Bleach 271: Ulquiorra’s rank revealed

I know this is a bit late, but better late than never yes? :D
Oh and this won’t be much of a manga review, considering I’ve never done one. It’s more like a… I-post-and-you-discuss-it kind of thing haha~

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My attempt at a short summary:

Ichigo’s hollow mask collapses and Nell jumps at him, reprimanding for using such power at his current state. He apologizes and declares that it is time to go, thinking that he has beaten Ulquiorra. How very wrong he is. Not only is Ulquiorra still standing, he is not even that wounded. Ulquiorra fires a cero at Ichigo and Nell and after some throwing about, Ichigo “stabs” Ulquiorra. He declares that he will not surrender and that if he can beat Ulquiorra, it is the same as winning the war because he thinks Ulquiorra is the numero uno espada. Ulquiorra grabs the sword and rips his shirt -hears some fangirl screams in the background- in the process, revealing his number.

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Ulquiorra stabs Ichigo with his hand alone, saying that Ichigo can never beat him and even if Ichigo did, he would still have to face 3 other espada. The chapter ends with Ulquiorra saying, “The path to victory doesn’t exist.”

Thoughts:
As I said, I won’t be doing much of a review. I want you guys to share your thoughts instead. As for me, though… Quite frankly, I’m a bit shocked. I expected Ulquiorra to be at a higher rank. Hm who knows, maybe the Halibel is the numero uno espada~

So thoughts? Opinions? Reactions?

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69 Comments

  1. wimbledfire6886
    Posted November 5, 2007 at 12:48 am | Permalink

    I have a feeling that Halibel is number three because she actually has subordinates and is out watching the battle of Grimjaw and Ichigo. Number two I think is the old man because it would be too obvious for him to be numero uno. Stark seems to be the most easy going of all of them, so I feel it’s only natural that he would be the strongest since he’s not phased by the deaths of his comrades. I guess you could say he’s waiting his turn so he can face the strongest opponent.

  2. Reap'em
    Posted November 18, 2007 at 9:57 pm | Permalink

    Alright, I think Stark is #1 (sorry to the old man/chick/black guy lovers) mainly beacuase of his appearance. It’s already been revealed that when a Vasto Lorde (sp?) or a high-leveled Adjuchas (sp again?) becomes an Espada/High Numeros, they take on a much more human-like form. I think this applies more with the higher rank you are. Ulquiorra is somewhat of an exception to this, like OmgOnigiri said earlier (i’ll choose to believe him/her) his name deals with death, and Ulq looks like a dead person in my opinion. Anyway…Out of all the Espada, Stark has the least amount of his mask still visible and is also the the most human-looking (in my opinion).

    Plus…..like many others, I’ve got this odd vibe that Stark is #1……………………Go Stark! *waves banner*

  3. Posted November 26, 2007 at 5:21 pm | Permalink

    i think stark is number one halibel number two and either the black guy or old man is 3rd. i know halibel and stark are in the top 3 because i checked wikipedia so this is my thoughts.

  4. Dane
    Posted December 14, 2007 at 7:07 am | Permalink

    1st Old Man
    2nd Stark
    3rd Halibel
    4th Ulquiorra Schiffer
    5th Noitora
    6th Grimmjow Jeagerjaques
    7th Zomari Le Roux
    8th Szayel Aporro Granz
    9th Aaroniero Arruruerie
    10th Yammy

  5. Lux Invictus
    Posted December 26, 2007 at 3:25 pm | Permalink

    1st Stark
    2nd Halibel
    3rd Old Espada
    4th Ulquiorra Cifer
    5th Nnoitra Jiruga
    6th Grimmjow Jeagerjaques
    7th Zommari Le Roux
    8th Szayel Aporro Granz
    9th Aaroniero Arruruerie
    10th Yammy

  6. Equvior
    Posted January 2, 2008 at 5:59 am | Permalink

    1st Old Man(with a crown on the head)
    2nd Halibel
    3rd Stark.

    10th—- can’t believe, with only this much of power can be in top 10–> Yammy

  7. Lisa
    Posted January 21, 2008 at 7:05 am | Permalink

    Hmmm is nel 3rd?

    o.o ????????????

    >

  8. Posted January 23, 2008 at 10:02 am | Permalink

    nel is an ex spada. noitorra back stab her and hit her at the head. losing her memory and most of her reiatsu thus resulting to her transforming into a kid.

  9. Posted March 8, 2008 at 9:18 pm | Permalink

    Ulquiorra
    me love him

  10. Posted March 13, 2008 at 8:16 am | Permalink

    dudes u probaly wont belive this but the third espada is really nel the little arranc ichigo is holding

  11. Sanity
    Posted March 18, 2008 at 9:15 pm | Permalink

    Alright, i’m not entirely sure as to how old this thread is, however this is how i personally see it ranked 1-3.

    1:Gin
    2:Tousen
    3:Halibel

    The reason i dont have aizen up there is because of the sheer fact that none of the arrancar like him being in the lead because they all refer to him as a shinigami still, however, nothing is ever mentioned of gin or tousen being shinigami once they are in hueco mundo, and considering how low it seems aizen’s standards are, i’m sure he would use them as test subjects to see what the hogyoku can do to a shinigami.

    Also, reasoning for Gin being 1 and Tousen being 2

    Just going by their general personalities (or the ones they put on) Gin seems to be more sinister in personality. Tousen seems to be driven by a devotion to the preservation of lives, i personally see tousen helping ichigo’s group when they get close to aizen, which is why i believe Aizen would have used the hogyoku on tousen before it was fully awaken to test it and someone he felt would be more loyal (gin) after it was more awakened

  12. Posted March 20, 2008 at 10:06 pm | Permalink

    looks like noone here knows anything about BLEACH because this is how the espada so everyone can just shut up about the old man being 1st because thats just stupid even if he’s the oldest LOOKING doesnt mean he’s the strongest

    NOTE:Gin and Tousen cant be included because they’re shinigami not arrancar(you can tell because some of the arrancar HATE them because they are shinigami)

    1st-Stark
    2nd–Halibel
    3rd-old man
    ****************
    4th-Ulquiorra
    5th-Nnoitra
    6th-Grimmjow
    7th-Zommari
    8th-Szayel
    9th-Aaroniero
    10th-yami

    3rd- formerly Neliel(lil kid ichigo is carrying)
    Nnoitra ambushed her and caused her to get amnesia and transform into a child and be kicked out of LAS NOCHES and thats how she knows almost everything about the arrancar
    Note: she’s actually as extremely HOT as Halibel

  13. Bleach Fan
    Posted March 25, 2008 at 11:54 am | Permalink

    Dude havn’t any of you seen the commentary with Tite Kubo? He revealed the list of Espada from top to bottom.

    1)Stark
    2)Unnamed aged man
    3)Halibel
    4)Ulquiorra
    5)Noitorra
    6)Grimmjow
    7)Zommari
    8)Syazel Apporo Granz
    9)Arroneirro
    10)Yammy

    ANY OF YOU THAT THINKS OTHERWISE GO WATCH THE COMMENTARY.
    dont assume just by whoever looks strong, and dont say stuff if u havn’t even read the manga, if you don’t even know about Nel’s past… you have no right to judge.

  14. Byakuya Fan
    Posted June 3, 2008 at 7:45 am | Permalink

    This line up is the correct list of the top ten Espada

    1st-Stark
    2nd–Halibel
    3rd-Nel
    4th-Ulquiorra
    5th-Nnoitra
    6th-Grimmjow
    7th-Zommari
    8th-Szayel
    9th-Aaroniero
    10th-Yami

    Go Read the Manga

  15. Byakuya Fan
    Posted June 3, 2008 at 7:54 am | Permalink

    Correction Nel in the previous 3rd Espada as she has the number 3 still tatooed on her back. Barragan (that unnamed aged Espada)should be the “Current” 3rd Espada. Think when Lupe was number 6 and Grimmjaw killed Lupe as he still had the number 6 on him.

  16. Sj
    Posted November 2, 2008 at 2:48 pm | Permalink

    the 3rd espada isn’t nel anymore its that old guy probably ulquiorra is stronger than nell cause she was the third serveral years back lol

  17. ladyloss
    Posted May 15, 2009 at 1:44 pm | Permalink

    big shoker here a spoiler the number one esparanda is stark beleive it or not the lazy one is the stongest

  18. Posted July 13, 2009 at 1:10 pm | Permalink

    This is the real rank of espada:

    0)Yami released
    1)Stark
    2)Baragan
    3)Haribel
    4)Ulquiorra
    5)Noitorra
    6)Grimmjow
    7)Zommari
    8)Syazel Apporo Granz
    9)Arroneirro
    10)Yammy

    If you dont believe me you can read the manga and see.

  19. Stark1!
    Posted July 22, 2009 at 1:02 pm | Permalink

    1)Stark
    2)Baragan
    3)Haribel
    4)Ulquiorra
    5)Noitorra
    6)Grimmjow
    7)Zommari
    8)Syazel Apporo Granz
    9)Arroneirro
    10)Yammy

    this is the true list of espada.

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