And boy, did he learn a thing or two. He soon becomes best friends with Ichigo, showing that he is as compassionate and loyal as he used to be arrogant. Kirio returns, shocking them with her new slender and attractive appearance. Renji's Bankai disappears, which Byakuya explains is a sign that he is near death. Ichigo voices his feelings of guilt for just relaxing and eating while the Soul Society is preparing for war. Naruto: 5 Bleach Characters Sasuke Can Beat (& 5 He Stands No - CBR [70] When Rukia kicks Ichigo and removes his spirit form from his body, Renji holds his body, commenting to Rangiku that Rukia can really foul things up. [23] After asking who he is, Renji cuts Ury's explanation short and decides to kill him. These video games also give him several additional techniques: Lieutenant Marenoshin maeda Chikane Iba Seinosuke Yamada Ginjir Shirogane Jinemon Kotsubaki Yachiru Kusajishi Hiyori Sarugaki, Captain Retsu Unohana Kenpachi Kiganj Jshir Ukitake Kenpachi Kuruyashiki Kinroku Izuhara Batsu'unsai Katori Entetsu Kumoi Danjir Obana Furuoki togawa Furfushi Sait Saiz Sakahone Nobutsuna Shigy Chika Shihin Chigiri Shijima Uhin Zenjji, Lieutenant Chjir Sasakibe Sjun Kuchiki Nemu Kurotsuchi Kaien Shiba, 3rd Seats Heiz Kasaki Miyako Shiba Rik Togakushi, 4th Seat Shinobu Eishima 5th Seat Taketsuna Gori, 6th Seats Izaemon Td Asuka Katakura Hidetomo Kajmaru. [79], Afterward, Renji notes to himself that the battle was a close one, attributing his victory to the commotion his limit release caused. He attempts to fight s, but finds that his Shikai's attacks are ineffective. When Ichigo replies that he lost, Renji rebuts this, saying that since he is alive, he did win. [17] Ikkaku taught Renji how to fight and Renji became aware that Ikkaku had a Bankai, and requested that he use it to train Renji. Bleach: Official Character Book 3 UNMASKED, Bleach: Official Invitation Book The Hell Verse, The DiamondDust Rebellion, Another Hyrinmaru, Renji's character profile in Volume 9 Chapter 79, page 23, Weekly Shonen Jump; interview, year 2004, issue 42, Bleach Official Character Book Souls, page 262, Bleach Advance: Kurenai ni Somaru Soul Society, https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/bleach-popularity-poll-results-sept-2022?wpsrc=Twitter&utm_campaign=CAR_BleachOctPollResultsTwitterLinkclick_vizwebsite&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Renji appears as a playable character in most, Renji is also playable in his base form while wielding his Shikai, drawing from his battle against, Additionally, Renji is playable while wielding his Bankai, drawing from his battle against, Renji is also playable in a swimsuit form. Ury stops the three from bickering and reveals the differences that he has noticed between the replicas and themselves, leaving the three stunned that they had not noticed the large differences. Momo asks him if he has seen Captain Aizen, which he denies. Renji appears in all four animated movies of Bleach. Surprised that she is conscious so soon, Renji praises her toughness. Renji is also close with Rukia Kuchiki. The following morning, he fell out of the tree and landed on a headstone where a startled Izuru Kira had been praying. Escaping the attack, Renji inflicts multiple wounds on James. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Renji then attacks her with the hilt of Zabimaru, which knocks her out, while telling her that he'd been training the past seventeen months to fight Aizen, and that her lot "just doesn't cut it". The Lieutenant's Queen || Renji Abarai x Urahara!Reader by bakubabes-tatakae (harliekayy) With a father like Kisuke Urahara you've got your own set of troubles. Empowered by the cheers, Mask takes on a new form. "[5], Seventeen months after Aizen's defeat, Renji's hair has grown longer and he wears a maroon colored bandanna covering all of the tattoos on his forehead. Bleach: 5 Characters Stronger Than Renji Abarai (& 5 Weaker Than Him) - CBR [113] Renji and Sado then battle a continuous stream of Hollows. Mask then attacks Renji and sends him flying. Renji falls down into a large chamber, where he is greeted by Szayelaporro. [54], Renji leaves the training area and heads towards the execution site, defeating several members of his own Division, including Rikichi, in the process. [109] After Szayelaporro is defeated, Mayuri heals an injured Nemu Kurotsuchi in a manner that surprises Renji and Ury, who complains to the captain. They then look on as Ichigo breaks apart Yukio's dimension by activating his Bankai. [140] Sometime after the battle's conclusion, Renji (alongside Rukia) is operated upon by the 4th Division because of the severity of their injuries. Their quiet conversation is interrupted by Ichigo and Orihime Inoue, who are searching for Rukia. [60] After Ichigo saves Rukia, Renji arrives at the execution site, knocking out several Shinigami. When Ichigo questions why Renji tagged along, Renji starts beating him up. Renji likes taiyaki (a popular fish-shaped pancake usually filled with sweet bean paste), and has a dislike for spicy food. [134] When Sternritter F, s Ndt, appears and kills several Shinigami, Renji protects the final survivor. Ichigo asks them where Ichika is, and Renji and Rukia briefly look around for their missing daughter. Abarai Renji. [52] During a break in training, Ichigo tells Renji his reasons for wanting to save Rukia. Renji Abarai ( , Abarai Renji) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Bleach created by Tite Kubo.In the series, he initially dedicates his life to challenge Ichigo Kurosaki, the protagonist of the series, but he joins forces with him to rescue Rukia Kuchiki halfway through the Soul Society arc. I hate myself. She urges him to kill her so that an exit can appear, but Renji again refuses, insisting that they will leave by force. They were bonded in friendship because of one person: Rukia. In the anime, when Renji was defeated by Ichigo, he wasn't shown bleeding as profusely, upon being struck by the latter Shinigami's Zanpakut, compared to the manga. Renji, Izuru, and Momo were assigned to the same group. Abarai Renji/Original Female Character(s) - Archive of Our Own He can be obtained via special summon one with a 0.5% chance. Zabimaru! Renji reveals that since the annihilation of the Central 46, the captains have taken over their responsibilities and that Captain-Commander Yamamoto was in charge of selecting the team. However, as he continues to talk with Ichigo, Renji fails to notice the arrival of a Jigoku no Gaki, and when a newly-arrived Ichika Abarai calls out to him in warning, Renji is sent crashing into the buildings below by a powerful strike from the creature. Wiz: Combat pragmatism, red hair, lots of battle experience, and a weapon that extends itself. Franchise: Bleach. [168], Renji runs through the streets alongside the other Shinigami as they are picked off by Lille Barro. Abarai Renji/Kurosaki Ichigo - Works | Archive of Our Own Ichigo uses the moment to attack Renji, cutting his chin. Renji reveals that he did not believe the information from the Image Office about this. Tessai Tsukabishi restrains him as Urahara explains that his Bankai is not suited to such tasks. [114] Once the Hollows stop spawning, Battikaroa appears. [63] Renji asks how Aizen is still alive and what he just said. Limited Durability (Shikai): Renji's Shikai, while durable to an extent, can ultimately sustain serious damage the longer the fight drags on. When Renji compares an enraged Bazz-B to a chicken, Bazz-B compliments his eyebrows, causing a shocked Renji to sincerely compliment him as being a nice person. Ichigo instead gets up and continues to fight, becoming more powerful, much to Renji's surprise. Dondochakka then notices that Pesche is not with him. The pipes then secrete a large amount of sludge, covering her body completely. Mask tries to attack Renji, but the lieutenant dodges the attack before elbowing Mask into the ground. [120][121], Renji is present when Rukia is ordered to observe Ichigo. When the other students make comments about Renji's appearance, Ikkaku tells him to ignore them. His upper body is covered in tribal tattoos, which have increased over time, starting from his early days as an academy student[2] to covering his entire back, much of his chest, his extremities, and even much of his forehead. As a child, Renji's hairline was leveled. When Momo joined them, Renji kicked Izuru because of how he greeted her, saying that he should not let his emotions show so easily. [4] Renji also likes futsal, and in his free time works on assembling a team from the 6th Division, with success, more or less. However, Rukia jumps on him and urges Ichigo to run away. [155], Seeing Mask squeeze himself back together after the cut, Renji watches in disgust as new versions of James appear out of James' sliced-up body and cheer for the Sternritter. Gerard then attacks Shinji and Hinamori, causing Renji and Rukia to shout. [125], Renji carries Jackie as he searches for a way out of Yukio Hans Vorarlberna's dimension, stating that he had expected an exit to appear after defeating her. As Szayelaporro continues to torment Renji, he is attacked by Pesche and Dondochakka, surprising Renji. When Mask states that he now remembers Renji from the last invasion and wonders how he became so strong, Renji notes that Mask fought without even knowing who he was. [10] The night before the welcoming ceremony for the new students of the Academy, Renji slept in a tree, against Rukia's advice. Renji explains to Ichigo how they got there. [37] That night, Renji and the other lieutenants are shocked to hear an alarm announcing that there are intruders inside Seireitei. [102], As Ury, Renji, Dondochakka and Pesche run away from Szayelaporro's palace, Renji comments that they will have to rescue Rukia and Sado on their way. Izuru informed Renji that Rukia was leaving on a mission to the Human World that afternoon. He's the Krillin of Bleach. Drip. For the manifested spirit see Zabimaru (Zanpakut spirit). While it can withstand dangerously prolonged combat, it has limits in enduring high-level attacks that are conducted by either the enemy or by Renji himself. Confused, Rikichi tells him that he snuck Hanatar out of prison so that he could treat Renji. The two start to bicker with each other as Renji continues to run from him. Renji escapes from the execution grounds with Rukia in his arms after Ichigo stops several lieutenants from pursuing them. Because he didn't want to remember. Ichigo refuses to accept this, saying that Renji would not say such a thing if their positions were reversed. [209][210] Even after such terrible damage, he makes a last ditch effort attack, almost piercing Byakuya with Zabimaru, and finally falls defeated. Renji is very brash and tends to annoy and be annoyed by Ichigo Kurosaki. Seeing Ichigo in a pitiful state, Renji picks him up by the arm and tells him to pull himself together so they can hurry and catch up to Yhwach; stating that no amount of planning and strategy would be able to stop a monster like him. [178], Less than ten years later, Renji marries Rukia and they have a daughter named Ichika Abarai. Aizen, however, stops Ichigo and quickly defeats both of them. He requests permission to for the team to travel to Hueco Mundo to retrieve Orihime. [84], As Renji fights Sado with his Bankai, he asks the overwhelmed Human if he is done already. One of those trusted comrades is Lieutenant Renji Abarai, a childhood friend of Rukia Kuchiki and the subordinate of Captain Byakuya Kuchiki. Yylfordt releases his Zanpakut and impales Ururu, stunning Renji. Renji attempts multiple times to strike s Ndt without success. [71], Later, at the Kurosaki Clinic, Renji, Ikkaku, Rangiku, and Yumichika enter Ichigo's room via the ceiling. Renji has just gotten through his divorce process papers with Rukia and is living in the human world in an apartment with Ichigo Kurosaki. And Renji sure knows his way around a sword. Renji attacks him, and the other Shinigami prepare to move on while Renji stays behind to fight. Rukia joined their group and they lived together as a family. Renji protests, asking how they can hope to win otherwise. [154], Renji tells Rukia to treat Rose and Kensei Muguruma and leave Mask to him. [81] Renji later watches on as Orihime Inoue heals Rukia,[82] remarking on the speed of her healing ability[83], After the battle, Urahara allows Renji into his shop and requests that he train Yasutora Sado, saying that it would be awkward to have him stay there if he refuses. [97] Renji uses his Shikai, but is injured by Szayelaporro, who reveals that he has received a report stating that Rukia and Aaroniero Arruruerie had killed each other. [133], When the Wandenreich attack Seireitei, Renji notices the blue pillars of flame caused by their assault and worriedly wonders what it is. [103] After explaining that he rearranged the corridors, Szayelaporro uses his Resurreccin and creates quasi-clones of his opponents. Renji tells them that he is close to achieving Bankai, as he has already achieved the materialization of his Zanpakut, and begins to train with the materialized Zabimaru. [124] As their battle begins, Jackie berates Renji for not attacking her. However, he is stopped by Ichigo Kurosakis arrival. The Arrancar breaks through one of the segments of Hihi Zabimaru, injuring Renji, whilst revealing his name and number to him. Szayelaporro staggers into a trap laid by Ury[101] and is engulfed in an explosion. Renji Abarai ( ) Birthday: August 31 Zodiac: Virgo Gender: Male Race: Shinigami Height: 187.96 cm Weight: 78.17 kg Title: Lieutenant of 6th Division Zanpakuto: Zabimaru Bankai: Hihio Zabimaru Shikai Command: Roar! Afterwards, Renji pushes rubble off of himself and Rukia with Hihi before noting that they were separated. Renji reports to Kisuke that he, Rukia, and Hinamori have not been defeated yet. After blocking Byakuya's Senka attack, Renji activates his Shikai without using its release command in order to prevent Byakuya from activating his own Shikai. [104] As they struggle to tell the quasi-clones apart from the originals, Renji dodges an attack from Dondochakka and rebukes him for it, only to be kicked by Pesche. He dodges his initial strike, but is attacked again. Often, they spar to keep each other sharp, and once upon a time, Renji approached Ikakku for a little extra training. [74] Renji uses his Bankai against the Arrancar,[75] and is stunned when the latter deflects his Bankai's attack and slashes the lieutenant's chest. [147], After battling the Asauchi for about three days, Nimaiya congratulates Renji on passing his test, thus earning the right to have his Zanpakut reforged. [39], Yasochika Iemura announces to the gathering of the lieutenants the extent of the casualties inflicted by the Ryoka. [105], Renji comments that it does not feel good seeing himself explode, even if it is a fake. Seeing their attempts starting to be more successful, Renji and Sado decide to combine their efforts, using their strongest attacks to finally crack the whole of Battikaroa's body and head, defeating him. Yoruichi tells him that she believes that Ichigo instinctively knows how to achieve Bankai. Before he can do so, Ichigo intervenes, frees Renji from the chains binding him, and has him take Ichika somewhere safe. Renji's final major fight was against the Sternritter called Mask de Masculine, using his newly-transformed Bankai to defeat this brutish Quincy and save Captain Otoribashi from certain death. She attacks, managing to land a kick on Renji, though it appears to do nothing to him, shocking Jackie. 10 Beat: Renji Abarai While he's never been one of the most powerful characters, Renji's has always been a fan favorite ever since he was introduced. Vinsmoke Sanji vs Renji Abarai. RELATED: 13 Strongest Divisions in Bleach Ranked by Power [156], Upon Renji's release, Mask states that his Bankai is dangerous and that his heart is currently burning with the desire to defeat him in the name of justice. Rukia Kuchiki ( Japanese: , Hepburn: Kuchiki Rukia) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Bleach created by Tite Kubo. Chiding him for even suggesting such a thing, Renji tells Ichigo the only reason that he and Rukia became close friends again was because of him, and for that, Renji would always push Ichigo forward, even if he had to carry him.