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So this is it, huh.
In the end, Kubo went to the very Jump-esque route of "friendship defeats egoism". For all his one-noteness, Yhwach's main motif is that he's an endlessly selfish person. "All exists for my taking!", he told Ichibei, and that pretty much sums him up. He's a soul vampire that only takes, or gives so he can take afterwards. he thought all was his to take and that all revolved around him. Ichigo leaned on his friends and allies and proved him wrong. he beat him not with his power alone, which was useless, but with help. The Quincy army, full of selfish loons, lost to the Shinigami. Pretty straightforward, treaded ground. But coherent, all things considered.
The soul of this arc lies in Haschwalth's final fight with Ishida. Hash got pissed at him for a reason: he couldn't fathom Ishida not sacrificing something for greater power, and couldn't understand why he chose to set aside that power in favour of his (apparently) useless friends. To Haschwalth, and to the entirety of the Wandenreich, other people are only means to a selfish end. Hasch chose to follow the selfish path, paid the price and in his final moments understood where Ishida was coming from. And he regretted choosing Yhwach over Bazz (but, true to his character, assumed the price and died with a modicum of dignity).
And Yhwach himself realized, at the very end, that what Haschwalth was showing him was a warning. In his arrongance and selfishness, he chose to ignore it and that was his undoing. Cut down with his very own power (for he IS Zangetsu).
It works for me, and in all honesty I couldn't care less if it doesn't for y'all. I left this place tired of all the endless bitching and entitlement, and I enjoyed the manga best because of it.
BLEACH has been one of the most important works of fiction in my life, and I'm grateful to Kubo for it. My shelf will soon hold all 74 volumes, and I bid Kubo good fortune in the road ahead.
Thank you very much, sensei.
In the end, Kubo went to the very Jump-esque route of "friendship defeats egoism". For all his one-noteness, Yhwach's main motif is that he's an endlessly selfish person. "All exists for my taking!", he told Ichibei, and that pretty much sums him up. He's a soul vampire that only takes, or gives so he can take afterwards. he thought all was his to take and that all revolved around him. Ichigo leaned on his friends and allies and proved him wrong. he beat him not with his power alone, which was useless, but with help. The Quincy army, full of selfish loons, lost to the Shinigami. Pretty straightforward, treaded ground. But coherent, all things considered.
The soul of this arc lies in Haschwalth's final fight with Ishida. Hash got pissed at him for a reason: he couldn't fathom Ishida not sacrificing something for greater power, and couldn't understand why he chose to set aside that power in favour of his (apparently) useless friends. To Haschwalth, and to the entirety of the Wandenreich, other people are only means to a selfish end. Hasch chose to follow the selfish path, paid the price and in his final moments understood where Ishida was coming from. And he regretted choosing Yhwach over Bazz (but, true to his character, assumed the price and died with a modicum of dignity).
And Yhwach himself realized, at the very end, that what Haschwalth was showing him was a warning. In his arrongance and selfishness, he chose to ignore it and that was his undoing. Cut down with his very own power (for he IS Zangetsu).
It works for me, and in all honesty I couldn't care less if it doesn't for y'all. I left this place tired of all the endless bitching and entitlement, and I enjoyed the manga best because of it.
BLEACH has been one of the most important works of fiction in my life, and I'm grateful to Kubo for it. My shelf will soon hold all 74 volumes, and I bid Kubo good fortune in the road ahead.
Thank you very much, sensei.
