Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31283382-20150220205331/@comment-5398287-20150226234154

Skitzo1 wrote: No one seems to understand my idea. Granted blut isn't a passive ability, but it reminds me of how hierro was introduced. When Starkk fought love and rose, you didn't hear him go, oh wow if it wasn't for my hierro i would be toast. It was a passive ability, but its not like it was mentioned every single time anything happened. Quilge stated that Blut vene grants Quincy, which are basically normal humans, inhuman durability, so if someone like Bazz-B takes a lance of ice from histugaya, and hes more or less a mortal semi-man i would assume Blut played a part in that but it just wasn't shown. So if a quincy survives a giant explosion, or blocks a sword with their arm, I would consider that blut vene.

As for blut arterie i think its been shown several times. Infact whenever a quincy fights a shinigami using bankai (except mask) they use blut arterie, Quilge again said that it is the only way to significantly damage the shinigami if they use bankai. So if the Quincy are actually hurting shinigami in bankai and doing damage, can we assume blut arterie has played its part? My problem with the Hierro comparison is that while Hierro was always on and gave no visual indication of being present aside from maybe sparks when a sword struck skin, Blut Vene has to be activated and has a very clear visual representation, namely the black veins along the user's defended area. Kubo clearly remembers that part of the ability, since he included and made a big deal out of it with Blut Vene Anhaben.