Yammy
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| Bleach character | |
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| Occupation | 10th Espada in Sōsuke Aizen's army |
| Seiyū | Kenji Nomura |
Yammy (ヤミー Yamī?) is a character from the manga and anime series Bleach. He is an arrancar and the 10th Espada in Sōsuke Aizen's army.
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[edit] Character outline
Yammy is a giant, dark-skinned arrancar with an odd, ridge-lined cranium bearing a resemblance to the example adjuchas-class menos. He has long, bushy sideburns and a thin ponytail, but aside from that, he is bald. He also has red markings under his eyes. Like all arrancar, he has a large hole signifying his previous time as a hollow in his chest. What remains of his hollow mask is the jawbone (complete with teeth), which rests on his chin. A tattoo of the number 10, signifying Yammy's rank amongst the Espada, is on his left shoulder.
Yammy is portrayed as arrogant and confident in his abilities. He's also quite brutal, shown when an arrancar medic re-attaches his severed arm. To test it, he slays the medic on the spot.[1] He relies on his superior, Ulquiorra, to explain things and give him orders while in battle, but is shown to function well without him during the final Karakura raid.
[edit] Synopsis
[edit] Arrancar arc
Yammy first appears in Karakura Town along with his superior, Ulquiorra, as the first team of arrancar to scout out the human world. Their mission is to seek out Ichigo Kurosaki. Shortly after arriving, several ordinary humans gathered to gawk at the crater that Yammy and Ulquiorra had made with their arrival. Yammy assumes the humans are staring at him (ignorant of the fact that most humans are incapable of seeing spirits) and proceeds to suck out the souls of every nearby human out of frustration. Only Tatsuki Arisawa survives the encounter. Chad and Orihime Inoue arrive and attempt to fend off Yammy, but he easily outmuscles Chad, and isn't even fazed by Orihime's Koten Zanshun, grabbing Tsubaki and crushing the little spirit into pulp with his bare hands.
When Ichigo arrives at the scene, he quickly slices off Yammy's arm, in revenge for injuring Chad. Yammy appears to be losing until Ichigo has to battle his inner hollow for control of his body. Yammy takes the opportunity to gain the upper hand, injuring Ichigo. He is stopped by Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihouin; the two make sport of him after doing so. Before they can inflict any major damage, however, Ulquiorra steps in and forces Yammy to retreat. The two then return to Hueco Mundo, having completed their mission.
Yammy has his arm reattached in Hueco Mundo and heads off to Karakura Town along with Grimmjow Jaggerjack, Luppi and Wonderwice Margera as part of the second assault on the material world. Yammy starts fighting against Tōshirō Hitsugaya, but his opponent is taken out by Luppi, leaving Yammy with no one to fight. Later, he performs a devastating surprise attack on Kisuke Urahara. However, Urahara manages to survive and seems unharmed, which confounds Yammy. After an exchange of blows, Urahara seems to have gained the upperhand, revealing he is using one of his inventions: a portable gigai. He has simply been switching places with it the entire time. Yammy gets angry and claims that Urahara is looking down on him, but he is taken back to Hueco Mundo by a negación beam before the fight continues.
[edit] Hueco Mundo arc
After Ichigo Kurosaki, Yasutora Sado, and Uryū Ishida invade the hollow world, he is seen at end of the Espada table with the other Espada as they are briefed about the situation.
[edit] Powers
Yammy has a technique to suck out the souls from the living which affects a wide area, although people with spiritual power (such as Tatsuki Arisawa) have been able to resist this. He can also fire cero and bala blasts, like many other hollows and arrancar. He also possesses physical strength comparable to that of Chad. Before Chad chose to train with Urahara, Yammy outpowered Chad by far. Since Chad has become considerably stronger now, it is unclear whether Yammy is still the stronger of the two.
[edit] Zanpakutō
The name and released state of Yammy's zanpakutō have not been revealed, as he has relied on his brute strength in battle, taking little interest in using his sword. When he was being pushed back by Ichigo he was going to release his zanpakutō but never went all the way in doing so.
[edit] References
- ^ Bleach chapter 229, page 5.
