Summary
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood Warhas finally shown the full battlebetween Squad 0’s leader, Ichibe Hyosube, and the Quincy King Yhwach. After the ancient Shinigami seemingly defeats the king, he finally opens his eyes, revealing his true power: The Almighty. With this awakening, the king defeats Ichibe, getting him closer to his end goal. It’s up to Ichigo and the Gotei 13 to battle the Quincy elite and the king, but with his majesty reawakened, the three realms may be all but doomed.
Yhwach’s true power is unlike anything ever seen before inBleach, a power that defies comprehension or countermeasures. Here’s everything you need to know about Yhwach’s The Almighty.
The Power of a God, The Almighty
After 9 Years, He Regains his Strength
After the ferocious blood war with the Shinigami a thousand years ago, the Quincy Licht Reich was all but destroyed. And the Quincy King entered a deep slumber to recover.The Quincy were persecuted by the Shinigami, and exterminated in mass. Only a few families, like the Kurosaki or the Ishida, remained. The remaining loyal servants of the king hid in the shadows, in a new kingdom called the Wandenreich. There, they patiently waited for their time to rise again. They wrote a prophecy, a song to tell of the return of their father and king: The Kaiser Gesang.
His strength after 9 years.
And the world… in 9 days."
Nine years ago, the Quincy King awakened and to regain his power, he performed the Auswählen. A ritual in which he forcefully siphons the power from the Quincy he deems unworthy or impure.With this, he took the life of Masaki Kurosaki, who had Hollow reiatsu in her. And Kanae Katagiri, a mixed-breed Quincy and the mother of Uryuu Ishida. After this, the process of recovering his full strength began, and after nine years, he was able to finally open his eyes, activating his true ability: The Almighty.
The Almighty lets Yhwach see everything that will occur in the future. Every single possibility he can see simultaneously like grains of sand. He becomes all-knowing of the future. This allows him to adapt to the far future, laying traps where his opponents will be, and proper counter-countermeasures and all abilities. Furthermore, any ability he sees in the future will not work against him. He’s able to adapt and change the future to his benefit.That is the true power of The Almighty.
“I could not have imagined…That I could see so much with my eyes closed”
Future Acausality lets the Quincy King change the future in any way he desires. If there’s a future that results in his death, he can change it to prevent it. If there’s an ability in the future that may defeat him, he can destroy such power before it even activates. The Almighty effectively gives Yhwach omnipotence. With this ability, Yhwach becomes virtually invincible, as there’s no defense, comprehension, or countermeasure to his God-like power. He stands at the top as the Quincy King, The Almighty.
Yhwach had to wait the full nine years to regain his strength and activate his power. If he had done so before, it would spiral out of control, causing him to accidentally rob his Sternritter of their power. But now, his majesty has awakened, and he becomes the single most powerful being inBleach. With total omnipotence, he can see and change the future to always ensure his victory over the Shinigami and the Soul Society. Now that Yhwach has awakened The Almighty ane has defeated Squad 0,only Ichigo and the Gotei 13 stand on their way to take the world after nine days.
Bleach
Based on Tite Kubo’s battle shonen manga, Bleach centers around Ichigo, a high school student who is dragged into the world of Soul Reapers. The original anime ended in 2012, but it was revived in 2022.
