Bleach

[Boyiee]

Um, could Gin's outfit look any cooler (I know hes in the distance, but fucking sweet).

Can't wait for next weeks manga, damn.

And wtf at intstant transmission, this manga is more and more like DBZ all the time... we have a possible vegeta, and we have warping around... nonetheless, it's pretty damn badass for both Ichigo AND Zaraki to be like "wtf??" especially considering his eyepatch is still off.

[Souj]

well, the "instant transmission" thing has already happened once before in the SS arc. when Tousen brought renji and rukia back up to the execution stand thingy.

[Maguspk]

I wonder what number that guy was. It wasn't really like he was super fast though, he just came in under the radar and got out before they could react to it. The arrancar sonido(?) might be superior to the Shinigami shinpo or w/e it's called or just harder to follow.

[ASG]

Well he is at least 3. He is most likely a Vasto Lorde as well. Uloquirra is pretty powerful without even releasing, can only imagine the old dude, Halibel, and Starks power.

[Charla]

I had suspected it's either
1. Halibel
2. Nameless
3. Stark

or
1. Nameless
2. Stark
3. Halibel

Halibel watching from the cliff seemed to hint at her being #3, but now stark "appearing before" the Shinigami first sort of indicates he's #3. On the other hand, Nameless being #1 would sort of mirror Yamamoto being the Squad 1 captain (both old guys and all).

[Maguspk]

What are 4-10?

4 Ulqi
5 ?
6 Grimm
7 ?
8 ?
9 ?
10 Yammy

I am probably just not remembering some really easy ones, but those are the only ones I recall a number from.

[Charla]

4-10:

4 Ulqi
5 Nnoitra
6 Grimm
7 Black guy that got splatted by Byakuya
8 Szrael
9 Aaroniero
10 Yammy

[Rem]

I hope the last three ranks are in this order.

1. Stark
2. Halibel
3. Old man Espada


Edit: I think Yammy is going to be the last espada standing. lol

[Charismatic]

I hope the last three ranks are in this order.

1. Stark
2. Halibel
3. Old man Espada


Edit: I think Yammy is going to be the last espada standing. lol

They have Orihime, their losses mean nothing.

[Maguspk]

4-10:

4 Ulqi
5 Nnoitra
6 Grimm
7 Black guy that got splatted by Byakuya
8 Szrael
9 Aaroniero
10 Yammy

Ah thanks.

There are 6 ways to order the last 3 ranks, I hope Old guy isn't the strongest that'd be sort of boring and predictable.

[ASG]

I could agree with your assumption Charla that the old man is #1 with the whole captain of soul society resemblance. But for some reason I feel that Halibel will be #1 though for some reason. Maybe because she is the only woman

Edit: Now that I think about it has anybody ever wondered how strong Gin and Tousen actually are? I mean they are pretty much below Aizen I guess. Wonder how much stronger they would be to #1, if at all.

[Akiyama]

Man, that was an awesome Bleach chapter and Gin/Aizen/Tousen standing together like that was so sweet. D: I can't wait for the next chapter.

Also, Kenpachi = winsauce.

[Charla]

Now that I think about it, Nel was #3 until she got chibified. (yes, I know child form != chibi) So it would be even more predictable for Halibel to have replaced her and left the other ranks as they were. Also, that's how it worked with Luppi.

[Charismatic]

Something I just noticed... Aizen had a hard-on for Soul Society, he should have just stayed.
The way he has things set up is pretty similar to what they have in SS but on a smaller scale

10 Espada + Aizen, Gin and Kaname = 13 Squad Captains.
Then the Espada have their Fracción, etc.
Their little place they are in could also be considered similar to the Seireitei.

Then the obvious... the white clothes, opposite of what the Shinigami wear. He could have chosen any color, but he chose white.

[gandorf]

If they attack ichigo's home town, maybe ichigo's dad will join the fight. Have they ever shown gins bankai?

[Maguspk]

If they attack ichigo's home town, maybe ichigo's dad will join the fight. Have they ever shown gins bankai?

Nope just his "Shoot to kill(death)" power pole Shikai. I bet Tousen and Aizen both have new Bankais too after whatever they've done in Hueco Mundo. Tousen already had two to begin with so I'm sure he's developed a third, Gin's will be new no matter what, and Aizen would be a boring fight since we already know too much about him unless he has some new crazy Bankai. I also wonder whether they have Vizard type masks like Ichigo or if they are simply still Shinigami.

[Charla]

In some of the Bleach games he can extend the sword into the air or ground and hundreds of copies of it cover the area. But Kubo probably isn't that lazy yet.

[Max™]

I would bet that they have something like really advanced Vizard masks or something like that.

Given how the Espada, bad ass mofo's that they are, all kind of cower before Aizen/Gin/Tousen, they must have seen some big "Oh snap, I shouldn't piss this guy off" ability demonstrated.

[Charla]

I don't really think they're afraid of Gin/Tousen so much. Grimmy was ready to take on Tousen with one arm before Aizen stopped him. They might have given themselves Vaizard-type powers with the hougyoku though, and it would be kinda cool if Gin pulled out an oversized mask in the middle of fighting Kenpachi or something.

[Max™]

Dunno, just kind of seems like Gin/Tousen are "above" the Espada, since they started as Shinigami and probably have gotten into some advanced hollowfication level with Aizens help, and him having kept the best stuff for himself.