Yammy Llargo

Yammy Llargo (ヤミー・リヤルゴ, Yamī Riyarugo) is an Arrancar in Sōsuke Aizen's army. He holds the rank of Arrancar Diez (10), but becomes the Cero (0) Espada after releasing his Zanpakutō.

Appearance[]

By far the largest of the current Espada, Yammy is a giant Arrancar with tan skin, a powerful build, and a ridge-lined cranium. He has brown eyes, black hair, long, bushy sideburns, and a thin ponytail reaching his upper-back. Aside from this, he is bald. He has orange eyebrows, and red markings under his eyes. He wears the standard Espada uniform, with the only difference being his jacket is always open.

Like all Arrancar, he has a large hole signifying his previous time as a Hollow, his is located in the center of his chest. What remains of his Hollow mask is the jawbone (complete with 8 teeth), which rests on his chin. A tattoo of the number 10, signifying Yammy's rank, is on his left shoulder. In his released form, the 1 melts away, leaving just the 0.

Personality[]

Yammy is a powerful, yet dense individual often characterized with bouts of boredom except when going all out in battle; to which he take joy and excitement from killing and crushing his weaker opposition. Rather than plan and using tactics on the battlefield, Yammy prefers to fighting recklessly with just his brute strength. This impulsive approach on top of his underdeveloped skill in Pesquisa often leads Yammy underestimating his opponents to his own detriment. To grow stronger and kill more efficiently, Yammy eats and rests in his spare time.

According to Szayelaporro Granz, Yammy has a habit of shouting "suerte" (Spanish for "luck") when he comes across opponents which will amuse him, such as when he first encountered Ichigo Kurosaki in Karakura Town.

Despite their differences in strength, Yammy often respects Ulquiorra with a degree of seniority; relying a great deal on him for his own inept use of Pesquisa and sharing the same "trash" insult. In turn, Yammy acts somewhat of a unwanted enforcer for Ulquiorra, desiring to aid the latter during his final fight with Ichigo though he functions well without him during his first Karakura Town raid. He displayed surprise after Ulquiorra's death at the hands of a Hollowfied Ichigo, but seemed more shocked at his apparent defeat and disappointed at not being able to participate in the fight at all.

Other than Ulquiorra, Yammy has no regard for his allies as a testimony to his strength, to the other Espada as "trash", and even going as far as attacking them without warning: he killed the medic who reattached his arm just to test its strength, attacked Menoly Mallia without an apparent reason, and bashing through where Rudbornn Chelute was standing during a fight (though in Rudbornn's case, Yammy may have blindly struck him because he was angry at Uryū Ishida for making him fall from the tower).

Plot[]

Arrancar arc[]

Yammy voluntarily accompanies Ulquiorra Cifer to scout out the Human World at Karakura Town. Their mission is to collect information on Ichigo Kurosaki. Shortly after arriving, several ordinary Humans gather at the crater which Yammy and Ulquiorra had made with their arrival. Assuming the Humans are staring at him, Yammy, not knowing most Humans are incapable of seeing spirits, sucks out the souls of every nearby Human out of frustration. Only Tatsuki Arisawa survives the encounter. Arriving, Yasutora Sado and Orihime Inoue attempt to fend off Yammy, but he defeats Sado easily. He is not even remotely harmed by Orihime's Koten Zanshun, grabbing Tsubaki and crushing him to pieces with his bare hands.

Arriving at the scene, Ichigo, activating his Bankai, blocks a punch from Yammy before slicing off Yammy's arm in revenge for injuring Sado. Losing until Ichigo has to battle his inner Hollow for control of his body, Yammy, taking the opportunity to gain the upper hand, repeatedly punches Ichigo, beating him heavily. He is stopped by Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihōin, who, proceeding to make short work of Yammy, deflect his attempts to attack them. Before they can inflict any major damage, Ulquiorra, stepping in, forces Yammy to retreat. The two return to Hueco Mundo with their mission completed.

Having his arm reattached in Hueco Mundo, Yammy heads off to Karakura Town along with Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, Luppi Antenor, and Wonderweiss Margela as part of the second assault on the Human World. After a short conversation with Tōshirō Hitsugaya, where he notes they both are somehow related to the number ten, Yammy fights against Hitsugaya, and breaks the ice of his Shikai, but his opponent is taken on by Luppi, leaving Yammy with no one to fight.

Later, he performs a devastating surprise attack on Urahara, but Urahara remains unharmed, which confounds Yammy. After an exchange of blows, Urahara, gaining the upper hand, reveals he is using one of his inventions - a portable Gigai and has been switching places with it the entire time. Getting angry, Yammy, claiming Urahara is looking down on him, is taken back to Hueco Mundo by a Negación beam before the fight continues.

Hueco Mundo arc[]

After Ichigo, Sado, and Uryū Ishida invade Hueco Mundo, Yammy sits at the end of the table with the other Espada as they are briefed about the situation. Sitting between Aaroniero Arruruerie and Baraggan Louisenbairn, he complains about the intruders along with Aaroniero, Baraggan, Szayelaporro Granz, and Nnoitra Gilga.

Fake Karakura Town arc[]

Leaving his quarters after eating, Yammy decides to act on the invasion of Las Noches. Yammy arrives in the throne room during Ichigo and Ulquiorra's fight and asks Ulquiorra to let him fight Ichigo, knowing the latter has become stronger. Refusing help, Ulquiorra tells Yammy to either go back to sleep or deal with the invading captains. Noticing Orihime, Loly Aivirrne and Menoly Mallia nearby, Yammy knocking the latter through a wall and moves in to kill Loly. She releases her Zanpakutō and tries to attack Yammy, threatening to kill both him and Ulquiorra, but Yammy swiftly defeats her and rams her through the external wall of the building. He drops her body, thinking her dead, and mocks her for dying so quickly.

He then asks Ulquiorra if he can kill Orihime, but Uryū, arriving, shoots him in the shoulder, knocking Yammy down. Uryū's arrows fail to pierce Yammy's Hierro. As Yammy moves to attack Uryū, Yammy triggers an anti-Arrancar landmine, given to Uryū by Mayuri Kurotsuchi, which Uryū had deployed on the ceiling of the floor below. Following the explosion, Yammy hangs onto the edges of the hole created by the explosion, but Uryū breaks his grip, revealing he destroyed all of the lower pillars on his way up to the throne room, and states Yammy will fall to the bottom. Cursing Uryū, he falls through every floor of Las Noches.

Emerging in the desert of Las Noches, he interrupts the fight between Rukia Kuchiki and Rudbornn Chelute by punching Rudbornn. Cursing Uryū for defeating him, he, smashing the ledge Rukia and Rudbornn are on, is noticed by Sado and Renji Abarai. Remembering Yammy, Sado notes Yammy is somehow much larger than when he invaded Karakura Town with Ulquiorra. Along with the invaders of Las Noches, he notices the massive increase in Ichigo's Reiatsu.

After sensing Ulquiorra's Reiatsu fade away, he is upset at being unable to help him finish off Ichigo. As Renji states Yammy's Reiatsu is the weakest among the Espada they have encountered, Yammy releases his Zanpakutō, growing even larger and taking on a monstrous form. As his 10 tattoo transforms into a 0, he reveals the Espada ranks do not run from 1 to 10, but from 0 to 9, and he is Espada 0.

Some time later, Yammy, having knocked out both Sado and Renji, holds Rukia. As he tries to hold back from crushing her, Rukia hits him with Hadō #33: Sōkatsui. Sarcastically saying it hurts, he throws Rukia at the ground. Shocked when Ichigo, having saved Rukia, appears, Yammy charges a Cero, which explodes in his face when it is hit by a Getsuga Tenshō from Ichigo. Punching at the ground where the two are, Yammy, angered when they move to another place, yells at Ichigo to stop "scuttling around". Swiping at Ichigo and stomping after him as he flies around, Yammy is taken farther away from Rukia and the others. As Yammy yells for Ichigo to stop "scuttling around", Ichigo reveals his true reason for running is to leave the area. Confused, Yammy is slammed into the ground by Ichigo's Bankai-enhanced Getsuga Tenshō, powered by his new mask.

Recovering, Yammy attacks Ichigo with a Bala, showing Ichigo his tattoo, and reveals he views all of the other Espada as trash. Slicing through the Bala barrage, Ichigo states regardless of how strong Yammy is, he will still defeat him, and while he did not expect Yammy to have any respect for his comrades, he is disgusted with Yammy referring to them as "trash". When Ichigo tries to summon his mask and fails, Yammy, taking advantage of Ichigo's distracted state, grabs him, pleased at how Ichigo cannot summon his mask again, and compliments Ichigo's strength in comparison to his other opponents. He is attacked by Byakuya Kuchiki, who fires a Hadō #33. Sōkatsui at him. As Yammy turns to retaliate, Kenpachi Zaraki, arriving, cuts off one of his legs. Yammy recovers, and when Zaraki's attention is focused on Ichigo, Yammy, knocking him into a building, threatens to kill Zaraki and the others there. When Zaraki launches a large rock at him, Yammy destroys it. Complimenting Yammy, Zaraki, saying he has got a nice punch, states he needs to put some more effort behind it.

Growing tired of fighting the "weak" opponent, Zaraki asks Byakuya to finish off Yammy. While the two argue over who should finish the job, an enraged Yammy, getting up, fires an extremely large Cero at them, prompting the two captains to take the giant Arrancar down together. Surviving the combined attack of both captains, Yammy becomes frustrated with them, which causes his body to increase in size and his Resurrección to change form. After transforming, he tells the captains making him angry is the last thing they want to do, revealing his release, Ira, increases in strength the angrier he becomes. Taunting Byakuya and Zaraki, he goads them to make him even angrier, as he will make sure their deaths are humiliating and painful. Despite injuring the captains, Yammy is defeated, and Byakuya and Zaraki leave him dying. Briefly regaining consciousness when his pet approaches him, Yammy, wondering why it followed him, succumbs to his injuries and dies.

Powers & Abilities[]

Rage Empowerment: Yammy is the Espada who represents the Aspect of Death having to do with Rage. Yammy is the only Espada who can conserve his Reiryoku by sleeping and eating, which takes a considerable amount of time and inactivity. In doing so, the reserves of power build up over time, and he can enter his Resurrección, causing his Espada number to change and his true power to be realized. As his anger increases, so does his overall physical mass, allowing the instantaneous alteration of both his size and strength to greater levels.

Gonzui (魂吸, Soul Inhalation): Yammy can use a unique ability to literally suck the souls from the living. He considers this a form of eating, for the ability is activated and the souls are collected through his mouth. People with minimal levels of Reiryoku have a horrible taste to him. Its effect encompasses a wide area, but people with even slight amounts of Reiryoku are able to resist it.

Great Spiritual Power: In his sealed form, Yammy's Reiatsu is great enough to register as an Espada-level Arrancar, but not as high as the other Espada, due to his pre-released state. His Reiatsu is red.

Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant: While not having displayed any formal skill in hand-to-hand combat, Yammy relies entirely on a brawler style of fighting, never using his Zanpakutō in combat. His skill in hand-to-hand combat, combined with his immense strength, makes him quite a dangerous opponent.

Immense Strength: Yammy possesses superhuman strength so high, even his simplest actions create damage and destruction. He overpowered Yasutora Sado's initial Brazo Derecha de Gigante by ripping his arm off and breaking it completely in two. He knocked Menoly Mallia aside a few hundred feet, breaking through the wall inside the dome of Las Noches, by simply backhanding her. With minimum force behind it, he was able to break through the walls of Las Noches.

Hierro (鋼皮 (イエロ), Iero; Spanish for "Iron", Japanese for "Steel Skin";Viz "Iron Skin"): Yammy's Hierro is stated to be the second hardest out of all the Espada, second only to Nnoitra Gilga. When Yoruichi Shihōin knocked Yammy unconscious for a brief moment, she sustained minor injuries to her left arm as a result of his Hierro. Yammy's Hierro is strong enough to resist an arrow from Uryū Ishida's Ginrei Kojaku, and allowed him to survive the explosion of Mayuri Kurotsuchi's anti-Arrancar landmine with no critical injuries. He withstood Uryū's Sprenger technique with no actual damage.

Cero (虚閃 (セロ), Sero; Spanish for "Zero", Japanese for "Hollow Flash"; Viz "Doom Blast"): He can fire red Cero blasts from his mouth, like many other high-class Hollows and Arrancar. His Cero is quite powerful, creating a fissure, even when it was dissipated by Kisuke Urahara's Nake, Benihime.

Bala (虚弾 (バラ), bara; Spanish for "Bullet", Japanese for "Hollow Bullet"): Yammy can fire red Bala blasts from his fists, which, while weaker than Cero blasts, are much faster. He can fire a multitude of these in quick succession.

Descorrer (解空(デスコレール), Desukorēru; Spanish for "Drawing Back/Opening", Japanese for "Loosed Void"): A technique used by Espada-level Arrancar, and sometimes others, to open a portal to the Garganta between the Human World and Hueco Mundo. Yammy used this ability during the first Arrancar invasion of Karakura Town. It tears open the dimensional fabric separating the worlds, revealing a tunnel of whirling, torrential energy which must be focused and solidified to create a discernible pathway.

Zanpakutō[]

Ira (憤獣 (イーラ), Īra; Spanish for "Anger", Japanese for "Angered Beast"; Viz "Enraged Beast"): The handle is red, and the guard is a rounded rectangle with two protrusions on each side.

Resurrección: Its release command is "Get Pissed Off" (ブチ切れろ, buchikirero; Viz "Enrage"). Upon release, Yammy's Zanpakutō explodes in an outpouring of spiritual power, and Yammy grows to a monstrous size, reminiscent of a Japanese kaiju. His skull ridges become more pronounced, taking on the appearance of two large purplish-gray head coverings, extending to the back of his head. His white mask fragments fuse to his face, becoming his actual lower jaw. His red markings extend back from his face into two long flame tattoos. The majority of his body is tan in color, with his thin ponytail becoming longer. His body transforms drastically, with his torso remaining largely the same, but growing eight large, white elephant-like legs on each side of his lower body, which extends back from his torso. These legs are connected to his body by white carapace-covered joints, leading up to the base of a bony tail club, similar to those of an Ankylosaurus. On each leg, he has three large toes, which extend backwards from the front to the back of the leg. Large purplish-gray cylindrical tubes form on his elbows, which can be used as piston-like rams. He gains five large, black cylindrical tubes on his back about half of the length of the tubes on his elbows. He has six black rounded nodules along the length of his forearms.. While activating his Resurrección, Yammy's number changes from 10 to 0.

Resurrección Special Ability: His physical abilities increase at an indefinable rate when released.

Enhanced Cero: While in his released form, he can use a much more powerful Cero, which he charges in front of his mouth. Its range is extremely wide, in proportion with Yammy's increased size after releasing.

Enhanced Bala: In Yammy's released form, his Bala can easily hurl Ichigo away from a large distance, destroying part of the battlefield at the same time. It is proportionally bigger and stronger in accordance with Yammy's increase in size.

Enhanced Hierro: His Hierro is further enhanced in this form. He remains completely unharmed after his fight against Sado, Rukia Kuchiki, and Renji Abarai. He only received minor pain from a Hadō #33. Sōkatsui fired at point-blank range, which he mostly ignored. Though somewhat dazed, he survived with no damage when a Cero he was charging exploded in his mouth because of a Getsuga Tenshō Ichigo Kurosaki fired to counter it. When hit by a Getsuga Tenshō from a Hollow mask-enhanced Ichigo, Yammy received only a minor cut on his neck. He took a La Muerte attack to the face from Sado's Brazo Izquierda del Diablo with no damage.

Enhanced Strength: While in his released form, Yammy's already enormous strength further increases. He dispatched two of his opponents with little effort. When he threw Rukia to the ground, she could not recover due to the force of the throw being too hard on her body. He can bite through buildings with ease. He outmatched Sado's strongest attack when he was using his Brazo Izquierda del Diablo.

Enhanced Endurance: Yammy has shown persistent resistance as after being repeatedly wounded he was able to get up and continue fighting, a durability that was noted by Sixth Division Captain Byakuya Kuchiki.

Enhanced Spiritual Power: While in his released form, his Reiatsu increases explosively. Yammy states he is the strongest among the Espada. He used his Reiatsu as a shield and expanded it out as an explosion, which affected the surrounding area. His Reiatsu is orange-red in coloration.

Rage-powered Evolution: Yammy's release increases in size and strength as he becomes angrier. When Yammy's anger reaches a certain level, his Resurrección evolves, increasing his bulk. Upon taking this form, his damaged mask is restored, and all previous injuries are healed. The black piston-like protrusions on his back become more like extensions of his vertebrae, and he gains two massive horns on his back. He gains multiple horns on his head, with some covering his lower jaw, and crack-like markings frame his eyes. His arms are positioned in knuckle-walk position, and his legs are hairy, ending in short, stubby toes, giving Yammy an ape-like appearance. Yammy's visible abdominal muscles disappear, being hidden by a portly belly, and his tail becomes more hairy and ape-like, losing its large club. His extra sets of legs are lost as well.

Weaknesses[]

Pesquisa: Yammy's ability to detect spiritual pressure was pointed by Ulquiorra to be severely under-developed to the point of failure to perceive the overall strength of enemies and allies alike. It even hampers his effectiveness to fight stronger opponents without testing their abilities first, which had led to his arm getting severed on his first encounter with a Bankai-enhanced Ichigo.

Pet[]

While eating in his quarters shortly after Aizen left for Karakura Town, Yammy interacts with a little dog. The dog barks at Yammy, and seems to wake him up. Telling the dog to shut up, Yammy throws a bone at him, prompting the dog to dodge and run away. As Yammy, stating it is time to get going, leaves the room, the dog follows Yammy out the door. Later, the dog shows up moments before Yammy's death.

Censorship[]

When Yammy invades Karakura Town for the first and second time, his injuries are more grievous in the manga than in the anime, such as when Ichigo is shown slicing his arm off, Yoruichi knocking out a couple of his teeth, and being cut and bloodied as opposed to just being bruised.

The damage he inflicts on others is also drastically toned down in the anime.
- When encountering Yasutora Sado for the first time, Yammy tore off Sado's armored arm and broke it into two in the manga, while in the anime, Sado's arm merely had several deep cuts in it from Yammy's attack.
- When Yammy kicked Ichigo and backhanded Orihime, saliva was shown coming from their mouths rather than blood that's shown in the manga.
- When his arm is reattached and he punches the healer, his action is changed to him slamming her into a wall and grumbling about how he should have been able to punch her through it. In the manga, he slams his fist down on her head, causing it to explode, and grumbles about how he should have been able to split her in two. The dialogue does not change from the manga for the English dub, as he still states he should have split her in two.

Trivia[]

Yammy's name is sometimes romanized as Yammy Riyalgo.
Yammy's aspect of death is Rage.
The theme song that Kubo chose for Yammy is "Powertrip" by the band Monster Magnet on their album Powertrip.
In the second best bout poll, Yammy's fight with Kisuke Urahara ranked 56th.
Yammy did not appear in Starrk's memory recalling his Espada comrades.
In the anime, Yammy's confrontation with Uryū was slightly extended. It was continued to have a brief battle, which included Yammy using various blasts and Uryū using Sprenger before Yammy falls victim to the mine.

In his released form, Yammy can charge both regular Ceros and black Ceros. However, the anime changes the black Cero he charges against Ichigo Kurosaki to a regular crimson colored Cero.

Quotes[]

(To Ulquiorra Cifer) "I came here a few times with a mask on, but the Human World is more boring than I remember! The spiritual energy here is so thin, I think I'm going to suffocate!"

(To Ulquiorra Cifer) "What should I do, Ulquiorra? This one knows some strange tricks. Should I tear off her limbs and bring the rest back to Aizen-sama?"

(Referring to Ulquiorra Cifer) "And there I was thinkin' I'd go help the bastard out some more once I'd crushed these worms! I can hardly help him if he's got himself killed..."

(To Rukia Kuchiki, Yasutora Sado, and Renji Abarai) "Tch. It just ain't nearly enough. I've slept my ass off, eaten my ass off, saved up a whole load of Reiatsu. Just killing off a bunch of nobodies like these punks ain't nearly gonna be enough to use it up!!!"

(To Rukia Kuchiki, Yasutora Sado, and Renji Abarai) "What are your dumbasses blabbering on about down there?! You think you're gonna take ME out?! Little pieces of trash like you?! Don't make me laugh."

(To Ichigo Kurosaki) "What's that look on your face for? Take a good look at my number. It's a zero. I'm the Cero Espada, Yammy Llargo. Ain't one of the Espada you've fought up until now that's stronger than me. Grimmjow, Nnoitra, an' Ulquiorra too. As far as I'm concerned, they're all just trash!!"

(To Byakuya Kuchiki and Kenpachi Zaraki) "Fury is the root of my power...! Now... Piss me off more, and more, and more! The more you do, the more pathetic your final deaths will be!!"