As we can see, in the first episode of the return of Bleach , we realized that the focus was on the human beings known by fans as Quincy . These beings will play an important role in this new season. But after all, who are they?
In the last arc of the manga that details the thousand-year blood war, here we include important points that every Bleach fan needs to know to stay up to date with what makes the Quincy important in the saga .
Who are the Quincy that appears in the new Bleach saga?
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Quincy are opposite to Shinigami
The Quincy have abilities close to Shinigami, so they are spiritual beings that hunt Hollows that roam the earth. But in many other aspects, the Quincy go to great lengths to distinguish themselves from the Shinigami. Quincy can be half-bloods or pure-bloods, with half-bloods being humans with spiritual powers, such as Uryu Ishida, Ichigo's friendly rival, and they have a distinct view of Hollows. Shinigami see Hollows as corrupt spirits to be purified, while Quincy see monsters that must be annihilated.
The Quincy use their powers to completely obliterate Hollows, which upsets the balance of spirits moving between the society of souls and the world of the living. The Quincy way is not sustainable, but they persist anyway.
The Quincy's Revenge
However, Quincy and Shinigami clashed several hundred years ago over whether the Quincy should be allowed to continue destroying Hollows in this way, and the Quincy refused to change their ways. Hollows are lethally poisonous to them, so their ruthless extermination was the only method the Quincy could use in fighting such beings.
Yhwach was the king and founder of all Quincy, but after his fellow Quincy lost the war against the Shinigami, he fell into a deep sleep. But in 999 years, he would be ready for revenge, and after Sosuke Aizen's defeat in the fake Karakura Town, Yhwach's countdown was almost at 0.
Reishi Absorption: Although both Shinigami and Quincy use Reiryoku when fighting, their fighting styles are completely opposite. A Quincy uses Reishi from the atmosphere and combines it with their Reiryoku to create weapons. They fight with the external part of the energy. It is easier for them to collect this energy in environments with high concentrations of spiritual particles such as Soul Society and Hueco Mundo. For sufficiently experienced Quincy, there is no difference between spiritual particles and spiritual energy with source.
Spiritual Weapon: Your weapons are created by collecting reishi. The only limit for a Quincy to create and fire arrows is their own resistance and ability to absorb spiritual particles in the environment.
Spiritual Awareness: As they are spiritual, they can see and sense Hollows and other spiritual beings at a significant distance or tell which direction they are in.
Thousand Year Blood War arc is therefore the concluding arc of the Bleach manga Tite Kubo that covers volumes 55-74.
Synopsis:
After a series of murders in the Hollow and several disappearances in the Rukongai district, it is revealed that the Quincy were actually alive. The Quincy, to jog your memory, are of the order of reishi-manipulating human mediums who kill Hollows instead of purifying them like the Soul Society. They are thought to have been killed by the Society en masse 1000 years ago, with the exception of the Ishida family.
Author Tite Kubo launched the Bleach manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2001, and ended it in August 2016.
