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why is Yamamoto so much older looking than the members of Zero Squad and even Unohana?

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Dec 19, 2022 9:04 AM
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all of them are 2000 years old afaik so why he is so much older looking? Unohana is so young looking too but ye it can be explained by her healing powers though
Dec 19, 2022 9:14 AM
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all of them are 2000 years old afaik so why he is so much older looking? Unohana is so young looking too but ye it can be explained by her healing powers though

Yamamoto was already in his late 50s to early 60s (in human years) during the war against the Quincies. Unohana was a girl in her early 20s. After 1000 years Yama aged to around 70 and Unohana to 30 or 40 years. Both aged the same amount (appearance wise).

My theory about the Zero Squad members is that they stopped aging when they became the Ouken.

Kubo said that he will explain how aging works in Bleach at some time in the future.
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Dec 19, 2022 9:27 AM
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Decader said:
Kubo said that he will explain how aging works in Bleach at some time in the future.


when do you think he will explain how aging works? is it here on the final season as some filler or gonna be explained on the manga sequel Hells Arc?
Dec 19, 2022 10:00 AM
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deg said:
Decader said:
Kubo said that he will explain how aging works in Bleach at some time in the future.


when do you think he will explain how aging works? is it here on the final season as some filler or gonna be explained on the manga sequel Hells Arc?

We don't know. He was very vague about it. A new databook could be also possible.
Dec 19, 2022 10:13 AM
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deg said:
Decader said:
Kubo said that he will explain how aging works in Bleach at some time in the future.


when do you think he will explain how aging works? is it here on the final season as some filler or gonna be explained on the manga sequel Hells Arc?

will probably be anime canon since it is confirmed that there will be added content written by kubo himself
Dec 19, 2022 10:30 AM
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Being a General takes a tool on the person...

Actually I was wondering about that myself, it's very weird he's the only one looking like a mummy, while Unohana pulled off Tsunade card and didn't age a day.
Dec 19, 2022 10:32 AM
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Aging in Bleach is something even the most hardcore fans usually have a hard time explaining it.
Dec 19, 2022 10:39 AM
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Aging in Bleach is something even the most hardcore fans usually have a hard time explaining it.


its weird that old aging only affects Yamamoto though and his vice commander if i remember right
Dec 19, 2022 11:57 AM
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Spoopy69 said:
deg said:


when do you think he will explain how aging works? is it here on the final season as some filler or gonna be explained on the manga sequel Hells Arc?

will probably be anime canon since it is confirmed that there will be added content written by kubo himself

And yet all we've gotten so far are a few seconds of expanded fights showing nothing meaningful, and a couple of Uryu scenes. If y'all really think that the aging process will be explained later on in this series, y'all are being way too optimistic.
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Spoopy69 said:
deg said:


when do you think he will explain how aging works? is it here on the final season as some filler or gonna be explained on the manga sequel Hells Arc?

will probably be anime canon since it is confirmed that there will be added content written by kubo himself


Nothing related to age will be explained in the anime series, especially with how the pacing is going. We will definitely get answers to aging in the Bleach manga sequel aka Hell arc.
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Why would we need big changes or additions during the strongest and most well received section of the arc? Pretty much everyone who has read the manga expects most changes to occur during the second, much weaker half.

Anyway, back on topic.
Yamamoto was already a mature adult when the Gotei was founded.
Unohana's age is more ambiguous, but she certainly looks a bit more mature compared to her 1000 year ago appearance. Also, could be partly explained by her being so good at self healing.

Regarding the 0 squad.
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Dec 19, 2022 12:43 PM
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Early_Morning said:
Spoopy69 said:

will probably be anime canon since it is confirmed that there will be added content written by kubo himself

And yet all we've gotten so far are a few seconds of expanded fights showing nothing meaningful, and a couple of Uryu scenes. If y'all really think that the aging process will be explained later on in this series, y'all are being way too optimistic.
it will be explained ,taguchi mentioned that in cour 2 the are alot of new things we will see😴in a recent interview i mean alot of new content
Dec 19, 2022 6:05 PM
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maybe being the head captain is just a stress inducing job
Dec 19, 2022 6:45 PM
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There aren't any official reason why,

I can only think of that Yamamoto was just the oldest of them all, he prob already like 1000yo when he formed Gotei with Unohana and other 1st gen captains.



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Yamamoto aged faster than everyone else in Soul Society because he had to endure Kyoraku when he was a teacher.
Dec 19, 2022 9:11 PM
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Spoopy69 said:
deg said:


when do you think he will explain how aging works? is it here on the final season as some filler or gonna be explained on the manga sequel Hells Arc?

will probably be anime canon since it is confirmed that there will be added content written by kubo himself

Oh was that actually confirmed, that's great news.
Dec 19, 2022 11:25 PM
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deg said:
all of them are 2000 years old afaik so why he is so much older looking? Unohana is so young looking too but ye it can be explained by her healing powers though
Yamamoto forgot to put sunscreen and retinoid during his 20s plus having a fire based weapon added another element of aging
Dec 20, 2022 4:13 AM

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Nkocy said:
Early_Morning said:

And yet all we've gotten so far are a few seconds of expanded fights showing nothing meaningful, and a couple of Uryu scenes. If y'all really think that the aging process will be explained later on in this series, y'all are being way too optimistic.
it will be explained ,taguchi mentioned that in cour 2 the are alot of new things we will see😴in a recent interview i mean alot of new content



The manga never had a proper ending to explain everything. I doubt the anime will.
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not sure, i can't remember if the manga explained this or not
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deg said:
all of them are 2000 years old afaik so why he is so much older looking? Unohana is so young looking too but ye it can be explained by her healing powers though

My theory about Unohana is that she could be repairing her cells with her healing powers, logically it makes sense, she does have a lot of pride and the age thing kinda bothered her (I think I saw it in an omake or a filler ep lmao)
If u even look at the lieutenant of the first division, he also had aged. Most of everyone aged in bleach, maybe the growth timeline is warped there, like 100 years could mean 10 years?
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JudgeRuthless said:
Nkocy said:
it will be explained ,taguchi mentioned that in cour 2 the are alot of new things we will see😴in a recent interview i mean alot of new content



The manga never had a proper ending to explain everything. I doubt the anime will.
dude it already mentioned on vour 2 that the will be alot of new content plus kubo is working on the scripts
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Nkocy said:
it will be explained ,taguchi mentioned that in cour 2 the are alot of new things we will see😴in a recent interview i mean alot of new content



The manga never had a proper ending to explain everything. I doubt the anime will.
dude it already mentioned on vour 2 that the will be alot of new content plus kubo is working on the scripts
@Nkocy so what happen? cour 2 is over and we are 1 final cour remaining but still no explanation?
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The meta answer is that Kubo never planned ahead of time and ageing simply isn't something he finds important. I mean, aren't the Sternritter supposed to be 1000+ years old too?

But in-universe, maybe Squad Zero looking younger than Yamamoto has to do with the Ouken as someone else said.

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