I personally was always skeptical of the lightning curtain design, and I felt it was appropriately unimpressive for a very old, never-used bankai. Of course, it could be much stronger, but Driscoll was a meathead par excellence, so we'll likely never know completely.

Have you ever done a video ranking the filler arcs? If not seems like it would be a good topic.

question: are the extended scenes in the anime officially cannon?

It's pretty lit

@@oscarpena48 I mean seeing as how Kubo is helping the anime every step of the way it must be canon

I thought that was incredibly cool! And it goes to show just how wrong Driscoll wasn't using it anywhere near correctly. Makes me wish we could've seen how much he grew his Bankai since he used it on Yamamoto

A shame we didn’t see what else he managed to do after 2000 years of using it. Expecialy since that was him using it just after obtaining it.

I can think of two other Bankai I would like to see a little more clarity on what they can do. This really was nice to see and worked really well.

Yeah it is actually an improvement over the manga.

@@sirnonsense5033 Some arc set in the past would be pretty nice to see both him and Ukitake's. I mean this guy is probably the oldest after Yamamoto!

Chojiro is not captain level, he is too old and slow as shown in the anime. Renji's new bankai is stronger, plus he's younger.

@@AmirChemE funny you say that... When there are so many other captains that are about as old or older than him.

@@AmirChemE Its heavily implied that Sasakibe is around Captain level and I love that idea, I always liked his character in the brief moments we got to see him. I'm glad he got such a cool Bankai to match!

@@MelloHubb Which lot of captains? He was over 2000 years old at his time of death, and he was alive and already using Bankai before Ukitake and Shunsui were even born. He was most likely older than any captain other than Yamamoto, including Unohana.

@@MelloHubb at least Yamamoto is faster than him. This rookie cant even dodge a reishi spear by Driscoll. Weak as fck.

before guys like Shunsui or Ukitake were born at that lol

I agree! This might be a weird tittle, but Chojiro is my favorite wasted character xd

The flashback was very effective to me too, he didn't became my favourite, but he is my top 3 for sure. I really hope to see more of him in the Hell Arc.

Same here! He has easily become one of my favorite characters in the series!

@@derupyer7253it seems Kubo literally just wrote him in to get clapped first everytime, like when Ichigo manhandles him in the Ryoka arc or now. Dude can't get a break 😂

And you know the rapier, saber is a better weapon than the katana which is superior in only one form of attack - quick, short slash. But when it comes to durability Japanese swords are at disadvantage.

Septem I’m pretty sure this wasn’t the case. It’s more than likely just in your head because ultimately his zanpakto is still a katana. So he’d still train to fight with a katana. It just changes into a rapier in Shikai so he’d train to be able to fight with both type of sword. So he still COULDVE been his student if he truly wanted to but he wasn’t

​@@metal87power bro those are magical swords with powers, who tf cares if one is better than the other? Most of them are completely unusable irl anyway, they just look really cool

Wow! We commented almost the same thing at the exact same minute

My dude done beat me to it

Cut to Chojiro's PTSD flashbacks full of flames, blood, backhand slaps, and the letter T.

I see Chojiro as someone who put all of his EXP into ATK and absolutely none in DEF

@@MrDJAK777 not everything has to be PTSD. I swear you Americans are obsessed with that.

fr lmao

I feel like the Captain Amagai arc would have been a really good spot to give him a significant role. Even if it was only a filler arc

Yeah I agree, it actually kinda makes him look better overall. Although he never showed any big feets his bankai is badass and really strong.

Apparently he pissed off Kenpachi Zaraki somehow by messing up his hair treatment 😅🤣

I think we see Sasakibe in the anime flashback witnessing the battle between Yamamoto vs Juhabach first fight and obviously the first Gotei would respect him more since none of those other Captain could give Yama the scar that Chojiro gave him

.... they're *already* adapting the thousand year blood war, yknow. You havent heard?

I know, I meant the actual *Thousand Year War* when we get to see prime Yama vs Ywhach, and how he spared him

I think as the years went by and Yamamoto softened up and got stubborn in some ways (ie. not letting Orihime restore his right arm), I think Sasakibe also fell victim to it as well

Indeed. As crazy as it sounds, something tells me that Yamamoto saw in Sasikibe himself if he had not followed the path of blood and death while keeping to moderation in his early life and respected that in his own way.

that was filler and not canon.

@@baldwinivofjerusalem47 it was but we've seen filler Katen Kyotetsu appear in the manga when Kyoraku fights Lille Barro as well as Gonryomaru fight lightning which then got shown to be associated with his bankai. I feel it's safe to assume that despite being filler, ideas and possible characters or designs for zanpaktou spirits and abilities are canon or roughly canon ideas.

@Logan Hayse European culture - rapier, yes. tea, no. Tea is actually Asian culture, especially Chinese culture, from where it spread worldwide

@@sagarshrestha2361 my bad. I meant tea as in manufactured from England and the tea cups, etc. as well as prepped with a kettle and the condiments to go with it.

Chojiro's Zanpakuto, Gonryomaru, from the information I've read looks like a man from the Meiji era, which in time the japanese empire was adapting western traits, technologies and etc.

Basically he failed to mention that, proving he is useless

@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716 Wow

@@CaptainKotetsu well hes done nothing in the entire show. he is useless. he only existed to die and give yamamoto a reason to actually get off his old ass and fight the enemies instead of everyone else. he sat on his ass most of the fight with aizen. he did literally nothing when ichigo's gang first arrived as well. also still trying to figure out how ichigo saved SS when aizen betrayed them. he didnt save anyone but rukia.

@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716 Kubo is the one to blame in that regard for not giving such an interesting looking character with a cool bankai more character writing and moments to shine, rather he just introduces a bunch of useless villains each arc that take up the time which would've proved fruitful to characters that we already knew and who deserved more development; Ukitake, soul king, Chad, the leutanants and some others. I love Bleach but that has been the only problem I have with the series, we got cool characters but no depth, its all style and no substance.

@@OGnewar I've been telling people this in regards to the Vizards. People are still hyping them and I'm like, "...Who have they beat ever? They've each lost every fight they've ever been in on and off screen since they showed up" Hacchi gets points for at least outsmarting Barragan but that's it. They're all style, no substance. Literal manga filler characters. There's a whole chapter of just them going Shikai/hollowfication against the absolute lowest form of hallow in what's meant to be a sizzle reel of action and I just wasn't impressed, they're lames

* 2000 years... Im still dont know the power scale in this anime, guys like this guy with thousand years are trash. But Toshiro in 3 years become one of the top most powerfull characters

Definition of wasted potential. The Vizards are a close second

@@aleeluna8942 Toshiro is a prodigy, is it rly a surprise he becomes so strong? Shunsui said that Toshiro might even surpass him in 100 years.

not really an issue when practically any of the captains who rely on bankai spam are all pretty weak and rely more on battle tactics. It’s more so like guy from naruto normally he is just a solid okay fighter but 8gates(bankai for bleach) allows them to be at pinnacle power. Also he spent those 2000 years making his bankai perfect and for the most part history wise the gotei 13 barely had anyone who would be an actual opponent for the captains and if they were strong enough to have the sweat a little with shikai they just use bankai to win the fight.

Probably why the release command is pierce 👀

And I'd also like to point out that the moment Yamamoto killed that damn quincy, I cried. I really cried because that scene was extremely emotional in every possible way.

Ikr!....showing that he had a bankai for 2000 years after that just makes it seem like bad writing...not even renji got clowned like that

Yes and yorinmaru is purple to on Cang Du.

from my understanding almost all the filler arcs while not cannon are heavily helped by kubo. hell almost all the arcs aside from if handled with care could have fit in the story hell the bount arc probably the worst filler arc could have been added to fullbring arc with some adjustments would have let us see more of ichigos full bring

Stronger or not doesn't really matter, it's spirit energy (potential) vs spirit pressure (physically exerted amount and controllable). And it seems likely to me he'd be exerting quite a bit more when pissed and watching the murdered of his friend and Lt and SS invader was using his dead friends ability vs when a young kid who had annoyed him for an internship said he got bankai, only showing a lack of concern in response "alright kill me with it then."

It's beyond overrated by youtubers that do not read the manga stop with your clickbait he did not train with his bankai after learning it and you clearly did not see ichigo one hitting him in his first appearance as well so even his shiki form was trash as well.

Rereading the Chapter, Ichigo was just too fast. Ichigo grabbed Chojiro's hand before he could swing his sword or use Shikai/Bankai. Then Ichigo knocked him out with a punch lol

Yeah he was reduced to a gatekeeper, which is admittedly still important since you need someone strong and responsible for the job. If only it were Iba instead…

My solution for the one shot was his Shikai being a lightning rod for Reiatsu. Ichigo fighting unarmed means it was useless. He just finished fighting a very prodigious Swordsman and a Yoruichi trained Flash Step user so anything less than Bankai would regrettably justify what happened.

@@ironrevenger9386 But still, it was implied that Chojiro was as powerful a Kyoraku and Ukitake. Can you imagine the two of them or any other captain geting one shotted by end of Soul Society Ichigo using only one fist?

@@Kubinda12345 It’s a tough call since the narrative gave Chojiro the martyr treatment twice. The mere title of Captain is what saves the others

@@ironrevenger9386 Well, Ukitake also never did much. He fought a little with Kyoraku against Yamamoto in the Soul Society arc, he fought with Kyoraku against Starrk but one one-shoted by Wonderweiss and in the TYBW, he sacrificed himself in order to save the worlds which only postponed the process of their destruction by 10 minutes or so giving his sacrifice no meaning.

@@Kubinda12345 Which again emphasizes the mere title of Captain. Fights aside Ukitake at least had some key social moments with Rukia, Toshiro, Shuhei, Byakuya, and Yoruichi. He actually accomplished something huge which was helping to destroy the Sokyoku

I don’t think so. In terms of the timeline it doesn’t make sense for these fillers to happen. One of them is during the Hueco Mundo arc

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Good point.

In spite of having a huge head start on Renji and Rukia, both very young Lieutenants with impoverished origins along with less than ideal training sometimes

Was the ceremony necessary for his soul to go to hell? I’m assuming he would just go there anyway and they wouldn’t have the time they did in the one shot

I doubt it. Based on everything given, I think he was only a 4th or 5th grade Vice-Captain. However, I do think his Bankai, after being honed for 2,000 years, was on parr with the Captain's.

It is possible at one point he may have been. But being out of any major conflicts and Not using his Bankai in battle could have weakened him significantly.

Wtf does that has anything to do with it? Ichigo attacked him as he was caught off guard and that's pretty much it. I don't know where tf you people came up with this conclusion that Ichigo "beat" him. If I smack your head in the back out of nowhere and you fall down. Does that mean I defeated you?

@@zeroskaterz92 Relax my guy. It’s a friendly conversation. Not a war. I encourage you to go back and watch that part. Because I don’t see where you’re saying it was a surprise attack or anything like that. He was completely overpowered and that’s the point I’m trying to make. Based on what we know now getting caught of guard or not just based purely on power level ichigo should never be able to knock him out with one hit. That’s all I’m saying.

@@StrangeCargo32 Ichigo literally showed up in front of him, drop his Zanpakuto and just attacked him and the others straight on in a few seconds. I don't see how is that not caught him off guard especially when they saw Ichigo destroyed Omaeda's Shikai. Ichigo just hit him once and that's it. It's not even a proper fight to begin with. How's that an indication that Ichigo defeated him? How is that overpowered him? Do you even know what a fight is?

@@zeroskaterz92 yes. A fight it exactly what you just described. And yes ichigo knocking him out is in fact exactly how you defeat someone and has been show throughout the show and just about every single other battle anime in history. Chorjiro has plenty of time to react. And still gets obliterated. Even though he as show in TYBW is captain level. I would love for you to show me where else in the series a captain gets taken by surprise and immediately loses. I’ll wait.

@@StrangeCargo32 You clearly don't understand what a proper fight actually is. lmao Knocking out someone with one attack isn't what you call a fight. Trading blows back and forth between two people is what you considered a fight. Now you're just changing the goalpost to suit your narrative. The fact that they (Ryoka) were underestimated by Gotei 13 at the time in that arc because they're simply outsiders and humans. Also, the fact that they were trained to use sword to engage in battle. They're samurai, it's part of their honor code. They didn't expect for the opponent to not use the sword. Sasakibe got plenty of time to react? Since when? Ichigo's feat is literally speed. Sasakibe ain't even on the level of Yoruichi or Byakuya in terms of speed as well. What are you talking about? So what if Sasakibe's a captain-level? Ichigo was already a captain-level after he fought Zaraki. Renji was also captain-level the moment he achieved Bankai. Being a captain-level doesn't mean they're all equal in powers. So what's exactly your point here? A captain gets taken by surprise and immediately loses? Oh you mean Uryu vs Mayuri? Aizen vs Gotei 13? There's plenty of that shit in TYBW arc including Ichigo himself. Did you even watch or read the series to be asking this question? lmao