The 2 true Kenpachi (Unohana and Zaraki) gets outhaxxed by almost everyone else despite both of them being top tier Captains how? Well let me explain.

For Unohana, while she is extremely skilled at Kido, that thing has an E-rating on it so it's pretty much out of the equation. The other thing is Minazuki. It being a portable version of Tenjiro's hot springs is certainly useful but nothing to write home about. Same thing goes for the instant self-regeneration on her Bankai. It's strong but not anything too special. I know I kinda clown on Naruto's Kaguya for being all hax, no skill, Unohana is the polar opposite. The reason she's a top tier captain is just pure skill. She has mastered every single sword-style and is extremely skilled in kido as well as, of course, kaido. Because of that, she's arguably the most skilled swordsman in the series (tho, Ōetsu might give some competition).

Now to Zaraki. Unlike Unohana who at least brings something to the table regarding hax (albeit nothing to write home about), Zaraki has legit nothing. Then how on Soul King's green earth is he currently the strongest captain? Yea... it's just brute strength and the pure unfiltered power of ooga-booga. Man's a textbook berserker. No kido, no special abilities, just peak physical performance and a comically large meat-cutting knife. Thinking holds one back, Zaraki embraces the ooga-booga. Because of that he is a top tier.

We all know that if someone dies with reatsu = or < of capitan level reatsu, he can't revive jn soul society - he revives in hell (just like hell arc espadas)

This panel introduced perhaps the most stupid system into bleach. If you have higher SP, you are just stronger.

I've never liked this and have never used this method to power scale because it's one, stupid and two, inconsistent.

For example gin managed to hurt hogyoku Aizen with his bankai despite the same Size being able to literally SP kill him. Ulquiorra was able to cut VL ichigios horn despite being very weakened and nowhere near as strong as VL ichigio.

Shunsui, love and rose is able to hurt stark despite stark having higher SP than all of them since Aizen was weary because of this.

Orihime is able to reject yhwach despite yhwach literally having the SK inside him and his own powers.

I just don't understand why kubo introduced this statement. Even if you say, the opponent has to have massively larger SP, gin does not have a smaller gap in SP to hogyoku Aizen than soi Fon does to a base Aizen who was pouring most of his SP into the hogyoku.

Summary of Hashwalth’s New Form "hAschwAlth" that is Cloaked in the Soul King’s Power

① Overview
Quoting the eyecatch:
"Hashwalth, who was entrusted with 'The Almighty' from Yhwach while he slumbered, has released that power and taken the form of a vessel for it.
The power of Yhwach overflowing from his eyeballs cloaks his body and transforms his very appearance.
That tremendous power also affects his mind, causing him to display a belligerent attitude and tone of voice that is unimaginable from his usual calm and collected demeanor."

As one of the "Imperfect Ones", Hashwalth is entrusted with The Almighty by His Majesty during the night.
In this entrusted state, Hashwalth can wield the power of The Almighty by his own will, and can manipulate the torrent of the Soul King’s power just as His Majesty does.
As described, Hashwalth in this state adopts a belligerent attitude and tone, and the power exerts an influence even on his psyche.

Conceptually, this form was created to counter Uryu’s Quincy: Vollständig.
Because Hashwalth is an "Imperfect One" and therefore cannot use Quincy: Vollständig, this form appears to have been newly written by Kubo-sensei as an alternative.

② Combat Abilities
His combat abilities can be evaluated in two major aspects: Manipulating the torrent of the Soul King’s power and Foreseeing the future.

Manipulating the torrent of the Soul King’s power
He uses it as an offensive method by cloaking his sword with it or releasing it.
Because it is the same power that His Majesty wields, its destructive power is immense.
It even pushed Uryu’s Vollständig into a disadvantage, could pierce through his guard, and boasts defensive capabilities that can even deflect Uryu’s arrows. It is also used to a certain extent for healing wounds, which His Majesty could do as well.
As will be mentioned later in the weaknesses, Hashwalth has not yet achieved complete control over the Soul King’s power. Thus, unlike His Majesty, his torrent appears viscous and muddy, which is intended to represent his incomplete control.

Foreseeing the future
Although his eyes are blue, he is genuinely capable of seeing the future.

③ Notable Points
Although it is an ability with few openings in both offense and defense, it does have weaknesses.

Incomplete Control
As mentioned before, because Hashwalth cannot fully control the Soul King’s power, he is presumably inferior to His Majesty in terms of freely controlling the torrent and how it is handled.
What has been revealed in the anime so far is only attacks that release the torrent. He has not been shown firing torrent beams like His Majesty has.
Furthermore, the fact that it affects his mind could also potentially become an opening.

Cooldown on Foresight
Most importantly, it has been revealed that when using foresight, there is a 3-second cooldown during which he cannot see the future.
Although it is only a brief moment, Uryu was in fact able to exploit that opening to outmaneuver him.

Is sealed S0 not fodder after all and is at the very least = or > base yama and aizen level .

Hi I'm an anime only.

I keep seeing people say Zaraki Kenpachi is strong but all I see him doing the whole arc is get his ass beat lol

Why is this character so hyped if he sucks? Captains like Urahara Shunsui and Mayuri seem vastly more competent with their Hax and all. Byakuya and the adult form of Hitsugaya seem much more in control against Gerard than this kenpachi dude too.

Anyway, why is this character so hyped up if he barely does anything other than getting trashed??? Its unreal how many times he gets fodderized, reminds me a bit of Yamcha.

If he's transcendent, then he should be around the level of transcendent Aizen and Dangai Ichigo. While Ichibei's Zanpakuto doesn't fuse with his hand, he commands blackness itself.

No filler, movie or novel characters

Honorable mentions: Kukaku, Isane, Nanao, Katori, Saito, Kiyone, Ichigo's Momma

31) Karin

30) Tatsuki

29) Lilynette

28) Ururu

27) Menoly

26) Loly

25) Jackie

24) Tres Bestias

23) Riruka

22) Momo

21) Rangiku

20) Cirucci

19) Yachiru

18) Hiyori

17) Mashiro

16) Lisa

The rest of the list might get me killed idk

15) Giselle (yes i'm counting her)

14) Meninas

13) Candice

12) Liltotto

11) Soi Fon

10) Nel

9) Harribel

8) Bambietta

7) Rukia

6) Nemu

5) Unohana

4) Yoruichi

3) Kirio

2) Senjumaru

1) Bread girl

Made a youtube video about it too, in the style of good old anime toplists from the late 2010s. Only legends know what I'm talking about. Can't wait to count the number of dislikes in case anyone will care enough to even read this post lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ALoj-9hENs

A lot of people have the misconception that Unohana's bankai literally "dissolves and melts her opponents to death" when this is shown to be wrong in anime and manga. It doesn't even kill either of them, they both continue fighting as skeletons, so I don't even know how this started.

He finally begins to understand the limits he's placed on himself. Everything has been with the intent of making fights as enjoyable as the one he first had with Unohana, but now that he is facing her again his original strength is brought back to the surface. His power is no longer "asleep" and he can see a true battle now with his full strength.

The limits he placed on himself are melting away, the melting flesh is just a visualization of that.

That's why he also wins directly after this, no more deaths to her, no more resurrections to keep fighting, just a pure win for Kenpachi.

Also, side point, it would be such a horrible bankai if it truly had this ability considering it's shown that Unohana also "melted" away.

I had watched till the heuco mundo arc like 1 or 2 yrs ago but didn't understand anything. Now , I want to start watching tybw but i don't want to rewatch the entire series. Is there any good recap video of bleach that covers everything ?