Ichigo’s TRUE BANKAI Explained| Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
it is safe to say that there were a lot
of unanswered questions and areas for
speculation is one of the biggest mysteries
that fuels most of the criticisms for
the ending of bleach online is the fact
that we never get to learn about what
the true power of Ichigo's Bankai was
we did get to see Ichigo activate his
true Bankai in chapter 678 but it was
very short-lived having been taken out
by Yhwach just one page later the aim
of this video is to dive into some of
the theories and discussions surrounding
the power of Ichigo's true Bankai we
will use various points from the manga
to back up the theories that are
proposed in this blog including
referencing how fearful Yhwach was of
its true Bankai form he was so afraid
that he had no choice but to eliminate
it, only moments after it was activated
meaning that he has in fact seen
multiple Futures while he was defeated
by the power of Ichigo's true Bankai so
without further delay let's discuss the
hidden power of Ichigo's true
Tensazangetsu blade, A power, So fearsome
that Yhwach did not want to even risk
fighting against it.
We can speculate and theorize about the power
of the true final form of Tensazangatsu,
let's discuss everything that we know
about it thus so far from its brief
appearance within the manga in chapter
678 Ichigo speaks to Yhwach about
how he has overcome despair time and
time again, this is before he raises both
of his blades in the air one on top of
the other as he activates his true
bankai form for the first time after a
burst of energy his dual blades merge
into a large blade as it takes up the
shape of a smaller Black Blade which is
encased in a white outer shell now this
form of the new Tenzangetsu was
immediately destroyed by Yhwach but
after his Zanpakuto is restored thanks to
the combined efforts of Tsukushima and
Orihime we see his new tensor zangatsu
once again as he unleashes an incredible
enhanced
against the Monstrous Yhwach who at
this stage had his powers enhanced after
he had absorbed the soul King this
stronger getsugatencho is a golden blast
of energy that was strong enough to cut
the leader of the Quincy into two this
single attack did in fact kill Yhwach
but thanks to his powers of the almighty
he was able to reverse his own death now
something fascinating happens to Ichigo
zanpakuto in chapter 684 after Yhwach
survives the attack and returns to
restart the collapse of the human world
Soul Society and Hueco Mundo then
following further firing the still silver
Arrowhead through Yhwach's heart Ichigo
is given the perfect opportunity to kill
Yhwach as he charges towards him with his
new tensor zangetsu Blade the leader of
the Quincy attempts to break his sword
for the second time but it ends up only
breaking the white outer casing
revealing underneath it a blade that
resembles Ichigo's original shikai
zanpakuto zangetsu.
Now I'm pretty sure that you can
understand where all of this confusion
about Ichigo's powers is stemming from
firstly his new tensile zangatsu blade
is revealed to take up two forms and
secondly we were never told what the
power of Ichigo's true Bankai is just
what on Earth was Yhwach so afraid of
aside from the fact that his new Bankai
is really sharp and it can cut really
well what is the true power of His blade
if you recall Ichigo had all of its
Quincy and Hollow Powers absorbed by
Yhwach in chapter 680 but thanks to
Tsukushima he had these aspects of his
powers restored this was a crucial part
of him being able to use the new form of
his tensa getsu again because
Ichigo's Bankai is in fact a combination
of all of the different powers that he
has exhibited throughout the series his
newly completed bankai incorporates his
hollow powers via the horn that grows
out of his head which allows him to fire
Satos his full-bring powers which we
know involves the ability to create
objects or manipulate the shape of them
with ryatsu which he does to form the
armor around his body his inheritage
Shinigami Powers allow Ichigo to channel
his ryatsu into his Zanpakuto so this
gives him control of his internal power
while contrastingly his inherited Quincy
Powers allow him to control and absorb
reishi from outside of his body all of
these separate core components of his
true bankai come together to make his
tensile zangetsu a fairly broken zanpakuto
however these individual aspects of his
powers and how they are exhibited don't
still explain the singular main power of
His True Bankai after years of
theorizing and speculating I believe
that the power to overcome despair by
shattering the grinding Gears of Fate is
in fact the power of his new Bankai this
allows him to reject fate in a similar
way to Orihime who has a complementary
power to Ichigo which is to reject
the phenomenon itself this is how Orihime is
allowed to defend herself with her
barriers or heal any fatal injuries
there were a lot of fans who were
disappointed by the sudden defeat of
Yhwach because of the confusing
appearance of Ichigo's original shikai
zanpakuto.
What had happened to Ichigo zanpakuto at the
end of bleach I believe that the true
power of His Bankai has been
foreshadowed within bleach years before
it is revealed via chapter 0 which was
published at the end of volume 23. here
we learn about Ichigo's desire and in
hindsight how it is pretty plausible to
correlate this to the power of each
ghost true Bankai form throughout Bleach
the character of Ichigo is intrinsically
linked to the theme of shattering fate
he says this himself to You Buck that he
has overcome despair time and time again
somehow Ichigo has always been able to
overcome impossible obstacles as he
proves throughout the story of bleach
that he can fight against the grinding
Gears of fate and not being at the mercy of
the cruelty of predetermined Destiny
this idea that Ichigo's ultimate power the shatter fade is prevalent amongst
fans and I tend to agree with them and
believe that the power of His True
Bankai is to wield the blade powerful
enough to shatter fate during the
official bleach prequel titled chapter 0
side Aid the sand we learned about
Ichigo's feelings prior to the start of
the series and what he had experienced
leading up to his Fateful Encounter With
Rukia in chapter 1 of the manga side a
the sand follows an average day in the
life of Ichigo at the end of the school
day his friends tried to talk to him
about a TV show but he has a
disinterested expression on his face
that is until he senses that something
has happened this is where the poem
begins as Ichigo leaves School in a
hurry he arrives at his destination to
discover spots of blood on the ground as
an elderly Spirit tells Ichigo that the
boy is gone Ichigo can do nothing but to
helplessly agree with the old man he
says to himself that he can see ghosts
touch them and even speak to them but
this is all that he could do for them
sometimes they disappear without warning
like the spirit of this little boy that
each God wanted to give a toy airplane
to he says that he doesn't know what
happens to them but sometimes they leave
behind spots of blood that only he can
see and there is always this lingering
smell of fear he then admits to himself
that no matter how strong he may get he
is unable to protect them now this
defeated expression on each Ghost Face
should convey to you how much this means
to him without any words you can tell
that he is deeply impacted by the loss
of this boy realizing that he is
powerless and could do nothing for the
boy cuts his heart like cold steel
Ichigo leaves the toy where the boy was
last seen as we later see him encounter
the spirit of a little girl he comforts
and reassures her telling her not to cry
and he promises that he will be back to
visit her again this is a breakdown of
the events that occur and now let's look
at the poem which helps us to better
understand Ichigo's problem and how fate
is heavily involved with it the poem is
written From Ichigo's perspective and it
begins with the world changes it turns
each time it touches the Sun and the
Moon it takes a new shape this is in
reference to how with each rotation of
the earth passing over day into night
and vice versa the words that we reside
within changes we are powerless to stop
the world from rotating and we cannot
stop these changes from occurring this
powerlessness is spoken about in the
next verse the only thing that does not
change is my powerlessness this
beautifully complements the first verse
and it emphasizes each ghost desperation
for wanting to grasp Fate by his hands
and steer it in his Direction the poem
concludes with the following verses it's
turning if fate is a gear and we are the
Sun that falls between those gears then
there is nothing that we can do so I
wish for strength if I cannot protect
them from the grinding Gears of Fate
then give me a strong blade and enough
strength to shatter fate metaphorically
our position in the world is described
as our life is pulled into the direction
of fate and destiny as we have little
control over what happens to us just
like the sun that is crushed between the
rotating gears we are powerless to stop
the gears and are taken in the direction
that the gears are rotating towards
Ichigo has seen how cruel fate can be
and it's for this reason that he wishes
for the strength to not just protect his
loved ones from fate but to shatter it
completely now ultimately it was thanks
to Rukia that he had gained power in the
first place and for once he was finally
able to fight against fate he was no
longer powerless and yet consequently
intervened when his family were
threatened by the hollow fishbone D
similar to how his mother was attacked
by the grand Fisher but now he can do
something about it no longer does he
have to helplessly stand by as the
spirits that he encounters are
inevitably devoured by Hollows Ichigo
Zanpakuto allows him to cut through fate
and overcome the odds in impossible
situations the crushing Gears of Fate
were broken by Ichigo his wish to
receive a blade strong enough to shatter
fate was fulfilled thus fighting against
fate and destiny becomes an intrinsic
theme which always resurfaces within the
pages of bleach we see the idea of Fate
brought up during Ichigo's battle
against Byakuya, Eisen and even
Yhwach as long as he is wielding his
blade he is able to protect the weak and
resist against the crushing Gears of
Fate during the Thousand-Year Blood War
Arc Yhwach stated that he has
destroyed every Bankai in the future and
that there is no power in this world
that can defeat him as he has already
overcome it in every possible future
that he has seen and this is thanks to
the powers of the Almighty which in a
way are a physical manifestation of
predetermined fate and destiny as he
himself states that there is nothing in
the world that he has not already seen
and overcome his ability allows him to
alter the future to affect his immediate
present thus explaining how he has
instantly destroyed Ichigo's new tensile
zangetsu played just one page after it
was revealed from this one precautionary
act we can only begin to imagine how
powerful the full extent of Ichigo's new
Bankai must be Yhwach had ultimately
failed because he had ignored the vision
of the future where he was actually
defeated by Ichigo in chapter 672 a key
piece of a shadowing is dropped while
UOB has a vision that he mistakes to be
a nightmare while he briefly sees that
he is confronted by Ichigo in his false
shikai form the very form that he had
taken up after he had awakened his own
Shinigami Powers following the shattered
shaft training with Urahara right at the
start of bleach it was this iconic
original shikai zanpakuto form that
Ichigo had first wielded during the
invasion of the Soul Society this was
the blade that he had used which had
given him the power to cut through fate
and to rescue Rukia it is Iconic not
only in your parents but because it was
the first form that he had taken up
after having activated some aspect of
his own inherited power because up until
that point in the series he was using
powers that he had borrowed from Rukia
Chapter 672 shows us Ichigo wielding his
original shikai blade to kill Yhwach
the very blade that had manifested in
chapter 684 and was actually used to
defeat him now I may just be reading
between the lines too much but this is
what I think of when I try to imagine
where Kubo was going in terms of
Ichigo's powers and the dermatic
direction of his character while
everyone else's zanpakuto and powers are
fairly straightforward and are explained
in the series on the other hand Ichigo's
powers and forms have been ever-changing
and constantly evolving gradually he
Incorporated a new side to his power
with every form that he had taken up and
each power that he had awakened which
was kind of like a stepping stone
leading up to the reveal of his true
bankai and true shikai I refer to these
forms as true because they combine all
aspects of his power this is what sets
Ichigo's Bankai apart from everyone
else's in the series throughout the
Thousand-Year Blood War Arc ichigo's
Bankai was hinted at being special ever
since eburn and kilge had failed to
steal it at the start of the series all
the way up until Yhwach back had deemed
it to be too dangerous to even contend
with Yhwach did say that he had eliminated
every Bankai in the future but he still
was willing to entertain them to some
extent like during his encounter with
Yamamoto or Ichigo, he did not end up
destroying their zanpakuto upon their
Bankai activations however when it comes
to Ichigo zanpakuto, it appears to be an
exception as his blade was the only one
that Yhwach had actively tried to break
in almost every encounter that he has
with him even at the start of the arc
when Ichigo first encounters Yhwach we
see that Yhwach ends up breaking his
Tensugatensue into two in chapter 515
while your back's ability the almighty
maybe the most broken power within
bleach through my speculation and
theorizing we can appreciate the power
of Ichigo's true Bankai and understand
how it is one of the most Hax powers in
the series even being able to overcome
the almighty for now all, we have
theories and speculation as for
the actual power of Ichigo's new Tensa
zangetsu, we may get to learn more about
it, if Kubo feels like continuing his
work by the upcoming hell Arc of the
Bleach Manga additionally with the way
that we are getting more context and
extended scenes within the anime
adaptation of the Thousand Year Blood
War Arc anime, there is every possibility
that Ichigo's new Bankai will be
elaborated upon in anime form especially
if the final battle against Yhwach is expanded upon.
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