The only important Espada were those who fought Ichigo & Mayuri, the rest were written off poorly and quickly once Ulquiorra died or humiliated before that.

Theyre carried by Ulquiorra, Grimmjow and Syzalaporro and 2/3 have zero relevance in the next 2 arcs and Grimmjow makes a cameo to be hype tooled
Grimmjow was the one who defeated a Schutzstaffel
 

ZenZu

The only one who can beat me is me
The only important Espada were those who fought Ichigo & Mayuri, the rest were written off poorly and quickly once Ulquiorra died or humiliated before that.

Theyre carried by Ulquiorra, Grimmjow and Syzalaporro and 2/3 have zero relevance in the next 2 arcs and Grimmjow makes a cameo to be hype tooled
Why would they need relevance after their arcs? They aren't overarching villains, but they are the main threat in their saga. Where they are matched with the top tiers of the verse at that time, and gave Ichigo his biggest battles maybe ever.

They sure as shit are not Tobi Roppo or All Stars during Wano either though.
 

TheAncientCenturion

I will never forgive Oda
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Why would they need relevance after their arcs? They aren't overarching villains, but they are the main threat in their saga. Where they are matched with the top tiers of the verse at that time, and gave Ichigo his biggest battles maybe ever.

They sure as shit are not Tobi Roppo or All Stars during Wano either though.
They didn’t match any top tiers of the time lol?

the closest is Segunda Ulquiorra but he gets stomped by an Ichigo on the same level as Aizen or Shikai Yamamoto

The Espada are just antagonists who get taken out and forgotten, apart from Kubo’s favorites.
 

ZenZu

The only one who can beat me is me
They didn’t match any top tiers of the time lol?

the closest is Segunda Ulquiorra but he gets stomped by an Ichigo on the same level as Aizen or Shikai Yamamoto

The Espada are just antagonists who get taken out and forgotten, apart from Kubo’s favorites.
The top tiers as in the Captains. Aizen was not a top tier at that time, he was a god tier in that verse.

Ichigo was already matching the likes of Byakuya in the SS arc and proceeded to get bodied by Grimmjow, he literally forced Ichigo to evolve past a bankai, and with the hollow mask + bankai only ended up matching Grimmjow, who on paper was the #6. Ulquiorra absolutely body bagged an even stronger version of Ichigo...

All stars and especially Tobi Roppo were an afterthought by the time Wano rolled around.
 

TheAncientCenturion

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The top tiers as in the Captains. Aizen was not a top tier at that time, he was a god tier in that verse.

Ichigo was already matching the likes of Byakuya in the SS arc and proceeded to get bodied by Grimmjow, he literally forced Ichigo to evolve past a bankai, and with the hollow mask + bankai only ended up matching Grimmjow, who on paper was the #6. Ulquiorra absolutely body bagged an even stronger version of Ichigo...

All stars and especially Tobi Roppo were an afterthought by the time Wano rolled around.
Nobody calls the captains top tiers, not even the blatantly strongest like Shunsui or Ukitake.

Nor were Shikai Aizen, Shikai Yamamoto considered god tiers.

Grimmjow beat up an Ichigo who couldn’t control his powers very well and got scarred and humiliated to the point of becoming a tsundere for Ichigo once he had a semblance of control. He was the Renji of the arc and that’s it, returning for a cameo later

Ulquiorra was the authors pet, well established as much and the Byakuya figure. He did a good job as a central focus for Ichigo but again is forgotten equally as much as the Tobi Rōppo after the arc. The only people who remember him are Ichigo fans who liked the fight or Ulquiorra Stan’s who like his sad backstory
 
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