No Unohana?

[Constantine☦]

Why wasn't this captain added? Or will she be in the DLC?

[GetsugaTensho]

irrelevant for the timeline. she is barely relevant for TYBW

[AnjaKnight]

Originally posted by Constantine☦:

Why wasn't this captain added? Or will she be in the DLC?

How many fights did Unohana have pre-TYBW and NOT INCLUDING FILLER?

That answer your question why.

[RedRiot193]

Originally posted by GetsugaTensho:

irrelevant for the timeline. she is barely relevant for TYBW

This is false. I know why she is not playable. But this comment is wrong.

[UNKNOWN]

honestly even if you consider her fight with Kenpachi in the TYBW arc, they would need to improvise and create moves for her out of the blue. there was no proper explanation what her Bankai does and she had no named attacks. the only thing you could give her are her Kido spells from the Filler arcs. but i do expect her to be among the first DLC characters

[UNKNOWN]

Originally posted by RedRiot193:

Originally posted by GetsugaTensho:

irrelevant for the timeline. she is barely relevant for TYBW

This is false. I know why she is not playable. But this comment is wrong.

i mean he is not wrong, the only relevancy Unohana had in the TYBW arc was her being a plot device so that Kenpachi can unlock his full potential. I for one thought that was a bad decision to begin with because they made it seem like "if we get Kenpachi at full power he will destroy the Quincys on his own and save us all" which by the way did not happen at all. all he did was beat Gremmy. shortly after that he got taken out by the Bambietta fanclub and would have died if Ichigo didnt show up to save him. he also would have died to Pernida if Mayuri didnt save him and he & the other Captains would have died to Gerard Valkyrie if Yhwach didnt kill Gerald. so overall "sacrifcing" Unohana who was the most experienced, battle hardened captain (along with Yamamoto) just to give Kenpachi a power boost ended up being a terrible choice. and just in general she is the Captain with the least screen time and dialogue in the entire Anime. hell she has more screentime and dialogue in 1 filler Arc than the entire Canon Show, which is quite sad if you think about it.

[RedRiot193]

Originally posted by UNKNOWN:

Originally posted by RedRiot193:

This is false. I know why she is not playable. But this comment is wrong.

i mean he is not wrong, the only relevancy Unohana had in the TYBW arc was her being a plot device so that Kenpachi can unlock his full potential. I for one thought that was a bad decision to begin with because they made it seem like "if we get Kenpachi at full power he will destroy the Quincys on his own and save us all" which by the way did not happen at all. all he did was beat Gremmy. shortly after that he got taken out by the Bambietta fanclub and would have died if Ichigo didnt show up to save him. he also would have died to Pernida if Mayuri didnt save him and he & the other Captains would have died to Gerard Valkyrie if Yhwach didnt kill Gerald. so overall "sacrifcing" Unohana who was the most experienced, battle hardened captain (along with Yamamoto) just to give Kenpachi a power boost ended up being a terrible choice. and just in general she is the Captain with the least screen time and dialogue in the entire Anime. hell she has more screentime and dialogue in 1 filler Arc than the entire Canon Show, which is quite sad if you think about it.

No fighting does not equal irrelevant. That's not how it works. She was literally healing everybody aizen was clapping and healed ichigo before going into the fight. While also saving people in hueco mundo.

Also there's no way to predict gerards power. Only one person suspected it but nobody really knew about their true identity on the soul reaper side until it was too late. There's also no way to tell if they would have lost to gerard as he is shown then poof gone. This is mostly due to kubo being sick and rushing the manga. Which the upcoming anime can fix.

[UNKNOWN]

Originally posted by RedRiot193:

Originally posted by UNKNOWN:

i mean he is not wrong, the only relevancy Unohana had in the TYBW arc was her being a plot device so that Kenpachi can unlock his full potential. I for one thought that was a bad decision to begin with because they made it seem like "if we get Kenpachi at full power he will destroy the Quincys on his own and save us all" which by the way did not happen at all. all he did was beat Gremmy. shortly after that he got taken out by the Bambietta fanclub and would have died if Ichigo didnt show up to save him. he also would have died to Pernida if Mayuri didnt save him and he & the other Captains would have died to Gerard Valkyrie if Yhwach didnt kill Gerald. so overall "sacrifcing" Unohana who was the most experienced, battle hardened captain (along with Yamamoto) just to give Kenpachi a power boost ended up being a terrible choice. and just in general she is the Captain with the least screen time and dialogue in the entire Anime. hell she has more screentime and dialogue in 1 filler Arc than the entire Canon Show, which is quite sad if you think about it.

No fighting does not equal irrelevant. That's not how it works. She was literally healing everybody aizen was clapping and healed ichigo before going into the fight. While also saving people in hueco mundo.

Also there's no way to predict gerards power. Only one person suspected it but nobody really knew about their true identity on the soul reaper side until it was too late. There's also no way to tell if they would have lost to gerard as he is shown then poof gone. This is mostly due to kubo being sick and rushing the manga. Which the upcoming anime can fix.

Orihime and that one guy from Squad Zero are better healers than her. Orihime could have easily healed Ichigo and the others in Hueco Mundo just as good and even more. she just doesnt have anything unique going for her. she is the only Captain who doesnt fight in the Arrancar Arc, you know the same arc where EVERYBODY was fighting. even Omaeda ...

and as far as Kenpachi goes, all im saying is the guy beat 1 Sternritter, now im asking you was it really worth it to sacrifice Unohana just so that Kenpachi could get a kill? i dont think so. it would have been much better if Unohana and Kenpachi fought side by side against many Sternritters and then a eventual death of Unohana (or a Near death blow) could have also helped Kenpachi to awaken his full power. i just dont like how her Character arc was written

[RedRiot193]

Originally posted by UNKNOWN:

Originally posted by RedRiot193:

No fighting does not equal irrelevant. That's not how it works. She was literally healing everybody aizen was clapping and healed ichigo before going into the fight. While also saving people in hueco mundo.

Also there's no way to predict gerards power. Only one person suspected it but nobody really knew about their true identity on the soul reaper side until it was too late. There's also no way to tell if they would have lost to gerard as he is shown then poof gone. This is mostly due to kubo being sick and rushing the manga. Which the upcoming anime can fix.

Orihime and that one guy from Squad Zero are better healers than her. Orihime could have easily healed Ichigo and the others in Hueco Mundo just as good and even more. she just doesnt have anything unique going for her. she is the only Captain who doesnt fight in the Arrancar Arc, you know the same arc where EVERYBODY was fighting. even Omaeda ...

and as far as Kenpachi goes, all im saying is the guy beat 1 Sternritter, now im asking you was it really worth it to sacrifice Unohana just so that Kenpachi could get a kill? i dont think so. it would have been much better if Unohana and Kenpachi fought side by side against many Sternritters and then a eventual death of Unohana (or a Near death blow) could have also helped Kenpachi to awaken his full power. i just dont like how her Character arc was written

Orihime couldn't heal his bankai all the way back. Unohana did. Orihime wasn't there when aizen was clapping everybody either. She literally killed kenpachi 1,000 times and healed him back instantly to help him regain his strength. Orihime can't do that. Her "healing" takes time and requires her to focus for a long time leaving her vulnerable. Unohana is also always ordered to stay back and heal in every arc. Also squad zero guy is not there either. That's not his role to go down and heal everybody. He didn't even heal anybody when he went down there to pick up ichigo. That is literally her groups role and yamamoto hates relying on the humans because he feels it's not their responsibility to fight their wars. Which is why he didn't want his arm brought back.

Kenpachi killed 4 sternritters actually. He had the highest kill count next to byakuga who defeated 3. Technically 4 if you count As Nodt who he defeated with mind games. There can only be one kenpachi. That is the rule. The moment unohana goes back into combat the title goes back to her. She was never defeated. Only kid zaraki gave her an actual challenge and only lost because he nerfed himself. Who she obviously was saving the title for.

Do I wish she had more fights? Sure. But to me the build up to that moment was everything. We also have the hell arc to look forward to so it's not like it's the last time we'll see her. Her death has bigger repercussions that the characters weren't aware of. That's the essence of bleach that i love. It's easy for us to say in hindsight keep unohana alive. But these characters can't predict the future.

[Firaeveus Carron]

If the first wave of DLC is only going to contain TYBW characters, that would be the best time to introduce Unohana, since she doesn't feature much in the Soul Reaper and Arrancar arcs. However, I don't see her getting in over the likes of Ywach, Haschwalth, Bazz-B, or TYBW Ichigo.

I still hope we get a Lost Agent arc expansion that continues the story and adds some of the fullbringers. Skipping straight to TYBW, for characters anway, seems like the right move due to the anime being continued, but it shouldn't end there.