Bleach: Nelliel's Adult Form Explained

Key recommendations

• Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck, the powerful Arrancar, returns in Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War with two modes.
• Originally Tres Espada, Nelliel's adult form is incredibly powerful, facing the challenges of her male counterparts.
• Switching between child and adult forms, Nelliel gains full power to fight alongside Ichigo and allies.

Ichigo's main ally in Hueco Mundo returns Bleach The Thousand Year Blood War. The Arrancar child known as Nel Tu goes to the World of the Living to beg Ichigo for help to save Queen Harribel and her home in part 1. Now in part 3 she returns, but this time in her much stronger as an adult. This form of Nel is only seen twice in the Arrancar Arc, never reappearing as an ally to Ichigo and Soul Society.

Now wearing a special bracelet made by Kisuke Urahara, Nel is fully able to choose which form she takes between her defenseless child form and her incredibly powerful adult form. Here's what you need to know about Nel's two modes Bleach The Thousand Year Blood War.

Nelliel Tu Odelschwank, Tres Espada

An incredibly powerful Arrancar

Nelliel was originally Tres Espada (Third), the third most powerful member of Sousuke Aizen's Arrancar Army. This was Nelliel's original form. She was a grown woman with long wavy green hair, a pink mark on her face and the Hollow mask was shaped like a ram. She was by far the strongest female warrior in all of Hueco Mundo. This deeply angered her teammate Nnoitra Gilga, a man who was also incredibly insecure about his power. He had to prove his strength against his peers, and also, most of all, extremely misogynistic. The idea of ​​a woman being much, much stronger than him sickened him.

Nnoitra repeatedly challenged Nelliel to a fight to prove that he was actually stronger than her, but each time she defeated him effortlessly and, to his dismay, spared his life. Nnoitra sought to destroy all enemies he considered his inferiors, but in the event of losing a fight, he wished for a warrior's death and to die before his body touched the ground. The fact that Nelliel was not only much stronger than him, but took pity on him and spared his life sent him into an uncontrollable jealous despair.

And so, Nnoitra enlisted the help of Arrancar scientist Szayel Aporro Granz. And he hatched a plot to strip Nelliel of her powers and position. Together they unmasked Fracción, Pesche and Dondochakka. And then he treacherously attacked Nelliel, tearing off her mask. By doing this and using Szayel's science, she drained much of her spiritual pressure through the crack in the mask which turned her into an amnesiac child.

Child Nel Tu and her adult form

A fallen and noble Espada

After this event, Pesche and Dondochakka swore to protect their weakened master with their lives. And so, they quietly wandered through Hueco Mundo. Until they met a Shinigami, Ichigo Kurosaki. Nel accompanied Ichigo during the battles of Las Noches, becoming very attached to the boy. After Ichigo fought the Sexta Espada (6th), Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, he was brutally attacked by Nnoitra Gilga, who was now the Quinta Espada (5th).

He who possesses reason should ask for a reason to fight.

While Nnoitra and his Fracción, Tesla tortures Ichigo. Nel grew more desperate as she slowly regained her memories of Nnoitra. And just as Ichigo was about to be killed, she unconsciously activated her adult form. For a short time, she regained the power she once had as an Espada and effortlessly defeated Tesla and Nnoitra. Even going so far as to use her Resurrección: Camuza. But just as she was about to deliver the killing blow, her transformation ended abruptly, reverting her to her child form.

Now in the Thousand Year Blood War arc, during his time in Hueco Mundo with Kisuke Urahara, Orihime, Chad, Grimmjow, Riruka and Yukio. Kisuke has developed a special device that allows him to freely switch between the two forms at will. She is now fully capable of fighting alongside Ichigo and his friends. Managing to enter her adult form, Nelliel can use the full extent of her powers. Ichigo now has two former Espada who have grown exponentially in power since he last met them as allies in the fight against the Soul King Yhwach.