Predicting the Espada Numbers! | First Time Reading BLEACH #18.5

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[@KingsKrimson]

I won't say how you did with guessing the ranks, but some of your descriptions are so spot-on it's actually hilarious.

[@unfortunateflicks6751]

I know who you’re talking about and holy hell it was scary. You could have looked up his character description and it could have been what Agamotto said.

[@benjaminlee345]

yup we all on the same page on that one

[@leedonghae668]

Its honestly a testament to Kubo's character design skills that Aga can be so spot on knowing next to nothing

[@Xjesus14X]

I was just about to say this like wtf. Thats crazy to think that cause of how they look but ok. Let him cook 😂🤣

[@pepeelghetto1231]

Some? ALL of them xD

[@elbandito2990]

Noitora being 3 is hilarious given his personality and story.

[@lancelovecraft5913]

Yeah Noritora wishes he was number 3. Literally

[@blackxel6414]

Bruh that Nnoitra description was so spot on it’s terrifying. First video of you I’ve watched, I’ll be following your Bleach’s journey.

[@hanzgolden]

I was surprised aswell LOL

[@lewisdewhurst1217]

In the wanting to be stronger/the strongest sure, but he's not like Little Finger, Star Scream was a very good comparison though.

[@xCorvus7x]

@@lewisdewhurst1217 Yeah, comparing him to Little Finger was going off the rails but everything else was enlightening.

[@marlondalli2895]

Im not gonna spoil but bro your Impression of them are so spot on 😭

[@ryanwaghorn5884]

It just shows how great kubo is at character design

[@jakob9323]

Well yeah. The Espada look how they act

[@marlondalli2895]

@@jakob9323 true

[@mineapple6726]

Omg the telekinesis boss image made me cry of laughter 😂

[@loganhayse8771]

Fun fact. The girl of the group was nicknamed HAG by fans as an acronym for Hot Arrancar Girl. Watching this video reminds me of how fun those days were trying to guess their rank. Absolutely love it.

[@Harribelt]

I wish kubo did more with harribel. She was one of my favourite characters

[@loganhayse8771]

@Halibelle1 she was and is a queen but shhhh on the spoilers. She is HAG to him for the time being.

[@purplish_blue]

@@Harribelt i rlly wanna see her come back in the hell arc, def my fav arrancar along with grimmjow

[@m0ckyzo185]

Reminds me of back in the days before Kingdom Hearts 2 was released, Roxas was referred to as BHK(Blonde Haired Kid) based of the secret ending

[@loganhayse8771]

@@m0ckyzo185 hah! I remember those days.

[@ZeroX7649]

Your list is a testament to Kubo's unmatched character design and careful plotting skills. I hope you come back to this list when the numbers are all revealed.

[@kissadev.]

Holy shit, your takes on their personality... Well, it seems Kubo is indeed a genius about character design

[@junglesimp490]

Genuinely insane character descriptions, like it's shocking how you can say that much from what you've seen from most of them

[@0p4stel06]

This guy is able to know where you live by seeing your Jordans

[@miguelrojas259]

Fun fact that Kubo likes to draw the characters first before having an idea of the characters. Instead of knowing who they want and then draw it.

[@RanAcid]

Man the Hueco Mundo arc is going to be full of both "I KNEW IT!!!" and "NO F*CKING WAY" moments for you😂😂 Can't wait to see your reactions!!

[@Rennnix]

Good guesses, It's nice and nostalgic to see someone having this kind of reaction at this age while not being spoiled.

[@occultnightingale1106]

Top-quality video. I'm most entertained by the fact that you seemed to take exactly the impression Tite Kubo wanted from their design, but couldn't land on whether you thought he was going to play those expections straight, or turn them around on you. I can certainly say you'll be quite entertained when their numbers get revealed.

[@mmtatlas4705]

im indeed blown away by the accuracy. you got all of them pretty close except one.

[@TheSteakJustice]

This really speaks to Kubo's very strong sense of character design, and also your ability to pick up on those subtleties, this was really fun to watch!

[@ThishasbeenJUNKPUNK]

dont read this if you dont want spoilers: alot of these guesses are really hilarious i can only imagine you learning the actual ranks like the old guy actually being 2 and the tired guy being number 1 and yammy being 0, its really fuckin funny how kubo made these designs kind of obscure yet obvious on rankings

[@mainboysmusic6985]

DANG! Bro your guesses were actually pretty dang great! I mean you're wrong with most of them, but the fact you were still close with most of them is wild. Not only that, but your description for just about all of them were actually nearly spot on! Either Kubo did an amazing job at character introductions, you're very perspective at character introductions, or both!

[@midknight9715]

Some of your guesses in terms of personality are pretty spot on. I guess that just goes to show how good Kubo's character designs are. You can pretty accurately guess what they're about just based on their appearances.

[@TheTobiasandersen95]

This is eerily close on some of these predictions :D and some, not so much, hehe - love it!

[@sanddry738]

Love these theory sort of vids. It’ll be fun to see how perspective change as the numbers are revealed. I do think it says a lot about Kubo’s amazing character designs that you can guess personality of characters so much.

[@xCorvus7x]

Your choice for No. 3 is interesting. Maybe I'm biased because I've seen a lot more of this character than you have by that point in the story but his grin kind of creates the impression that he is pretty full of himself, so probably not that highly ranked (after all, the ranking is supposed to correspond to actual strength). But you put him higher than the Shikamaru-like character? Edit: Nevermind, you put this in better words than mine. Holy fuck, you're spot on about his characterisation.

[@dylangardner3805]

I’m so glad your videos are back I miss these blind and honest reactions you give ❤

[@ktsavage3561]

Wait until he sees Espada No. 1009

[@itssomeone2931]

Man’s guessing is on point

[@shoryuken5907]

Predictions were... But descriptions were on point.

[@DorianONeal-p4m]

Kubo did a good job with his character design,which kubo has always been good at designing characters.so for someone to get the rankings and descriptions for the espada without knowing to Much about them really tells you about the talent kubo has

[@kevinfagan6460]

Love how he perfectly describes nnoitoras aspect of death

[@ultimateshadeofwar]

Okay some of your guesses, besides the rankings, are on spot, so it shows how good the designs are and how good you are at reading then. I can't wait for you to see the reality.

[@yg.038]

now i need your reaction to the actual espada.

[@izimatsara]

I haven't seen his ranking yet and i didn't take any proper guesses while reading this part except that i placed my bets on: The trash man, The old man, And the chill man being the top 3 (i didn't have any order in mind just that they are the top 3)

[@clasher138]

You honestly did alright and were pretty spot on with some of them.

[@PappaBeardK83]

Without spoilers, please do a reaction to this video once you know the ranking :)

[@rerere7]

This video just proves that Tite Kubo is a genius

[@johnapeno7743]

I think its so funny how little importance the numbers actually have, that I dont even know the numbers to half of them myself and I had forgotten half of these characters even existed

[@dayrocket7372]

Half is kinda crazy

[@elwiwigenerico]

ichigo guessing the espada ranking:

[@maxime2445]

Wow. Surprisingly accurate. Some are wrong, but others accurate as hell

[@grantzu]

your impressions of them are good asl 😭

[@NEONlights-lb8um]

Bruh, 😂😂😂 you got their characters like 95% but their numbers..... You did your best 😂

[@pptemplar5840]

How can you be simultaneously so correct and so hopelessly wrong, great guesses.

[@luciussakura5031]

Honestly I had to look up the espada rankings because I forgot where pretty much the entire lower half ranked 😂

[@shint9319]

This was very interesting, now let's see you're reaction once you actually find out what their real numbers are

[@LockonXDynams]

For some of these you will be surprised with the actual rankings

[@エイリアス_7]

Dang even shunsui thought Barragan louisenbarn is the number 1 espada..

[@yasseralmudhareb667]

Look, I’m okay with anything as long as you’re enjoying bleach

[@radchum]

Jesus Christ you guessing their personalities was spot on

[@mythic_error5581]

you did the "old guy" perfect you got him like 75% right of his story(that i know)

[@mannyyt7200]

i can’t wait for him to figure out the number rankings

[@andrewsigler7437]

I love your reasoning for some of these.

[@princecheck11]

You definitely passed the vibe check at least 😂💯💯

[@Husk.the.bartender.0]

It's funny how most of your furst guessed arw actually just gen swapping with someone close in rank

[@fangsilver1977]

Facts, Starrk.

[@pokefreakplays]

I really really hope you revisit this as you get the numbers revealed to you

[@Honest_Mids_Masher]

The guy you ranked 4 is my favorite of the espadas and I hope you'll understand why soon

[@lubu682]

"what does young and old even mean in these terms of the afterlife and these spiritual creatures"

[@ryanj4607]

The rankings were a bit off but the personality stuff is spot on.

[@babyjesusvideo]

Kubo milks the hell out of Espada ranks. He gets like 5 epic reveals off just this one concept.

[@fightinganimations1597]

2:29 he will come back to this moment and realize LOL

[@rartem679]

"I hope this man over there is no. one, so im fighting a number two" "Sorry, but im number one" remember that

[@Blackmustache870]

Why would he need to remember it if he hasn't gotten to that point?

[@lo4tr]

Huh... there's a certain irony to seeing him put Harribel and Nnoitra in the places he did, considering how Nnoitra acts toward certain people.

[@HitmanSkip]

No it’s only against Nelliel. Nnoitora doesn’t really hate them it’s just that so he had an excuse to hate her. In his interaction with Harribel he was pretty chill it was just her that was mad. He didn’t mind nor care that she’s above him. If he really hated them, he wouldn’t even want to sit next to her

[@321alex123]

You got some right some wrong. Respect, you did it a lot better then me. Qnd a good description which you don’t know the half of it!

[@eternalrinnegan4497]

7 wrong 3 right I'm not surprised but don't worry, you're gonna enjoy this Arc

[@Mauvias92]

After watching this video, im intrigued and a new sub

[@dovahkensei4463]

You've got them in the right sides just wrong order. Barragan, Ulquiorra, Nnitora, Starrk, and Harribel are the top 5 just not in that order, well the same is true for the other 5 except Yammy, and Grimmjow.

[@lilfeccibraemusic]

lmao funny how hes wrong in the very beginning

[@angramainyu4599]

No spoilers but your analysis will surprise you

[@Arch-Wizard-Azel]

Are you going to do a revised list once you find out some of their rankings?

[@Alowey1K]

I like these predictions. Wanna see how u do~

[@ValirianDefiance]

pretty good for a first try considering most are off only by one or two points with one being fully correct and one off by 3 ranks. are names too much of a spoiler?

[@johnsebalak7592]

You got some of them right, not bad. My first guesses were all wrong lol so this is pretty good

[@fakename8030]

Jesus you are very good at this

[@kylephillip6753]

Bro is cooking

[@unamedname2748]

which characters bankai's are you looking forward to the most?

[@Atlas9766]

Got close a few times but at least u got 1 right 😂😂

[@ThalonRamacorn]

LOL at the restraint not to call the only black dude "the black dude" :D

[@bananaBread16]

Spoiler if you haven't seen Ulqiorra's power He is usually debated to be #1 with his 2nd ressurecion, but he is definitely atleast #2 level.

[@Honest_Mids_Masher]

Spoiler I wouldn't argue he's that high either considering how we don't really know exactly how powerful it is. He really only had one fight in that form in which he lost without damaging his opponent in. Meanwhile we know for a fact that it takes multiple captains to beat those higher than him. There's also the issue that his strongest attack he can't control properly so it's not that good of an ability either.

[@angelmirchev8433]

Ngl you were wrong in a lot of places but you had some very good guesses

[@marcelperes6842]

This video is so cool

[@outkasttm9932]

Pretty Close, you do have a few backwards but other than that not bad.

[@elwoodreadz]

sorry but i'm number one (omg number one like ichigo bankai theme)

[@xagnam935]

I love the video!

[@guykiller1212]

Bro...just let him cook

[@nightmarecrimson9121]

You did pretty good.

[@puglord2442]

1. I’m honestly impressed 2. The numbers on the espadas have changed overtime to help with the confusion of power scaling so don’t think of the numbers on how powerful they are but their aspect of death. It makes things easier for me

[@PenguinGameOfficial]

actually it goes from 0-9...

[@jammydeangeway3780]

the way you ranked them is how they SHOULD have been ranked LOL

[@ShadowBanana-xt2ez]

“Sorry but I’m number 1”

[@marlondalli2895]

Heee Heee…

[@camiifu]

W

[@glizzygobbler2810]

#1 is actually renji, he turns into an espada and blows aizens

[@bobowon5450]

right after han shoots first

[@Honest_Mids_Masher]

What do you mean by blow? 🤨

[@ShadowG4D]

Your characterization on the espada you basically have not seen is very spot on, idk if that's due to kubos immaculate designs or your perception maybe both.

[@luffys_]

I was shocked about his nnoitora prediction

[@jamesd4277]

I think it’s probably because kubo usually designs characters first before making their characters, so….

[@luffys_]

@@jamesd4277 a little wrong worded , he designs them first but decides on their role of the story later even that thing is not so usual, the personality comes with design

[@BasedMexx]

You definitely nailed the vibe of most of these characters. Kubo's designs are just incredible

[@YuGiHo]

The Starscream analogy is sooo funny to me because we all know who in this anology his Megatron is. 👀

[@estesh8049]

💀

[@Cyrye]

Who??

[@AbominationalFailure]

@@Cyrye green hair

[@oblivion1398]

​@@Cyrye nelliel

[@dylanvscomics8138]

Some of these character and personality predictions were scarily accurate

[@gaben0127]

This made me realize how good Kubo is when depicting character's personalities with appearance alone

[@D4rkn3ss2000]

I was seriously expecting you to put Ulquiorra in #1. It would have been extremely funny considering what the fandom has been discussing for the past 15 or so years 😂

[@ancloud8459]

I do definitely agree that the espada’s numbers don’t exactly determine strength, but ulqiora is definitely not the strongest espada

[@Mark-fm8co]

@@ancloud8459 I would argue with that. Only one with a second res "Segunda" and he's number 4 but when he goes in segunda its gone what about the others?

[@ancloud8459]

@@Mark-fm8co while we don’t have an exact scale for how much stronger he gets, I think it’s important to note that he gets pretty easily beaten by vasto lorde ichigo, meanwhile starrk is almost matching shunsui, the strongest captain, in addition, uryu states that the conditions of hueco mundo makes arrancars stronger, so that means ulqiora got beat by ichigo when ulqiora was at his absolute peak of strength, while all of starrk’s feats were performed in the world of the living

[@bawlsaggg]

@@ancloud8459 shunsui is def not the strongest captain he has nothing on yama and shunsui was toying with starkk if were being honest and also if hueco mundo boosts hollows powers it means vasto ichigo was also boosted seeing as he was basically full hollow also that argument is irrelevant bcos they switch karakura with a section of the soul society so that doesnt matter

[@Mark-fm8co]

@@ancloud8459 but the thing is we don't know how vastolorde Ichigo scales to captains

[@KLOTEROLEROTAR]

I can't wait for you get to the tall mask espada's fight. It's so damn good and involves my favorite character in the series.

[@Mikaeila100]

same!

[@penguinking5391]

98% flashbacks bro

[@KLOTEROLEROTAR]

@@penguinking5391 flashbacks only make up 11.7% of the runtime of the fight. You suck at math

[@evoxghiretti]

With the hardest name to say on the planet.

[@mrfrostwing]

Tbh, it was a cool concept, but that fight ended in such a anti-climatic way.

[@javilepero]

Did you realise that pink hair's glasses are what remains of his hollow mask? Super cool detail

[@Legendaryxlx]

Ya know where his hollow hole is canonically?

[@marcusreading3783]

I'ma just gonna say that you were bang on with some and waaaay off with others, but your thought process makes sense and I cant wait for the reveals later down the line. Whats really impressive is how you were able to accurate describe several of them with nothing but their initial introduction, based only on their designs.

[@luffys_]

One thing to note they aren't ranked entirely based on strength, there is a another aspect and you are going to be blown away with plot twists

[@motdurzazbratislavy6802]

Aren't they? I heard that bigger reatsu business and I say it is someones headcanon. The only peace of information that "may" possibly suggest that is , what was Yammy talking about when resurrecting. Which was bit vague and coming from not most smart or informed person. Other that, there noone even suggesting such thing.

[@luffys_]

@@motdurzazbratislavy6802 in klub outside, kubo revealed that they are based on their aspect of death

[@almightygod2144]

​@@motdurzazbratislavy6802It's based on reiryoku, not reiatsu, and that explanation is from a data book. Dunno where you consider data books as canon or not, but it's not headcanon.

[@MaxIronsThird]

@@almightygod2144 dude, people don't even know the difference between reiatsu(spiritual presure) and reiryoku(spiritual power), everything is reiatsu when you talk to people that are more casual, so there is really no reason to make a distinction and correction.

[@Blackmustache870]

​@luffys_ spoiler Kubo didn't know what he was saying and it was clear. When were introduced to the aspects of death, were told that it's basically who they r. So aspects of death can't change but numbers can. It doesn't make sense. Another thing is why aizen wouldnt deploy the 10 strongest arrancar, but only the strongest from each group. It's clear kubo didn't know what he was saying because he never thought about nels aspect of death before.

[@Columbina3rdHarbringer]

Do one with the Stern Ritter which letter they are.

[@Jack-The-Gamer-]

I won’t spoil anything, but I’ll say you did pretty good man!