165 Comments on “Bleach Episode 226”
June 30th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
fail
June 30th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Thanks. two posts? lol
June 30th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Talking about seconds… :) i have deleted my post.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
thanks
June 30th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
0 seeds
Great realease
June 30th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
I’m guessing that this is a raw?
June 30th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
No, its not raw,
But well, its fake imo
June 30th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
I get home from work. See Bleach. Get all happy… Now I’m sad.
MEANYS!
June 30th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Same
June 30th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
gz for uriziel, zeramoth and others that say its fake
element group already released bleach 225 before also in hd, this is real one
and it has 1 seed :P
June 30th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
I’ve become disappointed in this show as it has progressed. The lack of character development is saddening, you would think that in 226 episodes more than two people could learn bankai.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
thatguy go and read manga, you will see a lot more bankais :P
June 30th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Well, that’s the thing. I’m not talking about the manga. I’m talking about the series. That’s why it’s such a shame.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Yeah…torrent is not moving at all. I’m gonna watch it raw.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
damn i thought it was at least out when this was posted o wells i can wait it out
June 30th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
@ThatGuy
They’ll happen soon enough, but really there’s only been like one more Bankai in the manga as far as I can remember, I’m probably forgetting someone though
June 30th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
woot bitch episode 226 is out imposible…
June 30th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
@Otaku
Ya its been just one lol
June 30th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
but next are coming (propably xD)
June 30th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
OMGWDFBBQ HDTV???
June 30th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
darkninja- during the arc when they “turned back the pendelum” showing how aizen became the weasel he is and the vaizard as captains, they show tessai and that big vaizard guy that has similar powers as orihime. Tessai was/is the man with kidou. It’s also why he got banned to the human world and lives with Urahara.
June 30th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
toushirou- was it you that jokingly said yammi is the strongest espada? What if I said you were right?
June 30th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
@The Space Cadet
I actually think the person who’s returned in the latest chapter is the strongest, I’ve always thought he’d come back into it somehow
June 30th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
LOL, just finished the episode raw. It was actually pretty easy to understand except for like 3 parts. XD i might watch raws more from now on
June 30th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
thatguy- I’ve read the manga up to what’s currently available(like 363 or something) and the anime, not counting the filler obviously, follows the manga VERY closely. To the degree that a lot of panels of the manga are exact shots in the anime. With that said, ALL the captains except Kenpachi have bankai. It’s just that they haven’t all used it yet… and the ones that haven’t YET have reasons for not using it.
June 30th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
thatguy- um… oops? I apologize because I just realized I understood your post wrong. At first I took it as you saying only two people have bankai. So… again… sorry for that.
June 30th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
and bankai is the most difficult thing for a shinigami to learn. How many different captains have there been in 100 years of soul society? If a bunch of people were learning it then it wouldn’t mean anything to be a captain. Ichigo is the exception for learning it, I don’t think Ikakku’s is that powerful, and Renji… well, his just sucks. It’s strange how at the end of the first season I used to think that Renji was a badass…
June 30th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
otaku- do you mean the latest chapter of the anime or manga? There could easily be an issue or two I haven’t read yet
June 30th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Ichigo got his bankai in 2 days and his ones the best, im not saying its the strongest yet but with more fights and training his bankai will be the strongest (thats cos it took the captains 10 years to achieve it and 100 to master theirs and ichigo hasnt even been a shinigami for 4 years)
i dont see him with a different bankai it wouldnt suit him.
June 30th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
@Space Cadet
I mean the manga
June 30th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
lol each captain has their special move with bankai. Ichigo only knows one atm. He needs to learn more ._.
June 30th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Ichigo is a dick faggot
June 30th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
i know but imagine that ichigo has another release form, just like ulquiorra has for his release. that would be interesting.
i mean by looking at ichigo’s soul he just seems to have something special and by him not teaching ichigo a new technique could mean that its powerful and ichigo needs more experience.
and hes taken over by the hollow so when he comes back he needs to be stronger than the hollow (the hollow said who ever is stronger is controlling the others power) so i expect zangetsu to be back before the fight with aizen.
June 30th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
otaku- ahhh.. just read the latest manga. I agree, he COULD be… The only thing is that if he was, the numbers of the other espada would be wrong. All their ranks would have dropped one. But since Aizen’s a weasel… it could still be.
June 30th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
what do you guys think is going to happen in hueco mundo? I mean, there ARE still 4 captains just twiddling their thumbs over there… and Neliel is somewhere still.. Even with yammi’s secret I doubt they’d ALL fight him…
June 30th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
@onetrueviet
well at least in the games, the “creators are creative” enough to come up with some random bankai moves which abuse his speed >.>
June 30th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
They’re gonna rape Yami
June 30th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
lol true but i would rather see something along the lines of getsuga tenshou
June 30th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
@Space Cadet
Well don’t forget he’s only recently been made, so his powers are sort of unknown
I’ve just always had a feeling about him, and whatever that thing behind him is intrigues me too
June 30th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Fillers :(:(:(
June 30th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Waiting for DDL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love this anime
June 30th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
wheres the DDL?? lol
June 30th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
I ate the DDL , nomnomnom
July 1st, 2009 at 12:05 am
http://www.bleach7.com
The BEST site for all things bleach… every episode for download, all 3 OSTs, download every into and ending, the entire manga up to what’s currently available, music videos… it’s bleach heaven.. and all free
July 1st, 2009 at 12:27 am
Wow, no DDL even after a few hours. The torrent is probably being a bitch.
July 1st, 2009 at 12:31 am
3 hours and nothing yet.
It sure would be a blast if it where a troll^^
July 1st, 2009 at 12:38 am
Crowned clown most be sleeping !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOOO WAKE UPPP!!!!
July 1st, 2009 at 12:42 am
Not cc’s fault, torrent still hasn’t started for server…
July 1st, 2009 at 1:01 am
DB being slow today element sucking on torrent…. /sigh
July 1st, 2009 at 1:05 am
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=80MZEL0N
There’s a DDL. Torrent wasn’t bad at all for me… not as bad as MU’s upload speeds.
July 1st, 2009 at 1:08 am
Thanx pring
July 1st, 2009 at 1:09 am
for all the impatient fuckers db is out now
July 1st, 2009 at 1:11 am
lol for like 2 mins… but thats cool… my whole archive is DB plan to keep it that way.
July 1st, 2009 at 1:18 am
fuck still no ddl -.-, Kaje i like DB subs ^^
July 1st, 2009 at 1:19 am
ddl for element now but i prefer DB ill still wait
July 1st, 2009 at 1:24 am
Here is DB’s DDL. Honestly Element’s release was fine, but if you want the ep. for archiving…
Dattebayo: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PIZ0GF83
July 1st, 2009 at 1:27 am
Spoiler Alert!
Ichigo can turn SSJ3.
July 1st, 2009 at 1:30 am
MIRROR FOR ELEMENT AVI:
200MB PARTS:
http://rapidshare.com/files/250512959/Bleach.226.HDTV.720p.XviD.ELEMENT.avi.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/250512878/Bleach.226.HDTV.720p.XviD.ELEMENT.avi.002
http://rapidshare.com/files/250512019/Bleach.226.HDTV.720p.XviD.ELEMENT.avi.003
MIRROR FOR DB AVI:
http://rapidshare.com/files/250514179/DB_Bleach_226_7A5D823B.avi
July 1st, 2009 at 2:04 am
This fucking show is dead to me now.
July 1st, 2009 at 2:09 am
TheBigR- Don’t drop out yet… Ichigo’s fight with Espada #4 isn’t that far off. And it’s quite the turning point. Actually… it’s a HUGE fucking turning point… That fight WILL regain your faith
July 1st, 2009 at 2:11 am
that depends on how fucking long I have to deal with another damn filler arc
July 1st, 2009 at 2:11 am
Or make u spit in the face of the writers for quadrupling ichigo’s powers every 2 mins for 3-5 eps straight… omfg
July 1st, 2009 at 2:13 am
all im going to say is FFS…again
TheBigR, i understand, yet im going to keep watching, when its done right its worth it, atleast for me.
Halibel shouldnt have opened her jacket, i imagined her being hotter than that, now Nel’s adult form wins.
July 1st, 2009 at 2:19 am
What’s bankai?
July 1st, 2009 at 2:19 am
@kouk2002
I know what you mean…I was like…Halibel…put that shirt back on, at least that way I can use my imagination…sighs…
July 1st, 2009 at 2:29 am
When Halibel first took her shirt off in the manga, I actually mistook it for her released form for ages
Her actual release form makes her look quite hot, Nel still wins though
July 1st, 2009 at 3:05 am
for you guys who read the manga and watch the anime, do you think it’s better to just wait for the animes for the action rather than rush through the mangas to find out what happens?
also i now read naruto manga rather than the anime but i’ve read a couple of chapters of bleach and don’t fell they’re as good as the naruto mangas vs anime…
July 1st, 2009 at 3:08 am
sigh… i have lost faith in the creator of bleach… more filler like COME ON WTF this is not funny anymore its totally pathetic
July 1st, 2009 at 3:09 am
flashy bankai…
like Saifon ^_^
July 1st, 2009 at 3:55 am
yes how i love fillers… ill stop watching bleach till they decide to stop fucking around with the show.
July 1st, 2009 at 4:01 am
http://rapidshare.com/files/250539545/_5BDB_5D_Bleach_226__5B7A5D823B_5D.avi
July 1st, 2009 at 4:05 am
fuck u guys ! can’t u all think? if they rush to the latest chapter of manga what the fuck they gonna do with the rest of the episode? all filler till enough manga material to do new episode? u guys sure dunwan thats happen right? brain please.. bleach is fortunate not line naruto left so many chapter! bleach at least a few chapter to the latest! fuck u guys ~ ~!!
July 1st, 2009 at 4:15 am
I couldn’t even understand half of what he said. It’s ok to be passionate. However, if nobody knows the point you’re trying make because of your rage then it’s all for nothing.
July 1st, 2009 at 4:21 am
lol your to funny nobody understands what your yapping about and if they did the story right there would be no need for fillers so many good animes are short because they do the story right bleach has had at least 3-4 seasons of fillers which is insanity
July 1st, 2009 at 4:22 am
at least RAGE with coherent messages…I mean, if you’re gonna qq, do it properly.
July 1st, 2009 at 4:34 am
Naruto fillers are worse than Bleach… Bleach anime is really close to the manga so they really have no choice.
The anime studio that makes Naruto is headed by some prick though. The manga is so far ahead it’s not even funny anymore… yet fillers, fillers and more fillers…
July 1st, 2009 at 4:37 am
Halibel turns quite hot when she releases. It definately makes up for her appearance right now.
July 1st, 2009 at 4:38 am
i am just saddened this used to be one of my all time faves till i saw another than got so far ahead of the manga the show was finnished before the mangas the guy at least had pride to not make people suffer through fillers
July 1st, 2009 at 4:40 am
TheBigR- when I said don’t lose faith… it was BEFORE I watched this ep and was aware that filler awaits me next week. Talk about going from the highest highs, Ichigo’s battle, to the lowest lows… announcement of more filler… I just pray it’s only a couple of episodes like when that blonde bitch played “soccer”
July 1st, 2009 at 4:45 am
The elation was flowing through me as “Soundscape to Ardor”, my favorite music track, played during Ichigo fighting Ulquiorra… and then Nel kicks me in my fucking sack
July 1st, 2009 at 4:51 am
omg, omg, omg, omg, omg! another fuckin filler! but they just got started! and the only fights up until know have been with damn week vice captains, wew, bleach really knows how to screw with its viewers huh……
July 1st, 2009 at 4:53 am
mauve- I’m not sure if I’m glad I read the manga, or if I regret it. My original intention was to read “just a couple” issues ahead of the anime to get a taste. Then I read every one available. But, in spite of knowing what happens when I’m watching an episode, it’s still wonderful. Animation is still better than still pictures. Color better than black and white. Voices better than text. And NOTHING can take the place of music. That’s one thing about the anime that’s stayed wonderful through the whole series. The music. Sagisu Shirou is a GENIUS.
July 1st, 2009 at 4:54 am
Bleach is that REALLY REALLY hot girlfriend that keeps cheating on you…
July 1st, 2009 at 5:00 am
atleast one piece will be getting back to its story line next week, screw bleach, and their instant teleportation from hueco mundo to the filler arcs…….. zzzzzzzz
July 1st, 2009 at 5:10 am
@HentaiKamen
no, i think bleach fillers are the worst, i mean atleast naruto finished it’s current battle before going to fillers, to atleast connect with the latter main story line, bleach though cuts right in the middle of fights to do their fillers…… omg….. i mean i still remember when they first did that and i was like all confused(how the hell did they get out of hueco mundo?) kinda reaction……
July 1st, 2009 at 5:27 am
fillers suck……….
right naruto fillers had sense…
unlike this crappy shitheads…
EVERYONE read manga….forgot bout bleach…
SOBs
July 1st, 2009 at 5:54 am
Holy AMAZING episode batman.
July 1st, 2009 at 6:15 am
FILLERS!? *cries*
July 1st, 2009 at 7:06 am
Damn fillers.. That because of slow manga production…
July 1st, 2009 at 7:06 am
anyone know how long the fillers are going to last?
July 1st, 2009 at 7:14 am
i hope this filler wont last more than 2-3 episodes but as other people said, the anime is too close to the manga so it is ok
compared to naruto which is more than a 100 chapters behind, which sucks, it is gonna take over two years for naruto to catch up to the manga as it is now, assuming there are no more fillers
July 1st, 2009 at 8:20 am
NARUTO >kills> ICHIGO > Suicides After , WORLD SAVED
July 1st, 2009 at 9:17 am
Naruto sucks-_-
July 1st, 2009 at 10:31 am
well from what wiki says i would say we are guaranteed at least 4 episodes of nonsensical garbage so as stated before this anime is dead to me. Ive already read up to where ichigo well a very very cool part for those who have read the manga
July 1st, 2009 at 10:36 am
I wonder if they’re going to try to make a filler arc worse than the last one. I think they’d be hard pressed.
July 1st, 2009 at 10:52 am
95 comments? damn is this episode that good? well im gonna find out right now lol this shit better be nice
July 1st, 2009 at 12:01 pm
This shit is nice, until you watch the last 2 minutes after the ending theme, its a complete slap in the face.
July 1st, 2009 at 1:12 pm
FUCKING EPIC.
July 1st, 2009 at 3:09 pm
yes nice episode but the end episode 226 is pretty FUCKING shit.
i think the filler will looong.
July 1st, 2009 at 4:13 pm
SPOILER ALERT!!!
Ulquiorra is BATMAN!
July 1st, 2009 at 4:26 pm
to go http://www.bleach7.com if you want to read the manga and see the ichigo/ulquiorra fight. It really was a kick to the balls the way they ended this episode. It annoyed me greatly and I already knew what happens. And keep on reading the manga to find out yammi’s secret… are the espada numbered 1-10?
July 1st, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Ichigo’s fight with Ulquiorra is just far too fucking epic to have to wait through filler to see it
July 1st, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Get over the filler, jesus christ. You don’t have to watch it, so QQ less. OH NOEZ YOU HAVE 2 W8..
July 1st, 2009 at 9:55 pm
I think Bleach should just stop now. The pitiful character development (seriously you can count the interesting characters on 1 hand, and you can count the characters developed even a little on other hand). The other thing with bleach is the characters with EXTREME fluctuations in their powers (the manga doesn’t even attempt to show any growth in most characters yet we’re meant to believe that they’re suddenly insanely strong when they were extremely weak before?) And what the hell is up with the line “I didn’t want to use this but…” then some crazy over the top special power that rapes everything in existence? I’m looking at you Soifon and Hitsugaya, and probably more that I’m forgetting.
It’s just become sad though. So much potential, wasted on what now is a shadow of great series bleach once was. Knock it all you want, but when push comes to shove Naruto has far more character development and story then bleach has ever had, and sadly, probably will ever have, and thus has far more longevity and entertainment value.
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:13 am
But Naruto is garbage.-_-
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:49 am
I have to say I agree with sscloud.
I think one suggestion could make this anime as good as it initially was
- Supporting characters DIE! =) (Yes im talking about the invincible Good Guys) T__T
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:40 am
True. Naruto manga is so far ahead of the series that if the studio followed the manga to the letter it would still take them Two years to catch up. Yet, fillers still keep happening.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:22 am
well, naruto is popular around the world, it’s only natural for them to squeeze all the money they can out of it, and let me tell you, it’s already left a bad taste in my mouth…
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:24 am
Can anybody explain why the common trend with these episodes lately seems to be 6 minutes of pure recap and just utter crap at the beginning and 5 minutes of credits and more useless crap at the end? It makes no sense at all. Are they running out of ideas that badly? It seems to me these episodes have really sucked hardcore lately, I must say that I am losing faith in this show. Cant wait to see my ten minutes of bleach next week…..
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:53 am
sscloud- soifon didn’t use her bankai because it’s a contradiction to what she is. She explained it. She an assassin, meaning stealth and speed. But her bankai is large, slow, and based soley on pure power. Shunsui hasn’t used his because according to Ukitake, it wouldn’t be safe in the area that they’re in, and convinced him not to use it.
And who are you referring to that was “extremely weak” but now “insanely strong”? Certainly you’re not talking about one of the captains because NONE of them are weak. And don’t you know that the most powerful people are the ones that don’t flaunt their power? They tend to be the ones that try to AVOID the fight.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:55 am
Look at the mentalities of Shunsui and Espada #1. They both want to avoid fighting
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:20 am
blah, blah, blah, stop spoiling you ass, we’ve come this far hanging on to the slow paced anime, so pls, if you can respect that then shush……….
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:29 am
diveche- oh… no one mentioned soifon’s bankai before I did? Well, sorry for the spoiler, #1 bleach fan, when all I said was in response to someone else bitching about it. Shouldn’t your comment be aimed at the person that mentioned it FIRST? And shunsui and espada #1 have already discussed not fighting in the anime. How could you, the #1 bleach fan, not be aware of this?
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:32 am
Diveche- *SPOILER* Kenpachi has no bankai! Hitsgaya is a captain prodigy! One captain has an ANIMAL face! That black cat is… a female person! OHHH NOOOO!!!! I’ve ruined EVERYTHING for you!!!!!
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:33 am
first, im very far from being the number 1 fan of the show, all im saying is that i made it this far watching pure anime of this show that is retardedly slow paced and i’d be damned if all that suffering be for nothing via spoilers, aright?^^
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:37 am
hahaha, guess you an ass, i actually didn’t need to reason out to you after all huh…..
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:40 am
diveche- you being the #1 fan was such heavey sarcasm… and you took that comment serious?
AND my comment wasn’t aimed for the ROOM… it was aimed for SSCLOUD, who was bitching about soifon’s bankai. Understand the logic now behind my post that wasn’t to you?
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:44 am
aright, kthxbye…..
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:47 am
diveche- you probably watch the previews at the end of each episode, don’t you Mr. Don’t-Spoil-Anything
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:49 am
then bitch because you caught a glimpse of the next episode
July 2nd, 2009 at 4:02 am
I SAID GOODBYE!!!!!!!! hahahahaha^^
July 2nd, 2009 at 4:07 am
I’m sorry, Dive, will you forgive me? kthxbye
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:38 am
@ the space cadet – Notice I didn’t bitch about anyone’s bankai, just the stupidity of “I didn’t want to use this power…” before using it to OHKO the enemy. My problem was extreme predictibility and the sheer stupidity of the show now. Also, funnily, her bankai being a contradiction is a contradiction to one of the established concepts in the show, where the Zanpakto (and also the bankai) are inherently based on their users personalities and strengths. Funny that isn’t it?
Rukia as one example of someone weak now stupidly strong. Little miss “oh my god its teh hollow = uber hard to kill” to being able to kill espada…go figure…even factoring in now she can use a sword, the show does little to explain how she became captain level all of a sudden. Also, funnily again, they mentioned how the espeada should be over captain level as well as they are vaste lord (which apparently are ubers) into arrancar…inconsistencies, anyone?
Either way whatever, we can just agree to disagree that bleach sucks and contradicts itself now.
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:26 am
sscloud- You didn’t bitch about a bankai.. just the stupidity of how it was used? That’s bitching about bankai.
It’s more than just simply the owner’s personality. Captain level shinigami choose the size of their own zanpaktou… it’s not a case of “you have a strong personality… here’s a large sword.” And it’s similar for their bankai. When Ichigo learned his bankai, he condensed it down into his sword to maximize speed. Some unknown force didn’t go “you’re impulsive… here’s your fast sword.”
And using Soifon as the example of your theory, her being an assassin doesn’t mean that’s HER PERSONALITY. In truth, what IS her personality? Strong, powerful, and to the point perhaps? How might that translate into her bankai? Hmmm?
Rukia was a wuss forever because of her being in her gigai in the human world for so long. She still had not recovered even after the soul society arc finished. It was stated that she COULD be a captain level shinigami at some point, but Byakuya didn’t want her being put in dangerous missions and pulled strings to keep her from eventually becoming a captain. And she beat the espada, not based off skill, but more of a cheap shot.. plus the fight itself was her fighting against an espada mimicing the behavior and skills of someone she knew and understood very well.
And the show explained that they THOUGHT the espada to be beyond the captain level. They never actually knew anything about them. They were estimating.
Have you REALLY been paying attention all this time?
And regardless, what does it mean for a person to point out plot holes in an anime? Are you telling me Naruto is infallible? Do you think there’s a single anime in existance that DOESN’T have plot holes or inconsistancies or contradictions? Don’t act like you’re Roger fucking Ebert just because, in a series you don’t care for(and why are you watching it), you THINK you’ve discovered the truth.
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:32 am
sscloud- your hubris has led to your lack of knowledge of details in Bleach, and that results in ignorance when you speak of it.
July 2nd, 2009 at 8:18 am
I didnt think the show ever said anything about her being captain level strong or rather potentially but that she had the capabilities to be seated among the 13 teams as in lieutenant or 3rd seat. I could be very wrong so dont crush my sack if I am but if its true he does have a point. Its just not made very well
July 2nd, 2009 at 9:58 am
how can this be possible all got a bankai and at the start the byakua sayd 1 of the noble familys achieve bankai in 10 years and it is really rare … how can those achieved bankai so easyle .. and the “i cant use it right here” thats the problem here not how they look
July 2nd, 2009 at 10:02 am
oh and the espadas are more like vice captains lvl not at captains lvl
July 2nd, 2009 at 10:20 am
fuuuuuuu
damn filler
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:21 pm
thebigr- it never said that she’s currently a captain level power… just that to make sure she wasn’t put in danger, byakuya made sure she didn’t start down the path of becoming a captain, because captains take on the most dangerous missions. If she was a wuss that had no captain potential, he wouldn’t have went out of his way to prevent it. Of all people, byakuya would know if rukia had potential to be captain level.
My main point is that she’s not actually a wuss, like how she was up to the arrancar arc, and how sscloud claimed she was. She was just weakened because of being in her gigai for so long and being prisoner in that tower. They explained all of this in the anime. And I pointed out that she beat that espada more from being sly, rather than being more powerful… which she isn’t.
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:36 pm
killingspree- I’m not completely sure what you meant in your post…like when you said all got a bankai… but when byakuya said that about people learning bankai, he was refering to Ichigo, because he learned it in three days.
And I explained to sscloud why soifon hadn’t used her bankai, and apparently spoiled it for diveche. It’s fair game for a person watching to not like that a few people with bankai haven’t used it until recently, or in the VERY near future. Anyone that hid it or just hasn’t used it yet have all had valid reasons for it.
Ikkaku doesn’t want to be a captain because he wants to be under Kenpachi, and anyone with bankai will be pressured to be a captain.
Soifon and Shunsui haven’t used theirs yet for reasons that will be explained in the near future… after the filler and Ichigo/Ulquiorra fight.
Ukitake still hasn’t used his in the manga, but certainly will at some point. Neither has that female captain that specialized in healing people.. I can’t think of her name.
I can’t think of any other captains that haven’t used their bankai yet.
The other thing is that up until now, fighting the espada, there has been no reason for them to use their bankai. It’s not like their going to just whip it out to show people. They have to NEED to use it. All these final fights are pushing the vice captains and captains to the limit. That’s why we’re seeing abilities and weapons we have yet to see.
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Killingspree- oh, and you couldn’t be more wrong about espadas being only at vice captain level.
The espadas subordinates, the faccion, are vice captain level. The espadas themselves are at least captain level… depending on the captain.
Enemies only at vice captain level wouldn’t push Kenpachi to fight without his eyepatch AND use two hands on his zanpaktou. Byakuya wouldn’t have to sever his nerves. Other captains wouldn’t finally have to use their bankai. Ichigo wouldn’t have to… oops! Almost spoiled it…
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:09 am
i wonder if ichigo is going to becum** much stronger than now? hummm
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:32 am
dude they are showing fillers cuz the anime was bery close to catchin up the manga so they decided to do fillers…that is what i think…!!
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:54 am
wth even the fight between the little kid captain and that sexy chick? omg
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:13 pm
i am pretty sure unohana has used hers or at least it wasn’t shown as one when she had to heal people in the belly of the beast during the soul society arc i have a pretty good feeling that was her bankai to heal while the beast is able to fight
July 3rd, 2009 at 7:40 pm
toush- I wondered if that was her bankai… that big sting ray thing. But they never showed her saying “bankai” and the captains all have special abilities besides their bankai… so I figured it was just her standard ablility as a captain…. like when Byakuya scatters his zanpaktou. You’d almost have to figure that Unohana is really strong, not just in healing, since she’s been a captain at LEAST as long as Shunsui… and from the indication of the current chapters of the manga, Shunsui is definately one of the most powerful captains.
Anyways, that could be her bankai. It’s hard to say. The only reason I think it MIGHT not be, is because they’ve never shown a captain (or other) using their bankai without first saying “bankai”
July 3rd, 2009 at 8:01 pm
I think Unohana only used the shikai to heal, but not sure. Tou, you mean the time in soul society when she heals the vice captains ichi beats up before the byakuya figh, rightt?
Can’t really verify it but like space cadet said, her bankai is likely to be overkill considering she’s about as powerful as Shunsui (as indicated by that captain power guide which i can’t remember where I read :p)
BTW space cadet, technically, if memory serves correctly Rukia was mentioned to be strong enough to hold a seat, not necessarily a vice-captain or captain seat. Byakkun pulled strings to stop the potential of her ever getting close to Vice-captain to keep her safe. Though recently she seems to inexplicably gone from almost losing to a hollow at the beginning of the show to near enough vice-captain/captain level…
July 3rd, 2009 at 8:37 pm
omg so guys listen what episode will ichigo start or trains for kido spells? like imagine all that energy he has if he does any spell even if its weak his spiritual powers will make it deadly *well thats what i think hehehe
July 3rd, 2009 at 8:53 pm
lol ichigo has no control over his power he can’t use magic :P
but ya unohanas sword definatly can;t be totally confirmed its just a thought cuz mayuri had a beast as his bankai so i assumed the same for her
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:48 pm
but someone told me he ll use kido later in the manga touchirou?
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:49 pm
not that i’ve seen the only time he really used any was for kukakuus cannon ball trick and he struggled heavily for it
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:03 pm
I personally don’t forsee ichigo using kidou ever. He’s more like Kenpachi… and I doubt we’ll ever see Ken saying “Way of the binding star #56!!!!”
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:23 pm
sscloud- perhaps it was vice captain that Byakuya kept her from achieving. It was a LONG time ago that I saw that episode. But it was some form of captain regardless.
And if people are refering to the first couple episodes of the series back in season 1 when Rukia struggled some with hollows, it was because of her gigai. Plus, it wasn’t a normal gigai, she was carrying the hougyaku(however the hell you spell it) inside of her because of Urahara.
And if memory serves me right, Rukia jumped in front of Ichigo to save him as the hollow was attacking…. that would have been the ONLY time she was at full power. After that she transfered her shinigami powers to Ichigo, and had been running around for the rest of the season with severly limited powers. Then, as we all know, she was taken back to soul society and imprisoned in that tower, which continued to drain/supress her strength. She could still barely walk when Ichigo showed up on the bridge. And even though it’s filler, during the Bounto arc, she mentioned that she STILL hasn’t recovered.
It wasn’t until the Arrancar arc when she showed up with her pure white zanpaktou that she had regained her full powers.
I’d say she can fight on par with vice captains. Is someone going to say that Momo or Matsumodo is more powerful that Rukia? I don’t think they are.
And to mention it again, she fought with the espada because he was mimicing Kaien, and she beat it by surprising him when he thought she was basically dead.
SO…. this should put an end to the why was Rukia a wuss, now powerful debate. Because she sacrificed herself for Ichigo in the first episode, and FROM THEN UNTIL THE ARRANCAR ARC she never had her full powers.. or even CLOSE to her full powers.
The end.
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:25 pm
okay hummm who has more spiritual powers ichigo or azin?
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:36 pm
aizen
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Aizen mentioned in Hueco Mundo that he had twice the spiritual power of a captain.
I’d guess that Aizen is more powerful than the captain-commander.
And this is just a guess, but I’d say that Aizen is FAR more powerful than the captain-commander
July 4th, 2009 at 12:43 am
pretty sure the only people that can stand upto aiezen are vizard types like ichigo
July 4th, 2009 at 2:57 am
omg he has more spiritual powers than ichigo? i wonder how he became so powerful…..but guys u cant blame ichigo for being weaker than him i wonder how much stronger will he get if he trains like the rest of the death gods *like 50 years if he was dead*
July 4th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
dark- after the filler(and who knows how long this one will go) and they continue with the Ichigo/Ulquiorra fight, it’s a turning point. In ways, I regret having read the manga, but I simply could not stop reading the next issue until there were no more left. So when the fight plays out in the anime prepare to be floored.
I’ll just mention that the fight forces Ichigo to the next level. His bankai is nothing more than a child’s toy.
July 4th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
toushirou- I’m not sure if even vaizard can stand up to Aizen. I’d say te captain-commander could kick a vaizard’s ass, so Aizen could too. He mad them after all. And he made the espada. And he has 2 former captains(who are probably even more powerful now) serving him. None of the espada, past or present, and neither captain question Aizen’s authority. And it would have to be because they ALL know that Aizen’s power if beyond theirs. Even that pink haired espada that fought Captain Mayuri was pushed to the ground(and seemed frightened) by Aizen’s spiritual pressure… the way a rookie shinigami collapses to the floor in the presence of a captain.
July 4th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
i dunno hirako is the strongest of the vizards i think and he totally devistated grimjow without even breaking a sweat i am pretty sure none of the captains can compare to a vizards power as they break the lines that max their limitations aizen said the only way to be stronger than him is to break the hollow shinigami barrier which he did for the vizards so i am pretty sure they have a ace in the hole to fight with
July 4th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Shinji never fought Grimmjow. When Ichigo and Grimmjow were fighting Shinji threw in an attack from off the screen when Grimmjow didn’t know he was there. Similar to what Rukia did before to him. She attacked him when he was already preoccupied with Ichigo.
Ichigo technically IS a vaizard, probably is on par with most of the other vaizards, stronger than some, and even in his vaizard state he barely beat Grimmjow.
Aizen and the captain-commander are just beyond anyone else. Remember when when Shunsui AND Ukitake, two the the strongest captains, were about to fight the commander? They both were saying best wishes to each other, were scared, and basically were like “Well, it was nice knowing you”
July 4th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
All either of us can do right now is speculate.
I still think one or more of the “good guys” are going to defect and become traitors. Because once the vaizard show up the numbers are lopsided. Plus Yourichi and Urahara still haven’t made an appearance, and they’re both top captain level. Plus, if the captains and Ichigo show up from Hueco Mundo, it will become even more lopsided. It literally would be like 5 to 1… SOMETHING has to happen to level the playing field.
I think Yourichi and Urahara are prime candidates to defect… especially since neither have made an appearance yet
Of course, Aizen could pull out some more creations from Hueco Mundo, but I don’t think they’d introduce more characters this point in the story
July 4th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
and there’s still Ichigo’s dad…
July 4th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
grimmjow had plenty of swipes at hirako before he decided to use his hallow mask and i hardly doubt urahara defecting as he was thrown outa soul society because of aizen i don’t think ichigos dad is gonna fight either that was more of just a taunting thing to throw around to say thats how ichigo does have his own powers and the way the manga seems to be going i am pretty sure the vizards are way stronger than any captain they got
July 5th, 2009 at 7:10 am
hey guys how does the world of bleach work? does this sound like whats going…like for example 50 years from now ichigo dies, and then a soul reaper comes and takes his soul to soul Society,and then he becomes young again?
July 5th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
toush- I agree with all that. I was just putting ideas out there. And Ichigo is vaizard level right now, and barely beat Grimmjow. Unless a person was to say that Shinji and the other vaizard are far more powerful than Ichigo, then they’re all around espada level.
If the vaizard, in your opinion, are THAT much more powerful, then where can the fight possibly go? The number of remaining espadas are dwindling to almost extinction, and all the fraccion are done(not that they’d be a match anyways).
*SPOILER*
In the manga when the vaizard show up there’s only one espada remaining. And that retard kid that brought that monster with him to free Aizen and the two former captains. I might be forgetting someone, but that’s all that’s left on Aizen’s side. I doubt Shunsui and Ukitake are dead, so add them with three other captains, Soifon(though she’s missing an arm), Toushirou, and the one with the animal face, the captain-commander, Urahara and Yourichi(when they show up), AND the vaizard.
Doesn’t that seem lopsided? SOMETHING has to happen.
So if the vaizard are THAT powerful, to the point that they can own an espada such as grimmjow, then what will one remaining espada, a retarded kid, and two former captains hope to do?
This is mainly why I don’t think the vaizard are more powerful than the espadas. And the manga doesn’t present the vaizard any differently than the anime has.
But again, all I’m doing is guessing.
What else can I do with a month of filler ahead and keeping myself from reading any new issues of the manga when they come out?
July 5th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
darkninja- I have decent knowledge of bleach… and I have no idea how any of that works
July 5th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
first off ichigo is prolly the weakest of the vizards as he has MAJOR limitations to his powers as how long he can hold his transformation plus byakuya being single without any vizard power devistated an espada with just barely doing anything every
*SPOILER*
as well there are still all 3 top espada in fine shape in the manga not a single one has a real scratch laid on them and really gotta wonder how powerful wonderwise is that he took out ukitake in like one shot overall i don’t see yourichi or urahara taking part in anything the creator has always left them outa the action… except for maybe one fight each
July 5th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Urahara and Yourichi gotta show up. They wouldn’t leave them out of the final fight, then just have them show up at the end and be like “Good job guys!”
And Ichigo HAD limitations to his hollow mask. It was never an issue with his fight with Grimmjow. Grim even commented during the fight that Ichigo learned how to keep him mask on.
And I doubt that Ichigo is the weakest vaizard. I mean, half of them were only vice captains to start with. He has to be stronger than them at least. Four were captains so it could be close. Ichigo is a captain level turned vaizard just like them. And when they were training Ichigo to be a vaizard, they were commenting how he was so dangerous that if they slipped up when fighting him, they’d probably get killed. It doesn’t seem to me like Ichigo is the weakest.
*SPOILER*
And the #2 and #3 espada took some “real scratches”. Soifon killed #2 with her bankai, and Toushirou froze #3 in ice. They’re not dead anymore since Bleach is so great at showing an espada being killed, only to have them get back up and keep fighting.
But regardless, even though they didn’t actually get killed, Soifon and Toushirou DID get them, and they most certainly took some “real scratches”.
Wonderwise is probably top level espada level. I think Shunsui even mentioned it when that kid first showed up. And yeah, he took out Ukitake… BUT WITH A CHEAP SHOT. Just like the #1 espada followed that up with a surprise attack on Shunsui. But come one… like either of them are actually dead.
And the most powerful espada is still in Hueco Mundo. I guess something has to keep Byakuya and Kenpachi occupied…
July 5th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
*SPOILER*
Toush- I peeked at the manga again, and the #2 and #3 espada WERE finished… Wonderwise screamed something or shot something out of his mouth to bring them back. I actually didn’t catch that when I first read the issue.
And the #1 espada seemed to take that retard very seriously, just the fact that he showed up… so maybe wonderwise is like #00 or something… since yammi is actually #0, the top espada
July 6th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
but hey space cadet imagine if ichigo trained the same years all of them did like azin and rest what level would he achieve?
July 6th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
darkninja- Who knows. It can only be speculation and guessing. One would have to say though that Ichigo has perhaps the greatest potential considering he was never a shinigami, and was able to learn bankai in less than three days. Plus he’s basically mastered the vaizard thing, so that automatically puts him ahead of a lot of the captains.
Captains like Shunsui, who’s supposed to be one of the most powerful captains (maybe even the strongest) has been a captain for over 100 years… he even made the comment that Toushirou was a genius, and prodigy captain.. but it would still take another 100 years before he surpassed him. Kenpachi is right there, considering he owned two captains at the same time- the blind guy and the one with the animal face. I can’t think of either of their names. And of course there’s Byakuya, who could be the strongest of them all sometime in the future. It’s easy to forget that he’s still young, like in his mid or late 20’s, because of how powerful he is and his demeanor.
July 7th, 2009 at 1:58 am
oh yeah toushirou… how old is that guy? same age as ichigo? for a little guy that kid sure knows how to talk big lol
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