The Thousand Year Blood War Part 3 – NaNaNa Najahkoop's Schrift Explained

Key recommendations

• Najahkoop was one of the few Sternritter to survive the removal of Yhwach's powers, eager to stop the Shinigami.
• Schrift U enables The Underbelly's ability to render enemies immobile and unconscious.
• Despite his powerful abilities, Najahkoop was underutilized in the war, his potential wasted against enemies.

Despite having the least impact on the outcome of the so-called “Great War for the Protection of the Soul King”, NaNaNa Najahkoop was among the few Sternritter who survived Yhwach's forced removal of their powers through Auswählen, who normally leave targets dead. Beyond that, the fact that the Quincy King had abandoned him and the other survivors didn't deter him from trying to stop the Shinigami on earth from finding a means to reach the Soul King's Palace.

His death at the hands of fellow Quincy was one of the most unceremonious endings to a Quincy's life we've seen throughout BLEACH: The Thousand Year Blood Warbut we must see his skills before he leaves. What abilities did NaNaNa Najahkoop have access to through Schrift U – The Underbelly?

Schrift U – The Underbelly

A powerful skill

Najahkoop's appearance is reminiscent of an early version of former 9th Team Captain Kaname Tōsen, with spiky hair and a mask covering his eyes. Najahkoop's mask is a smooth, orange surface that is shaped like an upside down heart and is most likely the medium through which he performs his signature ability, The Underbelly. He marks the target with his epithet letter, which forms a grid over their figure, allowing him to analyze the structure of the enemy's reiatsu, as well as locate and exploit their weak points through a technique he called the “Morphine Pattern” . It also allows him to increase the size of localized weak points until the enemy's reiatsu is completely depleted, rendering them immobile and eventually unconscious. It is so effective that in the fifth episode of BLEACH: The Thousand Year Blood War, Part 3Najahkoop used the ability on Sōsuke Aizen and managed to render him unable to move for five whole minutes and even knocked him out.

“What a fool. He was really sleeping… I came here to see what kind of guy had taken off Mask De Masculine and found this guy snoring without a care in the world. I thought there must be some kind. of the trap so I monitored him carefully but he was seriously asleep until morning So his luck has run out now. This is the first time I've “noticed” an enemy this much.

U for “underutilized”

Najahkoop's ability could have greatly devastated Soul Society

At the moment, Aizen's immeasurable reiatsu is kept close to his body by the technology initiated by 12th Team Captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi, but he is actually stronger than he was when he was arrested, so Najahkoop's ability has a such an effect on such a dangerous person even after being stripped of their powers after Auswahlen is crazy to think about. While Najahkoop is very arrogant and very confident in his ability to see reishi patterns, he is also cautious to the point of ruin, going so far as to observe a sleeping Renji Abarai for an entire night because he was certain that the vulnerability of Lt. of the 6th squad was part of a trap.

The Underbelly's biggest weakness is that the effectiveness of his spotting ability is determined by how long Najahkoop had to spot his enemy. Najahkoop's potential is wasted in The Thousand Year Blood War bow, because such an ability could be the Kryptonite of practically any enemy he had enough time to notice; however, even at his full power, he was defeated by Byakuya Kuchiki, who had previously been beaten within an inch of his life by Sternritter F – The Fear, Äs Nödt.

So even with strength comparable to that of a captain-level Shinigami and the kind of ability that can render an individual as strong as Sōsuke Aizen immobile (of course, Aizen has multiple disabilities), Najahkoop had one of the less screen time and generally impacting the events that took place in the Great War Soul King Protection. Even a sacrificial pawn like Sternritter Y – The Yourself, Royd Lloyd, whose entire role was to pretend to be Yhwach and temporarily distract the now-deceased former Captain-Commander Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, played in eventually a larger role in the Wandenreich invasion. What Najahkoop lacks in impact, he certainly makes up for in toughness, as he survived against an angry Yamamoto, a revived Byakuya, the Auswahlen, and yes, even a chest beam from fellow Quincy Bazz-B. In BLEACH: You can't fear your own world novels by Ryohgo Narita, NaNaNa Najahkoop, Candice Catnipp, and Meninas McAllon are test subjects of Mayuri Kurotsuchi held at the Shinigami Research and Development Institute.

BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 is available on Hulu and Disney+.