Top 10 Biggest Flexes in Bleach

Walking inferno that he is, Captain-Commander Yamamoto is a force to be reckoned with. Of course, like everything else, Aizen has a plan for him. He reveals that Wonderweiss, a strange absent-minded Arrancar, has been specifically engineered to seal away Yamamoto’s fiery Zanpakutō. Since Yamamoto is left without his strongest weapon, Aizen is assured of his victory. However, Yamamoto proceeds to beat Wonderweiss with his bare hands! The thousand-year old shinigami has been the strongest for a long time for good reason, and his Zanpakutō is only a part of the reason why! Even if Wonderweiss could speak, he’d still be speechless!

Barraggan Luisenbairn is easily one of the most terrifying Espada - his ability, Respira, can rot away basically anything. He also survives the Zanpakutō equivalent of a point blank nuke to the face! However, Baraggan makes the mistake of using Respira against Hachi. The unassuming Visored may get his arm disintegrated away, but he’s a barrier expert. Hachi places his arm in a barrier and then sends it into Baraggan’s stomach! The pink-mustachioed man pulls the ultimate big brain Uno reverse! Hachi can’t defeat him, so he uses Baraggan’s own overwhelming power to do it! Congrats - you played yourself!

Speaking of overwhelming power, Zaraki Kenpachi is strength personified! The battle hungry Shinigami captain obtained his position through raw physical power and unreal spiritual energy. During several of his battles, Kenpachi’s foes manage to tear off his eyepatch. But, in addition to an undamaged eye, they unleash his true spiritual pressure! Kenpachi loves revealing to his opponents that his eyepatch seals a large portion of his enormous spiritual energy! He deliberately weakens himself so that he can enjoy fights longer and actually struggle! If making yourself weaker just so your opponent stands a chance isn’t a flex, then what is?!

Aizen loves to flex on other characters throughout “Bleach.” So it’s fitting then that when Ichigo arrives to finally put an end to the villain, that the protagonist gets to flex on him in return. Ichigo arrives just in time to save his friends from Aizen, debuting a new badass look. However, while he may look stronger, he doesn’t seem to be giving off any spiritual pressure. But senses can deceive, as Ichigo decides that he and Aizen should fight elsewhere - and then enforces that decision by grabbing Aizen by the face and leaping a few miles to a nearby wasteland! The absolute disrespect is a wonder to behold!

Ichigo makes a flashy entrance to save Rukia and then entrusts Renji to help get her to safety. The Shinigami don’t take that lying down though. The captains send 3 lieutenants in pursuit. However, Ichigo stands in the way. The Shinigami all release their Zanpakutō. After planting his own Zanpakutō in the ground, Ichigo proceeds to take all 3 of them out in one hit with his bare hands, as if to say, “I don’t even need a sword to beat you all!” Treating Shinigami one step below captain level like fodder, and not even using his sword against them, is a massive flex!

Espada Ulquiorra Cifer utterly dominates Ichigo whenever the two encounter each other. Ichigo can’t seem to overcome the pale, deadpan villain no matter what he does. After Ulquiorra enters his Resurrección form, he proceeds to give Ichigo a complete beatdown, even in Ichigo’s strongest form. However, after noticing that Ichigo hasn’t dropped his sword in the face of his clearly superior power, Ulquiorra decides to make him feel true despair! He unleashes his unique second Resurrección form! Ulquiorra is already winning! But, he releases his true power just to rub Ichigo’s nose in it!

This paragon of Shinigami strength faces many powerful opponents, but the one with perhaps the most broken ability is Quincy Sternritter, Gremmy. Gremmy can make whatever he imagines into reality. You’d think that would make Gremmy unbeatable, but this is Kenpachi we’re talking about! Throughout their fight, Kenpachi repeatedly defies Gremmy’s expectations, from cutting a meteor, to surviving the vacuum of space, to escaping unscathed from explosions or a hail of gunfire. Kenpachi is just HIM. He’s so “HIM” in fact, that Gremmy tries to imagine surpassing him - but can’t! Now that’s a flex - making someone who can make anything he imagines into reality believe it’s impossible to overcome you!

Not only is Aizen a brilliant mastermind and storybreakingly powerful, he’s also a grade-A troll! Confronted by Shinigami captains past and present in the fake Karakura town, Aizen looks like he’s outnumbered and outgunned. That is, until he proceeds to easily and rapidly defeat each and every one of them! Cutting them down, throwing them into each other - even when they briefly look like they’ve got the upper hand, it’s just Aizen hypnotizing them into attacking one of their own! He may supposedly have shared rank with some of them, but this exchange serves to prove just how far beyond them Aizen is!

Ichigo’s first time releasing his Bankai is incredible! The hype alone is a flex! However, after revealing his surprisingly simple Bankai form, Ichigo proceeds to seemingly teleport to Byakuya and hold his Zanpakutō to his throat! Now, he could have won the fight right then and there! But in a further flex of his newly obtained power, Ichigo proceeds to literally run rings around Byakuya, outspeeding the stoic Shinigami captain and his tiny dancing blades. Ichigo doesn’t just want to beat Byakuya, he wants to one-up the arrogant Shinigami first!


Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.

Ichigo Blocks the Sōkyoku
A Blade Said to Hold the Power of 1-Million Zanpakutō - & Ichigo Blocks It with 1!

Ichigo Calls An Ambulance - But Not For Him
Those Punks Are Going to Need Medical Attention - For This Epic Burn, at the Very Least!

Ichigo Slices a Mansion
He Didn’t Have to Miss

When Aizen is unmasked as the Big Bad behind it all, it’s basically an excuse for the seemingly humble captain to flex on everyone. His pursuit of Rukia sees a wounded Renji and Ichigo team up to save her. While even they admit it’s unlikely they can win, they still believe they can create an opening. Ichigo charges Aizen, his theme music blaring - at least, until Aizen stops both Ichigo’s theme and his sword, with just a single finger! At this moment, Ichigo isn’t “number one” - Aizen is! This feels like a flex not only on Ichigo, but also on the viewer, for thinking Ichigo had a chance!


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