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Respira (死の息吹 (レスピラ), resupira; Spanish for "Breathe", Japanese for "Breath of Death") is a technique used by Baraggan Louisenbairn while in his Resurrección, Arrogante.

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Baraggan unleashes a purplish-black, smoke-like miasma which radiates outward from him that immediately ages and rots anything which it comes into contact with. It moved fast enough to strike 2nd Division Captain Suì-Fēng, a Shunpo master, while she was attempting to escape from it at full speed, and decayed the skin on her left arm until only shredded clothes and her arm's bones were left behind. Even after Suì-Fēng escaped the attack, the deterioration continued until the afflicted area had been amputated.[1] Baraggan can control the speed of Respira, which he displayed when he purposely released a slower Respira when chasing Marechiyo Ōmaeda,[2] as well as the intensity, as he released a much stronger and faster Respira that near-instantly obliterated buildings after being enraged by the damage he suffered from a second strike of Jakuhō Raikōben.[3] Respira can even dissolve Kidō, which Baraggan demonstrated when he destroyed a Kidō cage which Hachigen Ushōda had imprisoned him in;[4] Baraggan explained this effect by stating the things which living beings create die because all living things eventually die.[5] Under normal circumstances, Baraggan is protected from the effects of his own ability on the surface of his skeletal body; however, this protection is negated if his Respira somehow enters his own body, such as via teleportation.[6]

References

  1. Bleach manga; Chapter 357, page 8
  2. Bleach manga; Chapter 359, pages 15-17
  3. Bleach manga; Chapter 370, pages 3-8
  4. Bleach manga; Chapter 368, page 19
  5. Bleach manga; Chapter 329, page 2
  6. Bleach manga; Chapter 370, pages 15-17

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