So, How Strong is URAHARA'S BANKAI? The LIMITLESS BANKAI, Explored | TYBW Discussion

[@MrTommo2304]

Happy New Year! What do you think of Kisuke's Bankai? How powerful is it? Which Bankai do you think are stronger? Let me know!

[@Iamabutt5000]

I would only say the characters who have stronger bankai would be characters like Yamamoto, Aizen (if we get a reveal), Kenpachi, Shunsui. Hope the enemy team does a little more explanation of Kisuke's bankai. But honestly even if they don't explain it they need to do more than Kubo's out of nowhere 2 panel spread😂 Have a nice one Tommo

[@unlikelyraven7374]

What I take note of is that the alterations from Kisuke's bankai seem to be permanent. So, my question is, did Kisuke use it to enhance his own intelligence?

[@TheBigExclusive]

Does Ichibei's ink ability really "erase names from reality"? When he covered Yhwach in Ink, no one else forgot his name. They still called him Yhwach. Only Yhwach himself forgot his own name. Perhaps Ichibei's Bankai ability only affects the mind of a specific target covered in ink?

[@Kakaragi]

Will you cover Senjumaru’s bankai, Shatatsu Karagara Shigarami no Tsuji?

[@Kakaragi]

Might you do a match-up between Kisuke and Ulquiorra?

[@Isiel42]

It's interesting how Mayuri's bankai is one that he modifies to suit his needs but Kisuke's bankai is one that modifies his surroundings to suit his needs.

[@henrypeterkin1]

That's to show u mayuri is a mad genius, IQ is 💯

[@Secik844]

and yet light years behind urahara@@henrypeterkin1

[@revenantronin8377]

​@@henrypeterkin1no... it's to show you that what comes naturally to Kisuke takes effort from Mayuri to replicate.

[@hyacinth5040]

​@@revenantronin8377 it shows their different approaches as scientists. And perhaps this concept of restructuring the world around you instead of modifying yourself to try and become an even better version is what Mayuri lacked to understand the Hogyoku, a device that alters the reality itself to fulfill the user's wishes

[@revenantronin8377]

@@hyacinth5040 I agree... and that's the point I was making. Kisuke is the type of prodigy that can do anything the first time he tries it, whereas Mayuri the type that has the potential to do much better but there's a process of trial and error. For example, Kisuke created a kido seal that could completely seal Aizen's power and it worked in one try. Mayuri had already been experimenting for possibly tens to hundreds of years with Kenpachi's reiatsu suppressing eyepatch seal, and he could only improve it further whenever Kenpachi's reiatsu would render the current eyepatch useless. And that is the same technology he used to keep Aizen suppressed, and he used the information he got from it to further improve it whenever Aizen would get stronger. The chair only kept his reiatsu close in order to overwhelm the seals so Mayuri could further improve them. See the difference. 10 years later and I bet you, Mayuri's seal technology can completely suppress the old Aizen (I say old because Aizen keeps getting stronger). And that's how his bankai also works. His genius needs challenge/change to blossom and push past his previous limits, whereas Kisuke's genius creates change and has no limits which is also reflected by his Bankai. So in a way, Kisuke's existence is what pushes Mayuri to be better and better. Even in their final fights, this is shown. Mayuri has to constantly change and adapt to Pernida's increasing dangerous attacks. Whereas Askin needs to constantly change his attacks because Kisuke overcomes anything he does easily. Basically, Pernida had one ability that required a long process to fully overcome by Mayuri. Askin had multiple abilities that required a short process to overcome each one immediately. So if Kisuke would have fought Pernida, he would've rendered the nerves useless after being hit by them just once, whereas Mayuri would be in the process of figuring out one poison, only to immediately be hit by another and another and get overwhelmed. That's the difference. They are equally geniuses capable of doing the same things, but Kisuke just does things seemingly easily whereas Mayuri has a hard time. edit: Kisuke is the type to solve calculus by inputing the problem in a calculator and writing down the final answer. Mayuri is the type to slowly break down the math step by step, defining the processes as he goes without using a calculator. Basically.

[@1rotzy]

I personally love how this gives context to Urihara's shikai as well. He isn't manipulating a red energy. He is restructuring his power into different forms. Energy slashes for offense, shields for defense, ropes to bind, and explosives for power. I also love how his Bankai also raises the question of who is the puppet and who is the puppet master. Kisuke always seems to be in control, but he also tries to stick to the status quo. So he is under the strings of the powers that be. But he also uses those powers to get what he wants. Benihime is pulling Kisuke's strings, changing his parts for certain outcomes. But he is the one who decided when to become the puppet of his own will.

[@tobidobidu1129]

Iirc, he calls his defence ability "blood mist shield". Which would imply that he is reconstructing his own blood for the shikai abilities, which would definetly fit his theme.

[@1rotzy]

@tobidobidu1129 That's right. So I guess he reconstructs internal substances, like blood and his energy, and the sword is the conduit that brings it out.

[@KaiserAfini]

Brilliant analysis, its true, he defends the status quo with a zeal. He doesn't have the ambition to build a better world. He just adapts to survive, finishes the job, then leaves everything as it was. Its one of his biggest flaws, he has tremendous intelligence and is empathetic, but is too paranoid of breaking things.

[@yamatonoryuujin4871]

​@@KaiserAfinithat's really shallow and contradicts itself when he helps Ichigo, he's the one who introduced advanced technology and better living standards to the soul society saying he doesn't break the status quo is incredibly naive and mis-informed especially when his actions say otherwise, hell he was the one who brought up a treaty between Hollows and shinigami. The guy doesn't need to tell anyone he's breaking the status quo he just needs to show results, if everyone was like Aizen boasting and trying to one up everyone we'd all be here thinking what Hitler did was somewhat alright. He didn't use the hogyoku cause of the very reason that he's just repeating the same mistake as the original Shinigamis hell Aizen repeated the same mistake and look where he is now? He doesn't even want the position anymore.

[@Alacaelum]

@@yamatonoryuujin4871 You could read it as it being that interacting with Ichigo for so many years made him aware of his own shortcomings, hell... he probably felt that after having to run from SS after Aizen screwing with him and the others. But it doesn't mean shed all his opinions, he still is an adherent of the status quo, he prefers to play with and around the "strings" that already exist instead of breaking them, still a strength and weakness. The thing with Bleach is that one of its strengths that are a weakness too, is that it doesnt really say how things really work in the verse, we have hints, we know details, we are shown a few answer, but none really answers all, which can be seen as it being that some things are just too complex and ever changing to try and explain, but is frustrating as a reader to have to deal with and we can see that some of those are just copouts.

[@joels5150]

The Bankai with the ability to reconstruct anything, paired up with the most creative and imaginative Shinigami. Top-tier combo, such a shame we didn’t get to see this in action more during the series. I do think Kisuke’s hesitancy or reluctance to use the Bankai ties in with the statement he makes to Askin; that a scientist should want to create with their own hand, not just observe what others create. If he considers Benihime’s power to be that of another, he would prefer not to have her doing the construction instead of himself. She’s really an absolute desperate last resort in his mind.

[@MrDJAK777]

I really can't picture kisuke not fully understanding zapakatpu , "the sword is me" and all that.

[@einjharrelraca]

@@MrDJAK777 i think its more he had no ways to safely use it until then. i mean the only opponent kisuke ever fights that might warrent bakai usage, is askin, which he did. or his two meeting with aizen. the first round, kisuke couldn't he wouldn't have had time to fight aizen AND save the vizards. and the second round he knew what aizen's shikai did to him, and thus his bakai is WAAAAAAY too dangerous to use, kisuke could become an instant kill weapon used against his own allies at that point.

[@Secik844]

@@MrDJAK777 yeee if he didnt fully understand zanpakto then how could he creat faster way to get bankai and use it by himself and then teach others xd

[@Secik844]

@@einjharrelraca i dont think its about safety because his bankai doesnt affect others if urahara doesnt want this just like when fighting aski... he just knows that if he uses it then enemy will know about its power and when they fight enemy will alfready be prepared and thats why he could outplay askin because no quincy knew about his bankai.. they didnt even know he has bankai

[@Reapz8888]

I’m looking forward to seeing his Bankai most in the anime because I think they’re gonna really deliver with his fight against Askin. Cant wait for all the extended scenes and additions.

[@SatoshiSosuke]

I genuinely think this is one of the strongest bankai in the series. Reconstruction is such a versatile ability and Kisuke having that power is just the cherry on top. In less capable hands, it probably wouldnt be utilized to its fullest potential. But Kisuke? Such a high skill ceiling for such a simple ability.

[@jembozaba4864]

Urahara’s Bankai essentially makes him an alchemist with a Philosopher’s Stone. It’s perfect

[@justsomeguywithamustache2901]

Urahara is the only character to intimidate aizen and is confirmed to have higher battle IQ than aizen, that alone speaks volumes of how terrifying urahara would be if he was also a villain😂😂

[@SpikeSpiegelSpacecowboy]

When were you under the impression that Kisuke isn't a villain? 😏

[@xenoemblem7]

​@@SpikeSpiegelSpacecowboyto whoever he's willing to sacrifice, then yes he's a villain.

[@diaryofwalkingdeath]

​@SpikeSpiegelSpacecowboy he's not a villain

[@faiyoake]

I think I heard that he was the villain originally

[@heruikioere9176]

@@faiyoake It's true, he was created to be the villain.

[@meatkirbo]

I can only assume he stated the Range limit at that time to throw off Askin, making him think he “escaped” the range, and so that he wouldn’t expect an attack from behind

[@Reapz8888]

Yea that’s what I think, because the portal he makes to let Grimmjow inside the dome barrier was way past where Askin was standing meaning the range was in fact larger than Kisuke was letting on. Although, perhaps the ability to reconstruct other beings has a limited range and inanimate objects can maybe be manipulated in a larger range. I’m sure the anime will clear some things up though.

[@nailinthefashion]

To me it was true, it initially has a limit; but that can be restructured as well lol. He's not the type to lie outright, but mislead

[@kevinsmoon3257]

@@nailinthefashion your comment is a genius i agree, kisuke doesnt lie he just withholds the truth haha

[@YamiYaiba]

Or perhaps the range depends on the nature of the effect?

[@ghgfjfgkghdfh]

I think its important to mention that Urahara is one of the few "Captain-level" characters that did not get any "powerboosts" since the beginning of the series, meaning he has been one of the strongest characters throughout the series. His position as one of the five threats is not only due to his cleverness and strategy, his sheer powerlevel cannot be underestimated.

[@TheLevelsEdge]

I need more stories from his Squad 2 days holding down the Maggot’s Nest.

[@crownedking_cj8890]

@@TheLevelsEdgetbh from what we’ve seen of him getting promoted to captain to getting outcasted I doubt it’s that much he did during the time of being a captain

[@TheLevelsEdge]

@@crownedking_cj8890 No doubt. Just under 10 years in Turn Back the Pendulum.

[@crownedking_cj8890]

@@TheLevelsEdge I think the only thing he really did during that time would be working on the hogyoku in terms of plot relevance, cause the substitute soul was done after he was outcasted which would be another plot relevant thing we never saw the creations of

[@turtle5542]

aizen himself said kisuke was his equal in power pre hogyokyu (minus kyoka suigetsu cause thats too unfair)

[@718Insomniac]

The only person Aizen respected, and possibly feared deep down inside. Pretty sure Urahara gave Aizen some sort of ptsd.

[@thediaz07]

1000%. Kiskue shouldve been the #1 threat to Ywach not Ichigo.

[@TheBakerZen]

@@thediaz07 Kisuke was the #1 threat to Aizen. Ichigo was just the one to deal the blow, at the cost of everything, but without Kisuke's involvement he wouldn't have been able to.

[@rainierterucha8907]

​@@thediaz07he is. Te hnicalky if urahara is as psychotic as aizen he is ywach worst nightmare. The uy will probably use hogyoku to gain power and use hallow power against ywach. Hallow are poison to quincy

[@Hymn_]

@@rainierterucha8907 i'm pretty sure yhwach has resistance against hollows unlike other echt quincies

[@Ali-sh5sx]

I like how Urahara purposely lied about his range or rather pretended like his range was very short to trick Askin it’s a very Urahara thing to do

[@alexmartin3143]

I don’t know how they can take each other’s word for it when it comes to enemy abilities. Why clue them in on anything? Only one i understand is Kyoraku’s The shikai, iirc, only works if both parties know the rules…

[@Catalyst375]

I suspect Urahara's Bankai is what he derived his invention of inserting objects into souls from. I.e. what he used to hide the Hogyoku inside Rukia's soul, and what Aizen used to remove it.

[@scodyt3996]

Good catch or idea!

[@Vapoor]

This Bankai was the only thing I wanted out of the series. I can't wait to see if animated.

[@Grayson-Winchester]

I think Mayuri is waiting exactly for this. He's waiting for the day in which Urahara is labeled a villain. So he can legally work against him, outsmart him and kill him. Even though Mayuri is under the impression that Nemu already surpasses everything Urahara invented up until now. Their rivalry is technically still ongoing

[@SinHurr]

Mayuri not being able to get his own head out of Urahara's ass will be his ultimate limiting factor. We all know Urahara _doesn't give a shit_ about what anyone else has going on.

[@henrypeterkin1]

​@SinHurr mayuri is simply the best 😁 but is fierce competition with urahara is kinda a layoff for him

[@Ariel_Anton]

I think Mayuri is the funniest Shinigami in the series despite his evil appearance.

[@pejman3]

Isn't there a theory somewhere that kisuke is Senjumaru Shutara's son ?? Both being scientists geniuses and the ability to stitch things is quite reminiscent of senjmaru's whole "thread and needle" toolkit

[@uraharakisuke1329]

Yup. Add to this that Benihime resembles Senjumaru somewhat and also the fact that Kisuke has extensive knowledge on the Royal Palace.

[@idunusegoogleplus]

Then that means kisuke got to suckle on senju mama... "it should've been meeee!"

[@realgamer1789]

No no that's stupid

[@lord_haven1114]

There’s lots of theories about lots of things out there. Like the moon being made of cheese

[@CardinalSinOfCake]

I always wondered how deeply the modification goes? Down to the cellular structure? Could he modify his immune system to resist Askin's gift ball poison? Urahara is one of my favorite characters, so I've spent a ton of time dwelling on his Bankai lol.

[@The_Omnipotent_Lurk]

Yeah, they didn’t show much, Kisuke was able to restructure his own body so it would make sense that he could restructure his own immune system, if i’m not mistaken he couldn’t do much because the summoning process put already a strain on him.

[@whyitisY]

​@@The_Omnipotent_LurkI think its gonna require a lot of reiatsu to "modify" his immune system for Askin's Poison. Askin can change and adapt to the reiatsu he's receiving (Yoruichi's fight) so I guess it would take a toll for Kisuke to constant readjust and reconstruct his "resistance" to Askins Poison

[@FGame2star]

@@The_Omnipotent_Lurk yep that's why I think him beating Lille and Gerard is too much, he didn't have Shunsui's speed to cover distance and Lille's Volstanding I think those blasts would have been too much for him deal with. unless he could use his bank to heal like Wolverine, but I don't think he could do that repeatedly and with stamina like that.

[@samyl9579]

​@@FGame2starKisuke has speed equivalent to Yoruichi in Cat Form, that definitely wouldn't be the problem.

[@FGame2star]

@@samyl9579 not sure about that, but Shunsui seems like the fastest shinigami since his shinkai gives him the shadow teleport. honestly Kisuke DOES not beat Lille, Gerard maybe knowing that he has that heart thing that Kubo said can be destroyed.

[@Jeikobu]

Regarding his Shikai, ever since learning that his Bankai power is 'restructuring' I took his Shikai as restructuring kido

[@TheTpro83]

To add on something you said earlier about how strong an ability can be, we see different types of strengths in Bleach. Senbonzakura is strong in numbers. Kido is a symbol of how strong Reiatsu can be. Kenpachi's bankai demonstrates how physically strong he can be. Benihime is strong, conceptually. Benihime is as strong as the user's creativity can be allowed to expand upon it. In gaming terminology, the skill ceiling of the bankai is incredibly high. This cleverness provides Kubo to show how smart he is as a writer while allowing fans to imagine what else Urahara could do when he wanted to.

[@rwbyab7423]

Does that basically make Urahara Gremmy with experience? Frightening

[@gammafrost]

@@rwbyab7423in a way I guess you could say that but the visionary is just utterly broken. Gremmy could have easily been promoted to the elite Quincy if used better.

[@redpandasarecool3]

@@rwbyab7423 nah i dont think so benihime reconstructs not creates

[@rwbyab7423]

@@redpandasarecool3 that's totally fair, but in essence with Kisuke's intellect an creativity, he can probably do almost anything with anime logic on his side 😂

[@AstronoMETV]

I believe Uraharas Bankai is the manifestation of the part of him that aims to have contingencies in place for everything. Its ability for rewriting reality fits perfectly for him and hes right. "My Bankai isnt suited for helping others get stronger." Itd be momentary at best and the finer details arent described on what it can do to someone other than Kisuke like any allies he may have. It may only work so well for him as he knows the details of his own body, spirit, mind, and soul perfectly and therefore what is best is rewriting it.

[@Alacaelum]

This. Bleach is hardly perfect in its writing, but it still solid, and one of things that we kinda forget... is that every single Bankai works with its own rules, some simple and direct, others force even the user to stay at their toes. Hell, at this point we know that the zanpakutous are just a medium for a shinigami to access their inner power, it comes with permanent aspects sure, but it is at its core just a "interpretation" of how "magic" works in this story.

[@AstronoMETV]

​@@Alacaelum Exactly! And my memory may be fuzzy but I could've sworn I remember Urahara telling ichigo that his sword Benihime could be very temperamental or not very nice. So the idea alone of Benihime willfully strengthening anyone other than its wielder seems to off the mark for me to believe it capable of doing so.

[@Alacaelum]

@@AstronoMETV Katen Kyōkotsu would screw Kyoraku over ten times over if she felt even the slightest disrespect.

[@AstronoMETV]

@@Alacaelum That's a good point. Might be why he keeps a respectful demeanor whenever she manifests herself around him. I also think of vice captain hisagi and his Kazeshini because it's so erratic and fickle that both he or his allies have a high probability of being hit by one of its swings just by being put to use, let alone the zanpaktou manifesting in the real world.

[@daelix20]

If we ever wondered how he always arrives fast, or always seems to be right near when in need. Maybe his bankai or even skikai has abilities hes still holding back, sewing and stitching reality around him.

[@SinHurr]

Restitch the threads of fate, cowards!

[@iamfuckingyourwaifuandther2743]

He restitched Aizen's plan.

[@blazingdance3612]

Kisuke Urahara is such a legend in the bleach series. I love his Bankai, it is so awesome! He is the perfect example of an interesting, mysterious and complex character with so many more unknown answers about him. I really hope the anime does give his Bankai reveal a much cooler and slower build up than the manga did. Or an extened fight with his Bankai. I realized that if his Bankai is capable of virtually anything, then it's a marvelous reflection to Kisuke. As we have seen many times in the series, Kisuke's intellect is capable of counteracting, reacting, and responding to nearly any situation. That's pretty cool.

[@silvercchupisna]

I love the way how you explain and play with words. You are an amazing story teller.

[@xtanagaming1017]

Theres something funny about how some characters have powers that stick to a theme (byakuya, toshiro, komomura) and then you get people who are just like "my shikai lets me possess anything thats purple, and my bankai turns people into mountain dew"

[@diehardfreak1]

I think benihime touching/not touching modified how *severe* the alteration is. His eyes were dead, a tap of the palm and close quarter sutures for every nerve later and it’s back. But when he fortified his arm for strength, or attempted to weaken askin, it was just musculature/tendons so touch wasn’t needed. What I’m getting at is the more in depth the modification, the closer you have to be

[@24zawisza]

I think its power works like this The bankai took the muscles and tendons from Askins arm to restructure them and fortify Kisukes own arm.

[@diehardfreak1]

@@24zawisza but it restructured kisukes eyes first. Also askin pulled out of the “range” and his arm was returned to normal. I don’t Urahara managed to do anything in the amount of time he had the fingers open. And then it wasn’t until several panels later when Urahara was about to throw a punch that he buffed his arm

[@MarcSiqueira]

His Bankai is perfectly fitting for him and i would say it is hax enough to be 2nd to Ichibei's.

[@raidenxp_13]

I've had such a rejuvenated vigor to rewatch the whole series again! I stumbled upon this channel really late but it's ignited my interest into this series again

[@Paradigm0910]

After seeing his bankai, I always viewed his shikai as manipulating energy and his bankai as manipulating matter. I thought it was too convenient when he negated Yammy's point blank cero with a similar type of energy. But the added context of the bankai's theme make it fit very well.

[@TheBigExclusive]

Does Ichibei's ink ability really "erase names from reality" like you said? When he covered Yhwach in Ink, no one else forgot his name. They still called him Yhwach. Only Yhwach himself forgot his own name. Perhaps Ichibei's Bankai ability only affects the mind of a specific target covered in ink?

[@MrGksarathy]

It's not like there was anyone else actively calling his name, though.

[@step1saysomethingcontrover320]

He doesn't make you forget names in a conventional sense, he just makes anyone outside of himself be able to say it. This is why zangetsu couldn't tell ichigo his real name and why Yhwach couldn't say the name of his sword.

[@TheBigExclusive]

@@MrGksarathy - In the manga, they do some cutaways to other characters after Yhwach is covered in Ink. They didn't call him the "Black Ant" name. Ichibei didn't rewrite reality for everyone. That's why I suspect Ichibei only affects one target. Not everyone.

[@MrGksarathy]

@@TheBigExclusive But did they attempt to call him "Ywach"? I don't think so. Otherwise, they would have been unable to say it.

[@5upreme_K1ng]

In the manga, after Ichibe gave him the name "Black Ant" and crushed him, he immediately opened his Almighty as he was falling. During that time frame, no one called out to him. It was only when his eyes were revealed that Jugram started explaining what happened, and he referred to him as "His Majesty". So we can't say for sure if the names Ichibei erases are in general terms or only for the target cuz a situation like that hasn't happened yet.

[@jamesw2831]

When me and my older brother first saw Urahara's bankai, we made the guess that it was a poor man's Shirafude Ichimonji, which is NO small feat. It also isn't scaling down Shirafude Ichimonji because no one is saying it is a copy; just a weaker version of what it does in principle. I think his bankai is ridiculously broken.

[@James.Hernandez1991]

I always thought it was odd that kisuke said his bankai wasn't good for training when Chad asked him to help train against bankai. Like you would think that it'd be the best bankai to practice with.

[@VarjoPira]

It's not. His bankai is essentially a cheat code sheet.

[@cj5476]

Loved the askin fight but it would have been cool if Kubo showed him using his bankai in an experimental way to create something and not just the fight. I don’t think we’ve seen a bankai used in that way. And he honestly has one of the bankais that seems like its capabilities aren’t just about fighting. Like I have to assume his bankai helped create the kido that sealed aizen and helped him in making the hollowfied bankais. That would of been cool to see and it would of made more sense why only he was able to come up with something like that

[@gratedradish6699]

This is something that always irked me, where are the shinigamis with powers that can build sections of soul society? Where are the shinigamis with powers that can feed people, or power things? The only thing that comes to mind is unohanas shikai being used to heal people.

[@stock_movie1875]

​@@gratedradish6699to be fair minazuki is only a healing ability in shikai. Bankai it's a nightmare come to life

[@tine1396]

he probably used it to save the vizards after their hollowfication, and perhaps even to create the hogyoku

[@alexmartin3143]

Not a bankai but Gremmy’s shrift did that…

[@alexmartin3143]

You mean like use his bankai in housing construction or building construction? Or if someone’s bankai made roads. I mean, it’s not combat effective but everyone needs roads.

[@skyrogue1977]

I’m curious id Urahara made any mods to his zanpakuto like how Mayuri did.

[@jrgenvellesen7800]

Urahara's Bankai is one of the best in terms of how well it reflects the user. It has the power to change the world, yet it takes the shape of a puppet. Which is a great illustration of how Kisuke sees himself. Someone with such incredible intellect and abilities, yet he is ultimately a tool meant to be used to maintain the status quo. Yet despite that, Kisuke HAS changed the world both by being on of the creators of the Hogyoku and ensuring the birth of Ichigo. Whether he wants to be or not, Kisuke is a essential figure in the world of Bleach.

[@gammafrost]

Great way of putting it. I couldn’t agree more. We only see a hint of it’s true power but I know we’ll get more when the hell arc resumes.

[@jrgenvellesen7800]

@@gammafrost Thank you! Yes, I do hope we get to see more of it in the Hell arc!

[@RodimusMinor1987]

Such a versatile Bankai. I would like to see you do a fan Bankai video for Momo like you did for others

[@taylor_green_9]

Seconded. I love Momo, and it'd be nice to imagine her as more of a peer to Toshiro

[@RodimusMinor1987]

@@taylor_green_9 So do I, I can see her bankai being a large tree with fruit that holds different abilities

[@codytk]

I also love how Mayuri alters his bankai while Kisuke gets altered by his bankai. Im surprised you did not mention the possibility that kisuke is not able to fully control what his bankai does 100% of the time. It would make sense that hes so good at compromising with people if he had to learn it through getting his bankais cooperation.

[@ReanimatedBlueJay]

Something i was wondering for a while: since kisuke used his own method to achieving bankai, which was confirmed to give false bankai to both Renji and Ichigo, is it possible he still has a false bankai and all this is still not his true potential? Or did the fact that this method worked for so long eventually just make it his true bankai in a new manner entirely from anyone else?

[@Problemsolver434]

I mean, Ichigo's issue was that he didn't have a proper Zanpakuto to begin with. And Renji didn't have a strong connection with his. Didn't even know the full form. I think the issue wasn't the method.

[@taylor_green_9]

I don't think Renji used Urahara's method. He'd been training for Bankai for a long time and was already on the brink of achieving it. He simply trained in the same place as Ichigo for a couple of days

[@go_757]

I like the comparison between Benihime and Ashizogi. They're both very similar, but their nature is totally different: Benihime is a doll that works in the moment, whereas Ashizogi is an organic being that can be "trained" beforehand. So, for example, Mayuri could program Ashizogi to explode and reconstruct each time Urahara tries to modify it. That would be an AMAZING fight.

[@drenkai4874]

Hot take: Maiyuri's improved Bankai Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō: Matai Fukuin Shōtai is just discount Kannonbiraki Benihime Aratame. They both allow the user to adapt to the enemy but Maiyuri can only do it once per fight after he gets all the data he thinks he needs whereas Kisuke can also make a counter with his Bankai at any time.

[@kyahdricmoses6885]

This Bankai feels almost the same as Senjumaru’s passive ability when she healed the other Squad Zero member

[@ShinyHunterSolyu]

I haven’t looked into his Bankai since I saw it back in 2016, so thank you for explaining it better. I liked the idea, but I guess I couldn’t understand the Bankai at the time.

[@IAm_DrLoveJones]

I see a lot of villian talk when it comes to Urahara. He's not a villian, he's an antihero. He's not going to always do the right think and he's a morally gray character, however he does everything for the greater good and that's what make his character unique.

[@thelastspectre8141]

What ever he restructures comes undone after his bankai ends, there's a page panel when his bankai is breaking done the restructured arms where the stitches are start to bleed...meaning if he restructured his whole body and then released his bankai would causes his body to fall apart and probably die, I'm pretty positive once his bankai ended he lost his eyes again. Anything stitched up becomes undone is the draw back to using its ability that's why he only restructured his left arm and not his whole body. The panel I'm referring to is just below the page where his bankai collapses, where he says, "This is the end for me" you can see little bloods oozing out of the wounds he gave himself when he restructured his arm. It's a small detail but I feel like that's a HUGE detail that many overlooked. Which can connect back to what he said to Renji about his bankai is not used for lending Power to other because it's not permanent, so if he trained Chad all the training Chad had during his bankai would become undone once it's over

[@Fur_gene]

It doesn't necessarily mean that if he reconstruct his body with his bankai, once the bankai is deactivated, his body will then fall apart. That wrong. Any modifications that's done on his body will merely be undone, not that his body will fall apart. If he makes his body 10 times stronger with his bankai, once he deactivates his bankai, the 10 times will be off and his body will be back to normal. Buh, there's some arguments to that tho. If you notice, after Kisuke collapsed and got his bankai deactivated, normally, everything that got stitched up using his bankai should have been off as well, buh if you noticed, the hole he made on Askin gift ball was still very much open and Nel was shown thinking of entering the gift ball using the hole. So, what's the deal here? Is tye effects of his bankai truly temporal or really permanent?

[@thelastspectre8141]

@josephbabatundeisaac yeah without a clear explanation from kubo can't really understand it but there's that one panel after he collapses that shows the stitches he made on himself after he reconstructed his arm started bleeding, which leads me to think it's similar to surgery where if a doctor cuts you open and then stitches you back up your fine but when the stitches are remove you open back up and bleeding so if benahima is like the doctor what ever she cut and stitches is fine until she deactivates then the stitches come undone but the wound stays. Because urahara wasn't cut on his arm prior to him modifying himself so he shouldn't have been bleed from his modification once benahima ended if that makes sense

[@Watchmen07]

I think you're on the right track with this bc to me, we know that female sword spirits with male welders seem to be more aggressive/intense when it comes to the effects of their bankai as shown with shunsui's bankai, its abilities are shown to affect both him and his opponent almost equally, with both of them being so similar in their darker realistic views on life, the bankai's greater power comes at the cost of the user and it lines up with both kisakes personally and the reason why he ended the fight so quickly, for the more he alters himself the greater the likelihood of death

[@5upreme_K1ng]

Kisuke definitely lied about his bankai's range. If his bankai can reach the edge of the giftball deluxe itself then there's absolutely no way it can't reach Askin who's much closer to him. He probably did that to keep Askin preoccupied with keeping his distance as well as bring him a little bit closer to the edge as Askin keeps backing away, as that would lessen the distance needed to be reconstructed.

[@9thhokagegoku671]

i think he got a top 5 bankai among the regular captain

[@knowmoremutants]

Imagine Urahara and Mayuri using their Bankai in tandem. Those.2 particular Bankai working in unison would make a capitol G God.

[@henrypeterkin1]

Mayuri might even create a restructuring konjiki from his new bankai to counter urahara's own 🤷🏽‍♂️😂😂

[@darkwarfare772]

Kisuke isn't lying when he says it has an "Area of Effect" but he doesn't say what shape the area takes. Hahaha. If he narrows Benehime's range into a very narrow arrow, he can reconstruct anything along that "area" Everyone just assumes an "area" is spherical.

[@jamesgaines6468]

I always wondered what exactly they thought his Bankai was? Because he tells Urahara that his Bankai was different then what they were told it was. Which makes me think Urahara reconstructed his own Bankai whenever he showed it off however long ago, in order to deceive everyone about what it actually was. Just in case if his enemy ever was able to get intel on his abilities, he would still be a step ahead. Which is also hilarious because its very similar to how Aizen deceived the Gotei 13 into being placed under his lol. They never realized he placed them under its powers and also whoever saw Urahara’s didn’t even realize it was a fake version lol.

[@CaptainKotetsu]

His bankai’s face always reminded me of Unahona.

[@gammafrost]

I think his Bankai was sick and there was definitely a creepy aspect to it as well. I just wish we saw more applications of it but I’m convinced kubo will add more in the anime. Imagine Urahara using his Bankai on someone like Pernida who uses nerves 😂😂😂😂😂. He could restructure them to damage Pernida’s body. I would have loved a battle between those 2.

[@Iamabutt5000]

Good take. I agree the anime team will do his bankai better justice. I really do hope we get at least a few applications for it

[@bwill887]

I almost wonder if the short time was on purpose, showing how much Bankai Kisuke outclassed Askin. Once activated, a fight where Askin had the slight advantage gets turned on its head and becomes Kisuke's. Askin's abilities don't seem to work after the Bankai is activated and the ability to seemingly remake everything seems to be near limitless, weakening enemies and empowering Kisuke. Range is weird, whether Askin is right or Kisuke basically felt it wasn't needed, he basically held the modification to himself and to the battlefield. The rest of the Sternritter either countered the Bankais by reviving after them into new forms, but Askin never had that ability. Once activated, the fight became one sided for Kisuke and the short showing actually showed it. An interesting question is whether he can alter the enemies and potentially cut their powers. The gift ball was activated before Bankai and the self destruct mechanism seemed like an inconclusive ability, so could Kisuke have actually stopped it before activation or reconstruct their shrifts or if it only works on physical bodies.

[@floppa731]

if he touches pernida or pernida touches him, pernida gains his bankai ability

[@bwill887]

@floppa731 I could never tell if that was how Pernida worked or if it was the concept of change that the left arm was supposed to be. Pernida was supposed to represent change, continually growing through the fight. There was also the statement that Pernida gained information during the fight from those he used his nerves on. The weird part is I think it goes beyond just stealing the ability, I think he can deliver counters based on what he learned. The skin speeding he may have gotten from Mayuri, but it was for a freezing agent, not the nerves. And that bankai was made to counter the nerves ability, so that really wasn't its power, it's ability was to counter everything, something Pernida was already doing. The question is whether being remade would counter Pernida or if Pernida could counter the reconstruction.

[@gammafrost]

@@bwill887 you made some really good points and now I’m even more interested in seeing a fight between urahara and Pernida. I wish it could be an anime only addition but we’ll see. I was kinda surprised Pernida didn’t use vollstandig against Mayuri.

[@skeptischism1324]

0:00 Kisuke is akwsys lying, or omitting to manupulate to acheive whatever it is he feels needs doing. When i think of Askins arm, it looked just like the portal later used by Grimmjow. But why? The inside of an arm doesnt look like that. I think it was then he used Benihime to do 3 things. 1, scare Askin to get him to retreat and stand where Kisuke wanted. 2, perhaps during that brief moment Kisuke inserted a form of "homing beacon" in Askin so Grimm and Nel knew where they were and fighting. 3, while distracted by the arm Askin doesnt realize the stitched path leading to the outside. It almost seems to me that Benihime may be able to warp time and space as well. I wonder if Kisuke can "reconstruct" the air around him. Reconstruction implies taking whats already there and altering it whether in a good way or bad. That void in Askins arm has always intrigued me. Was it a form of reishii manipulating his arm in some way? I pray the Anime takes time with that fight and really fleshes it out. I dont think His Banksi can just reconstruct and recombine, i think it may be able to use kido also. It's my favorite Bankai hands down. Kisuke is my favorite archetype of a character. A versatile tactician/strategist who takes a back seat to help the protagonist along.

[@ehrerik3786]

In my mind his Bankai's limitation is his knowledge, would be fitting that he has to know what he want and how it would have to work for it to happen.

[@Kevin3826]

Makes sense how he was able to create the Hogyoku given how broken Urahara's Bankai is.

[@skullhammersmash3293]

So you said reconstruct his legs to make him move much faster. I wonder if he could restructure his brain or nerve to percept information much much faster, allowing him to dodge an attack almost instantaneously. Or if he can restructure his eyes to allow him to see a much further distance🤔🤔

[@xethified]

My theory for why Urahara is reluctant to use his Bankai for training others is twofold. 1. He's probably withholding information others could possibly leak to opponents. Given that his opponents are also members of soul society, this is a healthy fear. 2. Benehime, much like Urahara, probably can't always control who and what it tinkers with and be completely in control of the consequences. Recently Urahara is trying his best to stop pushing the needle because he knows how far reckless tinkering can destroy others lives. So his reluctance to let that side out is in character for him as well as being practical for his training partners welfare.

[@amondanomad9443]

Hi! I’m just wondering if you’re going to do a review of Burn the Witch 0.8. I’m curious as to what your thoughts may be. Nice video regardless

[@Elnato23]

Awesome character, awesome Bankai, awesome vid 👌

[@jonnylawless6797]

What I loved about this fight, other than my favorite character finally using his Bankai, was Grimmjow coming up from behind in Resurrección and revealing his whole arm through Askin's chest.

[@rmeddy]

I loved this bankai, it totally lived up to the hype. My only nitpick about it was the whole "not training with it" thing he mentioned to Renji earlier in the series, but it seems the opposite imo, although as you mentioned the stitches thing could've been a permanent issue, so maybe he was speaking for himself. Although I suspect Kubo's initial idea for it might've been closer to Shinsui's Bankai.

[@szastak7807]

I like the fact that our two, rival scientists have polar bankai ability. Urahara's allows him to reconstruct anything to suit his needs while Mayuri is able to change his bankai itself to get form it whatever he wants.

[@tnuhenaj3752]

If you look at one of the databooks it gives us the name of the technique kisuke used against aizen at the start of their fight. The laser that pierced him. It's called kaizo kido jugeki byakurai. Kaizo kido in english means modified kido. Which makes some bells ring in my head. Urahara's shikai power is to reconstruct/replicate other techniques he has seen. Or it is to modify them by adding the red energy it uses. byakurai is the name of hado number 4. So that technique is a modified hado number 4. My assumption is that all of his techniques are other people's techniques that he is imitating. The difference is that they are fired using benihime's characteristic red energy as opposed to what the technique originally uses. Or they are techniques he can use but with some added power from benihime. As for the anime fat chance of them improving the activation sequence. I don't want to be negative but look at how the bankai so far have been treated, kokujo tengen myo'o, jakuho raikoben, etc. One frame and they are out, no animation or anything.

[@4shuffling]

YESSS FINALLY. BEST CHARACTER IMO

[@mr.effigy3885]

There’s still probably a lot more we haven’t seen what his bankai can do. The fight with askin was too short to truly show what he can do I think

[@kaenryuuart543]

I love how urahara and mayuri end up with probably the two most versatile bankai in the series

[@sephjvr5979]

Please please do a video about how age of how age of soul repers work in Bleach. Why is Yamamoto an old man while Yachiru Retsu looks like a young women. They were both over a thousand years old

[@stankolo1788]

I love uraharas scientific prowess combined with his deep connection to the spiritual world and faith in general. An excellent reflection in his bankai

[@ProfessM]

I always felt Kisuke wasn't being truthful about his Bankai's range. As he said it wasn't great for training. I think he means it has a close range to it. Anything too close to the doll it starts to play with, regardless of his wishes. Highly fatal but a fellow like that Quincy you want to keep at a distance to little truth to keep him away. It gets most powerful in my book.

[@KipC-Sway]

Kisuke Urahara with the appropriate amount of prep time in unbeatable.

[@kuubs7687]

God damn the thumbnail looks so cool

[@Very_Bord]

My assumption on the range of Kisuke's bankai is that it can restructure whatever it touches... which just so happens to be everything. It's on the ground, its surrounded by air, it's attached to Kisuke's sword, etc. Now as for total range, not sure on that, but it's at least city-size.

[@MrSupedoSpade]

Idk lil heacanon, maybe Benihime has to touch something to PERMANENTLY re-constructure it as at the end of the fight Kiske's eyes aren't destroyed again whereas everything else is.

[@StCrimson667]

Kisuke's Bankai is always one which has stuck with me, the impact it makes when it appears, the simplicity yet effectiveness of its power, and just how deep its references seem to go! The Bankai's name references "opening doors" which is actually a metaphor for dissection, opening something up just like opening a pair of doors which gives it a pretty grisly edge to match its power and also potentially hints at the nature of its power, perhaps Kisuke needs to understand something's structure before he can restructure it or maybe he learns about its structure as he takes it apart. I also just love the theory going around the community that Benihime Aratame hints at Kisuke's past, given that the Bankai takes the form of a woman with long black hair who cuts things open and stitches them closed. Perhaps saying exactly who Kisuke might be related or formerly involved with.

[@JackedUpEntertainment]

I like how his Bankai is the perfect Antithesis to Mayuris, anything he poisons Urahara can just make immune

[@willhull9839]

He was allways my favorite character of the series. I realy need to watch the newer episodes

[@apex_slayz1392]

I like to think that mayuri seen or was told about kisukes bankai and wanted his to be able to adapt so he started to experiment on it

[@ELG-Supercell1000]

I also feel like his bankai is perfect considering that theory that he could’ve been apart of the zero division. That makes it very fitting that you compared his bankai to Ichibei’s

[@jembozaba4864]

Urahara’s Bankai essentially makes him an alchemist with a Philosopher’s Stone. It’s perfect

[@kstkstkst]

The greatest creator in Bleach has a love doll as Bankai. Very apt, very apt.

[@dominquebanton9758]

Something I always think back to is when Chad asked urahara to train him with his bankai but urahara said his bankai wasn't meant for training others. Since then ik whatever his bankai was it would be crazy

[@zerobarge718]

I do personally believe that Rukia or Kenpachi could potentially have greater bankai with enough experience using them. She could potentially freeze him right down to his soul at a speed that would make everything he can do useless. Kenpachi could probably just cut through any solution Kisuke would have. Especially if you can cut Benihime herself. That, however, would come down to who is faster.

[@Serrot1998]

That's how he made the hogyoku, with his bankai.

[@Fur_gene]

Then, if that's the case, does that means the effects of his bankai are permanent and not temporal as most suggest??? Cos, if he made the hogyoku with his bankai, shouldn't the effects be off once he deactivated his bankai?

[@animexgamer320]

@@Fur_gene i think the effect actually remains as we can see after winning he just fall on the ground but they didn't show urahara after the battle so it still a mystery

[@KapitalTee]

Damn, this thumbnail is 🔥🔥

[@mysterym6757]

I'd assume the way the stitch paths work is by remaking a bit of the environment into stitches then running them along in a particular direction. Something like making an automaton that stitches the path.

[@GrumpyCoffeeBean]

The limits are determined only by Kisuke's understanding of the variables. The moment he understands a power he could potentially alter it. What I wonder is could Kisuke restructure Kempachi's arm in such a way that he could use his Bankai without absolutely turning it into pulp...

[@xavierlaster]

I think Kisuke’s bankai works based on his understanding and the scientific method. Everything he’s altered quickly are things he’s had complete understanding of. So it would make sense that he was poisoned in the gift ball while testing different things with his bankai until it worked.

[@8bitbreadbox]

I imagine that more extreme modifications(like completely restoring Kisuke's eyes) do require physical contact

[@knowmoremutants]

It would be awesome if, since he has been under its spell before, he could use his Bankai to tweak his senses so that Aizen can not so easily control them. The pure rage Aizen would have at being out maneuvered by him would be amazing.

[@SleepyKurisu]

I've only ever thought of Kiske's Bankai to be the pinnacle of what Mayuri turned his bankai into in the tybw a great representation of the type of scientist Kiske is and the gap between himself and Mayuri but after watching this video I had a thought If Kiske's Bankai has a aoe it can be one of two things that impacted his fight with Askin One being Askin's gift ball creating the area they're fighting in made Kiske's range cover the whole area and a little outside of it Or Kiske himself works as a type of tracker and his bankai's effect spreads in a small aoe around wherever he is

[@OfficialDarkSoulMusic]

Love the thumbnail

[@jamesizatt6536]

I'd live to have a conversation with you about somethings in bleach... like ichigos bankai, how do characters age, and also about the quincys... great video

[@Pantherblack]

I can't get over just how reminiscent of Dr. Frankenstein Uruhara's bankai is.

[@jgravemans6076]

His bankai makes me think of the philosophers stone. Which very much is fitting for him

[@rioz886]

Here me out... With Benehime's release word being, sing, and the bankai's manefestation being a doll, I think the theme of Kisuke's zanpakuto is: Theatre. Inside the theatre, during a play, anything is posible, and kisuke is the play's playwrite, as long as he can think of it, and it is in the real of possibility, it can and will happen

[@osminmoon5680]

Happy new year my friend!

[@bqw2094]

Is there a explanation to why the bankai wasn’t used against aizen or why kisuke didn’t recruit tessai ?

[@Ihavewetdreamsabout]

Would not do shit to aizen

[@bqw2094]

@@Ihavewetdreamsabout not by itself, but kisuke is a brilliant scientist and could experiment with his bankai the same way he experimented with kido .

[@GelgoogJ]

When ichigo is learning from Urahara he is told that abilites used by Zanpakuto have a limit to how many times they can be used in succession. My question is how often can he use this power? I think the analogy used is reloading an arrow vs reloading somthing like a ballistic missile.

[@coolraul510]

maybe his bankai can restructure time/space (since its touching the ground and air), rather than create a portal. perhaps he restructured the "path" from where grim was to the ball so he could get there quicker?

[@harleyjo4875]

What do you give the man who needs nothing? Everything. Kisuke is truly a Dr Manhattan/Reed Richards/Tony Stark type of character where absolutely nothing was holding him back, they’re already the top in their field but leagues and bounds further, and found avenue after turn after corner to find new ways to make their life terrible. I vibe.

[@harleyjo4875]

And all they wanna do is ‘help’ but truly, it’s all selfish at the end of the day until it’s too late and you realize you have a conscience

[@flareinc7413]

This Bankai is so amazing and I can't wait for it in the anime :P About the range thing, thinking is that the Bankai can destroy on range and repair on touch.

[@shyguy5447]

Honestly, I can see how the Bankai appearance is lackluster for some but I just find it amazing to imagine that Urahara says Bankai and Askin just blinks and suddenly there is this huge doll hovering over Urahara

[@chickenmonger123]

Interesting correlation between his Bankai and Mayuri. Both are the basis of various manipulations of form, and are highly technical. One is a puppet. One is based on silk moth breeding. A Surgeon/Physicist. And a Biologist/Geneticist. Including Aizen, you’ve got a Psychologist/Philosopher. I think he might get the forms of their power like right on.

[@justinedwards5047]

Some thoughts: perhaps the difference between his range when messing with Askin's arm vs a hole in gift ball deluxe is that one is on an opponent that can resist and the other is an inanimate object, so maybe it can only affect opponents in a relatively small range but open pathways and such over a longer range. Although bluffing so Askin doesn't pay attention to anything outside the range he let him believe exists sounds like a very Urahara thing to do so I'm not sure we need to look further. As to the limits of his abilities, the fact he talks about restructuring his arm vs like enhancing it makes me think he is limited to the materials available, he can move muscles around to optimize sword swings, probably at the expense of losing some capability for other actions, but he can't just add an effect without grabbing it from somewhere else. If Askin's gift ring killed Urahara's optic nerves, then benehime probably repaired it by grabbing nerves from other parts of his body, dispersing the dead nerves where they wouldn't be a hindrance during the fight and restoring vision