Bleach 552 reveals the awesome plan which Urahara has just come up with, we see the awesome Cang Du take out Matsumoto to which Toshiro knows that they’re right at the end of their life, we also see that Urahara has indeed reached Mayuri and has showed him his plan of using pills to insert a little amount of Hollow powers into the captains to give them the ability to regain their Bankai’s back.
Bleach 552 begins as Cang Du arrives while Bazz-B tells him to find his own prey, as Juha Bach won’t let something like this slide. Cang quotes “Kill the Captains with their Stolen Bankai”. He drops Matsumoto right by Toshiro, he mentions that she didn’t get very far so he figured he’d reunite them. He knows that they’re important to them thus it would only be appropriate for them to die together.
Cang Du introduces himself as Stern Ritter I, The Iron. He mentions that things that live together should die together, this being his motto. He says Bankai and brings out Toshiro’s Daiguren Hyorinmaru! Cang Du mentions that he’s probably facing his own bankai for the first time. It’s a great bankai he mentions, it’s also something that lived with him. Stealing his bankai and living after your demise breaks his heart.
Mayuri repeats what Urahara said of getting their bankai’s back, to which Urahara mentions that he’s found a weak point in their method to steal Bankai’s. They exploited that and obstruct the taking of further bankai’s, furthermore they’re also able to take their bankai’s back.
Mayuri mentions that that what he’s researching is incredible, if he had the time he would also be able to do something about their bankai’s. Mayuri mentions that putting a wired bug in his cloths seems to have pissed him off. Urahara tries to tell him not to cut the line when Mayuri says he’s farewells.
Out of nowhere Urahara shows up telling that he’s just messing with him. He pops out of nowhere and tries to scare them. It seems that he was calling him from inside the Dangai. Long story short it seems like he wants to team up with Mayuri, while Mayuri mentions that he doesn’t like to play with others. Mayuri mentions that the research and development area has been ruined, while Urahara mentions that he’s got the area in which he came from still available.
Urahara is impressed at how Mayuri dealt with the Quincy’s shadow. They quickly begin turning everything on and it seems like they’re unable to link anything up, Urahara brings out some pills to which he names them Shineiyaku, (Literally meaning Shadow-Invading Pills. Urahara mentions that with these pills they can negate any and all stealing of Bankai’s. He heard about the Captains losing their bankai so thought he should help. He picked up a few clues in Hueco Mundo.
He goes on to explain that the Arrancars Resurreccion allows them to release their powers to the fullest, just like their bankai. He mentions if the captain’s bankai were stolen, their Resurreccion should also be taken however not a single Arrancar had their powers stolen. It wasn’t because they had no interest in Arrancar, they actually used them, and still weren’t able to use their Resurreccion, he can think of two reasons.
He mentions that the Resurreccion’s cannot be stolen or stealing them would be harmful to the Quincy. From his research, there is no reason why a Bankai could be stolen, but Resurreccion couldn’t. Akon gains communicative abilities to talk to all captains and subordinates. He quickly introduces himself and mentions that they will have notices a black pill to their location, it will enable them to gain control of their bankai’s.
All they need to do is touch it, it will be absorbed, it will go throughout their soul. Toshiro does this while Cang Du watches. Mayuri mentions that the Quincy and Hollows have been different from long ago. He mentions that one cannot continually hate an enemy that has neither free will or culture. Quincy only look to attack as Urahara mention that they have no defense against the Hollows.
The essence of a Hollow is like poison to Quincy’s. If they came into contact with Hollows it would be something that would change their souls, thus they wouldn’t be able to have any Hollowfication powers, thus the Quincy’s must kill all hollows. If one was to absorb Hollow Powers and Hollowfy their Bankai for only a moment, it would be very dangerous for them as the bankai would become poison to them Urahara mentions. While at the same time Cang Du’s Bankai breaks while he also seems to be hurt. Bleach 552 ends here.
What an awesome chapter, Cang Du is definitely in trouble, and what exactly has happened to Rangiku. Furthermore how will others deal with their stolen bankai’s, on top of this how will Toshiro get his bankai back, will he also gain Hollow powers, can’t wait for next week’s Bleach 553 to see what happens next.
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Captains getting hollow powers badass
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That is good that the Captains and Vice Captains have small amounts of Hollow Reiatsu in their souls. That may deal with the Bankai stealing problem, but don’t think the Stern Ritter are finished. The only way for a Stern Ritter to steal Banki is if they have powerful Reiyoku like Shinigami Captains. Which all of them do. Plus allnof their unique abilities will be hard to counter. Thr different Blut techniques as well. And of course the Vollständig. Which is as powerful as a Bankai . This explains why Masaki was gonna die without Isshins soul connected to hers because white was poisonous to her. But if thats true how come Quilge could absorb Ayon and use its power if it was a hollow?
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It was said when toushiro’s bankai is at its full power it would be stronger than both kyoraku and shunsui… Hope this pill will awaiken the hyorin maru and he will be the child protoge he should be
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jah u r rite. Shunsui once told espanda 1 dat toshiro is powerful than hm n dat was b4 toshiro perfected his bankai. B4 he also said dat toshiro wl surpas hm in hundred 100yrs. So i gues he is stl nt as strong as shunsui yet
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Shunsui also said Toshiro will be stronger than him when he is an adult. Which is probably 100 years.
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Does that mean stealing Bankais from Vizards would have the same harmful effect on the Quincies? Come to think of it, none of them was stolen.
As for Hitsugaya’s Bankai I think he will get it back when Cang Du dies.
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I would think thats true. Like Shinji, Rose, Kensei, and Mashiro have Bankai, but the Stern Ritter didn’t steal theirs. If he Daten they have can tell what the enemy is, whichever Stern Ritter fights thr Visord must have some power to counter their Hollowfication. So far NaNaNa fights Rose, I believe Bazz-B and Gisell battle Kensei and Mashiro.
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And we just found out what Cang Dus power is. Well what his title is. I believe he will be serverly Injured like Toshiro, but than destroy his medallion and Toshiros bankai goes back to him. And I doubt Cang Du will die, I wanna know how he defeated Rangiku with The Iron.
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the is no way dat a captain wl allow to be killed by their own bankias. This wl get interestin, i was tired of seeing the captain bein bullied so easily. So i gues the other leutanats r wth their captains and lastly where is kanpachi zaraki. Is he stl learning n perfectin his shikai ability? I truly miss dat guy.
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I believe he and Unohana are gonna go see Yhwach. But I still believe Zaraki isn’t strong enough to fight him. Now Retsu, however, is. I can tell thag Yhwach made her a special war power. The only one stronger than her is gonna be Zaraki when he achieves Bankai.
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Then does this mean that the Quincy could never have been able to steal Vizard’s bankai?
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Most likely yes. Sense Visord have Dual type Reiyoku. So in the Gotei 13 Shinji, Kensei, Mashiro, and Rose can keep their Bankai.
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You are amazing Urahara ! 😀
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Even though d story is more or less bland……d art is top notch………
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i dnt thnk i want to c zaraki achieve bankai all of the sudden. He already has a spiritual pressure dat surpass a bankai power. Nt 4getin dat sum of his slipin powers were awaken wen he was fightin unohana, whch mins hs spiritual pressure has increased dramaticaly also. On top of dat he is abt to gain the powers of his shikai. Cum on he is already powerful enough. Bt anyway lets wait and see
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No matter how strong hemahy seem, their are other Spiritual Beings far stronger than him at the moment. Like Retsu, Royal Guard, Yhwach, and the Quincy who will battle the Royal Guard. After he lost to Royd Loyd, it showex that he needs to be stronger. Quincy have always been rivals of Shinigami. Zaraki didn’t really have problem against Arrancar cause they fight like Shinigami. But Quincy are completely different. Also I believe Aizen will probably escape and find a way to get his Zanpakuto back. But whichever Quincy battles him will probably kill him. Or his I mortality will be gone. Or Zaraki or Retsu will kill him.
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What about Yamamoto’s bankai? Yhwach is still going to possess powerfull Ryūjin Jakka since Yamamoto is dead and even with Urahara’s help, if they manage somehow to poison Yhwach Ryūjin Jakka still doesn’t have his master!?
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Most likely is that Whoever battles Yhwach in this second invasion is most likely Retsu. I believe she knows how to battle against Yamamotos Bankai. Sense she said she was stronger than everyone. Plus he can’t even use its full power.
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I wouldn’t really be threatened by Yhwach having Yamamotos Bankai. Rather that what the “A” really means for Yhwach.
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I don’t believe the Shinigami that have Bankai will get Hollow Powers. Just that their Reiyoku will contain a very small amount of Hollow Reiatsu.
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cnt wait 4 the anime, its goin to be epic. Bt it seems it goin to be a short, i jst hope the are fillers whatever their called to make it last long.
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