8-4 Ruri'iro Kujaku Versus Yumichika

You might not want to admit it, but you and I are very much alike.

We both live according to our appreciation for aesthetics. Beauty must prevail above all.

But you're in the wrong place right now. I mean, look. You're here among these slow-witted, boorish, and hot-tempered Soul Reapers.

If you unleashed your true power, they'd only make fun of you, and knowing that worries you quite a bit, right?

Kenpachi Zaraki and Ikkaku Madarame have no appreciation for aesthetics.

Being unable to express yourself has made you feel inadequate in their squad.

It really can't be helped. That's what happens to a half-hearted narcissist preoccupied with himself and always concerned about how people seen him.

Just make your point.

My point is, you won't accept your own powers because you have a fear of how people will perceive you.

So you can never win against someone like me, who willingly accepts and believes in his own powers.

It's indeed true that I was worried about what Ikkaku and Captain Zaraki might think.

Of course. That was simply because you were so concerned with the views of others, that it confused your position on aesthetics.

Wrong.

I would choose death over allowing others to see your Shikai, Ruri'iro Kujaku.

But that's not all. There's much more to it!

What are you doing?

The more spirit energy you use, the faster the flowers are going to grow, until your life force has been depleted!

Maybe so, but it's not happening.

Hado 31: Shakkaho!

I will belong forever to the strongest of the 13 Court Guard Squads. I am a member of Squad 11!

That is our style. Our pride is at stake. We'll continue fighting until the job is done.

But if I should die trying, you're permitted to laugh at me.

Remember what you told me earlier?

You said that I'd be permitted to laugh at you if your pride should mean the end of you in battle.

Well, I intend to give the biggest laugh you've ever heard in your life.

Bakudo 4: Hainawa!

What is this?! You're using Bakudo?!

This game is over.

I got lucky since you, like me, are stubborn and overconfident.

If you had stuck to fighting a normal fight, I wouldn't have had any chance of winning at all.

It's true. We're so alike that it disgusts me.

I would rather die right now than have your Shikai be seen by others, Ruri'iro Kujaku.

But that's not all there is to it.

If I don't use Ruri'iro Kujaku, then I will use whatever it takes to win.

And that is my aesthetic.