THE ALTERED BANKAI - How Does Mayuri's NEW, Upgraded TYBW Bankai Work? | Bleach Discussion 

What do you think of Mayuri's NEW Bankai? How does it compare to his original? And does it have any limits? Let me know!

Tommo: "my favorite Bankai are giant constructs that stand behind the user" So, Stands. Mr Tommo, you like Stands.

I always thought that his bankai looking like a giant baby was to represent his curiosity and desire to create. A baby being a good enough symbol for both those things

Mayuri: “If my calculations are correct, when this Bankai reaches 88 mph, you’re gonna see some serious sh*t.”

I swear you're hitting a different level of consistency. It feels like a new video every couple of days

Crazy to think that Mayuri’s Bankai is the very first Bankai we ever see in the series.

I like how Mayuri's Bankai has a consistent theme of growth and evolution, which is shown by it taking the shape of a baby. Something with a limitless potential for growth. It also ties in really well with Mayuri's ultimate dream being to create life, and the reveal that he considers Nemu to be his greatest achievement. It is actually quite touching seen that way...though of course, being Mayuri, things are always going to be a bit unsettling as well, haha!

The only way I think it would able to face Yamamoto is if It created a being similar to Wonderweiss and sealed his flames. I think He is limited to program his Bankai to have "realistic" abilities. Making a being with 70k layers of nerves seems easier to achieve than creating a being able to withstand all the heat of the Sun.

After the TYBW, I came to realize that Mayuri is the batman of the bleach universe

Something else about Mayuri's bankai is that it mirrors Kisuke's. Benihime modifies Kisuke and the world around him, whereas Mayuri modifies the bankai instead

I dont know of you've already done this but I think a cool video idea could be ranking the Zanpakuto Rebellion arc designs based on how well you think they represent their users/abilities, and some bias could go into how cool you think they look

I love how completely insane mayuri is. Like....imagine if he wasn't on the side of the soul reapers...

Mayuri is such a cool character. He has so many fantastic lines, and is probably one of the most dangerous captains because he is so observant. He has a twisted sense of humor, which I love. He is constantly talking down to people. His personality is perfect. This new Banki looks, well, very different. This Baby should look awesome animated. And I agree . You give awesome breakdowns and analysis.

This is a stretch as we know it's not the case, but Mayuri creating a Bankai that serves to perfectly counter whatever it fights almost feels like he was creating his own version of the Hyogoku.

With the swords being a part of their own soul, it makes sense to me that he would be able to modify it on the fly just by analyzing the opponent within his own mind.

Only tangentially related but I think it would be really cool if they made the fight between him and Pernida very creepy, especially if they made Pernida move in a very grotesque, twitching way.

Mayuri is either the High Evolutionairy or Doctor Doom of Bleach.

Urahara's bankai and Mayuri's new bankai powers are very similar. One can alter anything it touches to counter enemies and their attacks while one can alter itself to counter enemies and attacks

The altered is unquestionably superior to the previous version In essence he has the same bankai. It didn’t really change He can just modify it at will now.

"He is still as defenseless even with a giant baby monster protecting him" Well... In what other anime would i ever listen to that phrase and think it makes perfect sense lmao I love Bleach

I've always thought about Mayuri's bankai as a baby, but hearing you call it a "giant monster baby" made me die laughing. It's so true

like for Renji if he wanted more range he could use his old bankai but with how much Mayuri's new Bankai does there's really not a reason to go back

Your videos are like sitting through a lecture of my favorite subjects. Keep it up bro I look forward to them.

This is a really cool Bankai for him It makes his prep time even more busted and another reason why bankai would be a last resort type thing for him since he should know absolutely everything before using it

I guess the only weakness for the latest mayuri is to quickly kill him off before he has a chance to observe. Preferably with a new power or skill, especially if you are one of the captains which he has known for decades.

I like Mayuri in concept, and this Bankai is a perfect representative of that, but it's also a shining example of why I haven't much cared for his fights after the Espada fight. He's like Zaraki in that it's almost impossible to write a challenge he shouldn't have a plan for or at this point, just the pure amount of BS that goes into his character.

Mayuri's Bankai is the epitome of, "MY dad can beat up YOUR dad!"

With ur analysis mayuri could def keep up with alot more captains than i thought. Good job bro! 👏

FINALLY SOME MAYURI CONTENT!!!!

Always love Mayuri analyses ❤

Mayuri is Bleacher's batman she has a backup plan to a backup plan for everybody because he studies them... I think there's a way that whatever he sees or feels. It's able to transmit into his bonkie the way he wanted it. That's the best way to do it his bonkeye upgrades to what he wants it to..... I think in the anime they stated that he had some kind of microbe in uriyus body from their first fight

So this new bankai is basically a form of Devine General Mahoraga

I don't think this was a new ability as much as a perfected one, he's mentioned modifying his bankai during it's second appearance, I think this form and specifically having access to it during battle is just the progression of that ability, I think if he called out Ashisogi Jizō it would bring out whatever the last saved version of Jizō that Matai Fukuin Shōtai had prepared. And I do like to believe that Matai can produce multiple Jizōs per summon, though probably only one at a time

I always thought Mayuris original Bankai is way more powerful then people think or the show pictures it. As long as you don´t have reiatsu on the level of yamamoto, aizen etc, its poison alone is a huge problem. But i actually think its strongest feat is the fact that Mayuri still has a sword after summoning it and can act independent from the caterpillar. Sure he ain´t the best swordsman in the series but as a captain he is at least strong enough, so that he can´t be ignored. Just imagine a giant poisongas caterpillar trieing to crush you and then there is a strong swordsman, master kidouuser and scientific trickster going after you to make you his guineapig. His evolved Bankai comes with so much potential, that it might be able to beat everyone without a hax-ability like kyorakus bankai or yhwachs all mighty.

Thank you for this piece on Mayuri! Congratulations on your engagement 💍

You nailed it well-done.

The Batman of Bleach!

Mayuri has pretty unique taste in his inventions.

Your videos butter my biscuits thank you

Mayuri is one of those people that if he is on the opposite side, you need to take him out as quickly as possible because the more data he collects on you, the less likely you will ever stand a chance against him. However this is easier said then done since even if you have a notion of how dangerous he is, Mayuri tends skulk in the shadows and only reveals himself after he has been able to make at least some initial observations on you which ironically makes him sneakier than Soi Fon. The one thing that would be working in your favor is the fact that in terms of raw stats (i.e. strength, reitsu, etc.) Mayuri is probably one of the least impressive Captains of the series, he certainly does not hold a candle to the like of Kyoraku, Hitsugaya, Byakuya, and Kenpachi in that regard. Meaning that if you did know to look for him and could corner him, he would probably be one of the easier Captains to take out (at least temporarily) though you would need to hit him hard and hit him fast. I do not think he would be able to counter Yamamoto but that is only because of Yamamoto's sheer overwhelming being beyond the limits of Mayuri's Bankai. In essence it seems there are only two ways to beat him realistically. Either you need to take him out quick and early or you need to be so ridiculously powerful that all his clever adaptions are simply unable to cope with your overwhelming power. I find it amusing that one of the least powerful Captains in the series is easily the most dangerous of them all by the end of the TYBW arc.

Mayuri's Bankai is basically infinite prep time

It's like Batman and the Justice League ,he has a contingency plan for everyone .

Mayuri is definitely one of my favs, including his Bankai. I'm not sure the specifics on how his bankai evolves but it seems like it has evolutionary stages so he could in theory simply speed up that process to give birth to multiple new bankai during the same fight, gaining new abilities and counters. Although it seems like he has to physically manipulate it as implied in the tybw anime scene of him on the monitor in his lab, and by him claiming it was an altered form. So it seems like it does have a hard limit of him having proper prep time and some idea of what to create from it before hand. Once that is done though i think what i said above about evolutionary stages would be true and that would also tie in to his theme of growth, along with nemu. This battle was definitely humbling for him though, i think he will now chill out a bit and lean into his role as a patient parent, watching and learning from organic growth through Nemu.

Thanks!

The weakness is that Mayuri is still unchanged and able to be hurt and that he has to learn as much info about his opponent before being able to release an effective counter. If there's a switch between enemies his bankai would be useless, or if the enemy managed to keep some of their power secret it wouldn't have a counter to it.

(9:49) it was never gonna be the same poison, mayuri always changes it

I'm guessing his bankai acts like a stem cell. The fetal origin gives his bankai great adaptive skills. As such, like a stem cell.

Mayuri is the batman of the soul society

It's interesting how both Urahara and Mayuri, the 2 known captains of the 12 division, have true bankai's based on their scientific ability.

So if the first was a fetus-caterpillar, and the second form we see is was a baby-cocoon/chrysalis, I guess the next form will be a child-moth/butterfly. Hope we get to see that!

The glaring weakness of *Konjiki Ashisogi Jizõ: Matai Fukuin Shõtai* is offcourse the amount of data that Mayuri needs to gather before activating his Bankai. With a theoretical battle between Byakuya and Mayuri. I can see Mayuri gather data to counter Senbonzakura Kageyoshi by hardening one of his Konjiki Ashisogi Jizõ skin so the millions of razorblades can't penetrate the Jizõ and hereby protecting Mayuri further to get up close to Byakuya. But if the data that is gathered is insufficient and Byakuya goes into his "Senkei" which focuses the power output of each razorblade by combining them into sword form, the Jizõ will fail. This is because Byakuya's blade is rather versatile with it's displayed techniques like "Ikka Senjinka", "Gõkei" and "Hakuteiken". I see the same problem agains the likes of Aizen where Mayuri can't gather correct data while being under hypnosis. Another one would be bankais that would undo Mayuri's research, where I can see both Urahara and Kyõraku's bankai being a problem. With Urahara it can go in either way: - If Mayuri spawns a Jizõ with insufficient data to attack Urahara, Urahara's "Kannonbiraki Benihime Aratame" would be able to reconstruct that Jizõ making it harmless. - If the data is sufficient enough, to make the Jizõ let's say sticky and paste itself back together as Urahara is trying to reconstruct it, it would be enough to get close enough and win. With Kyõraku's many games his zanpaktou can manifest I doubt Mayuri has enough time to gather enough data to begin with, but lets say he does make it to a bankai vs bankai battle. Now Mayuri's bankai could get immune to Kyõraku's play, the same cannot be said for Mayuri himself, with Kyõraku's first act of "sharing the wounds" the newly spawned Jizõ could accidentally indeed kill Kyõraku, but this would also take Mayuri out as well. But this is because Kyõraku's bankai rather targets the wielders and not the sword. In act 2 I can already see Mayuri getting in trouble as he's inflicted with that disease or when act 3 starts and both get thrown into the abyss. Then there is act 4 if Mayuri would try to escape and I can see Mayuri surviving this, eventhough it's surpose to be a sure thing kill, but Mayuri can turn into that blue goo like he did agains Uryu. I do wonder how the Konjiki Ashisogi Jizõ: Matai Fukuin Shõtai would fare against the like of Shinji as Mayuri would need to gather information, yet all he would be gathering is that everything he senses is reversed after inhaling the odor that Sakanade emits. Now if Mayuri would activate his bankai and spawn a Jizõ without a nose, would the Jizõ be straight up immune and fight Shinji for Mayuri? Visuals about this fight would be funny that the Jizõ would suddenly go a differend direction then Mayuri would be facing and Mayuri suddenly realizing he was staring to the wrong direction the entire time xD. Also Shinji's bankai is to invert alliances, so Mayuri would need to detonate his bankai again in order to prevent the Jizõ from attacking Mayuri himself.

I there are limits to the counters he can install. The most obvious one being too many counters occupying the same "space". Another being contradictory counters.

My curiosity is: what would happen if this new and improved Bankai faced a Zanpakuto that could duplicate every last detail and ability of any other Zanpakuto at will? Edit: I've just watched the Tokinado portion of CFYOW 3 video by Mr. Tommo (video I've never watched before until no) and I must say, it would be an interesting fight, but still don't know the final result for certain Thanks Alisson for the idea to look up the character name! Actually helped

The way Mayuri's bankai is always modified kinda represents the dark side of science. In order to make advancements, it requires to do a lot of cruel and unspeakable thinks. And his bankai is just that.

As i said time and time again he is the batman of bleach.

The arc that begins with bankai being stolen is "great for bankai." And this is my problem with the arc. We could've seen a lot more from Chad and Orihime; Nel, Halibel, and Grimmjow; the Visored; the Fullbringers; the Kido Corps; and people without bankai. But instead it's just more for people who have already gotten a lot.

Can’t wait for the final fight with Mayuri and Pernida

"Continuosly birth new and improved babies" is a legitimately terrifying statement.

@MrTommo2304 Has anyone ever told you that you would be an excellent Dungeon Master? Your descriptions are on point.

Who is Batman? Aizen vs Mayuri vs Kusuke

Hey Mr Tommo, I know this is random and I just was thinking of a theory of ukitake’s Bankai. So his shikai can basically absorb and reflect their attacks. What if his bankai basically does the same? If it basically reflects another bankai’s power and look as his own. I was thinking this because maybe the soul king held the sword in his right hand so he could basically do anything he wanted with it with his power. So he can call upon someone else’s bankai or any other zanpaktou. Just a thought

I like his new Bankai

I think it comes down to observation. He sees and analyzes the situation and his bankai just applies it to it.

17:28 Mayuri once heard about how Batman can solo any character in the DC universe if he got enough prep time...and then Mayuri proceeded to make that his whole personality 😂 but like in a waaay more obnoxious way than Batman

One of my favorite bankai

There is one sword that I think Mayuri's new bankai couldn't counter properly and that would be Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu. Since Aizen specializes in illusions Mayuri may accidentally feed his bankai data that makes it weaker in a fight. and there is no way to counter this due to only needing to see the release once. Mayuri would never know if what he is experiencing with any of his/or his sword's senses were actually accurate. Also the sword wouldn't be able to counter kido since they can be used in infinite combinations. He wouldn't be able to modify his bankai quickly enough to counter that unless he knew every single hoho, hado, and bakudo technique ever created. It would be really interesting if the quincy stole this bankai and used it against mayuri. Would it adapt or just blow itself up like before?

Two characters I’d like to see you do forgotten characters videos on are Chōjirō Sasakibe and Ashido Kanō

Kisuke's bankai could just allow him to restructure himself after Mayuri made a custom made counter bankai.... @mister Tommo maybe a video about all the potential counters of Mayuri to all other bankai?

There is an appearance of the original Bankai in a movie summoned to fight Kenpachi, with Zaraki saying, “So you finally lost it?”

pretty neat

So with enough prep time and data he can counter just about anybody? Hes basically crazy batman

That is Mayuri Kurotsuchi new bankai he got something under his sleeve already

The nature of how he attained bankai is weird to me. I feel like he should be able to get a “true” shikai/bankai like how Ichigo and Renji did.

Ever since I saw Mayuri’s bankai at ten years old… the horn along with the baby cry sounding and the design have creeped me the hell out. This version is even more creepy

Mayuri’s bankai is a grotesque replicant of Kisuke’s bankai. Once again showing that Kisuke is a shining example of what all scientists in Bleach aspire to be.

Dude szayelporro vs mayuri was soooooo cool

Still love how Rukia and Renji's (true) Bankai both end up having a "wearable" aspect (even if Rukia's dress is purely cosmetic) just like Ichigo's Fullbring.

The fact that my birthday is on 15th July and that thousand year blood war will be coming in July is having me going insane

I remember reading & seeing this when Bleach was serialized and I WAS HORRIFIED!!!

Unlikely hero? There's a reason he still has his job! 👑👨🏾‍💼🌹❤️💯

Someone clear this up for me: IF A CAPTAIN HAS NEVER SHOWN THEIR BANKAI, HOW WOULD MAYURI THEN KNOW ABOUT IT AND THEN EVEN HAVE A COUNTER FOR IT?

My captain 🙇‍♂️

Wouldn't Yamamoto just be able to cancel out the effects with his reiatsu? That in itself likely brings up its limitation as well. It is still a shini technique ultimately, and because of that is bound by their rules and laws. The other big limitation of the technique is, it takes a second to actually build the counter. If the opponent murders him in this time.... the counter will cease to exist as well.

I love Mayuri ❤

I love Mayuri he is my favourite character

Do you think the bankai we see in SS arc is the original one? Or has Mayuri already modified it?

Thanos has seen better days

Soul Society is lucky that my boy Mayuri was on there side

why are you scared? it's just a baby. the baby: 9:07

Every other capt? Even aizens? Would be interesting to know if he knew aizens true bankai

We saw it three times. You forgot about the bounts

I wonder how well Matai Fukuin Shotai would work against Askin's Vollständig. Would it be a better pick than Benihime?

I love how Mayuri is the one who can change his bankai. It makes perfect sense, considering he doesn't like the word perfection and even evolves that it suit his needs. He doesn't limit himself.

I think that if someone has a very high sp the baby can't overpower that since it's still limited by Mayuri's SP so it is a perfect counter mainly to meta abilities.

North of his daughter - Nemu… that’s a weird relationship 😂

I wonder, could he created a perfect counter to the miracle? the almighty? how would those work?

I wonder if Mayuri can make his Banki see through Aizen’s hypnosis.

Could you theorize what his Hell Arc bankai would be.

Makes me wonder if Mayuri can or has ever altered his shikai?

I think his original bankai had a anime only power whereas it would scream & paralyze it’s opponent or am i mistaken?