I AM THE EDGE (episode)

For the chapter of the same name, see I AM THE EDGE.

I AM THE EDGE is the twentieth episode of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War and the three hundred and eighty-sixth episode of the Bleach anime overall.

Gremmy Thoumeaux interrupts 11th Division Lieutenant Yachiru Kusajishi's battle against Guenael Lee before being confronted by her captain, Kenpachi Zaraki.

Summary
In the Fourth Division's temporary first-aid station, Lieutenant Isane Kotetsu rushes to the side of 11th Division Lieutenant Yachiru Kusajishi, who has just been struck in the face, and asks her if her nose is bleeding because she bumped into something, only for Yachiru to admit that she does not know. Behind them, Guenael Lee confirms that this is how it is supposed to be and introduces himself to them as Sternritter "V", but Yachiru punches him in the face before he can explain his power.

Suddenly, Guenael vanishes from Yachiru's fist, leaving her to fly through the empty air and express confusion since she thought that she hit something before her left shoulder is cut open, spraying a large amount of blood. With Isane running over to Yachiru in concern, Guenael internally details the three versions of Vanishing Point: the first which lets him become invisible, the second which makes him intangible, and the third which erases his existence from the minds of those around him, which he uses after noticing that Yachiru is attacking him faster as she punches through nearby boxes and withstands cuts from his Reishi Dagger.

With Yachiru and Isane left uncertain as to whether someone was even here, Guenael ceases his usage of Vanishing Point and greets them again, only for Yachiru to immediately throw a punch at his face, which Guenael narrowly evades by turning himself intangible. As Yachiru looks at her fist and insists that she hit him, Guenael stares at her from the side of the room in shock over her impulsively attacking him, and when Isane criticizes her for targeting him even though they do not know if he is an ally or enemy, Yachiru asserts that she is certain Guenael is an enemy because she felt a tingle when she saw him, leaving Guenael aghast at her operating on instinct.

While Guenael curses her as an animal for this, Yachiru runs over to a chest and rummages through it as she explains to Isane that she was taught by her captain, Kenpachi Zaraki to trust tingles that make her cold, hot, or happy because the latter cannot help wanting to slay anyone who makes him feel like that, though she does not believe he will mind if she cuts up Guenael since he is not here right now. When Guenael appears behind her and attempts to stab her, Yachiru whirls around the second the blade touches her and slashes her Zanpakutō at Guenael, who turns intangible and leaps back. However, Guenael finds himself cut on the bridge of his nose despite this.

Guenael refuses to believe this since he dodged Yachiru's slash, but Yachiru clarifies that her sword cuts her targets regardless of whether or not they dodge because it is a copycat with additional blades in front of and behind it, meaning that Guenael is more likely to midjudge and get hit by it the more he analyzes its swing and range. After Yachiru brings out the two beasts of Sanpo Kenjū, to Guenael's bewilderment, she delivers a powerful downward slash with them before initiating a dance, with the two of them mimicking her movements at each step. Watching this, Isane is left stunned by Sanpo Kenjū not changing the sword's form.

After ruminating that it is also not a Bankai despite manifesting separate beings, Isane admits that she did not know such a Shikai existed just before Guenael reappears in the nearby doorway, prompting Yachiru to note that she believed she had cut him in half. Suddenly, as he counters that it would be ridiculous if he could not evade Yachiru's power right after she explained it to him, Guenael finds a large chunk taken out of his left shoulder when he attempts to turn invisible and expresses disbelief at what is happening, which leads Gremmy Thoumeaux to confirm that it is while sitting inside the barrier next to Isane.

With Isane demanding to know how Gremmy got inside the barrier, Guenael asserts that he fought really well, and when Gremmy confirms that he did well for a product of Gremmy's imagination, Guenael insists that he can easily dispatch Yachiru and Isane with his powers, Gremmy praises his ability to erase himself from sight, mind, and memory as being so potent that he has vanished from Gremmy's own mind as well. In response, Guenael furiously attacks Gremmy, who apologetically informs the former that he can no longer imagine a future for him before obliterating Guenael, whose blood is showered across the room and barrier.

A mortified Isane turns to Gremmy and urgently requests that he step away from the barrier, only for Gremmy to reveal that she does not need to worry about 3rd Division Captain Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi and 9th Division Captain Kensei Muguruma within because he already killed them, to Isane's horror. When Yachiru attacks him in turn, Gremmy casually grabs and twists her right arm, rapidly breaking the bones within and forcing Yachiru to drop her Zanpakutō. As Yachiru looks down at her arm in confusion, Gremmy informs her that the bones in her arm are now made of cookies and predicts that her next thought will be that the rest of her bones are as well.

With Yachiru collapsing and realizing that her other arm has also crumpled, Gremmy asserts that imagination is the most powerful force in this world and reveals that everything he imagines becomes reality, leaving Yachiru terrified. Suddenly, the ceiling of the roof caves in while Kenpachi expresses his confusion at finding a brat when he came looking for Yachiru due to her shaky Reiatsu. After Kenpachi leaps down into the room, Isane attempts to ask him about the fate of her captain, Retsu Unohana, only for Kenpachi to bluntly state that she is dead and he killed her, which means Isane can kill him for doing so if she wants.

Collapsing upon hearing this, a tearful Isane instead expresses relief at this because it means Kenpachi has succeeded her title, which Kenpachi confirms. Nearby, Gremmy infers Kenpachi's identity and praises his strength being just as imagined before raising up the room and building with dozens of pillars, causing Kensei and Rose to fall off their beds toward the ground below and forcing Isane to leap after and catch them. Once the pillars settle and coalesce into a massive stone fort, Gremmy announces that he has set the stage for Kenpachi since he wanted to welcome the latter and his legendary strength properly.

When Kenpachi questions if this is some kind of spell, Gremmy denies it being that or an illusion because it is just reality and introduces himself as the real Sternritter "V" before asserting that it is lucky for Kenpachi to fight him since he is the strongest Sternritter. In response, Kenpachi rushes forward and brings his Zanpakutō down on Gremmy, only for the blade to stop at Gremmy's shoulder without piercing it. However, with Gremmy reminding Kenpachi that he can turn fantasy into reality and explaining that he has envisioned his body being stronger than steel, Kenpachi suddenly slashes Gremmy down the length of his body from his shoulder.

Gremmy falls to one knee and blood pools from his wound as Kenpachi berates him for not mentioning his body's toughness earlier since Kenpachi would have simply attacked with enough force to cut through steel from the start. Upon noticing Gremmy's expression, Kenpachi infers that he did not believe he could be cut and declares that there is nothing Gremmy's imagination can produce which he cannot cut because he is the Kenpachi. On the ground below the fort, several members of the Eleventh Division rejoice upon sensing Kenpachi's Reiatsu, prompting Kenpachi to comment on how noisy they are being, though Gremmy assures him that it is fine.

After Gremmy claims that the Shinigami are free to imagine that Kenpachi's presence means they can win the war, Kenpachi notices that his body is completely unharmed and infers that Gremmy can heal himself, though Gremmy clarifies that he instead imagined that his body had already fully recovered from the sword wound, to Kenpachi's surprise. Assuming that this power sounds like a bad joke to Kenpachi because people like him cannot understand it until they lose, Gremmy beckons Kenpachi to attack him and promises to not even use a single finger to defeat him before vowing to win using only what is inside his head while lava surges around him.

Though he calls Gremmy's powers ridiculous, Kenpachi admits that he does not mind fighting against something beyond reason and slashes through the lava when it approaches him, sending it flying in thin streams that splash onto the ground around Yachiru. When Kenpachi orders Yachiru to take cover, Gremmy tells him to not be so hard on her since every bone in her body is currently made of cookies, and when Kenpachi expresses confusion at the term, Gremmy realizes that he should have used rakugan instead, which Kenpachi recognizes prior to berating Gremmy for not mentioning this earlier and leaping into the air to attack him.





























































































Fights & Events

 * Yachiru Kusajishi vs. Guenael Lee (concluded)
 * Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Gremmy Thoumeaux

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 * Reishi Dagger

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