Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25372545-20141231084433/@comment-44061-20150101051115

I think a distinction needs to be made. In bleach Shunpo/Flash Steps is the technique that is the basic expression of high speed movement. Its not really sustained movement like say "The Flash" moving at Mach 5 due to the Speed Force. Its literally "Steps", bursts of speed allowing the user to move faster than the eye can track, making it appear as if they have teleported. Basically Short dashes. This is commonly used for maneuvering for surprise attacks against opponents, confusion, evasion or escape. Its not really a form of transportation but having said that Mach 5 is way to high at that point your effecting your surroundings. Mach 1 is about 750mph, the problem is when you get into mach you go into sound and the issues with that which have never been a point in bleach, that leads me to believe that they are traveling well under those speeds. Shunpo is done silent and quick fast enough to be out of sight which for a human (and even in bleach) is alot of speed lvls below mach 1.