[manga] who is the strongest espada

[UnderscoreX]

Your order's pretty messed up, i'm guessing you don't read the manga ? and KT is too smart to show them in any order when there are pictures of them, it would ruin the drama.

These are confirmed, read CONFIRMED
10 - Yammy
9 - Arroniero - not 5
8 - Zaera-Polo
6 - Grimmjow
4 - Ulquiorra - not 1

tada!

[Heaven's Judges]

Originally Posted by UnderscoreX

Your order's pretty messed up, i'm guessing you don't read the manga ? and KT is too smart to show them in any order when there are pictures of them, it would ruin the drama.

These are confirmed, read CONFIRMED
10 - Yammy
9 - Arroniero - not 5
8 - Zaera-Polo
6 - Grimmjow
4 - Ulquiorra - not 1

tada!

I don't read the manga but I was inferring. I guess so. =-/

[cheese4u]

5 Espada ranks have been revealed, that means we have five to go. So I figured now is as good a time as any to speculate on who's #1. Here are the remaining Espada (some of which are still unnamed).



Noitora (Guy with the scythe looking weapon that pwnd Chad)

Halibel (Girl with the blond hair with her face covered by a hood)

Stark (Lazy-ish guy with the goatee)

Unnamed- Big guy with spikes coming out of his head

Unnamed- Old man


Personally, I think # 1 is Stark, now that my original guess (Ulquiorra) was wrong he seems like the logical choice. And while I'm at it, I may as well rank the rest of them as well.

1. Stark
2. Noitora
3. Guy with spikes
4. Ulquiorra
5. Halibel
6. Grimmjow
7. old man
8. Zaera
9. Aaroniero
10. Yammy

Feel free to share your ranks.

[astrallionheart]

If the Espada is a mirror image of the Goten 13, then the old man might be number 1. Or maybe Aizen misses Hinamori and made the girl number 1 ^.^

Noitora is most likely number 2 though, but others aren't so clear (even more likely since he faced Chad, so he's basically the Shunsui of the arc).

[Thewanderer]

My votes for #1 are Halibel or Stark. The old guy IMO don't seem too #1ish.

[Mortis]

http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=43680

[astrallionheart]

^

Lol maybe that post should've been deleted considering it just links back to this thread =P

[EphemeralDream]

Here's my take on the possible missing ranks:

1. Stark or Halibel
2. Old Geezer
3. Stark or Halibel
5. Noitora
7. Spikeman

Reasons:

Stark - Many can easily conclude that he's really strong underneath his laziness. He's too strong to be 7th or 5th, so i'd conclude that he's either at the top or somewhere up there.

Old Geezer - As many have noticed, the older they are the more experienced they are. Seeing that he's old must mean that he must have been a very old hollow, possibly having a past history with the Captain-Commander. I'd say he's not at the very top, but very close there.

Halibel - As we have alse noticed, the generally quiet types are often very powerful. As such, she's probably close to the top, but i'd be more inclined to place her at 3rd than 1st.

Noitora - As much as he likes to think that he's the strongest, I really think that's just a complex he's developed because he's nowhere near the top. We've also seen how Ulquiorra speaks to him. Ulquiorra has a knack for knowing his boundaries and his rank, so the closeness and sureness he shows when explaining to Noitora about "pet-sama" leads me to believe Noitora is but a rank away.

Spikeman - While he may seem different from all the big brutish characters that line the cast of Bleach (in his calmness and meditation), I believe he's weak (in comparative terms) like all the big and brutish characters. Although it is possible for him to be 5, I don't seem him among the top 3.

[Godly_senselessness]

I think the female espada is prolly uno espada! It would be a twist cause not many would expect it.

[marsmars133]

noitora is number 5 in front of grimmjow and behind ulquiorra. Numbers 3-1 are still in debate

[WONDERMIKE]

@geta

dordoni's monologue made another impression, imho

[Amirali]

Yeah, he said that once the Hogyokou was created the Privaron espada were demoted, IIRC. But Geta's right about Aaroniero's comments also. The only possible solution I see is that Aizen created the early espada without using the Hogyokou. It's also the only way the timeline could make any semblance of sense.

But then why would Nel be so strong if she was a "non-hogyokou" espada like Dordonni :S?

[Seemann]

Spoiler for T_T:

[Yosei]

I have a feeling the top 4 are Vastro Lordes. Which are Ulq, Halibel, Stark, and Barragan.

I am hoping they can take on all the captains and win, otherwise the Espada will be a huge disappointment.

[skurai]

I think its uliqiorra as well. His power level may be that of the 4th but he is smart as well and i bet he has alot of techniques that really make him worthy of being 1st. He is probably like byakuya when it comes to techniques and stuffs.

The fact that aizen left the whole of hueco mondo to him alone should say alot. From that one clash he had with grimmjow, u could tell that he could kill grimmjow quite easily.

Taking a full getsuga tenshou when ichigo had mask on and not being scratched (only clothes torn) while grimmhow had major trouble with it when he took it head on with 1 arm.

Wont be surprised if uliqiorra really is the 1st in terms of power ranking and he is only given 4th to hide himself...

[skurai]

Originally Posted by Heaven's Judges

Spoiler for Real Espada's ranking:

I'm not sure if anybody notice but they ranked the espada in terms of power in the new opening of bleach. To see it you have to look closely and pause it. Number 1 starts at the right and thats Ulquiorra

Here's the list....

1. Ulquiorra
2. Stark
3. Noitora
4. Halibel
5. Aaroniero
6. Grimmjow
7. Mr. T looking guy...
8. Zaera-Polo
9. The old man
10. Yammy

The only problem here is that there is no way aroniero is the 5th....

I would say that its more like

1. Uliquiorra
2. Stark
3. Grimmjow (yes, i believe grimmjow>Noitara as i believe Ichigo+mask > Kenpachi)
4. Noitora
5. Old man
6. Halibel
7. Yammy
8. T-guy
9. Zairel Apollo
10. Aroneiru

[Yosei]

How can Noi be no. 4? He's no. 5.

And Barragan (the old man) and Halibel are definitely up in the top 3, along with Stark. Everyone else's power rankings have been revealed, with Ulquiorra's being the highest (no. 4). Which means Halibel, Barragan, and Stark are the top 3.

[Warchef]

They haven't revealed Wonderweiss' level have they?

[slowmotion]

I got the impression that wonderweiss was one of yammi's fraccion. I remember him saying something like, "Why do I always end up with the weird ones."

[astrallionheart]

Well I don't think there was a mission commander per se, Ulquiorra, Grimmjow, Yammi, Luppi, Wonderweiss participated in that escapade. It was more like Wonderweiss happened to be hanging out with Yammy (and Luppi) rather than being part of his fraccion.