History NightmareFuel / Bleach

** Byakuya fights it well and reminds himself that he fights for Rukia... but he soon succumbs to it. And [[https://12dimension.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/bleach501_11-panel.jpg this image]] of Rukia disintegrating and becoming a zombie ''does not help''! Creator/TiteKubo can be insanely good at PsychologicalHorror, '''and it shows'''. And just if someone thought it wouldn't be any worse, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fg_2v7cwaaiqf9l_7.jpeg there's the anime version of this scene]], which cranks up to eleven by basically turning it into a JumpScare. One moment Byakuya is thinking of Rukia, the next her image ''flash-forwards'' into a decomposed, rotting state.

*** The anime only turns it up even further. Remember the lovely vision As Nodt gave Byakuya of seeing his sister Rukia rot like a zombie? When he finally manages to terrify Rukia using Tatar Foras, he proceeds to give her a vision much like the one he gave her elder brother, except ''even worse.'' Rukia sees the faces of [[VitriolicBestBuds Ichigo,]] [[TrueCompanions Orihime,]] ''and'' [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Byakuya]] as they grotesquely rot before finally ''bursting apart'' into countless insects that cover her body, causing her to snap in fear just like Byakuya did.

** If it was somehow possible, As Nodt continues to ''become even more horrifying'' in Chapter 569. He practically grows into a borderline EldritchAbomination after Byakuya shows up.

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** Byakuya fights it well and reminds himself that he fights for Rukia... but he soon succumbs to it. And [[https://12dimension.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/bleach501_11-panel.jpg this image]] of Rukia disintegrating and becoming a zombie ''does not help''! Creator/TiteKubo can be insanely good at PsychologicalHorror, '''and it shows'''. The page image is now the anime version of this scene, and they made it even ''worse'' there by turning it into a JumpScare. One moment Byakuya is thinking of Rukia, the next her image ''flash-forwards'' into a decomposed, rotting state.

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* Think about this from poor Orihime's POV. You just got emotionally blackmailed by Ulquiorra into being a captive. Two awful people you've never even met bust into your cell and start to beat and abuse you over someone you don't even 'like', let alone love, and then the guy you just healed busts in, kills them, and you're so pacifistic and gentle that you decide to heal them anyway, and to add more salt to poor Orihime's wounds, Grimmjow only wanted her to heal Ichigo just so he could injure and kill him. Let that sink in.

** ''[[LightNovel/BleachCannotFearYourOwnWorld Can't Fear Your Own World]]'' expands on this. Had Ichigo died in his fight with Yhwach, ''he'' would have been made into the new Soul King.

* From the light novel ''LightNovel/BleachCannotFearYourOwnWorld'', Hisagi's Bankai is rather gruesome to look at. It's basically a giant ball of chains hovering above him with a few of them wrapped around Hisagi's neck ''like a noose''. It actually freaks out a few of Hisagi's allies from the sight of it.

* 603: We see Auswählen in full effect. What does this '''exactly''' mean? Instead of fighting Nimaiya immediately... Yhwach performed ThePurge of his own subjects '''again''', to power himself and his PraetorianGuard up and fight at full strength, by creating [[PillarOfLight pillars of light]] that either absorbs the targets whole [[StrippedToTheBone or only leaves their bones behind]]. [[LittleMissBadass Liltotto]] and [[{{Necromancer}} Giselle]] managed to escape for the moment... [[CoolOldGuy Accutrone]], [[ScaryBlackMan Nanana]] and [[PlayingWithFire Buzz-B]] [[KillEmAll were not as lucky]]. There's a very, VERY good reason why this chapter is named [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "What the HELL"]].

*** The Gotei 13's strength relies mainly on their 13 captains. Except even captains are struggling and getting overpowered. Foot soldiers die in drove and even vice-captains get one-shotted.

* 592: How [the zombified Hitsugaya makes his presence really known. He unleashes a wave of ice over the area, causing Ikkaku to lose his leg. He stabs Ikkaku a few times to take him down, then unleashes a brief yet brutal beatdown on Yumichika by nailing him in the gut with an ice-spike knee, headbutting him and cutting him down. After this, he strikes down Charlotte. Throughout all of it, he's carrying [[DissonantSerenity an out-of-place expression of calm on his face]].
* 594: Kurotsuchi Mayuri, who claims to have [[LostInTranslation his flesh stuck with decorum instead of skin]], [says its painful for him to use such a drug he's about to use on someone that can't resist, but it consoles his heart to see Hitsugaya resist with words by ''pleading him to stop''. Then we get one page worth of Hitsugaya's screaming divided in two pages.

* The most chilling detail of all? Apparently Captain-level Soul Reapers can't assimilate into Soul Society when they die, so instead they go straight to Hell. Szayelaporro implies that doing so is going to prove a '''very''' costly mistake for the Soul Reapers. This has been going on for '''generations''' and implies some pretty horrible Nightmare Fuel for any Captain-level Soul Reaper in the cast when it's time for them to die, which includes Rukia and many other known characters who are Captains or may be powerful enough to become Captain-level Soul Reapers.

* [[SpikesOfVillainy As Nodt]] screams this. [[BlackEyesOfEvil Pitch black eyes]], check. An [[OneHitKill instant-kill-attack]], check, [[TheVoiceless doesn't seem to speak]], check. To top this off, even the Shinigami started running from the character.

* Szayelapporo returns, now upgraded from an Arrancar to some damned entity similar to the Togabito. His left arm burns with a black flame that's already seared away the flesh, his left eye is a dark pit and two wounds on the sides of his head leak some mystery liquid that solidifies into a pair of horns. The worst part of all is that he's been watching over Renji ever since he ended up in Hell. Then he tries to [[WouldHurtAChild kill Ichika]].
** Renji is already freaked out at seeing Szayelapporo again, seeing as how the last time he fought the Arrancar he had several of his bones, organs, muscles and tendons crushed and torn from his Release powers. The second that Szayelapporo sets his sights on his young daughter, Renji doesn't even try to attack. He just grabs his child and ''runs''.
* The most chilling detail of all? Apparently Captain-level Soul Reapers can't assimilate into Soul Society when they die, so instead they go straight to Hell. Szayelapporo implies that doing so is going to prove a '''very''' costly mistake for the Soul Reapers. This has been going on for '''generations''' and implies some pretty horrible Nightmare Fuel for any Captain-level Soul Reaper in the cast when it's time for them to die, which includes Rukia and many other known characters who are Captains or may be powerful enough to become Captain-level Soul Reapers.

** Byakuya fights it well and reminds himself that he fights for Rukia... but he soon succumbs to it. And [[https://12dimension.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/bleach501_11-panel.jpg this image]] of Rukia disintegrating and becoming a zombie ''does not help''! Creator/TiteKubo can be insanely good at PsychologicalHorror, '''and it shows'''.

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* Ebern's NightmareFace as he's about to attempt to steal Ichigo's Bankai. Pleasant dreams!

* Tsukishima manages to be an even '''''more''''' frightening and threatening [[PrimalFear villain]] than
[[SuperpowerLottery Aizen]] could ''ever'' hope to be; with his Fullbring, he can rewrite the past of anyone and anything he cuts, and uses it to turn all of Ichigo's friends against him. The mindgames he plays on people are simply terrifying.

* Tsukishima and his Fullbring. The guy can rewrite the past of anyone and anything he cuts, and uses it to turn all of Ichigo's friends against him. The mindgames he plays on people are simply terrifying. [[MagnificentBastard Mr. Tite Kubo]], has [[SurrealHorror truly outdone himself this time.]] He managed to make a [[PrimalFear villain]] even ''MORE FRIGHTENING'' than [[MasterOfIllusion Ai]][[SuperpowerLottery zen]].