Talk:Yhwach

Move to Vandenreich leader
Leader should be lowercase as it isn't a proper noun. maggosh 17:30, April 3, 2012 (UTC)


 * I don't see the point in moving it. The page will likely be moved in a few weeks to a proper name and in titles, it is common to capitalize all nouns. No rules against doing so.--
 * Unnamed Vandenreich member maggosh 05:23, April 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * Again, there is no rules one way or the other, the person who made that article decided to name it that way, Yyp decided to go with one way. Names will be given for both eventually and we will move them to the proper names then, no need to create a mass of redirects over a capital letter.--

Blut
When fighting Ayon, Kirge noted that the Vandenreich leader should increase the strength of their Blut while snapping his head and neck into their proper places (xD), implying that he also has this ability and can manipulate it to greater levels. Shouldn't he be stated as Blut user, at least of it's defensive variant? Darksusanoo (talk) 15:16, July 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * Any proper reply would be welcomed...thank you. Darksusanoo (talk) 17:39, July 6, 2012 (UTC)

Assuming anything would be speculation - we have no idea what Kirge meant when he said that. Until we see the leader use it himself it's not going on the page. Mohrpheus  (Talk)  22:29, July 6, 2012 (UTC)

Name
Until we get his real name, i think it would be better to name him temporarily "Vandenreich Emperor'. He is specifically called as such in chapter 490. besides, the Vandenreich is a very legit organization rather than a rag tag group, so Emperor sounds better than just "Leader".--Vanden reich117 (talk) 23:52, June 28, 2012 (UTC)
 * He is specifically called that in one scanlation. Most have him as just being called the leader, which is what we will be leaving it as until he is named.--
 * It is worth mentioning that in Ch 505, his name is listed as ユーハバッハ, or Yuuhabahha. His name is taken from Johann Sebastian Bach. Though "Johann" is typically written in Japanese as "ヨハン" (Yohan) or "ヨーハン" (Youhan), this is typically for those of German origin. The Swedish "Johann" is written in Japanese as "ユーハン" (Yuuhan). "バッハ" (Bahha) is Bach. Potential translations include:


 * 1. Juhabach 2. Johabach 3. Yūhabach 4. Jūhabach


 * I should note that there is not a space inbetween "Yuuha" and "Bahha"--it's all one word. L44021 (talk) 14:43, August 29, 2012 (UTC)


 * So basically what your saying is that his name is Johann Bach. --
 * No. There's no "N" added to the end, nor is there a space between "Joha" and "Bach." His name is taken from Johann Bach, but they are not the same. L44021 (talk) 14:49, August 29, 2012 (UTC)


 * So its Joha Bach as its been translated.--


 * Terribly complicated. There's no "n" in katakana, but "Johan/Johann" sounds better than "Juha" (but it doesn't matter). Why Kubo don't give us romanji, like NaNaNa or Bambietta? It should also be noted that Ivan is now Ebern... Only Kubo knows which name of Leader is good. Should we ask him? :D http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/bleach/pl/images/a/a6/Ofkorse_podpis.png (profile) 14:59, August 29, 2012 (UTC)

Johan Sebastian Bach is from my country XD..... Maybe we will get translation in next chapter.... I would say he is: Juha Bach or Juhann Bach (both are German-Finnish names, In japanese it could be Juhan or Jouhan) We could say he is Juhann Bach (Or Juhabach or Juhan Bach etc.) and change the name after proper translate. In Finland we say Johan, but in english and german he is Johann, so.... Johann would be pretty good. And Juha is name in Finland, finnish names are usually strange to japanese and german. (Silverwing (talk) 15:29, August 29, 2012 (UTC))

Mangastream refers to him as "Yuhabaha". Just pointing that out.--Starship Model Ezekiel (An audience with Master...?) 21:34, August 29, 2012 (UTC)
 * We are aware. However, neither MangaStream nor mangapanda have a good history with translation. We are waiting for our translators before making any changes.--
 * Alright, just checking that in--Starship Model Ezekiel (An audience with Master...?) 22:16, August 29, 2012 (UTC)

It's obvious his name is Johann Bach after the german composer. Even more obvious given the german theme of the Rebel Army.Councilor &#39;Rumilee (talk) 23:47, August 29, 2012 (UTC)
 * How is that "obvious". Please show me where it says his name is Johann Bach. Please, show me how the katakana written on the raw translate to Johann Bach. If you cannot provide such proof then do not bother stating such things.--

I translated the raw and the last name is definetly Bach, the first name however is an issue. The Katakana for Johan Bach is ヨハン·ゼバスティアン·バッハ which is similar to the raw here []. I think Kubo probably mean Johan, but until we see an official romanization from Kubo or from shonen jump alpha, there is no real way to tell.

-- 00:01, August 30, 2012 (UTC)


 * Quick question - Why his name is separatwd in two words? The raw suggests otherwise --Nekosama (talk) 09:16, August 30, 2012 (UTC)

Unlike English, in traditional Japanese there are no spaces between words, they are only spaced in language textbooks to help foreigners learn the language more easily. For example,"Hello my name is John Smith would be こんにちは私の名前はジョン ・ スミスです. -- 12:07, August 30, 2012 (UTC)


 * Didn't all the other Vandenreich names have dots in between their names when written in katakana?--B14 (talk) 12:52, August 30, 2012 (UTC)

Sorry to add a fourth "name" topic post here, but I do it at the request of Salubri and God--no small authority, eh? XD--and since the other discussions were closed, here we are.

Good catch by you guys that, at least according to the katakana we have for the Sternritter, their names (personal and sur-) are pretty consistently divided by an interpunct /・/, which is conspicuously absent from the name given by Yamamoto to the Vandenreich leader, ユーハバッハ: if this was to be interpreted as "first name" + "surname", the interpunct should be there, so this leads me to believe that this katakana is prob. only for a single name, prob. his surname.

As with many of Kubo's names (particularly those of the Hollows and Arrancar), we'll likely have to wait for some official[ish] romanization, in a databook or like we got for Yukio, before we know for "sure" what the spelling is that he intended. But until then, some thoughts on, at least, a decent ad hoc or "place-holder" romanization:

A quick search of some of the katakana on the Japanese Wiki drew my eye to one result in particular: the phonetic rendering into katakana of a "Juchheim Co., Ltd.". This was, in kana, ユーハイム Yūhaimu. Now, this shows a kind of elision (of a putative form *Yū(h)hahaimu maybe) because of the following element -haimu (-heim), but I wonder if this could give us a template for at least an educated guess at what shape the head of the Vandenreich's name could take.

Operating on my reasoning above, I give, as my best if (until we're graced by Kubo) yet-unsubstantiated guess for the spelling of the name, as "Juchbach". As it turns out, Hatifnatten on the NARUTO forum already posited the same! The concept seems to be that Juch is pronounced, in German, something like [ju:x], or, in American Heritage Dictionary rendering, [yōōKH], with a long u sound. Thus, a long ū but only -ha instead of -hha is used in the katakana to = -ch. In the above-cited Juchheim example, this -ha- was absorbed by the following -ha- of -heim (-haimu); but remains when followed, as here, by the -ba- of -bach (-bahha).

It seems worth mentioning that, based on current evidence, that we can, at least, confirm that it ISN'T "Johann" or something, being as there's no n in sight in the katakana. Kubo can feel free to correct this later, à la the reprint correction to "Because you are a Shinigami and a Johann" XD; but until then, no n = no Johan(n).

In conclusion, in case all the text above was too eye-breaking (XD), my placeholder romanization of the name = *** "Juchbach" ***. Adam Restling (talk) 23:53, September 1, 2012 (UTC)


 * Some good observations, but allow me to poke a hole in your theory.


 * First, you are completely right in that as of now, we have no reason to believe that what Yamamoto said were supposed to be 2 names. Whatever placeholder to use should logically be a single word.


 * However, there seems to be a misconception regarding how the German ch is written in kana. You seem to think it's always a hha, but that is not the case. The kana depend on both the letters preceeding and following the sound as well as their pronunciation in the original word.


 * Generally, a kana if the h-row is taken that corresponds to the vowel preceeding it. Whether or not the h is doubled is somewhat inconsistent (as most kana transcriptions of foreign words tend to be), but typically depends on the length of the preceeding sound (so while the ha in Bach becomes hha because it's a short a, this is not always the case).


 * Then there's another thing - if the ch is not the final sound of the word, but rather, if it's followed by another vowel, this takes precedence. For example, the word Baumkuchen is spelled バウムクーヘン (Baumukūhen) in kana. Note how the h-kana is not doubled because the preceeding u is elongated, and how he is used instead of hu (or rather, fu).


 * Now, the case of Juchheim. You are correct that the h-kana that would have been part of "Juch" was absorbed by the h-kana following it, the beginning of "-heim". Juch, by the way, is not an actual word, just a name. The thing is that unless you pronounce both parts of Juchheim very carefully, it will be slurred and sound something like Jucheim. Even in German, one h absorbs the other (though not in writing). And now, in Japanese, since both of them become one and the vowel following the sound takes precedence, it becomes a ha.


 * On the other hand, if you'd actually write the name Juch in kana, it would become ユーフ, so "yuuhu" or "yuufu". Now, in the case of our dear nameless Emperor, if we romanize him as Juchbach, then you can see that the h-sound is not followed by a vowel, so the kana would have to adhere to the vowel preceeding it, which is u. So unless the kana read "Juuhubahha", I would argue that Juchbach is not a proper romanization.


 * So, as for what I think is correct, I think "Juhabach", in one word, is our best bet. You could make a case for Juchabach, or Yūhabach if you want a weird Japanese/German mixture, but I'd say Juhabach is the most attractive option right now. Tipres (talk) 03:06, September 2, 2012 (UTC)


 * Aah, the holes, they burn(?!) !! XD


 * Yeah, I know that German ch isn't always rendered by -hha; not just Juchheim as I cited is an example, but also the hi in Licht (Rihito) Regen and Vandenreich (-raihi), and the hyen in Quincyzeichen (-tsaihyen), although these last are, more properly, for the softer allophone /ç/ and not /x/ of ch. But you're right that the h- series kana chosen does seem to (almost?) always be influenced by the preceding vowel.


 * Based on that, I suppose that ***Juhabach*** (as you suggested) prob. is the most cogent (with our current evidence) ad hoc romanization. I sure hope Kubo or his chums come out with the official romanization somewhere soon--just as I've always wished that he'd/they'd just do that for all the non-native Japanese names/techniques to begin with! Adam Restling (talk) 02:05, September 5, 2012 (UTC)


 * His name could actually be more likely to be a Yiddish vocalisation of the Tetragrammaton 'Y.H.W.H.', the Hebrew absolute name of God as it may have been said in Germany 1000 years ago, than related to Bach or anything similar. More details here. Bluesun1 (talk) 05:16, September 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * We care little where the name comes from. Whether it is Yiddish or German is not important. What is important is what is the proper romanization of the name. Thats all we want.--

Powers/Abilities
Shouldn't we like add something about his powers considering he defeated Kenpachi? --BladeJules (talk) 13:06, August 30, 2012 (UTC)


 * No.--

Name/Appearence
Why the hell there is a line "His name is Juha Bach" on his appearence section? Coutinho305 (talk) 23:24, August 29, 2012 (UTC)


 * Dude, calm down. Look at the page's history. User:Motoko Kusanagi randomly put it there. -- Qazqaz 555  01:41, August 30, 2012 (UTC)

It IS kind of stupid though. A random "His name is Juha Bach" at the end, and referring to him as the "leader" at the beginning. We know the name now. 01:55, August 30, 2012 (UTC)
 * 1. The part in the appearance section slipped in before the page was locked, an admin will undo it when they are on. 2. We are waiting on official confirmation from our translators before fully committing to the new name.--

Ability-Wise
This is more or less a repeat of the above, but considering my history with this site and their "Discussion Closed" sections, I'll just make it a separate section. Juha Bach has... revealed to have the strength or is using blut (there is more than enough information to make an educated statement that he is using blut), considering he blocked Zaraki's strike, something that in itself is noteworthy, and subsequently defeated him. Why is there no mention of this in his abilities? Even a single sentence for god's sake. I mean, it wasn't outright stated that As Nodt was using blut either, yet because it was revealed he had strong resistance to attacks, you guys put his ability down as blut. Why is this case different? I'll reiterate. He blocked Zaraki's, Captain Kenpachi Zaraki's, attack with one arm. And you guys don't think it's noteworthy? Really? --Silver-Haired Seireitou (talk) 15:46, August 30, 2012 (UTC)
 * Nothing of the fight was seen. We have no idea what he is capable of nor will we make an "educated statement" as we have a Speculation policy. We can;t say anything about him defeating Kenpachi Zaraki as we don't know how he did it. Did he do it on strength alone? Did he use Quincy techniques? Did he have help from the blond guy? All of those would result in different things to write down and since we don't know, we won't say anything.--

So, we won't say anything period about him effortlessly lifting Kenpachi by the neck? Not even a casual mention about how he defeated kenpachi? We have him defeating Harribel off screen mentioned yet Kenpachi won't be mentioned? Wheres the logic in that? So because we don't see it therefore it didn't happen and nothing in this chapter happened at all? We aren't going to edit in taht kenpachi was defeated, because, "it was off screen"? How stupid is that--BladeJules (talk) 16:11, August 30, 2012 (UTC)
 * You are misconstruing my words. I said nothing would be added to his powers and abilities section. The plot section is entirely different and will be updated when an admin gets around to it.--

Stature
I think we should make an addition to address his large stature. In the image with him and Kenpachi, you can see that he's at least as tall, if not taller than, Kenpachi. Bach is a BIG dude. Bleachshinigami (talk) 14:52, August 31, 2012 (UTC)

Issue with statement
I noticed that the last sentence reads "Declaring Soul Society on the brink of collapse, Kenpachi is saved from further punishment by the arrival of the captain-commander. To me, it reads as though Kenpachi is saying that Soul Society is on the brink of collapse as opposed to Bach.  I've read the chapter, but I think it might be confusing to readers who haven't.  Meta5 (talk) 03:51, September 2, 2012 (UTC)

Shinigami lifespan
I'm amazed he's still listed as Quincy. Quincies are HUMANS, remember? The only race that can live a thousand+ years are Asari and *drumroll* Shinigami, if I recall. The evidence of him being a Shinigami, you ask? Look at his clothes. All Quinices wear plain WHITE (ok Ryuuken, hints of blue) clothes. Why is he wearing a black overcoat-like cape or whatever it is? (but this is merely a hypothesis, color pages will probably prove me wrong) Think about it. And don't shrug me off with 'we don't know nothing about him', use common sense. Nadare (talk) 13:32, September 5, 2012 (UTC)

Your "hypothesis" is based solely on the clothes he's wearing, and you've already pointed out an inconsistency with your own theory. How can you not expect to be shrugged off? Either way, saying that he's anything other than a Quincy would be nothing but speculation, seeing as he is the leader of their faction and has explicitly used powers typical of a Quincy. Mohrpheus  (Talk)  13:45, September 5, 2012 (UTC)

We've already seen him use the abilities of a Quincy. He is the leader of the Quincy. He is a Quincy.--

I've only disproved the clothing part. So, care to explain how a human can live that long? There aren't any Quincy techniques or abilities to extend lifespan. UPDATE: Wow, have you seen his spirit weapon? It awfully resembles Ichigo's new Shikai. He's not a Quincy. Leave the Race field blank and everyone's happy. Nadare (talk) 16:46, September 5, 2012 (UTC)

They could simply be converted spirit particles, similar to how Ichigo and his friends are when they travel to the spirit world, so technically they aren't human anymore. And we don't know how that effects lifespan when in that state. Also, the basic rule of thumb is: unless stated, its not added which keeps out all the speculation. Kinda how it was when everyone stated Rangiku dead because she was laying there lifeless and turned out she was alive the whole time. As of right now, he's the leader of the quincy, which is a fact and stated. Stating he's a shinigami based solely on "your" common sense doesn't mean it's a fact. He could be, sure. He could only be a zanpaktou spirit, too. But until stated, its not added and that's to make sure no unnecessary edits have to be undone or flame wars between users on what is and isn't. Northstar1012 (talk) 17:00, September 5, 2012 (UTC)