Honestly just watching the fights aren’t the best way to go, there’s a lot of lore and context that gets stripped away since it’s a very story driven anime that it becomes a very confusing experience trying to piece together what going on instead of just enjoying the fighting itself. 😅
@@Selloca nah. Zaraki's fight was really out of context. when you know reality about Zaraki, view on that fight instantly changes. when you know that he could've literally killed him in 1 swing if truly wanted is insane :D he can do that to most of the roster of bleach but still :D
It was hilarious when they didn’t trust that Kenpachi would let Ichigo hit him first for free. Anyone who has watched Bleach knows that dude wasn’t lying, he truly will let the other person get the first shot.
He expected that Hollow to be Ichigo, when it started to Cero him there he realized the Hollow inside Ichigo had taken over. In Ulquiorras eyes Ichigo and his Hollow form are two different entities. Think of it like an epiphany, realizing he didnt lose to Ichigo but just some Hollow without mercy(like himself).
The problem with watching these fights without the context to them is that it just becomes transforming and throwing power around without any idea why or how it's happening.
To be fair though, because of the infamous commitment to show don't tell, I went through the whole series once and only just started to realise some of the basic mechanics towards the end. Like the fact that none of them are actually flesh and blood is very relevant to every fight and Kenpachi's "punching a wall" explanation is intuitive, but very superficial.
@@TheArcSetPretty sure that's just not paying attention or not understanding the basics of how a spirit realm operates, or perhaps you're just new to anime? I understood the things you're bringing up when they first became relevant, and I'm pretty sure I'm not a genius.
"If you truly wish to use my power, make sure you don't die before the next time we meet!" Ichigo sure is a troublesome one always charging head first into danger.
19:36 with Ichigo, the thing is, he doesn't magically find some new power, the power is already there, but there are gates blocking it, and he has to push the limits to break through those gates, but he doesn't know that.
@@Nymphonomicon The people reacting are "They". As in "They missed the the release command that basically gives away he has a cat-like transformation". They talked right over it so they missed it.
TBF he didn't know it was only 1%. He had been living with that much spiritual pressure for probably hundreds of years so he didn't know any better at this point.
@@mistere5857 less he didnt know and more he didnt realize he was suppressing himself to such a degree. i mean the guy kicked unahana's ass as a child. if he had the same experience as the head captain then he would be the strongest easily.
So, in that last fight with Ichigo vs Ulquiorra when Ichigo's hair turned orange, white skin, and everything, Ichigo died temporarily and the hollow within him took over. That's why there was no talking in that form until he after he stabbed Uryu, that's why Ichigo was giving off monstrous gutteral roars/growls.
Ichigo didn't die, he merely lost control, after all, Ichigo literally can't die. . . due to his Quincy Bloodline being very specific, but that's a Thousand Year Arc thing.
In that last fight, it cut short the explanation of his regeneration, which can grow back limbs, but not the internal organs. When he got cut in half, he lost any organs from below that point, and his death was assured.
Best Ichigo fight 1. Ichigo vs Ulquiora (Ichigo becomes more Hollow, Ulquoira becomes more Humane) 2. Of course, Ichigo vs Aizen mountain fight 3. Ichigo saving Rukia at Sokyoku and fight vie captain & Byakuya
The final fight from the original run against the executioner guy was up there too, even though it's pretty one sided, him breaking the undistructible box by going into bankai is too funny
Ok.. To get a better understanding of Bleach MarioB & Nicole. Basically there is rankings to a soul reaper which is what Kenpachi Zaraki is. You have the low ranking soul reapers, the you have the officers, then lieutenant, then captain. There are 13 districts that is run by each captain. For example, Kenpachi Zaraki is the captain of squad 11. Each soul reaper has their own sword which is called a Zanpakuto. Each Zanpakuto has its unique abilities, and Each Zanpakuto has three states to it, first is its original form, then there's the first release called a Shikai, then there's their second release which is their final and true form called a Bankai. Each Shikai and Bankai has its own forms and abilities based on the soul reader's personality and soul, and they're based on the Zanpakutos itself. And what Ichigo saw during his fight against Kenpachi after getting stabbed through his Zanpakuto, that "spirit" is the manifestation of the Zanpakuto. And when a soul reaper can see their Zanpakuto's manifestation state, it means that soul reaper is closer towards achieving Bankai. When a soul reaper achieves Bankai, it means that soul reaper is as powerful as a captain. Each Zanpakuto has a name, like Ichigo's Zanpakuto is name Zangetsu, and like Renji's Zanpakuto is name Zabimaru, and Byakuya Kuchiki's Zanpakuto is name Senbonzakura. And one must call out the name of their Zanpakuto to utilize its power. Soul reapers' main jobs in the world of the living is to slay hollows and guide souls to the soul society which is essentially heaven in the Bleach universe, when they guide a soul to the soul society its called a Konsō. Hollows are heartless, soul hungry beings that feed off of souls and especially go after those with the higher amount of spiritual pressure. And hollows were once human beings or souls. Souls can become hollows if either a hollow devours their soul, or if their chain links rot away eating each of the links connected to their chest til there is nothing left which in that moment they start to turn into hollows. Only souls, soul reapers, other hollows, and humans whom their soul is exposed can see other souls, soul reapers and hollows. Then there are the Quincies, they are like soul reapers except they don't exorcize hollows, instead they destroy hollows completely disrupting the balance of order, also quincy uses bow and arrows instead of Zanpakutos. The Quicies were ordered to be annihilated by soul reapers because the Quicies were an issue to the balancing order. They were thought to be extinct until Ichigo Kurosaki met Uryu Ashida who is a Quincy. There are multiple rankings of hollows, first you have Overview which are the lowest grade, then Menos Class, then Gillian, then Adjuchas, then Vasto Lorde, then Arrancar, then Números, then Fracción, then Espada. The higher the grade, the more powerful they are with Espada being the highest grade of a hollow. Hollows get stronger the more souls, soul reapers and hollows they devour. Hope these information helps those who haven't seen Bleach to understand more about Bleach the anime. 👍🏻
Also I forgot to mention that each Arrancar and Espadas have their own transformation called a resurrección like Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez from the second fight in the video Ichigo was fighting. His resurrección gives him the form of a cat like but his zanpakuto(and yes even Arrancars have Zanpakuto) disappears and gives him stronger abilities and making him much faster and stronger same with some of the other Arrancars such as Ulqiorra.
Still my favorite even though there are plenty of others I enjoy now. And as far as Shounen anime, this one has the best story telling. Most Shounen are going to be a C in the story telling.
most of the transformation that you see arent actually transformations in the true sense ichigo is a soul reaper and their powers is concentrated typically in their swords called zanpakuto which they are considered one with and has 2 stages of power increasements starting with their unrelease base forms where its simply just a sword and nothing else the first upgrade is called shikai meaning initial release and is done with a command of sorts that is unique to each individual, activating shikai allows a sliver of their zanpakuto's true power comes out and this usually changes the shape of their swords (how much it changes varies, sometimes it isnt even a sword anymore after shikai) along with allow them to access portions of its true power like unique attacks or special abilities the 2nd and final stage is called bankai meaning full release (activated by simply with the command; bankai) where they unleased their zanpakuto's true forms in all its glory, in most cases it typically creates massive effects or even creatures but for ichigo it concentrates all his enormous power into himself giving him a huge boost physical capabilities and even the potency of his atks, the shape of his sword changes into a smaller one and so does his clothes too which indicates that the robes he wears in his bankai state its part of his power rather then a sort of side effect, additionally his special atk getsuga tensho which fires a crescent shape sword beam by swinging his sword is normally glowing blueish white but in his bankai state its reddish black though side from visual and power increase there isnt an actual differences the mask that ichigo can "equip" is a hollow mask and the process is i believe called hollowfication and causes the whites of his eyes to become black its not a power soul reapers normally have access too since its something that comes from hollows which are more or less a soul reaper's antithesis, why he can do this is a later plot point but the fact that ichigo can even do this at all is considered something rather horrifying and nightmarish as it means there is something deeply wrong within him and because the only other known soul reapers that can do so are tha group of soul reapers called visored who're the result of live experimentations by a villain but anyway ichigo can don this mask for a limited duration and it boosters his physical capabilities even further grimmjow and ulquiorra arent humans but arrancar which is essentially evolved form of hollows so naturally they too have a mask but unlike ichigo and members of visored their mask is their default state, unlike soul reapers however who have 2 tiers of releasing their powers arrancars only have 1 which they call resurrección that is compared to soul reaper's bankai but unlike bankai which unleashes their zanpakuto's true form and powers, an arrancar's resurrección releases their own true form instead because their base form is actually the result of them sealing away most of their hallow nature and powers into the form of a sword that they wield donning a more human guise as a result which is why upon using resurrección their whole body changes and their sword disappears its basically the inverse of a bankai; which unleashes, a resurrección; releases for orihime's shield, it actually can heal or more specifically, it; "rejects", her power is to reject phenomenons, she designate what she wants to "reject" within the shield and her power will attempt to reject it so it doesnt exist or the results never happened, basically she cause reality to simply reject certain events or facts like the big hole in ichigo's chest which is how she can heal anything even if it technically isnt healing, its because of this power that she can even attempt to heal ichigo since how are you evne gonna fill in that hole alongside with any organs, bones, blood and other bodily necessities that got vaporized since regeneration can only go so far in these cases
The black haired spirit man talking to Ichigo is Ichigo's zanpakuto (sword) named Zangetsu. When Ichigo is talking to the sword itself he normally calls it Zangetsu but when the avatar of the sword is talking in Ichigo's mind he frequently calls him Old Man. The whole thing with a Shinigami and their zanpakuto (its not always a sword though most are and all I think are sealed as a sword) are supposed to be best friends and partners, two parts of the same spirit type of thing. First thing a new Shinigami has to go is learn their zanpakuto's name so they can begin communicating with it through meditation. After a while they grow and get stronger together. Ichigo does everything weirdly and advances so fast because he is special/main character/blah blah blah. Kenpachi and his zanpakuto don't even like each other let alone him knowing its name. As insanely strong as Kenpachi is, he is still only at like 1/2 power because of his sword still being sealed. Also to be a captain you are supposed to be able to release your bankai, the 3rd state and full release of your sword, Zenpachi doesn't even have the first release. He became captain by the other method of becoming one. By defeating the last one. Kenpachi can easily defeat most of the other captain in 1v1 without to much issue. He is a berserker pure and simple. He has immense raw power, enough training and smarts to know how to effectively use that power, and he just loves fighting. To a normal person neither of them won, but Kenpachi counts it as himself losing because Ichigo managed to do so well. One the different transformations. Some shinigami have their clothes change when they release their bankai as Ichigo's does as well as their weapons changing forms. Ichigo on top of being a shinigami is a visored, or shinigami with hollow powers, hence the hollow mask he summons when he needs more power. And when he later loses control or died temporarily the hollow inside which is also a fragment of his spirit just like the zanpakuto is, took over entirely and became a Vasto Lorde, the most powerful form of hollow. Which is what happened when he fought Ulquiorra. The humanoids with the number tattoos and holes in them are arrancar. Which is a powerful hollow that was given or obtained shinigami powers. When they use Resurrección they release the sealed hollow powers they had in their swords returning them to a resemblance of what they looked like as a hollow.
Okay so a little context. The mask is called "Hollowfication" It's an ability he gained basically when he first transformed into a hollow, but he wasnt able to control it until later. Ulquiora is a hollow, and the top kind of hollow, an Arancar. Hollows follow this format: Hollow, Gillian, Adjuchas, Then Vasto Lordes. First someone dies, their chain eats itself to their heart, then they turn into a hollow, then a bunch of hollows eat eachother, then turn into a Gillian. Then a Gillian who has a consiousness eats a bunch of other gillians, and turns into the next form. This repeats until you are a Vasto Lordes. The main villain in the arc turned a bunch of Vasto Lordes into Arancar, and Ulquiora is one of those, and Ranked 4th. He also died because he couldn't regeenerate the internal organs that Ichigo destroyed. One more thing. Each world basically has a theme. The Soul society is based on feudal japan, and Hueco Mundo is basically Spanish. Even the moves and transformations are specific to their origin place. Soul reapers are Japanese, and Arancars are Spanish.
Hint, hnt, hint. "Or... what are you?" There is a reason Kenpachi is called "the Demon". Each shinigami's sword is its own being, it's own soul. The strongest shinigami can communicate fairly easily with with their sword, and unlock immense power for both.
Having seen the end of the Kenpachi arc, it is so crazy to know that the hint was there so long ago. It feels like such a throwaway line on first hearing, but is so important in the end.
PURE BS FIGHT in bleach.....hell even kubo regretted it, funny thing as strong as ichigo has gotten he still never wants to fight Kenpachi cause he still thinks he cant beat him
The fight makes 100% perfect sense once you understand Kenpachi's power and mindset. Yes he could've easily won, but there were a lot of subconscious things happening that made him throw. He didn't lose on purpose necessarily, but the surrounding events caused him to lose.
@@mistere5857 true, also we know later on that Old Man Zangetsu was purposely "nerfing" Ichigo, so I'm pretty sure in that moment he knew that Ichigo would lose if he didn't go all out against Kenpachi
@@ibrahimsurti4922 kubo never ever regretted it. show source if so. hell nah, he even made CFYOW and SAFWY novels canon, Zaraki is a main dawg in both of them.
so the guy whose talking to ichigo ho call a spirit is actually his sword. in this show swords are kind of liking living beings with their own soul and personality. so he was basically helping out ichigo and lending him his strength so to speak.
@Ken-un9jb the new episodes of bleach are insane. I thought about reading the thousand year blood war arc because I never thought they would be animated. I'm glad I didn't. Lots of holy crap moments.
kenpachi is a battle manic he likes to fight and is very straight forward, he wants to fight strong enemies. in bleach the swords of the soulreapers have sentience and will, they are also the extension of their welder's soul due to that most have unique powers. the closer they are to their zanpakuto (their sword) the stronger they are and vice versa so training helps too, its a two way street. its like a guitar with an amp. the later fights are from an arc way later then the first so you missed out on alot of story and what those changes do i would like to talk about grimmjow and ulquiorra they arent soul reapers but share similarities for story reasons i wont say more the anime is good imo so i dont want to spoil things
For some context, the sword extending guy never planned to kill Ichigo, his plan was to scare him enough for Ichigo to go train before facing the big bad.
@@mariobnicole8669 Well, just Anime shows in general, from episode 1 to finish etc. You have done some TV shows, south Park, movies and stuff, but I don't see any long form Anime. Depending on genre, there's some real bangers. "Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood" is a Classic, and considered one of the best of all time. It's somewhat jack of all trades in terms of genre, but is a very story & character driven show. "Demon Slayer" Is a marvel of Animation, combat and emotional turmoil, though not the most complicated of stories. "Jujutsu Kaisen." Is another, really good anime for comedy, mixed with horror elements, stellar animation and fight sequences. I personally recommend watching most anime in original Language, with subtitles as well, though some Dubbed versions are quite fine.
Bleach is one of the only anime alongside one piece dbz and naruto where I genuinely think the dub is on par or better, for these ones in particular I think people say sub better just because of elitism/ personal preference. Other anime i would prob agree tho.
@@Nulsiga Bleach definitely sounds a lot better in dub. And I agree on Naruto sounding good in sub. Bleach has just as much of emotion and is definitely an anime where dub sounds the best. I don't know how you people can even stand orihime in sub but I'm not judging the sub watchers. It's the same with MHA's dub. Id say the only good part about sub is the pause when saying Bankai.
@nateisda1 go on somewhere with that bullcrap. You can't understand a damn word they are saying. If I wanted to read the dialog I'll stick with manga. I've seen some anime with bad dub but bleach and one piece are great dubs.
So ... I know that the Blech dub is infamous for that moment, when they completely dropped the ball, but it was still genuinely shocking to hear the dubbed Kenpachi. He just sounds so casual and emotionless, that's the antithesis of the character. With that being how bad even the big budget dubs used to be, it's no wonder there's still a strong bias.
So, major spoilers but needed context for the first fight in this video. . . . . . . . . . . Both ichigo and kenpachi are in their shikai(initial release) form, meaning both cant seal their zanpakuto because their that powerful. Hence ichigos buster sword and kenpachis jagged odachi style katana. The man in black is ichigos power manifested, later it would be revealed who and or what that manifestations is(more spoilers). He unlocked some of the powers ichigo has yet to tap into to aid him in the fight. The bells and eye patch are things ken has done to make fighting fun for him, hes a real battle maniac and is a strong believer in violence isnt the answer its the question and the answers is yes.
When Ichigo is in the Vasto Lorde form, 42:09 his hollow powers are 100% accessible but the crux is he is basically operating under pure instinct. while giving him a massive increase in raw power, he also loses control over higher level thinking. Reminds me of the Berserk Armor from Berserk. Later he will have no memory of the event.
Him disintegrating was a combination of how much power he had already used, not being able to undo damage to his organs and that he's a soul. No power plus wrecked body meant he just couldn't hold his form anymore and he fell apart.
what happened in the Ulqiuorra fight is that Ichigo Vasto Lorde form destroyed ulqiuorras vital organs which he could not regenerate the regeneration of his body which you saw at the end was superficial thats why he died in the end ichigo in that form won you guys were actually talking over it when ulqiuorra mentioned this about his regeneration flaw.
So a *TDLR* explanation of the basics: They are all sprits, energy shaped into a humanoid form out of habit and because energy can't be destroyed, the will imposed onto their energy is vital. When two people fight, they're clashing both their volume of energy, it's shape/concentration/density and the intention imposed on it. The will to exist and survive vs the will to wound and kill, with weapons being refined manifestations, to subjugate the energy of others. Multiple times early on, the "normal" kids weapons literally shatter against opponents, because the kids simply don't have the killing intent to match up to them. The hallucinations are Kenpachi's energy leaking out and faintly imposing his intention to kill onto his opponents bodies. Literally the same effect as being stabbed by his sword, but to far weaker degree, though still enough to physically damage those far weaker than him.
About spritual preasure, it's not really about how much but rather your, connection with your weapon, your mental state and how you use your SP. Its kind of like water, can have a large amount but if you just splash it all around the most you'll do is get wet, but if it's concentrated it can cut materials like steel. SP is similar, it's effectiveness greatly depends on the users will and mental state. If you are wavering and unsure of what you want or lacking in confidence to achieve it affects how effectively you use SP. That's why despite having large amount of SP, ichigo's strength seems to vary a lot, because he always wants a reason to fight (which usually ends up being to protect people) unlike kenpachi who is very sure in who he is and what he wants and whose very reason for living is to fight.
when Ichigo puts the hallow mask on, he is calling on his hollow side which has its own set of powers similar to soul reapers. While this greatly increased his power, he can not maintain the form forever.
Well... At this point in time you are correct. Check Thousand Year Blood War though. We get more information on Zangetsu. Both Old Man and Hollow Ichigo/Ogihci.
A lot of censorship in the anime made most of brutality n gore into just physical trauma or blowback instead of extreme blood the last part that's currently going on is a lot better uncensored or less uncensored
30:08 See y'all are skipping Important Details. Ichigo is basically a Hybrid of multiple races. The important ones here are Human, Soul Reaper and Hollow. He is what is known as a Vizard. He has Hollow Abilities, but cannot use a Cero. His Black Getsuga Tensho was first used by his Hollow Side, Which.... Intervened on his behalf during a fight Waaay back in the Soul Society Arc. Honestly I am a little upset that y'all didn't get to see the fight between him and Byakuya. Ot would explain a Lot for you. That mask he summons out? That is his Hollow Mask, because again he is a Vizard. Later on in this same fight he becomes what is known as a Vasto Lorde, which is quite literally Upper Echelon/Ruler of Hueco Mundo.
Alot to unpack. There are 4 main races. Humans, Quincy, Hollow and Soulreapers. And if Kubo ever wants to continue the 1 chapter he did, maybe we get a 5th race being Sinners. - Human don't have any offensive powers, but they have the power to absorb and grow indefinitely. - Quincy are close to human and can use the power/reiatsu they absorb and use them outward, molding them to ammunition and bows/firearms. This is also a double edge sword as this leave them with little power inside their bodies, making attacks from Hollows straight up poisonous to Quincy (where normal human, if not damaged to much where it can't sustain life, can resist it) - Hollows are souls that are given in by their hunger after death, they then are cast into Hueco Mundo as punishment untill their reincarnation (eventually), once there it's mainly a hell hole where Hollows have to survive, eating eachother to get stronger in order to not be eaten themselfs. - Soulreapers are souls that were able to overcome their hunger after death, they are the protectors of the balance of the world, if they left the Hollows run out of controle, they would even attack the living, eliminating everyone. - There is a 5th that as Sinners, souls that committed unforgiveable acts. They are casted to Hell itself, never to be reborn. Then their are offcourse mixed races as well. For humans we have the Subtitute soulreapers and Fullbringers. - Subtitude soulreapers are Humans charged with soulreaper powers (like Ichigo receiving power from Rukia in order to protect them both), Ichigo can now swap between this living form or leave his body to do his soulreaper duties, ever growing his powers. - Fullbringers (like Orihime) are living people that absorb a piece of Hollow power, manifesting offensive and defensive power of their own. For Hollows they are Arrancar and Halve quincies. - Arrancar are Hollows that could obtain Soulreaper powers, giving the Hollow a more humanoid form and storing most of their Hollow powers within their zanpaktou/swords, once released they turn back to their more Hollow form heavily boosting their power. This also takes away their everlasting hunger. - Halve quincies are Hollows that can form a quincy pendant into a bow/firearm. - For Soulreaper these are Vizards. Vizards are soulreapers that obtained Hollow powers, this way they obtain a mask they can put on to vastly increase their powers. - There also is a halve soulreaper that obtained a human body, and a Quincy/Hollow hybrid. But because Hollow power is straight up toxic to Quincies, the only cure was a Soulreaper/Human hybrid that could counteract the poisoned reiatsu within the Quincy's body. So them theirselfs couldn't do much with their combination, except keep eachother save. However their offspring can have all 4 powers. Making them Soulking worthy candidated.
The girl Orihime healing is more like reverting the injured person to a time prior to the injury, as if the injury never occurred. but it does seems to be limited to the living, i do not believe she has ever recovered anyone after they have died.
The reason why he was disintegrating was because his regeneration doesn’t apply to his vital organs which were damaged when ichigo went apeshit, also the reason why ichigo transformed their was because the mask he got was because ichigo is part hollow and in order to get the mask he had to basically beat his hollow into submission which he did but it told him that if he died before they met again then it would take control and ichigo would never be able to control it again which is what happen so it took control resulting in ichigo become what the fandom calls vasto lorde ichigo even though he didn’t actually turn into a vasto lorde
TLDR on the spirit in the first fight. Every sword has its own "soul" and the spirit is its manifestation that Ichigo has met previously. It is alot more complex but long story short Last guy started to disintegrate because the red blast that he was hit with destroyed all his internal organs which he could not regenerate
Why they have to fight to the death ? 1. they are death gods 2. It's way more fun for Zaraki knowing oponent is going to give it his all. Orihime powers are not Heals they revert outcomes . It's time manipulation In theory she's the oposite of Barragan powers .
A Hollow is a human soul that did not cross over at death, instead stayed on Earth and was corrupted into a supernatural monster. Hollows devour other souls, living or dead, to get stronger. Ichigo has an extremely powerful hollow residing within him and lends him strength. Ichigo's mask is him tapping into that hollow power. He can only use so much of it and for so long before the strain on his own spirit is too much. That is the imperfect, ultra quick explanation of hollows on Bleach.
47:21 so.... To explain that basically speaking Ulqiuorra can only regenerate certain parts of his body without dying.... Ichigo had struck a Mortal Blow on him when he cut him on half but Ulqiuorra could have Technically survived that. The Cero, the Red Energy blast that Ichigo shoots from his horns, had Disentegrated Major Organs that are needed. Basically speaking, Ulqiuorra knew he was on Borrowed time and wanted a Warriors Death. He wanted to die by the Sword... To explain the interaction with Orihime, the red head female, earlier in the season Ulqiuorra and her had a Talk. The talk was about the Human Heart but in the original Japanese dub it was about the Soul. Ulqiuorra had posed a Question, "If I ripped out your Heart, would I see your Soul?" The soul being a Metaphor for Emotions. Basically Speaking, Arrancar/Hollows of Ulqi's level have melded with other Hollows. If my thinking is correct he was an Adjuchas Arrancar, which is a step Down from Vasto Lorde. Hollows at that level have eaten so many other hollows by that point they forget their humanity, their emotions by that time... And well they tend to show signs of Mental Disorders like Autism, Narcissism, Nepotism, hell there is an Arrancar with ADHD, an adorable little girl named Neliel Tu Odershvank... Ulqiorra was Number 4 amongst his group and showed signs of Autism, Grimmjow is number 6 and shows signs of Nepotism, Stark who is number 1 in the Espada, their group of 10 Arrancar, suffers from Depression. Each of their Backstories covers these mental disorders, shows these characters having these traits, makes them more.... Human. Makes you the viewer Fully Aware of what these characters have gone thru with the exception of Ulqiorra because you actively see it in his talks with Orihime... Hell number 2, Barragan, is a Narcissistic Tyrant before the BBEG Takes over Hueco Mundo... And you feel bad for these characters as a viewer. You see why they flock to him (except Barragan) cause he gives them a place, a purpose, comraderie, something HUMANS seek. Hollows are Human Souls who.... Have fallen to these emotions, who Hunger to fill a Void (the literal holes in their bodies. Its a physical representation of a Metaphorical Hole people have) and the Writer, Tite Kubo, who in my opinion tackles these in the most Beautiful way has shown with the one character you think you'd never feel bad for, that with a little empathy, you can quite possibly reach someone before its too late.
The cuts make it confusing what the orange hair girl's power is. She's a healer. She can make barriers and use them to heal others. In 41:46 , she's freaking out because the damage isn't being undone.
A Hollow It's a kind of soul devouring monster Born when a human soul Fails to get to the afterlife The mask you see in using Is The method he was channeling his own hollow power The method he was channeling his own hollow power The people with masked fragments on their head are arrancar Which are hollows that have powers like a soul reaper Which is what he means. When he asked if he can read his moves because he himself is becoming more hollow. Or If his opponent is becoming more like a human.
Bleach is about a boy who is an Esper (a Medium who can see the spirits of the deceased), his Mother was killed when he was young and he life wiht his Father and 2 younger sisters. One day Ichigo gets involved in a fight between a Hollow( a Spiritual/Ghostly Predator, that feeds on human souls, usually they are birthed from Human souls lingering too long on our Plane of Existance, to the point where they either get eating by an Hollow or become one, due to negative emotions) and a Shinigami (God of death/Grim reaper) A Shinigami's duty is to roam the realm of the livings, track and find Lost souls, so that they can send them to Soul Society, wich is a higher Plane of existance, something of an Afterlife. They also have the duty to Track and Hunt down hollows before they do harm to humans(we learn that in fact Ichigo's mother was killed by a Hollow) Being in the crossfire of the fight between the 2 and with the safety of his family on the line, and the Shinigami being severly wounded during the fight, Ichigo as no choice but to Absorb a part of the Shinigami's power, to give him the neccesary strenght and power to face off the Hollow, and he does it by ramming the Shinigami's sword (more commonly called a Zanpakto= Soul slaying sword) into his heart. During the process Ichigo Absorb the quasi totality of the SHinigami's powers (a young woman called Rukia) and use his fighting prowess (the guy has being in fights with hoodlums and thugs since he was 12) nd natural battle instincts to win the fight. Since Rukia lost her powers and cannot fullfill her duties, Ichigo as to become a "Temporary" Shinigami, helping her out. Off course things arn't that easy and a LOT and i mean a L O T happens. But one of the things is that Ichigo at one point had undergone the transformation into a Hollow, but the process was interupted, so now he could undergo " Hollowfication" wich gives him the Powers of a Hollow while conserving his Shinigami powers( he sucks at Demon Magic, his only move to use his Huge Spiritual Energy is Dishcarging Blades of Energy at range, the famous Getsuga Tenshou, wich can be roughtly translated as Lunar Fangs or something). The Hollowfication gives him the Hollow mask, but it also gave him a nasty...Flatmate, an Hollow version of himself, that occasionaly wrestles for the control of his Body. LIke any anime about fighting and powers, there's Tiers of powers and Power levels, so Ichigo and his friends/enemies will climb the different Power tiers to the point of Anime Protagonist levels of Bullshit. The Last Transformation is such a thing (the Hollows have their own systeme and the Human looking Hollows are higher tier creatures called "Vasto Lorde" )
Nicole: They make it like winning is all that matters. Me: Ummm, yeah that's kinda the point in a life or death fight. To be 100% clear though, shounen aren't just focused on victory but they are focused on growth. Every fight, every situation, is a chance for the character to grow. Ichigo learns something new in every encounter, and sometimes an encounter changes him in a negative way by shaking his confidence. For the most part, shounen is aimed at boys, seinen is usually aimed at young men. Then shoujo is aimed at girls, and jousei is aimed at young women. There's another genre, kodomomuke, kodomo being the term used to refer to a child (shows like Doraemon or Pokemon).
People sleep on the Ichigo vs Renji rematch, honestly that's still on the best for him imo. It includes just enough backstory in it to understand most of it even w/o context
Kenpachi's is only one of many Kenpachi's and because of who/ what kenpachi's are (Monsters) their can only be one Kenpachi at a time their atm are 2 the Healer captain in Squad 4 I think and then Kenpachi Zaracki of squad 11. The Pink haired girl is Kenpachi's Bonki materialized that you learn later on. But he has held back so much since he loves to fight and everyone he fights is weaker than himself, so to reveal in war he helds back a ton of power 1. Mentally and 2. from his eyepatch
the real reason why he was able to penetrate the sword it's because that isn't his true form of the sword he has enough spiritual pressure to destroy the seretei
And yes the Hollowfaction can control the user that's why it's not really a power that's used it's considered taboo and if the girl would have put on the mask she would have lost her sense of self and became a monster like the rest of those guys.
For context that form he took in the final clip is broadly known as "White" Ichigo. There's a hollow (demon) form of Ichigo inside of him. The last time that Ichigo almost died and "White" Ichigo had to take over to save them he also told him that if it happened again he was going to take over forever. This was White taking over entirely and it was only Orihime who brought the OG Ichigo back. With all of Ichigo and White's power combined but White in control Ichigo became a "Vasto Lordes" or, effectively, a Demon King level hollow. Theory is that even that form of Ichigo could've killed Aizen if they had fought at that point. The only other Vasto Lordes is the #2 Espada and he was the weakest of them and the only reason he got bodied and dominated by Aizen. The writer originally planned on having Ichigo fight more of them. Also Ulquiorra simply ran out of spirit energy. He'd never been pushed to that point before so he had no idea he was at his limit. When he tanked that last shot from Ichigo he burnt out like a candle and faded.
A bit further exposition: It isn't exactly correct to call Hallows Bleach's version of a demon because there ARE actual demons and an actual Hell as of the newest arc of the manga.
That transformed Ichigo vs Ulquiorra fight was in my opinion the best fight in all of Bleach. IDK if you guys checked out Naruto Shippuden fights yet but some of them are pretty epic.
Reason ichigo's eyes mock grimmjow might be cause it reminds him of regular hollows who usually have dark eyes, while evolved hollows (arrancars) like grimjow is have normal eyes mostly and since regural hollows are weaker than arrancars it mocks grimmjow that he is having hard time fighting someone who should be weaker Hollows are race which ichigo is only partial hollow
What fights should we check out next?
Asta and yami vs Dante (black clover)
anyone in the original language
Best Baki Series Fights.
Uryu Ishida vs Mayuri Kurotsuchi from Bleach is a really good one
Yamamoto vs yhwach and asnodt vs rukia (in sub) from bleach pls both has so good animation and voice acting
When ichigo asked pink girl what are you instead of who are you is peak foreshadowin
Fr watching TYBW really makes kenpachi in the beginning make a lot more sense!
Same thing can be said for the spiritual pressure final attack clash near the end of the Kenpachi fight.
I'm near the end of the hallow world arc, and I'm starting to think that Kenny's lt is actually his sword, or rather, his swords spirit.
@@wolfmech ichigo himself and old getsuga been holding him back for years!
@@Sora-Tempest Yeah I guess. Then that could be said for a lot of the other spirit reapers in a spiritual scene.
Honestly just watching the fights aren’t the best way to go, there’s a lot of lore and context that gets stripped away since it’s a very story driven anime that it becomes a very confusing experience trying to piece together what going on instead of just enjoying the fighting itself. 😅
Ehhhh every fight they watched was fine except the ulquiorra one
That one was hurt by the lack of context
@@Sellocajust looks like some random kid fighting a femboy
@@ClipzSan sounds like most anime summed up lol
@@Selloca nah. Zaraki's fight was really out of context. when you know reality about Zaraki, view on that fight instantly changes. when you know that he could've literally killed him in 1 swing if truly wanted is insane :D he can do that to most of the roster of bleach but still :D
@@Ken-un9jb you don't even have that context until way after that fight anyways if that's what you mean 😅
It was hilarious when they didn’t trust that Kenpachi would let Ichigo hit him first for free. Anyone who has watched Bleach knows that dude wasn’t lying, he truly will let the other person get the first shot.
that was his first sighting so yea :D Zaraki do be menace everytime.
Yeah, but Ichigo is the only one that Kenpachi will allow to get the last shot.
when you learn about Zaraki's real power, you realize he ain't cocky at all, he is pretty modest, and I'm not being sarcastic.
mf was so strong that he nerfed himself in every possible way and even in that state he could've ragedolled 90% of captains :D
after he got his true power it's more like 99% of the captains would get wrecked
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@@Ken-un9jb yeah no if he didnt supress his power when he beat unohana as a kid not even prime yama would be able to beat him
@@Ken-un9jb Yep, Squad 4 captain is the only one he couldn't take out.
and ichigo feeling being stabed but he didn't also makes sense.
Love it how Ulquiora complains about how he should have expected no mercy from a Hollow when he straight up blew a hole in Ichigo to try to kill him.
he didnt complain, he simply dont see ichigo as a hollow
He expected that Hollow to be Ichigo, when it started to Cero him there he realized the Hollow inside Ichigo had taken over.
In Ulquiorras eyes Ichigo and his Hollow form are two different entities. Think of it like an epiphany, realizing he didnt lose to Ichigo but just some Hollow without mercy(like himself).
Ratings ichigo's fight without watching bleach it's crazy
Same thing with Naruto. All of these fights hit harder when you know the backstory.
Crazy but honestly the most unbiased just rating it off the first time watching. But at the same time I understand what you mean
The problem with watching these fights without the context to them is that it just becomes transforming and throwing power around without any idea why or how it's happening.
To be fair though, because of the infamous commitment to show don't tell, I went through the whole series once and only just started to realise some of the basic mechanics towards the end.
Like the fact that none of them are actually flesh and blood is very relevant to every fight and Kenpachi's "punching a wall" explanation is intuitive, but very superficial.
@@TheArcSetPretty sure that's just not paying attention or not understanding the basics of how a spirit realm operates, or perhaps you're just new to anime? I understood the things you're bringing up when they first became relevant, and I'm pretty sure I'm not a genius.
"If you truly wish to use my power, make sure you don't die before the next time we meet!" Ichigo sure is a troublesome one always charging head first into danger.
Yea he tends to do that
19:36 with Ichigo, the thing is, he doesn't magically find some new power, the power is already there, but there are gates blocking it, and he has to push the limits to break through those gates, but he doesn't know that.
"He looks like a cat."
You mean to tell me the Espada whose Resurreccion is called "Pantera" looks like a cat?
They clearly missed some things. I don't even think they paid attention to the release animation/command.
@@BloodKaez Who is "they"? I would Kubo and his team trump the animators.
@@Nymphonomicon The people reacting are "They". As in "They missed the the release command that basically gives away he has a cat-like transformation". They talked right over it so they missed it.
kenpachi: now i can use 100% of my spirit energy.
yes 100% of 1%. XD
Full reiatsu release in base sword form.
TBF he didn't know it was only 1%. He had been living with that much spiritual pressure for probably hundreds of years so he didn't know any better at this point.
@@mistere5857 less he didnt know and more he didnt realize he was suppressing himself to such a degree. i mean the guy kicked unahana's ass as a child. if he had the same experience as the head captain then he would be the strongest easily.
@@jdogzerosilverblade299 he is strongest easily :D even Kubo stated that already. no exp needed for him anymore. mf is just a freak of the nature.
@@Ken-un9jb it was really funny when he was banned from learning basic sword skills out of straight fear of getting too strong XD
So, in that last fight with Ichigo vs Ulquiorra when Ichigo's hair turned orange, white skin, and everything, Ichigo died temporarily and the hollow within him took over. That's why there was no talking in that form until he after he stabbed Uryu, that's why Ichigo was giving off monstrous gutteral roars/growls.
Ichigo didn't die, he merely lost control, after all, Ichigo literally can't die. . . due to his Quincy Bloodline being very specific, but that's a Thousand Year Arc thing.
@livedandletdie No he was literally on the verge of death before white took over
When ichigos fight themes start playing, you know it's going to get real.
except for his first encounter with aizen lol
In that last fight, it cut short the explanation of his regeneration, which can grow back limbs, but not the internal organs. When he got cut in half, he lost any organs from below that point, and his death was assured.
plus he over taxed his regen and the price was his body falling apart
Not "cut" Ulquiorra got a full cero blast at point blank.
it showed that orihime was the most powerful being, she disintegrated him by waving her hand.
@@HamguyBacon Lol
Best Ichigo fight
1. Ichigo vs Ulquiora (Ichigo becomes more Hollow, Ulquoira becomes more Humane)
2. Of course, Ichigo vs Aizen mountain fight
3. Ichigo saving Rukia at Sokyoku and fight vie captain & Byakuya
The final fight from the original run against the executioner guy was up there too, even though it's pretty one sided, him breaking the undistructible box by going into bankai is too funny
Yamamoto vs. Yhwach / Rukia vs. AsNodt / Kenpachi vs. Unohana same anime Bleach
Zangetsu is his sword, so he’ll be borrowing power from his sword, which is essentially his power…
There’s a story behind each fight which makes them more appealing and in depth.
watching this and knowing all the rules is so fun, listening to your guesses is funny
I forgot that Ichigo asked “What she was?” Proving back then he knew something.
Ichigo vs. Byakuya, Ichigo vs. Aizen, Ichigo vs. Grimjow are some of my favorite fights in Bleach
@@nxghtdeity white is a true dawg. everytime ichigo was close to death, MF came out like Hulk crushed opponent and went to sleep again ;D
The lead up to the byakuya fight is insane, Sticks his sword in the ground and takes out 3 high level officers with one hand
Ok.. To get a better understanding of Bleach MarioB & Nicole. Basically there is rankings to a soul reaper which is what Kenpachi Zaraki is. You have the low ranking soul reapers, the you have the officers, then lieutenant, then captain. There are 13 districts that is run by each captain. For example, Kenpachi Zaraki is the captain of squad 11. Each soul reaper has their own sword which is called a Zanpakuto. Each Zanpakuto has its unique abilities, and Each Zanpakuto has three states to it, first is its original form, then there's the first release called a Shikai, then there's their second release which is their final and true form called a Bankai. Each Shikai and Bankai has its own forms and abilities based on the soul reader's personality and soul, and they're based on the Zanpakutos itself. And what Ichigo saw during his fight against Kenpachi after getting stabbed through his Zanpakuto, that "spirit" is the manifestation of the Zanpakuto. And when a soul reaper can see their Zanpakuto's manifestation state, it means that soul reaper is closer towards achieving Bankai. When a soul reaper achieves Bankai, it means that soul reaper is as powerful as a captain. Each Zanpakuto has a name, like Ichigo's Zanpakuto is name Zangetsu, and like Renji's Zanpakuto is name Zabimaru, and Byakuya Kuchiki's Zanpakuto is name Senbonzakura. And one must call out the name of their Zanpakuto to utilize its power. Soul reapers' main jobs in the world of the living is to slay hollows and guide souls to the soul society which is essentially heaven in the Bleach universe, when they guide a soul to the soul society its called a Konsō. Hollows are heartless, soul hungry beings that feed off of souls and especially go after those with the higher amount of spiritual pressure. And hollows were once human beings or souls. Souls can become hollows if either a hollow devours their soul, or if their chain links rot away eating each of the links connected to their chest til there is nothing left which in that moment they start to turn into hollows. Only souls, soul reapers, other hollows, and humans whom their soul is exposed can see other souls, soul reapers and hollows. Then there are the Quincies, they are like soul reapers except they don't exorcize hollows, instead they destroy hollows completely disrupting the balance of order, also quincy uses bow and arrows instead of Zanpakutos. The Quicies were ordered to be annihilated by soul reapers because the Quicies were an issue to the balancing order. They were thought to be extinct until Ichigo Kurosaki met Uryu Ashida who is a Quincy. There are multiple rankings of hollows, first you have Overview which are the lowest grade, then Menos Class, then Gillian, then Adjuchas, then Vasto Lorde, then Arrancar, then Números, then Fracción, then Espada. The higher the grade, the more powerful they are with Espada being the highest grade of a hollow. Hollows get stronger the more souls, soul reapers and hollows they devour.
Hope these information helps those who haven't seen Bleach to understand more about Bleach the anime. 👍🏻
Also I forgot to mention that each Arrancar and Espadas have their own transformation called a resurrección like Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez from the second fight in the video Ichigo was fighting. His resurrección gives him the form of a cat like but his zanpakuto(and yes even Arrancars have Zanpakuto) disappears and gives him stronger abilities and making him much faster and stronger same with some of the other Arrancars such as Ulqiorra.
also you were half right about the cat thing.
Grimmjow is basically a panter.
hence when he said "grind, PANTERA!" to unlock his released form
Bleach is in my top 3 favorite animes of all times and I was extremely addicted to this anime when I watched it the first time.
Same here, still one of my favorites till this day.
Me too💜
@@dayanarosmie7383 stay blessed anime fans. We must show love and support for what we love.
It's still my fav ❤
Still my favorite even though there are plenty of others I enjoy now. And as far as Shounen anime, this one has the best story telling. Most Shounen are going to be a C in the story telling.
most of the transformation that you see arent actually transformations in the true sense
ichigo is a soul reaper and their powers is concentrated typically in their swords called zanpakuto which they are considered one with and has 2 stages of power increasements starting with their unrelease base forms where its simply just a sword and nothing else
the first upgrade is called shikai meaning initial release and is done with a command of sorts that is unique to each individual, activating shikai allows a sliver of their zanpakuto's true power comes out and this usually changes the shape of their swords (how much it changes varies, sometimes it isnt even a sword anymore after shikai) along with allow them to access portions of its true power like unique attacks or special abilities
the 2nd and final stage is called bankai meaning full release (activated by simply with the command; bankai) where they unleased their zanpakuto's true forms in all its glory, in most cases it typically creates massive effects or even creatures but for ichigo it concentrates all his enormous power into himself giving him a huge boost physical capabilities and even the potency of his atks, the shape of his sword changes into a smaller one and so does his clothes too which indicates that the robes he wears in his bankai state its part of his power rather then a sort of side effect, additionally his special atk getsuga tensho which fires a crescent shape sword beam by swinging his sword is normally glowing blueish white but in his bankai state its reddish black though side from visual and power increase there isnt an actual differences
the mask that ichigo can "equip" is a hollow mask and the process is i believe called hollowfication and causes the whites of his eyes to become black its not a power soul reapers normally have access too since its something that comes from hollows which are more or less a soul reaper's antithesis, why he can do this is a later plot point but the fact that ichigo can even do this at all is considered something rather horrifying and nightmarish as it means there is something deeply wrong within him and because the only other known soul reapers that can do so are tha group of soul reapers called visored who're the result of live experimentations by a villain but anyway ichigo can don this mask for a limited duration and it boosters his physical capabilities even further
grimmjow and ulquiorra arent humans but arrancar which is essentially evolved form of hollows so naturally they too have a mask but unlike ichigo and members of visored their mask is their default state, unlike soul reapers however who have 2 tiers of releasing their powers arrancars only have 1 which they call resurrección that is compared to soul reaper's bankai but unlike bankai which unleashes their zanpakuto's true form and powers, an arrancar's resurrección releases their own true form instead because their base form is actually the result of them sealing away most of their hallow nature and powers into the form of a sword that they wield donning a more human guise as a result which is why upon using resurrección their whole body changes and their sword disappears
its basically the inverse of a bankai; which unleashes, a resurrección; releases
for orihime's shield, it actually can heal or more specifically, it; "rejects", her power is to reject phenomenons, she designate what she wants to "reject" within the shield and her power will attempt to reject it so it doesnt exist or the results never happened, basically she cause reality to simply reject certain events or facts like the big hole in ichigo's chest which is how she can heal anything even if it technically isnt healing, its because of this power that she can even attempt to heal ichigo since how are you evne gonna fill in that hole alongside with any organs, bones, blood and other bodily necessities that got vaporized since regeneration can only go so far in these cases
Murcielago is first segunda etapa second
You typed out actual pages worth of info. Don’t expect anyone to read it lol
@@raaab1212yes but that only applies to Ulquiorra as he’s the only Arrancar to have Segunda Etapa
The black haired spirit man talking to Ichigo is Ichigo's zanpakuto (sword) named Zangetsu. When Ichigo is talking to the sword itself he normally calls it Zangetsu but when the avatar of the sword is talking in Ichigo's mind he frequently calls him Old Man. The whole thing with a Shinigami and their zanpakuto (its not always a sword though most are and all I think are sealed as a sword) are supposed to be best friends and partners, two parts of the same spirit type of thing. First thing a new Shinigami has to go is learn their zanpakuto's name so they can begin communicating with it through meditation. After a while they grow and get stronger together. Ichigo does everything weirdly and advances so fast because he is special/main character/blah blah blah. Kenpachi and his zanpakuto don't even like each other let alone him knowing its name. As insanely strong as Kenpachi is, he is still only at like 1/2 power because of his sword still being sealed. Also to be a captain you are supposed to be able to release your bankai, the 3rd state and full release of your sword, Zenpachi doesn't even have the first release. He became captain by the other method of becoming one. By defeating the last one. Kenpachi can easily defeat most of the other captain in 1v1 without to much issue. He is a berserker pure and simple. He has immense raw power, enough training and smarts to know how to effectively use that power, and he just loves fighting. To a normal person neither of them won, but Kenpachi counts it as himself losing because Ichigo managed to do so well.
One the different transformations. Some shinigami have their clothes change when they release their bankai as Ichigo's does as well as their weapons changing forms. Ichigo on top of being a shinigami is a visored, or shinigami with hollow powers, hence the hollow mask he summons when he needs more power. And when he later loses control or died temporarily the hollow inside which is also a fragment of his spirit just like the zanpakuto is, took over entirely and became a Vasto Lorde, the most powerful form of hollow. Which is what happened when he fought Ulquiorra.
The humanoids with the number tattoos and holes in them are arrancar. Which is a powerful hollow that was given or obtained shinigami powers. When they use Resurrección they release the sealed hollow powers they had in their swords returning them to a resemblance of what they looked like as a hollow.
Wasn't it shown that ywach (can't spell his name) was zangestu just sealed or something?
Okay so a little context. The mask is called "Hollowfication" It's an ability he gained basically when he first transformed into a hollow, but he wasnt able to control it until later.
Ulquiora is a hollow, and the top kind of hollow, an Arancar. Hollows follow this format: Hollow, Gillian, Adjuchas, Then Vasto Lordes. First someone dies, their chain eats itself to their heart, then they turn into a hollow, then a bunch of hollows eat eachother, then turn into a Gillian. Then a Gillian who has a consiousness eats a bunch of other gillians, and turns into the next form. This repeats until you are a Vasto Lordes. The main villain in the arc turned a bunch of Vasto Lordes into Arancar, and Ulquiora is one of those, and Ranked 4th. He also died because he couldn't regeenerate the internal organs that Ichigo destroyed.
One more thing. Each world basically has a theme. The Soul society is based on feudal japan, and Hueco Mundo is basically Spanish. Even the moves and transformations are specific to their origin place. Soul reapers are Japanese, and Arancars are Spanish.
Hint, hnt, hint. "Or... what are you?"
There is a reason Kenpachi is called "the Demon". Each shinigami's sword is its own being, it's own soul. The strongest shinigami can communicate fairly easily with with their sword, and unlock immense power for both.
Having seen the end of the Kenpachi arc, it is so crazy to know that the hint was there so long ago. It feels like such a throwaway line on first hearing, but is so important in the end.
Kenpachi can cut through the literal fabric of spacetime , and a meteor crashing to earth .... But still couldn't cut through ichigos plot armor
PURE BS FIGHT in bleach.....hell even kubo regretted it, funny thing as strong as ichigo has gotten he still never wants to fight Kenpachi cause he still thinks he cant beat him
The fight makes 100% perfect sense once you understand Kenpachi's power and mindset. Yes he could've easily won, but there were a lot of subconscious things happening that made him throw. He didn't lose on purpose necessarily, but the surrounding events caused him to lose.
@@mistere5857 true, also we know later on that Old Man Zangetsu was purposely "nerfing" Ichigo, so I'm pretty sure in that moment he knew that Ichigo would lose if he didn't go all out against Kenpachi
@@ibrahimsurti4922 kubo never ever regretted it. show source if so. hell nah, he even made CFYOW and SAFWY novels canon, Zaraki is a main dawg in both of them.
ichigo is well matched with zaraki they said 😂😂😂
In their defense. They don't know the story.
@@theanimal26yup, out of context of course
@@theanimal26 in their defense v2. Prime Ichigo most likely will take down Prime Zaraki. but they are in same power league. those 2 and Goatzen.
Should've been the Ichigo vs. Byakuya fight
That was near peak bleach fight
so the guy whose talking to ichigo ho call a spirit is actually his sword. in this show swords are kind of liking living beings with their own soul and personality. so he was basically helping out ichigo and lending him his strength so to speak.
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old man is not his Zanpakuto, White is the real one.
@Ken-un9jb the new episodes of bleach are insane. I thought about reading the thousand year blood war arc because I never thought they would be animated. I'm glad I didn't. Lots of holy crap moments.
kenpachi is a battle manic he likes to fight and is very straight forward, he wants to fight strong enemies. in bleach the swords of the soulreapers have sentience and will, they are also the extension of their welder's soul due to that most have unique powers. the closer they are to their zanpakuto (their sword) the stronger they are and vice versa so training helps too, its a two way street. its like a guitar with an amp.
the later fights are from an arc way later then the first so you missed out on alot of story and what those changes do i would like to talk about grimmjow and ulquiorra they arent soul reapers but share similarities for story reasons i wont say more the anime is good imo so i dont want to spoil things
For some context, the sword extending guy never planned to kill Ichigo, his plan was to scare him enough for Ichigo to go train before facing the big bad.
Have you considered watching the shows? There's some seriously good ones out there.
What other shows do you recommend?
@@mariobnicole8669 Hellsing (13 Ep), Hellsing Ultimate OVA (10 Ep but 60mins) and Samurai Champloo (26 Ep)
@@mariobnicole8669 Personally I like "Great Teacher Onizuka" a classic comedic based anime show.
@@mariobnicole8669 Well, just Anime shows in general, from episode 1 to finish etc. You have done some TV shows, south Park, movies and stuff, but I don't see any long form Anime.
Depending on genre, there's some real bangers.
"Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood" is a Classic, and considered one of the best of all time. It's somewhat jack of all trades in terms of genre, but is a very story & character driven show.
"Demon Slayer" Is a marvel of Animation, combat and emotional turmoil, though not the most complicated of stories.
"Jujutsu Kaisen." Is another, really good anime for comedy, mixed with horror elements, stellar animation and fight sequences.
I personally recommend watching most anime in original Language, with subtitles as well, though some Dubbed versions are quite fine.
@@kyorisi4326great choices🙌🏽
I cant stress enough how much better and emotionally stronger it is watching it in Japanese...
Bleach is one of the only anime alongside one piece dbz and naruto where I genuinely think the dub is on par or better, for these ones in particular I think people say sub better just because of elitism/ personal preference. Other anime i would prob agree tho.
@@DarkMatter-97naruto and bleach sound better in sub the emotion in the voices hit harder
@@Nulsiga Bleach definitely sounds a lot better in dub. And I agree on Naruto sounding good in sub. Bleach has just as much of emotion and is definitely an anime where dub sounds the best. I don't know how you people can even stand orihime in sub but I'm not judging the sub watchers. It's the same with MHA's dub. Id say the only good part about sub is the pause when saying Bankai.
@@DarkMatter-97Exactly.
@nateisda1 go on somewhere with that bullcrap. You can't understand a damn word they are saying. If I wanted to read the dialog I'll stick with manga. I've seen some anime with bad dub but bleach and one piece are great dubs.
2:15 is such a good foreshadowing 😭😭
So ... I know that the Blech dub is infamous for that moment, when they completely dropped the ball, but it was still genuinely shocking to hear the dubbed Kenpachi.
He just sounds so casual and emotionless, that's the antithesis of the character.
With that being how bad even the big budget dubs used to be, it's no wonder there's still a strong bias.
So, major spoilers but needed context for the first fight in this video.
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Both ichigo and kenpachi are in their shikai(initial release) form, meaning both cant seal their zanpakuto because their that powerful. Hence ichigos buster sword and kenpachis jagged odachi style katana.
The man in black is ichigos power manifested, later it would be revealed who and or what that manifestations is(more spoilers). He unlocked some of the powers ichigo has yet to tap into to aid him in the fight.
The bells and eye patch are things ken has done to make fighting fun for him, hes a real battle maniac and is a strong believer in violence isnt the answer its the question and the answers is yes.
There’s some series fight whiplash here, going from one to the next without the context or the careful buildup
Yooooo I never caught the “Or maybe I should ask, what are you?” From Ichigo to Yachiru. Knowing what we know now, that line is crazy foreshadowing
facts i said the same thing watching this i was like........bruh they told us already with it telling us.....
When Ichigo is in the Vasto Lorde form, 42:09 his hollow powers are 100% accessible but the crux is he is basically operating under pure instinct. while giving him a massive increase in raw power, he also loses control over higher level thinking. Reminds me of the Berserk Armor from Berserk. Later he will have no memory of the event.
Him disintegrating was a combination of how much power he had already used, not being able to undo damage to his organs and that he's a soul. No power plus wrecked body meant he just couldn't hold his form anymore and he fell apart.
what happened in the Ulqiuorra fight is that Ichigo Vasto Lorde form destroyed ulqiuorras vital organs which he could not regenerate the regeneration of his body which you saw at the end was superficial thats why he died in the end ichigo in that form won you guys were actually talking over it when ulqiuorra mentioned this about his regeneration flaw.
fun fact in the anime ulq vs the guy with the bow was cencored. in the anime he broke his arm, in the manga the arm was cut off
The swords are a physical expression of their spiritual energy
Squad 11 is the battle squad. They live, breathe, and die for up close combat.
So a *TDLR* explanation of the basics:
They are all sprits, energy shaped into a humanoid form out of habit and because energy can't be destroyed, the will imposed onto their energy is vital. When two people fight, they're clashing both their volume of energy, it's shape/concentration/density and the intention imposed on it. The will to exist and survive vs the will to wound and kill, with weapons being refined manifestations, to subjugate the energy of others.
Multiple times early on, the "normal" kids weapons literally shatter against opponents, because the kids simply don't have the killing intent to match up to them.
The hallucinations are Kenpachi's energy leaking out and faintly imposing his intention to kill onto his opponents bodies.
Literally the same effect as being stabbed by his sword, but to far weaker degree, though still enough to physically damage those far weaker than him.
Kenpachi has the Saiyan instincts for sure. Making me want to rewatch Bleach while I wait for part 3 of the Thousand Year Blood War.😊
About spritual preasure, it's not really about how much but rather your, connection with your weapon, your mental state and how you use your SP.
Its kind of like water, can have a large amount but if you just splash it all around the most you'll do is get wet, but if it's concentrated it can cut materials like steel.
SP is similar, it's effectiveness greatly depends on the users will and mental state. If you are wavering and unsure of what you want or lacking in confidence to achieve it affects how effectively you use SP.
That's why despite having large amount of SP, ichigo's strength seems to vary a lot, because he always wants a reason to fight (which usually ends up being to protect people) unlike kenpachi who is very sure in who he is and what he wants and whose very reason for living is to fight.
when Ichigo puts the hallow mask on, he is calling on his hollow side which has its own set of powers similar to soul reapers. While this greatly increased his power, he can not maintain the form forever.
It does something to my brain to realize, after all this time, that dub Kenpachi is also dub Jiraiya. What a goated dub casting.
>"Or rather, _what_ are you?"
Wow, they were really hinting at it way back then...
Grimmjow's resurrecion form is called Pantera which translates to panther king
11:13 it’s his sword in physical form, his name is Zangetsu
Well... At this point in time you are correct. Check Thousand Year Blood War though. We get more information on Zangetsu. Both Old Man and Hollow Ichigo/Ogihci.
A lot of censorship in the anime made most of brutality n gore into just physical trauma or blowback instead of extreme blood the last part that's currently going on is a lot better uncensored or less uncensored
30:08 See y'all are skipping Important Details. Ichigo is basically a Hybrid of multiple races. The important ones here are Human, Soul Reaper and Hollow. He is what is known as a Vizard. He has Hollow Abilities, but cannot use a Cero. His Black Getsuga Tensho was first used by his Hollow Side, Which.... Intervened on his behalf during a fight Waaay back in the Soul Society Arc. Honestly I am a little upset that y'all didn't get to see the fight between him and Byakuya. Ot would explain a Lot for you. That mask he summons out? That is his Hollow Mask, because again he is a Vizard. Later on in this same fight he becomes what is known as a Vasto Lorde, which is quite literally Upper Echelon/Ruler of Hueco Mundo.
Ichigo vs Byakuya should have been in this mix as well. it's essential to see that one
2:20 “or maybe I should ask, what are you?”
The level of foreshadowing bro! To those who’s seen TYBW, this is where it happened.
Alot to unpack. There are 4 main races. Humans, Quincy, Hollow and Soulreapers. And if Kubo ever wants to continue the 1 chapter he did, maybe we get a 5th race being Sinners.
- Human don't have any offensive powers, but they have the power to absorb and grow indefinitely.
- Quincy are close to human and can use the power/reiatsu they absorb and use them outward, molding them to ammunition and bows/firearms. This is also a double edge sword as this leave them with little power inside their bodies, making attacks from Hollows straight up poisonous to Quincy (where normal human, if not damaged to much where it can't sustain life, can resist it)
- Hollows are souls that are given in by their hunger after death, they then are cast into Hueco Mundo as punishment untill their reincarnation (eventually), once there it's mainly a hell hole where Hollows have to survive, eating eachother to get stronger in order to not be eaten themselfs.
- Soulreapers are souls that were able to overcome their hunger after death, they are the protectors of the balance of the world, if they left the Hollows run out of controle, they would even attack the living, eliminating everyone.
- There is a 5th that as Sinners, souls that committed unforgiveable acts. They are casted to Hell itself, never to be reborn.
Then their are offcourse mixed races as well.
For humans we have the Subtitute soulreapers and Fullbringers.
- Subtitude soulreapers are Humans charged with soulreaper powers (like Ichigo receiving power from Rukia in order to protect them both), Ichigo can now swap between this living form or leave his body to do his soulreaper duties, ever growing his powers.
- Fullbringers (like Orihime) are living people that absorb a piece of Hollow power, manifesting offensive and defensive power of their own.
For Hollows they are Arrancar and Halve quincies.
- Arrancar are Hollows that could obtain Soulreaper powers, giving the Hollow a more humanoid form and storing most of their Hollow powers within their zanpaktou/swords, once released they turn back to their more Hollow form heavily boosting their power. This also takes away their everlasting hunger.
- Halve quincies are Hollows that can form a quincy pendant into a bow/firearm.
- For Soulreaper these are Vizards. Vizards are soulreapers that obtained Hollow powers, this way they obtain a mask they can put on to vastly increase their powers.
- There also is a halve soulreaper that obtained a human body, and a Quincy/Hollow hybrid. But because Hollow power is straight up toxic to Quincies, the only cure was a Soulreaper/Human hybrid that could counteract the poisoned reiatsu within the Quincy's body. So them theirselfs couldn't do much with their combination, except keep eachother save. However their offspring can have all 4 powers. Making them Soulking worthy candidated.
The girl Orihime healing is more like reverting the injured person to a time prior to the injury, as if the injury never occurred. but it does seems to be limited to the living, i do not believe she has ever recovered anyone after they have died.
The reason why he was disintegrating was because his regeneration doesn’t apply to his vital organs which were damaged when ichigo went apeshit, also the reason why ichigo transformed their was because the mask he got was because ichigo is part hollow and in order to get the mask he had to basically beat his hollow into submission which he did but it told him that if he died before they met again then it would take control and ichigo would never be able to control it again which is what happen so it took control resulting in ichigo become what the fandom calls vasto lorde ichigo even though he didn’t actually turn into a vasto lorde
TLDR on the spirit in the first fight. Every sword has its own "soul" and the spirit is its manifestation that Ichigo has met previously. It is alot more complex but long story short
Last guy started to disintegrate because the red blast that he was hit with destroyed all his internal organs which he could not regenerate
"why do they always have to fight to the death?"
They don't.....but this is kenpachi zaraki.
Gotta love battle junkies....
Why they have to fight to the death ?
1. they are death gods
2. It's way more fun for Zaraki knowing oponent is going to give it his all.
Orihime powers are not Heals they revert outcomes . It's time manipulation
In theory she's the oposite of Barragan powers .
A Hollow is a human soul that did not cross over at death, instead stayed on Earth and was corrupted into a supernatural monster. Hollows devour other souls, living or dead, to get stronger. Ichigo has an extremely powerful hollow residing within him and lends him strength. Ichigo's mask is him tapping into that hollow power. He can only use so much of it and for so long before the strain on his own spirit is too much. That is the imperfect, ultra quick explanation of hollows on Bleach.
47:21 so.... To explain that basically speaking Ulqiuorra can only regenerate certain parts of his body without dying.... Ichigo had struck a Mortal Blow on him when he cut him on half but Ulqiuorra could have Technically survived that. The Cero, the Red Energy blast that Ichigo shoots from his horns, had Disentegrated Major Organs that are needed. Basically speaking, Ulqiuorra knew he was on Borrowed time and wanted a Warriors Death. He wanted to die by the Sword...
To explain the interaction with Orihime, the red head female, earlier in the season Ulqiuorra and her had a Talk. The talk was about the Human Heart but in the original Japanese dub it was about the Soul. Ulqiuorra had posed a Question, "If I ripped out your Heart, would I see your Soul?" The soul being a Metaphor for Emotions. Basically Speaking, Arrancar/Hollows of Ulqi's level have melded with other Hollows. If my thinking is correct he was an Adjuchas Arrancar, which is a step Down from Vasto Lorde. Hollows at that level have eaten so many other hollows by that point they forget their humanity, their emotions by that time... And well they tend to show signs of Mental Disorders like Autism, Narcissism, Nepotism, hell there is an Arrancar with ADHD, an adorable little girl named Neliel Tu Odershvank... Ulqiorra was Number 4 amongst his group and showed signs of Autism, Grimmjow is number 6 and shows signs of Nepotism, Stark who is number 1 in the Espada, their group of 10 Arrancar, suffers from Depression. Each of their Backstories covers these mental disorders, shows these characters having these traits, makes them more.... Human. Makes you the viewer Fully Aware of what these characters have gone thru with the exception of Ulqiorra because you actively see it in his talks with Orihime... Hell number 2, Barragan, is a Narcissistic Tyrant before the BBEG Takes over Hueco Mundo... And you feel bad for these characters as a viewer. You see why they flock to him (except Barragan) cause he gives them a place, a purpose, comraderie, something HUMANS seek.
Hollows are Human Souls who.... Have fallen to these emotions, who Hunger to fill a Void (the literal holes in their bodies. Its a physical representation of a Metaphorical Hole people have) and the Writer, Tite Kubo, who in my opinion tackles these in the most Beautiful way has shown with the one character you think you'd never feel bad for, that with a little empathy, you can quite possibly reach someone before its too late.
The cuts make it confusing what the orange hair girl's power is. She's a healer. She can make barriers and use them to heal others. In 41:46 , she's freaking out because the damage isn't being undone.
A Hollow It's a kind of soul devouring monster Born
when a human soul Fails to get to the afterlife The mask you see in using Is The method he was channeling his own hollow power The method he was channeling his own hollow power The people with masked fragments on their head are arrancar Which are hollows that have powers like a soul reaper Which is what he means. When he asked if he can read his moves because he himself is becoming more hollow. Or If his opponent is becoming more like a human.
Vasto Lordus also shows himself in the Bleach movie Hellverse I recommend you check it out that fight is epic!
if i rember corectly kenpachis voice actor was the same one that did the pervy sage in naruto
Bleach is about a boy who is an Esper (a Medium who can see the spirits of the deceased), his Mother was killed when he was young and he life wiht his Father and 2 younger sisters.
One day Ichigo gets involved in a fight between a Hollow( a Spiritual/Ghostly Predator, that feeds on human souls, usually they are birthed from Human souls lingering too long on our Plane of Existance, to the point where they either get eating by an Hollow or become one, due to negative emotions) and a Shinigami (God of death/Grim reaper)
A Shinigami's duty is to roam the realm of the livings, track and find Lost souls, so that they can send them to Soul Society, wich is a higher Plane of existance, something of an Afterlife.
They also have the duty to Track and Hunt down hollows before they do harm to humans(we learn that in fact Ichigo's mother was killed by a Hollow)
Being in the crossfire of the fight between the 2 and with the safety of his family on the line, and the Shinigami being severly wounded during the fight, Ichigo as no choice but to Absorb a part of the Shinigami's power, to give him the neccesary strenght and power to face off the Hollow, and he does it by ramming the Shinigami's sword (more commonly called a Zanpakto= Soul slaying sword) into his heart.
During the process Ichigo Absorb the quasi totality of the SHinigami's powers (a young woman called Rukia) and use his fighting prowess (the guy has being in fights with hoodlums and thugs since he was 12) nd natural battle instincts to win the fight.
Since Rukia lost her powers and cannot fullfill her duties, Ichigo as to become a "Temporary" Shinigami, helping her out.
Off course things arn't that easy and a LOT and i mean a L O T happens.
But one of the things is that Ichigo at one point had undergone the transformation into a Hollow, but the process was interupted, so now he could undergo " Hollowfication" wich gives him the Powers of a Hollow while conserving his Shinigami powers( he sucks at Demon Magic, his only move to use his Huge Spiritual Energy is Dishcarging Blades of Energy at range, the famous Getsuga Tenshou, wich can be roughtly translated as Lunar Fangs or something).
The Hollowfication gives him the Hollow mask, but it also gave him a nasty...Flatmate, an Hollow version of himself, that occasionaly wrestles for the control of his Body.
LIke any anime about fighting and powers, there's Tiers of powers and Power levels, so Ichigo and his friends/enemies will climb the different Power tiers to the point of Anime Protagonist levels of Bullshit.
The Last Transformation is such a thing (the Hollows have their own systeme and the Human looking Hollows are higher tier creatures called "Vasto Lorde" )
they won't get cut by a weaker spiritual pressure basically, if this was an RPG, it would be armor class vs penetration.
Till tomorrow
I will never understand how Ichigo pushed Kenpachi this far
02:25 some foreshadowing there "who are you...or rather what are you"
ichigo's best fights that doesnt include him vs byakuya? blasphemy!
The Ulquiorra fight still saddens me to this day.
As aizen says a a battle between soul reapers is a battle between spiritual pressure
Nicole: They make it like winning is all that matters.
Me: Ummm, yeah that's kinda the point in a life or death fight.
To be 100% clear though, shounen aren't just focused on victory but they are focused on growth. Every fight, every situation, is a chance for the character to grow. Ichigo learns something new in every encounter, and sometimes an encounter changes him in a negative way by shaking his confidence.
For the most part, shounen is aimed at boys, seinen is usually aimed at young men. Then shoujo is aimed at girls, and jousei is aimed at young women. There's another genre, kodomomuke, kodomo being the term used to refer to a child (shows like Doraemon or Pokemon).
People sleep on the Ichigo vs Renji rematch, honestly that's still on the best for him imo. It includes just enough backstory in it to understand most of it even w/o context
Yall reactions are priceless
Without getting to complex, Zangetsu (the spirit with the long hair) is his sword.
The old man with the sunglasses is supposed to be the spirit of ichigo's sword and his soul is linked with it
(spoiler: he's actually just part of it)
Ichigo destroyed his major organs, ulquiorra wasn't able to regenerate those that's why he started dying
Kenpachi's is only one of many Kenpachi's and because of who/ what kenpachi's are (Monsters) their can only be one Kenpachi at a time their atm are 2 the Healer captain in Squad 4 I think and then Kenpachi Zaracki of squad 11.
The Pink haired girl is Kenpachi's Bonki materialized that you learn later on. But he has held back so much since he loves to fight and everyone he fights is weaker than himself, so to reveal in war he helds back a ton of power 1. Mentally and 2. from his eyepatch
Would those be the fights in which he get's his butt kicked until the plot says he wins?
the real reason why he was able to penetrate the sword it's because that isn't his true form of the sword he has enough spiritual pressure to destroy the seretei
And yes the Hollowfaction can control the user that's why it's not really a power that's used it's considered taboo and if the girl would have put on the mask she would have lost her sense of self and became a monster like the rest of those guys.
Watching Bleach fights without context is like eating cake without icing. It's not bad, but you won't get the full experience
Wonder how yall feel when you find out the voice actor for Ichigo is the 2nd Black Power Ranger
Yeah I thought that was him. He also voice Nero in DMC.
-Mario
He voices everything, and they all constantly sound like Ichigo. @@mariobnicole8669
That last fight was between 2 Vasto Lorde but Ichigo's Hollow was always stronger then Ulqiora
lastly, his fight against Gin Ichimaru was AFTER against Ulquiorra
In the crazy form at the end, Ichigo wasn't home. That was pure agression and bloodlust.
Swords have "levels of relese" states. Banki is a second level 'release state'.
For context that form he took in the final clip is broadly known as "White" Ichigo. There's a hollow (demon) form of Ichigo inside of him. The last time that Ichigo almost died and "White" Ichigo had to take over to save them he also told him that if it happened again he was going to take over forever. This was White taking over entirely and it was only Orihime who brought the OG Ichigo back.
With all of Ichigo and White's power combined but White in control Ichigo became a "Vasto Lordes" or, effectively, a Demon King level hollow. Theory is that even that form of Ichigo could've killed Aizen if they had fought at that point. The only other Vasto Lordes is the #2 Espada and he was the weakest of them and the only reason he got bodied and dominated by Aizen. The writer originally planned on having Ichigo fight more of them.
Also Ulquiorra simply ran out of spirit energy. He'd never been pushed to that point before so he had no idea he was at his limit. When he tanked that last shot from Ichigo he burnt out like a candle and faded.
A bit further exposition: It isn't exactly correct to call Hallows Bleach's version of a demon because there ARE actual demons and an actual Hell as of the newest arc of the manga.
Trucking when I say is not cockiness is truthfulness I'm telling you the truth about his power
That transformed Ichigo vs Ulquiorra fight was in my opinion the best fight in all of Bleach. IDK if you guys checked out Naruto Shippuden fights yet but some of them are pretty epic.
Bleach is the goat and needs to be watched. Not just clips.
Reason ichigo's eyes mock grimmjow might be cause it reminds him of regular hollows who usually have dark eyes, while evolved hollows (arrancars) like grimjow is have normal eyes mostly and since regural hollows are weaker than arrancars it mocks grimmjow that he is having hard time fighting someone who should be weaker
Hollows are race which ichigo is only partial hollow