BAMBIETTA BASTERBINE - Bleach Character ANALYSIS | The Explosive Personality

One of the most popular members of the Sternritter was Bambietta Basterbine, the explosive leader of The Bambies. After stealing Komamura's Bankai, she went on to have two fights throughout the rest of the final arc and suffered a surprisingly tragic twist of fate that changed the character completely moving forward. Let's dive into this breakout character from the final arc of Bleach!
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[@MrTommo2304]

What did you think of Bambietta Basterbine? How did you feel about her zombification? Let me know!

[@Karlos1234ify]

Sucks that she became a zombie.

[@zurakuraworks]

Honestly, the first time I saw her all those years ago she was just eh for me, but when I saw her robbing Tengen Myo'o then I thought "Wow, she's probably one of the elite-class! She's gonna be hard to take down man". And I remember the moment I saw her becoming a zombie instead of staying dead, I was like; "What?! Seriously?! Cap. Komamura had to sacrifice everything just to beat her up and now she's on her foot again?? This is not a good situation" Great analysis as always mate 👍.

[@koroo2891]

I adore her But then her character was done dirty by Turning her into a zombie

[@devwheeler6289]

Fav stern, but regardless of my bias she didn’t deserve that. You’ve never really seen anybody in bleach get trashed and disrespected as bad as she did

[@matheuscoutinho8590]

bambi is one of my favorite quincies

[@artydomi2466]

Me after watching Bambietta give Shinji a big fat L *Look at how they massacred my boy*

[@carlyknowles9276]

artydomi all of the vizards took L's during the final arc

[@jaxattack4817]

Fax

[@kensmilepachi3313]

I'm not mad at Shinji getting bodied by her, I'm mad at him explaining his abilities to the fcking enemy SMFH

[@gintokilearnedbankai5938]

fr he was one of my fav captains

[@Joe1887]

This never stops hurting...

[@phileincibus4545]

I always found it weird that the Sternritters lacked a sense of brotherhood or comradery given that they are this army unified by heritage and pride. Also they've seemingly been together for a very long time so you would think they'd have deeper bonds. Also I completely didn't remember that stuff with Bambi luring men into her quarters and killing them...what the heck lol. Good video as always

[@phileincibus4545]

@Zac Fox that's a really good point lol I don't think they had a medic...

[@lolersthe4th880]

The Arrancars had more unity that the Sternritters. Whenever I think of that, I really do wonder how they functioned as an organisation, when a collection of beings that preyed on each other had more cohesion than all these quncies. Baffling really.

[@babyaskin9881]

Kubo is trying too hard to make the villains lol they have the same personality like the espada Everyone is arrogant Everyone cladded in white Everyone bloodlusted Everyone backstabbing each other And both are organizations(sternritter arny and espada army) Lol

[@kazuhachi952]

All characters in bleach are loyal to their nature to some degree and thats one of the points of bleach. The sternritter were a different breed. They were almost enslaved to their schrift, so much that it tapped into their very nature. So they've seen each other only to the degree measured through their powers, a very narrow perception.

[@hitkid2456]

@THE HIGH PRIEST Pernida seemed to at least. And he very nearly succeeded.

[@petersalu5834]

Maybe Bambi was a used as an analogy where Bambi was Kubo and Giselle was Shonen Jump...

[@kemaladiatna7564]

"U shoul end it here"

[@Sage0fThiccPaths]

Bruh lmao

[@benjaminacuna8013]

Dude truth, Giselle is a monster (not for who she is) but for what she did to Bambi and many others….

[@lewisaino]

@@benjaminacuna8013 So Shonen Jump is a Futanari ?

[@casualkillingspreewelcome]

Dark.

[@kana22693]

I really didn't like how the quincies ended up being just another group of sociopaths, I mean you'd think they'd act more like a tight mafia family based on how they've been genocided but they don't even flinch at Giselle turning one of their own into some kind of zombie sex doll. Oof! Even Nnoitra showed concern for his underling right before Kenpachi cut him down.

[@mattcarter1781]

Wow that’s a good point, yeah those girls really don’t have any redeeming qualities about them. It shows more a hole in kubo’s writing as he could have elaborated more on why they felt the way they did about bambi and how they could just be cool with letting her get turnt into.........that!

[@Mangafluxgaming]

Really? I think it makes perfect sense that they are the craziest bunch in all of bleach considering how they behaved and destroyed the balance of the universe. They were killed because of their crazy behaviour in the first place. Your logic makes no sense. And why the word another? Espadas and Fullbringers were mostly intelligent people.

[@ehrerik3786]

Another because sociopaths can be intelligent people ; I mean more than that sociopaths tend to be really smart people and you just have to watch character like Aizen, Gin, Ulquiorra or Tsukishima to see that we already had a lot of smart sociopaths. I pretty with him on his take, that would have been good to have them as a solid group because fullbringer were one but too weak.

[@marionarda2790]

They wanted to genocide an entire group for something that happened a millenium ago. Sociopathy was necessary

[@kushagrasharma5402]

The Dream girl you wanna be with. Although her character was cruel I believe it was also very COOL and INTERESTING character. The "Rivalry" between her and Komamura was well setup as Komamura wanting to avenge Yama-jii and Bambietta carrying on the duties while being cruel.

[@chazhartwayne6493]

I mean didn't she literally kill a Sternritter guy seconds after she came when he fucked her ? And candice said that this is a habit of hers. Hardly "dream girl you wanna be with" if you ask me. (Edit: as Tommo says around 6:20)

[@zemox2534]

@@chazhartwayne6493 She lures men into get room to kill them. She killed him before they could have sexual intersperse

[@IAmFleek]

@@zemox2534 nah cause why was she rebuckling her outfit

[@zemox2534]

@@IAmFleek Part of the act. She pretend that she wanted sex and just before he could touch her she killed him

[@cadaver4985]

@@zemox2534 Real quick question: why the fuck she did that?

[@psachickennugget8617]

Giselle doesn’t love Bambietta, she loves having control over Bambietta and her strength. She takes joy in knowing she has complete control over her.

[@myballsarejustice26]

giselle is he

[@eraniogem22]

He

[@zemox2534]

@@eraniogem22 Giselle is transgender

[@Yo-kp3bo]

@@zemox2534 giselle is confirmed to be a guy

[@loplop019]

@@zemox2534 so yea he

[@DrBXXI]

I was secretly hopping that Mayuri would break the control on Bambietta and let her be the one who finishes Giselle ending her own torment as a zombie and the one who did that to her. It would have been nice if this was done by blowing up half of Giselle's body as a call back to Mayuri's first fight. BTW, I don't hate Giselle, I just think it would have been fitting.

[@voiceofthevoiceless5275]

That was about what I was expecting to happen throughout the whole 'Marching Out the Zombies' nonsense. Ah, the road not taken.

[@apathy2454]

I don’t think mayuri is that empathetic to do something like that lol I think he would kill Bambi too.

[@tyronjasonhuff]

Would have been cool if mayuri captured bambi and started using her as a weapon.

[@vikingfromnorth45]

The novels show that she has Stockholm syndrome for giselle and not brainwashed her submissive side is her real personality

[@DrBXXI]

@@vikingfromnorth45 Interesting. I had no idea. What happens with them in the end?

[@jamesomara3361]

I don't know what it was about Bambietta that drew me to her as a character. The design and voice actor helped, sure. But I watched that Shinji fight scene about 1,000 times and have since been watching Bleach religiously. I think the interesting part of Bambi's character and this goes for a lot of the Sternritter is that they're without a doubt a product of their environments. Most of them are being who they have to be, instead of who they might have wanted to be. I think Bambi specifically wanted to be someone with friends she could rely on, but had no idea that her bloodthirsty sadistic streak was keeping them at arms length the whole time. How could any of them get close enough to truly have her back when there's always this tension that she could kill them at any time? Her strength and behavior worked against her so hard and I doubt she would've been that way without her upbringing in the Vandenreich. Imagine her as a Shinigami instead, she would've probably been a perfect fit in the 11th division. Anyway, she's best girl for me fosho and I've gotten over the horrific things Kubo did to her. And without a doubt, I could DEFINITELY fix her.

[@sinossadragonstarrk]

Hmm kinda seeing her like being friends with Starrk they kinda are the same they both want friends and not being alone.

[@imbored5951]

I like Bambi. It sucks when Kubo throws away a character because there's always so much potential in them.

[@zemox2534]

Would not be the first time he wasted a character. He wasted Chad.

[@jovicamateric7756]

@@zemox2534 Can only pray that the potential Hell arc will make Chad relevant again

[@aaroncohen2700]

@@zemox2534 Oh word. He crapped on Chad. MF literally didn't do shit for the rest of the series. And I thought he was cool along with Orihime as they had powers but weren't Quincy, Hollow, or Shinigami.

[@00raisergundam]

Wasn’t Bambi nerfed due to Zombie (lack of sudden/fast reflexes) Because it was revealed when she turned Toshiro into a zombie he had so much better speed, reflex and strength because he wasn’t completely dead but on the verge of it. Edit: you did bring it up at the end I’m sorry.

[@szabosandor8783]

"When that reishi goes into something, it turns into a bomb." Kira Yoshikage: *"Could this woman be one of "my people"?"*

[@midnitehour1]

Really enjoying your content man. Just got this playing while i'm rolling a joint lol.

[@TheUberNoobTuber]

How I started on these videos ❤️

[@SlayersSquad]

Samee

[@pointman7512]

Ong bleach the best when u high

[@shadowhawk3933]

Yes doesn’t everyone

[@KiwiHavok777]

Interesting

[@abdullazubair2820]

Dude, I listen to your content while level grinding on video games. You got me re-watching and re-reading Bleach again. Keep going, love your stuff :)

[@zombiemanjames]

Same here.

[@manuelacosta9463]

She sure fell hard. Went from being a kill hungry blood knight and near serial killer(regarding her 'relief') to a PTSD riddled zombie totally submissive towards Giselle. It's interesting her story is one of the few times wherein PTSD is explicitly implied in series(unless I'm missing some others, please correct me). Given most of the combat involves gory slashing/stabbing up close and personal with an opponent you'd think it'd be addressed more than the subtle implications.

[@alexmag342]

Near? She was a serial killer, kubo went very easy on the character

[@hitkid2456]

Nnoitra had a relationship with Nelliel that involved PTSD in a way. And after what he and Szayelaporo did to her, she was the one who got PTSD. Barragan was a big one too, towards Aizen. Uryu could be said to have PTSD as well I suppose, given the lengths he was willing to go are very uncharacteristic for him. And definitely involving his father too. And finally, Tousen towards the Soul Society.

[@manuelacosta9463]

@@hitkid2456 True. The same is certainly true for Shunsui given he drinks himself into a stupor, there's no doubt he partook in the Quincy genocide attempts. Even his philosophical outlook on evil and good where not enough to rationalize what happened so he takes to the bottle to muddle and forget.

[@mugi2595]

I really like Bambietta. Probably mostly because I just like her cute design. I think it's a shame to see how she ended up, but I don't take the whole TYBW too seriously, so I just like her fights as a zombie because it's so out there.

[@carlyknowles9276]

Still remember your gf saying Bambietta looked like a busty Rukia haha

[@marionarda2790]

She s not wrong

[@MrCaboose]

@bsvdvj yzhhdvbf I will fight you on this. Justice for Rukia.

[@jadeus3712]

👀 😂

[@Prushinthespirit]

So that's the reason of shipping her with Ichigo despite them never interacting?..

[@twicebubaigawara2178]

Bustykia

[@scottgrasser9737]

hated the fact he had to use his human form give up his sanity to beat her...just for her to come back and get wreaked by weaklings anyways

[@bqw2094]

Ikr komamura sacrifice was for nothing , godamn it Kubo smh 🤦‍♂️

[@bqw2094]

@Laguna Espada yes exactly, don't even get me started on ukitake " sacrifice " , I wonder how kubo Brain works sometimes, it's very understandable why so many people shit on him , his writing is so Damn frustrating .

[@hitkid2456]

@@bqw2094 Or how Sasakibe dies so unceremoniously... The poor sap.

[@bqw2094]

@@hitkid2456 oh yes , sasakibe had it worse , that was bullshit writing on Kubo part .

[@ChromaticEagle]

@@bqw2094 how was that poor writing?

[@antoniomcneary]

Bambi was Kubo's ex gf that dumped him for Akira Toriyama.

[@xavierstewart5756]

I can’t tell if that’s supposed to be a joke or for real.

[@djehfksbejdb]

It's true I'm Bambi

[@widodoakrom3938]

Lol

[@dafade2254]

Wha... what

[@dawnstartheanimeman]

Bruh, Akira Toriyama is a bad bitch so I don’t blame Tite for ditching her 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Thegiftes1934]

I can listen to your bleach videos on the thousand year war blood war arc for hours, i swear. Awesome channel

[@opejyr777]

thought she was cute until she splits her subordinate in half . Oh boy . I was wrong .

[@opejyr777]

@LN which explains to me why she left me , my wife .

[@lelouchvibritannia7809]

And my weird ass found that super attractive (because I like psycho girls. Send me your crazy ex)

[@kingsolomon.8721]

"Cries at her being turned into a zombie"

[@opejyr777]

@@kingsolomon.8721 cries at no swimsuit version in BBS , even now

[@limecat7923]

@@opejyr777 If you left your wive can I have her now

[@dan240393]

I always thought that the lack of caring within the Sternritter was used to juxtapose them to the Gotei. The Gotei were brought together to form a stable base on which to maintain the Status Quo; so the focus is on stability, allegiance and loyalty. The Wandenreich was created purely as a vehicle to get Ywach to the Soul King; so the focus is purely on individual power and the ability to create chaos. Yamamoto deliberately fostered bonding and cooperation between the Squads, where Ywach deliberately fostered competition and antagonism between the Sternritter. And as sad as it was, I think the Zombie strength reduction was necessary to give a reason for Ywach not just murdering all of the Sternritter and feeding them to Giselle to create an immortal, unquestioning army. Which he absolutely would have done if being Zombified didn't come with a serious strength reduction. That and to set up just how fucked up Giselle actually is; for the start of Mayuri's big character development arc.

[@ninjapirate123]

She's so beautiful

[@coatguy2990]

And dead! A beautiful zombie sex-doll 😂😂😂

[@erickjr9]

Personally, she is my favorite Sternritter, her power wasn't complex, but it was cool and strong, her appearence is fine (waifu worthy), her personality was fine, and having her own personal group made her seem like a more interesting character, the problem with Bambietta (for me atleast) was that her fight with Komamura was at the start of the arc, then after that she passed from one of the Quincies with the biggest spotlight to a zombie, if this happened differently, like Gisselle having more of a spotlight, while Bambi is like a subordinate to her and once she loses she is zombiefied, it would've made a lot more sense to me, but having her established, giving her a good win against someone as strong as Shinji and then dissapearing as a character... It wasn't good, personally, I always thought that she looked more like the classical villain-turns-into-ally kind of character, like Grimmjow, Renji or even Bazz-B to some degree, the worst part is that even her fight with Komamura feels less important once you realize that Komamura also dissapears forever as a character after the battle, so these felt like two characters who Kubo thought he wouldn't need for the rest of the arc, so he had to dispose of them both.

[@devwheeler6289]

I’ve always said bambi did seem like a character like grimmjow where she goes from villian to pseudo ally (to ichigo probably). It really felt like she was going that route, especially if she could’ve gotten restored from the zombification. Tho Kubo just seemed more interested in trolling her than giving her any good writing, unfortunately.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

She's too evil for all that, she got what she deserved anyway.

[@TheLatiosnlatias02]

@@devwheeler6289 I think pseudo ally goes to Bazz B.

[@ДушанПоповић-т6н]

Actually my favorite of the Bambies. She was a sadist and a tyrant, but she had some kind of personality. The fact i didn't like about her is the thing that she was cut too early from the show, and than returned as Gissele's slave. Do not see a problem with her as a slave, it was a nice way of Gissele's revenge. I do not like she spent more time as a slave than as a Bambietta. I also dislike her "fight" with Shinji, Hirako deserved more. Everything else is great about her. And she is in top half of Sternritters by strength.

[@elia0162]

I think that the last arc of bleach wasted a lot of cool character like bambietta

[@ДушанПоповић-т6н]

@@elia0162 it was a gigantic story which was rushed. TYBW was supposed to be as long as Arrancar arc..

[@elia0162]

@@ДушанПоповић-т6н yeah I felt that

[@ladymorwendaebrethil-feani4031]

From the way Bambietta bullies her subordinates, she probably had some kind of abusive relationship with Giselle (and the other girls). Giselle then decided to take revenge, reversing the situation. I find the story very tragic, but I really like both characters a lot, despite people hating it (I have personal reasons for that). They are my favorite quincys actually, along with Bass B.

[@qorv4973]

Canonically, Bambi was drastically nerfed because she was dead. Quincies cant be taken over until they are killed first. Toshiro was still alive so he retained his power level. Im just shocked in general with the treatment because she seemed to be one of the most powerful sternritters. I assumed at first that the first few were the best of the quincies so when Ywach arrived in the soul king palace I was shocked to see the elite guattñrds he had, cuz I assumed thar they were all taken out minus Uryuu and Haschwalth

[@jaxattack4817]

I was never really a big fan of Bambietta but I found her powers to be cool

[@Ares-hi2hw]

well', same here, her power is like an unlimited nuke.

[@widodoakrom3938]

Basically megumin from konosuba but on steroids

[@KleeblattSH]

@@widodoakrom3938 lmao great definition

[@lyracarat0344]

Her last scene was straight up having her mutilated corpse violated by Giselle, I think she deserves a better closure than that, i hope TYBW anime can do something about it

[@dragonoyxd]

The final arc was so messy '-' So many "nani!?!?" moments

[@jamescalder5115]

It was way too rushed... hopefully they flesh it out more in the anime.

[@SN27671]

I remember being super disappointed in the direction her character went. At first I wasn’t to invested in her character, but after her conversation with the other qincy girls I became a lot more interested. As you said Bambiettas concern about the Vandenreichs direction could have been really interesting and I remember thinking that maybe Bambietta together with her crew would try to claim the throne for herself and fight either uryu or haschwalth later in the arc, or maybe actually back haschwalth and try putting hin on the throne instead of uruy. But instead the next time we see her she loses to Komamura, and gets zombified. That scene also sums up my biggest problem with the Sternritter, that there is no comradery and they just keep backstabbing each other.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

Which is why they all deserved what they got.

[@Redaku418]

I fucking love her character. Bambietta basterbine.

[@limecat7923]

I love her too, my waifu

[@HaakonTheRayquaza]

i always felt like the bomb ability fits Bambietta because she's a hothead with a short fuse

[@voiceofthevoiceless5275]

It's nice to see the character get her due in one of your videos. Though that miserable fate of hers pisses me off to this day.

[@T4lr4sh4]

Yes just got home from work and you drop this video, thanks man keep up the great videos man i love your content.

[@IppoX90]

One of my favorites actually in terms of design and ability. I feel like she really was one of the most powerful ones, she was just very unlucky for having to go against Komamura. *shrug*

[@matthewharris9580]

I’m praying you do one on unohana NO ONE has even touched that and I’m so so surprised by that

[@LowKeyJaded]

To be fair there’s not much story with her even with how mysterious she is.

[@NathanNg-qk9sw]

dbz imran i think (i know this was 3 years ago)

[@raikaria3090]

On the damage the Arrancarr did: Remember; Hollows are like Poison to Quincy. So they probobly take a lot more damage from Ceros and such than a Shinigami would.

[@leonslaw5722]

Yeah and I hope the anime does a better job of pointing this out. There is even a part where Ichigo's hollow powers are taken by a quincy and that quincy is completely fine afterwards.

[@victorsantos4531]

@@leonslaw5722 At which point Ichigo's powers go stolen by a Quincy? Asguiqaro Ebern failed on stealing his Bankai and Quilgue Opie never tryed to stole his powers

[@Max-zg6ld]

@@leonslaw5722 Yhwach you mean? at that point hes basically god so i dont think hollow powers are much of an issue

[@raikaria3090]

@@leonslaw5722 Isn't the Hollow powers the reason they can't steal Ichigo's Bankai however?

[@leonslaw5722]

@@Max-zg6ld Well yeah I do mean him. But even though he was a god he was still injured by what appeared to be a quincy weakness in the silver arrow. Or that may have been a weakness unique to him regardless of godhood. In any case, it was strange to me how those events played out and how underused the quincy weakness was

[@atestsubject9279]

I actually really liked Bambietta, I haven't read into the TYBW arc myself, but seeing her be treated like that really just hit me weird.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

It's good

[@creaturetransylvania8943]

It's called pretty privilege & evolution. It's human nature to see a young life as innocent & feeling bad if harm comes to them.

[@patrickjoshuamanzo5420]

I think she's beautiful

[@kazuhachi952]

There is logic behind Charlotte Chuhlhourne able to beat bambietta surprisingly well. Remember hollows are like poison to Quincys must have caused her reiatsu to deplete.

[@SilverScarletSpider]

the names “sternritter”, “zweihander”, and “volstandig” some like something straight out my nightmares especially when seeing them for the first time in first three episodes of Bleach: A Thousand Years Blood War. So when i first saw the sadistic dominant fascist mommy named “Bambietta Basterbine”, and saw her wicked smile whilst committing mass genocide: my heart honestly clung to the character as a warm comfort. Yes, Candice Catnipp, Inoue Orhime, Rukia, Catlady, and Full Power Nel are cool, yet Bambietta Basterbine just felt so authentic and wicked: And CONFIDENT! i mean look at that uniform and big smile, she looks like a part of the coolest and most powerful fictional german secret police in the world. i remember when years ago people used to fawn over Esdeath from Akame ga kill; years later, now i finally understand

[@HaakonTheRayquaza]

I think it's sad that Bambietta ended up as Giselle's slave, Giselle is definitely a dictator when it comes to the zombies that are under her control (except maybe when it comes to Toshiro, i don't know if it's because of a lack of disappointment or not), in Bambietta's case Giselle gives her a hard time to prove her power over Bambietta, which I think is exactly why Bambietta was so afraid of becoming a zombie in the first place, but despite the abuse and superiority Giselle is in love with Bambietta, but also wants to keep her under her control, like a waifu without free will, I really wish that someone had freed Bambietta from that abusive dictatorship, or at least make a filler episode giving her a backstory of some kind (what i'd make Bambietta's backstory: imagine Bambietta growing up and living a normal life (Quincys are humans after all), eventually Bambietta falls in love with some rando boy, but then one day suffers abuse from his' side and they break up (giving her a fear of being controlled and a habit of backstabbing guys), she'd then only ever put her trust in her friends, eventually she'd meet Yhwach and learn about her powers, dedicating herself to being a Sternritter so that no one would ever have control over her ever again)

[@basterbine4585]

That would definitely be nice, but unfortunately .... It will not happen 😢

[@HaakonTheRayquaza]

@@basterbine4585 the anime isn't done yet, there is still time and potential to pick up the slack from the manga

[@joshuaponder1775]

My thoughts on what her backstory is like, is that I imagine Bambietta living as a slave/ one of the poor...hence why she offered up her body numerous times like it was normal..., eventually she was bought/sold off to some young handsome rich man, she was most likely charmed by him and thought it was the only way to escape that hellish life, but the guy was probably an abusive controlling wolf hiding in a kind gentle sheep's clothing, and after a few months/years of abuse Bambietta just Snapped and her quincy powers had awakened for the first time. She soon became a fugitive, and was living on the run for while until she met Yhwach, and after some charismatic conversation between them later, she joined Yhwach's army, and quickly rose to the rank of sternritter E...

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

Why? She deserved it.

[@joshuaponder1775]

I know I'm 2 years late, but maybe Kubo could've made a spin off manga/ a compilation of short stories for each of the sternritter's backstories. I have a book where some of Edgar Allen Poe's work were done in comic book/manga format, and I thought it was done pretty well. It's just an Idea, but I think this could've fleshed out the sternritter characters as a whole...

[@FracturedPixel]

Wish Kubo had turned any of the other bambies into a zombie punching bag instead of Bambietta

[@LowKeyJaded]

The way they handled her after her fight with komamora was disrespectful. They made her character essentially a mind broken slave.

[@quincyquincy4764]

I though I heard somewhere that the arancars were upgraded

[@Phantomz148]

She was a literal walking corpse, of course she was a mind broken slave.

[@studleymanhorse3042]

I'm not saying that it always works perfectly or that it can't be disappointing when a character you like gets shafted but the plot but it always seems either unrealistic or narcissistic when readers 1, decide how peoples values & their circumstances should be in a fictional world & therefor 2, how the Author (you know, the person who created said world & its inhabitants) should value & portray them. I'm not slating your analysis & somewhat agree with the 2nd part & that being BamBine would suck, it's the "they... ...disrespectful" part that's like how some One Piece fans gripe about Oda "disrespecting" Big Mom. Authors have no obligation to, nor should they "respect" their characters any more than they do by the time, care & attention they give them by creating them in the1st place. Unless "they" meant the characters but why would anyone but her BFFs respect the cute female equivalent Geoffrey Dharma?

[@mattcarter1781]

@@studleymanhorse3042 bambi killed dudes when she was pissed off, Jeffry dahmer was a serial killer who killed people and dismembered their bodies to cook and consume them for pleasure, no where near the same thing. STOP REACHING

[@lelouchvibritannia7809]

@@mattcarter1781 I'm pretty sure they are similar. Bambi would invite dudes over to her place for "Special Relief" which might have lead to sexy times were it not for the fact that Bambi was a fucked up individual that gutted them like fish

[@Uberdude6666]

I like her character design😌and Candice, ofcourse😌😌

[@SG-md9st]

Keep up the great work king. Bambi v Komamura is definetly gonna be a top 5 fight from the arc when animted imo

[@tristangrant4985]

Tommo we need that second CFYOW novel summary!

[@L1gHt-LK]

Love your videos and passion as knowledge for and about Bleach. Really helps to kill the wait till the anime returns. Feels really fresh!

[@JuviaLockser12]

Bambietta is one of my favorite Sternritters (the others being Bazz-B and Askin)! I love her! I was intrigued by her when I first saw her in the trailer for TYBW and when I finally decided to read the arc, I actually really liked her! Her being Sternritter E “The Explode” fits her explosive personality! Hopefully we get some backstory on her in the anime! IMO, she was done so dirty by being turned into a zombie by Giselle. It will ALWAYS be f*ck Giselle because of that! Especially with the way she treated her afterwards! Giselle ain’t sh*t! The way the rest of the girls abandoned my girl was so uncool! Bambietta was Quincy-girl magic and they were jealous of her! 😭😂😭😂

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

Why she deserved it lol, Giselle isn't even a girl.

[@ThalonRamacorn]

great video. I never read this arc, but I love your videos. this character has a Tanya vibe for me, also she is cute and it is a shame she died like that :/ her style looks nice :)

[@limecat7923]

I love her too

[@omegabet3912]

Every time I look at her... I see Nobu...

[@anatflix]

Bambietta Basterbine is one of my favorite female characters from the Quincy/Sternritters and even Bleach, but on the other side? This is one of those characters that had the potential for depth, a story about the past, development and elaboration of motives and purpose. But she was killed, or rather made a puppet of Giselle, which I don’t really like. (Hopefully, in the distant future, Mayuri will make a human out of her.) On the other hand, you can agree with what she got, what she wanted? But that's not the problem! It seems to me that Kubo wanted to make her a person who is afraid to open up to someone? Or be rejected (from the men she liked)? Therefore, she killed handsome guys in order to somehow satisfy her pain from loneliness. After all, cupcake with them? One - It gives a great incentive to relieve stress and cheer yourself up, and the second - to feel that someone still needs you. At the same time, in order not to lose credibility due to rumors? She killed them. Would it be nice, of course, if she remembered all the names of her unsuccessful lovers when Giselle finished her off? Her pleas for forgiveness and the remembrance of their names? Added depth to it, but we have what we have. (Everyone is afraid of death) In my opinion, she needed some kind of character for correction and development, who could smooth out her explosive impulses and sort herself out. Could Isis have played such a role? Or some other character, a man with a calm and understanding disposition? But given that the entire Vandareikh is purely evil, because evil? And about its members as low and high Sternritter? Nothing is known: Not about their past, not about their goals, not about their relationship to each other? Except the relation between Buzzard and Haschwalth. The rest are evil due to revenge on the Shinigami and the Soul King, and small skirmishes among themselves. All for the sake of fuss and entertainment of the reader. Also about killing your own? When do I think about it? So I start comparing the Wandenreich with Nazi Germany? But only much worse, but only the Sternritters should not, Is it worth its weight in gold? Any captured or surviving soldier is valuable for winning the war. Because the war? People win, not machines. In our understanding, Quincy with Sternritt abilities. Why Yahweh or Haschwalth? I don’t know about such an elementary element of war? For me it remains a mystery. But for that, Aizen knew about it and well kept the Espada in subjection with the help of his eloquence, and if someone died or disappeared? He created a new espada, the same numerical value, and the army expanded every day. Although given the problems with this arch? Can you stick around for a long time in the multi-dimensional holes of the plot and characters? I can (not) thank Max for this, because it's Jump! Can Kubo write at the level of the Arrancar Arc or even better? But the corporations ruined everything! Mixed arc and characters turned out... P.S. But still Bambietta Basterbine, you are forever in my heart!

[@elia0162]

I love bombietta design

[@mathisleyenda8724]

Coming fresh off part 2 episode 1 in the TYBA anime. So far I love her personality I hope they add more layers to it

[@devwheeler6289]

Favorite Quincy. She was awesome for the brief time that she was actually herself, only female stern worth anything tbh, shame Kubo wasted her

[@michaelgriffin9682]

I hope they change it in the anime

[@devwheeler6289]

@@michaelgriffin9682 I doubt they change it but I think they’ll heavily censor it and maybe add stuff to it after the events of tybw and cfyow then I could see them maybe adding she eventually returns to normal

[@MaestroAlvis]

What about the blond girl?

[@michaelgriffin9682]

@@MaestroAlvis Well she is unique so I wonder how they are going to do her

[@MichaelPhillips-jw4bj]

Why? Once she was defeated her part in the story was finished. She was used to build Giselle the true scary powerhouse. Besides She was a serial killer who used sex to lure her victims, if mask or someone ugly did that you wouldn’t care if he was tortured

[@chik_8568]

what kubo did to bambietta is a crime ☹️🥺

[@TheLatiosnlatias02]

Look at how many were nerfed - Starrk, Sado Yasutora, Gantebainne, Jūshirō Ukitake, Hinamori, Jin Kariya, Ulquiorra, Yammy

[@liamcastro9896]

I think they were talking about the whole bambietta zombie thing, which yes is crime@@TheLatiosnlatias02

[@nickreed5007]

I love your videos bro! I read the manga but it’s been so long that I need your videos to jog my memory!

[@vinnie906]

Giselle and Bambi are definitely gonna be censored to hell and back in the anime. Their relationship in the manga alone is enough to make my gut wrench.

[@toastlaws]

I really enjoy your content man! Keep up the good work! You explain and dissect almost perfectly, each subject you talk about in great depth and detail. I really like how you explain character info the way you do. Thank you!!

[@th1s1guysays1]

incredibly horrific what happened after her death. This whole arc was absolutely amazing.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

She deserved it

[@Paopao621]

bambi is definitely my favorite of the quincies, shes cute and crazy😂

[@trungtechreview627]

I think Kubo should keep this character nicely and make her into one of Ichigo gang. Ishida seems to be a lonely Quincy after all. Really dont want to see all the Quincy Gang instinct. Some people are great. Bazz is also one of them, a version of Renji with Quincy Power.

[@dawnstartheanimeman]

Meninas is still alive so yea

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

Nah, she's too evil.

[@JuviaLockser12]

Oh, I would have LOVED that! Same goes for Bazz-B!

[@axeljulesetienne3917]

Bambi, my personal "name a bigger downgrade, i'll wait" character in Bleach also top tier Waifu with Neliel and Nemu but all jokes aside I like her very much

[@lapralax7823]

Hey man watching video after video problem over 24 hours in the last week easily jus listening and watching your videos alot of great content thanks.

[@DEATHxTHExKIDx1]

Mane they did Shinji dirty. The Komaura fight like you said tho awesome . The 1000year blood war is a mix of highs and lows.

[@mariusyandereini7031]

I have a very weird theory and I could be reading into this a bit too deep. But what if and it is a big what if, Bambietta was like a metaphor for how he felt Kubo was being treated when making this Bleach arc. Because I know Kubo was sick both physically and mentally when writing this story and it seems like he was pushed way beyound what he wanted to do. So I could imagine Bambietta being a sort of representation of a young person who stood out and got well liked, underperformed at one point and then was forced like a zombie to contie his work even though he felt lifeless and physically drained from all the energy to make something reach its full potential and then get chucked aside. Now I know this could be way to coincidental but maybe just maybe it could have some merrit on how and why Bambietta was was treated. Maybe Kubo uncounscioalsy wanted to air out his frustrations through Bambietta and her story arc. I don't know what you guys think. I may just be reading too deep into this.

[@mypride8749]

i know this is a year old but I'm so shocked that not one youtuber, that talks about Bleach, has mentioned anything about her reference towards her last name and her ability.

[@maier]

Native speaker here, great job pronouncing "auswählen"! 😃 I've been binge watching your videos lately & I can't wait for your subcount to surpass mine. You sound so enthusiastic when you talk about Bleach, it's simply a pleasure to watch your videos. Please keep up the good work. Best of luck from Austria! ✌️

[@snowboundwhale6860]

I thought her explosions were pretty understandable- Whenever anything (person, object, etc) comes into contact with her reishi, she can infuse her reishi into it, which causes that thing to become a bomb. It's like [Killer Queen] if only Kira's aura had to touch the target, when she infuses her reishi into something, that thing gains an explosive charge and can be detonated by her at will. The times she'd sent her reishi out as a projectile was her arrows with the explode ability applied to them, so instead of piercing a target, they fuse into them, making whatever's struck a bomb which then explodes.

[@assassin971]

I believe the reason for why zombie Hitsugaya didn't lose strength because there were no statements about spiritual pressure being diminished

[@feilungchen6154]

17:10 I think it's mentioned in the novels that Mayuri's zombies receive a bit of a buff which is why they're so strong. But yea it's still a pretty big dissapointed.

[@ctfbffsby]

Yes its like they tried to fill in the plot hole but its believable

[@Vini-zv3lr]

@@ctfbffsby That's not really a plot hole though, in a shounen series it's pretty fair to asume that a character from an earlier arc will be stronger when they appear later on. Grimmjow and Nel also follow that rule.

[@jefthereaper]

As for Giselle, I liked her weird behavior towards her zombies. its pretty much what you would expect of a necromancer type character. Sure she can really love an individual "zombie" in her group, but doing any damage or even destroying them holds little meaning aside form establishing dominance, as she can just bring them back whenever.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

Giselle is a guy...

[@Ultimate0Phantasm]

@@A_Black_Sheep94 what.

[@ladymorwendaebrethil-feani4031]

There are fanarts of Giselle dancing with zombie Bambietta in Liliana Vess style.

[@ladymorwendaebrethil-feani4031]

@@Ultimate0Phantasm she is a trans girl.

[@radchum]

@@A_Black_Sheep94she’s trans

[@sheldonwilson8185]

Another fantastic video! 👏🏻 so stoked for the next one ✨

[@victorsantos4531]

Although I think you'll only say "Oh, it was disapointing", I REALLY need a Shiji Hirako character analysis! He was always one of my favorites, his slick design was always stunning to me, I really wanted to see more of him, but what I saw was satisfyng and I really wanna see what're your thoughts about him and his Bankai. And in regards to the video, I never gave too much attention to Bambietta, she was kind of a shallow character to me, I just don't like the "mean girl" trope when it doesn't have like, a cool twist, although after your analysis, kinda like her funny bits, but one thing I always thought about her and the other girls, is that they were like, that group of popular girls, like the Mean Girls movie, were Bambieta is like, the popular girl and the other ones walk with her and listen to her cause she's powerfull and stuff, but they don't really like each other, they're there just cause, well, they seem to be the only females on the Sternritter and cause well, no problem beng around other girls. I dk excatly how to explain it, but like, all of them were there just cause Bambietta was the popular one, or the "strongest" so they pretend to be good friends, but at the bottom of their hearts the girls really didn't liked her. When I saw the notification I was kinda shocked, like "There's things to analyse about her?" but watching the video, you gave me good points to ook for when I re-read Bleach again, keep the amazing work. AND PLEASE, tell me someday where do you find those colored early chapters of Bleach!

[@koroo2891]

My baby girl Finally is getting a review

[@hashiramasenju6037]

Ya but I still waiting for the hottest Candice

[@kulfoa_1328]

Best Girl. 😤

[@ninjapirate123]

Do you have a crush on her?

[@klondikelegitski675]

I always look foward to your uploads man.

[@rekmaramd9307]

At first I didn't particularly like her, then the stuff with Giselle happened and I was like : "Kubo, what are you doing to my poor little girl !?!"

[@alexmag342]

Cringe

[@leahd9999]

I never thought I'd see the day, but I do hope they add some fillers to the anime to flesh out the characters and give them a more concrete personality/history. I get why Kubo couldn't - rushed & exhausted - but hopefully that will be remedied in the anime. Bambietta was one of the more confusing characters to follow. I feel she had too many contradictions.

[@josephmoore5422]

I think her Explode ability can be used in the infusion bomb and a traditional bomb. Whats interesting is it seems her ability is more dangerous when she doesn't use projectiles. Several times in the manga she blows things up without reiatsu bombs. This explosions seemed the worst. From the tantrum to blowing up a building full of shimigami without even looking.

[@unknownbyself]

Her schrift lets her turn any object around her into a bomb, even people. Maybe the explosions seem worse because they're completely unexpected.

[@josephmoore5422]

@@unknownbyself the infusion ability (making objects or people into the bomb) seems to be the most effective. When she uses that form of the attack it seemed far more devastating. When she actually starts using the bomb version in her Vollstandig people dodge them and are able to counter them. Thats what I was getting at.

[@JunkyardGod]

Can't wait to see Mayuri in all his sunlight goodness animated

[@kstanni87]

One thing is for certain, she is quite beautiful.

[@bisexualichigo4227]

Who else can’t wait to see Komamura’s fight with Bambietta. 💥💥💥

[@111111310]

The lack of allegiance and loyalty for one's own comrades seems to be a common theme for Wandenreich. Bambietta and Giselle are hardly the only examples. Yhwach regularly goes about slaying his subordinates. It is an unsettling trend that I think really cements the Wandenreich as indisputable bad guys. They kill almost indiscriminately, enemies and allies alike. Not only when convenient, but frequently on a whim too.

[@stephenschneekloth1535]

They mentioned that Toshiro kept his strength because he wasn't dead when he was turned into a zombie while Bambi was weaker because she had to be killed and then zombified. The raised arrancar are also stronger than before so a weakened Bambi vs strengthened Cuulhorn explains why she got wrecked while Toshiro did the wrecking.

[@xacolmah]

Bambietta is one of the characters who falls in the “cute but sadistic military girls” trope. A great example of someone similar is Tanya von Degurechaff

[@limecat7923]

Yes she's cute but her family didn't treat her well when she was a child so she is part of an army

[@MadDogRyan]

Best girl She fits everything want in a woman a nice body and can beat me up yes please I hope the anime gives her more time to shine

[@fellowintrovert664]

My favorite Sternritter

[@alexr4505]

Favorite sternritter and bazz b second fav, with askin third

[@hashiramasenju6037]

Mine is Jugram Gremmy Gerard Valkyrie Candice Bambietta

[@TheLatiosnlatias02]

Mine are: Bambietta Bazz B Äs Nödt BG9

[@BleachBtch]

Your Character Analysis are always so great and detailed, really helps me understand the characters more 🙏🙏

[@imapopo2924]

I think the biggest difference between Zombietta and Zombie Hitsugaya is the simple fact that Hitsugaya isnt holding back anymore. I think he was far more powerful to begin with and just holds himself back.

[@axeljulesetienne3917]

Thank you for doing an analysis on one of my best girl with Nemu, Neliel and Riruka 😊🥰

[@TheLatiosnlatias02]

I love Hinamori

[@RoachsFilmReel]

Bambietta is another absolute babe! who agrees?

[@GeneralGlockasiah]

Do you love me?

[@shadowhawk3933]

Yes she’s lovely

[@svartrbrisingr6141]

I like her design. Shes pretty but I hate her personality

[@shadow_ryu2826]

Yes

[@limecat7923]

Yes she so beautiful and pretty, I love her but I don't like her personality

[@carlosarenaz]

best bleach tuber in my book

[@pauline_f328]

As much as I adore Giselle as a character, it really annoys me how pretty much all the queer characters in the Bleach manga (Charlotte not included bc not said to be queer) are pretty much sexual predators. We already have trouble fighting against those stereotypes, I wish series I love didn't risk reinforcing them like that. (There's Hikone if you count CFYOW, and I guess at least they're not a sexual predator, but they're still really violent? Like, can we not get a single average queer person like--)

[@fightmanx]

My waifu, My waifu,My waifu, My waifu, My waifu, My waifu, My waifu, My qaifu, My waifu, My waifu, My waifu, My waifu, My waifu, Best waifu in the whole series.

[@jmccullough975]

They did her dirty!

[@fightmanx]

@@jmccullough975 WAAAAAY to dirty.

[@jmccullough975]

@@fightmanx looking forward to get animated and the “art!” To follow

[@bqw2094]

She is not best waifu

[@fightmanx]

In bleach yes.

[@illamatic1378]

Wtf when I first started watching these videos he was working toward 10k subs now hes at 40 🤦🏾‍♂️ what a world

[@NOCTURNALARROW]

Bambietta and Jezelles relationship makes me think of an abusive drug addict couple's relationship. Which is super super dark for a shonen jump manga....

[@gintokilearnedbankai5938]

Kubo comes up with the best names