Zaraki vs Nnoitra; Ulquiorra vs Ichigo; Soifon and fattyguywhosenameeludesme vs Barragan; Szayel vs a bunch of people.
Man those were two very good arcs until Kubo started kuboing.
Ichigo v. Ulquiorra with resurrection v.2 and full hollow Ichigo gave me chills.
Aizen owning everyone at once was pleasant.
Ichigo v. Bayakuyu
Shuhei vs that one Espada, no es exacta?
And most recently Dog Captain vs Quincy Bomb chick.
Just a few no ones mentioned yet. Obviously there's plenty more.
Yeah, Hisagi v. Findor was awesome. So was Uryuu v. Mayuri. He snaps that glove and you go OH DAYUM.
Some other good ones in the filler arcs. Byakuya v. Koga is amazing. Uryuu/Ichigo v. Kageroza is awesome for hard he stomps both of them. Hollow Ichigo v. Ulquiorra was dope. Nel v. Noitera (however the hell you spell it) was great.
I think the only thing that could top Ichigo v. Aizen, though, would be getting Zanka no Tachi animated.
Interesting Kubo specifically showed the ink covering the crest that houses Yama's Bankai. Wonder if it got neutralized?
what was that one fight with kira decapitating someone...? was it an arrancar?
One of Barragan's flunkies, if I recall.
Anyway, Ichigo vs. Byakuya is probably "the best" before the series stepped away from somewhat realistic despite the fantastical elements into basically a DBZ clone.
Any fight with hollow ichigo is fun as fuck. I love watching the raging berzerker types. Same reason Zaraki is a favorite character of mine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euqpuA9ojr8
Finding out that the hollow spirit that infected Ichigo's mom was the same manifestation as Ichigo's full hollow form was pretty awesome. I still think my favorite was the first time Ichigo went Bankai. That whole fight build up was just perfect. Shows up -> one shots 3 LTs (without even using his sword), then boom, BANKAI.
Second favorite was Ulquiorra above.
Zaraki is great, but honestly he's only enjoyable when he's one shotting people (which has only really happened like 3 times).
The best part of the Byakuya fight happens before Byakuya even attacks him.
Easily one of my favorite parts of that entire arc.
Spoiler: show
I like that because when Ichigo fights Aizen again he blows Aizen's mind by stopping his sword barehanded just as Aizen did to him there.
The single best panel in the entire manga is when Isshin flicks Aizen away like he was a flea.
Nah. Isshin is baller but it's tough to top this:
Edit: Or Ichigo palming Aizen's face mid-sentence:
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Ichibei is fucking terrifying when his eyes go white and he's grinning like that.