Bleach 272: Ulquiorra's Death (Original)

Ulquiorra's death from Bleach episode 272. Like and subscribe if you're also a Bleach fan!

[@Picolnir]

His death was the most badass. He never coward, he never begged for mercy, and when he knew he was dead, he just seemed annoyed. Hahaha, what a badass.

[@AndyStarzs1]

He seemed happy lol. His emptiness was filled in the end. And he finally understood emotions. People say, he was starting to fall for Orihime lol~ He had her heart in his hands, and he WANTED to know where it was. Then at the end, he realized had it with him. So in a sense, Ulquiorra had his heart set on Orihime

[@style3244]

what about nel and ichigo

[@instakittylover3706]

TicTaqs 😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑 I have nothing to say to u.

[@instakittylover3706]

Andrew Luebker The way you wrote it made me cringe.😑

[@gerardlevaar6766]

I thought Nnoitra was more badass, he literally went out fighting until the very end.

[@AndyStarzs1]

The whole arrancar arc was pretty much Ulquiorra learning about feelings and falling in love with Orihime

[@icankickflipok]

HoshiAndy I'm just gonna call it the ulquiorra arc.

[@gerardlevaar6766]

Erm no it wasn't. Gonna forget about Grimmjow and Nnoitra mini-arcs?

[@Jaime13R]

HoshiAndy no Orihime had an attraction to Ulqiorra. Ulqiorra (Espada is EMPTINESS) didn’t give a shit.

[@MEPSIPAX826]

I wouldn't call his feelings romantic, but the point of Ulquiorra's character arc was him regaining his lost heart and finally remembering what it means to be human. Ulquiorra was a Hollow who lost his heart and thus lost his humanity. Orihime was sympathetic and kind, and it was through her he remembered what it meant to be human.

[@unlimitedperseverance1706]

@KTR when he spoke about his heart he was talking about how he lost his heart. in the end he remembered his humanity.

[@LoneWolf-oz2mq]

I always loved how he says "Woman", perfect sad ending for a perfect villain. At first I hated him but came to love him.

[@angelosavioryaku3241]

hehe me to

[@nihil6886]

Ore ga kowai ka, onna?

[@dakotaseiler8545]

Moreso misunderstood character.

[@vanset7609]

it's actually a masterpiece

[@ayaanaziz5149]

I've always loved ulquiorra he's a badass and was my favourite Espada behind grimmjow

[@dsrsk8354]

" Her heart was right in my hands..." *Fades to White*.... Jus dang... so epic.

[@Azubjourni]

cinematic perfection

[@icankickflipok]

I love ulquiorra because he doesn't believe in things he can't see. When he and orihime are talking about the human heart he says, "Tell me, if I tore a hole in your chest, would I see it? If I split open your skull, would it be there?" To me, hes not making a threat to her. He's asking her if that organ in her chest is responsible for the way she acts or if its all in her head. He doesn't believe in the strength of emotion until the end, when he finally sees. "Tell me, girl, one last time. Are you afraid of me?" "I am not. Really. I'm not." "I understand." Its heartbreaking not because of the bond between orihime and ulquiorra but because he showed so much promise of understanding people. He showed so much promise of development. And his life got cut short just as he finally learned what he lacked in the end. He had seen it several times yet refused to believe it. The only thing that he has ever seen and denied. Making excuses "those are the words of someone who had never known the despair of defeat." "That's ridiculous." "This antiquated concept of a 'heart' seems more like a liability than a strength." Because he truly could not understand what he was seeing. Until he was on his deathbed.

[@user-un7yy3rh6h]

*claps while crying* beautifully said bro beautifully said i'm actually crying

[@sreeshnelp]

Perfectly put.

[@OO-jd4yc]

This comment is so underrated!

[@kuzukarma1705]

If only he got Byakyued but no Ichigo can’t snap out of it and Ulquiorra had to step in while dying to stop him

[@ZeroRemorse]

Going to add to this 2 years later. Due to Ulquiorra being the representation of emptiness or void depending on who you ask it makes sense that he would be stripped of emotions and would follow a purely logic based method of understanding the reality around him. This backs up what you wrote wholeheartedly as a concept as illogical as emotions would have no method being quantified and it would seem to be the ramblings of a delusional girl to him. The entire time he was trying to figure it out. Then in his last moments when he was most open to change he asked Orihime if she feared him. She responded with the purest of empathy seen in bleach instead of fear or happiness at his inevitable demise. It was then he finally understood for the briefest of moments what the human emotion of empathy was which could only exist in souls with "Heart". In realizing this it contradicted his aspect of death and so he died quite poetically by being filled with the knowledge he had sought from the one being to ever arouse his interest.

[@thegooseman90]

Mr Aizen... I don't feel so good.

[@omgyjyakYllow]

HAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHA HA

[@vigokatze]

Is thAT A THANOS REFERENCE ?!1!1!

[@sanneflowersigns2459]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@acid5174]

*Aizen-sama

[@ahmedali-mv8ds]

I'm sorry

[@EastJazzman]

In 2009, fans voted Ulquiorra death as the most impactful of the year. No surprise, his death was more unique and therefore more amazing than most deaths. He died just he finally understood feelings and emotions, and to me that's what makes his death one of the most famous.

[@Caelus32]

It was almost as if he could exist in a world in which he felt something other than emptiness

[@BlossomPathOnStage15]

Which fans? I mean the east fans or west fans?

[@lejen1925]

IMHO Tousen and Gin's death were far more impactful. Tousen's death was more philosophical for me as well.

[@flavienmaillard3910]

It would have been so fun if they voted Grimmjow 😂

[@oplisarsima2163]

His death is one of my favourites ever.

[@user-lc7zf9oy7z]

Ulquiorra's death is actually really interesting to analyze. He physically died from Ichigo's attacks. At the same time he also mentally died since he realized the true meaning of human heart, which is contradicting his aspect of death: the feeling of nothing.

[@corruptangel6793]

A Nhilist overcoming Nhilism

[@kimberlytakesthe5043]

Lol "feeling of nothing?" No. He realizes that orihimes faith and resistance of fear as he called it "heart," was in his hands the whole time. At any point in this arc before this part, ulquiorra couldve obliterated ichigo and the others. But, he didnt. So, when the flashback comes and he asks orihime "do you fear me?" She says no, and he didnt understand. Orihime didnt fear ulquiorra because her fear was never there cause she never had a doubt that her friends were not going to rescue her. So when ulquiorra turns to dust he states "her heart was in my hands..." meaning, a flashback reminiscing that it was the idea that at any moment he couldve crushed her heart by killing her friends previous to this moment. But he didnt and now he knows that humans faith in others outplayed his ideology of power as an arrancar and mere puppet 0f aizens purpose.

[@mazuki7602]

Kimberly Takes the honestly i dont think he could’ve crush ichigo, it would’ve been the same outcome just sooner

[@kimberlytakesthe5043]

@@mazuki7602 didnt Ichigo undergo lots of hollow control training before this fight? I am pretty sure Ulquirra was halted by Yourichi and Kisuke saving Ichigo's life the first ulquiorra and ichigo met.

[@kimberlytakesthe5043]

@@mazuki7602 as you can see the more Ichigo excel in controlling his powers his dark side increases as well - cause it is wanting to take over his body.

[@emperorbrandon3501]

Still a better love story than twilight

[@deeChikoroo]

+Emperor yt when u love the bad guy at the end of his life

[@ellenacrystal5108]

IKR, THIS IS WAAAAAYYYYYYY BETTER

[@deanwinkel6259]

A waayyy better love story

[@andymcneilly]

Amen to that!

[@Juan.Padilla1998]

Emperor Brandon what’s love have to do with it?

[@sakurashiro9913]

Ulquiorra: Do I scare you woman? *reach out his hand* Inoue: I'm not afraid Ulquiorra: I see *withdraws his hand.* Her heart is right in my hands. *Inoue tries to reach his hand but he disappeared* That moment when you actually cried in this scene damn!!

[@kimberlytakesthe5043]

It is still an underlying evil proposition when he states that last line. He basically realizes in order to make orihime fear him he should had killed her friends a long time ago way before this moment. He never understood why orihime was not scared of his threat...cause she always knew ichigo and the others would come rescuing her. So her faith kept her strong. He realizes this too late as he turns to dust and reminsces that her "heart was in his hands..." meaning that if he had killed ichigo and the others sooner orihime would've been trembling before him in fear. L0l. But to each their own - the instrumental is pretty nice. But the novelty requires a bit of forethought to understand the true meaning of his last words and intent. Ulquiorra by no means loved orihime he was just fascinated to the extent of dissecting her to understand why she didnt fear him

[@ryan5547]

How do u know 😅

[@rafaeldasilvaromero3362]

@@kimberlytakesthe5043When i read that part in manga, the pannels said "that thing in my hand, was a heart", wich means that he understood what a heart was when he raised his hand. He knew everithing he done, and yet, he tried to reach someone, that's why he understood what a heart is and why he did something so useless and unexpected of him.

[@kuzukarma1705]

@@Nelybandz kinda got it all wrong but ok

[@kuzukarma1705]

@@Nelybandz it’s not like Kubo literally illustrated it and that they are named admirer the pregocnitionsnof death and ripped of Aizens emotions yammy(rage) Ulquiorra (emptiness) but unless the author outright say something you just don’t understand because your brain is as small as a pee you have 0 clue about any story threads unless the author would literally come to your house and slap you with the manga panels

[@MrsMBlueRose]

Its been 10 years and Im still not over his death. Ulquiorra will be forever my favorite character.

[@chrisferry9997]

He was the besttttt

[@totien2608]

He is lawliet 🐮

[@abdullahjama8404]

same T_______T

[@hitkid2456]

He could have had so much to live for. Now that he was alive to so much more.

[@xerohh]

He woulda been so dope as a main character who joined against Aizen

[@bluntrack1075]

His relationship with Orihime kinda reminds me of Meruem and Kumogi’s relationship

[@glc704]

Because it's very similar Both,one through Komugi and one through Inoue, died as humans

[@raht9578]

So true

[@chaz3196]

YES

[@geri6671]

It s very similar exept orihime didnt die like komugi

[@jdchy6181]

ulquiorra had one of the saddest deaths in the anime his aspect of death is emptiness and he only found some sort of solace at the end, the other one is starkk as he represented loneliness and ended up losing/dying alone after lilynette died

[@thangnghiem4229]

at least starkk found some friends

[@cautions9549]

Geen

[@cuteanimals9175]

@@cautions9549 yup

[@MojeZycieWSkrocie]

Honestly though Starkk's whole character wasn't that impactful to me. He was one lazy ass dude met with an opponent just like him. He didn't even seem that strong or at least take it seriously and I'm still surprise that he was Espada No.1. Although fighting against Kyoraku who also didn't take the fight seriously the whole time makes me think that Starkk probably had much more strength than he showed.

[@doncinati7644]

@@thangnghiem4229 he also mentions how everyone in the espada seems to be fighting for themselves… there is no sense of brotherhood, as they are being taken out by the captains, which i guess it makes it even more sad he had to die to Kyoraku, someone like him probably would have befriended Stark had he not aligned with Aizen

[@josslynchavez5243]

"Her heart was right...... in my hands" 😭😭😭😭😭 UHHHHHHHHH THE PAIN! AND WTF DO U MEAN BY THAT!?

[@Ryuga-2015]

Grow up

[@icybite7342]

Karl Hans savage but isn't really he means

[@danielleransom123]

read his background story and you will understand EXACTLY what she meant to him. :)

[@corruptangel6793]

It's him acknowledging her existence I think. In other words, at the very end, because of her, he was able to overcome his nihilistic views on the world

[@msa5825]

He was basically a loner and was empty mentally until he met her he probably even caught feels for her in the end too

[@ethanpok1]

Imo Ulquiorra is by far the most interesting espada. The way that even above aizen's will, what was most important to him was contemplating what this heart was that she spoke of. It's even more impactful if you read the bleach novel about Ulquiorra's backstory.

[@Raver-1601]

I love how as the fight drags on Ulquiorra starts to care less about Aizen and seems more interested about the human emotions

[@juanthejuan9850]

Ulquiorra was not evil; he only carried the weight of infinite sadness in his heart. Not knowing what love is and feeling empty. I think he started to feel something for Orihime. It would be awesome if they both got together in an alternate universe or something.

[@zerstorungdeslichts4706]

He would literally kill her without a second thought if Aizen ordered it on the spot.

[@nicosoftnt]

@@zerstorungdeslichts4706 If heanaged to survive... After this scene... I doubt it.

[@meiru2453]

@@zerstorungdeslichts4706 Would he though? He had but several opportunities to kill her, I mean he had no objections to kill anything worthless even without the order. Yet he was coming up with the excuses why he should keep her alive, even defending her from Ichigo's accidental Getsuga. Not to mention, he was guarding her against vicious arrancars wanting to hurt her. I mean this wasn't necessary.

[@zerstorungdeslichts4706]

@@meiru2453 He's just awaiting Aizen's orders.. Aizen just wanted to fuck Ichigo up by helding her hostage until he's ready to face him. At the end he didn't order Ulquiorra to kill her, rather he let him do what he wants. Ulquiorra can either kill her but he started to be interested on her, which is lucky for her.. If Aizen ordered him to KILL her, he would've done so. Ulquiorra is no hero. He's Aizen's most LOYAL Espada. He can be redeemed if he survived. But during the Hueco Mundo arc he's at Aizen's direct command.

[@andrehenderson7820]

@@meiru2453 nah if aizen had ordered it he would have killed her on the spot

[@kayee4134]

If you didn't feel this in your heart, then your cruel and hopeless

[@kamuiyato]

Well...thanks!

[@adamandeveourfirstparents4709]

KAYÐEE linked vids my account

[@Orlok26]

Your right I am cruel and heartless At most this is a passing interest

[@King_SPL]

Maybe even A nihilist

[@madarauchiha9121]

Who are you to decide that?

[@barbarapereira7790]

Ulquiorra's Death is definitely one of the saddest villain deaths in anime. There are some villains deaths who are pretty satisfying, but this one was just heartbreaking.

[@TheLordSheogorath]

And Starrk :(

[@DarkMasterTV99]

For me it is the 2nd one 1st was Meruem and Komugi 😭

[@barbarapereira7790]

@@TheLordSheogorath yeah stark too

[@barbarapereira7790]

@Dark Master Gaming Ph This will sound very bad, but I haven't watched Hunter x Hunter yet. My sister is always telling me to watch, but I didn't make the time for it yet...

[@DarkMasterTV99]

@@barbarapereira7790 yes you should try, you won't regret watching HXH, best and at the same time the saddest moment was in HXH final episode of chimera Ant Arc.

[@LambLiesDownOnBroadway]

The sad thing about Ulquiorra is that potentially he could've been a good guy... It's just that he never understood the concept of love, kindness, remorse, sympathy, empathy etc. until the very last moment. Ironically, just before dying, he finally started to feel something for Ichigo and Orihime and feels pure anguish in knowing that he will never see them again. The only people who he never could read and understand completely... ;(

[@bcgazero6472]

And thats how L died by the second time

[@miirasaika6437]

😂😂😂

[@kiki01010]

Lmao

[@moscoagain]

By another Shinigami

[@slok5644]

their deaths do hit you in a similar way, and they both were killed by shinigamis

[@Jezsomebushyreverence]

And both killed by Blondes

[@Beckwourth]

When she was tearing up as he asked that for the final time, she answered with grief rather than any other emotion understanding that she's about to lose someone she started caring for. And as for Ulquiorra he finally understood what the meaning behind those words were al be it too late. But hearing orihime say that she wasn't scared but more sad that he was about to vanish from existence made him realize that her heart was in his palm that very moment.

[@sniffsniffmmm8873]

5:24 *Achievement Unlock* : A Heart ❤

[@SilverWolf442]

I wonder if Orihime had feelings for him. She didn't care about Grimmjow or Nnoitra dying. But, she cries for Ulquiorra.

[@TheLordSheogorath]

Probably. Her life was very sad and empty when her brother died, Just like his was.

[@AndyStarzs1]

And though Ulquiorra was intimidating and scary. He was the only one who actually took care of her and didnt bully her.

[@ScientologyHunter2]

well nnoitra and grimmjow didn´t really interact with her

[@nmeo394]

@@ScientologyHunter2 Grimmjow did though. Nnoitra was just a goofy dumbass who never showed any sympathy

[@Raver-1601]

Maybe she doesn't really "like" him but she sure does have some sympathy for him

[@emubeatbox3733]

It's been 13 years and this is still one of my favorite arcs in bleach

[@deanislove-6676]

Can we just talk about when the flashback and the hand stretching scene came the ost which was playing was SPIRITUAL BOND??

[@chlo9123]

Dean is love - They formed a bond. I cried.

[@KINDAgaybro]

"Every time you and I connect with each other, a little bit of heart is born between us. Heart isn't something inside you. But whenever you think, whenever you remember someone, that's when heart is born. If you were the only one alive in the whole world, heart wouldn't exist now, would it?" - Kaien Shiba

[@p1cklel0ver]

Literally cried over his death, the way he ended up learning what a heart was and reached out for Orihime. The ending when he came to turns with it and saying “In the palm of my hand was a heart”. I don’t cry over villains but he really had me balling 😭.

[@TheSpellShell]

I never find Orihime as interesting character. She is just kind and little sappy. But for some reason I'm so much in Ulquihime thing. Ulquiorra finaly get interested in people and find "heart"... soul... anyway it's all because of Orihime. Maybe he fell in love first time. And she is not afraid of him. I know first she tells that thats why her friends came after her, but in the Ulquiorra's death scene she trying to reach his hand after telling this. They like perfect couple for me.

[@deanislove-6676]

in my opinion, In hueco mundo arc, after being with Ulquiorra for a lot of time I feel like even Orihime started to have feelings for. to be honest I feel like Orihime's character was only strong emotionally and physically in Hueco Mundo arc and her character development was the most in hueco mundo arc. And Ulquiorra was the only key for her character development since he was the only character who thought Orihime was strong unlike other characters who demotivated Orihime. After the Hueco mundo arc Orihime's character went to square one. I also feel that Ulquiorra had fallen in love with Orihime. Since their love would have been "forbidden" He had to die. Because he couldn't be a human. Even if IchiHime has been cannon, One has to admit it that UlquiHime was the ship which was actually cannon.

[@carloskingdomh]

orihime is a good character, with her own interesting traits, which is why she could help ulquiorra with that question.

[@dplocksmith91]

Dean is love - It could be Stockholm Syndrome, but then again, Uliquiora was the only Espada who wasn't a complete asshole. And she never developed feelings for Aizen or Grimmjau, even though Aizen could simply use his Zanpakuto to brainwash her and turn her into his willing slave.

[@meiru2453]

@@dplocksmith91 Yeah I mean Ulquiorra was strangely polite with her, even when she bitchslapped him. And lets be honest, Ulquiorra isn't really that kind, he had no hesistation to wreck others, he even smacked Yammy with a full strenght.

[@Dr.HooWho]

They didn't even fall in love with each other smh

[@absoluteballs]

2:42 that one line from Ichigo was the final key to unlocking Ulquiorra's human heart Orihime has been explaining empathy desire and belief to him, even demonstrated it with her and Ichigo, but acutally experiencing how Ichigo felt towards fighting Ulquiorra showed Ulquiorra those things One of the most important villains to Ichigo Not even a full on rival like Ginjo or every other one of his aggressive rivals Just some that he both learned from and taught and they probably would be fighting together if things went differently

[@Dalex429]

Crazy. At the end of it all, Ulquiorra, was only trying to figure out if he was just a monster, without a heart, set out to be an attack dog; something he valued himself for. However, Orihime saying "I'm not afraid" proved that he was more than just a tool that instilled fear in someone else; a thing to push away another soul. He actually was more than a lone soul to someone else. He found solace in the compassion that Orihime showed him. Through his interaction w/ Orihime, he found his 'compassion' for another person; a "heart" if you will. Ulquiorra will forever be one of the best written antagonist known to the 90s babies.

[@TheAwesomeDarkNinja]

"Lord Aizen, I don't feel so good..."

[@storyshiftchara8672]

Aizen : do not care

[@lotsoflaughs13ify]

ehhh I dont think ulquiorra fell in love with orhime cuz someone as nihilistic as him wouldn't just sprout such strong emotions all of a sudden. Although I admit there was something that developed there when he faded. Like he said, he just sparked an interest with humans and IMO it's all thanks to Orihime. Orihime's sympathy and kindness are perfect for Ulqui's character development in terms of his indifferent personality. They were a perfect match-up (not in a romantic way) for this arc.

[@raht9578]

He never fell in love, neither did Ichigo and Rukia. Shippers are just pure definitions of STUPID

[@Jornalator]

Ulquiorra is my favorite character in bleach he should had have a back story

[@dinominate69]

Jornalator he has bro. Its call ulquirra unmasked i think. Shows what ulq looked like before he wmet aizen. He naturally became an arrancar and was a vasto lorde i think.

[@postingrandom4320]

@@dinominate69 ? What

[@ash_aiden]

@@postingrandom4320 yeah, it's true

[@matthewmuir8884]

@@dinominate69 Indeed. More than that, not only did he become an arrancar on his own, but unlike the rest of the espada who were originally human at some point, Ulquiorra was _born_ a vasto lorde. It was possible in the time before the current cycle of souls for a hollow to spontaneously come into existence without having first been a human, and Ulquiorra is the only known example.

[@1423greenmario]

YAY!! ORIHIME LEARNED 3 NEW WORDS BESIDES "KUROSAKI- KUN"

[@mysteriousghat5792]

I'm not afraid.. with Kurosaki-kun.

[@raht9578]

Achievement Unlocked

[@bonauditeur]

LMAO

[@mk3lish]

@@mysteriousghat5792 LOL THE PLOT TWIST 😂

[@razumahiroki9216]

LMFAL CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!

[@orgxiii4ever]

best lovestory in bleach lol

[@matheusrios3186]

All the big love stories of this entire franchise are sad: Matsumoto and Gin especially.

[@rahulsar2030]

Is that sarcasm or something as this was not even a love story, lol.

[@Gheniel_]

Womans ☕🗿

[@Monkeytheluffy56]

Ulquiorra overshadowed every other espada. For time being he became more interesting then both ichigo and eizen. His 2nd battle with ichigo, his 2nd resurrection, his honest curiosity and willingness to understand human emotions, and lastly his demise and orihime shedding tears for him, ichigo not considering it as his victory, ishida being a true homies. Everything hit me in my feels.

[@snehasalvatore4365]

They're like perfect couple for me

[@ikiliousdasylouiyasbdetyw9124]

You have a very strange name

[@jordancromwell]

Nooo

[@jeanmartin5172]

@@jordancromwell yeeeeees

[@BurandisshuMyu]

@@jeanmartin5172 no

[@jeanmartin5172]

@@BurandisshuMyu yes

[@loafiez6934]

The music makes this scene all the more heartbreaking

[@miiii333]

Ulquiorra never fell in love with orihime, rather, he understood the true meaning behind orihime's words and finally was able to perceive human emotions in his last seconds

[@-TUMBAGAANTHONY]

Do you know the background music being played when he's fading?

[@erielmartin8130]

@@-TUMBAGAANTHONY spiritual bond

[@miguelcom13]

His poem tells the contrary

[@saisudachatrakulnaayudhya6885]

2020....I cry everytime i watch :'(

[@hxmikoo]

on his first appearance, i already smell sadness, i'm glad i never hate him

[@themightynanto3158]

What makes Ulquiorra's death all the more heart-wrenching is that, like every other Hollow, before he became one, he was once human. Without even knowing it, as he died, he regained his humanity.

[@frobsonsdesenhos]

He was never human, he was born a hollow.

[@overlord3083]

Um no, ulqiorra is actually only original hollow thats formed from the powers of hueco mundo, remnant powers of world before soul king. He was born vasto lorde

[@guy-rk1jj]

Not every hollow came from humans. Theyre original creatures. Especially with how menos are made, Ulquiorra was born in hueco mundo not from the human world

[@tokmoh2000]

Given Ulquiorra's background in a side chapter, he had a terrible past. That made him detest the world so much and feel his existence is pointless, hence a nihilist. Deep down however, he wanted his existence to have a meaning, it's just that the world is so cruel he got so disappointed and thought his desire was a lie. So he suppressed it, lived his entire life in denial until finally Orihime uncovered it. He has a big ego, he continued to live his life wanting to be proven right all the time about how the world is a cruel and meaningless place. Anything running contrary to his nihilistic belief would spark his curiosity and made him want to dissect them slowly but completely so he could end up feeling he was right after all. That's why he's always passive, slowly build up to test Orihime and Ichigo in every angle, leaving no stone unturned. It irritated him they never react like how he expected them to. With Ichigo, he started off exercising massive restraint, slowly level up as Ichigo responded. From 1st resurrection onwards, he's completely overwhelmed Ichigo, yet it irritated him Ichigo refused to give up. He wanted Ichigo to give up so he could prove himself he was right, at one point he even lost it and raised his voice is anger "I TOLD YOU IT'S USELESS!" It's his ego that made him snapped and yelled. His ego was completely shattered though when Hollow Ichigo overwhelmed him. He thought he was the perfect hollow, only to be proven he's not by HIchigo. He hated that he got defeated so much, he just wanted to die. Which makes it intriguing why he bothered to save Ichigo's friends when he could've just stay dead. Conventionally, his nihilistic belief should not made him act, everyone will die, yet he did act. To me, this is his turning point, he probably thought "maybe i am after all..." thus jumped and cancelled Hichigo's cero. He was probably inspired by Ichigo's never give up attitude, even if he wouldn't want to admit to that. Slowly, his heart that he suppressed began to uncover. He thought Orihime logically should be scared, yet she told him she's not, because of her heart. That irritated him, yet he took things step by step, threatened if he opens her chest, will he see this intangible, ridiculous thing she called heart? Then threatened to crack open her head. His objective is to get her to feel scared, so he could feel like he's right after all. Yet until the very end, she was never scared of him, even caring for him to even want to reach out to him. At that point, finally all the beliefs and desires he suppressed all the while get freed. Hence there was a relief in his voice that his existence does have a meaning, his desire was not a lie. He finally saw it. In the very end, he finally get to experience warm feelings of embracing and caring each other these humans spoke of. Orihime showed him what it means to care for others. That explains his final line, "her heart was in my hand". He felt it at last. He felt cared because her heart had touched his.

[@tokmoh2000]

@Zero Freederick i agree. It's not love or crush, but rather empathy and compassion for each other. Ulquiorra lived a solitude life for so long, and since it had worked well for him, he thought that's the correct way to live. Even if deep down, he probably knew that's a lie he wanted to be proven wrong. In the end, he finally understood it when Inoue showed him compassion and empathy towards him. Something no one else ever showed him, he never saw and thus refused to believe nor understand this thing called 'heart'. I feel like he was able to pass on peacefully having finally be able to confirm this.

[@pedrodg216]

Ulquiorra got interested in human feelings, because he fell in love with Orihime, and didn't know how to love, because he couldn't feel...

[@theeye364]

He did NOT fall in love with orihime ☠️

[@ShUrIkEn2558]

​@@theeye364 He almost understands what heart means but unfortunately he dies

[@EmoVengador]

@@theeye364pal had to use goofy ahh emoji.

[@mameodu5286]

iT'S 2016 AND I'M STILL CRYING

[@midlitten7887]

me too im gonna be all depressed now about ulquiorra's death

[@icankickflipok]

2018 and I'm crying.

[@bigfaxxtv4154]

2019 and I'm crying

[@JunkoEnoshima.]

I will still cry for this in 2020

[@en3748]

2020 and im crying

[@Kal911]

Ulquiorra and Hisoka, same voice actor, that's enough to prove how great Namikawa is.

[@maou7222]

He is one of the most tragic characters ever 😭😭😭

[@30795William]

People like Ulquiorra who grow up not knowing or understanding what love is and I'm talking about people who live with bad parents anyway I feel sry for those types of people who don't know what love is. T_T

[@style3244]

its ok

[@iihavocsinz3512]

This was a sadder death than spider-man's "I don't feel so good"

[@y3llowhearts]

I never seen Ulquiorra as evil, he was just loyal and curious.....I wish it changed.....I wish he fell in love with Orihime and had some kind of beauty and the beast vibe 😭 I know I'd help change his views

[@ahinapelle9468]

I genuinely cried during this scene. He was one of my most favorite characters and my favorite Espada and he totally had the potential to be a good guy. Frick all this, man. Making me cry again...

[@helix276]

People seem to sleep on the fact that Ichigo was literally willing to have half of his *limbs cut off* just to have a fair fight

[@javierpacheco8234]

Ichigo seems to be a person who doesn't like to cheat to win since he got taken over by his hollow and that made him win the fight.His full hollow form kills anything that is threatening to him, which is a scary and very dangerous power to have. I'm not too sure how better much to describe it.

[@laglord6969]

I know he's a villain and all but that's just sad

[@stefangirbea982]

What would have made this scene even sadder was if at the end he gave a smile to signify that he finally understood what the “heart” is.

[@user-mv8nu4gg5z]

In Japanese, the nuance is "What in my palm is... the heart." So, I thought it referred to Ulquiorra's heart, but I was surprised to see 'Her' written in the subtitles.

[@GothicDamien666]

He fell in love with someone he could never be with he could've changed he said it himself a lesson we learn when it's too late

[@prototypemaster1]

Ichigo: *I want you to cut off my arm and leg.* Ishida and Inoue: *Nigga, Wha?* Ulquiorra: *Oh yeah, This is big brain time*

[@raht9578]

This had me laughing hard

Ulquiorra is too hot.

[@tatithegod]

2017 and all the feels are back. rip bleach

[@geri6671]

Ulquiorra is one of the best villains i have ever he s one of the few villains whose death made me sad

[@MasterLynch21]

I think it wasn't love but he represented depression and dear and he didn't understand how she was not effected by it when everyone else was. He became interested in humans through Orihime I don't think it was love but he felt a a positive emotion around her and awaiting Aizens order he became more and more interested. I wish he became an ally instead of being killed off

[@Kal911]

he didn't represent depression, he represented nihilism, void. He believes in nothing because he thinks that everyone's life is meaningless. And from his point of view the only meaningful way to live was being conscious of it. Nothingness was what he considerated happiness, because nobody suffers in that way. That's what he realized when he was still a vasto lorde, discriminated and isolated, unable to do anything but walking alone and relying only on his eyes.

[@icecactus11]

This was voted the saddest or best death scene that year if you didn’t know

[@thekuriboh275]

this was the most heart warming death ever 😢❤

[@dante22723]

"In the palm of my hand is a heart," 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@xen8407]

I know a lot of people don't like Orihime's voice actress, but I personally think she does a really good job in the more emotional scenes. I especially love her compassionate and warm response at 5:01

[@KushAstronaut]

I agree, she’s awesome and I think she does a great job here!

[@dohasan5053]

I love Ulquiorra, why did he have have to die and disappear of all people 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@koshkanyaplay4858]

It's already the second time i'm looking his death, but... I'M CRYING, WHY????

[@MoneyHeist02]

Because its masterpiece ❤

[@soumyadeep_278]

People who are saying this a love story this is actually not it was just ulquiorra understood humans feelings , emotions and Pain

[@fnicolaaessandro]

This was real beauty of Bleach! As the Stark's death or Ichigo's thoughts about Aizen..."I see...Now I see...Her heart was right...in my hands"

[@sarahbonita9741]

I really like the character development of ulquiorra. That is why Inoue was the saddest when he died. Ichigo also thought that afterwards.

[@bruhservices5942]

I desperately kept reading the manga hoping he’ll return or get reincarnated thanks to Mayuri’s tech or something. Sadly that never happened

[@risa8798]

Every time I come back to watch this I just won't stop crying!!!!!

[@o8gurLL-vw8gl]

ichigo rlly turned into goku for a couple of seconds

[@loli6051016]

So sad T^T Ulquiorra was one of my favorite characters. Rest in Peace...

[@_jeki333_]

Just wanna remind you that he's still dead

[@Steadfast123]

@@_jeki333_💀💀💀

[@Buggolious]

​@@_jeki333_damn why you gotta remind him

[@_jeki333_]

@@Buggolious he shall never forget about this

[@Vortexiiixii]

Ichigo: It's not fair, I'm gonna cut my arm and leg. Ulquiorra: Bro, are you listening to yourself right now? I literally tried to kill you.

[@mitchikatsuTsugikuni221]

Bro I nearly cried when bro wondered about where her heart was,the he said "her heart was right... in my hands." Like bro I cried 😭

[@ryuzakikazeshini4012]

I regret not buying some Ulquiorra/Grimmjow merch back in the day 😑

[@diegocarrillo3026]

Ulquiorra Cifer will always be my favorite espada, he is powerful with a certain form of reasoning and in the end he showed no regrets, he faced everything head on and died with a slight ray of light in his heart

[@derekmorris89]

I wish they would somehow bring him back. I know in a sense it would be disrespectful to his name, but I wanted Ulquiorra to have a chance to experience happiness and become good. Since all he knew was despair and loneliness, he very much so deserved to experience more than that.

[@MrsMBlueRose]

Actually, If he had stayed alive, it would make a great character development. Tite Kubo really does not know how to use his characters to the most.

[@shawnjavery]

He is probably in hell right now, if we get a continuation we might see him again.

[@MrNiceGuyPh]

@@shawnjavery Late comment but does the hell in Bleach has a time for sinner and when the time runs out, they will automatically freed and reborn? Or they'll stay there forever?

[@shawnjavery]

@@MrNiceGuyPh Its unclear what exactly hell is right now, ie its subject to get massively retconned into something else. But from what its implied its mainly just a holding area for souls that are either too strong to naturally reincarnate or are deemed unworthy to do so. If I had to speculate, its something designed to keep problematic souls outside of the cycle of reincarnation, not a form of punishment for those who transgressed in life. So I doubt there's a sentence since its a matter of protecting the natural order of things.

[@odeiomelao]

He suffered from the same problem as Starrk, but unlike Starrk, Ulquiorra didn't have anyone with him when he was a vasto lorde, he was always alone.

[@ParkdalePS]

My favorite scene of ulquiorra :) LOVE HIM ! I cried too much when he said her heart was in my hands D:

[@maracabo1176]

I was so sure that Ulqui and Orihime would be a couple i got so sad when he died Until the very end i was hoping that he would come back somehow

[@orgxiii4ever]

ten years later and this is the best scene in all of bleach js

[@LJ-hk4tv]

1:46 "Ichigo Kurosaki, I don't feel so good..."

[@VictorGarcia-cg3ng]

Fuck!!! Ulquiorra should of joined ichigo team!!! He was a beast! That would of been epic!

[@theminionshrek7946]

Ichigo: "Then cut of mine as well!" Somewhere in another dimension, someone: "brrr, why I have this feeling that someone is doing some dumbass Kakarot's level decision?"

[@SM-ys8lw]

it's a similar decision to one Kenpachi would make, it showed that he actually likes fighting just as much as Kenpachi, and he wants to win in a fair fight (i do consider that he fairly beat Ulquiorra because while he wasn't in control his power did beat Ulquiorra but i see why he didnt)

[@LambLiesDownOnBroadway]

Ulquiorra must've felt pure agony deep inside, just when he understood what feelings and love mean, he doesn't get to feel them ever again and vanishes out of existence.... T_T

[@robungle]

2:42 Bro just stares at him like "tf is wrong with you my guy"

[@hubienkoo]

one of the bleach most saddest scenes

[@omaribarra9936]

This scene and gins death and starks death too, those are the saddest scenes for me

[@holyjordan1]

This rivals Yusuke vs Sensui so much

[@anna2736]

Still cannot get over this, Ulquiorra was by far my favourite character

[@Duke_Sen_Voldigoad]

Ulquiorra understands what having a heart is. Its... I'm not sure how to describe it yet, but I think it's sweet.

[@nobodycares3333]

this is what i liked about Ulquiorra no tragic back story no sad memories he was genuinely curious & intelligent lesser Evil guy

[@twohandedswordsman852]

I mean he does have tragic backstory.

[@NoLuckJustSkill1337]

Ichigo telling Ulquiorra to cut of his arm was hype as fuck! That Ichigo was addicted to fighting

[@rendant]

Bleach Diamond Dust Rebellion ost - Spiritual Bond is the name of ulquiorras death music

[@PhuderosoPony]

The best antagonist and the best fight and the best farewell for the serie.

[@Ot_a_ku465]

Because of this charecters in Bleach. Make the complete series G.O.A.T. hope he returns in hell arc

[@kiwikovi]

I'm watching Bleach for the second time and while I watch the episodes I've got those thougts like it's the best anime, I can't stop watching this, I don't want it to end and I'll watch this for one more time and the others soo I think Bleach is the BEST anime what I ever seen and nobody can change my mind. I started to watch it maybe 8 or 9 days ago and now I'm at ep 280. :')

[@bankubanga789]

so did he just admit he started to fall for her? and i wonder if he exhausted his powers by caring

[@sery.ious1y]

I can see now, why there are those who call it “peak fiction”

[@eustaceraymond4768]

Nniotra live by his integrity and code. He wanted to die with honour instead of pity. Ulquiorra didn't understand emotions but at the end he understood little and wanted to know more about it. Both sad death