Bleach Chapter 572

 In chapter 572 Yachiru and V’s battle continues, for the most part since showing her ability Yachiru continues to dominate the battle with V as shown when he puts all his energy into retreating and is still cut by her sword.

The chapter  adds a bit of hilarity to it, and in its own way reminds us that she is still the childish little girl that she always has been its just that she has some awesome powers now. It was a nice moment for Oda to put in with her high fiveing her two buddies when they’re in the middle of a fight.

An interesting thing to note is what Isane said about Yachiru’s shikai. Yachiru is able to hold her zanpakto while she has control of the two beasts around her, something that is quite strange in comparison to other zanpaktos. For example Unohana’s zanpakto is able to transform into a beast and there have been other similar zankato’s where it has formed into something else, however it has always lost its form as a sword when it transformed. The closest comparison I can think of is Captain Komamura’s zanpakto. He is able to control a beast while still using his sword, however…. that is a Bankai and this is a Shikai, and that is a very important factor. The fact that her Shikai is this powerful and she is still a child, means that she is incredibly powerful indeed and will most likely play a big role in the next generation of the soul society, and maybe just maybe… be the next in line to be a  Kenpachi

The next big reveal was a bit of typical Kubo mind-fuckery when it is revealed to use that V is just a creation of sternritter I’s imagination. I’s power is the power to put things that he imagines into reality. In the coming chapters I trust we will learn of some restrictions of this power e.g. he wouldn’t e able to imagine that his opponent is dead and then they die. If it was a completely unrestricted power he would simply be god and it wouldn’t be very good for the story.

Something I did notice was that he spoke to Yachiru and told her what he was imagining. This may be a part of his power, in that he needs to make the other person imagine what he is imaging in order for it to take effect.

The physical range of his imagination power is all so very important to his power, if it is small or large will very much depend on how much control he will be able to have over his opponents and the battle field itself

When he first appeared it also seemed that there were the two captains Rose and Kensei that we haven’t seen since Renji’s fight, lying next to him. He proclaims that they are dead but this could very easily be something that he is imaging himself. Something else to note is that Isane was healing the two of them from a distance for sometime now. Meaning that if she believes that they are dead she will obviously stop healing because it would be unnecessary. This also means that if she is tricked into believing that they are dead when they are not, she might stop the healing and then they could subsequently die, however I think this would be an unlikely death for the two of them.

I’s power proved to be quite formidable as he made quick work of Yachiru in a rather brutal way if I’m honest, it must take a special type of asshole to break a little girl’s arms and legs.

This is all well and good, however with the last two pages being Kenpachi’s reveal…. much of what if have just said is now irrelevant. I can hardly see Kenpachi struggling with the ‘trickery’ type fighter. I think this fight will go in one of two ways; the first is that Kenpachi will be pissed from the state of Yachiru and will defeat ‘I’ with a single swing of his sword before he can even speak. The other is that he will humour him for a bit and then defeat him with a single strike. It’s hard to be exact with Kenpachi since he is such an insane and unpredictable character.

Overall I would give this chapter a 9/10 due to the fact that Kubo brought back Kenpachi. A well written chapter and a very enjoyable read.