Indeed. The viking motif makes a lot of sense considring that Valhalla, the paradise of norse warriors, allowed them to fight and be resurrected for eternity. That is, until the world was created anew after Ragnarok. Gerad also stands out due to his surprisingly affable personality and unique design. Definitely a memorable Sternritter.
Clearly the top Schutstaffel member and Quincy after Ywach himself. I mean it’s so OP. It reminds me of a better, stronger, and more complete Scrhrift than the S-Superstar James and his Hero fighter. Very similar but the Miracle is complete. Without needing anything extra like chants from James to super star
He just has so many layers of ability. Hoffnug, the Miracle and then a cross that can revive him from pure energy. He's like the ultimate counter to Shinigami. You would need someone like Urahara or Mayuri to survive long enough to figure a way of breaking the cross.
@@mystic1360so when she activated Bankai and proceeds to slash Kenpachi with blood... It boils his skin. He even comments on it. Are you implying that is metaphorical and not physical?
The Miracle reminds me a little of the Hogyoku. The ability to manifest miracles instead of the will of the wielder. Imagine if Kubo installed a similar weakness. Losing hope, for example, could weaken and break his powers.
Except miracle is actually a little bit restrained. The only miracle it seems to manifest is that of an underdog gaining the power to win a fight. Kinda reminds me of Mask’s power 🤔
the hogyoku doesn't create miracles it increases growth rate and helps the user reach it's peak but it can't make your stronger then your genetic limitations@@thecanmanification
The only thing is the hogyoku at its core is just way more broken than the miracle. Going by the pace of the show i really am hoping that the hogyoku will play a much bigger role and so will the sokyoku. The sokyoku was a really cool weapon and I hope it gets utilised in the anime.
The combination of growing stronger by being damaged and hurting your enemies because they damaged your weapon is a really cool concept. Gerad sure has a OP power, but given his role as the final hurdle for the Gotei 13, he made his battle a true spectacle.
I just realized something both Gerard and Hachwalt both use a Weapon that absorbs or redirects somthing to something else. And their Shrifts work simalr similar in the aspects of misfortune and fortune, as well as Despair and Miracle.
Converting physical damage in to mass and power is one of the miracles abilities however he openly displays that he can use it in several other ways. Like being able to locate what he described as finding a needle in a haystack in the second.
please keep in mind that everything we have seen from the Schutzstaffel are AFTER they were revived by Yhwach... meaning that their feats are literally them WITH the Auswahlen buff, in other words, they have the entire Quincy army's powers(or more so they are fueled by dead stern ritters on top of their regular powers) the miracle, the x-axis, the compulsory AND the death-dealing have all been made completely useless by an incomplete unnamed zanpakuto that Nimaiya decided to use for absolutely no other reason than he was just confident he could kill all of them with just that said zanpakuto and so he did... and then Yhwach stole the powers of whatever Quincy that remained and gave it to the Schutzstaffel, then they got revived and became stronger because they also got buffed by said stolen powers. so in conclusion, if Yhwach DID NOT revive them through the sacrifice of other stern ritters they would have all probably been defeated really easily by the Gotei Captains... because right at the very end Yhwach did the exact same thing to them and stole their powers to make himself stronger
This may or may not be true but sounds logical to me given manga and western comics doing this for decades. I am ok with it, as long as the context of it is developed. I will say something off topic. I went back a month ago and found a super underused character who Kubo has absolutely discarded... Soi Fon. Omg, he has literally pushed her out of any Bleach discussion. It's like she's not even a Captain WTF. Give this character some development Kubo.
I really hope we get to learn more about the soul king and his severed body parts in the anime. It seems like we might with the way things have been going
Gerard's Miracle and Ichigo's powers are both formidable, but it's hard to compare them directly as they have different abilities and contexts. Each has their own unique strengths and weaknesses.
It's absolutely mind-boggling to consider that the cross managed to survive unscathed against a character possessing the ability to literally cut through any object. I can't help but speculate whether the cross is an item exclusively consumable and removable by Yhwach from Gerard. It's possible that Kubo intended to convey the notion that if the central source of Gerard's power (the cross) can indeed be destroyed, it can only be achieved by Yhwach, as evidenced by Kenpachi's inability to do so.
I literally typed dbzirman Gerald the miracle last night to see your take on him and now I’ve woken up to the best bleach analyst make a video on him the next morning 🔥🔥
Since Gerard is already a literal component of the most powerful being in Bleach (the original Soul King) it makes sense that he would be very OP. Actually him and Lille make sense in this regard as they should be on par with Squad Zero at the very least and above the current Gotei 13. The other choices for Yhwach's guard don't make as much sense since Pernida lacks the intelligence and durability of Gerard/Lille and Askin was seemingly hastily promoted up and similarly lack the durability to really stand up to Squad Zero or the enhanced Gotei 13. There were probably better choices among the Sternritter for the two slots if we remove Askin/Pernida and accept that whoever replaces them will get a massive power boost from Yhwach's Auswahlen. A smart Gremmy would be suitably OP along with Lille/Gerard and it would probably make more sense narratively if Uryu was actually forced into the fight against Squad Zero at the very least even if he does still try to betray Yhwach later on.
I mean, when the cross showed up I figured that's what Kubo was doing. Ie "Here is the bosses critical point, kill it to kill him" But good lord, I didn't think there would be another trick with the core.
Both lily barro and gerard are the strongest, but with this cross weakenest of gerard, raise the question which one between gerard and lily are actually the strongest now. Lily barro has dealt with a Deus ex machina created just to get rid of him using his own power against him. In gerard case, the king took his power killing him, but we now know if someone breaks the cross inside gerard body he would die and be defeated for real.
@@hamsterboss4869 jugram was not cut in half or decapitated and survived, like lily and gerard did. So someone just need to cut jugram in two vertically or decapitated him to kill him.
that won't work, the balance is passive@@gabszz he can re-direct any misfortune and turn any fortune into misfortune. He will make it so that the attack misses.
Really feels like Kubo realized he screwed up with the Espada and making them so underpowered and unimpressive after all the hype surrounding them that he overcorrected with these guys by making them as Broken as possible.
Personally, I don't think the Espada were underpowered or unimpressive. For the points in the story they were at, I think they were definitely quite strong and would definitely be able to take out at least one of the Sternritter each, even if it was one of the weaker ones, or if the matchups were specifically chosen in the Espadas' favour. One thing a lot of people misunderstand about Bleach powerscaling is that the fights aren't necessarily always battles of "power" but very often battles of ideology, emotions and mental states. The Sternritter wiping the floor with the Shinigami at the beginning of the war is basically the ideological conflict that was explained by Yhwach after his fight with Yamamoto. The reason they started winning later was because they started using new strategies and pulling out all the stops (i.e. getting the help of Aizen, or fast tracking bankais through the zero division for Renji and Rukia).
Along with what the guy above said, you have to understand the setup of both groups. The Shinigami were PERFECTLY set up to fight the Espada, as they knew what they were getting into, and had multiple people in place to fight them, along with having complete home ground advantage. On the flip, the stern completely to the shinigami by surprise, hence putting them on the back foot severely. I truly believe if the Espada were to attack the Seirtte the same way the stern did, the results may be pretty much the same. Especially if the gas Aizen at their lead, like Ywach was at the head of the stern
I agree….like frfr out of the top 3 espada the only one who felt like they were really on a near impossible to beat level was barangan, with his age/rot ability…a power that effected any and everything. Tbh he could free aizen with that ability just by touching the seals on aizens chair…or he could break down the soul king himself and do exactly what yawach planned to do. All he has to do is either touch the target or make contact with his Respira attack and it’s over
Frankly I think anime needs more OP villains like Gerard and Ywach. The difference between them and Kaguya whom most didn't like as an OP villain is that Gerard and Ywach were entertaining to watch from start to finish. They were broken but in fun ways that kept things very interesting to watch while Kaguya was just boring.
His miracle is extremely powerful. But I can think of powerful characters that can probably stand a chance and win against him. Gremmy, YuhaBaha, Jugram, Ichibei, Yamamoto, possibly aizen and Ichigo idk, and aura or the powerful fullbringer girl.
The Miracle is basically Gerard Valkyrie getting stronger like a Saiyan. With each damage he gets he becomes stronger and his sword reflects damage to those who clash it. It forced Toshiro to unlock his true bankai and froze Valkyrie and negate The Miracle.
People getting angry at kubo and saying he was just “making things up” is a ridiculous thing to say since that’s what all writers do. Not to mention even back when the chapter came out the art very much implied it was his cross keeping him alive. Sounds more like people are angry that they were too dumb to figure it out.
There are actually three reasons why Kenpachi wasn't capable of destroying Gerard's cross core and none of them have anything to do with Kenpachi not being strong enough to. 1.Kenpachi wasn't aiming for the cross. 2.He wasn't capable of rational thought due to being in a berserker rage. 3.His bankai began to break his body down due to it's power.
@@valentineifeanyi4078 No Kubo didn't indicate that. A475: "Had it been destroyed he would've been defeated. Had he been capable of destroying it." I listed the reasons why Zaraki wasn't capable of destroying Gerard's core and it once again had nothing to do with him not being strong enough to. In ch.578 pg.5, not only is it stated that Kenpachi can cut thru anything, it is also stated by Kubo himself that Zaraki has the strongest blade being called"unrivaled"or translated from the original Japanese language 極大の刃！！！ The greatest of all blades!!!
@@kanoreese1253 Cutting his quincy cross is just like you saying Zaraki can cut the hougyoku. Kubo himself said "That is if it can be cut" after the supposed nerf statement. Check klub outside if you want
@@valentineifeanyi4078 Kubo didn't say"that is if it can be cut". I literally posted his answer verbatim in my comment above and I did check Klub Outside, that's where I copy/pasted his answer from. And the Hogyoku has completely merged with Aizen, so that's a moot point.
Absolutely. He's the kind of character any author can write himself into a corner with. Spoiler>/spoiler> I guess part of the reason Yhwach lost the war a millennia ago was because he didn't have people like Gerard, or Lille, among his ranks. That and his power, "The Allmighty" having been sealed by Ichibei. Spoiler>/spoiler>
Dude might as well have been called I The Immortal, because he pretty much was. Dude's power was so insanely strong I don't get why they didn't just send him into the Sereitei on his own, by the time anyone figured out he had a weakpoint he'd be so stupid powerful no one could stop him.
I mean, it's like most Uber powers in Bleach, it's OP but has a major weakness or requirement-the Medallion/Cross. If Gerard went up against someone who pretty much vaporized or utterly disintegrated him(with the cross) he'd be killed pretty easily. Something like Old Man Yama's Bankai, Barragan's Respira, or Gin's poison that disintegrates on the molecular level would all have a very easy time with Gerard.
I remember someone saying what if Isshin and Ryuken were supposed to join the fights against Lillie and Gerard and tbh if something like that were supposed to happen at first Ryuken would have been a good character to use to expose Gerard’s weakness
I love for example when dragon Ball z fans say that a character could destroy everyone in Bleach... I tried to explain to them that there are some abilities that are so broken that a lot of their guys would get absolutely wrecked. Could Gerard crush high tier dragon Ball z character or even many. Well to do so would be a miracle... Unfortunately for DBZ hardcores miracles are what he is all about.
I feel powers like his should have a caveat like the lucky Fullbringers guy power the more you use it the more it has a possibility to not work or just fail
6:11 "after kubo finally remembers that the visordes exist"😂 Side note, i think in a layman's saying the miracle is like a perfectly controlled ultra ego
Interesting in knowing how his ability and sword will attack up against the Balance. Grammy could just image the cross being broken and that's a ko . Almighty thats a ko. So im thinking hes only in 4th place maybe 3rd depending on the outcome from the Balance.
Can you pls do an episode on the Soul King's severed body parts and their reincarnation? We only know the hands' and the heart's reincarnation as Pernida, Ukitake, and Gerard, respectively. What about legs or other body parts not revealed yet? Why were some quinces and others Shinigami? Can they be reincarnated as hollows or in hell?
The Miracle is just a more complete and stronger version of James Schrift “superstar”. The S was remade by Ywach To recreate the miracle because the miracle wasn’t bestowed by Ywach. Gerard is the heart of the soul king so he came with the miracle already…or so this is my theory of the Miracle and Superstar powers being related
I wonder how they gonna handle his defeat in the anime,are they gonna change and make someone notice the cross and destroying it or are they gonna keep the same as the manga? (my english sucks).
I believe they are going to keep everything happened in the manga same in anime. But would add additional scene. For eq, They could show a buildup to the silver arrow, as they are showing build-up that aizen is important. They could extend fights or focus more on side scenes , like what is happening In ss to lieutenants or etc
Don't thank me at all pls😊 I'm a nice girl . Yhwach algor, Hubert etc ( Quincy sternritters of the past , previously vice. Cap. Of sternritters) Jugram ( 1st sternritter , previously cap. Of sternritters and currently grand master , other half of god , ex successor , can give schrift ( Liltotto even refused one from him etc) ) Elite Sternritter as u asked : Lile ( chief ( 'cause 1st to receive a schrift ) , messenger of god ) Pernida / Gerard ( old sternritters too , didn't get a Schrift from juha) Askin ( Yhwach's choice due to this interesting powers but a big disapprobation from Gerard ) Uryu ishida ( noob sternritter like new in elite guard with the approbation of lile and Gerard , successor but got disapproved by jugo due to his suspicious behavior) Gremmy has never been a part of elite sternritters but askin said he should have applied etc Bazz-b ( apply but got rejected by yhwach , old sternritters , one of the 1st with jugo )
I don't think he had plot armour but he was way too OP in context. Maybe not well develop? I don't know. I just felt even Aizen had a weakness and he's brilliant and would body everyone.
It's hard to actually kill people, but they get fatally wounded all the time. As for Gerard, he fodderized and defeated like 8 Vice-Captain and Captain class Soul Reapers on his own. Only other person to achieve that was Aizen.
@@corruptangel6793 it doesn't matter how much damage he did if he doesn't kill them for good some healer can always come and help them and it's not hard to kill someone if you cut the head off or slice them in two pieces
@@kgkg7790 depends on the direction of the cut. Multiple people survived getting bisected horizontally. People have also lost vital organs and survived. As shunsui said: when you're half strong, it's hard to die even if you want to. Rukia explains how their spirit energy is tied to their life force, and Mayuri explained how the only way to kill someone is to stop the flow of their spirit energy. So, yeah, doesn't matter how it's done, you just need to fuck them up until they can't handle it. Like a health bar in a video game with DOT when they bleed
All I'm saying is my boy oetsu killed him with one swing!! People were gonna say his ability or schrift wasn't activated, but his ability is always activated oetsu cut through that weakness which killed him
Id love to see a normal shinigami beating gerard, like a foot soldier in a 1v1, because then the miracle wouldnt make sense, as gerard would not be facing any danger . I think the more people facing him, the more powerful he gets
@@finaloblivion799 but it makes no sense if he stops doing that he reverts back to his original form. Why didn’t he revert back to his original self over the course of the thousand years he was regaining his strength. He didn’t start killing all the impure Quincys until nine years prior to the thousand year blood war arc
Ichigo will eventually travel to the past and become the Original Soul King, and seperated from White the original Hollow that is the sand of Hueco Mundo. Gerard is his heart but not physical heart. All the unkillable in Muken are shards of the Soul King
All fullbringer are the shard of the soul king in reality, the hogyoku is just multiple shards combined that let aizen became a fullbringer that had control over it's soul king peace.
The unresolved mystery is how did Gerard died after being stabbed by Nemaiya? Why didnt his Miracle activates? Since the Miracle is his own power, not bestowed by Ywach, from the start the power should be able to activate anytime he is injured. Same question for Pernida, how did it died from a stabbed by Nemaiya?
Kubo mentioned the Cross inside Gerard is the weakness spot. If it get destroyed, Gerard would die permanently. I think it's safe to assume Oetsu cut the said cross without even realizing, which resulting Gerard's absolute defeat
you should re-read the fight, he became huge cause he was mocking them, he can chose the miracle he creates and even chose power every time after first size increase the last miracle made him bigger but he needed to reform.
I literally have no idea how people didn’t think that he had a weakness. Like u saw his body shatter and see a core-like Quincy cross and think it’s just there for no reason? How 💀
Two things you missed DBZimran. 1.Hitsugaya's ice did hit Gerard's core because he frozen all the way thru due to him still holding Toshiro in his left hand(ch.672 pg.4-5). 2.Toshiro's ice had nothing to do with Kenpachi being able to knock Gerard over because he'd already broken out of Toshiro's ice before Kenpachi put his fingertips in Gerard's heel(ch.671 pg.15). That was just pure strength.
Ichigo would have broken the cross since *Shikai Ichigo* destroyed Reio Yhwach's body after Yhwach had absorbed all of Gerard's power meaning that Shikai Ichigo's AP>>>the defenses of Yhwach+Reio's Carcass+Mimihagi+ all the dead Quincy+Gerard there is also Yhwach's statement of none of his subordinates being capable of controlling Yamamoto's Bankai so potentially Yama and Ichibei are above Gerard and his cross despite Zaraki's Bankai failing Transcendent Aizen as well
@@Force-Multiplier Ichigo destroyed after-plot-arrow Yhwach. The arrow stopped Yhwach power for a brief time giving Ichigo an opening. Before that, Ichigo wasn't really doing any harm
i fucking hate it when fans use a popular fan theory as a cop out to justify a writers inability to fill in the gaps of storytelling. If you cannot establish things in your material properly then whats the point
no, Jugram sword is better. it doesn't just reflect damage, it can even reflect events. while Gerard sword is formed by the enemies hope, it will only reflect the damage on beings full of hope.
@@corruptangel6793 No matter in what state nemaya he will Cut Gerard No matter how strong his body gets it will be the same as a hot knife cutting through Butter
@@JustAGuy8541 Gerard has the potential to become too much for Oetsu. It's just a matter of getting there. Sayafushi is supernaturally sharp, but it is still ultimately reliant on Oetsu's spiritual pressure.
The problem with fans is that they overcomplicate the power system and battle dynamic of char in TYBW arc If Kenpachi bankai is basically red hulk, then Gerard is basically doomsday.
So u also saying some quincies are the soul kings limbs and organs 💀 So Gremmy is the soul kings brain👀because i saw a brain Basically all those abilities joined together with no limit is a fraction of the soul kings abilities
I doubt the cross has any special defences, it probably acts in a video-gamey manner; you damage the body until the core is exposed and you can one-tap it. A similar thing happens with the Nightmare boss in Devil May Cry 1 for a quick example. So, one would have to really, really damage Gerard in a very explicit way for the cross to appear and then to attack the cross directly.
It's obvious that Kubo always planned the cross. Look at Oetsu. We finally know why Gerard stayed down when Oetsu stabbed him. It also explains why Gerard didn't just solo the entire gotei during the 1st Invasion. Byakuya did use Bankai against Base Gerard. We can see that his hilt is gone and he used by his bare hands to direct the attacks. Toshiro literally said he needed to freeze the thing to its core to neutralize it. We see very clearly that he wasn't strong enough to do that with Gerard's body as of the second Miracle. He only froze him on a surface level.
His hammy and over the top Viking personality sure belies his Spirit King sourced power. Definitely an OP beast and notable member of Yhwach's army.
Indeed. The viking motif makes a lot of sense considring that Valhalla, the paradise of norse warriors, allowed them to fight and be resurrected for eternity. That is, until the world was created anew after Ragnarok. Gerad also stands out due to his surprisingly affable personality and unique design. Definitely a memorable Sternritter.
Clearly the top Schutstaffel member and Quincy after Ywach himself. I mean it’s so OP. It reminds me of a better, stronger, and more complete Scrhrift than the S-Superstar James and his Hero fighter. Very similar but the Miracle is complete. Without needing anything extra like chants from James to super star
He just has so many layers of ability. Hoffnug, the Miracle and then a cross that can revive him from pure energy. He's like the ultimate counter to Shinigami. You would need someone like Urahara or Mayuri to survive long enough to figure a way of breaking the cross.
well, i guess Unohana can use bankai to corrode his body and the cross really fast
@@vastoking3419Unohana bankai can't corrode anything it's just blood that she can use to attack or heal healself
@@mystic1360so when she activated Bankai and proceeds to slash Kenpachi with blood... It boils his skin. He even comments on it. Are you implying that is metaphorical and not physical?
@@vastoking3419her bankai ain't doing shit to that cross
Or... just destroy the cross when he's in base.
If you saw the end of his fight was when his powers was taken from him. He was so strong that no one was really hurting him anymore.
The Miracle reminds me a little of the Hogyoku. The ability to manifest miracles instead of the will of the wielder. Imagine if Kubo installed a similar weakness. Losing hope, for example, could weaken and break his powers.
Except miracle is actually a little bit restrained. The only miracle it seems to manifest is that of an underdog gaining the power to win a fight. Kinda reminds me of Mask’s power 🤔
the hogyoku doesn't create miracles it increases growth rate and helps the user reach it's peak but it can't make your stronger then your genetic limitations@@thecanmanification
The only thing is the hogyoku at its core is just way more broken than the miracle. Going by the pace of the show i really am hoping that the hogyoku will play a much bigger role and so will the sokyoku. The sokyoku was a really cool weapon and I hope it gets utilised in the anime.
that would definitely add an interesting dynamic to The Miracle's powers.
The hogyoku is irrelevant if used on someone that doesn't have potential
The combination of growing stronger by being damaged and hurting your enemies because they damaged your weapon is a really cool concept.
Gerad sure has a OP power, but given his role as the final hurdle for the Gotei 13, he made his battle a true spectacle.
Absolutely, he is what we all hoped Espada 0 would be.
Gerard is definitely underrated. He's my most fav Quincy
I hated him cause he had no weak point on manga
I just realized something both Gerard and Hachwalt both use a Weapon that absorbs or redirects somthing to something else. And their Shrifts work simalr similar in the aspects of misfortune and fortune, as well as Despair and Miracle.
The Schutzstaffel were all dope.
Lille Barro lived up to the hype and was the leader of the Elite 4 and he was essentially immortal as well as a God of light
Converting physical damage in to mass and power is one of the miracles abilities however he openly displays that he can use it in several other ways. Like being able to locate what he described as finding a needle in a haystack in the second.
In Gerard's holy form, he has no Quincy cross so he can't be killed then... He can only be defeated in base,once he goes holy form it's GG's
He still has it it was not destroyed
@@The.Divine.General.MahoragaHe never had that weakness he’s was the most broken quincy. The author later added weakness to him.
please keep in mind that everything we have seen from the Schutzstaffel are AFTER they were revived by Yhwach... meaning that their feats are literally them WITH the Auswahlen buff, in other words, they have the entire Quincy army's powers(or more so they are fueled by dead stern ritters on top of their regular powers)
the miracle, the x-axis, the compulsory AND the death-dealing have all been made completely useless by an incomplete unnamed zanpakuto that Nimaiya decided to use for absolutely no other reason than he was just confident he could kill all of them with just that said zanpakuto and so he did... and then Yhwach stole the powers of whatever Quincy that remained and gave it to the Schutzstaffel, then they got revived and became stronger because they also got buffed by said stolen powers.
so in conclusion, if Yhwach DID NOT revive them through the sacrifice of other stern ritters they would have all probably been defeated really easily by the Gotei Captains... because right at the very end Yhwach did the exact same thing to them and stole their powers to make himself stronger
This may or may not be true but sounds logical to me given manga and western comics doing this for decades. I am ok with it, as long as the context of it is developed.
I will say something off topic. I went back a month ago and found a super underused character who Kubo has absolutely discarded... Soi Fon. Omg, he has literally pushed her out of any Bleach discussion. It's like she's not even a Captain WTF. Give this character some development Kubo.
Untrue bc Lille says he was just unable to use his true power before he was killed probably coz of the nerf from the tree of life
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I really hope we get to learn more about the soul king and his severed body parts in the anime. It seems like we might with the way things have been going
Gerard's Miracle vs. the miracle that is Ichigo?
Ichigo once he breaks that pendant
Gerard's Miracle and Ichigo's powers are both formidable, but it's hard to compare them directly as they have different abilities and contexts. Each has their own unique strengths and weaknesses.
Ichigo for sure
Ichigo is gonna find out he’s part Gerard
It's absolutely mind-boggling to consider that the cross managed to survive unscathed against a character possessing the ability to literally cut through any object. I can't help but speculate whether the cross is an item exclusively consumable and removable by Yhwach from Gerard. It's possible that Kubo intended to convey the notion that if the central source of Gerard's power (the cross) can indeed be destroyed, it can only be achieved by Yhwach, as evidenced by Kenpachi's inability to do so.
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That's crazy
Since Gerard is already a literal component of the most powerful being in Bleach (the original Soul King) it makes sense that he would be very OP. Actually him and Lille make sense in this regard as they should be on par with Squad Zero at the very least and above the current Gotei 13. The other choices for Yhwach's guard don't make as much sense since Pernida lacks the intelligence and durability of Gerard/Lille and Askin was seemingly hastily promoted up and similarly lack the durability to really stand up to Squad Zero or the enhanced Gotei 13.
There were probably better choices among the Sternritter for the two slots if we remove Askin/Pernida and accept that whoever replaces them will get a massive power boost from Yhwach's Auswahlen. A smart Gremmy would be suitably OP along with Lille/Gerard and it would probably make more sense narratively if Uryu was actually forced into the fight against Squad Zero at the very least even if he does still try to betray Yhwach later on.
This guy was so busted. i hope they imrpove this fight in the anime
I mean, when the cross showed up I figured that's what Kubo was doing.
Ie "Here is the bosses critical point, kill it to kill him"
But good lord, I didn't think there would be another trick with the core.
i'd say Byakuya is the smartest guy there so it would be him noticing it first
Gerard is still in the top 10 Bleach Charachters even after the debunk
Can we get Pernida next? I absolutely love it
Both lily barro and gerard are the strongest, but with this cross weakenest of gerard, raise the question which one between gerard and lily are actually the strongest now. Lily barro has dealt with a Deus ex machina created just to get rid of him using his own power against him. In gerard case, the king took his power killing him, but we now know if someone breaks the cross inside gerard body he would die and be defeated for real.
yeah but since it didn't happen then no one can
jugram is easily the strongest
@@hamsterboss4869Hashbrown can suck it
@@hamsterboss4869 jugram was not cut in half or decapitated and survived, like lily and gerard did. So someone just need to cut jugram in two vertically or decapitated him to kill him.
that won't work, the balance is passive@@gabszz he can re-direct any misfortune and turn any fortune into misfortune. He will make it so that the attack misses.
Really feels like Kubo realized he screwed up with the Espada and making them so underpowered and unimpressive after all the hype surrounding them that he overcorrected with these guys by making them as Broken as possible.
Personally, I don't think the Espada were underpowered or unimpressive. For the points in the story they were at, I think they were definitely quite strong and would definitely be able to take out at least one of the Sternritter each, even if it was one of the weaker ones, or if the matchups were specifically chosen in the Espadas' favour. One thing a lot of people misunderstand about Bleach powerscaling is that the fights aren't necessarily always battles of "power" but very often battles of ideology, emotions and mental states. The Sternritter wiping the floor with the Shinigami at the beginning of the war is basically the ideological conflict that was explained by Yhwach after his fight with Yamamoto. The reason they started winning later was because they started using new strategies and pulling out all the stops (i.e. getting the help of Aizen, or fast tracking bankais through the zero division for Renji and Rukia).
Along with what the guy above said, you have to understand the setup of both groups.
The Shinigami were PERFECTLY set up to fight the Espada, as they knew what they were getting into, and had multiple people in place to fight them, along with having complete home ground advantage.
On the flip, the stern completely to the shinigami by surprise, hence putting them on the back foot severely.
I truly believe if the Espada were to attack the Seirtte the same way the stern did, the results may be pretty much the same.
Especially if the gas Aizen at their lead, like Ywach was at the head of the stern
Espada aren't underpowered at all. Your drunk if u think that. The Espada are direct counters to Quincy
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I agree….like frfr out of the top 3 espada the only one who felt like they were really on a near impossible to beat level was barangan, with his age/rot ability…a power that effected any and everything. Tbh he could free aizen with that ability just by touching the seals on aizens chair…or he could break down the soul king himself and do exactly what yawach planned to do. All he has to do is either touch the target or make contact with his Respira attack and it’s over
Kubo is so underrated.
Frankly I think anime needs more OP villains like Gerard and Ywach. The difference between them and Kaguya whom most didn't like as an OP villain is that Gerard and Ywach were entertaining to watch from start to finish. They were broken but in fun ways that kept things very interesting to watch while Kaguya was just boring.
The ability fit the fight with him so well that after while I began to think to myself “these guys will need a miracle to win this fight”
His miracle is extremely powerful. But I can think of powerful characters that can probably stand a chance and win against him.
Gremmy, YuhaBaha, Jugram, Ichibei, Yamamoto, possibly aizen and Ichigo idk, and aura or the powerful fullbringer girl.
Lillie Also gets a part in this line.
Only Yhwach's Auswahlen can kill him. Nothing else
One of my fav
The Miracle is basically Gerard Valkyrie getting stronger like a Saiyan. With each damage he gets he becomes stronger and his sword reflects damage to those who clash it. It forced Toshiro to unlock his true bankai and froze Valkyrie and negate The Miracle.
Except that miracle kept working lol. So absurd power
People getting angry at kubo and saying he was just “making things up” is a ridiculous thing to say since that’s what all writers do. Not to mention even back when the chapter came out the art very much implied it was his cross keeping him alive. Sounds more like people are angry that they were too dumb to figure it out.
I don't know who said that but that's a cringe statement if they said it. Kubo might had been rushed but he's doesn't make it up as he goes along.
I agree sometimes I feel bleach fans don't understand bleach and needs kubo to spoon feed them. Which is something kubo definitely doesn't do.
I definitely agree with you
@@dec2567yeah and i think not all kubo's answer on klub outside is the truth, if you know you know
There are actually three reasons why Kenpachi wasn't capable of destroying Gerard's cross core and none of them have anything to do with Kenpachi not being strong enough to.
1.Kenpachi wasn't aiming for the cross.
2.He wasn't capable of rational thought due to being in a berserker rage.
3.His bankai began to break his body down due to it's power.
No he wouldn't be able to destroy the cross either ways. Kubo indicated that
@@valentineifeanyi4078 No Kubo didn't indicate that.
A475:
"Had it been destroyed he would've been defeated. Had he been capable of destroying it." I listed the reasons why Zaraki wasn't capable of destroying Gerard's core and it once again had nothing to do with him not being strong enough to. In ch.578 pg.5, not only is it stated that Kenpachi can cut thru anything, it is also stated by Kubo himself that Zaraki has the strongest blade being called"unrivaled"or translated from the original Japanese language 極大の刃！！！
The greatest of all blades!!!
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Cutting his quincy cross is just like you saying Zaraki can cut the hougyoku. Kubo himself said "That is if it can be cut" after the supposed nerf statement. Check klub outside if you want
@@valentineifeanyi4078 Kubo didn't say"that is if it can be cut". I literally posted his answer verbatim in my comment above and I did check Klub Outside, that's where I copy/pasted his answer from. And the Hogyoku has completely merged with Aizen, so that's a moot point.
Good video yo and i hope we get to see a little of what his energy form can do in the anime
Jerard was definitely broken beyond belief. I saw no way to truly defeat him outside of Ywach himself doing something.
Absolutely.
He's the kind of character any author can write himself into a corner with.
Spoiler>/spoiler>
I guess part of the reason Yhwach lost the war a millennia ago was because he didn't have people like Gerard, or Lille, among his ranks.
That and his power, "The Allmighty" having been sealed by Ichibei.
Spoiler>/spoiler>
I just want this to happen in the anime. That would be perfect.
Dude might as well have been called I The Immortal, because he pretty much was. Dude's power was so insanely strong I don't get why they didn't just send him into the Sereitei on his own, by the time anyone figured out he had a weakpoint he'd be so stupid powerful no one could stop him.
Mauyri would had figure it out and maybe that's why Ywach didn't send him in so early. He wanted the Captains unfocus, weaken, etc.
If only they knew about his pendant/medallion.
OhEtsu beat him before he even activated his abilities
If it wasn't for Kenpachi, Toshiro probably would have succeeded with his mature Bankai, like he originally planned lol
I mean, it's like most Uber powers in Bleach, it's OP but has a major weakness or requirement-the Medallion/Cross. If Gerard went up against someone who pretty much vaporized or utterly disintegrated him(with the cross) he'd be killed pretty easily. Something like Old Man Yama's Bankai, Barragan's Respira, or Gin's poison that disintegrates on the molecular level would all have a very easy time with Gerard.
The hogyoku is easier to destroy then that cross it's the heart of soul king aka god.
@@sarthakarora3212 I don't think so, the Cross channels the power of the heart of the Soul King, but it isn't the actual heart itself.
@@sarthakarora3212the hogyoku was destroyed?
All of this is just assumptions though,
What if the only to destroy the cross is to cut, and cannot be broken by any other means?
I remember someone saying what if Isshin and Ryuken were supposed to join the fights against Lillie and Gerard and tbh if something like that were supposed to happen at first Ryuken would have been a good character to use to expose Gerard’s weakness
I love for example when dragon Ball z fans say that a character could destroy everyone in Bleach... I tried to explain to them that there are some abilities that are so broken that a lot of their guys would get absolutely wrecked. Could Gerard crush high tier dragon Ball z character or even many. Well to do so would be a miracle... Unfortunately for DBZ hardcores miracles are what he is all about.
I feel powers like his should have a caveat like the lucky Fullbringers guy power the more you use it the more it has a possibility to not work or just fail
Gerald was perfect to showcase the upcoming bankai's
6:11 "after kubo finally remembers that the visordes exist"😂
Side note, i think in a layman's saying the miracle is like a perfectly controlled ultra ego
Amazing content! Like always👌🏽
If Kubo had more time, i would love Gerard to play a more important role
Interesting in knowing how his ability and sword will attack up against the Balance. Grammy could just image the cross being broken and that's a ko . Almighty thats a ko. So im thinking hes only in 4th place maybe 3rd depending on the outcome from the Balance.
Can you pls do an episode on the Soul King's severed body parts and their reincarnation? We only know the hands' and the heart's reincarnation as Pernida, Ukitake, and Gerard, respectively. What about legs or other body parts not revealed yet? Why were some quinces and others Shinigami? Can they be reincarnated as hollows or in hell?
Ukitake???
OH YEAH IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE
If Mayuri fault him, it be a wrap
Mayuri harvested his bones to modify shinigami and his corpse squad in CFYOW
no the miracle doesn't simply grant the user immortality
but it's a power that enables the user to perform miracles that can defy the laws of anything
The Miracle is just a more complete and stronger version of James Schrift “superstar”. The S was remade by Ywach To recreate the miracle because the miracle wasn’t bestowed by Ywach. Gerard is the heart of the soul king so he came with the miracle already…or so this is my theory of the Miracle and Superstar powers being related
You're awesome bro
I wonder how they gonna handle his defeat in the anime,are they gonna change and make someone notice the cross and destroying it or are they gonna keep the same as the manga? (my english sucks).
I believe they are going to keep everything happened in the manga same in anime. But would add additional scene.
For eq, They could show a buildup to the silver arrow, as they are showing build-up that aizen is important.
They could extend fights or focus more on side scenes , like what is happening In ss to lieutenants or etc
Being Gerard is the heart of the soul king, it would makes sense for his defeat to stay the same.
I kinda forgot,but who was in the elite squad before askin? Was it gremmy?
Don't thank me at all pls😊 I'm a nice girl .
Yhwach
algor, Hubert etc ( Quincy sternritters of the past , previously vice. Cap. Of sternritters)
Jugram ( 1st sternritter , previously cap. Of sternritters and currently grand master , other half of god , ex successor , can give schrift ( Liltotto even refused one from him etc) )
Elite Sternritter as u asked :
Lile ( chief ( 'cause 1st to receive a schrift ) , messenger of god )
Pernida / Gerard ( old sternritters too , didn't get a Schrift from juha)
Askin ( Yhwach's choice due to this interesting powers but a big disapprobation from Gerard )
Uryu ishida ( noob sternritter like new in elite guard with the approbation of lile and Gerard , successor but got disapproved by jugo due to his suspicious behavior)
Gremmy has never been a part of elite sternritters but askin said he should have applied etc
Bazz-b ( apply but got rejected by yhwach , old sternritters , one of the 1st with jugo )
He’s like a actual be seeker or the northmen I’m Scandinavian and and this is cool he’s technically a Viking
Your videos butter My biscuits thank you
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With all this power and he still fails to kill a single soul reaper and people still complain that he had plot Armour but not the soul reapers
I don't think he had plot armour but he was way too OP in context. Maybe not well develop? I don't know. I just felt even Aizen had a weakness and he's brilliant and would body everyone.
It's hard to actually kill people, but they get fatally wounded all the time. As for Gerard, he fodderized and defeated like 8 Vice-Captain and Captain class Soul Reapers on his own. Only other person to achieve that was Aizen.
@@babytoshiro7014 true but him not killing anyone was definitely plot Armour for the soul reapers
@@corruptangel6793 it doesn't matter how much damage he did if he doesn't kill them for good some healer can always come and help them and it's not hard to kill someone if you cut the head off or slice them in two pieces
@@kgkg7790 depends on the direction of the cut. Multiple people survived getting bisected horizontally. People have also lost vital organs and survived.
As shunsui said: when you're half strong, it's hard to die even if you want to. Rukia explains how their spirit energy is tied to their life force, and Mayuri explained how the only way to kill someone is to stop the flow of their spirit energy.
So, yeah, doesn't matter how it's done, you just need to fuck them up until they can't handle it. Like a health bar in a video game with DOT when they bleed
Love your videos can you do bazz b
Bazz-B character analysis is being worked on atm, will be up in the coming weeks!
I think the most op is Jugram by far.
His greatest weakness was to simply not damage him from the beginning. Bind his initial weak self and this is over before it has begun.
The fact that uryu was on equal footing with a squad zero captain
At the end of the day Kubo messed up with the Quincy. I think he was rushed and boxed himself into a corner. It was 1 op power after another
yet somehow they still lost
Yer i mean its not like the soul reapers was not pulling BS OP power after power out.
@@davidlister7590 I know right
@@gabnel1000 the soul reapers had god tier plot Armour no power can beat that
@@kgkg7790 😆facts
I would realy love if you make a video about ichibe vs gerard😊
I like his explanation of what a miracle is.
Yes my favorite Quincy Gerald is a pure Viking king!
All I'm saying is my boy oetsu killed him with one swing!! People were gonna say his ability or schrift wasn't activated, but his ability is always activated oetsu cut through that weakness which killed him
Id love to see a normal shinigami beating gerard, like a foot soldier in a 1v1, because then the miracle wouldnt make sense, as gerard would not be facing any danger . I think the more people facing him, the more powerful he gets
Gerard aka Thor
I wonder if the soul king was castrated if so and his balls manifested into their own being which side would they be on?
Yuhabach is probably his balls. After all, he needs constant "stimulation" to remain active.
@@finaloblivion799 you might be on the same thing right there I always saw him is nothing more than a parasite
@@finaloblivion799 but it makes no sense if he stops doing that he reverts back to his original form. Why didn’t he revert back to his original self over the course of the thousand years he was regaining his strength. He didn’t start killing all the impure Quincys until nine years prior to the thousand year blood war arc
So he is like DC dooms day he adapt and get powerful next time
Ichigo will eventually travel to the past and become the Original Soul King, and seperated from White the original Hollow that is the sand of Hueco Mundo. Gerard is his heart but not physical heart. All the unkillable in Muken are shards of the Soul King
Most wacky headcannon I have ever heard😂
All fullbringer are the shard of the soul king in reality, the hogyoku is just multiple shards combined that let aizen became a fullbringer that had control over it's soul king peace.
that's an interesting theory, It would definitely add a new layer to Ichigo's story.
Why do you keep saying stuff like this? It makes no sense
Still interesting and cool though
What about that sniper lille or something . He is immortal too !
The unresolved mystery is how did Gerard died after being stabbed by Nemaiya? Why didnt his Miracle activates?
Since the Miracle is his own power, not bestowed by Ywach, from the start the power should be able to activate anytime he is injured.
Same question for Pernida, how did it died from a stabbed by Nemaiya?
Kubo mentioned the Cross inside Gerard is the weakness spot. If it get destroyed, Gerard would die permanently.
I think it's safe to assume Oetsu cut the said cross without even realizing, which resulting Gerard's absolute defeat
@@twohandedswordsman852 Quite plausible. The author should make it clear.
I like the miracle but I don't like the idea of you growing in size every single time instead of giving you Mass and Power why not just power?
you should re-read the fight, he became huge cause he was mocking them, he can chose the miracle he creates and even chose power every time after first size increase the last miracle made him bigger but he needed to reform.
I like it. It shows how absurd of a character he is.
So....This Gerard can use some miracle powers of his Quincies skills, huh? Ah, yeah...You can't die or get hurt, super creepy.
He makes The Visionary and Superstar look like jobbers.
I mean it's his story he can make it up as he goes man that's my opinion.
I literally have no idea how people didn’t think that he had a weakness. Like u saw his body shatter and see a core-like Quincy cross and think it’s just there for no reason? How 💀
That cross wasnt in the original manga. They added it later
Two things you missed DBZimran.
1.Hitsugaya's ice did hit Gerard's core because he frozen all the way thru due to him still holding Toshiro in his left hand(ch.672 pg.4-5).
2.Toshiro's ice had nothing to do with Kenpachi being able to knock Gerard over because he'd already broken out of Toshiro's ice before Kenpachi put his fingertips in Gerard's heel(ch.671 pg.15). That was just pure strength.
Most powerful Quincy ability ?
Nope it ain't .
The Almighty is , the antithesis is next . So is the balance.
only the Almighty and the Antithesis.
The Miracle counters The Balance.
I still need to see Gerard vs Escanor…. Somebody please animate it.
So if you hurt him, it converts into strength, if you heal him ? Drains him ?
So like the thing in aizens chest aka the thing I can't spell and too lazy to google lol
Dude was so broken he had to be removed from the story by kubo himself I honestly dont see how anyone was going to take him out other than ywach.
Ichigo would have broken the cross
since *Shikai Ichigo* destroyed Reio Yhwach's body after Yhwach had absorbed all of Gerard's power
meaning that Shikai Ichigo's AP>>>the defenses of Yhwach+Reio's Carcass+Mimihagi+ all the dead Quincy+Gerard
there is also Yhwach's statement of none of his subordinates being capable of controlling Yamamoto's Bankai
so potentially Yama and Ichibei are above Gerard and his cross despite Zaraki's Bankai failing
Transcendent Aizen as well
@@Force-Multiplier Ichigo destroyed after-plot-arrow Yhwach. The arrow stopped Yhwach power for a brief time giving Ichigo an opening. Before that, Ichigo wasn't really doing any harm
@@utube6476 Ichigo had already destroyed Yhwach's body in Shikai before that once
so yes he was doing a lot of harm before that too
@@Force-Multiplier when?
@@utube6476 the time we saw him use Almighty to revive himself
Ngl I feel like Gin would’ve been the perfect counter to him but if I’m wrong plz lmk
Yes
i fucking hate it when fans use a popular fan theory as a cop out to justify a writers inability to fill in the gaps of storytelling. If you cannot establish things in your material properly then whats the point
Wait so doesnt Gerard have the same ability as Jugram with his sword?
no, Jugram sword is better.
it doesn't just reflect damage, it can even reflect events.
while Gerard sword is formed by the enemies hope, it will only reflect the damage on beings full of hope.
Doesn't that mean nemaya can Beat Gerard He has the sharpest Zanpakuto In existence. What do you guys think
He did. This explains why Gerard stayed down and had to get revived by Yhwach
@@corruptangel6793 No matter in what state nemaya he will Cut Gerard No matter how strong his body gets it will be the same as a hot knife cutting through Butter
@@JustAGuy8541 Gerard has the potential to become too much for Oetsu. It's just a matter of getting there. Sayafushi is supernaturally sharp, but it is still ultimately reliant on Oetsu's spiritual pressure.
@@corruptangel6793 Yeah Figures Go get the point where either Gerard is 2 huge or to Fast and strong to for Nemaya
The problem with fans is that they overcomplicate the power system and battle dynamic of char in TYBW arc
If Kenpachi bankai is basically red hulk, then Gerard is basically doomsday.
It'd be nice if his core was referred to as his heart.
So he basically has the balance as a sword
So u also saying some quincies are the soul kings limbs and organs 💀
So Gremmy is the soul kings brain👀because i saw a brain
Basically all those abilities joined together with no limit is a fraction of the soul kings abilities
It struk me as a weakpoint instantly, ngl
I doubt the cross has any special defences, it probably acts in a video-gamey manner; you damage the body until the core is exposed and you can one-tap it. A similar thing happens with the Nightmare boss in Devil May Cry 1 for a quick example. So, one would have to really, really damage Gerard in a very explicit way for the cross to appear and then to attack the cross directly.
Then how did Oetsu killed him?
Finally a weakness!
i mean the miracle fight should be long
defeating him fast will be disappointing
he occupies a lot of chapters in manga, his fight might be longer in anime.
It's obvious that Kubo always planned the cross. Look at Oetsu. We finally know why Gerard stayed down when Oetsu stabbed him. It also explains why Gerard didn't just solo the entire gotei during the 1st Invasion.
Byakuya did use Bankai against Base Gerard. We can see that his hilt is gone and he used by his bare hands to direct the attacks.
Toshiro literally said he needed to freeze the thing to its core to neutralize it. We see very clearly that he wasn't strong enough to do that with Gerard's body as of the second Miracle. He only froze him on a surface level.
Hanataro Yamaha could have 1-shot Gerard.