So, thank you to everyone who voted for As Nodt! Safe to say I'm more than happy to talk for way too long about this guy. I'm interested to hear what you guys thought of him - awesome or perhaps overrated? Also, as a side note, I know I'm pronouncing his name wrong due to the umlauts - if there are any native German speakers in the comments (or just anyone who knows!), I'd love to know how to properly say it. Let me know!

“there will be spoilers for the last arc of bleach” people who don't even know who as nodt is: *ok*

As Nodt has always been the flagship Sternritter to me. Iconic design, and chilling screen presence.......and him shredding Byakuya to a bloody pulp at the end of chapter 501 (or maybe its 502) is one of the most jaw dropping moments in the series.

His ability to strike sheer and uncontrollable terror into his opponents was his defining and most memorable trait, no doubt the Shinigami have not encountered such psychological tactics. Still his backstory is just tragic, makes you wonder how many of Yhwach's followers went along with his game because he gave them a chance at living...

It's crazy to think that Byakuya was supposed to remain dead but Tite Kubo got death threats from toxic fans to the point he revived him.

Ever think when As Nodts mask was frozen, his lips were touching the inside of the mask. So when his mask came off, it ripped his lips off?

I enjoyed his creepy love for Senbon Zakura, who knows why this fear ridden Stern Ritter would be so attached to Byakuyas Bankai.

I really like how As Nodt got a flashback before dying, not even the Shutzztaffel had flashbacks!!

I remember reading bleach weekly when this dude pulled up on byukuya and completly wrecked his shit - that shit was violent bro

One of the most interesting Quincy.

I love the pure psychological horror of As Nodt in his appearances. It's like the r rated version of genjutsu from Naruto just waaaay more hardcore.

I love how quincies can be terrifying too, like they’re not “holy” or something

As Nodt was probably my favourite sternritter as far as visuals were concerned I think it was a really good move to run with him so much he definitely stands out. I think his shifts in personality actually help his whole fear motif because what's more frightening than someone who is dangerously unpredictable. Still his fight will definitely be a highlight of the final chapter anime

Here are some translations if you are interested. Schriften = scrolls Sternenritter = star knights Schutzstaffel = guarding/protection squad (The Schutzstaffel really existed in germany during ww2. They were also called SS for short.) Blut = blood Blutvene = blood vein Letzter Stil = last style Quincy Vollständig = Quincy complete(d) Auswählen = to select (would make more sense if they used "Auswahl" = selection) Heilig Pfeil = holy arrow (shoud be "Heiliger" Pfeil) Heilig Bogen = holy bow (should be "Heiliger" Bogen) Lichtregen = rain of light Sprenger = blaster Gert Sprenger = Sorry but this is just stupid... Gert is a german name... it's basically called "Gert Blaster" 🤣🙈 Seele Schneider (this sounds so wrong... it should be "Seelenschneider") = Soul Cutter Silberdraht = silver wire Lichtreich = empire of light Schattenbereich = shadow area Bibel = Bible That's all I can think of right now. If I missed anything, feel free to tell me and I'll translate it.

I think Byakuya saying thanks to you stealing my bankai I actually became stronger than I ever could have been is such a triggering thing for As because of his fear of Yuhabach, if what he said is true then Yuhabach might view him as a failure and take back his gift, so it pushes him to go all out

The As Nodt/Mask scene really does set the tone of the whole arc. That all-consuming, grim, hopeless determination in the face of a vicious, ruthless, insurmountable enemy; the first truly ruthless enemy. Its one thing seeing Kira get capped, but this really hammers it home. A truly fantastic sequence and an excellent character.

Ah yes my favorite character “ *ASS KNOT* ”

I don't think As Nodt was always missing his lips. I believe he lost them due to the frostbite he got from Rukia's Shikai. And I only say this because the Bleach Jet Artbook shows As Nodt without his mask looking quite normal. But otherwise great video as always Tommo.

I think the thousand year blood war arc would have been so much better if Byuakia stayed dead. He's one of my favorite characters but it solidifies just how much of a threat the quincies were.

I gotta say Ãs Nodt was my favorite Quincy by far. I liked everything he did and everything that got served to him. As for the way he died, I hear many people say that the top of his head was cut off. I'm not sure I'm totally on board with that. We know that Rukia's Bankai flash freezes everything in a certain ratio around her to absolute cero, this would include her and I doubt she would be able to deal a slicing cut to Äs without shattering herself. What I believe happened and this backed up a little in the manga is as follows: There would be a rush of air between the extremely cold areas and the average temp surroundings (cause science, I would explain this but it is complicated). I think the point or Rukia's Bankai is to kill her opponent beyond reasonable regeneration. How do you achieve this? Freezing an opponent to the point and state that the beat of a butterfly's wings would be enough to crumple your freezing body into a dust that would be carried by the wind. This is what happened to Äs Nodt's head and it is proved by the trail of white dust blowing the other way. Anyways love your videos and hope you read my reply.

I always interpreted his dual personalities as being catered to the ones he is trying to install fear into (or even a reflection of that person) like stoic for byakuya and childish for rukia works best to instill fear into them.

Something about him mentioning how the sterneritter group seemed to have personalities almost strictly based on abilities, makes me consider the the fact the espada came off confused. They seemed to be stuck in limbo in figuring out their worth, and the sternritter were designed for a very specific purpose. And of course, it was illustrated what happened after it was served So the Espada arc had the villains looking to prove themselves to evade returning to the old. That second oddball arc had ichigo trying to keep his bonds secured and remind him of his value in fighting with no more aizen. The final introduced a villain seemingly so mighty he led to his own defeat

Doesn’t Rukia essentially go into cryogenic suspended animation in her bankai? She’s technically alive but not enough to feel anything or move. As had a great design, loved his straight jacket coat and muzzle which made sense when we saw his backstory, and I’m with you on the first invasion. I loved seeing some of my favorite shinigami getting wrecked right at the beginning of the arc. It hyped it up so much for me. Yhwach had a tendency to fly off the handle for no reason so I always thought it was his power inside them that made all the Quincy prone to the same behavior. The Quincy are Gnostics, Yhwach is the demiurge, it’s an old Christian heresy from antiquity. Roman and Christian myths combined. Yhwach is an evil creator. Great video as always.

Honestly As Nödt reminds me of Unohana when he smiles after stealing Byakuya’a Bankai, as she gives off that same eerie energy when she is using her bankai and smiles

I genuinely don't understand how you're able to push out all of this great longform content, but I thank you for it! I've been falling asleep to your playlists of videos I've watched already. 😂

I remember seeing him for the first time & being creeped out by his design (especially after learning that he brutally "killed", Byakuya), and thought "I don't think his design can be any more creepier". Just when I thought of that, Tatar Foras dropped, and I couldn't be more wrong.

AS NODT be like "got your hat!"

Illumi and Nnoitra are great parents I swear.

MAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!! Your videos are so well done!!! I love Bleach so much, your channel is what I needed.

As Nödt was my favorite Sternritter! He was easily the most intimidating and his ability was very powerful. I didn't like how early he got taken out. Some of the supposed godly Quincy felt weaker than him. I'd have preferred him as one of the final opponents.

Even at 40 minutes, this video just went by so fast. Great content as always!!

I wonder how he would have faired against Kenpachi who thrives on fear/exhilaration. Would have been a fun fight to watch imo

Great analysis! I myself am really hyped to hear his voice and his VA! I can’t wait for the bleach anime to come back

I can imagine him in a weird creepy relationship with Mayuri 😭

I discovered ur channel a few month ago and U really are one of the best bleach content creator !

you know I was just thinking about an as nodt one and I'm so happy to see you making a video on him, keep up the good work because I really enjoy the vids!

Great character analysis, these breakdowns of Bleach are awesome. Cool to see As Nodt being discussed as he's in personal top 10 Quincies - looking forward to his Brave Souls release. Never noticed prior to this video the change in As Nodt's personality between initial appearance & confrontation with Rukia. Maybe As Nodt was composed during his first appearance because he had the advantage of the medallion against most Shinigami (the medallion's ability would scare a lot of Shinigami) & then became rattled when he lost Senbonzakura Kageyoshi leading to his shift in behaviour out of fear.

You’re the best man I love watching you just relax me something about your personality rocks thank you !

Love your videos, you seem like a chill dude. Thanks for the entertaining bleach videos

Awesome! Been waiting for this for a while!

In anime BLEACH Thousand Year Blood War arc, Äs Nödt voiced by Matsuoka Yoshitsugu. He best known as Harem King of Japan who voicing Kirito, Fuutarou, Arata, Rio, etc. Not only MC Harem, he also voicing antagonist and supporting character.

I think Yhwach meant As Nodt survived the Quincy extermination because if he's mixed blood Quincy it doesn't make sense for Yhwach to do that. I'm guessing during the extermination he was injured or maybe after developed this debilitating condition perhaps involving his lips.

Wouldn’t have expected Mr. Nodt to win that poll. Great video!

First of all, I just wanna say you're doing an amazing job with this channel and I love how the anime/manga community with youtubers' channels is so full of knowledge and beautiful presentation. Other thing I wanted to say, as a big fan of manga, tho I haven't read or watched too many, I am familiar with all of the GOATs and many, many different stories - I feel like Kubo's writing is up there with the absolute best ones. Some of the character arcs and traits are absolutely magnificent. Everything with the Espadas, their personalities according to the aspects of death and terrible human emotions, Ulquiorra's story which is one of the saddest ever, many interesting characters from Soul Society and from the mere start of the show and finally the Sternritters with their feelings and characters as well, kinda similar to Espada but more grandioze and impactful I feel. What a freaking story and what a freaking manga! Not to mention how fascinated I am with the world of Bleach: the 3 realms, Hueco Mundo and that Hollow world is the greatest depiction of Purgatory that I've ever come across, by far!! Such an interesting concept. Soul Society is also so unique, I mean we don't even know that whole establishment and if they are truly on the good side or it's built on some lies like Tsunayashiro thought. The whole despise of the Soul King, a God by Yhwach and Aizen wanna be Gods... And finally, the most devious realm and the least known of them all - Hell. There can be such an amazing, long story on Hell, 100 episodes I swear to God. The whole thing where (if I remember correctly) that 5th, unknown Noble house wanted to cover Hell as they feared the might of it, that really intrigues me. The origins of that and the relation to other worlds, does it even have the origin?! Love Bleach, such a real and authentic story, Kubo is a creative genius as good as Oda IMHO!

The thing that As Nodt "survived" was likely the soul reapers' purge of the Quincies

Even though his name is 'Äs Nödt', in English ver., it's written 'As Nodt'. According my search, the similar of dakuten found in Japanese is umlaut. It's used in some European countries' languages such as German. A and Ä seem the same at first glance but Ä should be written Ae when we can't use any umlaut. In the same way, Ö should be written Oe. Then, I think Äs Nödt's name also should be written 'Aes Noedt' in English ver. In Japanese ver., when his name is written in Japanese, it's 'エス･ノト'. 'エス･ノト' is 'Esu Noto' in Japanese romanization. Esu and As are too differ to pronunciate, aren't they? Anyone knows why? (My English should be strange because I'm Japanese. I'm sorry for that.)

Great character analysis as usual.

Amazing video as always

I’ve been waiting for this!!!

As Nodt We Trust.

As Nodt really seems like he's obsessed with the Bankai, like he really is lonely, and he wants another soul to accompany his own. Like it was the only thing that brought him comfort and a release from his own fear. I see his character change in the second invasion as that As Nodt is losing his composure because he had the one thing he wanted, and finally had, suddenly torn back away. Losing the Bankai he valued so much took a piece of his sanity too. I also think the First Invasion is kinda like, he's "on the clock". Like he has to be professional and do what he's told, efficiently and quickly. The second invasion is more like being at work on a slow day. You're working, but just kinda doing whatever you want.

Good stuff I remember just being devastated with byauka almost dying. Pretty much nailed it on this one!!

Byakuya had the best payback. Neutered his former tormenter's final form with just his Shikai, then left him to his little sister for target practice. *chef kiss*

When he was called a survivor I'm pretty sure it was a reference to the near Quincy genocide that the soul reaper took in some number of years back

Hi, great videos! So happy that there's bleach content and analysis on youtube, thank you so much! Could you do an analysis video of Giselle and her Zombie ability, I think it's something really interesting that I'd love to know more about!

Great job as usual

As for the fight, when As landed the killing blow to Byakuya (well technically the final blow as Byakuya was able to hold onto his life) my jaw dropped because like everyone else, I honestly thought Byakuya was going to steamroll As, but they never happened , then we got that picture of Rukia, it was the first jumpscare for bleach.

THIS IS WHAT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR!

I still remember reading through the first invasion every week, As Nodt undoubtedly created an atmosphere within the Bleach universe that had never been felt before. Really great video!

40 min video on a chareterr study and with bleach you sir have earned this like comment and subscribe keep up the amazing worl

40 min vid about a character that appeared in like 10 chapters, impressive

I’m seeing an appearance from As Nodt in the future Hell arc of Bleach. He set it up perfectly

I would love have a battle analysis of all the battles against the Schutzstaffel awesome video you are the best bleach you tuber by a mile

Besides Vasto Lorde Ichigo, this dude second most metal AF Bleach character 🤘🏾😍....Or maybe he's 🥇 (and my new favorite bleach character, previously was Ulquiorra)

Bro no cap I be waiting on ur vids my guy , every week😂

Any luck we'll be seeing the animated az today so I figured I should go back through your character analysis first

Great Video

I didn't realize As Nodt didn't have much screen time. Personally I think he's easily the coolest and most memorable antagonist in the final arc. Also interesting Byakuya uses flower petals, he uses thorns, and Rukia "froze him in fear"

I think Nodt is more terrifying than Ywach. I kinda wish he was the final villain or at least one of the final Quincy to be defeated near the end.

Love your videos

As Nodt design is so fye

I love As Nodt, he made Byakuya, one of the most stoic and level headed characters in Bleach shit his pants.

25:38 reminds me of unohana Edit:- i personally think why Asnodt developed attachment with senbonzakura is because it is the first power he gained against fear on his own.

Great video! Can you please make a video of the top 10 most powerful/best kido users in Bleach🙌

Man it's been years and there's so many things that I forgot about the final Arc light can never forget how well this character was drawn in some panels. Like I forgot that kimpati had a bankai before recently rereading. If this character is designed stuck out more to me than that years later

havent read a lick of the manga, but i still watch your videos about tybw. :D i hope we get him in BBS!

One of my favorite sternritter. No question.

As Nodts so cool can't wait to see peoples reactions to him wen the anime comes back

Its still insane to me that this guy ACTUALLY kill Byakuya, and then author get bullied into returning him to life.

I can’t wait to see this animated

The video was great tommo, thanks for the entertainment

Jeeze, I'm so baked I had to make sure I was subscribed😂😂😂, I been subscribed for like 8 months now😂😂

Ily Mr tommo

I genuinely like that Yamamoto KO’d those three. It shows just how powerful the old man is. None are quite on his level. Especially when he’s at 100%+ health.

Damn this legit proves how strong senbonzakura was, even byakuya who trained with it all his life nearly got killed by it

Bro you know your gonna blow the fuck up once the tybw anime starts coming out keep grinding💪💪

the character i cant wait too see animated the most !!

Good thing he didn’t fight Zaraki first. He would’ve been part of the sternritter shish kabob Zaraki was cooking up before meeting Jubach’s fake.

Kubo did an insanely good job with designing Äs Nödt. Everytime I look at him I get spine tingled.

As Nodt is very cool and bc this video, I appreciate him more than before. Thanks for making this video. Very cool character. I wish he had fought Mayuri :P

man i can’t wait for the anime to get to Äs Nödt

Yhwach could have visited As Nodt following the quincy extermination 200 years prior to the storyline, which would put it around the year 1800-1820, which might be a bit early for them to be using oxygen masks, however, if we allow that, could then provide anm explanation for As Nodt not to be a Mixed-blood quincy.

As nodt was in slipknot I believe, im happy he's in the bleach universe

finally!! my fav sternritter

When I first read this, and now having seen it depcited in the anime, I remember being hysterical, Byakuya is one of my three favourites and I was horrified at As Nodt, I thought he was dead for sure. I remember crying over it. It was set up so perfectly as a death scene, and it had that effect even if that's ultimately not what happened. I don't one hundred percent agree with it not being one, although I am relieved he is alive. Definitely one of the most memorable villians for me in the series right behind Ulquiorra.

10:42 is such a cool thing I wound never have remembered him he's still doing the best he can he's a strong background character

Probably one of my favorite characters in bleach (at least design wise)

When the anime comes out he going to be a fan favorite

Wonder if we'll see As Nodt in the new Hell arc. As Nodt Hell Form? Yes please.

Love this series great work. Question I've been wondering recently after watching your "was the final getsuga-tensho necessary" is how long could Ichigo use the Mugestu form? Is the forms only use for the final getsuga or could he just fight normally with the power of the Mugestu form thus maybe not having to lose his powers?