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BAN-KAI! Bleach General Discussion

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Q: I have a question regarding Stark. How strong is he actually? I can't imagine him having higher (stronger?) killing power than Barragan in terms of special ability, so does that mean he's superior when it comes to Reiatsu?
Also, regarding the timing of him joining Aizen's forces, judging from the way it was depicted it appears that he joined the Espada after Aizen had already acquired the Hogyoku.
If so, then:
1) His reiatsu was so strong prior to splitting that even someone of Aizen class couldn't detect it
Or
2) Aizen had sensed it, but considering his strength it could have been difficult to deal with him, so I assume that Aizen decided to simply leave him be until the situation had settled.
I really like Stark, but he doesn't appear much and I have little hope that he will return in any future media. So I would like to know more about him!

Kubo: It's 2). I think Stark's charm is that he's a guy who's difficult to read.
I already saw some fans using this to say:

Starrk before splitting > Shinigami Aizen.
 
Nothing new? There is no new info? Almost everything above was speculated, that this could be just someone writing fake info leaks. Lol
 
Starrk & Shunsui (FKT) can have good arguments to be above Gin, Tosen, and Shinji as well.
 
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In chapter 297, Pesce and Dondochakka have their best feat(Szayel hyping them up), we get some lore about that balls in a jar Hollow that's pretty ok I guess, there's this some stuff with Ruddborn where he looks really cool, and Zaraki gets one of his best entrances in the series, but I can't bring up this chapter when mentioning things because apparently, NNOITRA DECIDES TO FORCEFULLY STICK HIS FINGERS DOWN A TEENAGE GIRL'S THROAT WHILE RESTRAINING HER, THEN CALL HER "PET." What the **** is the matter with this guy? He's so nasty. He's not the "so cartoonishly evil, I love it," kind of villain, he's just gross.

In that one chapter, he kicks an already-injured toddler, attacks an injured Ichigo from behind when he tries to save her, goes "that kid I beat up after she chose not to kill me? Yeah, she was the only one who could save you. Hey, underling, do whatever you want with these injured kids," and then does the messed-up shit I mentioned earlier, and then he keeps talking shit as if he thinks he's someone relevant.

I hate this guy so much.
 
The name of "that person" (Reiō?) was casually revealed in episode 28.
Is it Adnyeus? The Auswählen chant references the coffin of Adnyeus, and that they were raising his heart.
"Raise them! Silver emblems, ashen meadows, circular path buried in light. Eye of agate, tongue of gold, skull cup, coffin of Adnyeus. The object we raise is your heart. Auswählen."
 
Is it Adnyeus? The Auswählen chant references the coffin of Adnyeus, and that they were raising his heart.
I've seen Adonaieus (アドナイェウス) interpreted as being derived from the gnostic Adonaeus/Adnonaios, the archon representing the sun. I don't pretend to know much about Gnosticism, but I have heard people online say archons are similar to builders that bind souls to the physical plane. Also, the Auswahlen does generate a dense core that emits a great deal of light, and was cast from above, akin to a sun.

Adoneus was also apparently a Latin epithet of Dionysus.

It was also a Latin variant of the name of the Greek Adonis, who is often seen as an archetype of a "dying-and-rising god."
 
I've seen Adonaieus (アドナイェウス) interpreted as being derived from the gnostic Adonaeus/Adnonaios, the archon representing the sun. I don't pretend to know much about Gnosticism, but I have heard people online say archons are similar to builders that bind souls to the physical plane. Also, the Auswahlen does generate a dense core that emits a great deal of light, and was cast from above, akin to a sun.

Adoneus was also apparently a Latin epithet of Dionysus.

It was also a Latin variant of the name of the Greek Adonis, who is often seen as an archetype of a "dying-and-rising god."
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have a question regarding Stark. How strong is he actually? I can't imagine him having higher (stronger?) killing power than Barragan in terms of special ability, so does that mean he's superior when it comes to Reiatsu?
Also, regarding the timing of him joining Aizen's forces, judging from the way it was depicted it appears that he joined the Espada after Aizen had already acquired the Hogyoku.
If so, then:
1) His reiatsu was so strong prior to splitting that even someone of Aizen class couldn't detect it
Or
2) Aizen had sensed it, but considering his strength it could have been difficult to deal with him, so I assume that Aizen decided to simply leave him be until the situation had settled.
I really like Stark, but he doesn't appear much and I have little hope that he will return in any future media. So I would like to know more about him!
All that to be Robert's victim 😴
 
Spoilers from James Hanson's new video:
  • The OP is OP of the Year material
  • While ep 27 starts with a recap, is a recap of Shutara using her Bankai and there are some new perspectives and scenes added in. So people who feared that they'd recap cour 2 are in the clear
  • Uryu uses Anti-Thesys to escape Shutara's Bankai, then they start fighting
  • Yhwach awakening the Almighty seems to have some effect on Jugram, likely because of how their souls are linked. Jugram still remains inside the Bankai tho, however the flames surrounding him are gone
  • Talking about Almighty, Yhwach pulls some Ultra Instinct on Ichibe by just evading all of his attacks with Almighty, annoying Ichibe in the process
  • Ep 27 ends with Yhwach stabbing the Soul King, and there's apparently some huge bloodred effect when that happens along with some SK flashback and Yhwach related things
  • Ichigo vs Yhwach in ep 28 is longer than their fight in ep 7, like 60% of the episode, and it's like a parallel to that fight
  • The fight starts in Reio's palace, then goes all over the Reiokyu to different RG disks
  • Jaymes said this fight is top 5 fights, but did not mention if it's top 5 TYBW or from the entirety of Bleach
  • Ichigo uses Getsuga Jujisho again, and it's better than the one used in Cour 2
  • Yhwach uses a big reishi arrow technique and throws it at Ichigo, but Ichigo completely blocks it with a small getsuga like the one used against Candice's Javelin (lmfao)
  • Ichigo is apparently dominating Yhwach
  • Yhwach needed Almighty to swing the fight in his favor
  • After the Almighty is used, we see Ichigo with his face bloodied going for a massive swing at Yhwach, but behind Ichigo there is Orihime healing Ichigo while he's fighting, so nice teamwork right here
  • In one of the SK flashbacks with the division of the worlds, it shows Yhwach is shown being born in one of the whirlpools, and Ichigo is shown in another wirldpool. These things might be some kind of futures or something, as that Ichigo is different somewhat
  • Ukitake is shown healing Kenpachi
  • We see Aizen in the Muken
  • After Ichigo cuts the SK the worlds start trembling and we see reactions from multiple characters
 
Ichigo is apparently dominating Yhwach
Yhwach needed Almighty to swing the fight in his favor
Ichigo stocks 📈📈 Us Ichibros are going to be eating good.
In one of the SK flashbacks with the division of the worlds, it shows Yhwach is shown being born in one of the whirlpools, and Ichigo is shown in another wirldpool. These things might be some kind of futures or something, as that Ichigo is different somewhat
Da phuq??? What's going on here? Did James Hanson say how he is different?
 
  • Yhwach uses a big reishi arrow technique and throws it at Ichigo, but Ichigo completely blocks it with a small getsuga like the one used against Candice's Javelin (lmfao)
  • Ichigo is apparently dominating Yhwach
  • Yhwach needed Almighty to swing the fight in his favor
And they said ichigo using getsuga on the femritters made him look weak
 
Spoilers from James Hanson's new video:
  • The OP is OP of the Year material
  • While ep 27 starts with a recap, is a recap of Shutara using her Bankai and there are some new perspectives and scenes added in. So people who feared that they'd recap cour 2 are in the clear
  • Uryu uses Anti-Thesys to escape Shutara's Bankai, then they start fighting
  • Yhwach awakening the Almighty seems to have some effect on Jugram, likely because of how their souls are linked. Jugram still remains inside the Bankai tho, however the flames surrounding him are gone
  • Talking about Almighty, Yhwach pulls some Ultra Instinct on Ichibe by just evading all of his attacks with Almighty, annoying Ichibe in the process
  • Ep 27 ends with Yhwach stabbing the Soul King, and there's apparently some huge bloodred effect when that happens along with some SK flashback and Yhwach related things
  • Ichigo vs Yhwach in ep 28 is longer than their fight in ep 7, like 60% of the episode, and it's like a parallel to that fight
  • The fight starts in Reio's palace, then goes all over the Reiokyu to different RG disks
  • Jaymes said this fight is top 5 fights, but did not mention if it's top 5 TYBW or from the entirety of Bleach
  • Ichigo uses Getsuga Jujisho again, and it's better than the one used in Cour 2
  • Yhwach uses a big reishi arrow technique and throws it at Ichigo, but Ichigo completely blocks it with a small getsuga like the one used against Candice's Javelin (lmfao)
  • Ichigo is apparently dominating Yhwach
  • Yhwach needed Almighty to swing the fight in his favor
  • After the Almighty is used, we see Ichigo with his face bloodied going for a massive swing at Yhwach, but behind Ichigo there is Orihime healing Ichigo while he's fighting, so nice teamwork right here
  • In one of the SK flashbacks with the division of the worlds, it shows Yhwach is shown being born in one of the whirlpools, and Ichigo is shown in another wirldpool. These things might be some kind of futures or something, as that Ichigo is different somewhat
  • Ukitake is shown healing Kenpachi
  • We see Aizen in the Muken
  • After Ichigo cuts the SK the worlds start trembling and we see reactions from multiple characters
  • The anime uses a "flash" effect everytime the Almighty is used.
  • Once the Soul King is stabbed and the worlds start to crumble the whole "screen" or "filter" changes symbolizing that the effects effect the entire of reality not just the planets.
 
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