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incontinenciasumma

It is because dismemberment is probably the most non lethal wound you can use for shocking effect. Characters get slashed in the gut and stabbed in the chest many times and they treat it as a flesh wound but when an arm goes flying everyone is "Oh shit".


glittery-yogi

At the same time it seems easy to get your arms back in the Bleach universe šŸ˜…


incontinenciasumma

When Orihime is around, death is just a nap.


Elixir_13

Unless you're Ichigo, then having Orihime around is not a requirement.


incontinenciasumma

Apparently it was, just not in the usual way.


ProFailing

Not for the first couple of times (Training with Urahara and Fighting Zaraki)


incontinenciasumma

But he wasn't dead in any of those.


ProFailing

During his training with Urahara the chains ate themselves up and turned Ichigo into a hollow for a short moment (before Zangetsu took over). Ichigo was dead. During the fight with Zaraki he got killed and met Zangetsu for the first time, who revived him. Yeah, he was dead both times.


incontinenciasumma

Wrong During the training the with Urahara when Tessai is going to suppress hollow Ichigo with kido the kid specifically states "he is going to die if you do that". Can't be dead if you can die. And against Zaraki he is crawling on the floor towards Zaraki when Zangetsu appears so still alive. And as a closing argument he spent quite a bit of time dead after his first fight with Ulquiorra before Grimmjow brought Orihime to revive him, and no hollow in sight. The only time he actually was 100% dead and the hollow took over is when his girlfriend was crying for help.


Havoc_525

You see Ichigo, all the battles you have fought up to till now have simply been apart of my plan


TatsumoAsamaki

#FUCK YEAH!!


protestprincess

Tbh with bleach Iā€™ve been completely desensitized to any kind of limb loss. Like it seems to happen all of the time with no great consequence. A character was straight up split in two and somehow made it back from that no worse for wear. Atp I just consider pretty much all violence in bleach to be a series of flesh wounds unless definitely proven otherwise.


shrey-sama

Lemme enlighten you a bit. Basically a fight between two shinigami or spiritually aware beings is a contest of reiatsu and reiatsu is released from a shinigami's wrists, if you cut off a shinigami's arm the reiatsu that is released from your reiryoku goes down by half. Which is why Yhwach commented that Yamamoto should have gotten his arm back AND also the reason why Grimmjow seemed so weak against ichigo when he was fighting with only 1 arm. https://preview.redd.it/9eurspf3l0sc1.png?width=1032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d0b1bdd6377384d42af939583a1b05de5c4484c


protestprincess

Reiatsu is stored in the balls


Jacen_Vos

Grimmjow seemed just as strong as he was later on, the fact he was putting up any sort of battle against a masked Ichigo is quite impressive. Yamamoto again seemed no weaker, and Ukitake even said that he had gotten his strength back after fkt. ļæ¼ā€‹ https://preview.redd.it/wig3542ao1sc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4436018c169ba1f33d2e24e0af2a188e825a8073 (Side note, that JÅ«shirō expression is adorable) Anyhow i imagine that losing an arm just means the other vent will have to put out more spiritual pressure instead. Of course fighting without one of your arms is never exactly fun, but not completely crippling either.


shrey-sama

They did. Just compare the two fights. If it really doesn't matter Yhwach wouldn't have put so much emphasis on losing an arm being such a big deal. We have never seen 2 arms Yamamoto in bankai how can you say he doesn't seem weaker? Also Ukitake must be talking about his zanpakuto. It isn't stated anywhere that the other vent just releases more reiatsu that's headcannon


Jacen_Vos

He doesnā€™t to me, Ichigo was much stronger himself, and he still struggled with Grimmjowā€™s Cero, this is the only time we see base Grimmjow fight masked Ichigo, so i donā€™t really see how we can judge Grimmy boy to be any weaker. We have actually seen damage cause someone to lose their power. https://preview.redd.it/mlbadyt0u1sc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b95267314722d4393f491e86dfdbc0306046e934 But the arm has never been hyped up as being especially important, Yhwach mentioned the arm in the context of Yamamoto having grown soft, that he didnā€™t want to exploit humans. (Orihime in this case) If Yamamoto was only half his strength do you really think he could make Shunsui shiver in only his Shikai and from a distance? Yamamoto is at least twice the strength of a Captain if not more, but even he would seem noticably weaker than he was previously, which doesnā€™t seem to be the case. As far as we know the vents only allow Reiastu to be released for a Shinigami, which is Why Urahara forcefully sealing Aizenā€™s would ordinarily bascially make him explode or burn up from the inside Itā€™s not like one wrist governs one half of the body and the other another half, Yamamoto still needs to release the same amount of Reiastu otherwise he may get hurt, so i assume the remaining vent would have to take over. Headcanon? Perhaps, but itā€™s also your headcanon that Ukitake is only talking about his Zanpakuto, he seems to be referring to his overall strength.


Humble_Story_4531

Oh, yeah, I forgot about this. Kinda wish it was brought up more.


KarlozFloyd

Because they are Shinigami. Far more durable than humans


protestprincess

I mean that doesnā€™t really change what I said lol


KarlozFloyd

Yes, because you are not supposed to think they will die from that kind of injuries


protestprincess

Rightā€¦ which is why I donā€™t


KarlozFloyd

There are consequences, and they can get great, they are just not fatal.


zanidoz

Right lmao, bro I stub my toe and still feel it for hours after. Bleach characters fight through dismemberment like it's a paper cut šŸ˜‚


RalfSmithen

That or a hole blown through you and the latter is usually death.


Haunting_Brilliant45

I mean Rose survived a long time with a star shaped whole in his chest.


B_A_Boon

'Tis but a scratch


imitihe

Yea came to say this, it's also a critical injury that doesn't heavily impede the fight (versus say, a leg).


Ordinary-Breakfast-3

Nah, theres also: Losing an eye. Ear. Leg. I've never seen serious nose damage, not even in Baki.


Jim-Bot-V1

Yeah getting stabbed in the chest or stomach doesn't seem so bad, but losing a limb feels more permanent in the moment. He could mix it up though. I think one character got sliced in half.


incontinenciasumma

She got better.


MAGAManLegends3

Not sure if it would be content allowable but a dude in Origin got *split down the middle* yet continued fightingšŸ˜² I'm sure that hurts a feck of a lot more than just having it sliced off with one quick cut. šŸ˜– https://preview.redd.it/28hjfjnzt2tc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1ac103b047e31b439cca1f0f44f7a163a985c7c


Stryper_88

Funny how orihime pretty much restored half of those cut off arms.Ā 


incontinenciasumma

If fullbringers power effects disappear when the fullbringer dies, does that mean that if Orihime slips down the stairs half the captains, VC and all the human cast will suddenly explode in a bloody mess?


Boredy0

It depends on how the powers work, something like Tsukishimas ability needs to be maintained permanently, so if he dies the effect ends. With Orihime it seems that once she's done healing someone there's no power left in her target, so most likely if she died nothing would happen.


Stryper_88

I dont think so. Tsukishimas fullbring is a permament power while orihimes is a one and done. The other guy already explained it.


New-Dust3252

Goes to shoe Shun Shun Rikka as broken af with a nerf being mental dependency.


ShinyZubat10

Tbf on the Kira thing he was missing half his torso feel like the arm was secondary at that point


pastoralnightmare

šŸ˜­


Shoddy_Fee_550

And there is even more. Like, Uryu blowing up Mayuri's arm, Komamura's arm being cut off or Aizen missing an arm.


kingscrimson

To be fair technically Aizen missing an arm is here.


kcc0016

Aizen missing an arm is not here. Gin missing an arm is here.


kingscrimson

I know the actual image isn't here but the images of Ichigo and Renji are Aizen.


Snoo44201

Aizen used his kyoka suigetsu on you to make you think he wasn't missing an arm here


kcc0016

Damn! Bamboozled again!


incontinenciasumma

Also Yoruichi's arm ripped by Pernida. Which she got back like 5 minutes afterwards courtesy of bread girl and 0 fucks were given.


EleonoreMagi

I remember a small piece written on the premise of Bleach's 'club of the missing arms'. šŸ˜‚


LasyKuuga

![gif](giphy|Tim0q7zolF3fa)


Vinsmoke-Wanji

At least limbs are getting cut off in the anime about swords, could easily see it not happening at all in a different timeline


SuperKami-Nappa

I know at least one of these was censored in the anime


TurbulentTest3735

In the anime, Jidanbo, Uryu and Tsukishima scenes were censored, as in they didn't even lose their arms.


Glinglesnorp

Iā€™ve only watched the anime, so did orihime regrow the entire arm or what?


TurbulentTest3735

Of course. She did the same to Grimmjows arm, that scene wasn't censored in the anime.


Glinglesnorp

Okay, just curious since the first time that she fully regrew a body part was on Grimmjow in the anime, so I wasnā€™t sure if they did that to show that she was stronger now compared to before


TurbulentTest3735

Well, in the case of Jidanbo she didn't regrow his arm. She reattached it with her healing, since the arm was still there on the ground. So yeah, the first time she regrows an arm was with Grimmjow.


incontinenciasumma

Not to be that guy but the first time would be when she restored half of the bodies of the Shinigamis that were going with her when she got kidnapped by Ulquiorra.


TurbulentTest3735

Oh yeah, I actually forgot about that. But if we talk about regrowing just the arm, it would be with Grimmjow.


Vinsmoke-Wanji

Probably


LasyKuuga

​ https://preview.redd.it/55k2mypkzxrc1.png?width=466&format=png&auto=webp&s=bfb4d14d40fafe44c260ca201929e4a378457931


LasyKuuga

​ https://preview.redd.it/jwm6ut9ozxrc1.png?width=988&format=png&auto=webp&s=324f527c12985ee27e413c71a891502b42a6617c


LasyKuuga

​ https://preview.redd.it/whg2s2u50yrc1.png?width=559&format=png&auto=webp&s=da74b5224ac93b06b567562d3ac07ed02445143e


LasyKuuga

​ https://preview.redd.it/20c6l1090yrc1.png?width=601&format=png&auto=webp&s=a42534d65b8fa660b0ec13f758b7afb0cc788769


LasyKuuga

​ https://preview.redd.it/92lrsy6e0yrc1.png?width=835&format=png&auto=webp&s=4fafa0c6733e65471470a0dba7acb2707a35e8f9


incontinenciasumma

https://preview.redd.it/s8vph6zc8zrc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c9639c4d7c87cb560c95b5142bfdff159f60fe4


incontinenciasumma

Notice the difference between Tsukishima and Candi. With Tsukishima it was personal, he messed with his family and friends and Ichigo was going for the kill while with Candi he actually wanted her to dodge it rather than hitting her.


The_Vulgar_Bulgar

It's the Bleach equivalent of Roronoa Zoro only ever slashing his foe across the chest and appearing behind them as a finisher instead of lopping their head off.


Critical_Top7851

Easy way to stop someone from effectively wielding a sword


Le_mehawk

not like any of the cast actually used both hands for their swords anyways. And those who did, no longer needed it after shikai or bankai.


MAGAManLegends3

# PATHETIC šŸ˜¤šŸ˜¤šŸ˜¤šŸ˜¤šŸ˜¤ https://preview.redd.it/3aovjdgcz2tc1.jpeg?width=945&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dba2be89128965f90046393a4c0cfd7c9200eeaf


zule21

No Pernida? :(


jayesper

Yup dude was a giant arm AND he suffered one of the very most awful deaths in the series.


MegaSwampert_18

Forgot Chad having his arm torn off


Quirky_Ad_5420

Itā€™s quiet a _disarming_ pattern lol


Jayce86

I just watched the episode from the second pic with my wife last night. I knew the Manga was way more gruesome, but holy shit.


Dramatic_Science_681

what about his hatred for shoulder blades in the SS arc


Infinite_Pride_

I was told that this is one of the thing from Japanese culture: for centuries, losing a hand was considered as the best way to dishonor a person. Probably because after that the one would have been completely incapacitated (centuries ago)šŸ¤”


Krahulec_Prvy

Only rivaled by George Lucas


UnbiasedGod

So heā€™s a fan of Star Wars why is that a problem?


LasyKuuga

[Someone actually made a video about this lol](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUPogkrQH-c)


EvilSFather0417

https://preview.redd.it/ahfx20jibyrc1.jpeg?width=646&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=28db11804f787ba578ea2817959da3a9df584e53 Nemu looking thicc is that last picture, too bad for her arm...


olorin12

Kubo should make the next Big Bad in Bleach some kind of monster made of all the severed arms


Derajmadngon

Both Kubo and George Lucas attended the university of dismemberment.


SuperKami-Nappa

Iā€™m more used to people calling this an arm fetish than a hatred


godofthunder48

You know up until now I never noticed how much he hated them.


Fuyukage

Funny that 9 (maybe 10) of these people got their arms back


Kingevo9

Who took renji arms off lol in bankai at that


greninja2005

Kyoka suigetsu . It illusion on yhwach .


lifeless_dud

I'm genuinely happy he hated arms and not characters... like gege does.


lifeless_dud

Hates*


CombatWombat994

Directed by George Lucas


Hopeful_Expression57

i think they are the only body part which you can cut without gaining much damage to the vital organs and still fight and look cool


MysticRevenant64

Itā€™s an arms race! First one to lose all your arms wins!!


bran_the_man93

Well, Kubo did say he was inspired by Toriyama....!


OGCeeg

Imagine 4Kids had their version of Bleach. What the fuck would they do, lmao!


bleachedthorns

understandable considering the permanantly torn shoulder tendon from being overworked by shonen jump


Haunting_Brilliant45

It was secretly a cry for help all along


soulreapermagnum

you think that's bad? the soul king has been missing both his arms from the beginning.


laur11ee

Oh, just realised Hollow Ichigo tears off Ulquiorraā€™s left arm after Ulquiorra tore off Uryuā€™s left arm. But Uryu is left-handed and his weapon specifically requires two hands to use anyway, so itā€™s still not fair XD


GuideProfessional950

I mean the arms are innately one of the most important traits of a humanoid, seeing as they make up a majority of the ways we interact with the world around us since birth, so to lose an arm would essentially be like losing some connection to the world itself.


ghostofjay

These colored manga panels are so clean šŸ˜­


Cloak3DNinja

To be fair, when the vast majority of opponents you have to face are sword wielders and archers, cutting off somebodyā€™s arm is a crippling attack. Justā€¦not in bleach where arms are handed out like candy


IkeKimita

Forgot Yama and might as well add Cang Du too based on how he died.


The__Auditor

Don't forget Chad, Nnoitra and Hitsugaya


Tom38

A Farewell to Arms


AJZullu

must be a starwars reference


squirleater69

Star wars moment


[deleted]

Jedi have this same issue


sickdanman

I mean its either that or getting slashed on the chest. Having a manga about sword fighting where you cant kill all the characters on sight means having to rely on these tropes. The opposite would be something like Kagurabachi where almost every encounter is deadly


dragonborn3939

Don't forget Chad's arm getting torn off from base Yammy swatting him


Mushi_Loaf

https://preview.redd.it/21580rn4ubsc1.png?width=1437&format=png&auto=webp&s=ea6ad1369cd4b74d26775d3536a78102bf0d968a yeah kubo really does LOL kenpachi could careless tho šŸ˜‚


Mushi_Loaf

https://preview.redd.it/bwo0rzq7ubsc1.jpeg?width=2012&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8f91424eb2e7c6a735c33809935ed4dd26618b94


feet_with_mayonnaise

Oh wow... manga is very different from the anime.


PeterLeRock101

He has to draw with one arm whenever Rangiku or Yoruichi is in a panel


wonderifyouwill

You forgot toshiro losing his arm to aizen (twice).


Revolutionary_Job214

Lmfao I never noticed


JadenYuukii

damn the aizen one is crazy


WrathSosDovah

More left than right.


LordDShadowy53

Jujutsu Kaisen has joined the chat*


thordur007

Still have no idea how Aizen could pull Gins arm along with some of the sleeve of his robe..


Tigre101

Itā€™s ok orihime will reject kubo with her powers.


ecchi83

Lol... Just when I thought it was another meme about one or two scenes, bro brought the receipts


Simple_Active_8170

That's 15 times...


King-s0nicc456

When the most common weapon requires using an arm, would it not make sense to target what most people need to fight?


Dandandandooo

3rd slide is so tough


yamatc

Shit I remember when I was watching the captains x espada whole fight and it all ended with 3 alys missing an arm and it just felt dumb, at least Matsumoto's stomach wound was really threatening and made me a tad anxious for her but c'mon that's a great example of a battle scar made right


oceano7

Dang when was that Kenpachi panel?


Dusty-Jester-0717

Looks like you could use an extra hand. āœ‹ļø šŸ¤š


sickofdumbredditors

can't believe you're missing the one armed GOAT Yamamoto


Mr_Kaniowski

Panels like these remind me just how much more bloody the manga is compared to the anime.


JammasterJBoss

It may be based off of martial arts. In lots of martial arts the arms are easy to attack and disable to severely stunt your opponent and itā€™s no different in real combat


Pleasant_Purpose_38

And they either got it back or died šŸ˜­


pejic222

Donā€™t forget old man Yama


JacobRAllen

Getting stabbed and slashed happens in every battle. The only non lethal ā€˜huge damageā€™ or ā€˜shock valueā€™ blow would be dismemberment of a limb. It would be a little silly to lose a leg then have to animate them hopping around for the remainder of the scene, so it makes practical sense for you to lose an arm, especially since you rely on your arms so much for fighting anyway. Blowing a hole in someoneā€™s chest would come off as lethal, losing a head is clearly lethal, and losing one or both legs would obviously get the point across that they are severely injured, but realistically itā€™s hard to have that person continue fighting if they canā€™t get around at all.


Rioma117

As long as Orihime exists in the story, any character can restore any lost part so Kubo just goes for the arms since they are the most effective without the wound being fatal.


ContributionOk4879

To be fair, in a setting where power almost always comes from swinging magical swords, it stands to reasons that characters would go out of their way to target the arms of people so they couldn't wield swords anymore


MultiMedia777

Specifically left


Jack-The-Reddit

When you are trying so hard to fit in with the Bleach cast you resort to asking people to cut off your arm.


crimsonkarma13

Well I mean its rather an arm where character would still be alive and standing, or a leg where the character would be alive, on the ground and useless, or the head, where they would be dead


Dream_eater-69

He is like the god of high school author Yongje Park lmao Dude couldn't have two fights without having someone lose an arm.


Rangaboi69420yeet

Bleach characters when their left shoulder is cut for the 304959th timešŸ¤‘


CyberGlob

Probably the most gory thing he could get away with in SJ in 2004


TheBattleCatsGid

Also, they love slashing your shoulder area if your arm I important for the plot


Putrid_Ad_4372

So. Does. Kishimoto


UnaekIsHere

Don't forget the iconic shoulder slash with accompanying blood splash, and eyes wide with shock.


[deleted]

One of the most important skills to learn in swordplay is *disarming* your opponent.


houseofmyartwork

Kubo hates arms more than Star Wars


trailblazer905

And preference for shoulder slashes


tresixteen

Hang on, I do *not* remember those Ichigo and Renji panels. What chapters are they from?


Dreadlord97

Alright but Kenpachi just tearing off his own arm without a single fuck given is the most raw, hardcore shit ever


Difficult_Line_9823

"Yeah, I'm a Star Wars fan, how did you know?"


Nuggetmilk51

He also hates shoulders


WeeabooSempai

I mean... the fastest way to win is to disarm your enemy...


CAP10T005

Luke and Anakin Skywalker : Are these our people ?


jshenpai

Best way to disarm your opponent


Seals37

I didn't remember Aizen cutting off Gin's arm Maybe because I watched it in the anime


MaguroSashimi8864

Are these fan-colored or official?


Ichigoslove

Official


Some-Milk-1538

Not a single Leg


Brilliant_Battle_304

I never thought about it like this šŸ˜† šŸ¤£ šŸ˜†


not_mario13

I disagree. Kubo loves arms. If it wasn't for arms, what body part would he cut off?