Battles

@FormerCrimsonKing said:

Hate to say this but, nobody here used the term great mobility but yourself...

He managed to fight toe-to-toe with the admirals which would mean he is fast enough to keep up with them and dodge their attacks. Even in his weakened state he was able to intercept Kizaru while he was in his light form.

Yamamoto has psudo flight. Psudo being the key word there, in that he can stand and walk on the air but he cannot fly through it. Just because he can walk on air does not make him immune to the air vibrations caused by his quakes, Aokiji was hit by them in mid-air, Yamamoto will not be escaping him just by going into the air.

Nobody said Yamamoto only has his Bankai, I even said he would have a better chance with his Shikai due to its range.

Yamamoto can't tank a quake, and Whitebeard cant tank his flames. It can go either way. And neither is taking it with ease.

@Jinbeifan1 Its his Bisento.

@FormerCrimsonKing: we didnt even get to see the attack because of wonderweiss, so im iffy on that one. if he was smarter he would have whipped out his bankai and finished them all off in a few seconds, but he didnt... the writer of bleach has so many plot holes i swear.

That shows him using Shunpo to dash through the Seireitei in a matter of 2 steps at the most, The first one being the black line (Yamamoto) hitting the edge of the flames in the top panel, the next is where the flames stop. Even when Ichigo preformed Shunpo to this degree way back in his post dangai form to bring Aizen out of Karakura, he had the appearance of flying but it was in fact Shunpo that did it.

This is something that he was noted in being highly skilled in, I even said myself that he would likely beat Whitebeard over long distances, and that was thanks to stuff like this.

To cover a set distance in the least amount of steps, it give the appearance of flying when you take fewer and fewer steps. Its still psudo flight. Impressive? Yes, True Flight? No

But like I say, if you have a statement from a credible source saying he can in fact fly then I will conceed the point, otherwise there is nothing to suggest that this is anything by Shunpo. It has been done before, and it remains consistent with everything else shown.

Why do you believe its impossible to air step in the soul society, Do you think its void of air but has wind and water and food?

Just so we are clear, when I refer to air stepping I am refering to their ability to solidify reishi beneath their feat and kick off from it.

Dont tell me you thought I ment walking on actual air unaided? I thought it was common knowledge that they can solidify reishi under their feet.

Reishi in the atmosphere is also able to be controlled freely, allowing a person to gather it under their feet so that they can stand in air.

A true flier can recover for an attack that would disable his flight momentarily, Yamamoto cannot do so if he is falling down.

My point is its not true flight but people seem to act like they have wings and can just fly into the air when they please.

When Ichigo fought Byakuya he was kicking off the air to move through Senbonzakura.

Ichigo fighting Grimmjow in mid air during their final battle In Hueco Mundo.

If you can disprove it then by all means go ahead, but evidence would say that Shunpo is how he navigated his way to Juhabach's location, since it would remain consistent with all the other showings.

Its not like it would make a difference either way regardless of how you look at it, Whitebeard can still hit him in the air, so going up there is pointless.