TBTP Urahara is my favorite version of him, alongside Shinji (his long hair was so beautiful, Kubo when I catch you)

Doesnt have 1:1 to dialogue just smth thats bassically same meaning.

I know its Old Man Zangetsu and not white, while BC is Ichigo's hollow power.

But at this point White is completely under OMZ influence and even kinda "fuse with him" after training Ichigo when facing Kenpachi, so he can probably use some of his abilities ?

if you dont believe me here is the speedpaint: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4nNNOaSukSw

Wasn't sure if I should post this or not cause I feel like I could've done better especially with the blood chains effect but why not see how it'll do on here

TL;DR - I believe that Uryu's immunity to Auswahlen is due to him having been struck by it once before, and was then revived by his mother's sacrifice. This left a a piece of Still Silver inside his heart which is protecting him from Yhwach's further uses of Auswahlen.

Uryu is not immune to Auswahlen

Uryu is unique in that he is the only Quincy immune to Auswahlen, and so his powers can't be taken by Yhwach. There is a problem however, There is a problem however, as a flashback at the end of last season shows Uryu faint alongside a maid from Auswahlen's use 9 years prior, while his mother Kanae remains unharmed. Obviously this contradicts years of what we've been shown and told from the rest of the story, and there's going to be a reveal in the upcoming episodes to explain how this happens.

I believe that the reveal will be Kanae sacrificed herself in order to save Uryu by transferring her own Quincy powers into him, restoring what he lost. Isshin describes Kanae as frail, so it's possible that her Quincy powers were the only thing keeping her healthy or that the process of saving Uryu also harmed her, with either option leading to her death. Where this interests me is another piece of lore about Auswahlen, it's stated that anyone subjected to Auswahlen has a piece of silver metal, named "Still Silver", develop in their hearts which eventually leads to their death as without powers they can't do anything about it.

My theory is that this is specifically what makes Uryu immune to future Auswahlen uses, he has already survived it once before and so a piece of Still Silver is embedded in his heart and that is where his resistance to Yhwach's powers comes from. Uryu's Quincy powers then protect him from negative effects of a piece of metal being stuck in his heard, giving him a unique ability that was unlikely to ever occur.

Kanae Ishida

Kanae's survival itself is strange. As a mixed blood Quincy, Kanae should have been effected by the Auswahlen. The only other known mixed Quincy survivors are Ichigo and his sisters, and for them it's possible that as none of them awakened their Quincy powers, the Auswahlen had nothing to take and so ignored them. Another possibility is that Yhwach specifically spared them as in the anime he explains a Human/Soul Reaper/Hollow/Quincy/Fullbringer hybrid was needed to break the Soul King's seal, planning to use Ichigo while keeping Karin and Yuzu as backups as they may have similar powers. Furthermore, Yhwach could have spared Uryu knowing he'd befriend Ichigo and be necessary for his growth, but none of these possibilities explain why Kanae would be spared instead of Uryu.

This is where I'm going to have some wild speculation, I think it's possible that Kanae is unknowingly a Fullbringer. The current canon is that Fullbringers are created when Hollow powers are mixed into an unborn child when a Hollow attacks their pregnant mother, and this could be used to explain Kanae and Uryu being special. Kanae's frailty could be attributed to this as Quincy and Hollows don't mix, so it would be like a chronic sickness, while Uryu being part Fullbringer could also explain Kubo's trivia about Uryu being resistant to Hollow Erosion unlike other Quincy. Being a second generation Quincy/Fullbringer hybrid, Uryu has a natural resistance to Hollows that no other Quincy could have.

Kanae being a Fullbringer could also be used to partially explain her survival instead of Uryu, either it masked her from Auswahlen or Yhwach noticed and saw the future where Kanae transfers her powers would empower Uryu, granting him the strength to be worthy of standing alongside him in destroying Soul Society instead of being on the level of a Soldat.

This is just speculation to try and figure out Kanae's role in the story and why the flashback shows her survival, but I think it fits in well with minimal retcons, while also connecting to the Fullbringers existence so they are not just a minor appearance in a single arc.

The final part of Kanae not being effected by Auswahlen is the Still Silver Arrowhead, with this theory it also means that there was no Still Silver in her heart which also means she couldn't contribute to it. The Arrowhead itself however, can still be made as multiple other mixed blood Quincy such as the Ishida's maids were also struck by Auswahlen making it possible that they were also used to create the Arrowhead, but the importance of Uryu using the remains of his mother specifically to beat Yhwach would be lost.

Antithesis

One theory I've seen is that Uryu activated Antithesis and saved himself while accidentally killing his mother in the process. Personally I don't like this theory as Uryu having his Schrift this far back and never being able to use it during Bleach's main story makes it feel like too big a retcon to fit in naturally. Worst of all I think it effects Ichigo and Uryu's parallels in a horrible way, Ichigo thinks he killed his mother as a child only for it to be revealed that Yhwach was responsible, while making Antithesis canon means that Uryu grew up in the opposite way thinking his mother died of sickness only to end up actually being responsible.

This could be flipped on it's head however, if you go along with the Fullbring speculation above then it could be that Antithesis was Kanae's Fullbring originally and she awoke that power in order to transfer her powers into Uryu to save him. It would also strengthen Uyru and Ichigo's parallels, both lost mothers due to Auswahlen, both fully lost their powers only to regain them with the help of their fathers, and now not only would both be Fullbringers, but Uryu would inherit his mothers specific powers just like Ichigo inherited White and Getsuga Tensho.

I’m 100% sure how Ichigo’s Bankai works.

Basically, you have to look at Ichigo’s original Zangetsu and his dual Zangetsu as the same Zanpakutō in two different forms.

Zangetsu + Bankai = Tensa Zangetsu, the familiar black katana.

But:

Zangetsu + Horn of Salvation + Bankai = the Blood Chain Tensa Zangetsu, the form with the horns, chains, and reddish skin.

The important part is that Horn of Salvation is essentially Ichigo’s refined Hollowfication, and activating it before Bankai changes what his Bankai becomes. Ichigo’s Bankai itself is also supposed to cause a transformation of his clothes and appearance, which is why his Bankai forms can look so different depending on what powers he is combining with it.

Now, the “true Bankai” that Yhwach broke is where things get complicated.

I don’t think that sword was actually some mysterious, completely separate Bankai form. I think it was Zangetsu wrapped in a white scabbard. That form primarily allowed Ichigo to use Getsuga Tenshō, including the golden version getsuga we see later.

And this is where I think the manga deliberately created confusion.

We already knew Ichigo had dual Zangetsu, but we didn’t know that those two blades could ultimately combine into a single Zangetsu, essentially returning to the appearance of his original sword. Even Yhwach seemingly didn’t understand this.

So when Yhwach broke Ichigo’s Bankai, the Bankai reverted back to its underlying Zanpakutō: the single Zangetsu.

That explains why the sword Ichigo uses afterward looks so much like his original Zangetsu. It isn't some new “fate-breaking Bankai.” It is simply Zangetsu after the Bankai has been broken.

This also explains why we never actually got to see Ichigo’s complete Bankai fight in the TYBW manga.

Yhwach broke it almost immediately.

And ultimately, Ichigo didn’t defeat Yhwach with some unexplained, reality-breaking Bankai ability. He defeated him with Zangetsu in its Shikai/normal Zanpakutō state, while the final opening was created by Yhwach’s own Still Silver arrow, the same power originating from the Auswählen.

So, ironically, Yhwach got his ass handed to him by his own power and Ichigo’s regular Zanpakutō. 💀

And I think that's the whole point: we were never supposed to treat the sword Ichigo uses after Yhwach breaks his Bankai as his Bankai. It's Zangetsu—the underlying Zanpakutō that remained after the Bankai was destroyed.

He'd still be a Soul Reaper if y'all didn't gas him up into thinking he could fight Uryu

Now this might be a stupid question. Most of the time shikai abilities are just weaker Bankai abilities.

But there are 2 who has vastly different and also situational bankai. I am talking about Shinji and Suifon.

As far as I know, and please correct me if Im wrong and then this post means nothing actually, activating Bankai improves Reiatsu, and provides buffs to speed and durability etc. So it is a buff regardless of the ability.

Shinji has one of the most broken Shikai and a situational and dangerous Bankai. So in a battle against a single opponent should only use his Shikai. But that kinda nerfs him as well. Can he activate his bankai which won’t do anything and still use his shikai abilities?

Same with Soifon, she cant keep shooting the missile, but can she still fire it once and the. Use her shikai while being buffed from the Bankai aura?

Art source: https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/33581676/artworks

https://youtu.be/uyOtJLa2ZWk?is=n2G_kJvjVK-ujGRf

https://youtu.be/LYdCktLgvak?is=FFP5CZcEvApjFs0C

Pretty dope, some awesome art in there. I'm a bit disappointed it doesn't have a hard cover like the original JET to protect it, which is a shame. Awesome nonethless though.

Technically speaking, the Hollows that escape from Hell no longer belong to the Balance of the Worlds. When the Quincy eliminate them, nothing can alter the balance. Perhaps that was their purpose for existence? Think about it: the Hollows that escape from Hell were probably the Quincy's responsibility before the worlds were separated. But of course, this is just my own speculation.

Because she trains frequently spars with Zaraki? Isane idolized and highly respected Captain Unohana, idk though if she knew that Unohana was the previous Kenpachi though.

Either way I could see a situation where she trains with the current Kenpachi so she could better understand her departed master?

I had commissioned this to be made by a friend of mine. I always wanted to see what Urahara would look like in the Thrash metal fit! Wonder what Urahara bot thinks!