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There are (or were) non-blade unreleased Zanpakutou at some point.But because Katanas Are Just Better in Soul Society, those with such Zanpakutou are either pressured to make it look like a blade (even if they work nothing like blades) or not seated as officers. If not for this, then Zanpakutou could be as diverse (or even more so) than the kinds of weapons seen in Flame of Recca. Alternately, what is considered to be "Shikai" is what the Zanpakutou were like previous to the "All Katana All the Time" rule, and the Shikai chant just removes The Masquerade.
Soul Society and Hueco Mundo aren't real worlds, but the giant subconscious worlds (similar to Ichigo's sideways city) of some race of colossal beings...... and the people in them are subdued souls unconsciously warring for control, similar to how an intelligent Menos is composed of thousands of separate individuals with one of them dominant. If Menos have inner worlds, I imagine they're populated by all the souls who were too weak to become dominant. The 'real' world, Soul Society, and Hueco Mundo could be the same principle, just bigger.
Kenpachi is Yachiru's Bankai, and Yachiru is Kenpachi's BankaiBecause I figured that there weren't enough infinite loop theories. I've seen one, or the other, as a theory, but not both.
Kenpachi is Yachiru's Bankai.It's been mentioned already, with a link to a one-shot fanfic which centers on it, but hear me out. From their origin flashback, we know that Kenpachi doesn't really remember much about his life before meeting Yachiru, only that he wandered around and was nameless. The first example of him interacting with the world around him was when he saved Yachiru from a bunch of thugs, and remembered/gave himself and Yachiru names. Yachiru got her name because it was the name of the only person Kenpachi ever respected. And, Yachiru herself, despite being even younger than she is now, was unafraid of the blood, Kenpachi's jagged sword, or the big scary man with the jagged sword who was covered in blood. We were also given a hint that she's got the reiatsu to keep Bankai going permanently when she told a messenger to F* CK OFF during Kenpachi's fight with Ichigo, not to mention that she was completely unaffected by Kenpachi's reiatsu. We've also never seen the two of them more than a few meters apart from one another, but that and the indifference to Ken-chan's reiatsu are more circumstantial than anything else.
Ururu and Jinta are attempts at artificial Shinigami.Ururu, judging by her reaction to the presence of Arrancar, and her ability to destroy Hollow, was a mod-soul/mod-body experiment by Urahara, much like Nemu was to Mayuri. However, she was an attempt to create an artificial Shinigami, with zanpakutou and all. Jinta SEEMS normal, but was actually originally intended to be Ururu's zanpakutou spirit. At some point, the two of them were supposed to be combined, but the experiment either failed or was abandoned. Or possibly was abandoned * because* it failed. OR its still ongoing, and they have yet to attempt the fusion.
Aizen's plan involves the Soul Society and Arrancar whittling each other down.Aizen, Tousen and Gin have not attacked any shinigami since the Soul Society arc, and the Espada are getting smashed into the ground by the shinigami. Aizen is trying to get the Soul Society to remove the Espada from his path to glory, and possibly killing a few Shinigami along the way. Additionally, the whole Espada fight is also a diversion from his other plans. At least half of the Espada are dead, so they are vastly outnumbered. Aizen should not have made such a mistake. He evidently intended for Ichigo or someone to beat Ulquiorra since he never saw Segunda Etapa. Aizen's true plans could even be so far as to make the Soul Society look aggressive and evil.
Ichigo is in love with OrihimeBecause Ichigo is, well, himself, he is only aware of his feelings on a subconscious level, which is why his new form was so crazy protective/possessive of her. However, the relationship is only going to have a Bitter Sweet Ending at best, if Bleach's pilot chapter and the origin of Orihime's Meaningful Name are any indication.
The Vizards will pull a Face Heel Turn.If Aizen can Brainwashed control Ichigo, why not the other Vizards? After all, as of this writing, only 4 or 5 Espada are left and the Vizards seem to be at least on par with them in terms of power. Also, we haven't seen what they can do yet and fighting captains would be a great way to do it. Aizen is so cocky because he knows there's reinforcements coming.
Ichigo is already dead.If Rukia's zanpakutou through his heart didn't kill him, and he even survived Byakuya's destruction of his Soul Sleep, then he died when Urahara cut the chain that connected his soul with his body. For everything after that, he's in a gigai, and he probably hasn't even noticed yet.
Orihime is related to the Royal Realm.Think about it; her powers defy destiny, and, if she were to put her all into it, she could probably reject anything. We have never been given any inkling to the power of the Royal Family... No one has powers exactly like hers, and she is shown as one of, if not the, most powerful healers. It's a possibility that she has some ties to RR, and that may be the next arc's setting. Hopefully, she will Take a Level in Badass by the time the next arc rolls around.
The ending of Bleach will be......the entirety of Soul Society is destroyed by whomever the final Big Bad is, Ichigo and co. is out of commission, and all is lost. At least, until a single figure stands above the ruins, faces the bad guy. Zaraki Kenpachi stretches his shoulders, grins, and says "Ban....". Cut to black. The End.
Ichigo is so powerful because he is humanThink about it. His power goes up and down like crazy, and Orihime shows that the power of a human/shinigami hybrid can be staggering. Ichigo is a shinigami, a hollow, and alive, giving him higher potential than even Aizen.
Ichigo's mother was a hollowThis explains where Ichigo's hollow powers come from, as well as how that... thing with the Grand Fisher happened.
Ryuuken is a Covert PervertIf we take that convoluted Yadomaru Lisa's theory, pretty sure he is. But obviously, only Meganekko schoolgirls might affect him. He might be even the reason on why Chizuru became a lesbian in first place. Rather Squick if we think about that, but Bleachverse parents seem to be wackos with dangerous quirks (Isshin, Mayuri, and, to some extent, Kenpachi and Urahara), he just can't be the exception.
Ichigo is in the same situation the Vizards were before Urahara's intervention.Take a look at Kensei◊. Most people just write it off as his hollow form, but that doesn't convince me. You can still quite clearly see that he retained his "human" look, rather than going full-out hollow, but he pretty much lost all of his control or inhibitions. He also ended up being considerably stronger than many of the other captains, which is unheard of for a newly formed hollow. Ichigo seems to be stuck in the same form right about now. However, all the supposed places "in between" Shinigami and Hollow are getting increasingly frustrating.
Ichigo has become a Vasto Lorde.Ulquiorra succeeded in killing Ichigo and so he has become a Hollow. However, because of his power, he didn't become a simple Hollow, he became the most powerful kind a Vasto Lorde which is humanoid. This has dramatically increased his power and at some point he is going to pull off the mask and become an Arrancar, possibly increasing his power even more. And then Ichigo will have been everything but a Quincy.
The above guess is true, and Ichigo will request that a Soul Reaper kill him once everything is overIts all but forgotten, but Hollows slain by Soul Reapers are purified and sent to Soul Society. Ichigo will use his new vasto lorde/arrancrar status to crush Aizen, and then commit suicide by Soul Reaper, eliminating his hollow. He will then pick up a gigai and go back to his everyday life.
Ulquiorra's intervention has accidentally made Ichigo even more godawful powerfulJust before Ulquiorra made that Cero explode in his face, he was in full Hollow form. But the blast made the mask break and fall off. Since Arrancar were created by removing Hollows' masks, this could mean that Ichigo has just jumped in power level in a way equivalent to Hollow -> Arrancar. That'd also explain the ridiculously fast regeneration after the fight; as Ulquiorra made such a fuss about, Arrancar can heal really well.
Nell has no hollow hole.We've seen a lot of this girl's skin, almost all the way up her back so we can more or less count out between the boobs as the hollow hole goes all the way through. that really only leaves her upper thigh/butt area. Besides, most of the other hollow holes are semi-prominently featured, but with her, we see none.
Yachiru is stronger than Kenpachi.Might be a bit of a stretch, but just look at the facts.
The souls "born" in Soul Society are the souls of children who died in, or before, infancy.Since, apparently, the Bleachverse can't create new souls, and it's all one huge recycling bin (or else the Quincies wouldn't have been hunted to extinction).
Hell will play an important part.It showed up once, in a couple of pages. It was a too important and significant thing to be forgotten so easily. Either Aizen will ally himself with the Legions of Hell after his Hollow army is annihilated, or Legions of Hell ally themselves with the Soul Society against a common enemy. Or something.
Risa Yadomaru is a relative of Uryuu's.It never struck me 'till this (warning: Spoiler galore!), but she looks a HELL lot like him (and I think they even share some mannerisms). It's not sure all shinigami retain their human memories, so... yeah.
Soul Society and Hueco Mundo aren't "official" afterlifes, just dimensional pockets where ghosts developed some special abilities that enabled them to form groups.We know that there's at least one Hell that isn't the Hueco Mundo. This also explains why there are almost no non-Japanese in Soul Society (except for Soifon).
Aizen isn't really evil.He is faking it to deceive the real main bad guy. He avoided killing Ichigo (and I don't believe that he could just "mess up" that easily), as well as Renji, Hitsugaya, and Kommamura, all powerful captain level shinigami who could possibly have a major effect on the war. There is also the fact that Tousen, who seems to have very strong morals and doesn't really make much sense as a bad guy, is on Aizen's side. He is helping Aizen because he knows that Aizen isn't evil.
The King of Soul Society is actually dead, and Aizen is a Well-Intentioned Extremist trying to take his place so things don't go straight to hell.The fact that the King of Soul Society lives in another dimension so nobody ever sees him is suspicious enough, and before Aizen ascended to Hueco Mundo, he said that the throne in the heavens had been empty for far too long. Add that to the fact that we have no idea whether the King is a figurehead with no real power or if he has actual duties that must be attended to to keep the Soul Society from going straight to hell (which, under the rule of the Central 46, it seems to have), and you've got an opening that some Well-Intentioned Extremist needs to fill.
Urahara Kisuke is evil.He wants to take Aizen down to take his place as "God", but knows he wouldn't be able to win in a straight-up fight; therefore, everything he did in the past twenty years (starting from when he invented the Orb of Distortion) has been an Evil Plan to make sure Ichigo is capable of going toe-to-toe with Aizen (I wouldn't be surprised if he was actually the one who introduced Isshin to Masaki). After the fight is over, he predicts that whoever is left standing (Ichigo or Aizen) will be badly wounded and easy to dispatch.
There is more than one Soul Society.There are actually separate Soul Societies for each nation and culture. China, for example, would have four, to account for the Han, Tibetans, Uighur, and Mongols.
Rangiku is a future version of OrihimeBoth have bright red hair, enormous breasts, somewhat ditzy personalities, and bizarre taste in food.
Rankgiku is Orihime's ancestor.Same as above. If Rangiku was Orihime's ancestor then she wouldn't know her anyway. (Note: This troper is unsure of Rangiku's age (Really 700 Years Old ?) or if Orihime's parents are actually dead.)
Aizen is actually Lucifer.And he sees the absence of God as a chance to finally succeed in becoming God where he failed before.
Nell is Ichigo's mother.Because she looks more like her, it makes better sense, her being devoured by a Hollow and all, and it's just funny.
Yachiru is the spirit of Kenpachi's ZanpakutouKenny's been suppressing his sword for so long, the spirit energy manifested externally via a non-Bankai path, as an inhumanly strong child. He was nevertheless drawn to finding her and giving her a name anyways.
Isshin Kurosaki was the Captain Kenpachi defeated to gain his rank.He threw the match in order to be with the future Mrs. Kurosaki, and for extra authenticity didn't tell Kenpachi about it because if he knew the fight was rigged Ken-chan would've either 1)not fought at all or 2)make extra sure Isshin was dead.
Rukia and her sister died when the Atomic Bomb was dropped at the end of World War IIWe know both Rukia and Hisana died at the same time, so it has to be something, in Japan, that would kill two young children, yet leave the parents alone (the parents died separately, or they would have showed up together, so they must have been in the army). We know they died fairly recently from the recent flashback chapter setting the "Momo sees captain Aizen" moment, which was concurrent with Rukia's time in the Academy, at less than a hundred years ago, and in that time, the Bomb was the only major thing that would kill two young children at exactly the same time. Comments?
Ururu is an artificial person similar to NemuJust like Mayuri did with Nemu, Urahara created Ururu via a combo of gigai and modsoul technology. Since modsouls were originally designed to combat Hollows, this explains her freakish strength and robot-like behavior when encountering the Arrancar.
Aizen wants to eat the King of Soul SocietyTwo thousand years ago the King of Soul Society was trying to surpass his own limits, just like Aizen is now. He succeeded and made himself uber-powerful, but it had the side effect of driving him homicidally crazy. With the little sanity and self control he had left he charged Yamamoto-Genry?sai with the task of covering things up and then sealed himself away in a pocket dimension where he couldn't do any harm. Yamamoto destroyed the Royal Key to prevent the king from being released from the outside, then formed the soul reaper academy to train up an army of soul reapers to defend Soul Society from the king if he should ever happen to break out from the inside. Aizen somehow found out about this but couldn't figure out how to duplicate the king's transformation. He intends to break the king out of the dimensional prison, temporarily transform himself into a hollow with the Orb of Distortion, and eat the king in order gain the king's powers. Evidence for this whacked out theory:
Aizen is the King of Soul Society.As has been brought up before, why should Aizen care about some powerless figurehead locked away in a pocket dimension if he just wants to take over the Soul Society? The answer is that he is the king and he got bored and decided to become a regular shinigami, but he was still bored. So he conquered Hueco Mundo and decided to start a little war for his own entertainment. That way, no matter which side wins, he's still ultimately the winner.
Ichigo's siblings will become shinigami.Well at least Karin will. She can see spirits and has even fought hollows before. Yuzu might too even though she can only vaguely see spirits. They have a shinigami as their father as well.
Soul society is an Earthsea-style artificial afterlife.It seems extremely unlikely that you'd randomly get walls made of that anti-spirit metal stuff to form naturally, and without them the place would be overrun in minutes. In addition, the fact that the population isn't nearly large enough to be the whole planet's afterlife, and the fact that it's so predominantly Japanese indicates that it's a localized talented soul recycling center. Perhaps the "king" is merely the first person who figured out how to create stable areas like Soul Society.
Ishida will unlock some form even better than the final formBecause this is a shonen manga, he'll find a way to surpass final form and achieve an even better form, possibly with two wings. However, since final form had the 'price' of losing his powers, this even-better-form would have the price of losing his life.
Aizen is a wuss.The power of Aizen's Zanpakuto is to make anyone who views it's release to believe whatever Aizen wants...so he's been using it constantly to make people believe he's a supreme badass, even though he has no real combat skills whatsoever. Blocking 90th level Kido? Nope, it was aimed in the wrong direction. Catching Bankais with his bare hands? Nope, he was really far FAR away before you started slashing away. Also explains why he never finishes anyone off when they're "at his mercy."
Bleach is an inaccurate translation. It's really Breach.Makes sense. Lots of things in the series are breached.
Ishida is the real reason for Karakura town's specialnessThe theory given as to why Chad and Orihime have special powers is that they've been exposed to Ichigo. This seems plausible at first, before you realize that Ichigo himself is a similar anomaly, and all the characters have something in common - they've spent a lot of time near Ishida. Quincy collect spirit particles, so it's plausible to suggest that the reason their powers awoke abnormally quickly is because they've been surrounded by the cloud of spirit particles surrounding Ishida. Similarly, the reason that Karakura town has so many spirit particles relative to the rest of the planet is because the only remaining Quincies live there. Presumably Aizen organized the extinction of all but a few Quincy in order to allow more concentration of spirit particles to take place - the explanation of them "interfering with reincarnation" seems like it would be very difficult to verify, and could possibly have been falsified.
Twins separated at birth: Ichigo and Isane KotetsuIn episode 54, when Ichigo looks down to see what is going on with the flaming bird that now has a big rope around it's neck, he's the spitting image of Isane Kotetsu. Go look...
Tatsuki is a Shiba.Well, if you notice, Kukaku looks a bit like Tatsuki, but rougher, older, more developed, and missing one arm. Perhaps she could be Kaien's daughter, but was sent to Earth, put in one of Urahara's experimental growing up gigais and adopted by the Arisawa family.
First Generation Shinigami are the Result of Purifying Hollows.Ok, according to the (admittedly dubiously canonical) movies, it's incredibly rare for a Shinigami to recall anything of their life prior to arriving in soul society, which (based on the bird-kid) isn't the case for regular Pluses. Now, the only thing of significance that's different about Shinigami and humans is the spiritual power - which is meant to be excessively rare amongst mortals without stimulus (like a full set of Shinigami fighting in your bedroom for a few hours). So what causes you to get a shot of spiritual power and severs all connections to your past? Hollowification sounds about right. Presumably the rare cases of people who do have spiritual power in life (whether or not they're aware of it) are the ones who retain their memories (like Rukia's big sister - she and Rukia do both look like the traditional shrine maiden image).
Aizen Sosuke does not really exist.He is actually just an illusion created by "his" zanpakutou, who is the real mastermind behind everything. When he reveals that he is still alive, he tells the Soul Reapers a line along the lines of "The Aizen Sosuke you knew never really existed", while this could be interpreted as his "nice guy" personality was all just an act, it could also mean that he really does not exist.
Hell is some sort of extreme version of the Zanpakuto's blade, possibly to do with the presiding First Captain's Bankai.The blade cleanses a Hollow of any wrong it's done after life, but if the Hollow came from someone who was evil in life, Hell appears to swallow it up. Since the damage a few hundred mortal Quincies could do by destroying souls permanently was worth slaughtering every last one the soul reapers could find, Hell is unlikely to take souls completely out of the loop. It's possible that the death and2C tansing cycle can be looked at with a computer metaphor: Death, birth, and passage to the soul society are all mode locks, saving the soul in its current state. The zanpakuto is a system reboot, removing unsaved data. Hell is a full magnetic wipe and reformatting the soul for return to circulation. And the Quincies' method is a bullet through every disc and card in the system. Since First Captain Yamamoto's Bankai hasn't been seen, but its shikai is said to burn away a soul (similar to the execution blade's Phoenix form), so the Commander Captain's Bankai may just be a more discriminating, and far more powerful, version of the same thing. (It could even be the soul purpose of the King of the Soul Society, and First Division's Captain is just a clue to the nature of Hell and the King's powers.) Whether the nature of Hell would change if someone took the place of Yamamoto-Genryusai remains to be seen, but considering the 2000 years thing people keep mentioning, it does seem likely.
Uryu sees his team-up with Mayuri as an Enemy Mine.Meaning, as soon as Orihime is rescued and/or the war with Aizen is over, he's going to tear him a new one. And maybe let his dad join in.
The King of Soul Society is in a Lotus-Eater Machine, and Aizen's master plan involves putting everyone else in one.Hence why no one disturbs the King (he's in his own personal idea of heaven) and Tousen believes the ends justify the means. And it would be a cool extension of Aizen's zanpakutou.
Ichigo was Dead All Along, and he is a hollow being fooled into thinking he got Soul Reaper powers by Aizen's zanpakuto.Fishbone D. Was an illusion of Aizen's that he used to attack and kill Ichigo, turning him into a Hollow. Everyone in Karakura and the captains and lieutenants of the Soul Society are all under the effects of Aizen's zanpakuto, and the Breakdown Sphere will be used not to reconcile Ichigo's hollow half and Soul Reaper half, but to separate the illusory copy of ichigo from his Hollow self and fuse it with Aizen. This explains how Aizen was able to make it look like he'd deflected Ichigo's "cero-bankai" attack without Ichigo seeing his shikai release. It also means that Shirosaki is the real Ichigo.
Aizen and Masaki Kurosaki are siblings....Or just related. They both have the wavy hair. Plus, if super spirit powers are hereditary, then it would assume that Masaki Kurosaki was just as powerful as Aizen and thus explains Ichigo's strong spirit powers.
Hinamori Momo is a failed Vizard experiment.Let's sum up the facts: Usually, Hollows have some grave sin while in life to become so, like uncontrolled hatred, and such, and the Vizard experiments were to manage to make them transform into Hollows without having to reincarnate and become sinful people, through extreme conditions like extended fighting, or aggressive emotions. With Aizen framing his own death and the fault falling into Gin, Momo, who had him as a father figure, just went berserk and tried to kill Gin. Also, we never know what that guy have done to the girl all that time (in b4 child abuse, creepy perverts), probably doing experiments and passing these as training. If this went right, he would have a powerful, faithful weapon in hands. But Aizen's plan backfired just because Momo didn't really pass all the hardships the other Vizard passed, and never had enough Reiatsu to start with (not to count that it didn't break her Chain of Fate Like Ichigo's Hollowification - because Shinigamis don't have such - just her emotional stability). He overestimated the girl. But then, there's always a chance that she might become one someday. And it won't be pretty. At all. After all, maybe heavily messing with the poor girl's mind was an alternative way he found to try and create a Vizard, or something alike. After all, it's similar to the (supposed) method of influenciating the other Vizards' Hollowification. (Plus, she would be -more- badass with a Hollow Mask).
Soul Society and Hueco Mundo don't exist even within the Bleachverse.Everyone refers to the mundane world as "the real world," contrasting with the aforementioned realm. Hell's ontological status is ambiguous. Aizen wants the King's Key so he can make Hueco Mundo real.
Arrancar and Vizard have a second zanpakuto that no one has yet to access.First let's examine arrancar. Supposedly, they are hollows with shinigami powers. However, the only shinigami-like aspects of them are their human forms (and some shinigami aren't even human), their zanpakuto (which are also different than shinigami zanpakuto) and Sonido, their version of flash steps (which aren't limited to shinigami, quincy have their own version as well). They don't have kido and their zanpakuto only have a single release. Now consider the zanpakuto. How does it power them up? It makes them more hollow-like.
Chad's abuelo was a wrestlerBut not any; he was one of the first and one of the strongest wrestlers in Mexico (he probably cheated a bit using his Hollow-like powers), and moved to Japan to promote wrestling there, with a huge sucess. It would explain how Chad, that should be considered a lower citizen (for not being completely Japanese), got many friends, and not too much discrimination (it means he still had a buttload); having a famous grandfather helps a lot. Also, how awesome could it be?
Yachiru's story is an alternate version of Orihime's past the author didn't want to discardAnd Zaraki is the equivalent of Sora. To think about it, they even have similar pasts, except that Orihime and Sora weren't, you know, dead (unless some WMG comes and says the opposite). If she and Sora were in a similar situation (living in a place where only murderers and criminals that didn't have the time to become Hollows and go to Hell after encountering Shinigamis do whatever they want, being capable to even stomp a baby), they'd probably be just like these two. Or even worse. To think about it, Yachiru's hair is even styled like a short version of Orihime's (not to count that when she was a baby, Zaraki's hair was just like Sora's)! If we think about that, they being that badass, but still being heroes and controlling themselves only when needed, it would turn Orihime and Sora too awesome to live, though (Sora still was, but not Orihime, poor girl).
Tatsuki will have Slider-like powersPay attention at this detail: She can feel Orihime's energy even when the girl is in friggin' Hueco Mundo. If she trains with the right people, she could easily slide between dimensions without losing her body, and use this dimensional sliding power as a stealthy advantage, as she could hide in another dimension while not attacking, and rip someone apart (or at least take off chunks of them), teleporting the parts to different dimensions. To make it awesome, she would do it with punches and kicks. Oh, and she could also borrow powers and techniques from other dimensional entities, if not just a little, and unconsciously. She'd be the awesomest fighter of them all, but such powers would have a drawback to damage body parts; it means that if she overuses her power, she might die. Perhaps she didn't break her arm in a car accident, but when she first discovered such powers, but didn't want Orihime to know the truth and be worried.
There was a primitive way to manipulate spiritual power before Shinigamis existedAnd it's probably not completely lost. They probably were the first Hollow purifiers, and some of them formed the Shinigami to keep things more organized, like in a magic academy (Hogwarts anyone?). The remaining ones are probably hiding somewhere in Soul Society or the living world, and are yet to be introduced. Due to their power not being limited to a single setting, they could work and release it more freely, making more powerful attacks. Why? Because Ichigo needs to learn a final ability to surpass anyone's, even if this means the sacrifice of such clan, or of himself.
The three renegade Captains are VaizardGiven Aizen's habit of mixing Hollow and Shinigami powers, this would make perfect sense. This would also explain why Tousen and Gin, neither of whom were previously shown to be particularly powerful, are talking down to the Arrancar. And the current Big Bad of a Shonen series just has to have the shiniest tricks.
The Vizard were a dead-end.The Vizard/Arrancar were created by Aizen (yes I know some 'wild Arrancar' existed before Aizen showed up in Hueco Mundo) to overcome the power-limits inherent in being just a Hollow or a Shinigami but from what we've seen so far the main benefit of the Shinigami/Hollow Hybridization process is a terrific increase in strength, speed, resilience and power. These traits lend themselves to formidable direct-attacks, but direct combat is just one compoent (and not neccesarily a chief component) in the Shinigami's arsenal. Most Shinigami's Shikai and Bankai manifest as some great force or creature or other effect that can be directed to attack an opponent on it's own, and then there's Kidou on top of that. If Byakuya for example were to be Visored his hollow-mask would greatly enhance his abilities as a swordsman, but all that power would go to waste if he were to sit back kick your *** with flour-petals. This is likely why most of the Vizard tend to rely entirely on one set of powers (Shinigami or Hollow) rather than trying to mix and match them, Ichigo is a rare example of a Vizard achieving full potential since his Zanpaktou is a formidable direct attack type. Hollows by contrast are all about direct confrontation, contrasting with Shinigami the hollows with more subtle powers are the exception rather than the rule, thus becoming Arrancar is not only a phenomenaly potent power-increase it is a phenominally Useful one as well.
Hitsugaya is in fact, Kubo Tite's least favorite characterUnfortunately, the fans love him too much, and Kubo Tite is a bit reluctant in using his least favorite character too much. In order to relive stress, he made Hitsugaya get hit with lots and lots of Worf Effects, hoping that it will make people see that Hitsugaya isn't as strong as everyone hyped him to be. It has succeeded in several regions, where Hitsugaya hatedom is formed here and there, all who hoped that he dies for NOT being a Badass. Unfortunately, the legions of fangirls who only cared about how cute he is are still around, and Hitsugaya is in for more and more punishment. OUCH.
Urahara is secretly the most powerful character in the series.From a certain perspective, he could be the most powerful character in the series. He decided to mask his reiatsu, so he put himself into one of his energy masking gigais. He realized that he didn't have enough reiatsu left over, so he just weakened the sealing. That would explain why he could have lost an arm to Getsuga Tenshou. Plus, you know he doesn't always fight at full power. HE fired a Sing Benihime that removed the sixth Espada's tentacle, because he didn't feel like killing him. He's got spares! But against Yami, he only fired a burning one so that it wouldn't do anything to damelatg.
General, short Bleach theories
Kubo originally intended for Ichigo and Rukia to be the Official Couple, but changed his mind when he accidentally made Orihime's feelings for him too sympathetic and deep.Reading the latest story arc gives at least This Troper the feeling that Ichigo and Orihime are the endgame ship, yet it's also completely incongruous with the beg werng of the story, which teased Ichigo/Rukia a great deal and crafted this really fun, yet deep and interesting relationship. However, around the beginning of the latest arc, Kubo seemed to strongly imply that he considers the relationship more familial now, with Ichigo's father joyfully declaring he has three daughters now. (Among other things.) At this point, it's really hard to imagine how Kubo could pull off sticking Orihime with Ishida as a consolation prize without serious Character Derailment and (however unintentionally and incorrectly) making Ichigo look shallow. (Loving the same person every lifetime, people. Her words.)
The King of the Soul Society isn't the king of anything.He's actually something evil (possibly an Eldritch Abomination) sealed away in a pocket dimension and Yamamoto is the only person in the Soul Society who is aware of it. The members of the Zero Division actually act as guards to insure that he doesn't break out of his confinement. However, he was able to sense Aizen's innate abilities and lust for power and has been manipulating him for the past hundred or so years. The ruse is kept up because there has always been a fear that someone would try to release him (Kenpachi would probably want to fight him, Mayuri would want to study him, Aizen would want to become a hollow and eat him to obtain his power, etc.) Evidence:
Ichigo will have a stereotypically gay friend, who is currently in the closet.Not a new friend, but someone already introduced. Think about that: Slender physical features? Check. Usually feminine habits and hobbies? Check. Worrying much about what to dress when going to fight? Check with force. Being always excessively gentle with girls, but not showing a drop of interest for them? (TOO CLOSE TOO CLOSE was the reaction for Ichigo to Tessai's closeness, but also his for a well-endowed girl.) CHECK. His fisrt cover had him doing a limp wrist? SURE, WHY NOT, CHECK IT TOO. Saying he's the Last of His Kind, despite being a teenager, thus, prone to think in ampliate such kind a lot and in many ways, but never even mentions it? WHAT'S GOING ON, DUDE? Sorry, Ishida, you got in the worst side of the deal, get out of this closet instead. Unless he truly falls for Tatsuki or some other living world girl (a Shinigami/Arrancar one would be risky, or just plain OOC), his closeted gayness will soon turn as, at least, fanon.
Heaven is different from the Soul Society.Anyone who dies in the Soul Society disappears, they never have memories when they go back to earth. Hell is a different place from Hueco Mundo. And the Quincies are really the ones sending souls to heaven by breaking their concentration enough to release their hold on this plane (the shinigami just send them to a crapsack afterlife. See, it's funny because it's ironic. And it's not (entirely)ne doke, I truly expect the real story to be this depressing. The souls of humans who die in the Shinigami Realm may in fact be the reiatsu that forms all their buildings, and the amount of soul energy may or may not go to power the Soul King's immortality generator.
Nel, her 'brothers', and Grimmjow will end up joining the Eleventh DivisionBy joining, of course, I mean that they'll be press-ganged. You know that Grimmkitty, at least, belongs there, even though he'll probably be hissing and spitting about it until someone tells him how Ichigo hangs around the Eleventh while in Soul Society. You know that he belongs there. As for Nel-chan, and she's probably getting along scarily well with Yachiru (RUN, BYAKUSHI, RUN!) while Ichigo and the other ryoka are off fighting, and her 'brothers' wouldn't let her go off to Soul Society alone. Gantenbainne doesn't seem to be the right kind of crazy for that division, though, so maybe he'll end up in the Eighth?
Aizen is actually an escaped Kitsune Demon from Hell, and...... he wants to destroy "the King" for locking up all the demons in Hell. (Whether this makes him evil or not might vary based on interpretation, as he could be a servant of Inari or something) Whether good or bad, it does fit. Use of illusions to trick enemies? Check. Clever, drawn out plans? Yes... Think about it, it makes sense.
Hell will have a Biblical/Dantesque setting.If we take in consideration that every part of the afterlife had a theme according to certain mythologies in the world (Soul Society being Japanese/Chinese mythos, Hueco Mundo being Me- ban/Indian-Latin-American ones), Hell would have a strong Biblical/Dantesque connotation. The only hint of how Hell would look like, the portal, already looked a hell lot like Gothic architecture, which was based in such works. If Heaven is a different faction, it'll probably be based in African orishas, which would explain a bit Tousen's "Holier Than Thou" attitude, as he probably knows a lot more about orishas than everybody else in Soul Society, or even his gang, due to his African heritage. Also, how awesome would it be to see the true Big Bad being Lucifer him/herself?
The whole story is really being written by Ichigo's mother.Ichigo was really the one who died when he thought he saw the little girl near the river. He ran to her and fell in and drowned. After this, Masaki went crazy and started writing a story about her son, and how she was the one who had died. She makes Ichigo the hero, because, well, he was her son. The world Ichigo lived in was an entirely mundane one, and the little girl he thought he saw was just his imagination. So, there are no Hollows in the "Real World" Masaki is writing her story in.
Aizen did everything for love.If we stop to think for a second, it'd make lots of sense. As we know of, seems like he wants to take over all afterlife dimensions to change something; which kind of thing, we don't really know. Ichimaru Gin left a lover (or at least something similar) behind to follow him (but unlike him, Gin is just plain nuts), and everything Tousen wanted was peace. Now, if we think about that, he got either confronted by an impossible love, or the strict rules of Soul Society made it impossible for such person to have time to even tell him if she (there are no serious gays in shonen, remember) would retribute it or not. Now that we think about that, there are two possible lovers for him in that story:
Wonderweiss Margera and Hanatarou Yamada are counterparts of a same soul.They do look alike; Wonder-kun does look like a bleached, hollowfied Hana, but yet, is extremely powerful, as (apparently) opposed as Hana himself. If things work this way, both kids were probably Aizen's son, that he was modified since the poor thing was born, but the part that wanted to stay with his mother/didn't want to fight was making the experiments go awry, and then, Aizen have painfully spliced his soul, taking off the apparently powerless side, Hanatarou, and possibly sending him to his mother, and staying with the sucessful part of his awful experiment. Whether Hana's mom is a Muggle that sent him to be a Shinigami out of spite or Unohana Retsu herself, it's a doubt.
Yammy isn't the strongest Espada.
Hanataro will save the dayThink about it. His zanpakutou has the ability to heal wounds until it reaches its limit, at which point it unleashes a concentrated blast of all the injuries its healed. With all the injuries being inflicted to everyone during the battle in fake Karakura Town, that sword can build up a lot of power before unleashing its attack. Probably enough to take down a big enemy or two.
Uryuu will destroy Ichigo's Inner HollowSometime during the series there will come a point where Ichigo's Inner Hollow will go even more out of control than in his fight with Ulquiorra, and Uryuu will use some special Quincy technique to destroy Ichigo's Inner Hollow.
Orihime will separate Ichigo from his inner-Hollow.Using Tsubaki's cutting-shield in a new, non-lethal Reject ability.
Hitsugaya is Ukitake's sonHis surname sounds fiery, but yet, he has water (and ice) related powers (Ukitake, according to the game canon, has water related powers as well). He has white hair, and Jyushirou appears to treat the boy really well. Perhaps our beloved Ill Capitain lost his wife, and since he was already sick, couldn't take care of the kid, leaving him with the Hitsugaya clan instead. Or something like that. Even their first names have the "shirou" part in common (which is mostly a pun in their hair color, but yet), which is even funnier. Also, how hilarious could be Toushirou's reaction upon such reveal?
Gin was a Visored the whole time.Related to the "Gin couldn't really be evil becaiuse of how obviously evil he is" guess, but taken in a different direction. Either he inspired Aizen's use of the Hogyoku sphere, being an incredibly rare natural Visored, he was affected by the breakdown sphere in the first place before anyone realized that the "perfectly useless trinket" was really the Sphere of Ominous Legend-ness, or (less likely) he was a natural Arrancar that managed to slip through the security thanks to nobody thinking of testing applicants for Arrancar traits (and somehow missed noticing the hollow hole).
After Aizen is defeated, Soul Society will take over Las NochesSoul Society will form a special Hollow Squad and base it in Las Noches. Anyone who is a Hollow, Arrancar, Vizard, or someone with Hollow abilities like Chad will become a part of the Hollow Division.
Uryuu will start up an Academy for Quincies in the World of the LivingJust because Soul Society has killed most of the remaing Quincies off does not mean that there could still be some people out there who have the potential to become them, but have never learned how due to having no one to teach them. So Uryuu will travel the world and find as many of these people as he can and gather them all in one place to train them.
Hollow have their own verion of KidoNo Hollow character has just seen the need to use it yet.
Chad will become an ArrancarAt some point he will be killed, and will dissappear for a little while. But then he will come back as an Arrancar. In his sealed state he will look like he normally does, except with a skull type mask somewhere on his face like all the other Arrancar, and he will now have a sword of course. In his released form he will have his two arms, The Right Arm of the Giant, and the Left Arm of the Devil, out again.
The Bount could have attained a Bankai like form with their DollsNow, none of them ever reached this state, but it could have been possible. The Bount were Mod Souls based off of Shinigami souls instead of Human souls, and their Dolls are sort of like Zanpakutou. So, it is possible that they could have acheived a Bankai like state of power with their Dolls.
The first Soul Reapers were Quincies in lifeQuincies actually came first. Before the first ones began dying, people in Soul Society just had to fend for themselves. The Quincies spiritual pressure carried over into the afterlife and they began to manifest Soul Reaper powers. This whole theory hinges on the idea that Quincies do not retain their powers in the afterlife(except for their reiatsu).
Hell's color scheme will be black and red, or black and orange.Of course, you'll say: "But black and red? That's Chad's right arm's color scheme!" Well, maybe he have a bit of demon, who knows. But bear with me: Shinigami's color scheme is black with white details. Their polar opposites, Hollows, are white with black details. Quincies intended themselves to be the true Heaven's soldiers (hence the crosses), so, the demons might be the polar opposite, at least colorwise. But since black and red was already used (sort of), they'll be black and orange. Hence a huge Shout-Out to Halloween, or similar stuff.
General Bankai speculation
Stark and Barragan are the only Vasto Lorde espadasHalibel and Ulquiorra could be, but consider. When an arrancar releases their sword, they adopt features of their original Hollow form (this is more noticable in numeros, for whatever reason). Most of the espada so far have had an animal-like (Grimmjow, Nnoitra, Halibel, Ulquiorra) or just plain non-human (Aaroniero, Zommari, Yammy, Szayel) which would imply that they were all adjuchas class Menos. The highest level espada release we've seen (Barragan), on the other hand, results in a Grim Reaper style, but still human form. Presumably, Stark's will be similar. So, if these two have releases without any animalistic aspects, they're presumably the only Vasto Lordes Aizen has been able to locate and subject to the breakdown sphere.
If Uryuu has a heir, such one will be a girl/have a girly nameIf we take in consideration the name convention, the kanji that'll be used will be the rain one. And we all know that most names that use such kanji are, well, girly sounding (Uryuu itself is an exception due to the dragon kanji). If the kid is born as a boy, expect Ichigo's understanding and sympathy, while loathing Uryuu by giving the boy such a girly name. It'll be played for laughs, of course.
The reason Luppi was able to take Grimmjow's number was because he was the next best "Destruction" Arrancar.When it just seemed like the Arrancar were only numbered by power it made no sense that if Luppi was strong enough to take #6 when Grimmjow vacated it he wasn't already #7. Now that we know the Arrancar represent an aspect of death it makes more sense that Luppi was chosen as a replacement just to keep up with the theme.
Aizen's Zanpakutou Kyoka Suigetsu is the real Big Bad, and The Man Behind the Man to AizenZanpakutou do have spirits of their own after all. It'd be kind of funny if it turns out that Aizen was the first victim of his Zanpakutou's Shikai and only thinks he's the one calling the shots. This would mean that Kyoka Suigetsu is wielding Aizen, not the other way around. And it's not like the whole "Evil Weapon enslaves it's own wielder" concept (is that a trope already?) is a new one; look at Soul Edge, Stormbringer, Tokijin, etc.
The Espada also represent the Seven Deadly Sins and/or their precursors, the eight evil thoughts.
Urahara can't really use his Bankai right now because...He spent so much time without using Benihime's power that he had to make some experiment to release the poor thing to the living world, with a Gigai, to awaken her powers just in case. No, it isn't Ururu. If we go by Meaningful Name, Benihime is... Tatsuki. Her name, in the kanji which are presented, means something along the lines of "noble dragon"; but, with other kanji, can be read as "proud moon"; Benihime is, technically, an allusion to the Moon princess in the Japanese folklore. Her surname is mostly a play as the old zen lesson "be the river". Either way, it's a funny epileptic tree, and it'd be impossible to be true.
The whole show is Aizen using Kyouka Suigetsu to run a simulationHe is using it to run a simulation to see how it would be like if he tried to take over Soul Society and Hueco Mundo.
Tatsuki will become a shinigami.Because it's one of the more well known Tatsuki theories out there that has yet to appear on this page. Oh, and there's offical art of her as one.
Sora Inoue will become a Shinigami.Because he's already in Soul Society, but since he received a chunk of Ichigo's powers (everybody that came in contact with Berry-tan did), he'll be able to take the Shinigami exams and will be an officer, probably at 8th or 10th Division, as we never hear anything about such divisions' officers besides Captain and Vice-Captain. (Nanao doesn't count, as she became liutenant.)
Shun Shun Rikka general theories
Ukitake's tuberculosis-like disease is caused by a misdirection of his powers.Although they are water/electricity based, the way he uses them is making his body overexerts itself, even before he became a captain. What he needs is to figure out to use his powers in a way that won't hurt as much. It was shown before that spiritual power, if badly used, can render injuries.
Turn Back the Pendulum will end right before the first chapter.If the amount of chapters (108) and the negative numbers aren't any indication, the fact that most of the main characters' pasts and stories aren't that well unveiled might mean something. We'll finally know who they and their families truly are, and how Aizen managed to make the Espadas that existed before the Hogyoku as his allies. Not to mention that we don't even know what happened to 10th division's last captain (although everything indicates that he/she died of a bad case of Aizen's sword impaling his/her heart).
There are natural Vasto Lordes hiding from AizenThe only thing that supports this theory is that if there never were Vasto Lordes to begin with, the Shinigami wouldn't know their existence, even if it's just in theory, gossip, or whatsoever. They are probably hiding from Aizen because they don't agree with his plans, and, if they ever appear, they'll reluctantly help the Shinigami side to defeat Aizen. I bet that if they appear, they'll be a Five-Man Band. Okay, four men and a girl. Also, it'd explain why Aizen ordered Nnoitra and Nell to find them. But he failed miserably because they probably have abilities that make them "invisible" to other Hollows when they want.
Ulquiorra was a spy for the Vasto Lordes......and the only Vasto Lorde among the Espada. They were lying in wait for Ulquiorra to manage to grab the Hogyoku and return to them so that they could become Arrancar and challenge the Vizard, who are far and beyond the Shinigami captains in power. The silhouette of a Vasto Lorde shown during Hitsugaya's description is definitely wearing Emospada's helmet. And why would he have a second release and not show Aizen?
Yammy's dog is the arrancar equivalent of whatever Komamura is.They're both canines and they're both very different from others of their kind.
Mayuri is not as evil as he seems, and is in fact a Stealth Mentor for UryuuSoken Ishida made a deal with Mayuri that he would let himself be killed by Hollows and experimented on by Mayuri if Mayuri would make it hard on Uryuu when they met. Soken may have intended for Mayrui to meet up with Uryuu at some point in the future, but Ichigo's trip to Soul Society provided a convenient time for Mayuri to go and find Uryuu. Those Shinigami he blew up were just robots he made, that had pre-programmed responses and no sentience. Mayuri also has a special Quincy technique told to him by Soken written down that he will give to Uryuu when he thinks he is ready for it.
Arrancar have an Inner ShinigamiVisored have an Inner Hollow, so why shouldn't Arrancar have an Inner Shinigami? It looks like them, except wearing Shinigami garb.
Quincy have their own version of Hand to Hand combatIt is practiced by gathering spirit particles around their hands and using them to deal damage to their opponents.
Aizen was a Quincy in life, and still has his Quincy powers.He says that the only way for him to become more powerful would be to master Hollow powers as well. Now, he could not be the one with ULTIMATE power unless he also mastered Quincy powers as well. So, he was a Quincy as well in life.
Tousen has another Bankai, due to having two Zanpakutou spirits.Notice how he has two Shikai powers that are very different from each other. One just knocks a person out and the other shoots out a bunch of blades. Tousen has two Zanpakutou spirits, one is the one that was the Woman's who his sword belonged to originally, and the other is the one he formed. The Woman's powers are the one that knock a person out, and the Bankai he has used is based on her spirit's powers. His Shikai is the one that shoots out blades, and we have yet to see his Bankai.'
Ryuuken and Kurotsuchi will fightBasically, Ishida will have an epic battle and get very seriously wounded (possibly related to the WMG up above about Ishida properly fighting Hollow Ichigo). Anyway, Ishida would pull off something completely awesome during the battle (maybe an improved/permanent Final Form?) and Kurotsuchi will get an interest in him, and try to kidnap him from his hospital room. Before he can do that though, Ryuuken will turn up dramatically, and tell Kuro to get his hands off his son, and an epic shinigami/Quincy fight will commence. Extra points if the death of Ishida's grandfather (by extension Ryuuken's father) comes up.
Ichigo and Orihime are related
Soi Fon is really in love with Marechiyo.She just pretends to be in love with Yoruichi to throw other people off of who she is really in love with.
After Aizen is defeated, the new enemies will be The Undead.I am not talking about spirits, but rather about a group of Humans who have managed to keep themselves "alive" by turning into Undead creatures. Their leader will be a Lich(Like from DnD).
Kirio Hikifune is the real Big Bad, or at least one of their group.Okay, it may seem implausible, but think for a second. Remember when Aizen first appeared in the story, as a mellow captain that treated his liutenant nicely, just to "die mysteriously"? Tite Kubo likes to introduce his important characters as random people that manage to have something really uncommon happening with them, so, why not her? Before you come with a rebuttal, there's another clue! Aizen had a B plan in case Rukia's sacrifice went awry, and it did; he extracted the Hougyoku from her body just by creating a mini-portal of sorts. Now, if you can follow my reasoning, Aizen's group could have a backup plan to get the King's Key as well; they could have one of their agents, or even their boss, entering the Royal Guard, gaining the King's trust, and persuading him to get the original key, without the need for all this battle, as a side plan. Also, Aizen's expression when he knew about her entrance to the Royal Guard was a surprised one, but who knows if it wasn't a fake, too? And, as far as The Smurfette Principle goes, there's probably going to have a woman in their group; Four Is Death stabilishes that their group would look even more frightening with a fourth member as well. Unfortunately, it would put Momo Hinamori and Hiyori Sarugaki, opposites in personality, in a really similar position. Expect Hiyori feeling betrayed and outraged, if this happens. I can even see Aizen's dialogue.
Chad will enter Las NochesAnd he'll find the Hogyoku, which he'll use on himself to become powerful enough to beat Yammy.
Aizen is Masaki Kurosaki."He" always have been a female all along, the male looks are all Kyoka Suigetsu's job. Don't ask, I don't really know why I proposed such theory either.
Kyouka Suigetsu is Masaki Kurosaki.Well, it's weird, and she wasn't supposed to have a kid, I guess, but perhaps she loved Isshin so much that she overcame the impossible. It's the weirdest theory yet to come, but hey, you know that'd be cool.
Souls develop in a strange way.As opposed as growing up like humans in the living world, people at Soul Society have an... Interesting development. Examples are provided below.
Hollowification hinders a bit the aging processHollows might have different ways of appearing the age they, well, appear, but we can notice that they'll probably stay around the same age for a longer time than Shinigamis. It's noticed that something similar happens to Vizards as well; 100 years since the hollowification passed, and none of them changed one bit (it might be due to the Gigais, but yet). Most glaring example is Hiyori, that seemed to be at her early teens when the incident happened, but still appears to be... At her early teens, even though it was already implied that teens grow up rather fast in Soul Society.
Grimmjow, Nel, Kenpachi and Yachiru will have a Big Damn Heroes Moment .We haven't seen any of them for awhile and everyone is expecting a Heel-Face Turn from Grimmjow. Chad and the others can't defeat Yammy all by themselves. Also Grimmjow and Kenpachi are Blood Knights and Nel and Yachiru are both little girls.
Aizen's Bankai is a Mass Mind Rape of Cthulu proportions......and is as such defeated by the release of Yachiru's Zanpakuto, which is essentially a Reverse Mind Rape, causing all damage to shift back to Aizen. Only accessible after the Big Bad in question attacks and severely injures Kenpachi, who has caught up with the other Captains.
Ukitake is trying to make Linninette self-destruct or burn herself outThis otherwise kindly man is laughing at a crying child as he plays keep-away with her Zanpaktou. If she wasn't an arrancar, that would be amazingly out of character for him, and it's still a little unsettling. The only thing I can think of (other than Ukitake being a total *** ) is that he wants to defeat her without expending any of his reiatsu so he can save his energy for Gin or Tousen.
Soi Fon used to be/is really a Genki Girl at heart.Think about it. A zanpakuto is a manifestation of the owner's soul. Her shikai is a gold gaunlet with a sharpened cone on her middle finger. It's quick, small, and efficient, something that she is now (At least, something she would be now if Kubo could write her right). Her bankai however is a humongous compass-like object that loudly shoots rockets. Soi Fon was very reluctant to release her bankai. Therefore she has have been putting on a facade that could rival Aizen's this whole time. Before she joined the Onmitsukid?, she saw how the people in the organization acted, so in fear of getting booted from the family, she decided to change her personality to pass the test to get into the Onmitsukid?. Then, she decided to keep up the facade when she became Yoruichi's personal guard (and eventually the captain of the 2nd Division) because of her learning that she must act like that from now on. Also, Yoruichi might be the only person who knows how Soi Fon really acts seeing how she's the only person we see with whom Soi Fon doesn't really act so cold towards.
The Oldest Captains never use their bankais because they either cant, or it will hurt them badly to do so.My current running theory is that at some point in the past each of the captains lost some part of themselves. Yamamoto lost his ability to change, hence him being an old man even while the others look young; he cant adopt to modern styles, no matter how hard he tries. Shunsui lost his inhibition. Hence his incessant flirting and bad drinking habits. Ukitake actually lost a part of his internal organs permanantly. Because its now normal for him not to have them, he cant be healed, and so he constantly coughs up blood. Unohana lost the ability to fight. Thats why, even though she's the second most powerful captain, she never does anything but heal. At the same time, her smiling act is just a [[Stepford Smiler]] impression, put on because she doesn't think she can ever be cured. If any of them use their Bankais, it either is impossible because they're missing a critical part of their body for using it, or because it will look like an Eldritch Abomination for the same reason, or because it will remind them exactly what they're missing, sending them into a spiral of self-destructive despair. For that reason, the younger captains use their bankais all the time, while the older ones never use them at all!


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declawSyllabification: de·claw
Pronunciation: /dēˈklô /
Definition of declaw in English:
verb[with object]
1Remove the claws from.
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- A better vet later gently declawed this poor cat and her life was better for it.
- Of course, declawed cats should be indoor-only pets and you should be very careful mixing them with cats that still have their claws.
- I've always been horrified by the idea of declawing a cat (even a housecat), but if she doesn't take a shine to the kid, it could get nasty.
1.1Make harmless or less threatening: the Grimms' fairy tales were declawed beyond recognition
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- Just like this fluffy film, the original concept diluted by even more assistants, and entirely declawed of the dated, sarcastic meanness that made Garfield appealing decades time ago.
- Until UC can get its brightest stars to get degrees and chase basketballs instead of money, the Bearcats will remain in their current declawed state.
- By the time a financial crisis declawed the Asian tigers in 1997-98, the U.S. economy was in the middle of its technology boom.
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We each have our own stories of experiencing rejection. Some of them involve bullying, and others are simply a moment in time we put ourselves out there—we were vulnerable—and things didn't work out how we wanted them to.
These hurt us and caused real pain. I know it did for me. Our fear of rejection causes us to feel shame and pushes us to hide away. It dampens our own brilliance. When we feel this way do we share it with anyone? NO WAY! That would make us look weak and vulnerable. We keep our rejection a secret because we think it makes us unlovable. We're afraid if we tell others, they'll laugh at us, judge us, and make us feel even more pathetic.
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So Mr.D is armorer. Who's our leading man, and who will be the only survivng female to help him repopulate the planet?
I don't know about that, but seeing pictures, I would say Robocop10mm would make one hell of a good bad guy.
Hey I will be the funny side kick that is always chewing on a cigar.
That would be the coolest and funniest movie ever made. Great idea....especially about the anti quotes...then gruesome DEATH!!!
The only movie that seriously scares me is Twin Peaks: Fire walk with me. I have loved that movie since I was in my teens and have watched it a million times. However as an adult it seriously just gets to me. Super surreal feeling. Like a terrible nightmare where something is seriously wrong and no one else is aware and acting as if its all ok and you are there freaking out because because they are all acting like nothing is wrong....does that make sense? LOL
Anyway yeah, Twin Peaks. It's a David Lynch film and was released after the television series was a big hit for ABC.
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There was only one movie that ever scared the $hit out of me. I was some 70's B reel called "The Devil's Nightmare". I had to leave the theater at least 3 times and stand out in the hall peeking in. As an adult, it's just terrible, but back then, nothing was more terrifying.
Movies with good "creep factor" are:
Hellraiser (unrated version only) That $hit stuck with me for days.
"Salem's Lot" (as a kid, this one nearly made me crap myself)
"Phantasm" was effing freaky.
That REALLY scared me.......
Had to have been one called "Wait Untill Dark" back in the late 60's. It was best as I can remember about these 3 guys that had hidden some drugs in this blind girls apartment and how they go about terroizing her while trying to find them. LOTS of suspense and one especially jumpy part where this guy you think is dead leaps out straight at the camera with this weird spring loaded knife he had hidden in a small statue. Really scared the crap out of me at the time (I must have been about 11 or 12)
Haven't seen another one that got to me like that one did...........
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Pronunciation: /ˈneɪtɑː /
Definition of neta in English:
A politician or leader of an organization.
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- They provide perfect opportunities for politicians to do 'favours' to local netas.
- Scrambling for the chair will now be easy for netas.
- Of course, the only welfare this society was interested in was the welfare of its corrupt babus and criminal netas.
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DUBAI: Saudi Arabia's Jeddah Economic Co. said Monday it was in talks with local Saudi banks to raise funds for the 14-billion-riyal ($3.73 billion) first phase of its Kingdom City project.
If completed, the project's more than 1-kilometer-tall Kingdom Tower will replace Dubai's 828-meter Burj Khalifa as the highest in the world.
Kingdom City in Jeddah will also include mixed-use residential and commercial developments, the chief executive of the Jeddah Economic Co said at a construction conference in Dubai.
"The financial requirement is for 14 billion riyals to complete phase one by 2020," Mounib Hammoud, said at the side lines of the conference.
"Our owners have already invested about 8.7 billion riyals into this project, which is a huge investment. The rest will be financed and we are closing a financing deal with banks which will be announced soon."
He added that the funding would be through local Saudi banks but did not say how much would be raised.
Hammoud said some funds for the project would also come from the sale of land plots to other investors.
The first phase of the project is over an area of 1.4 million square meters, centered around the Kingdom Tower. The tower is expected to be completed by 2018 and will cost the company 6 billion riyals, Hammoud said. Dubai's Burj Khalifa was built by Emaar Properties for a total cost of $1.5 billion.
"We will hand over the tower with 251 floors completed by 2018."
Jeddah Economic Co. is 16.63 percent owned by the Saudi Bin Laden Group, while Kingdom Holding holds a 33.35 percent stake in the venture. Abrar International Holding Co. also has a 33.35 percent stake while businessman Abdurrahman Sharbatly will own 16.67 percent.
Hammoud said the next phases of the project would be driven largely by market demand. BNP Paribas is advising the company on its finances, he added, noting that the firm was also looking at raising funds through the bond markets.
"We are looking at the bonds and sukuk market but this will need a structure in place, which we are working on."
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Remember the Coalition Provisional Authority, which governed Iraq between the time Saddam Hussein's regime toppled and the creation of a new permanent government?
How about the President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond, an effort during the administration of President George W. Bush to implement the administration's space-travel plans?
Or the National Drought Policy Commission, which existed from 1998 to 2000?
The University of North Texas has archived the complete Web sites of these and other defunct federal agencies and commissions in an archive it calls the CyberCemetery. Visitors can browse all the available archives or search for a specific one and read all of the documents and other resources those bodies ever published.
According to the site, the University of North Texas Libraries and the Government Printing Office created the archive under the Federal Depository Library Program. The site's earliest users named it the CyberCemetery.
The site includes the Web site of the 9/11 Commission, including a free copy of its final report, along with video and audio records of the commission's hearings. It also includes the records of the board that investigated the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia, and the shuttle program's Return to Flight Task Group.
In all, there are more than 50 agency and commission sites archived in the CyberCemetery.
"You don't have to be a professional government researcher to benefit from these online archives," wrote Brent LaMaire, in an article at OhMyGov.com. "Anyone doing a paper on the Child Online Protection Act of 2000 would certainly have interest in the COPA Commission's Web site, which the Act established, but since that Web site no longer exists, without CyberCemetery, there would be no easy way to access the information once available on the Commission's Web site."
According to an Associated Press article, the project was born in the late 1990s, as Clinton-era agency Web sites began to disappear from the Internet.
"It was very early in the Web-publishing era for governments...and these Web sites were just going away," said Cathy Hartman, an assistant dean of libraries at the University, quoted in the AP story. "I began conversations with folks about recapturing the sites and keeping them available for public access."
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