Ggio Vega (ジオ・ヴェガ, Jio Vega) is the 26th Arrancar in Sōsuke Aizen's army and one of Baraggan Louisenbairn's six Fracción.
Appearance
Ggio is a slim, male Arrancar with scruffy black hair, a short braided ponytail, golden eyes, and a rather youthful, feminine face. He is the shortest member of Baraggan's Fracción. The remnants of his Hollow mask resemble the skull of a Saber-tooth cat, and are worn on the top of his head as a helmet. His Hollow hole is not visible.
Ggio wears the white standard Arrancar uniform, but it is customized and partly resembles a mandarin-style jacket with a small opening at his chest area, sleeves rolled up to his elbows, an upturned collar and hakama; all of which like other Arrancar's clothing are white. His shoes are also similar to Choe Neng Poww's, resembling traditional martial arts training shoes. His hakama are also slightly different from normal, as the legs are rather close-fitting and lack the creases normal hakama have.
Personality
Ggio shares a similar attitude to Captain Suì-Fēng, his opponent during the battle over the fake Karakura Town; both are calm, loyal, firm, and antagonistic toward their subordinates, however, Ggio is cocky, sarcastic and somewhat boastful. Like his fellow Fracción, he holds his master in high regard, and refers to him as "his majesty". However, he has little care for any of the other Fracción on his side, matching the relationship of Suì-Fēng to her lieutenant Marechiyo Ōmaeda. During battle, he tends to taunt his opponents by telling them what they should have done, then attacking them viciously. He does not like to be underestimated, and becomes greatly annoyed once he is.
Plot
Fake Karakura Town arc
Ggio first appears along with Baraggan and the rest of his Fracción in the Fake Karakura Town to do battle with the Gotei 13. However, once Aizen, Ichimaru, and Tōsen are trapped in Yamamoto's Shikai, Baraggan himself decides to give all orders. Ggio and the rest of Baraggan's Fracción then pull out a throne made of bones for him to sit upon and awaits his orders.
After discovering the four pillars that are keeping the Real Karakura Town in Soul Society, Baraggan sends four members of his Fracción to a different pillar to destroy them, stating that if they are going to guard them using ants he will just have to send dragons to crush them.[2] Ggio does not partake in the following battles and remains by Baraggan's side. In the ensuing battles, one by one, the four Fracción are defeated and killed, much to Ggio and Baraggan's surprise.
Baraggan, furious at having lost over half of his Fracción, prepares to take action himself, but is persuaded by Ggio, who pleads with him to leave the remaining Shinigami to him and Nirgge Parduoc. Baraggan agrees. Suì-Fēng overhears this and rushes to challenge Ggio, thus the two begin to battle.[3]
Suì-Fēng vs. Ggio Vega.
Ggio's attitude somewhat mirrors that of his adversary, commenting on her lieutenant Marechiyo Ōmaeda losing ground against his companion, to which Suì-Fēng responded that she does not mind, and that Ōmaeda should learn from his loss. After Suì-Fēng pins him down with a binding spell, she releases her zanpakutō, Suzumebachi, confident in victory and prepares to finish him off.[4] Ggio, however, calmly creates a Cero, destroying the wall he was pinned against and uses Sonído to get behind her. Ggio criticizes her for not simply flash stepping and finishing him off quickly, something he mockingly states that he would have done. He then delivers a powerful kick, sending her crashing into a building below and, after correctly identifying her as the captain of the second division and special forces, releases his Zanpakutō (accidentally killing Nirgge).[5] His released form initially seemed to be too much for Suì-Fēng to take, and her lieutenant, Marechiyo Ōmaeda, attempted to intervene. When Ōmaeda grabs him to give his captain a shot, Ggio prepares to fire a Cero, but is stopped by Suì-Fēng, who states that she was simply examining an Arrancar's released form in preparation for the fights against the Espada.[6]
After Suì-Fēng prepares to fight him "for real", Ggio releases what he calls the "battle form" of Tigre Estoque, Tigre Estoque El Sable, and transforms into a larger beast. However, before he can do anything, he is killed when Suì-Fēng used Suzumebachi's Death in Two Steps ability on him. Although it appears as if she struck two different areas of his body (his chest and his back), she had pierced the same spot on his right lung from both sides of his body. This shows that Suzumebachi's ability takes effect not through point of entry, but rather point of actual surface contact, referring to the part touching the tip of Suzumebachi when it stops moving inside the target. He is the sixth and final of Baraggan's Fracción to die.[7]
Powers & Abilities
Ggio's magenta colored cero.
Cero: Like many Arrancar, Ggio can fire a magenta colored[8] Cero and he uses it by blasting it from the palm of his hands. It is powerful enough to blast through multiple walls before dissipating.[9]
Expert Hand-to-Hand Combat: He is highly proficient in hand-to-hand combat, capable of taking on Suì-Fēng, who is herself highly adept. He commonly uses swift kicks when the opponent least expects it.[10]
Expert Swordsman: He is highly proficient in swordsmanship, being able to take on the likes of Suì-Fēng, while his Zanpakutō is sealed as well as being highly adept in the use of three blades while in his released form.[11] His fighting style and technique involves swift and stabbing strikes as well as constant attacks aimed at catching his opponent using his great speed and wielding his Zanpakutō with a reverse-grip for wide swings and strokes with his attacks.[5]
Sonído Expert: Ggio's speed is highly adept in the use of Sonído. His proficiency in the technique is evident as he is highly agile and is able to keep up with Suì-Fēng, at times even surprising her with how fast he can move when engaging in combat. He is skilled at dodging attacks through use of his speed.[10]
High Spiritual Power: Being both an Arrancar and a Fracción, Ggio has a high amount of spiritual power.
Zanpakutō
Ggio's Zanpakutō
Tigre Estoque (虎牙迅風 (ティグレストーク), Tigure Sutōku; Spanish for "Tiger Rapier", Japanese for "Tiger Fang Swift Wind"). In its unreleased state, Tigre Estoque's hilt resembles a normal katana with a light yellow handle and silver oval-shaped guard with slits going down the middle of both ends. However, it features an unusual double-edged straight blade that's squared-off, effectively making it the size of a kodachi.
"Tigre Estoque" released.
- Resurrección: It is released by the command: "Bite Off" (食い千切れ, kuichigire). Upon calling out the release command, Ggio's appearance changes slightly. He becomes more tiger-like, with a much-less feminine appearance. He gains red stripes on his cheeks and forehead. His Hollow mask becomes slightly elongated at the back, with the saber teeth being slightly more pronounced. His white jacket continues down into a black-embroidered white loincloth, with large black stripes running along the sides of the jacket and running the same pattern continuing down onto his now exposed legs, which is now concealed in a more form-fitting white material that stops at the thigh. His feet becomes fur-covered and cat-like. His knees and elbows are covered in a blond fur. The most pronounced change is, with the transformation, he gains long squared-off blades on each wrist. His braid grows to become very thick and long, hanging down to his knees, striped blond and black with a squared-off blade similar to the ones on his wrist, hanging off the end. He also seems to be able to control the braid.[12]
- Resurrección Special Ability: In his Resurrection form, Ggio's speed and strength are greatly enhanced.
Projectiles
- Misil Diente (双射牙(ミシル・ディエンテ), Mishiru Diente; Spanish for "Missile Tooth", Japanese for "Twin-Shot Fangs"): Ggio demonstrates the ability to shoot the "sabre-teeth" of his helmet as projectiles in this form when they stick out straight toward the target. These "teeth" are shot with enough force that they can easily pierce the side of a building.[13]
Tigre Estoque El Sable
- Tigre Estoque El Sable (虎牙迅風·大劍 (ティグレストーク·エルサブル), Tigure Sutōku Eru Saburu; Spanish for "Tiger Rapier The Saber", Japanese for "Tiger Fang Swift Wind Great Swords"): By lifting his right blade up to the sky as it glows his spiritual energy rises as he declares "Tigre Estoque El Sable", which forces Ggio to make another transformation into a larger, muscular and more feral-like beast. Ggio calls this transformation the "battle form" of Tigre Estoque. In this form his muscle mass increases greatly with the white parts of his original look become a brown color. He gains a small blond mane around his neck. His entire forearms and hands are replaced with large blades. While the red stripes on his face become more prominent with a widows peak running down the bridge of his nose. Even his braid becomes longer. His veins prominently pop over all the of this new form due to his being enraged in order to supply the power for the transformation.[14]
Quotes
- (To Suì-Fēng) "Don't you underestimate me bitch!"
- (To Marechiyo Ōmaeda before he is about to blast him with a cero) "Get out of my sight."
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bleach Official Character Book UNMASKED, character file 95
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 319
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 328
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 330
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bleach manga; Chapter 331
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 332
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 333
- ↑ Bleach anime; Episode 222
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 331, page 3
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Bleach manga; Chapters 330-333
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 332, pages 9-14
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 331, pages 1-7
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 332, page 15
- ↑ Bleach manga; Chapter 333, page 8