13 Hell Arc Captains RANKED WEAKEST TO STRONGEST | BLEACH Ranking 

I like the fact that Shunsui may not be as powerful as Yama, but the one thing he has that Yama lost is the ruthlessness that Yhwach talks about.

Mayuri is truly the MVP of the TYBW, the Batman of Soul Society

Gremmy's defeat foreshadowed Kenpachi's Bankai's weakness.

One thing I will say about Unohana, she quite literally only revealed her strength to Kempachi and only very few knew who she was, before that she was purely a healer. So Isane is actually a decent replacement because Unohana never used her strength in combat. Plus who in the entirety of the Gotei has anywhere near the healing capabilities of her. She is quite literally the best suited captain for squad 4 outside of Unohana. They are a healing division, nobody is asking them to fight wars

I can’t accept iba as a captain he’s literally never shown anything at all feats wise to make him even low tier captain level. Isane at least showed a sliver of feats.

Mayuri, Kenpachi, Shunsui, Byakuya and Toshiro are a pretty solid team of heavy-hitters for this era of the Gotei. Still, it will be interesting to see what the new members will bring to the table in the Hell arc!

I imagine that there is a legitimate reason none of the vizard captains use their masks in combat anymore. If it was an individual choice based on overestimating their abilities or underestimating their opponents, then we could only expect one or two of them to make that mistake; but, for all of them to follow the same pattern seems like too much of a coincidence. It's likely some kind of restriction was placed on them upon returning to the gotei 13, or there was some foreseen issue that came from using their hollow powers further.

Rukia does not have a ice zanpaktou, she has a cold zanpaktou, ice is just the result of the dropping tempatures.

Kubo really didn’t give the visards enough spotlight in the tybw. Hopefully in cour 3 and 4 he gives them the respect they deserve 🙏

Honestly, Soi Fon really deserved more development, just like Byakuya, Toshiro, Shunsui and Zaraki. Her Bankai is just incompatible with her fighting style. If only she got a new bankai...

The only reason I could think of for them not using their Hollow Masks it maybe cause it burns rapidly through their Spiritual Pressure so combing it with their Bankai likely causes them to burn through their Spiritual Pressure twice as fast.

I was wondering how low you were going to place my fav character Shunsui , but in the end im so happy 😊

Seems fine to me though I put Hitsu in 5 if he still needs to charge his adult form....Mayuri in 4th, Byakuka in 3rd and the rest of the list is fine.

I am so glad to see Kyoraku rise to status he desserves, I felt he is the strongest captain besides Yammamoto, he was my favourite since Soul Socaity arc

OMG this was one of the best videos you have ever done. Absolutely amazing!

My thoughts and opinion on why the vizards do not use their masks anymore, is due to them being shinigami. So instead of relying on the abilities of a hollow, they use the abilities of a soul reaper.

I'd probably put Byakuya over Toshiro tbh since he's an all rounder and Toshiro for the most part uses his zanpaktou, while Byakuya has efficiency in kido and a master in shunpo. Toshiro might be efficient in kido as well but we never really see him use any kido spells iirc.

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Glad you touched upon byakuya's "feats" that involve him being either heavily assisted by another person, or him fighting someone who is NOT at their full power. I've seen some people rank him stronger than bankai kenpachi 🫠

You actually might be the only one I agree with when it comes to ranking of Gotei 13 Captains. Great video!

Kubo better pulls all punches on Iba if he wants us to believe he’s a worthy captain in the Hell Arc

I have byakuya at 3, below shunsui and kenpachi

This is actually pretty acurate! Great job friend

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R.I.P Retsu Yachiru Unohana

awesome and accurate list

Great list 👌 😁

Even if the Hell arc gotei are weak, they still have a lot of strong allies from outside, Urahara squad, the other Vizards, Isshin and if the situation gets really catastrophic then maybe even the Arrancars, Fullbringers and surviving Quincies could join them. And besides all that there are multiple lieutenants that have achieved Bankai as well. We don't know if any of the previous iterations of gotei had such vast assets available in the past

I remember seeing a video done by Mr. Tomo a while back and I think he made a great point about the end of series Gotei 13 being a very top heavy organization compared to other iterations. Looking at them I am inclined to agree as in terms of raw stats (i.e. strength, speed, reiatsu, etc.), this iteration is dominated by four captains namely Byakuya, Toshiro, Kenpachi, and Shunsui. If you expand the analysis to all round abilities you would have to add Mayuri because even though he is probably one of the least impressive captains in terms of stats, he more than makes up for it with his genius intellect, his ability to adapt and counter his opponents, and tactical brilliance. Outside of that top 1/3 and some change we have three captains who it is fair to wonder if they are even powerful enough to be captains in Isane, Iba, and Lisa. And then you have another 5 who while clearly powerful and capable enough to be captains, at this point I feel we can safely say they would not have a prayer of taking on one of the top five in a one on one fight. The loss of Yamamoto was ultimately a blessing in disguise. Because on the one hand it deprived the Gotei 13 of their strongest Captain by far, keep in mind this is the guy who was so insanely powerful that even Aizen and Ywach did not want to take him head on without having a counter-measure in place. But on the other hand, it cleared the way for Shunsui who was objectively a far superior leader and as TYBW demonstrated quite well that is far more important than individual power and prowess. If we get a Hell arc and assuming everyone lives among the current captains, I think the two with the most potential to shake up any rankings are Toshiro and Kenpachi. Toshiro because it has been hinted he has the potential to one day match or possibly even surpass Yamamoto and Aizen given his youth, his already ridiculous power, and his parallels with Yamamoto and his very likely parallels with Aizen. As for Kenpachi, it was made clear in the battle against Gerard that he was not able to fully access his Bankai's power because his body could not handle the strain.

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Shunsui is definitely a perfect choice to lead Gotei 13 both in the aftermath of the war and essentially a new era due to the sheer amount of changes he has initiated with reformers in Central 46. He's a pragmatist who knows what needs to be done in battle to save his faction and it's members. Meanwhile out of battle he has realized that the old Gotei 13 is no longer viable and thus he has changed Soul Society's social political state for the first time with his sweeping agenda and cooperative efforts have helped many.

I honestly do not think Kubo does things without reason. He would not have added these new captains without reason. I know he intends to give them big moments in the arc to showcase their abilities. I mean most the other captains we have seen over and over again. Its a good way to inject mystery and anticipation in to the expectedly epic battles to come. I give him the benefit of the doubt

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It would be great if there are ranking numbers, captain name etc when you do videos like ranking characters. Just felt that something is missing from this video, nevertheless, a great breakdown video!!!!

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I hope we'll get to see the newly appointed Captains showcase their power in the hell arc.

I have trouble putting Hitsugaya and his unmastered Adult form over Byakuya's power boost from the Royal Guard. Add to that, Byakuya was far more experienced and a balanced fighter overall. Theoretically, Adult Toshiro is broken, but Byakuya post Royal Guard True Bankai wouldn't be? I'd have to slide Toshiro below Byakuya right now. Mayuri being 3...I mean, I get it because of his scientific strategies. But we all know by the standards of raw power, he's not even top 7? But I'm fine with him being 3. Many people will disagree with Kyoraku being number 1...But I slide him into the Mayuri category. We know Kenpachi is the strongest BY FAR. But Kyoraku still has the combat experience, the ruthlessness, and a potential bankai that can enact more than one play. When people talk about Act 3 and how many people will defeat him, Kyoraku entered Act 3 while already quite exhausted, which decreases his reiatsu. Think of how True Shikai Ichigo was seemingly caught off guard by the release of Kyoraku's bankai and again, this is after Shunsui has taken significant damage from Lille. I don't think wound sharing in Act 1 acts as an instant heal. AND HE SURVIVED Lille after HOW MANY BOOSTS LILLE GOT? Shunsui should at least be named "most durable" or something because boy can he take some damage and STILL survive. Shunsui takes hits as good as your favorite joke character. That being said, he was robbed by Kubo in Theater Suicide and here's hoping that is cleaned up in Cour 3.

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Preety solid rankings. I will personally place Toushiro at 3, Byakuya at 4 and Mayuri at 5. My reasoning behind that is Mayuri's true power lies in his prep time much like Batman, but if a battle starts and he has no time to prepare he will not perform nearly as well as if he has time to prepare beforehand, unlike the other 2. As for the reasoning behind Toushiro being 3 is for the the points you have already said and the fact (more like a hint) from the current Captain Commander is that not now but in around 100 years Toushiro will probably surpass him. i doubt the manga will go that further in, but Hitsugaya is like the opposite of Yamamoto, strongest fire zanpakuto> strongest Ice Zanpakuto. Not to mention Toushiro has said multiple times that he can't control his power very good and is always holding back because it may harm everyone around him, simillar to how Yamamoto was harming everthing when he released his bankai.

Mayuri is the Bleach's Batman, given enough prep time, he can defeat anyone

Can't wait for hell arc 🔥

Your avatar is way more expressive than your voice. This isn't a complaint, not even a negative, I find the contrast hilarious and adds to my enjoyment. Please keep it.

Gotei Hell Arc power rating 1) Zaraki 2) Shunsui 3) Byakuya 4) Rukia 5) Mayuri 6) Toshiro 7) Soi-Fon 8-11) Visored 12) Iba 13) Isane

Byakuya's Bankai was able to block the strongest version of Gerard while talking to Renji and Rukia. BASE Byakuya was blocking attacks from volstandig Robert and volstandig Candice. Gerard cannot be stopped by Ice. Byakuya didn't use Senkei earlier because he knew that injuring Gerard would only make him bigger so he and Toshiro came up with a plan. Both Byakuya and Toshiro assisted each other. Toshiro's Bankai lacks killing power that's why he needed Byakuya's attack to finish him off and Byakuya needed someone to distract Gerard to use Senkei. To be fair, they both needed each other to fight Gerard, it's a fact.

I almost feel like Kubo treats power ups like pokemon treated Mega Evolution, z, moves etc. Cool gimmic for that gen/arc. Then is forgotten about in the next one. That is why we never see the vizards use their hollow power in the fullbringer/tybw.

Consider toshiro still has to wait for his petals to shatter, byakuya folds him. And I'd put both byakuya and toshiro above mayuri who's overrated. We've seen how easily he lost to ishida. when you're up against someone too powerful your prep time is meaningless.

Rukias zanpaktou isn't ice, it's specifically pure cold. They make that pretty clear. Also, ranking Toshiro higher than byakuya? No.

That's the thing about Mayuri, with prep, and his sharp intellect, he could almost beat anyone in the Bleach verse, but in terms of strength and raw power, he'd barely crack the top ten of this list.

Hitsu on Yama or Aizen's level is absurd....Kenpachi is strong but he is stat checker with no hax or versatility.

Oh I certainly see some flashbacks pertaining to the royal guards training some of these people

From the OG Thirteen Court Guards that fought Yhwach to the Hell Arc Thirteen Court Guards. When the Hell Arc drops, we need to see some of them in action like Isane, Tetsuzaimon and Lisa in action has captains of their respective squads.

I kinda feel this ranking (since we don’t see them fight in the hell arc chapter really) will be mostly carried over on how powerful they were at the end of the Quincy blood war arc. But will he eager to see your rankings!

Did this guy really put Rukia above Soifon and Shinji?.. And placed Kensei and Rose above anyone else than Iba with Isane?.. I get it, he's biased against certain characters but I didn't think he could glaze anyone more than he does Urahara.

You absolutely kill me with Rose's ranking and the reason why he is below muguruma I probably butchered his name if only he would have kept his mouth shut about his Bankai's ability. Your legendary for that😮

We also have to remember this Gotei 13 has powerful Lieutenants actually paired with their Captains. Like Renji easily being able to be a High Captain tier character. Or individuals like Ikkaku, Hisagi, Mashiro, Nemu, Nanao, Rangiku, and even Kira being mid to low Captain tier.

Hitsugiya being above Byakuya or Rukia for that matter; is crazy. He’s certainly not weak, but I think Byakuya wins the majority of the time versus him. But still a great video as always DBZ!

1. Shunsui 2. Kenpachi 3. Toshiro 4. Mayuri 5.byakuya 6.shinji 7.rukia 8. Soi fon 9. Rose 10.kensei 11.lisa 12.isane 13.iba Is the best ranking of the current captains i fully believe

Regarding the discussion of the vizard captains, I wish it had been explored more why they don’t use their masks because there’s some interesting theories on why. I don’t think it’s confirmed anywhere, but I think it’s at least a little implied that a condition of their reinstatement into the Gotei 13 is that they are banned from hollowfication. It’s definitely something Yamamoto would have been against, and could have factored into why some of the vizards didn’t come back. I imagine they were all offered a spot back in under that condition, and some of them basically said “no you left us for dead because of what we were turned into, and now you want us back as long as we pretend it never happened and we’re not different? Screw off”. The only time we see any of them hollowfy before the Gerard fight is Mashiro when she trains Shuhei. That being said, it would have been cooler if one of Shunsui’s first things during the second invasion, his first time in command, to order them to use their hollowfication. It would further reinforce the difference between Shunsui and Yamamoto, in line with Shunsui’s later action to do whatever is necessary and damn tradition or rules. It also would have been better I think to give the vizard captains their spotlight at the middle of the second invasion. At first nobody knows hollowfication prevents bankai plundering, so everyone is trying to figure out how to fight without their strongest powers. Urahara could have called ahead, said he’s working on it and everyone will be fine soon but in the meantime, the vizard captains are already immune to the bankai plundering. Give them their chance to be the only hope for a bit. They can still lose, the other captains can still show off their alternative techniques, but we don’t end up with two captains coming to the lieutenants’ rescue, losing while holding back additional power we know they have, for no reason because Renji shows up to save the lieutenants and the captains anyway. Better to have given them their own fights focused on their being the only ones able to safely use bankai, and either streamline the Mask fight so Renji shows up to save the lieutenants or if you’re set on the captains losing to Mask then you could at least explain it by them being battle fatigued from their earlier fights or their hollow masks expiring too quickly due to their prior use. There’s a lot of underutilization with the vizards in the final arc. When I read the manga reveal of why Ichigo’s bankai couldn’t be stolen, my first thought was “wait we have these captains who should be equally as immune, this is their time to shine”. Having Urahara immediately sandle-hat ex machina magic pills to completely end any implications of the bankai medallions just felt too quick and forced. It was such a big deal for everyone to figure out how to fight without bankai only to be rendered meaningless immediately into the second invasion. At least let the vizard captains hold the line for a little while and make Urahara take longer to be able to synthesize and distribute the pills or something.

At least Isané released "Itégumo", and we got to see the shikai shape AND the name/release. Conversely, despite there being SEVERAL points throughout the anime and 4 movies where Iba's shikai/bankai could meaningfully be released. He either doesn't, or it's released offscreen. Kubo HAS to be keeping it a secret, for whatever reason. His initial attack on Ayon could've been his moment, not killing the beast, but maybe distracting it, while Yamamoto practices his "Kirioroshi" (pear-splitter) cut.

I cannot agree with this and i usually love your vids. But, Soifon is stronger than Rose and Kensei, Fully master Shunko is just to strong for them just like Mask was. Shinji is over Rukia. Even after 10 years skip, i do not see Rukia mastering her bankai enough to make up for the experience advantage Shinji has. Maybe after 50 years. Mayuri 5 and byakuya 3 .Bykuya has speed, power, and cunning i cannot see him bested by Mayuri or Toshiro at least for now. As for number 1 i am sorry but Kenpachi is just stronger. He survived the void of space, he can survive Shunsui bankai as well. Remember, Kid Kenpachi! Kid!!! bested prime Unohana and i see Shunsui as comparable in strength with her, altough probably stronger. Nevertheless, Kenpachi right now is a beast.

Soi fon > kensei and rose.

I think the best way to describe this current gen is- Super high highs. But also pretty low lows that generally hold back those overall highs.

I agree with your ranking

Byakuya is stronger than Mayrui and Toshiro tho, he didn't use his strongest attack in this arc which is shukei hakuteiken. And Byakuya still ran a 1v3 with the sternritters in their vollstandig while he himself was in base for a while easily. So it doesn't really matter if they where nerfed in some way becuz Byakuya is still on a different level

You made good arguments for toshiro and scaling to bankai kenpachi damaged gerard + volstandig so you could scale true bankai to or above kenpachi but his useability of it requires time and maturity which i understand why you placed him there. Toshiro would be 1 or 2 if he masters it, not quite sure how you scaled shunsui above bankai kenpachi or even shikai kenpachi.... when it's directly stated shunsui is equivocal to byakuya in CFYOW. It's even stated only ichigo, kenpachi and aizen can beat hikone/ikomikidomoe, not shunsui. So it's clear as day whos the strongest. So quite a huge error on your part there. And if you placed shunsui above byakuya then by that statement toshiro is above shunsui because he's relative to byakuya. I don't think bankai toshiro can beat bankai shunsui, i absolutely know true bankai would slap bankai shunsui though but getting there is the problem. I'd place, (who'd win in a fight) 1) Kenpachi 2) Shunsui/Toshiro 3) Toshiro/mayuri 4) Mayuri although it's debatable between mayuri and toshiro, obviously toshiro is the better fighter, faster, stronger, better abilities but mayuri dominates in hax and intelligence. Ofcourse mayuri gets destroyed by true bankai toshiro no question since he can negate anything so long as they're weaker than him or even stronger like with gerard but it's effects dont last long since gerard still negated his ability. True bankai toshiro also destroys shunsui with ease. Strongest, (max power level shown) 1) Kenpachi/Toshiro 2) Toshiro 3) Shunsui 4) Byakuya

Byakuya is stronger than Tosh and Mayuri, Mayuri is not even strong by himself, what makes him dangerous is his prep time to fight his enemies

Ranked perfect

I put byakuya 2nd or 3rd

I like that you give Candice her props and that she was tired while fighting Byakuya, she really is top tier in my opinion Also best girl in Bambies

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I had thought the vizards hadn’t used their hollow masks due to it seemingly exhausting the users. It seemed as though the more effort they put in while using their masks, the more unpredictably rapid their masks would break and more drained they would be. They may have been trying to preserve energy due to the ongoing war they were in the middle of at the time..

Maryui is definitely weaker than byakuya by a lot reason The reason I say this is because in can't fear your own world. They say that byakuya woukd be the next in line to be captain if shunsui falls.

I agree with the vast majority of your list, but it doesn't fully represent the title "WEAKEST TO STRONGEST" because Zarakai is undoubtedly much stronger than even Shunsui. Strongest means simply put them in 1 cage and who gets out? Zarakai would.

30:37 I always been a fan of Mayuri Kurotsuchi! He’s so awesome and entertaining. First appeared against Ichigo n gang and was so creepy n scary. Then we find out he’s wearing face paint! First of all that’s a ton of styling with hair and all. Most stylish with different looks for every arc. Then we find out he’s black, even cooler! ✊🏾

Can you please do top 5 strongest divisions taking into account all the seated officers we know can the 2nd an 3rd seat can make a big difference depending on the person

Is it even confirmed it the Hell Arc is gonna happen? I hear a lot of ppl holding out hope. But as of rn I don't think he's said he's gonna for sure make it happen. 😅

They really should have just replaced Sajin with Love instead of Tetsuzaimon

It'll be funny to have a plot twist around Kotetsu Isane in future though.

Soi fon disrespect is crazy.

Interesting that a 3rd possible Ice user will be in the Hell arc.

The Kampachi placement feels pretty unearned, because he’s definitely nowhere near that in the war, and even with statements about him being the strongest Shinigami that can’t literally mean in power, when ichigo is always referred to has a Shinigami The only argument I could see is with the kid

For Tetsuzaemon Iba, isn't the dialogue between him and Ikkaku during the Ichigo Vs Byakuya fight all about how Iba strived to be lieutenant, so he got good at Kidō? He's shown proficiency in the manga/anime as well.

Don't forget to become a capitan you need to have achieved Bankai , so either be stupidly strong as Kempachi , but he is still alive and well so Kubo might have to do a little brainstorming to give characters like Iba , Isane , Lisa , a Bankai reveal in chp.2 of the Hell Arc to be as belevable as a capitan can be .

There's no way you read CFYOW and have Zaraki n2. Kenpachi is n1 by far

First time I've been this early. Lol

good ranking pretty similar to mine but tosh above mayuri and kenpachi above the head captain+i dont think tosh would be clashing with even captain aizen

I believe it has nothing to do with sealing abilities rather a choice just as ekaku refuses to use bankai the visors choose not to use their masks because they would rather fight and die as Soul Reapers.

One day we may get an Arc in Bleach where the Vizar let loose and it'll be an insanely enjoyable experience for the fanbase. Maybe!

Seeing her new hair style I can't help but see Uraume from Jujutsu Kaisen.

the number 6 rukia was a big improvement hoping she can perfect her bankai with trainings

Ikaku, Hisagi, Renji these guys could have voted for the Captain post but they stayed lutenent. Wants to see them doing great in upcoming arcs

Anyone who’s read cfyow knows even Aizen feared Zaraki. Kenpachi with mastered Bankai’s gotta be the strongest captain ever period (Ichibe’s power’s broken, but Aizen showed in a battle between soul reapers, the stronger spiritual pressure can cancel out the others power).

IDK if this question has been asked before but what will happen when Ichigo dies? Either from old age or in combat. We know about the cycle of rebirth but we also just learned that when a soul reaper of captain-level strength dies a ritual happens that removes them from the cycle. So Ichigo being far beyond captain level and being Soul Reaper, Human, and Quincy would he enter the cycle of rebirth or not?

I feel like if you'd watched all of saint seiya like I have, you would know how the hell arc will go. Bleach is my number one manga/anime and I seen all of the inspiration Bleach took from saint seiya. So in short, if watch saint seiya you'll have a well thought out hypothesis of how the hell arc will go.

In power amongst the Gotei13, Zaraki is far beyond the others in power. It's not even close.

I hope if Hell arc will have the adaptation, Steve Blum will still have the power to voice acting. He could bring great Wolverine vibes to Captain Zaraki

Guarantee Mayuri has plans in place to put down Bankai Kenpachi and Adult Toshiro.

3 ice user captain before hell arc, damn kubo was setting this up

Isane about to get a plot twist in the hell arc mark my words