Shinji Is A PUPPET MASTER??? Bleach Rebirth Of Souls - Shinji Hirako Trailer Reaction & Breakdown

[@MustafaAbdulAljalil-z9k]

U can see in the beginning of the trailer the words are in reverse.

[@leethewarlord]

👀👀👀

[@owlflame]

I don’t think Hiori is a puppet character. After thinking it over, I think you summon her. And until she gets hit, she’ll show up for your attack strings as shown after the awakening. So she’s like equipment, almost

[@leethewarlord]

Okay that makes sense too, I was thinking he was controlling her attacks and during the awakening portion she’s free moving, along with her eating a free hit for him, but you’re probably right and she’s just doing her own thing for a set time

[@owlflame]

@ it might not even be for a set time? What if it’s literally just until she gets hit?

[@leethewarlord]

@@owlflame she goes away without getting hit before he awakens so if that’s the case, maybe any input from shinji also makes her go away🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@owlflame]

@@leethewarlord again, what if she’s not going away. What if, instead, she’s just waiting for Shinji to do some strings so she can jump in for them? Like she has the summoning attack. And then after that she’s equipped to your normals until she gets smacked.

[@Azrael0088]

@@owlflamepossibly on one hand it seems lackluster to spend meter for hiyori to just do 2 attacks and leave but on the other having her be ducktaped to your attack inputs until she gets hit seems to good. maybe she only helps for a set time.

[@tomtwoot8272]

as i understand it, you use SP move 2 to unlock sakanade. after which you can use his signature move as a true mixup. As its stated, both activations of this move will let shinji walk towards the opponent, if the opponent attacks if you chose 'such fun' shinji will counter the attack and hit back. But if the opponent didnt attack shinji will be open for punishment. Countrary to this, if you use 'thats not it' then the opposite is true. So if the opponent DOESNT attack while shinji walks forward, he will tp behind the opponent for a follow up attack. So this attack is like a 50/50 gamble with the opponent. Basically a mindgame play. I think this is pretty unique among all the characters.

[@tomtwoot8272]

i believe this alone will make him a 2 star ease of use char, if not lower

[@tomtwoot8272]

and with his awakening you can capitalize on those signature move gambles even more

[@Azrael0088]

its only a 50/50 if "thats not it" is a throw otherwise both options lose to block. since the trailer dont say if it is, its just something we have to test later.

[@tomtwoot8272]

@Azrael0088 i forgot that attacks from the back can be blocked oops

[@leethewarlord]

Yup, omni block is a thing

[@robertvaldez5929]

I was kinda hoping all the visords were playable but we’ll see

[@leethewarlord]

Yeah at this point I’m thinking we won’t be getting the full visored squad

[@MustafaAbdulAljalil-z9k]

I hope what they mean by pressure in awakening the opponent action is inverted 🙏

[@leethewarlord]

Hopefully 😭

[@tomtwoot8272]

@@MustafaAbdulAljalil-z9k doubt it very much

[@MustafaAbdulAljalil-z9k]

Yeah let me cop a little bit 🥲

[@tomtwoot8272]

@@MustafaAbdulAljalil-z9k his toolkit isnt as flashy as people had hoped for but i still think its pretty unique and probably gonna be one of my mains tbh

[@MustafaAbdulAljalil-z9k]

@@tomtwoot8272 he will be fun, making people guess with his move 💯

[@plantcrone9662]

Maybe I'm coping but i just think there is no way they remove his shikai ability , i think it is probably gonna be incorporated into his kikon move or or his shikai's enhanced state.

[@leethewarlord]

Fingers crossed!!!

[@tomtwoot8272]

@@plantcrone9662 he summons sakanade with SP move 2, at that point he can fully utilize his signature move and start doing mixups. I think thats how they are symbolizing sakanade inverted ability

[@MoonlightMaskG]

Possibly the first one star character he’s gonna be cool i can tell

[@leethewarlord]

Yeah I wonder how he’ll rank, I’m thinking 3 star

[@MoonlightMaskG]

@@leethewarlordhe can’t be 3 star because Yama and aizen wee two star they usually follow suit

[@ChrisMS0815]

Kensei is the only other Visored I can see being playable and Mashiro makes more sense to be a summon attack for him than Hyori does for Shinji.

[@leethewarlord]

Hopefully we can get kensei as well but it might just be Shinji😭

[@ChrisMS0815]

@leethewarlord I know and it sucks. But if they plan to included Turn Back the Pendulum arc properly Kensei needs to be there at least as a boss.

[@AIszinkron]

I am not happy that Hiyori is not a playable character.

[@mathiasprudhomme6495]

There isn't enough material to make a full character. She only shoots celos and never even released her shikai, what would even be her moveset

[@m.c4847]

Her zanpakto does nothing and she has no fights. That would be a waste of a character

[@Sanji_Vinsmoke_69]

They could've easily made his inverted world ability similar to Rey's in battlefront 2 where she can invert the directional buttons of players for a short while and it also has a cooldown. With shinji they can do that for directional and attack/block buttons but they chose to omit it entirely which is really disappointing. Shinji without his inverted world isn't shinji. Possibly the first L of this game.

[@MoonlightMaskG]

This is not an L there’s wouldn’t be any counter play to it and it would be broken, people would complain that’s it’s cheese and you can’t compare these two games they’re not the same.

[@Sanji_Vinsmoke_69]

@@MoonlightMaskG I get that you’re concerned about balance, but that’s exactly why I’ve been saying it could be tweaked. The ability doesn’t have to be OP or uncounterable if the developers approach it creatively. There are tons of examples in other fighting games where abilities that seem overpowered on paper are perfectly balanced with cooldowns, range limitations, or ways for the opponent to react or adapt. If it was implemented properly, maybe a short window of inverted controls or a visual cue to warn the opponent, it wouldn’t be ‘cheese’ or broken. It would require skill to use, and players would have to adapt to it, just like any other unique ability. And as for the comparison to other games, it’s about the mechanics. Whether it’s Battlefront 2 or Guilty Gear, developers have proven that abilities disrupting the opponent's controls can be done fairly and still add depth to gameplay. The point is: there’s no reason to omit it completely when it could be balanced in a way that enhances the game.

[@AlexDrewsumin]

​@@Sanji_Vinsmoke_69 battlefront is a shooting game and not a fighter. This game is trying to hold a balance between arena fighter madness and traditional fighter, and it seems like it's doing a good job. I get the disappointment and agree they could have added it, but I do think you could be mistaking how difficult to balance or OP it could be If you gave someone that ability in street fighter even with a cool down 1 second could ruin you. Considering how much detail and already the madness they've put in, perhaps it was just too much atm to worry about. Maybe next game

[@MadMax22]

Maybe theres two versions of Shinji

[@leethewarlord]

Doubtful

[@keybladesrus]

I'm both relieved and disappointed. On one hand, I'm happy to see that only Hiyori is part of his moveset, so there's still hope for at least some of the others (Kensei and Mashiro, please). On the other hand, it doesn't seem like they really did anything interesting with his shikai ability, so that's a bummer. But then again, a straight adaptation of his shikai would be really annoying to fight against.

[@trxyswrld1698]

I have a feeling when the full breakdown comes out we might see that he has his shikai implemented in some way like Aizen

[@leethewarlord]

Hopefully!

[@happythoughts700]

What a wasted opportunity. No inversed movement is a big yikes. Wouldn't be that hard to play around since movement is mostly left/right. Haven't seen any jumping

[@leethewarlord]

Hopefully it’s not just a kikkon move animation😭

[@AndréVilaFranca]

I don't like his playstyle nor his moveset at all...Man I really have a bad feeling about this game, the gameplay feels so lame overall, very restrictive, they are limiting our actions at all turns, plus the limited amount of characters on release... I hate modern gaming, especially modern fighting games...

[@mathiasprudhomme6495]

I don't feel particularly good about the game either, but I'm just here to stop the modern fighting game slander. I played fgs since third strike, and the genre has never been in a better state. 'limited amount of characters'. We don't even know the full size yet so why you talking ? Fun fact, there are already more characters than 90% of OG fighting games so again what's your point ? About gameplay yeah I'll wait to try, but "feels so lame overall" don't make sense since again you havent played. Looks lame maybe. And what do you mean by "they are limiting our actions at all turns" ? Genuinely curious

[@leethewarlord]

I disagree with the take about the game itself and modern fighting gaming but I do agree is move set is a tad bit disappointing