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Her immense rage unlocks a new ability. She transforms into an adult version of herself herself,complete with new dreads and and awesome hairstyle, with abilities including [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure freezing]] [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} time]] ,controlling [[Manga/OnePiece darkness ,]] creating wormholes ad portals,[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic warping]] [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls reality]], [[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeforImaginaryFriends conjure up beings from her imagination]], age acceleration, creating barriers, force-field projecting, traveling through dimensions and other forms of time-space manipulation. With her new found power,Orihime will take her friends and the remaining Soul Reapers though the portal (that Yhwach politely left for them) and have a epic final showdown against ""The Almighty "" Yhwach.

*** Interesting take. Although it's a bit of an exaggeration to say that I claimed it's anything she wants it to be, in context what I meant was that Minazuki's green gas could transform into any shape or creature, not suddenly turn into some broken Kido-type like Ruri'iro Kujaku or Wabisuke, or an elemental type like Ryuujin Jakka. Again, we always have to defer to the facts- any explanation of Unohana's speculative Bankai has to take into account the little that we already know of her powers and battle data. Those facts are: she is of average speed, with Yamamoto-level offense and above-average defense. Her Kido and Kendo are best in class, and her physical strength exceeds Yamamoto's. Her Shikai, Minazuki, is a rather sinister-looking green gas that can transform into a giant manta ray monster capable of flight and healing via stomach acids(although Nel's healing saliva, for example, didn't end up meaning much about her powers either, no possibility can be ruled out at this stage). Unohana mostly heals using Kido, instead of Minazuki, instead using it to transport the wounded and provide first aid. Minazuki's composition appears to be semi-solid, as its flesh can be seen flowing like viscous liquid to form feet. People are absolutely terrified of her. She was the Kenpachi. This is all we know so far. I maintain that her Bankai is transformation-oriented, with secondary healing powers(similar to how Kyoraku's powers are kid's games with a secondary RazorWind aspect, or Yamamoto's are flames with a secondary Undead aspect), but I'm more than willing to admit a case can be made for an acid- or gaseous- based dissolving attack, which in itself is pretty mortifying. That, or possibly making someone turn into a seeping mass of tumors and cancer(the "over-healing" theory, but who knows how monsters figure into that). Lastly, I'd like to point out that the translation of Minazuki, "Purify the Flesh," is both vague ''and'' a pretty hit-or miss metric of guessing. Some examples: Kyoraku's secondary power, wind, is mentioned in his Shikai command, but its primary power, children's games, is not. Minazuki could possibly be the same, the name(or the as-yet-unheard Shikai command) only referring to the secondary power. Also, there's Ruri'iro Kujaku, whose name means azure peacock. Hardly indicative of vampiric draining, but it does mildly reflect what the thing looks like. This is why I theorize that hearing Minazuki's Shikai command will be both a giveaway of its true power, and a CrowningMomentOfAwesome. Just imagine- "Transform, Minazuki!" Or "Dissolve their flesh, Minazuki!" Or "Suffocate them, Minazuki!" I can't really imagine a cool one for the over-healing theory, though. "Heal, Minazuki!" Just doesn't have much terror or verve to it.

This is only assuming that [[spoiler:Uryu was coerced into joining Vandenreich against his own free will as opposed to being a spy of some sort]]. Thus, we'll get a [[spoiler:father-son fight where Ryuken tries to bring Uryu to his senses, simultaneously showing his true colors and revealing that he truly loves and cares for his son (Katagiri too, if Uryu's MissingMom problems are part of the reason for the schism between parent and child), [[JerkassFacade he just had a really hard time properly showing them]].]]

Ichigo does kill Yhwach, but Yhwach thinks he is still alive only to realise he is a Plus, Ichigo then hits Yhwach with the bottom of his sword to purify Yhwach of the crimes he had comited as a Plus, and to send him to Hell for his crimes as a human.

Yhwach gains strength from those he grants power to and those who they in turn kill, but still he is concerned enough about physical damage and attacks that he still needs to have people tank/absorb them for him from time to time. Gaining the power of Cang Du, Mask, Driscoll and Gremmy in theory should make him strong enough to tank anything, as well as with As Nodt's power basically being countered by sheer luck (running into someone who could basically "die" and be immune to it and only as ability of their zanpakuto), as well as wielding the nuke-level power of Zanka no Tachi and Gremmy's broken skills to just do a Colony Drop or clone himself (and by extension his powers). He really has no reason to move with a retinue of servants when he could just imagine them in space or with candy instead of blood or somesuch BS. So why does he still need them? It's because he can only grant powers, not MegaMan them. Souls power him, souls with his mark give him more power, but in the end he really just relies on his own (as-yet-undisplayed) powers to fight.

Her immense rage unlocks a new ability. She transforms into an adult version of herself herself,complete with new dreads and and awesome hairstyle, with abilities including [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure freezing]] [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} time]] ,controlling [[Manga/OnePiece darkness ,]] creating wormholes ad portals,[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic warping]] [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls reality]], [[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeforImaginaryFriends conjure up beings from her imagination]], age acceleration, creating barriers, force-field projecting, traveling through dimensions and other forms of time-space manipulation. With her new found power,Orihime will take her friends and the remaining Soul Reapers though the portal (that Yhwach politely left for them) and have a epic final showdown against ""The Almighty "" Yhwach.

Her immense rage unlocks a new ability. She transforms into an adult version of herself herself,complete with new dreads and and awesome hairstyle, with abilities including [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure freezing]] [[VideoGame/Touhou time]] ,controlling [[Manga/OnePiece darkness ,]] creating wormholes ad portals,[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic warping]] [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls reality]], [[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeforImaginaryFriends conjure up beings from her imagination]], age acceleration, creating barriers, force-field projecting, traveling through dimensions and other forms of time-space manipulation. With her new found power,Orihime will take her friends and the remaining Soul Reapers though the portal (that Yhwach politely left for them) and have a epic final showdown against ""The Almighty "" Yhwach.

Her immense rage unlocks a new ability. She transforms into an adult version of herself herself,complete with new dreads and and awesome hairstyle, with abilities including [[/Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure freezing]] [[VideoGame/Touhou time]] ,controlling [[Manga/OnePiece darkness ,]] creating wormholes ad portals,[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic warping]] [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls reality]] [[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeforImaginaryFriends conjure up beings from her imagination]], age acceleration, creating barriers, force-field projecting, traveling through dimensions and other forms of time-space manipulation. With her new found power,Orihime will take her friends and the remaining Soul Reapers though the portal (that Yhwach politely left for them) and have a epic final showdown against ""The Almighty "" Yhwach.

[[WMG:Orihime will go [[RoaringRampageofRevenge ballistic]] after seeing Ichigo's (presume dead) body]]
Her immense rage unlocks a new ability. She transforms into an adult version of herself herself,complete with new dreads and and awesome hairstyle, with abilities including [[Manga/JojosBizzareAdventure stopping]] [[VideoGame/Touhou time]] ,controlling [[Manga/OnePiece darkness ,]] creating wormholes ad portals,[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic warping]] [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls reality]] [[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeforImaginaryFriends conjure up beings from her imagination]], age acceleration, creating barriers, force-field projecting, traveling through dimensions and other forms of time-space manipulation. With her new found power,Orihime will take her friends and the remaining Soul Reapers though the portal (that Yhwach politely left for them) and have a epic final showdown against ""The Almighty "" Yhwach.

* K = ?, Killer?, Killbot?, Knowledge?, Know?, ???, [=BG9=]

Her immense rage unlocks a new ability. She transforms into an adult version of herself herself,complete with new dreads and and awesome hairstyle, with abilities including [[Manga/JojosBizzareAdventure stopping]][[VideoGame/Touhou time]],,controlling [[Manga/OnePiece darkness ,]] creating wormholes ad portals,[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic warp]] [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls reality]] [[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeforImaginaryFriends conjure up beings from her imagination]], age acceleration, creating barriers, force-field projecting, travel through dimensions and other forms of time-space manipulation. With her new found power,Orihime will take her friends and the remaining Soul Reapers though the portal (that Ywahch politely left for them) and have a epic final showdown against ""The Almighty "" Ywhach.

That's why he survived the purge.

* B = Balance, AttackBackfire, Jugram (confirmed)

*** Not quite. First of all, arrancars are hollows who've broken (parts of) their masks. From my memory, the only time this has been achieved was by the usage of the hogyoko. Further, quincies are humans that have learned to sense and control reishi and reiatsu. While it's not completely impossible quincies could exist in soul society, there's really nothing supporting quincies being able to exist as quincies after death, as they would be reincarnated in soul society. Would they continue being quincies there, they'd be hunted down as per the old war. If they're not going to SS, they're going to Hueco mundo as hollows. As far as character storytelling goes, it's pretty obvious any quincy would kill himself sooner than becoming a hollow, not to mention that understanding the process of becoming a hollow diminishes the possibility of becoming one. While it's absolutely possible Vandenreich could've made 'quincy arrancars', it rhymes very bad with the bleach story so far. We now know Ivan along with probably other arrancars are forced to do Vandenreich's bidding, not created. While on the subject, it's more likely (IMHO) the Vandenreich are another 'clan' of hunters, similar but not identical to quincies. (Tessai originally describes the quincies as an offspring from these hunters). TL;DR: You may be right, but everything points to the arrancars employed by Vandenreich are taken from Hueco mundo, not created anew.

[[WMG: Retsu's bankai is..]]
* Shikai and bankai are always related, but hers seem very different, right? But what if her bankai, instead of being a bigger badder version of her shikai, is simply the other side of the same ability. Her shikai heals people, and her bankai melts them away. Her bankai ''absorbs'' flesh, while her shikai ''dispenses'' it.

[[WMG: The hollow attacking Karakura is a Vasto Lorde, and Issin is in way over his head.]]

* A = Almighty, TheOmniscient, Yhwach (confirmed), Antithesis, Uryu

* A = Almighty, TheOmniscient, Yhwach (confirmed) [[ArcherArchetype Arrow]]?, Uryu.
* B = ?, Balance?, ???, or maybe Bestow/Blessing/Bless (based on flashback), Haschwalth

[[WMG: Haschwalth will betray Ywach but not the Vandenreich]]
Ywach killed Yamamoto, who was the only person in the Gotei 13 who could've stood against him at that point, upsetting the balance of strength between the Vandenreich and Gotei 13, which is why Haschwalth didn't tell Ywach that his time limit was approaching, Haschwalth was hoping to get rid of Ywach without lifting a finger, since that failed he's probably hoping that Uryu will be able to kill Ywach somehow.

As the fight against Ywach grows more desperate, the Central 46 will eventually unseal Aizen as a final move. Aizen will side with them because only he can be Spirit King, or something like that. But Ywach, having pigged out on Sternritter powers for the whole war, will absolutely curb-stomp Aizen, and then absorb back the piece of soul he put in when he went to meet with him as a Special War Potential. In fact...

[[WMG: The Special War Potentials are all Soul Reapers that Ywach absolutely wants to absorb.]]

** Or something to do with absorption, when he stepped on Ichigo's zanpakuto during the fight with the menos, his bow grew gigantic instantly just from coming in contact with it. It would also explain his survival from Ywach's purge if he absorbed energy from Ywach as quickly as Ywach absorbed it from him.

After the war is over Quincy will be freed from Ywach and will be able to awaken their own inner powers without needing Yhwach to grant them a letter.

Aizen revealed that he had seen the soul king and talked like the throne was already vacant and Ywach has referred to the soul king's palace as a gravestone, the soul king is lingering as a ghost and sent Aizen a vision to get Aizen motivated to replace him, he's currently gotten interested in Ichigo and probably showed similar interest in Ywach 1000 years ago which would explain Ywach's knowledge about the barriers between Soul Society and the royal dimension.

[[WMG: The Soul King set up Ywach]]
Kyoraku seemingly knew that Ichigo was likely to get an absurd power that would prevent him from returning to the living world which hasn't yet happened and Ukitake prepared to sacrifice himself before Ywach even made it to the royal dimension, the Royal Guard sent Ichigo down the fast way knowing that it would allow Ywach into the Royal Dimension when the slow way would've worked just fine since Byakuya, Renji and Rukia arrived at the same time as Ichigo anyway and Ywach would've been unable to get to the Soul King, Ywach was allowed to kill the body of the soul king who still has 3 limbs missing who are invisible to Ywach's predictions and now he only has a handful of loyal servants vs a squad of elite Soul Reapers and some Fullbringers, Quincy and Arrancar joining them.

* 2) -'''jossed'''- Mayuri Kurotsuchi, mainly because most of the fights we've seen he's involved in have him utterly and completely dominate his opponents, in a blunt sense almost making him blitz through all his problems without worry. Also, note that one of the War Powers, Aizen, has been labelled overpowered, of all things, not to mention our protagonist, Ichigo, who, in Shonen tradition, probably will Stu his way through victory sooner or later. (sure, Mayuri "loses" towards Uryuu once, but a) He's not dead, and b) that's because he is blindsided by Uryuu's Ransotengai and Letz Still; had he taken those two into consideration (apparently he didn't learn anything useful from Soken), Uryuu would've been dead for long)

* 4) -'''jossed'''- Jūshirō Ukitake, due to having one of the arms of the Soul King sealed inside his body, which did seem to halt the destruction of reality for a while, along with boosting Yhwach's power after being absorbed. Mimihagi is also immune to Yhwach's precognitive abilities, so is always a threat. Plus Yhwach already had one arm of the Soul King in his ranks, why wouldn't he want the other?
** Its not Mayuri or Urahara. They would have mentioned them as being one by now. Quilge identified Ichigo as one in HM but not Urahara, nor did Askin mention Mayuri as being one.

[[WMG: The Sealed King of The Prophecy is Ishida, not Ywach]]

[[WMG: Yhwach's DangerouslyGenreSavvy tactics]]

* Given what his zanpakuto and attack names both were, and given his Quincy heritage, maybe his release command will be [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann"Ten wo Tsuke / Pierce the Heavens"]]?

* C = Compulsory, WordsCanBreakMyBones, Pernida (confirmed)

* 2) Mayuri Kurotsuchi, mainly because most of the fights we've seen he's involved in have him utterly and completely dominate his opponents, in a blunt sense almost making him blitz through all his problems without worry. Also, note that one of the War Powers, Aizen, has been labelled overpowered, of all things, not to mention our protagonist, Ichigo, who, in Shonen tradition, probably will Stu his way through victory sooner or later. (sure, Mayuri "loses" towards Uryuu once, but a) He's not dead, and b) that's because he is blindsided by Uryuu's Ransotengai and Letz Still; had he taken those two into consideration (apparently he didn't learn anything useful from Soken), Uryuu would've been dead for long)
* 3) Kisuke Urahara, he seems to be on the ball about most things that happen in the series. He has invented many objects that could/have given the shinigami several advantages, including, but not limited to: The Hōgyoku which has quite a large amount of power and potential, Shin'eiyaku also known as the pill that temporarily infuses shinigami with hollow reishi, a reiatsu concealing cloak, and the Tenshintai, a device that can potentially help any shinigami achieve bankai in three days time and thus bolster the ranks of decent fighters by using the Shin'eiyaku to keep said bankai from being stolen. He's also a skilled assassin, a genius, and a master of the following: Swordsmanship, kido, hakuda, and shunpo. Finally, depending on what his bankai is, it could turn the tides of the war.
* 4) Jūshirō Ukitake, due to having one of the arms of the Soul King sealed inside his body, which did seem to halt the destruction of reality for a while, along with boosting Yhwach's power after being absorbed. Mimihagi is also immune to Yhwach's precognitive abilities, so is always a threat. Plus Yhwach already had one arm of the Soul King in his ranks, why wouldn't he want the other?

* 1) Uryuu, for several reasons: He is the only survivor of the Auswahlen seventeen years ago (technically, Masaki could have been another survivor had she not been in combat with Grand Fisher at the time), and just as how Yhwach tries to convert Ichigo and Aizen into his minions, he has done the same to Uryuu, as in, it can be suggested that Yhwach is interested in turning the Special War Powers into his elite squad, something like his new Schutzstaffel. (and Uryuu currently ''is'' a Schutzstaff)

* 2) Mayuri Kurotsuchi, mainly because most of the fights we've seen he's involved in have him utterly and completely dominate his opponents, in a blunt sense almost making him something of a MartyStu who blitzes through all his problems without worry. Also, note that one of the War Powers, Aizen, has been labelled a VillainSue, of all things, not to mention our protagonist, Ichigo, who, in Shonen tradition, probably will Stu his way through victory sooner or later. (sure, Mayuri "loses" towards Uryuu once, but a) He's not dead, and b) that's because he is blindsided by Uryuu's Ransotengai and Letz Still; had he taken those two into consideration (apparently he didn't learn anything useful from Soken), Uryuu would've been dead for long)

*** I think you're putting too much stock into the fact that her Shikai can grow legs. If it is simply a massively powerful healing Zanpakuto, there is actually a whole lot more FridgeHorror in what she could do than just having Godzilla. First, of course, is what I already pointed out - if you are basically unkillable, all you have to do is inflict a DeathOfAThousandCuts and bleed your opponent out. In addition, being a healer means that you know exactly how much punishment a body can take - and EXACTLY where [[ForMassiveDamage critical strikes need to be placed to kill.]] But also, you could HEAL them to death. Think about it this way: your body utilizes white blood cells as it heals to combat infection, close wounds, and pretty much keep your body running. Do you know what happens when white blood cells multiply excessively? LEUKEMIA. Do you know what happens when you get an overdose of almost any painkiller? DEATH (and usually not a very pretty one, either). In fact, a sufficient overdose of almost all drugs in a hospital can be fatal. Also, with regards to the brain - while the real science is arguable, since this IS Shonen, if she were to 'heal' somebody's brain back to unmarked perfection - she could theoretically totally [[MindRape wipe a person's entire memory, experience, and personality out - PERMANENTLY]] (in some comic book continuities, this is why Wolverine has huge gaps in his memory - if his brain is damaged, it 'heals' back to normalcy, but he can't regrow his memory). That's not even getting into the more abstract possibility that she could 'heal' somebody's emotional damage (as in, everything even slightly bad that ever happened to them) - totally robbing anybody of their motivation to fight, or do anything but stare blissfully at the sky. I'd be a hell of a lot more afraid of any of those possibilities than just fighting some lame Godzilla like Komamura has.

** Its not Mayuri or Urahara. They would have mentioned them as being one by now. Quilge identified Ichigo as one in HM but not Urahara, nor did Askin mention Mayuri as being one.

* 2) Mayuri Kurotsuchi, mainly because most of the fights we've seen he's involved in have him utterly and completely dominate his opponents, in a blunt sense almost making him something of a MartyStu who blitzes through all his problems without worry. Also, note that one of the War Powers, Aizen, has been labelled a VillainSue, of all things, not to mention our protagonist, Ichigo, who, in Shonen tradition, probably will Stu his way through victory sooner or later. (sure, Mayuri "loses" towards Uryuu once, but a) He's not dead, and b) that's because he is blindsided by Uryuu's Ransotengai and Letz Still; had he taken those two into consideration (apparently he didn't learn anything useful from Soken), Uryuu would've been dead for long)

Also, consider this: There are two V s and two A s. Okay, in V's case, Guenael (Vanishing Point) is just Gremmy (Visionary)'s imagination, but what about A? Despite being A himself, Yhwach appoints someone else to be another A. This opens up the possibility that for each letter, there are multiple Stern Ritters with the same letter but different Schrift powers. Who know, maybe the Soldats actually have Schrift powers (of whatever letters), but are just far too weak to be appointed as true Stern Ritters?

* 6. Isshin's power didn't 'wither away' as he and Urahara seemed to think it might [[spoiler: because Ichigo was buffing him back up the whole time]].

Kyoraku seemingly knew that Ichigo was likely to get an absurd power that would prevent him from returning to the living world which hasn't yet happened and Ukitake prepared to sacrifice himself before Ywach even made it to the royal dimension, the Royal Guard sent Ichigo down the fast way knowing that it would allow Ywach into the Royal Dimension when the slow way would've worked just fine since Byakuya, Renji and Rukia arrived at the same time as Ichigo anyway and Ywach would've been unable to get to the Soul King, Ywach was allowed to kill the body of the soul king who still has 3 limbs missing who are invisible to Ywach's predictions and now he only has a handful of loyal servants vs a squad of elite Soul Reapers and some Fullbringers, Quincy and Arrancar joining them.

I say most because Yamamoto and Sasakibe died, but other than that, the Shinigami will pull through.

* B = ?, Balance?, ???, Haschwalth