gin basically considered him a nuisance to Aizen at that point.
We also know that he's a prodigy on the same level as Toshiro, with another hundred or so years of training. So it's not even that far out of place for Gin to be that level. I would definitely agree Gin is probably 5, ahead of Byakuya and below Yama, Kyoraku, Ukitake, and Unohana.
Interesting list, I hope somehow we get a Hell arc and see more out of Gin and Ukitake.
What is the hell arc, is this after tybw?
@@onuohafamily It's the Bleach Special One Shot which for sure seems like it should be a whole new arc No (or New) Breaths from Hell. Kubo has been busy with the anime and Burn the Witch so who knows when either will continue.
Kamamura is my favorite in the group, even with his losses. He also tanked Aizens favorite kido and survived. Only a chair and Ichigo have managed that.
Chair-sama
Chair Sama is built different. Literally!
That was much weaker version of that kidou lol
Komamura weak
@@aaryansingh9164 it still was a 90th level kido from a person with reiatsu that exceeds basically everyone for that moment of time. Consider the fact that Aizens danku protected him from hado 88 from a captain level character. In the verse, such difference in level would mean that anyone who used kido 81 would be injured by that point but not Aizen. So such high level hado used by Aizen would not let anyone have a chance to be at least conscious after incantation. But not only Komamura survived, he also was able to stand. Komamura is not weak by any means. He is a perfect tank of the verse.
@@someonez6904 Everyone except Yamamoto. The only way Aizen had a chance in hell of escaping death was by busying Yamamoto. Had Yamamoto stayed, he literally would've ended Aizen. And if you don't think so, he would've in Fake Karakura but Wonderweiss was going to detonate with the power of Ryujin Jakka's attack. He had already learned how to detect the real Aizen and definitely would not have had a second thought.
Kyoraku knew that Chad wasn't a villain because he didn't have
*PRESENTATION*
So Ukitake is basically like Itachi. Very strong, limited by an illness which essentially nerfs the hell out of him. Kind of ironic considering they share the same JP voice actor.
I don't know... I don't think Itachi got nerfed at all really.
@@DarkDealer666 how dont you think itachi was not nerfed?
@@hara9108 Because hes pretty much the best at everything all the time. I don't think his illness/blindness etc. had any impact on him basically being the best at ninjutus, genjutsu, and taijutsu (with exception to Gai in full gates mode on that last one). Pretty much Itachi doesn't have a fight where he really has to try, like at all. I think the only fights he doesn't win in the series are the couple he intentionally loses. Maybe he would be some theoretical level of even more OP without his health problems, but when he's already essentially the best, I fail to see how, from a practical standpoint, he could be considered to be nerfed.
@@DarkDealer666 well his pulmonary sickness should affect his stamina & while he was a prodigy with tons of hax his chakra reserves were fairly avg/meager so there's def a nerf there going on
@@Crunchysopa52 not really. We never see it slow him down in combat. Which means it wasnt much of a nerf.
The fact that the head captain had to go in hiding on the reigai arc to avoid having a clone of himself running around causing pure destruction speaks for itself. Imagine hiding from the enemy because you are simply too damn powerful 🤔
Gin is impossibly strong, and clever. Not a single captain could’ve hurt Aizen in his state in the end, but gin did.
Only issue is, he let him sneak attack him then one shot him as soon as he was able to fight back
It's not clever to allow someone to essentially become a god AND THEN ambush them lol. I always thought Gins plan was incredibly dumb and it was pretty contrived to say that when he attacked it was the one time Aizen had his guard down.
@@natediaz1863 He was lacking critical information to make his move. The secret to counter Kyoka Suigetsu was to get a hold of it's blade, this information was only revealed during Aizen's fight with Yamamoto. Before that Gin had no means to successfully land a hit on Aizen.
@@natediaz1863 It was shown and said Aizen became careless after fusing with the hogyoku, so it was likely that he never allowed Gin the chance before he fused. It was understandable he made a underestimation with the hogyoku, after all who could predict the hogyoku would heal him even after it’s removed from his body at-least from a in universe perspective.
@@natediaz1863
1. He didn't have info on him
2. Aizen never let his guard down. It was at that single moment he was able to strike him. Just think about how fast his blade would have to expand to even touch Aizen at that point. He did succeed in killing him and as Aizen already stated, sheer power can overwrite someone else's power, but he couldn't do that with Gins he had to straight up HAX out of it.
People tend to oversell Hitsugaya and undersell Ukitake. I think you placed them just right. I'd personally love to see a ranking of all known captains of the gotei 13, throw some Vizards into the mix. I also think it would be an interesting challenge to find a placement for someone like Yoruichi who's obviously a great fighter but has no revealed zanpakuto. It might also be fun to have to completely speculate on other captains like Ginrei.
all vizards are trash except shinji who would probably lose to byakuya since he can just nuke the battlefield
At their strongest.
@@Mimi-vv9gz … Shinji ain’t even the strongest Visored tho? He is stronger than Hiyori and Lisa while the rest would clown him
@@Zong_Cheng Bruh, Shinji us the strongest vizard and negs all of them.
@@Mimi-vv9gz So even tho Shinji got One Shotted by Bambi, You still believe his not a trash... OK
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Retsu earns that 3rd spot. I really wish we could’ve seen her merc some Sternritter before her final battle.
dw we'll see some unohana action in hell arc. unohana Vs soul reapers🔥
always found it odd that if she is stronger then shunsui why did shunsui send her to die
and why was she not given the captain commander spot
@@yami122 because it was more of a sin for unohana, once kenny and her encounter, she knew that one day it would come.The day when she needs to use her blade and sacrifice herself for the one she acknowleged as the next kenny. It was more of a suicide xd, the novels make it more tragic
@@dareevil4448 that...is retarded (Not insulting you just the story)
yamamoto just got murdered
soul society is nearly destroyed and very likely soon will be
and the second or third strongest soul reaper kills herself in a way that i can think of many logical flaws
why to kenpatchi...why not yamamoto who could bankai one shot her ass
and why then and not the first time kenpatchi kicked her ass
honestly and i did look into it between messages
she comes off as a mentally retarded moron who selfishly fucked soul sociaty worse then aizen
yea i said it she hurt soul society worse then aizen
@@yami122 because she was the only one who could actually get kenpachi back to full strength and they NEEDED him so it was a necessary sacrifice
Whenever you talk about Aizen it always hypes me up so much
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Aizen wrote Bleach and life but he made it so that you put him at second so that someone else can get the spot light what a great guy.
All according to plan
The most broken ability.
When it comes to Soi Fon's bankai...I never met anyone else that looked at it the same way as me so hopefully a few will understand my line of thought here. She's head of the stealth force sure and her shikai is perfect for assassinations, but I always saw her bankai as something similar to the B-2 STEALTH bomber. She can launch that thing from forever away and annihilate a landscape if she practiced enough and who would even know she was the one outside of those that know her bankai?
That is an interesting way to think about it. Personally I've always thought about it as the perfect one hit one kill. The target, the witnesses, the very landscape itself is erased in one use. The problem comes in when you realize there are characters capable of the same massive blasts with ease like Yamamoto or true shikai ichigo in tybw easily outclassing her jakuhoraikoben without even trying
@@genesis7838 lol right. It's the assassination of Lincoln or Kennedy vs the bombing of Hiroshima. Yeah but it's not much a problem because there's no council of unused zanpakuto sitting in limbo like "ok so ryujin jakka is going out this time guys the rest of us don't have to ever be born" in a sense. And the roles of each captain negate issues like this. Otherwise we know Yamamoto could've ended every single fight in this series within seconds if he felt like letting his subordinates sit back and relax.
Yeah, but even a single shot is a huge burden for her.
@@__Emptiness__ just a matter of practice. Hitsugaya proved this. And if she found a way to shoot it from above? Less strain and easier path of escape. Idk it always seemed clear to me how her bankai was supposed to be used her ignorance of the living world's technology was why she hated how it "went against" her position.
That one hit kill Bankai couldn't even kill King Barragan.. 😂😂
Great list! I like that you take into consideration what we find out later in the series versus just a self-contained list within the single arc.
I would place Tosen higher due to the nature of his bankai. Tosen came up against the one person except maybe Yamamoto who would willingly allow himself to take damage just to get the opportunity to strike back. Tosen’s bankai is an equalizer that allows him to fight much stronger enemies generally speaking. Aizen wanted him on board specifically because how uniquely he countered Kyoka Suigetsu.
Gin should go higher due to how incredibly dangerous his bankai is as well. A single strike on pretty much anybody except Mayuri will kill them.
I would also place Unohana above Aizen until he merged with the hogyoku. Even knowing she’s affected by Kyoka Suigetsu and having Unohana isolated and cornered, he chose not to fight. You’re right in that this speaks more to his intelligence than anything else, but the fact that he chose not to risk it shows that he couldn’t be certain he would win decisively. I think Unohana would thrash him at that point.
It would be interesting to deep-dive Ukitake and speculate what the upper echelon for him would be if we consider his unknown Bankai. An interesting idea I came across was that the “illness” could interact with his bankai as it seems it’s the reason he has the true dual zanpakuto. Shunsui’s came from Nanao’s heirloom zanpakuto, so it’s likely there’s an outside influence that explains Ukitake’s as well. That would imply his bankai to be absurdly powerful if it’s anything like how Ichigo’s “illness”/inner hollow makes him much stronger for it.
I believe that one the signs of how powerful Unohana was is how little we got to see her fight. She definitely met opponents throughout the series, but they made a point to not fight her.
Otherwise, I like these rankings, they seem very thoughtful. Thank you for not putting Ukitake super low, he was totally not weak.
I just think it’s funny to consider that she could have one shotted everyone in Hueco Mundo at that time besides maybe Ulqiorra if he was smart enough to go into ressurecion immediately lmao
I picked this up during SS arc when aizen and gin would rather have turned around and find a new way besides actually engaging in battle altogether.
@@DiamonDust yea but as a healer she's not supposed to be front lined because if the other captains get badly injured she's the only one that can heal them back from verge of death. Likely Yamamoto could one shot a lot of villains but only aizen and ywach made him use a lot of power because they were huge threats. As the commander he's technically not supposed to front line either unless it's last resort.
If think she is underrated and overrated at the same time
To be fair, if you ever met a healer who gladly stood there and did nothing to defend against you, not even readying her sword, you'll realise something is up as well.
This was a great list! It would be nice to see a list based on the thousand year blood war arc!!
When you said Kenpachi was swinging around an empty blade in a world filled with people using magical powers, I lost it 😂😂
Alot of surprises in this list but when you talked about the captain's personal characteristics I couldn't really be mad. Great list alot of thought put into gj
I agree with this ranking 👌🏾 great video
Wow, before watching your video I wrote down my list. It is uncanny that we both have the exact same order of Captains. I went back & forth between Unohana & Ainzen but ultimately settled on the order you have. 👏👏👏
Hey Tommo, congratulations on 150K subscribers. Love the list, ranking list are always the most interesting.
I agree with everything apart from Unohana being more powerful than Shunsui. The way I see it, TYBW Kenpachi got to the level where he could defeat Unohana, but according to your most powerful current captains, Shunsui edges out Kenpachi, the same Kenpachi who defeats Unohana. Other than that, I think the list is spot on. Especially Gin and Byakuya, great comparison between the two.
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Your list is awesome 🔥
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I'd love to see a list of of the Captains during the Soul Society Arc but ranked during all of the series of Bleach, like how strong they are at their strongest.
How could Jushiro ever feasibly be anywhere near the bottom? 😂 One of only 2 captains to square up with Captain Yama without fear and can withstand his spiritual pressure. One of the Captains Yamamoto has the most respect for.
Unohana would 100% fight Yama without fear.
Hell, she even did it prior to joining the gotei 13.
Buy yeah, definitely an absolute unit even with his sickness
@@GodlyDra True, Coz Unohana Knows How powerful Yamaji is as co-founder of Gyotei 13, but Unohana will think it's a waste of time to fight him since she doesn't even need any training with Yamaji.
@@MeriaMych
She would do it for fun if she hadn’t met Zaraki.
@@GodlyDra Yes, considering how Unohana thirsty to any fight before 😆
he's one of the few captains that do not get any stronger over the story, actually imo he gets weaker when almost all other captains get crazy strong
good list. we had basically same list, nice vid!
Great vid !
MrTommo, your top 3 list makes sense, even the old Bleach databook agrees with it. Unohana, Aizen and Yamamoto are also the shinigami with the highest stats, in that specific order (lowest to highest). Keep in mind, this databook was made *long before* the reveal that Unohana was the first Kenpachi.
In regards to Soi-Fon, if it were pure hand to hand, you could easily argue a top 5 spot. Great list btw.
Yes. And Yamamoto would still be number 1. The way Kubo overpowered Yamamoto is insane LOL
Very good video! You could do one ranking all the captains that appeared in Bleach, from start to finish.
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unohnana is 100% 3rd. she has the most years being at least 2,000. seeing that she is as old as yama, and First Generation. her experience is uparellaled. she can heal from basically anything and, is the best swordsman in all Soul Society. also being the number 1 healer doesn't hurt her chances. clearly puts her at 3rd on the list. Aizen gets 2nd, cuz he is him.
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Your list is on point! All the captains ranked above Kenpachi didn't really evolve ( except for Aizen and Byakuya ). We just got to see more of their abilities and how strong they were since the beginning.
Yama may have gotten weaker, remember he lost an arm against aizen and he never fixed it, ywach calls him out on this.
@@davidgonzalez3066 yeah I personally feel that he did get weaker, although he claimed his Bankai had evolved. But this list is based on characters in the Soul Society arc and at this stage he had both arms.
Great work as always! I know it'd be a massive undertaking, but maybe you could do a video like this but with every captain that's been a part of the Gotei?
nice!... also love to see tosen and toshiro and the end!
The thing with Gin is, in theory, anyone he fought other than Aizen with Hōgyoku he'd probably kill. NO ONE knew his true bankai and any wound he inflicted would have killed pretty much everyone but for potentially Unohana if she could outheal it. It's a fact that makes me want to place him much higher. Top 3 I think are spot on but I think there's an argument for Shunsui at 3.
if gin fought shunsui, they would kill each other probably. gin would catch shunsui with bankai then as shunsui starts disintegrating he will use bankai and take gin out
@@Mimi-vv9gz I'm on board with this. I could see that playing out for sure.
Definitely think Gin is top 4 and absolutely an even match for Shunsui.
Just throwing it out there, aizen is pretty able to one tap all the captains in some way or another, except yammamoto and unohana. Like I don't think aizen is confident he can take unohana in a fashion that won't cause a fuss. She's so strong
Great job
I actually completely agree with this list. I’ve never agreed with a power ranking list before 🙌🏾
Tomo, please understand that I cannot stress enough how much I appreciate you giving Unohana her DUE respect. I have a bias for healers, and the way she always commanded respect and dignity made me think she had to be powerful. Congratulations on your amazing growth since I started watching you back in early 2020!!!☺️💜😃
Congrats on reaching 150K, that's awesome. Honestly I think this list is pretty solid. I would probably swap Tousen and Hitsugaya myself, but that's largely it. I do think that Gin is awesome (I love the character and his power set, basically everything abut him), but also that people are overhyping him a bit. Honestly, I do not think his feat of almost killing Aizen is that impressive. He has a nasty one shot kill move that he is able to use via a sneak attack. Admittedly it's a sneak attack he's been setting up for years (holy shit. Like I said, I love Gin), but I don't think that shows a lot of power from him. Again, he is very strong, but also kind of has one to two strong tricks, so I think upper mid is a good place for him. Also initially I would have put Kenpachi higher on this list, but your arguments convinced me his 8th place was warranted.
my guy tf you're saying? gin was able to almost kill aizen when ichigo's father , unrahara and yorurchi could'nt even scratch a way weaker version of aizen . gin is the most underrated character . he's top 5 easily
@@siwaryow1464 Maybe. I just feel like he has a move that is capable of hurting Aizen (which yes is very impressive), but him almost killing Aizen by way of of a long con lasting years (maybe centuries?) is freaking awesome, just not an indicator of his combat prowess. Plus I kinda have to wonder why he could poison Aizen but Soi Fon could not. Personally I feel like that whole thing is inconsistent. Either way, all I'm saying is Gin pulled off a masterful sneak attack years or centuries in the making, but I view that as separate from ranking his combat abilities. Sure his poison move is very strong, but I'm not sure if that alone is enough to warrant him as top five. Again, I want to reiterate that I think Gin is awesome, and yes, very strong.
Nice!!!
Thanks!
3:55 the younger captains have shorter sleeves on their robes. The older ones have the full length sleeves
That's interesting actually, always wondered about that. Nice catch 👌
@@Mimi-vv9gz was in a Shonen Jump magazine I had 😁✌🏾
I am still not convinved yamamoto couldnt have killed the fully transformed aizen. I dont think it matters how strong your spiritual pressure has become, a blade that obliterates anything will kill you. Judging by the effect Zanka no Tachi, Higashi: Kyokujitsujin has on the world, literally causing draught and drying up the world justby being released fully, of course he couldnt use it in the real world.
Immortality is literally just that.. immortal, eternal, forever.. whatever u wna call it. Gin’s bankai is similar in the sense that it blew a hole in Aizen into nothingness, same what Yamamoto would do. But Aizen came back as if nothing happened. The moment Aizen became immortal is the moment Yamamoto has no chance whatsoever In Defeating him.
Then u have the point that a fully transformed Aizen is an Aizen that transcends both hollow and shinigami. His power is above and beyond any shinigami at that point.
Finally, if Aizen just wants to survive, I’m pretty sure even u can come up with numerous ways where Aizen survives by his kyouka suigetsu, playing mind games and tricks while keeping a safe distance, and wait for either Yamamoto burns everything including himself or runs out of fuel eventually.
Power and destruction wise, Yamamoto is at the very top. Even at the hakuda arts he’s at the top, except for kenpachi tybw. Only yhwach, Aizen tybw, kenpachi tybw and ichigo tybw are above him in everything. Nah I’d still say he’s above them in hakuda at least, that old mf is strong 🤣
Sending Aizen to Hell would have caused sever disruption at his power level.. it may have shattered it
if isshin without shikai can damage cacoon aizen, then yama can definitely do so. (Yama can probably punch much harder than shunko yoruichi who cracked aizen's arm)
yama bankai ~= monster form aizen
> butterflzen
> long hair aizen >= shikai yama
> cacoon aizen
> base yama
> base aizen
Shikai Yama would body cocoon aizen and struggle with Loreal shampoo model aizen but Yama bankai would force aizen to evolve at least past what gin was able to push out.
@@msb3782 pretty sure Kisuke used Aize as an example for shinigami who's mastered high level Kido and Hakuda master even for shinigami
@@Mimi-vv9gz lmao the obly reason Yoruichi and isshin damaged Aizen was because he was holding back.Aizen catches the same shunko attack qith his bare hands , moreover it was a team attack that cracked his 'shell'. Also on what proof are you saying Yama~= Bitterfly Aizen? Butterfly Aizen is a being who transcends shinigami and hollow and is practically a God. He's literally a Soul King like being. By your logic Yama=Soul King. Gin damaged Aizen because the latter brought his power level down and it was a sneak attack.
Good content here
Mrtommo they just dropped a new bleach trailer my guy!
Congratulations on 150K. I think Yamamoto is a distant #1. But I think Aizen, Unohana, Shunsui and Ukitake would be closer to each other since Aizen doesn't have the hogyoku yet.
Congrats on 150K!!!
I instinctively went and looked through the list to find where you ranked Unohana to see whether you based it on how we, the readers, "perceived" their strengths during only the SS Arc without prior knowledge but it appears that you've taken everything into account, including backstories from TYBW. Without prior knowledge and taking in the Gotei 13 during SS Arc in a vacuum, Unohana would've probably been ranked around the lower 10 or maybe just outside the Top 5. But I agree that a bloodlusted Yachiru is easily on par with Aizen and our beloved Captain Commander. Great video as always!
Only trolls would do that. Even just in SS Arc there were signs that Unohana was a monster. It made no sense for Aizen to just leave when she showed up unless he couldn't just one shot her like he did with Hitsugaya or Komamura. And then the way 11th squad guys that were making a ruckus only to be scared speechless by her. Learning her true backstory was suprising but she was a killing machines was not.
Would be exciting to see you do a episode based on a "what if" captain vs captain battles that we will never see
I think the only place id even consider switching is unohana and aizen, but even im unsure about that, solid list Tommo!
I'd definitely be interested to see where you would rank the Visored Captains + Exiled Captains (Urahara, Yoruichi, even Tessai)
Visored is trash except shinji who would probably lose to an upper mid tier captain like byakuya.
Great list. The 3 senior capts definitely are top 5 and in right order. I think Kubo gave us many hints about this eg you always see these three take on Capt Commander in soul society arc and in the zanpaktou arc. Shunsui stated Hitsugaya wud need 100yrs to surpass him. Ukitaki easily stopped Byakuya from releasing his senbon. Unohana…let’s just say every capt didn’t dare to challenge her and they respected her
I'm glad you cleaned that Kenpachi placement, with no patch he blew away so many just to fight
wow i made it on time thank you MrTommo i'm glad i joined as 1 of the first 100 to sub
awesome list I thnk i agree with pretty much every entry, its really crazy how much people undervalue ukitake. Ukitake honestly gets disrespected too much I really hope he gets the chance to fully show his abiltity come hell arc though. The only disagreement I have with this is probably just swapping gin and byakuya just based on how well both did against bankai and half/full hollowified ichigo. Gin was seen as a prodigy and had very little trouble keeping up. Along with the secret bankai ability that damn near one shot aizen id put him a bit higher. SOLID list tho fr fr
Lovely to hear someone finally speaks highly of Unohana
Oh I see that 20th anniversary bleach volume 1 in the background!
My favorite manga cover!
I actually 100% agree with the order of this list. Of course multiple characters evolve and are expanded on as the series progresses, but for this arc, I would have to say you got it completely right.
Another amazing upload thumbs up for MrTommo🔝 the anime is almost back😍
Sadly hyorinmaru is very very powerful, but seeing him use his bankai so often just took the hype and mystery out of it(in soul society arc at least). I mean bankai was supposed to be the ultimate ace in hole for a shinigami, and seeing him use bankai at every occasion made it so boring. Atleast Mayuri's bankai changes and adapts according to enemy, so its still somewhat acceptable.
Its all becuz he was so young and inexperienced, his shikai couldn't cut it so he had to rely on his bankai to pickup the slack
@@dominquebanton9758 true. I mean hyorinmaru and senbonzakura face the same issue. But byakuya's fights were made more interesting than toshiro...that kinda became his saving grace...and also his downfall. As they made byakuya go all out early and set a bar for the captains strength....while toshiro had the chance to grow up and get stronger.
@@apoorvjoshi2383 when byakuya was toshiro's age he didnt even have a bankai so its doesnt make sense to compare the two
I hope you realize every Shinigami with a combat focused Bankai always uses them in fights
Ichigo, Renji, Byakuya, Toshiro, Komamura etc. It’s usually only the characters with either unorthodox Bankai or characters that have ‘Bankai level’ Shikai like Kyoraku or Yama that don’t pull out Bankai casually
Ichigo uses Bankai so much that his Bankai basically became his base state as Shikai was almost nonexistent in the Arrancar and FKT arc
Man he really spammed his bankai like a Naruto rasengan
I love what Kubo did with Mayuri in the Soul Society Arc. He showed off how insane and arrogant he was by going into combat unprepared. It's also good to see he really isn't all that strong without all of his random inventions he uses all the time
Thought this list was excellent! Not a single miss. You should do a video on Ikkaku and his Bankai and whether or not you think he’s capable of being a captain and/or an analysis of his fight with Arrancar 13, Edrad Liones (I feel like it wouldn’t be too long of an analysis lol)
I think talking about Ikkaku and whether he’s strong enough to be captain is interesting because of the backstory (shown in the anime) where he fights Kenpachi while Kenpachi supposedly “wasn’t holding back” and lived. It would suggest that he’s either around or even stronger than the likes of Kaname Tosen in the Soul Society arc.
I just can't wait to see the anime adaptation. Will the visored get more than just a punching bag role?
I think specially hirako will have some awesome scenes
yessir
@@Jameson52722 lmao no
dont expect anything at all, all the visored get one shotted in all their fights, hopefully the anime changes this
I don't see them getting any other treatment
Yamamoto is the definition of that old adage "Be wary of the old man in a profession where men die young". The ultimate respect your elders lesson lol
Video idea : could you rank the newest Bleach character designs from the Hell Arc based on which ones are your favourite?
this has me excited for the future figurines they are going to release for bleach now that the anime is finally around the corner
I just always saw Mayuri as soul society Batman. You give that man prep time and he can probably beat damn near anyone in the verse, and thats what makes him truly terrifying.
Yeah, the only characters I can’t see him beating with prep time is kisuke (him but better), Aizen (basically the same as kisuke but replace the superiority of intelligence with raw power and equal intelligence), Yamamoto, Ichibei and the immortal Quincy’s plus Yhwach.
So, a really not fair OP Batman.
Indeed
@@GodlyDra after tybw i think mayuri with prep would win against urahara fpr me he showed that he could do that
@@JDM917
Absolutely not.
Mayuri prepares to take on everyone and has a backup plan or 2, but Kisuke has backup plan after backup plan while also having slightly higher power.
Mayuri is a murderer
Tosen: *in this space, all of your senses are inert!
Kenpachi: It’s alarming how much I can’t hear you.
I didn't expect it, but I agree
Wow. 8th to 1st is exactly my ranking. Great list.
If Aizen's zanpakutou can affect Juha Bach's Almighty, can Tosen's bankai do the same? Ignore reiatsu crushing and power differences. In theory, could it blind the Almighty?
Really depends on how Yhwach would see in those futures. If he saw the bankai from the outside at any point then no. He could also theoretically trace the moment in which his future sight comes to a sudden stop then alter the future just before it happens to stop it from happening. Like breaking Tosen's Zanpakuto before he could activate Bankai because he sees it'll threaten him. Similar to Ichigo and the tragic fate of his Tensa Zangetsu.
In other words, it would only work if Yhwach wasn't already using Almighty before getting caught.
Bankai's went conceptual during the TYBW arc before then they were more physical so it's unlikely
Honestly my only real complaint here is I think Gin has to be higher up, like he's not middle of the road. Just given what he did to transcendent Aizen and the statements that he was the single most prodigal student to ever come out of the Shinigami school (other than maybe Aizen) should put him probably 4th just below Unohana, and above Ukitake and Kyouraku given they went through the school too.
I agree but 5th after Shunsui
Remember though, this is based off of the Souk Society arc. We didn’t learn how strong Gin really was until the end of the Fake Kurakura Town Arc
@@arielbrown5225 with that logic Unohana should be like bottom 2. Aizen should also be far lower.
Tonmo said he will use future information so long as the captain could use that power at the time of the soul society arc.
True, but Gin died young. If he was Kyoraku/ukitake's age he'd probably be higher but Gin is ~200 years old whereas Kyoraku/ukitake had been captains for at least 200
@@Mimi-vv9gz I mean look at what he did to Aizen... he scared the shit out of transcendent aizen. If anything I could/should argue thatd put him above Unohana, since even base Aizen didnt fear her.
But safely he's atleast above Kyouraku and Ukitake since we saw base Aizen one shot them and basically the rest of the gotei and vizards.
But we never saw Aizen fight Unohana.
Are you going to do a vizard rank or have you done that already?
This is a good list. Kenpachi is very hard to place bc of how much suppression he puts on himself. I like how u bring up unohana saying nobody was stronger than her except my boy Kenny. Can't wait for the new arc to drop :)
You’re the most official BLEACH TH-camr imo. MrTommo comes with straight facts and reason!
actually puts in effort in video essays/ instead of tekking's incessant famboy ramblings
Yep, Yama is head captain for a reason. The fact that he can’t be stopped without hacks or cheat codes is a testament to his strength.
Yhwach and Aizen would’ve been toast without using tricks.
Meh, Yhwach without Soul King already >
@@MashuSlyferiux So why didnt he fight Yamamoto fairly?
@@drken9093 There's not a big difference between the two, just like Aizen had precautions against people slightly weaker than him, so did Yhwach with Yamamoto
@@MashuSlyferiux Sending a double of yourself to die in your place so you can swoop in and steal the enemy’s Bankai counts as a trick.
Yhwach would’ve died if he faced Yama on his own in the initial invasion.
Juha Bach with Almighty is stronger than Yamamoto.
Very reasonable ranking!
Would be cool to know what the "dream team" of the Gotei 13 is. Take all the Captains that ever were a Captain at their strongest and making a hypothetical new Gotei 13. I think alot of the lower Captains would be kick off from every era by a mid range or high captain from another era.
Lets not forget that with a single look from Unohana, everyone is afraid of her.
I might switch Gin and Byakuya, and maybe move Mayuri up two spots, but otherwise great list, awesome to see you reaching such a cool milestone.
Perfect list I agree with all.
I love that thumbnail 😮
I personally think Gin is more powerful than Byakuya. Gin's sword is really fast and can absolutely match Byakuya shumpo. Gin can literally destroy Byakuya even with a tiny scratch from his sword.
Yup nothing convinces me that SS arc Bankai Ichigo (even considering his hollow powers) would give Gin the same kind of trouble he gave Byakuya.
@@caiolopes7736 that Hollow Ichigo that fought against Byakuya is much stronger than the version of Ichigo who fought against Gin the hollow Ichigo that fought against Byakuya is an evolved version of the Shiro that fought against Isshin in everything but the rain but with Bankai now it might be weaker than the hollow Ichigo who fought against Ulquiorra because that's a superior version plus Bankai but Masked Bankai Ichigo isn't equal to Shiro plus Bankai
@@Force-Multiplier What?
@@matheusbecker2351 ask whichever specific question you have
@@Force-Multiplier I just don't understand how Hollow mask Ichigo vs Byakuya is stronger than Hollow mask Ichigo vs Gin.
I think Tousen is heavily underestimated since his Bankai was basically countered by Zaraki’s battle philosophy and defensive attributes. If he fought a character with only few or none AoE abilities and also low/regular resistance/defensive skills, he easily has a shot on taking out characters like Soi fon or hitsugaya, while Sajin’s Tenges Myō would probably destroy Tausend Bankai due to its size and characters like Byakuya or Mayuri have too much AoE for Tousen just approaching them to kill them off. That‘s why I could also see Tousen be on second last or even 11th place of this ranking. Yet last place is also fine, considering Tousen personality.
My thought exactly.
Toshiro would beat tosen tosen would not one shot Toshiro
@@Ronpesos12 toshiro is a scrub who almost never defeats his opponent and has arguably one of the weakest bankai until the later arcs 😂. The credit I will give due is he does have ice armor and aoe so yes he could beat tousen, but not because he’s strong, just that he is better equipped than most. It’s only because he’s so weak early on I didn’t add him to the counter list. I’m pretty sure just about everyone else would kick his teeth in though.
@@Ronpesos12 Toshiro has advantage over Bankai Tosen but not over Shikai Tosen since they won't be in a confined space if Tosen uses Shikai
Its true. People heavily underestimate just how op Tosens Bankai is (its kinda similar to Kyoka Suigetsu in a way lol). Lets face it, not everyone will have the balls to take a hit like Zaraki just to find out where Tosen is, Zaraki's just built different lol
Tosens Bankai would normally be a confusing and scary experience for the average foe
I only just noticed how similar or at least sorta related Tosen's bankai and Aizen's shikai are. Blocking out most senses and controlling all of them. Wild.
Hey @mrtommo will u ever cover any other series?