Soul Chess/Characters/Main Antagonists

Now that you are aware of Lelouch and the other protagonits driving the series, let's take a look at the magnificent bastards and complete monsters that make up their enemies. Only characters that are considerd the Big Bad for an arc are found here.

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Sosuke Aizen
The Big Bad of Bleach sets himself up as Lelouch's ultimate rival very early on in the series soon becoming his driving antagonist as the two engage in a battle of wit, planning and strategy to see who will come out on top.


 * Badass:
 * Driven to Villainy: After becoming a Soul Reaper and being rejected by Mari, Aizen was taken under Treva's wing. Treva took Aizen's problems and picked away at them to make Aizen out to be who he is today.
 * Even Evil Has Standards: He does not condone the destruction of the Soul Society, but he’s open to ruling it with an iron fist if he’s the one ruling it.
 * Evil Mentor: To Talbumosuke
 * Go Karting With Bowser: Depsite the fact that he and Lelouch are engaged in a game of Xanatos Speed Chess spanning across several decades, they can still play a friendly game of chess.
 * Hero Killer: Obvious due to canon, but for this fic this really became the case by killing
 * Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Aizen's murder of the Central 46 allowed.
 * No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: In his youth Aizen was mistrusted because of his immense power and just doing what he could to help others, expecting nothing in return. See Driven to Villainy above to see what happened next.
 * Pet the Dog: Though really it’s more of Aizen being a Manipulative Bastard as usual, but seeing him  still qualifies, despite his ulterior motives.
 * Revenge: The basis of the entire.
 * Used to Be A Sweet Kid: Uhhh, sort of. Aizen wasn't initially a maniacal mastermind, Just trying to be a nice guy but then Mari broke his heart and Treva got involved.
 * Revenge: The basis of the entire.
 * Used to Be A Sweet Kid: Uhhh, sort of. Aizen wasn't initially a maniacal mastermind, Just trying to be a nice guy but then Mari broke his heart and Treva got involved.

Talbumosuke Atrumier
Talbumosuke is an original character created by the author. The son of the head of the Atrumier family, a lesser noble family underneath the Kuchikis. Talbumosuke is often called Aizen's Apprentice by the author where, in contrast to Momo, knows full well Aizen's true intentions and studies under the man becoming a sort of backup plan in case Aizen fails. . He has wildly styled black hair and piercing red eyes. Talbumosuke's Shikai is called Jikan Kami and his Bankai is called Choro Kami no Jikan to Kukan.


 * A Father to His Men: In contrast to Aizen, Talbumosuke gets along quite well with the espada.
 * Asskicking Equals Authority: Proven in his fight against.
 * Further proven with.
 * Bad Boss: Toyed with. He is extremely tolerant of failure when compared to other villains, but he doesn't care much about the Espada..
 * Batman Gambit: He figured Lelouch would try to wear him down, since that's the most logical conclusion against an enemy you have not the knowledge of their abilities, and he holds off on using his most powerful technique and his time stopping technique, which has a recharge period, until Lelouch, which he knew  . And it worked.
 * Berserk Button: Lelouch's very existence pisses him off. It's extremely justified since Lelouch.
 * Crazy Prepared
 * The Dragon.
 * Dangerously Genre Savvy: Let us count the ways
 * He put the Espada in order of Chain of Command rather than in order of power.
 * He also created lenses using the Hogyoku to nullify Lelouch’s geass and gave them to his entire army.
 * He knows that Evil Is Not a Toy with regards to the Hogyoku and lampshades the fact.
 * See Shoot the Medic First below
 * He knows enough to not give away his ability to his enemies.
 * Diabolus Ex Machina: His  is easily this, but it’s quickly subverted when.
 * Could be a Double Subversion since Talbumosuke can
 * Dual-Wielding: While In Bankai.
 * Embarrassing Nickname: Tally, by way of Gin.
 * Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Could be going this way with him and.
 * Confirmed in chapters 88-90
 * Evil Laugh: Actually chasties himself for doing one.
 * Fan Nickname: Tal and Tally, with some uses of Tally-chan.
 * Ignore the Fanservice: Averted. When Mia asks if there’s anything else he’d rather do than plot against Lelouch, he realizes the subtle hints she’s giving and they start having sex.
 * I Shall Taunt You: Does this to Lelouch knowing that he knows better than to charge blindly so he takes the opportunity to stomp on one of Lelouch’s Berserk Buttons.
 * Kick the Dog: After he  he then rubs it in Ichigo’s face. Ichigo doesn’t respond kindly.
 * Kill It With Fire: His Shinseina Honoo
 * Let's Get Dangerous: His Zencho no Sozo makes him as strong, fast and tough, as he could possibly be, but he can't use any other abilities unless he dispels it.
 * : No has one..
 * My Master Right or Wrong: He has Undying Loyalty towards Aizen
 * Mythology Gag: His Bankai is like this with regards to his Tales of Bleach: Blades of Destiny incarnation.
 * No Sell: One of the powers of his Shikai has the ability to reverse the flow of time on an object, but not a soul. In Bankai he can coat himself in this ability to make himself immune to time altering effects. Now what use is that? Weeeeell he uses it to
 * In Chapter 75 he, without knowing exactly what the Geass is, manages to nullify its power because he knows that Lelouch needs to have direct eye contact with his enemy so he creates lenses similar to Lelouch’s own using the Hogyoku.
 * Not So Harmless: Once  people both in-universe and out thought that the war with the arrancar would be a walk in the park. They were wrong. They were very very wrong.
 * Oh Crap: The reaction elicted from  when Talbumosuke.
 * This is also the reaction Talbumosuke himself had when.
 * YMMV, but most of the fandom probably had this expression when he
 * Person of Mass Destruction: HOLY FREAKING CRAP! He,   and.
 * We can now add  and   to the list of injured persona.
 * Pet the Dog: comforts Loly when.
 * Power Gives You Wings:.
 * Red Eyes Take Warning
 * Shoot the Medic First: Damn this guy knows what he’s doing. He imprisons Orihime in a prism so that she cannot move, effectively taking her out of the fight. However since her life is not in danger it doesn’t hammer at Ichigo’s Berserk Button. However, it gives him the advantage that, if someone dies, they will stay dead.
 * Strange Minds Think Alike: After . Talbumosuke then recites the same line from Hamlet that Lelouch did after defeating Maki Ichinose.
 * This Cannot Be!: Averted in one omake and played straight in entirely another.
 * Outright Averted and defied by Talbumosuke in the normal chapters and he lampshades it when he makes  do it.
 * Time Master: the power of his Zanpakuto
 * Time Stands Still
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Coffee
 * Another similarity to Lelouch was created
 * Undying Loyalty: To Aizen..
 * Unstoppable Rage: Invoked when.
 * Unskilled but Strong: Though he works hard to fix the unskilled part it only goes as far as his battle technique. He can't plan worth crap in comparison to Lelouch. While that served him well in round one, when he had the element of surprise against the Soul Society his Attack Attack Attack strategy  really didn’t go over too well once Lelouch had his thoughts and tactics nailed down and ultimately.
 * Shoot the Medic First: Damn this guy knows what he’s doing. He imprisons Orihime in a prism so that she cannot move, effectively taking her out of the fight. However since her life is not in danger it doesn’t hammer at Ichigo’s Berserk Button. However, it gives him the advantage that, if someone dies, they will stay dead.
 * Strange Minds Think Alike: After . Talbumosuke then recites the same line from Hamlet that Lelouch did after defeating Maki Ichinose.
 * This Cannot Be!: Averted in one omake and played straight in entirely another.
 * Outright Averted and defied by Talbumosuke in the normal chapters and he lampshades it when he makes  do it.
 * Time Master: the power of his Zanpakuto
 * Time Stands Still
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Coffee
 * Another similarity to Lelouch was created
 * Undying Loyalty: To Aizen..
 * Unstoppable Rage: Invoked when.
 * Unskilled but Strong: Though he works hard to fix the unskilled part it only goes as far as his battle technique. He can't plan worth crap in comparison to Lelouch. While that served him well in round one, when he had the element of surprise against the Soul Society his Attack Attack Attack strategy  really didn’t go over too well once Lelouch had his thoughts and tactics nailed down and ultimately.
 * Another similarity to Lelouch was created
 * Undying Loyalty: To Aizen..
 * Unstoppable Rage: Invoked when.
 * Unskilled but Strong: Though he works hard to fix the unskilled part it only goes as far as his battle technique. He can't plan worth crap in comparison to Lelouch. While that served him well in round one, when he had the element of surprise against the Soul Society his Attack Attack Attack strategy  really didn’t go over too well once Lelouch had his thoughts and tactics nailed down and ultimately.

Takeno Konda
The lead judge of the Central Forty Six after their reformation after their predecessors were killed by Aizen. While it is the entire Central Forty Six is more or less Lelouch's enemy in the Lelouch and the Law arc, it is Takeno who serves as the Big Bad and faces off against Lelouch in court.


 * Manipulative Bastard: Tries to get to discredit Lelouch because of who he is
 * Villainous Breakdown: In a way that only an arc that brings out the Courtroom hijinks found in the Ace Attorney series can provide.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy: Possibly. He's considered much younger than the majority of the Central Forty Six so he may be a Bishoen.

Muramasa
A wandering Zanpakuto with the special ability to free other Zanpakuto from their masters and turn them against their wielders. His desire is to create rebellion and create a world where it is the Zanpakuto that control the Soul Reapers. As it stands Muramasa killed his own wielder


 * Bad Boss: Destroys Loly and Menoly's Zanpakuto after he uses them to off their wielders. Possibly justified in that he doesn't fully understand arrancar fully.
 * Knight of Cerebus: Okay yeah the series was already pretty serious once the Eye of the Storm arc kicked off and, but the author jacked up the drama and the heartstring pulling when the Reapers and Heralds arc started. For more information see It Got Worse on the main page.
 * Kick the Son of A Bitch: Yes, we know Loly and Menoly are busted up over  doesn't even come close to justifying their actions.
 * Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: His separation of Lelouch and Eien Tamashi later comes to have the result of.
 * You Remind Me of X: Thinks this of  in regards to his master.
 * You Remind Me of X: Thinks this of  in regards to his master.

Shuren Kenzo
A Togabito. He is #188. He wishes to escape from hell. Wields the magic Book of Volcarona. Without the book he is only as strong as #200.


 * : Of the Different Bonds arc. Unlike the movie where he was.
 * Epic Fail: He tries to incinerate Ichigo with a lava geyser, but the atmosphere is so cold that the geyser freezes solid. Shuren lampshades his stupidity.
 * Tome of Eldritch Lore: The Book of Volcarona.
 * Summoning Artifact: for Dem Bones
 * Kill It With Fire: Fire burn and fire roar. Total destruction from mountain to shore. Sounds vaguely familiar
 * Villain Decay: He was a very competent Big Bad in the Different Bonds arc, but in the  arc when he tries to get revenge   fells him with a single blow.

Kokuto
A Togabito. He is #187. His only weapons are the chains used to bind him and a black blade. .


 * : Of the Different Bonds arc. Unlike the movie.
 * : To everyone and everything. Kokuto will let not a single person.
 * : To everyone and everything. Kokuto will let not a single person.

Hollow Ichigo/Shirosaki
The Hollow inside Kurosaki Ichigo. Wants to take total control over his "King" and take that spot from him. The current antagonist of the Demon Within arc.


 * Blood Knight
 * Curb Stomp Battle: The only people that are not on the receiving end on this against him  are
 * Defeat Means Friendship: Sort of. While Ichigo  it was   that  . Hichigo tells Ichi that because of   if Ichigo   that Hichi will simply.
 * Demonic Possession: Doesn't take a brian surgeon to know of who
 * Enemy Within
 * Healing Factor: His  allows him for high speed regeneration
 * Hero Killer: The Demon Within arc is setting him up to be this. Word of God says the ensuing battle will be like Doomsday against the Justice League
 * He also comes heartpoundingly close to, but.
 * Implacable Man: See Nigh Invulnerability below
 * I Shall Taunt You: He antagonizes Ichigo quite often to get him riled up. It's quite effective.
 * Laughing Mad: This guy could give The Joker a run for his money
 * No I Am Behind You: Is very fond of pulling this tactic.
 * Person of Mass Destruction: Anytime Ichigo goes into  that's   possessing  . It's got about as much Nigh Invulnerability as, if not more than, Dante's Majin form
 * Super-Powered Evil Side: see Demonic Possession above
 * Throwing Your Sword Always Works: A battle technique. Used it once to
 * The Berserker
 * Unskilled but Strong: While taking possession of Ichigo and using
 * According to Word of God this could be subverted if Hichigo . There were hints of this when.
 * The Berserker
 * Unskilled but Strong: While taking possession of Ichigo and using
 * According to Word of God this could be subverted if Hichigo . There were hints of this when.

Kugo Ginjo
A Fullbringer that is also a former Substitute Soul Reaper. He is the leader of the Xcution group. . His Fullbring is the Cross of Scaffold. The necklace used to manifest his fullbring used to belong to his father.


 * Big Bad: Of the Fullbringer arc
 * Disappeared Dad: Ginjo's father passed away when he was young, though this doesn't affect Ginjo as much as Masaki's passing affects Ichigo..
 * Late Arrival Spoiler: In canon the fact that he's a former Substitute Soul Reaper is a big surprise, but here this fact is mentioned two whole arcs before Ginjo even gets any screen time. This is, of course, due to the fact that Lelouch has done his homework
 * Start of Darkness: See  above.
 * Team Dad: Seems to have a role like this given how he’s much older than any of the other fullbringers and he tells Yukio twice not to play his game at the dining table during breakfast.
 * Took a Level In Jerkass: Ginjo was a pretty cool guy until.
 * Start of Darkness: See  above.
 * Team Dad: Seems to have a role like this given how he’s much older than any of the other fullbringers and he tells Yukio twice not to play his game at the dining table during breakfast.
 * Took a Level In Jerkass: Ginjo was a pretty cool guy until.


 * Villain Protagonist: Assumes this role until he conflicts with  Lelouch Lamperouge. Then he quickly switches roles.