it's funny enough given that his vasto lorde form works the exact opposite, as in when he fights ulquiorra, he does so with his full mask and both horns on but when he gains control of it and uses it against yuha it's just one horn 😂
he wasn't saying that thinking it would be a pushover tbf. ichigo needed byakuya to use bankai because this was a fight to destroy byakuya's pride in tradition.
2/20/23. Just woke up in the hospital. The doctors tell me it was alcohol poisoning, that I'm lucky to be alive. The last thing I remember is watching the first 7 minutes of a bleach video... everything after that is fuzzy. I can't feel my tongue, my stomach is in so much pain... The only sound that remains in my head, replaying over and over, is "Kurosaki Ichigo"...
I heard someone saying it’s stated that Bankai are always bigger than a Shikai. It’s pretty interesting since Ichigos bankai is both the sword and the cloak he wears. Technically it is bigger.
i rewatched this byakuya vs ichigo fight so many times as teenager. i remember downloading a new episode every week from a fan bleach site when i was 18. they also did "ghetto/slang" subs for bleach. it was so dope. Instead of a eng sub line like "i was deceived by your skill?" they translator wrote it as "i was da one trippin the whole time?" it had a lot of gems like that for the subs. ahah they did this for every episode. this was 18 years ago
@@2SpiralNika If 100 million years pass then it is gonna be in whatever version of public domain remains after humanity's extinction. Therefore not DMCA'able.
When Ichigo goes 'bankai' and gets a huge spiritual power boost it's very remarkable and subtle of the writers to specifically show Hitsugaya's and Rangiku's reaction, as they instantly recognise this (and might mistake it) for their former captain's spiritual power.
I think they're moreso just surprised that its possible for someone to have such a huge reiatsu despite being a living, 17 years-old "human". It's heavily implied that, at this point in time, Old man Zangetsu hadn't yet managed to block most of Ichigo's powers after allowing some of his real strength to leak through, so all of a sudden they're feeling a jump in reiatsu from someone who's on par with a low-tier captain to suddenly being a near equal with Ukitake/Yamamoto
@@jasonmoukala8909 Let me guess, you're the kind of reader that ignores everything which isn't explicitly stated, then go on the subreddit with a million questions which the manga already answered. In order to allow Ichigo to achieve a Faux bankai, Old Man Zangetsu had to temporarily disable the seal he had put on Ichigo's full power. 5 years-old baby Ichigo, without the seal on his true nature, already is a match to Ukitake. That's why Ichigo BODIED Byakuya in this fight, but couldn't quite match the captains again until he mastered using his Mask, well into the invasion of Hueco Mundo.
@@jerrygreenest *Spoiler* Now we know that the white Ichigo was trying to save him instead of trying to take him over, zanpakuto are less useful when not acknowledged by their owners.
@@smallcifer1104 I have probably misunderstood something, or simply forgot, but in which episode white Ichigo did say he's trying to save him? Even if he did say this, in previous episodes it didn't look like that AT ALL.
@@jerrygreenest last episode of tybw ichigo has a self realization about what they were doing and realized it was them protecting them his hollow being more aggressive about his weaknesses due to not being truly acknowledged as part of ichigos power it cause similar distress seen in kenpachi or yumchikia or renji who all had issues in some way with their blade causing them to not truly cooperate but still want to protect them.
I loved the way they showed spiritual pressure in the early episodes - the streaky verticle lines in the art. The modern animation never really captured the way it seemed to make the air sizzle.
I think the same, I really dislike the style of the new episodes and the bright colors they have. The darker colors and the drawings from the first episodes feel a lot better
Bleach really went downhill after the Soul Society arc, IMO. The Arrancar/hollow arc was really just a reskinned SS arc and the series lost touch with what made it great. It was never about metaphysical bankais but a good story with powerful, but not too powerful, people.
Hollow Ichigo was way too skilled. I still remember, how he fought Ichigo, where he used that white band of Ichigo's sword to his advantage and relentlessly attacked Ichigo.
I believe it's how you're supposed to fight using Zangetsu but Ichigo just never does. White was trying to teach him to fight using the blade properly.
@@nadas1921 Ichigo is kiddish and drama queen? XDDDDDD Compare to whom? When you look in big 3 Ichigo is the most matured and stoic of them. (Naruto is a complete child with little dark past, Luffy is just a happy child on dream road.) Other MC's like Goku, Natsu, Alibaba, Gon, Asta, Yusuke, Tanjiro, Yuji are not mature either. Sure there are some MC's that are more intelligent/mature like Light or Lelouch, but they are only in shorter anime's not 200+ episodes.
@@rzymski1974 I think among those names you've mentioned, I think Tanjiro is a little more mature compared to the others. Although I agree, Ichigo has a lot of development and different moods throughout the show like depression etc thats why he feels a lot more relatable compared to the other MCs that are kinda just one dimensional for the most part.
IK😂 Pretty sure he's seen too much sht already and is probably used to Ichigo pulling random BS like this often, along with the fact that he was just going to waste time and vital energy by just listening.
7:59 gotta admit, hearing the hollow noise faintly just before it shows the mask is something i didn't notice when I first saw this fight. I didn't even notice it in the countless times I've looked it up in college.
7:15 Byakuya's actions here are to induce shock and disrupt oxygen / blood flow. 1 - The calves are designed in a way to send blood back up to the heart. Basis of cardio. Stabbing ichigo in the foot not only restricts his movement, but causes blood to leak through the wound. 2- Blasting him through the shoulder accomplished the same goal. Weaken the opponent by targeting clusters of arteries and veins. Both injuries are also on the right side of his body, Ichigo's dominant hand. Ichigo lost complete control over his ability to breathe in a moment. *Spoilers for TYBW ahead* Because Isshin was in a Gigai at the time and soul bound to Masaki, he lost his shinigami powers. Meaning that Ichigo is a natural born Quincy masquerading as a soul reaper. Getsuga tenshou is firing pure spiritual pressure at his target, when normal zanpaktou convert spiritual pressure into something. So Ichigo's power is abnormal, and this is why Byakuya and other soul reapers are always so surprised by what he can do. Whenever Ichigo is gravely injured, he's actually relying on an extremely dormant version of blut vene to mitigate the damage he receives, and the more he pulls on his soul is why his hollow takes over. Same thing with asking Zangetsu (Ywachs latent reiatsu), White takes over as well. White is parasite that made it's way into Ichigo's soul, and has actually fused with him. White is to Ichigo like your arm or leg. Ichigo has to summon white by basically pleading for a win when he fights both Byakuya and Ulquiorra
Yes but isshin's getsuga is a different type, it's a melee/infusion type im sure while ichigo's getsuga is more of a range type. Im sure isshin could do the same but i think due to Ichigo's quincy nature, his getsuga has been made more range potent than infusion@@angelmonroy9644
I don't understand your last paragraph. Ichigo is supposed to be a hybrid with quincy, soul reaper and hollow powers. So if white is a hollow how can he be the source of his shinigami powers? Old man zangetsu isn't the real zangetsu but his quincy powers instead. If so, why is old man zangetsu gone at tybw? Why when he is pulling into his soul the hollow takes over and what has that to do with the dormant blut vene? Lastly, when ichigo was training before the last aizen fight, why was tensa zangetsu a young looking man?
My favorite part of this whole encounter is how Byakuya never takes him too serious. Most of what he does is intended to shut down Ichigo instead of kill him. But it's still cool to see Ichigo freak out and let White play a bit. Makes for awesome scenes.
10:18 I like how Byakuya's pronoun to Ichigo changes from Kisama or Kozou to Kei, showing some respect. Oh well, he called him in full name a lot more often though 😂
This isnt even Ichigo at his strongest at this level. He’s still covered in wounds and his wrappings are still keeping him together from his previous escapades. This is why his Bankai wore him out so fast.
Oh i think i understand now. The inner hollow (actually his bankai) says he has no name, because the old man (fake bankai, and secretly Ychwach) took his name. And he means that VERY literally, Ychwach very literally took his real bankai's name in order to pretend to be it.
Yeah, I always thought that since the cloak only appears in Bankai that piece of cloth wraps around him and turns into it since it actually is a part of his zanpakuto
I've been following this anime since 2006. The best way to describe it: its soundtrack forces you to maximum discipline regardless of how much practice you have in it. I implore every man to have that level of resolve. There is no discipline without pain.
@sexallatusangelus4472 reiatsu neg. At this point aizen is significantly weaker than true power ichigo, his reiatsu alone is big enough to negate it. Azien even at 4th hongyoku evolution could not sense dangai ichigo reiatsu, and true shikai ichigo is on par with dangai, true bankai adds a 10x multiplier to that
@sexallatusangelus4472going off what Yhwach said, TYBW shikai Ichigo would be the same level as the Final getsugatenshou. Given he stated "you've attained the power you used to defeat sosuke Aizen" (paraphrasing).
@@flavienmaillard3910 Yamamoto figured out letting aizen stab him dispels the effect. Yhwach was able accurately find and absorb aizen, the effect on yhwach was only temporary
This is not the full fight, it is heavily cut. The whole part before he inites his bankai is missing, where they argue about why Ichigo thinks he could possibly defeat Bykuya while still in his Shikai. It kills the whole atmosphere cutting that out.
I just realized, this version of Ichigo's bankai is very much Hollow powers based. Bc that blinking flash that he does that leaves after images that a Captain lvl soul reaper couldnt catch up to is Sonido which is an Arrancar skill which is basically Flash step but its all physical with no Reishi needed
Actually, it's Hirenkyaku. He's not using his Hollow based powers here because they're fully fused with his soul reaper powers - instead he is using his quincy powers, which are approximating the powers of a soul reaper.
@@gamingyoshi2280You mean until the Imprisnment of Aizen or later in the game ? Icjust remember that he lost all his power in the final battle against Aizen and somehow got newer ones from the other half masked guys..
@@Opagainco I don't think Ichigo was seen as much of a threat. If a normal captain wouldn't see him worthy of using bankai against, why would sasakibe?😂
Honestly mang, if there’s one thing I’d change about Soul Society arc, it’s the final battle. It’s should’ve been Ichigo vs. Sasakibe. We could’ve had someone who’s likely more powerful than most captains (given that he’s quite old and has trained with Yama and given him his trademark scar) and has a decent motive for facing Ichigo (you could say he felt personally insulted that Ichigo tried going against Yamamoto’s orders or something like that). Plus, this would’ve given us some showcase of how strong both his shikai and bankai are. The fight we got was still has epic as Bleach’s fights go, but man Sasakibe got shafted throughout most of the series and I would’ve loved for him to have a true showcase somewhere.
@@AlexESR71nah they could sense his spiritual pressure just like ukitake did for the first time . Everyone knew ichigo was a threat just didn’t know if he was evil . And sasakibe shouldn’t have been one of the 3 to stop ichigo as the head commander’s lieutenant this made him look weak
To think that Ichigo actually would have really lost and been killed had it not been for Zangetsu bailing him out. One of Zangetsu’s finest moments, and none of us even knew what Zangetsu was until reading TYBW The Sword Five in 2013.
True, but if the Quincy side of zangetsu didn't suppress him in the first place who knows who he could have beaten. Ichigo trains and have a will like no one, but he is also absolutely op/broken by nature.
Im hindsight, I noticed white was never mean at all, really. Just misunderstood from ichigos perspective. I'm all fairness, he's intimidating so its easy to misjudge him.
even after decades the synergy between Bleach's stylistic art ,its music remains unparalled. From someone who used to watch it weekly as it came out , i so miss those days
Ichigo's need to put on the hollow mask was his rejection of White/Zangetsu, Ichigo didn't want to acknowledge that White was a part of him/actually the real Zangetsu, and felt that his hollow was a different side of him/existence, hence the need for throwing on the mask. That's why later on after receiving his true Zanpakutou, you can see whites covering Ichigo's Shihakushō, it's a hollowfication on a much larger scale than he did with the mask and he doesn't need to manually use it just to get the boost. It's always on and active 24/7 with a greater amp than the masks the Visoreds and old Ichigo were using with no time limit, Ichigo's acceptance of the real Zangetsu as his Shinigami powers and as a part of who he is removes the concept of having to put the hollow mask on, they're two sides of the same coin, his inner hollow isn't some third-party power he needs to occasionally draw out, it's a part Ichigo's too. That's why you'll never see Ichigo mask in TYBW, as that would contradict all the character development Ichigo had with the two Zangetsus. The Blade Is Me is such a fire episode for Ichigoat.
Dope how when Byakuya blocced the attacc from Ichigo's transformation, the cherry blossoms surrounding him was in the shape of the tip of a katana. D O P E
To those who wondering why, Ichigo win easily at first when he use his Bankai. It's not like he slowly run out of stamina or become weaker, his hollow slowly absorb Zangetsu power. It was confirm during Vizard training when Ichigo confront his inner hollow why it's not zangetsu that greeted him instead. His inner hollow explain, the more Ichigo try to draw out Zangetsu power, the more easy his inner hollow absorb it instead so zangetsu become part of his inner hollow. That's why Byakuya couldn't react when Ichigo disappear and end up point his katana to his throat, it's not because of coincidence or like ups moment, it was because at that very point Ichigo is really strong fresh out with his Bankai, but when the fight stall and time pas by notice how Byakuya able to follow his movement? That is because his hollow already absorb some of his power slowly. Even Byakuya said it here during Sekei ... Ichigo movement become slow, is not because Byakuya get faster .... it's because Ichigo getting weaker the more he fights and try to draw out Zangetsu power the more his hollow siphon it. Like to add that during his fight against Grimjow in the human world that night, why Ichigo really getting his ass kick, just with barehands by Grimjow, Grimjow not even draw his sword. First is because of his Shinigami Badge, which is the thing that given to him from Ukitake as Shinigami Substitute, that as we all know that thing let Soul Society limit/control his power. Second is because at this point Ichigo Bankai is really weak, his hollow already very strong from Ichigo continuous usage of Bankai. Even Ulquioura confirm this during his first appearance in the human world with Yami. When Yami beat Ichigo to pulp, he senses that Ichigo power began to fluctuating when his hollow about to take over, when it's low it's nonsense, but when his reiatsu is high it's higher than Ulqioura reiatsu.
Is anybody know these song or music playing at time frame? 6:24 been looking for it for a long time. Would love to know the title of it and where to get it
This has gotta be my favorite anime rivalry. Kubo fucking COOKED with this. The way they each call the other by their FULL name, the way both of them so clearly want smoke, the pacing of Ichigo's strength and skill vs Byakuyas in each interaction... It's all just so perfect. Watching this anime week to week, witnessing Ichigo go from getting absolutely no diff blitzed and Byakuya calling him slow even in defeat to Ichigo outspeeding him? Pure catharsis, man.
the funny thing is this isnt even his true bankai, it essentially just taking all that excess energy he was constantly leaking out, pulling it back into himself and condensing it. so really this "bankai" is his actual strength if he used it more wisely instead of wasting it.
@@AlexESR71 That should tell you Byakuya at the beginning of the series was just as new as Ichigo, despite being older. TYBW Byakuya wouldn’t have taken his shit, nor would Fullbringer Byakuya.
I remember when I first watched this, I thought Ichigo’s bankai was just the big energy blast and it was just a one shot kill or something, then the cut to him with the black sword and different outfit was hype as heck
When Ichigo pulled off the mask, Byahkuya kind of understood that Ichigo never intended to do him harm - he just wanted to stop him. Because if it had continued, for sure White would have done serious damage to Byakuya.
I used to think he received a boost in power when he became hollow but it's not that. It's the same power, he's just fighting smart and efficiently. Throwing Getsugas to make him dodge until there's only direction left, then throwing 2 Getsugas to force him to dodge, then appearing behind him with the 3rd Getsuga point blank. Hollow Ichigo so completely outplayed and dominated Byakuya, overwhelmed him. This was no reiatsu or power boost. Ichigo didn't even think about using Getsuga in bankai lol.
This probably won't get answered but is it worth watching the entirety of bleach? I've watched the first season twice now and it's really good but every time i try and watch the second season (the part where those little kids get introduced and whip Ichigo's ass) i lose interest almost immediately. What im asking is, does it get good again or should i just leave it at the first season?
General consensus is that bleach takes place over a 7 month period, and then only a few weeks after timeskip. Essentially ichigo went from struggling with low level hollows to killing god in about 8 months. And the final time skip is 10 years on. While ichigo’s power ramp up will have slowed after that time after having no reason to need to get stronger, his natural affinity from being the ultimate life form would mean his powers would just continue to grow and grow naturally. Surely he must not be allowed to actually do anything anymore right? Like the guy could quite easily manhandle captains without even using his zanpakuto anymore. His very presence could absolutely cripple large portions of the soul society and any souls stuck in the real world as well.
God I've always loved these over the top maniac characters like White Ichigo. Back when I was more comfortable I use to be loud and wild. Always the life of the party entertaining everyone and doing crazy stuff, nothing illegal of course.
Ichigo's hollowfication is cooler with half mask than full mask on
his psychotic grin is cooler than just having a skull mask on
@@robungle I have the same opinion
it's funny enough given that his vasto lorde form works the exact opposite, as in when he fights ulquiorra, he does so with his full mask and both horns on but when he gains control of it and uses it against yuha it's just one horn 😂
Actually
@@AlexESR71 not a vasto lorde
This fight is memorable, fifteen years later I still remember it 🤩
something about the earlier season fight scenes just hits different and i can't put my finger on it...
@@whitemoonwolf13 Nostalgia hits hard huh
@@whitemoonwolf13the soul society arc was the best back then, the bount arc kind of killed it tho lol
Bleach has good fights that actually feel meaningful
and some mfs say the first arc was bad lmao
i love how byakuya sees ichigo turn hollow, go crazy, and talk to himself, then be like "ok. we're never going to talk about this again"
🤣
dont ask questions you dont want the answers to
well for an instance byakuya thought this battle would never make him sweat after defeating him with such ease at karakura town xD
Dude nearly shit himself after ichigo knocked down all of byakuya bankai
Lmfao he had enough that day
Ichigo: Fight me with your Bankai! I'm going to defeat you!
Byakuya: *bankais*
Ichigo: *shocked pikachu face*
he wasn't saying that thinking it would be a pushover tbf. ichigo needed byakuya to use bankai because this was a fight to destroy byakuya's pride in tradition.
@@ApexGaleStill that doesn't change the fact Ichigo wanted to fight his bankai using shikai
Take a shot everytime you hear byakuya say kurosaki ichigo
Dead
Might never wake up
@@omuntusgustapo256 qqbiò90bp0
Hospital 🏥
2/20/23. Just woke up in the hospital. The doctors tell me it was alcohol poisoning, that I'm lucky to be alive. The last thing I remember is watching the first 7 minutes of a bleach video... everything after that is fuzzy. I can't feel my tongue, my stomach is in so much pain... The only sound that remains in my head, replaying over and over, is "Kurosaki Ichigo"...
Now it makes a lot more sense what Byakuya said: "this little thing is a bankai? Don't step at my pride", because indeed it wasn't.
Yamamoto did something very similar though. But then again, it's more or less a variant of it.
I heard someone saying it’s stated that Bankai are always bigger than a Shikai. It’s pretty interesting since Ichigos bankai is both the sword and the cloak he wears. Technically it is bigger.
@Judda Kooda true but I think it's also stated that they can control the size of their sword bc if they didn't it would be the size of skyscrapers
@@64kingarthur Yamamoto bankai is bigger, just the flames are so hot, they become invisible unless he wants you to see them
@@juddakooda9520 that’s pretty badass ngl, upgraded weapon and “armor”
i rewatched this byakuya vs ichigo fight so many times as teenager. i remember downloading a new episode every week from a fan bleach site when i was 18. they also did "ghetto/slang" subs for bleach. it was so dope. Instead of a eng sub line like "i was deceived by your skill?" they translator wrote it as "i was da one trippin the whole time?" it had a lot of gems like that for the subs. ahah they did this for every episode. this was 18 years ago
"Bleach from the Hood" from Databayo. Still remember that to this day.
@@javarrmalutei5740 ayeeeeee I’m glad someone enjoyed those subs like I did!
@@javarrmalutei5740I might give it a watch if y’all saying it’s that good
That's the magic fansubs/fandubs
@@imjustlikedenji5954 ahaha yeah it was awesome and wow this comment blew up!
Always the Hollow side to save him when in need. Foreshadowed from the very beginning.
Yes
Ulquiorra's death was still cheap bs despite the constant plot armour foreshadowing.
No I'm not still salty about it, you are. Shut up.
The real zangetsu
It's funny how he could've just piked Byakuya's head as soon he went bankai
not always, old man zangetsu once saved him without needing white's help
Shows been out for 20 years and we still can't get an unedited version without skips on YT.
Copyright on TH-cam is a bitch, can't even use music that has its copyright ended for decades ago without your video being claimed
it could be out for 100 million years that has nothing to do with DMCA laws
@@2SpiralNika If 100 million years pass then it is gonna be in whatever version of public domain remains after humanity's extinction. Therefore not DMCA'able.
Just go on one of the multiple pirate websites freebooting the full episodes. Just remembered to leave your adblocker/antivirus on.
This is such a low iQ comment.
This will be forever the best hollowification ichigo ever does on screen. The fact white talks to his oppoenent verses just behaving like a beast
"Full fight" but you cut all the scenes where Uncle Tsukishima helped Ichigo.
Hahahahahaha!!!
LMAO thats a criminally underrated comment
to realise Ichigo's bankai broke here once and Tsukishima fixed it
shit it took me like 5sec to realize what you said~!! xd
I don't understand @@Hyukju_Cha
When Ichigo goes 'bankai' and gets a huge spiritual power boost it's very remarkable and subtle of the writers to specifically show Hitsugaya's and Rangiku's reaction, as they instantly recognise this (and might mistake it) for their former captain's spiritual power.
I think they're moreso just surprised that its possible for someone to have such a huge reiatsu despite being a living, 17 years-old "human". It's heavily implied that, at this point in time, Old man Zangetsu hadn't yet managed to block most of Ichigo's powers after allowing some of his real strength to leak through, so all of a sudden they're feeling a jump in reiatsu from someone who's on par with a low-tier captain to suddenly being a near equal with Ukitake/Yamamoto
@@Gabu_ nah. I think findrodthewise has a point. Why only show those two and not anyone else?
@@Gabu_at this point ichigo was nowhere near ukitake much less Yama 😂😂😂
@@jasonmoukala8909 Let me guess, you're the kind of reader that ignores everything which isn't explicitly stated, then go on the subreddit with a million questions which the manga already answered.
In order to allow Ichigo to achieve a Faux bankai, Old Man Zangetsu had to temporarily disable the seal he had put on Ichigo's full power. 5 years-old baby Ichigo, without the seal on his true nature, already is a match to Ukitake.
That's why Ichigo BODIED Byakuya in this fight, but couldn't quite match the captains again until he mastered using his Mask, well into the invasion of Hueco Mundo.
@@Gabu_ ok see he didn’t body byakuya. He barely won this fight. Like yall will say anything to hype ichigo up
Such an iconic entrance…
That and the TYBW entrance
Hollow ichigo taking over hits differently now after the most recent episode of TYBW.
How exactly different? No difference to me.
@@jerrygreenest *Spoiler*
Now we know that the white Ichigo was trying to save him instead of trying to take him over, zanpakuto are less useful when not acknowledged by their owners.
@@smallcifer1104 I have probably misunderstood something, or simply forgot, but in which episode white Ichigo did say he's trying to save him? Even if he did say this, in previous episodes it didn't look like that AT ALL.
@@jerrygreenest he said it in the last episode of TYBW arc
@@jerrygreenest last episode of tybw ichigo has a self realization about what they were doing and realized it was them protecting them his hollow being more aggressive about his weaknesses due to not being truly acknowledged as part of ichigos power it cause similar distress seen in kenpachi or yumchikia or renji who all had issues in some way with their blade causing them to not truly cooperate but still want to protect them.
i love the vibe of early bleach so much
I loved the way they showed spiritual pressure in the early episodes - the streaky verticle lines in the art. The modern animation never really captured the way it seemed to make the air sizzle.
I think the same, I really dislike the style of the new episodes and the bright colors they have. The darker colors and the drawings from the first episodes feel a lot better
Bleach really went downhill after the Soul Society arc, IMO. The Arrancar/hollow arc was really just a reskinned SS arc and the series lost touch with what made it great. It was never about metaphysical bankais but a good story with powerful, but not too powerful, people.
Hollow Ichigo was way too skilled. I still remember, how he fought Ichigo, where he used that white band of Ichigo's sword to his advantage and relentlessly attacked Ichigo.
Ichigo did swung his sword like that…one time then never again lol
I mean, he's the real Zangetsu...
I believe it's how you're supposed to fight using Zangetsu but Ichigo just never does. White was trying to teach him to fight using the blade properly.
@@TruthSeeker23099when did he do that?
@@williamkim9861 at Sokyoku hill…when ichigo destroyed the scaffold and saved rukia
Man, Hollow Ichigo has so much cooler fighting style than Ichigo
true,i mean in every popular anime MC's are the less coolest characters.ichigo is my least favorite in this series he's so kidish and drama queen.
@@nadas1921 yes
he is brainless
he didn't even understand basic things
@@nadas1921 Ichigo is kiddish and drama queen? XDDDDDD Compare to whom?
When you look in big 3 Ichigo is the most matured and stoic of them. (Naruto is a complete child with little dark past, Luffy is just a happy child on dream road.) Other MC's like Goku, Natsu, Alibaba, Gon, Asta, Yusuke, Tanjiro, Yuji are not mature either.
Sure there are some MC's that are more intelligent/mature like Light or Lelouch, but they are only in shorter anime's not 200+ episodes.
@@rzymski1974 I think among those names you've mentioned, I think Tanjiro is a little more mature compared to the others. Although I agree, Ichigo has a lot of development and different moods throughout the show like depression etc thats why he feels a lot more relatable compared to the other MCs that are kinda just one dimensional for the most part.
Instinct
It was skipped in this video but I find really funny how byakuga just says "I'm not even gonna ask bro"
IK😂 Pretty sure he's seen too much sht already and is probably used to Ichigo pulling random BS like this often, along with the fact that he was just going to waste time and vital energy by just listening.
This bgm of byakuya and Ichigo still is unbeatable.
soul society ost just hits different
...until Ainzen kills it, with just one finger.
15 years ago where we can freely see best scenes without cuts.... good old days... love you youtube
Byakuya: That small thing can't be bankai!
Gin coughs in a corner
😂😂
Funny part is, it wasn't
7:59 gotta admit, hearing the hollow noise faintly just before it shows the mask is something i didn't notice when I first saw this fight. I didn't even notice it in the countless times I've looked it up in college.
I DIDN'T NOTICE IT TIL YOU POINTED IT OUT WTF
God that's faint! How the heck did you hear that!? This is a first for me! Thx for pointing it out!
@@williamkim9861 I think it was a combination of headphones, audio settings, and good hearing.
I love how byakuya could barely walk at the end of the fight, admits defeat and somehow flash steps out of there😂
7:15
Byakuya's actions here are to induce shock and disrupt oxygen / blood flow.
1 - The calves are designed in a way to send blood back up to the heart. Basis of cardio. Stabbing ichigo in the foot not only restricts his movement, but causes blood to leak through the wound.
2- Blasting him through the shoulder accomplished the same goal. Weaken the opponent by targeting clusters of arteries and veins.
Both injuries are also on the right side of his body, Ichigo's dominant hand. Ichigo lost complete control over his ability to breathe in a moment.
*Spoilers for TYBW ahead*
Because Isshin was in a Gigai at the time and soul bound to Masaki, he lost his shinigami powers. Meaning that Ichigo is a natural born Quincy masquerading as a soul reaper. Getsuga tenshou is firing pure spiritual pressure at his target, when normal zanpaktou convert spiritual pressure into something. So Ichigo's power is abnormal, and this is why Byakuya and other soul reapers are always so surprised by what he can do.
Whenever Ichigo is gravely injured, he's actually relying on an extremely dormant version of blut vene to mitigate the damage he receives, and the more he pulls on his soul is why his hollow takes over. Same thing with asking Zangetsu (Ywachs latent reiatsu), White takes over as well. White is parasite that made it's way into Ichigo's soul, and has actually fused with him. White is to Ichigo like your arm or leg. Ichigo has to summon white by basically pleading for a win when he fights both Byakuya and Ulquiorra
The more he uses his shinigami powers the more the White comes out. White is core of his shinigami powers
Doesn’t make sense. Ishinn also uses getsuga tenshou
@@angelmonroy9644getsuga tenshou was passed onto ichigo by isshin through genetics most likely
Yes but isshin's getsuga is a different type, it's a melee/infusion type im sure while ichigo's getsuga is more of a range type. Im sure isshin could do the same but i think due to Ichigo's quincy nature, his getsuga has been made more range potent than infusion@@angelmonroy9644
I don't understand your last paragraph.
Ichigo is supposed to be a hybrid with quincy, soul reaper and hollow powers. So if white is a hollow how can he be the source of his shinigami powers? Old man zangetsu isn't the real zangetsu but his quincy powers instead. If so, why is old man zangetsu gone at tybw?
Why when he is pulling into his soul the hollow takes over and what has that to do with the dormant blut vene?
Lastly, when ichigo was training before the last aizen fight, why was tensa zangetsu a young looking man?
I like how aggressively White fights, throwing multiple small Getsugas is something I haven’t seen Ichigo do even once
maybe i misremember, but i think he tried that against ulquiorra
My favorite part of this whole encounter is how Byakuya never takes him too serious. Most of what he does is intended to shut down Ichigo instead of kill him.
But it's still cool to see Ichigo freak out and let White play a bit. Makes for awesome scenes.
10:18 I like how Byakuya's pronoun to Ichigo changes from Kisama or Kozou to Kei, showing some respect. Oh well, he called him in full name a lot more often though 😂
This isnt even Ichigo at his strongest at this level. He’s still covered in wounds and his wrappings are still keeping him together from his previous escapades. This is why his Bankai wore him out so fast.
No shit
No he was fully recovered
@8:08 "he says, i have no name". Is that supposed to be part of Ychwach (Yuha Baha)?
He says he has no name because old man took his name
@@DC21NYThat is SO ironic
Oh i think i understand now. The inner hollow (actually his bankai) says he has no name, because the old man (fake bankai, and secretly Ychwach) took his name.
And he means that VERY literally, Ychwach very literally took his real bankai's name in order to pretend to be it.
Yo i just realised that the cloth wraps around ichigo's arm. Almost like how it did during his fight against aizen.
Yeah, I always thought that since the cloak only appears in Bankai that piece of cloth wraps around him and turns into it since it actually is a part of his zanpakuto
@@MrShadic999it has been stater somewhere that his cloak is part of his bankai bcs it regenrates with him
2:37 Ichigo quincy powers awaken to form his soul reaper zanpukto, the blue energy is his quincy arrows thru a sword. Excellent details in the plot
I've been following this anime since 2006. The best way to describe it: its soundtrack forces you to maximum discipline regardless of how much practice you have in it. I implore every man to have that level of resolve. There is no discipline without pain.
OG right here,I remember watching this a long time ago. One of my favorite fights of this anime.
Imagine if ichigo was not being restricted by the old man and had his full power, shikai ichigo would one shot byakuya
@sexallatusangelus4472 reiatsu neg. At this point aizen is significantly weaker than true power ichigo, his reiatsu alone is big enough to negate it.
Azien even at 4th hongyoku evolution could not sense dangai ichigo reiatsu, and true shikai ichigo is on par with dangai, true bankai adds a 10x multiplier to that
@franz5525except aizen and kenpachi they're all around the same strength at eos 😅 novels n shit
@sexallatusangelus4472going off what Yhwach said, TYBW shikai Ichigo would be the same level as the Final getsugatenshou. Given he stated "you've attained the power you used to defeat sosuke Aizen" (paraphrasing).
@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716even Yamamoto and Yhwach couldn't block Kyoka suigetsu, reiatsu can't counter it
@@flavienmaillard3910 Yamamoto figured out letting aizen stab him dispels the effect. Yhwach was able accurately find and absorb aizen, the effect on yhwach was only temporary
I think it makes a lot of sense now knowing what we know when Byakuya was basically asking his zanpaktou name, he wasn't obliged to answer.
I took it to be more because the old man kinda stole his name
They are both zangetsu
This is not the full fight, it is heavily cut. The whole part before he inites his bankai is missing, where they argue about why Ichigo thinks he could possibly defeat Bykuya while still in his Shikai.
It kills the whole atmosphere cutting that out.
Poor guy 😂😂😂
I just realized, this version of Ichigo's bankai is very much Hollow powers based. Bc that blinking flash that he does that leaves after images that a Captain lvl soul reaper couldnt catch up to is Sonido which is an Arrancar skill which is basically Flash step but its all physical with no Reishi needed
Actually, it's Hirenkyaku. He's not using his Hollow based powers here because they're fully fused with his soul reaper powers - instead he is using his quincy powers, which are approximating the powers of a soul reaper.
0:16 bro just yeeted the guy who killed yhwach
yama killed yhwach sasakibe just stabbed him from the back
Which killed him@@frigozika4372
Almost sad that they didnt made more out of the Hollowfication... its a time ago that i watched it but remember there was something unfinished..
Bcs ichigo never actyally hollowfies , he already is partialy a hollow , his appearance changes but thats just his power taking shape
@@gamingyoshi2280You mean until the Imprisnment of Aizen or later in the game ? Icjust remember that he lost all his power in the final battle against Aizen and somehow got newer ones from the other half masked guys..
To think that sasakibe didn''t use his bankai with ichigo
true, probably underestimated him
@@Opagainco I don't think Ichigo was seen as much of a threat. If a normal captain wouldn't see him worthy of using bankai against, why would sasakibe?😂
Honestly mang, if there’s one thing I’d change about Soul Society arc, it’s the final battle. It’s should’ve been Ichigo vs. Sasakibe. We could’ve had someone who’s likely more powerful than most captains (given that he’s quite old and has trained with Yama and given him his trademark scar) and has a decent motive for facing Ichigo (you could say he felt personally insulted that Ichigo tried going against Yamamoto’s orders or something like that). Plus, this would’ve given us some showcase of how strong both his shikai and bankai are. The fight we got was still has epic as Bleach’s fights go, but man Sasakibe got shafted throughout most of the series and I would’ve loved for him to have a true showcase somewhere.
@@yaboi2500Sasakibe is wasted potential he shouldn’t have been so easily tossed to the side when Byakuya was pushing him back
@@AlexESR71nah they could sense his spiritual pressure just like ukitake did for the first time . Everyone knew ichigo was a threat just didn’t know if he was evil . And sasakibe shouldn’t have been one of the 3 to stop ichigo as the head commander’s lieutenant this made him look weak
finally, a clip without dogshit 60 fps interpolation.
To think that Ichigo actually would have really lost and been killed had it not been for Zangetsu bailing him out. One of Zangetsu’s finest moments, and none of us even knew what Zangetsu was until reading TYBW The Sword Five in 2013.
Exactly
True, but if the Quincy side of zangetsu didn't suppress him in the first place who knows who he could have beaten. Ichigo trains and have a will like no one, but he is also absolutely op/broken by nature.
Once your realize the hollow is actually Ichigo's Zanpakuto protecting him, this fight hits differently.
And everyone present in the Seireitei knew instantly: A new Bankai had been born.
4:14 Was that Sonido?
I don't think so because ichigo hasn't mastered hollowfication
No its just flash step
It's Shunpo
Old bleach vibes. Damn nostalgia
"I have no name "
Now all.of this is making sense
Care to explain?
@@zsword93white is ichigo's zanpakuto, but since ichigo wasnt actually using zangetsu the whole time, white wouldnt have a name
@tigertanaka9255 So when he started using his real blade, was it still called zangetsu or did it have another name?
People say white was mean but there were alot of zanpakuto that were kind of an ass to their wielder. White still defended and helped ichigo.
White is more to ichigo then a zanpakto is , hes actually part of ichigo that formed a sword not a zword that later became he wielderd power
Im hindsight, I noticed white was never mean at all, really. Just misunderstood from ichigos perspective. I'm all fairness, he's intimidating so its easy to misjudge him.
Some of the best anime fight scenes I’ve ever seen
ty for adding sub u da BEST
@9:30 man where was this when Byakuya needed it
If you notice, White did a makeshift Getsuga Jujisho against byakuya when he fought him. It took Ichigo 3 more seasons to learn a lvl 10 move… 😂
even after decades the synergy between Bleach's stylistic art ,its music remains unparalled.
From someone who used to watch it weekly as it came out , i so miss those days
Byakuya leaving the field was like... whatever i lost.
That uehhhhhh when White slash Byakuya is epic.
So. Is the hollowfication simply his shikai/bankai powers? White is his zanpakto, not zangetsu. So is the mask his zanpakto skill abilities?
Ichigo's need to put on the hollow mask was his rejection of White/Zangetsu, Ichigo didn't want to acknowledge that White was a part of him/actually the real Zangetsu, and felt that his hollow was a different side of him/existence, hence the need for throwing on the mask. That's why later on after receiving his true Zanpakutou, you can see whites covering Ichigo's Shihakushō, it's a hollowfication on a much larger scale than he did with the mask and he doesn't need to manually use it just to get the boost. It's always on and active 24/7 with a greater amp than the masks the Visoreds and old Ichigo were using with no time limit, Ichigo's acceptance of the real Zangetsu as his Shinigami powers and as a part of who he is removes the concept of having to put the hollow mask on, they're two sides of the same coin, his inner hollow isn't some third-party power he needs to occasionally draw out, it's a part Ichigo's too. That's why you'll never see Ichigo mask in TYBW, as that would contradict all the character development Ichigo had with the two Zangetsus. The Blade Is Me is such a fire episode for Ichigoat.
Hollow Ichigo is proof that Ichigo doesn't even use like 1% of Zangetsu's skills.
Dope how when Byakuya blocced the attacc from Ichigo's transformation, the cherry blossoms surrounding him was in the shape of the tip of a katana. D O P E
Im planning on watching bleach now?
Is it a good idea?!
Yes, don’t spoil it by watching future eps man
ofc but I'd recommend reading the manga until you get to the soul society arc as it'll probably get boring for you
Watch it it’s my favourite anime ever
Go for it
yes but nope for the fillers
I think Byakuya has the best sound when he uses his speed.
And it was nice to see Ichigo beat this formidable captain.
Man, you cut the coolest part, where he doubles up the getsugas then cuts behind him and dunks his ass. ='D
Ichigos hollow (white) has always been my favorite character, he goes for the kill and doesnt mess around like when facing ulquiorra
To those who wondering why, Ichigo win easily at first when he use his Bankai. It's not like he slowly run out of stamina or become weaker, his hollow slowly absorb Zangetsu power. It was confirm during Vizard training when Ichigo confront his inner hollow why it's not zangetsu that greeted him instead. His inner hollow explain, the more Ichigo try to draw out Zangetsu power, the more easy his inner hollow absorb it instead so zangetsu become part of his inner hollow. That's why Byakuya couldn't react when Ichigo disappear and end up point his katana to his throat, it's not because of coincidence or like ups moment, it was because at that very point Ichigo is really strong fresh out with his Bankai, but when the fight stall and time pas by notice how Byakuya able to follow his movement? That is because his hollow already absorb some of his power slowly. Even Byakuya said it here during Sekei ... Ichigo movement become slow, is not because Byakuya get faster .... it's because Ichigo getting weaker the more he fights and try to draw out Zangetsu power the more his hollow siphon it.
Like to add that during his fight against Grimjow in the human world that night, why Ichigo really getting his ass kick, just with barehands by Grimjow, Grimjow not even draw his sword. First is because of his Shinigami Badge, which is the thing that given to him from Ukitake as Shinigami Substitute, that as we all know that thing let Soul Society limit/control his power. Second is because at this point Ichigo Bankai is really weak, his hollow already very strong from Ichigo continuous usage of Bankai. Even Ulquioura confirm this during his first appearance in the human world with Yami. When Yami beat Ichigo to pulp, he senses that Ichigo power began to fluctuating when his hollow about to take over, when it's low it's nonsense, but when his reiatsu is high it's higher than Ulqioura reiatsu.
go outside fam
@@maalikserebryakovno u
Is anybody know these song or music playing at time frame? 6:24 been looking for it for a long time. Would love to know the title of it and where to get it
Nah womp womp💀
It always felt like the Art of Noise to me, something early like from the Into Battle album
no matter if you see it for the firsz time, or 100th time, its still a banger!
White really came out to do the heavy lifting for Ichigo 😔🙏🏾
5:40 Real Fight starts 😤
This has gotta be my favorite anime rivalry. Kubo fucking COOKED with this. The way they each call the other by their FULL name, the way both of them so clearly want smoke, the pacing of Ichigo's strength and skill vs Byakuyas in each interaction... It's all just so perfect.
Watching this anime week to week, witnessing Ichigo go from getting absolutely no diff blitzed and Byakuya calling him slow even in defeat to Ichigo outspeeding him? Pure catharsis, man.
I just realized every time he got a hole put in him, his hollow comes out. The bigger the hole the more hollow that comes out.
the funny thing is this isnt even his true bankai, it essentially just taking all that excess energy he was constantly leaking out, pulling it back into himself and condensing it. so really this "bankai" is his actual strength if he used it more wisely instead of wasting it.
So Byakuya was right all along that this being his Bankai was impossible and it was an insult to his honor.
"I Have no Name."
This is definitely 100% foreshadowing without mentioning Ichibei yet.
Refreshing to see this all come together.
0:01 what that song
Bl_86 shiro sagisu
@@Massimo-ff2oqThanks king
@@hentaro9003 yeye np
thanks bro for the episode number🫶🏻
What’s the episode number?
I wonder if byakuya knew that Ichigo was a Shiba due to him using getsuga tensho like ichigos father could use
If it happened later he would have known but bcs if plot he didnt i guess
I love more this animation then tybw old is gold 🔥
still the best fight 🔥
ive seen this fight probably 100 times now, and ill probably watch it 100 more.
Ichigo won the fight at 4:20 to be honest.
Yeah if ichigo dont fight for "honor" byakuya already dia lmao
surer, but the same can be said about Byakuya had he used his max power from the beginning, and not allowed Ichigo to even go bankai.
@@AlexESR71 That should tell you Byakuya at the beginning of the series was just as new as Ichigo, despite being older. TYBW Byakuya wouldn’t have taken his shit, nor would Fullbringer Byakuya.
I remember when I first watched this, I thought Ichigo’s bankai was just the big energy blast and it was just a one shot kill or something, then the cut to him with the black sword and different outfit was hype as heck
Give my man hollow his own show
When Ichigo pulled off the mask, Byahkuya kind of understood that Ichigo never intended to do him harm - he just wanted to stop him. Because if it had continued, for sure White would have done serious damage to Byakuya.
The original 'DID YOU PRAY TODAY?!'
I used to think he received a boost in power when he became hollow but it's not that. It's the same power, he's just fighting smart and efficiently.
Throwing Getsugas to make him dodge until there's only direction left, then throwing 2 Getsugas to force him to dodge, then appearing behind him with the 3rd Getsuga point blank. Hollow Ichigo so completely outplayed and dominated Byakuya, overwhelmed him. This was no reiatsu or power boost.
Ichigo didn't even think about using Getsuga in bankai lol.
Loses the fight
Does not fall down
Says he wins the fight
Goes away on his own
Real chad 😂
still cant undrsstand why he said u win this fight rofl.
@@nadas1921his blade shattered upon contact with tensa zangetsu
@@nadas1921 Respect of Ichigo's power
I just love psycho Zangetsu 😂
This probably won't get answered but is it worth watching the entirety of bleach? I've watched the first season twice now and it's really good but every time i try and watch the second season (the part where those little kids get introduced and whip Ichigo's ass) i lose interest almost immediately. What im asking is, does it get good again or should i just leave it at the first season?
Dude, you’re missing out. Bleach is awesome
Anyone knows the title of the ost that starts at 2:42 ?
Ever found out?
@@tyrod8232 nope, sadly...
"Im gonna say it 1 morr time fight me with your BANKA-I"
"Say no more"
" Miracle doesn't happen two times "
Aizen said that too...
General consensus is that bleach takes place over a 7 month period, and then only a few weeks after timeskip. Essentially ichigo went from struggling with low level hollows to killing god in about 8 months.
And the final time skip is 10 years on. While ichigo’s power ramp up will have slowed after that time after having no reason to need to get stronger, his natural affinity from being the ultimate life form would mean his powers would just continue to grow and grow naturally. Surely he must not be allowed to actually do anything anymore right? Like the guy could quite easily manhandle captains without even using his zanpakuto anymore. His very presence could absolutely cripple large portions of the soul society and any souls stuck in the real world as well.
are you telling me this long running anime only covers a 7 month period????
sorry I just today found out that one piece only covers about 2 years 😂. My mind is blown rn
He would probably stay at the same power or even get rusty due to not facing any significant enemy
no? the fullbring arc he was without powers for 1 1/2 year
Dude... your timeline of events suck ass... 🤷🏻♂️😂
From ichigo being stabbed by Rukia to sliced Yhwach was about two years span... 🤦🏻😂
Masterpiece fight! When I started loving bleach for its unbelievable battles!
Damn Ichigo really broke that dude's Zanpakto in 1 blow
No matter how many times I see it I still get goosebumps when Tensa Zangetsu
Anybody know if the sound that plays at 0:56 has a name?
I’ve been looking for it for so long
Search Bleach OST and go list
Shiro sagisu bl_86
@@rafaelwersomshiro sagisu bl_86
I had forgotten how good these bgm soundtracks really were 🔥
"this little thing is a bankai?" That wat she said 😂🤣😂
God I've always loved these over the top maniac characters like White Ichigo. Back when I was more comfortable I use to be loud and wild. Always the life of the party entertaining everyone and doing crazy stuff, nothing illegal of course.
how the times change
After watching tybw sasakibe getting pieced up with pure hands by ss arc ichigo is just wild
Bleach has really good soundtracks. I get nostalgia & remember my childhood when i hear the music