Some Captains have surprising taste in food, such as Byakuya's fondness for bananas and Chojiro Sasakibe's fondness for all things Western. Unohana's culinary tastes, meanwhile, allude to her brutal past, since she likes strong food with a real kick while disliking dishes with bland or weak flavor. Captain Unohana is known to wear her hair around her neck and form a sort of braid with it. She does this to hide the scar on her throat that a young Kenpachi inflicted on her, and, years ago, she was still doing this.
At some point in fluff Bleach material, many of the characters are seen at a sunny beach, and the girls are in bathing suits. Interestingly, Unohana is seen with her throat exposed, and the scar is not there. Perhaps it was omitted to hide the surprise reveal for later? Spoilers are not nice. This is another fluff detail, and it's a charming one, too.
Captain Retsu Unohana doesn't always hint at her vicious past; she has embraced many wholesome hobbies and interests, and one of them is ikebana. This is the real-life practice of flower arrangement in Japan, and it's one of the three classical arts of refinement, along with incense and tea ceremonies.
Unohana heads the ikebana club and holds sessions every month for everyone who wants to attend. Retsu Unohana has the appearance of a beautiful young woman, and she's bound to like compliments about that. But don't be fooled; she is one of the longest-running Captains of all, alongside Captains Ukitake, Kyoraku, and even Yamamoto.
Captain Ukitake mentioned this during the Turn Back The Pendulum arc, and, what's more, the grizzled veteran Ukitake actually uses the honorific "senpai" with her, alluding to her seniority over him and his friend Kyoraku.
She's racked up a lot of time as a Soul Reaper, all right. This is another way in which Retsu Unohana distances herself from her past self as Yachiru. She learned healing arts from a member of Squad 0, and she uses them diligently and with expertise. She's generous with them, too. Her lieutenant at this time was Seinosuke Yamada. When he gave out orders, Yamamoto ordered Unohana to prepare the relief stations for casualties, but she interrupted him and asked if it wouldn't be better for her to tend to the wounded there.
Yamamoto plainly told her that he couldn't send healers out without knowing what the situation was like. Unohana was present when Isshin Shiba made his report about the mysterious Hollow known as White. Retsu Unohana attends a captain's emergency meeting called by Captain-Commander Yamamoto. However she says nothing at this time and remains silent throughout the bickering between her fellow officers.
While attending the execution, Isane Kotetsu expresses open regret that Yamamoto lied to Rukia regarding the release of the Ryoka, but Unohana explains to her lieutenant that despite the harshness of such a lie, it also allows Rukia to die peacefully with the idea that her friends' lives would be spared.
Isane, concerned about the order, looks at Unohana, and the latter calmly tells her to go, only to see the former lose to Ichigo. After defeating the lieutenants, Ichigo starts his battle with Byakuya Kuchiki while the captains then head off to their respective battles.
Unohana releases Minazuki, even though the actual process is not shown, and saves all those hurt during the initial battle. Arriving at the Relief Station, Unohana asks Minazuki to release everyone, and seals it back while calling for her subordinates to tend to the injured personnel for the time being. She then asks Isane to follow her to the Central 46 Chambers. Captain Unohana announces her presence to the traitors while citing her own suspicions surrounding Aizen's staged death.
She also goes on to claim that the residence area in Central 46 Compound was the only place he could hide and mentions the use of an elaborate corpse doll on his part. Aizen then points out the mistakes in her analysis, while also commending her for seeing through his deception. She then takes steps to heal Hitsugaya and Momo Hinamori , both of whom were critically injured by Aizen before her arrival.
She then settles down beside Byakuya Kuchiki and gently scolds him, saying that he has pushed himself too hard.
She then calls Rukia over upon Byakuya's request, during which he reveals his reason for allowing her execution. Note: Events occurring in this arc are only in the anime and do not constitute canon material. Unohana is present for a captain's meeting called by Captain-Commander Yamamoto to discuss the Bount invasion, wherein he tells the captains to kill the Bounts on sight. Many who were possessed were brought to the 4th Division's infirmary to be healed.
However, as she doesn't know how to remove the implanted doll, she orders all those possessed to be restrained and the puppetmaster captured.
Unohana expresses relief that someone defeated the puppetmaster. Her initial appearance effectively stops the approaching Exequias from doing further harm to Yasutora Sado , in which the leader of the group calmly orders a retreat.
Unohana appears alongside Mayuri Kurotsuchi after the latter announces that he can get Ichigo Kurosaki back to Karakura Town through a Garganta. She offers to accompany Ichigo back to Karakura Town, claiming to have faith in Mayuri's abilities, but not without adding a remark of how if he fails, Urahara will be disappointed, obviously irritating him.
Before leaving with Ichigo, she orders Isane to remain behind and assist their remaining forces in Las Noches. As they are travelling, she asks Ichigo about his fight with Aizen, when learning that Aizen defeated him without using Shikai, Unohana is somewhat relieved.
She tells Ichigo that his advantage is that not only does he have captain-class Reiatsu, but also that he hasn't seen Aizen's Shikai. She finally warns him not to witness Aizen's Shikai, stating that once he does, the war would be over. As they make their way back to the living world, Unohana notices that Ichigo is making a path that is weak and brittle and asks that she be allowed to take the lead. Ichigo protests, saying it's unnecessary until she asks again even more politely, scaring Ichigo into submitting to her will.
Once Unohana is in front of Ichigo, he comments on how she can make such a clean and sturdy path with captain-class Reiatsu, making note of the difference between them. Unohana asks him what he is referring to, stating that his Reiatsu isn't so different from her and as his wounds are healed, it is possibly because his Reiatsu is too rough and thus unsuited for the particular task. Ichigo objects, stating that if his Reiatsu was at full strength, he would be able to do better.
Orihime had already healed him, but told him that it would take longer to replenish his Reiryoku, and since he went to help Rukia and the others, his Reiatsu never did get fully replenished. He then points to his sleeve that he has left and says this is how much Reiatsu he currently has at the moment. Unohana then realizes that she must have mistakenly thought that Ichigo's Reiatsu is at full strength because it was comparable to a captain's.
She then asks Ichigo to run in front while she restores his Reiatsu to full strength as they travel. Unohana then acknowledges to herself that if Ichigo's Reiatsu is only at half strength, then he may just be the trump card they need to defeat Aizen. She later makes it back to the Human World and goes to where Hachigen and Hiyori are. Unohana notes that she has finished fixing her physical structure. So as long as Hiyori doesn't give up on living, she will eventually wake up.
Whether or not she gives up, is something she thinks Shinji Hirako would know better than her. As she begins to walk away Shinji tells her that he owes her one.
Unohana stops and asks him why does he thank her, as she doesn't require thanks for saving the lives of her "allies". Shinji responds that he never said they were her allies as the Visored look on in surprise making him question what Hiyori would say in the situation.
He simply says again that he owes her one. Though she gets into a small rivalry with Captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi over the fact that she analyzed and developed a cure to his Bankai's poison. They notice that the thief left tracks leading to the underground waterways.
They also mention that Hisagomaru had been the one stealing the items from the 4th Division. According to them, Hisagomaru explained that he had been manifested by Muramasa at the start of the rebellion, but had no grudge against his master. Despite all he tried, Hisagomaru was unable to return to his bladed form. Unohana is present for a captain's meeting called by Yamamoto regarding disappearances in the Dangai.
She listens to Mayuri's report that there is a time gap in the Dangai, which is expanding and may stop their ability to intervene in the Human World. Unohana asks him if there is a way to stop it, to which Mayuri replies that it can be fixed immediately, but he requests that a study be conducted to identify the cause.
And what about before that? She is, after all, way older and way more powerful than they are. And somebody that scares Kenpachi must be pretty damn scary. The fact that Ukitake and Kyoraku are also intimidated by Unohana. Just let that sink in for a second. Okay, so this is from an omake, but still. And what a weird shikai it is. I thought for the longest time that that was her bankai because it seemed to big for a shikai.
But no. The weird flying crying that swallows you alive is just her shikai. And sure, she uses it to heal you, but still. All according to plan.
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