The Most POWERFUL Bankai RANKED and EXPLAINED!

[@TheSteakJustice]

Most fucked up part of Ichibei's zanpakuto is that, when Ichigo first met Old Man Zangetsu, the first time he tells Ichigo his name, the *text in the speech bubble* is blotted out and the bubble itself is fractured, explicitly stated by Kubo to be because of Ichibei stealing Yhwach's name. Ichibei's direct influence was felt almost 500 chapters before we were introduced to him.

[@TheTrueTy]

Crazy

[@tokymack9548]

i didnt read it or watch it due to money/fillers but that sounds hype af

[@JuliusCeaser_]

​@@tokymack9548money????

[@dereklouther9372]

Bro said my name is ” ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ “ don’t you hear me?

[@user-kk2ou5io2q]

@@tokymack9548

[@Vastolxrde844]

It’s theorized that Ichigo’s true bankai ability has something to do with rejecting fate as it would be a direct counter too yhwach’s almighty

[@corruptangel6793]

Except Yhwach says simply altering fate isn't enough. You're just jumping from one grain of sand to the next while he looks down from on high. The only way to counter Yhwach is to evade his sight, and that's what Ichigo's Bankai does. Specifically, Old Man Zangetsu's part as the sheath hides Ichigo's second bankai blade, thereby leaving Yhwach vulnerable its power

[@1Charmed]

I believe this was confirmed to be his true ability

[@jonsolo7343]

The only direct counter to the Almighty is the Antithesis

[@mementomori7160]

Golden Ex- I mean Tensa Zangetsu Requiem!

[@davidistakinganap]

This would make sense tbh

[@benedict0902]

Bankai is cool for the same reason i think Nen and Cursed Techniques are cool, it never gets old because its always unique. One Bankai can make an ice dragon, one can make millions of tiny little blades that look like flower petals, and one can absorb and repel the power of a God.

[@benedict0902]

One is also just a fucking nuke

[@Terradragoon]

I think the most terrifying part of Urahara's bankai is the "restructure" bit. The guy he fights can become immune to any specific kind of damage he's taken once (and the full form he uses while facing Urahara can apply that immunity to any damage of the same fundamental type). This means Urahara can change anything within his bankai's area of effect on a fundamental level.

[@alispeed5095]

In theory, but its all dependent on one factor. Urahara must be relative in reiatsu to the victim. Otherwise, it wont work.

[@bignoob2726]

​@@alispeed5095must bankai r relativity dependant

[@certainlynotmalo1.0.0]

@@alispeed5095 Which he is to propably most bleach caracters. And it has a range, nothing must be in direct contact with him. As well as the "if outside the range, everything reverts back" thing isn't true at all. Or his eyes would have been destroyed forever after he witdrew it. Are we even reading the same manga as he does in the video?

[@abbamalami9171]

Senjumaru not being on this list is a mf crime

[@JuliusCeaser_]

Agreed

[@jantaganas8822]

anime only

[@JohnFrikkinGrammaticus]

​@@jantaganas8822 and its canon

[@jonhawk117]

@@jantaganas8822 And Kubo is very involved with the anime, any changes or new things added are to be considered canon unless stated otherwise.

[@kevinappleman8521]

What I've finally realized thanks to the anime (I missed it in the manga) is despite his confidence he could beat yuha, ichibei also picked BLACK ant to try to keep dominion over him, just in case.

[@whitenobeard]

Yhwach*

[@Suto_Ko]

smart move by Ichibei, always good to have a backup plan.

[@kevinappleman8521]

@@whitenobeard don't worry, I know*

[@carlosapompazavala9609]

YOOOOOO, as a manga reader myself I didn´t even think of that, that is so cool, btw it just hit me the other day, is Sayafushi/se an Asauchi?, let me cook, Kubo confirmed (in his very confusing explanation of wtf happened to Ichigo´s shikai in the Hell one-shot) that Zanpakuto are made from the blade and the scabbard, since he couldn´t make a scabbard for Sayafushi/se, he didn't send it to Ichibe to receive a proper name and didn´t send it down to Seireitei instead Nimaya gave it the name Sayafushi/se

[@donshifty]

i don’t get this comment can someone explain

[@kyleflanagan963]

To be honest, I think Urahara is being underrated here. It's not just anything Benihime touches, it reconstructs anything within a wide area around her. He uses it on his eyes to restore them after they'd been obliterated, his arm to make himself insanely strong, his enemy Askin to unravel his arm, spacetime around him to create rifts through space that others can move through, the abilities of his opponents to change their form. We see it for such a short amount of time, and as such it doesn't get all that much of an opportunity to impress, but conceptually it's one of those Bankai that are similar to Ichibe's Bankai, it just works on a more mechanical level rather than a conceptual level.

[@certainlynotmalo1.0.0]

That's hopefully one of the reasons that we are already through 2/3 of the source material at half time of the anime. I hope they do it justice in the anime.

[@noahduffin5492]

I always believed that once Kenpachi had "awakened" after his training with Unohana was done, the eyepatch was more symbolic than functional. I know that he obviously became exponentially stronger once his subconscious shackles were undone but I thought the Unohana fight also cleared him of wanting to supress himself in order to prolong fights. Was there something in the manga about him getting an improved eyepatch to once again hinder his power? I know he immediately removed it against Gerard so I guess that answers my question.

[@TheManInTheRedHat]

Yeah post unohana fight the eyepatch is now completely symbolic. The whole point was for him to get back to fighting free without restrictions.

[@ironclad-m3q]

I think it still has the function of regulating reiatsu. "Awakening" doesn't mean he suddenly good at handling them. SPOILER Ichigo also still can't balance his reiatsu perfectly, hence he needs Yhwach's attack to push his Quincy reiatsu and enter Horn of Salvation form.

[@kanoreese1253]

Kenpachi's current eyepatch drains 10x more reiatsu than the previous one. In the light novel"Spirits Are Forever With You", Kenpachi had Mayuri make him a new one after his fight with Cien Granz and Kenpachi Azashiro. So the eyepatch is not symbolic. It still hinders his strength by an extreme degree because Kenpachi still likes to fight using handicaps.

[@TheManInTheRedHat]

@@kanoreese1253 ah.... Well my expertise comes specifically from the Bleach manga and nothing outside of that BUT I will say that that's terrible writing lmao. Since the whole point of him gaining all of his abilities was to get back at his max at all times. That's absolutely horrid to have him go back after all that and and say "yeah no I still want the limiters." 😂😂😂

[@kanoreese1253]

@@TheManInTheRedHat Actually the point was for him to be able to access his true power at will as opposed to it being sealed away by mental restraints. He keeps the eyepatch on because if he didn't he'd one shot most opponents he'd face.

[@apoorvjoshi2383]

yep Zaraki's bankai is not complicated. It just fills the user up with immense strength. So much so infact that even Zaraki himself isnt able to fully tame it currently. Basically his bankai is a multiplier on his own strength. Meaning any other captain who is physically weaker, lets say Soifon who primarily excels in speed and assasination style combat, is arguably physically one of the weaker ones "strength-wise"(i know she is plenty strong, but so are practically all captains lmao, for this example i am just assuming her excellent and destructive hand to hand combat as a testament to her martial skill not physical strength) Her having a strength multiplying bankai won't help her too much. But for someone like Zaraki, this is just the perfect one. A simple bankai that just makes him a monster. Long story short, his bankai isnt broken, he is. So imo his bankai should be below Kisuke and Shinji,

[@Terradragoon]

Not only that, it turns the user into a berserker, meaning anyone without incredible instincts would thrash about at everything around them instead of focusing the aggression on the enemy. Kenpachi has both power and fighting instinct in spades, and...not much else, so the loss of intelligence isn't much of a downside. It's unknown if it keeps the implied aspect of "there's nothing he cannot cut" (supposed ability to cut anything the user desires, including concepts like space. It's not a confirmed ability as far as I know, but heavily implied since he phrases it as the ability of his zanpakuto)

[@SkyRider4815]

So like super saiyan

[@CypressusYT]

No it's not, in every case, a bankai is an upgrade to it's shikai. There is no bankai that is simply a stat boost.

[@brokencannon9174]

I fully maintain ichigos power is litterally that he is the main character. Hes able to ignore things like fate or future vission because hes unbound by those concepts "able to write his own story" so to speak. It plays into both ywach and uryu as well. Uryus power being the antithesis id name ichigos shrift(if he had one instead of zangetsu) protaganist. Thats why no matter how hard ywach trys to alter the future to break the sword he cant ever really get rid of it

[@43tan]

Would love to see a video where you simply go big brain and make your own creative cursed techniques. Make it happen nick !

[@OTFinmyeyes]

Love you nick, thank you for all the videos you've posted this past year its helped me get through some tough times listening to you talk about all my favorite worlds.

[@kelvinallen9327]

Nick is by far my favourite or one of my favourite KZbin manga/anime host. 👍

[@JT-km6th]

I'd have Senjumaru's at #3 above Yamamoto's, Ichibei at #2, and Ichigo at #1 despite not knowing what it does. It was strong enough to challenge a Soul King amped Yhawach using The Almighty in a future timeline, no chance Ichibei can do that.

[@asaadbinamir7816]

Zangetsu's raw power has 0 answers to Ichimonji's hax. Ichibei will always win against Ichigo

[@haikusage4041]

@@asaadbinamir7816 I agree with you here. Ichibei's abilities are just broken. I just don't see Ichigo countering this ability.

[@cadenz7719]

Senjumaru’s is now at least top 10, the other members of squad zero are also now up there with just raw power. Only ones close enough in raw power to them is Ichigo, whose’s probably stronger them all at this point, Yamamoto.

[@Zaillogical1]

@@asaadbinamir7816Hax null lmao in cfyow ichimonji gets nullified by Hikone and Iko as using the SK's parts Ichibe couldn't defeat him but guess who did?? Kenpachi one shots him just off of sheer spiritual pressure and in Bleach you can null haxs by higher SP Ichigo will one shot Ichibe everytime

[@domh1928]

@@Zaillogical1 Didn't he just bypass an ancient curse. That Doesn't mean Ichibe wouldn't win. Plus just because Hikone can bypass ichimonji, this doesn't mean other characters can.

[@gameinsane4718]

I still need to see Komamura pick up his blade in his mouth and activate Bankai just to summon a wolf version of Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō

[@deaththephoenix8395]

I made a lot of OCs when I was a kid watching shonen and I had one for bleach with a bankai ability called "over ride" where my sword would send out more of an emp looking pulse and anything it hits I can "over ride" to control. Projectiles, attacks, and even the environment itself would temporarily be redirected and/or weakend or strenghtened.

[@MaestroAlvis]

I like how you immediately used first person to talk about your OC. That's p-cool though.

[@dragondeeznutts]

😂

[@kdotldotsdot3430]

Id love to see a video comparing the bounds of “limitless” power types such as wish granting, imagination and alll other manifestation types. I know they’re has to be subtle differences in how the play out with them coming from different universes, just an interesting idea. Have a great day!

[@AzizbekSheripboev]

agree

[@kdotldotsdot3430]

@@AzizbekSheripboev i sincerely hope Nick sees this

[@certainlynotmalo1.0.0]

While a video would be nice, we don't really need it. Those powers are always limited by how the user uses them, that's their only flaw as seen with Gremmy, the brain in a jar. He is the most powerful sternritter, but only if he would use his ability to it's fullest. Which he never does, because he never needed its full strenght before as everone knew he was the strongest. And that impeded his killing potential greatly. He could have just imagined Kenpachis head exploding and be done with it. But due to his inexperience with such opponents, he didn't. And that's the case with most powers in this vein afaik. I mean, he could have just imagined Gerard and Lille dead, and it would have worked. But as always wiht such powers, they don't ever get used to their full potential because their users are not te brightest. In every series i can come up with at least. There are for sure some more obscure cases, and a video about them would be really nice tbh...

[@Frstypwngaming]

Unohana and Zaraki exist simaltaneously because Zaraki begins to subconsciously hold back and Unohana didn't want to kill a kid. Unohana also got rid of her original name and the title of Kenpachi, starting the lineage of the other kenpachis in the stories of Bleach.

[@certainlynotmalo1.0.0]

Unohana didn't hold back then, and she only won because Zaraki didn't want to lose her, the only person who could scratch him. So he lowered his strength subconciously. There's a nice panel where you see him lower his sword because he was going to kill her and he didn't want the fight to ever end. He was always stronger than her, even as a kid. That's the "sin" she mentions, she made him weak just by existing, and his joy of battle (not killing, just fighting) did the rest. That's why she died happy, finally the kid from back then returned to its full strenght, which could evaporate her at any time. She knew she was already dead since back then, this fight just gave him his strenght back.

[@Frstypwngaming]

@@certainlynotmalo1.0.0 Never said Unohana was holding back; Also first person he ever met that could give him a good fight*. If he met Yamamoto during this time he would've been ash

[@certainlynotmalo1.0.0]

@@Frstypwngaming Then i missunderstood the "she didn't want to kill a kid" part. I thought that implies her holding back. Honestly, i don't even remember if she said something like that or not. Did she? I only remember the pile of corpses, and her almost getting killed until Zaraki chose to hold back. The rest is a bit nebulous. But yeah, Yama should absolutely pulverize him. Which in turn is one thing that i never understood. The title of Kenpachi is given to the strongest shinigami of that era, right? And yet old man yama never held that title. But he obviously should have been. There are severeal reasons i could think of, but it's never hinted at why exactly that is in the source material. Sorry, but this bugs me since a long time. And thinking about that incident brought that thought back once again...

[@peterga3658]

ok im know sure you re to young ... back in 2010s Bankai was all the hype ... i was seeing kid on the sidewaks walking back from school yeling BAN KAAIIII .. youtube back was full of videos with (AMVs) Bankai clips with music over it everywhere.... i cant believe ppl re now so young to remember those things FFF im getting old

[@NancyDLaw]

Can't agree 💯 more lol .. like l... O... L... It's funny and kinda sad I guess how ppl don't remember how popular Bleach was before it stopped I do remember those videos on KZbin with bleach clips playing and music on top . Bleach cosplays was the most popular thing I had seen in cons like soooo many ppl it was impressive

[@fijiwill2237]

Don’t forget all the bleach AMVs too

[@peterga3658]

@@fijiwill2237 yes that what i was talking about AMVs thats how they called it yes yes yes thank you for some reason i coudnt remember that thing for so long

[@fijiwill2237]

@@peterga3658 yup, it’s easier to remember it when you remind yourself it stands for “Anime Music Videos”.

[@peterga3658]

@@fijiwill2237 thats whats it means?????????????????? lol for some reason i never thought to look it up or something learn something new everyday

[@jakoby256]

Senjumaru's bankai should be in top 3. From what we've seen she can rewrite fate itself, which is a nuts ability. Sure the likes of Yamamoto and Zaraki hit hard, but messing with fate is on a whole other level.

[@bilogskii2216]

And a fate that's inescapable even if you survive her bankai. Your fate is sealed and you'll get a final destination type of death.

[@Lupinemancer87]

Bleach was always my favorite of the Big 3. I liked Naruto and One Piece just fine, they are great, have a lot of cool moments and all that, but Bleach was always just a little bit better in my opinion. So I'm very happy to see you talking about it.

[@mihaiserban5746]

lol who the fuck thinks that these are the "Big 3"??? people must've never heard of yu yu hakusho, dragonball Z and others. by the time Bleach aired its first episode DBZ was a worldwide established phenomenon with more fans than Bleach has nowadays. even Hajime no Ippo has more fans than Bleach, what the hell :))))))))

[@Lupinemancer87]

@@mihaiserban5746 Where have you been the last 20 years? One Piece, Naruto and Bleach have been known as the Big 3 by the community for many years. It's such a common thing that just saying "the Big 3" is enough for people to know which shows are talked about. Yu Yu Hakusho and Dragonball Z were never called the Big 3. I'm not entirely sure why you've never heard of this.

[@certainlynotmalo1.0.0]

@@mihaiserban5746 Every manga fan that knows what he's talkin about? If you don't know why they're called the big three, you have no right to talk about manga history in any capacity.

[@mitchellf.1170]

This was one of the best breakdown of Unahanas bankai.

[@nkosinathisibiya600]

Nah it wasnt

[@certainlynotmalo1.0.0]

@@nkosinathisibiya600 Really not. The "melting" for example hasn't anything to do with her bankai, here i have to wonder if he's just reading the wiki page of the fight. THere are so many small mistakes in the video, that i ave to assume that he didn't read it at all, or maybe 10 years ago and his mind got cloudy. Really, wtf?

[@scottdaub4104]

Love your vids man, one of the only people who post this often and always fire content much love

[@MaestroAlvis]

15:20 i like how zaraki's shikai has this weird cap on it, that actually covers its own blade, and prevents it from stabbing.

[@johndinh2913]

I love how shinji bankai is basically the reverse of what his shikai should technically be too

[@Kilonzo8811]

It’s such a simple concept but it just allowed kubo to characterize so many characters so well!! I love it😂❤ so many different bankis and 98% of them are dope(renji will never get a pass😂)

[@EchidnaEsq]

Unohana's Bankai is not acidic. When Zaraki states, "I'm melting", it is symbolic. He's stating that the person he thought himself to be, the faux Kenpachi in name only with restrictions that he placed upon himself so that he might find the enjoyment of battle once more, is falling away. After being killed hundreds if not thousands of times and revived, he is finally reverting to his true self, the shell of the former Zaraki melting away to reveal what he was as a child-a skeleton swining a sword, a true God of Death who affirms his existence in battle. It is why when he looks upon Unohana at this point, he sees he for what she has always been, the same skeleton swinging her blade that he used to be and has now become again. Reducing Minazuki's power to acid robs the entire emotional thrust of the relationship between Zaraki and Unohana and his awakening in that battle and reduces it down to, "Acid blade goes hssssss". The anime finally made it abundantly clear with the styled shots of the white background as he is stripped of all pretense that it is symbolism. No more acid nonsense.

[@MrBobby-jx3pg]

Dang bro, he said maybe

[@10000Winters]

Bro, it being acidic makes sense with the shikai. Minazuki swallows you and heals you in its stomach. Wouldn’t it make sense that her bankai was acidic since the stomach contains… ACID. That doesn’t hurt the emotional thrust of the fight. It can be both physical and metaphorical at the same time.

[@kdotldotsdot3430]

@@MrBobby-jx3pg nah Im recommending bro start a channel if he diving this deep on the symbolism. 😂I’m not just joking either

[@whitenobeard]

Bro he said it MIGHT be acidic, there was no reason for you to write a small essay.

[@Suto_Ko]

symbolism plays a significant role in Zaraki's battle with Unohana, and the melting dialogue is indeed metaphorical rather than literal. The emotional depth of their relationship and Zaraki's transformation would be diminished if Minazuki's power was reduced to mere acid.

[@anialator1000000]

Ichibe isn't just "the first one" which is why he can name things, he also was granted the ability to name things and know the names of all things, either akin to a scrift like Ywatch from the soul king, or his full inherent ability. He didn't just name them because he invented them, he named them because it was his supernatural ability. This is directly shown when he reveals the names of Rukia's and Renji's Bankais to them. He literally knew that Zabimaru gave Renji a fake name and partial bankai and told him its real name.

[@ggEmolicious]

Oh man, don't even tease me with an All Bankai Explained, that sounds so good!

[@Frstypwngaming]

Yamamotos bankai if released for too long, even in a suppressed state, would destroy all of the soul society* and evaporates all the moisture in the soul society* Meaning it has universal range and AP/DC

[@shutup3338]

Yeah and kakashi is said to be omnipotent

[@Frstypwngaming]

@@shutup3338 Never once except in FanFic. Which is confirmed non-canon

[@Frstypwngaming]

@@shutup3338 BTW confirmed MoN Ichigo (Pre-Arrancar arc, post Soul Society Arc) Ichigo destroyed a confirmed hyperspace; Kenpachi in SAFWY has a similar feat. Both are much weaker than Bankai Yamamoto

[@bignoob2726]

7th Kenpachi had a forbidden bankai straight out of a horror movie. And Rukia reaches absolute zero. Which is a concept that u don't want to be affected by as a living being, unless you're not trying to be alive anymore. And freezes whatever she's touching. Like when she stood on the ground, the earth beneath her froze and caused tremors. Give her Yamamoto reatsu and soul society would either be destroyed by earthquakes or freezing Definitely deserve honorable mention

[@jeffreythompson3758]

other captains 🗣️: Bankai kenpachi : aaaahhhhhh

[@kindakrooked6239]

I absolutely love your videos, but the way you say yhwach is really funny lol

[@ratillecebrasquedubitantiu4451]

Why don't we talk about how EPIC the first release of a Bankai is every time

[@bringinthedope5929]

Bro i just saw the squad zero lady bankai ( i dont know her name) and that shit was pure hype lol . Ill be legitimately upset if i see the royal guard revived again after that in season 3.

[@certainlynotmalo1.0.0]

@@bringinthedope5929 They will be revived but still suffer the deaths Senjumarus bankai foretold. Which is the best thing you could do as an author in that circumstances.

[@jams1070]

You should totally do every bankai ranked and explain, we’d watch it you know we’d eat it up 👀👀

[@kalebstuart3083]

Shunsui being so high on this made my day. Not only is he my favorite characte, but we actually have the same birthday.

[@giovannimartinez6026]

I would love seeing you explain senjumaru bankai

[@sean2695]

Bankai vs Domain Expansion when😏

[@victorzavala69]

I freaking love this man videos

[@1brytol]

My headcannon considering Zaraki's zanpakuto, is that its power is cutting through whatever Zaraki believes he can cut through

[@CoralVein]

If I’m not mistaken she essentially resigned as kenpachi after her fight with kid zaraki. She knew from that battle that she no longer deserved the title

[@certainlynotmalo1.0.0]

Thank you. I almost thought i was mistaken, but nah. Those people including him haven't read the manga at all it seems.

[@threethousandbees7260]

Unfortunately for Gremmy, he has the same weakness that everyone else has: Kenpachi Zaraki

[@antont4974]

Good choices right here!

[@Alfareon]

i think unohana stepped down from captain to learn kido, and in that time kirinji, the OG healer, got promoted to 0, so Unohana then took over his old healing squad, leaving squad 11 with no captain and she had stopped being on the front lines

[@maxlee8780]

No she was already a Healer when she got stabbed by Zaraki. The real question is who was the captain of squad for before she took over? Whenever she gave up being the Kenpachi she had to switch to squad 4. And it wasn't kirinji who is captain of squad for because he wasn't shown among the other original gotei 13.

[@raijinsociety]

@@maxlee8780 lol she was the first ever captain of squad 4. She's amongst the first captains.

[@maxlee8780]

@tojutheraijin she was the first Kenpachi, meaning the squad 11 captain. She couldn't be the first Squad 4 and Squad 11 Capitan.

[@raijinsociety]

@@maxlee8780 oh you mean squad 4 in particular? Oh that we don't know and I think Kirinji is much older than her since he tutored her so he most likely wasn't in the Gotei might be the same case for Senjumaru. They probably existed before Gotei.

[@hannibalhector3719]

I wish we got to see Aizen’s bankai. I know you have to have bankai in order to become a captain but considering his shikai, he may not have shown anyone what his actual bankai is. Would’ve been cool to see him use it in the finale.

[@Mavuika_Gyaru]

Remember he fooled them by making them believe his ability was to make mirages with water so he showed a fake bankai with that in mind

[@hannibalhector3719]

@@Mavuika_Gyaru yeah that’s what I was getting at. So he may not even have a bankai lol

[@Mavuika_Gyaru]

@@hannibalhector3719 aizen reached his peak, which is why he needed the hogyoku to ascend. He definitely had a bankai

[@raijinsociety]

Yeah he must've been using his Bankai all this time and lying it was his Shikai, the original thing he told Hinamori must've been the actual Shikai while the complete hypnosis he's been using is his Bankai. Aizen is a liar.

[@certainlynotmalo1.0.0]

@@raijinsociety Would fit Aizens deceptive nature perfectly. Even thinking about what would his bankai be with such a powerful shikai doesn't make any sense, what would you even want more from a bankai? Maybe te anime will clear things up a bit. I hope so...

[@chefskenz4855]

I've been waiting for this video for a long time...thank you Nick❤

[@EnazYAY]

I LOVE THE POD AND ALL UR VIDS I LOVE YOU NICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DVDHarbinger]

I always thought that Kenpachi’s bankai turned him into a Oni

[@jashinsdisciple8512]

"Bankai never gets old" Kommamura, toshirou and renji: 😮

[@keystoolife]

I love when nick does bleach!!!!!! My favor to say is “SENBONZAKURA KAGEYOSHI”

[@reecewhite5900]

That first bleach arc holds a special place in my heart. It was definitely my favorite anime for a long time. Which is how I know I’m gonna love solo leveling even more, because not even bleach got me read manga, but after 5 episodes of solo leveling I finished the manwha before episode 6 dropped.

[@certainlynotmalo1.0.0]

You should do it anyway. Maybe watch mothers basement video on bleach for the contrast between the anime and the manga...

[@kixito9347]

Facts! BANKAI just doesn’t get old

[@youcancallmebrossss]

Im starting to realize that dude got the idea for domain expansions from watching random bankai from bleach

[@Auron1Roxas2]

Gege directly stated bleach as a huge inspiration for his work so yeah I’d say he got the idea from bankai.

[@youcancallmebrossss]

@@Auron1Roxas2 never knew that but it makes sense

[@BalgaBear]

*The clock strikes 5:00:01PM* "Shit, I've fought too long....now I've gotta go into *OVERTIME* "

[@1092340]

Ive been waiting for this exact video from you. About damn time...

[@kickbackin9114]

6:57 is that bloooooood on your finger bro lol while talking about minatzuki 😮

[@huntertezz]

What about kenpachi Kuryashiki? His bankai was so destructive it was forbidden from being used in the seretei and even Azashiro admits he would have won if he used it.

[@johnnypollack3243]

Keep up the awesome work and videos Nick love the video

[@KingLogan87]

I think Kenpachi Kuruyashiki deserves a spot on the list, like Shinji, his bankai is banned as well, Kenpachi Azashiro even believed the bankai would have easily won Kuruyashiki their duel had he released it

[@stefanomilanesio5346]

Yes, we definitely need a full bankai e resurrection video u.u

[@yolandaholleycarwell687]

Your videos are so insightful Your a treasure to the community

[@MisterHeadphones73]

The top 3 placements are gonna have to be redone once part 3 & 4 of TYBW come out, but solid video. I would move Shinji's down the list because it can be handedly countered by an opponent using aoe attacks (As we saw with Bambietta) especially if it's in a 1v1 situation. I'd also throw Senjumaru's up on the list cause 1) It can shake three worlds/dimensions/realms (However you wanna put it) simultaneously, and 2) Create perfectly tailored one-shot kill moves against insane opponents. Think of it as Shunsui's bankai, but customized perfectly for every person hit by it.

[@yazzy3177]

shinji went back to shikai form when he went to fight bambietta tho.

[@certainlynotmalo1.0.0]

@lightswitch1483 But if you take the anime literally, Senjumarus bankai already killed them in the future. They all die in the way pictioned in the anime in her bankai, so i just give her the ability to alter fate. Which would be almost on par with Ichigos.

[@BlaxkSun]

The random panel of Yammy for Soya Azashiro 😂 is just wow. I see you editor

[@BLAIRTheMysticFox]

Yamamotos Bankai Is Underrated cause most are unaware the Author Used Occult Kahbalistic Knowledge for Yamamotos Bankai his Bankai Addresses The 4 winds The 4 Cardinal Directions and The 4 Flames Of Hell even the directions he calls are Accurate to the manner of a full ceremonial ritual

[@BLAIRTheMysticFox]

East Is The Flames of Distruction The Suite Of Swords #Hellspace West Is The Thoughts Of Creation The Suite Of Wands #Cspace South Is The Souls Of Source The Suite Of Cups #AstralSpace North Is Potential Of Causality The Suite Of Pentacles #VeriableSpace or aka NumberSpace

[@certainlynotmalo1.0.0]

That's the problem with bleach. If you don't know what eastern religions are about, you're gonna call out the "fucking retarded powerups".

[@chrisg6654]

The bankai’s power being based on the user is a weird and fun question. One the one hand, the Bankai comes from the soul of the soul reaper wielding and growing with the zampakuto, making the power of one exactly equivalent to that of the other. On the other hand, the sternritters stole the bankai and used them a little worse in some cases. Although that could be a matter of technique and practice rather than raw power. So idk, I’m in camp: the power of the bankai is the same regardless of the wielder since they were created by soul reapers

[@lucasmccarthy9319]

I would say it’s the most broken bankai we’ve seen so far, there’s still ichigos true bankai we’ve yet to see cause it was broken before we could see it in the manga but we all know it would’ve beat the almighty, and then there’s aizens bankai which we probably will never see but who knows maybe they’ll surprise us in season 3 🤔

[@certainlynotmalo1.0.0]

I hope so. And given the fact that we're already through 2/3 of the source material at half time of the anime, meaning they planned a lot of new stuff for the next two seasons (i'm not calling them cours, doesn't make sense to me at all, even if it's normal in japan.)

[@shadocadink5014]

Raw Bankai Tier list vid, I will eat that up

[@LightsOnTrees]

Shame you probably made this before the reveal of Senjumaru's, I'd put that at #2, and bump everything down one.

[@CulturedYaga]

I'd like to see you do a top ten worse as well

[@kjblade11]

VIDEO IDEA: Make a video ranking. The biggest power disparity of characters bankais vs. Their shikkais( like who has the biggest power gap in between their bankai and shikkai. For example, Renji's true bankai is LEAGUES stronger than what his shikkai is capable of.).

[@sofyanjamal4980]

Although it's not known yet what ichigo's bankai ability is, it's powers by itself and the fact that yuha the man who defeated a bankai that can control the concept of names didn't want anything to do with it speaks volumes

[@AndrewHahaLee]

Ichigo's final bankai is to become his first shikai lol. It's so powerful that it reverts back the entire story of Bleach

[@TheCrazyCapMaster]

You could look at it as him finally fully combining his powers- the blade is both black and white, both his Hollow and Quincy powers contained within a single Zanpakuto of a human Shinigami.

[@harleyjo4875]

I practiced SO MUCH patience waiting to post this comment till after spot #7: SO, I’m sure it was just a purposeful translation/oversight on Kubo’s part, but one of, if not the first thing, Gremmy says to Kenpachi is “You’re just as strong as I imagined you were” And like…obviously that’s meant for us to immediately think that that’s significantly dropped his power level but if Gremmy had even the SLIGHTEST hints of doubt…welp, he sealed his own fate. Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk.

[@TheCrazyCapMaster]

Gremmy’s failure in that fight was that, when he imagined himself that nice shiny new body and charged at Zaraki, he wasn’t able to even imagine a physical body that could contain that level of power. Only Zaraki’s body could handle that kind of power.

[@sofhi12]

The last arcs do a very very good work reminding everyone that the Captains are in fact war criminals and their bankai show that

[@yonatansun]

Your the greatest anime youtube and i love all your videos

[@BLAIRTheMysticFox]

We can anticipate his bankai transcends all his soul powers into a single source

[@rjaybrunson6514]

Nick doing 1000000x times better then me on the Bankai names

[@canonballx]

All Bankai Ranked an Explained. Lets go plz !!!

[@yannischupin7787]

I am fine with senjumaru bankai not being included, because to evaluating her bankai should be done once the fight is really over in the next cour...

[@skateboarder27292]

I 100% hope Ichigo becomes aware enough to isolate his different powers and use them independently… doesn’t anyone else miss hollow Ichigo? 😂

[@deathofalltrades282]

I certainly do miss the hollow mask. That thing was sick and iconic as well. XD

[@CrazyFoo501]

Senjumaru's Bankai Shatatsu Karaga Shigaraminotsuji is definitely top 10 because yeah

[@718Insomniac]

Shinjis bankai sounds eargasmic if youre listening on good speakers.

[@alex-og.zalez9403]

I think your rankings are odd, but your explanations are fantastic

[@noahduffin5492]

This is how I feel about his entire channel to be honest!

[@dejones803]

Minazuki making this list over Senbonzakura makes this list automatically invalid

[@certainlynotmalo1.0.0]

@@dejones803 So many weird mistakes in this video, like he didn't even bother to read the manga and just watched some other youtubers video to make some money. Almost as if he looked at it, but stopped thinking about what was meant. Kubo is the master of "show don't tell" in all of shonen entirely. Honestly, putting bleach into shonen jump was a compromise. It would have been way better as an adult manga. A lot of younger readers don't get this approach to storytelling at all, leading to all the hate about everything bleach does right. For a more experienced audience, at least. Without a bit of knowledge about eastern religions you are lost, no matter what. But if you know, everything falls into place really nicely. You just can't expect that from uneducated western manga fans... Thus all the hate.

[@Force-Multiplier]

Ichigo's Bankai>>> base Almighty Yhwach took and then overcame and obliterated Bankai Ichibei but the extremely amped Reio Yhwach prevented Ichigo's Bankai from happening like his life depended on it and considering that Ichigo's Shikai killed him once and he had to use Almighty to revive himself Ichigo's Bankai is definitely something that even Reio Yhwach is concerned about with is crazy

[@justtoolit6051]

Bleach is GOATed and bankai is the coolest manga/anime powerup

[@lulu_TheWitchBoy]

4:49 because Unohana gave up the title. Also the 8th kenpachi never died, if they’re not active it just goes to the next.

[@TheCrazyCapMaster]

Yeah if I remember correctly he got yeeted into the Muken 😅

[@CreammTeammm]

This man knew exactly what he was doing putting Hitsugaya’s bankai right over kenpachi’s. Hooooooh boy

[@antwuanbrown5150]

I just wanted to point out that according to Kubo Hitsugaya had already achieved his Bankai before he even entered the Gotei 13.

[@corruptangel6793]

When did he say that, because that is contradicted by the manga.

[@zacharygiovanetti2474]

Loved this video, only thing is Kensei is the leader of the Visords

[@samseggie8667]

I was hoping to see Jimbe with Samehada from Naruto. Would've been dope to see him get beefed up by them combining. GREATER WHALE SHARK 🦈

[@socomxx]

I bet Aizen's Bankai would be #1 by far, I hope we get to see it in the anime.

[@certainlynotmalo1.0.0]

That would break everything established untill now. But i'm with you here... We need it soooo much!

[@jayciel8498]

i like how you managed to remember how op pernida was when it came to strongest in the verse

[@le_normi3045]

Bankai got that Aura that only domain expansions could wish they had

[@TheTrueTy]

I fw ya videos mane 🔥

[@livingincreation]

Ichibe got a domain expansion 😂😂😂 Bankai never lost its edge… literally I guess nick is worthy enough to say his name considering he didn’t lose his voice lol

[@certainlynotmalo1.0.0]

Nah, jjk guys got a bankai. Even stated by the author himself... Bleach is funnily enough the most influential of the big three, even with all the hate it got from people not being able to decipher what's going on. Kubo took the "show don't tell" ideology to the extreme, and went (sadly) over the head of a lot of western viewers because they don't know anything about bhuddism for example. It's like the dark souls of shonen manga.

[@jerm_worm2794]

Hey Nick i think you should make a video on how people like Hakari or judge and the other guy abilities work it wouldn't really be spoiling but I don't really know how their abilities work

[@FoxFire1281]

The "bunkai" and "shinigami" are interesting to hear about

[@Nomy7735]

Say banki with a space every time he says banki and also take a shot 😂

[@neonclouds9295]

Please do more bleach content on this channel is for sure my favorite anime of all time but there's so much I don't know because I haven't read the manga and the anime leaves so much out. Also is I just me or do you find it really annoying? They only released 13 episodes every 6 months? Mfs already made me wait like a decade and now they want to make me wait longer 😭😭😭

[@RuthvikUP-vr1im]

Love you videos

[@majidmoro3866]

Nick thank you as always can you please do a weakest bankai list am curious to see your list