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Throughout the series of Bleach, Aizen is conducting sinister Hollowfication experiments in the shadows, attempting to break the barrier between Shinigami and Hollow. These experiments affect the entire series, and play a role in almost every arc – so let’s take a look at the complete timeline of these experiments and Aizen’s overall plan!
Chapters:
Intro – 00:00
Hollowfication – 02:08
Over 110 Years Ago – 04:30
101 Years Ago – 06:36
Intermission – 17:45
20 Years Ago – 19:00
The Present Day – 26:06
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What did you think of Aizen's Hollowfication experiments subplot? Are there any questions left unanswered? Let me know your thoughts!
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Aizen did all of this but what I'm trying to figure out 🤔 when did he have time to master keto spells without the incantation at a 90 level and also gets stronger and master his Zanpakuto
Aizen and hes "power" breaks evryting, and in the end what he did only proves how dumb he realy is… hes pwoer is "compleat hopnozes" and he has all 13 captians under he controle + evryone ho seen hes sword!!! so way sneak around? when all u hav to do to "win" is walk around and show ur sword to enyone that may apose u….. he could have done all that he wanted this way and no one would ever even konw… my point is this what did he get out of telling them all that hes a "bad guy"….???? nothing of Aizens end game makes eny sens… Aizen could have done all of what he did i wakeomundo, without revealing him self, so way did he? for a man that pland this and stayed in the shadoows for 100 of years, this move make no point other then prove that Aizen couldent have planed this plan…. Aizen is just another bad guy, that was given way to much power, the first haf of hes story we r told how ultimate and over powered he is, and then they spendt the rest of the story ripping hes power and IQ apart, by making stupid/lame moves, removing he power and just overall tering him down all the wile pumping the hero with all kinds of polt hole boost. like timeless traning, new ultimade power, power lvls and ohhh now we are fuck for the HERO is now more powerfull then enything alive or dead… os we pull the big pin and invent this " he used up he power and now its gone" even thou we have been toled that if that happend, (that u spendt all ur power og give et away u die)
now to the point- The hogyoku is another thing that was made to fill out a polt, but after that, the power was simply too powerfull and then riped apart, first it was made into a simple wich granting glas ball,-
> then the big "twist" and it didten grant eny wich but was smiply a trinket without eny power at all —then it was forgotten complitly and cast aside to make room for a new power booster/lvland this is what i hate i sooo many movise and cartoons…. way say some thing/one is/has the ultimade power! only to rip it all apart?? way make something unstopebel or immortal if ur going to kill them of??? like Aizen we are toled after he defeate, that hes locked away inside this ultimade prison that urahara somehow put him in, but later he just tied to a chair!?! then way TF put him in that ultimade prison in the first place… way make him ALL POWERFUL if ur just going to tear it all aprat in order for the hero to win?!?!
ohhh yes its all becuse the HERO WAS TO WIN!!!!
Great video man. When it comes to bleach you're the best
Aizen accidentally made Ichigo who by pure accident has gained powers that by all means should not be held by any one species aizen essentially accidentally made a new soul King some steps still pending…. I mean even hell deemed Ichigo worthy of it's full power in the 4th movie something that both struck me as really odd and yet very telling because as far as lore goes we don't hear much about hell, even the hell chapters after ttybw where Ichigo is a dad we don't really get an explanation other then hell was backing Ichigo back then but……. Who else can we think of that hell would fully bend a knee to? That's right the soul King someone who both embodies the original reality and the chains that hold together the new reality and let's be honest from pure visuals I would hell Ichigo is on the level of both Vasto Lorde Ichigo and final getsuga Ichigo
Question: Does the "nail of the soul king" being taken from Matsumoto make her weaker? If she would have kept it would it have mad her stronger?? I've always wondered this.
Tosen is wearing a face mask during the turn back the pendulum arc so maybe it is airborne.
Considering the Soul King is a spiritual being it’s inherent that his fragment in Rangiku could be used in the Hogyoku
Aizen was still doing Hollow experiments after discovering the functionality of the Hogyoku because he wanted to learn how to manifest a Vasto Lorde
Why did tousen get hollow powers but not gin?
the hogyuku is just bleach's philosopher's stone and the fact you couldnt put 2+2 together is kinda weird. created by a collection of souls, and it does what people think it does and grants their wish such the case of aizens immortality. its not even that hard to compare the two and come to the conclusion of what it is
Gin and for the most part tousen seem very much in control of their emotions. Aizen is a complete sociopath. So perhaps a lack of strong emotions prevents hollowfication from infecting them?
14:45
To me it's always just been Bleach's version of the Philosopher Stone from Full Metal Alchemist.
The hogyoku is a version of the philosophers stone. It's made by sacrificing a large amount of lives/souls it grants the bearers wish and its a bit of a monkeys paw
What about ichigos sisters do they ever go to the soul society and have their own zombactose
I wonder how strong rangiku would be if aizen didn’t steal part of her
Urahara refining Hollowfication to the point it's like Modern Medicine goes brr
I just got an idea with aizen raising his sword and you referencing kill them all. Made me think his bankai could be his illusions/hypnosis being able to physically affect things/reishei. So with his bankai, he could kill all of them at the same time with the downward slash as each version of him that the effected see/sense are actually "real."
Thanks for trying to break this down. It does get confusing when you explained it the way you did, but that's OK. I just that Aizen's hubris kept him going, even if he had the smallest doubts or setbacks. Did he "perfect it more" when he left to Huco Mundo? If I am wrong, please correct me, but he aided in creating the base Arrancar and The Espada. That's why he was so disappointed and cut Harible the way he did. Or am I wrong. Either way he was and is a scientist at heart, even though he was a villain, and that's what drove him. Just my thoughts.
If I am wrong, please tell me because I may not know the lore as well as some people, especially you Tommo You videos are always great.
I alway had this crazy idea that the Hollowfication was some sort of variation or power of Aizen's Bankai. I thought of it as a parallel of his Shikai; where when activating that one Aizen can trick the senses, when activating the Bankai he can trick the genetics/soul itself. Thus I thought that perhaps that was why he couldn't or wouldn't use it as often, since his entire journey was basically learning the nature of the soul. How do you fake or make something artificial without knowing what it is supposed to be to begin with?
I think one thing for sure is that the only successful hogyoku is Urahara's hogyoku, and for vaccines and so on, I think it was done before Urahara used the hogyoku if we look at Masaki's case as a reference, and the use of hogyoku was used so that the vizards could defeat their respective hollows – each one is a hogyoku.
note: all the hogyoku words that I convey are Urahara's hogyoku not Aizen's because Aizen's hogyoku was a failure
This is why you have to love Bleach. It's mysteries and twist to everything is beyond captivating.
With the basis… spoiler
That kisukes bankai works on the premise of entirely 'restructuring', it only makes sense that maybe he experimented with restructuring any king of object with anything avaliable in terms of souls. Hollow, most common; soul reaper, human, and quincy. And as a captain and head of the science devision, i dint discount his methods any less than mayuri. Just, more dignified…
If the Hygyokyu is a piece of the Soul King's nail then; is it possible that it's a type of Fullbring?
The Soup King has the powers of all types of spiritual beings, including Fullbring. As well Fullbrings act on the intentions of the user and can operate independently.
It would be unusual but also fitting of the Soul King to have a power like this. Furthermore it awakens other Fullbringers. As Fullbrings can alter the world in ways unlike other spiritual powers it's well within the power set, and we know they can be strengthened and enhanced. Especially with Soul Reaper powers as we see in their Arc where they steal Ichigo's mixed powers for themselves.
The Hollow Masks are themselves themed after the characters. Hiyori has a demon disposition, thus she has an oni mask with an oni horn (which is an appendage). Mashiro (mushi means bug) has her mask as insect-like and her leg armor is more akin to cricket/grasshopper jumping power. She's carefree, like an insect. Kensei (note a kensai is a weapons master in Japanese) has a combat knife for a shikai. Likely the column projections are analogous to a kind of armor to indicate how sturdy/tough he is. Etc.
It seems that Kiske's hogyoku was more successful than Aizen's initial attempt, so perhaps he continued working on hollowfication because he knew that's what Kiske was working on when he developed his and he was hoping to find what Kiske had found that he had missed in the process
Based on all the stuff about rage speeding up Shinjis transformation, and the very nature of regular holes turning into hollows, I always interpreted it as souls who are ready to be hollowfied (via this “hollowfication virus” or exposure or proximity to Aizen’s hogyoku, or whatever) begin to hollowfy as they’re pushed/challenged, whether it’s intense emotion (like shinji) or physical shock/trauma (like Kensei). Hiyori has been physically pushed/exhausted, but not grievously wounded, so takes longer.
I also think this fits with how they (the visored) train Ichigo by starting with trying to get him to work out until he collapses, and then Hiyori fighting him until his mask comes out on its own.
Also given how Kisuke and Aizen talk about “progression” I think it’s probably right that the reason for extra hollow features on Kensei and Mashiro are mostly due to time elapsed.
After extreme hindsight.. Aizen only lost because he ran away from unahana… she was under KS and still ran away .. if he kills her… she doesn't snitch.. so yama kills kyuraku and ukitake… ichigo probably gets executed after the byakuya fight.. kenpachi probably kills komamura and toused and probably yama has to take him out. And aizen never gets outed as being alive lol
14:35 the way you describe the hogyoku here makes it sound suspiciously like a Philosophers Stone from FMA