Unfortunetly I have to dissapoint you guys. We won't see Yoruichi's Zanpaktou simply because she is stronger using Shunko instead of Bankai. She has to comfort her Zanpaktou everyday because it is depressed from lack of use
Also liked how CFYOW showed us the stark contrast between Yoruichi and Soifon's fighting styles and philosophy. When Tokinada let loose a group of assassins on them Soifon as usual got deadly, bloodied and corpses all around her while Yoruichi merely knocked out her attackers nonchalantly. When it's over she looks over Soifon with concern and dislikes at the use of lethal action, urging her to not let the evil of her skills or the nobles fully control her, to witch Soifon merely stands at rigid attention.
@@crimsonninja4097 it's def not a lack of skill. She's a captain class shinigami who has been continuously training even during their long standing peace time. She just doesn't care about the no name assassins. It fits pretty well that Soi fon would act similar to the older gotei since her philosophy is more geared towards the older beliefs.
@NiaTheMilkTank Setting the fact that there are different levels of mastery in bleach when it comes to banki, there's a difference between mastering the function of the banki and figuring out how to utilize it in creative strategies on the battle feild. While it is a tool, the zanpoktou is also a living soul, so your ability to synchronize with and understand it key features in unlocking its power, that could remain hidden for centuries for as long as you misunderstand the zanpoktou
She already knows how to use it fine she chooses not to use it. Same with Soifon she will not use her Bankai unless she absolutelyhas to. @ezramiller8936
Ultimately Yoruichi operates far better with her usual skills. She much prefers to leave her opponents KO'd with a bruised ego and nothing more, only getting dangerous when things are critical. Also in CFYOW the conversation between her and Tokinada showed how unhinged Soifon is with her Yoruichi obsession, getting extremely jealous at Yoruichi soothing her own Zanpakuto. Ah Soifon.
Yoruichi is a free spirit, very mischievous and playful. Her Shikai would reflect that. So if her Zanpakuto were elemental, I could also see it being lightning, or water is another good one. "As untamable as the sea" and all that. Overall, I think it is a shikai with a distinct lack of precision or control and that's why she doesn't like using it. When it comes to combat, she likes being in control with fast and precise strikes. If it were a shikai like Heineco that is very unfocused, or a slow burn ability like Ikkaku's Bankai, I think that would make the most sense for why she doesn't use it. Her true self is very caring and supportive, so her Bankai might not even be a combat type. Imagine something like an inversion of Unohana's Zanpakuto
Your cat idea of yoruichi's zanpakuto kinda reminds me of the fanfiction a shark in the moonless sky, her zanpakuto in that story is basically a sadistic version of the cat from alice in wonderland.
What if her zanpaktou is just a sassy princess cat lady that’s consistently need pampering and affirmation once it gets that then her zanpaktou will do some lethal damage like how cats are
Her bankai should be a rijiu they are usually dogs or dragons, which is ironic for a cat shape shifter, and they worked for raijin they would hide in the belly buttons of people and electrocute people with lightning strikes just have it be that she loses alot of energy when she uses it or she needs to strike someone's belly button which wouldn't be useful on hollow due to the many forms they take
I think her Zapakotou in Shikai or Bankai form probably means some type of instant death or has some type of long range ability. All the things she doesn’t like and that being the reason she doesn’t use it.
I kinda always thought it would be lightning based, it just seems fitting. I do remember seeing a translation that had her nickname as Lightning Flash Yoruichi so that may have biased me a bit.
Yoruichi seems like a good target for how shinigami may have fought before the invention of the sword. There would be far less capable fighters because of the training and talent needed. This could also explain what power is absorbed to create a zanpaktu. Innate ability of the shinigami. I think of the zanpaktu and Hido are cheat codes. Fast tracks for less qualified individuals to get an edge while those more qualified to exceed limits. Making it possible for greater numbers of capable fighters. That being said. I think her zanpaktu would incorporate lightning in some way. Based on what I've said above. Aside from that. I'm not sure how her personality would impact the form.
It's probably the Shioun Household's blade that was used to cut the spirit king apart. While it cannot be a useful thing because of its use, even Squad Zero's powers would feel like a gentle zephyr of power. She probably had to appease her blade as she was still the house head of Shioun even after leaving the Soul society. While her little brother was put in as a facade as the current Shioun household leader.
Yoruichi's shikai is a transformation skill, so I would think that her bankai would be also something similar, like summoning a gigantic cat beast. This skill will go against her way of fighting style.
Yoruichi relies on her speed which is earned the nickname The Flash Step Queen and hand to hand combat. Plus her use of Shunko and her many forms including her Thunder God Cat Form is what makes Yoruichi different from any other Soul Reapers. She doesn't need a weapon to prove it. Her own body is that weapon.
And this far in the story it’s impossible for her to have secret useful bankai, cause I doubt fans would understand why the hell she didn’t use it all along
I personally think Yoruichi’s sword’s shikai release reflects the prideful and shameless side of her personality. Such a power would have to be 1 in a million to be useful to an assassin who could just as easily fight without it. Plus, if it’s already a pain to use, then I can imagine her giving up on fighting with her sword entirely if the Bankai was one of the ones like Shunsui’s or Hirako Shinji where they’re banned from using it around people/in the Soul Society. We know, from the fight between Ichigo and Byakuya, that a Bankai is meant to be “massive and powerful,” which makes sense because everyone who uses a Bankai like Ichigo or Yamamoto’s true Bankai don’t really show it off all that much because of how dangerous “condensed power in the tip of this stick” has proven to be. So the default expectation is, like, Asishogi Jizo. Or Tengen Myo-oh. Or even whatever it was Tousen did to Kenoachi. Or hell, even the massive ice power Hyorinmaru gives. So her having a Bankai that fits that assumption, a Bankai fitting of a captain, would probably be something she hates
I think her shikai should be claws that if they make contact they make the opponent run uncontrollably until they eventually pass out from exhaustion. And I think her bankai should be that she becomes faster than the speed of light so fast in fact that she becomes intangible and is imperceptible to any living being (even faster than time itself so she can't be stopped by time abilities) which means you can't counter or predict her attacks. The only drawback I would give her bankai is that her energy also drains at an insane amount because of how fast she is and she only has a limited amount of time to defeat her opponent before she passes out from exhaustion
I can never understand why people say that the cfyow light novels are non canon to the story of Bleach. Not only does Kubo say he created the lore and content for them specifically, but the authors of the light novels directly asked him for assistance, even asking if it’s possible for them to use Hisagi’s bankai, which Kubo later on referenced in the Hell chapter. Amazing video as always.
Since she is from one of the noble families who sealed the soul king, i think ot reasonable to assume ahe inherited her zanpaktou, i also wouldnt be surprised if it was a zanpaktou that was only able to harm the soul king/god. She doesn't carry it because it would be of no use in q fight and she never thought she would need to fight the soul king again.
Considering Soifon has such drawback on her bankai, It wouldn't be shocking if Yuroichi's Zanpakuto to be something that requires her to be constantly outranging her enemy. Also I wouldn't be shocked that she also owns a legendary blade like the Ise's.
Mmm yoruichi had to calm her zanpaktou down shows that her zanpaktou should be hot headed plus maybe it’s lighting zanpaktou and destructive lighting version of yoruichi’s or it could be so fast, taht it’s almost as equal as 1 hit ko
Diagree. Her sword is probably sound or light based. Showy and loud and ranged. That probably why she never uses it. It has to be powerful, because the captains have to show their zanpakto to the others and its judged. But it likely goes completely against her style and personality which is why she never uses it. You made a zanpakto that would fit her perfectly. If it fit her, she would use it ALL the time. If she could disappear into shadows, she would. Her zanpakto has to be different from what she would want and what would make her style stronger. It cant fit her at all.
I think its likely her shikai and bankai can effect other zanpakuto. Muramasa can control zanpakuto spirits and Enryakoten can copy the form of zanpakutos.
I always wondered, do the 5 great noble houses possess the swords that were used to crave up Reio? Yoruichi's Zanpakuto could be something like that. I mean they executed Nanao's mother because she lost a "sacred tresure". Something that links to the original sin must be kept a secret at all cost.
Hear me out: i dont necessarily agree with the assumptions because i think you harbered on her transformation skills vs. her family. Now being apart of the royal family i do believe in a shared zampakto but her family is always in charged of the stealth division so her zanpakto could embody assassination and torture, 2 things that yourichi is not about. for instance her shikai could be similar in shape and effect as shinobu from demon slayer where it emits various poisons based on the users will (paralysis, boils, disease) all to wear down her opponent before death. while her bankai can embody torture Similar to senjumaru having an AOE for all parties but with different medieval torture devices. You could also state that she is not allowed to use her shikai or bankai because it is used to protect her family vs her own personal devices so since she cant use her sword how she pleases she uses hand to hand and her subordinents just follow suit
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Why don’t Jedis just turn off and turn back on their lightsaber right before a clash xD lol No but I like the imagery of the cat shikai, and the lightning war hammer. I like to think she can just turn it into a war hammer at the last second on a downswing I think maybe at some points u became too focused on “has to be animal related” but overall really good discussion and a ton of neat ideas here Also, lightsaber zanpakuto; eh? Eh??
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I just thought that she reached a state where a zanpakuto would be unnecessary for her since bankai/shikai are both still manifestations of their own power. Maybe even holding her back due to having to channel her spirit power thru a sword and not herself.
well she was an asasassin maby her bankai's nature results in it automaticly killing anyone apart from her who witnesses it. smiliar to how assassin should never leave witnesses
The issue with the zanpakto possibly having a cat form and working with her combat style doesn't make sense to me, because if it fit with her style so well then she would have no reason to avoid using it, at least in Shikai form. I don't have a direct concept, but I assume that her sword would have to have a release form that is opposite of her combat style. That would explain her unwillingness to use it ever, even when dealing with high threat opponents like Aizen or Asken
I was thinking the same thing. Soifon uses her shikai because it does fit with that close range fighting style rather well, so Yoroichi's zanpaktou even in shikai form has to be unusable whether from not fitting in with her fighting style, or it's effect also affects her which is detrimental to her fighting, kind of like Shinji's zanpaktou, or the fact that the zanpaktous ability is straight up useless in general. Personally i think it's one of the last two options, or she would have used it when backed in to a corner like Soi Fon uses her bankai.
I always imagined that Kubo left her zanpakto out of the manga because like soifon it doesn't really mesh with her fighting style so if she were to use it it would hold her back
@@huntertezzno the hell she didn't are you stupid when is the last time this ever happened in the Bleach anime or at least in a manga cuz you got to be stupid enough not to realize she fight with her hands not with a sword and bleach
it doesn't make sense for her zanpakuto to match her preferred fighting style. It's probably a big, goofy, slobbering dog and Yoruichi is clearly a cat person. She has to go home every night and give her blade lots of belly rubs, then turns into her cat form and curl up together to sleep.
I still think she looks better in her purple hair rather than the black one but I understand why they changed it because it's not accurate to kubo work
Shield theory sounds about right. And soifon's bankai is the manifestation of wanting to complete her loved one. Yoruichi can't attack, soifon can't defend. What a perfect couple. But im sorry soifon... Yoruichi is ours.
@@melovil9199 Well, since yoruichi is much older she probably got her bankai before and since soifon is the obsessed one her bankai manisfested as a perfect weapon for yoruichi
Personally I think it's probably type of gun, a railgun The main aspect that I feel NEEDS to be addressed is why she NEVER uses it. If it's because it doesn't fit her fighting style which is heavily CQC based and she also doesn't use ranged Kido either she wants to be up in her opponents face I can easily see her not remotely desiring a Zanpakto that's exclusively ranged in both Shikai and Bankai considering she had Urahara make armor for her to continue punching Arrancars rather than use her sword to deal with their skin. Soi Fon still uses Shikai so that's not a completely valid comparison
If I remember correctly, the wording she uses in the light novel is that she is a "stronger" fighter without it. Implying it has nothing to do with preference like with Soi-Fon. Instead, her shikai/bankai are handicaps. Either they're not suited for combat or the speed and power of her Shunko is simply more powerful/effective
I always imagined her zanpakuto as being almost antithetical to her fighting style. Like it’s shikai is a very heavy suit of armor, and her Bankai created a form of “bubble” that prevents her from moving and makes her used ranged attacks. Basically I imagine her Bankai takes away her 2 greatest assets, her hand to hand abilities and her speed. Similar in literary concept to Soi-Fon it’s a Bankai that goes “against” it’s shinigami. The major difference being Soi-Fon can swallow her pride and use a nuke, but Yoruichi’s Bankai literally restricts her. I believe Yoruichi can’t even work her zanpakuto into her combat style. If she could, like Soi-Fon, I’m positive we would have seen her use it in SOME way. Instead she chooses to ignore it completely and if she does use a weapon it’s a sacred tool from her clans stockpile of them. Those two last points make me confident that her and her zanpakuto are, almost paradoxically, incompatible with one another.
Je pense que je suis pour la théorie que son bankai et shikai a un rapport avec les félins et même que la sa transformation en félin a un rapport avec le fait qu’elle s’assimile à son sabre qui lui donne la possibilité de se transformer en chat, et la c’est la version soit du shikai ou alors juste une certaine synchronisation avec l’âme de son arme et la version que l’on voit dans les derniers combat quand elle devient une chatte sauvage c’est l’as version de son bankai qui prend le contrôle car il est plus puissant. Et pour finir je pense que le bankai doit être un félin qui doit être du genre incontrôlable qui fait ce qu’il veut et donc pas très pratique
I have a question, is it possible that yoruichi is in similar situations to komomora, you know like how he became a dog, maybe yoruichi also became a cat, and Kisuke helped her idk
I always thought that her Zanpakutou would have a Nekomata for a spirit. Considering that in their lore by the time they reach two tails they walk on two legs and speak the human tongue.
Here's my theory. Her family is said to be gifted divine gifts from the gods. Maybe her Zanpakuto is part of her soul, her having the name flash God is no coincidence. Her shikai would be her first power up, that she used against soifon. Her Bankai would be the form she used against Askin. ❤
Soifon's zanpakuto isn't the worst. It's the fact that she hates to use it, amd therefore doesn't include it's use im her thoughts or plans. Her biggest gap is against multiple foes of moderate strength compared to hers. She's far more prone to being overtaken by numbers than say, Byakuya. That is, until she pulled out the BFM. That covers fighting even an army. Also, even a captain isn't going to brush off an explosion without taking some serious damage. So, she can use this aspect in conjunction with Shikai, to catch oppoments iff gaurd while trying to avoid the BFM.
I like your lightning zanpakuto and defensive zanpakuto, but my personal theory is that her zanpakuto is based on Raijin and while powerful, it’s hard to use in battle do to how it works. It’s shikai takes the form of a single drum and it’s striker with each strike to the drum building power that can be released whenever she wants but the process is slow and obviously not stealthy in anything but a festival with a lot of drums. It’s bankai goes full Raijin with multiple drums a two strikers that unleashed lightning strikes on the surrounding area but with very little control of what they hit.
I can see it being something heavy/loud. Shield or a hammer to be the opposite or a range weapon that wouldn't benefit her fighting style like a whip/chain.
What i wanna know is... is Her Shikai/Bankai much more embarrassing and Cumbersome to use as her lighting Cat Goddess form.. lol I think her Shikai is "Exhaustive Elemental type" while her Bankai could be "Entirely defensive against elemental Attacks" that too only against someone of similar power or close.
Eh idk? If the zanpakuto release amped her natural features, wouldn't she like to use it more? I think it does something that she doesn't particularly like, like soifons..... 🤷♂️
If I could create her bankai, then I would call it “9 lives.” If you don’t kill her within 9 attacks, then you instantly die. But, if you hit her once, then she dies. If you refuse to fight, then you’re vulnerable to her attacks.This would make the mastery of flash steps make sense. It would make her not spam it because I would make it impact everyone within 100 yards of her. So, allies and enemies attacking each other will all die within 100 yards of her. If you leave the 100 yards requirement, then you’re safe for the new 9 attempts. Therefore, she is required to chase the target for the bankai to stop.
Something else might be that Yoruichi's Zanpakuto may turn into some form of clothing/armor or part of her outfit that makes it easier for her to fight without a weapon and strengthening her attacks. Consider Ichigo's bankai changing his clothing and directly showing his reiatsu level by its damaged appearance. This would also give her the ability to have it released constantly because it would basically be hidden as part of her outfit.
this would be cool, but would go against her not using it. I'd see her using it often if it was something to do with strengthening her hand to hand combat.
@@Cas-ed9ob Except she is (was) part of a stealth, covert group for years. Of course she wouldn't tell everyone all of her secrets, probably to the point of directly deceiving them.
@JohnA... sure, but there were plenty of chances to whip out her zanpaktou, especially if it's enhancing her preferred fight style. I'd have a hard time believing she would pull it out against aizen or during TYBW just because she wanted to keep it a secret. Seems way more likely it just doesn't suite her style.
@@Cas-ed9ob No I meant that she was keeping it secret that it was already out and part of her outfit so not obvious to anyone else. That she just said she didn't use it but was already using it in front of everyone. It was just an idea anyhow, probably more likely she just doesn't keep it around most of the time because she doesn't like it and she isn't the kind of person to put up with things she doesn't like.
I think it’s more of a Fuji Kujaku situation. I think there’s something about her nature that is in conflict with how she fights and holds herself up. Could reveal some more about who she is beyond the usual unbreakable confidence she displays.
I believe if we found out what her ancestor Shihouin Chika the formal captain of Gotei 13 squad, Zanpakutō did probably she’ll share the same similarities
If single Target effect shikai becoming a.o.e bankai is the standard for zanpaktou then this might be the opposit for skikai that already have a o.e abilities.. Which might unintentionally explain why we don't see aizen's bankai..
I think it has to be a body armor/giant shield type of zanpaktou. But the shikai needs to be bad too. If she has a useful shikai, she would just use that and her bankai would be situational, like Shinji or Kyoraku. So, something that hinders her in shikai is the only thing I can think of. Wasn't there a bleach mobile game version of her zanpaktou though? Was that official art by Kubo? That could be a hint...
I think it's far simpler then that. She was raised to lead the stealth force, the personal assassin's and attack dogs of the Central 46 and probably spent hundreds of years seeing and doing unspeakable acts of brutality in their name, including the Quincy genocide. Her zanpakuto spirit formed in this time would likely be a bloody minded soul eager to kill their targets but Yoruichi herself has changed, she doesn't want to be that stone cold killer all the time now. But if she picked it up now she would have a hard time resisting that bloody call, for instance instead of knocking out the stealth force squad that ambushed her during her fight with Soifon she would just kill them. She doesn't want to do that, so no zanpakuto, instead she developed Shunko to act as a replacement for her shikai as it gives her that shikai level power boost without having to use her actual shikai, and she developed her Shunko catgirl form as a bankai replacement, but it still feels incomplete and needs more work. With all that said I feel her zanpakuto could really be anything as it's not it's form or powers that keep her from using it, but it's personality, through I lean towards either a melee type like a knife, or some kido/lightning elemental type that's based on a normal weapon form.
Shikai that turns into a black dagger with a golden hilt and upon its release it erases her existence from ppls perception similar to Tosen but only for herself (but can’t hide spiritual pressure) Bankai manifests a panther like feline that hunts targets with a unique ability to constantly attract and overload the senses of their targets - making it impossible for enemies to focus on environment and other external factors - only on the panther
