MOST DANGEROUS BANKAI | SHUNSUI'S SUICIDAL THEATRE | BLEACH Breakdown 

I too believe Shunsui has multiple Theatrical Plays to his Bankai and he chooses whichever to suit the situation he is in. Great point! I'd have loved to see him in other scenarios

Love how his Shikai and Bankai reflect the different sides of his personality. The Shikai is playfull, and quite unassuming, yet deadly. While the Bankai is brutal, imposing and effects everyone around him (which is very fitting given his position as head of the Gotei 13, his actions affects both his allies and enemies). Great video!

Even with it's indiscriminate nature it suits him and his status as Captain Commander. Especially the ability to turn games into lethal attacks. When things get dangerous expect Shunsui to get lethal as well.

There’s a theory that I like which states that since shunsui can use different child games in his shikai form he could use different theatrical plays with his bankai. Hope to see more of him in the hell arc

His bankai is one of the ones where you think. "How the hell did he learn to control this before killing himself?"

even when some people might think it's a downgrade going from Yamamoto to Shunsui as the Cpt. commander, i trust that Kyoraku will prove his merits for the position

You know his bankai is menacing when even the side he’s on is like what the hell!!! You can see it on Ichigo’s face and that’s what I love about his Bankai. Shunsui’s Bankai is amazing.

I LOVE how stupidly broken EVERYONE'S bankai is. It really solidifies the title "god of death" because soul reapers are just that. Death gods. It only makes sense that their final release would be stupidly broken. Hope to see a mad chaotic fight in bleach one day where 3-4 bankai's are all unleashed at the same time leading to a hellscape of a battle.

Warning ⚠️ Long thought piece: After watching a some vids on RU-vid about his shikai and bankai, his powers aren't really that confusing, at least not to me. It definitely explains him as a person, how he feels about himself, his life, and also the devastating amounts of loss, secrets, burdens and responsibilities that keep getting placed on him. People who live such painful lives try thier best to put on a happy face and not be a downer or negative, such people usually are happy to play air headed, naive and compassionate with only so few knowing his pain bottled up inside (his shikai). When he uses his bankai he is now outwardly showing his misery, when some like him actively shows their true self outwardly, their whole atmosphere changes triggering the reactions we see from the rest of the characters. People who suffer from such pain and depression find ways of couping and looking at their suffering through such mediums like music, art, literature, action and story telling. Just as how Ichigo's inner world is skyscrapers reaching into the skies, Shunsui's bankai shows everyone how he views all his pain, tragedies, sorrows and regrets. How he has self loathing and depression. How he's telling us his life can be viewed as nothing more than a tragic play where the main actor (himself) is not actively trying to commit suicide is his play, but he isn't actively trying to save himself either. It's basically delving deep into Shunsui's darkness and misery until it kills on of them. I know this sounds dark for someone who is usually seen as cheerful and childish, but it's usually these people who are suffering the most on the inside, and the fact his bankai cannot be controlled or target someone specifically makes alot of sense because once someone who has bottled up all their emotions for years lets go of their own chains, even for a short period of time, they could care less who they hurt and who becomes collateral damage.

I just love the duality of his Zanpakuto. Two swords, Two spirits, a grown woman and a child. The child's entertainment is child's games, hence his shikai. The adult's entertainment is theater, hence his bankai. I always believed there was more than one "theatrical play" in the bankai, a 4 or 5 part story for each one.

Reading JJK and rereading Bleach, you can see the parallels between Shunsui's bankai and Hakari's domain which goes to show how much Bleach has influenced manga!

He's really strong and cunning. He's one of the few characters who landed a clean hit on Aizen in Fake Karakura Town Arc, the others being Yamamoto, Urahara, Shinji, Isshin, and Yoruichi.

I love how this Zanpakutou portrays Shunsui literally. For the Shikai it is his playful nature and laid back nature is shown just like when he always tease Nanao and stuff and usually be seen as a laid back Captain. But his Bankai ruthlessness and can affect his allies is reflecting how he will use any method to achieve the end he seek such as releasing Aizen which is a very questionable thing when in fact all those time Aizen is the one that make so much mess in Soul Society and a very risky ally that can turn on your back given any moment you are not careful.

I've loved Kyouraku ever since his fight with Chad and just knew he was OP since he didn't even draw his zanny unlike some other caps who basically emptied the clip in their fights. I love the insight that his shikai is making children's games real and his bankai making adult's games real. So so dope.

I believe his bankai purposefully reflects his nature in battle, which is to win by any means necessary--that's why it puts himself and anyone around him at risk.

Finally someone had the same thought,I always thought that wat ukitake meant was that it's not a good idea for kyoraku to release his Bankai where different people can see it cuz the scary thing about kyoraku Bankai is how unpredictable it is,if u know it's rules and stay calm it rly takes the huge advantage it has,even lille with his insane strength was terrified of kyoraku Bankai

Shunsui is so powerful, he can take enough pain and killer blows head on and just shrug it off for been tired. Aizen literally cut him down and he just went to lay down from boredom until his vice captain kicked him to stop pretending. Also, to be able to handle such bankai means your threshold for pain and anguish must be at its very peak which is why he’s one of the people that could face Aizen one on one.

I really hope we can see more games from his bankai, because its only logical that the STRONGEST ability of one's character can't always wait to be attacked, or hope that his reiatsu is bigger then his opponent's. Really nicely done!

heads up, using "suicidal" in the title might get you demonitized so maybe stick to the japanese name, love your vids btw!

When I saw his Bankai in the manga for the first time I was so amazed and a little scared since he is such a kind person but has a scary Bankai. 😱

I believe the victim can die by any and all of the acts - however, when it was used against Lille, Kyoraku simply knew he was too strong to die from those acts, this is why he progressed to the final act, and he was very surprised it was survived. The bankai clearly has a range, which is why it could not be used in Karakura town, because all there would have been caught up in the Bankai, and like only 3 of the captains present in Karakura would have been able to outlast the immense spiritual pressure of Stark who could likely have tolerated the Abyss for quite some time.

The Strongest Captains seem to all have 4 “acts” or “versions” of their bankai or at least once uve gotten to a certain degree or skilll. The number of “acts” of a Bankai def separate the level of skill the different captains are at. Yamamoto had 4 acts too. Wonder how many Kyoka Suigetsu has? Scary to think.

Been waiting for you to cover this Bankai for the longest time, 1 minute in and I can tell it'll be a fire vid!

While Shunsui's could theoretically suffer when he releases his Bankai, it's also not in the interest of his Zanpakuto to kill her own host, which would mean she'd never get a chance to come out to play ever again. So, I do think that if he was ever in a situation where he was facing a foe much stronger than him, there's a good chance that she would play out a tragedy where a peasant underdog goes through terrible hardship and wins against an all powerful king, for example.

Shunsui's Bankai brings me to tears. It's unbelievably badass, while at the same time being poetic and graceful.

His Bankai is broken, wish we could've seen more of it. Pure art 🎭

My favorite character in the whole Bleach series! Really love the dynamic between him n his vice captain

honestly, if they just took more time making the arc much better and longer this would have been a masterpiece.

After reading the TYBW, Shunsui’s zanpakuto is one of my favorites. I just love the artistry behind such a brutal Bankai, and it’s also an opposite but parallel to Kisuke’s more scientific Bankai.

Very interesting Breakdown, keep them coming.

Him using it, is the proof that he was the perfect Yamaji successor.

I love Shunsui as a character and how literally nothing about him is simple. That said, I really do not believe his bankai is as simple as being limited to just the 1 play. I suspect just as his shikai was about to engage in multiple games, his bankai could do so, also. More Shunsui!!

Can't wait to see it in the anime it will be amazing hope they give him more time both of them Shunsui and Ukitake

Honestly might be my favorite Bankai, it fits him very well and is just cool as hell. I do really hope that theory about him having multiple Bankai plays is confirmed in the hell arc, it’d be amazing

Shunsui Bankai works like a play or a movie/theatrical and it depends on what scene or acting that wish to play in the other opponent, any other opponent that are in the act can also interfere with the act by adding a new act into the Theatrical, as a result gaining the advantage or disadvantage,

Great Breakdown! Can't wait to see this part animated

love your videos and narration!

Talk about the black and white thing, thanks for the explanation! Really help much since watch the anime I dont understand why Starrk is so easy defeaten by Shinsui.

I thought his shikai increased damage based on how covered the one choosing the color is in that color. High risk, high reward. Isn't that why he did so much damage to Stark when he called 'Black' after discarding his captain's coat, leaving himself covered almost entirely in the color black?

Great job. I enjoy your video he is one of my favorite characters on bleach. In this case you didn't mention his ability to move through shadows...

it's gonna look awesome when animated

Been waiting for this one! 👊

Thank you amazing analysis of shunsui bankai

Although it might be from translation, Ukitake in the manga said "see", not "in". This implies that no one should know about his 4 acts, so there will be less chance the enemy gets any info about its mechanics. Unlike Shinji Hirako's bankai, it was never stated directly that his bankai is banned or should not be activated near his allies, we only assumed since he put some distance to where no one besides his enemy, will see or hear him narrate his ability.

For this particular situation, he has to micro-manage his reitsu to have enough should he need to use his bankai. He is amazing.

I feel like the second act of his bankai suits his personality perfectly. If you can remember the fight with Espada 1 shunsui is never the one to start the fight. His personality is super laid back so that is why. Since he never wants to start the fight the “shame of starting the war” which is the act 2 of his bankai wouldn’t really effect him all that much

I think, because of the question he first posed, maybe the bankai warps reality slightly, Shunsui asks what they see that's different, and their answers will give Katen Kyoukotsu Kuromatsu Shinju an idea of which play to use.

From the vid to the comments… such good theories😭🙏🏼

You got the rules of Iro Oni slightly wrong: when a player calls out a colour it becomes the only thing on their opponent they can cut, and the damage from that cut it multiplied by the proportion of that colour the Caller is wearing. So if someone wearing all Black calls Black and attacks a Black tattoo on their opponent's chest, the damage will be much more severe than if the person calls a colour they don't have on them at all. That's why when Kyoraku deals his final blow to Starrk he removed his pink Kimono, by removing that he maximized the amount of Black on himself and thus the damage before calling Black and putting his blade through Starrk's Black Hollow Hole

2:02 those aren't arms, those are "matsu" branches (part of his Bankai's name), which is a type of tree. It has a kind of poetic status in traditional Japanese literature and plays.

I love this video! Great job. Where I can find the manga's color version?? It's impressive

when i read it for first time i though that kyoraku Bankai warp the reality and bring a story to reality but base on your breakdown its really vague and confusing but still understandable thank's to breakdown this bankai

The theatrical play is probably determined by the number of people that get caught/drag into it. So maybe he doesn’t even know what he’ll get at first

And this is why BLEACH will forever be my GOAT.

Coming back to this...as it looks like we will be getting this in Cour 3 sometime next year. I HOPE THEY DO IT JUSTICE because that Kyoraku mini-arc was so...head scratching.

This is one of those abilities that will be way easier to understand in anime format plus it will be explained a little better.

Think act 3 also makes you want to die too. Feeling hopeless. Then he puts you out of your misery in the final act. Very interesting Bankai to see in the anime

i love shunsui but Kisukes my favorite character and his bankai fits him so well and is OP, idk why people dont like it.

Great video, though there was one thing that I think was slightly off. For his shikai, Iro Oni's damage is proportional to the amount of the color the user is wearing, not the opponent. That's why when he called out black against Stark, he took off his captain's coat, because it meant he was covered in black and maximized the damage. The damage is proportional to the risk the user takes by naming a color they are wearing.

I think it’s fair to say that ges got multiple plays that depends on how his fight is going. There might a play thats is advantagous to him if he attacks first and stuff like that.

I just subscribe I hope ur making more content on bleach in the future, when the anime tybw comes out, 🙏

It’d be dope if you did a video on zanpaktos in general!

Imagine if he could make movies come to life.

Great research

Katen Kyokotsu Karamatsu Shinju is a powerful Bankai for sure but it's also very dangerous too. The translation is Flower Crazed Heaven Bone Spirit Withered Pine Lover's Suicide, which makes me think it's meant to unfortunately just cover the one play, it could have different forms but they would all probably need to involve telling the story of two lovers committing suicide, who knows maybe he has a Romeo and Juliette version in his back pocket. Each act tells part of the story: Act 1 is how the lovers are so close they can feel each other's pain which is manifested as the wounds of those affected by Kyoraku's Bankai being shared which would presumably be shared among everyone in the effective range ally or enemy. Act 2: involves the man in the relationship wounding his partner in some way, maybe by cheating on her, maybe by causing her distress from their shared pain in Act 1, no matter the cause his own feelings of regret lead him to coming down with an incurable affliction where his body is covered in weeping black spots (possibly an STI). Act 3 involves the man becoming immeasurably sad and ashamed to the point where he throws himself into a raging ocean from which there's no escape. The parallel is pretty obvious here since Kyoraku's Act 3 traps himself and his foe in an endless void of water that leaches their endurance until someone drowns. Act 4 has the woman feel pity for her lover who's been tortured by his own guilt/regret so she takes some scissors and slits his throat to put him out of his misery.

Shunsui is the kind of guy who would activate shikai and immediately pull out a Yu-Gi-Oh deck and initiate a duel with his power making the seemingly innocent childrens card game into a shadow game

Great job I too agreed with everything you said

Ukitake's statement of his banki not being done where everyone could see it leads me to believe its like izans. its works when you can see it directly. Which is why he asked what the Sternritter could see. That was how he could confirm that he was within it and the acts could begin.

I believe he has multiple plays but like how Kyokatsu is in charge of what they play in Shikai, I imagine Katen is also the one who decides the story in Bankai.

Suicidal Theater, quite a beautiful and fitting name for an abilty coming from items that are used for killing

I recall a vid where they put kenpatchi against shunsui and most were asskissing zaraki’s power( rightly so to a point) but where I said the comparison to Shunsui ends for kenpatchi is in Bankai, nobody up to this point verses lille could tell how powerful shunsui was apart from jushiro and yama. The scene where ichigo(trancendant)and askin were in shock at his reiatsu alone says how much stronger he is when he “releases” his true nature. This man, ever since his fight with chad has been my fav and will be the best written character apart from aizen i have ever seen.

Amazing 🔥🔥

I'll say more, given the fact that during the Bankai Lilie couldn't teleport and use his techniques , it means that during the four-dan story, the victim can't use his power.

Can't wait to see this fight in anime the lighting will be great

Imagine Shunsui watching modern day media to get new ideas for his Bankai. Pulls up his Bankai and the narrator goes: "I want to play a game", "May the odds be ever in your favor" or "Do you like scary movies?" I know, I know, it should be theatrical plays. I just find it amusing that Shunsui might be interested on modern human pleasantries. But knowing him, it would most likely be "Help stepbro, I'm stuck!"

I just want to see his bankai in the anime now. Hopefully its as badass to watch as it sounds.

Kept the title like a beast

Probably my favorite bankai in tybw, it's so ominous, powerful and badass, seeing this animated will definitely give me the chills

this is the bankai i'm most looking forward too seeing animated.

Although can you also do the analysis of the light novels 🙏 I mean your work is out of this world 🙌

Probably gets a different script depending on how many people are caught up in the play. The one on-page use only involved the two of them, but with a larger cast you could act out different stories. Bet they're all tragedies, though.

Just imagine Shunsui with Kisuke as his vice captain.

Constructive criticism. The end of the video should've been a quick 30 - 45 second summary of the Bankai. This is a more complex one so could be helpful. Overall, great vid and a like.

Holy f*ck you really are a beast at uploading what we want!

can't wait for his bankai to be animated. perhaps it would be more fleshed out since the few panels in the manga made it a bit confusing

Kyoraku was always one of my favorite characters

Shunsui is a very fitting Cpt. commander. I mean there is a reason he was chosen.

It’s op. Can’t wait to see this in the anime

But a random thoughts but with the Hell arc that Kubo is working I wonder could we see any Team Ups and possible Combo attacks from Bankai? 🤔

He s bankai is indeed dangerous i would love him to grow further more

My fav character what a Legend.

I love these videos

Man is it October yet?😅Can’t wait to see all the new bankai come to life on anime.

Personally, since his Shikai requires game participation, regardless of desire; and since his zanpakuto is described as selfish and difficult to work with - I like the idea that there are many plays which his Bankai can perform, but that he does not have control over which one it is.

just build different 💪

Being that to become a captain you have to reveal your bankai infront of the Head Captain and all the other captains… I do wonder how that worked out with certain characters. Like Shunsui, Shinji, Kenpachi Kuruyashiki, Aizen (who i can imagine his being crazy OP), etc

I have this thought when I've read the manga then... That what if Shunsui was the one who has the part of Soul King (Mimihaga) cuz it was so fitting in his Bankai.

Shunsui vs Yamamoto,both using Bankai would be terrifying esp the third act as Shunsui probably has less reiatsu AND the amount of steam w Yam's blade in water.... :D

In a way, it reminds me of how 'Twins' we're depicted in fantasy movies. Where if you would hit one, the other would get bruised. 👍

The shadows that appear on the ground are not 'arms' but silhouette of a pine tree - Kuromatsu means black pine