Ishida's arm being injured is the usual anime censorship, Ulquiorra ripped it right off. Idk why they did that when the main character got his damn chest blown off in the same episode, but oh well.
Ulquiora: -speed blitz ichigo -grab him by the head -uses a cero to show power difference then getsuga tensho -grabs a getsuga barehanded -throws ichigo like a rag doll before killing him -rips off ishidas arm -states that he can regenerate all but his brain and internal organs Hollow form: -speed blitz ulquiora -grab him by the head -overpower ulquiora’s strongest cero with one of his own -grabs the lance bare handed -rips off ulquiora’s arm -obliterated his internal organs so he can’t regenerate -throws him like a rag doll before trying to kill him Hollow form took everything personally and dished it back
'-overpower ulquiora’s strongest cero with one of his own' And he didn't even match him like for like. The white core marks that as a standard Cero. We know Zangetsu can use Cero Oscuras because that's the basis for the Getsuga Tensho used by Tensa Zangetsu, which was first demonstrated by Zangetsu. So it wasn't that Zangetsu couldn't have used a Cero Oscuras against Ulquiorra, there was just no need. What a power move. Also, Zangetsu is petty AF.
@@devonm042690 I'm not sure that the one fighting was really zangetsu, I still think that the one fighting was Ichigo, but with only the parts of his soul that were hollow defining his personality, so similar to Zangetsu but not literal Zangetsu, after all Zangetsu has been a constant mirror image of Ichigo, and we only see Zangetsu in this form after we see Ichigo in this form, also zangetsu does talk even if its crazy psycho talk when he talked over previously, Ichigo in this form did not, it was more similar in behavior to the berserker state he took while zangetsu and he fought in his inner world, and when he finally talked it was not zangetsu but Ichigo, in a clearly trance like state who talked, so IMHO, this was Ichigo, not zangetsu taking control, it is different to when zangetsu takes control.
@@diablo.the.cheaterZangetsu are both the hollow and young Ywatch inside Ichigo. Also an interesting fact: the line "I will protect you" is not from Ichigo to Orihime, but from Zangetsu to Ichigo
Ulquiorra represented the aspect of death that is emptiness. He felt nothing inside and thus nothing else mattered, this explains his nihilistic outlook on life. But when Orihime came into his life, it introduced the concept of a "heart", something that ties and connects people to one another. Ulquiorra Cifer One of the well written Espada and Characters in all of anime world
@@saketmeena9581 The dude removed and crushed his own eye, pretty sure he knows pain lol. Fighting with Ichigo gave him a glimpse of hope and ideals, because Ichigo had no chance of winning but he still had hope, and he wouldn't sacrifice his principals to do it. That along with learning about connections from Orihime began to change his perspective.
There is a special chapter released called "Not be but be" that tells Ulquiorra's backstory. You can find it easy in the internet, probably it won't be released in animation ever, so you can read with no problem.
The Hollow was in full control here and the only input Ichigo had was to protect Orihime, everyone else was considered an enemy. Ichigo's Hollow is kind of overpowered, based on the fact that it's both powerful and has instant regeneration, even if Ulquiorra hit him he would have likely healed it and counter attacked.
@@furiousdestroyah9999 Not really a deus ex machina, since it had been hinted by his bleached self that he where to die that something might happen, so it was foreshadowed, it is only deus ex machine if there was no foreshadowing whatsoever. It happened when he got a literal hollow hole blasted trough the chest too.
It’s like Ichigo is on autopilot when his hollow fully takes over. There is still a part of him in there, but not enough to really keep him sane. The hollow just runs on pure instinct.
"If you Truly wish to use my power, make sure you don't die before the next time we meet!" - White Zangetsu. Remember the speech about the King and the Horse?
This form is called full hollowification. Let's say that against the vizards was a full imperfect hollowification, while here was a full perfect hollowification, Ichigo was dead, and death is asociated with hollow; there is another reason as well, but it will be a spoiler. The fandom call this form vasto lorde Ichigo. And there can be some reason to this, but i will explain later.
TBH, this form is not called anything, it has no real official name. If anything, it maybe somekind of botched pseudo-resurreccion considering that Tosen did resurreccion and Kubo confirmed that visored, Ichigo included, could do too.
@@diablo.the.cheaterSPOILER . . I think is called full hollowification in databooks. Is not a ressureccion since he had a mask on his face. For that, he need to control his power and sealed in a sword, gaining an arrancar form, but since Ichigo has his hollow and shinigami powers fused from the beggining, he should have an arrancar form from the beggining. I think horn of salvation is his arrancar form, and he should have this form instead of full hollowification from the beggining, if the old man wouldn't supress his power for so long. Urahara said that a ressureccion is similar to a bankai, so shikai should be the equivalent to an arrancar form. Probably because his shinigami and hollow powers were fused, that's why he is already in shikai mode. When Ichigo use horn of salvation, it is said that he is is equilibrum with his powers, being in shikai, arrancar form (horn of salvation) and having control over his quincy powers, even if he didn't use them to much. The fact that he use gran rey cero is like a confirmation that horn of salvation is his arrancar form. And yeah, Kubo said in one of his answers that Ichigo could use ressureccion. And what is between a hollow form (that use against Ulquiorra) and his teoreticall resurreccion? Yeah, an arrancar form. And Ichigo probably didn't had a remnant mask in horn of salvation form, just horn and markings, because his powers are fused from the beggining and he start as a shinigami. Similar to how an arrancar could probably fused his zanpakuto with an asauchi and obtain shikai, bankai and ressureccion (if shinigami can obtain ressureccion, arrancars should obtain shikai and bankai as well if they fused their own zanpakuto with an asauchi), but they will still had their remnants of hollows mask, because they started as hollows, not as shinigami.
@TheCarrionKing27 Considering that White was created from a lot of shinigami's souls and had human form, he was like a "plus grande vasto lorde form". But even if you will consider that White was more like a "plus grande gilian" because he didn't seems to have a conscience and the inteligence that vasto lorde had, after he fused with ichigo's shinigami power and became Zangetsu, an inteligent being, i think we can call him a vasto lorde, even if is not the classic "menos grande vasto lorde". Shinigami can't became a hollow without another soul (hollow) being introduced inside them, like what happened with the vizards. I saw same theoryes that white was created from shinigami souls that were introduced into a normal vasto lorde from hueco mundo, and that's why he had his hole "full". If this is the case, there's an even better reason to call him vasto lorde. With vizards, a hollow was introduced in them to make them hollowfied. Maybe with White was the opposite, maybe into a vasto lorde from hueco munde were introduced shinigami's souls. And yeah, horn of salvation is like an arrancar form, like i explained earlier.
Besides the note someone added about censorship of uryu's arm. When Hollow Ichigo threw that huge piece of rock at Ulqiuorra, that was actually him throwing his arm that he sliced off at him.
One fun fact about ichigo, which may be a bit of a spoiler. His coat is a representation of how much spiritual pressure he has left, he was fighting with just a sleeve....this entire fight was a fraction of his actual power.
remember when ichigo fought his hollow in his inner world ? it told him : i will allow you to be the king but if you fall i will become the king . when ichigo got killed he became the horse and the hollow became the king
Also fun fact each hollows personalities are based on a aspect of death ulquiorra was hollow which is why he was always emotionlist because he always felt empty
yes ulquiorra is a good character, however i do not like how some people ship ulquiorra with orihime, it is straight up trash, but i am glad that ichigo and orihime are safe.
Why would it be trash though, it makes perfect sense? Plus Ulquiorra having feelings for Orihime is actually canon, although it doesn't seem to go both ways.
@@furiousdestroyah9999 i know, you have a point, feelings is different than shipping them, some people feel like ulquiorra and orihime are a couple and ichigo and rukia are the main couple, like how can you ship someone when he kidnapped you, tried to potray you as a tratior because of his lord order and tore a hole into your friend two times and told you it is useless to help him. that is what i am saying is trash. sorry if i over spoke
@@kowsikvadrevu 1. He was doing so because that were his orders 2. He didn't know better 3. He changed at the end 4. Not even Ichigo cared that he killed him twice 😅😂
@@furiousdestroyah9999 the 4th one was right 😂, if possible look into the story of "ramayanam" i think you may find my point some what makes sense. if no then lets leave it at that 👍
There is one fanfic where they made that ship make some sense, but it was developed after Ichigo got the hots for other girl. Not Rukia, thankfully, Ichiruki is ultra re cursed ship, it was Nelliel(adult). The only thing that made the ships bareable was that it was not a romance fanfic but a battle fanfic, funniest thing is that instead of reforming Ulquiiorra or having him in a gigai or some shit, Orihime goes hollow and then arrancar to be with him, which is IMHO, the superior choice.
I love how it's not anger or frustration or anything like that, but the simple desire to protect someone that turns Ichigo in the single scariest thing we see in this entire series.
In the early episodes there is a conversation about the king and the horse. And if he were to die then the hollow would be in control. This is White Ichigo in control. And just like the Byakuya fight, white is more intense than Ichigo.
Confirmed once again, "Kurosaki-kun" is the strongest power in the show🗿 Definitely a brutal fight but with a bittersweet ending, one of the most iconics in Bleach. I respect Ichigo's resolve to end it in a fair way, like it was with Grimmjow, but if Ulquiorra hadn't reach his limit, that was bad for him, since he couldn't even against R1 before. That said, Ishida's braveness and the team-up of the trio against Ruddbornn deserve a moment of appreciation too.
Ichigo hollow is human size like ulquiorra. Which means ichigos hollow is a vasta lor de, the hollow level of soul reaper captan. Also ulquiorras cero is advanced that’s why its green and not read. Ichigos is red and yet it beats ulquiorras. That means ichigos hollow has more potential than ulquiorra does.
It's an interesting case of dramatic irony when Ulquiorra argues in his own mind that it should be impossible for Ichigo to unleash a Cero, but we know it's not impossible because Shinji used a Cero against Grimmjow.
“Not be but be” is a special manga chapter you can find online. It has his backstory. If I recall correctly it wasn’t made by Kubo until well after the anime episode where he died was produced.
@@zahidphansopkar446 kid..... Go back into your bedroom and have your mom read you a bedtime story. All protagonists have plot armor.... Why do I even bother? You are just a fake fan of anime after all. I think SpongeBob is still airing. Go back to watching that.
@@dontrelldurant3450 U just assumed that I was a kid lol and there is a difference between plot Armor and a power that was setup a while back in the story it's just a shame u can't understand that and u probably are an anime only guy so I wouldn't expect u to understand