I too believe Shunsui has multiple Theatrical Plays to his Bankai and he chooses whichever to suit the situation he is in. Great point! I'd have loved to see him in other scenarios
@@MotionFilmz18 his Shikai and Bankai abilities are both stated to impose conditions on those encased in Shunsui's reiatsu including Shunsui himself. So maybe you're right that he doesn't get to choose exactly what play he may want to use but I'd like to think somewhere in the middle exists a factor of his Zanpakuto spirit deciding the factors at play and creating the appropriate scenario. Either way I don't think this is the only play he has available, it's just the most suitable one for the scenario.
@@MotionFilmz18 Other possibility: He does get to choose the play, but every single play has massive drawbacks to using it in the presence of allies 🤔. The main difference (and potentially only difference) between his Shikai and Bankai after all is who's affected. Shikai: His games all have a very small range, so the chances of him hurting his own allies are weak. Bankai: Has a massive range, so he has to be sure to be alone with the enemy/ies to avoid friendly fire.
Love how his Shikai and Bankai reflect the different sides of his personality. The Shikai is playfull, and quite unassuming, yet deadly. While the Bankai is brutal, imposing and effects everyone around him (which is very fitting given his position as head of the Gotei 13, his actions affects both his allies and enemies). Great video!
Even with it's indiscriminate nature it suits him and his status as Captain Commander. Especially the ability to turn games into lethal attacks. When things get dangerous expect Shunsui to get lethal as well.
I think it's because of its indiscriminate position that it fits Shusui perfectly. He's wise beyond his years and prefers peace to conflict, hence the theatrical play's theme of hurting others hurting yourself too.
There’s a theory that I like which states that since shunsui can use different child games in his shikai form he could use different theatrical plays with his bankai. Hope to see more of him in the hell arc
even when some people might think it's a downgrade going from Yamamoto to Shunsui as the Cpt. commander, i trust that Kyoraku will prove his merits for the position
Indeed. He has in a way already. Be it his ruthless pragmatism in battle or him working with reformers in Central 46 to completely change the system for the better, agreeing that they need to do and be better than the old establishment. Shunsui may have some big boots to fill but he sure turned Soul Society's government on it's head postwar. Sometimes that's all you need.
Power levels mean nothing in bleach if we're being honest, it contradicts itself massively in every arc, so to say he's not as strong as Yamamoto really doesn't mean anything.
You know his bankai is menacing when even the side he’s on is like what the hell!!! You can see it on Ichigo’s face and that’s what I love about his Bankai. Shunsui’s Bankai is amazing.
He's really strong and cunning. He's one of the few characters who landed a clean hit on Aizen in Fake Karakura Town Arc, the others being Yamamoto, Urahara, Shinji, Isshin, and Yoruichi.
Didn’t he stab Momo? That’s one of my favorite scenes when he stabs “Aizen” in the back when his shadow shown on the ice. He may have gotten the real Aizen at a different time though…
Warning ⚠️ Long thought piece: After watching a some vids on RUclips about his shikai and bankai, his powers aren't really that confusing, at least not to me. It definitely explains him as a person, how he feels about himself, his life, and also the devastating amounts of loss, secrets, burdens and responsibilities that keep getting placed on him. People who live such painful lives try thier best to put on a happy face and not be a downer or negative, such people usually are happy to play air headed, naive and compassionate with only so few knowing his pain bottled up inside (his shikai). When he uses his bankai he is now outwardly showing his misery, when some like him actively shows their true self outwardly, their whole atmosphere changes triggering the reactions we see from the rest of the characters. People who suffer from such pain and depression find ways of couping and looking at their suffering through such mediums like music, art, literature, action and story telling. Just as how Ichigo's inner world is skyscrapers reaching into the skies, Shunsui's bankai shows everyone how he views all his pain, tragedies, sorrows and regrets. How he has self loathing and depression. How he's telling us his life can be viewed as nothing more than a tragic play where the main actor (himself) is not actively trying to commit suicide is his play, but he isn't actively trying to save himself either. It's basically delving deep into Shunsui's darkness and misery until it kills on of them. I know this sounds dark for someone who is usually seen as cheerful and childish, but it's usually these people who are suffering the most on the inside, and the fact his bankai cannot be controlled or target someone specifically makes alot of sense because once someone who has bottled up all their emotions for years lets go of their own chains, even for a short period of time, they could care less who they hurt and who becomes collateral damage.
Reading JJK and rereading Bleach, you can see the parallels between Shunsui's bankai and Hakari's domain which goes to show how much Bleach has influenced manga!
@@Skarnex1337 did you read what I said I said the game aspect of it would be similar the only difference being that shunsui dosen't have no temporary immorality
I LOVE how stupidly broken EVERYONE'S bankai is. It really solidifies the title "god of death" because soul reapers are just that. Death gods. It only makes sense that their final release would be stupidly broken. Hope to see a mad chaotic fight in bleach one day where 3-4 bankai's are all unleashed at the same time leading to a hellscape of a battle.
There already is a fight where 3 Bankais are released at once (against Gerard Valkyrie). There was also the battle against Aizen in fake Karakura town where Komamura, Hitsugaya, Ichigo, and Soi Fon released them (I feel like I'm missing one 🧐?). You said it yourself, the Bankais are stupidly broken abilities, so the fact that more than one has to be released at once only shows how stupidly strong the enemy is. Too many people forget too often that Bleach isn't a world where it's broken people vs broken people, it's a world where weak Shinigami are the norm. The fact that there're so many broken people comes from the fact that the Shinigami 1. got betrayed/tried to play the role of the creators (Hogyoku) and 2. didn't make sure that they had dealt with the Quincies properly; they failed at their job of balancers and paid the price.
I just love the duality of his Zanpakuto. Two swords, Two spirits, a grown woman and a child. The child's entertainment is child's games, hence his shikai. The adult's entertainment is theater, hence his bankai. I always believed there was more than one "theatrical play" in the bankai, a 4 or 5 part story for each one.
I believe his bankai purposefully reflects his nature in battle, which is to win by any means necessary--that's why it puts himself and anyone around him at risk.
I really hope we can see more games from his bankai, because its only logical that the STRONGEST ability of one's character can't always wait to be attacked, or hope that his reiatsu is bigger then his opponent's. Really nicely done!
I love how this Zanpakutou portrays Shunsui literally. For the Shikai it is his playful nature and laid back nature is shown just like when he always tease Nanao and stuff and usually be seen as a laid back Captain. But his Bankai ruthlessness and can affect his allies is reflecting how he will use any method to achieve the end he seek such as releasing Aizen which is a very questionable thing when in fact all those time Aizen is the one that make so much mess in Soul Society and a very risky ally that can turn on your back given any moment you are not careful.
I've loved Kyouraku ever since his fight with Chad and just knew he was OP since he didn't even draw his zanny unlike some other caps who basically emptied the clip in their fights. I love the insight that his shikai is making children's games real and his bankai making adult's games real. So so dope.
Yes, I remember that not only it showed the difference of a captain above the rest but also that he ddidn't need to even really fight or go shikai. And he was pretty chill with Chad at that. Hell, he faced the#1 Espada with just his shikai and he was also quite relaxed. And when he got beaten by Aizen, again he didn't seem to have sustained that much damage anyway.
The Strongest Captains seem to all have 4 “acts” or “versions” of their bankai or at least once uve gotten to a certain degree or skilll. The number of “acts” of a Bankai def separate the level of skill the different captains are at. Yamamoto had 4 acts too. Wonder how many Kyoka Suigetsu has? Scary to think.
Yeah but shame that is such a lame bankai. It is powerfull and all but boring as shit compared to Jakka. We need more fun zanpakuto in shikai form like Jakka. Not shadows and games...blah...where are the fun times when Ichigo was going balistic.
Finally someone had the same thought,I always thought that wat ukitake meant was that it's not a good idea for kyoraku to release his Bankai where different people can see it cuz the scary thing about kyoraku Bankai is how unpredictable it is,if u know it's rules and stay calm it rly takes the huge advantage it has,even lille with his insane strength was terrified of kyoraku Bankai
I believe the victim can die by any and all of the acts - however, when it was used against Lille, Kyoraku simply knew he was too strong to die from those acts, this is why he progressed to the final act, and he was very surprised it was survived. The bankai clearly has a range, which is why it could not be used in Karakura town, because all there would have been caught up in the Bankai, and like only 3 of the captains present in Karakura would have been able to outlast the immense spiritual pressure of Stark who could likely have tolerated the Abyss for quite some time.
Shunsui is so powerful, he can take enough pain and killer blows head on and just shrug it off for been tired. Aizen literally cut him down and he just went to lay down from boredom until his vice captain kicked him to stop pretending. Also, to be able to handle such bankai means your threshold for pain and anguish must be at its very peak which is why he’s one of the people that could face Aizen one on one.
that was stark actually. Stark blasted Shunsui in the back, then LIsa came and talked with him. After Aizen cut him, he didn't get up until the end of the arc
Lmao Aizen one shotted him into the next arc. The only thing super strong about shunsui is his bankai, that is open to so many interpretations. Aizen easily spanks shunsui.
While Shunsui's could theoretically suffer when he releases his Bankai, it's also not in the interest of his Zanpakuto to kill her own host, which would mean she'd never get a chance to come out to play ever again. So, I do think that if he was ever in a situation where he was facing a foe much stronger than him, there's a good chance that she would play out a tragedy where a peasant underdog goes through terrible hardship and wins against an all powerful king, for example.
People like you kinda suck. And why these artists leave so unhealthy because you can’t just be grateful for what you got. You have to nitpick everything and take all the fun out of everything.
I thought his shikai increased damage based on how covered the one choosing the color is in that color. High risk, high reward. Isn't that why he did so much damage to Stark when he called 'Black' after discarding his captain's coat, leaving himself covered almost entirely in the color black?
Shunsui Bankai works like a play or a movie/theatrical and it depends on what scene or acting that wish to play in the other opponent, any other opponent that are in the act can also interfere with the act by adding a new act into the Theatrical, as a result gaining the advantage or disadvantage,
Honestly might be my favorite Bankai, it fits him very well and is just cool as hell. I do really hope that theory about him having multiple Bankai plays is confirmed in the hell arc, it’d be amazing
After reading the TYBW, Shunsui’s zanpakuto is one of my favorites. I just love the artistry behind such a brutal Bankai, and it’s also an opposite but parallel to Kisuke’s more scientific Bankai.
I love Shunsui as a character and how literally nothing about him is simple. That said, I really do not believe his bankai is as simple as being limited to just the 1 play. I suspect just as his shikai was about to engage in multiple games, his bankai could do so, also. More Shunsui!!
2:02 those aren't arms, those are "matsu" branches (part of his Bankai's name), which is a type of tree. It has a kind of poetic status in traditional Japanese literature and plays.
Although it might be from translation, Ukitake in the manga said "see", not "in". This implies that no one should know about his 4 acts, so there will be less chance the enemy gets any info about its mechanics. Unlike Shinji Hirako's bankai, it was never stated directly that his bankai is banned or should not be activated near his allies, we only assumed since he put some distance to where no one besides his enemy, will see or hear him narrate his ability.
Probably gets a different script depending on how many people are caught up in the play. The one on-page use only involved the two of them, but with a larger cast you could act out different stories. Bet they're all tragedies, though.
I imagine if he caught entire enemy army he could get Oedipus Rex Act I Pierces the feet of enemies Act II 1st one to attack Kyoraku becomes marked as Oedipus Act III all except Oedipus contract disease and person closest to him strangles him/herself to death Act IV blinds Oedipus and has him attacked by plague victims
Talk about the black and white thing, thanks for the explanation! Really help much since watch the anime I dont understand why Starrk is so easy defeaten by Shinsui.
Think act 3 also makes you want to die too. Feeling hopeless. Then he puts you out of your misery in the final act. Very interesting Bankai to see in the anime
You got the rules of Iro Oni slightly wrong: when a player calls out a colour it becomes the only thing on their opponent they can cut, and the damage from that cut it multiplied by the proportion of that colour the Caller is wearing. So if someone wearing all Black calls Black and attacks a Black tattoo on their opponent's chest, the damage will be much more severe than if the person calls a colour they don't have on them at all. That's why when Kyoraku deals his final blow to Starrk he removed his pink Kimono, by removing that he maximized the amount of Black on himself and thus the damage before calling Black and putting his blade through Starrk's Black Hollow Hole
I feel like the second act of his bankai suits his personality perfectly. If you can remember the fight with Espada 1 shunsui is never the one to start the fight. His personality is super laid back so that is why. Since he never wants to start the fight the “shame of starting the war” which is the act 2 of his bankai wouldn’t really effect him all that much
Shunsui is the kind of guy who would activate shikai and immediately pull out a Yu-Gi-Oh deck and initiate a duel with his power making the seemingly innocent childrens card game into a shadow game
Hold up so, like his shikai, his bankai can potentially do multiple different stage plays? All with different acts? I mean I imagine the lovers is one of the more powerfully emotional and effective ones to use, but there’s got to be other plays that can power him up, depower the opponent and do all kinds of other crazy things. Any number of different things. I wonder if he decides which play gets told or his sword?
I think it’s fair to say that ges got multiple plays that depends on how his fight is going. There might a play thats is advantagous to him if he attacks first and stuff like that.
Imagine Shunsui watching modern day media to get new ideas for his Bankai. Pulls up his Bankai and the narrator goes: "I want to play a game", "May the odds be ever in your favor" or "Do you like scary movies?" I know, I know, it should be theatrical plays. I just find it amusing that Shunsui might be interested on modern human pleasantries. But knowing him, it would most likely be "Help stepbro, I'm stuck!"
Personally, since his Shikai requires game participation, regardless of desire; and since his zanpakuto is described as selfish and difficult to work with - I like the idea that there are many plays which his Bankai can perform, but that he does not have control over which one it is.
I'll say more, given the fact that during the Bankai Lilie couldn't teleport and use his techniques , it means that during the four-dan story, the victim can't use his power.
when i read it for first time i though that kyoraku Bankai warp the reality and bring a story to reality but base on your breakdown its really vague and confusing but still understandable thank's to breakdown this bankai
I recall a vid where they put kenpatchi against shunsui and most were asskissing zaraki’s power( rightly so to a point) but where I said the comparison to Shunsui ends for kenpatchi is in Bankai, nobody up to this point verses lille could tell how powerful shunsui was apart from jushiro and yama. The scene where ichigo(trancendant)and askin were in shock at his reiatsu alone says how much stronger he is when he “releases” his true nature. This man, ever since his fight with chad has been my fav and will be the best written character apart from aizen i have ever seen.
I think, because of the question he first posed, maybe the bankai warps reality slightly, Shunsui asks what they see that's different, and their answers will give Katen Kyoukotsu Kuromatsu Shinju an idea of which play to use.
I'm not making any comparisons in terms of power, but I think it's interesting, and good callback if it was intended, that yammammotos rieatsu was so strong it came forth to feel like physical heat to hashwalth, while shunsuis rieatsu was so strong, it felt like physical chills to chad and orihime. Obviously chad and orihime r much weaker than hashwalth so there's no comparison in strength, but it's interesting to note due to shunsui and yammammotos relationship, plus shunsui succeeding yammammoto as tge head captain.
Katen Kyokotsu Karamatsu Shinju is a powerful Bankai for sure but it's also very dangerous too. The translation is Flower Crazed Heaven Bone Spirit Withered Pine Lover's Suicide, which makes me think it's meant to unfortunately just cover the one play, it could have different forms but they would all probably need to involve telling the story of two lovers committing suicide, who knows maybe he has a Romeo and Juliette version in his back pocket. Each act tells part of the story: Act 1 is how the lovers are so close they can feel each other's pain which is manifested as the wounds of those affected by Kyoraku's Bankai being shared which would presumably be shared among everyone in the effective range ally or enemy. Act 2: involves the man in the relationship wounding his partner in some way, maybe by cheating on her, maybe by causing her distress from their shared pain in Act 1, no matter the cause his own feelings of regret lead him to coming down with an incurable affliction where his body is covered in weeping black spots (possibly an STI). Act 3 involves the man becoming immeasurably sad and ashamed to the point where he throws himself into a raging ocean from which there's no escape. The parallel is pretty obvious here since Kyoraku's Act 3 traps himself and his foe in an endless void of water that leaches their endurance until someone drowns. Act 4 has the woman feel pity for her lover who's been tortured by his own guilt/regret so she takes some scissors and slits his throat to put him out of his misery.
Great video, though there was one thing that I think was slightly off. For his shikai, Iro Oni's damage is proportional to the amount of the color the user is wearing, not the opponent. That's why when he called out black against Stark, he took off his captain's coat, because it meant he was covered in black and maximized the damage. The damage is proportional to the risk the user takes by naming a color they are wearing.
Coming back to this...as it looks like we will be getting this in Cour 3 sometime next year. I HOPE THEY DO IT JUSTICE because that Kyoraku mini-arc was so...head scratching.
It's not that his bankai is based on a "stage play" per se. Where the shikai was based on the games of children, the bankai is based on the "games" that adults play: the fights, arguments and infidelities that destroy relationships and hurt the people in them. In the first act, the people share wounds because to hurt a lover is to hurt yourself. The water represents the sorrows and loneliness of being in a bad relationship (or, even worse, being alone after breaking up). In the final act, the infidelity is avenged by the woman slitting his throat. This is why his bankai is represented by a woman who is at the same time very familiar and intimate, but also a little standoffish and combative. Shunsui's whole personality and backstory are dominated by the memories of a woman, and the love that he has lost. Those feelings are weaponized in his bankai.
@@kariköykayışmerkezi Maybe. Yamamoto also has Broken bankai. So then it's a battle between wich Bankai is more broken. Or strike Shinsui before he can release his bankai.
I believe he has multiple plays but like how Kyokatsu is in charge of what they play in Shikai, I imagine Katen is also the one who decides the story in Bankai.
Imagine the Anime makes Shunsuis fight longer and we see an other horror story/game, wasnt really a huge fan of Nanaos family story thingy end for that fight, heard the Japanese fandom like it tho so idk if they gonna change that fight :/
don't see how this is "the most dangerous" when Yama has to control how long he uses his or he will literally bring the end to the entire area around him just from the sheer power he has.
His bankai is one of the ones where you think. "How the hell did he learn to control this before killing himself?"
Don't think his Bankai would kill him tho lol that's crazy
@@TonyBoutHisMoneyit might not kill him but render him useless, like his shikai does.
@@TonyBoutHisMoney Absolutely could, that's what the last step of his bankai was for
I too believe Shunsui has multiple Theatrical Plays to his Bankai and he chooses whichever to suit the situation he is in. Great point! I'd have loved to see him in other scenarios
I think he doesn’t get to choose because that’ll mean he wouldn’t have to worry about who’s around him
@@MotionFilmz18 his Shikai and Bankai abilities are both stated to impose conditions on those encased in Shunsui's reiatsu including Shunsui himself. So maybe you're right that he doesn't get to choose exactly what play he may want to use but I'd like to think somewhere in the middle exists a factor of his Zanpakuto spirit deciding the factors at play and creating the appropriate scenario.
Either way I don't think this is the only play he has available, it's just the most suitable one for the scenario.
@@MotionFilmz18 Other possibility: He does get to choose the play, but every single play has massive drawbacks to using it in the presence of allies 🤔. The main difference (and potentially only difference) between his Shikai and Bankai after all is who's affected.
Shikai: His games all have a very small range, so the chances of him hurting his own allies are weak.
Bankai: Has a massive range, so he has to be sure to be alone with the enemy/ies to avoid friendly fire.
@@MrSupedoSpade well said
@@louisrobitaille5810 nice possibility
Love how his Shikai and Bankai reflect the different sides of his personality. The Shikai is playfull, and quite unassuming, yet deadly. While the Bankai is brutal, imposing and effects everyone around him (which is very fitting given his position as head of the Gotei 13, his actions affects both his allies and enemies). Great video!
it also made sense becuz of the one filler arc where they become manifested in the anime, the two swords having different personalities
Even with it's indiscriminate nature it suits him and his status as Captain Commander. Especially the ability to turn games into lethal attacks. When things get dangerous expect Shunsui to get lethal as well.
I think it's because of its indiscriminate position that it fits Shusui perfectly. He's wise beyond his years and prefers peace to conflict, hence the theatrical play's theme of hurting others hurting yourself too.
There’s a theory that I like which states that since shunsui can use different child games in his shikai form he could use different theatrical plays with his bankai. Hope to see more of him in the hell arc
Versus Ukitake?
it's not theory he have new abilities in novel
@@leksobaramidze no, he just uses a shikai ability he didn't prior in the series.
@@Aciimov that would be the icing on the cake
There’s a new arc for bleach ? I thought the thousand year blood war arc was the last one
even when some people might think it's a downgrade going from Yamamoto to Shunsui as the Cpt. commander, i trust that Kyoraku will prove his merits for the position
Indeed. He has in a way already. Be it his ruthless pragmatism in battle or him working with reformers in Central 46 to completely change the system for the better, agreeing that they need to do and be better than the old establishment. Shunsui may have some big boots to fill but he sure turned Soul Society's government on it's head postwar. Sometimes that's all you need.
@@manuelacosta9463 💛
yamamoto wouldnt have been able to beat lille barro
He is a good leader, which is probably even more important than being strong.
Power levels mean nothing in bleach if we're being honest, it contradicts itself massively in every arc, so to say he's not as strong as Yamamoto really doesn't mean anything.
You know his bankai is menacing when even the side he’s on is like what the hell!!! You can see it on Ichigo’s face and that’s what I love about his Bankai. Shunsui’s Bankai is amazing.
He's really strong and cunning. He's one of the few characters who landed a clean hit on Aizen in Fake Karakura Town Arc, the others being Yamamoto, Urahara, Shinji, Isshin, and Yoruichi.
Didn’t he stab Momo? That’s one of my favorite scenes when he stabs “Aizen” in the back when his shadow shown on the ice. He may have gotten the real Aizen at a different time though…
Warning ⚠️ Long thought piece:
After watching a some vids on RUclips about his shikai and bankai, his powers aren't really that confusing, at least not to me. It definitely explains him as a person, how he feels about himself, his life, and also the devastating amounts of loss, secrets, burdens and responsibilities that keep getting placed on him. People who live such painful lives try thier best to put on a happy face and not be a downer or negative, such people usually are happy to play air headed, naive and compassionate with only so few knowing his pain bottled up inside (his shikai).
When he uses his bankai he is now outwardly showing his misery, when some like him actively shows their true self outwardly, their whole atmosphere changes triggering the reactions we see from the rest of the characters. People who suffer from such pain and depression find ways of couping and looking at their suffering through such mediums like music, art, literature, action and story telling. Just as how Ichigo's inner world is skyscrapers reaching into the skies, Shunsui's bankai shows everyone how he views all his pain, tragedies, sorrows and regrets. How he has self loathing and depression. How he's telling us his life can be viewed as nothing more than a tragic play where the main actor (himself) is not actively trying to commit suicide is his play, but he isn't actively trying to save himself either. It's basically delving deep into Shunsui's darkness and misery until it kills on of them.
I know this sounds dark for someone who is usually seen as cheerful and childish, but it's usually these people who are suffering the most on the inside, and the fact his bankai cannot be controlled or target someone specifically makes alot of sense because once someone who has bottled up all their emotions for years lets go of their own chains, even for a short period of time, they could care less who they hurt and who becomes collateral damage.
@@leecooley7678 thanks 😎👍🏽
Bec of this explanation i realise more why he and characters like him are always my favourite in manga
You are amazing!!
Nothing wrong with viewing life as a play. I mean, Macbeth even had the same thought.
Beautifully said abs it's this exact reason why he is my favorite
Reading JJK and rereading Bleach, you can see the parallels between Shunsui's bankai and Hakari's domain which goes to show how much Bleach has influenced manga!
wow your right lol the games aspect of it but the only thing shunsui cant be unkillable for a while lol
@@sukuna716 right right shunsui is unkillable 24/7 not a good comparison
@@Skarnex1337 did you read what I said I said the game aspect of it would be similar the only difference being that shunsui dosen't have no temporary immorality
Hakari's domain is literally a pachinko machine with the prizes being characters of a fictional novel. How is it any similar to Shunsui's bankai?
bro u read HxH manga??? everything u read comes from HxH
I LOVE how stupidly broken EVERYONE'S bankai is. It really solidifies the title "god of death" because soul reapers are just that. Death gods. It only makes sense that their final release would be stupidly broken. Hope to see a mad chaotic fight in bleach one day where 3-4 bankai's are all unleashed at the same time leading to a hellscape of a battle.
There's so many things wrong with what you said along with your suggestion...
Ikakku is weeping in the corner
@@AngelKnightZeo713 What's wrong exactly? It all sounds pretty accurate to me 🤔.
There already is a fight where 3 Bankais are released at once (against Gerard Valkyrie). There was also the battle against Aizen in fake Karakura town where Komamura, Hitsugaya, Ichigo, and Soi Fon released them (I feel like I'm missing one 🧐?). You said it yourself, the Bankais are stupidly broken abilities, so the fact that more than one has to be released at once only shows how stupidly strong the enemy is.
Too many people forget too often that Bleach isn't a world where it's broken people vs broken people, it's a world where weak Shinigami are the norm. The fact that there're so many broken people comes from the fact that the Shinigami 1. got betrayed/tried to play the role of the creators (Hogyoku) and 2. didn't make sure that they had dealt with the Quincies properly; they failed at their job of balancers and paid the price.
You must didn’t watch the Espadas fight
I just love the duality of his Zanpakuto. Two swords, Two spirits, a grown woman and a child. The child's entertainment is child's games, hence his shikai. The adult's entertainment is theater, hence his bankai. I always believed there was more than one "theatrical play" in the bankai, a 4 or 5 part story for each one.
The child isnt really part of Katen Kyokotsu. Katen just "gave birth" to Kyokotsu to hide Nanao's true sword.
@@EnmaMusicProductionit serves the same purpose thematically
I believe his bankai purposefully reflects his nature in battle, which is to win by any means necessary--that's why it puts himself and anyone around him at risk.
I really hope we can see more games from his bankai, because its only logical that the STRONGEST ability of one's character can't always wait to be attacked, or hope that his reiatsu is bigger then his opponent's. Really nicely done!
no, it doesn’t matter who’s reiatsu is more, the bankai drains both completely
@@venotti86 how do you know?
@@venotti86 nope.. the 1 who has more reiatsu will survive...
@@dinsku3319 no it literally states that both their reiatsu will be completely drained and shunsui will behead the other guy
@@venotti86 so ur saying his bankai is active even tho he doesnt have any reiatsu to feed it???😭😭😭😭😭
Top notch head canon
When I saw his Bankai in the manga for the first time I was so amazed and a little scared since he is such a kind person but has a scary Bankai. 😱
I love how this Zanpakutou portrays Shunsui literally. For the Shikai it is his playful nature and laid back nature is shown just like when he always tease Nanao and stuff and usually be seen as a laid back Captain. But his Bankai ruthlessness and can affect his allies is reflecting how he will use any method to achieve the end he seek such as releasing Aizen which is a very questionable thing when in fact all those time Aizen is the one that make so much mess in Soul Society and a very risky ally that can turn on your back given any moment you are not careful.
makes me think he's like a gambler
I've loved Kyouraku ever since his fight with Chad and just knew he was OP since he didn't even draw his zanny unlike some other caps who basically emptied the clip in their fights.
I love the insight that his shikai is making children's games real and his bankai making adult's games real. So so dope.
Yes, I remember that not only it showed the difference of a captain above the rest but also that he ddidn't need to even really fight or go shikai. And he was pretty chill with Chad at that. Hell, he faced the#1 Espada with just his shikai and he was also quite relaxed. And when he got beaten by Aizen, again he didn't seem to have sustained that much damage anyway.
@@jackdonith he almost when bankai tho
The Strongest Captains seem to all have 4 “acts” or “versions” of their bankai or at least once uve gotten to a certain degree or skilll.
The number of “acts” of a Bankai def separate the level of skill the different captains are at.
Yamamoto had 4 acts too.
Wonder how many Kyoka Suigetsu has? Scary to think.
yama also said he only had 1, 1000 years ago.
with years of experience, they can develop the skills to use the bankai at its maximum potential..
@@asmerX100 agree yamamoto in bleach said that only shunsui and ukitake are only 2 capitains that mastered their bankai
Yeah but shame that is such a lame bankai. It is powerfull and all but boring as shit compared to Jakka. We need more fun zanpakuto in shikai form like Jakka. Not shadows and games...blah...where are the fun times when Ichigo was going balistic.
@@aljosaskrabelj8412Shunsui's Shikai is pretty damn hax though, the main problem is that his zanpakuto isn't always co-operative cos of its nature.
Finally someone had the same thought,I always thought that wat ukitake meant was that it's not a good idea for kyoraku to release his Bankai where different people can see it cuz the scary thing about kyoraku Bankai is how unpredictable it is,if u know it's rules and stay calm it rly takes the huge advantage it has,even lille with his insane strength was terrified of kyoraku Bankai
No wonder noone shared this thought with you before. Because it is complete trash. Ukitake clearly said that because his bankai is too deadly.
heads up, using "suicidal" in the title might get you demonitized so maybe stick to the japanese name, love your vids btw!
+1
Oh well
Fuggit!
4 months later. Oh well
Pull your skirt up it's a word
My favorite character in the whole Bleach series! Really love the dynamic between him n his vice captain
I believe the victim can die by any and all of the acts - however, when it was used against Lille, Kyoraku simply knew he was too strong to die from those acts, this is why he progressed to the final act, and he was very surprised it was survived. The bankai clearly has a range, which is why it could not be used in Karakura town, because all there would have been caught up in the Bankai, and like only 3 of the captains present in Karakura would have been able to outlast the immense spiritual pressure of Stark who could likely have tolerated the Abyss for quite some time.
Does kyoraku win or lose to Lille?
@@ExultantTJ loose
He still almost used it…in fake karakura town
Been waiting for you to cover this Bankai for the longest time, 1 minute in and I can tell it'll be a fire vid!
Shunsui is so powerful, he can take enough pain and killer blows head on and just shrug it off for been tired. Aizen literally cut him down and he just went to lay down from boredom until his vice captain kicked him to stop pretending. Also, to be able to handle such bankai means your threshold for pain and anguish must be at its very peak which is why he’s one of the people that could face Aizen one on one.
that was stark actually. Stark blasted Shunsui in the back, then LIsa came and talked with him. After Aizen cut him, he didn't get up until the end of the arc
Lmao Aizen one shotted him into the next arc. The only thing super strong about shunsui is his bankai, that is open to so many interpretations. Aizen easily spanks shunsui.
Can kyoraku beat zaraki in 1 on 1 fight?
@@mohddzulsafwanabdul2582 You’re joking right ?
Narratively, they both have plot Armour up their ass so their fight would probably get interrupted
Shunsui's Bankai brings me to tears. It's unbelievably badass, while at the same time being poetic and graceful.
Can't wait to see it in the anime it will be amazing hope they give him more time both of them Shunsui and Ukitake
While Shunsui's could theoretically suffer when he releases his Bankai, it's also not in the interest of his Zanpakuto to kill her own host, which would mean she'd never get a chance to come out to play ever again. So, I do think that if he was ever in a situation where he was facing a foe much stronger than him, there's a good chance that she would play out a tragedy where a peasant underdog goes through terrible hardship and wins against an all powerful king, for example.
honestly, if they just took more time making the arc much better and longer this would have been a masterpiece.
People like you kinda suck. And why these artists leave so unhealthy because you can’t just be grateful for what you got. You have to nitpick everything and take all the fun out of everything.
I thought his shikai increased damage based on how covered the one choosing the color is in that color. High risk, high reward. Isn't that why he did so much damage to Stark when he called 'Black' after discarding his captain's coat, leaving himself covered almost entirely in the color black?
Thats one of the ability/game he uses
That's only one of the games his shikai has.
@@greed4316 thanks. Been a long time, but I remembered the color thing and thought it was all the same color-based game
You are correct. The explanation for iro oni given in the video was slightly off.
@@quincy2142 is his sword coming out in someones shadow also a game?? Or another separate ability??
Shunsui Bankai works like a play or a movie/theatrical and it depends on what scene or acting that wish to play in the other opponent, any other opponent that are in the act can also interfere with the act by adding a new act into the Theatrical, as a result gaining the advantage or disadvantage,
Honestly might be my favorite Bankai, it fits him very well and is just cool as hell. I do really hope that theory about him having multiple Bankai plays is confirmed in the hell arc, it’d be amazing
Him using it, is the proof that he was the perfect Yamaji successor.
After reading the TYBW, Shunsui’s zanpakuto is one of my favorites. I just love the artistry behind such a brutal Bankai, and it’s also an opposite but parallel to Kisuke’s more scientific Bankai.
I love Shunsui as a character and how literally nothing about him is simple. That said, I really do not believe his bankai is as simple as being limited to just the 1 play. I suspect just as his shikai was about to engage in multiple games, his bankai could do so, also. More Shunsui!!
He's 1st Captain for a reason
it's gonna look awesome when animated
His Bankai is broken, wish we could've seen more of it. Pure art 🎭
It's coming soon.. this arc.. will start play 2023
It’s coming can’t wait
2:02 those aren't arms, those are "matsu" branches (part of his Bankai's name), which is a type of tree. It has a kind of poetic status in traditional Japanese literature and plays.
Although it might be from translation, Ukitake in the manga said "see", not "in". This implies that no one should know about his 4 acts, so there will be less chance the enemy gets any info about its mechanics. Unlike Shinji Hirako's bankai, it was never stated directly that his bankai is banned or should not be activated near his allies, we only assumed since he put some distance to where no one besides his enemy, will see or hear him narrate his ability.
Probably gets a different script depending on how many people are caught up in the play. The one on-page use only involved the two of them, but with a larger cast you could act out different stories. Bet they're all tragedies, though.
I imagine if he caught entire enemy army he could get Oedipus Rex
Act I Pierces the feet of enemies
Act II 1st one to attack Kyoraku becomes marked as Oedipus
Act III all except Oedipus contract disease and person closest to him strangles him/herself to death
Act IV blinds Oedipus and has him attacked by plague victims
This is one of those abilities that will be way easier to understand in anime format plus it will be explained a little better.
Talk about the black and white thing, thanks for the explanation! Really help much since watch the anime I dont understand why Starrk is so easy defeaten by Shinsui.
Think act 3 also makes you want to die too. Feeling hopeless. Then he puts you out of your misery in the final act. Very interesting Bankai to see in the anime
You got the rules of Iro Oni slightly wrong: when a player calls out a colour it becomes the only thing on their opponent they can cut, and the damage from that cut it multiplied by the proportion of that colour the Caller is wearing. So if someone wearing all Black calls Black and attacks a Black tattoo on their opponent's chest, the damage will be much more severe than if the person calls a colour they don't have on them at all. That's why when Kyoraku deals his final blow to Starrk he removed his pink Kimono, by removing that he maximized the amount of Black on himself and thus the damage before calling Black and putting his blade through Starrk's Black Hollow Hole
Imagine if he could make movies come to life.
I feel like the second act of his bankai suits his personality perfectly. If you can remember the fight with Espada 1 shunsui is never the one to start the fight. His personality is super laid back so that is why. Since he never wants to start the fight the “shame of starting the war” which is the act 2 of his bankai wouldn’t really effect him all that much
For this particular situation, he has to micro-manage his reitsu to have enough should he need to use his bankai. He is amazing.
'Katen kyokotsu karamatsu shinju' the name itself is amazing
And this is why BLEACH will forever be my GOAT.
i love shunsui but Kisukes my favorite character and his bankai fits him so well and is OP, idk why people dont like it.
Suicidal Theater, quite a beautiful and fitting name for an abilty coming from items that are used for killing
Shunsui is the kind of guy who would activate shikai and immediately pull out a Yu-Gi-Oh deck and initiate a duel with his power making the seemingly innocent childrens card game into a shadow game
Hold up so, like his shikai, his bankai can potentially do multiple different stage plays? All with different acts?
I mean I imagine the lovers is one of the more powerfully emotional and effective ones to use, but there’s got to be other plays that can power him up, depower the opponent and do all kinds of other crazy things. Any number of different things. I wonder if he decides which play gets told or his sword?
I believe it is his sword choice
The theatrical play is probably determined by the number of people that get caught/drag into it. So maybe he doesn’t even know what he’ll get at first
8:17 it's called *Iro Oni* (Color Demon), *not Eye Rooney.* Just a heads up.
I think it’s fair to say that ges got multiple plays that depends on how his fight is going. There might a play thats is advantagous to him if he attacks first and stuff like that.
Shunsui is a very fitting Cpt. commander. I mean there is a reason he was chosen.
Imagine Shunsui watching modern day media to get new ideas for his Bankai.
Pulls up his Bankai and the narrator goes: "I want to play a game", "May the odds be ever in your favor" or "Do you like scary movies?"
I know, I know, it should be theatrical plays. I just find it amusing that Shunsui might be interested on modern human pleasantries.
But knowing him, it would most likely be "Help stepbro, I'm stuck!"
Personally, since his Shikai requires game participation, regardless of desire; and since his zanpakuto is described as selfish and difficult to work with -
I like the idea that there are many plays which his Bankai can perform, but that he does not have control over which one it is.
Great Breakdown! Can't wait to see this part animated
this is the bankai i'm most looking forward too seeing animated.
basically this dude forces you to play squid games.
Just imagine Shunsui with Kisuke as his vice captain.
That would be too much
That’s stupid
4:30 wait so in order for one to even use this power, they’ll have to be brave and able to sacrifice his own life ??
Yes
I'll say more, given the fact that during the Bankai Lilie couldn't teleport and use his techniques , it means that during the four-dan story, the victim can't use his power.
This guy really turned depression into a super power. The GOAT
My fav character what a Legend.
when i read it for first time i though that kyoraku Bankai warp the reality and bring a story to reality but base on your breakdown its really vague and confusing but still understandable thank's to breakdown this bankai
It’s op. Can’t wait to see this in the anime
He s bankai is indeed dangerous i would love him to grow further more
In a way, it reminds me of how 'Twins' we're depicted in fantasy movies.
Where if you would hit one, the other would get bruised. 👍
just build different 💪
The shadows that appear on the ground are not 'arms' but silhouette of a pine tree - Kuromatsu means black pine
From the vid to the comments… such good theories😭🙏🏼
I recall a vid where they put kenpatchi against shunsui and most were asskissing zaraki’s power( rightly so to a point) but where I said the comparison to Shunsui ends for kenpatchi is in Bankai, nobody up to this point verses lille could tell how powerful shunsui was apart from jushiro and yama. The scene where ichigo(trancendant)and askin were in shock at his reiatsu alone says how much stronger he is when he “releases” his true nature. This man, ever since his fight with chad has been my fav and will be the best written character apart from aizen i have ever seen.
It’d be dope if you did a video on zanpaktos in general!
I think, because of the question he first posed, maybe the bankai warps reality slightly, Shunsui asks what they see that's different, and their answers will give Katen Kyoukotsu Kuromatsu Shinju an idea of which play to use.
Man is it October yet?😅Can’t wait to see all the new bankai come to life on anime.
Chad felt the same chills as when Shunsui whipped his ass the first time.
I'm not making any comparisons in terms of power, but I think it's interesting, and good callback if it was intended, that yammammotos rieatsu was so strong it came forth to feel like physical heat to hashwalth, while shunsuis rieatsu was so strong, it felt like physical chills to chad and orihime. Obviously chad and orihime r much weaker than hashwalth so there's no comparison in strength, but it's interesting to note due to shunsui and yammammotos relationship, plus shunsui succeeding yammammoto as tge head captain.
But a random thoughts but with the Hell arc that Kubo is working I wonder could we see any Team Ups and possible Combo attacks from Bankai? 🤔
Katen Kyokotsu Karamatsu Shinju is a powerful Bankai for sure but it's also very dangerous too. The translation is Flower Crazed Heaven Bone Spirit Withered Pine Lover's Suicide, which makes me think it's meant to unfortunately just cover the one play, it could have different forms but they would all probably need to involve telling the story of two lovers committing suicide, who knows maybe he has a Romeo and Juliette version in his back pocket.
Each act tells part of the story: Act 1 is how the lovers are so close they can feel each other's pain which is manifested as the wounds of those affected by Kyoraku's Bankai being shared which would presumably be shared among everyone in the effective range ally or enemy. Act 2: involves the man in the relationship wounding his partner in some way, maybe by cheating on her, maybe by causing her distress from their shared pain in Act 1, no matter the cause his own feelings of regret lead him to coming down with an incurable affliction where his body is covered in weeping black spots (possibly an STI). Act 3 involves the man becoming immeasurably sad and ashamed to the point where he throws himself into a raging ocean from which there's no escape. The parallel is pretty obvious here since Kyoraku's Act 3 traps himself and his foe in an endless void of water that leaches their endurance until someone drowns. Act 4 has the woman feel pity for her lover who's been tortured by his own guilt/regret so she takes some scissors and slits his throat to put him out of his misery.
I just want to see his bankai in the anime now. Hopefully its as badass to watch as it sounds.
Probably my favorite bankai in tybw, it's so ominous, powerful and badass, seeing this animated will definitely give me the chills
Act 2 is definitely the most confusing for me. Still my fav bankai tho great breakdown!
Great video, though there was one thing that I think was slightly off. For his shikai, Iro Oni's damage is proportional to the amount of the color the user is wearing, not the opponent. That's why when he called out black against Stark, he took off his captain's coat, because it meant he was covered in black and maximized the damage. The damage is proportional to the risk the user takes by naming a color they are wearing.
I love this video! Great job. Where I can find the manga's color version?? It's impressive
If Lille wasn't immortal, he would've died after the 4th act.... Shunsui is that good.
Coming back to this...as it looks like we will be getting this in Cour 3 sometime next year. I HOPE THEY DO IT JUSTICE because that Kyoraku mini-arc was so...head scratching.
Great research
It's not that his bankai is based on a "stage play" per se. Where the shikai was based on the games of children, the bankai is based on the "games" that adults play: the fights, arguments and infidelities that destroy relationships and hurt the people in them. In the first act, the people share wounds because to hurt a lover is to hurt yourself. The water represents the sorrows and loneliness of being in a bad relationship (or, even worse, being alone after breaking up). In the final act, the infidelity is avenged by the woman slitting his throat. This is why his bankai is represented by a woman who is at the same time very familiar and intimate, but also a little standoffish and combative. Shunsui's whole personality and backstory are dominated by the memories of a woman, and the love that he has lost. Those feelings are weaponized in his bankai.
So that is why he never attacks first in any fight that he's serious in
Broken Bankai that could one-shot any non-immortal beings
@@Crunchysopa52 without the reaitsu stage shinsui can still go yo stage 4 and one shot his opponent.
@@yeager1234 So according to your sentence,can Shunsui beat Yama? It isn't possible lol.
@@kariköykayışmerkezi Maybe. Yamamoto also has Broken bankai. So then it's a battle between wich Bankai is more broken. Or strike Shinsui before he can release his bankai.
@@Crunchysopa52 that’s not true, both reiatsu is drained it doesn’t matter who has more
@@Crunchysopa52 both of theirs is drained completely, it’s stated the in the official viz translation
My favorite most dripped out captain
Can't wait to see this fight in anime the lighting will be great
I believe he has multiple plays but like how Kyokatsu is in charge of what they play in Shikai, I imagine Katen is also the one who decides the story in Bankai.
I just subscribe I hope ur making more content on bleach in the future, when the anime tybw comes out, 🙏
Been waiting for this one! 👊
It would make this bankai cooler in the anime is to have unique music tied to it while everything is happening
the most dangerous and the strongest bankai yet to be revealed in the manga
Imagine the Anime makes Shunsuis fight longer and we see an other horror story/game, wasnt really a huge fan of Nanaos family story thingy end for that fight, heard the Japanese fandom like it tho so idk if they gonna change that fight :/
don't see how this is "the most dangerous" when Yama has to control how long he uses his or he will literally bring the end to the entire area around him just from the sheer power he has.