Hierro doesn’t manipulate reiatsu to harden the skin. The reishi density of the skin just increases upon evolution to arrancar

Hierro is passive defense while Blut is active offense and defense.

Doesn't matter when kenpachi can cut both

imo Blut vene is better in defence,Hierro doesnt need conditions its always working. But the fact that Byakuya couldnt pierce As nodt and even his Eyes which Hierro doesnt include was untouched by senbonzakura. Hierro better for offence Blut vene better for defence.

Fun fact: blut vene and blut artierie are geman for blood vein and blood artery

What's better fully depends on the user's fighting style One is passive but only includes skin, other affects blood vessels and even eyes but requires focus and sacrifices in offense so they need to be properly used to reach full potential

Turtle shell is also a technique of a tortoise.....

Switch to blut arterie before casting licht regen and switch to blut vene when getting combo’d

I assume like most things it depends on the user more than the technique itself I doubt a "same strength/reiatsu" user of hierro or Blut vene would see drastically different results, I would pick hierro simply cause it seems to be an "on off" thing that doesnt need focus. People say the sternritters were tanking the captains atks but they also had to streal bankais for a reason while the espada were just winging it. I doubt th average Soldat blut vene is any stronger or can be maintained for as long as the average arrancar hierro

Love how Hueco Mundo stuff is derived from Mexican culture and Quincey from German one.

In theory a hybrid like Ichigo could use use Hierro and Blut Vene at the same time

Rukia's drawings made everything more confusing... but still great.

Every time I hear Hierro I think of that stilt-ey thug Nnoitra and how dam hard he was to beat because of it. Until Nel (to some extent) and Zaraki showed up. xD

Now, imagine Ichigo using both

Hierro is better for the sole reason that its efficiency and durability isn’t dependent on the will of a single man, who has shown that he is more than willing to kill off followers on a whim, also hierro is constantly active, meaning that even if you’re caught off-guard or just sleeping you’re still protected, but the same cannot be said for blut.

Blut vene and its not even close, the only technique that if used exclusively defensive would in fact be better than blut vene is barragans respira that surrounds his entire body, aside from that thats like comparing a sheet of steel to a sheet of paper

Imo Hierro is more consistent than blut vene but blut vene is much better at doing one thing. Hierro is good overall as it requires no training, is always active and you won’t be caught lacking if someone sneaks attacks you unlike blut vene where sneak attacks will work if they’re using the offensive version but that’s also where Hierro lacks Blut vene offers a more condensed defence and offence alongside a barrier that one can conjure for omni-directional defence but at the cost of not being instinctually active and needing to choose between offence and defence which could mean life or death Personally, I like hierro more but blut vene is good too

For people who didn't understand: Hollow's Hierro: skin super dense in spiritual matter Quincy's Blutt Vene: using spiritual energy to protect yourself

Question, does anyone recall ever seeing blut arterie (offensive blut) used in the series? I know it’s talked about, and maybe it’s implied to be in use at times with no visual, but is it ever explicitly used?

Herrio is offensive too that's how they be pushing their arms to people

For people that may not have noticed, but the whole espada arc, things and names are in Spanish. Espada means sword, arrancar means to snatch, hueco means hole and mundo means world( hole world) , hierro in fact means steel. I see iron skin as a passive ability that doesn't hinder the user

Then there's The Iron

Hierro is similar body to hardening techniques that Dragon Ball has but it is always active, where as Blut Vene is almost identical to Dragon Ball’s techniques to the point where it requires focus and awareness of an incoming attack. It’s why some random people with guns catch the main cast of Dragon Ball Super off guard. Goku was too focused on Frieza who was directly in front of him and didn’t notice a minion behind him, a similar situation happened to Officer Krillin while he was catching a group of robbers, he to got shot in the back right as he was dusting his hands off from knocking out 3 or more of the people and 1 got away.

Sucks that Shinigami don't have an automatic defense like those 2 races. It definitely makes them seem less versatile with their reatsui

What pissed me off was blut vene was a conscious effect that was never really used. I wish we had quincies utilizing everything as well as Opie did.

I choose that one that withstood the heat of the sun

Dude your videos are good, but maybe try anotherusic which is less spooky

Depends. Hierro is always active. Blut Vene is not always active which is a downside however by manipulating reishi you can harden the durability a lot more.

Blut has far more utility based on not just the efficiency of its user but also on their ability to subjugate surrounding reishi which for Vollstandig went absolutely nuts due to abilities like Sklaveri. Arrancars however have a definite tier system when it came to their abilities which are probably based on their original hollow capabilities.

For those who need a good tip in the scale, remember the defensive feats of TYBW Grimmjow. And him in the LN is a savage

I guess Shinigami doesn't have an equivalent to these two?

Im going with Blut Vene due to the fact that Renji and Byakuya were doing jack crap to As Nödt for a good while, and Senbonzakura couldnt do much to him either. Blut also does have Arterie which basically lets it be partly offensive too.

Both have their ups and downs. Hierro is always active, but cannot necessarily be strengthened. Certain arrancar like Yammy and Nnoitora had exceptional hierro even in comparison to the other espada. It also isn't necessarily a technique that needs to be maintained. Blut Vene has to be activated but can be strengthened as it is a reshi path and by how "open" it is as stated by Quilge Opie. It can also be swapped into Blut Arterie to strengthen ones own attack potency. As we also saw with Quilge if you lower your focus on it, you can be struck while you defenses are at their lowest. Overall, I say Blut is the better developed technique that has more applications in the long run.

What's the actual pronunciation? I've heard, "Bloot Veen, Bloot Vein, Bloot Vayna, and now I'm hearing Bloot Wayna" da heck is the true pronunciation?

I can’t wait till we see the Black Hierro in the anime. They didn’t show Ichigo using it against Ulquoirra. We should see Grimmjow use it though

Imagine if Ichigo trained to use both as he should actually have access to both. We seen him have access to blut vene, but we haven't seen him with hierro. But I feel like you would be able to develop it.

That moment when you realize Blut Veine and Blut Arterie is just a Aegislash using Stance Change

Since they have that like Hierro Haki like Black Claw/Skin form I would have to say I think Hierro is better since it seems to possibly have a higher or quicker higher ceiling that works for defense and offense.

I don't think hierro is passive. ulquiorra stats that if yammy can sense reiatsu he could have prevented ichigo from cutting his arm off cause he would have notice ichigo's increase in reiatsu and would have used hierro to stop it. Witch means it either not passive or if it is hallow can choose when to increase it prevent damage.

I kind of hate how the thousand year blood war undermines the arrancar arcs level of threat, its like soul society could easly have won but just gave aizen a chance, some capitans didnt even use their bankai against the espada

I’ll put it like this, Blut Vene/artierie may be a bit more versatile but in a fight with swords I’d rather the ability that is always on in case I get caught lacking

Hierro isn't passive. It's the conscious infusion of spiritual pressure into the skin. Just as Blut Vene is the conscious infusion of reishi into the blood. The more reiatsu you can infuse into your flesh, the harder the hierro. Which is why Nnoitra's is the hardest. No other Espada can infuse as much of their reiatsu into their skin as he can

Blut Vene requiring reishi in atmosphere makes it too weak, if there's not much reishi available? (I thought Quincy can use their powers to make it stronger, but I will trust the video). Using own power for Hierro sounds better, especially if you're very strong. Anyway, Hierro or Blut Vene, Zakari Kenpachi would cut it anyway :3

Hierro does Require a Basic Understanding of how to use the Ability tho. It's not Instinctive. Otherwise it Makes no Sense how Yami was hurt by a One Armed Kenpachi Slash, and Chad's El Deructo, when Noitorra Tanked both of these.

Wait until Kubo release a secret move: Blut Capillary😂

Hierro also only defends from physical force while blut vein was able to defend against atypical forms of harm, like the temperature of Yamamoto's bankai.

Here was me hoping to hear you explain who would win. The Jailer or the Jealous praying mantis.

I’d go with hierro

I rather have hierro

The saying the best offense is defense fits hierro Blut just took aegislashs ability and put it on quincys

Hierro: plot armor Blut vene: actual armor

I'm using eyepatched Kenpachi to measure which defense is tougher. He cut through nnoitra's, who claimed to have the toughest heirro among the espadas. Kenny couldn't cut Ywbach except for the underlings. I'd say blut vene has the upper edge. :)

Ichigo using hierro, blut vene and having reiatsu density comparable to unsealed Kenpachi 🗿

Well doesn't every spiritual being have some form of defense? The shinigami's is more simple by using their energy as a shield. But really like another person said it depends on the user and follows the rule of the strongest. I'm sure there are people that specialize in defense that might be a acception. Through since Blunt can also be used in offense but then again you need to turn off defense. And arrancars can also use theirs as a weapon without sacrificing defense by using their limbs to stab and slash.

Passive buffs always beat activates IMO

asnot used it on his EYES and it didnt get damaged by byakya shikai, ye eblut gives a much bigger boost

Risk and reward vs all rounder

I think it just depends on who's using it.

Why is he saying "blut We-ne"? Is that how they say it in the show? A V in Deutsche is an F sound, so it should be "fe-ne". So many dubs say these foreign words wrong though

Hierro is definitely better. It is passive so you dont need to pay attention to it AND it was shown to be stronger than Blut Vene on average. Arrancars were capable of tanking attacks from Captains that activated their Bankai. Quincy had to steal Bankais to fight the Captains.

Poor Shinigami. They don't get a defensive technique.

Hierro isn't a technique, it's a trait of being an Arrancar. Calling it instinctual doesn't really make sense cause it just is

Hierro depends on spiritual reiatsu Ressurecion enhance endurance and defense

I'd rather a high defence thats lower then Blut nut its consistent and doesnt lower my damage output

I prefer Hierro becose blue veina stops mosly bleedyng

Ichigo isn’t pure blood but still has blut Vene. Also Blut Vene strengthens the veins from being cut but the skin can still get cut/take damage. Hierro wins

Hierro is constantly up and drains less stamina but has more established limitations than Blut

The simpler the better.

Eh... Does soul reaper have anything like this or i have to break throught with a bankai?

Ichigo causally using both

V in German is pronounced like an F. There is no W sound in German.

Sending oil uo for ya boi

So the fact ichigo use blut vene against yhwach is imposible, but ichigo do it anyway 😂 If you know what is that mean

Soul Reapers got hado

Quincy are better then those hollows by default

Why don’t they just pop a true blut to get both at the same time? 😂🙏🏾

can it be simplified as hierro is skin and blut is vein?? 😅

Blut Vene better… Dude, the Quincies were stacked…

German vs Spanish? I feel biased towards the Spanish one

MEANWHILE quincycars : HIERRO VENE!

Id pick blut vene.

Blut vene was stated to give quincy power equal to a bankai...

Blut Wena?

Wait a minute Ichigo I a half blood Quincy and his blitz veine came out of no we’re and he never trained for it. Explain someone.

Would ichiho be able increase his skin to Hierro levels and utilize blut vene?

Type soul is a anime?

Dis yhwach threw blue vene at yoruichi at royal palace?

just get a true blut essence and u have both offense and defense

hierro is aight but blut is op even more if you use true blut Quincies are broken nerf em

quincyk till my bones decay

Danku is the better defense tbh

Blud, just use both xD

thank god i have true blut 🙏

Hikone : How about both?

Hierro isn't as good as blue vene. Even in Hueco Mundo, where the Arrancar have a boost, it still wasn't strong enough against anyone who won a fight. But if your reiatsu is higher than mine, I'm fucked either way.

easy if you weak go for hierro if you have high offense already go for blut vene

Doesnt blut vene mean blood vein?

Alright but kenpachi still cuts

How did ichigo have it then if he isnt pure blood and didnt “train “ for it

My God your pronunciation of these things😅