Key Takeaways
- The novel expands on the aftermath of BLEACH's Millennium Blood War, revealing Soul Society's hidden conspiracy.
- Hikone Ubuginu, a transformed spirit equipped with powerful Zanpakuto derived from an ancient cavity, plays an important role.
- Tokinada Tsunayashiro, the orchestrator of tragic events, connects characters from the past and present through plans and secrets.
that You can't be afraid of your own world Ryohgo Narita's novel provides context for Tite Kubo's work. bleach We take a look at what happened after the climax and what wasn't covered in the original manga. thousand year blood clot Between the Reaper and Quincy. In the aftermath of the war, Soul Society entered a period of recovery.
However, unbeknownst to most of Seireitei's high-ranking officials, one of the Five Ancient Nobles planned to use the chaos to elect Ubuginu Hikone, a candidate for the new Soul King. He is a transformed soul, and is one of only two individuals in history to have the same composition as the Soul King. Hikone is armed with a unique Zanpakutō derived from an ancient Hollow that was kept hidden because it contained the most powerful Hollow in history. It has no name, but is called “Ikomikidomoe”.
The one who tried to eat the Soul King
What is Ikomikidomoe?
Long ago, in the early days of Soul Society, the powerful Azukas-level Menos Grande was known throughout the world. Barragan Louisernbairn also respected its power. The Espada engraved with the number 2 and the King of Hueco Mundo himself. The two agreed never to interfere with each other. In summary, Adjuchas is an intermediate stage in the evolution of Menos Grande after the early Gillian stage. In the early Gillian stages, the Hollows are more intelligent and powerful than when first introduced, and are now much smaller in size, taking on a much more “human-like” form. Better than Gillian's
Menos Grande has an accumulation of hundreds of Normal Hollows with emptiness much greater than that of a normal Hollow, causing them to eat each other because the normal souls are no longer enough. We can think of the Hollows' evolution as being partly inspired by their greed, which matches the emptiness that characterizes their existence. Evolution into Azukas only occurs when one of the many Hollows that make up Gillian takes over the body and rules as that personality.
This ability to stop Gillian's meaningless existence and “self-actualize” is what allows Menos Grande to evolve, but it still requires feeding this growth countless souls that it will always devour. This is a spirit that should be much more powerful than what a Hollow normally seeks. The ancient Adjuchas attacked Soul Society long before the Shinigami had access to the Zanpakutō, and even managed to get through to the young Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni before attempting to devour the Soul King, the core of the current order of existence.
The Hollow was defeated by Ichibē Hyōsube, who did so by clearing its name with the power of Ichimonji, his Zanpakutō. The Hollow contained too many souls to be purified at once, leading Ōetsu Nimaiya, the precursor of the Zanpakutō, to seal it with a sword and then rename it Ikomikidomoe via Ichimonji Shirafude and hide it in Hōōden. Part of the Soul Palace where Oetsu resides. In the midst of chaos thousand year blood clotTokinada Tsunayashiro stole Ikomikidomoe and gave it to his subordinate Hikone Ubuginu, an individual who was part Hollow, Shinigami, and Quincy. Made from the souls of countless Fullbringers.
Tsunayashiro clan
The enemy who tarnished Tosen and destroyed Ginjo's reputation.
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Tokinada Tsunayashiro is from a distant branch of the Tsunayashiro clan, one of the five noble families of Soul Society, and encouraged the annihilation of his family in order to promote himself to the head of the clan. As head, he had access to the most top-secret areas of Soul Society, and saw records detailing the greatest sins of not only the Tsunayashiro family, but each of the five great noble families. At some point, Tokinada followed his family's instructions and married a Rukongai woman named Kakyō. She was a Shinigami with a promising future, but the sadistic Tokinada took advantage of a misunderstanding and tried to steal her happiness by killing his wife.
Despite being tried for the murder of his wife and another Shinigami, Tokinada's status as a member of the Great Noble House allowed him to be free from the suffering of Kakyō's best friend, Kaname Tōsen. Tokinada found Tōsen demanding an audience with Central 46 so that Kakyō's killer could be properly punished, and pretended to be another of her friends while apologizing for not being able to protect her.
He even told Tōsen that her husband, the murderer, was not convicted because he was a member of a great noble family. When Tōsen asks why Shinigami, the guardian of peace, allowed the murderer to escape, Tokinada tells him it is because Shinigami's version of peace was actually defended, and asks Tōsen if he wants revenge. Kakyō will want to.
However, after warping his perception of the Shinigami and his sense of justice, he sadistically told Tōsen that he was actually a murderer. When Kinjo Kugo became the first proxy Shinigami, there was a suggestion to monitor him and his Fullbringer colleagues through proxy badges, but Ukitake rejected this. Tokinada Tsunayashiro orchestrated the massacre of Ginjō's comrades to make it appear that the Shinigami were actually watching the Fullbringers' movements. In reality, it was to retrieve a fragment of the Soul King, a vital element that brought them into existence. This is why Hollow was initially attracted to pregnant mothers. He intended to use these fragments to create a composite soul that could take the position of Soul King.
“Ikomikidomoe”
What does it mean?
The name “Ikomikidomoe” is the romanization of 已己巳己巴. This is an unusual set of letters because each letter can usually be read individually, with meaning and pronunciation varying depending on context. The first four letters are examples of four-letter language. “Yojijukugo”, A four-letter idiom or compound noun. They are often true idioms because their meaning in context cannot be derived from reading the meaning separately (e.g., the meaning of a phrase like “it's water under the bridge” has nothing to do with its constituent parts because it is an idiom). The first four characters are “Icomiki” is an idiom referring to one and the same thing, derived from the multiple occurrences of “己” meaning “self”, as well as the fact that the two characters look very similar to each other.
Since you have the opportunity, why not give him an elaborate name? You are just a nameless bunch of hollows who only prey on those like you. It is appropriate to continue to eat yourself indiscriminately, without ever getting anywhere.
–Ichibē Hyōsube, BLEACH: You cannot be afraid of your own world
“TomoeThe ” part is also quite difficult, and it is notable that the meaning of “ikomikidomoe” is difficult to understand even for native Japanese speakers without unraveling it. According to an excellent analysis by Reddit's Arturo-Plateado, the reading of the last kanji is slanted. Japanese To maintain the theme of “identity” in Chinese, “巴” in Chinese may refer to Bā, a giant snake said to be able to swallow an elephant whole and then spit it out. comes out (巴蛇吞象). “bā shé tūn xiàng” – Bah swallows the elephantIt is an idiom that describes insatiable hunger, gluttony, or more appropriately, excessive greed.
The name carries another layer, as it shows Ichibe's twisted sense of humor in mocking emptiness, but could also represent his ambition to eat the Soul King, which was ultimately a self-destructive endeavor. The name can therefore be understood as referring to something that has an insatiable hunger for people like itself. This is ouroboros, but given another Reddit user's insight that empty space contains mythological motifs, Ikomikidomoe features Apophis, the serpent of chaos, the embodiment of darkness and disorder in Egyptian mythology, the sun-devouring serpent. It is built.
