The Bleach: The thousand-year blood war The season 2 finale brought Squad 0, the most powerful Shinigami in all of Soul Society, into the spotlight and here’s a breakdown of all their powers. Also known as the Royal Guard, Squad 0 consists of five Shinigami tasked with protecting the Soul King. The members of Squad 0 were chosen to create something basic for the Soul Society. They are also the strongest Shinigami in the setting, their combined strength surpassing the entire Thirteen Court Guards; The anime further cemented that by revealing that the members of Squad 0 had to seal their powers because fighting at full strength would destroy the three realms in Bleach’s universe.
Squad 0 has put a lot of effort into establishing himself as one of the strongest characters in Bleach, especially in the anime Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War. At the time of writing, many members of Squad 0 have yet to fully explore their abilities, even with how much the anime has expanded on them. However, there’s still a lot to discuss about each character just based on what’s been established in the anime and manga, and with any luck, future Bleach seasons will continue to add more to their characters. Surname.
Tenjiro kirinji
The number 1 officer of Team 0 is Tenjiro Kiriji, the Holy Guardian of the East. Kiriji is known as the “Hot Spring Demon” because the special hot springs can heal mortal wounds to anyone strong enough to resist them. Kiriji is also the best healer in Bleach; Not only was he the master of Unohana, but he was also the one who invented Kaido’s healing art, which eventually earned him entry into Squad 0.
Kiriji’s shikai is Kinpika, a sword attached to a long wooden pole with incredible attack power and the ability to create blinding flashes of yellow light. Kiriji also fights with incredible high-speed movements, his mastery of Shunpo surpassing that of Suì-Fēng and earning him the nickname “Lightning Tenjiro”. Additionally, he can weaponize the water from his hot springs to burn enemies on contact and can otherwise be used to heal himself and his allies in battle. Kiriji’s bankai has not been revealed yet.
Kirio Hikifune
The second officer of Team 0 is Kirio Hikifune, the Guardian Saint of the South. Also known as the “Ruler of the Grain,” Kirio was the previous captain of Team 12 before Kisuke Urahara, making her the most recent addition to Team 0. Kirio was inducted into Team 0 for creating artificial souls that the Grim Reapers use to live. gigais while in the world of the living, and they formed the basis for advanced Souls Mods like Kon and the anime-only trio of Lirin, Kurodo, and Noba.
Kirio’s Shikai takes the form of a giant spoon, but at the time of writing, its name and abilities have not been revealed. Additionally, Kirio also specializes in tools used to manipulate someone’s mental pressure, most notably foods that greatly restore someone’s strength when consumed. Not only that, she can also create powerful branches known as the Cage of Life, which are capable of absorbing the energy of anything they come into contact with, making them virtually indestructible.
Oetsu Nimaiya
The 3rd officer of Team 0 is Oetsu Nimaiya, the Holy Guardian of the West. Also known as the “Sword God”, Nimaiya is the creator of the Zanpakuto and he creates every Asauchi, the base form of the Zanpakuto, that the Soul Reapers bond with before developing their individual abilities. Considering that Zanpakuto has always been a part of the Soul Reapers’ long history, it can be assumed that Nimaiya is one of the higher-ranking members of Squad 0.
Along with his nickname “Sword God”, Nimaiya is extremely skilled in combat, as he was able to single-handedly defeat Yhwach’s Schutzstaffel before being empowered by Auswählen. While Nimaiya’s own Zanpakuto has not yet been shown, when fighting the Schutzstaffel, Nimaiya used a Zanpakuto named Sayafushi, a blade so sharp that it could only be contained in a special jelly-like substance. Nimaiya considered it a failure because it failed to meet one of the basic requirements of a sword, but it nonetheless proved to be a powerful weapon.
Senjumaru Shutara
The 4th officer of Team 0 is Senjumaru Shutara, the Holy Guardian of the North. Also known as the “Great Weave Guard”, Senjumaru created the shihakusho, the black uniform that all Shinigami wear. Senjumaru’s tailor abilities are also great enough for her to infuse Oken, the bones of the Royal Guard, into someone’s clothing to enhance durability and, as shown in the anime when Byakuya fights NaNaNa Najahkoop, the ability Resistant to some energy-based attacks
Senjumaru’s shikai is the Shigarami, a sewing needle that is highly penetrating and allows her to use a variety of sewing and fabric-based abilities such as turning someone’s clothes into self-destructive weapons, creating tapestries illusion and creates cotton that can heal deadly wounds. Senjumaru’s incredibly powerful bankai is the Shatatsu Karagara Shigarami no Tsuji, a giant sewing room that traps her opponents in mats and attacks them with a variety of attacks. Uryu, Haschwalth, and Schutzstaffel’s attacks foreshadow their fates seen in the manga, so Senjumaru’s Bankai could work by hitting people with attacks that reflect something of their fate. have to deal with in the future.
Ichibe Hyosube
The final member of Squad 0 and their leader is Ichibe Hyosube. As Manako Osho or “The Monk Who Calls the True Name,” Ichibe is the one who names everything in Soul Society, and he even incorporates this into his fighting style. In addition to creating seals that apply the effects of any kanji written on them, Ichibe can reduce the power of something by shortening its name and even return from the dead just after someone says my name. Ichibe also fights with giant psychic hands that mimic his movements and attack with incredible force.
Ichibe’s shikai is the Ichimonji, a large calligraphy pen with a blade at the end. Anything Ichibe attacks with Ichimonji is dyed black and loses its name, thus losing its power, and Ichimonji can attract anything black in the world to power up his abilities . Ichibe’s Bankai, which he calls by his old name “Shin’uchi”, is Shirafude Ichimonji, allowing Ichibe to rename anything that has lost its name to his Shikai and grant them the properties and abilities of new name. These abilities were enough for Ichibe to overpower Yhwach, and he would have won had Yhwach not reclaimed the power of the Almighty.
Between their place in lore and their obvious feats, Squad 0 are some of the most unique characters in the series and also some of the strongest. This is especially true in anime adaptations Bleach: The thousand-year blood war, as it added a lot of content to better showcase Squad 0 as the deadly force they were supposed to be, especially Senjumaru. There’s no telling what changes the anime will continue to make in the future, but with any luck, it will continue to bring big changes. Team 0 and other characters a level of attention they did not receive in the manga.