User blog comment:Tinni/The Espada rank thing/@comment-44061-20091107171719

I agree with the analysis and I have always believed the Espada where created by Aizen as cannon fodder. Maybe somewhere he thought they would be a match for the Gotei 13 but once again I think that he shares the same personality traits that got majority of them killed. Arrogance and underestimating the Gotei 13. Worst of all is he spent so much time around them manipulating them and hiding who he really was that he never got thought about who they really were or how powerful they were. The Espada all seem to be one trick bad guys in my opinion.

9. Is the only original one and he is a gillian but if not for his hollow absorption ability then he wouldnt have been one.

8 had the scientific mind

7. Had the speed but was also apparently delusional about what role the hollows played in the universe

6. was all destruction and no common sense.

5. Had the strongest Hierro and was a battle loving misogynist.

4 Was the emo over hyped guy with the secret Regeneration power and second release, yet neither saved him from dying.

3 was the most boring i agree and she could barely stand against Hitsugaya, in the end she fulfilled her role as a sacrifice, but im not sure maybe that was her only one skill.

2 was all arrogance and overestimation. Yea time is a awesome power when its applied the right way, he may have been king of hueco mundo at one time but that just shows you dont have to be smart to be king there. He talked so much about his greatness he gave away his weakness, in the end i bet he wish he could turn back time instead of just speed it up.

1 My only favorite mainly because he wasnt arrogant and he didnt underestimate his opponents. He was just lonely and playing for the wrong team, he would still be living if he had ran away. As powerful as he was shooting a lot of ceros and splitting your soul into pieces still seemed somewhat limited for his rank but still probably better then the rest.

0 My least liked for the simple reason of the number change I knew from day one that the number change was ridiculous his one trick claim to fame is that he gets big and yes he is the strongest of all the Espada...physically, sad that strength alone doesn't win in bleach unless your name is Kenpachi (awesome beast). He was a dumb brute when we first saw him and he's just a bigger stronger one now. I knew that all the times he got owned by Ichigo, Yoruichi, Urahara, Ulquiorra he wasnt that powerful that lack of respect he gets from the other espada as well as arrancar in general. The only reason he survived everyone else is cause he wasn't in a fight while they where all getting killed. Im done with the Espada from day one kill him quick Kenpachi and lets move on.