Byakuya Kuchiki: THE NOBLE | BLEACH: Character Analysis

biakyakuchiki belongs to one of the four great noble clans within the soul society upon his initial introduction into the series we learned that he is the head of the kuchiki clan as well as being the first captain ranked shinigami that we see within the story from his initial introduction to the end of the soul society arc we see a clear change within biyakia's character during the early portions of the story byakia believes in law and order above everything else the obvious reasons for this is that he is a captain with indigo tai 13 and of course he is the leader of a great noble family but upon deeper inspection this doesn't explain why biakya is so unwilling to break the rules even if it costs him his sister's life he is the first real threat that is presented to us within the story and the character that ichigo must overcome in order to save rukia during the soul society arc so in this video i'm going to analyze bjorkia's character as well as explaining the growth that his character undergoes from the beginning to the end of the series so let's analyze how he transforms from a character who is so focused on the rules ana's difficulty expressing that he cares for his lieutenant renji and even rukia compared to his character by the end of the series who clearly values the lives of his comrades and rukia more than the rules and law and order first appears in chapter 51 of the manga and in episode 15 of the anime his most distinctive feature is his long black hair and his gray eyes as well as the white head pieces that he wears on his head which symbolize that he is the head of the kuchiki clan he also wears a white scarf which makes his captain's uniform more distinctive than the other captains we learned that this scarf is indeed a family heirloom which is passed down from generation to generation as it is given to the head of the kuchiki clan in addition to coming from nobility he is the captain of the sixth division he is the type of person who is very stubborn in his beliefs and he doesn't care about other people's opinions like in chapter 99 when momo and kira find renji's body after his battle with ichigo momo volunteers to get renji immediate medical attention but biakya arrives and says that it isn't necessary instead he tells them to throw renji into a cell and to let him rot there the reason for this is that renji went to fight ichigo on his own and the only outcome that biakia was willing to accept was if renji defeated ichigo that of course wasn't the case because renji was defeated biakyo refers to his own lieutenant as a fool he completely disregards mormo's suggestion of getting rengi medical help and he further ridicules his lieutenant by telling momo and kira to get this beaten fool out of his sight biakya's appearances after the soul society arc are such a contrast to this early version of himself after his battle with ichigo we do see a drastic change in bayaki's character and his attitude the most notable change is the way that he interacts with his underlings he is more empathetic and caring towards them earlier on bj's pride was very self-centered whether if it was pride in his own strength and power or pride in his status and his nobility even in chapter 162 ichigo asks biakriya if his pride has anything to do with allowing rukia's execution to go ahead it does appear to be true as biakia's pride has been affected by rukia breaking the rules after all it was him who adopted rukia and brought her into nobility his decision to adopt someone from the slums is being caught into question this is of course hurting his pride the only way that he can hold his head up high and keep his pride intact is if he goes along with rukia's execution after his battle with ichigo byakuya's pride is no longer about himself instead his subordinates become an extension of his own pride and this is seen firsthand in chapter 302. during his battle with zomari byakiya makes a distinction which helps to clarify his motive behind killing the ispada he says that he doesn't intend to defeat him because he is fulfilling his duties as a shinigami but instead he's going to defeat him because zumari pointed his sword at byakuya's pride and obviously he is referring to rukia as his pride in this moment this one encounter shows the stark difference between vyakhya during the soul society arc and his subsequent appearances and it's fascinating how kubo can write a character to be so dislikable in one arc but then reform his character to easily make him one of the most beloved characters to feature within bleach from the time that rukia was adopted into the kuchiki family until her death sentence biakia's personality and mannerisms made rookie believe that he didn't care about her her feelings of not being cared about are further reinforced when you learn that biakiya didn't look in her direction once after she was adopted despite how he may outwardly appear to others byakuya still cares for and protects those who are close to him before i discuss what causes a change in biakia's character and his beliefs of law and order we need to first try to understand how these beliefs were formed from the few scattered pieces of information that we learned about yaki has passed i'm going to first go over all of the history that we learned before his first appearance in the anime the earliest chronological appearance of byakuya occurs during the turn back the pendulum arc we are introduced to a teenage version of biakya who is training endlessly in the presence of his grandfather he is preparing to take over the leadership role of the kuchiki family on one such occasion while he is training he is visited by yuroichi who would often come and visit the kuchiki mansion even as a teenager it appears that byakuya still retains a lot of his personality he appears to be focused with his training duties and his responsibilities he doesn't have time to entertain yuriji who has taken advantage of biakya's nature to take life way too seriously she tells him that she made the effort to come all of the way just so that they could play games together he tells her as the future head of the kuchiki family he has no time to be playing games it is a very playful encounter as yurichi steals the hair string that is holding bjakia's hair in place this playful little exchange is an excellent callback to the soul society arc when yurichi arrives and stops ichigo from fighting byakuya prematurely in chapter 118 when she tries to leave with ichigo yakira tells her that she cannot get away from him but yurichi taunts him by referencing these playful encounters that we see during the turn back the pendulum arc by asking him if biakia has ever beaten her in a game of tag before just like in the past yurichi proves that her shampoo is faster than the yakia's through yakiya and yurichi conversing with each other so early on in the series we learned that these two characters who both come from nobility had a shared history with each other this brief encounter during the soul society arc is remembered by kubo and is expanded upon during the 10 back the pendulum arc in my opinion examples like this make the character interactions feel real and add depth to them this next piece of information which i'm going to cover from biakea's past helps to explain why he was so opposed to breaking the rules of the soul society we learned that 55 years ago from the present timeline biakian married a woman called hisana kuchki she was the older sister of rukiyakuchi five years after their marriage hisana had fallen ill and was on her deathbed her final request to her husband was to find and adopt her younger sister who she had abandoned years ago a year after hisano had passed away biakir located rukia and had adopted her into the kuchiki family biakiya broke the laws of his noble family by marrying a commoner from the rukongai district despite the opposition of several of his family members he insisted and married hisano and he had broken the rules once more by fulfilling the wish of his dying wife by adopting rukia into a noble family he had broken the rules of the kuchiki family once more after he had taken rukia in he swore at the graves of his parents that he would never break the law and order of the kuchiki family or the soul society from that moment on to uphold the honor of his parents he swore that from that moment on he would uphold the rules at whatever the cost after making this oath to his parents this causes biakir to be very conflicted on one hand there is his promise to his parents which would cause him to uphold the law and order of the soul society by allowing rukia's execution to go ahead and on the other hand there is this promise that he made to hisana to protect her younger sister after her passing away throughout the source society arc we quickly learned that biakiya has favoured honouring the oath that he made to his parents but after his battle with ichigo he quickly learns the error of his ways so now that we know enough about his past and the beliefs that he adopts before his first appearance in the series let's analyze how he tries to justify rukia's execution and has his mind ultimately changed by ichigo at the beginning of the series he and his lieutenant renji abari are tasked by the soul society to capture and return ruki akuchi during his introduction we quickly see that he has a very silent yet overbearing demeanour during ichigo's battle with renji when he begins to have the upper hand against him byakuya interrupts by breaking ichiko's zampakdo in half before he can deliver the final blow byakiya is the first captain ranked shinigami that we see through howie swiftly takes down ichigo we see the level of difference between ichigo's current state of power compared to a captain ranked shinigami the two strikes that biakya delivers to ichigo are enough to fatally wound him and even if ichigo were to survive byakuya intentionally striked ichigo so that his powers would be no more during this first encounter he comes across as overly arrogant and even shameless in his later appearances during the soul society arc as he appears to be perfectly fine with his sister being executed at this early point in the story the way that biakiya uses his speed and power to swiftly take down ichigo illustrates the wall of difference between the two of them and if ichigo is to indeed save rukia then he must overcome biakya who seems like an impossible opponent to defeat right now at the beginning of chapter 65 biakiya informs rukia that she is going to be executed for her crimes this sentence shocks renji as it appears to be far too severe for the crime that was committed but in a very cold manner biakia relays the information to rukia and shows no remorse he tells her that 25 days from now she is going to be executed and that is the source society's final decision you would not be able to tell that biakea really cares about it through these early interactions as he says to it that he will not see her again until the day of the execution like i mentioned before he is upholding the law and order of the soul society and by doing so he is honoring the oath that he made to his parents biakiya's heartlessness is further emphasized in chapter 134 when captain ukitake frantically arrives and informs pjakia that rukia's execution date has been moved up the execution is now going to be taking place the next day and it appears that byakuya doesn't care in the slightest okitaki wants a response out of him to show that he has some compassion for his younger sister but he simply says that he accepts the decision to move the execution to tomorrow he even refers to this as a trivial matter as he scolds ukitake for troubling him with this understandably ukitake is frustrated by biakea's lack of concern doesn't the fact that rukia is going to be executed mean anything to him if we didn't know about his past and the oath that he made to his parents it would be so confusing as to why he hasn't opposed this severe punishment for the crime that was committed on top of this rukia's execution date is being moved sooner and sooner all the while biakia is not opposed to the decisions that are being made by the higher ups in regards to his sister he tells ukitake that rukia is none of his concern as she is a member of his family whether if she lives or dies it's none of his business on the morning of rukia's execution in chapter 138 biakya is seen praying at the shrine of his wife he is informed that the execution is about to commence he says goodbye to the picture of his wife before making his way over to sokkyoku hill but before he arrives he encounters renji who has escaped from prison and has fought his way through several shinigami in order to save rukia after learning that renji intends to save rukia he tells him that he cannot this encounter helps to show how dysfunctional the relationship that biakya shares with his own lieutenant and this is simply because biakia holds his feelings too close to himself and he is not expressive at all and this ultimately robs biakya from forming meaningful connections with the people that surround themselves around him for the sake of saving rukia renji summons the courage to oppose his own captain it is revealed that renji had dreamed of surpassing biakya long before he had joined the gotai 13 he feels confident that he can now surpass him after having learned bankai biakya expresses to renji that he was unaware that he had attained bankai renji's response reveals a lot about yakira's arrogant nature as he says that how could biakia have noticed since he pays no attention to anyone who he considers beneath him during the soul society arc he is far from humble and his pride as a member of a noble family i think gets to his head the consequences of yakira not being very expressive with his emotions impact rukia and both renji rukia is impacted through how she feels like she has no connection with her older brother and renji through how he is made to feel insignificant no matter how much progress he makes he will never earn the acknowledgement of yakira his captain rukia and renji obviously both respect biakia a great deal there are several examples of yakia actively showing that he cares for them after the soul society arc but prior to rukia's execution biakya is like an emotionless brick even if it pains him to know that rukia is going to be executed he is not willing to do anything to oppose the law and order of the soul society and the decisions that they make the frustration that we feel towards rukia's older brother is channeled through the different characters who challenged bayakia during this arc whether if it was ukitake earlier or renji now it is satisfying to see biakia's approval of rukia's execution being challenged by so many different characters byakuya defeats renji after determining that he is not ready to use his bankai in battle to show the overwhelming difference between their power bayakiya activates his own bankai and easily defeats renji at the end of this very brief battle with renji biakiya proves that he has a superiority complex to the final words that he tells renji before leaving for sokoku hill he tells them that a class difference exists between them no matter how hard renji will try his fangs will never reach byakuya he uses an analogy to explain their difference in class likening it to the tale of the monkey and the moon in this example the moon represents byakuya and the monkey represents renji he says that the moonlight that is seen in the eyes of the monkey is not the actual moon but rather the moon's reflection on the water he says that renji just like the monkey may desperately try to capture the moon but he will always be out of reach and will instead sink to the bottom and this poetically describes how renji will always be beneath byakuya before eisen is introduced as the main antagonist of the series biakya's mindset and his ideology is frustrating enough for us to want to see him be defeated all of this talk about him being superior and how he looks down upon others and even classes them as being beneath him it helps to build the anticipation for his final battle with ichigo all of these aspects of yakira's character according to question while he's battling ichigo but prior to being defeated he has some very toxic personality traits i mean the difference is later on in the story he directs these personality traits to his opponents but during the soul society arc he doesn't distinguish between friend or foe i keep saying this but it is vital to understand before her execution he did not acknowledge rukia once and even with renji he made no effort to form a relationship with his lieutenant we can try to understand this behavior as being a consequence of his oath that he made to his parents there is no easy way to explain him deeming others to be beneath him especially his own comrades but these flaws that exist within byakuya's character are the basis for his fundamental growth and the change which he undergoes which ultimately leads to him sacrificing himself and apologizing to rukia and renji and leaving the rest to ichigo during the thousand-year blood war arc but i will talk about this more later i want to now go over byakuya's highly anticipated rematch with ichigo and how it serves to reform his character the battle between the two of them begins in chapter 152 after ichigo effortlessly takes down three lieutenants he is attacked by yukiya he asks ichigo why is he insisting on trying to save rukia but he responds with a question of his own wondering why rukia's brother isn't trying to save her himself biakia's resolve is not easily wavered as he tells ichigo there is nothing to discuss the only option that he has left is to eliminate ichigo himself and to kill rukia by his own hand the only thing standing in his way is ichigo's opposing resolve each girl decides to protect her and to prevent her death and ultimately this rematch is a battle of two resolves ichigo resolves to break the rules in order to save the life of his friend while biakya is trying to make an example out of rukia it's like he went from one extreme to the other he opposed the rules in order to marry hisana and he opposed the rules when it came to adopting rukia but now he has so much conviction within law and order he's even willing to take it into his own hands and this is especially true when you see him declare that he will kill rukia himself now that the sokkyoku is no longer functional pyokiya has a lot of conviction in his resolve to enact the law and order of the soul society but he is opposed by ichigo who matches biakhia's level of resolve i've always thought of this battle as ichigo slowly bringing out the emotion within byakuya allowing his character to open up a little bit so he's not concealing his emotions or hiding behind this belief that law and order is absolute let's now find out how ichigo's resolve to save rukia changes biakia's character for the better from the very beginning of their battle yakira says that he won't need to use his bankai to defeat ichigo as well as this he admits that ichigo will never be able to change his mind he has made up his mind that he is going to kill both ichigo and rukia both of their fates are sealed despite biakea's stubborn conviction in his own words both of these statements are proven wrong by ichigo as he does eventually force byakuya to use his bangkai and in addition to this ichigo's death and rukia's death are both prevented the first time that we see visible shock on biaxia's face is when he activates his shikai but ichigo counters it with a getzkatencho he realizes he is no longer the same boy who he swiftly took down in the world of the living ichigo is more confident and he has the strength and power to back up his resolve after repeatedly taunting biakyati uses bankai against him he finally activates his bankai zembonzakura kagayoshi his bankai attacks ichigo from all directions as he is overwhelmed by millions of blades his bankai is highly effective against ichigo shikai it leaves ichigo really badly wounded as he's on his knees but when he starts to hint that he has a bankai of his own it once again surprises byakuya up until ichigo activating his bankai biakya has been underestimating him while he watches ichigo activate his bankai biakya looks unpuzzled he is in disbelief as he says it is impossible for ichigo to have attained bankai his reasoning is that only the most experienced shinigami can perform bankai even within the four great noble families who are born with high spiritual pressure one in several generations will only attain bankai and those who have attained this form are etched into the history of the soul society he is once again left speechless as he wonders how a ordinary human who had borrowed shinigami powers could attain this legendary bankai form for all the bangkai that we have seen up until this point they're all grandiose spectacles but each goes bankai despite visually looking cool is very underwhelming as even his sawdust shrunk in size yakiya considers ichigo's multiple actions as an insult to the honor of the soul society firstly he disrespected the execution ceremony and now he is disrespecting the concept of bangkai by challenging him with an ordinary zompok doe ichigo tells him that it is because of yakiya's honor that he is insisting on killing rukia and he says that it was for this reason that he decided to step on biakea's honor and it was the driving factor which caused him to attain bankai indeed after transforming ichigo's speed surprises biakia it is an excellent contrast to the speed that bayakiya used to take down ichigo early on in the series the speed of ichigo's bankai is making it difficult for byakuya to keep up with him in chapter 163 ichigo finally repays the favor and appears behind byakia surprising him and he pierces him from behind the battle of two resolves continues as pyakiya activates an ability called senkai it surrounds the two of them with thousands of columns of blades this is an ability that biakia reserves to use against those who he has decided to kill by his own hand in chapter 165 the tidal battle turns in biakia's favor as ichigo starts to slow down biakia even tells him that it appears that he has reached his limit he is impressed by the progress that ichigo has made he says that he defeated captain class lieutenants he survived a attack from zembonzakura and ultimately he did well to last this long against byakuya just as biakia is about to deliver the final strike to defeat ichigo his hollow takes over his body and i'm starting to now lose counter the number of times that ichigo shocks biakia as his involuntary transformation startles him after his hollow takes over he strikes biakya across his body the speed ferocity and the way that he is utilizing ichigo's bankai is overwhelming when ichigo rips off his huddle mask and refuses the assistance of his inner hollow he gains the respect of yukiya he apologizes to him for the interruption byakia realizes that ichigo doesn't want to defeat him through using an external power which isn't his own towards the end of their battle yakira starts to open up a little bit as he admits that neither of them have much strength left before they clash for one final time ichigo insists on asking why isn't he trying to save rukia unexpectedly he tells ichigo that if he can defeat him then he will reveal to him the answer to his question after their final clash in chapter 167 biaqia finally reveals the reason as to why he didn't try to save rukia he says that those who break the law must face justice they need to understandably face the consequences of their crimes that is of course the meaning behind the law but ichigo asks just for the sake of the law he is going to kill his own sister but ryakya makes an important and mature distinction he says that the bonds of his family mean nothing in the face of the law he says that he is not going to give in to sentimental emotions even if the law is opposing one of his own family members he says that the kuchiki family is one of the four great noble families and as its leader they need to set an example for all shinigami if the kuchiki family don't uphold the law of the soul society then who will ichigo finds it difficult to relate to biakea's perspective as he says that if he was in his shoes then he would fight against the law in order to protect his own sister these words caused byakia to be reminded of kaine shiba rukiya's former lieutenant who had passed away he realizes that the enemy that ichigo was fighting against was not biakia himself this wasn't a personal battle ichigo has been fighting against the laws of the soul society in order to protect rukia this realization causes bayakia to admit that ichigo's persistence and his ferocity has won him the battle he will no longer pursue rukia as he humbly admits defeat against ichigo it doesn't take long for us to see a reformed version of biakea's character as at the end of this soul society arc in chapter 176 he saves rukia's life by preventing gin from killing her at the end of the arc he opens up his emotions to rukia and reveals to her the truth about why she was adopted into the kuchiki family he speaks about the conflict which i mentioned earlier after hearing that rukia was going to be executed he had difficulty choosing between the oath that he made to his parents or the promise that he made to hasana to protect rukia he came to realize that supporting rukia's execution was not the right thing to do and he thanks ichigo for making him come to this realization during this early portion of the series biakea's character facilitated ichigo's growth and it forced ichigo to push himself to become stronger so that he may defeat biakya vyakhiya's character also motivates renji's character to become stronger for the very same reason during this arc both of them pushed themselves to their limits and ultimately it was thanks to biakia's character who pushed both of them to become stronger and acquire bankai by the end of this arc he no longer feels pride for himself instead everybody around him becomes an extension of his pride he is proud of both rukia and renji and thankful to ichigo another notable change that occurs at the end of this arc is the respect that he begins to have for ichigo this is proven during his battle with tsukushima in the fulbright arc in chapter 473 he says that tsukushima is ichigo's enemy and for that reason he will not hesitate in the slightest to kill him at the beginning of his battle with tsukushima he says that he despises the way that he fights he makes people forget the bonds and the relationships that they share with others and he toys with his opponents torturing them tsugishima does all of this from a distance he doesn't even engage in battle he believes that this is a coward's way of fighting and it is for this reason briakir believes that the only punishment suitable for tsukushima is death tsukushima's battle with byakuya is an excellent pairing as the two of them share a very similar demeanor the two characters are both very calm and collected as well as this they do share somewhat of a resemblance with each other in chapter 468 tsukushima cuts biakea's zombocto and inserts himself into his sword's memory after having done this he knows all of biakir's abilities and his techniques now that he is able to alter the past of his zombucto he will no longer be able to be cut by it he also lends the weakness to biakya zambakdo once he has scattered his blade petals there is a protective area surrounding its user this is the safe zone where the flower petals cannot breach this prevents the castor of zembon zakra from being injured by the blade petals this weakness exists within biakea's shikai and his bankai and now that he has kurt byakiya none of his techniques will be able to work against tsukushima as he says that he has studied all of yakira's techniques and none of them will be effective against him so senke and gokai have been rendered useless despite tsukushima having this overwhelming advantage over byakuya it doesn't seem to faze him he activates his bankai and reduces the range of his safe zone he takes this opportunity to hold some of zembon zakra's blades within his own hand when tsukushima is caught off guard he uses these blade petals to pee a fukushima through his chest during these 17 months since the defeat of aizen byakuya had been training but all of the abilities and new techniques that he had acquired were useless against fukushima having to rely on his initiative he comes up with an excellent method to take down fukushima biakia is among one of the shinigami who placed their riyatsu into the sword that was prepared by urahara the one that rukia used to restore ichiko's powers during the fullbrink arc he assists ichigo through helping to retain his powers and by defeating one of the fullbringers the same boy that he wanted to kill back in the soul society arc he is now assisting and fighting alongside in chapter 380 when biakya and kimpachi arrive in huikum window to help ichigo fight against yami biyakia tells ichigo to stay back he tells ichigo that there is nothing for him to do here in huikum window and he tells him to go back to the world of the living where he is needed when ichigo insists that he needs to stay to help yakira and kimpachi and if all three of them work together it would be easier to defeat the espada biakya reminds him of his duty he reminds him that assisting the captains of the gortai 13 is not his duty they do not require help from a substitute shinigami instead byakuya tells him that his duty is to defend karakura town for he is the substitute shinigami of karakura town it isn't his job to clean up the messenger that is the job of the soul society and the captains of the gotai 13 and it is this moment that i always think back to whenever i go and read the thousand year blood war arc and in particular when i read chapter 512 when the soul society is ambushed and attacked by the quincy byakuya faces off against the sternuto as not in this heartbreaking encounter he has his bankai stolen by the stern ritter and for the first time in a long while he makes biakira feel the sensation of fear as not ultimately uses byakuya's bankai against him and he brings forth the flower petals from zamboanzakara kagayoshi and he uses his own ability to tear apart biakia's body he reminds pyakiya that there is nothing that he can do he is not able to overcome his own bankai with justice shikai alone in an attempt to protect renji who is angered by aznat disrespecting biakiya's bankai he diverts his attention away from renji but is once again attacked by his own blade petals he is attacked by an endless storm of blade petals repeatedly the attack is so overwhelming that it crashes bayaki's body into a wall forming a crater after this devastating attack he apologizes to both rukia and renji before passing out when ichigo finally arrives in the seoul society in chapter 512 the first person that he meets is biakya in what seems like his dying breath he asks ichigo if rukia and renji are still alive to which ichigo replies that they are he is relieved to know that they are okay and he tells ichigo that he doesn't feel like he's going to last much longer biakia is a character who gives a lot of importance to responsibility and duty because throughout his life he upholded the responsibility of a captain of the gotai 13. he realized to ichigo his embarrassment that he could not take out those who attacked the serete and he admits that he brought a lot of sorrow and suffering to all of the shinigami that he led to their death during this invasion he feels incredible shame that he is not able to avenge their deaths and he is deeply embarrassed because at the end of all of this he has to rely on a human he tells ichigo that this isn't his fight to be involved in unrightfully it is not ichigo's duty to be here in the first place back in the fake karakura town arc he tells ichigo that his duty was to protect karakura town but now humbly asking for ichiko's forgiveness for what he is about to ask of him he requests that he please save the soul society in my opinion this was a really great send-off to bjakia's character and if he did die here then i would have had no problems with it everything comes full circle in a kind of perfect way the first major antagonist of the series who even wanted to kill ichigo himself now has to rely upon him in order to save the soul society that he cherishes so much if you want more of a detailed conversation on whether or not pyakiya should have died during the thousand-year blood war archonate then check out a video from my friend called clyde who discusses why he thinks biakia should have died it's a great watch and i agree with a lot of the points that he makes and i highly recommend it after this video after the first quincy invasion it is reported that biakya has narrowly escaped to death but he is in a comatose state and the only way that he can recover is if he is taken with the royal guards to their palace along with rukia renji and ichigo he is taken to the royal palace where his injuries are healed if he had not been taken there then he would have died in chapter 545 byakuya is finally healed as he takes the longest to recover from his injuries after being completely healed he spends his time training with the royal guard his desire is to reach a level where he can justify the pride that he felt prior to being defeated in chapter 568 he rejoins the battle against the quincy's as he arrives to save rukia while she is being overwhelmed by asnot's ability causing her to feel fear he cuts through as not's wall of fear-inducing eyes the standard to mocks biakiya for his prior defeat thanks to aznot stealing his bankai bjakir was able to re-evaluate his abilities he was put in a position where he was forced to reassess his unbokdoll his power has increased to such a level that his shikai now resembles his bankai during this encounter biakea's relationship with rukia is expanded upon he says that on his way to a sister he had been feeling her spiritual pressure and he could tell that rukia had become stronger this acknowledgement from her brother means a lot to her she had always looked up to him but he didn't acknowledge her you can clearly see the growth in biakia's character he's able to freely express his emotions without holding back and this has a positive effect on the relationships that he has with others and in this case him sharing his emotions has deeply impacted rukia he tells her that fear is born through the insecurities that we hold within our hearts so he asks her if she still has any fears within her heart and rukia replies that she doesn't he tells her that she will be the one who will defeat as not he reassures rukia that she is not the one who is afraid instead it is as not who is the one who is fearful his encouragement leads to the revelation that rukia has attained bankai by utilizing gabankai she is able to defeat asnot and the two of them go on to assist the other shinigami and protect the soul society during the latter portion of the thousand-year budwell arc biakya arrives in the royal palace that has been taken over by the quincy he teams up with captain hitsugaya and together they battled the sternoto girard i always compare this power-up to biakea teaming up with kimpachi in the fake karakora town arc when he was paired up with kimpashi the two of them had a lot of disagreements despite them having a dysfunctional relationship they were still able to defeat the espada that challenged them in huekumundo it doesn't take long for kimpatchi to arrive to assist hitsugai and biakya against gerard in chapter 674 rukia and renji try to assist biakya but he tells them that they need to go to where ichigo is he tells them that the need to help him because he has already started his confrontation with you habakkuk that help is not needed to fight against gerard after they leave hitagaya speaks to him he tells hitsugai that he chose his words carefully so that rukia and renji would understand the underlying meaning behind them upon first inspection his words may seem really harsh but the underlying meaning is that he wants them to go and help their friend and hitagaya affirms this as he tells biakiya that this is what they learned in the shinigami academy he says that shinigami are not taught to fight for their superiors or for their families the true purpose of a shinigami is to die protecting their friends and to give their life for the humans they agree that ichigo is only a comrade to them but turukia and renji ichiko is their friend this emphasizes that byakuya made the right decision to send rukia and renji to go and assist ichigo this moment that occurs right at the end of the manga shows how far bjakia has come as a character we see a clear change in his opinion of ichigo and his relationship with rukia and renji has improved considerably initially he considered ichigo an enemy of the soul society and its law and order but now he considers ichigo as a true ally this boy that he initially desired to kill eventually overwhelms him with his own power and opens his eyes making him realize that he was in the wrong for supporting the execution of his sister after that battle ichigo's resolve impacts biakia's character and as we have seen throughout this video biakea's opinion of ichigo is incredibly high he holds a lot of respect for him it is because of this respect that he has for ichigo he is able to embarrassingly ask him to save the soul society on his behalf he feels incredible shame to ask ichigo but he has confidence in his abilities he entrusts the soul society to someone who he prior thought was disrespecting the soul society when ichigo disrupted rukia's execution and opposed the decision of the sole society to execute her biakia is a very well written character and he is one of my favorite characters within bleach i have really enjoyed reading through all of the moments that he appears in during the manga it is incredibly fun to read through all of his battles as his abilities are very unique and interesting as well as this seeing his transformation from someone who holds his emotions to himself becoming more open and understanding is very rewarding what are your thoughts on the head of the kuchiki family do you agree with me that he is one of the best characters within bleach do you think that he should have been killed during the thousand year blood war arc i would love to hear your thoughts on his character in the comments down below but 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Channel: DBZimran

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Id: VMZvzrRcUmU

Length: 33min 41sec (2021 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 07 2020