Warning: Spoilers for Reaper: Millennium Blood War Episode 5 bleachAmong the death captains, Kuchiki Byakuya may be the most stoic and indifferent among them. But even Byakuya isn’t immune to emotion, and an attack from Quincy forces the grim captain to feel something he hasn’t felt in years: real fear.
From the first time he appeared, Byakuya was indifferent and bland, even towards his younger sister Rukia. He fought Ichigo without flinching, and never hesitated in the face of any other foe. Under normal circumstances, Byakuya is quite calm in the face of battle, which is obviously due to his incomparably powerful Bian Jie Qianben Yingkichi. Mao Jie summoned hundreds of thousands of infinitely sharp sakura petals, rushed to tear the enemy into pieces, and the attack was unstoppable. Putting it in his back pocket made Bai Zai full of confidence in the battle…but now this ability is no longer in his hands.
as bleach Quincy went on to invade Soulworld, and they also stole the mana of any captain stupid enough to use it in front of them. So far, the four captains including Bai Zai have all fallen into this trap and their abilities have been stolen. Facing Quincy Stern Ritter who was called “Nord” without it, Bai Zai’s hands trembled, making him a little confused. His enemy explained this perfectly to him: he didn’t have a cold or poison, but just experienced fear. Every Sternritter is assigned a letter and a matching nickname, and Knott’s is an F — “Fear,” so doing that happens to be his specialty. Bai Zai desperately attacked with the basic Zanpakutō, but the blade didn’t hit the ground. Nott attacked its owner with the stolen swastika, and made three violent attacks on Bai Zai, causing him to hit the wall, limp and bloodstained. The nearby Renji was also unable to help, and the second Quincy eventually knocked him into the air, leaving them both badly injured and now alone.
Byakuya goes down the mountain to prove Quincy’s threat
One of the most intimidating members of the Palace Guard Thirteen, thanks in no small part to his stoic behavior in combat, taking out Bai Zai early in the conflict helped demonstrate just how much these Quincy really were. Danger.fans of bleach Witnessing Bai Zai’s control of Shaman, Fullbringer and countless Sora, he easily won every battle. While hundreds of unnamed soul reapers have died, and even some smaller characters like Izumi Kiraide and Minister Jiro Sasaki have been killed, no truly significant characters have yet fallen in Quincy’s raid. For Bai Zai, the easy loss to Nott really made the threat facing the world of souls more deeply rooted in people’s hearts, and emphasized that even big-name characters are not safe in this arc. It’s a classic writing technique, and Byakuya is the perfect character to use it.
The attack on Soulworld will continue bleach Regardless of whether Bai Zai was standing or not, but in the absence of a boss like him, the chance of a sudden change in the direction of victory is indeed very low.
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