How broken really is Tsukishima's Book of the End? How does it compare to some of the other most powerful, reality-warping powers of the series? Let me know your thoughts down below - thanks everyone!

odd of you to dedicate an entire video for my cousin?

Of course uncle tsukishima is strong, I remember all the times he helped me throughout my struggles

Ichigo: uncle Tsukishima my bankai is broken. Tsukishima: don’t worry Ichigo, I’m simply built different and fixed it.

Book of the end is one of the most comically overpowered abilities I’ve ever seen, specifically because of the reality defying “I trained you, and therefore am now just as strong as you” aspect. That’s just ridiculous.

"Why tsukishima is even stronger than you remember" Nice one

I still want a fan project to redraw all of Bleach's openings and endings and keep everything the same, save for Tsukishima being inserted there, posing with everyone else like he was always part of the hero cast.

Ironic how Tsukishima can make himself part of someone’s life when it’s clear no one wanted him in theirs.

Everybody in that arc: Noooo dont hurt cousin tsukishima 😢 Byakuya: trying to touch ichigo? An audacity punishable only by death 🗿

I love that it is a bookmark. Like how a reader uses a bookmark to append a story, Tsukishima observes people and their bonds as words on a page for him to read and insert himself

Man this is strange, I remember seeing my uncle Tsukishima when I was young, kinda weird there is a bleach video about a guy who looks exactly like him and has the exact same name

Apparently one of the weaknesses of Book of the End is that can't affect animals, Grimmjow or anyone who wants to kill him at the moment because if they want to kill him, they will still want to kill him despite his ability to himself insert into their memories. This information was revealed in Volume 2 of CFYOW.

Book of the End is one of my favorite abilities in all of Bleach. It is seemingly simple, but the scope and near limitless potential it has, makes it a truly terrifying power.

I was so happy Byakuya beat this sob. Best part Tsukishima’s ability did work, but Byakuya is more loyal to Ichigo. Wish we could say the same for Chad and Orahime

Guys don’t you remember the time when Uncle Tsukishima saved an entire orphanage from burning down? He’s truly a kind person.

Strange, but a pleasant surprise. A regular fan deciding to fill in for Tsukishima’s KZfaq uploads was a surprise, but a welcome one. I’m sure he very much appreciates a dedicated fan’s support of his channel. Tommo must be a pretty stand up guy to help out like that.

Yhwach: I control the future Tsukishima: Can you control the past though? Yhwach: *Surprised pickachu face*

I remember watching this arc with my uncle and we both really liked the concept of book of the end, it really is a simple idea with a practically limitless amount of potential and I honestly believe almost any other captain would have stood nearly no chance in Byakuya's position not due to a lack of power but because Byakuya really does just seem to be a whole different type of stubborn for better and for worse. Honestly still so grateful to my uncle Tsukishima for introducing me to bleach.

The fact that Tsukishima gains information about whoever he cuts by itself is already a powerful ability.

I love when my uncle gets the spotlight he deserves

Cousin Shu is just such a magnificent man. he's such a wonderful figure in my life, and he can never die. which is just so heartening

The past is immutable and unchanging, while the future is yet to be written. Nothing Yhwach could do, short of killing him, would be able to trump Tsukishima's abilities. It funny that for all the hyping up of how Godly the Soul King and his progeny are, man still comes out on top.

The way this power works is pretty confusing. It's a simple concept, but so many things are unclear. Let's say, if Tsukishima were to cut a Sternritter and claim he was the one who granted them their Schrift, would this make Tsukishima gain the powers of Yhwach since this would be the requirement for him to be able to have done what he claims he did in their past?

Tsukishima kind of sold the Byakuya fight. If he had the power to not just insert himself into your past but actually usurp the position of someone who actually existed, then the fact Byakuya’s loyalty to Ichigo ran so deep it was more important than the life of Tsukishima (Byakuya’s supposed mentor who saved his life) he could have simply written himself *as* Ichigo and Byakuya would have had all the same loyalty to Tsukishima instead of that orange haired stranger outside the pocket dimension. That might imply a limitation to Book of the End, maybe he can see all the memories of someone he cuts but that doesn’t necessarily mean he fully understands the emotions and nuances of them? He cut all those people close to Ichigo and knew he was important to them, but maybe didn’t realize just how deep those bonds run?

So, it was confirmed that Tsukishima’s power can affect physical matter when he fixed Ichigo’s Zanpakuto. That makes me wonder what the Book of The End’s real limits are. I mean, what happens if he cuts a woman and changes her past so she had a child with him. Would that child suddenly pop into existence? Or is straight-up creating life beyond Tsukishima’s grasp?

This guy is the opposite of an onion, when he was cut, I didn’t cry.

I love Book of the End as an ability, it’s extremely ridiculous and powerful but makes sense and has its weaknesses, it’s OVERPOWERED done right, unlike The Almighty.

I never really had a problem with the power boosting aspect of Book of the End, just because it intuitively made sense to me. Just as an example for the real world version, if I suddenly had the memories and experiences and instincts honed from 5 years sparring with a prime Muhammad Ali (without the CTE that would cause hopefully). I think I would be way better at boxing than I was beforehand. And obviously that would be scaled way up for someone like Tsukishima who's doing it to Byakuya, gotta be at least a hundred years old.On the low side that's like 60 years of combat memories he got access to. Trained by his grandfather and we know at least taught some things by yoruichi. so he probably has knowledge on how those techniques work too, etc etc.

His power is basically gaslighting

I can't believe you made a video about my brother. He truly is incredible and my life wouldn't be what it is if he wasn't around to help :D

Tsukishima cuts yhwach Tsukishima: "i am sorry my son" (Gains powers from a certain someone, iykyk)

I expect nothing less from my uncle Tsukishima

It nice seeing people appreciate uncle Tsukishima, he is such a great person, I still remember when I finally realize how much of a waste of oxygen I am and when I was about to unalive my self again after fail previous attempts uncle Tsukishima was there to help me.

Stabs the Quincy king: you never got the Almighty i did

Book of the End would be even more broken, if the events and lore of the third movie were canon... if you all remember, in that movie ALL MEMORIES are CONNECTED, that means that when Tsukishima alters someones past, their memories would be changed as well and that would in turn effect everyone connected to that person, making ALL of them remember Tsukishima being the person he claims to be... and in doing so, he would only have to cut ONE person connected to Soul Society, Quincy, Humans and Hollow to effect them all... and if he cut Ichigo, than he would effect everyone in the series... at least later on, after he has met the Quincy... it would be INSANELY BROKEN, not that it isn't already...

Also the fact that this ability also underminded the Almighty as well. For a brief time. That is what really makes it broken for me. To rewrite what a god did is no small accomplishment

You should make a video about this for Toshiro. Also a Rukia vs Toshiro battle video would be nice, same for Starrk vs Ulquiorra. Lastly rank all of Byakuya’s battles worse to best

The only way for his power to possibly work is that he creates a completely new moldable reality with every slash, basically breaking off pieces of the real world and implanting false realities where they once were. Then when he cuts them again he just puts it back together

Tsukishima was hands down the best part of the fullbring arc. And honestly one of the best and most horrifying villains in all of bleach. Definitely in my top 3. Book of the End is terrifying, he can destroy your whole life without ever meeting you. The ability to alter memories is scary enough, but to alter reality and insert yourself as the most important person in someones life to the point where even your own family turns against you is insanely terrifying and deeply unhinged. The despair Ichigo felt because of this guy was so real, more real than any other time Ichigo has been down, he had never been that low before, even after losing his soul reaper powers. And I loved every second of it, and wish we got more, but Im happy we got what we did. Kubo gave us one of the scariest villains in all of anime, he's the ultimate gaslighter. And in any other show this guy would be a huge big bad or even the main villain and talked about as more than just a passing villian in a what most people consider a sub par arc(I dont, personally I think its one of Kubos best). and I dont think Kubo gets enough credit for creating such a monster.

First time I've been this early to one of your videos, Tom. Loving the content!

I’ve often interpreted it as Tsukishima having to actually instantaneously insert himself like a 4th dimensional being into the past, playing out the sum total of his imposed time, which for him lives between the moment he makes contact and the moment the power has taken hold. For me it’s the only way the crazy amount of requisite information wouldn’t destroy his mind. He experiences everything required at normal pace, inserted like a time traveller but with the added power to replace someone instead of just show up if he desires. Then those times he imposes more later, he essentially goes back in again the moment before he makes the statement.

I actually think that Kenpachi is an awful matchup. Especially at that time. He just wouldve made Kenpachi stronger. The entire point is that Kenpachi had been holding himself back in fear of not finding more challengers. If Tsukashima had inserted himself into the past to be a partner that would constantly one up Kenpachi then who knows what wouldve happened. Because Kenpachis strength is near limitless.

Another perfectly timed video to fall asleep to, thank you mr tommo!

Good timing, I actually just rewatched that arc :)

Ooooh heck yeah. First time early. Hell of a thing to get me through work ^^

Great video

My favorite part is where Tuskishima cut Kubo and inserted an obvious anime filler arc into the canon manga.

Well done. I enjoy this character & especially that fight with the Captain of Squad 6

I never really cared for the character at the start but over the years and with your vids i’ve grown to appreciate him

Yesss! A video about the best boy. Certainly one of my favourite characters in Bleach, right up there near the top. Absolutely adore the atmosphere Tsukishima generates all throughout the arc.

Damn i allways knew my best friend was popular but to think he’d appear in a tomo vid is insane, way to go tsukishima

New MrTommo video the world is saved

Uncle Tsukishima bought me tea when i need it the most.

The thing is with Book of the End that Tsukishima possibly could alter the past even that far that persons cease to exist, maybe even some unreal multifacette thing. So if he cut Ichigo and insert himself into his past could he cut in that past Ichigos mother and insert himself into her past making himself her lover instead of Isshin which would then let Ichigo simply disappear? Or in a simpler way if he cuts Orihime in the hell chapter, make himself her lover instead of Ichigo would Kazui end to exist? Ichigos restored bankai in TYBW or cutting the environment proves that physical changes of the reality are possible, so it would be the most broken ability, even more broken than the almighty

Being able to change 1/3 of the time itself is no joke. Changing the past is just as broken as changing future but even more broken because he know the present (the future of the past) while yhwach doesn't know theend future because future has no future itself unless it happens

I'm still feel like Book of the end was either SEVERELY UNDERUSED in the Lost Agent Arc or somewhat Retconned (stretch) in the TYBW, because, correct me if I'm mistaken, it originally inserts him into people's pasts without changing them. It felt similar to just changing people's memories rather than the past itself, like happens in the Lost Agent arc. HE DID change the past of a stone pillar to set a trap against Byakuya (Ch 468) But never used it on people before Ichigo (Ch 681) so I always thought he could only change the past of inanimate objects (He never gave a limit so it is sort of justified). Other wise: 1. Why wouldn't he change Ginjo's past or at least help get his Soul Reaper powers back without using Ichigo? 2. Why not save Ginjo and Giriko from becoming souls? (Not saving Ginjo from Ichigo since that was necessary but prevent them both from ACTUALLY DYING)? 3. Why not kill a past version of Byakuya, who ended up killing him? Maybe I'm overthinking/underthinking, maybe I forgot some information. I'm just someone on the internet. 🚪🚶‍♂️

This is actually one of the things that i headcanon the Soul King let himself be cutted down... Book of the End was necessary to defeat Yhwach alongside Invaders Must Die and Dollhouse, so i think the SK let himself be killed to create the Fullbringers

I think a tsukichima vs kenpachi fight would low key be kind of hilarious if you think about it. He cuts kenpachi and makes himself an old friend. Kenpachi just keeps trying to fight him cuz he doesn't care who you are to him. He just wants to fight strong people. Could get some look of fear on his face as he realizes "oh I done fucked up" lol

The combo of Tsukishima’s Book of the End creating new timelines and Aizen’s illusions making sure Ywhach was blind to the additions to the timeline is what enabled Uryu to even have an opening for that Still Silver to hard counter the Almighty. But yes, the creation of new timelines by inserting himself into the past is the exact mirror of Ywhach’s Almighty that rejects the past that leads to the current timeline. The two abilities are identical in all but one aspect (creation) or (rejection), both send their influence into the past to alter the possible timelines

So glad my oldest brother is finally getting the respect he deserved. He didnt deserve the disrespect he ever got.

Strange, I don't remember uncle Tsukishima ever telling me about this adventure of his

I remember the time when Uncle Tsukishima made my bullies my friends, I always knew he could beat the Quincy King!

Tsukishima actually created Aizen's plan for him.

Kubo: "Alright, I've made a final arc villain who ties into Ichigo and Uryu's family histories, who has powers that can warp reality like Orihime and Aizen, who has a grudge against the noble families including Yoruichi's, Rukia's/Byakuya's, and Ganju's. Now all I need is to connect the story of Ichigo's Fullbringer best friend, -Chad. Maybe something with his amulet...- Tsukishima: BOOK OF THE END!! Kubo: Right, this arc needs more of EVERYBODY'S best friend, the supporting villain from that one arc.

I don’t think Book of the End can really alter the past like Almighty where it just magically changes the future. I think it is more like a “What if I was there?” scenario, meaning it will only align with the situation of “What if he was there?”. Like the traps, that is the most basic situation, what if he was there? Then he could’ve placed them. As for the Byakuya situation, it only makes sense that his strength would equal Byakuya because he too would get stronger if they train and spar multiple times (Which he did state that they did spar). He can’t become the Soul King if he touches Ywach because even if he is there, he doesn’t and can’t “realistically” do it even if he was in that past. He can’t become some OP healer because it isn’t part of his kit, meaning even if he becomes Unohana’s teacher when it comes to healing, it’d be simply just guidance rather than “I will teach you healing skills”. I don’t recall any time he ever did anything that he did in the past that he can’t realistically do under the conditions of “What if I was there?”. I think this is just how Book of the End works, a "What if I was there?" situation instead of pure 100% past reality manipulation, else he would've beaten everyone just by virtue of becoming the Yamamoto of their lives.

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I think a cool and reasonable weakness that could be easy to see is that in order to fully get the details right and be a specific person in their memories Tsukishima would have to like be out of commission. He has to have tea time or something in order to “live out” the memories as it were. Otherwise it would be random memories and such.

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@Mrtommo2304 please I have a question for you. Do you think Tsukushima's Powers could heal someone whereby if a person had an accident (had a serious injury) in the past lets say about 5 to 10 years ago; If Tsukushima inset himself in that person's past, could he make it that the person never received those injury; Just like he did with Ichigo's Bankai and restored it ?? If that is possible; this would imply that Tsukushima's Book of the End Powers is far more BROKEN than what we imagined it. ..

Was a great fight, seeing Byakuya adapt last minute to win awesome

If he did actually fight Kenny then it wouldn't matter how broken BotE is, because Kenny would still be like "oh? You're stronger than me? Then I just gotta get stronger as we fight" "Oh? You saved my life? So? I still wanna cut you" 😂

Never thought I'd see my old football coach in one of your videos, huh

"Since when were you under the impression that i wasnt using Book of the End?"

He’s actually the strongest because his sword allows him to collect information. He could make up a time line where his opponent told him the ultimate weakness of tie their power.

Yhwach has a weakness to any ability that tricks his eyes or vision. If Yhwach can't see his opponent, then he can't "alter" their future with his Almighty eyes. Powerful illusion casters or reality bending Shinigami probably could mess with him.

It's wild how it took a combination of aisens power, ichigos power, tsukishima power and uryu's silver arrow to beat ywach

if aizen found out about this ability imagine the horrors

I need to watch this arc. I stopped after karakura town battle and started again with tybw

You left this out but to add on just how crazy this ability is, remember he easily fixed the Bankai's broken by Juha Bach's 'Almighty'... meaning as long as he is able to touch it with his sword he can counter Juha Bach... I mean his ability is somewhat of a mini 'Almighty' as a single cut can give him all the information on that ability or that person ( Both) which is kinda what the Almighty is.

Some thoughts: - "You mereley adopted the broken. I was born into it. Molded by it. By the time of my death, I was already a plot device." - Tsu to some Shingami down the line - Was it ever discussed if he had a piece of the Soulking or a ancestral Zanpaktuo inside him? Because that stuff could explain such a power. - The power Ginjo assumed Book of the End had - cutting everything - can be faked via past alteration. Just insert "I had already cut you" into the items past, right as the blade hits and passes through. I am actually not sure if it _can_ cut as a physical object. It might require the past alteration to do anything. But altering the past "about a nano second ago as I scraped on it" would work. - I think what broke Chad and Orihimie is that Tsukishimi assumed the role of a _dead_ person in their past. Both her brother and his abuelo had died. Those events formed core parts of their personality. Of their motiviation helping Ichigo and Rukia. And were in direct conflict with him being there in the following stories. - Not sure it would have worked out with Kenpachi. His power was on a Level that Gremmi's body couldn't survive copying it. You know, the body imagined by a power that can summon meteors. I would bet even Tsu has a limit. And unless he impersonated his Vice Captain, Kenny would have slaughter him. Laughing maniacally the entire time, that they "finally get to finish their fight". - I wonder if book of the end might pose a danger to him as well? If it alters him to fit the memories, does he run the risk of altering his own personality? Must he design the memories carefully so he can "slide in, like a bookmark between the pages"? - It seems like he needs to "tag" a person as the powers target (similar to Suigetsu "see the release" conditon). Yet he also needs to cut to _undo_ the tagging and restore normality.

8:47 its possible that he already inserted the memory of saving byakuya at the first strike as a failsave. And just reminding him that he did

Absolutely slept on how broken book of the end is.

I wonder how all the fullbringers powers would translate into zanpakto if they became shinigami? Clearly Tsukishima kept his power after he died so would the two powers merge or stay separate? Heck would Rangiku have developed a fullbring if Aizen's goon hadn't taken her piece of the soul king?

I’ve noticed a trend with Byakuya fights and it’d be cool to have a video on it. When he fights Zamari he gets his arm, leg, and Rukia turned against him thanks to the espada’s power. The espada even tries to control individual pedals. Byakuya fights Tsukeshima and he’s basically going against a former mentor. He fights As Nodt and his bankai gets turned against him. He fights Sternritter L the Love and Senbonzakura is turned against him. He even has to fight Senbonzakura in the zanpakuto rebellion arc. I’m noticing a pattern, does anyone else see it?

However one's feel about the overall of Fullbringer arc, Tsukishima is one of the best addition to Bleach universe, and we can still see his influence in Bleach community memes.

Keeping Kenpachi memes about Giriko apart, 'Time tells no lies' is kinda broken too. He could have played a good role in TYBW. Makes me more curious about the 'Entity of Time' and it's relation to SK.

The Lost Agent Arc is my absolute favorite Bleach arc and honestly, it’s not even close.

I had known for a while how broken this ability was, especially since it functions as a near perfect counter to the Almighty when used on an ally. It's almost as if this ability and the Almighty might be separated halves of the Soul King's version of the Almighty? It's also interesting how some of the most broken Bleach abilities are Fullbring, especially if you choose to include Ichigo's unknown true Bankai. Goes to show just how potent a direct connection to the Soul King is, even if only through a nail.

*I kinda find one flaw to Tsukishima and his ability. How can he insert himself into someone's past if the person is older then Tsukishima is? He inserted himself into Byakuya's past to learn about Senbon Sakura's powers but Byakuya is considerably older than Tsukishima is.

My brother tsukishima is a humble guy not sure he wants all this attention on him. Good video though

Am I the only one who thought Byakua and Tsukishima looked very much alike back in the day?

I don't think Tsukishima would have been able to do anything to Kenpachi. There's nobody out there short of Yachiru that Kenpachi doesn't want to fight, and Tsukishima gaining abilities on-par with Kenpachi would only make him happier! Kenpachi is the LAST person Tsukishima would want to be facing, because by cutting him, he's giving Kenpachi exactly what he wants. That's assuming Tsukishima's human body is even capable of containing the level of power Kenpachi is working with too.

The future is determined by the present, which is often influenced by the past I suppose it makes sense that altering the past affects the present, therefore erasing the determined future, but I wonder if Yhwach could have forseen a future where the past would be altered and acted on solidifying the future he chose in the present moment

Wow, this video actually made me wonder - who would win an ichibei vs tsukushima fight - would the black change tsukushima before book of the end could cut him?

I always wonder what would have happened if Tsukishima battled Kenpachi instead....it surely would have been a battle that Kenpachi would have loved... because if he was a mentor to Kenpachi, then i assure you Kenpachi must have been fantasizing about being able to cut Tsukishima down ... basically his powers would have done nothing but get Zaraki excited 🤣🤣🤣

He gets low diffed by an Instagram highlights reel

Brainwashing and cheat knowledge boost, not for nothing my master is incredible! (side note, Ichigo still hasn't apologized)

in cfyow tokinada uses enrakyoten to create ryujin jakka flames and his stuck his bookmark into the flames and said they were extinguished seconds ago. he could manipulate the past up to the future but now he can affect the past to affect the present.

Book of the end was a frightening power when I first read it. The ability to tamper with memories that makes you you.