Bleach's FAILED Hero - REWRITING Chad's Story From the Arrancar Arc to TYBW | Bleach: What If?
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- Chad deserved so much better in Bleach - so let's see what we can do for him! In a new spin on our What If? series, we'll be rewriting almost all of his story!
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Hello everyone!
Today we've got something a little different - a return to our What If? series, but with a twist! I'll be attempting to rewrite much of Chad's story from the Arrancar Arc right the way through to the end of the series.
While hindsight of course makes everything much easier, we'll be trying to give him bigger, better moments, more fights, and of course, more development. Can it be done? Let's find out!
Chapters:
Intro - 00:00
Chad in the Arrancar Arc - 04:21
Chad vs Yammy - 10:29
Chad in The Lost Agent - 16:10
Chad in TYBW - 27:45
Chad vs Meninas - 32:28
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So, we're trying something slightly new today - a rewrite of Chad's story! Of course, everything is much easier with the benefit of hindsight but still, what would you change about Chad's involvement in Bleach? Would he get a new power-up? Fight a new enemy? We cover all of that today, so sit back and enjoy - thanks everyone!
Honestly, Chad should have been Ichigo's lieutenant equivalent. That is around his level of power going into huecgo Mundo assult.
It fits with his character introduction and acts as a way he can be parrelleled with Renji throughout the series. Give him threats to face at his level or specific jobs that make sense for him to do during Hueco Mundo. Chad, Renji, Uyru, and Rukia could have been a decent option for facing Yami until his 0 espalda reveal. Even with it a decent fight before his resurrection could have built up everyone.
Thousand Year Blood war needed something for both Uryu and Chad to do. Uryu got rushed at the end and Chad at minimum should have been there for the fight with Yhwach.
The full bringer arc should have had Chad either break out of the book of the end (if taken this route Orihime should have as well) or had Chad fight Ichigo/Ginjo to give him a showing of his strength.
For new powers
Give him two forms, acting like a final trump card
A giant form that completes his right arm and focuses on defense with long range blast
Then have a devil form completely his left arm focusing on all out attack and power.
Very solid stuff. A few thoughts: I think there'd be something poetic about keeping Rukia out of the fight with Espada 10 Yami and having Chad and Renji fight him together, preferably while reflecting on their training together. That might be too derivative of Renji teaming up with Uryu against Sya though... I love the idea of Chad getting to fight Ginjo after he's stolen Ichigo's Fullbring, especially since the arc establishes how much pride Chad takes in his power and the fact that he's risking it being stolen as well by taking Ginjo on. Even if we know Chad has to lose the fight so Ichigo can get the win in the end, there would have been incredible tension in the question of Chad possibly losing his powers forever and truly being relegated to someone who can never stand by Ichigo's side. There's also a perfect way to get Chad out of the fight so Ichigo can take over: the reveal that Ginjo has a Bankai form. Have Chad get right to the brink of victory only for Ginjo to play that trump card, all hope to seem lost... and then Ichigo regain his Shinigami powers for the final showdown. Perfection!
I like the idea of Chad not being cut by Book of the End and him fighting with Ichigo. However, I think there's a few ways to have Chad be attacked by Book of the End, but still be on Ichigo's side.
Option 1: Chad can block Book of the End. Thanks to his training of 17 months or having a new power up, Chad can defend and block any Fullbring attacks. While this might seen too convenient, there's a few reasons why it would still work. The first is that he can only completely block Fullbring attacks, but not others or mixed. So, when he fights Ginjo alongside Ichigo, Chad tries to block an attack but still gets damaged since Ginjo is using both Fullbring and Shinigami powers. The second is that there's a lot of Bleach fights where a character has a power that is the perfect counter to another overpowered ability, so this does not seem that out of play from a story perspective.
Option 2: Chad is cut by Book of the End. However, thanks to his bond and his resolve to fight alongside Ichigo, he is able to resist and return to Ichigo's side. If Byakuya could resist Book of the End, then Chad, Ichigo's best friend, should be able to do the same. Chad can still see Tsukishima as a friend or the one who replaced his abuelo, but in the end he resists the mind games and fights with Ichigo in the final battle.
Not a fan of these types of videos, but I'll add something too. Chad should've been able to evolve further. He is blessed with a fragment of the soul king while also having undergone awakening due to the hogyoku.
I say he is long overdue for something bigger.
I can’t believe kubo never did a team fight with him and ichigo. There’s no rule that the main character can’t fight with other people
I never thought of this and you're right! Not even against some jobbers in Soul Society or Hueco Mundo.
It would've been funny watching them jump a Quincy or espada
That would of really cemented the bond between Ichigo and Chad, shame something like that hadn't happened.
Sadly that would require scaling Chad with at least a Couple chapters.
Ichigo is essentially a Deity.
Chad was left off as... A prototype mecha?
Hilarious cuz he groups up with anyone else. He and Chad sure do run together though.
What I genuinely don't understand, is why Kubo felt the need to give Orhihime a power-up, Uryu a MASSIVE power-up, but in Chad's own Arc to not actually do anything to elevate him for the next phase of the story. Chad's Fullbring was a clad-type that manifested because of his affinity with his skin (and associated heritage and history). But Ginjou set a precedent that you can actually have MULTIPLE Fullbring items. His Cross of the Scaffold was the first (his necklace), but he had an *augmented* Cross of the Scaffold by combining his Shinigami Badge with it. From Chad's VERY FIRST backstory he had hyped up his Abuelo's Coin which he wears *LITERALLY* everywhere with him around his neck, and is actually constantly in contact with his skin. How Kubo didn't opt to make this a 2nd Fullbring Item to give Chad SOME kind of powerup, so that he could actually have a feasibly believable role somehow in the final arc is beyond me.
ive never heard a more true statement in my life bro
Just gonna throw my two cents in..
That's not multiple Fullbring items, Ginjou upgraded his own Fullbring by, in my opinion, utilizing the way that the Substitute Shinigami badge works (absorbing reiatsu). So he allowed his Cross of Scaffold to merge with not only HIS old reiatsu, but also Ichigo's.
Yes it's augmented, it's upgraded just like the rest of Xcution, but it's not two different Fullbrings.
@@DamianQualshy He could easily make it so Fullbring's could be upgraded by something that is really important to the user, so Chad could use his coin that way
@@primary2630 now that's an interesting idea, but since these objects have no actual power in them it's hard to imagine how would it even work.. Some items could be shared the Fullbring power and serve as an extension, sure, but in Sado's case (where his SKIN is the Fullbring) how would he extend that to the coin?
@@DamianQualshy Even allowing for only having a single Fullbring focus item, Chad's is his skin. It covers, I assume, his entire body. Just, let him transform more and more of himself for progressive powerups. Hell change the lines! It worked for Ichigo's mask.
I'd like to live in the alternate timeline where Gremmy couldn't imagine Chad losing.
Same here
That would've been an amazing way to pay off that line!
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Agreed
Full armor Chad NOT being a thing was criminal.
Exactly. There's this really really cool 🆒 ❄️❄️🆒 deviant art of something called final form chad to your point that he's whole body 👅 is completely covered in armour one red❤ and white a mix of left shield arm and two the other white right arm of Diablo 🤍 with a reisha tail / reiastu gathering flame like tip.
Chad definitely should’ve fought Meninas. Both are physically gifted and he deserved to fight a sternritter
obviously he'd've won because as a man he is stronger than her, period, and we've all seen the videos that prove how it goes. an easy win, but a win is a win and it'd be better than what we got
@@angelhurtado55 The fuck are you talking about?
This is a series where one of the strongest characters is a fucking Woman who's a master of swordplay?
@@angelhurtado55 I don't think it would be that simple. Meninas has some insane strength. I can see Chad going toe to toe with her but I think she would still edge out on top by a hair and it would come down to skill and willpower.
@@matus19971He's fullbringe - hollow thus would be poisonous to her as a Quincy
@@AJ-kt5zo I was talking about purely their physical strength
Ichigo then:
'I cant imagine chad losing'
Ichigo now:
'I cant imagine chad winning'
I can’t even imagine CHAD losing
I can’t imagine Chad being regulated to fighting some random statues off screen with Ganju to end his role in the final arc of the series.
Well we might get a few seconds of chad and ganju fighting the statues , but that's probably as far as it goes 😅kubo don't give a fuck about chad.
Sadly that seems to be Chad's ultimate fate in the final stage.
relegated*
Tbf, it was stated in CFYOW that each statue was as powerful as Gerard
@@carlosrenteria4712wtf thats hilarious
Insert dr. Manhattan image
Kubo originally had much bigger things planned for Ichigo's karakura friends: Orihime, Ishida, Chad, Tatsuki, and co.However after the SS arc the Shinigami Captains became breakout characters and everybody wanted to see more of them, so Kubo switched focus and left the human cast in the dust. It's why Chad has been so badly treated despite being introduced as a main character.
Yeah, you can feel that for sure. I honestly had a hard time liking him even in his introduction. Out of all the humans, who were supposed to be main characters, he gets the worst treatment by far. Kinda wish that the humans were just killed off early on. Or at least Chad was. He could have contributed better being killed by Aizen, and giving Ichigo some more personal motivation for wanting to take Aizen out.
Exactly. The problem was always the fucking Hitsugaya stans.
@@chrisblanc663❤
@@ASNS117Zerohell bro wasn't even alive until kubo had to bring him back
@@ASNS117ZeroGet off hitsuguya🍆 it's like y'all wake hating on him when literally Kenpachi/Byakuya/Aizen etc...got the same level of importance in the story only you fake weirdo bleach fans hate on hitsuguya for anything to not blame kubo horrible writing of HIS MAIN Characters again not your or mines HIS💯
Given that Orihime intentionally never developed her offensive capabilities, Chad could have been a counterpart to her- the spear to her shield, the one that does the fighting.
Makes me hope to see a Mama Bear Orihime throwing around Tsubaki in the Hell Arc. Like, it's pretty clear, I think, that given the way the Shun Shun Rikka work (Rejection), with enough juice and motivation Orihime should be able to one-shot pretty much anything under Ywach and Aizen.
Poor Chad. I really wish he would have kept up with Ichigo and Uryu at least to some extent. Really a shame, but maybe there’s hope for him in the Hell Arc.
It would have been cool to see more of them as a trio when rescuing Orihime in Hueco Mundo. Maybe Kubo could have come up with a Privaron Espada for them to face together before separating.
There's actually no proof that Chad was ever behind Uryu, as he always lost to people that would stomp Ichigo with zero effort. Chad just had the bad luck of encountering these monsters early.
@@olo703 He was behind him from SS Arc and going forward. Sure Shunsui is stronger than Mayuri, but Chad wasn't even able to touch his opponent, Uryu beat a captain.
As for Chad in Hell Arc I doubt it. In the one shot he isn't even really it in, just on TV screen in a single panel.
@@Dragonpuncher123 What you're saying is not proof and are basing your gauge on pure speculation. Shunsui and Mayuri are lightyears apart. You don't wager A is stronger than B just because A killed an ant while B failed to make the Sun budge. It's a logical fallacy.
Nice pfp man
In hindsight Yammy should’ve stayed at the 10th ranked Espada. That way, Chad rukia and renji should’ve just beat him together
Agreed! Although the 6v1 Mr tommo talked about was also good so it doesn’t matter too muchih if hes zero
Totally agree. He was wasted as a surprise 0 espada, and losing off page/camera to kenni and Byakuya.
Ive always thought it odd that one of the best/iconic villain groups of all anime end up doing so poorly in their respective series. Almost none of them win a single fight.
An easy thematic adjustment would even be if Yammy’s Reiatsu increased as his opponents got mad.
Team Karakura, now reunited, maintain a calm and composed counterattack that uniquely weaken him so that he can be defeated.
you could even keep the Byakuya/Kenpachi subplot and have it emerge that their bickering actually makes Yammy invulnerable.
Agreed
Rukia freezes the sand into ice for Yammy’s many legs to be off balance. Even if he can manage to stay up, Chad and Renji’s combined strength in a direct attack should do some major damage. Hitting the same spot at full power is enough. Yammy fires a Cero at the ice, but this backfires as it’s infused with stun based blinding Kidō. Chad is catapulted by Zabimaru into Yammy from behind. He delivers a deadly hammer strike with both arms to the skull. Byakuya and Kenpachi show up later, feeling like they missed out, but also impressed by their subordinates. Kenpachi wants Chad to be part of Squad 11.
That twist of the zero espada served nothing and made nothing.
Yes. That’s why I don’t ever take it seriously and just ignore it when talking about Espada.
Ichibei splashes his ink on Chad with Ichimonji, uses Shin'uchi Ichimonji Shirafude to rename him "The Chad that never loses," problem solved. 🤣
It's was such a bad and pointless reveal that Yammy very rarely gets brought up in Espada debates, it's nearly always Stark, Baraggan, Ulquiorra, Harribel, Grimmjow and Nel.
And thanks to the novels Baraggan retroactively got buffed, the surviving Espada got buffed and Yammy basically got nothing lol!
It’s wild to me that. Chad never learned any fullbring techniques..
Especially the jump 🦘 slash fullbringe speed steps
@@AJ-kt5zo exactly
@@fittzie to me, during the training for the arrancar, I wish Chad got trained (and I know this is gonna sound crazy) by Yamamoto. Don't get me wrong, Chad definitely would not be at Yama's level, but it'd be cool if he had access to the punches and sheer tankiness that Yana demonstrated when he fought Wonderweiss. Combine that with Bringers Light so he could fight in mid-air and move faster, Chad would be able to easily hold his own.
As much as I do love the Fullbringers and Lost Agent Arc being my favorite, i do kind of wish they'd kept Chad as the sole unique hybrid of hollow and human and expand on that further through him alone.
Fully armoured Chad?
Yes.
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33:18 "Cause this is A Shonen battle series, THAT'S WHY" ... Yea bro felt that 😂
Chad should have been integral in taking down Ginjou.
Instead of Byakuya, Chad should have been the one saying "if Ichigo is against you, that's all I need to know" (paraphrasing)
And he should have gotten a new power up or form.
But nah.
I was literally championing Chad vs Meninas when TYBW was still ongoing. I may have even mentioned it in one of your chapter reviews back in the day. It's such a no-brainer (power vs power) especially when Kubo loves doing his mirror match-ups. I honestly just cannot understand why Kubo treated Chad the way he did. It's probably not something we'll ever get an answer for, but I just personally cannot understand how Kubo as a writer could look at Chad and think he's done enough with him. Maybe Chad will get some sort of redemption if the Hell arc ends up being real, but it still won't ever take away from the multiple mistakes that were made with Chad's character.
Too many characters and the humans were unpopular in Japan. There was only so much panel and story space and unlike Orihime, he didn't have the shoehorned-in love interest or rival role that was actually important to the plot to keep him in the story.
I love Chad and his powers. As for new powers I would give him a chest piece that had a hole above the heart allowing him to use the basic Hollow powers due to his personal Fullbring has a Spanish naming convention.
I pray to heaven that Chad can shine in the hell arch
Imagine if he stayed in Hueco Mundo and shacked up with Harribel.
Shacked up 👀you say
Umm that makes no sense .
that woman can break my pelvis on god
@@EriEri420_Bro, never forget that you have a digital footprint.
@@armaanahmad6504 okay?
Have I ever told you about the..."Worf Effect"?
"Yes, but I don't understand why we're talking about Renji right now"
@@OnattamatoAbriged was a Gift. Especially Hichigo.
Im under the impression that the Karakura gang was supposed to be the focus of the story, but due to a combination of the editor and the direction of the story Kubo was going with started to not work out w/ the Karakura gang. I believe that each member of the Karakura gang was supposed to represent each realm/race. Ishida was the Quincy, Rukia was the soul reaper, Ichigo was the hollow (he was also all the races combined as the sudo leader of the group.), Tatsuki was part of the beast realm (Kubo wanted to include more of her as we see w/ Grimmjows invasions, and we have concept art of her weilding a beast like weapon), Chad had powers from the Hell realm, and Orihime part of the fairy realm (I cant remember where but Kubo said he wanted to include the fairy realm but he just couldnt fit it in the story. Orihimes abilities always struck me as fairylike). I believe this was Kubos original intentions w/ the story but as he was writing the introductions to the SS he wrote the villains so well that they became so popular the strory started to focus around them leaving the main characters, aside from Ichigo, in the dust. Everything from the names of their powers to even canon scenes like Hachi commenting on Orihimes unique powers that hes seen before (Which i think that it couldve meant he was some sort of ambassador to the fairy realm). Its just my theory that makes a lot of sense to me.
Every theory makes a lot of sense if you allow for having zero evidence. Bleach's Zero Chapter, or pitch chapter you could call it, is available from [certain places] to read. There's zero hint of any of that.
@@SinHurr Because using the pilot chapter is sooo much better then using the source material to interoperate clues. Each member of the Karakura gang's power has a similar style and named attacks, which let's not forget how important names are in Bleach, to each race in the universe. Both Orihime and Tatsuki were getting character development for their powers then were suddenly cut from the story> It's most likely due to the editor and/or Kubo giving up on the planned story for a story to sell more copies. It happens a lot in the industry, most notably the DBZ Cell saga. Kubo also likes to hide details into the main story, he likes people rereading and finding out clues that weren't directly told in the story. Things like Shuhei's and Senjumaru's Bankai were first brought into the public by people other then Kubo, but b/c Kubo is really good at writing in between the lines they were almost exactly as he would've wrote them. Where as chapter 0 had a 2 inch Rukia and killed off Orihime. Compared to that I don't think my theory is all that bad, and there's more then "zero evidence" as you say.
i wouldve had him fight Gerard in TYBW honestly, have Chad's final ability be related to malespero which would negate miracles, giving him a big moment than fighting one of the biggest threat and see how he stands next to the protags in terms of strenght
That would actually be cool and work so well
Chad fighting Gerard alongside Ginjo and Tsukishima after the worn out shinigami lost to him would have been dope.
There was a group team fight against a single opponent during the Reigai Arc, with everyone (Chad, Rukia, Orihime, Renji and Uryu) fighting against the main villain Oko Yushima in order to protect Ichigo. It was wonderful to see such a moment happened at last with these characters.
It’s funny how shonen manga creates these extremely likable and relatable side characters only to do absolutely nothing with them as the series progresses.
Why did Kubo bother making me like them if they were doomed to mean nothing?
Probably got bored of Chad and left him aside in all honesty.
It's easy engagement. Literally give people a memorable emotion and that's it.
@@oyamampendu9467 more to do with Kubo juggling a massive cast and ending the series earlier than he initially expected to
So, there's actually more to this specifically with regard to Bleach than some people realize.
See, Kubo is on record that one of the ways he deals with writer's block is by making characters. So whenever he would have issues coming up with something for the story, he'd just make up characters. That's why Bleach's cast is so fuck-huge.
This backfired in ways, though, because as new characters got more popular, there wasn't enough screen time/panel space to go around, and unpopular characters, like Chad, got cut.
Just like Rock Lee
Chad could get some helmet with horns who combine theme from arms, later on as final stage i see him in whole body armor.
Kinda like a crown 👑 ish horn 📯 hat or that be 2 much
That rewrite of Chad's role in the Fullering arc was great! It lets him 1. play a prominent role in an arc that's supposed to be based around him, and 2. shows how strong his bond with Ichigo is, and 3. he's involved in the final fights in this arc.
I always thought Kubo did him dirty by having him being knocked out while the shinigami get to be the ones that do all the cool fights. It's makes it seem like the shinigami are Ichigo's true friends as opposed to his human ones. When talking about the Fullbring arc, I always joke about how Byakuya is a better friend to Ichigo than Chad and Orihime, since he was influenced by Book of the End but still remained loyal to Ichigo.
I know *why* the Shinigami play a big part in the end, I know Kugo's desire for revenge would naturally involve them, and I know Kugo's big reveal to Ichigo hinders on his relationship with them, but Ichigo has so many allies in the living world that got snubbed by this and it never sat right with me.
His human friends, Isshin and to a much lesser extent Ryuken, the Vizards who stayed behind, I'll even take Kisuke and Yoruichi again if it meant Tessai got an actual fight, so many allies that could've taken center stage in a living world conflict that get shoved to the backstage again.
Funnily enough, Chad losing to the Shinigami along with Uryu so early into the Soul Society arc is the start of this problem. The old cast was quickly put down to focus on the new cast members, the Shinigami, but then new factions we're added (the Vizards especially) and the focus was, still mostly on the Shinigami. I'm not saying I dislike the Shinigami, it's just a shame to see all the deliberate choices made to always give them top billing.
A lot of people argue Chad's role couldn't have been much bigger, that he's just a normal human Fullbringer. He just doesn't have the genes or the God given abilities some of the cast have to scale him fast enough to those who've trained for centuries. Not to be captain obvious, but that's all just how Kubo chose to write it. Before Ichigo's heritage was explained, he too, to us, was just a normal human who happened to have a lot of reiatsu, and his powers were either gifted to him or gained through very special training and the complications therein (partially hollowfying and then having the hollow mask thereafter).
Eugenics never had to be the narrative crutch to explain Ichigo's powers, other explanations that didn't literally make Ichigo a different breed could've been given, and it can be easily argued that Chad was *never* a normal human in the first place with how insanely unrealistically strong he always was. He always could've been given a power other than strength, Orihime's special healing always gave her at least something unique to do even just in the background, and nothing in theory ever stopped him from getting a stupidly busted ability. Tsukushima proves how possible and viable that could've been for Chad.
Kubo just didn't want to. I'd argue those interests started showing as soon as he lost to Shunsui. Having Ichigo's closest allies scale up alongside him through the Seireitei and fall later on was just as much of a natural thing to do, but he lost to prop up the characters that would replace his prominence, and he would never get it back. I like much of the character work we got as a result, it's just a shame to see who died on the cross to make some of it happen, when it didn't have to be that way.
My last hope for Chad's redemption is the Hell Arc
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but Chad has become somewhat "popular" lately, because I remember that in the past no one cared about that character
the best power uo for chad in the lost agent arc would've been to have his coin become a secondary fullbring like ginjo's badge, and new techniques, or the "bankai" the execution got, like having him as a member up til then only to get his mind fixed
maybe with his coin or medallion to complement his fullbring, he'd've the armor he should've (we all wanted that fanart to be canon), and with the bankai, he'd've a golden winged armor like dian's, but MANLY, ¡MUY MACHO!, like a golden cloth, and it would reinforce his bond with ichigo, he'd be giveb ichigo's power not really realizing he was being used against him, to harm him, but now he had it and was going to use it save his friend because now more than before he feels he is in a debt to him
chad is the tien shinhan of bleach
Nah krillin you mean you even have the profile pic
He's Krillin. The protagonist's best friend who was left behind.
I can see the Tien comparison, in that Krillin got left behind because like Gohan he started to lapse in his training. And Krillin was like, still emotionally worthwhile and somewhat of a tactical fighter to make up for his lack of power. Krillin is more to buy time for his stronger fellows.
Meanwhile Tien is someone who never stopped training and trying to get stronger but STILL gets constantly left behind. Tien was initially such a force to be reckoned with that he defeated Goku in combat because of superior martial arts skill, a plethora of techniques, excellent conditioning and a killer instinct. But then later on Tien was so worthless that all he did was immediately get his ass handed to him by any opponent. And whereas Krillin got his “storybook ending” of sorts by gaining a wife and child and recognition for who he is as a person, Tien is basically always just dangling on the side doing nothing and being no one until a butt monkey is needed. At least Yamaha had the sense enough to retire and be a “regular” person, where he could actually stand out as an extraordinary person.
And that’s where Chad is. All he is, is someone to be discarded or defeated. He has no other value to the story or even to other characters.
@kevintanza6968 Naw because Krillin still gets some spotlight and respect whereas Tein doesn't get any positive spotlight since him holding Cell back. Dude even lost to Roshi in Super
Not really because Chad actually has a character; Tien doesn’t post Dragon Ball
Chad vs Superstar Sternritter and/or Chad vs Gerard Valkrye
Cuz strength vs strength sounds fun asf and watching Mask get his annoying ass beat by chad woulda been cooler
Renji coulda fought someone else to shot off his power up
Chad deserved so much more, he should’ve gotten the chance to be there with Ichigo and Orihime vs Yhwach
I wish kubo gave him a power up I think he deserved it as much as anyone
Chad could have been such a well....Chad but he was done dirty.
Hell yes, Totally tragic. He could have easily taken up a similar narrative role as Kenpachi. He was presented as incredibly strong at first, and then used as a constant punching bag.
That's a classic worf trope if I've ever seen one, at least Renji got a major W in the TYBW plus a noticeable buff. Chad might as well join the Visords at this point... :/
"You all know it's true." Actually, before you brought it up, i hadn't actually thought about it. It really never occurred to me that nothing had really been done with him.
He's probably talking to Bleach enthusiasts of his transcendent level. You didn't feel his spiritual pressure. Heh.
He could swing a telephone pole as a normal human. How the shit didnt he become hella OP later on?
as a chad stan i am so so SO insanely grateful for this video... 😭
Personally for me. Chad should have been the one to save Orihime from Yammy in Hueco Mundo instead of Uryu. He should have ripped his arm off the same way Yammy did to him when they first met. Uryu, Rukia and Renji can just finish him off afterwards. (They can offscreen him because honestly who cares about Yammy?)
And it should have been him to get his arm torn off by Ulquiorra and stabbed by Hollow Ichigo.
There would have been nothing more horrific than Ulquiorra ripping off the power up he just got and Ichigo turning on his best friend. (Also him surviving all of that would just show how durable he is.😂)
(On second thought both Chad and Uryu should have been fighting Ulquiorra. The original rescue team coming together.)
Honestly, both Uryu and Chad should have been in the dome. Because they are his human friends. And yes, Chad should have gotten his revenge against Yammy.
@@kevintanza6968 Why would Chad want revenge? Isn't that the opposite of his character? He is the Tank and Orihime is the defense/healer. Neither of them wants to hurt someone else they have to, look at Orihime healing the girl after getting beaten twist. Chad is similar, Chad would rather knock out Yammy and run with Orihime, his arm wouldn't even be a second thought.
@@NeonForceGetsuga Revenge was the wrong term to use. Call it a rematch. But my point is that if Chad defeats Yammy, I feel that people would have a more positive view of him.
Yammy is not that beloved, either, so him serving as a challenge for Chad works. Especially because they are both the "Giants" of their groups but Yammy is violent and ruthless and Chad is kind and noble.
They could definitely add a few scenes to give him some shine seeing as they've already done it a few times. That would be enough for me
I don’t think Chad becoming a Boxer at the end of the series is a contradiction, at least it’s not intended to be. Sure if you take it at face value, fighting to earn money, then it comes across that way, but there are real fighters out there who do good with the money they earn, and many become athletes who inspire people (Dempsey, Ali, Tyson, Holyfield, etc). Granted the epilogue should have expanded on this to have it make more sense, but like you said I really don’t see Chad becoming a fighter just for money.
I really wanted to see Chad's fullbring to be just like that guy from the game Prototype.
Mercer or Heller?
It better be Mercer.
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Chad was one of my favorite characters from bleach. hurts to see he was thrown to the way side as fodder
Sounds like we need to see Chad's grandma. Feels like she'd be a Ben10 space demon.
For TYBW, I'd love to give Renji a different Sternritter to right. Mask vs Chad would simply be amazing.
That would’ve been awesome giving Chad a serious fight in tybw would’ve done his character justice
Oh my God! I never actually thought about it, that genuinely would have been an insane fight (At least if Kubo decided to buff chad up and give him new abilities)
@@timiwithane im glad you added that extra bit becuz i was about to say mask would dominate chad easy😂😂 keep in mind mask isnt just physically strong but kinda hax too with james at the very least it would need to be a two on one with someone else
@@dominquebanton9758 There was no reason for Chad not to get those degrees of power-ups from the perspective of the author other than just lack of role in the story.
I’m shocked that Chad did not get ANY attention in the TYBW arc, despite being one of the characters that have the most obvious connections to The Soul King. His arms are literally the demonic versions of Mimihagi and Pernida, yet he had absolutely nothing to do in the final arc.
Maybe he will have a much more important role in The Hell arc, due to his powers being demonic 🤞🏼🤞🏻
Think he'll have hidden connection 2 hell that would give more credence to his arms name.
I would leave Chad being a Boxe at the end of the series, but using the prize money to fund an orphanage or other charities, only keeping enough money to get by and boxing is his way to continue to train and keep up in power for the next threat.
I'd be fine with Chad beating Yammy on his own as the tenth espada. After Gantembaine, there's no definition on how strong Chad actually is and beating Yammy isn't that scale breaking. .
Me too. If Kubo wanted Zaraki and Baykuya to fight a giant monster, he could have come up with a giant monster that Aizen created or something like that. That way everybody wins.
i dont even remember the statues in TYBW
I'm really sad that Chad peaked in his first fight ever, like how can you not like the dude who shrugs off a steel beam falling on his back, punches out a hollow that he cannot see and then rips a telephone pole out of the concrete to further beat the shit out of said hollow, all that on top of a heart of gold where all he wants to do is protect his buddies and those who can't stand up for themselves.
I think it's the biggest sin of the fullbringer arc that Chad wasn't a major focus of it. He had a part yeah, but he was shunted to the side yet again for the most part.
Even though he never got a break, bro is still my favourite character and I bet he's a lot of other people's favourites too.
I think Kubo messed up the Fullbring Arc but not having it center around Chad.
You make some great points, Chad really deserved better.
Thank you so much for doing this video! Chad is one of my favorite characters, and to say he was "Done Dirty" is the understatement of the year.
In the beginning, Chad fills the role of Ichigo's right-hand man. Because of their close bond, I think this is the reason why his Fullbring appears the way it does (you can't tell me it's a casual coincidence that his left arm is black and white with a red shriek, the same as Ichigo's shinigami form. He uses it the same as Ichigo's Zangetsu, both as a shield and a weapon closing with a large reishi burst, similar to Ichigo's Getsuga Tenshou, finally, not only do both his arms transform in a way similar to a shikai and bankai, but his white right arm of devil feels strangely reminiscent of Ichigo's hollow, White.)
Later in the Soul society arc, I think it was mentioned that Chad was operating on the same level as a mid to upper level lieutenant.
In Hueco Mundo arc, he naturally tapes into his greater Fullbring abilities (the jumping and air walking) , but we barely get to see him use them.
Finally, in the Lost Agent arc, not only is he barely there, but it feels like the other Fullbringers don't even take their own powers seriously.
Also, one more thing I found "odd" was that his translation item is his arms and not his abuelo's pendent. No other Fullbringers item is a part of their own body. I always thought his arms should transform because of the pendent because his abuelo was the one who convinced him to only use his arms to protect others.
I watched the bleach anime for the first time without reading any manga or anything and I was genuinely really invested in Chad. I even liked him more than Ichigo, so I was really disappointed in what became of him. It's such a shame Kubo decided to focus on others so much
give chad a hollow mask or transformation. Kubo Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Chad with meninas should be couple
Couldn't even tell you what Chad was wearing in the last arc until this video.
It would have been really cool to see Ichigo after returning from the Royal Palace giving Chad some of his powers. Coming full circle from the Fullbringer Arc were they tried to take them to power themselves up. Ichigo giving Chad some of his powers willingly would have been cool.
10:38 bro when did Mr.Tommo started spitting bars
Kubo made to many sidekicks to the main character
My way of fixing Chad during the Hell Arc if that ever happens would be him becoming an enemy for a while, not because he chooses to, but because of possesion (something that would be fitting during an arc about hell) or his powers going out of control because at least one of his arms is somehow linked to hell.
This would give him a power up and you could show him giving relatively strong characters (maybe even an Ichigo who's trying not to kill him) a good fight.
Eventually he's able to regain control because that's what strong willed shonnen characters do, while also keeping his new powers and using them to help his friends.
I don't even need Chad to win a solo fight. He can just be a tank with a giant sheld and protect people from some powerful Sternritter attack. He wants to be a protector anyway. And let Orihime be the healer full time. He can block buzz B, he can block meninas, he can block Gerard, he can block Haschwalth or even yhwach. He can use his giant shield to absorb or deflect attack and throw a few punches here and there. Anything would be better than the fck statue
And absorb some or tiny bit of that attack and integrate it into his own strength.
Chad and ichigo's relationship as the best buddies was beautiful and fighting for eachother was so emotional too. The only hope I have is Kubo sensei involving in the TYBW
Poor Chad he’s awesome
Idk if this was just a rumor or if it was true, but i remember hearing that Kubo didn't intend for the the SS captains/lieutenants to be involved in the lost agent arc. They were hastily written into the story as that arc was becoming unpopular.
That might just be BS someone made up though.
I will never forget the amv era with chad being the poster boy for "this animal i have become"
I could imagine when they approach yhwach, chad runs forward and gets hit and is basically decimated but survives in the end. Continuing the trend of chad being defeated by stronger opponents but showing his durability because he didn't die from a straight hit.
In general, Kubo should've used the whole "Hollow Reiatsu is poisonous to Quincies" thing a lot more, and this would include Chad and other Fullbringers since their powers are closely related to Hollows. It would've been hilarious if Chad's ultimate ability was like a gigantic mech suit to help go up against Gerard as... GIGACHAD. Pair him up with humanized Sajin Komamura with a temporarily Hollowfied Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō: Dangai Jōe and a Mayuri-zombified Yammy Llargo
Honesty, I think Chad should have been the one to defeat Tsukishima, yes it would remove Byakuya character development and the moment where he still defeats Tsukishima despite being cut but either way, I believe that Chad should been one to fight and defeat Tsukishima. The fight, even if he still didn't anything in the TYBW, would have shown that no matter what, even cut by Tsukishima Book of the End, that Chad always has Ichigo back, even if that means having to kill Tsukishima in order to save not only Ichigo's friends, but also his family as well.
Hoping for some redemption in Hell.
Ex:
Bleach - Hell Arc:
|||Chapter 7///______________
||No Challenge Unanswered:
|Un baile con el diablo?
「浮かぶ瀬！」
Chapter 7, because "luck."
"No Challenge Unanswered" is twofold. 1.) Is that it is the polar opposite of Chad's almost resigned disposition to his current standing in Ichigo's circle of friends, and perceptions of his own powers/abilities. 2.) Is the title being a callback to Kubo's comment that Chad's theme song was "No Song Unheard" by the Hellacopters.
The subtext is pretty self-explanatory, with "Un baile con el diablo?" referring to Chad's possible new/improved use of hos Left
Arm (Brazo Izquierda del Diablo) that the chapter will explore with the reader.
And「浮かぶ瀬！」(ウガブセ/u-ga-bu-se) which is a Japanese saying, similar to that of "lucky break." It plays off of the number of the Chapter (7).
The Spanish subtext implies he'll be using something that's been a mainstay of an arsenal which Chad may have previously seen as "Not good enough." Rising to the challenge (No Challenge Unanswered) and applying himself in a way that he thought was impossible for him. But, the fact that it thematically rhymes with his theme song "No Song Unheard" shows demonstrates that he could take this Chapter as an opportunity to flip the script on his lot in life, and regain his lost confidence through learning how to apply himself--awakening potential that was always there.
Chad needs some love. He's pretty much the Tien/Yamcha of Bleach.
Have you heard of the worf effect? Its when a character is really really strong, but ALWAYS loses to show how powerful an enemy is, so that a main, more important character can beat them later to show how strong THEY are.
Chad, Renji until TYBW, Komamura, many many others. They are strong, but there's a problem: the show is about Ichigo, Zaraki, Uryu and the like. Chad got done dirty.
Even Uryu never got much to do in battles. He was defeated by the Espada Mayuri beat (I'm not going to try writing his name). And even in his arc in the manga, he didn't get a proper fight.
But then if the characters only ever lose, then what proof is there that they are really even strong aside from word of mouth? If a character only ever loses to hype up an enemy, then they aren’t strong because they never win.
I've been waiting for a chad re write forever!!!
It’s soooo sad Chad got relegated to either Worf effect or “on the sidelines”
Pretty cool you tried giving him some more presence in the story!
If Yammy comes back in the Hell arc, Chad needs to take care of him to end the cycle. It won't fix his character and is a bit of "too little, too late" but at least gives him some closure against the enemy that started his decline.
Highly doubt yammy comes back , and him having a rematch with Chad is a waste of time , it's lime you said , it doesn't fix anything and it's to late
It truly started with Ichigo telling him he should go and him feeling weak in all honesty. He already had a punch focus fighter already. why do that again?
An idea for Chad's 'Final Form'. Lean on the idea that Fullbringers are *Awakened* by Hollow spiritual energy. By involving Chad more in the Aarancar arc- he sees how far and how powerful Hollows can be- and considered that his arms are hollow like.
In the Xcution arc, even before we meet execution, show Chad meditating and focusing, his arms present even as he focuses on his hollow energy.
His final form- the theoretical max of a Fullbringer- is that he mimics Hollows. By forming a mask [+armor], growing from his necklace and channeling his grandfathers 'will'.
"Masque of the Saint". Perhaps even with 2 stripes, like ichigos origional mask. Perhaps a mask that looks like an old man or a priest.
Give him the abilities of the espada- cero, Bala, hierro, sonido.
In the 1kyrbw, let Chad exploit the quincy weakness of hollow reatsu. Chad is perhaps able to disrupt sternritter powers.
I can’t even imagine anybody not calling out that Chad was the most wasted character of the series
Bambietta Harribel stark barragan and all the other Quincys had it much worse than Chad in fact he had it better than all the people I named above
@@kgkg7790 thing is those characters are side characters, chad was supposed to be part of the main cast so it hurts even more
Justicia para Chad. Mi vato merecía mejor (Justice for Chad. my guy deserved better)
Chad should have gain an even bigger power up because his powers are related to Hollows and go even beyond that: *he should have eaten a part of an Espada to get stronger* as a last resort to protect Orihime. Imagine eating a defeated or weakened Espada in Evangelion style. I would avoid a personality split or fighting an inner demon (Ichigo already has it and the trope is overused) but there should be some negative implications of this act: addiction. Perhaps at some point he would have to stay in Hueco Mundo creating a relation with Harribel or Neliel and wanting to protect the new group. There should be a power fight in Hueco Mundo after the defeat of Aizen and the Espada. Later on he would have an upper hand against Quincies - they are weaker against hallow powers. Heck he could have been helpful with the fight against Yhwach because of that disrupting his powers for a second. There could be a second siltation where he could eat one of the parts of the Sterrnritter (those that had a part of the Soul King), but he would refuse to do it being afraid for his sanity and learning that he should step back and trust in Ichigo.
A whole body suit would be pretty cool, white for offense like his death fist and the black and red for defense and getting closer or something. Like changing the color of his suit in this case for fitting situations
I do really appreciate the effort you went through the trouble to do justice for my boy, Chad. With a cool name and an equally cool design and powers to match. Chad really needs a W.
It is really depressing how Kubo handled him, truly a waste.
He should have been trained by Yuroichi in close combat
Oh, that would’ve been mad sick; the Karakura 6 taking down Yammy! 🤯
I absolutely love the rewrite, it doesn’t change the story or it’s progression in any way, imo. More importantly, it’s a full circle with the Karakura gang at the end!
I have no complaints about the rewrite of the Arrancar arc, I've always said that's what they should have done. But come the Fullbring arc, one change that I would make to your version is that Chad IS still cut by Tsukishima, even used by them to fight Ichigo and the others. Except, his extremely close bond to Ichigo has him fighting Book of the End the whole time. Similarly to the original, Tsukishima doubles down on his control, which has the same sort of effect on Chad and Orihime. The big difference being, Chad is SO insensed by what they did and so overwhelmed by his love for his bestie that THIS is the point where his Fullbring evolves and he gets his big power-up. Byakuya managed to use his loyalty to Ichigo to overpower Book of the End, so it's frankly ridiculous that Chad couldn't do the same. He can then be the one to fight Tsukishima, giving him a round two and allowing him to get revenge on the manipulative swordsman.
Also, as an aside, Chad can still be a championship boxer in the epilogue, but lean into his character arc to explain it better. He learned to use his strength to help others, so maybe he runs a gym for the less fortunate and uses his fight money for charity?
Even when i was a child i was so sorry for this character. I used to and still love him. I've always wanted him to have more impactful screentime, and when i was younger, during my First watch of the fullbring arc, i was so let down about the fact he didn't get what he deserved, that i really thought someone behind bleach writing really hated him. Such a shame for a so cool looking character. Also, goated name
People still don't believe it, but Chad's moment will come one day. Rukia-Renji had the Soul Society arc, Orihime the Arrancar arc, cousin Tsukishima the Lost Agent arc, while Uryu is being more protagonized (antagonized) in TYBW (anime). The Hell arc will be dedicate to him, where we will discover that Chad in reality is the son of El Diablo, counterpart of the Soul King🗿
Great video anyway. Ignoring that part with D-Roy, yeah, Kyoraku and Nnoitra were too much, also the 5th Espada was a bad matchup, having the strongest body, not even a damage, immediately after getting his only W in the arc. Have Rukia, Renji and Chad defeating Yammi as 10th Espada, in what had become the captain show, would have been great and deserved, as Byakuya and Zaraki already had their moment, also that of Zero Espada was just a bad joke ended offscreen. Renji and Rukia then get some fanservice PU in TYBW and a litte win against a Sternritter, but Chad (also Orihime) not even that. Still the list of characters bad handled in the final arc is too long and Chad isn't at top of that. The Lost Agent arc is fine like that for me, but at least give a fight, even if losing, in TYBW, was the minimum. Chad vs Meninas would have been cool, but she's just one of the many Sternritters trashed. Now at most we can hope to see a little group fight against the Schutzstaffel, or the battle with statues onscreen, as I don't think Chad will be placed against Gerard too. Hell arc is open, but... too many characters to handle, again.
I really like your re-write here. Yammy goes down unceremoniously, so it wouldn't have taken much just to add Chad, Rukia, and Renji to the fight. Switching him and Uryu in the Lost Agent arc also feels pretty natural. I'd have to think more on the TYBW, but he should have gotten at least ONE proper fight. If not a Sternritter, then at least with Ichigo and Orihime fighting Ywhach at the end.
My idea for Chad's Power up is a golden suit of armour, while his arms are also golden, but keep their original designs. At first it doesn't seem to increase his power, but the enemies discover that he has an insanely aggressive regeneration ability that helps Chad keep fighting indefinitely. Its name is Dios de la Muerte, the God of Death
Cool scenario!
Alternatively, in the ending chapters of Lost Shinigami-arc, Chad could be hit by Book of the End, but then have like a flash back to when he was a child and his abuelo was still alive. Chad was sad because a new kid entered the friend-group of local children and everybody liked him better than Chad or sth. Abuelo teaches Chad that friends who abandon you the moment somebody more attrtactive shows up, are not worth calling your friends. Remembering this makes Chad "snap out of" Book of the End and remember his bond with Ichigo.
Btw, when I first watched Bleach, I waited for Abuelo to show up in some form as the sort of third "parent-mentor". I thought he could have become a Hollow and then an Arrancar, or something
Chad really should've gotten payback on Yammy and fight alongside Kenpachi & Byakuya. It couldve been implied that Byakuya mentioned something about one of Ichigo's friends stepping in. It would've been minor but the idea of him finally beating the Espada that completely demolished him at the beginning of the Arrancar.
About his career by the end of the series, i think he wouldn't use his strength for pure profit, but he wouldn't ignore it, he'd want to use it to help others.
Being a firefighter seems like a good fit, especially focusing on rescuing people. He'd be able to save people from way riskier situations with his abilities.
I can’t believe Chad never took Yami’s arm from him as the 0 Espada
The obvious final powerup for Chad would be a helm of some sort, incorporating a Hollow mask for the source of his abilities
Chad vs Giriko hulk form is definitely needed.
Bankai: Sigma
"Have you ever heard of the warf effect?"
"I'm confused, why are we talking about Renji?"
"Alright alright alright, I like your style kid, I'll train you."
Worf Effect. Don’t dishonor a Klingon by getting his name wrong.
So, I wrote this on your Chad Character Analysis from 2 years ago, but I think it still stands.
How to improve Chad in the Arrancar Arc. (Keep everything that happens before Hueco Mundo).
1) When fighting Demoura make bigger note of Chad's increased strength. After switching with Uryu, Chad casually tosses the giant across the room, and ends him quickly.
2) Then we follow up on this with Gatenbainne. Chad can hit him hard, but is taking too much damage. Then he unlocks the full version of his right arm, tanking Gantenbainne's strongest attack and laying down a decisive counter, ending it.
3) Have Chad wander for a bit before meeting up with Nnoitra. Have him fight Tesla, pretty evenly, even though he's clearly showing signs of fatigue from the previous fight, before Nnoitra blind-sides him to end it. Nnoitra makes some comment about the only thing that saved him was that right arm.
4) Have Chad fight Yami and win. Chad's the only one able to tank a hit from Yami, but lacks the strength to deliver a final blow. Have him internally wrestling with the concept that he should only use his strength to defend, but sees Rukia and Renji getting wrecked. Finally, he decides that he can't just be the gentle giant, he has to be a devil too, unlocking his left arm and finishing off Yami with La Muerte. Also give the attack some knock-out level recoil damage, that way he has something to work on in the future.
"I can't even imagine Chad losing" - Gremmy
Chad was Kubo paying homage to Yamcha. No surprise he goes that way in the same arc where Kubo mirrored Vegeta and Nappa arriving.
That's not the same Yamcha didn't fight Nappa. His more Tien we know he's worth more and the characters treat him as such but for the audience there's little to be invested in.
@@oyamampendu9467 I'm not saying Yamcha fought Nappa, I'm saying that Kubo made multiple scenes direct homages to ones from DBZ. Ulquiorra and Yammy arriving in Karakura is like Vegeta and Nappa arriving on earth.
Yeah I always felt Kubo should've leaned into the hollow stuff with him more directly.
When the Arrancar first showed up I thought the design language matched up like when Ichigo was in his monster form one of his arms looked like one of Chad's arms
Urahara said Chad was something else and he said he felt closer to a hollow than anything and he was pulling reiryouku from the sand.
My old rewrite way back when had it that he was a vasto lorde strength wise akin to Stark that somehow purified himself but he was reborn to the human world straight from Hueco Mundo,
and I'll have Aizen or maybe Urahara explain how this is possible, it's to do with Chad ability to pull from the hollow sand and it has remnants of both shinigami and hollow reiryoku so his main ability is he can pull from the sand and use the extra power in different ways, like a super strong cero or something, so if he's in Hueco Mundo he's effectively immortal
and yeah he would have full body armor that he get's over time, and with training he can use a la carte in terms strengthen a piece by sacrificing another piece, so say he gives up the rest for extra speed in his legs or extra defense in his right arm or give his left arm a stronger attack etc , with training he get more versatile with
I would have him show up in the fight with Ulquiorra with a new pair of legs and keep Ulquiorra for a little while Ichigo was "dead" he later takes out Yammy with a blast
I would have be the one to free Ichigo from Quilge's jail
The fight with Sternritter would have him on the ropes like the Bambis, but maybe Urahara gives him a portable garganta device to dump a bunch of hueco mundo sand on the battlefield giving him a boost for the fight.
Sidenote: the ethics of Chad boxing with humans is hilarious like seriously he has to be really holding back like Spiderman or something. Chad tanked a steel I beam falling on him in the beginning of the manga.