Forum:Potential

Watching the fights between the protagonists, i wondered what kind of characters and what kind of potential would be designed for each. Espadas were designed to die or deadly beaten by their supposed "antithesis", (raw power against raw power, poison vs poison, ect...). Shinigamis are surely designed to survive, at least the ones supposed to have a role in the future story line.

Questioning myself about the different powerful protagonists, a thesis came out concerning their potential powers' progress, there are shinigamis with established powers and others with powers growing or stagnating. The ones with established powers never showed their bankai until now, then without saying that they are the hell most powerful beings in Bleach stories. The ones who showed their bankai are the ones with incredible and growing powers evolutions.


 * established powers or beyonders:
 * Genryusai yamamoto
 * Unohana
 * Kyoraku
 * Ukitake
 * Aizen


 * potentially progressing:
 * Ichigo
 * ''Ishida
 * Chad
 * Orihime
 * (Vizards?)''
 * Zaraki (+ Yachiru)
 * Mayuri
 * Hitsugaya
 * Kuchiki (Byakuya & Rukia?)
 * Renji
 * Kira
 * Hisagi
 * Ikkaku
 * Yumichika
 * ect...''


 * in stagnation protagonists (no relevant powers' progression, but still have potential):
 * (Vizards?)
 * Komamura (showed his bankai some times without notable progression)
 * Omaeda
 * Rangiku
 * Sasakibe
 * ect...

The Vizards are quite difficult to classified, same for Urahara and Yoruichi, full of secrets. Each time Ichigo progressed, an evolution is visible in Byakuya, Zaraki, Hitsugaya or his human friends' powers. In my opinion, there is one shinigami who could show the most fascinating progress (except Zaraki) would be Mayuri. He is the intriguing one evolving in two worlds: Shinigamis powers and sciences. No matter how powerful you could be, you can't win against diseases (e.g. Ukitake).Baronofash 01:16, October 12, 2009 (UTC)

Im really not sure what your exactly getting at in this scenario. But if your talking about power potential it would have nothing to do with anyone who has been either a captain or around for past 100 years the potential has already been reached. The logical concept to throw out would be that those with most potential for are the lieutenants and those below them along with Ichigo and his friends. By the very nature of being captains they're power is reached already. You can't even list byakuua or hitsugaya because they have abilities like most captains you have yet to see and just because you see them more as the story progresses doesn't have anything to do with their potential. You as just an observer have yet to see them do something they were always capable of, they aren't ichigo who is the new guy with something new popping up all the time that he has to learn to use or control. The only captain's who actually have potential growth is hitsugaya do to his age and zaraki do to him needing a deeper connection with his zanpakuto, but not in the way that lieutenants or lower, ichigo and friends do. I dont think its fair to attribute that someones powerful just because they dont use their bankai. Theres a number of reasons why its necessary and why some dont use it, but even if they do it shows how powerful they are not count against them if they dont. If your talking about story progress its up and down but you know who the usual suspects are.Salubri 03:21, October 12, 2009 (UTC)