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SpoilerSure I'll give you that the plot makes characters as powerful as they need to be, but do give the author credit where credit is due. You have the situation reversed. The 5th Espada, Noitra, that Kenpachi fought earlier was said to have the toughest skin, Hierro, in all of Hueco Mundo. It does make sense that Kenpachi would need to use two hands against Noitra to cut him but not against Yami. Yami's hierro is in no way especially tough; he can be sliced just as easily as anyone else.

Edited, Nov 11th 2009 1:21am by Allegory

It would seem that way, the fact that Ichigo couldn't take him down himself most likely has to do with him not being able to accept his new level of power again, none of the Espada were all that much of a threat to the captains apparantly.

SpoilerMaybe I misremember, but when he was still 10, I thought everyone was whining about tough his skin was? Yoruichi hurt her hand hitting him, for example. Especially tough hierro or no, it should be harder for Kenpachi to slice through flesh and bone thicker than himself, especially considering he's still wearing the eye-patch.

But yeah, there are plenty of better examples of this, I just thought this one was easiest to illustrate.

Edited, Nov 11th 2009 6:13pm by Kavekk

SpoilerSpeaking in spoilers makes me feel special

SpoilerWell.. that or I just didn't know that this was a thread that it was safe to post spoilers in. Now I do though ^^

The only reason I read this chapter is because I read this first, and it's oh so true.

I'm not surprised really. Figured some giant beast of an espada calling himself the top rank was just a sham.

More importantly though, I want to know why Unohana is supposed to be so scary.

Scary in battle? Because canonically she is the second most powerful Captain. She is one of the oldest and most experienced characters.

Scary as a person? I suppose you just have to have met a person like the character she is supposed be. It's called the look, and every reserved, kind, and powerful girl/woman has it. It's a highly charged expression. You might liken to pushing a needle into a numb area of skin, not feeling anything at first, until you finally break past the numbness and the burning, pinching sensation is suddenly revealed. Besides the sharpness of the glare itself, there is the juxtaposition of that intense "Do as I say, NOW!" intent with the ordinarily disarming personality that augments the cutting edge. There is the additional element of surprise and lack of will to deflect the emotion that allows it to push further into you.

This is truly the power of god.

He's really talking about me.

Come on!

Agreed.

I'm just hoping we get to see some actual, irreversible deaths on the good guys side.

Unless it's Orihime, won't happen. As long as she's around, she can fix dead people.