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@@ericx6969 According to Ulquiorra, nearly all Arrancar traded their regeneration ability for more power. Ulquiorra was the only one who wanted to keep his regeneration and thus did not obtain the power boost he could have had
@@srash8854 Very likely would have been the second Espada. The only real competition would likely be Barragon due to his Respira. His power to age and rot things is pretty much absolute and you can't exactly shield yourself from it
Well, I think that's exactly what Stark wants. He is a prodigy, but rarely ever seems impressive purely 'cause of his attitude. Dude just wanna chill out with friends. Have a sense of belonging, and not get dragged into mindless battle. Yet he is so powerful. Amazing character. Uncle Barry is a different case... his release name perfectly describes him. He is arrogant and lazy. Prefers to get the job done by goons. That's why I think Clyde's problems with him on don't caring about Grimmjow and Yamamoto as rivals is void, as it is part of his character and narrative. Despite being powerful... given his age, and Yama in contrast, he is not impressive at all. As ruler of HM he was content being on top in his own bubble, and probably stagnated for millenia before Aizen did his shenanigans. He doesn't care about Grimmjow, because he was not on the level of threat, he didn't care of SS, as they were not directly invading his turf. Once on top not caring until to late is a conscious part of his writing... and addig No.2 rank is just the perfect insult to injury. Many sleep on him as having cool power and design that didn't go anywhere and consider him a lackluster character. But Barragan's depressing narrative is indeed fitting for the hollow king of a hollow world.
Am I the only one that thinks the fight against stark wasn't fair He didn't even want to fight they forced him to also they might have been able to get him on their team since he wasn't really that interested in following Aizen
It was fair seeing that kyoraku wasn't serious about fighting him either. Kyoraku could've beaten him from the beginning but totally stated that his sword didn't want to play which limits shunsui fighting techniques.
@@PineNut15 That would have been cool and maybe Yammy could have joined her considering he was just left in Hueco Mundo with his dog never actually showed him dead. It honestly felt like Kubo knew he screwed up the power scaling and some of the stuff in Aizen's arc due to being rushed to get the anime out then just lost interest in writing by the time the Thousand Year War Arc came around
@@brandonlambert1586 sadly. Yammi is dead. He was killed by Kenpachi and Buakya in their little argument. It's in unmasked. His dog, literally an ancient hollow, mourned at his body.
@@justanaverageenjoyer8494 all I'm trying to say is that nel and grim are far beyond powerful than Ulq. now. If he was still alive then yeah he would be stronger than them.
@@justanaverageenjoyer8494 bro they are capable to fight against quincies in TBYW. I don't see the Uql we have now capable of fighting the top teir ones.
I mean hachi (+help) DAMAGED barragan enough to where he could age himself. And of course doing something and being capable of doing something are two vastly different things, sure barragan is the only one to kill himself, but so what that doesn’t mean other people were magically incapable of killing him.
Nah because at a certain point it comes down to spiritual pressure. Like when Aizen negates Soifon’s zanpakuto ability or when Kenpachi blows Byakuya’s zanpakuto away.
@@elihuhefner Aizen never negated Soifon's zapakuto, everything was an illusion there, even Aizen words saying "Everything comes down to spiritual pressure". Everything was an illusion to play with people minds.
@@TheEmoskater11 he's ranking keeping Ulquiorra's 2nd res, Yammy's hidden number, and using the current living espada (the ones who are alive during the war arc) in mind. As well as making nods at the Novel. In the novel, Nelliel and Grimmjow get second release forms, as well as them just outright being stronger in their base forms. Same goes for Hallibel, outright stronger in her base form. Plus Ulq. 2nd rel. Outranks the rest because his 2nd res. was never taken into consideration to begin with.
I think ulquiorra is the strongest. I only say this because he has two ressureccions and he tanked a hollowfied getsuga tensho without moving. He also is the smartest and most favored in the group, and aizen planned out his fight. Ulquiorra could've been holding back to not kill him like he was in the first place, but same way for all of Ichigo's other fights.
def not ulquiorra even tho he my favorite grimmjow just out scales due to him beating a sternritter pretty easily that same sternritter gave some captains and ichigo with true shikai a challenge the captains being way stronger since espada arc and ichigo being far stronger and amped
@@sero6564 sternitters neg ulqiorra but if ulqiorra lived he would definitly destroy most of them(thats why halibel grimmjow and Neil are stronger then ulqiorra since they trained and lived)ulqiorra was definitely the strongest espada when he was alive
@JOHN PAUL CRUZ I clearly said yammy lol if he used brute strength to the full he would beat any of the espadas and I like grimjow but he ain’t more powerful than ulqiora or yammy imo and if someone has more character development doesn’t make them more powerful
2 things. Barragan didnt lose his fights. He just died to his own power. And Staark did push Shunsui to use bankia. He was just about to use it but Ukitake said not to since others would see it
I recently learned that the filler arcs in bleach were actually ideas that Kubo wished he had incorporated into canon but had to scrap because he was pushed. So if we assume the Bount Arc was canon then there's the explanation for his "training" events.
@@seldomsane5278 How? I wanted to like it, but apart from Kariya and Ichinose, all the antagonists are meh, the animation is horrible, and they reuse frames in a cancerous manner to make subpar fights even more draggy. Seriously, I wanted to like it, and I'd like to see if you can change my stance through your own perspective.
@@onyx_vii7808 Zanpakuto rebellion arc was pretty cool, but Muramasa's arc was a disappointment tbh. And that really does not make up for the other terrible filler.
If you count Yhwach then of course Yhwach, by the power alone and not the character, excluding Yhwach, the strongest is Gremmy, but overall the strongest IMO is Gerard, followed by Haschwalth, Uryuu, and Lille
@@isaacmahoney5947 First of all, Lille is a male, and second, his power is absolute bullshit, the hax is what makes him one of the strongest sternritter
Feel like Stark should be above Yammy. He fought 4 captains and kinda only lost due to Shunsui's damage hax game. And wasn't Shunsui about to use bankai to get out of the infinite cero blast?
Only 2 of those 4 were captains. And those 2 weren't serious either. There was little Utikate involvement. And Shunsui didn't even use the full extent of his Shikai not to talk of what would have happened if he went into bankai. Besides they more of took turns with the fight. The other 2 were vice captains at best, and they weren't vice captain when they were shinigami.
@@eddiebanson5486 You ruined your own argument when you stated that love and rose aren't captains, yes at the time they might've been vizards but they were captains before, they also we're stronger than when they were captains thanks to the mask.
Starrk was one of my favorite characters. I thought he was really cool when I was watching/reading bleach. I was disappointed with how his character ended up though 😕 it just seemed like his potential was wasted
Do you forget that shunsui wasnt alone and that starrk wasnt trying that whole fight and also shunsui clearly stated that he was about to use his bankai if uketake had not stepped in...know your facts dude
Thank you. And then kept up with those two, then fucked up Love and Rose, then fought Shunsui with his hax skills and finally lost due to hopelessness after lilynette died.
stark and barragans placement is so stupid halibel is trash shes alive for plot I'd rather want stark alive in the story but they wouldn't know what to do with his character
Shunsui didn't even use 100% of his shikai while stark used his ressurrecion form. And from from Ulq he was the only one to achieve 2nd release. Hence it makes sense to say Stark was at full potential. Shunsui wasn't interested in fighting and same was for Utikate (forgotten how to spell his name). If Stark and Shunsui serious and at full power (including Shunsui at bankai) I say Shunsui wins without anyone else helping. The fact that Stark's prowess seems to be all long range attacks suggests he's most likely to be weak in close combat (an that's how he died to a silly Shunsui colour game). Stark has alotta power available to him but he was weak in fighting. Mainly because of his mentality. I doubt he even ever trained to be strong to fight. He was powerful yet weak.
Remember that Shunsui using 100% of his Shikai isn't up to him. If his sword doesn't want to play, it doesn't want to play. Also remember that Stark was at full potential but didn't actually try-he used cero metralleta one time on Shunsui and that pushed him to his absolute limit where he was about to use bankai. Also remember that a few times Stark predicted where Shunsui was going to shunpo to and didn't shoot. Furthermore, going by the fact that Stark was likely able to overwhelm Ukitake with cero metralleta as he was going to, but didn't get to as Fura showed up, Stark could have kept going against the two of them. There's no telling what the wolves would have done to them either- he completely stomped two captain level Vizards and a point blank cero took Shunsui out for a while, even though he used it tactically. Need I also remind you that he literally tanked a backstab through his chest?
also that bs of uliquiorra being the only one with a 2nd fire I don't buy it if anyone had a second form or could've gotten one I'd bet it on stark you're legit fighting someone who doesn't care and got haxd by shunseis shikai
So many smoothbrains in the comments. This video includes POST-TIMESKIP characters. And in Bleach, characters get zenkai boosts. They've gotten stronger since the Arrancar arc.
Shunsui and ukitake weren't going all out. And tbh even tho Love and the other visor were captains in the past, I can't really consider them captains level
@@freshswagga100 but love and rose have hollow powers so doesn’t that make them strong I do believe they are all stronger than captains like soifon komamura or even hitsugaya(at this point)
he strugle againt two vizard captain(shikai hollow mask) in second round. meanwhile ulquiora defeated ichigo bankai + hollow mask even before using second release .
Wait. I heard you saying there are novels that shows some more story after the last chapters of bleach ? Like when Nel jumped to save Urahara and co. If yes whats the titles of said novels ?
To this day, I'm still heartbroken by the injustice they put Halibel through. She didn't even make a canon in the last season in the manga when half of the OG party went to rescue her.
Watched your video over Ichigo's Fullbringer form, and how strong it actually is. I gotta say, you got me hooked man. Very much in depth, can't wait to see what else you have posted :)
Ikr, I cant wait to see Halibels Second Release. Ive always liked the most because of her aspect of death, her fights with Toshiro and how no matter what he coudlnt really beat her(even with Liza and Hiyori) Most importantly how Ywach had to beat her himself.
@@elihudson9983 I dont believe that she is the strongest. Trust me I like her ALOT more than I like Grimmjow or Nel, but so far we havent seen enough of her abilities after the time skip to say that she is stronger than those two.
@@elihudson9983 The fact of the matter is that Halibel is Strong, to the point where we have heard that she needed Ywach to take her out; but we personally havent seen anything from her to the point where we can just put her on top of both of them. I feel like he did the safe decision and put her under them since from what we know she is stronger than every other espada but we dont know how she would fair against those two. Until more is seen of her(Im hoping for it to be ASAP) I would agree with her placement. I mean next thing you know we finally get her abilities shown and she just Dominates Grimmjow and Nel, but until then Im ok with her placement.
The_Almighty_One I personally believe due to the fact Yhwach was required to beat her means she is probably indeed the strongest. Also the fact that she was the Queen of Hueco Mundo, why wouldn’t Grimm be King if he was stronger? Especially since he wanted to be the strongest Espada and King of Hueco Mundo like Clyde mentioned in his Video above, when talking about how Grimm wanted Barragans spot as king. The only reason I can think that he wouldn’t be King is because he isn’t stronger than Halibel. But we haven’t seen enough from Halibel to actually know much about her post time skip, where As we’ve at least seen Grimm fight a little bit. As for Clyde mentioning Halibel not wanting to fight Grimm that’s easy, Halibel doesn’t really like fighting at all if she doesn’t have to, doesn’t matter who it’s against. I agree placing her a bit lower is probably just playing it safe due to her lack of screen time. But she was stronger than Grimmjow before the time skip and there’s no reason she also wouldn’t have gotten stronger after it either. So I’d say it could go either way between them. Nel though is a whole other topic that I can’t be bothered getting into.
As far as Hueco Mundo arc goes, the real list is the one Aizen made with the exception that Segunda Etapa places Ulquiorra above Halibel. After the timeskip, the tattoos are obsolete.
@@blackice3661 No he wouldn't. TYBW Arc Grimmjow is about relative to True Shikai Ichigo and True Shikai Ichigo is relative to Dangai Ichigo. Dangai Ichigo was more powerful than Second Release Ulquiorra.
Vasto Lorde ichigo was 10x stronger than Segunda etapa Ulquiorra which is proven by how Ulq needed cero oscuras to counter his normal cero. Dangai Ichigo is at least 2x (more like 10x) stronger than Vasto lorde Ichigo. Final arc grimmjow in base is relative (though weaker) than that Ichigo. Grimmjow is capable of increasing his power from base by 100x through segunda etapa
could make a blech GT or some where bankai kenpachi has taken over control of .... everything !! like some akuma final boss for hollows shinigmais quincys whatnot to get there powerlevel checked out on and he will tell them here they stnd and what to train next
I disagree. Although i think he should’ve been a lil higher, its made evident if someone is faster or have a stronger spiritual pressure, Barragan’s hax is useless. So Starkk could speed blitz him (just how Aizen did) and Mel or Ulquiorra can overpower his time manipulation. However i do think Barragan would slap Yami and possibly beat Halibel
Correction on Stark: Shunsei was absolutely *considering* using his Bankai against him. However that was when Ukitake joined in and said 'That isn't something you should use around others'. It turns out he didn't need it however. Also those other 'second releases' are what-ifs.
Not getting to see Grimmjow go all out and reveal his Segunda Etepa might be the biggest blue-balling thanks to the arc ending prematurely for me, even more-so than Ichigo's bankai being one-shot....
Those Ressureccions are NOT canon, people need to stop spreading false rumors. Those forms are HYPOTHETICAL "WHAT IF" forms if the Espada fused with the Hogyoku that Kubo designed SPECIFICALLY for that summoning banner from the game.
The eternal mangykyo isn't a outright special ability all it does is make the user not get drawbacks by using the mangykyo sharingan (like itachis blindness cause by his regular MS) sauske never got a brand new ability with the EMS I'm sure the only reason why his sussano changed was because he himself got more powerful and more used to the ms
@@52NDPRESIDENT still a pretty big buff.. to me it’s like this. Mangekyou sharingan sasuke vs nagato.. if kcm naruto and killer bee couldn’t do it then sasuke wouldnt 100%. However eternal mangekyou is a much better fight.. although i think nagato would still win.. it would be a much better fight
The espada has potential here. I was hoping to have some captain casualty when the espada fight gotei 13 captain but none of the captain die. Kinna bummer
It is kind of funny that Kenpachi looks like a person that would kill you in a duel, but only wants to fight a person that is really powerful. Then when Kenpachi is winning, he loses interest and does not care to kill off the person.
he already die in aizen arc.meanwhile grimjow,nell,halibel survive in light novel.they are hollow,they can gain their power if they keep eating another hollows.
Was it ever stated Grimmjow actually has a Second release? I'm trying to find information on it but all I see is Kubo saying he COULD attain that form if he trained hard for it.
I know you commented on this 9 months ago but I don't think he has his second release yet and I'm still trying to find out if he's even the strongest espada or not but honestly nobody on the internet can agree how strong he Is
Not gonna lie, Nelliel was probably the character that I absolutely detest the most until she turned until her true form she was then probably my favourite character
starrk is so underrated he fought 4 captains and id argue that he would've beaten them if kyoraku didnt sneak attack him. Hes def should be around the top
Maulga see, at first I had that same argument but then I thought more about it and honestly, his spot in the CURRENT timeline seems accurate. Shunsui could have also swept Starrk had he been able to use his bankai.
So what Clyde is saying... GrimmjowxNellel? ... Ok, the man respects her in terms of powers, and Nelliel sees him as a lonely guy who shouldn't be alone. I can see that! OTHER THAN THAT... Yes, I agree with this video 100%... wait, what of Ulquiorra's What-If Final Tres Resurrecion form Clyde? You know the one, that one. Regardless, still love this video!
I wont say it isn't true cause idk that much about Bleach, but Grimmjow not being intimidated by ichigo isn't that impresive since he dared to shit talk Aizen before XD And he wasn't relative to Aizen
Talking shit doesn't equate to wanting to square up, grimmjow never tried fighting aizen cause he knew he'd lose, grimmjow WAS trying to fight ichigo lol
Devil x Karma yup I agree, Grimm talks shit but isn’t that stupid that he’d fight someone he can’t beat. I mean there’s a reason he locks away Ulquiorra so he can fight Ichigo himself.
Other replies are perfect. Grimmjow seeks a challenge, not a curb stomp. It's why he doesn't fight those extremely weak and those that much stronger than him. Aizen, at the time, was that much more powerful than him. People like Rukia he immediately one shotted so he could fight tougher opponents, like Ichigo. When they meet again, Grimmjow immediately wants to fight his old rival, still being relative to him in strength.
@@silverstarzz5516 Even so, he's being impulsive. How is he fighting Ichigo at that time? He does not know anyrhing about him, or at least thats what it seems, since even Juha was afraid of ichigo's true bankai. How is grimmjow supposed to fight that? He's very impulsive and I dont think his words have the value to take into consideration. He, just like Nnoitra, likes to brag about being the strongest, but thats not true.
@@nelosparda4798 What im truing to say is that Grimmjow has shown to not be intimidated by FAR STRONGER opponents even tho they would destroy him (such as Aizen) so him shit talking Ichigo doesn't say much, for all we know Ichigo cpuld destroy him right there
I will agree with this list. But the second release forms (as in grimmjow and nelliel, along with the 3 recently added to yami Nnoritora, zommori) are just game cosmetic. They aren’t cannon in anyway to the actual story. Those forms are forms that are hypothetical situations if they had a hogyoku
They're from the bleach brave souls mobile game and they're not "second releases idk why he's saying that. They're designs based on "what if the espada fused with the hogyoku luke aizen did." You can see the hogyoku in their in game models and art. Just look up bleach brave souls (or BBS) Can't Fear Your Own World (or CFYOW) Espada :)
I have several questions about second releases, where are they from? and also when’s the time skip? And also which episode is the bit where nnoitora shows Chad that he ain’t really shit, I’m only aware up to that point in the anime
You said something absoultely right and then contraddict yourself. Aizen knew the Segunda Etapa of Ulquiorra and therefore, it is fair to assume that he knew the other ones as well. This means that, since Aizen himself ranked the Espada, they're actual raking is the correct one. I know it is frustrating since Yammy sucks as a character and Stark never fights seriously but that's what it is
Yo Clyde if u see this comment can u link the article or quote where Kubo approved the second releases I’m just really curious where he stated that also love the vid
Try mangareader to start reading where the anime stops. You can start around chapter 479. That's when the full bring arc ends I believe, hope this info helps 😁
9:22 he was going to use his Bankai until Ukitake told him not to use it because there were comrades in the vicinity, so he could run the risk of getting others trapped in this bankai.
How can people actually say that? Did you not see what happened when Shunsui got serious? Shunsui STOMPED Starkk after Shunsui got serious. He outclassed Starkk in everything. Don't say Starkk was injured either, because Starkk shot Shunsui point blank range with a Cero. I'm not saying Starkk is weak though. Just saying that Shunsui was too strong.
@@ericx6969 Not really. The only small plothole here would be Ukitake saying Shunsui can't use his bankai around allies. Other than that, nothing is wrong with the fight. Shunsui was playing around and fought evenly with Starkk. Sure Starkk wasn't fighting for real either, but c'mon... Starkk's Cero Metralleta is pretty insane and is probably one of his strongest moves but Shunsui doged those like nothing. So to see Shunsui destroy after getting serious, the scaling doesn't look so bad.
Barragan is definitlrly top 3 Espada, therer isnt really any other captain that can defeat him with spirit pressure or hax, bEEgan can defeat most of thr captainst
@@justsomeshinychewtlewitham6097 Little do we know they are actually referring to a character from To Love-Ru and commented on a video about Bleach to throw us off the trail.
To be fair Shushi was going to use Bankai but Ukataka did tell him that his Bankai would be wasted here. Uless that was just a filler scene during the anime.
Question, does the Ywach statement about Ichigo being the strongest he's ever been when he was in shikai put that Ichigo above the Mugetsu Ichigo? I'm guessing so but just curious
Absolute banger of a Video.....i agree Grimmjow has surpassed other Espadas. Light novels are the proof of it.Great video Clyde, you do so much research.
Stark should 100% be higher than Yami. Yami is a giant target who in his second release couldnt even out right beat anyone. He would simply be taking an infinite amount of ceros to the face. Also I believe you belittle Starks intelligence and power to much when given the fact he fought two people who believed they could hold of Yamamoto, are older and wiser as well as by far someone with some of the craziest hack abilities in the verse.
@@user-mr1ev9ty8t First arc. Ukitake and Shinsui vs Yama. Ukitake was cought off guard by how strong and fast wonderwiess was. Wonderwiess is actually pretty strong in the first place beating two other Vizards after beating Ukitake who's weakness is his poor physical state. Not only that but love and Rose fought Stark also making it essentially a 4v1.5 lol
Barragan and Starrk should be wayyy up. Starrk was the strongest of them all, but he never should any intent to fight. Also he was fighting Shunsui Kyoraku and Jushiro Ukitake, the 2 most powerful Captains(in my opinion), at the same time, so that should be taken into consideration. Also, Ulquiorra was way more powerful than Grimmjow.
