17:10 , this is weird, because is incosistent , like , if this is true , Yamamoto Shoud be Able to negate the Ilusion of Aizen , since he is a lot stronger, he is so strong that not even Yhwach had a chance, he was just able to kill him fooling him, this means that even seen the future was not Enough, maybe because there was not a way to Yhwach to win by him self, so in every possiblity of future in a one vs one, agaist Yamamoto, he Yhwach lose , so why this would aply here, even Kenpachi was not able to nagate Tōsen even been way stronger. this is more likely a error of Kubo.
NaipesGames in bankai, u would be right. But base aizen is somewhat relative to base Yamamoto and aizen did completely catch yhwach off guard while he’s not flexing his spiritual pressure. But I do agree with ur point aizen’s statement about a battle of reiatsu is shaky
@@pantiogames you do realise the yhwach yamamoto was fighting was a close with not even half of yhwach's real power.. then when yhwach actually arrived and tried yamamoto got bodied
What are you even talking about, he literally did and even states it. Why did he make Ulquirra Orohime's personal guard? Why couldn't he just make Ichigo fight Barragan or Stark? Aizen personally made Ulquirra to stay back to "protect las noches" even though Aizen doesn't even care for it at all.
@Lord Sakazuki Aizen literally told Ichigo that he has been manipulating his life since he was born. He set up every single fight he has had in order for him to become stronger and eventually fight him. He was the one who made Grimmjow, Ulquiorra etc. arrancars, he gave them the powers, he allowed them to have a res, do you really thing that he had not planned for him to fight Ulquiorra?
It was just purely reiatsu levels. The whole point was even though Yammy had the most reiatsu, it didn't mean shit when Barraggan, Starrk, Halibel, Ulquiorra etc had better abilities to trump that.
@@HaloLvl43Legit Yammy probably didn't even have the most Reiatsu, Ichigo could barely cut Ulquiorra's hierro with a direct swing from his Bankai and yet Kenpachi was gauging out multi-metre slashes into Yammy despite still wearing his eyepatch. Unless Kenpachi is equal to Ichigo's hollow mask while keeping his power sealed, it's pretty clear Yammy was not the strongest in Reiatsu.
Small note, Aizen actually had nothing to do with Ulquiorra being an arrancar, Ulquiorra and Stark for that matter are natural arrancar. Doesn't change any points tho
I don’t really know why this is a debate tbh, it was made extraordinarily obvious by the storytelling that Ulquiorra was supposed to secretly be a league above the rest of the Espada.
@@leonardoramirez4897 His speed was too much against even masked Ichigo and that's before his second stage release. You can argue that Baragan can win by virtue of being untouchable but someone like Staark shouldn't be a problem for someone as fast as Ulquiorra.
@@minecraft6829 stark is way faster than him though. we've never even seen ichigo and stark fight so you cant just say stark wouldn't put ichigo on the ropes too.
@@pingpongsammy252 but we do see stark taking and almost winning against 4 captains 2 of them had mask boost and the 2 others are like 2nd and 4th strongest captains
Grimjow is 100% my favorite but ulquiorra is definitely close, I wish they kept ulquiorra in here or atleast they maybe find ulquiorra in the soul society and someone ulquiorra knows them and becomes a soul reaper lol
Killing him off guaranteed that he remains a mystery & that there are alot of unknowns about him. That is part of what makes him interesting in the first place.
@@m_js5709 True, but you also lose the potential in his future as well. For example his relationship with Orihime. Would she have become his friend or maybe even his lover? Would he have become an ally to Ichigo or maybe become a true rival? Would he have become the new ruler of Hollows and made some changes in regard to the Soul Society? The past becomes mystery... as does the future and the future of Bleach becomes VERY bland without him.
Grimmjow got justice? What do you mean? Not enought screen time? You are kidding me. I actualy never liked Grimmjow because for me he was just a bully who wanted to destroy things and was always picking up on Ichigo for no reason like a little kid (like Bakugo to Deku in My Hero Academia; if you watched it). He didnt die after he battled Ichigo and was given secong chance for screen time while characters like Ulquiorra and Starrk (my favorite) who just wanted some friends and sleep where killed of.
@@greedthesavage9551 He is but I care about people motives. For example Nnoitra was similar to Grimmjow but he was doing it because everyone dumps their pity on him and it hurts him so he shows no mercy. Aizen is a villian but he doesnt want to just destroy things for no reason, Tousen just has different opinion on justice etc. Grimmjow type of villian is to childish for me
Blâck Deüs I had the same argument with my friend about ulquiorra, but he is keen on the fact the stark is the strongest, even though yammy was ranked higher than stark 😂 I can understand stark fans somewhat but he’s boring to me.
king emfj3201 high speed regeneration is still useful I still think he’s stronger as aizen has ulq do much more stuff and trusted him more.shows his level of strength I have nothing to say just watch this video
@king emfj3201 imagine thinking thats the same logic despite kenpachi being a captain who's been fighting for hundreds of years compared to a 3rd seat. Thats a much bigger gap then the top espada dumbass, just as I planned.
@king emfj3201 nice talking about things that have no correlation with the original topic, you didn't say anything relevant. Toshiro isnt stronger then most captains what are you smoking? He has the potential to be the strongest, yes. And that kenpachi comment only proved my point, thanks dumbass. The espada are closer to each other then kenpachi and ikkaku ever were.
The Kanji for "4" or "Shi" roughly symbolizes "Death", as "shi" is pronounced almost identically to "shin", which definition is literally "death". The same is also said for Mandarin Chinese as well. With how Ulquiorra acts around Ichigo, it sounds like he wears the number 4 on his chest like a badge, almost as if he _chose_ the number itself just to mock his enemies. It would fit in with how he appears to look weak, only to whip out the 2nd release form *just to flex on Ichigo.*
Depends on the character. Ichigo is the only one in the series, where his clothing gauges his spirit energy. Isshin might be another one, but that's conjecture.
Another thing to keep in mind though, when Yami goes 2nd release his 0 remains. However, when Ulquiorra goes 2nd release his 4 disappears completely and has no number on him. This could just be that Aizen couldn't place a permanent number on him OR it could mean that Ulquiorra IS the strongest Espada and couldn't be ranked. I don't know, that's kind of my thought on this.
What about the other Espada's...like Baraggan himself I didn't even see his number tattoo...I mean when stark releases his resurrecion does he still have the tattoo..I do not think so...but I still confirm that Ulquirra is the strongest vasto lorde next to Ichigo's vasto lorde form and Ulquirra also the strongest Espada and a secret weapon of Aizen meant to fight ichigo to reach his limits.
@@berlin6915 Nah,Ulquirra could easily defeat him...look who stark fought against it's Kyoraku only in his shikai ...but Ulquirra fought ichigo in his strongest form not mentioning Vasto lorde form...he nearly killed him if it wasn't for Shiro inside him....so for once and for all Ulquirra is the closest one to Aizen and his secret weapon and also the strongest Espada.. Ulquirra had just been given the rank #4 was just to take away the attention from him and to leave him for ichigo only.
@@berlin6915 now I'm not saying Ulquiorra is stronger than Starrk but your really being disingenuous when you say that "Ichigo powered up and Ulquiorra got beat" while he did get beat he still was able to somewhat react to and fight with Vasto lorde Ichigo...so he does somewhat scale to him, so he didn't just "get beat" Bear in mind that a weaker version of that Vasto lorde was able to fight Isshin and that same Isshin was able to fight Aizen himself.....
Even fantasize about using that Lance move ulquiorra uses on full hollow Ichigo (forgot the name) on a customer that pisses you off? Just hollering the name of the move and see if it really works in a green explosion
I've always loved Ulquiorra and Grimmjow. The formers abilities are just so cool visually like him just making it rain spears or lances of pure spirit energy
When zangetsu can stop the lightning spear it was one of the most illogical things I have seen, that is, it compares the explosion that caused the spear with the zero of zangetsu that is, it can stop and hold the spear that has power much higher than its zero but cannot withstand the explosion of its zero which compared to the spear is insignificant
I’m happy I found this channel, I finally get accurate calculations and ACTUAL reasoning with EVIDENCE. Please do the light speed video I really do enjoy your videos continue the great work
This video is mostly conjecture and circumstantial evidence. He relies alot on character statements and databook entries, which aren't as reliable as actual feats.
Yea man this guy is really just popping out assumptions. Like Nel's power level: "maybe 50% or 80-90%". Translation no one knows and we are all just assuming. Also no matter what ichigos personal rival was going to he the strongest. In this show ichigo is always way stronger than he has any right to be. And trying to use the DragonBall z thing as a reference is bullshit. If that were true just fight uryu over and over and have orihime heal and after a few weeks stronger than all bleach characters
@@davisonjacob6698 Zenkai boost littearly exists. Ichigo just by fighting grimmjaw was just IN BANKAI stronger than when he was with hollowfication, And you specifically need opponents that match your level. Ichigo was littearly pre planned to fight based on his absoloute maximum capacity. And he even stated you cant quantify how weakened Nel was. Point being she was quite a bit weakened considering she was in 1st release for like 30 seconds and pop.
Actually by Ulquiorra's admission, the Cero Oscuras is the "Espada's Cero," when they are in released state. It is a higher tier Cero only afforded to those who are Espada rank. Meanwhile the Grand Rey Cero is a technique restricted by use of anyone of a particular rank due to its ability to warp space once it explodes.
@@mustysmells817 He called it the true form of an Espada's Cero, that is not incorrect. It was just something Kubo forgot to showcase at all (although there are panels in the Manga uncolored that make it appear as if Yammy or some other characters are using Cero Oscuras; but then the colored pages recolor them into standard hues, and the Anime didn't help matters).
@@demod2080 I think that's just the case of each individual Hollow though. Shinji's Ceros are bright yellow, Starks are blue, Szayells purple ect. Maybe they all have a custom form of cero (kinda like Stark i guess?) but Cero Obscuras itself literally translates to "Dark Cero" which is referencing Ulquiorra's technique.
I’ve never read or seen anything of Bleach since pretty much my childhood.. and yet, I still watched an entire 32 minutes just because of how enthusiastic this guy is. Love the content
He is the fastest espada when he is in his second release form I’m pretty sure he could wipe the floor with any of the captains making him stronger than halibel stark and barragan and ichigo not only had most of his cloak torn off but in a video where they are explaining zangetsu and says that he suppressed a major amount of ichigos hollow powers
In my opinion, Ulquiorra not being the strongest espada would have been going against Aizen's plan. Aizen wanted to see how strong Ichigo would become, so he planned out all of his battles. Let's say Ulquiorra was still number 4, even with segunda etapa. This would mean he's only the 5th strongest (with the strongest being 0,1,2, and 3). Aizen is strong enough to defeat all the espada by himself. So, why on earth would Aizen think that Ichigo would be strong enough to fight him if he only defeated the 5th strongest? He's smart enough (and not cocky at this point) to figure that out. Now, would Ichigo be able to defeat Aizen if he had defeated the strongest espada? No, but it would be more realistic to assume he has a better chance than if he only defeated the 5th strongest (and he won that fight while in Vasto Lorde form, which he can't control). Finally, say Yammy was the strongest, he was still in Hueco Mundo with Ulquiorra. If Aizen wanted Ichigo to develop more, he would planned for Yammy to be the final opponent in Hueco Mundo, not Ulquiorra. These are just my thoughts as to why Ulquiorra is the strongest, even if Aizen knew about his second release. He needs to be, or else Aizen's plan for Ichigo to grow wouldn't make any sense.
Alex Chavez ok but why the deception? Why rank him 4 when he’s stronger than that? What changes about developing ichigo just because he beat someone he thought was weaker than he actually is? And if he is the strongest, surely ichigo would tell if he ran into any other Espada ranked higher? Which sure he doesn’t but that only begs the question why pretend Ulquiorra isn’t the strongest? Ichigo won’t find out to the contrary. Ulquiorra has the whole despair thing but he isn’t Aizen. So why is Aizen planning around this detail that doesn’t effect his plans?
@king emfj3201 Ulquiorra's second release is "barely stronger than his 1st".. dude, stop inventing your own power scaling. Even Uryu as an expert sensing reiatsu claimed that Ulquiorra's dense reaiatsu's second release felt like there's an ocean above the sky.
Only thing that bugs me about this is that Ulquiorra and Starrk both were natural Arrancar, which means that Aizen didn't use the Hogyoku on either of them to "give" them their release forms. Ulquiorra also says that he "achieved" the Segunda Etapa which means it was most likely something he created or realized himself, and again not something that Aizen gave him. Not saying that Aizen couldn't have known about it through some absurd method (as is his way), but the direct implication is that Aizen should not be aware of it at face value; which in turn would suggest that Ulquiorra's overall rank should be displaced (which makes sense given how the Espada are ranked by their base forms, hence why Yammy's rank changes only once he releases).
exactly, in other words, ulquiorra is the most developed and strongest espada without external help, now imagined what he could be with some of the hogyoku power
If I had to guess, Aizen was aware, but decided on the rankings because: - He found it amusing Ulq tried to hide something from him - His Segundo Etapa was hidden trump card of his, so if he gave him a rank that included it other Arrancar would be suspicious and its existence would be revealed
@SSJ Soldier idk I feel like aizen left Ulq behind bc he was the one who could help ichigo grow the most while still keeping victory on the table. I dont think ichigo wouldve been able to beat starrk or barragan. Starrk may not have fought seriously and barragan's abilities wouldve been too deadly for ichigo to beat at his stage.
Bold of you to assume that Aizend didn't know. The same Aizen who knew soul society's and the soul king's deepest, darkest secrets and knew ichigo's whole life before him, didn't know that? Nah,he did know, he just didn't care or bother to tell ulquiorra
Looking at it, Ulquiorra's powers seem to be chosen more for the representation of the kind of death he represents, like the other Espada, hence why his abilities aren't min/maxed to be a powerful combatant. Depression/Despair can return easily (regeneration), it can be quite devastating (the lightning spear), parts can be shared (the eye projection technique), and can be a lot more powerful than people realize (his second form). Depression/Despair can be overcome, but it can return far more easily than it can be dispelled.
@@QGUU Just having a second release means he's automatically the strongest Espada. Having infinite ceros doesn't count for shit if Ulq can just tank them all to the face and take no damage.
My theory is that the only reason Ulquiorra isn't at least third is because Aizen planned for him to die to Ichigo so he could become stronger, while he took the top 3 to Fake Karakura.
I think not even half more like 30/35 % of his Shihakusho remained. If he was unleashed full power during first Sternritter invasion( i mean Ichigo pst Quilge fight, pre Ywach fight where his bankai was broken) there whould be allot more dead Quincies. What do you think about this topic of VL in THYBW
@@carsontrevor9975 Ichigo said to Unohana that he didnt fight even at full power, i dont remember why, but he said that his Shihakoshu was less than half of what it is normaly
Thank you for making this! I've always known Ulquiorra was much stronger than most believe, and this video is great to show that. Also, he is my favorite Espada, and t still makes me sad that he had to die there and we didn't get to see more of him.
I already knew Ulquiorra was probably the strongest since I saw his battle with Ichigo. The power displayed by Stark and everyone above rank 4 didn't surprise me at all after watching Ulquiorra vs Ichigo, and I have to admit, I was a little disappointed. Not that I don't like or think they're not powerful or anything, but I just expected them to be stronger. Love your content, these are so well made and so true.
Given that he was the ONLY Espada with a SECOND transformation, and that second transformation included a javelin attack with a blast radius similar to an atomic bomb blast, I'd say he's the strongest. Now, can he rapid fire Cero Oscuras like Staark? No. Can he decay literally anything to nothingness with his breath like Baragon? No. However, in terms of sheer raw power he can't be beat except by Vasto Lorde Ichigo, Mugetsu Ichigo, Butterfly Aizen (as well as Demonic Butterfly Aizen, obviously) and maybeee Yamamoto's Ryûjin Jaka. Then we get into the final arc power levels and it gets hairy from there. So yeah, Ulquiorra is secretly the strongest Espada.
He can’t be because his number would have went up because aizen don’t have to change the number him self that no. 8 espada his number went from 8 to 0 automatically witch would mean the more your power goes up the higher your number goes and that means that aizen doesn’t change your number so he isn’t the strongest because his number would have went up higher then everyone else’s and it didn’t
@@Wosf I mean, technically in his 2nd stage release the number disappeared completely, indicating that he may have not been gauged at that level at all
@@tenatin9627 yes he is. He never lost his powers. Rukia said only the top layer was absorbed. His fullbring became merged with his soul Reaper powers when he got those tattoo's
Just finished the video. Excellent video. I completely agree. You even brought up facts that I was being too lazy to mention like the fact that ulquiorra broke out of the pocket dimension. You compared abilities and explained how a battle between two different espada would go based off the facts. Very well done
Holy shit, the effort put into this video was insane... Can't wait for when you reach 100k subs man, you 100% deserve it the most. Amazing video man, I had no idea about all the multipliers but the way you explained it made so much sense. Looking forward to the next upload bro
Ulquiorra's death was perfect. He died because he was becoming something that went against his very being. Wanting to discover the heart, whilst he is a being representing nothingness. So when he finally started feeling; he disappeared, as he is no longer allowed to exist since it's a contradiction.
I love Ulquiorra and have always considered him the strongest because of the storytelling and how he presents himself. And I feel Ichigo after fighting Ulquiorra was buffed, but still not at Vasto Lorde level. I would also say between Ichigo, Byakuya, and Kenpachi would be around the same level at that point 'normally', mainly their base and without factoring reaitsu fluctuations
I love how you mention how uluiorra doesn't show his released forms as he whoops ichigonin his base form because it would be stupid to reveal his true power unnecessarily. Then you have ichigo who immediately uses bankai at the start of every fight.
Ulquiorra and Stark are the top two most powerful in my opinion. After them I think it would be Yammy, then Barragan. I say Yammy is over Barragan because he is stated to possibly being the most powerful due to having multiple transformation, having the most internal energy and destructive capabilities, plus spiritual pressure in Bleach is major factor that can override OP abilities depending on how much greater yours is comparable to someone else such as Aizen against Soi fon's shikai.
When I watched Bleach in my childhood, Ulquiorra was badass enough to leave an impression big enough to shape my entire life style. So basically I purposely acted depressed for my entire life after I watched Bleach.
that's sad since Ulquiorra's best moment is his death when he realizes that there is something that exists yet can't be seen with his eyes (I don't ship him and Orihime; I talk about the three unseparable attributes of him which are emptiness, despair and nihilism - he does not exactly lose them but as he disappears his essence is vanishing too and he finally gets to comprehend what an ideal is (in the context of the scene "soul", "kokoro") and how it can be that hope and faith are not considered unnecessary).
@@user-ki8xd2wi3x i mean it makes sense due to the fact that he saves Orihime and Uryu...(showing his character growth)...and showing how Hollow ichigo is probably more Nihilistic than even Ulquiorra himself(due to losing the ability to not see who his own friends were)..
Barragan and Ulquiorra are both very interesting in the lore, I remember seeing that in the CFYOW novels Barragan is ancient, like as old if not older than Yamamoto. They made it seem as if he is a whole different type of hollow solely due to his age. There was also something I saw about Ulquiorra being "special" among hollows for being formed from the ambient reiatsu in Hueco Mundo as a Vasto Lorde, as in he was born a Vasto Lorde. I believe it was mentioned he is also extremely old though not as old as Barragan. The "pack" that Ulquiorra was with in the data books looked completely different than any normal hollows since they are mostly white or gray and not black as they were described. I always found this interesting and felt it was worth expanding on.
Yeah definitely. Those other hollows' silhuettes also look a lot like Ulquiorra's Segunda Etapa with their claws and long years. They are also very similar to each other and look humanoid which probably means that they were also Vasto Lordes.
Thank you for making these videos you actually help people that are going through a hard time get their mind off things I just lost my Uncle so thank you for your video By given information on stove people actually do enjoy
Ulquiorra the number 4 espada is my favorite from the minute i saw him his style his demeanor and how Aizen consider him as his top agent sending him on the most missions..Grimjow was tough to but I always felt more connected to Ulquiorra that’s my guy 🔥
I think Ulquiorra is realistically the strongest candidate for the strongest Espada the majority of the time. His reishi is likely higher than Starrk's in his second release. However, theoretically Yammy would have higher limits, but would be extraordinarily less likely to reach them.
A Bleach speed video would be great. A video on some of the Sternritter would be nice too cuz I feel like ppl always talk about the Espada and not them.
JamesO4E maybe cause a lot of the sternritter were so badly written they just made some op freaks meanwhile espadrille were actually cool villains and were acc animated
For me, it was always very obvious that Ulquiorra was the strongest one. The MC always fight the strongest member of any given group. The whole "segunda etapa" gimmick was a clear hint by the author that "4" was much more of a symbolic number than an accurate rank (proved again by the supposed Aizen's ignorance of Ulqui's second form).
Who's saying that Ulquiorra's power doesn't compare to the top 3 Espada. I find it hard to believe that anyone actually claimed that. The number of those people is probably negligible.
Thank you for giving Bleach some love my man . There is far too many downplay of Bleach out there . i'll gladly take a video on bleach's speed rating from you ! Thank you for your work .
I read and watched bleach in my teens early 20’s . 32 now and back then people were not throwing vids like this on the tube . This was so informative dude holy shit . I’m going to take time to watch your catalog of bleach stuff if you have it. Regardless thank you for this !!! You have Reignited my love for the series and even want to show my first born the material I love. Again thanks !
When zangetsu can stop the lightning spear it was one of the most illogical things I have seen, that is, it compares the explosion that caused the spear with the zero of zangetsu that is, it can stop and hold the spear that has power much higher than its zero but cannot withstand the explosion of its zero which compared to the spear is insignificant
@@shadow-qp2ns Because vasto lordes ability is smiliar to grimjaws in the war arc. VL didnt win because he could blow more stuff up but because of durability and higher speed.
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Have you made a video tackling his what-if form if he attained the Hogyoku and became a “Dark Angel” of sorts? I’d want to see how that goes for him. Great video btw ^^ (Recommendations ftw)
Possibly... Something often overlooked was Nelliel and how she was the 3rd strongest without even trying. She never took fights seriously and disliked killing but flattened rank 5 in seconds after possibly years of being a kid and only JUST getting her powers back in a severely decomposed state.
Ulquiorra was always so humble with the way he presented himself that, watching back the eps, I absolutely don't believe him when he says that there's other espadas stronger than him.
probably most people who watched Bleach knows he was bluffing. he can let Ichigo say that "ah you're just number 4 so you're not the strongest, aren't you?" but he's the one who speak for it instead of Ichigo. shows to me that Ulquiorra was just trying to trick Ichigo at that very moment, and as the show progresses, it turned out that I am actually right.
You should make a video on all of Ichigo's forms and how they compare. I think this would be an important video because I feel that it would clarify misconceptions on his forms and what they are capable of doing and to whom each of his forms are comparable to. His forms are very distinct in power and abilities and skill so It would be really useful for people to look at when discussing ichigo and bleach scaling as a whole
I wish Yammy was given more love as he had massive potential with a hulk like powerscaling. I think the problem of Yammy is that unlike with Ulquiorra he can't really train to reach further heights as it's based upon his rage which is a massive drawback. I think if anything Yammy had the most potential of the espada, but potential that it's extremely difficult to use.
Nah, potential wise aaroniero far surpasses him. Aaroniero literally has infinite potential. He’s just a impractical ikimondeo or however you pronounce that fuckers name; hikones hollow zanpactou
Finally, a video that actually makes sense, people who legit think Ulquiorra is weaker than all the Espada above him either didn't watch the show or have negative IQ I swear.
@chewskiii what feats? he just got beaten by someone who dont use his full power. kyoraku only like use his 70% of his power. yes he fight more than one enemy but none of them use 100%
@chewskiii then make video like clyde where u explain everything and backed up that with feat, data book and everything to say stark is strongest.. just simple comment ... is not cant debate 20% if this video
@chewskiii because ur explanation is losing to what clyde said.. clyde have more material to prove he said n more convincing than urs... Lol u can keep stark as ur fav, all alone.. we dun believe him as strongest
@chewskiii he literally fought equally and canceled out one of the VL's strongest attacks, the Cero. Hellverse movie shows this even more clearly that they were both evenly matched. And no, you cannot argue Hellverse is not canon. The fight of Ichigo vs Ulquiorra shown in it is canon.
@chewskiii it is literally canon, stated by the AUTHOR. Ulquiorra was evenly matched against VL Ichigo. Stop saying he wasn't because doing so would prove that you're stupid.
ulquiorra was my second to last favorite espada with my first being grimmjow but honestly man great video it was literally a 37 min video of nothing but straight facts and really really interesting content honestly a masterpiece.
we can all have our own preferences of who do we think is the coolest. but there's should be no denying that Ulquiorra is the strongest among them all... I personally prefer Grimmjow in terms of coolness and brashness back then but Ulquiorra grew to me and I thought he's cool too, but even back then, there was no denying to me that Ulquiorra's second release form is the strongest.
Ulquiorra was ranked fourth in the Espada's rankings, however as shown with Baraggan being ranked second despite being the king of hallows and having the most broken overpowered ability amongst the Espada it is obvious the rankings are false. Not only that Ulquiorra is seemingly given an important role in developing Ichigo's hollow form further. Not to mention Aizen seems to trust him the most out of all of the Espada and possibly could of given him more power than the other Espada. This includes Yammy the zero ranked Espada and Nel the third ranked Espada. He also was the only Espada aside from Yammy to have a second release form. Although Yammy's could be argued as a rage form not a second release form. So technically Ulquiorra remains the only Espada with a powerful release form called Segunda Etapa which increases his spiritual pressure and power to prodigious levels. Ulquiorra is my favorite Espada and to me is the strongest and most intelligent Espada. Great video Clyde I am subscribed now this was an awesome video. Ulquiorra is my favorite Espada so I might have a bias towards Ulquiorra as a character as I do with Byakuya-sama and Aizen.
Excellent video on why Ulquiorra is possibly the strongest espada! Can you do a video about how powerful Kenpachi is along with Nelliel and Nnoitra someday? Also want to know your thoughts on Nnoitra's death and why he locked eyes with Nel before dying as that scene is quite powerful! Keep up the great work :)!
@@ClydeRUclipsr well yea, characters in the last arc will obviously receive some power spikes, but Ulq is introduced in the middle of it. Also, its bums me out when people down play him just because he gets slapped around by Vasto Lord form Ichigo. P.s. I hope you make some content on the war ark too, now that you mentioned it.
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17:10 , this is weird, because is incosistent , like , if this is true , Yamamoto Shoud be Able to negate the Ilusion of Aizen , since he is a lot stronger, he is so strong that not even Yhwach had a chance, he was just able to kill him fooling him, this means that even seen the future was not Enough, maybe because there was not a way to Yhwach to win by him self, so in every possiblity of future in a one vs one, agaist Yamamoto, he Yhwach lose , so why this would aply here, even Kenpachi was not able to nagate Tōsen even been way stronger. this is more likely a error of Kubo.
NaipesGames in bankai, u would be right. But base aizen is somewhat relative to base Yamamoto and aizen did completely catch yhwach off guard while he’s not flexing his spiritual pressure. But I do agree with ur point aizen’s statement about a battle of reiatsu is shaky
@@pantiogames you do realise the yhwach yamamoto was fighting was a close with not even half of yhwach's real power.. then when yhwach actually arrived and tried yamamoto got bodied
the 0 in Yammy's shoulder meant 0 intelligence points. Ulquiorra as aizen intended was the hidden strongest espada meant to fight ichigo.
What are you even talking about, he literally did and even states it. Why did he make Ulquirra Orohime's personal guard? Why couldn't he just make Ichigo fight Barragan or Stark? Aizen personally made Ulquirra to stay back to "protect las noches" even though Aizen doesn't even care for it at all.
@Lord Sakazuki Aizen literally told Ichigo that he has been manipulating his life since he was born. He set up every single fight he has had in order for him to become stronger and eventually fight him. He was the one who made Grimmjow, Ulquiorra etc. arrancars, he gave them the powers, he allowed them to have a res, do you really thing that he had not planned for him to fight Ulquiorra?
It was just purely reiatsu levels. The whole point was even though Yammy had the most reiatsu, it didn't mean shit when Barraggan, Starrk, Halibel, Ulquiorra etc had better abilities to trump that.
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@@HaloLvl43Legit Yammy probably didn't even have the most Reiatsu, Ichigo could barely cut Ulquiorra's hierro with a direct swing from his Bankai and yet Kenpachi was gauging out multi-metre slashes into Yammy despite still wearing his eyepatch. Unless Kenpachi is equal to Ichigo's hollow mask while keeping his power sealed, it's pretty clear Yammy was not the strongest in Reiatsu.
I've always liked his character design.
He and grimjow have the best look . Although I was just a little disappointed with grims released form but it still looks great
He's my favorite character in bleach, still sad he's dead
Exactly it's so *SICK !* and I *LOVE* the green Kubo used !🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@maddcruiser8874 he's mine as well then it would be grimjow
He is my favourite Espada
I’m glad there’s still a community of people still into bleach
Tristan Brewster i just started last month and I love it.
As the creator of Dragon Ball implied, Numbers are useless.
bleach was the second anime ive watched in my life and still the best over 200 anime
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Rian Islam and miss out on the lost agent arc/TYBW?
Small note, Aizen actually had nothing to do with Ulquiorra being an arrancar, Ulquiorra and Stark for that matter are natural arrancar. Doesn't change any points tho
True
Kinda funny that the two fan favourites are both natural arrancar
Ur wrong. Only starrk is a natural arrancar
@@mounirberkou7220 Read the databook
mounir escanor sorry my guy but the data book says otherwise
Man, hearing Bleach ost's are so nostalgic. I miss Bleach so much. Shiro Sagisu is a brilliant composer.
NOW YOU FEEL LIKE NUMBER ONE
Nothing can be explained both vocal and instrumental (with an ironic rain ambience on YT) still remains one of my favorite “chill” songs
sanddry - what?
One True Iceman It’s one of the songs in the Bleach OST. Plays when Zangetsu first appears I believe
i see you everywhere with hundreds of likes everytime lol
I don’t really know why this is a debate tbh, it was made extraordinarily obvious by the storytelling that Ulquiorra was supposed to secretly be a league above the rest of the Espada.
He didn't show any feat that puts him above Starrk and barragan.
@@leonardoramirez4897 His speed was too much against even masked Ichigo and that's before his second stage release.
You can argue that Baragan can win by virtue of being untouchable but someone like Staark shouldn't be a problem for someone as fast as Ulquiorra.
You should see some of the arguments online. Lots of people said stark would crush ulquiorra, I'll send them this video If I see those people
@@minecraft6829 stark is way faster than him though. we've never even seen ichigo and stark fight so you cant just say stark wouldn't put ichigo on the ropes too.
@@pingpongsammy252 but we do see stark taking and almost winning against 4 captains 2 of them had mask boost and the 2 others are like 2nd and 4th strongest captains
Short answer: yes
Long answer: during that arc, without a doubt, yes
I got stark
chriss no you don’t
@@driplord7286 no u don't
Real long answer: during that arc and all the filler appearing in the anime, yes 😋
Secret long answer: the video. Yes.
The most interesting character in the entire series.... and they killed him off.
so true
Grimjow is 100% my favorite but ulquiorra is definitely close, I wish they kept ulquiorra in here or atleast they maybe find ulquiorra in the soul society and someone ulquiorra knows them and becomes a soul reaper lol
Killing him off guaranteed that he remains a mystery & that there are alot of unknowns about him. That is part of what makes him interesting in the first place.
@@m_js5709 True, but you also lose the potential in his future as well. For example his relationship with Orihime. Would she have become his friend or maybe even his lover? Would he have become an ally to Ichigo or maybe become a true rival? Would he have become the new ruler of Hollows and made some changes in regard to the Soul Society? The past becomes mystery... as does the future and the future of Bleach becomes VERY bland without him.
white0thunder white0thunder he just had to die, simple as that.
Yes. Put some respect on Ulquiorra's name.
Ulqiuorra was my favorite espada with grimmjow second place they both didn’t get enough screen time although grimmjow did get justice in the manga..
@@jgphantom6 facts
Grimmjow got justice? What do you mean? Not enought screen time? You are kidding me. I actualy never liked Grimmjow because for me he was just a bully who wanted to destroy things and was always picking up on Ichigo for no reason like a little kid (like Bakugo to Deku in My Hero Academia; if you watched it). He didnt die after he battled Ichigo and was given secong chance for screen time while characters like Ulquiorra and Starrk (my favorite) who just wanted some friends and sleep where killed of.
@@ivanzare8594 Grimmjow is a villain, what do you expect?
@@greedthesavage9551 He is but I care about people motives. For example Nnoitra was similar to Grimmjow but he was doing it because everyone dumps their pity on him and it hurts him so he shows no mercy. Aizen is a villian but he doesnt want to just destroy things for no reason, Tousen just has different opinion on justice etc. Grimmjow type of villian is to childish for me
@@jgphantom6 I l knew that and I undestand why he is the way he is but that doesnt mean I like him but ok
I knew I wasn’t the only one who thought Ulqui was truly the strongest
NINTENDO_SONYFAN SOLDIER well secretly he was lol
Blâck Deüs I had the same argument with my friend about ulquiorra, but he is keen on the fact the stark is the strongest, even though yammy was ranked higher than stark 😂 I can understand stark fans somewhat but he’s boring to me.
king emfj3201 are you an idiot in the manga grimmjow reached second release himself.
king emfj3201 so what are you trying to say ulq himself said aizen doesn’t know.
king emfj3201 high speed regeneration is still useful I still think he’s stronger as aizen has ulq do much more stuff and trusted him more.shows his level of strength I have nothing to say just watch this video
so Ichigo was technically right about Ulquiorra being the strongest Espada
@king emfj3201 imagine thinking resurrecion segunda etapa doesn't make you stronger.
@king emfj3201 So Kenpachi didn't get stronger when he learned his Zanpakutou?
Youre even more of a dumbass.
@king emfj3201 imagine thinking thats the same logic despite kenpachi being a captain who's been fighting for hundreds of years compared to a 3rd seat. Thats a much bigger gap then the top espada dumbass, just as I planned.
@king emfj3201 nice talking about things that have no correlation with the original topic, you didn't say anything relevant. Toshiro isnt stronger then most captains what are you smoking? He has the potential to be the strongest, yes. And that kenpachi comment only proved my point, thanks dumbass. The espada are closer to each other then kenpachi and ikkaku ever were.
king emfj3201 who is the strongest then, pre time skip
The Kanji for "4" or "Shi" roughly symbolizes "Death", as "shi" is pronounced almost identically to "shin", which definition is literally "death". The same is also said for Mandarin Chinese as well.
With how Ulquiorra acts around Ichigo, it sounds like he wears the number 4 on his chest like a badge, almost as if he _chose_ the number itself just to mock his enemies. It would fit in with how he appears to look weak, only to whip out the 2nd release form *just to flex on Ichigo.*
It also reminds me of Hisoka’s (HxH) badge number being 44. Given his nature and the number, it means “definably will die”
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Shi means death, shin is new
Ulquiorra: Shishishishishishishishi!
Makes me wonder why someone would name their kid shin chan then lol
Bleach content puts a smile on my face more than anything else.
Indeed👏
Same and one piece
I'm new to bleach and binged it lol just finished the arrancar arc. I'm sad it's almost over
He killed the MC twice but only because the MC was stupidly OP
yes thank you
doesn't mean stark wouldn't have been able to kill ichigo. he just never got a chance to fight him
no dude ichigo have plot armor even aizen can't not beat that
@@detrix774 thickest plot armor of all MC
@@pingpongsammy252 here comes stupid stark fanboy.
Yammy: I'm the strongest Espada
Ulquiorra: lol Lanza del Relampago goes 'Boom'
Ulq definitely deserves more recognition for holding up as long as he did against hollow Ichigo. Great vid.
Which was nothing in the Manga
@Erykaldo 120 Ulquiorra was completely treated like garbage in the manga against Hollow Ichigo
Dangai_Ichigo even in the anime the fight was so one sided VL Ichigo was constantly on his tail and Ulq couldn’t really do anything about it
@@nassirjackson9038 Just saying it's worse in the Manga
@@berserkerjeanne7563 and the writer literally confirms the movie is more accurate than the manga so whats ur point lol
I was today years old when I realized that the clothes mattered in Bleach
Depends on the character. Ichigo is the only one in the series, where his clothing gauges his spirit energy. Isshin might be another one, but that's conjecture.
I think its just ichigo because its part of his bankai
@@Cabolt44 how strong is Ichigo if he's Naked?
The Volcanic Greninja it’s equivalent to toshiro bankai losing its wings when he’s losing spiritual pressure.
"today years old" choice of words are confusing and hilarious XD
Another thing to keep in mind though, when Yami goes 2nd release his 0 remains. However, when Ulquiorra goes 2nd release his 4 disappears completely and has no number on him. This could just be that Aizen couldn't place a permanent number on him OR it could mean that Ulquiorra IS the strongest Espada and couldn't be ranked. I don't know, that's kind of my thought on this.
i agree with you
What about the other Espada's...like Baraggan himself I didn't even see his number tattoo...I mean when stark releases his resurrecion does he still have the tattoo..I do not think so...but I still confirm that Ulquirra is the strongest vasto lorde next to Ichigo's vasto lorde form and Ulquirra also the strongest Espada and a secret weapon of Aizen meant to fight ichigo to reach his limits.
@@berlin6915 Nah,Ulquirra could easily defeat him...look who stark fought against it's Kyoraku only in his shikai ...but Ulquirra fought ichigo in his strongest form not mentioning Vasto lorde form...he nearly killed him if it wasn't for Shiro inside him....so for once and for all Ulquirra is the closest one to Aizen and his secret weapon and also the strongest Espada..
Ulquirra had just been given the rank #4 was just to take away the attention from him and to leave him for ichigo only.
Let me just quickly debunk this.
Halibel loses her number 3, when she uses resureccione.
@@berlin6915 now I'm not saying Ulquiorra is stronger than Starrk but your really being disingenuous when you say that "Ichigo powered up and Ulquiorra got beat" while he did get beat he still was able to somewhat react to and fight with Vasto lorde Ichigo...so he does somewhat scale to him, so he didn't just "get beat"
Bear in mind that a weaker version of that Vasto lorde was able to fight Isshin and that same Isshin was able to fight Aizen himself.....
This video was so jammed packed with amazing information. This is the content I love. You do these video analyzes so damn good. Keep doing more!
Oh shit. It's you 😱 Random to see ya here lol. I've been familiar with you since like 2011 or so
Haha, used to have you on Facebook. nice to spot you here. :)
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Merry Chrima popeyes
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Even fantasize about using that Lance move ulquiorra uses on full hollow Ichigo (forgot the name) on a customer that pisses you off? Just hollering the name of the move and see if it really works in a green explosion
Ulquiorras second release puts him over Halibel in power.
Me:. But she's blonde and has huge tits!
Extremely relatable my man 👍
I've always loved Ulquiorra and Grimmjow. The formers abilities are just so cool visually like him just making it rain spears or lances of pure spirit energy
When zangetsu can stop the lightning spear it was one of the most illogical things I have seen, that is, it compares the explosion that caused the spear with the zero of zangetsu that is, it can stop and hold the spear that has power much higher than its zero but cannot withstand the explosion of its zero which compared to the spear is insignificant
All I took from this was how scary kenpachi is for taking down level 0 yammy with his regular zanpakto
Not to mention he was holding back whilst doing so
Lol...im done...Kenpachi is pretty OP himself..i think he shouldve been able to beat Ulquiorra...
@@pdors94 Maybe in his Bankai state, but even then I'm affraid his own power would be far too much for his body.
pdors94 probably in his first form yes but definitely not second :p
And its more scary that unohana killed kenpachi countless time. 👀
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I’m happy I found this channel, I finally get accurate calculations and ACTUAL reasoning with EVIDENCE. Please do the light speed video I really do enjoy your videos continue the great work
This video is mostly conjecture and circumstantial evidence. He relies alot on character statements and databook entries, which aren't as reliable as actual feats.
@@kristianperez4108 tbf feat wise ulqiorra definetly at the very least isnt below Harribel.
Yea man this guy is really just popping out assumptions. Like Nel's power level: "maybe 50% or 80-90%". Translation no one knows and we are all just assuming. Also no matter what ichigos personal rival was going to he the strongest. In this show ichigo is always way stronger than he has any right to be. And trying to use the DragonBall z thing as a reference is bullshit. If that were true just fight uryu over and over and have orihime heal and after a few weeks stronger than all bleach characters
@@davisonjacob6698 Zenkai boost littearly exists. Ichigo just by fighting grimmjaw was just IN BANKAI stronger than when he was with hollowfication, And you specifically need opponents that match your level. Ichigo was littearly pre planned to fight based on his absoloute maximum capacity.
And he even stated you cant quantify how weakened Nel was. Point being she was quite a bit weakened considering she was in 1st release for like 30 seconds and pop.
Ulquiorra can easily be a dark souls final boss. Ichigo was smacked so many times like how we are getting smacked in a souls/borne game
Actually by Ulquiorra's admission, the Cero Oscuras is the "Espada's Cero," when they are in released state. It is a higher tier Cero only afforded to those who are Espada rank. Meanwhile the Grand Rey Cero is a technique restricted by use of anyone of a particular rank due to its ability to warp space once it explodes.
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I think you got it wrong. Only Ulquiorra is shown to use Cero Oscuras, and Grand Rey Cero is the "Espada's Cero"
@@mustysmells817 He called it the true form of an Espada's Cero, that is not incorrect. It was just something Kubo forgot to showcase at all (although there are panels in the Manga uncolored that make it appear as if Yammy or some other characters are using Cero Oscuras; but then the colored pages recolor them into standard hues, and the Anime didn't help matters).
@@demod2080 I think that's just the case of each individual Hollow though. Shinji's Ceros are bright yellow, Starks are blue, Szayells purple ect. Maybe they all have a custom form of cero (kinda like Stark i guess?) but Cero Obscuras itself literally translates to "Dark Cero" which is referencing Ulquiorra's technique.
@@mustysmells817 Lol why are ignoring what Ulquiorra said? He literally said *our* Cero, not *his* Cero.
Fantastic video!
Also...”Silver Surfer Mode” 🤣
That’s the canon name for me now.
I’ve never read or seen anything of Bleach since pretty much my childhood.. and yet, I still watched an entire 32 minutes just because of how enthusiastic this guy is. Love the content
He is the fastest espada when he is in his second release form I’m pretty sure he could wipe the floor with any of the captains making him stronger than halibel stark and barragan and ichigo not only had most of his cloak torn off but in a video where they are explaining zangetsu and says that he suppressed a major amount of ichigos hollow powers
In my opinion, Ulquiorra not being the strongest espada would have been going against Aizen's plan. Aizen wanted to see how strong Ichigo would become, so he planned out all of his battles.
Let's say Ulquiorra was still number 4, even with segunda etapa. This would mean he's only the 5th strongest (with the strongest being 0,1,2, and 3). Aizen is strong enough to defeat all the espada by himself. So, why on earth would Aizen think that Ichigo would be strong enough to fight him if he only defeated the 5th strongest? He's smart enough (and not cocky at this point) to figure that out.
Now, would Ichigo be able to defeat Aizen if he had defeated the strongest espada? No, but it would be more realistic to assume he has a better chance than if he only defeated the 5th strongest (and he won that fight while in Vasto Lorde form, which he can't control).
Finally, say Yammy was the strongest, he was still in Hueco Mundo with Ulquiorra. If Aizen wanted Ichigo to develop more, he would planned for Yammy to be the final opponent in Hueco Mundo, not Ulquiorra.
These are just my thoughts as to why Ulquiorra is the strongest, even if Aizen knew about his second release. He needs to be, or else Aizen's plan for Ichigo to grow wouldn't make any sense.
Alex Chavez ok but why the deception? Why rank him 4 when he’s stronger than that? What changes about developing ichigo just because he beat someone he thought was weaker than he actually is? And if he is the strongest, surely ichigo would tell if he ran into any other Espada ranked higher? Which sure he doesn’t but that only begs the question why pretend Ulquiorra isn’t the strongest? Ichigo won’t find out to the contrary. Ulquiorra has the whole despair thing but he isn’t Aizen. So why is Aizen planning around this detail that doesn’t effect his plans?
@king emfj3201 where did you get that "Aizen is the one who gave him his second release"....
@king emfj3201 Ulquiorra's second release is "barely stronger than his 1st".. dude, stop inventing your own power scaling. Even Uryu as an expert sensing reiatsu claimed that Ulquiorra's dense reaiatsu's second release felt like there's an ocean above the sky.
@king emfj3201 u're so fucking dumb & stupid. Stop trying.
@@aboveaveragefrog4208 are u seriously asking all of these questions??
Only thing that bugs me about this is that Ulquiorra and Starrk both were natural Arrancar, which means that Aizen didn't use the Hogyoku on either of them to "give" them their release forms. Ulquiorra also says that he "achieved" the Segunda Etapa which means it was most likely something he created or realized himself, and again not something that Aizen gave him.
Not saying that Aizen couldn't have known about it through some absurd method (as is his way), but the direct implication is that Aizen should not be aware of it at face value; which in turn would suggest that Ulquiorra's overall rank should be displaced (which makes sense given how the Espada are ranked by their base forms, hence why Yammy's rank changes only once he releases).
exactly, in other words, ulquiorra is the most developed and strongest espada without external help, now imagined what he could be with some of the hogyoku power
Bleach is a master piece anime & Ulquiorra is an iconic character !!! Missing :( very much...
Knowing what we know, I think it’s insane to think Aizen didn’t know about his full power
If I had to guess, Aizen was aware, but decided on the rankings because:
- He found it amusing Ulq tried to hide something from him
- His Segundo Etapa was hidden trump card of his, so if he gave him a rank that included it other Arrancar would be suspicious and its existence would be revealed
See
That's why you didnt get a heart
Because you contradicted his logic
Well done
@SSJ Soldier idk I feel like aizen left Ulq behind bc he was the one who could help ichigo grow the most while still keeping victory on the table. I dont think ichigo wouldve been able to beat starrk or barragan. Starrk may not have fought seriously and barragan's abilities wouldve been too deadly for ichigo to beat at his stage.
@@alexvarghese8775 Vasto Lorde Ichigo can solo the Espada all going at him at the same time, and regular Ichigo wouldn't be beating the top 5.
Bold of you to assume that Aizend didn't know. The same Aizen who knew soul society's and the soul king's deepest, darkest secrets and knew ichigo's whole life before him, didn't know that? Nah,he did know, he just didn't care or bother to tell ulquiorra
Looking at it, Ulquiorra's powers seem to be chosen more for the representation of the kind of death he represents, like the other Espada, hence why his abilities aren't min/maxed to be a powerful combatant. Depression/Despair can return easily (regeneration), it can be quite devastating (the lightning spear), parts can be shared (the eye projection technique), and can be a lot more powerful than people realize (his second form). Depression/Despair can be overcome, but it can return far more easily than it can be dispelled.
That's a really dope analogy
Ulquiorra in general was an anomaly in the hollow race, would’ve been amazing to see him change and grow if he had survived.
Thanks dear lord, finally someone who understands this, ive been saying this to people for many years only to be looked at as an idiot.
Some people cant read between the lines. *sighs*
Crimson AMV He’s not stronger than Stark
See there we go
@@QGUU Just having a second release means he's automatically the strongest Espada. Having infinite ceros doesn't count for shit if Ulq can just tank them all to the face and take no damage.
@@QGUU stark fanboy stupid lol
every anime has a sad clown villian that is strong af
Ur comments remind me of hisoka from HxH 😂
his eyes look sad like gaara.. no eyebrow
My theory is that the only reason Ulquiorra isn't at least third is because Aizen planned for him to die to Ichigo so he could become stronger, while he took the top 3 to Fake Karakura.
i literally never even realized that VL Ichigo was only at like half strength because of his ripped shihakusho.
that's wild.
I think not even half more like 30/35 % of his Shihakusho remained. If he was unleashed full power during first Sternritter invasion( i mean Ichigo pst Quilge fight, pre Ywach fight where his bankai was broken) there whould be allot more dead Quincies.
What do you think about this topic of VL in THYBW
kyokkas okay so this is my first time hearing that your CLOTHING depicts your power in bleach?? where did this come from
@@carsontrevor9975 Ichigo said to Unohana that he didnt fight even at full power, i dont remember why, but he said that his Shihakoshu was less than half of what it is normaly
In the fullbring arc, it talks about how ichigo wears his powers, so when his shihakusho is damaged he isn't at full power
interesting thing from bleach
Thank you for making this! I've always known Ulquiorra was much stronger than most believe, and this video is great to show that. Also, he is my favorite Espada, and t still makes me sad that he had to die there and we didn't get to see more of him.
I already knew Ulquiorra was probably the strongest since I saw his battle with Ichigo. The power displayed by Stark and everyone above rank 4 didn't surprise me at all after watching Ulquiorra vs Ichigo, and I have to admit, I was a little disappointed. Not that I don't like or think they're not powerful or anything, but I just expected them to be stronger. Love your content, these are so well made and so true.
Given that he was the ONLY Espada with a SECOND transformation, and that second transformation included a javelin attack with a blast radius similar to an atomic bomb blast, I'd say he's the strongest.
Now, can he rapid fire Cero Oscuras like Staark? No. Can he decay literally anything to nothingness with his breath like Baragon? No. However, in terms of sheer raw power he can't be beat except by Vasto Lorde Ichigo, Mugetsu Ichigo, Butterfly Aizen (as well as Demonic Butterfly Aizen, obviously) and maybeee Yamamoto's Ryûjin Jaka.
Then we get into the final arc power levels and it gets hairy from there.
So yeah, Ulquiorra is secretly the strongest Espada.
Tbf even if Ulq can't spam Cero Oscuras metralleta-style. He CAN spam Lanza del Relampago, the nuke spear
@@chestertamayo1894 heard ppl on tik tok saying Sasuke packs him up lol. had to watch some scaling again to hear how stupid those Narutards sound
He can’t be because his number would have went up because aizen don’t have to change the number him self that no. 8 espada his number went from 8 to 0 automatically witch would mean the more your power goes up the higher your number goes and that means that aizen doesn’t change your number so he isn’t the strongest because his number would have went up higher then everyone else’s and it didn’t
@@Wosf I mean, technically in his 2nd stage release the number disappeared completely, indicating that he may have not been gauged at that level at all
He can't beat even base Aizen
Ichigo my favorite Hollow Quincy Soul Reaper taxidermy ventriloquist
you forgot fullbringer :p
@@Scrazelope he's not a fullbringer anymore though
@@tenatin9627 yes he is. He never lost his powers. Rukia said only the top layer was absorbed. His fullbring became merged with his soul Reaper powers when he got those tattoo's
fullbringer, visor, human.
And sayian
Just finished the video. Excellent video. I completely agree. You even brought up facts that I was being too lazy to mention like the fact that ulquiorra broke out of the pocket dimension. You compared abilities and explained how a battle between two different espada would go based off the facts. Very well done
Holy shit, the effort put into this video was insane... Can't wait for when you reach 100k subs man, you 100% deserve it the most. Amazing video man, I had no idea about all the multipliers but the way you explained it made so much sense. Looking forward to the next upload bro
Such a detailed video! I had all these thoughts in my head, and they are put beautifully in this video. Kudos man
ulquiorra didn't deserve the death he went through
He did deserve it
Ulquiorra's death was perfect. He died because he was becoming something that went against his very being. Wanting to discover the heart, whilst he is a being representing nothingness. So when he finally started feeling; he disappeared, as he is no longer allowed to exist since it's a contradiction.
hollow come from human souls too. they will die or came back to soul society if he want become human.that why this show named 'bleach'.
I love Ulquiorra and have always considered him the strongest because of the storytelling and how he presents himself. And I feel Ichigo after fighting Ulquiorra was buffed, but still not at Vasto Lorde level. I would also say between Ichigo, Byakuya, and Kenpachi would be around the same level at that point 'normally', mainly their base and without factoring reaitsu fluctuations
Loneliness or despair? Both are nightmares to overcome... Ulquiorra and Stark are my favorite espada
Tite Kubo gave him his own chapter for a reason.
Inoue: KUROSAKI KUN ! uwu
Ulquiorra: T-T
He always crying, tho...
This is a form of art
I love how you mention how uluiorra doesn't show his released forms as he whoops ichigonin his base form because it would be stupid to reveal his true power unnecessarily. Then you have ichigo who immediately uses bankai at the start of every fight.
TimberwolfDan dont forget renji
Yeah. Ulquiorra doesn't need to use his release forms since his base form is enough to thrash Ichigo.
Thank you for the great and very thorough video.
I kind of intuited this, but it's very helpful to have the reasoning and facts all laid out.
Ulquiorra and Stark are the top two most powerful in my opinion. After them I think it would be Yammy, then Barragan. I say Yammy is over Barragan because he is stated to possibly being the most powerful due to having multiple transformation, having the most internal energy and destructive capabilities, plus spiritual pressure in Bleach is major factor that can override OP abilities depending on how much greater yours is comparable to someone else such as Aizen against Soi fon's shikai.
Finally more bleach content your the only RUclipsr that does bleach content like this keep it up man !!
When I watched Bleach in my childhood, Ulquiorra was badass enough to leave an impression big enough to shape my entire life style. So basically I purposely acted depressed for my entire life after I watched Bleach.
that's sad since Ulquiorra's best moment is his death when he realizes that there is something that exists yet can't be seen with his eyes (I don't ship him and Orihime; I talk about the three unseparable attributes of him which are emptiness, despair and nihilism - he does not exactly lose them but as he disappears his essence is vanishing too and he finally gets to comprehend what an ideal is (in the context of the scene "soul", "kokoro") and how it can be that hope and faith are not considered unnecessary).
@@user-ki8xd2wi3x i mean it makes sense due to the fact that he saves Orihime and Uryu...(showing his character growth)...and showing how Hollow ichigo is probably more Nihilistic than even Ulquiorra himself(due to losing the ability to not see who his own friends were)..
Funny thing is, Ulquiorra wasn't depressed, he just felt nothing, at all. He resembled nothingness, so...
Lol
dont say you shave your eyebrow too you psycho
Keep it up! Brings smile to my face when I see that community is still alive and thirsty for more! :)
Barragan and Ulquiorra are both very interesting in the lore, I remember seeing that in the CFYOW novels Barragan is ancient, like as old if not older than Yamamoto. They made it seem as if he is a whole different type of hollow solely due to his age. There was also something I saw about Ulquiorra being "special" among hollows for being formed from the ambient reiatsu in Hueco Mundo as a Vasto Lorde, as in he was born a Vasto Lorde. I believe it was mentioned he is also extremely old though not as old as Barragan. The "pack" that Ulquiorra was with in the data books looked completely different than any normal hollows since they are mostly white or gray and not black as they were described. I always found this interesting and felt it was worth expanding on.
Yeah definitely. Those other hollows' silhuettes also look a lot like Ulquiorra's Segunda Etapa with their claws and long years. They are also very similar to each other and look humanoid which probably means that they were also Vasto Lordes.
It's very cool that Ulquiorra was always different than other hollows
Nice Video Clyde, keep up the great work!
"As I've never been the biggest fan of Ulquiorra"
*you, my sir, are quite the opposite of myself, if I do say*
I’m so happy I stumbled upon this gem!! Job well done!! 🤙🏼🤙🏼
Thank you for making these videos you actually help people that are going through a hard time get their mind off things I just lost my Uncle so thank you for your video By given information on stove people actually do enjoy
Ulquiorra the number 4 espada is my favorite from the minute i saw him his style his demeanor and how Aizen consider him as his top agent sending him on the most missions..Grimjow was tough to but I always felt more connected to Ulquiorra that’s my guy 🔥
The irony is that ulqiorra and yammy were the first introduced and the strongest espada
Enjoyed the video. Did clear some thoughts I had about Yammy's power. A light speed vid on Bleach would be pretty cool.
I think Ulquiorra is realistically the strongest candidate for the strongest Espada the majority of the time. His reishi is likely higher than Starrk's in his second release. However, theoretically Yammy would have higher limits, but would be extraordinarily less likely to reach them.
A Bleach speed video would be great. A video on some of the Sternritter would be nice too cuz I feel like ppl always talk about the Espada and not them.
JamesO4E maybe cause a lot of the sternritter were so badly written they just made some op freaks meanwhile espadrille were actually cool villains and were acc animated
@@danielaja2297 they were not badly written. They were perfectly written with theor Backstories its just Kubo was rushed.
kushagra sharma lol Lille and Gerard couldn’t be killed u have an enemy army with 3 immortals loll
For me, it was always very obvious that Ulquiorra was the strongest one. The MC always fight the strongest member of any given group. The whole "segunda etapa" gimmick was a clear hint by the author that "4" was much more of a symbolic number than an accurate rank (proved again by the supposed Aizen's ignorance of Ulqui's second form).
We all know now that "4" means Death in japanese :-)
I honestly think Segundo Etapa Ulquiorra can dust with most of the Schternritter and come out on top. He's phenomenally powerful.
Yeah I’d say he can defeat most of them with the exception of the elite sternritter, hashwalth, and gremmy
Who's saying that Ulquiorra's power doesn't compare to the top 3 Espada. I find it hard to believe that anyone actually claimed that. The number of those people is probably negligible.
This was a very interesting video.
Although, knowing that the Vasto Form wasn't even at full strength now makes me wonder how strong that form is!
Thank you for giving Bleach some love my man . There is far too many downplay of Bleach out there .
i'll gladly take a video on bleach's speed rating from you !
Thank you for your work .
I read and watched bleach in my teens early 20’s . 32 now and back then people were not throwing vids like this on the tube . This was so informative dude holy shit . I’m going to take time to watch your catalog of bleach stuff if you have it. Regardless thank you for this !!! You have Reignited my love for the series and even want to show my first born the material I love. Again thanks !
this video was amazing, thanks for all the research and details provided
Wether he was the strongest or not.
He was definitely my favorite Espada!!!
When zangetsu can stop the lightning spear it was one of the most illogical things I have seen, that is, it compares the explosion that caused the spear with the zero of zangetsu that is, it can stop and hold the spear that has power much higher than its zero but cannot withstand the explosion of its zero which compared to the spear is insignificant
@@shadow-qp2ns Because vasto lordes ability is smiliar to grimjaws in the war arc. VL didnt win because he could blow more stuff up but because of durability and higher speed.
Same, Ulquiorra is the coolest Espada, thus far.
The name: "Ulquiorra"
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Have you made a video tackling his what-if form if he attained the Hogyoku and became a “Dark Angel” of sorts? I’d want to see how that goes for him.
Great video btw ^^ (Recommendations ftw)
Solid video. Thank you for the content sir. Highly entertaining.
Man he was the best espada Stark was slightly bellow him.
Possibly... Something often overlooked was Nelliel and how she was the 3rd strongest without even trying. She never took fights seriously and disliked killing but flattened rank 5 in seconds after possibly years of being a kid and only JUST getting her powers back in a severely decomposed state.
Ulquiorra was always so humble with the way he presented himself that, watching back the eps, I absolutely don't believe him when he says that there's other espadas stronger than him.
probably most people who watched Bleach knows he was bluffing. he can let Ichigo say that "ah you're just number 4 so you're not the strongest, aren't you?" but he's the one who speak for it instead of Ichigo. shows to me that Ulquiorra was just trying to trick Ichigo at that very moment, and as the show progresses, it turned out that I am actually right.
@@eetfuk3571I'm glad too, he had final boss vibes
@@semicedevine6918 that's true. he's the type of guy to say "you wanna see the strongest? look over there! SIKE! I'M THE STRONGEST!"
Clyde uploading a video ........ ahhhhh this does put a smile on my face
I'd love a video on speed of Bleach characters, honestly the more Bleach content these days the better.
Great video dude, I love Ulquiorra so seeing someone who likes Grimmjow more actually give a valid argument is an amazing change of pace
You should make a video on all of Ichigo's forms and how they compare. I think this would be an important video because I feel that it would clarify misconceptions on his forms and what they are capable of doing and to whom each of his forms are comparable to. His forms are very distinct in power and abilities and skill so It would be really useful for people to look at when discussing ichigo and bleach scaling as a whole
I just realized madara and zommori have the same voice.
Two garbage characters
@@milagrinho_ and one person with a garbage attitude.
So Madara wins?
One is a POS and the other spreads love. Only one winner there.
@@ronin1972 he's just bringing an objectively right opinion to the table
I wish Yammy was given more love as he had massive potential with a hulk like powerscaling. I think the problem of Yammy is that unlike with Ulquiorra he can't really train to reach further heights as it's based upon his rage which is a massive drawback. I think if anything Yammy had the most potential of the espada, but potential that it's extremely difficult to use.
Nah, potential wise aaroniero far surpasses him. Aaroniero literally has infinite potential. He’s just a impractical ikimondeo or however you pronounce that fuckers name; hikones hollow zanpactou
Yami was trash
Finally, a video that actually makes sense, people who legit think Ulquiorra is weaker than all the Espada above him either didn't watch the show or have negative IQ I swear.
@chewskiii what feats? he just got beaten by someone who dont use his full power. kyoraku only like use his 70% of his power. yes he fight more than one enemy but none of them use 100%
@chewskiii then make video like clyde where u explain everything and backed up that with feat, data book and everything to say stark is strongest.. just simple comment ... is not cant debate 20% if this video
@chewskiii because ur explanation is losing to what clyde said.. clyde have more material to prove he said n more convincing than urs... Lol u can keep stark as ur fav, all alone.. we dun believe him as strongest
@chewskiii he literally fought equally and canceled out one of the VL's strongest attacks, the Cero. Hellverse movie shows this even more clearly that they were both evenly matched. And no, you cannot argue Hellverse is not canon. The fight of Ichigo vs Ulquiorra shown in it is canon.
@chewskiii it is literally canon, stated by the AUTHOR. Ulquiorra was evenly matched against VL Ichigo. Stop saying he wasn't because doing so would prove that you're stupid.
ulquiorra was my second to last favorite espada with my first being grimmjow but honestly man great video it was literally a 37 min video of nothing but straight facts and really really interesting content honestly a masterpiece.
we can all have our own preferences of who do we think is the coolest. but there's should be no denying that Ulquiorra is the strongest among them all... I personally prefer Grimmjow in terms of coolness and brashness back then but Ulquiorra grew to me and I thought he's cool too, but even back then, there was no denying to me that Ulquiorra's second release form is the strongest.
A submission from Romania says the name Ulquiorra means "It comes from the Spanish "El que llora", meaning "He who cries"." and is of Spanish origin.
Ulquiorra was ranked fourth in the Espada's rankings, however as shown with Baraggan being ranked second despite being the king of hallows and having the most broken overpowered ability amongst the Espada it is obvious the rankings are false. Not only that Ulquiorra is seemingly given an important role in developing Ichigo's hollow form further. Not to mention Aizen seems to trust him the most out of all of the Espada and possibly could of given him more power than the other Espada. This includes Yammy the zero ranked Espada and Nel the third ranked Espada. He also was the only Espada aside from Yammy to have a second release form. Although Yammy's could be argued as a rage form not a second release form. So technically Ulquiorra remains the only Espada with a powerful release form called Segunda Etapa which increases his spiritual pressure and power to prodigious levels. Ulquiorra is my favorite Espada and to me is the strongest and most intelligent Espada. Great video Clyde I am subscribed now this was an awesome video. Ulquiorra is my favorite Espada so I might have a bias towards Ulquiorra as a character as I do with Byakuya-sama and Aizen.
I finished Bleach today & I always avoided ur videos about it, because I didn´t want to get spoilered. Soo now is the right time to enjoy them
Its not even a debate. Ulquiorra's Segunda Etapa was unrivaled and even possibly approached Aizen level of power
Nah aizen was still considerably stronger.
Base Aizen Soul Society>>>Ulquiorra Segunda Etapa
thank you, I knew Ul was the strongest, why else would he have that main battle with Vaste lord Ichigo! You sir have earned a sub from me.
Ulquiorra: focuses on healing*
Lanza del Relámpago: Allow to introduce "healing"
Lol
Excellent video on why Ulquiorra is possibly the strongest espada! Can you do a video about how powerful Kenpachi is along with Nelliel and Nnoitra someday? Also want to know your thoughts on Nnoitra's death and why he locked eyes with Nel before dying as that scene is quite powerful! Keep up the great work :)!
The thumbnail.... Ulquiorra's aspect of death isn't despair, it's emptiness... Nihilism. It is Nnoitra who embodies despair.
Hearing that a bleach character is planetary level, made me happy to say the least.
@@ClydeRUclipsr well yea, characters in the last arc will obviously receive some power spikes, but Ulq is introduced in the middle of it. Also, its bums me out when people down play him just because he gets slapped around by Vasto Lord form Ichigo.
P.s. I hope you make some content on the war ark too, now that you mentioned it.
Ichigo is multi-universal in the war arc
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Interesting.