How To Beat Yhwach (The Right Way...) 

Yhwach never using Yamamoto's Bankai is actually a crime against humanity.

I’m re-reading the tybw arc and I’m already dreading the part where ywach breaks Ichigo’s Bankai. It’s so brutal that we never saw his actual bankai, or Isshin’s bankai!

Yhwatch probably saw Clyde’s scenario and was like”Well I’m not picking that timeline” and there we go it was all on purpose

Definitely agree. The Yhwach fight being an Aizen bankai reveal would've actually been cool and not a cheap copout.

I remember in earlier chapters Ichigo wished for a blade to shatter fate itself and I always believed that was hinting at his true power. I hope the anime shows us tensa being able to "break" any power no matter how strong

There's something about how proactive and eager to throw hands that makes Yhwach different from the conniving Aizen and that appeals to me greatly. I loved that, once he saw Ichigo return from the Royal Palace, he was immediately like: "Now you've left the barriers open! SEE YA SUCKER!" I also like how the Almighty had, at least, a few physical and metaphysical weaknesses: Yhwach has to "see" the future he wishes to be unaffected by and change, hence all the pupils. But Kyoka Suigetsu changes how the futures he sees look like, therefore making his counters useless, and Antithesis can cancel out Uryu's own presence in said futures, hence how he was able to shoot the Deus Ex Machina Arrow at Yhwach, undetected.

The first thing that came to mind when Yhwach came out in a final form covered with eyes is Aizen, that's like a perfect opportunity for Aizen to flex his complete hypnosis. He could have showed him false realities! Or false outcomes to all of his predictions, so much wasted potential with tsukishima too. Tsukishima and Aizen were like the perfect mindfuck team!

I really feel like Kubo wrote himself in a corner. The silver arrow was added just to shut him down. Yuha Bach is one of the most powerful anime villains ever created. He superseeded even Aizen. I feel like Aizen's plans were to shut Bach down permanently by fusion with the Hogyoku to become the Soul King.

Tsukishima's power is interesting, he can't time travel like stepping on a butterfly and changing everything 👀 the original events aren't erased from memory, or existence. He just changes the things he stabs by inserting his own presence into the past of the thing that he stabbed. He can also probably cut anything.

The thing about Kyoka Suigetsu its that in the novels it is stated it works with reiatsu (Tokinada) and since Aizen always had an immense amount it didnt really mattered, but i think thats the reason why Yhwach gives that 2 options: "Lack of power or overconfidence". It means that it could be that he couldnt keep up with the Soul King level of reiatsu, and in fact it makes a lot more sense than the deactivation thing.

Teamwork between nominal rivals and enemies. A combined hybrid of powers vs Yhwach's mad obsession with purity. That's how you take him down.

I hope that the anime does implement more characters for the final battle. I felt it was a missed opportunity, and I know time was not on our side before, but now it is.

This is WAY better than the original ending we got, but I can think of one way I would improve it. The issue with this ending is that it is hard to have much tension if Aizen is just jerking the chain of the big bad any way he wants the whole fight. If I were to offer something that could improve it, have it be Yhwach repeatedly needing to assert that he is unaffected, clearing his vision for a moment to allow himself to fight back against this hypothetical shinigami gank squad. Imagine this happening like that, and this turning into a game of cat and mouse with everyone actually having to fight to protect Aizen from someone who is on a high enough power level to crush even him, while Aizen is fucking up his perception and creating openings, avoiding direct engagement, because he knows that just one slip will topple the entire house of cards. This would also let us have a moment where Aizen and Urahara are actually forced to work together. Yeah it still has the issue of figuring out how the shinigami are even damaging Yhwach, but it would be exciting this way.

How to beat Yhwach: Know that you are fighting the REAL Yhwach **cough* Yamamoto *cough**

The power to reject events The power to change the past Those two probably could've greatly fought the power to select the future Also the way yhwach talked during the horn of salvation fight I thought ichigo will have a nerfed power similar to yhwach's almighty

I think an interesting Bankai for Aizen (as a transcendent being) is to fool one’s Soul into not recognizing it. The same way his shikai can make you see things that aren’t there, being a perfect illusion, his Bankai can make one’s reitsu become unrecognizable to the user, and becomes aligned with another who is under Kyokas control. Imagine, Aizen uses his Bankai, and all of Bachs powers become aligned with Ichigo, allowing (only for a second, due to bachs power) ichigo to reclaim his powers stolen from him, to massacre Bach. Aizen can state that his Bankai can only be used once10 years, but his power has grown to reduce that time to a year. It’s silly, but following the trend of what his Shikai does, I think a step up from that is this…fooling everyone’s actual soul power to think something else is it’s owner…imagine the chaos.

Yhwach is one of those op characters you can't beat even with your imagination, because you remember his abilities and how op he is.

A prolonged battle where he attepmts to use miracles and hax against the full force of shinigami would've been awesome.

I have an interesting idea. What if during the battle you described Yhwach uses Yamamotos BANKAI to summon the trillions of skeletons and all the characters have to go against them. That would be heat!

I always liked the idea of Ichigo being able to change the future but wish they gave it more definitive weight outside of a single statement by Yhwach. If I were to "fix" the final fight, I would use that and showcase Ichigo changing the future within the story, including recontextualizing certain fights. Ichigo going from fighting 3rd seats to fighting Kenpachi and winning could be contextualized as Ichigo changing his own future and could be used in points in the story people complain are filled with plot armor. When Ichigo loses his will at certain points in fights and the narrative, Zangetsu either wouldn't work to aid him or he might've made it worse for himself by setting a bad future. The way I would do the fight would be Ichigo slowly discovering the true nature of Zangetsu, the ability to change the future, like Yhwach. The key to the fight is Ichigo needing time to mature his ability and the other characters of the series working to give him the time and create an opening for Ichigo to change the future and win. The narrative of the fight would have a message of Ichigo being surrounded by those loyal to him while Yhwach threw away all his comrades. Even have Jugram, defeated but alive, messing with Yhwach in some way as he did in canon, maybe playing tug of war with the Almighty ability at the right moment to let Ichigo finish him off.

Step 1: Be Aizen.

I noticed something interesting in chapter 684 of Bleach, so apparently Yhwach made himself blind but this was after he got back up after being killed by Ichigo and after being tricked by Aizen’s Hypnosis. So he basically can make himself blind to counter Kyoka Suigetsu and still use the Almighty. That confirms that the Almighty can be used via brain as well. So if Kyoka Suigetsu was to be used again on him he would be immune to it. This isn’t a stretch that those are the eyes of a blind individual cause the same was shown with Kisuke when he got his eyes destroyed by a gift ring by Askin and got them reconstructed. If you simply go back to chapter 684 Yhwach’s eyes are pure white with no pupils

I’m hoping they improve the final fight in anyway. Regardless awesome video man!

Is it confirmed that Yhwach can use every single Schrift? My understanding the Schrift came from an aspect of that particular Sternritter’s soul, so it was unique to them, even if it was from his power

It always seemed to me that messing with someone perception of time IS Aizen’s Bankai ability. As a transcendent being, he always has access to his Bankai’s powers without any need to release his sword. At least that’s how I saw it.

I just finished the manga and now I’m just watching all your vids, been holding onto them for a while, glad to see they keep comin 😤

Few things I wanted to see for a long time. 1. Aizen's Bankai 2. Kenpachi's Bankai animated 3. Ishin's bankai 4. The Arrancar's second releases

Aizen uses KS, Ywach attacks "Ichigo" damages him to near death.. turns out it was Uryu, Uryu:Antithesis! damage transfered to Ywach greatly weakining him(better device than plot arrow).. thats the moment shinigami alliance were waiting and baam

Wasn’t Gremmy’s ability a part of him before Yhwach gave him his shrift? That’s the case for Gerard and Perninda, so it would stand to reason that Gremmy would be the same, seeing how he’s (allegedly) the brain of the soul king. Not that it really matters, Yhwach is still absolutely broken anyway.

clyde you did it again well done im still waiting on those videos on what we didnt get to see in the war arc

So basically aizen is the chess board ywach is the king on the opposing side and every else are the top tier chess pieces that are about to jump said king...beautiful

Aizen coulda solo’d ywach by making him see a universe where everything goes right, and it being a universe where everything actually goes wrong

Your editing is always so on point Mr. Kuraido. Keep up the banger content please !

I believe that Aizen’s bankai is the ability to enter people’s minds and create illusions that can hurt them. Like a mixture of Dorothy dream magic in Black Clover and Itachi’s Tsukuyomi from Naruto. Only reason why he never used it is - He can only use it on one opponent at a time - His body is left vulnerable while he’s inside someone’s mind.

Just recently finished my read of the Bleach manga This video did well making it click the things that were wrong with the TYBW Arc, since it first I did not really get or understand it Thanks Clyde awesome video as always

Excellent video Clyde.

Ayeee a video from the goat himself! Lets go 🙌👀

Chad Clyde not only drops an absolute banger video but also replies to all the comments!

Bro this ending sounds fuckin awesome

So basically everyone should go All out and use their bankai, then have Uryru use his Antithesis ability to beat Yhwach

One of the problems with Bleach is that Kubo kept writing amazing villains with no reasonable way to kill them. If you're going to write an amazingly powerful villain, you have to know their weakness from the outset. Ichigo defeating Aizen required the absurd idea that Aizen never show Ichigo his release. That singular decision foiled his 150 year plan

Hoping the anime takes the brilliant oppurtunity to have Yhwach use the stolen powers he possesses at some point in his battles

Sheeeesh I never clicked a video so fast before. Great content as always 🤙🤙🤙

Stupendous! I love this so much!

You said everything we are all thinking man. Aizen’s bankai is one of the thing I want most in this life.

My concern is that how much is the difference between the spiritual pressures of Yhwach and Aisen! I believe it should be a lot and in that case, can be not cancel the effects of KyokaSuigetsu like Aizen did with Soifon! I just don't see Yhwach loosing tbh unless obviously Ichigo or Aizen's Bankai is BROKEN AF

Wonderful, I fully agree and truly hope that's how it will turn out in the anime!

great video. My headcannon has always ben that Aizen just had a really situational Bankai that never came up

This is honestly one of those fights which the main characters should NOT have won but still did

This man is like All-for-one out here taking and giving powers and shit

Well ...who can argue that this would be fascinating

Yhwach is like Reinhardt Heydrich (Dies irae) from his verse. Excellent video!

Kinda crazy we STILL dont know what Ichigo's bankai does.

Be the Soul King in his Prime lol. Also, you forgot to mention that the Almighty, along with it's future sight, has the ability to know all power that it sees, and all powers that it knows takes it side being made useless in his presence and it makes Yhwach incapable of being harmed by said power.

Amazing video, another thing i was thinking about when the final fight was happening is tsukishima He's right there ready to work with everyone and can counter yhwach's ability almost perfectly

Waw just saw your video and I hope the author or the team that works on the anime will saw it !

It was really weird that so many things were set up to likely be important or even counters to the Almighty, that never got used. I have no idea why Kubo made the arrow when the Antithesis does a similar thing, and it was already set up, for example. Really, Aizen hypnosis, Uryu’s Antithesis and Ichigo’s Bankai (whatever it was) would have been plenty to accomplish the job. Just think of it, Juha tries to use the Almighty to take Ichigo’s powers again but Aizen tricks him into targeting Uryu instead. Then Uryu uses the Antithesis to have it Juha powers instead be taken for a moment, then Ichigo uses Muigetsu or something to sever fate/future or something and done.

Only benefit we could see with the h3ll arc is the spirits coming back and seeing them that way. Really hope the anime can fix a lot of the issues Kubo was rushed with as so many big anime get rushed and the ending becomes bitter and make rereads pointless Bach was just made too powerful and even then he didn't use everything he had like how afo became in MHA for a newer manga parrelel of making someone too strong.

Thanks to you, I can now go beat Yhwach with this video :D

Keep em coming browskie

Video title: how to beat yhwach half the video: explaining all his broken abilites and reasons why u cant beat him. But seriously this video really puts into perspective how powerful he really is, like Kubo really went all out with this guy💀

Now hear me out Ichibei as well helps in the final fight. Isshin,after using his bankai but failing,tries the final getsuga tensho (with the chance to get a flashback of this ability origins) Let Orihime fight and I mean literally trying to do damage,since her powers can change the events

0:44 EXCELLENT song choice given the video theme

Great video first off. I wanted to say the reason why I don’t think that Kubo should’ve reveled Aizens bankai is because I think we can all guess Aizen probably will come back and be a villain one last time and that and only then would be the perfect time for Aizen to reveal what his bankai actually is

TBH, I liked that Yhwach was defeated with Shikai. It was established from the beginning of this arc that the Quincy King wouldn't be defeated by a power amped "BAN... KAI!", but rather some clever trickery or technicality that Bleach fights are known for.

Or we could have Ichigo unlock his Schrift, which would probably be The Almighty again.

yup that's how u do it great job once again!!!

My brother Clyde, you're great.

I think most likely the way schrifts work is that it depends on who gets one. He doesn't get those specific abilities. It'd be like giving someone a zanpakuto. If you take the sword back you still can't use their shikai or bankai

also, Haschwalt is wayyy more powerful than Gerald... There is a reason why he was named as yhawch's second in command, actually there are several reasons. The Balance is one of the only 3 abilities in bleach that can actually alter outcomes. The other two being the Almighty and the Antithesis. The story used subleties to point out that these 3 worked as counters to each other and that created balance. I will explain in detail with scans from the manga if you reply

9:39 "Ties into Aizen" - that sounds neat.

Great video as always , Clyde . Could we perhaps see a similar video for Gerard Valkyrie soon ?? Keep up the great work !

Yhwach was op because of how fast he could grow his mustache in such a short period of time.

That Tony Stark bit caught me SO off guard💀

Hopfully kubo does what your saying when the anime returns legendary work as allways keep it up

Cant wait for the bleach anime to come back its gonna be hype

10:50 - Not only do I think that Aizen doesn't need a Bankai, but that he also doesn't really have the self reflection to obtain it in the first place. After all, Aizen is super suspicious of everyone around him even suspecting his (dis)loyal right hand man Gin despite having little to no evidence. It would make sense that some of that suspicion is directed towards his own Zanpaktou (a creation of the Zero squad) and that in turn his Zanpaktou would be equally suspicious of him given that it's a reflection of his soul. Not to mention, Aizen pretty much abandoned his Zanpaktou in favor of the Hogyoku and as stated in this video merged with it in order to obtain its powers. It kind of reminds me of the Zanpaktou filler arc where the key antagonist (Kouga) abandons his Zanpaktou because he arrogantly believes in his own power above all else and was incapable of forming lasting bonds with anyone let alone a fragment of his soul. It would also be properly ironic for Aizen not to have a bankai since it would mean that person he deceived the most was none other than himself for thinking he didn't need it.

so, to defeat yhwach u basically need aizen( sense manipulator & the game changer), uryu( the exact counter for yhwach) and ichigo( the finisher).

Can't he just rewrite the future where he is'nt affected by the illusion?

Commenting so that this video gets more exposure. 👍

For the miracle, I always thought a lido seal would’ve been a better defeat. One where his power is cycled into himself constantly, causing him to overload and basically have a heart attack ( being that he is the heart of the soul king), blowing up and retuning the power back to Bach.

I swear. Anime Onlys are not ready for Yhwach

Yhwach: *is somehow losing* *uses antithesis* Ichigo: What the f*ck

Kubo was having too much fun wen writing Yhwach.

One thing i don’t agree with is the idea Aizen turned ks off. Its not in character for that to be the case at all but with info from the novel its just more then reasonable to say yhwach massively boost his SP which broke him out of KS.. which is reasonable considering he was pissed and still holding back after the rewrite.

I've always thought aizen's bankai would work as a juiced up version of his bankai where he's not only fooling his opponents 5 senses into thinking anything dude wants is real but making those objects a reality and in sorts summing anything he wants to fight for him, he already stated he can make a butterfly appear to be a dragon but what if he can summon something like that into reality

great video again mate. Top notch as always. I think Aizen would reveal his bankai just to show how out his depth Ywach is. But then again, if the latter can just say something and it happens. couldn't he just do that with Aizen? i mean he just says "Your powers have no effect on me" thus making it so?

For the transcendent spiritual pressure. Think of it like this. If you're Aizen, you can spawn a cup the size of the tallest skyscraper before ever releasing your sword whereas normal shinigami of captain level are just apartment complexes nearing hundreds of feet, not 2000+ which is Aizen. At normal captain level, your cup is the size of a literal planet, whereas Aizen's is the size of the sun. In bankai, the sun is normal for shinigami which can grow into red giants. But Aizen's bankai is then stevenson, the biggest red giant which looks flat at a 2 lightyear distance still. Being transcendental your cup is now the size of a nebula. It is bigger than the biggest red dwarf but you cannot see it's borders. You are not aware you are inside one until it's too late. Kinda went off the rails a bit but this should be an equivalent comparison to some extent. If you do not understand feel free to ask questions. If you think I'm wrong, I could be, just tell me where the issue lies. Have an awesome day everyone ^^

Aizen's perception altering abilities don't seem to affect Yhwach as much. During their meeting he only managed to slightly alter Yhwach's senses.

And people say that Kaguya can beat him

This makes so much sense. Ywach was basically just outright broken and kubo had to use a deus ex machina to essentially hand wave the ending he wanted.

Uryuu´s ability is like All mighty on discount

Okay, this is epic.

I’ve read somewhere that Gerard’s “miracle” was actually his own but ywach just renamed it

'Yhwach is so strong he could defeat himself' is the best thing I have ever heard.

Hopefully at least some of this can come into play when the anime comes back. It would definitely be the cherry on top to the return of the anime for it to be a better version of the rushed TYBW arc.

Best way to Describe Ywach power is that, he can see the future and affectively Give the peace sign and disappear from that timeline when things don't look favorable in his way! In a parody sense. He basically Nile's vanish out of that timeline and goes into another that suits him. Ywach: Oh wait? I can actually lose? Naaaah~. Let me pull a *Throws a peace sign out on Ichigo and effectively outs of the situation.*

*Man i wish Kubo saw this video* 🤣🤣

I imagined in the last fight Aizen would need all fo his strenght to render useless all of Yhwach vision but also rendering him motionless in the concentration process, so it becomes a battle in which they also have to protect Aizen, and when all the support arrives, Aizen just says "Bankai" and summons his death subordinates and it becomes and all out war in which while ichigo if fighting yhwach in equal grounds the whole cast has to fight an army of zombies to protect Aizen

theory on what aizen's bankai is/was: if his shikai is all about his ability to trick and lie to people and control their sense, maybe his bankai gives him some sort of like omniscience or shows him the truth of whatever he wants. i see bankais and shikais as like, the bankai is the true self and shikai is what you show everyone. soifon is the perfect example, she wants to be a stealthy ninja but in reality shes hot headed and bombastic. just a guess