Is Yhwach Really The Soul King's Son In Bleach TYBW?

Hold up! Did Yhwach just call his father? Yeah, you heard that right.

Throughout the recent episodes of Bleach TYBW, Yhwach drops this bombshell multiple times, leaving us all scratching our heads. Is he being literal? Is the Soul King actually his father? Or is there some deeper meaning behind this claim?

Let’s dive into the mystery of Yhwach’s origins and try to figure out what’s really going on with this father-son business.

Before we talk about whether Yhwach is Soul King’s on or not, we need to explore Yhwach’s origins first which will help us understand his role.

The Quincy Lord didn’t have a name when he was born. Not only a name, but he couldn’t use any of his senses, any of his limbs and couldn’t speak. Although lacking all aspects of a normal being, people loved and treasured him; for he had the power of granting his soul to anyone who touched him.

This power would provide the person with something that they didn’t have, be it a limb or personality.

All who touched him would receive a part of his soul and at the moment of their deaths, the fragments given out would return to him and grant him the missing traits that he lacked.

He slowly developed his senses and limbs to take the proper form of a person. When he started to hear, he learnt that people used to call him with an unusual name which he decided to pick up as his own, that being Yhwach

Jugram further explains that Yhwach found a better way of sharing his power in a more effective way, that being through a Schrift in which he engraves a letter onto the soul of someone which also signifies an ability.

He used such techniques to build up his army of Sternritter and the Wandenreich empire. His influence over the story has been vital despite being introduced in the last arc.

As it is revealed that Ichigo’s Zanpakuto spirit Zangetsu was basically a younger form of Yhwach due to .

However in the manga and in the anime, it is mentioned that Yhwach was born out of nothingness, then why did he call the Soul King his father?

When Yhwach takes care of the Royal Guard led by the “” Ichibei Hysoube, he finally steps in front of the Soul King who was stuck inside a crystal.

Before stabbing him he refers to the Soul King as ‘father’.

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Now, there is no clear evidence of him being the actual son of Soul-King himself but we can make educated guesses for their relationship.

One theory is that Yhwach is the Soul King’s biological son. This actually makes a lot of sense when you think about Yhwach’s unique power, especially when you consider the striking similarities between them.

Both Yhwach and the Soul King possess the power of clairvoyance, allowing them to see into the future.

And let’s be honest, those eyes! Those multiple pupils staring into the depths of your soul? Definitely a family resemblance going on there.

With those shared abilities and those eerily similar eyes, there could certainly be a biological connection between the two!

But hold on, there’s another way to look at this “father” thing. Yhwach might be using the word symbolically.

The Soul King is like this ultimate hybrid – part Shinigami, Quincy, and Fullbringer. This makes him the granddaddy of all spiritual beings, the ancestor of Quincies, Shinigami, and everyone else.

So maybe Yhwach is just acknowledging that connection, like calling him the “father of all.” It’s kinda like how Yhwach calls himself the “Father of the Quincies,” right?

And guess what? Ichigo’s a hybrid too! It’s like this whole lineage of super-powered beings with mixed heritage.

Yhwach even calls Ichigo his “son” at one point.

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We know that all Quincies have a piece of Yhwach’s soul inside them – remember how Ichigo’s Zanpakuto spirit, Zangetsu, was actually a younger version of Yhwach?

So maybe this “father-son” thing is more about a spiritual connection than a bloodline.”