History WhatAnIdiot / Bleach

* Squad Zero knows that the Vandenreich will attempt to reach the Royal Palace. They also know Ichigo will try to protect the Soul Society.

* Yhwach has arrived to the Soul King's Palace with his Schutzstaffel, leaving his remaining Sternritter behind. On the way there, he is greeted by Squad Zero, led by High Priest Ichibei Hyosube.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That he just allows the Schutzstaffel to go all out and steamroll Squad Zero from the get go. He especially has no excuse, given how he can see into the future and devise a plan to work against Squad Zero's abilities.\\

'''Instead:''' He attempts to use his Bankai, despite Byakuya's complete [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness lack of stoicism]] when trying to stop Renji from doing so.

* Yhwach has begun his invasion of Soul Society. He has deployed his Sternritter and his Soldat across the Silbern, which encompasses the whole area of the Seiretei as the two are swapped around. He also has particles of his soul not just in his Sternritter, but even their enemies as well, across the entire Silbern, allowing him to absorb strength from as everyone in the vicinity, Soul Reaper and Quincy alike. Yhwach has Cang Du and BG9 brought back to be tried after their failure.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That he just allows Cang Du and BG9 to redeploy back to the battlefield. Sure, he has to be patient before absorbing their powers, but at least they can continue to hinder the Soul Reapers, let alone kill them so that Yhwach can absorb the souls of his enemies.\\

* Gerard Valkyrie, Schutzstaffel M, of the Miracle, is curbstomping Renji, Zaraki, Rukia, and many other Soul Reapers and allies with his StoryBreakerPower. Meanwhile, Yhwach is fighting Ichigo and his other allies, and is at the back foot.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That Yhwach just leaves him alive to stall them. Even if Zaraki tried to destroy his core, it is so tough, it fails to kill him in time. At this point, Gerard can just reviving and coming back stronger, turning into a nigh-unkillable EnergyBeing at one point, that can overpower ''Kenpachi's Bankai''.\\

'''Instead:''' He ''performs Auswahlen'' on his strongest man, ''just because he was losing and needed more power.''\\
'''As A Result:''' Yhwach has no remaining allies left before he is ultimately cut down by Ichigo and company, his dreams of establishing Wahrwelt and merging all planes of reality into a death-free paradise dashed.

'''As A Result:''' Mask gets impaled and incinerated by Renji's Bankai, Sou-ou Zabimaru, and James does not revive in time to keep both of them alive. Renji has just killed them, and James' soul is absorbed by Yhwach.

'''As a Result:''' Not only does he waste valuable time that would've been better spent setting up his plan to build Wahrwelt, he also kills off important assets that would've assisted in fighting Squad Zero (or at least, stall Ichigo and company from following him), and also galvanizes the surviving Sternritter to rebel against him, causing him to fail in taking over Wahrwelt in the long run.

'''As A Result:''' Mask gets impaled and incinerated by Renji's Bankai, Sou-ou Zabimaru, and James does not revive in time to keep both of them alive. Renji has just killed them, and James' soul is absorbed by Yhwach.

'''You'd Expect:''' That he just allows Cang Du and BG9 to redeploy back to battlefield. Sure, he has to be patient before absorbing their powers, but at least they can continue to hinder the Soul Reapers, let alone kill them so that Yhwach can absorb the souls of his enemies.\\
'''Instead:''' He orders Haschwalth to execute them both on his behalf.\\

* Mask De Masculine has pummeled through three lieutenants, along with Captain Kensei and Rose himself, after being constantly revived by James. Just before they can finish off Rose, Renji comes in to save the day.
'''You'd Expect:''' For James to leave the area, or Mask to order James to leave. Not only does it give Mask the moral high ground to continue his preaching, but James being alive at the same time means he can constantly revive and be stronger. Even if James is sliced apart, he just split into two.
'''Instead:''' Mask gives in to his anger and tries to ''completely incinerate both Renji and James'' with his Star Flash Supernova in the short run, before charging in to finish Renji off quickly, in the hopes that James will eventually revive, albeit slowly.
'''As A Result:''' Mask gets impaled and incinerated by Renji's Bankai, Sou-ou Zabimaru, and James does not revive in time to keep both of them alive.

* Rose is fighting the Quincy Mask de Masculine, and is overwhelming him with his bankai, Kinshara Butodan. However, Mask manages to work out that such a complex and thematically incoherent bankai probably isn't real, and reasons it to be [[YourMindMakesItReal some kind of illusion]].\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Rose to shut up and just keep using the bankai.\\
'''Instead:''' In a stunning display of ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy, Rose proceeds to verify Mask's claim and adds that Kinshara Butodan specifically works by using the music it creates to trick the minds of those to hear it. Mask responds by crushing his own eardrums, rendering himself deaf and completely shutting down Rose's bankai. He then blasts Rose through the chest, knocking Rose out of commission for the rest of the war.

'''Result:''' Sui-Feng reclaims her Bankai which temporarily poisons him, and even after he activates Vollstandig, he is blasted when Sui-Feng uses the Bankai against him. He is forced to be tried and executed before Yhwach for this failure.

'''Instead:''' Four captains independently sacrifice their Bankai to assess the sealing process without coordinating with the rest of the captains. This catches all of the them off guard and doesn't allow them to formulate a response that can protect either Soul Society or the sacrificial captains. Byakuya is the biggest offender of the four as he could've just asked Renji beside him to use ''his'' Bankai instead and see the results. Seal or steal, losing a giant snake (that breaks on the first contact) is better than losing an ''omni-directional blender''. Shinji and Mayuri lampshade in-universe how stupid this is.

* [=BG9=] has stolen Sui-Feng's bankai, and has in his arsenal a damaged gatling gun, several tendrils, and a missile launcher. Sui-Feng's bankai takes the form of a large rocket launcher that can be used only sparingly; two consecutive shots in a short period of time, each packing a huge punch. He is assigned to fight and kill Sui-Feng after tormenting her lack of Bankai.\\

'''Instead:''' Zommari [[ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy explains each of his attacks]] to Byakuya, including the total number of items/body parts/whatever he can control. Byakuya points out Zommari's been a complete idiot then demonstrates why by thrashing the guy. It's later revealed in-story that Zommari was a symbol of death by intoxication.

'''Instead:''' Four captains independently sacrifice their Bankai to assess the sealing process without coordinating with the rest of the captains. This catches all of the them off guard and doesn't allow them to formulate a response that can protect either Soul Society or the sacrificial captains. Shinji and Mayuri lampshade in-universe how stupid this is.

* The Sternritter Berinice Gabrielli, has the Schrift: Q - The Question, which causes the opponent to [[BreakThemByTalking question everything about themselves]]. However, his powers require the opponent to actually ''hear'' what he’s saying, and he just so happens to be teamed up with [[MakeMeWannaShout Jerome Guizbatt,]] whose loud screams deafens his enemies, if they don’t [[YourHeadAsplode outright kill them]].\\

* BG9 has stolen Sui-Feng's bankai, and has in his arsenal a damaged gatling gun, several tendrils, and a missile launcher. Sui-Feng's bankai takes the form of a large rocket launcher that can be used only sparingly; two consecutive shots in a short period of time, each packing a huge punch. He is assigned to fight and kill Sui-Feng after tormenting her lack of Bankai.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' BG9 to just straight-up use the damn thing. It's mundane enough to be used with his Reishi arsenal, and there is a chance that she can't even use it even if she steals it back. Even if he can't repair his gatling gun in time, it's still enough damage to Sui-Feng thanks to his other weapons.\\

* BG9 has stolen Sui-Feng's bankai, and has in his arsenal a damaged gatling gun, several tendrils, and a missile launcher. Sui-Feng's bankai takes the form of a large rocket launcher that can be used only sparingly; two consecutive shots in a short period of time, each packing a huge punch. He is assigned to fight and kill Sui-Feng after tormenting her lack of Bankai.
'''You'd Expect:''' BG9 to just straight-up use the damn thing. It's mundane enough to be used with his Reishi arsenal, and there is a chance that she can't even use it even if she steals it back. Even if he can't repair his gatling gun in time, it's still enough damage to Sui-Feng thanks to his other weapons.
'''Instead:''' He just puts it away and does nothing because he believes it's not even worth the use.

'''Instead:''' In a stunning display of ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy, Rose proceeds to verify Mask's claim and adds that Kinshara Butodan specifically works by using the music it creates to trick the minds of those to hear it. Mask responds by crushing his own eardrums, rendering himself deaf and completely shutting down Rose's bankai. He then blasts Rose through the chest, knocking Rose out of commission for the rest of the war.

'''You'd Expect:''' Urahara to ''absolutely make sure'' Quilge is dead, as characters in this series have survived worse and kept on fighting.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' Them to call a truce with Orihime as a result of her unsolicited kindness thereby ending the vendetta, or at least avoid her in future given that her willingness to heal the people who beat her black-and-blue terrifies them.\\

'''Instead:''' Bazz-B, Nanana and As Nodt try to ambush Old Man Genocide. No points for guessing how it works out for them. It's especially painful in As Nodt's case, who earlier proved to be a capable and cunning villain. In the end, he doesn't even bother using Byakuya's Bankai or his Scarecrow style powers against Soul Society's most dangerous man.

* Bazz-B is not happy with Yhwach's choice of successor. Specially because he is friends with Haschwalth, whom everyone thinks as the biggest candidate for becoming next Emperor\\

'''You'd Expect:''' The captains would coordinate which Shinigami would sacrifice their Bankai to understand the sealing process, so that the other Bankai-wielders could co-ordinate defence of the realm and the sacrificial Shinigami.\\

'''Instead:''' Zommari [[ExplainingYourPowersToTheEnemy explains each of his attacks]] to Byakuya, including the total number of items/body parts/whatever he can control. Byakuya points out Zommari's been a complete idiot then demonstrates why by thrashing the guy. It's later revealed in-story that Zommari was a symbol of death by intoxication.

'''Instead''': Loly smartmouths Grimmjow and gets slapped across the room resulting in Menoly trying to attack him with a Cero. Grimmjow vaporises her, causing her to scream that Aizen won't let him get away with this. When she won't stop insulting him, he rips off her leg (manga) or stamps on her face (anime).

'''The Result:''' Quilge revives himself with [[PeoplePuppets Ransōtengai]], incapacitates Chad, Orihime, and Urahara, and traps Ichigo in a nigh-indestructible Reiatsu prison that takes him no small amount of effort to break out of. By the time Ichigo arrives at the Soul Society, Byakuya, Renji, Rukia and Kenpachi are near death and Yamamoto is killed by Yhwach.