DEFENDING COYOTE STARRK - Why the Primera Espada is WAY STRONGER Than You Think

I've always been a staunch believer in coyote Stark sure he's the slickest member of the tennis SP with an extremely badass yet understated design and there will always be room for his gunslinging Lone Wolf demeanor as far as I'm concerned but there's more to him than that coyote Stark was the premara Espada for a reason and that title brings with it a lot of baggage in the leadup to learning who was number one unless you were reading it weak at the time you have no idea just how much anticipation there was within the community it was a crazy time and there's never been anything quite like it in Bleach when Stark was revealed as the premiera in chapter 339 I remember being so ecstatic I couldn't wait to see him in action and yet over the many years since it feels as though Stark's reputation has diminished somewhat the question of who is the strongest Espada has dogged the bleach Community for years embroiling fans in what feels like an everlasting debate it doesn't help that the meaning of the espart numbers has changed significantly over the years what was once so simple to understand has now become Meed in unnecessary convolution when the hierarchical system was first introduced it was a basic ranking of lethality ordering the aspid from the strongest to the weakest since then it's been retroactively changed to refer to the amount of rare Yoku each asada has not their combat Effectiveness and then even more recently the numbers themselves seem to refer only to each as spar's individual aspect of death and nothing more plus there's the Yami situation which threw everything out of whack now this video isn't to argue that Stark is the strongest espar I'd like to dedicate at a full video to that ranking sometime in the future instead it's to shine some light on how truly impressive and frankly absurdly powerful Stark actually was despite the relative lackluster performance from someone expected of his rank it's clear that Stark was done Dirty by Kubo in the fake kakura Town battle but then so were all of the top three Espada ultimately at least in my opinion their appearances all all paled in comparison to UL kordas who was quite clearly given prominence over the rest likely due to his proximity in the narrative to Ichigo but that doesn't mean we should detract from what Stark both did and didn't show on the page he's extraordinarily impressive even more so when you consider he's barely even trying for the most part and when we do finally Glimpse Stark actually giving it his all for but a single chapter well the results speak for themselves so to begin there are two huge roadblocks facing Stark and His image that we need to discuss that we need to deal with before we can move on the first is his lethargy and his General lack of interest in fighting Stark is blessed with obscene power and skill but chooses to spend his days lounging around and sleeping unlike most Hollows Stark is apathetic towards violence openly suggesting to kyaku that they pretend to fight instead even in the midst of a war that's not to say Stark is completely averse to fighting he clearly has a curious streak and tries to push his enemies to show them their full power but he doesn't Delight in battle and bloodlust like most other Hollows imagine a stark with the personality of Neutra or grimo for example though even then while certainly more volatile he'd be lacking in other ways but this General sense of Mala this lethargy means that Starks simply can't be bothered most of the time and only goes all out for a fleeting period And so in comparison to other often weaker characters Stark gets comparatively less time to shine as a surprisingly levelheaded and introspective aranka Stark makes it pretty clear that he doesn't want to be there even though he feels a need to repay eizen he doesn't like fighting and he's not the type to indulge in a need for Revenge either it takes a pep talk from lilinette to finally get him to act to show what he can really do but by then it's almost too late the devastating sneak attack from kyaku only serves to annihilate whatever motivation Stark had managed to build up sealing his fate Kubo made a bold Choice with Stark taking the single most hyped up ESP the premiera and turning him into an emotional lighter one with perhaps a little more depth and conscience than the majority of aranka that we had come to know but that doesn't make him any less powerful it simply means he's less likely to show it off the other issue facing Stark's perception among the community is a strange one but it's his method of attack Sero is not particularly exciting every single menos we've ever met can use Sero right the way back to the very first Menos Grande we ever see admittedly with varying degrees of success but still it's a common Hollow ability that we've seen plenty of times throughout the arc throughout the series up until now now Stark takes his Mastery of Sero to a completely different level something that's clear from the moment he first fires one unlike every other meno Stark doesn't need to adopt any kind of stance or pose to use the attack a brilliant blue ball of energy simply forms in front of him in a Flash decimating anything in its path with no warning whatsoever and to be honest conceptually I like Stark's weapon of choice being Sero it is quintessentially hollow to its core and firing streams of Sero from his pistols is pure ey candy but it does leave something to be desired when the other asada all have crazy wacky abilities for a lot of people Sero just doesn't cut it even koraku himself retorts that if all you're doing is firing a Sero he won't need to use barai something Stark seems desperate to disprove now Stark does have his own crazy wacky ability that comes into play much later but SOS are the main thing he's known for and to be honest despite Sero being a common attack the way Stark can use it is incredible don't forget that while we have seen Sero a lot from the lower ranks and the underlings every time an aspar uses a Sero it's a big deal the first time yamy blasts yoichi with one she is terrified of the attack UL kora's first Sero rips through Ichigo shattering his Hollow mask while harbell's Sero obliterates a wing from toshido Bai with ease with his pistols Stark is is firing off Sero of this kind of level at a near constant basis with the power to just demolish buildings then there's serreta which may be one of the most impressive abilities used by an asard ever again it feels oddly lowkey because it is just a Sero at the end of the day but Stark turns his pistols into fully automatic machine guns unloading potentially hundreds if not thousands of Sero onto kyaku in one go even able to turn and move them in a gigantic wave to give Chase to an opponent this is something the rest of the aspada couldn't even dream of getting close to being able to do and Stark does it all so effortlessly as a massive kyaku fan even I'll admit it's nonsensical that he's able to avoid them all though the implication is that he was about to get hit and even felt the need to use banai after witnessing that ability the key thing you have to remember about Stark is that everything is understated that's the point he's not the type to shout about his power from the rooftops nor to be arrogant nor to talk a big game nor to even aggravate an enemy in that sense Stark actually reminds me a little of gremmy they've both got immense capabilities enormous Limitless potential and never felt the need to Pro prove their skill to anyone but I suppose that earlier phrase sums up Stark perfectly unlike most Hollows as revealed in Stark's brief but enlightening backstory he and lilinette were once one being who split themselves into two to escape their unending loneliness so unlike literally every other aranka who seal their true power and form into a zanak toe to later be released Stark doesn't do that instead lilinette acts as his zanpakto she is where their true power is stored and needs to be released from Stark's other half by the way in regards to this presumably that means the sword we see Stark wielding in battle isn't a zanak toe at all but just an empty blade right anyway consider how immense they must have been as a single individual that their power had to be split between two completely living beings as opposed to condensed into a sword it's a situation very similar to Kenpachi and yachiru though not totally the same in fact I would say Stark's circumstances are arguably more impressive as he's basically walking around with a living breathing corporeal embodiment of their own power who can talk and act totally independently of him I guess yiru is ENT eventually the same thing they do feel like parallels in more ways than one that's for sure but where Stark is concerned we see the natural birth of an extremely powerful vasto Lord aranka one who looks totally and completely human save for his Hollow Mask Remnant and Hollow hole outside of that Stark is the single most human looking Aran car even going Beyond baragan one of the oldest vasto Lords to ever exist while baragan takes the form of a human skeleton Stark is flesh and blood even after Stark and Linette split themselves apart their ratu was enough to passively obliterate The Souls of Hollows around them simply by being near them to the point where you have to assume it's so colossal that no amount of control will truly subdue it or else they'd be doing it and clearly this is different again from baragan who is bble to hold court with numerous considerably lower level Hollows without apparently affecting them at all but now that we've shed a light on some of the issues facing Stark as well as some of his background let's take a look at his actual performance on the page and how everything comes together to create one of the most insanely powerful characters in Bleach who sadly only gets the tiniest fraction of time to show what he's really capable of even outside of his raw abilities Stark is impressive in many ways for starters one of Stark's most underrated capabilities is how uniquely perceptive a fighter he is by dueling kiaku Stark was able to correctly guess and understand how koraku actually fights as a swordsman before the captain had even begun doing so not only that but koraku was actively trying to obfuscate his two-handed fighting style even lying to Stark about how he uses his swords when Stark was on the right track without so much as a gloat Stark instantly surmises everything kiaku can do to the point where koraku considers it frightening and then there's ukitake shikai soio no kotari Stark again showing his penion for curiosity actively baits out ukitake's weapon before deducing everything it can do after a mere three examples ukatake is genuinely impressed with Stark's mind and Stark goes so far as to detail the intricacies of ukitake shikai right down to how the talismans connecting the two blades affect its power before even speculating that after everything he's learned ukitake shikai likely has a limit and prepares to exploit it and finally even seriously injured under pressure and on the back foot Stark is able to figure out the most opportune color to call out during kaku's hero only game dealing a massive injury to the captain's back and surprising him yet again despite having only been playing this game for the first time ever for a few minutes maximum so not only is Stark extremely calm in battle but he's calculating too figuring out everything about his opponent's fighting style as they try to hit him and hitting Stark isn't an easy feat either coyote Stark is clearly one of the fastest characters in the series to the point where I honestly debate whether or not zamari really is the quickest espar like I said earlier Stark isn't the kind of guy to boast about his prowess if zamari is going around saying he's the fastest I think Stark would just shrug it off and keep himself to himself that's of course pure conjecture on my part but consider what we see in the story Stark's first speed feat is perhaps his most impressive he instantly appears out of nowhere in front of Aime in the middle of the desert of last not chess without anyone even realizing he was there there isn't even a motion to Signal his appearance he quite literally is just right there in front of her as though he's always been there Stark is able to say a few words before Ken Pache and Ichigo both Rush him but again he vanishes from the spot as quickly as he arrived looking completely unfazed by the Two fighters hurtling towards him Ichigo is even astounded by Stark's instantaneous disappearance now we don't know if Stark is able to make it to the throne room in a single step but even so this is massively impressive to the point where it feels like teleportation even though it's not and then there's his entire fight against both kyaku and ukitake and later love and Rose for the full length of his Skirmish with the two captains at the start Stark doesn't take a single hit in fact his almost wisp likee Leaf nature is made quite clear from the way he's able to avoid several strikes one of my favorite panels depicting motion is this one of Stark darting forwards while twisting round to dodge kaku's blade it's expertly drawn of course and shows you just how blisteringly fast everyone is currently moving Stark is able to not only the attack but turn and point his gun in kaku's face before kaku's arm has finished its downward swipe really Stark is capable of dodging every slash of kyaku every redirected Sero of ukitake without so much as breaking a sweat which again feels like something that's often overlooked Stark is so calm throughout the fight that he feels he's able to hold a casual conversation with kyaku while the latter is actively out for blood attempting to kill starkk in a single hit early on not only that but Stark appears behind ukitake in a Flash shocking the captain who himself is one of the oldest most proficient fighters in the goatee on top of that despite his thin frame Stark is very durable to the point where Love's shikai tumaru is basically worthless against the aspara after baragan is killed and eizen doesn't say a word stark falls into a brief depression and is struck for the very first time love successfully lands a massive hit on him sending the Iran cast spiraling down to the town below however despite being smacked in the face by Love's spiked cudgel and crashing full force into the buildings beneath them Stark is completely unharmed there's not a bruise nor a mark on him and he only replies with a simple ow when you get to his offensive capability well I've already detailed why I think Stark's absolute Mastery over Sero is underrated and how incredibly dangerous it is to deal with Sero being Lightning Fast complement Stark's own agility enabling him to flit about the battlefield blasting his enemies and even disrupting their own attacks with an instantaneous beam of energy now of course all of this is great and it certainly adds up to one of the strongest most talented fighters in Bleach but it's all for nothing if Stark simply isn't interested in fighting what happens when the gloves finally come off what happens when he's finally motivated to take the battle seriously and display what he can really do Stark's most powerful most secret and most deadly ability something that in my humble opinion is perhaps totally unmatched among the aspada in terms of raw techniques is finally revealed after lilinette convinces him to go all out in his battle against love and Rose although it's sadly only for a single chapter we finally get to see what the asarda worthy of the premiera is truly capable of in the skies above karakura Stark summons an enormous Army of ghostly wolves formed like Flames from his banders sacrificing his pistols in the process not only is this one of the coolest looking abilities in the series but it is absurdly powerful capable of running rings around two Captain level opponents with ease reducing them to heavily injured recks in the process the Wolves move upon Stark's command but in reality they are Stark both Stark and Linette in fact in another Testament to this Aran car's immeasurable rare Yoku Stark's ultimate ability is that he can continue to keep splitting his soul almost as much as he likes forming these walls with which to attack with presumably this is just a continuation of the very first time them as an individuals split their soul into Stark and Linette creating essentially two separate life forms out of their initial version and now they're continuing to do the same again creating an army of wolves although love and Rose are both wielding their shikai and both wearing their Hollow masks they are completely outmatched they don't even get close to Stark's main body which is now just able to sit back and watch the Mayhem unfold without lifting a finger although the two visards manag to destroy several of the Wolves they simply reform in the air before them a NeverEnding onslaught of power despite seemingly being actual soul beings the wolves appear to be almost ethereal able to move through the rubble beneath their feet appearing out of the earth like Jets of water before diving through the air moving unnaturally to reach their targets the moment they clamp their jaws down onto their victims the Wolves detonate in Furious pillars of flame massive explosions seriously wounding both love and Rose there are so many of the Wolves as well and they move in such an unpredictable way that it turns out to be simply impossible for love and Rose to remain on top of them resulting in them both being injured in a devastating fashion by the end of the short fight here we actually see Stark using everything he's got for once activating his ultimate power he and lilinette are splitting their shared Soul once more sending out Legions of unkillable bombs essentially that hunt down their prey the Wolves AR AR mindless they are more of the aspada themselves their incalculable Roku continuously siphoned off to create additional Warheads honestly it's such a devastating ability that you have to wonder if there are any drawbacks Stark explains that they are dividing their soul treating each other as a weapon so does constantly ripping their soul apart like that weaken them overall would their soul eventually restore itself self over time this is really unlike almost any power in the series because very few characters have that kind of raw rare Yoku necessary to be able to pull it off it's almost difficult to wrap your head around it these wolves are all individual fragments of both Stark and lilinette and yet even just a few of them are enough to nearly kill love and rose without any intervention from the main Stark himself of course the anime famously takes this ability a little further while The Disappearance of the guns in the source material would imply this form is predominantly Linette's portion of the soul the anime takes that idea and runs with it turning the Wolves into the embodiment of lilinette herself to the point where if the wolves are destroyed lilinette is presumably killed now we are only looking at what we see in the source material here but I thought it was worth bringing up I like the additional emotional heft this Revelation adds to the battle but I don't like how easily koraku is able to rid the battlefield of lilinette especially after love and Rose couldn't seemingly put a dent in Stark's defenses whatsoever also I don't think it makes sense for the Wolves to just be Linette they are clearly supposed to be both characters perhaps even entwined as one once again hence why Stark refers to the Wolves as well Stark just before he begins the assault but I digress considering this is Stark's own soul that's being sent out to attack it essentially means he's able to form an explosive Army out of his own power and with that knowledge I wonder how baran's respirar would deal with it considering the wolves are souls themselves actual beings created presumably they would age but they're clearly not normal Souls like I mentioned earlier they come across as being these ghostlike ethereal beings who reform themselves upon being struck with a physical attack plus we've seen that explosions are able to overpower and bypass respirar if detonated close enough so I think Stark would be able to overwhelm baragan eventually with this ability but perhaps that's a video for another day maybe a future versus battle that series is returning soon by the way you heard it here first but to sum up using his ultimate ability starkk is clearly leagues above even two visard Captain class Warriors he simply stands back and observes as well he and lilinette set about savaging both love and Rose to the point where they're unable to really even mount a defense of any kind let alone a Counterattack they get a couple of hits in here and there but they are worthless the wolf pack returns to devour of them no matter what they try to do no matter where they try and run that amount of raw power and energy enough to keep splitting your soul into that of a small army is no joke at all and to be honest that's really everything I have to say on the topic of standing up for Stark yes the top spot for strongest esparo whatever that means is in contention and there are several characters vying for it however I just wanted to throw Stark's hat back into the ring the character is very understated and lowkey but as I said that's the entire point when you look below the surface you see someone who is frankly obscenely strong with virtually every single Advantage afforded to them Stark is after all the closest thing the series has ever seen to a perfect Iran car the absolute top Echelon of the vasto Lord totally naturally born and so powerful that his power has to be contained within another living being a split version of himself as opposed to just a sword despite his outward nature Stark is a total monster with a completely broken ability at his disposal especially if it does come with little to no downsides is Stark the strongest is sparer well that's a debate for another day but regardless Stark is is way stronger than you probably remember and this has hopefully shown you why but that's it for the video guys as always I really hope you enjoyed it let me know your thoughts on coyote Stark the premiera espar down in the comments below is he as strong as I'm giving him credit for is he really that powerful was he worthy of holding the premiera espar title In Your Eyes did you like that he was a master of the Sero or was that a little underwhelming to you was it a bit disappointing and that goes for his whole showcase as well how do you think he could have been better handled in the series and is his spirit wolf pack Army really as powerful as I seemingly think it is as always let me know your thoughts 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Length: 27min 41sec (1661 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 28 2024