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So I made this thread a while back and I thought I'd do a short follow up on it:
Call me stubborn but I still don't think Soul Society is in as much trouble as everyone thinks. Note, I'm not saying they don't have a gigantic problem in front of them or that they won't have any casualties. Only that it's not as horribly one-sided as people constantly seem to think.
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So I made this thread a while back and I thought I'd do a short follow up on it:
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Call me stubborn but I still don't think Soul Society is in as much trouble as everyone thinks. Note, I'm not saying they don't have a gigantic problem in front of them or that they won't have any casualties. Only that it's not as horribly one-sided as people constantly seem to think.
If you haven't read the chapter yet, spoilers beware:
Apparently the Quincy don't "seal" Bankais. They steal them... It looks like the Captains are gonna be fighting against their own Bankais.
Let's sit back and think about this for a minute. Obviously it's not a good thing for these Quincy to steal away the Captains' most powerful weapons, but how much of a handicap is it really?
It's been said over and over again that just attaining your Bankai means little to nothing. You need years and years and YEARS of training to be able to completely harness and master it. The only exception was Ichigo because his Bankai is unlike anyone else's. It wasn't some huge mechanism that took time to learn how to use - it was just a high speed boost. Every other Bankai that we've seen so far has been something on the grand scale - giant axes (Ikkaku), enormous snake/chain-like weapon (Renji), billions of tiny blades (Byakuya), etc.
So what do these Quincy plan on doing with this brand new skill that they've, literally, picked up?
Let's look at an easy example - Byakuya's Senbonzakura Kageyoshi.
Byakuya explained to us all that controlling such number of rapidly moving blades is virtually impossible unless you define a "no damage zone". If Tsukishima was able to exploit this and almost defeat Byakuya, then what do you think Byakuya himself is going to be able to do against someone who has never used Senbonzakura before?
Long story short, there are pros and cons (in other words, vulnerabilities) for all Bankais because there must be a reason that it takes so long to master to the point of being able to use it in combat.
These are Shinigami who have been Captains for as long as 100 years, some even staggeringly longer. When you're this experienced you know your weapon inside and out just as if it were an extension of your own body. You can count on the fact that over the years they've learned their Bankai's vulnerabilities and weaknesses.
Also, there are ways around this that I can already theorize. You all saw that pendant, right? The one they seemed to use to steal the Bankai. Let's say, oh I don't know, the Captains aim for that thing and destroy it. Might it release the Bankai back into their control?
Another is Soul Society's powerhouse. I forgot about this, but Kenpachi would make the perfect opponent for any of these Quincy. You can't steal a Bankai if they don't have it xd
Hmm, turned out longer than I expected but oh well lol.
Post what you guys think and discuss below.
Everything I'm about to say is based on the assumption that the Quincy don't somehow gain full knowledge of the Bankai they steal.
Let's sit back and think about this for a minute. Obviously it's not a good thing for these Quincy to steal away the Captains' most powerful weapons, but how much of a handicap is it really?
It's been said over and over again that just attaining your Bankai means little to nothing. You need years and years and YEARS of training to be able to completely harness and master it. The only exception was Ichigo because his Bankai is unlike anyone else's. It wasn't some huge mechanism that took time to learn how to use - it was just a high speed boost. Every other Bankai that we've seen so far has been something on the grand scale - giant axes (Ikkaku), enormous snake/chain-like weapon (Renji), billions of tiny blades (Byakuya), etc.
So what do these Quincy plan on doing with this brand new skill that they've, literally, picked up?
- Do they even know what it is that they stole? No.
- Do they know how to use it? No.
- Do they know the limits of the Bankai? No.
Let's look at an easy example - Byakuya's Senbonzakura Kageyoshi.
Byakuya explained to us all that controlling such number of rapidly moving blades is virtually impossible unless you define a "no damage zone". If Tsukishima was able to exploit this and almost defeat Byakuya, then what do you think Byakuya himself is going to be able to do against someone who has never used Senbonzakura before?
Long story short, there are pros and cons (in other words, vulnerabilities) for all Bankais because there must be a reason that it takes so long to master to the point of being able to use it in combat.
These are Shinigami who have been Captains for as long as 100 years, some even staggeringly longer. When you're this experienced you know your weapon inside and out just as if it were an extension of your own body. You can count on the fact that over the years they've learned their Bankai's vulnerabilities and weaknesses.
Also, there are ways around this that I can already theorize. You all saw that pendant, right? The one they seemed to use to steal the Bankai. Let's say, oh I don't know, the Captains aim for that thing and destroy it. Might it release the Bankai back into their control?
Another is Soul Society's powerhouse. I forgot about this, but Kenpachi would make the perfect opponent for any of these Quincy. You can't steal a Bankai if they don't have it xd
Hmm, turned out longer than I expected but oh well lol.
Post what you guys think and discuss below.
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