
This chapter reveals the private reason Suì-Fēng loathes her own Bankai before she fires it at Baraggan in a colossal explosion, all while Ukitake quietly schools the tearful Lilynette without ever drawing on his full strength.
On one corner of the field, Lilynette Gingerbuck throws herself at Jūshirō Ukitake again and again, and every attempt falls flat. The captain has bested her countless times without ever meaning to kill her, treating their encounters as a kind of training by denying her the use of her own blade. So one-sided is the mismatch that Lilynette ends up in tears even as she keeps fighting.
Elsewhere, Baraggan Louisenbairn moves in to end Ōmaeda with his Gran Caída, only to stop short when he feels the enormous energy pouring off Suì-Fēng's released Bankai. He turns to face her instead.
Suì-Fēng steps forward and admits why she rarely calls upon Jakuhō Raikōben: the weapon is too bulky, heavy, and showy to suit an assassin. Even so, she fires its missile-like projectile straight at Baraggan, and the resulting blast is enormous. Whether the Espada survived is left unanswered. The chapter, which lends the volume its title, was adapted in Episode 276, One Hit Kill, Suì-Fēng, Bankai!
Shock of the Queen reveals the private reason Sui-Feng loathes her own Bankai before she fires it at Baraggan Louisenbairn in a colossal explosion, all while Jushiro Ukitake quietly schools the tearful Lilynette Gingerbuck without ever drawing on his full strength.
In Shock of the Queen, Sui-Feng admits why she rarely calls upon Jakuho Raikoben: the weapon is too bulky, heavy, and showy to suit an assassin. Even so, she fires its missile-like projectile straight at Baraggan Louisenbairn.
In Shock of the Queen, Sui-Feng's Bankai is named Jakuho Raikoben, which launches a missile-like projectile. She fires it at Baraggan Louisenbairn, producing an enormous blast whose outcome is left unanswered.
In Shock of the Queen, Lilynette Gingerbuck throws herself at Jushiro Ukitake again and again, and every attempt falls flat. The captain has bested her countless times without ever meaning to kill her, treating their encounters as a kind of training, and the mismatch leaves her in tears even as she keeps fighting.
Shock of the Queen, which lends the forty-second volume its title, was adapted in Episode 276 of the anime, One Hit Kill, Sui-Feng, Bankai!
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