History VideoGame / BleachThe3rdPhantom

** Seigen Suzunami's Zanpakuto, Shinden, is a very long SerratedBladeOfPain that grows wider towards the tip, has uneven serrations on each side, and has two prongs instead of a normal tip, all serving to make it resemble a lightning bolt.

* CastFromHitPoints: Skills colored orange instead of blue are cast from HP instead of SP. All of Orihime and Chad's skills are CastFromHitPoints, as is Renji's Higazekko.

* CutscenePowerToTheMax: ZigZagged: In one mission before the TimeSkip, Seigen arrives on the scene of a Hollow attack and instantly eliminates about four Hollows before the battle even really begins. Played straight in that neither he nor anyone else is capable of this in gameplay, but averted that trivially wiping out hordes of {{Mook}}s is entirely consistent with the canon depiction of what Captains are capable of.

* EpicFail: Every instance of Shiyo attempting housekeeping results in massive and often spectacular failure, often in ways that seem implausible, such as managing to nearly choke Ganju's boar, Bonny, when feeding her table scraps, to the point that a substantial amount of effort at the Shiba household is dedicated to preventing her from trying to help.

* FishOutOfTemporalWater: The main character is very confused about the modern world when they arrive, especially since they had never deployed to the land of the living in their time in Squad 5 and because to them, no time had passed since their fight with Arturo. As a result, the main character concludes that Don Kanonji is a ninja using his over the top persona to hide his real agenda. Even after being brought up to speed, they get so used to the modern world being weird and surprising that they barely bat an eye at Yoruichi (in cat form) talking, and when she transforms back to her normal form, the main character basically just says "modern cats sure are amazing, huh".

** Perhaps the biggest reason for the senior captains' OverratedAndUnderleveled status - they join before the TimeSkip and then leave the party for most of the mid-game and don't get any extra levels in that time. This means that they're quite powerful when they join, but not quite powerful enough to render the Kudo siblings irrelevant for the final battle of the pre-TimeSkip arc, but are well behind the newer captains in the present era.
** In general, the difference in characters' power is greatly reduced in gameplay compared to what the story and the anime indicates, especially when considering captains and other Bankai users, allowing characters like Chad, Yumichika, and Hanataro to keep pace with (or even surpass) the likes of captains like Kyoraku, Kenpachi Zaraki, and Unohana, even though the latter are canonically ''far'' more powerful than the former.

** Kukaku Shiba, one of the bustiest women in the manga/anime, is one of two women in the game who are Power type units and in combat (or the only one if Matsuri is made a Tech or Speed type), she can demonstrate just why everyone in the Shiba household fears her and has easily the second best attack stat of all female characters in the game, only outdone by Matsuri.

* ContractualBossImmunity: Named boss characters generally have the Homonka Block skill, making immune to Soi Fon's Nigeki Kessatsu, which places a Homonka on enemies that don't already have one and kills enemies that already have a Homonka on them. Some also have Self-Destruct Block, which gives them immunity to Self-Destruct attacks, which might otherwise trivialize them by bypassing all their defenses to hit for damage equal to all of a character's hitpoints.

* DramaticIrony: In the beginning of Matsuri's playthrough Fujimaru will ask for Seigen's sword so he can chase Mad Eater. Seigen tells him that Matsuri has risked her live to save his for him to get himself killed. [[spoiler: Seigen's response to Konoka's death is similar to this.]]

** Most Speed-type characters are, logically, fragile speedsters, relying on evasion to stay alive and starting with 5 movement, which is as high as most characters go.
** Even among fragile speedsters, Yachiru Kusajishi stands out with absolutely massive speed and the ability to have as much as 8 MOV - beating out even Ichigo's Bankai, which gives him 7 MOV, after which the next highest is Uryu and Grimmjow's Resurrección, at 6 MOV, and everyone else capping out at 5 MOV.
* FriendlyFireproof: ZigZagged - depending on the spell, it may or may not be able to hit both friend and foe. Sokatsui and Soren Sokatsui will only hit enemies, while Byakurai and Rukia's Tsukishiro and Hakuren will hit everything in their area of effect regardless of whether they're friend or foe.

* GameBreakingBug: If an enemy has the Hit and Run skill, the AI won't ever actually end their turn, functionally freezing the game. This is normally not an issue, but can happen in Female Soul Reaper Society Training if Yoruichi has learned the skill.

** First is her default Power-type Shikai, which is an enormous sword-lance hybrid with an axe blade on one side and a partially cloth-wrapped handle and an overall length probably a little longer than Ichigo's Zangetsu, though a good bit of that is due to its very long handle.
** Second is her Technical-type Shikai, which is a colossal forward-curved cleaver that is fairly normal or only slightly above average in ''length'' but is at least six inches from edge to spine at its thinnest point, gets wider towards the tip, has an axe blade on the back, and a large pick at the end, similar to the Uruk-hai swords seen in the ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' movies, except the pick is on the cutting side instead of the spine of the sword.

* SecretCharacter: Nearly every named character who appears on a battlefield (and don't leave before the battle actually starts) at any point in the game can be gained as a SecretCharacter by fulfilling the right conditions in the [[PostEndgameContent Bleach Tower]]. This includes any normal characters you didn't unlock during the story, Arrancar, Aizen and the captains who sided with him, Kaien Shiba, Seigen Suzunami, past versions of Aizen, Urahara, and Yoruichi, [[UnexpectedCharacter Sojiro Kusaka]], and [[spoiler: Konoka and Shiyo]]. The only characters who are named and have battle sprites who ''aren't'' available in this way are Tatsuki, Mad Eater, and Hollowfied Seigen.

** Hanataro can unleash his Akeiro Hisagomaro, which does absolutely massive damage (only matched by Byakuya's Shukei Hakuteiken, which can't hit as many targets or one target as many times, nor can it be spammed like Aleiro Hisagomaru)

* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: For the whole game, but it's especially egregious near the end of the game. A portal is opened to Hueco Mundo that can only fit 9 people (The Kudo twins, [[spoiler:Shiyo]], and six of the player's choice) for...some reason.

** Matsuri has two options for impractically large swords. First is her Power-type Shikai, which is an enormous sword-lance hybrid with an axe blade on one side and a partically cloth-wrapped handle and an overall length probably a little longer than Ichigo's Zangetsu, though part of that is also due to its very long handle. Second is her Technical-type Shikai, which is a colossal forward-curved cleaver that is fairly normal or only slightly above average in ''length'' but is about six inches from edge to spine at its thinnest point, gets wider towards the tip, has an axe blade on the back, and a large pick at the end, similar to the Uruk-hai swords seen in the ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' movies, except the pick is on the cutting side instead of the spine of the sword.

** Matsuri is impressively endowed and has an attack stat that is not just higher than any other female character's in the game, but also exceeds most male characters' attack stats (only [[MightyGlacier Kenpachi]], [[GlassCannon Ikkaku]], [[PowerfulButInaccurate Komamura]], and maybe Kyoraku and Yamamoto are likely to surpass her attack [[spoiler: and with her [[SuperMode Bankai]], she can surpass absolutely everyone except Ikkaku's own Bankai, which trades away his already-poor defense for unmatched attack, while Matsuri also bolsters her defenses in her Bankai]].

** Making the Technical style choice when you acquire your Shikai, especially for Matsuri (Fujimaru's falls more on the side of awesome due to its flashy animations). It has pretty plain animations and its upgraded follow-up attack is basically another swing of its first attack and it puts her at a TacticalRockPaperScissors disadvantage against both Fuijimaru and Seigan. However, good Technical-type units are much rarer than good Power- and Speed-type units and your main character is pretty much guaranteed to be a powerhouse, neatly plugging an otherwise difficult to fill hole in your roster.
** Flash Step type techniques - they're not terribly powerful in raw damage output, but they can functionally increase the movement range of the unit using them if there is an enemy they can FlashStep through and enemies cannot counterattack like they could a normal attack. Additionally, knowing a Flash Step type technique renders the character with the technique impervious to enemy Flash Step type attacks.

** {{Inverted|Trope}} by Rangiku, and to an even greater extent, Uryu. While neither possess an AlwaysAccurateAttack, their accuracy stat is so high as to make their normal attacks almost undodgeable and give them great accuracy with spells, which usually have an accuracy penalty. However, they pay for this with very poor attack, which in turn makes it difficult for them to gain exp so they can gain levels and gain attack. Furthermore, Rangiku doesn't learn offensive Kido where her high accuracy would be welcome and Uryu doesn't have the SP to give a lot of power to his Quincy spells or use them continuously, including using his bow as a ranged attack.

* YoungFutureFamousPeople: During the pre-TimeSkip part of the game, Matsuri and Fujimaru Kudo meet and make friends with a staggering number of people who go on to be major figures in the Soul Society including two present-era Captains (Suì-Fēng and Toshiro Hitsugaya, plus they bump into Kenpachi Zaraki, though they're never formally introduced until the present era), three Lieutenants (Momo Hinamori, Rangiku Matsumoto, and Renji Abarai, plus their immediate commanding officer, Kaien Shiba goes on to become a Lieutenant ''and'' die during the TimeSkip, though he's already famous as a rising star in the Court Guard Squads and for his rapid graduation from the Soul Reaper Academy), and one noble-by-adoption (Rukia Kuchiki, who hasn't yet been promoted to Lieutenant or Capitan at the time of the game's events), and two Captains-turned-traitors (Gin Ichimaru and Sosuke Aizen, though Aizen is already well-known as a Lieutenant at the time)

* LaserBlade: The form taken by [[spoiler: both Kudo twins' Bankais, with Fujimaru's being blue and Matsuri's being pink, coinciding with both common gender associations of those colors an the TacticalRockPaperScissors affinities of each twin.]]

* TimeyWimeyBall: It is eventually revealed that the Shisui Mirror sent Seigen, Arturo, and the Kudos [[spoiler: and Konoka]] to a "Wandering Spirit World" where time doesn't actually exist, until such time as it bumped into the Human world and dropped them off, thereby sending them from the past (~110 years before the present era) to the present era (roughly at the beginning of the Arrancar Arc)

* ThrowTheDogABone: No pun intended, but Komamura is treated with more respect here than he is in the source material.

* BadassBoast: After Seigen almost kills Fujimaru and Matsuri faces him [[spoiler: and activates her Bankai for the first time]], she boasts "Seigen Suzunami, I will break your will".

* Canonname: The two potential player characters are named Matsuri and Fujimaru Kudo by default.

** Matsuri is impressively endowed and has an attack stat that is not just higher than any other female character's in the game (only Kukaku, already an example in the source material, comes anywhere close), but also exceeds most male characters' attack stats (only [[MightyGlacier Kenpachi]], [[GlassCannon Ikkaku]], [[PowerfulButInaccurate Komamura]], and maybe Kyoraku and Yamamoto are likely to surpass her attack [[spoiler: and with her [[SuperMode Bankai]], she can surpass absolutely everyone except Ikkaku's own Bankai, which trades away his already-poor defense for unmatched attack, while Matsuri also bolsters her defenses in her Bankai]].
** {{Averted|Trope}} for Rangiku Matsumoto and Orihime who have very poor attack and defense stats.

** Matsuri is impressively endowed and has an attack stat that is not just higher than any other female character's in the game (only Kukaku, already an example in the source material, comes anywhere close), but also exceeds most male characters' attack stats (only [[MightyGlacier Kenpachi]], [[GlassCannon Ikakku]], [[PowerfulButInaccurate Komamura]], and maybe Kyoraku and Yamamoto are likely to surpass her attack [[spoiler: and with her [[SuperMode Bankai]], she can surpass absolutely everyone except Ikakku's own Bankai, which trades away his already-poor defense for unmatched attack, while Matsuri also bolsters her defenses in her Bankai]].

** Ikakku Madarame is the glassest of cannons in the game, at least as far as physical attackers go, with attack that rivals Kenpachi's, but one of the lowest defense stats in the game. Taken UpToEleven by his Bankai, which gives him peerless attack (as much as +70% with points in his Bankai tree), but drops his already poor defense to half its normal value, and by making him a 2x2 character, he is more vulnerable to AreaOfEffect attacks, he has more area to receive attacks from, and he can no longer receive supports from other characters.

** Using Bankai - For all characters who can use Bankai, it requires building up max spiritual pressure and eats up your SP when in use, leaving both at zero after Bankai ends and disabling giving and receiving team ups and attack/defense supports for the duration of Bankai. In exchange, Bankai significantly boosts all of the user's stats and generally gives some combination of boosting one stat even more, often by a percentage instead of a flat amount (such as Ichigo getting massive additional movement and as much as doubling his evasion when in Bankai), summoning an extra unit (such as Komamura's Tenken Myu-oh), and unlocking Bankai-only skills (such as Byakuya's Senkei Senbonzakura Kageyoshi). Most characters with Bankai can mitigate the impractical side of this with a Bankai skill tree that allows them to sustain their Bankai longer, unlock additional Bankai-only techniques, and increase the stat boosts from Bankai. However, one character's Bankai, [[spoiler: the PlayerCharacter's]], has no skill tree to boost its endurance, limiting it to a paltry three turns, but instead of a sizable flat stat boost, they receive a 50% increase to all stats, making it extremely powerful.

** Matsuri has two options for impractically large swords. First is her Power-type Shikai, which is an enormous sword-lance hybrid with an axe blade on one side and a partically cloth-wrapped handle and an overall length probably a little longer than Ichigo's Zangetsu, though part of that is also due to its very long handle. Second is her Technical-type Shikai, which is a colossal forward-curved cleaver that is fairly normal or only slightly above average in ''length'' but is about six inches from blade to spine at its thinnest point, gets wider towards the tip, has an axe blade on the back, and a large pick at the end, similar to the Uruk-hai swords seen in the ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' movies, except the pick is on the cutting side instead of the spine of the sword.
** Fujimaru's Power-Type Shikai is more or less a very large scimitar with two rings in the back of the blade, a broad knuckle guard, and a tassel attached to the pommel.

** In general, the difference in characters' power is greatly reduced in gameplay compared to what the story and the anime indicates, especially when considering captains and other Bankai users, allowing characters like Chad, Yumichika, and Hanataro to keep pace with (or even surpass) the likes of captains like Kyoraku, Kenpachi Zaraki, and Unohana, even though the latter are canonically far more powerful than the former.

** Renji can use his Higazekko to do damage and hold both at full Spiritual Pressure and in Bankai. Also, the skill is CastFromHitPoints. Also, only in Bankai, he can used Hikotsutaiho to hit everything directly in front of him.
** During his Bankai, Byakuya can use his Senbonzakura Kageyoshi and its Senkei form as area of effect attacks that also do continuous damage to everything in a two-tile range until his Bankai ends, with the latter adding a Hold effect. Also during Bankai, and only following Senbonzakura Kageyoshi and Senkei Senbonzakura Kageyoshi, Byakuya can use his Shukei Hakuteiken a short-range, very high-power map skill.

** {{Averted|Trope}} for health restoration spells. Healing a character, regardless of if they need it or not, yields 30 EXP per character healed modified solely by any {{Experience Booster}}s you may have, unlike combat EXP, which is also modified by the type of enemy being fought, whether the enemy is defeated, and the level difference between the combatants. This means that, before modifiers, a full Sotenkishun yields 90 EXP per use and a full Meiyu yields 150 EXP per use, making multi-tile healing an extremely effective way to level characters who are capable of doing so.

** Any character with either Flash Step technique, Shunko, Sonido, or Hirenkyaku is immune to enemies using any Flash Step type technique and attempting to so will result in the user being stopped and returned to where they started without doing damage, though they may still do damage to any enemies they pass through before then.

** Performing Konso on a Whole gives the Soul Reaper who performs it an entire level.

* SecretCharacter: Nearly every named character who appears on a battlefield can be gained as a SecretCharacter by fulfilling the right conditions in the [[PostEndgameContent Bleach Tower]]. This includes any normal characters you didn't unlock during the story, Arrancar, Aizen and the captains who sided with him, Kaien Shiba, Seigen Suzunami, past versions of Aizen, Urahara, and Yoruichi, [[UnexpectedCharacter Sojiro Kusaka]], and [[spoiler: Konoka and Shiyo]].

* SuperMode: Bankai (and its counterparts, Resurrección for Grimmjow and Zenkai for Kenpachi) is a super mode that can be activated when a character capable of using it has maxed spiritual pressure. For three to seven turns, depending on character and skills (most characters max out at five turns), the user gets large stat boosts and unless it's a "summon something" Bankai, a portrait, map sprite, and battle animation change. Additionally, depending on the character, they may also change size, change TacticalRockPaperScissors affinity, gain an additional, usually percentage-based, boost to a single stat, summon an extra unit, gain (or lose) movement speed, and/or gain access to [[LimitBreak special techniques]] for the duration of their Bankai. Summoning Bankais still have the standard small general stat boost, but also summon an additional large unit, which often has a unique adjacency effect, but whose defeat will prematurely end the Bankai. Additionally, characters in Bankai may neither give nor receive support attacks or defenses.

** Soren Sokatsui - on paper, it's significantly more powerful than the basic Sokatsui (appropriate, since in canon, the spell is a doublecast version of Sokatsui), but it costs twice as much SP for a 25% increase in power, has worse accuracy, and a smaller cone.

* FakeUltimateMook: Multi-tile enemies in general, and the first Menos Grande in particular, look intimidating and 3x3 enemies have the All type, guaranteeing them a follow-up attack on anyone, but their stats are actually lower than those of normal-sized enemies, save for hit points, which they have in abundance. On top of this, multi-tile Kido like Sokatsui can hit them once for each tile of overlap between the enemy and the area of effect, which often results in massive damage or even a one hit kill.

** Similarly, no matter if or how hard you beat Arturo in Chapter 15, the battle still ends with him whaling on you and Mayuri bailing you out0.

* ContractualBossImmunity: Named boss characters generally have the Homonka Block skill, making immune to Soi Fon's Nigeki Kessatsu, which places a Homonka on enemies that don't already have one and kills enemies that already have a Homonka on them. Some also have Self-Destruct Block, which gives them immunity to Self-Destruct attacks, which might otherwise trivialize them by bypassing all their defenses.

** InvertedTrope for health restoration spells, and especially multi-tile healing spells like Meiyu and Sotenkishun are the most efficient way to gain experience for any character capable of doing so. Healing a character, regardless of if they need it or not, yields 30 EXP modified solely by any {{Experience Booster}}s you may have, unlike combat EXP, which is modified by the type of enemy being fought, whether the enemy is defeated, and the level difference between the combatants. This means that, before modifiers, a full Sotenkishun yields 90 EXP per use and a full Meiyu yields 150 EXP per use.

* UselessUsefulSkill: Early Riser causes a character to start with +7 to Attack, Accuracy, Evasion, and Defense and tick down to base over their first seven turns. The problem is, they will often burn at least one or two of those stat points just closing with their enemy, and it's extremely difficult to pair it with other stat boosts like Bankai, which often use up two or three turns on charging.

** Making the Technical style choice when you acquire your Shikai, especially for Matsuri (Fujimaru's falls more on the side of awesome due to its flashy animations). It has pretty plain animations and its upgraded follow-up attack is basically another swing of its first attack and it puts her at a TacticalRockPaperScissors disadvantage against both Fuijimaru and Seigan. However, good Technical-type units are much rarer than good Power- and Speed-type units and your main character is pretty much guaranteed to be a powerhouse.

* ExperienceBooster: Certain special items, such as Aizen's Book, boost all future exp gained by 20% or so per such item acquired. This even applies to [[RareCandy Konso]], making it possible to gain two levels at once when performing Konso on Wholes.

** Ichigo can use his Getsuga Tensho during Bankai.

* PostEndgameContent: After completing the story, the Bleach Tower is available, where you may continue to play the game, unlock any characters you may have missed, unlock nearly every named character who ever shows up on the battlefield as a playable unit, including getting back Kaien Shiba and past versions of Yoruichi and Urahara, and farm AP to spend on stat ups even past level 99. Also, in the Bleach Tower, the main Kudo twin gains all possible results of their special training and the secondary twin gains all but one of the possible rewards.

** Chad has already mastered his arms with no explanation given.

** Soi Fon flash stepping in to correct people when they omit her title as a Captain.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Grimmjow's Fraccion do not die in their attack on Karakura Town. {{Downplayed|Trope}} in that all of them end up dying later on, anyway; some in an attack on the Soul Society and the rest during the invasion of Hueco Mundo. Also Grimmjow doesn't lose his arm or rank.

** Similarly, no matter if or how hard you beat Arturo in Chapter 15, the battle still ends with him whaling on you and Mayuri bailing you our.

* CallingYourAttacks: Many characters call out the names of their special techniques when they unleash them in normal battle, such as Ichigo's Getsuga Tensho.
* {{Cap}}: Level cannot exceed 99, HP cannot exceed 9999, SP cannot exceed 999, and base stats cannot exceed 99, though stat-boosting equipment like squad emblems, Early Riser, Late Bloomer, and Bankai can push a character over the cap.

* ContractualBossImmunity: Named boss characters generally have the Homonka Block skill, making immune to Soi Fon's Nigeki Kessatsu, which places a Homonka on enemies that don't already have a StandardStatusEffect and kills enemies that already have a Homonka on them. Some also have Self-Destruct Block, which gives them immunity to Self-Destruct attacks, which might otherwise trivialize them.

* {{Filler}}: The brief Fake Captain arc, where Aizen unleashes fake versions of all the captains, all of whom act more or less opposite of their real counterparts, that runs parallel to the player character's [[spoiler: Bankai]] training is basically a filler arc to give you something to do between training missions, and the events thereof are never mentioned again once the arc is done and doesn't really interact with any other plot points.

** Renji can use his Higazekko to do damage and hold both at full Spiritual Pressure and in Bankai. Also, the skill is CastFromHitPoints.

** {{Inverted|Trope}} by Rangiku, and to an even greater extent, Uryu. While neither possess an AlwaysAccurateAttack, their accuracy stat is so high as to make their normal attacks almost undodgeable and give them great accuracy with spells, which usually have an accuracy penalty. However, they pay for this with very poor attack, which in turn makes it difficult for them to gain exp so they can gain levels and gain attack. Furthermore, Rangiku doesn't learn offensive Kido and Uryu doesn't have the SP to give a lot of power to his Quincy spells or use them continuously, including using his bow as a ranged attack.

** Uyru helps out in Chapters Seven and Nine, ignoring the previous events, skipping over his need to regain his Quincy powers and pretty much all of his training (he already has his post-training outfit and bow).

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Grimmjow's Fraccion do not die in their attack on Karakura Town. ([[spoiler:They do end up dying later on, though; either in an attack on the Soul Society or in Hueco Mundo.]]) Also Grimmjow doesn't lose his arm or rank.

* SuperMode: Bankai (and its counterparts, Resurrección for Grimmjow and Zenkai for Kenpachi) is a super mode that can be activated when a character capable of using it has maxed spiritual pressure. For three to seven turns, depending on character and skills (most characters max out at five turns), the user gets large stat boosts and unless it's a "summon something" Bankai, a portrait, map sprite, and battle animation change. Additionally, depending on the character, they may also change size, change TacticalRockPaperScissors affinity, gain an additional, usually percentage-based, boost to a single stat, summon an extra unit, gain (or lose) movement speed, and/or gain access to special techniques for the duration of their Bankai. Summoning Bankais still have the standard small general stat boost, but also summon an additional large unit, which often has a unique adjacency effect, but whose defeat will prematurely end the Bankai. Additionally, characters in Bankai may neither give nor receive support attacks or defenses.

* TigerVersusDragon: Matsuri's Zanpakuto's default name is Kotomaru or "Tiger Culler", while Fujimaru's is Ryujomaru or "Dragon Brander" and this theme carries over into the names of their special attacks, especially if you stick with your starting TacticalRockPaperScissors affinity. This is also reflected in Matsuri's relatively straightforward personality and bulldozer-like fighting style and Fujimaru's more laid back personality and his fighting style focusing more on many small hits instead of one big hit. [[spoiler: Made even more explicit by their Bankais, Ryukyu Kotomaru or "Dragon-Seeking Tiger Culler" for Matsuri, which comes with outfit that includes a dragon head on her left shoulder and Kokyu Ryujomaru or "Tiger-Seeking Dragon Brander" for Fujimaru, which comes with an outfit that includes a tiger head on his right shoulder.]]

* TheBattleDidntCount: No matter how badly you beat Mad Eater or who does most or even all the damage, he always gets away and dismisses the Kudo twins as too weak to harm him until the Kudo twins gain their Shikais, immediately after which, Mad Eater is rather unceremoniously killed by the twins.

** In the first mission where Arturo returns in the modern era, you are not expected to defeat him (though doing so is possible given sufficient LevelGrinding) and the fact that the main character isn't a match for even a much-diminished Artur is part of their impetus for engaging in special training.

** During his Bankai, Byuakuya can use his Senbonzakura Kageyoshi and its Senkei form as area of effect attacks that also do continuous damage to everything in a two-tile range until his Bankai ends, with the latter adding a Hold effect. Also during Bankai, and only following Senbonzakura Kageyoshi and Senkei Senbonzakura Kageyoshi, Byakuya can use his Shukei Hakuteiken a short-range, very high-power map skill.

** {{Inverted|Trope}} by Rangiku, and to an even greater extent, Uryu. While neither possess an AlwaysAccurateAttack, their accuracy stat is so high as to make their normal attacks almost undodgeable and give them great accuracy with spells, which usually have an accuracy penalty. However, they pay for this with very poor attack, which in turn makes it difficult for them to gain exp so they can gain levels and gain attack. Furthermore, Rangiku doesn't learn offensive Kido and Uryu doesn't have the SP to give a lot of power to his Quincy spells, including using his bow as a ranged attack.

* StoneWall: Renji, especially while his Bankai is active, has only about average attack, but incredibly high defense.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The game often uses older translations of certain names, most notably, Sui-Feng is rendered as Soi Fon, as it often was earlier in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'''s run. On the other hand, Shinji and Hiyori refer to themselves as Visored, rather than the older translation as "Vizard".

** First the Vizard show up attempting to recruit Ichigo like in the anime, but Ichigo never ends up struggling with his Hollow powers in the game and instead just trains some more in the Soul Society.

** Matsuri has two. First is her Power-type Shikai, which is an enormous sword-lance hybrid with an axe blade on one side and a partically cloth-wrapped handle and an overall length probably a little longer than Ichigo's Zangetsu, though part of that is also due to its very long handle. Second is her Technical-type Shikai, which is a colossal forward-curved cleaver that is fairly normal or only slightly above average in ''length'' but is about six inches from blade to spine at its thinnest point, gets wider towards the tip, has an axe blade on the back, and a large pick at the end, similar to the Uruk-hai swords seen in the ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' movies, except the pick is on the cutting side instead of the spine of the sword.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The game often uses older translations of certain names, most notably, Sui-Feng is rendered as Soi Fon, as it often was earlier in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'''s run.