How does Toshiro's Bankai actually work after the TYBW reveal?
I thought his Bankai was just 'make ice wings and a dragon' and the petals meant he was on a timer. Then the last anime cour drops and suddenly he turns into an adult and the petals were never a countdown?? Can someone spell out what changed without quoting a wiki at me?
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ok so the petals were a lie, when the last one pops he hits puberty in 2 seconds and his power stops leaking. adult form = no timer, just infinite ice bs and he can freeze stuff at a distance without swinging the sword
still confused why kubo acted like the timer was death for 600 chapters then went 'lol no it's a cocoon'. feels like a retcon but whatever, adult toshiro slaps.
- petals drop
- puberty speedrun
- Hyorinmaru finishes downloading
- he can now make ice clones, freeze blood, and the sky is his refrigerator that's it
the real trick is his zanpakuto was always 'unfinished' because toshiro was a kid. once the shell cracks he gets the full admin rights to water molecules in a mile radius. basically he becomes a walking absolute zero cheat code.
I miss the dragon tail ngl, adult form looks like a final fantasy villain
manga explains it ch 670-671. petals = limiter, not countdown. shatter = maturity. maturity = no more energy leaking out so he can spam flash-freeze hax without turning into a popsicle after 5 min. also the ice limbs become remote-controlled so he can fight like a damn marionette.