Well, we cut it pretty close with this one but it's here! Who is your favourite 11th Division member and what's your favourite 11th Division moment? Let me know!

Something I really like is that there is a recurring theme with the 11th Division, and that is how all of the important members are hiding their "True" power in some way. Yumichika hides the name of his sword, because he wants to fit in with his comrades. Ikkaku hides his Bankai because he wants to keep serving under Kenpachi. Both of the Yachiru's hide their true nature until it is revealed through their relationship with Kenny. And finally, Kenpachi hid his true power away, so he would not be unable to experience the thrill one feels in the midst of battle. A nice bit of writing by Kubo to connect all of those characters in a thematic way.

I've always firmly believed that if Ichigo were to ever be formally placed into one of the Squads, the 11th would suit him best. He can't use any form of kido or healing, his fighting style is massively straight forward and mostly reliant on pure swordplay, and, despite him claiming otherwise, there's a mountain of evidence that Ichigo loves a good fight. The only downside would be Kenpachi picking fights with him all the time

I find it funny that within this squad, despite having so many captains having the name “Kenpachi”, not a single one actually/truly inherited the name until our Kenpachi, who is the 11 generation, shows up. It was like they were just there to keep the title warm

Kenpachi, Such a GOAT he takes the first AND second seat in the division

You know Zaraki and Byakuya have had so many intense "sparring" matches

Ikkaku and Yumichika are amazing characters but they are both caught in the toxic pride of the 11th division. I think what makes Iba so cool is that he chews out Ikkaku because he has had time outside of the 11th. Renji has been able to diversify himself. Ichigo is very close to 11th squad people because he is a hack and slash character.

Also the fact that Gin wrapped up Zaraki and carried him away to keep him and Byakuya from fighting hinted at the god tier power Gin actually was hiding.

The relationship between unohana and zaraki is so twisted but you can't deny that it is so impactful for both of them,for their story arcs. Their first fight impacted both young zaraki and unohana,The character of zaraki specifically being someone so dangerous that they refused to let him learn and train in more advanced powers and techniques,or like when he fought the espada and said oh I guess I'll try to fight with two hands instead of one, zaraki is quite literally the true successor to the kenpanchi name aka to unohana

After all these years, I just know realized Zaraki pulled a Stark. Being so powerful his own spiritual energy becomes sentient on its own, at a time where they felt their loneliest. Creating a life partner.

Yumichika would have 100% been the MVP if he was given more time to shine. He understood that this was a war of survival. To see him on the verge of breaking the 11th squad mandate of "Swordsmanship Only" multiple times by trying to release his Zanpakuto or busting out kido, in front of his other squadmates no less, shows a kind of growth I didn't expect of the squad 11 members. Gives me shades of Unohana in how she has no qualms using kido and kaido during a fight.

It always makes me smile when someone else talks highly about Ikkaku because he is a top 10 for me and very underrated. All things considered people don't realize how skilled he actually is and if it weren't for him, Renji wouldn't have been half as effective of a combatant as he would be along with the fact Ichigo would have been dead had Ikkaku used bankai against Ichigo.

KENPACHI VS NNOITRA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CLIPS THAT I HAD SEEN MANY YEARS AGO THAT SPARKED MY INTEREST IN BLEACH. I LOVE KENPACHI.

I always found it fascinating that byakuya called them brothers in the soul society arc. It’s like at first in his perspective captains are family members.

All the members of the 11th division are just so iconic

I just want to thank you for always delivering with your videos! Every single episode I watch, I come to watch a live reaction AND an in-depth overview by MrTommo2304 himself.

For a long time, I thought Yachiru being Zaraki’s zanpakto spirit was strange. But then I thought Zaraki is so strong that he manifest Yachiru into the physical world. An milestone required for a shinigami to unlock their Bankai.

Its really interesting to think that the entire invasion in the TYBW could have been defended against by Zaraki had he had proper training like the other captians. Him with proper kendo technique AND potentially bankai mastery? yeah, idk how he loses. He should have had centuries of formal training under his belt by the time the 1st invasion took place but nope. Bro had literally 1 day of kendo.

11th Division always reminds me of that scene from A Few Good Men. Galloway: Tell your friend not to get cute down there. Marines in Guantanamo are fanatical. Weinberg: About what? Galloway: Being marines.

One thing that bothered me was that there was very little displayed interaction between the two Yachiru. I was never even sure if the younger Yachiru knew Unohana was who she was named for. I could understand why it wouldn't be obvious as far as Yachiru handing out nicknames, "Re-chan" would be preferable to "Yacchan" or "Onee-chan" since the idea is to hide that connection. But even just once, toward the end, would have been enough for me. I get why that moment was given to Tenjiro instead, but I really wish Yachiru had been the one.

Actually in an interview kubo said that yachiru is the Shikai spirit and that Kenpachi’s bankai spirit would look like her but grown up. Hinting towards the fact that Kenpachi’s bankai is incomplete or immature

I love that Ikkaku and Yumichika are uncles to Ichika. Those 40 years Renji spent in the 11th were super formative to their bromance.

talking about Mayuri in this video is making me excited to see his fight with zombie Toshiro love his autoswing sword that absolutely killed me first time I read it

Still laughing at that scene where Ichigo takes Hanatoro hostage and the one soul reaper says: “Go ahead, kill him! He’s squad 4.” Wouldn’t surprise me if that guy was squad 11.

Although this is an 11th division video, I feel like mentioning the fact that you say Hitsugaya has no real connection to Ichigo when he arrives in Lost Agent. Sure he doesn't share a huge connection, but he spent a lot of time with Ichigo in the Arrancar Arc, and he probably really appreciates Ichigo for taking Aizen down. Also he is one of the trusted captains, so he was asked to go since the group that was sent to help Ichigo was a group of wild card people (yes Byakuya is the model shinigami, but he does things his way for the most part).

What the… this didn’t even show up on my subscription page. Glad I found it!

The bleach community Thanks you for your many contributions and sacrifice of time to make these videos 🙌🏿👍🏿 as always keep them coming

Was binging this series at work today, an what awaits me when I get home? Always loving this kind of in depth video, top quality as always Tommo.

Zaraki so OP that he is both the Captain and Lieutenant of his Squad.

Thank you! I've been waiting for tihs overview for this!

Thanks for the videos Tommo!

Another great video. I liked this a lot. Can't wait for more content.

11th Division is one of the most involved in the story. Kenpachi, Ikaku and Yumichika being the main ones.

Don't forget Unohana said choose Zaraki to be the 2° Kenpachi, but for some reason gotei decided that the captains of 11th division all will have de title of kenpachi, but never forget there can only be one kenpachi per generation, and Unohana are alive all those years.

Kenpachi from since the beginning he was great, it was of the earliest time they introduced the concept of Spiritual Pressure. Also I remember guessing the whole Yachiru is his blade's spirit thing pretty early on

i believe it was said somewhere that zaraki does all of the paperwork and civil duty's for 11th division mostly by himself maybe ikkaku and yumachika offer to help and he might take it but overall he is a sweety

Masterful work as always.

Ikkaku is pretty cool. Overall probably my favorite division in the series.

Oooohhhh I was waiting for this. I need my daily dose of awesome bleach content 😂🔥🔥💃💃💃

imagine being a 8 year old boy and just schooling a full grown adult with a Bankai and sword training lol

Awesome video 🔥

They are the hard fighting frontline division, also take note that the members we know make a concerted effort to hide the extent of their power and abilities to encourage an a opponent to a fight that won't end well for them. They sure are the division to have at your side when things get dangerous in a conflict. Zaraki alone is the division at times.

I’d like to see how the 2nd kenpachi thought he killed Yachiru

I feel that the 11th squad under Zeraki feel almost like Yakuza. They're thugs but still follow their rules and show reverence for their captain

A good in depth walkthrough of the history of 11th division and Zaraki

Thanks for finally doing a segment on the best division in bleach...

I love how the only squad that uses Super basic fighting techniques compared to everyone else is also the only squad that’s literally never as it seems.

Great video👍.

I get the feeling that the 'home' division for Ichigo is probably the 11th. He'll never be Captain of the 11th, and I doubt he'd ever take up an officer role, but if you were to depower Ichigo and reduce him to a regular Shinigami, he'd find himself in the 11th division at least for a time. He might talk a big game about 'protecting' people, but deep down, right in the core of his being, is someone just as thirsty for battle as Kenpachi Zaraki.

One of my favorite moments was when battling Giselle, yumichika breaks character and uses Kido to save Ikaku against the Zombie Bambi

Very good 👍 watch all I can. Great news for bleach having you on it's side 👍

So because Yachiru is actually Zaraki's bankai does that mean his squad is the only one to never actually have a lieutenant?

So excited 4som of the upcoming fighTs

11:33 It’s not a hate for healing, it’s a hate and disgust for Kido users or Kido based Zanpakuto in general. Cue Yumichikas speech

Lets be real both ikkaku and Yumichika would have been BODIED by literally any of the Sternritter

You know when he talked about sword fights it hit me did he ever talk about byakuya vs koga I love that fight so much

If you ever feel overshadowed,think about the 4th seat of this division. :) Motivational jokes aside,awesome video :P

Perfect birthday gift 🥳

Ikkaku is technically the Vice Captain of squad 11. Yachiru Kusajishi is Kenpachi’s zanpakuto.

Yes Yes! going to watch later but had to comment my excitement

I'm just now realising having watched the video that Zaraki's original hairstyle had eleven spikes, because he's in Squad 11.

I think Mayuri’s interaction with Ikkaku and Yumichika during the TYBW arc could be a callback to the seireitai arc. After Ikkaku loses to Ichigo, Mayuri tries to interrogate Ikkaku while he’s recovering. Mayuri is stopped by Zaraki though.

I am very curious of how the 2nd kenpacchi came to existence. I mean,who did he/she had to defeat or kill

You should do a video of which division has the most captain class individuals in hell or go over who in the entire bleach universe would reside in hell

Kenpachi VS Ichigo was my fav fight in bleach and my first episode of Bleach

I thought that Makizō Aramaki and Maki Ichinose would get a mention because they have similar nicknames.

Would love to see analysis on Tosen and Komamura v Zaraki

It makes a lot of sense why Ichigo would bond with this division so much. For one a lot of the members dont really care that much that their duty to capture Ichigo, more so hunting him for fun and once he gains their respect they don't really bother him after that. Plus if you look at the design of "uses purely melee and has secrets" ichigo himself would fit in the division really really well

Its so stupid that central 46 told Yamamoto to stop training Zaraki. Imagine how strong he would have been before the first invasion if they didn't stop

Interesting next episode,I wonder if they will adopt the full fight of Zaraki and Unohana because it will consume 7 chapters,chapter 520-526 or if ever they will end it in the middle of the fight in the exact chapter where they get the title of the episode "the drop" chapter 524.Because for me it's weird on how the transition they will do from the funny and wholesome moments of Ichigo,Renji,and Kon with Hikifune and Oetsu in the Royal Palace to the battle of Kenpachi and Unohana,for me it's good to end it in the cliffhanger Shunsui introduce Unohana as the first Kenpachi and make episode 10 the whole fight of them.

The Eleventh is definitely one of my favorite divisions and I really enjoy pretty much all of the major characters in it -- Zaraki is concentrated awesome, Yumichika is actually a really cool and underappreciated character, and Unohana becomes such a badass when her history and true self is revealed as the first Kenpachi. But out of the 11th Division characters that get ample story focus, Ikkaku is actually one of my personal favorite characters (top 10, for sure) in all of Bleach and I really hope that he gets another good fight (and a real _victory_ again!) in the Hell Arc if it continues, preferably using his Bankai again even if it is weakened he should be stronger than he was in the Arrancar arc. I think it would be especially cool to see him and Yumichika have a team-up battle against a stronger opponent in Hell, the two of them being forced to go against the typical 11th Division practice of fighting 1v1 and both of them finally using their hidden abilities in the open together to defeat someone that is a real threat. I think that would be a neat way to cap them off in the story, putting their pride aside to defeat someone that needs to be defeated or save someone else and letting go of their secrets/things they're hiding like Unohana and Zaraki (and Yachiru) were able to do in the TYBW. I actually hope we get to see more of Ikkaku and Yumichika fighting in the TYBW anime too since they're around a lot, but don't get a lot of direct focus in the manga. They are really some of the more ideal characters to give a bit of expanded fighting scenes to since they've been present for so much of the story and are generally pretty well-liked by the fandom as far as I'm aware. Even if it is just them fighting against and killing some Soldat or a little bit more of a skirmish with another Sternritter or something. I really like the relationship between the two as best friends and seeing them fight a tiny bit as a team against Giselle and the zombified Bambietta is actually a really cool moment and I would be happy to see more of them doing some cool stuff if possible!

Video idea: Ranking your favorite character design

So it is just an Anime thing then when people see her talking to them and they get scared all of a sudden? I thought it was they all knew she used to be the Kenpachi but we the reader and watcher were not to know.

I love Ikkaku he might be might favourite in all Bleach. I hope i can see him do some more fun stuff in the Future :)

I know it's not a huge part of the 11th division, but I've always believed that Ikakku and Yumichika were romantic life partners. Nothing is obviously stated but the level of trust, understanding, and faith put into each other feels like more than just best friends. I know Yumichika also has the very flamboyant side of him which would be an obvious connection, but Ikkaku and his manly man self lends his personality to be the best balance to Yumichika. Plus, the two of them were connected in their history, always together before they became members of the 13 Court Guard Squads. I don't know if Tite would be able to comfortably write a gay couple since he does a lot of implications for characters being LGBTQ+ but this seems like one of the more obvious ones, just like Tatsuki.

For me bleach could be summed up in three fights and we all know which ones are: zaraki-ichigo, ichigo-ulkiorra, ichigo-aizen. The first two are epic, the last one is an abuse from ichigo's side.

I love the 11th Division. Every time I took a quiz to see where I would land in the Divisions as I grew older and even changed as an individual; always the 11th chose me. I never got any other. So I always LOVED, and adored Kenny. I always looked up to him and as I grew older found myself falling in deep love. Honestly if I had a chance I would admit Id date him. Haha. But I ended making a Persona for Bleach who was apart of this division and it was fun to imagine how I would live in this universe. Thank you so much for this deep review and igniting that passion within me all over again. You do bleach in it's entirety such justice it's why I love your work.

Was just thinking about where this video was yesterday 😂

If I were to be honest? I want to say that I DO find Kenpachi Zaraki to be very awesome. But what got me to respect him the most as well as make him as one of my favorite anime characters of all time...is that he's honest to a fault. Yes he is bloodthirsty but he does NOT hide or try to be anyone else. Anyone who is just being themselves is a great character in my book.

Hey man I thought the manga said that unohana originally learned to heal so that she could heal her enemies so that the battles would go on longer, not healing herself so the battles could last longer.

First time im so early!

Do an in-depth episode of the noble families hierachies of the bleach world.... i feel like kubo didnt do much background narration on them..

Timing! Kenpachi is honestly fascinating such a popular character, but I think his potential has never been truly reached, 'cause of the opponents he faces(some exceptions exist)

Hey there Mr Tom I have a question for u did you watch Avatar The Last Airbender Animated Series back in the day & did you like it?

Respect to the 11th ! However it’s the Kido corps for me…yes I am in fact a Aizen fan boy lol

YES SIRRRRR!!!!

I forgot Iba's mother was the reason he became a lieutenant she must be even happier now

just thinking about this. but maybe kenpachi really wasn't healed properly and using the bankai is why his arm ruptured due to the previous injuries of Pernida?

Awwwwwww. Not one mention of the great hero of Squad 11: Makizō "Maki-maki" Aramaki?!

If I had a penny for everytime that Ikkaku and Yumichika spectated a Mayuri's fight, I'd have two pennies. Which isn't a lot, but it's strange that it happened twice.

Just one more moth until my favorite squad

If Yamamoto claims to be the strongest Shinigami for a 1000 years... and all of soul society including central 46 are afraid of Zaraki Kenpachi's power, then it begs the question/video discussion of who is stronger Kenpachi or Yamamoto?

Ikkaku is my favorite member...I just wish the zero squad would have taken him up and given him an updated bankai...maybe that will happen in and if we get more chapters

I really really wish we will get the hell arc

I was disappointed at the 11th division in the first invasion. They're all about combat and we don't even see one of them defeating a single quincy foot soldier. Or in the lost agent Arc Ikkaku (3rd seat of the combat focused 11th division, hundreds of years of grueling training) exchanging punches with a ~15years old fullbringer, getting his Shikai broken by the kid, and his shoulder dislocated...dafuq

Zaraki was my favorite until Unohana's secret was revealed

Kenpachi Zaraki is my favorite character and favorite captain

Why do we never see the 4th seat of squad 11

Let’s goooo

i just notice Yamachika was just about to use a kidou technique