find a link to our discord which you can join to become a part of the community there as well so it took an awfully long time to get there but we did eventually see uroharas bangkai pushed into a corner by sturmiter d askin naklavar kisuke activates his baankai kanonbiraki to turn the tables against his enemy kanunbiraki benehime aratame takes the form of an enormous mannequin-like woman who looms behind kisuke her colossal wooden arms surrounding him as if in a protective embrace now i would assume that this woman is supposed to be benehime his zampato spirit the crimson princess but there's no denying that kanunburaki benehime's roots and its themes are very much steeped in buddhist history now you may remember if you were reading this on a weekly basis that when kisuke's bonker was first revealed its name was originally guanyin biraki benehime aratame a slight mistranslation which does essentially mean the same thing guanyin is the chinese name for canon which is known in buddhism as the goddess of mercy this woman is featured heavily throughout japan and other asian countries appearing in buddhist temples all across the continent statues that you've probably seen before known as the goddess of mercy and compassion cannon is a bodhisattva which again is something i've probably completely butchered what it essentially means is that she stayed away from enlightenment in order to help people with their suffering and ensure that she could help as many people as she possibly could she's known to many as the divine mother which i think would explain why it looks like she is shielding kisuke in some kind of motherly embrace he definitely does appear to be quite far back towards her when she first appears i think that would make an awful lot of sense and i think her ability the simple power that essentially allows her to perform any task which is something we'll get into in a minute is a reflection of senju canon which is the canon with NUMBER_TOKEN arms NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN implements which allows her to see and hear all and i think that's very much reflected in this bankai's ability to essentially do everything and i absolutely love this the themes behind this banco the way it's really steeped in buddhism so much of bleach actually is but this bankai truly encompasses all of that i think in perhaps the most direct form and i love it i think it looks so so good kanon buraki benehime aratame herself is very clearly artificial looking she looks like a doll there are obvious joints and wear and tear on her arms and her fingers she does appear to be made of wood as though she is a puppet now again i absolutely love this theming kisky is definitely a puppet master and for him to be working with this enormous mannequin there's definitely kind of a marionette vibe going on here and we also even see the strings involved when kiki attacks askin these stitches seem to follow him and we know of course that canon beraki
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