Bleach Episode 219 – “Hisagi’s Shikai! The Name is…”

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Tear Hallibel

Tia Hallibel (Tear Harribel)
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Zanpakutou: Tiburon (Shark)
First Appearance: Manga chapter 198 | Anime episode 138

Halibel is an Arrancar in Sousuke Aizen’s army. She is the 3rd ranked Espada, and therefore is supposedly the 3rd strongest Arrancar in the army. The remains of her Hollow mask cover her jaw, then a strip runs down her neck, to cover the insides of her breasts. The location of her Hollow hole is not known.

Halibel is a calm, quiet Arrancar, but is very confident in her abilities. She is polite to her peers when in turn treated with respect, but when disrespected or when interacting with the enemy, she has shown to be quite spiteful. Halibel, unlike some other Espada, is very caring of her fraccion. She even goes as far as to challenge Yamamoto as revenge for defeating her fallen fraccion.

Hallibel’s ressureccion:

It is theorized that she was a Vasto-Lorde ranked Menos before becoming an Arrancar, as all Espada ranked 4 and above are forbidden to release their powers within the dome of Las Noches because the sheer force would force it to collapse. Her Zanpakuto is called Tiburon (Shark), which is a medium lengthed wide sword, with a hollow inside. She has used an ability similar to Getsuga Tenshou, called Projectile Azul. Her release command is “Attack” in which she transforms into a more shark-like version of her former self. Her mask is removed, revealing her whole face. She receives fin-like boots, and bone armor, in addition to a very large, shark-fin shaped sword. Her special abilities involve controlling the element of water, to the extent that she can even over-power some of Toushiro Hitsugaya’s ice techniques.

Barragan Luisenbarn

Barragan Luisenbarn
H: -cm W: -kg Blood type: – Birthday: -Zanpakutou: Arrogante (Arrogant)
First Appearance: Manga chapter 244 | Anime episode 145

Barragan Luisenbarn is an Arrancar under the command of Sousuke Aizen. He is the Segunta (2nd) Espada in Aizen’s army, making him a very powerful combatant. The remains of his Hollow mask create a crown worn atop his head, which is befitting since his fraccion call him “majesty.”  Both Barragan’s Hollow hole and ranking tattoo are undiscovered as of yet.

Barragan has a stocky, sour appearance to his aged body. This corresponds to he grumpy and somewhat stubborn attitude. He sees himself as royalty, answering to nobody, not even higher ranked Espada, except for Aizen. Barragan’s aspect of death is aging, which matches his powers. In his normal form, Barragan has the ability to slow down anything close enough to him, giving him an obvious advantage in battle. Also, what ever he touches ages, ultimately crippling it. His Zanpakutou is Arrogante, which takes the form of a giant axe, is released by the command “rot”. After releasing his Zanpakutou, Barragan transforms into a monstrous looking Skeleton King. In this form, his powers are amplified. Even the ground beneath him ages off and deteriorates as he walks. One of his techniques called “death breath,” releases a cloud that ages and deteriorates anything it touches.
Barragan’s ressureccion:

Barragan has a rather large fraccion, consisting of six members: Choe Neng Poww, Charlotte Cuuhlhourne, Avirama Redder, Findor Carias, Ggio Vega,  and Nirgge Parduoc, all of whom were exceptionally powerful, but were ultimately defeated and killed by shinigami. They seemed to think of Barragan as some sort of a god, and referred to him as “his majesty.”

Bleach Manga Chapter 356 – Tyrant of Skulls

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Since most of you didn’t appreciate my taste in German music, I’ve decided to ban you all!!! Just kiddin’, I actually decided to switch to J-rock.

Anyway, the chapter is finally out! Not one of the best chapters, but still it was nice to see some new info on the Espada. And to see that Shiro-chan is completely unharmed, of course. Since this one’s coming out on Monday, we can safely say that there won’t be another chapter this week.
According to Barragan’s words, each of the ten Espada represents one of the reasons for death. All creatures die and it was very poetic of Aizen to create the Espada in exactly such a manner. Also, the ‘theme of death’ of each Espada corresponds with their physical or mental characteristics and their ability.

Primera Espada – Stark – Loneliness
Segunda Espada – Barragan Luisebarn – Aging
Tercera Espada – Halibel – Sacrifice
Cuatra Espada – Ulquiorra Cifer – Emptiness
Quinta Espada – Nnoitora Jiruga – Despair/Hopelessness
Sexta Espada – Grimmjow Jeagerjaques – Destruction
Septima Espada – Zommari Leroux – Addiction/Obsession
Octava Espada – Szayel Apollo Grantz – Insanity/Madness
Novena Espada – Aaroniero Arleri – Greed
Decima/Cero Espada – Yammy Riyalgo – Rage

But if the Espada have death aspects, then the captains from the Gotei 13 also have their specific symbols. Each division has its own flower to represent their characteristics. And the same goes for the Captains.

1st Division – Yamamoto Genryuusai - Truth and innocence
2nd Division – Soi Fon - Seek nothing
3rd Division – Ichimaru Gin -  Despair
4th Division – Unohana Retsu -  Care and love
5th Division – Aizen Sousuke - Danger
6th Division – Kuchiki byakuya - Noble reason
7th Division – Sajin Komamura - Courage
8th Division – Kyouraku Shunsui - Everything is obtained
9th Division – Kaname Tousen - Oblivion
10th Division – Hitsugaya Toushiro - Egoism
11th Division – Zaraki Kenpachi - Fight
12th Division – Kurotsuchi Mayuri –  Vengeance and strictness
13th Division – Ukitake Jyuushiro - Hope

If we pair up the Captains and Espada who’ve fought eachother we get this:

Szayel Apollo vs. Mayuri – Madness vs Vengeance
Zommari vs. Byakuya – Obsession vs. Nobility
Nnoitra vs. Kenpachi – Despair vs. Never-ending battle
Halibel vs. Toushiro – Sacrifice vs. Egoism
Barragan vs. Soi Fon – Old age vs. Seaking nothing
Stark vs. Shunsui – Lonliness vs. Everything is obtained

Before I started pairing these together I thought each Espada would be the exact opposite of a Captain. but in the end it turned out that they actually compliment eachother quite nicely. Quite the interesting turn of events. Also notice how Gin, Aizen and Tousen have the evilest flowers. (If you can actually call flowers evil…)

Now, back to Hitsugaya – it seems his “demise” really was a fake. He created an ice mirror, in which he cast a mirage kidou spell, to convince Halibel that he was actually hit. Nothing too unpredictable here. Like SSJ mentioned several times, Toushiro is the most popular character in the series and his demise is absolutely unthinkable.
The moment Halibel thought  that the young captain was dead, she decided to go for old man Yamamoto. While it is true that her water abilities should be quite effective against the General’s fire-type sword, I don’t think she’d be much of a threat to him. By staying alive Shiro-chan completed another good deed – Halibel isn’t going to suffer as much when he kills her… hehehe He doesn’t seem to be having too much trouble blocking and attacking.

Meanwhile in the battle that just became interesting, Soi Fon doesn’t seem to be doing that bad against Barragan. She dodges his attacks quite nicely and her counterattack’s timing is perfect. However she can never land a hit on the old guy. Even though her shunpo is one of the fastest amongst the shinigami, her kick always slows down just before it reaches its target. Barragan has no trouble catching her in midair and throwing her around like a sack of potatoes. The Captain isn’t able to figure out the secret behind the Espada’s power, thus Barragan explains it – of all the Espada he possesses the ultimate death aspect – aging. It is the only one that can never be escaped from. Time slowly ages people and even if they never know despair, loneliness, etc., the natural way always puts them down in the end.
Barragan displays his powers – anything around him instantly dies down – the speed of objects is greatly decreased and supposedly the aging process of everything he touches is increased. With just one grab of Soi Fon’s arm, Barragan ages the bone inside it, which automatically brakes it in half.

The 2nd Espada uses his ressureccion – “Arrogante” (Arrogance), rleased by the command “Rot” (as in rotting flesh, obviously to underline the aging aspect). His giant axe sprouts an eye and engulfs him in a black veil. As he is transformed into a skeleton king, he tells Soi Fon that her mind won’t be able to comprehend the horror she is about to witness.
Barragan’s ability is a bit suspicious, though. To me it doesn’t seem like a time controlling ability, but rather an energy draining ability.