What is IZURU'S BANKAI? The Executioner's Zanpakuto Discussion + Theories | Bleach 

Which idea for Izuru's Bankai is your favourite? Let me know your theories on his Bankai in the comments!

Always thought Izuru was a compelling character with a very unique power. I wish he'd gotten more love in the series

I think it'd be very interesting of Kira's Bankai gave him the reversed version of his shikai as an extra ability while keeping his bankai, so in other words complete control of gravity of anything he hits with his sword.

What if the Bankai is based on the enemy’s misdeeds themselves? Every being they have ever killed or maimed in the past returns from the dead seeking retribution from their killer. The more the enemy has killed, the more horrible the horde of malevolent corpses *shackled* to their reishi, dead set on devouring them whole and tearing them apart. All the while, Izuru has taken on the visage of a tattered grim reaper, blending in with the vengeful masses, waiting for his chance to strike, weighting the enemy down, each stroke of his sword increasing their weight 4 times, until they can only crawl on their hands and knees away from a gruesome end at the hands of their victims. And then, only then, if Izuru chooses, will he bear the inner blade to their neck, thereby releasing them from their ungodly torture.

My personal headcanon for Izuru’s Bankai would revolve around the concept of alternate forms of execution - Wabisuke in its base form represents a reverse-guillotine, and the imagery of a hangman’s noose - I feel his Bankai would revolve around the two other common forms of execution; lethal injection and electrocution. Wabisuke’s Bankai would allow Izuru to manage the applied weight caused by his Shikai, and would allow him to pinpoint areas of the opponent that would take the full force of that weight - In true lethal style, he could target a person’s heart to apply their whole weight onto it, causing it to explode out of their chest, or spread the weight of the opponent solely on their nervous system, turning their own body into an electrified iron maiden of torment; he could even pinpoint the Reiatsu vents on an opponent, causing them to explode due to their own power. “With a heavy head, comes a heavy heart”

I personally liked the one where the Zanpakuto spirit shows up to execute his enemy. It would be like back in the day when somebody would stand in front of the people that were going to be hanged and they'd read out their crimes before the person would pull a lever and they'd be hung. Plus you could make Wabisuke himself terrifying to look at so the last thing they see is that before they die and the part where their soul wouldn't be put back into the cycle is terrifying and would fit. They'd get no second chances. Their life just ends then and there

My theory would be his bankai would form hangman noose appearing behind him. Only 1 target chosen. Now I have two ideas where it splits first shackles 4 appear on his waist he has to use all 4 on the opponent. Once attached the opponent is dragged to hell suffocating for all eternity. The 2nd version is the more he strikes an opponent with his sword a reshi body starts appearing in the noose. As the body becomes more solid the opponent starts feeling the noose restrict his ability to breath. This also has the added benefit of replenishing his reshi and killing the opponent in the end. The more reshi an opponent has the more strikes it takes.

Personally I like the idea of it increasing the weight of the opponent's heart, as there are few things that could be more gut wrenching than your own head turning against you. However personally I believe that it would take the weight concept to it's zenith, creating a black hole that is invisible to the naked eye (as all black holes are) so the opponent can only see a circle-shaped distortion coming at them, and once they're caught in it there's no escape unless you can surpass light speed. Not to mention that time around the immediate area of the black hole would slow down almost to a crawl, so while Kira seems to be running around faster than the eye can see his opponent who is up close and personal with the black hole is moving at a relative snails pace. The real nauseating part comes once they come into contact with the event horizon where they would start to spaghettify, being slowly unraveled one atom at a time. If they manage to escape at this point they would be covered in bloody strings of meat, viscera and half-unraveled bone. From the outside though their death would look unremarkable as they seem to freeze in place mid swing before slowly red-shifting and ultimately fading from reality, denying them a warrior's death of a hero's funeral.

I actually think a good bankai for him would be funny enough, if he took the weight of the enemy on himself. That's means he is heavier but the opponent has to fight in a 0 gravity kind of state. That would remove the shikai weakness since he either has to get faster or slow the.enemy. being hit by something weightless has less impact also

I would like if Kira’s Bankai added weight to the Reishi enemies channel to use their Abilities; as well as adding weight/gravity to their Reiatsu; effectively making an enemy submit to Wabisuke’s Bankai Form under the weight of things that make most enemies very Prideful (their Spirit Abilities & Spiritual Pressure) This would also follow in line during his Shikai Reveal during the Fake Karakura Town Arc against Barragan’s Fraccion who kept going on about how Prideful he was in his wings & abilities Effectively making an enemy’s own Pride lead to their Downfall being the Motif Kira’s Zanpaktou is based around (just like every Zanpaktou)

1st, 2nd, and the last one combined would be insane

Who’s next for this theory-crafting? Any of the Vizards?

Hmm. Disgusting you say? What if, when it touches/nicks someone they start bleeding and crying until all the water leaves their body and leave a mummified corpse behind? Or leaves patches of rock that pulls at the skin and tear off

Imagine how powerful Kira would be if he becomes more agile striking his shikai 20 times or over for just few seconds.

Izuru has some really cool moments in the story even though he is a very minor character

I still can't get what Gin teached Izuru. Kira respected him too much like Uchimaru was his mentor and teacher. And we all know how sadistic and complicated was Gin's character

I just assumed he’d get a black hole bankai

I always assume Wabisuke cut the neck, causing the enemy to decapitate themselves

I know you think about these bankai years in the past, but I think you need to think about something that will make the japonese readers unconfortables, something in their folclere, legends and/or traditions.

I always believed that Izuru’s Bankai would transfer the weight of all other combatants to him, making everyone weightless and himself heavy, taking on their burdens so to speak. Without weight, they’re unable to really put any impact behind their attacks as he slowly makes his way to his foes and cuts them down with the weight of all those around him

Well well well, was not expecting this. The forgotten lieutenant left with the duty of ending Lille Barro’s life.

I always loved the idea of izurus bankai literally being a classic guillotine and he's the one pulling the lever as the victim begs for forgiveness.

I like how by the Hell arc, Izuru has fully embraced his edginess. I hope he gets some kind of fight against Gin in the Hell arc. It’s wishful thinking but I think it’d be cool and a way for him to get closure with Gin.

I’m calling it now and I’m sure others will feel the same. The anime is going to add a fight with Izuru and Lille Barro after the latter has been drastically weakened. This will be where izuru’s Bankai will be revealed because I don’t think he can win with shikai alone.The gravity ability from your first idea seems probable but I hope his actual Bankai uses a combination of the 1st, 3rd and 4th one. I like how the 4th is similar to ichibei’s ability.

I personally think that Izaru’s bankai probably increases the weight of the gravity just like bulma’s training room from dragon ball z. It would literally represent the wieght that Kira bears in his shoulders every day.

Kira has one of the top designs for Zampakouto and its use is actually crazy. He's an awesome character

Not saying you forgot, but I think its worth mentioning Izurus shikai ability was first teased in his "actual" first confrontation which was against Momo. Hitsuguya intervened, but what we see is Izurus strike on Hitsuguya was enough to crack the ground beneath him. A first time reader or viewer wouldnt have thought much of this moment, but after the ability is revealed that moment takes on meaning.

Izuru is an amazing character and Wabisuke is a very interesting zanpakto … I’m sure his Bankai is going to be OP

His sword has always been my favorite in Bleach. The power to double the weight of your opponents sword was so OP when they all still had swords.

HECK YES!!! FINALLY!!! Now for the next one but will be hard to decide. Edit: Let’s do Hanataro’s Bankai next. 😂

my idea works like this: when izuru releases his bankai, everybody present, friend, foe and also izuru himself, begin feeling an invisible force pushing down on them. this force scales grows over time, the growth of this force scales linearly to the amount of unjust suffering each individual has ever inflicted upon another, be it physical or emotional. this would be especially interesting because that way it holds izuru himself to the same standard as everyone else, testing his resolve and adherence to his own philosophy. this would manifest as the person first dropping their heads, being unable to look up at all, next they can't raise their arms any more, then they fall to their knees and so on until they are eventually slowly crushed, their limbs broken, their ribs shattered, their organs turned into mush until all that is left is a puddle of gore on the ground. now obviously throughout all this izuru must have the resolve to withstand the burden his own bankai places upon himself, lest he risks getting crushed himself before his opponents perish.

I like the one with Wabisuke becoming an executioner. Pretty metal and fits his theme so much.

Nausea immediately reminds me of Sartre's existential ideas and his work "Nausea". According to Sartre, we are born as a blank slate without any initial meanings, and when we fill that blank slate, the process itself gives our life meaning. Or something on that line. I wonder how its gonna be incorporated, if that's what Kubo is going for.

It's affect is the burden of warfare and it's horrors. Still Kira for his ruthlessness in battle in holding true to his philosophy stil has rays of light shine through. Denouncing himself as a monster for drawing on Momo and then saving the only true reformist member of Central 46 during Shazz's rampage. He's essentially a walking dead, having to undergo painful 'maintenance' to stay alive.

I have 2 ideas… 1: I feel like Wabisuke’s true power isn’t necessarily increasing weight, but increasing gravity. Like how Rukia doesn’t just shoot ice but cold itself. And weight comes with mass and volume, neither of which increase when struck. So maybe his bankai is like the manipulation of the center of gravity- so he could make it feel like the center of gravity isn’t the center of the planet but somewhere else, and the opponent would start “falling sideways.” 2: going on the idea of gravity and the story wabisuke tells, what if the story of his bankai is the opposite of that of his shikai, being the idea of forgiveness, and a weight being lifted. This power being making everything it touches lighter- like in a video game when the sensitivity is too high and you can’t play right. And if the opponent is struck too many times the limbs/objects will begin to float away, where Izumu can be activate it and they come crashing down…!

I would imagine Izuru's Bankai would cause a gentle rain and transform him into an executioner, and his blade would take the form of a hooked axe, or scythe. Each raindrop would cause a gravitas upon it's receiver, lowering them before him. And his move would be a slow progression of beheading from the front.

I would really like to see you cover the potential bankai of the remaining Zero Division members.

Have you ever thought of doing a competition where people can design their own Shinigami and you pick your 10 favorites or something similar?

I've always had the idea of Izuru's bankai weighing down the opponents sense of guilt or heart, and maybe upon activation it will attach a ball and hand cuffs to the opponents leg that can't be broken and will cause a somewhat instant hypnotic effect making the opponent think of their most deepest regrets and even lightest regrets and turning them into weight that gets applied to them by the ball on the chain growing in size I have also thought what if the opponent doesn't have much guilt? Then if that happens the opponent gets flooded with Izuru's own guilt in which I believe he has much of especially knowing his own/squad 3's philosophy If he ever got a bankai I could imagine a scene where the opponent relives Izuru's experiences with Gin or at the academy even adding new scenes of both flushing out his character more and to top it all off the weight already applied by his Shikai will get doubled when he releases bankai

I like to imagine that his potential Bankai ability is related to gravity. Just his Shikai alone allow him to either make others or himself heavy. With Bankai he could probably do more like create some sort of gravity field. If he has the chance to learn more about zanpakuto like Hisagi did, it would be different than what it initially was

Honestly I really enjoy the second idea despite how simple it is. Especially the writing opportunities it would open up. Imagine a character fighting Izuru and getting crushed under the own regrets, confronting them, and ultimately overcoming them to stop Izuru’s Bankai somehow? I just feel Kubo could really make something amazing with a short plotline for that for whoever would be on the receiving end of that Bankai.

I just want to point out that Wabisuke's power could actually destroy the Earth. If he attacked a 1 pound sword 90 times, it would weigh the same as the Earth. I think the gravity idea makes the most sense since the correlation between weight and mass is one that is made easily. I really like your second idea for Izuru's Bankai. I think that really makes sense with the types of Bankai Kubo was writing at the end of Bleach.

As my third favourite Bleach character I have thought about Izuru's Bankai quite a bit and have come to many of the same ideas you have in the video. One idea which you did not mention is that while in Bankai the beheaded victims of Wabisuke reanimate as headless zombies and must fight until they achieve penance, all the while their detached head is chained to their ankle invoking the iron ball and chain imagery of Wabisuke.I feel like after what Iruzu went through in the Thousand Year Blood War arc him leading a zombie army into battle seems appropriate and would fit Kubo's description.

The guillotine is something that comes to mind when thinking about Izuru I was thinking he summoned one and the weight of being so close to death is something what caught them Can't run from a guillotine once it got you

Death by crushing via a stone slab is pretty gruesome. Which was an old method of execution back in the day. Drowning via a stone being wrapped around you and thrown in water was another method. Which can also be played as drowning in one's emotions as a double meaning or literally. Wabisuke had a stone bound to his back in the filler and I can see that being a focal point of the Bankai.

Because Izuru's ethos revolves around the ugliness and misery of fighting, I can see another possibility for his bankai. Instead, the bankai would halve the opponent's weight, while making Izuru something of an apparition. Halving the opponent's weight gives them an initial boost in strength, but the continuous doubling of strength would then lead to the opponent tearing their own body apart while trying to fight Izuru's image

kira izuru's wabisuke left a lasting impression on me years after bleach ended even until today. i often thought about how poetic the whole lore is. he was definitely one of those supporting characters you wished had more screen time or even his own spin off.

I liked the 3rd one the most tho I think they're all quite possible. His bonkai was one I thought about quite a few times. And one idea I had was that. Most shikai appear to only display a fragment of the bonkai. Kumomoras shikai is just an arm, his bonkai is a massive samurai. Mayuris shikai can create poisons his bonkai can create any remedy to a situation. Including poisons. Byakuya can create 1000 or so blades and in bonkai it's 10,000. They move faster and with more precision. Yamamoto shikai produces fire but his bonkai Holds the 4 gates? So I postulated. What if kizurus bonkai isn't the penatant one but the acusing one. As a penatant person actualy stands in judgment of themselves. In shikai wabisuke inflicts kizarus owne inner judgment onto others. But in bonkai they're judged fairly. And I think kubos writing kizarus death and resurrection is intended to produce his bonkai because it will require that leval of self reflection. As for its precise ability I initialy thought maby his bonkai maby similar to unohanas. He'll beable to use it to aid allies aswell as punnish enemies. Maby as far as preventing and enforcing death it's self being wabisuke is hooked it slightly resembles a sythe. but I always felt that wasn't grousome enough I think when wabisuke goes bonkai it will be similar to Yamamoto. Gaining a multitude of abilities the first of which being all beings in the area are stripped of power Becoming pluses It would be in this state that wabisukes other abilities would trigger first for instances of hallows when they regain consciousness they may just be glad to be human and feel contempt. Wabiske would grant non-agressors amnesty they will be allowed to remain as pluses with the possibility of gaining shinigami powers later. On the other hand those who pose a challenge to the first judgement will be martialed their powers would be returned and fighting would commence. Tbc

This isnt relevant to the topic at all, but upon rewatching the most recently released dub, i cracked up at Gerard pronouncing Lille as "Lee-Jay". I have no idea why it makes me laugh so much. Also, Nianzol sounds like hes been smoking a carton of cigarettes every day for the last 1000 years. Wasnt expecting that.

I like the idea of a gravitational field and emotional weight doubling, so how about we do both AND reference a tale about the price of power: the sword of damacles. Above the heads of Izuru's enemies, a pin-sized sword (or, possibly, a guillotine's blade) is formed, which increases in size as the fight continues. As it increases, the enemy becomes increasingly aware of the blade overhead and the sluggishness in their body. Their anxiety over what the blade does is intensified as Izuru doesn't even pay attention to it. Is it part of the bankai, is there another enemy nearby, or is it a manifestation of their dread? When they no longer have the strength or will to stand, the blade falls.

I definitely like the 1st two theories. The 2nd idea incorporating a scale in the backgroud. These were always the 1st to come to my mind. In addition, I thought about the bankai being able to double the age of the target with each strike. Age also striking dread in the opponent

I always imagined his Bankai to be a huge square platform with long blades shaped like small walls on it and the gravity in the square's area to make the targets fall in those blades.

One of my favorite characters and abilities. Simple but incredible. Hope his Bankai is conceptual and just as amazing if not more than his shikai.

I love the second idea! But I'd add something to make it more nauseating: every enemy slain by the enemy is ressurected in it's butchered state, immortal ghosts, uncapable of damaging, but continuously expressing their suffering and despair. They haunt and attach themselves to their slayer and adds to it tge weight of their deaths, being heavier depending on how much they suffered from dying and how much others suffered from the death of their beloved

Ah yessssss!!! Im hoping you can make more of this kind of video.

How about this, instead of drawing similarities from Hisagi's Bankai, we draw similarities from Yamamoto's Zanka no Tachi, South. Izuru activates Bankai, hundreds of shadows rise from the ground. These are the shadows of the condemned...the shadows of all the people that have been executed by Wabisuke. These shadows slowly stalk towards anyone in the area (shadows have no eyes...can't tell friend from foe). They can be slashed by weapons and will dissipate, only to reform seconds later. Once they catch someone they begin to drag them towards a large, sepulchral guillotine some ways off in the distance. At the guillotine they are beheaded and their souls added to the army of shadows to be used by Izuru in the future. Izuru does nothing to direct the shadows forward, but simply stands watch, waiting at the guillotine for his next victim to be brought to him...kicking and screaming.

My favourite Shikai and Zombie Izuru is cool I hope he gets more to do maybe we will get his fight with Shaz one can dream

To answer your question at the end of the video: No, I don't think these ideas are nauseating enough. They're not particularly horrifying or disgusting. The chains digging into their victims skin with their sheer weight was close, if something of that level were expanded upon then I think it would more fit Kubos comment.

You know what would be cool with the changes in Izuru. What if his bankai potential changes? Yamamoto was able to use techniques relating to hell... what if Izuru's bankai can summon the chains of hell? When Izuru calls bankai, the sky darkens through an eclipse, but his sword changes to that of a hell guard, and a smaller door to hell is summoned. Every one slashed by his bankai, the chains of hell come forth, skewering them like the barbed wire from silent hill... and upon calling out drag them to hell, the chains increase weight, making them kneel in penance, then face down in the dirt as the chains drag them across the ground. Scraping and maiming then along the way to hell's door with it closing behind them

Maybe An area of effect where there are dark clouds above the "Condemned" and their own shadows rise up and wrap around them weighing them down? And being its the enemies own shadow, only under Kira's control, he chooses when said shadow uses the enemies weapon to slit their throats? Or perhaps Kira's shadow grows to almost Kommamura's bankai size and instills such fear the enemies instinct is to kneel in penance, and maybe commit Seppeku? After he calls bankai they are all of sudden submerged in an abyss of water, and they contin ue to sink, the more the enemy tries to swim up the faster they sink cuz as we know the further down in the ociean the stronger the pressure, in this case the spiritual pressure of an individual is actually what weighs them down faster to be crushed quicker. have the opposite happens, those in the area of affect begin to lose weight rapidly, at first seeming like they have been"Forgiven" till they realize they are wasting away, theyre body, muscles bones etc etc keep losing weight till they have paid for their sins and they crumble to dust.

I love those ideas. So creative! Btw, have you done a video where you look at moments the anime got better? I think that could be a really fun video

Could you imagine finding Kenpachi sparring with Izuru just so his blade can get heavier? Zaraki seems like a good counter to Izuru.

Kira is my favorite Lt out there. I love Wabisuke. I wish we could get more of him.

I think an interesting idea would be to make his sword change very simple. His sword gains two more hooks along the blade and when he hits you with them he can attach them to you like meat hooks that can't be pulled out and the brakes off his sword. He could also choose what gets heavy as in he hits the enemy sword and he can make the enemy sword heavy or the hook with each hit.

that last one, the opponent building their own execution. maybe, Izuru wouldn't be the only one seeing his enemies actions. maybe the opponent would be confronted with them as well,... but from the viewing point of the victim

What is Kira's Bankai can make everything so light instead of making it double times heavier?

Tokinada considered his Zanpakuto to be a valuable ability. Does this count as a praise although Kira was out of commission most of TYBW?

I think the 4th idea is cool but I believe it would work perfectly if there was some kind of almost domain around him, like a stage no one else can step on. Forcing the allies of his victim to watch the execution, making it where once the shikai forces them into submission their death becomes inevitable.

Can't get over your final bankai hair form!! 😂😂 looks good 👏👏👍

I think we can imagine his Bankai to be like Yuki Tsukumo's curse technique from Jujutsu Kaisen, Mass .. Gege Akutami made this very versatile to the peak point that it can creat a mini black hole by increasing its mass without increasing the density .. BOOM!! easily a forbidden captain level Bankai

All really good ideas, but my favorite is the 2nd one. It's very creative while not getting too distant from the Shikai's main theme and power. Love your videos. Can't wait to see more Bankai theories!

Been waiting a while for a video like this

I think the first and fifth one are the most fitting

These are some great ideas. I’d say idea 2 is my favorite. Fits the despair. The most I could think of in the past was that everyone hit by wabisuke in Izuru’s Shikai would then, after Izuru activates bankai, crush under immense weight into a pulp creating a truly sickening visual. But that was a simpler idea. I like your ideas better.

I used to do bleach RP and Kira was one of my characters. I developed a bankai for him, visually it was essentially a curvier version of his shikai, it still kind of folded in on itself to be able to decapitate opponents like that. His bankai further increased his ability to alter weight/gravity. One technique simply applied the weight increasing into his own sword during an attack, resulting in 'the heaviest stroke' that essentially pancakes people (can injure Kira if done incorrectly or too often). The weight increase was also applied to all objects within a certain radius of himself, essentially giving himself an aura of doubled weight. Of course his blade increased the weight of the object it struck just like in shikai, but to a further degree. One of the last techniques of his bankai he would master would involve being able to alter the point of gravitational attraction on the fly. Instead of people and objects simply falling to the ground, he could have them fly into the air, or towards or away from himself as they are drawn by gravity to a defined spot. I toyed with the idea of a black hole type of attack too.

His bankai ability is that every time he strikes something its weight quadruples.

in zatch bell the antagonist brago is gravity based, bragos works more like he summons a circle that everything in it becoes extremely heavy, in one episode brago was facing a ninja character who would hide in trees, brago spammed his spell to flatten the entire forest. He could also summon a room like trafalgar law that would everything in it heavier, in the room brago could also activate gravity spells. Brago could also summon a wave of gravity, which was visually awesme, you can see the flattening coming towards you.

My idea: each time his bankai cuts his opponent the opponent feels the pain and suffering of the victims the opponent killed or did anything hurtful evil to them 2X times the pain remind you to keep the doubling theme going. If you didn't commit any crimes before you fought Izuru obviously the Bankai would have no effect if you commit 2 crimes after 2 cuts the 3rd one would be ineffective. So the more crimes you committed and the more you hurt your previous victims the more it will all come back to you 2X the price. I find this concept very cool and it fits Izuru very much.

Or.. combine everything. Base Bankai is that gravity thing. The rest, just like Kyoraku's Bankai, serves as an "act" or "punishment"

The 4th one, I feel like while he's reading his enemy's sins, Wabisuke would pull up but it cuts thru slowly. Depending on how many and the gravity of their sins, the slower it gets

Going with the gravity angle, I'm imagining a black hole forming within the target(s). It'd grow either per hit or over time, possibly limited by their "sins," resembling a hollow hole as it devours them from the inside out. Rather than an execution, they're ultimately consumed by their guilt and implode under the overwhelming pressure

A good power for your bankai could be to punish the very act of attacking. When Izuru activates his bankai and is attacked, the perpetrator of the attack automatically falls under the effect of zanpakto, even if the attack itself failed. Once in this state, an irremovable curse is applied to the victim, which consists of doubling the weight of everything they touch. Suddenly, the enemy will notice that his weapon is getting heavier every second he holds it in his hands. Their clothing likewise begins to become inhumanly heavy, as does the air around them. If enough time passes, the victim will be crushed to death in the most violent way possible. But if that weren't scary enough, this curse would be linked to the victim's reishi and not Izuru's, making it remain active even after the end of the fight or the death of the shinigami carrying the bankai. In addition to the previous reason, the more spiritual energy the victim uses, the greater the effect, so if the enemy tries to deploy some special ability to counterattack, the rate at which things gain weight will accelerate. A little broken, but certainly quite morbid and hopeless.

glad you got around to doing this one! as you can tell izuru is one of my fav characters 😄

I think the idea of burden and guilt could possibly physically manifest as with Yamamoto's. The corpses of slain foes and victims from the past hinder the opponent and grapple them down all the while screaming curses and reminding the opponent of their wrongdoings. Or each wrongdoing is a shackle with weights that connect to either the area around them or to Kira himself that he can strike to double, which can be a way to minimize the risk of having no range.

A bankai that growns more powerful or gruesome based on the sins committed by the person targeted (like your 5th idea) I think would be perfect for him. Would also be great for the Hell chapter as the worst psychopaths we have ever seen in Bleach should be down there. So Kira will have a good moment to shine.

In my eyes Izurus Bankai should reflect the following three aspects his Shikai reflected based of the Idea that it is a part of Izuru himself: 1. The act of fighting (or the intettion to do it) is something that will be punished in a way that allows reflecting. (despair and apology) This reflects Izurus believe that fighting is something people should fear and that is should bring despair. 2. The act of protecting himself against enemy attacks is enough for the Abilities of his Shikai/Bankai to work. This reflects Izurus believe that fighting has not a single positive aspect within. In a way: Heroic is to protect what's important, not to fight against whatever it endangers. 3. The moment Izuru takes the initiative he acts in a gruesome and terrifying way. This reflects Izurus position of not being someone above the rules. If he fights, he is not a bit better than his enemy and therefore violent in the darkest and most gruesome way. In my eyes Izuru appears like a dark prophet. He shows everyone how dark the world is in which conflicts are solved by fighting against each other to force reflection and the seach for alternativ solutions. His Bankai should therefore be an image of his view of the world. The sky gets dark, an everyone in its area of effect gets punished if they have the intenton to fight. They will be weighted down strong enough to hinder to move but they will not die. Like his Shikai his Bankai cant kill, if Izuru wants to kill he has to do it himself Therefore the Bankai doesn't change the Beheading-Aspekt of Wabisuke but makes the rule of peace the law of "his world".

The bankai that makes the most sense to me is either 1 or 2. 1 because it's the only one of five ideas that doesn't force Izuru to basically do everything himself, and 2 because the idea of emotional weight is good, although it would have no effect whatsoever on Aizen.

Thank you for this video

So I always had this idea for izuru’s bankai I always thought was really cool and absolutely fit with everything Izuru stands for. It goes like this. “Twist, Wabisuke Uzumaki” the name, Wabisuke Uzumaki (wretched spiral) is of course, inspired by the manga “uzumaki” by Junji ito, and naturally the core ability of the bankai involves spirals. instead of a square hooked blade, wabisuke uzumaki is a blade that branches out into multiple Blades that form into spirals where the tip of the blade is at the very centre of the spiral. Any enemy in the vicinity will be trapped in these spirals. The tip of the blade pressing against their neck. Izuru can manipulate the size and number of spirals in any way he chooses. As long as someone is trapped in the spiral, they cannot move without getting cut or harmed. The only way to “escape” wabisuke uzumaki, is to stab your neck into the blade, and follow the spiral blade till you reach the hilt. If you somehow don’t die immediately from being stabbed in the neck, you need to slowly and painfully find your way out of the spiral with the blade still in your neck. The cruellest part is even when you reach the end, izuru can just grow the spiral out even longer, putting you back at square one. “There is no escaping wabisuke uzumaki. Any futile attempt made will leave you dead, bled out over the twisted spiral blade stabbed through your jugular. Your own choice, your own demise, because you couldn’t come to terms with the end. Or maybe you did, and in your weak will, concluded you’d be better off getting empaled than living out eternity with the blade pressed against your neck. No matter, because in the end there is only one conclusion to this bankai. Inevitable. Guaranteed. Certain. Death. Inescapable. Painful. Torture. Eternity. Cruelty. Wicked. Spiralling. Nihilism.” - probably Izuru

Hopefully in season 4 They Will adapt his fight with shaz It's the perfect to Introduce his bankai

If his Bankai is revealed, I’m hoping it has some kind of insane crushing power that’s hard to even comprehend. Like how it feels at the deepest point in the ocean, or what would happen if you landed on Jupiter and realized there’s no surface, at which point you’d fall into the planet’s core and get crushed to atoms by the immense gravity. Both options have to do with gravity, which creates weight, so it’s possible.

It's sad but realistic how much Izuru's personality changed after Gin's betrayal. I honestly feel like his zanpaktou didn't fit his character until after he became all gloomy

I always visualised his Bankai becoming a Scythe, combined with making mass enemies fall to their knees. He feels like the perfect person to reprisent the traditional Scythe weilding Death god.

“the enemy's heart grows heavier instead, metaphorically speaking" No no, make it physically heavier! That would be hilarious, and kinda nauseating as well. Imagine the panel zooms into the inside of the enemy's body, and we get a sequence of the literal heavy heart dropping and ripping the body bit by bit. 😅

Damn tomo with the fresh cut lol

I have a neat one! All this bankai does is 1 simple thing, just lets him change in what direction "down" is, at first it seemingly just that doesn't really achieve anything but he can wildly change the direction of gravity making them fall uncontrollably making it super easy for kira to hit them more times with his sword that maintain the shikai powers and when he's already hit his opponent a couple dozen times it's when the true purpose of the bankai's ability becomes apparent, kira now changes the direction of gravity to be inwards straight to the center of mass of the opponent crushing their whole body into a tiny super compressed sphere of flesh, killing them instantly, or outwardly tearing them apart

Nah I actually thing it wouldve been a visual transformation into a SCYTHE! It would fit his personality perfectly, it would make sense because of the scythe shaped moon, would somewhat make sense with the executioner character (a axe would make more sense but a scythe looks like a very fittin weapon for a executioner), it would fit the shape of his Zanpakuto, and I think there hasnt been a scythe except for Nnoitras Santa Maria!!! (Izuru's scythe would have some type of effect, since Nnoitra's scythes were just weapons that were part of the transformation, they didnt have any special abilities) or you know maybe it wouldve been just a straightup Axe with long handle, since thats the signature executioners weapon!

I really like the second one especially. Before hearing your thoughts, my favourite idea I thought of was one that was sllightly similar to Yamamoto's, but in reverse. Instead of summoning the bodies of those you killed to fight for you, you call on the spirits of those killed by your target to disable them, literally crushing them underneath the weight of their own sins. I felt this fit Izuru's general style and idea that war brings about nothing but despair and inhumanity, in that the people affected the most by his Bankai are those who have the most blood on their hands. I think you do a good job of catching that general idea with your second Bankai, of doubling the emotional weight on a person until it becomes too much for them to bear.

Izuru really didn’t deserve to go out like he did. Now he’s just another in Mayuri’s vast menagerie of sick experiments.

I had an idea for the bankai giving him the excecutioners hood, and then applying the doubling weight effect to izurus whole body. You cut him? Get doubled, he touches you? Get doubled. But there is one more trick to my idea, if izuru were to die during this effect it would neve go away. Maybe even increase afterwords, to truly say you will pay for killing the executioner.