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oh yeah! I hope both back any part of the story. I'd like to see themagain.. I really miss both ..
Kubo has done that so many times that it's not even funny. Being run through a bit is no reason to think they're dead without secondary confirmation, especially now that the surviving Arrancar are supposed to be on the protagonist side. If characters aren't beheaded, blown to pieces, or had a funeral, they're not dead unless Kubo confirms it himself. Which he hasn't done in this case. Unohana was watching Nnoitra fight Zaraki and she had been healing up Arrancar prior to that. There's no reason to think she didn't heal them up, right?This character is dead ... oh wait, not dead yet! It's a miracle!
That is the important thing in Bleach: to care about others, to protect them.Well, to begin with Nnoitra may look pretty abusive/stern towards Tesla, but when Zaraki sliced his sole Fraccion it turns out that he cares for him a lot which I think one of his few humanizing traits.
I think it is probably like that for most Hollows. Their powers are based on their emotions. Those with the strongest emotions toward what they lost will become the strongest Hollows.Speaking about losing someone you care about, I have watched a movie based on an anime and a scene somehow reminds me of this pairing (and maybe what was more or less in Nnoitra's mind when he died as a human and became a Hollow). The scene may be a bit confusing, I know.
[video=youtube;lf_X-NLUDbY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf_X-NLUDbY[/video]
I'm sorry I couldn't even say "goodbye" to you in the end.
Well, Harribel cares a lot for her Fraccion's well-being, so it's not only Nnoitra I don't really count Starrk since Lilynette is part of him. Though if he had any real Fraccion I bet he would be equally caring as well. Anyway, she was shown in tranquil fury after seeing her pseudo-daughters got taken down and was about to deliver a blow to Yamamoto. In other words, they care for their own Fraccion in different way.That is the important thing in Bleach: to care about others, to protect them.
We don't see that with the other Espada. He is the only one shown to protect his Fraccion. I think it completely negates the fact that Nnoitra isn't really the nicest person toward, well, pretty much everyone. Tesra is devoted to him, and we see it goes both ways. Nnoitra cares about him, worries about him, tries to keep him safely off the battlefield (like a certain Hero we could mention). He wants Tesra to be safe.
He even gave Tesra the prey they had been stalking all day, unlike the Vulture Girls we just saw squabbling over the right to kill Zaraki. I have always pictured Grimmjow taking the lion's share of anything his group caught, so the idea of being unselfish with prey is a big deal IMO. I'm sure if asked, Nnoitra would get tsundere and try to hide it by saying he had had a big salad for lunch so he wasn't hungry, but really, he spent all day catching something powerful to give Tesra. That's a lovely present from one Hollow to another. Who needs chocolate and flowers after that?
Nnoitra was the "strongest" not in power-level sense, as he had at least 4 people stronger than him (and I can't see him defeating any of them). He was the strongest when it comes to his bond with his Fraccion, so strong that it surpassed his peers.I think it is probably like that for most Hollows. Their powers are based on their emotions. Those with the strongest emotions toward what they lost will become the strongest Hollows.
Nnoitra said he was the strongest of the Espada. That says it all for the strength of his feelings toward the only person he is shown to care about. The others simply aren't like that: those with no Fraccion at all, two who devoured their own Fraccion to serve their own needs first and foremost, two who sent their Fraccion off onto the battlefield. Nnoitra hand-picked the person Tesra would fight rather than send him off on his own.
They're so devoted to each other.
That video reminds me: after Ulquiorra's backstory and the idea that he was created as a VL, can we be certain that the other Espada were once humans? If one of them was never a human, how could a normal human soul reach a similar level of power? We know Ichigo was created with a particular end result in mind (and I'm really wondering if similar wasn't done to Zaraki as well).
Maybe all these VL are simply an experiment on the nature of bonds between souls: which bond is the strongest?
Harribel may not be devouring them, no, but she doesn't precisely show her care either. Commenting after their defeat is not the same as trying to protect them. Her heart still weeps for those she lost in the first place.Well, Harribel cares a lot for her Fraccion's well-being, so it's not only Nnoitra I don't really count Starrk since Lilynette is part of him. Though if he had any real Fraccion I bet he would be equally caring as well. Anyway, she was shown in tranquil fury after seeing her pseudo-daughters got taken down and was about to deliver a blow to Yamamoto. In other words, they care for their own Fraccion in different way.
I don't know about that. They sat together to watch Ichigo and plan the attack, and it seems likely that they did same prior to attacking Chad since Tesra didn't pop up until after the initial attack. Was the plan always that Nnoitra would keep any prey, or was Tesra supposed to take over after a certain point? He didn't seem surprised that Nnoitra handed the kid off to him, and we just saw the Vulture Girls tag-teaming to deal with Zaraki in a perfectly-parallel situation.Nnoitra didn't exactly keep Tesra out of battlefield, because most of the time he wants to savor all the fight for himself (a good fight, that is). Now that Ichigo's performance disappointed him, he left the rest of the job to Tesra.
Power levels are irrelevant around here. Even if there were four others ranked above him, I don't think there was a real difference in power there. The only thing that is important is the strength of one's bonds, a strong heart (as per vol 54 poem).Nnoitra was the "strongest" not in power-level sense, as he had at least 4 people stronger than him (and I can't see him defeating any of them). He was the strongest when it comes to his bond with his Fraccion, so strong that it surpassed his peers.
Ah, I'm not at all familiar with that series.Anyway, what I was trying get is that the black-haired girl in that video saw her friend sacrificed herself (emphasized with crucified pose) to shoulder the misery of all magical girls. And so that girl despaired, thought that her friend was too selfless to protect herself while she's supposed to be her protector. Cursing her uselessness and her Soul Gem fully tainted with despair, she became the eventual form magical girls will take, a "Witch". All of this reminds me the process of a Plus into a Hollow and how Nnoitra "despaired" Tesra's sacrifice. That's why I said that video might be confusing for those who don't know the series